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SfetCapt glas ®ttau SS*ht,'; CAPE ISLAND L J a ZJUlCH, Editor ud Proprietor. | Thursday. May. 7, 1863OMR DOLLAR PER ANXpyj

~t0 TBS TWSBTT-PIPTH HPOIXEHT. * If wt , know oarenive* we (eel * epe- 0 citi inUrtst in, aad aretpectfor a Union " soldier, who ia a soldier indeed— one 1 who has, according to the beat of Uis 11 ability, fereed, or been ready to serve 1 bis coaotry, in tbis bsr tine of trial 1 aad need. No garb, when worthily J won, it so pleasing to oar eye aa the soldier's ; and we could not insult the 1 wearer, or desecrate that uniform, when 1 thos worthily worn, Except for tome eg- ' granted offence. And when we eay 1 ••worthily worn" weepeak in respect to J his soldierly worth, for the soldier's garb, when thus worthily worn, in our eye, should cover many faults in other respects. But wbits an feel this general iutereat in the soldier, very naturally we feel a * sere special interest in those regiments : aad companies, to which, from any ciranastancee, we are-more neatly allied. Hence we hare a special regard for all Naw Jersey regiments ; and the tfatne of such, from tba lat to the Slat, always brreats our attention. Attached to any ragimenl, aa we read in print, thoae letters N. J. always attract our eye. Bot among these, there are soma which mors especially interest us. Our eye falls mora readily en the N. J. 4th, Gih, 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 25lh, and the 1st Cavalry, became that among them are ■ore or lea of the gallon*, sons of our own Cape May ; many of them with wboa me bare been more or less intimately acquainted, and • largaonusber of them, the gallant youtb, in their ■ehool-boy days, andtr oor tapecial charge, in qalu a different relation from that which they now sustain to their commanding officers.

And II we should single out from among the above namtd, any one regiment that mora especially interested as, 1 it woald vary naturally be the 25th, be- * cause It cootaLoa mora of lha sabs of Cap* May than any other, and aleo, because therein is soma of our own flesh and blood. For these reasons, during the past eljrft months, aur mind has daty, and almost hourly, wandered where tbey encamp, or mascti or battle, with an interest sod anxiety that none but those who bars felt the same can ever appreciate. By night and by day, daring ' eold or heat, storm or soasbinei ia spirit we have been where you —Jersey men ol (ha 25th — have been Hi body. We have watched every notice of yonr movements, we bare felt a pride in the praise sverywbera bestowed upon yon. Nor are we alone In this.' Our own interest aad anxiety is but a sample of the feelings of thousand* of others,— your fathers and mothers, yonr wires, yonr brothers aad sisters, yonr loos and yopr daughters and yocr fellowdtiaeaa generally. A deep feeling of Interest In your behalf has pervaded every heart ia Cape May, as wall as other eoanties, lbs sons of which com- ~ paw a part of yonr body'Diliuire ; and we all feel to-day a patriotic pride, that M nnsoldicrly blot etaina your fair aasalnbiim ; aad we have evsry eonfl d ace that your fntare will make noat. And this interest 'It heightened by •ae solemn eircaassunse— the death of noma gallant ouan of your number ; and wUU tba tboaght brings a sadness over saaay a heart, still there Is one redeeming frstore— that while they fell, they fefi ia the service of their coaotry, aofe Yf aad bravely doing their duty, like pstriMksraw. Te jea »a say, yo« have earned aa imperishable game, if yoa perform yonv duty to the last, ai yon have does in iha put ; and whsa yenc tana of asrvioa Shall aapiru. « soon fc will, yoar many {ftsadawtMU ready. wiih open arms aad warm beam, to waleome yoa to lha >swn yoa hava left And hare wa may oa, a word in rahrUnrt** Ahoit iMs tkcra'aeess* ta W

