IH ' ■ v • • CAfK M AY OCEAN WAVE, WEDNESDAY, TftimUAKY Tl, 1865. • • 4

I have 10 laiervsi lo tk«M cowpaoles, aot the slightest, I wish it soiled the po llcy el N»* Jersey lo !«»»• a retliusd tbrmgb Weiy county of the Stale; but that (• a tastier fur herolf to decide. II U said that she h*soxacled from tb« cUlxros of other Stale* a tax fur tie prltiled*# of piuine over her own lerrliorj. That liwolvo. 1 domnt know what Vbt * particular provision of lb* New Jei»cy charter Iv, but ltn*» what (ha pxuvi»|ou . In Ifae tl art"r ucnlrr which lie road lr«oi her# lo ILU nsnrw ba* t>r*o niaile i«. The j Stale «f J\|arvl*bd authorise* the {»n pany » lo charge a certain amount of toll per mile for j»a*aeiifiera and freight, 'ill at the baa a right lo d>», and nobody fiat a rh-ht t-» Comp a n. The hoacrahl* uicinher frooi Mu hi. jfju (Mr, Cutapeca] would not caitphdn if • Ibc cbaritr provided that ihe * hale amount of tbut charge -as tc go into the exchequer Of tha con. pany ; but hia Coin] 1*ilil U ibat Matry latnl in ike one ca»c, «»r New J-i#ey in the lit bar, ii deriving IwneQi by getting a p*rt of ihe loll wLic> the coGi]>*uir* ari\ authorised to charge. He* she nut e light to do It T If she he* a risht lo make a| charge without the pajwicul of which no I man but * right to irlivel ujm/j the road, | who he* a right to complain v> .tin- uuwier I in which she ili»|>u4*t of tliu money which • »L* tn»t fret ice from the operation uf tlir i jcaJ ? " Whether she price* It to the c*»r. poral>»ra iudividnally, nr whether ahe raja , that It la It) he al.ufi d in certain proper- ! lions be weanila corporators and ilo Slate, • nobody hu* a right to complain. * | The ouly grooad orccinj lami—oot a leg*l . giotiutl of cunipkiijt— would Lm one replu g on the afomplioi) 'of its being a want tit proper policy, charging m.«ie lliau should uo cbarxed ; hot what iv to be done with tba ainvunl I* a matter between the State I granting the franchise and the corpnratnra i uod-r the franchise. In fact, in leg*! in- ; tandinrnf, when a cbarur of this d»#crl]>- i tlon i* made, tta Stale grant ir-« the charier : becomes qua*l a cmporator, The individual j paste pgr r payatui going from brie lu Dal- ; I i mora $1 5U for the priviledgu of going vl] edlMoaaly, with tucifased *delv, n\ ati | llOUfVuf tha day and night. The company hare said • that tbev will make u ruad and Plltwpam tkit w "i i

they will iratiaporl. 'I be Slate ray*, "Make ? the road aud liurtvpuri, and you shall bare ! tbe prirtlcdge to charge $1 CO upon each j pu«*etifrr tr*ri>pori« d el'ter way. and you ' oud I will share in Ibal 31 50 in the ] •fnpurlluu of ope.flfth to four*Gflb*;" that i* . lo say. ilatjl-ind i« yuati u cuijM.rator ai far a% that ir concerned. I do not know the » piociticD in the New JeMrjr cha:ter*, but | 1 support it i* rubilanliallT ihe lame. | Tb« a ihe qur»li(>Q come* around to and a! l ul le»uh» In the pmpoailion 1 hate tUird in (La hegibtlng : *a» N«^r Jcraey nnder any obligation lo oiaLu ihut ronU* Kverjhouy mutt lay no. Had anybody cite a right to itultf' It except under Ihe authority of New JemjT 1 IbiuL cterybmly i tout I aniwer no. ifthere »a« no obligation : upon bar to make il. ur.d nobody el»u hnt | herself ci»uld make it or anlhunc* It to be j twadc, then *ha had a right to lay upon what icrci* aha would i:uka it ; and bo who undertake* to make it, «r dt>c« make ii, under a charter whieli eubject* him lu ccx- ; tain condjlionr, doe* not act honestly, err- , Uinlj doe* not ccl legally. nrl-r» he com- » plie* with the ci ndilinn. U he alu-u ihe ; power Iraniccadi ll e authority ccnf'fivd • upon biei lay I a fratirhiir, the fratc Is: wi'l j ba taken fiuro bin* ; the ru-d I* uo IvUgci ^ hlf, aud vast* la the tnecreign. Llat here you propose to »!-]» in and say i to Naw JeraeT, wtiu alone could hate na-ie J tba road, in 'whose eXylu»i«e juritdhrtiun | the subject Itself I* cohlidrd. her&'ce rn»tl delegaied by the Cnn-ttlotiuo. "It is Mae , you had a right lo make the road ; y»4 hu\V . tnada U ; it ba* bc«n made ander your a i. Ihoriiy ; you never would haco auihur xrJ | i It to be maoe except upon the cuinJUh u* j included within thai authority; but Con- j grrs* now *ay* to joq jour llmtlaiiuna etc * wholly inoperative as against us ; it i# our rigid not lo assist anything thai you hafe done, not tu cuinplele yoor n JW, nut io appfpriale incuey fur ihe piurpnaw if tuoiry abuuhthe wauleJ, but to alepin and annul t - . the varv conditlnna without which you lifter wold Ifavc aoihoiixad the cousltucliou o< the road." Wills a view lo illo trala ihe opcnilicn af tbilhill, I hate spoken of this l«xi*lalioti urn-n that partkolar rojd; bat 1 Hatq3— ' net or* that tbera i* involved in ibis larasure a princi|de which is siealrocliun of the int. ersignty of their o*n Hlate-. ♦ If yoe pa-* ■ till* mesiorc, aod'/t-cao stand Juuiciel ax» ^ amiuatloa — 1 ant snre ll will not ; at !ee*l 1 think *o— jou sohinll the eiiihuriiy nf the H'ates now supptied in i* p&clu»ive tu Ibo nalinulcd power of Congress, or, to use the languaxe of llial pail uf the opisiuii ul Mr, Justice McLean to which 1 hate jest referred, - • , '"Jf thw»li*slt*llca* aielobedrpaxlfvl fro»M— the limitations njion ihe power of tb-Tsov. ernmen'l siT whlcll 1»«* ha* hee.n Speaking, 1 o estsblirh fOlt loads atd 10 regulate Coinx^rrce— \ »'«Va IhnecaaU ao others except the ClKrttlea \ ot OaogTeas.'* .) CuRgreaa rrsy do with any of your road* ' lust what Congress. may think Gt to do; lull won »

