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i|jt Cajjt glaj ©ttaa SHabt, ( CAPE 18LANJ) x. J. , J. S. LEACH, Editor and Proprietor. ' JJ^-„.-L1— . I Thursday, Nov. B, 1862. i — — — l - OXE.POt.LAri PER AK'KUMI , on. EO«caAHVAProiirT*iirr The appointment of ueo. Rosecraos, to the command fa place of Boell, ap- ■ pears to give general satisfaction. Boell j doe* oot appear to mauifeat nioch ener gr, nod baa done .vary little during the pflht summer. Indeed, daring that time the rebel* hare almost completely overtun the groond before eaptured from them, in Kentucky and Tennessee, and come near inrading the free State*, and undoubtedly would bate don* *o, Vat for the eoluntary uprising of the people nf the threatened territory. J Gen. Roseerans i* ah officer of untiring energjr ; and if hi* pretent sphere doe* not prove too extensive for him, as was the caso with I'ope in Vifginia, we may expect to hear of .something being doue in that quarter »ere long, hot it should be remembered that the army ho* bean Increased in that locality ; and we have a right to expect more from tbern .than before. There is loo much of a disposition in the public mind, on any change of commanding officers, to attribute whatever of success or failure may attend their movements, to the skill or want of it. in the officer* in command, when, perhaps, the whole is attributable to some, other cause. This, in our opin•mii, is a great faiiiw|r with the public. ■eCLEIUUTS AEMT. There has been very little news of in- j tcrest from the army of McClellan, j within the pest week,. More than a! Keek ago the cavalry force under Gen. j Fleasautnn crossed the Potomac, on the j

.new pontoon bridge alPeriin, about j eight miles from Harper's Ferry ^id the army corps of Gen. Bnrnside follow- . td, so that during the whole day the bridge was under the tramp of soldier* •ad horses Tbey have advanced to Lecsb*gr which they now have posses-sion-ht, and along the foot of tho Blue Ridge, and th#s communication with j -.thamrmy of Sigwl is open. When these' troops crossed the river, it was supposed that tbe whole army i would soon follow, hut such does not appear to hare been the case yet. Wbhl the programme of operations for i he future if, does not yet n ppear. It seems toba the general impression that the rebels are falling back towards G9r.l01.sTiile and Richmond,. but neither is this certainly koovV fWQuite an excitement was occasioned in Baltimore last week, bj the arrest,, by order of Gen. Wool, of a number of well known Union men. It seems that the people of Baltimore are not well pleased with some of tha movements of Gen. Wool and the military authorities, and these men were assembled, as a committee appointed by a recent Union town-meeting, to inreatignte tbe charges preferred egainst asid satboritio*. for the purpose of laying the matter bafpre the President, when .they were arretted and locked np, and all their papers arised. .These proceedings enraged the.Uoiun people, together with Gov, Bradford, w ho-pwawodud to Weshihglon, to. report the affaW to the President. On learning the facta, the President ordered (heir unconditional release, and that the papere be retained, which has been dona- v 43#" Several hundred feet of the .Lwaaiewoik of tbe railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry wts destroyed by fire, on Wednesday of last weak. It appears £at hay. for the army was stored nnder this treskitwork ; and one account saya ' that this bay was aet on fire by the teem - «tara cooking their dinners near it, while another iscwunl stales'- that lite .pah pan of 'a $r»ia a! oara passing rfver .Q. was left qpen, and sprinkled a line of en tha hay., The cart, tome twenty or more in namber, sis# contained hsy. 1 oats sod eora. The .fire was communicated to this train, and to aave the; hri*«. tha 1 rein was ran back to tha j ■yAfarylfratl shorr, wbera UwttcotajtlM-d. :