) some little misunderstanding, and dis- -oi I satisfaction. With many the impres- pslob prevailed that It expired in nine n months from the time of their enlist- H j meat— about tba 1st of September— tl while it appears that you are likely to ! '■! ■ be held for niae month* from the time e the regiment was mustered iato the ser- o

vice of the United 8tates — on the 26th of September. Now tbis all depends i upon Isw and usage in sach cases, and f far as ws can Warn, the universal j ( is, to dste the time from the mus- : c tering in of the regiment, and therefore | c that the whole difBcalty arises from a . «. misondersUnding of thia usage, and not 1 1 from any violation of good faith on the i part of the government. If there was t any fault, it was that yoar mustering in < was too long delayed ; and even that, i probably, arose from a want of ability i oo the part of the State authorities, to hrtt, equip and uoiformyou soooer; and , hence there waa really no fault anywhere; , and while we sincerely desire that your , , t, Ultra might be gratified in this respect, wt as sincerely hope, that, aeeing the esse as it exists, you wjll suffer no dissslisfsction'to tarnish IhiYkir character ' you hate earned and secured, now it so near the close of yonr career. When J ever you do return, with an uutarnisbed chancier, as we are confident you will, evary heart will give yon a hearty greet ing, and the "New Jersey 25lh" -will be ' a hallowed name in future generations. WAR AND OTHER NEWS. 6 The army of the Potomac is again in motion. Jhey crossed the Rappahan [ nock oo Wednesday and Thursday of e last week, except one corpa, which was r lalt at Falmonlii. The crossing, from I, the accounts received, was conducted in the most admirable manner. The ponr toons were, for once, ready in time, and r the rebels teemed unaware of the inten,1 ded movement, and consequently were n uken by surprise There was very litr tin difficulty in the crossing, an.l bnt s faable resistance, cootequenily very lit

tie loss on our side.* Our troops crossed, 1 a part below the elty'of Fredericksburg, * at two dr three different places, from r two to fonr miles distant, and a part * several miles above the city. ^ Witbonl any delay, our troopa advanced, akirmishing with tho eneny. There is no tel« graphic commnoicstion, , bat news receive^ by persons from the spot, represent no general- engagement ' np to some lime on Sunday, bnt a great ' deal >f fighting in various quarter*. So ( far aa Intelligence received shows, onr | troops had been successful at every ' .point. Wherever they attacked Ihe 1 I rebels they drove them, and wherever ( | they attacked onr troops the rsb ( els were repulsed. It ie reported . that onr troopa have hemmed the rebels , in on every side. Gen. Hooker, in an 1 official order, has said that "the enemy 1 ( must either Mgloriously fly, o' come j out from behind uis defences, and give , , oi battle oo cur own ground, where i I certain destrcctton r.waiu him." Gen Hooker is represents as being in tks 1 , tbiekest of tl»e fight, and yet to hare I almost maraeuloc;!? rcca'ped injury. t. There Is a report that the Tfew Jersey 26th is badly cat up. * I The latest reports say that we had i t carried the first line of redoohta, and : - were advancing on the second line, 1 Stoneman's cavalry are reported to have ' torn np the railroad, ia rear of tho rob- ( eh, toward Richmond. Wo have cap- ( r tared toveral hundred prisonert. It Is I believed that onr toss had been comparatively trifling. Our advices, howevor, i are only np to Boadfj, and there hat r probably bean haavy fighting since. i Not much will bo known, oatil thr do , cisive results are laid before tin world. Wo have strong hopes of a decisive , victory. r Gen. Banks' army *» on the move , at lsst od» Ims. and bad been for some i lime, with fiattering reaulta. He loft . Baton Rouge garrisoned by three eWo* * ■ red Ttigl meats. A semi-official dispatch , received at Washington, among other things, names lha following resohs of . »be expedition : — Accomplishing a f march of over three hundred miles, » booting the enemy in three bat the, two