•ml in a eontioversjr helween any one^Ule aud ail Ihe other Htatci in which thn U •- EreNin'aiicei from ihe other Htato may br ronght to belle** that the intrrratof their particular cnnsillnenrir* will bo prumolrd by tlisiegsHInf the liimlation* in H<w franchise omtrr which the ro»de lo the jmvilctl|*r Stale* haVW baen made, they mil W done away with j and then Sseho* wo shell " aland with our ptnpl*. We are sent bete to take care, oioioug oih**rs, of tha lixhis of our Stat*'. Oar oath tn suppnit the ConStltoiion of the Ucited Hi*i« » i* f t merely to execute all the power* which it but to absuin front exeillii4 an/ p»war« which It *h»t>S Out confer. It h wo ohllca- ' tlon, therefMre, in preserve all Tim limit a* lions opow the power of the Federal tlo*•inmrot in order Iti prouct the bdisretit and original, and nudrlegste.l powers which beldageil to the Hlaies before the C«»0»tltu- • • ti&fl as* adapted. U'f come here, ib-u, £» eeStk road* made under tbw amhnriijr of our §S^ own Htata. legislation, an authorliy which visa lieforw etef caeil loned, anil if .Concresa tlaimu the right by their leetfleilon ^WrtwYwpfwl Hlale legislatloa, or lo ,do xwar by ttfDgfwseional leglslatlun with suy limb ^l^txlloae Imposed by Htuta bgl-lauoa in gK^ktaboaf thlldestrrpilon, it Is In its fesolt S{®ipwt4saty lb« muwa at If In word# toa bad Era&JpM'dWt all tba legislation of the btate* (a S^iNwitlai.l^lUlr^afraral rbtdi are to be ^^eiasHkWfti*t;UlW tl'ie aall and rob!. 1 ^ amaortf, Mr, I't^ldHt, to haTt occapUd to maobaf' tba ^nmVof -t bo 8t ml*, and 3m' cdaoUaoriHtb iUliaf the results to which S»s iiy relscrtlua* on the *abject h*r» l«d me. U U oaf, that over iU{* lubjert Cutaatharity wlaiacor. It la.w MisrMffiN- byt bo tJUl*#, reasvLi1: ^^^Mro ktOa^ NVdelfifatfdj aad ^ItUd KSiSfbn txclf#i**bfwrrry eown Ihai tia bekb

man who bat Glared la thmjcoocclU of tke nation, wkathar la the riecuiitn drimrtineul or lb# ferula Ire drpartuient of tbp ljuveroiueol, frum the tluif uf the ad»pli»r> of 'he Coaali'uliun duwn to the briMgih^cf ihe Idll Into tba llo3»* of U^proter'tatiwa. Mr. Monaii.U 1 <tu not sui puee there I* any esperlaiitiii of taking tha qu«*t'i'ju up* . • •a tue bill |)»ia aflenu»oi» ; aud 1 «ii» uvt know whether there i* a rieraiur who d-« • »« r-a t«> adilree* Ihe it* uj o > it tb>s xfIcflluOD. I Uli'lefStalMi there •toother HanI n'ora «'(ti u»aii;u In u; oa the Si. !l. 1 j l.«|«ef tbeieTorc, the Senator w'.n hit* c-ba'4* i f it *>id it- t objert t<» it* |H«stn tt.eiiteul to allow no* to tak" op heunta N'i," !!l'd. 1 uiut* r bat lh* lu'ib-r coasideratinu of this lull be puetoouvd le, utnl mad** tue 1 sj-ecisl «-riler uf tb-j d*y fot Tuesday n-xt j at una u*rlork. 'lb* tnutiuu ws* agreed to, I so- thirds of | lite Smtl* cunciirring ihareio', ^ ft lie (Dccau %'avc, is rvauiuiu cvxav wrLn^tr, tr S. II. M AGON AG Lid, Hilllor au4 I'ropi lilor, Caps It!aa3, Ca!« May Coacty, K. J. riro putt-jw ira ruin. | V>'ci!titaday, IVlsru.iry tl*J.lSC5. Tlic The fl/aft fur li.is district commer.cr* tod*y (Wednesday) In Cxmdeu. ak li«t *»f j lb- to drafted tu Cap* 31 ay Co.. sill be ; given in usr t.exl rurnb^r. GJ'The February number of ti n I'hre. | Q(do;ir*l Journal, published try Foalt-rJ; NVrlli.il>!) itroidwov. New York, la on • oar table. It is at o red with iillch'itiD; ! iavtiui tive rradiiu nsaltrf on various eabl i jecta, torrthrf with ituniervus portraits of

