»PJ • — 7; < * V THE OCEAN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND, CAFE MAY COUNTY, NEW JEBSEY. , , ■ T r - t":-

% Cup ittra SSaiit ■ WEBUSHED EVERT TUX RAD A J BT j S. B. MAEOMf'LE, Cape Island, Ak lay County, ?. 3. , } 1 Owe Doller ul * Half per Thursday, Sept. 1», 1861. ! Ehcctiu Cbsitb**, 1 ' Tvznto». Sept. 8, 1864. J 7h (Ac People of Kern Jertej. • The exposure end bnrdsbips of the pre*- ] •at campaign, together with the casualties v of bottle, bete tent many of oer sold ers to j f the hospital. Borne of them still linger in , , their wards. Tbey.claim oor sympathy and ! ( actire benevolence. Their trials and sufferings appeal to the humane. The State | 1 ▲gents appointed to look after the troops from New Jersey are enjoined to give at- 1 teotion to those who are sick aod woonded, < to base furloughs granted in all proper ; 1 cases, and procure discharges where the j , taes will be unfit for future military service. The 8 late Agents at Washington and ! t Nashville have met with cases of extreme entering. In many instance) men have 1 not been paid for a long time, aod euff.r 1 for the want of delicacies wiitch w ii»t rick ' are as healing medicine. Some men have 1 been fnrlougbed from hospital and hare bad •0 money to procure food on the route < home. The Mate Agent for the West ( "writes from Nashville :—"I called at the j Soldiers' Home and found seven men there ( belonging to the Tbirty-fiftb Regiment N'ew Jersey Volunteers, who had been 1 severely wounded and furloughed, and | •era in transit for borne. Several of them c wsre scarcely able to craw] ; some without i shoes ; soma without bats ; tome without t stocking*, and all without money or a sin- a gla ration. Such absolute destitution of ( turn so badly wounded, and to whom several months' psy is doe, was shameful." To meet these esses of oeed the Sanitary and Christian Commiasions are oot ade- 1 quately faraitbed. Tbeae Commissions are 1 ever, ready to perform a good work, but 1 cannot folly meet requisitions on them for s supplier. I here thought thai the people I of New Jersey would be willing lo make t donations, through tho State authorities, for the relief of New Jersey soldiers. Do- , nations of money. Tobacco, Madeira, Sber- { ry. Claret nod Port Wines, canned froita, y of flannel shirtr, slippers, woollen sock* and blanket*, will be received at the office of the Quartermaster General of the State, 1 who will make proper acknowledgement of t all donation*, and forward the Fame to the \ agents by expres*. without delay. j j Publisher* of , newspapers in tbi* State •ill do an net of kindness to the suffering t aoldiert by insetting grwltiitotfcly this apr-> ' Juki. Paexkr. 1 THE DRATT. 6 ' It was aonouoccd last week that a redaction of 416 men had boen made in ( tbn quota of this Congressional district, nnd that a readjustment of the township , and ward qnotas would be made in the Provost Marshal's office. The follow- * ing it now (be quotas of the several die- . tricta CAMDEN COUNTY. North Ward, 127 Month Ward, 1U , Middle Ward, 125 Stockton, 3$ Delaware, » 36 I Union, 37 Washington. 24 1 Glou carter, 48 C , Monroe, 40 t Winslow. 38 Walerford, 35 Centra, 28 I Kawton, ^ 112 j 802 1 GLOUCESTER COUNTY. « Franklin, 50 t Claytoc. 73 , Ilarriaon. 69 Woolwich. 77 * Greenwich, 56 t r . Maitua, 38 , Daptford, 100 ; 436 ( BALEM COUNTY. f Sslsm City, 91 "| Khinboro", 20 j ' Maaningtou. ' 61- j K Pann's N'ack, 45 ; U. Peon's Nack, 72 | Piltsgrove, 61 PilUgrove, 30 ; Oppar Piltsgrove. 49 ( Do war AUoways Creak, 37 i Upper AUoways Creek, s 60 . !l CUMBERLAND COUNTY. I Bridge ton. 55 Oohaaaey, 25 i MUlviUe. 89 Laadis. 37 < Maurice River, 49 i Deerfivld. 27 , Oraaawick, 27 1 Hopawail. 35 • . Fairfla.a, 66 t Btowa Crank, 23 i— ■ jh ; 510 , ATLANTIC OOCKtT. Hamilton, 30 - Owl io way, 57 Attaatic City, I I ,*- gfUWIh. 27 < Egg Harbor, to 1 BgaHarWCtty. $ < Malliaa, 35 ( K i GAPS MAY COUNTY. < Lewr, , 22 ■St I' ! C«ja 1- land City. H L 141 . t Tj