land and one on Grand Lake ; dis- ( r« porting his army, utterly destroying his • nary, capturing Ws fonndiies st Frank- J 01 and V-w Iberia, and demolishing i * : ss'. wotkr ten miles southwest of ! ' latter place ; capturing his camp i equips*;*, several guns, and between j, one and two thousand prisoners. h The enemy cannot, for some months, ; 1 ever, reorganise bis land or. natal * in that portion of Louisiana - j Oor loss in the two battles is about six r I aeven hundred. Nothing tonld ex- J j ceed tlie coudoct of the command — ( I officers and privates. The dispatch , I vre bavo not only destroyed the t army and navy of the enemy, and cap- | tared his materials for reorganization of his forces, but we htve also In our j I possession bit ablest officers of the set j j and land. The rebels report part of Grant's J , srmy in motion They themselves have advanced to MeCowensville, northwest | ' | of Shelby villo. ' Gen. Ellelt's marine brigade had a j 1 fight with several hundred guerrillas on i the Tennessee river anH Duck creek, . The rebels were routed after o hard ' f'gbt I A later accoont of the "ronnipg of; the Yicksburg batteries says that only ' ' one transport was sank, and the o hers I got safely by. No lives were lost. A lettfr received in New York con- ' firms the pariiol success of the French in takiug port of Puebla.'bul says that | tbey w; re driven out, on the "Hi inst . 1 II by P o Mexicans. The French then j retired to Cholulo, where they ore for ' ,f tifying. ^ The steamer from Xewbern reporra ! n that considerable skirmishing tvkes place nrour.d that city ,1 There was same akirmishing at Steutenville, Ky-, between about five linn ,e dred Union cavalry and nine hundred [. rebels, on the 28th nil. The rebels ran B after a few volleys. t A cititvn of Indiana "has been arret-

ted at Indianapolis, and sent to Louis ville, charged with corresponding with rebels, soil enticing Uniop soldiers to desert. There are indications that our troopa , will adrnncn on tho rebels at Suffolk, now that (looker is in motion The latest odrices from New Orleans state rhat it was reported there, on the 26th of April. 7hat Qm Banks bad ta-k-n the town of AleXa-.dria, abdtat 50 miles north of Opelott-as. and the same distance southwest of Natchez. A reconnaissance was made at Sabine Pass two boats front the Cbyuga and New It terminated disastrously, the captain of one boat being killed and bis crew captured, and the captain of the other boat, with four of his men, being severely wounded From various quarters there are indications of the most atirring times, and there can be little doubt that there will be a vast amount of hard fighting with in the next few weeks. It is reported that the rebels are advancing on Rosencrans, at Marfreesboro. Nothing bet tar coold be desired than that they would make the attack. Tbey *ould most certainly be repulsed. ' \_ OCX AMT COERESroa OEXCX . Hvadqoantrs 2-Vh Reg. N.J, Y., j Cswr at Scrrouc. V>.. v April 28. 1863: j D.ar Hare .-—For aboat two weeks oar regiment ^bns been acting as se engineer regiment. We have bwlt forts, bridges, corduroy roads. Ac., and the different generals have expressed admiration at oar worka. Some of the most imported works ws have completed have been bridges peer creeks that flow into the Nantemond river, upon oar right. The pUa of these military bridges originated with Cob Derroat, who I soperiateaded their arecltoa. There are nooe others like them in lha world. Qen. Getty has repeatedly stated that one of these bridges has been worth over e million dollere to tba government, and be has as much as admitted that bad it not been for them, the rebels soold have crossed the NaoMSOBd.and we probably woald have been forced to retreat from hero. An officer ia high position has also remarked, that the a&'-b New Jersey bee doae mora t doty than any brigade, since coming to thia point 6o thai jwt re- that tba reputation of oar regiment grows brighter every day. , Wherever yrn ftsd Jersey boys ia oar-army you will bear « f their being praised uj ■ comm-ndiag general", who are Ike persons to .judge or tksir worth, tree: Getty . regret* that the' term of service of oar — /

