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CAPE ISLAND N. 3. j i 3. A UACB. Editor ml Fyo^tMht. j 1 , ^ W- , '1 ThmwUy. Aprii. 30, 1863 1 - . . ■ k - ■ - | OXt DOLLAR PEHUWXfMl j Proclam ition . ' BY TIMS 1 Governor of 6e Slate of New Jersey. Wmuu, The United States Senate, by 1 resolution, requevted the President of I the United State* to tfcsfgnote a day for < national prayer, fating and humiliation ; | .A .id Wants**, The President, in aecor | dime* with anch'molatinn, has design*- ( ted, for that purpose. Thursday, the 30th day of April. A. D. 1 803 ; Ttatroae. Recognizing our dependence updo God for national ble*sV|At I do re- 1 commend to the people bf the State of 1 Heir Jersey the observance of that day, by ' abstaining from secular pursuits, and by i convening et their ' usual places of public Worship, for the porpose of humbly confessing individual and nallona) sins, and praying to God "for the restoration of oar ndw ( dividtd and snlTering country to- its former happy eobdition of unity and peace." Given ander my hand and privy seal, at ' tba city of Trenton, tCis fourteenth day of ' AjlrU. A. D. 1663. ' I JOEL PARKJiR. , By the Governor. 8. M. DICKINSON, Private Secretary. i , , »owifnrBnjx." 1 Having returned from oar tour dbwn I \la Dili*, a few notes of traeeV, in addi- 1 lion to tboM.faroiehed in onr Editorial 1 Correspondence of last week, Any not 1 be uninteresting to onr readers. Onr ' last cloned with the announcement that 1 we had jatt obtained onr passes to go 1 from Norfolk to Suffolk, where the 25th 1 vera encamped. This pan business. ' though highly important in time of war, 1 is, nevertheless, a great annoyance to r American travellers, who have been ac- I customed to going when and where they 1 ohosr, providing they pay their bllla. 1 end! mind their own business. And 1 thne- we fonnd It, eepeeiaily here, where • me men detained two days, when within 1 twenty two miles of oar destination, when we exported to meet with those 1 from whom we had been for long months " neparated by the cruel band of war . 1 However, on obtaining a hearing befbre 1 Sen. Tiele, the military governor of the '' post, we received the most polite aaau- a ranee that onr wishes ahoeld be granted' ' within, the next two days, which weedone the next dij, to our great grali- * Station. "

Dot Having- the subject of passes, wn mill gift a fa* notes of things in general at Norislk. Three days before oar •rrifal there, the city had been thrown Into quite a freer of excitement, by the publication ot an order from the Federal authorities, to foreign consols, and a^ non-ctunbstUnU to prepare to leare the city, il ansieipstioc of the advance of the "corn-fed*," (as the Union men call j Che Hebe), tc ocowpy the oity. With I Use Union force then at command ah Fuffolk, and .in view of the threatning aspect of affairs, it waa feared that they conld antbold oat, la easo-on atuok la foree by- the Rebel* waa mad*, bono* this precanttowoi? warning was giren add by eomeHbe Mm was so far taken, aa to lease for a two re congenial dime. Had onr forte* Been drives back, and< ' the Confederates adtaaeed on the city, there ia no daabt-tbat the oity of Nor- 1 folk would bare- been left * heap of 1 smouldering rnitjs, a*, we beard Uaioe men mare than oaae deoiara tbeir determiaatioa to apply the teenh to tbeir wwn prep arty, la bate tbey> mere compelled 1 to leave It 'J*j ■ The rebel population- were in Mgfci jfoo, ia elew of the anticipated apr 1 preach of toe Confederal* army, and, I aa.Banday, the lffth iaateat, Abe women < mere talking aboot getting act their < ooflW pots, ta prepare hat cmiee for them that right, *ayieg that they would \ tfce.Ua there. Bat, frosa tba array of ' HMotf reteferwammt* whieh arrived ' tbeir daring the tttf tew days, whteh- 1 were lormsHed oa to Seffeik, with all 1 the aagiamof wrr, w* srere «.vM I