EWCA1MNAL MEETING. At a meeting of the citizens of Cape Island and vicinity, held at the City Hall, on Saturday, September 10, 1864, W. B. Miller was colled to the Chair, and 6. R. Magonsgk- appointed Sec re* ! j The Chairman stated the objec'. of the* meeting to be to take measures to estab- : lish a school of a higher grade than oow ; exists in Cape May County. Remarks were made by W. B. Miller, j Joseph 8. Leach. Rev. J. P. Hughes, i Moses Williemsob, Rev. Mr. At- 1 ! wood, Rev. J. P. Hall, aid S. R. Ala- 1 I The following preamble and resoluI tions were then offered and annntinously > ! adopted : I Whereas, It is expedient that a school j i of a higher grade than now exists in j Cape May Couuty, sboold be established, j j and believiug thut such a school csn be J j sustained by the county, Therefore Resolved, Thst a Commit- j "tee of three be appointed to obtain from j the next Legislature a charter such' as j be deemed necessary, and tooblaio j subscriptions to the stuck of sach an i ! association. Second, Thut when a sufficient amount . 1 of stock sball \be obUir,ed*to justify the | I establishments! such a school, a meet- 1 | ing of said stockholders sball be held to | decide upon the J^stion and to arrange i all the details of the same, j Third, That in order to start socb an i enterprise, we pledge ourselves to do all j ! our power to obtain a sufficient anotof scholars to maiotain the school, ; and to exert ourselves to keep the same to a paying standard. Fourth, That a Committee consisting . of five be now electe<}> w ho shall be j authorized to secure suitable rooms snd ' make the necessary arrangements for j the organization of said school, and that j -aid committee remain in power until b : Board of Trustees sball be elected uuder j tbe charter. The following persons were appointed j tbe committee under the first resolu- • tion, viz : — S. R Magonagle, Hon. W. ' Wsre snd Rev. Mr. Williamson. Tbe following persons were appointed the committee under tbe fourth resolution Joseph S. I^esch, Rev. Mr. At- | wood, James Learning, Jr., Re* J. P. j | and Rev. Moses Williamson. j On motion, The committee was authorized to fill vacancies in their body, ] occasioned by death, removal, or otherwise On motion. The Secretary was io- 1 strocted to publish the legal notice of j application to the next Legislature for ' the charter. On motion, Tbe publisher of tbe j "Wave" was requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting The meeting then adjourned to assemat the call of the chairman. W. B. Miller, Chairman, j S. R. Magonagle, Secretary. Township Volunteers. Tbe Middle township has been mek- ! strenuous exertioos to fill her quota ! by volunteering, and bids (air to sue- , ceed. Ou Saturday, 3d inst., some i volunteers were taken to! Trenton snd mustered iWy^J&e 38th) Jersey Regiment. Tbe committee j having them in charge encountered the ; usnal difficulties attendant npon the re- < cruiting business. The township pays ! three hundred dollars bonnty. At Mill- i viile they were met by runners offering i six and eight hundred dollars each to ! credited to other districts, but all one were proof against temptation. Tbe following are the names of those i enlisted : —

Swain Corson, Henry Rudolph, Elijah Bait, Befell, Edward*. David Norton, Albert Norton, t Samael Danglss*, Eldredge. William Heritage, VriahAt'orloa, Robert Garrison,

" [Henry Brown, {David Lloyd, | Richard Tbumpson. J Isaac Heritage. "jBenj. A. Hank in*. Kieaser F. Hankios, James Chambers. [Albert E. Hand, [Enoch A brains, Skidmore Abrams, I— Smith, . i I .ay tor..