§rj fi Al-M^a v_or 290. is auS j doing Ksjwork, of de*j£netJoa on tbe j 1 ocenoi She.ji.-is recently captured the! I ships /prifa wands- Manchester, and Ls- j fayrfta, Barks Lamplighter and Lau- . I rette; brigs Baronde Castine and Dun- 1 kirk, and ^Mttooher Crenshaw. The : Tonawanda and BarOnde Castine were reicuscd, by giving bonds payable to •* tho Confederate States, thirty day* alter r -peace shall be declared, tbe* former for i $30,000, . and the latter $6,000. The [ crews of the other vessels, who bad been ' taken prisoners and pot in ironr, were put on -hoard tbe released vessels. The j other vessels had been horned. This fs 1 piracy with a high band. THE WAR NEWS. An official desaatcb from Gen. Davis to Gen. Grant, aLi from him to Gen. Halleck, says that a recent expedition j to Clarlcscn, Missouri, 34 miles from ' New Madrid, under command of Cnp ! tain Rogers. Co.* K, 2d IJTnTiiil-artillery j has been entirely amccessful, dispersing! tbe guerillas, killing ten and mortdfl^* wounding tfo, capturing Col. Clarke. ' io command, with a captain, thr.-o lieutenants, three surgeons, thirty-seven | men, scribcy stand of arm*, forty-two ' horses, thVteen mnte*, two wagons, and . a large quantity of ammuniliou, burn-iiig-thcir.barracks and magazines, and ' entirely breaking np the whole roncern. j N'o loss on our side. It.is reported from -Fortress Monroe, that a rebel officer has informed a Federal officer, that the obstructions which : were placed in tbocliannei of James riI vcr, at Fort Darling, by the* rebels, | j have been removed. It is acntrely to' j be credited however, that a rebel officiu! ; I should give such information, if true. ; Tbe barqae Ajlflt has arrived nt Boa- ! 1 ton from Fajal, with the crews of the j

I vessel* deatroyi-d by the pirate Alabama, or "390." The gunboat Tuscarurs, it is said, has been sent after the pirate vessel. The rebel Price's .picketk-have been J driven from Grand Junction, Tenn., l>y , the Sd Illinois cavalry; who now hold j the place. The rebel malt works at St. Andrew's and St. Joseph's Bay hsvo been destroy- ; ed. An English brig, the Robert Bruce, j with a cargo of medicines, etc , has 1 been captured off Shalton Inlet, N*. C\, ' i by the Penobscot. A large force .of rebel cavalry hat : been routed near Thomasvillr, Mo. > with considerable loss A Rebel M choir.— While Bragg'* 1 army was nt .Glasgow, Mr. T. T. T. Tabb, formerly ot Richmond, Yirgina, but for several years past a resident of , Gallatin, Tennessee, set ont from Kash1 ville to come to Louisville, but unluckily was caught by a company o^. Bragg'.* ; assassins somewhere near the line, and j . by them conducted to Glasg?7> .His' wife and two interesting little girls urcompauied him to Glasgow, from which 1 plsce they were persuaded by the rebtls ; to return to their home In* Tenneascc, hot not until they bad been assured that I Mr. Tabb would not -be harmed. So soon as the poor distressed mother gprl daughters started fur home Mr. Tabb was ordered to be shot, aod accordingly . was led, ont like a beast, tied to a tree 1 and shot. — Cincinnati GaxtlU. I Uebd'advice* report the rebel Gen. ! Hiodman in prison at Little Bock, to 1 be taken to Richmond for trial. Albert Pike makes a number of charges, oitts of } which was the stealing, under assumed L anthority of ovar a million dollars from ( the Memphis banks for military op rai tion*. Another t|i that ail the wells r on the route by which tbe. Uuion army , would march were to be poisoned Other charges are made, hut they are oot specially important. I An official despatch from Gen. Curtis, r gives eu account of an engagement at f Mnysvili^, near the northwest corner of r Arkansas, Oct. 92 d, lasting one hour, , | in which the enemy was totally rooted, •'j losing ail his artillery, a battery of slx1 : pound era, ■ large number of bones, I I and a portion of thair transportation, j ramp, and g*rri*c» rqnipage.