I prominent persons, with rbrcnological and : * | lliogfaptdcal >Lr|clifi of the vatue. \N a ( ' | romiccnd-it to ell as a work which r.o houtr- ' i I bold should ba without. Single numbers i i lit) cent i. . g?r Atti otii;) i* called to tho advertise. I | meat of Alb-n and Needlr*. in anut. er co» . luuin. It is a reliable fitrn, and sells ore* [ but good Articles. Our Court Iioitcf Letter. Care May Cuimr Hnvak. ) . | February 17, IS65. > • Me. Eetton: — Our Festival in aid of tLf j "Ladle*' Soldiers' IMi*r Sociaiy," Middle : , towusliip, cawo off on Wrdnesdsy.eth ioAt. '/lis'sltrt/iicr* wet nrexfiowiac. At an | early h»ur in the evening w* repaired to! : the Court Hues*, but facod it dthlcult tu ; | obtain au entrance. After some lillh de. ' lay. w «t succeeded In A.tr'gUng wjtli ihe . ibrorig ajtbln. Tho r^oci p(«-rrxited a truly ' animating aigM. It was g-ijly ilodiulstl | i aftb natiotsal^tli;*, and along cr«ily »t* ,*wbole lensth wrr* lao>« loade l with band. ' • some specimens of poify, fruit, ice cream, | ■ Jcr.; whit* the fniijr fuims. atrdling faco, and | [j ijuus voire* Of happy g.rt* Ui^d* it a:r al- j I tn«>s: er.clur.5fd q«>l. A :vnl* justice wAt , | .tone the gr*o 1 things provided, as *ra« erU j I *Lnt from ihfir i*p»d di*ap]>eaiarce from | ! lh«i staatls. At interval*, we w»f4 rrgkted j { with choice •eftctioDs of vocal end instrv. i menial mn'ic, ui.d-r tba b aderahipof IVof. | Ilarllett ; Mrs. Nr. MfCin/ presiding at. the nietodo n. Tin jbris were all wrrll > rxrcutfd, one p'.era in psrlifiilar w».s uj>ro- • 5 jwt, viz : "Oil on tha biain." which, by i rri|uol, wav rej.eatcd. Tho hot humor > prevaiisd, alt enjiyvd tb*i»i»ejves, ari l the : whota affair piiseU over vary eati-factofdy. j NVa believe ihe prntils am«*unle«l to about : SG'ACO. In ad luion to this, a large C tla remain*, from which w* bo;e to make tea i dollars at least, sumo Gov evening. 1 beg ! I to subset ibe lOJ^vlf, feraTTATOi;. i Our Galveston Corrcipomlcurp. U. c?. S. rrvuix, ] tiAtis'sro.v Hi OCK ior. I .Tuii'jxry !!3. J^C3. 1 , MB. IImtoc, Sir:— Fart *pt* son*# cf onr , friend* in Jersey, mm! r!«ee Lore nay tbink , tint ».nc# the "passing of Vort .Morgan into j , Mobile Har," that oir t!e*t cr* inactiiv, : but n^t so. We fr« qncRtlt hnvH ail exciting i time, such as the ui-c 1 shall now give you | a faint Idea of. On the 'Jl*t ixi't., wiiilo lji"g at accbor.

enveloped in a ihick f"jr, lufily drcamitg d*y* to coir-e, wp e>pled a Lr/e sidp.wlical ( ifpcxner. We in.tif diatily gave chare, and ; aftar a short tlnia w* fooi.d we ncro the fastelt. Oar . dver*sry saw their no ! hopes fur him, urtlns ho could g*l into Va- I Uico pas#, off which place w* wem ; but | I tl.e wat» r we* Ion shallow for him, or be , misted llo chibnei and run hard aod fast agroocd under the protection cf a firavy ballety ot that |d*r». which opened upon a*, their Hying insclos* proximity to us— we returning tba compliment for some litrm, when we withdraw', btvicg no Onltrs to expos* ourselves, oor rutin *-hJ*rt being ACCOWpllvhe l. Sfio proved to he Ihe "Granite City," havirg b»en iakao from us by the rebels about X jssr ago. Your* &c., WAbirx Tatmb New Jrr*cy Lcgiilntarv. A" Joint mcrllftf of -both branch ei oT the LegUUtoro «fti held ob Wednesday aHemonn ihe ifiih Insi The election *#iUDltrd *8taU« 8 eat tor urat postpObtd trniil March lit. • David Naer. of M#reer, w»t rlceUtl State Troakurcr. Tk* tllseiloi* of K«tp*r and InspeetorA of the Bute Frlton wis poitponnL Tho1 ooonty 'botoltitUobl were S^i^iUndolidi, of Ilodioa, lit the 8etb* .mtudn.tnt t. t-c Ooo.llUUoo |.U • tflKlSfroL