Hart rat Homes. The harvest borne of tbe Court House E. Church came off oo Thorsday, 8th inst. Tbe managers advertised the affair extensively, and the result was a assemblage, an interesting time, and receipts satisfactory to all concerned- Speeches were made by Rev. John W. Hickman, Rev. Socrates Townsend end Rev. Mr. Bwiodea. The of tbe Church reodved an addition of some four hundred dollars. Tbe festival of the Cape Island PresChurch was held on Friday, 9th inst., io the grove adjoining Bennett1* Station. The attendance was good, provisions exoellent, speech* interacting, and tbe reoeipU amounted to aboet $275. ! GoL A. J. Morrison has rewignwd his ! i position oa Colonel vf ike Third New j j Jersey cavab y, owfog to pnemog cos- j i Mfcntfot* which he could not control. ( - aod hat beto honorably dwebarged '

leported let Uk Occaa Wave. Cafe Mag, If J., Sept. 9, 1864 In compliance with a call for tbe Csl- 1 vary Baptist -Church, • Seaviile, Cape May County, a council' convened at 1 ■a their TIouf* of Worship, Wednesday, j ^TOepterobcr 7. 1864, to take into consid- j 7 eration the propriety ol ordaining to the j j Work of the Gospel Ministry, their Pas- , tor, Rev. I). T. Da* is It WHS composed of Rev W . Swindett, ' i ! First Cape May Church ; Deacon, Syl- 1 i i 'anus Cor*on, Second Cape May Church; j | Rev. J. P Hall, Cape Island Church ; : j Deacon J. Swain and Rev. J Jones, ) i Calvary Church ; Rev. J. gaetle, I First West Philadelphia Church ; Dea- 1 I con II. J. Mulford aod Rev. J. F. Brown, | D. D„ of Bridgeton Cborch ; and by j 1 i special invitalioo, Rev J. R. Loomis, | LL.D.,of Lewisburgh University, Ps. j Tbe council was organized by electing | 1 j Brother Brown, Moderator, snd Brother j i Swinden, Clerk. | The examination of the candidate was i 1 | thorough and entirely satisfactory ; after ! 1 j which it was onomimousiy resolved to | 1 proceed to his ordination, which was 1 j done in tbe following order, to wit; j Introductory services, by Brothers : ■ j Jones and Swinden ; sermon by Rev. J. j 1 H Castle, frpm Kpbesians, III. 8; Or- I ! dainiug Prayer, by Brother J. P. Hwll; i ' Hand of Fellowship, by Brother 8wio1 den ; Charge to Candidate, by Brother j j Loomis; Charge to Church, bv Brother i ! Brown ; Benediction, by Candidate. ; Brother Davis is n graduate of Bris- ! ! tol Baptist College, England, snd has come highly recommended by tbe Fscul- j ty of that ' Iostitntion, and aiso by the j 1 Association to which be belonged. J. F- Brown, Moderator, i j W. Swinden, Clerk. . J For the Ocean Wave. HISTOID' OF A CANE. , ! Cart Mat C H., Sept 10, 1864. Dear Old OfiAN Wave I thought i a few words in reference to the useful career, and glorious "fioish up" of a | certain Cake, might not be uoacceptaj blc. Io the first place theo, the Hon. j Mrs Downs Edmunds forwsrdeff a very [ handsome and valuable pound cake to j the "Harvest Home" held at tbe Court House on the 8th inst, for the benefit i of the M. E. Church, at that place. I There being sevi-ral ministers present, | it was proposed to dispose of tbe -cake j by presenting it to tbe one who received ■ the highest oumber of votes. Ten oeots ; was charged for each vote. There were i nominated for tbe contest, Revs. Sbarpe, Price, Osborn, Hickman, and Swinden Daring the earlier part of the day, the I voting was earnest, yet in tbe highest degree friendly ; bLt towards evening, sn effort was made by some present to burlesque tbe ministers, or rather, to , make a political issue out of it, by nomj insting an outside individual, who shall be nameless. Of course, all were anx- ! ious that the cake should bring ss large a sum as possible, and therefore the extra name was allowed to be voted for. i But these shrewd outsiders were not willing to vote and pay down their Don- ; ey as they voted, to the ladies io charge, I but retained it in tbeir own keeping, so j that before parting with tbeir dollars, I tbey might be sure of tbe prize. It ul- | timatcly Tell to tbe lot of Brother Swin- ; den, who was, wc may be sure, proud of ; | bis victory, be having received 281 : voles. The Sum tyceited for it by the total : votes cast, was $47 50. What think you, Mr. Editor, of that price for a ; cake ? Verily, we think the sight of it , | would have made your "mouth water," I not that I wish to inslnustc that Editors ' are strangers to good, things, by no means air ; you livo on the fot of the land, and on "promises to pay." It is only us poor teachers, who have to be satisfied with looking at such rare delicacies aa. rich pound cake. Last evening being tbe monthly meeting of the Ladiee Soldier's Aid Society, Bro. Swinden, the possessor of this treasnre, presented it to them for sale for the benefit of their Society. It was cut into 41 slices, which were sold separately to tbe highest bidder, by Enoch 1 liewiit The bidding was spirited, tbe 1 first piece being sold for $1.05, the last ' for |2 10. Tbe total realized amounted to $21.65, making in all, as the profita ' of this piece of confectionery the com of ' $69.15. Need I say the cake was eaten; 1 it was deticioss, and tbas ends this fais- ' lory of a cake. Beat it if you can. Very Respectfully, Yours, SrETTATOR. Hone for Mechanics — We art grat- ' ified to learn that measures have been 1 ; taken for carrying out the munificent ' j will of George Hayes (late of the firm j of Dreer & Hayea), for the estnbliahi ! meet of a home for aged aod infirm asi i chsaics in Philadelphia. Me Hayes . was a'JsMsyaaa, *bo acquired great , i wealth Hi the jawakj business, by skill ' and strtrtjiatcgrily^ V

A GREENBACK WELL IXYESTBB. A year ago sezeral Journals uuitad in recom wending tbeir readers to invest a , Dollar "Greenback" in securing that ! vtry excellent Journal for tbe honrebold - (inclndlng the little one*), for the garj den, and for the farm, called the "Amer- { icaa Agriculturist " Many persons were : thus led to subscribe, nnd we believe all [ ( who did so have been much more than ] ' satisGed. Tbey have received tbe 23d I [ ; annual volume of the Agriculturist, { j which is full of good things, useful, j [practical, and entertaining, and just now : i the Publisher is sending out to each of | bis subscribers applying, a present of a ' | plant of oDe of the most remarkable j Strawberries that has ever been brought ) j out. These plants, when sold by tbe , ; only other person having them, go readily at seventy-five .cents each. So the : ■ Greenbsok invested last year bus cer- j ' lainly paid well. All we have now to | | say is, let oil others go and do likewise. [ 1 Notwithstanding the present advance in ; ■ | cost, the publisher still offers to take . 1 subscribers this month (September) at [ i $1 00 s year, of from now to tbe end of | 1865 (fifteen months) for $1.1? Acd i j still farther, be offers one ol tbe rctusrk- ' able Strawberry Plants, sent free and j post-paid, to every new subscriber who ; j encloses five cents extra for oil cloth, . [ pecking, aud postage on the plant. — ■ Our advice IO all is, send the Dollar (»r - the $1.15), and the extra five cents at ! • once to Orange Judd, Publisher of tbe .'Agriculturist, at 41 Park Row, New i ! York City, and get the paper, «-Ur. You . I will get a most beautiful, well illustrated, • : practical paper, aud tiie cheapest one in 1 [ the conntry, to say uotniug of the extra ' Strawberry Plait, etc. Try it i GRANT'S EARTHWORKS AROIND PETERSBIRR. A correspondent oT tbe Springfield (At ass.) Republican, writing August 30. gives tbe following description Of the works ' constructed by Grant's army around Peters- ' ' burg : 1 "Aftor all tbe descriptions given of this , - battle-centre, there are probably few a J tbe j north who have a correct idea of the po»i- 1 ' tion as it is. Even old soldiers, familiar j , with siege operations, coming here from : . other point*, have been surprised at what \ ! tbey saw and what they did not see. Tbe exteDt of ground occupied is enormons. . On this the excavations and embankments 1 (all systematic and correct lo tbe eye ot the . '■ experienced engineer) have the appearance ] I lo tbe casual observer of incompleteness ! l and confused irregularity. There is no well- j I defined chain of works with finished front, i as at Bertnoda Hundred, to be seen from [ any point along the parapet