jSem. ^ Il I There is a nest oftruaaoa in tba' !iy. I and traitor* were getting quite held and ' defiant ; bat the alringent measures of 1 the Oorernment was beginning to msl- , low them aomewhst, and the appearance of regiment after regiment of Un- » soldiers lengthened their faces perceptibly. /Sad made them look quite ildgobroax: There is also a strong Union senti- 1 m-nt there, and the people were not ! backward in expressing it. In evidence of this wm ■ Union meeting which we attended. The large ball, which would bold a thousand people or more, was crowded, while many were standing about the doors. 8pe*ches were made, and resolution* adopted, of the very . strongest Union character, patting to the blush the half-and-half, milk-and-water loyalty of very many in the North But now for the balance of onr trip. ' Having by the especial favor of Gen. Vfete obtained our passe*, w« inquired i the time thnfcsxt train would leave, and were told that the ntoal hour was 2 P. ; M., but that there «u no certainty at ancb a lime aa tbia. Ilowever, detarm- ' to be delayed no longer than was absolutely necessary, at 2 o'clock we , were oa hand, valine in hand. Oa inquiry we were told that the uext train I would start at 4, aari'ao, with all possible ! patience, we. waited on uot'.l near the' when we were 'again informed that I the train wonld start at 6. Six o'clock ! came and pasted, bat no train started, j until nearly eight in the evening, daring 1 all of which time we remained at the ! station, lest we should be left behind Here, too, we met with another rebuff. On presenting onr pasem. tq those in authority, we were informed that they were not worth a cent ; that nothing put a pau from the Quartermaster waa valid at that time. However, by especial fawa were permitted (on onr good wo suppose) to pile ia among 2,000 soldiers, with their baggage, hor- ' sas Ac., oa open freight cart. At last we moved off towards 8uffolk, ' seated on a cask of goupowder. The sight being dark, wad there being some apprehensions of took play along the j track, oar progress-was very si©*, tek- ! ing nearly three bowrrto reach Suffolk,") 1 di-tance of tweedy-two miles. No J 1 accident, however, occurred. j i Between Ida an J' eleven o'clock we 1 dropped oat into the mod ; and j i now w» were in another dilemma 1 1

Previous to coming here we had learned ! . that the 2Mb were stationed about two I , miles from the town, bat whether east 1 1 1 or wtet, north or aanth, or tome Inter- j i , mediate point, waa the question; and< i I had wa known this onr case wonld bare ! < ^ been equally as perplexing, for there i vers the everlasting, military guards, < r which conlo not without the 1 1 j eoaolersign, of which we were ignor- i I ant ; and for the same reason we were < ■nab!* te safer the town, to obtain a 1 t'rht's bodging, or the inforumtlmr we t desired of $a 25th ; and ao wa remark- I ed to our oomrade— Mr. Reaves—that < we aaw no batter-way to get lodgings < tbanrio attempt tw- pass into the toww; t when we should be baited by the guards, 1 and lodged in the guard-bouse. At one t time we attempted to follow the regt- t meat with whictt wa bad been travelling, 1 and take oar lodgings with lham, nder ■ ihs broad canopy of Kaaren, bus direct- i ly we found ourselfaa id the mad, andso we backed out. Instantly, we fell in* r with a member .of Urn New York 89tb, 8 to wkom wa axpiaiaad oar dtfanne, 1 who very Uadiy volaaeaarad to fttraleb J as with on unoccupied ' lent, a rickaty , store, bat aw sleeping uocoormodatJona - mother earth, or a stool and a can- y die box. ' TWrwa ghtdfy •accepted, add • deemed oanajrea axeeadfnglyvfortnaete- h at that. Here w< spent the Mght,' or « the balance of It, ,'teeplag ourarivea- h warm ab hard work, trying to keep a fire " with-- the greenest specimen of green fin wood that ever grew la the weteat tl pteca ia the "Dtemal 8w«a*p.'' Mora- h fog finally broke, and wo evrohe from c oar upright stambm, tamed out to uka b U ttesr of the earns of the ambulance « 1 corps, ia wtecb W. bad tented for the b Pmeony wa inqutrH of IkTMi

