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T7 BATTLEfni A Fortieth. Anniversary "War Story " ; ' 5' lt ; FIRSTS FIGHT OF ' 1 . r THE MONITOR it IRONCLADS v M&j-ch 9,v 1862 ' J- v 1. 1 . I (Copyright. 1902, byO. L. Kilmer.'; - fleers and sailors ' marshaled there nn. I der the stars and s&ipes only the little . X' CCli'-N x, cnance or what not was the Instigator and arbiter first and last in the wonderful battle between the little 'Mon- iuuvM.ui in - uue turret "or . tne L Monitor could; mix in .the strange fight-' The vonieaerate; auors looked for an easy "... -- - f ? , . ,fnr and the huge Merrimac la Hamp- victory oyer , wnat seemed.; to fee a' new fn rfH Q 1 fi K - TVia kind Of tnCT With a' counter and its results turned the naval their heavy shots' rattled off. the -id nnslde down and decided : who soUd- plate of Ericsson's wonder with- - cnRsce DTD r ; ito & 1 Irould rule the wave on' the American i.'g' dent '.Then, to that v J. ti'IT r I FIIY4IIV I llll X M-K III UK ' ': ' 1 v v 1 . bUA A I. - - V lilt II I - -'II , II - cnries of the marvelous powers Of I emHe and Iron, baffled the gunners. In' ... - SB! A rorized the north and built,., up the the 'range of a: ship's length, a And vla nf the south.! She entered Hamn. the little ship' was as nimble as a tug ion Roas on March 8 sank the thirty ? dodging-the Merrimatf gunsrj; She' rS Inn wooden sloopbf waf Cumberland, could go anywhere arid get back again . ' ; horned tbe fifty gtm frigates Congress wniie tne Merrimac was training t a to the water's edge and thenilay y for gnn on her. .Even with her rldiculOus L.,ohie tides -to enable her! to visit weak 'charges the "Monitor's shots Lilar destruction ; upon three more started theT bolts on the ram,, and If looden frigates,, the Roanoke, St 'Law- sber had used dptible charges the 'Mer ,v j rt , ;v.uj a. i j rimae'wonld hnve met th fata aho YtaA ind already smarting under; the fire of 80 savagely upon the Cumber- chance shots during the first day's taDU atDU ingress tne oy oerore. - - - i " During, the first -flgl which: lasted Ville the' flames, lgnlteil'by; the ii about; three -hours, Captain Borden ndiarv shells ..from' the Merrimac and the pilot stayed In the pilothouse, .vnnrlnB- the nohl frtte nTi. a llttle structure of 4ronlogs;at one Tess the evening of March 8 the Mon- endxof toe low deck.. Owing to a break L steamed up to1 Fortress Monroe, six Bpeaking. tubes communication miles from tne scene or nattier Her -""v7- 'Tr r '. "xl ; "rL- hpr whs dn a f n niAn turret was cut early in theNac- Sbat for another accident she would s? tfJE1 not Have been in existence.- uer pro- iJi r -. . . - rv . . flrson. had shamed he FeSef- Finally, the. .shots In the turret gave J . ' 1 ko wnniA out, and the Monitor hauled ioff to re al naval board into orde , . . Rtruction or an ironcxaa upon. me pian . ,T he!!t again to the.Mlnnota-and was struck : ?vlth,.a broadside' of twenty guns that fan oi lfah orCI would have torn a wooden ship to ninn for an ironclad ship had been ap- , , . c.v, , t,Vo11 nroved by the naval board! It was ... vnnnMftf. ra false, but the deception ana ; a ,ao. c.a juymwt meat ca uic 4 j The first shoC of the Merrimac TE 8 5 1 r' - 4 . J- The upshot jpnlch passed for diplomacy, was an or fler to build the Monitor "within 100 days. "'...." - - J - Ericsson's workng moaew 7vrer completed, and the machlnlsta tolled night and day from ?December ; to larch. Finally all waa ready ; for a trial trip, and,, with .volunteer officers ,and crew for It was a life and death s. venture from the start to sail in hei- the Monitor left New York at midday J i March 6. Her commander Lieutenant John L. Worden of the navy,"was told to proceed to Fortress . Monroe for the J protection of the Chesapeaj:e bay ana h the Potomac river from the . raids of ; the dreaded ironclad ram Merrimac." After the Monitor had left New York a dispatch reached thereftomWash lngton ordering Worden to salftip the Potomac to Washington, not touching Throughout