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Sty Cape IRsp ©nan ScftaDt ! 1 CAPE ISLAND N. J. j i J. 8. LEACH, Editor and Proprietor. Thursday. Jan- 22, 1863ONE UOLLAlt PUlt ANNUM! ~WARXvD OTHER NEWS. ' 'Wehave Uken up so niueb apace with the Governor's Message, which we publish alee where, ibal we bare but little space for Imwi ; if tl^ere w*a mock bat, fortunately, there i» bat little. The expedition recently operating nt Yicksburg baa been heard from. They •ailed op the Arkan*** river, and attacked . jg, r,l^U at a place called I'oat-of Ar- ' ..«««, or Arkansas Poll, about 100 miles ; frqm month of the rirer. Tbey took 4b#ir ilr.'ncholds by atorm. Tbe rebeli surrendered, nncoaditionelly, on the 11th intt. Onr Ion wai eitimated at 200. and the rabel lost 5">0 killed and wounded, and from 7,000 to 10,000 taken priaooeri. We captarad a large amoonl of provisions, nnim«J« and monitiwvt of war. Tbe account i* official. Later account* from New Orleana eoninn the account of the bloody affair at Diftvealon. in ilia main features, which we pgLfeftad last week. ,'jk boat ha* bein captored off CharWflon ; containing a rebel major who had in -hi* poeeeirinn important dUpalchea for Enrope. He wai waiting to place them on board auteamer, but fell into tbe hand* of j our War vesrel". The paper*, which hare been published. compriie Derli* Message j and a large batch of department cofrei-' dencu #1^ their European emiiiarlei. | Tbey Captain soma of the moat outrageous I lie#.* TM$f gVe an inside. Viqw of the re- j bcllion. v Tbe rebel* , in force, attacked our Irani- j porta and a punboat in tbe Cumberland [ river lately. One with 200 lick and woon- 1 <l#d wai fired into with artillery ond captared. Tbe men weru paroled and tbe boat ykitroyed. ffrtunT oauDNnncs. Cixr brimarra Fnzor.stcznarao. V*.] Headquarters 2-VhJReg. N.J. V . V Heterday, Jan. 10. 1863. J Dear Waet flgrawitb I w»d yon two piece* of poetry. hare been ♦eeafoed (a camp recently. The fim ii from the pea of Or. Thoophilo* T. Price, formerly of Cope Way. but now a resident of Tucker, too, N.J. It war add weed. In a private letter, to Berg't Aaron Learning, t rearer of the Stat* lag in tl^plato battle. It ii written open tbe battle cry that our brary Colonel gave hi. In the letter. Dr. Price Hays " The part your regiment took in thd battle, a* described by Granville." (referring to the camp letter io_the •• Ware,") -'struck me at noble and heroic; and on the epar of, tbe moment 1 tried to throw your battle-cry Into vers*. The dilicnlty of embodying the word* in rhyme yon will perceive by the nnauceesiful effort which I have made." I hop* the Doctor will par. ion me for tending H for. publication witho«» hie knowledge. I know not tbe name of the writor ol the * other beautiful stanza*. It waa handed w to rood, and thinking it well worthy or -publication, I forward it. The name of - Batter " mentioned io the fourth nance ia Rev'd F. E Batler, cnaploio of onr regiment. 11# accompanied na to the bottle, *• feel him truly to bo " the soldier's fHeod:"— J. Oaamixa Laacn. mm abb tki umjo*." The Baltic Cry of the gallant 25th X. J. Volunteer* at Frederiek*burg . m Advance the Jeroey Twenty Fifth;" ••Forward!"— Our Colonel crfp* ; "Charee up tba hilt V than rang forth with Oar war sbout through the Akin. Around ue lull fierce shot and shell. Acid bullets whistled o'er os. But on *• darh, 'mid roar and crash, — The vengeful foe before na. Bona i brink with tear, none seek the nil, Nor.wavering, tune to run one; Bat burets on high o«r battle cry— -Non Jersey and tbe Union.* Up— up the bill n# proudly wheal— Tba aummlt fewer foond na— It For ceaoon's crash and market's flash ^ 8 trowed carnage all arennd u*. Bat ftrmud grand, undaunted aland •or Hna. from which kad Aowa sou, Awdhradlr r*ag above tbe clang ^vSow Jersey and the Uuioc ." c«« lbs ball, and tbvo ska wail