Oat FUiludfl* CorrcApandcxirc. 1'iiiuuA., 'Fab, 15th,' 16G6, Mtt. Eruioa; Have yon faIDd to perceive, 1 in yonr vpifet# nvlgbhornund, thai tb« 1 world ts being tuMcJ o; -lde down Ly 1 •* 1 # a tho wonderful Oil ilciclO]t< roenlt cf thi sc U't iLyy. The greasy rnvlvriil r ot only j srrros t*> pr rtnrat# the r.rtks aod hi. Is nf j , iha'wliuh ntstitn *ivi| r* of the Ailc-t gheny Mouwtuina, fr>>ta Caitada as far south a* TrLiiiiun will allow its produrI lion, but aim permeate* alt circlet Few I I ■ • I indeed uro clean of tha xinhi of tho J . greasy Unit!. * Oil on tho'brsln," ihcj ; call it, but wo have bad il here !vtely,oil 1 : on thb street, on f.rt% runr.lng ovor^jur ' •sutlers, hitting Mid bUling drfubCC. — , B-d. truly, that inullitudes of lives have boen kucrrficed by this sad ot currency, j It is, however, n nmre pleasant tx-' prricuec to find its prerveds in our jiotLI eu rather tbun on cither our br*ia or the ! street. Full often have f r.pertics (bang- ; ! ed bsoJ», from $100,000 lo $200,004). ip j a few ilvyi ; anil stocks that sold, only a few days ago. for $2 00 j»*t share have ] been sold sx high as $450 00 n-r sh-rc. j Poc« not y«i'ur mouth water to I c or.n of tlic hup] y recipient* cf such a bli**ing? 1 . Weil, Antra vf your frleiids ha«c just 1 ' such nckatica ns'this— - »ur old friend,: : Comnmdoru Stockton, is l're>idcut ol ' i Jx»t stick scothcr concern ai that rc- 1 ; fvrreil to above A Con-| uny. oT which ; | i he is president, have lirrcuir tl.e owe*?* of 2UC0 crrtv of the very Guot oil urf . titory lo Fwtftt* ly, ia the S'aTe . I ..r i» r — . v«.. . :ll « l - t. ..

of rennsyivanij, j oh will see U e day , wbro «ne acre of this property will yield , , a good tlivUt rid on the whole capital t»f ; a million of doilari. It is a itrih of o«V ( you may rt*t a*j*urcd, as the four en- • , ginex, to ho put down imibr di.tlvly, will show. And 1 am really plid to scr sncli ; a strike, for the pitties ar? all dc*irvlug I of j'jat such pood lock— cifly tbink of I 1 four and a half tntlrs of borit.g territory, | iiecr the Duukerd Wtlls, ami above It, j tlir finest lalt.sl of coal *od Iron ore. — f It couii have hern made very nr<i2iubtc . in the*,* articlss, but «hr otL, the oit casts j .fbtfte products in the shad*. Have yon any iriurMi in it 2 \ hrfpe yuu have, fur ; ! some cf the sbiok was s^ld, aroocg the j friends of tiros# in it. nt $2 per shacc, am] it will be cheap nt $100 fir the * share C/rc May i — Late rebel papers pi etcat some very rnrloiis and Interesting discioiurri rcgvrdiug Gaunclal and luilitnry tnattcrs in . Jrfl*. Davis* docir.inni." Their near ct.r- ; renry it nmr considered of less v.vlue ; | than the old ; there is no money, even of ! | this w^rihhs* character, in the Trrsturr to settle, the immense outstanding .sc- , j cunnts, and taxation iv declared to bv tf i hruvy an tha people can steed. The i ; pMpcs&l to'cowscrlpt the i.igron by ! nbid' VsiO having rscrivrd flu a«J*cr»?da-ici-ioiNin t!ie rclnl Corgrrs*,lhe frli*mc j of culling on thnrr to vo'floUtr i\ t.oy i being warmly divcuavfd NVc hav* u'a,» accounts of rabil tuillitary mon rnciite in | ; North Carolina, and prvparaCons madt , • to opposa Cin rasrcli uortbwxrd of (icn- . crAl Sherman. t - 1 A trry connlrg c»sc nf srnupclicg «»ti ] I the Canadian border ha* r-centlr I ran J vlctvctcd, f»»r which the !io providrd V'o ; remedy. It Sfeu€ that the uru/gltr : built hia hou>9 ^lediatvly upo:\ thr jt>ound»ry line, with ai; rutrunco from ' the u«>rdi nntl nnother from tie south. .He can thus bring HrititU or American gnn'ds into his inuitn vitiiuut paving duties to cltbrr goverr.njeul, nnd can . without delrctloa pass them over to the Mhcr side. — A little boy, about ton yrnrs ofsgc, • ™ w ^

residing ntnr Hopaicung Luke, Suimx | | county, *N J , sudilrnly disappeared nj j ahori time since, hiving gnns out with | i his sled to play. Nothing was seen i>f| | hi nr for some time, when bis moths r, \ I searching after him, entne ae^ss two] I Irgs; Liitoa "tTrl >tcto the tops v»f a pair I of boots, which were recognitor! as those ! trnm by tha boy. It is supposed tbit| tba Ultlf Mlo* wat dfToarrd by n hesr | or panther, which is »ald to havo bcoa I •ecu ii) that migliborhoDd. 8. Ii. llydr, a United States detective i \ onnprtrd wlth'tbe Frovost Marshall*! ! ofHea In Kiv Havvn, Conn , on retnrp-irs-f home, ona night last week, asked ids wlf* Id get btm some cartridges, ibsl ho might r» load his ravolter. Aa she started to comply with hit request ib/hitmurr of Tb« weapon slipped (rutt'tita flngcrn alM tlw nUtol watit off, the ball entering tbe-hanrtof Mrs .Hyde The oaforiwn•to fMi tprawg forward, exelalmlng, "I am kliled— kl*a »• licfare I die P nod iwS^omeut wa* dead. : pgr1' [ Titers Is ^ood ilvtghirg la tho She- ! nanfloafa Vallry, and tba' ofRcari and f soldiers ol General Shvrldaa's army at Winch ester hive Improv bed all sorta ef qar*r Itsmt In which t'l enjoy i nsit rxi nalsr fthlclt.ls a rrscke? boibn