theSouthi .WANTED; in Virg active man at everypoint and Worth Carolina. i, . . - , Manager - EliwbetH City ICIancI 86 ICdmmercel ;St 44 NOTICE; forth Carolina, Pasquotank County, In The . i .;' : - :'; ;' Snperior Court,- ' . . nxbyttkrbt," .1 'v";:-; ;' Thomas Bobbins, Liixjan " Katixb ' & Adblia S. Bobbins . v " By virtue of an execution directed to the un dersiened from the Superior Court of Pasauo- at Fortress Monroe. A tug gave chase J the mojo' otk.8HO;thbI tISl to deliver the message; but failed to M - -V : wr : "21 " 1' - 5 -'.s I M. at the Court House door of saw- county overtake the Monitor, MEBBMAXl iha mA.itii m ivfnms, KrtcHnrr iTi was lOOiUHK ouu bluu. uituwsu ttw- i . . . saiH Thomas M. KoDDlns. aeitsnaanii, at Fortress Monroe theleTenW'of March 8, the last few miles- of the sail deetroyedand the steering gear Township a?nkCo: enhvened by the sound of the guna in along witn 1?? lanaax Kft- flri, K-rr, v umn. nH ordinate. Lieutenant oreene, . k T . ,. -i In the turret to isheer off and TOOK 1 t,yJno.D Parker) and others Deed Bopk. No. the wooden fleet near Newport News. e'!!lrn!. Aided 241-242 office of Register of: Deeds Meanwhile the tnUvereda New York dispatch had been forwarded to to go on witn ",t" v . , s N.o,JBANDYi Sheriff. the naval commandant off Portress naBtuSS9he April ieth.i)2. ,:,.: -to Monroe. With that dispatch before the "JSSSS : ' - V lii b also heard rerts' from Ito -( NOTIGB. ontj, W . O.. Known aa jh"" "t". V"TJ"" Park Estate of Terry's manor, alining the Tjnrr cian w HmHiAriui i i now ownea I- S : 'A '1 i.t-.., , . : :. wnttfnir to finish her: enemies, n ifffeni . ,J uwu waere ine Bumcen sioopAJumuer- Ba hv rmtrln "Wnrth Carolina fAr? tortr'int out tnefires. SO tbeaet reJt of the eriVr Court Before the Clerk: sky for miles, and the Roanoke, Minne- second foray ; Ul Buyes one GAXJj&N of our i bee CORIST -' " WHISKEY jug and alL ' V " v . . Old Hiekqry Commercial Club . Is the'best whiskey! on earth 5 years ..old 1 S HOSIER'S BEER ALWAYS.' for medicinal purposes, has no equal. 'Mail orders given careful attention; (; t . - r B. N. BRAY. Cor. Poindezte'r andUatthews sts. , ELIZABETH CITY, "N. C. ,1 sota and St Lawrence were patching wem nnA - w w-t. .TrMCox defendants trhe IS made trom tlie DeSt Wneai the rents made in their wooden hulls e 0? take , . , ' h 1 by the-sTielta of th Mprrixn, which the; reputauon ." notice aiaic . - a .a. mx vi- o nf iM i .- twmn nfiTTiTiiMni:n i ill uiic ut&krva. -www , . a. I - was only waiting for daylight to saUy, aiT.TT.7Lh tKo Mflrrtmac Perquimans County, state aforesaid, bef forth from her mooring and finish the ' r.rMm TheUbth0effiCT& if-i, fleet at one blow. ." T.r w n5,mist to iiridoBotytoBrttowtoj uum aivui, cutisjr a.iu va- In Buying Drugs, r 1 ' The orders were imperative to send Monitor .hcXX IS the Monitor to Washington to defend ana xn Trn end" W a reSedto at the office of the Clerk of r ' . ---- ; ... fe''". .. .4- form5vr withher - snarp end vy a ifivt, for th said CountT-of Per-1 raaA o In xzrrmri nrcifW vcucapitaj, ana rrom tne way cf both ships guoiauuAA. t V4 ww. liT. - LrSfhTcotW We have everything in the it iuueu umas u wywcNi . . h rrhrMA nhoard ' the. ramiiotatirf wul apply to the Conrt jor tne re- i, t. . case for the little black thing which vfnntt.r backed off. fief demanded in said complaint. PTOCery line U1VC A Uldl rwsAmKi .... I Bttiu uxa.. vj- . i this aaia aay apiuiw ; i . " . ; n countya oraer )ver xne pnoner-iwe wm please you. i t hat s our dusi- ness ' ' ' J w 1Q comparteoa witn tne war- -r " - Wh her ammnni- mtm I 1WI UMI T AO UJ A -W V i . r , a I ." . 7 ' r,A fhPTbe. orr to go out against the monster ram. In on ana a?rr "Ttv Picara, pis, - . . ships of the day a "tin can on a board" E. V. Pebbt of Perquimans thAWn th cTfc- uevea ner out w;u ue-w,,.