i - A nutqber of rebel guerilla catnp*, | Memphis, have . been broken np j [lately. '( • j A force of 1500 rebels were complete- | j ly routed ou Monday .last at Putnam's! I Ferry, Missouri. Tbe rebel Stuart is again in motion, j 1 Last Friday lie attacked our cavalry j •'pickets, driving them in towards Aldie. j , Three hnndred recruits for the Union l army, from East Tennessee, arrived at j 1 Lexington, Kentucky, last Friday. The old Pennsylvania regiments are ! to be filled up with drafted ravn. ' Major General ' Low. Wail ace hat j been assigned to duty in the Department | 1 of tbe Tennessee I On Wednesday morning of last week j ! a party «f rebels, who had been stealing i I cattle and horttain llordy county, Vs., i were attacked by a detachment of our - ! j troops dnd a number of prisoners and a ; ! large quantity of cattle recovered - ! By an official despatch from Gen. • ; Curtis, information is teceived at Wash- | > I iogton, that on Oct. SStli, detachments I rftsjm the yt Iowa and <th Missouri car!atry, about 1000 strong, attacked a 1 | Wrc^of 3000 rebels, near I-'uyellvillr, 1 1 j Ar^,Jlr.d after a sharp engagement of ; f : au'hour, completely routed tiiem. A British steamer, tho Washulo, li s I j h^eti ciifptorcd by theguuhoat Memphis, ! , I and tulfen into Port Royal. She was " | endeavoring to run the blockade. , j Tho rebel steamer Herald is report d - at Bermuda. Professor Minify is said 1 i to be a passenger on her. I From tho Army of tho Potomac. ! '•[AN ARTILLERY FIGHT ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ! ANOTHER FIGHT IN FROORESS. • ! *Cwl»> EtcalKf. Not 2 Ml. • 1 G.'ticrai Plrgsonton yesterday came

up witli the rebel cavalry ond artillery i nt Phijlimoiit. about Id o'clock. 'he ' • iiglit nhich was conducted wholly with 1 artjllery, lasted about fire hours, when 1 the erftmy retreated to Union, a small ' j town, ^breo miles, beyond. Our loss was ! 1 killeJ-aud 14 wouiuied The rebel ; I force consisted of nyiortion of General 1 | I 8tqarl's cavalry and one battery. Five i i i of the rebels ore known to have been [ j killed « j Tins morning Gen. Plensonton renewed the attack nt 3 o'clock, and nt 10 ' j o'cliH-k he^was reinforced by a brigade j ! of infantry. At 1 o'clock tbe rebels fell ■ har\ from Union, and our troops occu- ( j pied the town. -Our loss op to 3 o'clock . i. to-day was d killed and 4 wounded. , | During the action a rebel caisson was < exploded by one of our she!!*. The ( 1 rebel loss isnot known. Tho firing in thsl direction was very j 1 heavy from 3 o'clock till dark, but tbe ' zesnli lias not been ascertained Gen. McClellnn visited the front this . I I Afternoon. 1 1 _ 1 A heavy dost was observed to day at j 1 1 Ash bj's Gap. In what direction the ' rebel trcop* are moving is not known, i the distance being too great. 1 1 .Another part of oar army took p»- ' ^ sc|sion of Snicker's Gap to-day. ' ^ Three brigades of rebel infaniry were ( 1 at last advices- r- -Dancing up the west , ' side pf^lt^tnonntain in two columns. ; 1 Heavy firing following, hot tbe results j . are not yet known. ! 1 LaTVR. — Slacker's Gap has been ©c* ' cupied by Gen. liaoebck. A heavy ■ force of rebels attempted to retake the , ► position, bnt were repnlsed with loss. ^ THE EL^TIOSIN CAPE MAY. We have returns from all the town ships 'in tha county, though not official, 1 which give the Republican ticket a majority. Thf-S^cial jattfrns no doubt 1 will alter the result aomewhat. We ' give tbe majorities for the whole county as follows : ! GoToexoB— Ward's majority 211 I 1'oNOBHsa— Htarr's " 21$ | A **e*et.T— Ware's M 147 ; Numuvv— Miner's " 227 1 l ScutoaATa— TOWBMOIVS " 250 1 New copper mines hsve been discorcred I ' iu California, which »ivo great promise. • • Rich wood -pa par* lay that Iba people ofj , Norte Carolina diatrait tbh ability of the ] , rebel government to protect them agatast j tbe rnicn troop*. Jl : j