stretching j ; away in either direction as far ss tbe eye ! con reach. There is no succession of par- j allele and saps clearly teodiDg to a prom- j ' meat object of attack, as oo the Morris Is- [ 1 land saud waste. The whole country for [ > inilrs about seems dng up snd shoveled I ■ over, with oo other purpose than to make ' | as many heaps aod as many holes as are possible in a given space. There is a long i t line of low rifie pin for cur advanced vi- j dettes. Back of these there is a stronger line of embankments before a wide stretch ' for the picket reserve. There are horn b- proyfe, huge hemispherical heaps of earth and logs, like a New , England potato cellar, io the onter line, i for the videttes to crawl into when shelled by tbe enemy. There are bomb-proof* in the second line for the picket*. There is a larger bomb-proof for the picket bead- ^ quarters ; I write from that. There are . covered ways — forg trenches to protect i passing soldier* from rifie bullets— from the . vidette pits to the renert^, and from tbe ! I reserve to the rear. Along these covcretlj : ways are small bomb-proof dodging holes , io tbe side wall*, like baok-«wallows' nest*. Tbe lines of vidette pit* and of picket i r trenches are oo crooked acd complex that . it requires careful observation lo decide { which is for friend and which is for .foe. j 1 Tbeyseem to tow in »H waya — right and ' | left, forward and back, over one bill, i 1 around another, through a ravine, now al- j ■ most touching the works where are seen ■ the rebel cannon and the ' rebel flag, and', •gain widely diverging therefrom. A bat- . tery faces this way— that is thj enemy's. A battery faces tbe othei^ay— that is | ours. Yet they look as if both were in tbe tamo intrenched line. Other batteries : are seen at right acd Inft ; still others in ' the rear. Covered ways ran from ooe line ■ to tbe other — from one battery to tbe next I —from one covered way to covered way i again. Bomb-proof* are everywhere, and t so are soldiers' graves— a cluster here and I another juet beyond. The brave fellows ! were buried where tbey fell." | DEPOTS FOR I SITED STATES STAMPS. Tbe government requires that checks, receipt*, deeds, legil document* and alpaott ail sort* of writings shall beelemped. If act stamped the writings are invalid. But the go varment ha- provided no depots for the sola of these revenue stamps. - Everybody ha* lo cm them ; but only a } few people know wbere la get them. The t Treasury Department ought to authorise t every post mailer throughout the country to aMl tbn stamps, debiting him with them et in the rat* of postage elamps. This * eye tern coeld bo immediately inaugurated, 1 woe Id came ne trouble, and would be a I great convenience tbe people. Will; I Secretary Pes tend c a think this matter

H'MJIARY OF WAR SCWfS. 1 From the Army of tbO'Petbmac we have advices to Friday morning. Matters bad 1 been remarkably quiet for the two previ- ' ocs days. * i Tbe rebel army in Virginia is reported c to be obtaining it* supples by train* from I Weldon running a* far a* Stony Creek, c j which is a station db the Weldon *od Pe- e ] tvrsburg road, ninety mile* from the for- 1 | mer place, and twenty-two from the latter, j j j Tbe provision* are wagoned from Stony I ( j Creek to Uiowiddie Coonrt lipase, fifteen j [ miles, and tbeuce to Petersburg fifteen ■ miles further. ' Five or six hundred wag- j | oo* are engaged in this Iranaportalion. | Tbe amount of wagon transportation is I therefore thirty mile*, which is equivalent 1 to two days work for every load. Stony : ' • Creek is nine miles south of Ream's and I Dinaiddie Court House tbe same distance t | New Orleans intelligence lo the 3d inst.. : , j has been received by the Evening Star at | , ' New York. The rebels are reported to ! > be prtqAring a formidable expedition to 1 attack Brashear city or «ome other point. ' 1 ! Guerillas are stilt hownog io tbe vicinity t ; - of Alexandria. | ! Gen. Sherman reported on Friday that [ I I i hit army i« concentrated et Atlanta. His 1 • troop* are io position and well. Wilsou I and Steadmau are pressing W heeler hard. ' The anticipated "battle