$D!inAUf OF WA4I NEWS. 1 -7- 1 ( (Jetrral fibcrmao, tho terror of refftb* ^ still moves ilosdily and uivjvslicaliy ^ serosa tl>a State of South Carolina: Toe ( advance of bii left wing was on Monday, the I3tb Invt , sevcoteen inilea north of Ilraiichvt!H*;aitd within fifty miles of Coluwbla. the c*pllul uf t'.e State, while blLnglft w«» iuuiedial-Iy iu fr-u.: of the city of Cnailastou, ouly two tw:lcv distaiit, ai.d threatening It. On tkf siXt * •lay — Tuesday t .9 I lib— it L loiiicatrd ! by Klchmuiul pap«r* that his cavalry had j I reached the Nortbuv»t--rn lUilroud, and | | thus levered the l*»t remcinlng link \ . between Charleston am! the rehtl rapltal. > Hi* trooper* were alr> believed to he i:»< : the vicinity of ITorencr, tho important j ! \hhlI i f rcavergnrce of Jbc ruilroads 1 coniu»aulcAtit:g between South Carolina. ! t'ieorgis, NditH Carolina vn i Virginia, j ' Mill near which tjr.n wire rorei.tlj con- 1 fined a Urge (.anther of captured Union - ! soltlitrs. *1 he rebel pa; cr* admit that j thrre if nothing to stop £hcr.r.an*» army, and r^; eel tha*. the nu'to.'ui flag Will i soi'Q t; floating over Charleaton, Augoita. Coluinhia And llilelch. We have r.cdve i^Fort l'isher d.«]>ateb(S giving additional delsiS of the 1 i3uvec>ci:'. totvurds Wilmington, X. C-, inn Suturdsy tin: lltii, by the nDtlaual forces. Tht troop* cngngul mre'sx- , rlu*lv(,ly these tf Ucntrul Tt r;t*a com- ; in mil ; but the operations were directrd in person by his supmnr oSlcvr, tvcinTal ' Bcht'fj^ld. Tory "were most succeislul, ; ur.d wh^t epprnrrd ut fir.' I tu be only a • . . ■ % ■*

rcconnuD&anec force terminated u: n prruibncut advance, ihe Union lines bring inoted furward two miles, ufcer conshli r.vll-? sovcre ikiriulabing. The new grout. d wax bel l, nx.d works were ; Immcdlateiy tLrown up on I: almost a* ; strong u« those lu fruit to which the* rebel* fell bark. Thr Union casualties 1 daring I K a day were only about ten killed und fifty vroiicded. General Grsot hat thorcugbly fgriificd 1 hi* army in ihe rear, and the* I'ctersbcrg : llxprot of Sxturdby the 11th, states i | thai he is nearly as strong in that quar- ! : tcr as lie is in front ID try mad it , ! strongly hsrricadod, and lirevy lines of , tro:ks extend In every ditertion. The \ a rvlvds have recintlj exttr.di-u their lines from nrnr Kervrs Station tno lailcx j toward* Mor.kV Neck, A Charleston despatch of ilia 10th ; Iajb that u l\dc:al force, about Ut>00 ! strong, laudtd ol. Grimbuila, on JBtue» ! Llnr.d. on that morainp, tml drove in • thr rebel pick its Sume ?k rnbhirjr oc- I i currc'l, hnt no general engagement. — UrbiitMllv is on the Bn no river, ebon: ; jwo nillce rrothwist «r Cbariesi^n. The U. S troop* heve crossed ti.e Ldii;o at ( Hrtoeckir'/ b[Idge, and are moving ; HJivo. , This luff rr.iutlon comes frcin the Uielunond paper? of the 13. Is, wld.b j ' also rtntc that o:i the 8th n hrsty cclnrtin ; I or luliutry ntmek the Sojtlli C-rcIitic railroad, nt Grahsrnoilie. about eighteen ; milt s Will uf Urr.t.rliville, u hile Kiipa- • trirk, with a euxulry force, oceuplrd lilaekville, on l!;r attnc roud, about nine r \ miles w little n cr»b west of Gruhcuisviile j A portion of SbermsnV column moved • forward on the cro»vog t!»s South Mdiuto, iUukiug llruccbvltlc on t!»e west,* , and advanced to Oraugvhtirg <-n the Columhi* and Uracclitille r>«d, CtXtetu . miles north nf the L:t«-s point, i Kvbrl papers mt that Bkrrr.m has , rut thr ruilroad at Mldwnr, |>l*tkaville i laiiti ILibirg. and that n ]»arLuf hi* wru y ; j bus tnoted on Avjgusti. It i* said that i , oft. t!i> 1 1th on attack was nude by us . 1 near Wilalngioa, which was unsucteu- : Tel. A saccesvfu! Union raid hex been made 1 on tlir Washita r ve r. Id Louisiana, by on lur w avoistt r vrr, ia i,vui»t*o», u» 4

j Colonel Osborn. Hot little resistance } was tnrl with, nnl about 200 prisoners 1 wcrr captured. Despalcliri from [General SVrrmin j 1 have been received by the govebnroei.'. i i Thr btsrer of tha despatches left the | artny itn. tnllri frft:»» ,lfrancl»vllle, and : thiols thai Charleston tcu»l ba ours by ► this time, ut little opposillwn baa l ean ' met wiib. The Kiebiuoud papevs of the i 15th report 8hermai»'« advanced ratalr? i at Florence, on the N«rtb Csrolinw b««r- • iter. ainy»y that there Is no telegraphic cumuiunK »tlot» with Charleston. The lUk'gh (N. C ) Frogresa says that gentlroirii iriin' Florida, Georgia and South Carolina consider tho people of the Utter State "the worst whipped sot of men aver If en." The Frogrrts concedes that Shnrosn will captwre everything, »ud s»yi ill paaplt wanj peace. x Kirby Stulib1* forces »re seattered to forage Frlew baa gone to Mexico on a inUslon. ltebfla ball every paailnrrf hivatuer Ob the Mlllltslppl to bo takto I away. » All doubt regarding- tha oeeopaUon of Branehvllle, South Carolina, by General Bhtrman, Is dissipated by a despatch of a ForV FLlsr rreapoadeut. . Tho jn* roancamenl of Its espture; soppond ob tho Itb last, , afttr tbrot dayaof hoii^