! first man wy met, tflio turned oat to be Mr. Lake, of Atlantic county, who beto the regiment whieh formed the all-absorbing object of our inqnirl iea — the New Jersey 25tb. Soon we were on the track, and after a walk of two miles, arrived in camp in time to beat an oral reveille to some of our Cape May boys. Here we had a happy ■' ' and hearty greeting, until We had re- j ceived as good o shaking as if we had i i bad a protraeled fit or the fever and J "•grr," but Which left us with far more ] pleasing emotions. Now we again frit ourselves at home j in a strange laud, surrounded with fs , miliar faces. Every one seemed to be • in the best of spirits, and ss happy as ^ men could well be. separated as they | were from the endearments of home, and liable at nnj time to be called out to meet a wicked foe. With the cdmp 1 we were highly pleased. Everything was I perfect order and neatness, surpassing In this respect any camp we saw. The | 160,8 arranged Id rows, with streets ' ! torown up in lornpike style between the i rows, and these streets covered with : a white sand, and all trod down as hard ' | ss a brick pavement, and kept as clean as a well swept kitohen of a busy housewife. Id this respect, -as well as for ' morality, good discipline and military J discipline, the 35th does honor to them- ■ selves, their officers, their friends and the State. We found, as wo have always heard, ' the whole regiment warmly attached to ; their commanding officer— Col. Derrom I —whom they call their father, and the ' i Colonel as warmly attached to them., . In this respect the 25lb has been exceed- | ingly fortunate. We do not believe j there is an officer in the service in whom [ Is combined, (o a higher degree, more of the necessary qualifications for his ' \ position, than the Colonel of the 2.5th. I And we can but hope that be will be induced to remain in the aervice after ' i the present term shall expire. It ia I I such men the country needs, nod we beI lieve that if he should remain, a large ' , nomber of the regiment will re-enlist. , He ts certainly** brave and efficient j officer, a most excellent disciplinarian, who governs bis men witlieat that orer- ! pompons austerity so oflea seen in men ^ (n hi* position. lie commands* bis men ; by commanding their respect and esWe hearif it more than oocc j | hinted, that there was danger of the ! regiment losing bim, by* bis promotion to a Brigadier ? During oovretay we passed' over a , bridge across a smell stream and a low ! swamp, bailt By" the 25th, ander the imj mediate snperrfsfon and roechaoicol skill of Col. Derrom. By this bridge they I were enabled to advance their troops and artillery to the front, with travelling only a few hnndrad yards, where, before, they had .To . travel five milea ; and bnt a . day or two before oar visit thtitr. Gem Getty remarked, in the hearing ot %rgt. Aaron Learning, who reported the same to ns, that it hod saved the CMernment a million o( doliars In conversation with th« colonel, he very modestly bestowed 'ibe praise of the work on (be regimen ('equally with himself. And this is the character of the man. This lAidge is sweonatrnoted, that; In case of ntcesalty. with a few, blows with an exb. .the whole saper■trnctore can he let dbwn into the stream, leee than two mi notes. Arthe time of our arrival at Suffolk, and for sometime previous, thtre bad been sotnewhkt exciting times. The rebel* had appeared in considerable force, on the opposite side or the N'snsemond river, near , whieh the town ia located. They had planted tbeir batteries, sod betweeaKhaai' and , wars there had bono considerable sharp i practice, aa welt as ameng tba ahaep shoot- , ar» on botksidai. Ke batik had ocesrred. , hat heavy akirmiabieg with fas.- On ear , aide thwloaa, op to- Ore time we were there, had beta sixty Ulled and- »oa mfod. T-hle* . hadTrum a scares which admits of do doebt. < Il was generally supposed taat It was I the intention of the rebels te eresa the ' get la the rtM.fl-' oar army, thus ' cutting off their base of supplies, . and ( then to sarreader, whoa they would, Norfolk. A ad this aeeawd to' < be The Impremtoa of those b sympathy « •win tbcoi at tjjs latter otty, Sc tarsi II -1'