■ 0DB ABjqr COSKESPOEODICE. u: H Kadqc ARfrao. 25th. Reg. N. J. V. M.. ) » Carp Ckasz,' W**hlngtnn. 1). C . ■ ; 1 October 29th. 1802. J t, | Dear U'oce:— Col. Derrom bss lead the S i U-'ith acro-s tbe Rubicon of A in erics, and t! j has eBcsinped as on the confiscated proper- « ! ty. of the famous rebel General Loe. Tlrft" | change took place yesterday. We Were in \ : formed of an intended move. tMTtligbt pye- t ! viouv. When Qaerterir.aster Ing^ls ordered I: i us to draw ration*, and cock tb«IR7 lor * r j tr.ori*ow'« march. Tbe morning dawjjfd rair, f and at an enrly boor we began to break np> i 1 1 camp. Tin* was accomplished, and our** bav. rsscks rrplonitbeM w iib a loaf of bread * . ] and " pickled mulo." About noon ail sr. i ! rengeuiMla Vere completed, and off wo _ * ! moved, followed by our baggagn traiu.** As, * in general, none knew where we were to go. ; Passing through a part of Wsihington. we | ; i Cauio to dnd crossed tho Potomac, over the ■ Long Bridge. While crossing* 4 frcipi.-ut. . ly heard the remark, that mauy of thr L'.'itli ; would bever reeross tha rivur. and I could * ' bat respond, that there w ss '• more troth than ) ' poetry " in the remark. , Shortly after passing the bridge, the Col" S ■ ont-l. Laving mercy upon the liraj column. , i ) allowed u* to halt uvrhile for rest. A tlru- , . 1 tion was' paid to thfs order, and down we | 1 tat Ly the roadside. Most of the bo; i un- | strung their knapsacks, and nil of us took ; ' : u tote to. s'av oor hunger. Io nbout 10 j unnules, Lieu t Col. Ayres, in tfi» shrill, < sharp lone, was heard to suy — •• Attention - liattsllinii ! Shoulder ornu-l Forward t Starch !" We sere now in the same road B j which I took lust April when going out to ! y ies andna. W e ha-i jogged on hat a few hundred yards before wo came to -l-'nrl llunian. built by three. months Jersey hoys. ^ Un glancing around. I noticed but two guns moan ted. in place of eight or ten t!^.l t *a» II lU.Sp„,,. 1 At the fort we turned off from th - \ e<- ' nndna road, and took a direct inn low ardt ' l.eeihurg. bnt only proceeded shout three ■ fourths of a mile, when we halted mthin a few yards of Fort Albany, und our Colonel rode off. ior what, wo knew not. During s the lime we stood at a halt, eleveu regi-

ment* of.lroop*. Trom the citales of Maine, Vermont. New Hampshire. Rhode Island. Connecticut nnd New York, marched Ly u*. Thry had been out on review, and on their way to their -several encamp I menu. Hand* of vxcvlleul music aco-unpa. . nied them, and no large a number made a j line derplny . Tbey were noble looking and we shall expect Io hear a good : I account of them. One of the regiment* be. 1 , longs to the Irish Btigade of Gen, Curcoi Wc tock tip our line of march ugaip, am) ' ! in about hall an^iour 5«und ourselves ut a : staud-stiTl. on the ground we now occupy ' I fer a camp. Tho work of pitching tents ; was immediately commenced, and .