fighting, was brought to Smitbvillt, N. C., on tba lSth last., by n courier wbo, at grral peril, rode across (be country with a despatch from General Sherman to Admiral l*or;er. Wilmington papers cf the 'Jili Inst, and refugees who have ] reached S.uhhvilU conflVm ♦Hi state- j Went; and U^'haiesd J(>ufha1* of Wed-: iiCaday ]->t mt their War Department ' has tbf oCt.'ial nnnoituccmeni if the eta* : cuition uf Hranchville, which was can- ; sequcLt upon the ocropation <f Orangw- « burg, north of it, on the railroad Lading j to CtduuLU^ by a Urga force ff Sbrr- | mail '* InUiilry ; but t!*j du not mention > any fighting in the vicinity. They rc- : p-rt, l.owrvir, thst ICi! pat rick rearhrd ; a point within Cfte r i miles of Augusta, j Ga , cu- tLs 10. h initvnr, tad w»» «.tjtjrkvd by Wheeler, and "drinn five j toiler, with conridvrabU lost." On Tees- • day Lit, they elite, thrre wax tgain u ! Uii!**b column will. In a fi-w miles of Au- , gusta, ai.d, tr.orc importaui still, they ; say thai oo Wrdneadsy Sheiiuaa'a advance had feaelitl the souch bark of the I'm gcrcr, wl;bin c few milei of C* himi Ida, which iv situated on th« north bank of t!iu*. r.vrr, to which -Jdt tit rrb»Is bsd LH u Lack. A battl? »«i rcnsldertd imn;io*-tii, A rum-ir v.»i in circulation ywtcid.«y, purpoitli g to have lecu tirocght fro«a Kichmoud t.» Annapolis . by r«irab< d Unlet: pribOx r:*'to thr tffeit that Bhtrmcn l:sd bici chtck«d und ; Heanregaid kdled. X1' " Liter i« petfiMc, hut thr former v<ry i.nj- r Ajjble. da : rs rlt«r dwpatehtv :cj re«rnl thst, wlih ti.e 'exception of occadonol ex- " UII a«'% a i v» VC^wssvmwv • w ^

ebangv a lelwctu thr hat'.eriti wr d picI kcli brf.irc I'eSersburg, the stillness in I the trmlc* of t:.r J vines and the Fotoinac j •' 'remain* undisturbed. Tits number of | ;r<bil ilvic iters cuadcrr lata the Union 'lines ha# iaereand sl.ee the failure of ! the pe*rc utgotlaiions very coniidvrably. j * ■ Nut only ]«ritaUsr hut tnuny cf I.oe» v ^ j offitrrj, ore Laving him. They ssy that | the gi nrnd foiling of l.is nrcjy :» one of j ( i LopcLssuos ; that tho msjnrily of bis j man are convict- d that turtr Soulhtrn [ j onfrdrfjcy U p cbitnvra, and would i I gladly Ly down their wrtui if t!:»*y Lad j f the opportunity. [ • — General Grant drclarrd lo a mem- ; ber of Congress, while at the C»j-itvl, ; i that If the country would give him cnc • j hundred thousand frc»U ru»n be rnuld ; j close the war in three nianib". It Lsop- ^ 1 paved (hat-lite draft wiii v.<st the govern- | I nutit tt Last two hr.cdrrd thon-nnd. • \ [$-0 isvj- ti>» Wa-hitigt .'ii cot*, spondent \ I of the Nfw Y«»rk TilPP) j SPECIAL NOTICES. ! I . 5i. t'ZO MI.4N. j" S> v.'.l.briif t»I I.V- A^r'ttX] »>: l!'<"«i*crf, tl.r I c.. -r> (Msiluaituar! lie Htrcr%l 5.ila'rtf5lov : Uii'J S'.MM Tir uifj i | l^vxic ♦, ren Mi iHhvVfVi!* ;«rt c-'M. Vi.'rXot, j >LVi:.N-n.*II.?Y LOAN. 1 Jii.t-v Meiwutb uuUf Acpwi lU'i . . |N»J.ab!*r- I *1 !U:p I f Iff U l'.V5 !i=»r, {:; , Cb.fnt.-j. uf uc (cairttl'U' ul tL- rj:n. M tic • L.*» v. y r.44i M\ CI.NT x GOj.ll-IHaAHlNC; IU5NHS. H,,f ■» H * *XiVt<»w WAllh A PXCU.. L3 wi tt.fcr 1-.* , j .Vb5 , UciLb] O-L'tJt'.tr/iaVl.-O* ?.cv«uvN i, wM«!« J uilHtbr Mm! ri«r.t ca lU.tv) li.*a. ui f ut;»a: ' •| iiisitttlne iBOrcvi, utvu) t«a )«r etcL |-u ( ; a'.a . i. MUi* Oa rvoin: 'V iv»m mvvc am< . 'tMVAlTirvL TMAlKiK. *UI'» IV'I _I.*V i ' ^-» Viii.ii; it* • aut. *«>M. ufvcM.ua So Ihe ntr ] I i tfvicJ os wt .er IL- lLtcn-»:i"pu« "tie J » ' «cn.'.-*sca&*ir lj v'.lvUJ i*> evli aote, | • j irhtcA ri\> tr r..t t-.Tan-l *«'1J n> uoj Lit.V tx Avi.V t • ^ ; u.r IVWIt USblvuatJ lu k | Ouk vsrr era UO c» a T-O iMTl •* " fl» M *h TV* •*" " '* fW •• -.a ♦« »• «♦ SiPOx M J St " " " (VA M r Vfief *11 tt.r dfno=.!cvtlona wiSI t* i AO'CI PI W.I li.t UCIIW^a.klllV ja WMI VW I