I The quick command* were calling ; I b j ran tbe rebel clan, 1 0 In Nnld. tumultnons hurry. ' ( | battery and bank and tree Belched forth inreroat fury, j Alone we aland — tbe low command j t Came »adly — " Let not one run. t I Nor face about." — " Retire." hut sbout j j " .Vnr Jersey and tie Union.' " ' , Jan'y 1. '63. T. T. P. ' t niUPSCTPlXLT ADDRESSED TO TIIK I TWttSTY-flFTIl IEW JEHSET VOL. CSTKKKS A thousand brave and noble men. 1 With loyal hearts and flashing eye*,— 1 You left nr when the Aotnmn ran | ' .Shone brightly ia our Northern skies, i That sun. now veiled in Wiotry gray. j. Looked sadly on your broken ranks ' When lately rote the sound of fray [ On Rappahannock's bloodstained , [backs. Ob, gallant hearta ! oo that red field j Your swords first met tbe traitor foe; In danger tried. dn Wattle proved. | Your valor and yoor worth we know. j God bless yoor Colonel— Derrom brave— May Honor's self bia rleps attend ;— God biers the noble Batler loo, Tfao wounded soldier's kindly friend. Ob! gallant hearts! onr prayers and; [tears ! To Heaven we daily ponr for yon; j We prny" God ble«s4he 'Twenty Fifth,"*, i Those thousand loyal men and true, ' Patterion, .V. J , Dec 241*. 02. Tuesday, January 13. 1SC3. j Last Saturday week, while our regiment r; wakjJoing picket duly along the Rnppa- > hannock, op|M>site Fredericksburg, a deser- | ler from the " Secesh " army came into onr I j lines. He was on Irishman, who belonged "j in the North, bill was living in tbe South, at the time of the brooking oat of tho re- ' bullion, and was impressed into tbe rebel j service. The manner in which he escaped ; | may be notod. It was becoming a common ! ' I practice for soldiers of both armies to cross ' 1 and recross the river, opposite the city, and ' exchange papers, or give sug&r and coffee j ' j for tobacco. On tho above named day I 1 several of our regiment had visited the re-* bels, and they in retnrn visited os. In one squad there were Ibreo •• gray backs;" two of tbem (one at a time) had been over. It j was now the torn of lira Irishman. He got in the boat and crossed, Hi* companion* , , waited for his return, but he has not returnI ad yet ; as J I presume ia among hi* friewrfe | in tho North, and a happy man indeed. — f When he landed and got among onr boys be almost shouted. He belonged to the ' '.'1st Mississippi Regiment. He said his [ comrades always mistrusted his Union pro- ( clivities, and had kept a watchful eye on ! him, but be had " played sharp " on them , at last. In speaking of the late battle, he I ( said the •' rube " were in high glee over It. They were disappointed, however, on findI ing we had evacuated tba city, "for tbey ( hoped we wonld continue to attack their r works unlU we were slaughtered. Besides f the earthworks which are Visible from I this ahore. he says the enemy hltt masked ■ batteries in every direction, and they have ^ thrown np rifle pits, Ac., in tho streets of Fredericksburg. Tbey are expecting ano. ther visit from ns, at some point, and are t preparing for It. Said deserter was a veil I informed chap, has experienced tnnch io f the South, and tba information which he f gave to G*n. Sumner, after being conveyed t to his headquarters, was no donbt valuable. Tbis desertion pot an and to the picket traffic, tho " rehs " concluding that we bad | lb* best of them.