op the Weldon , Railroad may be deferred for some days . vet. Some heavy artillery firing took ' , . place on .Saturday motninp ou our left. ; j The pickets of tbe Second Corps accom- j ! plishvd quite a,. clever feat on Saturday. ' The oueiny'* picket line, which occupied a ' ; ' commanding ground io front of Hancock1* ' ' position, w.le quickly seized by a part of i .Geo. De Trobriand'* brigade of Moll's t division. There was hardly a thot fired ■ i until the enemy'* position was occupied by \ ; oar troops, and one hundred pickets were . | raptured. The enemy sSbsequently opened with musketry and artillery, which was i kept up for several hour*, but did oot »uc- ' I ceed io di lodging our men. From infor- ; nialion received by deserters, it appears ^ that tbe rebel* have aisposed tbeir forces > i with Longst reel's corps on their extreme right, holding the country between (be ' f I Weldon and Dansville railroad, aod Hill's ' ; Corps in tbe centre, occupying the line of i ' ' defence from the W eidon road to Peters- , burg, while Beanregard. with his divisions, i 1 garrison the fortifications around the city. [ t Despatches "from Gen. Sheridan's army j t on tbe 10th instant,. stales that the enemy, i , under command of Geo. Early in person, j i with Johnson'*, Vaugbaa's, McCausland's ; t cavalry, "and Gen. Rhodes' infantry divi- j s j lion, attacked a brigade of AVerill's divi- , ! sinn at eight o'clock io the morning at ' . { l)arksville, on the Winchester pike. Tbe j enemy was driven back in trhee sucee«uve i , [ cavalry charges. The infantry and caval- j j j ry, who again entered the contest, shared f a similar fate. Tbe euemy lost heavily, ! _ ' much greater than we did. it appeared to I _ i be the intention of Gen. Early to steal a { march oo Sheridan's lions, but the prom- j r titude of Averill's cavalry frustrated the j design. i- ' Despatches received io Xnshtillo from ; e | Pulaski, dated Friday, state that Genaral ; ; j Rousseau concentrated all the forces of j . General* Stradmtn and Granger aud hi* ' r own at Athens," Al*:. and bad moved toj ward n the Tennessee. In the Arrov of the Polontic, on Satur- - day, firing was kept up pretty briskly all ' day on the centre -and right. The rebels , having been surprised oo the previous I night by the 20tb Indiana and 99th Peon- » sylrania regiments, appear determined to 1 annoy our pickets as much as possible. General Wilson'* Cavalry made a recon3 noissance oo Sanday to within thrre miles ' of Winchester, and unexpectedly fell upon ; a division of rebel infantry. After *ouie ' ; skirmishing oar forces withdrew: Several | 'j flour mills on the Opequsn were destroyed j # ; on Friday. t ! THE FALL IN GOLD, ' j Our recent victories, rbe rumors of *icf ! tones to cotne, the fact that all the Presi- • | denial candidate, are upon the war plal1 j form, the success cf the new loan, and v*- ■ I rious other causes, all combined to bring - ' gold down tp 218 or 219 on Saturday. 3 This is a fall 'wf twenty-one per cent in a 1 l week. If Grant should defeat Lee, as - Sherman defeated Hood, there is no telling - bow low gold will fall ; and the gold spec- • ulatora and the speculators in coal, provi1 sious, silks and cloths will lose heavily. s The fall of twenty-one per cent plainly 0 shows the boltowness of this g ild bubble, e and convinces every ooe that tbe extrava1 gaot premium is merely a trick of the f speculators. — A'. Y. Herald. i ,,ril 8 Tbk Fiest Natioxal Baxk or Candex. • — This institution went into operation on the 1st lost. Tbe officers are J. Livermore, Pr*a dent, and Jas. H. Stevens, Cashier. Tbe Farmer* and Mechanics ,, Bank Is no more, the First Nations! Bsok . hrving absorbed it, sad now occupies tbe . banking bouse of tbat institution. i George B. Cooper, Esq., of Millville, . has resigned bis position as' Assistant • Assessor of Internal Revenue, and Jas • H. Nixon, Esq., has been appointed to " fill the vacancy. _ n Special attention is invited to John • Fsreira's advertisement in this issne. a His SMorunent of Fancy Fan, lor LaII dies' and Children's wear is very large r and of a superior quality'— Give bim a cail.