r.ixcuva upon wH|'t rl *ut**ri^t lotv. Tt.lv U Till. ONLY LOAN IN THK M AKKUT cor-tSHr*) tj Ihr 1 Aivrro i rwl, uo-1 tt l« royMfal!) ! | evicted tfe»t it" *uc*rtoru:v»ot**r*wtUi!*%)rrHtLc | | CULAT rOriTLAU LOAN Ol' TINI ; EOJ»Lll | ! 'Um tAus ^n»OOe.*OJ xrcavlx. uaarlt, will | I ]»r^kvt'?| tv 4l*)w»ae4 ot within 10- n»ut CO o»f0 dv)». whrntbe c*t«« will wnloik.JeJJ) e«v*tiuna u j.rvo.ium, u« h*» ualfumtj Vca the cuccatliulvj II • aut«« ilflkti lo (4hfr Iaivi. la m«W U>ut ritlicbv uf iwij towa ub4 u-ctloa of Dm rwalt) n<) tr f«c«liin* tor tUiaf the lovv, the NvtlMvl BvaKa, Stale (Mats, at. I ivUCf D«*Yrr« ttiroixjhoai Ihv eonatry Lavr c*tmuy • jierv) In rceelve auhaexlpttocu at e*r. SuNetiVfr* wlit arleel their owa la whoa thej h*ee coaearr.fr, *oJ who otl) ate to tw r«;o* i|IU for Ibe Orltvery of tie oofr* for which the) N«:rr orders. 3 XX COOK L, Wrsscwirtio* Accut, /AC*je.>v<*. Si vwrmrtio*" WILL as wivcivspby tha ITrat KvtlowA) tivuh of Ctwidea. llnl NaT^aal Da ah ot 13lB"U1h. hflt .STliooal Bshk^rntwhohLlint fit'lowul ef Je«*ey IV). VtliJ Kitbwvl tuvli af C1»f. • lint Natlowvl Hank bf Newark. Tetvsd Nat lew* i lUoh of NrwarV, rir»l Nattowu) Caah of New Nation tl Dank of Nvw Jem/, New CntMWlrk P.rvt NtUaasI Bask of r*t«ne*. >1rst NstlAas) ntuV of ftslSBeM. Ural Nstlowst Cask of Wed IHwk, >ltsl Nutloas) OvnhefaoaierV.lle, - l^nl Nattonul Buk ot Tirstas. ;,^Wt Nslkxaut Buk4.Y)M«ileva. rtist Katlenu) Bank of WoadvWw*

Ttio rfacnallon of Clurlettott* WasfliycToN, Feb 20-12 40 I'M. r Maj GanjDix, New York: Tbs eracoa lion cf Charleston by tke rebel* is announcad lo the fol^wlag trlegratn jurt | received from General Grant. ' E. M. Stantox* | Btrr»t"ry of War. ' Cfrv roiNt, Fell. 2v.Ii Hun K M. J S'.snt «n.— Tow following dvvpatch is j ju* rceeivad U. S. Gbaxt, hirst. Camera!. ; Toe Hlcbminil Kaxmlarr, uf to-day#. •jjr*. received s»ys Clurlcstan aststsro•ltd on Tuesday Lit. i [Brewed j G. W /7T2KL. I Mr;»r-General. Wa(ni?.*c".ix, Feb. 2'! — Thr following , di' -(patch ha* I. ceo Uccivtd at the Navy . . Deps'r.ioei.t : — , I'lao-am/ ' llsr.vfsr Moos." RurCL* i tin:. HoAt-;. f. itABLi »iox Habajh. Feb. t 20. — Hen. Gideon Wellrs, Becrctory of r the Navt. — Br: — Charleston vr** absn- , ! dor.td tb:» iLcrulog hr ih« K-Uls 1 . sr.i now on iry way tu li e rity, nod have. * § I the i.v r»« r to I t,\very re»pec:fullyt your . ' obedient servant. Jojix A l^aULASC:, j llrar Admiral. 1 ! M A H III Li! >. : I .... — ■ ,-u ... . 4 : BMITil— JOHNSON*. — On ll.e l»Vth of , • JuiUfciT, ol the icaiJer.ce of the hritiv'v fattier, by tt:v !t«*v. J. T. Fxirr, C«pta:n j Chnti c Sc. ill. to Mo* 3!*Cgi« Jo^insun, boll* uf TuvLb'r. I'ttW'i.iliOii Co., N. J. J NICKHflSON— STJI' >:??.— Ai Town. ( »«■.". J Iclei, on the nh of Febrosty, by lbs '• iss,), Mr. l!:rhaiJ Nirkrrsou to 3Iis* lie- .. * L« era S'.;tr». leiili of I 'rnriifviiir. X. J. (.• c.:ir», inin 01 i 'riirun air,