Wednesday Afternoon. Tbera being no battallion drill thie afternoon, I have a chance of adding to what I have already written. Bat a short time since, we wrote home to oar friends to direct onr letters to 1st Brigade, 3d Division, «Li Army Corps. Now that yon havs jnst , gat to understand the address we are brigaded answ, as might be expected. We have left tbe 1st, and are in tbe 3d Brigade. This Brigade is composed of the 23th N. J.. 21st Conn., 13th N. H., sod 4th R. I. Volunteer*, commanded by Colonel Datum, of the 21st Connecticut, who is a Weal Poipt graduate, aad a regular army oBoer Not having seen much of him, we have' formed oo opinion as to his abilities. Col. Hawkins was loth to give as np from his brigade, bat he had to yield to tho orders of superiors.' Us had a high esteem of the 35 lh. Tho health of the regiment ia on the amend. The sick in most cases ere improving. and 1 believe there are ao critical caeea io tho hospital. Oar bospij*l* have the name of being the beet arranged and tbe neatest kept aad bast condacted is the Division. Although ws think we have macy afck, yat it maams that we have a toot I" a amber than any of the caw regimeaU in U« carps. A coek tense «ed bake oven is

being erected for (ho hospital, aod our col, ' g onel is also heviog a large bake eveo built h the benefit of tbe regiment. By this w* can bare the floor, which is furnished * , once-in a while, baked into bread, which { the doctor's say will be more healthy eat- j f i than the hot cakes which we make. — . ^ Thrre are few commanders that look us ' { much as Col. Derrom does after tho health \ ^ and welfare of tbe men nndev their com- j « mand. *** ' "| t LieuVCol. Arrsfe-wbo has been absent i e sick so long. I* expected to join us in a day | or two. His presence once more with u* j ( will be bailed with joy by us all Onr , I Quartermaster — sick with typhoid fever — J has gone home on a furlough. Lieut. Pea- i J I cock, of Co. D, is now acting Quarterrooa- 1 ^ ter. There bavo been several discharge* ' j granted in our regiment to both officers , and men. on account of sickness. Lieut. I ( N. W. Godfrey, who was discharged re- ; cently. waa on to take parting leave of his I , j comrades in Co. F. the other day. Bickness i ! has left its mark upon bim Ha goes home | I a iroe patriot, having done good service to j I | his country, as far as health woaid permit j him. Oapt. Blenkow has just received an | ' j honorable discharge.* His health has been j 1 | on tbe decline recently. He expect* to : I ; start for Cape May the last of this week.— I i j Lieu't Willi* and Sergeant Foster have j | I received their commissions as First and ' '8%cond Lieutenant*. Who will fill the ' position of the Cuptsin I cannot tell, hut I -judge thst Lieot. Roger*, of Co. A. will.— 1 ' Uncle Abe." IteMss— the fatherly friend 1 of the Cape May soldier— is with us to-day. i being here after the Body of Corporal David i Hildreth. of Co. I. Wo were glad to see - - him. To-mojrow heleavo* u*. Tbe Cape | May boys in general are doing wall. In , : my next I will endeavor to furnish tho list I , ; of nou commissioned officer* in Cos. F, G 'janll. : , There are many camp rumor*, ns usual : . 1 ■ some of which are. that the paymaster is i 1 goi tig to visit us in a day or so ; that the i Dili Army Corps is going; hack to Alexaui dria ; anil that we ore going to have a i brush soon. Thrre ia no official authority! | for any of these, but tbe latter is the most. ! , ; likeiy to take place We will wait and seo ' • J. UiuSviu.r. Lkacu. tiOVERKOS'8 MESSAGE. I (ir.sTi.r.MK.N or tiik Scvate axii Geseral Assembly : j The opening of yoor tossion makes it j ' l again ray duty to bammnnicatc to you I the condition of the affairs of tho State, - ; and to recommend the adoption of such i I I measures ns are deemed expedient. The receipts of the Treasury for the ! , ordinary occonWy |ince my last state- ! . moot submitted ta you, have been ; , From afl sourcos, $223,920.02 , i Cash oultand, Jpnnsry 1, , 13C2, 14.235.55 j $278,157.57 j | ' Pisbnrsements, 186,078 07 I 1 Balance on hand January 1,1868, ' $02,084 50 ' On the first instant there ^were due : i To the Savings Bank of i Now York, ' $95,000.00 ; I To Trenton Banking Com- , pony, for warrant given r for appropriation to tbe 8tate Lunatic Asy'lam, . 9,000.00 ' Dne several Counties, bal1 ance of School appro1 priaiions Tor I8B2, 35,981.53 ' Annual Tax of CorporaI tions, received! in advance, V 24,528.34 t Unpaid on acconflt of np- ] propriattons to ihe Normal School, 4,000 00

J1C8.504.8T ; Deduct cash on hand, 92,084 50 t i • Total, 75,420 37 • By a comparison of the foregoing - statement witn that submitted in Jnnua- , ry, 1862, it will appear that this ordil nary indebtedness of the State has been . reduced tbe earn of $61,072 03. and ia , now within th« constitutional limit. The Treuarer'a report will give the . details of the receipts and disbursements. At tbe last seaalon of the Legislature the Incidental Bill snbmilted, was not passed. Matty persons sustained serions inconvenience io consequence, and ' with my advice and consent, the Treas- - nrer paid each aa srere most in need, re- • lying on the LegMstnre to legalise the • advance* that raffle by him. » The .Pnblic Stbooi System of the State could be m^lh improved, and the e report of the School Superintendent has . some snggeations J worthy yoor serious j consideration. e The Normal fechool continues to , prosper *nnder the judicious management of the Trustees. 8 The State Lunatic Asylum is as perfect 8 an Institution of tht kind ns can be ■ foond may where, wad ther benefit it ben atovi on tho indigent insane cannot bo • ^calculated. Thft.«pvrts df tba Mans-