-, -" uunu uvui cw a.u uw iuvu nor ppie had discovered the weak 'TZZTZTaA , tv had Points nf rhcJy rwvJ CThA'miTPB lntalBa vwow "had flrwVlorl hoi vij tXaincrvA Yur tnr- done v, o i - . . ' i iih v iin ts-. uuoe room and coal bonkers. cnecKing f ' , .n iWminaDd' ltor be?ml rtw wak 8 "watt .rrC, ssrSJMSsr HOTEL DORSbl 1 w. C. Harrison hav ii . . "j ' look out for purity. , Illness is cured or prevented by proper.' medicines, but are useless un less right 'and they can't be ', right unless made f up from i , Fresh, . V.'. I' . -Pure, - . ; ; Standard Drugs. The public will find us to be as solid and reliable as the u ground under their feet - We j the fires , and almost suffocating her er of the Merrimac in the first day's 1 - fight, had b of a wound. Raleigh, N. 0.- view witn gas. She camea dul.iwu ashore on aooonnt F - idadF;N gnns. Her ports could only be closed fcaa Deen put asuore DUROPDrn? k . . . ... -h.. ntft woaau. , ZTrlT r nrlng- 006 l, - " Worden and his crew were made the chamber, the turret, would disable e In.the fight ngntmg power, and her ' snots must ironclads they held the field -ueaverea at random or ."on tne ny- . ttlr foe a quiet i 'waen tne revolving turret brought tne n. . that it was a eilPmv ftnnM 1 ort 4t. 4 CU.VU.I. - f v.- . .. . J , --v uic uu ywt Lvhm,Wt, hnttlft. the future of navai sci- AMBRIGfN PL,fXN- Corner Main and water Streets . .. Mi-mi r tnone iuy. TMln I T 1NCVVL.T Co;, nor never will deceive you. 1V standard Pharmacy, ;lzSdhsSS:'; -umt nesiaes,: the cannon w;ere a .. -. . - . . 1n that-short fight , l euiJV n twj -v , . i i u recora ana provea invuraera- K mhle deck. - Her new invention, and the powder, charge ag limited to fifteen pounds for a one hundred -and eighty pound shot. On tVv J 1 - ... . ' . a omer nana, the; Merrimac naa Z"Z -hor nid Tnovements FURNISHED ROOMS xrvrTsTfxrr.i?Q U OUI Willi in i: nnnnrTT r proprietor. Jf: JfCQii C o m merical a nd , Fa r m ers Bank: Building. ONEBfeOCK PROM THE? P. OV ; , ' .r- .. ,. . ... ... .. - r .-j.. ..... .- . P-T0;DIITE CIIFL : fas umitea to fifteen poonds for acne "Ti oitorla In Am OTMrod and olo-htT nnnivl hnt On - ...T.,t-. ' . ' COH . o " : .7" w I U- WkTTAltr1ny crlin TTITTtJl WXUi UO'Aiu ble. Bnt m spite ot au the " nayal chief. ! S L?JSL?S "her not under complete ;. control and her uuwn tne cnanne; vureaay tne . -tVwwira1M. 1Rfto fln(i ,the : w ueiu tne aeciaing cara. conciuaea . vtiv effective, ; All her w cut red tape and send; the floating - - f9UWO TT W. wv w nment to tne relief tne wooaen - '?o mv'om off TfTn4 v-v - l . . a 1.1. ri l . .'" was Ciosing in upon me aim- J , . ... - nn xfotv.h hich cave IVllVlUi 6U V 'l T -T Tfie rt.J , v TT. . birth to the new American naTy, was .ktP"Li.?t. her first' and her last. The Merrimac ' ."TSLTT 3 - sT - ? James rir W'ere discounting their victory." 'which er and on May' 11 Itras blown - up to feemed a : foregone- result, when the preveirtcapture. acue newcomer from the ivorkshops cf the Hudson bobbed Into the' arena nd began pegging shots' at 'the -giant i "om a six hundred yard range. GEOB9K I. JIlXMEH JIls Crows. Wife Tre Gone nothing but practice The. Boad'wj)R fliii with conomy ever. since we, were married I fs, for out Of th thooaDds of sol- TV sbandArid fye bad to pay foritt Pish . , - W ; . .7-; , Our Cafe has closed -exceptor - ' ? r Cold i Lunches r such as -Sand- -; -:-Aviches.of allihds Pies,Milkf .,. Coffee, Chocolate, Etc! T Ve are now prepared to do y 0 u r 1 . , Every day in the year. " Fish is our specialty, but ; we also keep a selected of stock of chickens;1 eggs' ; an( vegetables : that will v 1 appealto your taste. 7 OVEtlS &G0HOOH; . . Foot of. Mainst, ; . " 1 , - Respectfully, " ; : ; ; V ;! : HILL'S gAFEw M THE CELEBRATED MONTAUK ICE CREAM-FOR SALE Nothing more palatable than a plate of the ;; 1 "MONTAUK"; CREAM v ., V made irom Pure rCream and, is-recognized .'"; to belthe - purest !.mahuf ictiired: ; Orders taKen ior cnienainmeius ai rawwiv Prices. 7:0; . " ' v ' ' bllzabeth City, N. ; G; UAf H VCC & TARflEEL 0FFICE,, ' Ship your l-roauoe w ns. ! Gream Depot.5 y 3, V " s - T - 4, -r J V fl t S . - v- r I. '' t V s
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