CAPE MAY COUMTY OCCAM W AVE. , CAPE ISLAND, lj€W JERSEY ^ _ * - - .

g)|c(tapfiirap fresn MtitiV dAyfe^StlANn N. .T. 1 1 jr. S. LEACH. Editor and Proprietor. ! ' ThnWdayTMarch. r>. IB63 OKK POLL Alt PER.ANSUMt] cm KAY AID ATLAKTIC iAILHOAD. ' We bare a fow more word* to bay in [ refer en re to the rnilrood scheme, known | as the Cape Mar and Atlantic Railroad; • and perbape thia may be the last we •hall ever hero occasion to soy, and we know of no more appropriate time- to •ay it than the present. . This company was chartered daring the legislative session of 1853, and the • bill was epprorcd by the. Qorernor on the 4lh of ^prch, when it became a law. The lltnMallon of the charter was j ten years, during whicfl time the road mutt be built or the" charter renewed, ! both cf which failing tube accompni{hfd the charter, at the expiration of the ten j years, becomes null and roid. Thw^Jen j year* expired yesterday; (Wedue*day>, and as no application for a renewal has ; been introduced into the Legislature;'! and ctWiotbe, or could not be passed if I inicoiiar-i. from the simple fact that no j notice, of snch application hag erer been , published, we feel nuthorizdl to nn- : noofice iho deceute. ly limitation, of; the whole acheme : There is ho such , corporation known to the law. as the i Capo May and Atlantic Railroad" Com- i pan y. Wc mako these statements in justificacation of onr former course in reference to the scheme. No doubt some people - thought we bad sinister motive* in onr opposition, but such was not the case -apposition, UUI SUCH uuk mo VUJC. ,

■ We Opposed it from a. sense of our duty to the public. A few months ago,, the friend* of that scheme-, or rather the 1 friend « of Atiantie city, were iood ia their assertions that the' road would be bniit. One of the directors, who wis formerly the Presided of the company, ! ^ called on as sometimo during last sura j mer, and tried to reason us iuto the be- : Jtef »thal the road wonld be completed ; daring the past winter. lie adtqllted that if it was not, tho whole scheme would fall to the ground, by the expiration of the charter. But he was pos ti*e in the matter, and eaid that there was no mistake tboil it ; that the rjmd wonld positively be .built by the preeeut time. Tho president of the company, during the same visit to the Island, made the same positive declarations to oor then acting reporter, anil any- one, taking their word for it,*wouli support that there could be no mistake about it. Both positively stated that they had the means at their command to carry oat the* scheme, snd should do it. Bnt what have they done towards it J Why they made a show of w^tk on the npper end of the roate, and we presum. tc sde a good beginning for fc turnpike from T3gg Herbcr City to May 't Lindiet ,' which, by the by, was very much needed ; and a "certain indri'daaP bron^bt down his Detch Corps into «r county, and piled op several beeps of .earth, 'and

then skedaddled, and bee scarcely been , heard from since. Now why was all this ? Simply for the reason that we have reiterated a hundred '.im«e, to kill, if possible, the V enterprise now in progress, end soon t» be completed, of bidding the road from Millvilie to this place ; and all for the beneSt of Atiantie City. Bntlbey hav< failed in their object. We saw through the whole sdemc, and were poslive in 1 onr own mind* that we were correct ; and the aeqnel has proved us . so. Tne loaders in that scheme bad no more expeetat'on of carrying out their promises •ad declarations than the writer or read or .of then lines baa of taking a rail i road trip to the moon tbw weak. We , bare no doubt that many mow wen sin- , rrre ia their interest in the scheme, and thair belief, or. at least, their hope that It «onM be consummated ; bat not ( so with the leaders. They bad no such wish, belief or hope. They bave boih .jaat at cnueh of the road as tbey ssor ' intend SO do. We *IU ?• <** not 1 v safer tut the pwrlc of At;«otlo