' gers. Superintendent aad Treasurer, are | herewith transmitted. | 5, fthere are twenty-three pupils io the , is New Yorkand Philadelphia institutions is (or. the deaf and dumb, tweniy-eigbt pu- i ei ptls in the New York and Philadelphia it i Bliud Asylums, and fifteen indigent h • fi-eble-1ninded 'children in the Training S ; at Media. Pennsylvania, suppor- | b j led by the funds appropriated by the it ! Stale for those objects. The propriety S ; of such appropriations, in behalf of It i classes thai challenge tip: warmest BTtn- e palhy, must be admitted by all. p i The report of the Commissioners of , b | is herewith transmitted. , li i The State Prison is by no means 1 p what such an ingtitusion should be, and -I I I would again direct your attention to o that which woe submitted to tho Legia- h leture in my message two years since, ti ; While so much improvement in prison I 1 discipline has been effected in other ' States ond countries, we of New Jersey t should not rest contended while onr pris- I on is infcrHi£*iit any respect. Much is t I needed to make it a first class penul and I reformatory institution u ' On the second day of July last an net [ was passed by Congress entitled "An ; act donating public land* to the govern! U States and Territories which may pro- 1 i vide Colleges for the benefit of J^Kficul- r lure and Mechanic Arts." Thiskst gives to the several States, on certain t conditions therein set forth, an amount * 1 vf public laud equal to thirty thousand t acrJT for each Senator and Kepresenta- » uv» in Congress, to which the Stales 1 respectively are entitled bj the eppor- • tionmenl under tlis census of eighteen > . hundred and sixty. i • Th« act furl her provides that "no « State shall be entitled to the benefit o! * | this act, unless it shall express its ac- • ceptance thereof by its Legislature 1 within two rears from the date of its ap- 1 i ptovol by the President " Your atten- ' lion is inriied to the provisions of the 1 I act, in order that such meaauren inuy be ' I adopted as are deemed advisable. ' The protraction of the war brought 1 ; on us by the rebellion, tnndc necessary I . u call on the loyal Slates for additional < troops. The President, by an net of Congress. I was authorized to cut! for three liuudr^d J thousand volunteers to serve for three 1 | years unless sooner discharged ; and for 1 j three hundred thoasand-inilitia, to serve 1 for nine months, the latter to be raised by 1 drafting. Accordingly on the eighth 1 I day of July last a requisition vu made 1 for one hundred npd fifty thousand vol- ; | unteers, of which tbe quota of Newt Jersey wns five rrgimeuts. To faeUi- j | ' | late raising these regicnettti, camps were 1 1 established at five different pieces iu the i ! slate, und by the sixth day of Svptcm- , | Ler the five regiments were recruited, ' 1 clothed, armed, equipped, furnished j 1 1 with Sibley Tents, and had left the State, i 1 some for Washington, nnd others for the ' 1 ( I seal of war in Maryland. — These regi ; | meats were provided with that which ' ' | wdB requisite, partly by the aiule. and ' | partly by the General Government, j I They were numbered severally the tlev- i I ! enth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteentii and j 1 1 fifteenth regiments, New J-rsey Yolun- 1 f leers | £)n the fifteenth day of August an ^ 1 order was received from the 8ecretarv of ! I War to raise ten thousand fonr hundred i 1 and seventy eight men by drafting, to serve for nine months, the drafting to | 1 I begin on the third ^sy of September, and continue from diiy '.5 (fay emit com- \ pielcd. Arrangement were - imioedi- { . ately made to comply with the order Jt I waa asctTtaioed that the t>-ople were disposed to avoid a draft, and that the - requisite number would be furnishr j b j volunteering. Kacilitie. were accordingly given to lubstitnle voluwteers

for those liable to u draft. The quota each county and township was required to furnish was published and before the time for drafting had expired, there were ten thousand eight bun tred men . who had volunteered, in the several rendezvous that had been established, over three hundred more than the state's quota. Drafting had to be resorted to in but one township in tbe state, that of Warren, in Somerset county. These volunteers were organized Into eleven regiments, and numbered from , twenty-one to thirtjona inclusive, New Jersey Volunteers. I Under the Militia law of the 8tate they elected their officers. 8o soon as that which was needful could be procur- | ed, they were clothed, armed and equipped, pertly by tbe Uoited States, and , partly by the Slate, and bad all left for t Washington by tbe tenth day of Octoj ber, with camp and garrison equippage , complete, including Sibley tents. Thus promptly has New Jersey met i every reqoisltioo made upon her to uid . in putting down the rebellion, and since the befinuing of the ws* for that pur- . nose, bar aeat morn thsn thirty thousand , men into tbe field, exclusive of recruits . to supply the waste of tbe regiments in i set vice, und those who have joined nrgi . I uoatt In othtr Btatua. ir*