r-Kini<rnl is so nmr fXpirMiaa. lie sroald j like to bare as reenlist and b* accepted as j engineer regiment. 'Ihe -iigiaeering [ ^ genins ot Col. Derrom ia appr-ciated. . ^ NVe real that there ate fewjl atter engineers, j I if any. In' Ibn service than Col. Derrom. | ^ There » considerable t .lk among the j f aa to tbe time when we shell return , Onr time proprrly* ••xpirvs-on lb" I . 1st of Jone, but it is believed that -Uncle ] Sam will not m>mler us out previous to the | 26tb of Juue, on account of oar not being f ( mustered into the United States' service as j , a regiment until the 2tth of Srptaaiber ; i If the government de-ires the men to re j enlist, tbey had belter lot them go home oine months from the time th-y first cam* | the service, which woald be from the ! 1st of September I suppose yon ha-o heard that the 10th N J. regiment was among the troops thai | trmrorced thi* place. Tney came direct j | from Washington, and were two days With- I : out trots or shelter. I guess I'.ey find ( j active service not quje so coogeuial to | their fesliega as provost duty at the capital j of our government. Tliey are in a brigade , with Corcoran'* legion. I have met Save- ' . ral of the officers, and they are content ' with th" change Although the 10th has j ! s*en bat little service in tho field, yet 1 ! j predict tbey w.il never dishonor their nettle ; ' a* Jersey men. J U. L. j i April 29. ; Deur IFbj. -The seventeenth dey ur i eseitemont at this place is about clos.nr. 1 j snd 1 ain •' certain sure" that thn reb- ls. | ' under their great leader, Longe lr«n»t, have , I inigbl have l.eeil" their iutenlious ; and t j mure than this, tli-ro it no earthly qw lor . them to try their Land here further, for, ^ ' with oor prate nUforce nnd forttflod strength, it would take seventy thou-and men to conquer our position and this number the Confederate fjiut- s cannot spare to besiege I ibis post In fact. 1 lielievM *t could dcI feat tev- nly tbuueand jebl From what I have written and from what yuur editor has prubnbiy made known to you, of the slate or affair* u« they existed up to Sun '* dwy week, you may have obtuined some idea ^ a* to what tbo eX'-item-nt c nsistert Of. It Since than it has been the same routine, an.l the roaring uf artillery und crack of t. tbu musket has become a common thing, to win— !■ SH linv 1 1 1 1 1 v. .it t— nttlili althouch 1L which «« attention, , *; !

is rather constant and sharp. During lost j "" Week our tramps adtnuced upou lite lull. > felt the euemy in loree. und niter hot sktr- ' mtsliing, ret. red to their former p»-ilton..< Ctircoran was iff coinmunll Nothing' tfas | J gained in this move Them was some loss , on both sides. Besides this, there has been I 8 ptber skirmishing, jet it all ha* not amount- ij ed to much, in killed, wounded and prison- | „ er«, ear loss is shout 110. from tbe day tbe * , rebel" first made their apjMJarance. while » i one, including the pri-onerj captured on 1 the evening of the 19th, at tho taking of £ , the battery on the Nansemond. indeed, J ! the loss uf tbe rebels cannot be estimated, r for aa have no means ol knowing what havoc our gunboats, forts and batteries have made in shelling the woods where the rebs have kept- themselves. A vast j amount ol shot and shell has been ex pen 1 d-d. I Because tbe rebel* have not made nbold and desperate attack upon us. many consider thai they never intended sneh a thing. ^ ] Whatever may be tha opinion* of some, t there it no doubt but that they expected ^ to be in possession of tbie piece era ibis Dersertera. prisoner* and Southern paper* admit and a*rerl that this was their int^b- , tfun ; but this .programme lias been foiled. ' and they will bs compelled to fell back r to the Bteekwacer, (if they Save not done 1 r | io already.) a defeated army, lor although ,i '» oo greet bot lie has been fought, (till the | • rebel* are disappointed and defeated. r When Longnreet mad* bi* foreed march > from lb* BtacffwsUi, bad be immediately r pounced jhpon as, there would have burn a . lacky »bow for tbem : bit for aome canre f or other, lhey.Ua Uto^olden opportnnity ! » slip, and from that time we have received i • powerful rainforcrmenti, and made all oor >. weak poiats doobly strong. In ease of *e f attack from tbam, wa should feel the reoe • security and confidence in fighting and • ' routing them, that tbay felt at Frederick* r bnrg. 1 ' G*n. Balleek wse hem last week • He is raid to have instructed Gen. Peck to D act on the defensive a while longer. I do '■ not indict a bloody time here, although it ■ is reported that Geo HiU. »bo waa outia witlad sad out-gonersled. by the gellaat • Forter. has leD Washington, N. C„ with f. hD eoinmaud.lo(co-opvat» with l.ong* trail 7 in an attack npoo So folk ; bnt 1 think tba 7 rebel IhaiSre by* »<>'• than to is throw away Hro* io any auch attempt. We y hare do objacUox to llotr costingir J- G. L

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