, tempts were made, apparently to this end, < , all. ofwhieh (hiled, however. ) i I Daring oar atsy on* event of especial ' not* transpired. Tbe rebels had plant* J j batteries near tbe river, b«!ow Suffolk, with I ' which they annoyed us, and threatened blockading the paVsagu to our gonboaU > and transport*, and couslderwbly damaged ' some of tbem, among which was the gun- . • boat Mount Waahington, which we saw. ! . 1 Which was well riddled, and dltehkd. The I | principle of these batteries was at Fort I Huger, consisting of five gnns ; and tbi» Jtl »(« determined* to capture The 1 plan wai formed and the time twice act ; ; but woe not carried oat. 6n Sunday, bow- ' I ever, it was undertaken io earnest. The guoooati were got in position, and s heavy ! I Ore was kept up during tbe afternoon, asd I ! juit after dark portions of the ft9tb New r York, and 8th Connecticut were landed i who silently marched upon their flank and | I rear, and before they were aware, or bad I time to resist, they were upon them. Tbey ' turned one ef their gune upon our men. by | ' | which two of onr men were killed sod a ' | few wounded, bat the rebelg toon aurren. s j dered. The five guns and some 130 men i i wete captured. The men were mostly of » | the 44th Alabama. They were bsoughi ! ! over the river, end delivered np to Colonel I | Derrom. who, with n pari of the 25th. were ^ | on duty by the river, who marched them op through the camp, close by lb* tent *nvr« ' j we were lyiug, at about 11 in the evening, ■ r when we. of course, turned out to See tbom, r as tbry halted f..r water, after which tbey . were marched to the town, to a placu of I confiormi-nl Their uniforms (f) were of all j sort*, colors. Ctehinns end qualities, and ' patched with varied knev The men ap. 1 | | peered to be full of grit, end rcmnrk.-d that ^ 1 tiiough we had got them then, we would get ! enough of it within the next two weeks. 3 | One remarked that we could never eobju • ( gate them, that they would fight aa long as - : there was a man aad a half of them left. » i There were seven or nine commissioned , j officers among tbum, who were especially • boastful They said that tbo fire of our ^ gunbnati was terrific. • We found our troops were anxious for ' i tho rebels to attack them in (heir position. , 3 | bat there was not much bop* then that they r | were foolish enough to get iMo such a trap. I j The impression was that tbey would have » i te advance over the river, aad attack tbe ■ I rebels. What success wonld attend rucli o ' movement is uncertain, as their force end • ( strength fortifications were not eegilyi BSCertaived. Since li-aviug there, tbe t*>. | predion that the rebels are falling back; j seems to prevail. The health of the 25th was generally i 1 good, ami especially our Capo May boys, j theru being-only one of them in the hospi- , I Ul there, and he was able vb b» out much ; i j of the time. We left them is fine spirits, ' early on Monday morning, reinmng by' the same route we went, without any delen- [ ' ^ lion, and arrived borne on Wednesday craning. Three cheers Tor the 25th ! WAR AND- OTHER NEWS. Tbe steamer Fallon, at New York, from New Orleans, brinp late news, tome of ahieb, IT confirmed, is really cheering. ' The New Orleans papers of tbe 19th say ! that General Banks had captured Verm!!. < fionville, in Lafayette pariah, after ■ hard 1 fight. Large store* or ammunition bed 1 beeu captured, barge atynbera of ptiso*-" 1 era had fallou. into our hands, and bad been I taken to Franklin. Ti^ rebel fortifications ^ at La Rose bad beeu reduced. i The Confederates scam to be making ' another raid into Missouri. A few days ago they made an attack upon our forces , at Cape Girardeau. Gen. McNeill com' mended the Union troops. The rebels, ! onder Kurbridge sad Msrmaduk*. were ! badly whipped, and at last -accounts ware - in foil retreat. The rebel forces onder ( M armed eke are supposed to number from ; six to eight tbonsaud. Attempts bsd been ' made to bnrtt. several i ail road bridges, but tbe Union troops drove the* rebels sway ia every instance. Refugees from Mctflaaville, Tencessee; ] arrived st Murfreesboro, stats that General 1 1 Reynolds bad arrfrad at tba former place • otrTuesday, and msdenoif e important cap! - teles.' General Reynolds is sending ont ' iropot teat expeditions ■ against tba rebels, and tbeir front ia being daily harassed by owr foroes. i The rebels have abandeeed the siege of j Washington, N. C., so Uut Geo. Foster 2 and bis troops are relieved from say ap- ' prehensions, sed able to gat supplies. He J was in a critical position at ana time, and it was even reported that bs bad surren »—■ ' j GearDi* has loft Portress Monroe for tbe scene of operatitot on the Naasemoad M riser. Kigbty-five pativnte have arrived ■ ' Hreaa turn the army hovpitel *1 ttoWk. ' ""^rsv^