An act of £ongreu approved August 5, 1861, entitled " An act to provide increased revenue from imposts, to pay on the public debt, and for othpurposes, enact* that a direct tax of millions o' dollars ibe, and hereby is annually iai'l upor, the Uoited and the same shall be and hereby is apportioned to the States respectThe amount appottioned to the of New Jersey by the act, is four hundred and fifty thousand, ooe hundred end thirty-four dollars. The act further provides that if the quota of any 8t*te duly assumed and paid before the day of Jane, a deduction of fifteen ceat. may be made from the amount; also provides that the whole or a part of the quota of any State may be p-jid the relense of any liquidated and de-ti-rmined claim of the State againsr the United States. By a joint resolution of the Legislaapproved February 10, 1862, the — • Governor was directed to give ootice to the Secretary of the Treasury of lh« United States, the direct tax imposod upfcn this State by act of Congress, approved August 5. 1861. The notice required was accordingly given, and the receipt thereof acknowby the Secretary of tbe Treaan- ' fe. On the 13th of May. 1862. an amendment to the aforesaid a.t of Congress approved, which provides "that the 53d section of said act shall be construed as applying to such claims of for reiiuburMiuent* of rx peases incurred by them in enrolling, subsisting. clothing, supplying, arming, equiplug. paying and transporting it* troops employed in aiding to suppress the presen; insurrection against the Catted S.iit.-s, ns shall l.e filed with the proper officer* of the United State*, before the 30th of July next, slid in *m-h c«*c the abatement of fifteen per cent, will b» made on audi portion of said tax as may ••-»» paid by the allowance of *uch claim*, in whole or in part, the jjamc as if tho final settlement and liquidation thereof hud been made before the thirtieth day of June."' 1 Before ihe thirtieth day of July there were filed with Hie proper officers of the United Bures, claims of the Stale against the United States, which with others' previously presented, amounted the sum of $437,209 97. or (after deducting tho abnieraei.t of fifteen per cent.) $54,596%", more than tbe State's quota of tax. V The fourth section of the act of the ; Legislature, approved March 28, 1865-. i provides, that whatever bnlance of the said sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall remain in the Treasn- ! ry of this State after the full psymentof said qoota, and of the debt or debts contracted under this section, shall be, i end hereby is appropriated to "the war fund or this Stale." It j* recommended ; the act be so amended that the said 4 " bnlance " shall lie appropriated to the " sinking fund." |. To meet the expense of recruiting . and equipping tbe troops sent from the , state, and to pay the families of vohin- , teera under the act or the Legislature approved Mny II, 1861, it has been necessary to borrow additional sums of ffioney, part of which haa been borrowed on the bonds of the state, and part lor a short time from the banks. The account of the war fund may be stated as follows, viz ; Indebtedness of the State : j Bonds issued. ^ $791,100.60 j Due severe! baakt, 466,87^4 There is do* the State : From Uoited States, for \ \ . J5IOO.SIU.I4,

Deduct tax assumed by ) Stau. $450.134 00 [ 382 613.90 Less 15 per cent. 67,520.00 j Balance due from United Slatea, 8317.796.84 4 1 Cash on hand. 27.550 62 Tax assumed by State, 383.613 9Q i 737t9fiU« . f r 553R5. f Sixty thousand dollars of the tax of 1861 ba* been invested iu State Bonds, on eci count or the Sinking Fund, and there ia fo i the bend* of the Treasurer, iu addition tb , the cash on hand slated above, $67A20kIQ. being tbe 15 per cent, dedncted from the Uoited States tax. ' _lt will be observed b/ tbe foregoing ' statement, tbat the cash on hand, 827.556 • A2. with the tax da. the Slate from Ifco - Counties, $382 613.9c. amounting together | to $410,164.52. is more than sufflciret to r pay the amount duo the several Baaka. to . purpose it will be applied. The funds necessary to meet the Hut. expanses for the present y.ar nUy, in port bo raised by collecting the ram due the State from t tbe Uoited States, aad lb* balance by a | farther ia>a* oT 8 use Booda. j , To pay tb.iaur.nk tbe Bute boa# issued, and to further procure a sinking - . ■ road for lb* payment of the principal as it * becomes dee, it is recomaiendad that a ■ State Tax of one buoored tbooaaad daUar* » be levied the preeeot year. Tbe duties of tbe Qaartor Metier rod Adjutant General* have ipHtir be uq,-st». -