-re twi- • • light was upon -us. nil was made ready f»t a t night's sleep un the ".sacred sail of Virgiuln," and even upon the property of tho 1 ' Chief traitor general. Gen. Lee's rimdence. . from which he skedaddled at the outbreak j ; of tbo rebellion, is t?ut a short di«tanco from i our camp. Geu. lleiotzleinwn's head-qaar- ! ters ate io the building, and tb6 star span- j gled banner lioats over it. Fori* Bunion j ! and Albany arc in our immediate vicinity, j | The Utter is a splendid fortificuiion. From ■ | calnp we l.avogt better view of Wash i than when at Camp . Casey. IJuriwftffe saving more. 1 mu-t relate an ' mcidkot or lwo: Era. the tent* were even J I put o(L mauy of the beys strolled into tbe | sfoods tnd thickets aroond camp, sod w.bile ; strolling, tbey started .rsbbiu l^om Aoir i beds./ It soon spread through Cayip that ' these dolicalo little lambs ^bound«d here, ; end a* the hoys were jrenniltL-d to act as ! they chosa^a majority of them pot off on a "double quick,' aod it might hare amused our friends at homo to have watched the boys witfi club*, missiles, wAc.. in hand, fol4qwmg close jipon the rabiu" heel*. A1 , mostrfiverv (u*h they kicked, out Icapgd a J ••rabb." aud then came sport. They ran i through and ahoond the ramp, and a durco • i or more were caught. Aa one skipped past ' F.vin Edmunds, of Qupe Island, be made a lucky gteb, and ceoght it. This morning it, was fried a la tolditr. and I had a nibble off a hied leg. Quite a contrast between salt-bor-e or mule and fresh rabbit! Many of us also partook of tomatoes, at sapper, last ecening, that grew wild near Gip> Lee's. Put I mast stop writing few to- lay. ^*he dram-csll for drilling-beats. Thursday, Oct 30th. . I Afternoon is here— a plektan! Autnmn ! i one, indeed — and J am at my post. 6©r j grant -uf-the-G nerd. My dnties int not arI daoos. as «here are fewer visitor* than we ■ had at Bever'-y, and there is lea* disorder ; among the meu. Wherever we'mtke a new r *tacd. the ei.rnmon talk ia, aa to what place 1 we will next mora to. . Aa tba quaetibo ia | dUeosaed each t ty.'roi a-h day brirgs it* rejmor. hear IbM Geo. Bank* s f*thnp " I

up ao expcdiiien to sail for Texas, soon, and some think we ore to accompany him. it a general desira that wc may go down drive the mod traitors from the Lone State. Bnt it ia a mere toppotilion that we shall go (hen. for no one know* where we move next. Nearly all in the regiment b»vo paid a viait to Gvn. Lee s hoane. It is a large, brick mansion, beautifully situated op s L hill, commanding a view of tbe Poto mac, and the two cities*oppd*ite. The tall trees around arc bowing their heads obedience to tbo blow of the soldier's * axe. All the wood we use is cot by oar soldiers, and more i« now consumed than usual, as tbe nights are growing cold, and tbe bora build fires in tbeirtents, which adds some w hat to opr comfort. When I wrote last, several of oar ComWere arrtoOsiy ill, lul'all except one moving about at present. Friday, Oct. 31*t. The morning guard is being mounted, and I shall be relieved, shortly. I spent nicht around a picket fire. I moored a few moment* on the grouud, wrapped in x blanket, with a -Virginia stone .under head for a pillow. It went gay, and s camp life in tenlity. This it the way pickets rest when off tbctt*po*ts. The countersign goes on now at twilight, and the sentinels hare thoir guns loaded. Since entering the Sunny South, military rules and orders hove to be put ia force to the letter, und we a're nnder stricter discipirn*. Reveille now heata at six a. m.. id-tcad of at 5. and from C until 7 'we go out o.i company drill. This is to give u* nn appetite f.