liKACfi—illi'K MAN.— At Towoseod in ihe 1-th of IVbruury. l»y the same. M.\ Jo-uh Grace, uf h-aviilo Siatvoa, to Mi»s A lr'ji" ILcliuan,* 1 1 Dcanitvdlr, N. J. " . . iTi i:i>7 rOS'l'i.i:.— A ; Cape May Light llocse, « Fetiroarj* 16:1., 1 «6.\ Mis. Ann I.. Foster, w.frof Huwnt [), Fuller, agtd Ip year*, 3 k insolhv an J 7 day*. fad'S a st.rr.n er cicsJ a* ay. So vit;ks t« ' g-ie » hen -t-.rius ara o'er, Bo gently al.cn it.e eje of dvy, Bu die# w w*vo alo-g the shufe," TIIOMF.SON.—Oa tht fib iuvtsni, of scarlet frier, Amir, only iSav-hlrr uf lti%*h. aril K. sa»l Annie S. Tf.onj sca, ugsd 21 :: rntb«. 2 werbs end 2 vlrya. | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Z'or Trhnmin; br.ijie \ iitv**, X ?\ ;> t it .. l i" I l| «i .1 Ctuilxj :-A»*r» *•» I ♦ I..111. i.t \r» • . -'vriltitM^jr | v! .v .»•-•,% U'lifcri lui ? >'. l SiiU-. h _ A AN A eHAtff , m 1 N I ) 1* ■»*'- .\t -Lw Mat*. V j Cr.lJuL-1 »Li*. r j Lit* I'sxtlcys. I j t A *11)1 1 : •.•■"(J r a h u/- \\ f :St i l . I i".»t I, j », auJ vtlwr t r' j . «U m > % »> A'Muve, I *r «*lr l-j i.J U! »:(SK V j. Ui <U;1 . ; : lukri, U!. V NiatS, ' ■ tiiuu'* i; JilB. ^ «2tir-irt t';i.M i T1' * ' r,°' 1 ' ' i ' « If * I « u }t hill I i . »*H r.v'fL.-U »fl Cow*, vsl t£ut J<WI « ■ , •« >w> e «»:e«>» ML \..»r sutul 'e l->r u*c '>:.u ), U«! llr LaUil LWi •» I 4 4 > tp.:*ma\ a %:iA\r, j N»» i >:»,»*(. m«tw sat:., STOCU!2«L*>I:US r.tir.TiM;. : v*»w: v\> • i » milmi.m: ilmiaovd ca Nui'; *: i% e.s * vr.U?j «•? ihe x- tf if - ( vr M*v » rvl MilliLe • liH. 1 I -•*.(• III Jr f r;,; «! Wlllu* Hotel, la V>Hk!v.,y,oa I rife iLrfl1hiUTe'|Vliuir)r,l*A | Ii ii ••'/,>! V : f.«r* t? t | i «rj\5.'. lis; «b l i * i ;ii%- I tM e! vie l*j»Jt»l j »'iv* ul i>jn,»n».laeel t*.~ fwrosirj r*. ieu!.UI>« U.'roa.j'.rlif - os5 He pn.i. MJJi.M.: II A) AIID. Vwttfj. 0t jut I:M STF.ICS it r.DK iMkk I'lViimirij. i^i'r M-l It 0 .-h*v i »e tin •'ef* 1 I'i. ll>KA!, Loic Uil A*u-m * h.A* t Jr?i;!Ufii. 1 1 or * ikc Lrrwttrfe F V CROC ATI OX. ' I'd; if«u«.a.tvVi' f -r |tj w v IWnl I eft, |tSeiitt*lts« i,»te. ll Ur]«juM#rxlriitiivt]r ty«en-l urfhee*. ll I* v*iuul k fc»X * f«Uur * 1 v. niaras Lur*-. . Cut V",;o5-r* t»j«en*ery, n.srrboe*, CrU I fl: X l*«o I h«>'tr. •-» A*l*t|e I lorr*. Erewtt r-» i Clb'J C.WV riXXTt'hi: •« lb- L>tlm«*are«e'j. T:> *U of l r> K»lrr*- TA'tlLI NlIDIMNCV, tcW j h) *ii lABn:r>« *»*! wU>:c*»:e axvJ ret*iJ l>y V- r. nr; j:\vnrrr, f-C? New J rr*ry, ALLEN A; SCtui,K5~ StTFlM'HOBCIIATK OF LIME. V.'e huve Ihe f!«u«ure of Ufbmtazawr ecswrons 1 . ...... ...L^

frW&'W ucl euvloiaers il**t bereafttr they will ba •uj*|J>dw1lh a rvautae artktrot Sopervhweisat* <tf Lime ef • OCR OWN x \ sv r ACTUJtU. The evt*) «!i?t.-uttU" *-» »wi our nuUmm hsra ; rv|e:le*tr4lftrwae >r»r* p*»1 la *V.-;rwJ.ox fWn to Qinuf*;lu-e this artwlr lot u». Ixafoce) wa teereet a fsrtoxy, where we are wow prepvredkyw * Ihe Ir.trrv'uetloo of Ntw and roMrLtrrK kiAcmxcitr, tohvve the while pxeov** ot asaauvsctar: usder out era cv*trvl. D the ur-rralltirp atten'loa of a thorough PRACTICAL CHOI 1ST sua cmr run *#rtA*a.' i»k« mfeu, we Leje to I* *Vt# loftiiall opfenfbr car aritrlef r iMroAlueseu- J so*, but will eoly avy thst we vvaII turm oat aoo* ! but what U N . t rnortiiLT m adk. A LLCS Ii NrXDLKr rilKTlLIZER. a Tht" avauure (reia Its aArryiar writ awt Its law* ■ v mws of rulca ctxkiwrei with olber goo# axDOw", kua bS)u'.n4 a vefutaDow with fuad* (Bat lltiMllt^ with our tTAuwsaw Mtxritv t! It Isifvlf eowfswe# ef Bowes, la tWANV aa# lusta a* U«c I < the SclL PacKSO H Nor Baev. IU ut BACH, rRICK-t IX jwt wca Ika, a Mimi etovcttow ham to Basuuu w * Ul ASOVC AWTllUX, ALLKX K xrrnLrt, «% South Wharves *»o it BMitk Water street, (nut r.o»e abere tVvwM riCLABYLfHtJL^M^ag