J county, ^aud a portion «>r the opper part | lof Cape May, desired to aee thet roud jc j bnilt, as' it would rnn Vent «r to them ; j ( we conld not s** how shey eonld j < j have any hope thet U would be done, | ! except upon the principle that— "she I , • wish is father to the thought." If, howI ever, they did think there was a reason- 1 1 able ground for snch en expectation, j they acted perfectly consistent with their | | own interests, and we commend them j | for it. < We have no objection to the building of a road from some point on the Cam- i | den and Atlantic road, to intersect with our road now building, and it may be } that it will some time be done ; bat not ; [ oh the old CaprMay and Atlantic char i j ' ter, as. tbst is now defunct. 1 WAR AND OTHER NEWS. [j. # : ' : Tho report which we noticed last , • ! week, that the bombardment of Ticks'- ; ' j burg was commenced on the 18th of' ' 1 February, up to Monday is neither con- . 1 i firmed nor denied. If commenced lit' NevidenyJy did not ntukc mock progress. ; I i .The report from a rebel officer, thai • t Vicksbnrg was in our possesion, wur. H evidently a hoax, instead of this, wc ' ' | met with a somewhat serious loss, in the I I capture, by the rebels, of the gunboat1 ' Queeuj){/M»e West. .The rebels report fi tlinta captured rebel pilot was compelled 1 I to pilot the steamer to the rebel battcc5 j ies, and keforo they were nwnro he run " i her so near to the n that they opened on 1 her, and. soon disabled her. Tim rebel • 1 pilot jnmped overboard and escaped. . : Most of the officers end crew of the ! 9 Qacen of the West did lbs same. Oviljt r thirteen foil iuto the hands of the reb- ; els. r - . . i

i There w»* exciting reports week, ' of tli c invasion of central Kentucky, by j the rebels in large force. At one lime it was- stated that Breckinridge, with | twenty thonsand men, was ihvading the | State; but nil the reports, by later j ! novices, appear to have been greatly I j exaggerated. There were sotne small; i bonds marching into the State, but tbey i • have been drivcu back. A serious conflict is going on in llonry Lake valley, over the boundary i question between California and Nevada, and in an effort oi a California Sheriff's j posse to serve a process six of his men ) were wounded. Both parties were for- , lifying themselves jn log houses It wae reported last week that For- • rest's guerillas are again ravaging north i western Tennessee, and cartying off all i the able-bodied contrabands th-y con i lay their hands apon. A battle was expected in the neighborhood of Frank- ; iin, a* a large force of- United Statestroops arc stationed at that place. We have heard no farther accounts. The rebels have been troublesome again at Lake Providence, bnt one of onr gunboats went then and dispersed thorn. They had bien felling trees rto" obstruct the passage of the natirtql vessels. More smogglert and apies have beer, captured at various points in Maryland — r — >n nxjuinu

1 snd Virginia on their way to Richmond. The officers aad crew of the JJ. g. - ship llatteras have arrived et New | York. A new rebel pirate, 886, is reported t to be ready to leave England. An explosion in the packing ho-ile P of Dnpont'a powder mills, n*nr Wil- , miagton, Del., occurwd on Wednesdsy , of leal week, by which Ibirtfen or four- , teen men were hilled, aod several others - , wounded. The rmoso le noknown ' s jOn"Tb*£Silay afternoon last a train of | - twenty cars was enptnred on the Louis* villi! ubd Nashville Railroad, not fari from Bawling Creea, by a party of reb ; i els. Tney did not do a great deal of i damage. • Great suffering is reported to exist at ' Vicksbnrg, and hut eatly evs-natiou of that place is thong hi probable. The pirate Alabama was spoken Ternary JOtk, in let. 87, logg- ffB. Tm ex{Mitin. through Yexoo Pus ; bed reached Moon Uke on the SBd of ( i Pebewary; . i - '- *g* »

Advices from San Francisco report j 1' | continued discoveries of mines on the ■ Colorado river. t'hey are very rich, ; ^ • comprising gold, silver and copper. 1 • Gen. Foster has returned to Ncwbern, - t | and is preparing for another expedition, p j Thera is a rumor afloat that the Ticks- j f I burg cabal is finished, snd that several . , gunboats have gone through to attack • , Port llndson. V j i Tho British steamer Petrel, at-Uatep- | ton Roads from Charleston, reports that j ' i he rebels have built strong obstructions | | i j across the harlior^ which is filled with j ( i ; torpcdoesrto blow up Federal vessels. j | t j Gen. John Cochrane has resigned his > Andrews, who'was imprisoned in Bnf- ■ falo fo*r ccnntirfeking Avek's Pills, hns I since been iud-ctcd in Toronto, with one | ^ ,0. C Briggs, of Hamilton. C. W., for i I conspiring to defraud tlie- public by r J their nefarious pursuit. Imprisonment. ! though it be for years, can scarcely punt j ish enough the heartless villain wno ' I could execute spell an imposition upon | | ' the sick- The wicked rascal who, for ! 1 paltry gain, could thus trifle with the | T fife aod health of his fellow man — take 1 e ' from his lips the cup of hope while 1 j sinking, aud substitute on utter delusion I 1 and cheat, would' falter at no crime, and ! .should he spared no punishmonl. Some , ! of Ids trash is still extant, and pnrcha- j ■ sen^should l»c wary of whom thejr buy. ' • ^Gazette, Utir.i, N. Y. j j V Admiral Porter has forwarded a de- J --patch to the Navy Department, report- ' ^ I ing the capture of the gunboat Iudinno- ; i la, near Vicksbnrg, by the rebel?. Site j was attacked by the rams Webb and [ Queen ol the West, and ram.nctl until j ' she-rorremlercd. ' •