-r our breakfast. 'At 10 ©' clock tn-dny. there is to bo a grand iaspec. lion of every article that '• Undo Sammd " liav presented o* with. Theso inspections occur at the end of etcry two months in the service. Our first two months have passed quite Satisfactorily, .Saturday. Nov. 1st. The former part of this letter *m closed und sent off in snch haste, that 1 do not remember what I wrote lost. A little more will be added. I'h» 27tb N. J. V. havr tdrir pamp near us. We are iu the Firsttoriga.de of Casey'* Division. There are three brigadta in th!« diviiion. and cactNgftfufa is com posed of five regiments. CorT^right, of tbo l.'itU • Chnnectiect, i* our brigade command-:). It is raid that there era, about fifty thousand troops within n f-?w mlle5_bf baro. Gen. , Heintxleman commands all. 1 should have stated before, that oursqr. i gei.n is with n«. He appearsto be a fine man. nr.d I hope he will provo himself a worthy physician/ If a sick soldier does n-'t Lave a go ad snrg«a»-to minister to his medical stents, ho *(K wxjMrience tough ' hums! ' ' fT". # .. Our camp is so near Washington that it any of our friends should gel on Ibis way it would require hot litllo pains to reach t»s. Some of the - oys *ugg«*t that n box ofdei irat-ic* from our door friends at Cape May . would come ncceptablo now. Speaking fur : all. I am Strongly impressed that a jar or ' ! jellies or preserraa would cot ho refused ■ acceptance, if they were sent n*. Adams' i KKJtresfi i* a gfm»l inslitation. Don't take the bilit. Tho mail arrangement* of the 25th ore ^ j rjoite complete. Mr. Orin Baker hat been [ appointed postmaster of the reginuut. At j ten o'clock in the morning I e carries the ] mail Into Washington, and returns at 2.1*. i M, with our letters. There were a happy i lot^of boys in Co. F., last Wodaetday, after tho mail arrived, as nearly every one receiv. ' ed a loiter, and somo two, three and four. . It pleases us to know that tho railroad it « , progressing to finely. We^xpect to rido i from Camden to Cnpo Island, wher we rei torn next July. *Many of as were oot u- ■ toajshed to hear of the fire at Cape Island, i It was oodnjhtodly the work of an incendi- ■ ary ontTwa bav^ oorscspieioa*. That tbe parties gallty of the crimo may be caught i aod ca/ad for, is thd wi»h of i J. Gr. an ville lcim. 1 J Faike.'X 8r.wi**uy, Nor. 2. In about an hoar after 1 ha i finished my k letter for tbe " Wave," yerterday, our regj. : . meat w*i got ia lios, snd left camp, to bo ^ present at a review ef twenty thousand ' troops. We ha! oot reached a distance of ■ r two hnndrtd yards, when a conrier rode ap 1 to' the colonel, and handed him a despatch. • The column wo* halted, farad about, end * ' marched back to camp. Wo fraro there informed that there wta to be aa advance of tbe army, and wc were Io wave on to Fnir1 fax Seminary. A rraugtiaaa^ were immediately mode, end off we eraved. and after . matching up and dowK .wtta, «bont fire » } miles, we rewohed t jsf.-sfimy. and en. ! cam pad on the aame.gra.od uwt the beer ! end Maine had jam vocarad It is aow 9 ' 1 a'ekek a. m.. «on<t «y. ffib>«e commancmg . e I these liaes. ccmpeaie, A ami F bees been . : ordered cm .bowl thr.* art** for picket k ; daty. •• Fall fo ccmwewy f." i» tht word. rt " ! J*1 v \ - ' ..