lay County Mle Society. The fourtflShth Annual Meeting of the Cape MayHible Society will be'beld the Presbyterian Cborch, Cold on Monday nex» tbe 19th inst., commencing an 10 o'clock a. w. The George Shvldon, State Agent, 2nd other Reverend gentlemen will be present snd address thesneeting. The pub- ; are invited to attend, as mattars of j connected with the Bible eauso I will be presented to the n»« eting ► R D Esmonds, Secretary. POLITICAL. ~"PI Yallandighatn, who intended to stomp for McClellan, returned to his home on reading MiClellan's letter of acceptance. The Union State Convention of Tenhas nominated a full electoral ticket for Lincoln and Johnson. Horace Msynnrd and William H. Wlsener are the « lectors at large. The returns of the Maine election , yesterday show tbe nurress cf the Republican ticket by a large increased [ maturity over the role of last year. LI ROPRAN HEWS. - The stnanuhip A merica, from .Sonthamplon on the 31*t of August, reached New York on the 13th inst. Her news is threw days later than the report ol tbe Scotia. The report* of General Grant'* operoj lion* on tbe oorth'side of the James river, •* when pushing to the Weldon Railroad; of ■ Sheridan'* action *ith Longrtreet, at Front Royal, und of Farrepat'l victory at Fort t Morgan, had been received in England, and produced an impression decidedly favorable to the Uqion cause. The Ixindon Times acknowledges, in "onqualified tenns, the "vigor" and "pertinacity" of General Grant, even when eeek* ing to depreciate the effect of the triumphs or the Union arm*. Ureal anxiety was expressed in Eoglanfl to learn the result of the proceedings of the Chicago Convention, tbe organisation of the Peace Conference at Syracuse having ju.t been announced in London. General McClellan'* name was freely mentioned as . the probable nominee or the democrat* for . President ; bat it wo* generally conceded j that be woald cot accept a "peace platform," and tbat if elected ht would seek to continue the war; if only to "retrieve bit : military reputation)*'- * . i The special q|[|ggyopdn,u of the Loni don Times atidjSjfi^n Telegraph supply . interesting IctienMB^rning tbe meeting ! of tbe rebel cotobiltt&uer. end Northern : peace delegate* at Niagara Fall*. The i writers are eTidei tly disappointed nt the i result* of tbe assemblage, but seem to Bud . | consolation in holding the opinion that I 1 there are "gloomy " aud troublesome days , in store for the North. - ■ ; i It was rumored in Paris that the Emperor k Napoleon would soon make another effort . (or intervention in American affairs, with n i ! view to tbe ultimate recognition of the { Sooth. Tbi* plan, it was said, woald no* | meet with favor in France, as abolition Was I ro longer an nlenicut in th-t Northern war r : policy, and as the Emperor bad prudently , ' wailed for tbe "questions to ripen." Mr Editor Allow me to call the attention of yonr renders to the follow, j if* card, in reference to tbe reduction ( of the quota of the First Congressional | District. The efforts of Hon JameB M. . Scovel in this respect *re worthy of all i prai»e, and the people of the district should remember them io the future. Cape Mat. i A CARD, i Camden. N. J.. August 30. 1864. ■ To the Editor of the Wert Jersey Prett: I | SjRt — After repeated and urgent solid - I | taiion on the part of theeilisen* of this and other countt' *, we proceeded to Washington on Satnrday lutt. to urge a reduction in the quota of tbi* District. K cow- ■ ing that it it tbe design of the Administra. - tion, and of the Department, t^aflord every - means of information not "contraband of - war" to the dtistena of every slete andt district in relation to tbe pracKciT wbrlijp^--oflbe law for "enrolling and Calling oot , the National force)," ire have concluded^ after being requeMed to do ao, to make A statement on behalf ol tbe enmthiriee, I of tbe resalt of our labor* for the infor- - matioo of the Public. We called npon President Lincoln, nnd expressed lo qitn oar belief tbat in tbe six counties conatl- ' toting tbe district within tbe jurisdieliwts of Provost Marshal Wentz, the quota of , 3135 men was a Dumber disproportionately . large when compared -with the draft Wfede - s under former calls. Tbe President gave us a cordial. reception and a patieot hearing, and, at once expressed his earnest desire that iastice sbood be done in the prt- ■ mises. Ha further , informed as, in the : matter of the draft, that every ef- . fort io tbe power of the government bad been, acd it' pom pot forth pa 1 give an equal and equitable odjist- ' meot io ail localities alike of the claims ol k tbe Nsttonal service upon the people litttay e lbs law. In a note In Provost Manshal , Genenri Fry Pre aidant Lincoln requested i, bad caused th* requisite calcols^igns to . made, an'd tbe error was cleartyidiscov«*>4L (be quota Was at one^ emended reducing the nam bar of men to be nrised' by thm 3 Dist net ose-seventh. which i is 448 msn.Tiat from 3137 to 268, (the present quou of M district.) Bofbre iewwiDg th* afficwef Ah Provuft Marshal General ipstnM<ion0W4IW D given, by him, to mail tbe" corrected figWIM ; te the Prevent Mnrabhl without any d*lW W e press me. the inetvactioD*. «4*lhw |M - ameadad quota of each toKoshioxrul h* e received to Jay, ' . P. C.'.Bxtscg, *** : JaNne M 3«TE,, > " • For the Committee.