Tlie ship Jacob Bell, of New York, j ] from China, has been captured by a j rebel pirate, and destroyed with her | cargo, rained at $1,500,0.90. President has called nn extra ses- 1 t si on of the S nate, to most to day, tbc j ; 6th, for Executive business. The Teg". lsr session edjottttied yesterday, the 4th. ( \ OCX AXKT COXKtSPOKDCKCE. Ilrailqnsrters 2Sth K«-g. X. J. V.; 1 , C*ur at Nkwi-ort News. > | Wefemwlay, February 25. 18C3. J ! Dear hurt:— All of the troops of kh* Ninth Army Carp* ere at this point now. | ' I'lTecotps i* commanded by Geh. Biniih, I j Gen Wilcox, having been n-lievod. We 'were reviewed today by Msj. Gen. Bix, j thu contmmniler of this Department, who ■ hi-ld* hi* headquarter* at Fortress Monroe, It wai the finest display in tho way of a I review that 1 have jet »e«n. .U*d we beeii j j director of the weather, a Oner dey for the 1 J occasion coald not have been ordeiod. The . jky was clear sad lha sir bulmy. Oor baltollion lines were formed about 10 A. M.. and we were not dismissed untd 2 P.^tl. Every soldier of tho corps via* polished up to the highest notch. The -*25ih" in appearance, was not behind any other resident. We were about five hundred strong. ' Considerable maneuvering was resorted to before the whole , corps was got iuto a line - Tor review ; and after the line of column* \ea formed, some time was spent in waiting fir tho distinguished personages to review u* .A little' before l^clock' one could

hear the band* upon our right strike up • - Hail to tbo Chief," and by am! by we j espied General* Viz. Smith aod Getty, with all their aids aod orJerlies, coming down the line. Twice tbey rode np and ■Sown before u*. aad immediately following tbi*. they to«k a prpMffiieit position, wlieo the* gallani Ninth"' Army Corps pasted in review. This *ak thu gayest pari of the affair The sweet ntvuuc-by^thejinds. the geulle waving aod dooming r.r the j torn banner* in the air, the glistening' ol the 'bayonets, and the martial tramp of the ; many thousand bold defender* ol'-u mighty - ! nation, all- tended to- charm the eye, to ' please the ear, to- enliven the spirit*, and I to make up one of the grandest reviews of ; the day. Would; that our many frieogp at I borne could buve [witnessed the sceoo. ! Nowdbat the review is over. It is a com- ' mon expression 'with tbo soldier that a I mora is nsar at band, for heretofore review* have preceded army moves, and some think I that marching- orders for us will soon be i • on the carpet." 1 koow nathing oT such ' orders. That we will »uy hero some lim* j yet la my belief. I We are quite comfortable ia camp at j ' present". Tho Int# storms rendrrwd it nn- , t plaareat daring iteir prsvalence, bnt it was ; j nothing to compute uiili oor camp eew-j