j A portion Of Gen. CUy Smith's brigadu made a dash last Motidayoa tbo camp of ' tbe 1st Texas Legion, eight miles from I Franklin, Tain. Tbev captured 128 rebels, including three captains and Bvo lieutcn1 ants fifty males, and an ambulance filled ; with medical stores; allot eight wagons loaded with armr. The reSeNeoloaeiwas captured, but afterward escaped. Three ! thousand citizen* have taken tho oath of allegiance in Nashville, and have given bonds for its faithfol performance. JTEW JERSTT SOLDIERS OX THE PEACE RESOLUTIOHS. Tbe 24th New Jersey Regiment, not being satisfied with the " Peace Resolutions" recently passed by onr Legislature, held a meeting on the 3 I instant, when they passed resolutions highly ^ condemnatory of them. Several pwtri- . otic speeches were tnpdr, both by mem- — bers of that regiment and tbe 12th, who were invited to bs present on the oecasion | and among those speeches notice the following, by Capt. IV '8. Thompson, of our own county : Ma. 1'aiwitiic.vT : — Having just arrived, 1 have not as jet nven beard tbe resolutions upon which 1 am called to speak ; , but as tbey cmAuato from my fellow soldier* t from the good old Stale of New Jersey, there can be no doubt of their loyalty. 1 am ready here, as everywhere, to endorso with my whole heert, eny sentiments that | breathe loyally to the nation of my birth; r to the eonntry i love, and to the govern. I ' ine-t of the United States. I We sta.id here to-day, Jersey map, open tha ' facred soil' of Virginia— oa a little , visit ii may bs. We have have told that tie ladies (T) bete — these refined, sensitive, highly cultivated Southern females, can find no ornaments so well suited to their testis as trinkets carved frnm tha bones of Union soldiers. Now, God helping us, we will, before this war shall l»e ended, give- tbem good faose to remember without tbe aid of , such mementoes, the nam* of Jerteymnn. ' T he fair fame of New Jersey, w on by ber gallon soldiers in battling nobly for the preservation of liberty, ami the support of the government, a fame that is sealed by the best blood of her. sou*,, is to-day tarnished, I blush to say it. by dLloya'Ustrst home ; southern sympathizers, sneaking , 1 villians, who, loo cowardly to stand upon , ; the field and buttln for lh*ir principle*. ,1 remain at home writing articles tending to | dissatisfaction and contention in the army . i tbuS spreading-*!) influence mora dangerous ! to our free institution*, our rights and tho | Union, thaifarb even tho armed rebels on : the other bank of the Itagpahaunock. They arc preparing to give up this government ; Into tbe bands &C its enemies. For their ' own personal advancement 4bey are aa- ; dcuvuriug to giv« away, without even cob- * suiting our wisbu*. thoan privilegw# for which we have already suffered to many hardships, and are fighting ; for which rttr brothers have sacrificed tbeir lives by thousands We are an ardiy of nine band- "V, red thousand men with arms io onr bands ; we nre the bone and sinew of tbe nation ; we claim to bo tbb supporter* and representatives of the government of the United States, snd^l ask yon, loyal men of New Jersey, will yon tamely submit to sae bone traitors, through selfish motives, surrender our right-, sod break up this Union, over the booes of the deed and tba head* of tire ' living f f " > In -.'onclnaioti, he hoped that peace would" reign over our whole Country, loyalty rewarded, and traitors potrisbed. | MABBXEI* B LI ZZ A RD— 8TITES.— Feb. 13tb. by Rav. Wm. B. Osbtra. Mr. WiHiam BtkaKd aad Miss Amanda C. Stitaa, both . of * nnisville. 8 MITfl-* SPRINGER — April 9lb. by tha aante. Mr. Richard T! Staitli and Miss Harriet T. Spriager. both of Towtscud's P7bd" " 8T1M80N— At Capa May. April 2W Mrs. Mary G^ wire of Robt. O. Hiimsou, oT Bristol Township, Philadelphia ewunty, Fa, in tha filstyaar of bar ago. VGavmaatown Telegraph p lease copy NOTICE, A - ,2K: Of law stefU^ ooetO SURROGATE'S NOTICE. P^TKR OOUB8H Sunogitc -