Tomro it nogrowlinjrab,-ot the quality, of grub furnUbed us "lie.-e- Thy are growing hearty and fat. Water for bathing pnrposc* is in great quantity, and cleanliness is becoming a prids. Ces- . ' ! lain boors in the day are spent in sportive t games. ' Bato Ball." " Corner Ball." and ; < j " Ring Ball" are much engaged ia. ond I . j enjoyed by both otttcers and men. Between | < . tlie sutler* and the "colored individuals" j who inhabit the country around. »» can < < buy olmoet anything we want to eat. j 1 ' I hope thegruclu of oor Colonel. Which i ' I sent for publicaliou a few day* sgo. in | i 1 reference to sending boxes f-r this tegi ! meat, h»* arrived fare. Boxes are reaching . | camp safe and in good order. I shall not j time to write more to-day. •J. GRANVILLE LEACH. | j '[ Tlie artirln of the Colonel, above re- ! ! furred to, ha* not been received. We sop- | i pose it gives directions in reference to i I sending packages to our soldiers to Tren j I ton, directed to fhe euro of Quartefnastrr j j General Leai* Pernne. from which place j they will be lurwarded Iree. but we have ui> i j specific informstion on the eubject. — Ko ] OtJB SAVT COEXESPOSDXN CE . U. S. Steamer.- Crlsadkr. } 1 « Ciiesapraka Bat. > j I . Feb 24th 1863. 1 1 Ir. Ij'tth. Sir .-—On laxt Friday, the j i 2Wtfi inal . we received orders from the 'lag , ; ship to get under weigh, and proceed to the • Piankaiaiik river, for tb<*jtarpn*e of takins j from J i' IP* duiuimont the family of Captain . , O««o*. i Captain Owen* wait-formerly a ship cap ' tain, sailing from Bal.imhre, but rest, lug ' in William* county. Virginia. At the breaking not of the rebellion, he I sua enrolled in the State militt-i. and nfter ! i having served thirteen month* in the rebel • i army.Jie «arceeded in making hf» esrnpe at j | tho tune Ycrklnwn *»> evacuated Since ; tlint time, he lias been employed in a lteve | ' nne cutter on duty in lliisMiay. Arriving I I nt the Piankulank. our first and second . , eqnippe'l. end »ci.t on shorn. While on 1 ' i shore, wo received information that a 1 k j sehniiner had run thoa blockade, aud «*< | " ! unloading in East river, under a strong j j guard of cavalry. _ j After buvqig uccoeip! tailed the object for | , j which we lenJb^we got under weigh, and ! | proceeded lo KaWNqver, with the inteutlon I ■ j of fitting out a hoat\expedili.in fur tlie I * • purpose of cnplu»iag_lhe\icltoor.er. if pos | I stble. When opposite NewNPoint Comfort, ' ■ we pereetfed tbo flag ship Mahu-k t coming i j onl of York river. W« immediately ,ig J | rsled lo her thul wo had intclli-.-encu to 1 . i communicate In tho meantime we dis- i 1 coveted u schooner in Inward the western shore, and a boot was immediately dis't pitched lo overhaul Jmr papers ami cargo, j (I)euming her a suspicious rtssel. Ilia Cap j tain wa* hrou^ht on bnortl. By this time j the Mahaska alongside, when our cap. I tain went ulmard to consult Lieut Blake t f, in regard to tho veseel just captured, and I ^ i also to inlorm him of the schooner which j j. had run ^tfie blockade.' lie utlvi>--d our ' captain tn examine the cargo store minutoly j and if hi* suspicions . were confirmed, to I ' e«-n.i her to Ynrktown jn charge of u ptize ' crew. Our captain, after cont-ng abonrd, ^ ordered a stricter search to ho made, which being done, and the captain still (iccdHug her suspicious, sent her to Yorktown. In the meantime, the Mahaska proceeded " In East river, and dispatched two boats in * search of the schooner. Abont 7 P. M . * the boat* returned, fiaving discovered the S schooner about eight miles up tb» river. " Tlie next morning at daylight, onr launch i —Ilk .lilt Rnt mil., IfiMtka,' bowitxer and together* s ; ;

' with the first end second cutter* kvlnnfing ' to the Mahaska, w«nl up lb* ri-erforlhe 1 ' pui pose bf lowing the schooner ont if pos- ' ' slble ; if not. lo barn-tier. Arriving et the I ' place, we discoverbd '.bet %Hn bud been 1 1 burned the night previous. 1 \Oo stalling to return, a body of cavalry 1 appeared on tbo beach, for the purpose of ' intercepting u«. We immediately-opened ' Ore with the bowitxer, but failing to bring ' them lo (A encasement, and not deeming 1 it pvndent toJand. as they might have been ' roinforced, snd being at so great a distance ' from our respective vessels, we deemed it ' advisable to return. Since (hen. nothieg ' of noti has transpired, with the exception . of the capture of nnolber suspicious 1 Schooner in Mob ^Uck bey. After exsmi- | nation, she was reot to Yorktowu with a < pnzo crew, by orders of eer eeptaio. \ ' Hoping that wo will rfmaiT in tho tamo ] ' good luck as we haw* for ths last week, 1 I remain yonrs ete. Eu D. Ensi KOe,. Act. Master's Mate. {,: 1 ~ BY ADTHOBITT. ' j; LAWS O.F NEW JERSEY. " j. 'VA ■ i jdBmm e 'i.F^ ' lii • ( Au' Act for tbo erection oT a troc meridtao

lta«. standard . it> each courtly of ,xhe 1 Stale, snd for the protection or the same. " Bgjt enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the Statu of New Jersey. ' That it shall, be the duty or the Board of Chosen Freeholders cf uach county of tbo statu, within the space" of ,tx months next ensuing after tbo passage of this act. or in j' »ny oow county shall bo coated at any time bervaftefetlhen within stg month* < of the time when the act creating said i comity sbali have become a law, to erect at • Some public spot adjacent lo each court ; house of each comity, a g od aud *ob»tanI Hal pillar, Upon whom summit there ahull ' J he. hnnly and immnveubly placed a brasa ; plate, in wMch shall be indented m Une, | indicating thu true meridian , and lo unclose and protect the same properly, the i said pillar and enclosure to be, subject to ! the custody of the county clerk, to be free to the access of any surveyor .of lands, e or civil engineer, residing in said county, or engaged in surveying therein, for thu , purpose of H-stiug the vurialion of the | compass for the time Irfing; and to causo | the said meridian linoxb be verified at any | time when- required so to do by order of , thu eircnit umiri of .the said county -r and that the expenae of Mid erection, enciosuro i dud verification shall be provided lor by ; the said board of chosen freeholders, after I the mode in whicli other vxpenssa chargeable to thu county are provided. Sec 2. And he it marled. That. any per•OD or persons who shnll wilfully displace, 'destroy or otherwise injure said line or 'plate or pillar, or any part thereof, or destroy, break down or carry away the on-clo-nre aforesaid, or any lock. bar. bolt, or any part thereof, the said' persona so offend- , ing.ehull be deemed to be guilt; of felony, I and upon conviction Ibrreof beforq uny conrt of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty, and 'lint exceeding fivo hundred dtdlara^or by ' imprisunmeni in the penitentiary of the | sidle, during a term not less tban one, nor more than three year*, or both, at the discretion of ■ he court. Approved, FVbr..ary 4. ; J I3Tk r>. - , I OU'tU'li —At Col.l sprit. ;. Nov. Sftlh, ie«J, Mr r h'atliao church, aged So years. I i SWAIN— At C«s» lit suit. Slsreh Sd, lWia, Narv ' Us, daugiltcrel Ms* writ K. and inlia A. sw.ila la » | ik'H 5 ear of her aee. • ; r*liH-.t'l;ihla and Wuodhury paper* pleas; copy. , TO F1BIKIS. CIKDMH15 AMI TMtlEB. 1 A. PEY8tW^, DISEX FECTKn povhrstte. j ISOECIALL* MANUFACTUero FOR jAOHN, UHUAT, TURAUU, PliA*. r.RAM ( AtinA(i» ANL rVKRV KIND Ul' 1 CROP AKriTRfWICISG. I ..rni^rSdl^?a'a?i* Pvv'eu. or sort., a M els . pertmKel. Msntii.-., tuirU at ' ! i "iis'feEJr'' 1 »"ss8r&& « JISTBAM DYiKO^iccfBBiKG ESTAULISHME.Nt. MRS. E. w". SMrtlH. „ No. 38, North Fifth Street, between I, MARKET k ARCH, , PHILADELPHIA. t^irrEGOOO* Of ever} IcurrtpUos 4nJ tn ... f i roigr- l.udlr. We.rto. A wp^^ ° lie*erl|)llim, iljert lu th noil fn.hnmahle and oar wan. -nt rotor*, aad fiaUhed ta Tauperior^ P7" ' srskS?fSKr' szrfvtrs1 " "li't'LtT™ ""- *" *" -diss; ' "I'S™'' C10,h" a"— " I>> ... • February tWh, ISO l*f I, MFBave Money by Buying your

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