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VOL. XX-NO. 279.
WILMINGTON, K. CW WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 23, 187J. , .tojj.r, WHOLE NUMBER 5,032.
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B.D. WALLACE..
Dr. B. A. ANDSB90N
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v. ....Mtdlotl DirMtor.
PHCIAIi irjEATVRBI.
JNTMo rMtrietion on travel or (Midanet.
.- . IV Haw mod Of monthly pajmenU or pniok
, Bm, .-, .. , , . , ;
XV Bo extra clirge jon tbo Uto of F
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c ; PoHoiM iuooottitiblo. '
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INSURANCEROOMS!j
ThB UNDERSIOiniD OTFEB9 TO THI
; OtiE.no of WUmiDp ton indemnity tgalntt Fir.
' ond Horioa louea by lnonrno npon fkrorobla
Mrme in in roiiowinir leedinr uompnie :
BEOUBITX INSiMnCEIJOMPANI
CONTINENTAL jN6DIlAN0E,00Jipi'N? Y"'
.7, ofN.wXork,
NOBTH AMEEICAN 7. L COJU'ANX ,
A' m. 'i ofNowXork,
.oXBwUord,
ANDKB INSUBANO OOMTANY
of Oincinnitl,
" 1 : H r J of Baa TMWOO.
( imwuuvuu.
Upon dirble riskrta osrry fall lino., with
' rotea sa low u tnoae ol any reliable and pro
aeni uompamea. - r J .
- Apply to -J.iAw, i; v
JOHN WILDKB ATKINSON, i
. Qs isral Jfire and Marine Iasnrano Acaot.
No, Nerhtr rmrt atraot
may It , , . . .-.. l9t lyoh
UTES 1ECO.AT0B,
on'ii
!l 1 '. "'I
The tymptoma of Llr-1
ar eompiauta are oneaa I
oee aad pala la to I
SoBAaiaea
pain la In iha ahonldar.
and la aalatakaa foirhaa-1
maMam. Tsteatomaoatal
aaaaaaaaaBalaffaetM wlta kwa of an I
. . . . . , i i . . . .
,"" awuaaa, oowieta la ffeaarai ooaUT, I
Ometlmea alUrinv with 1. Tha haul la imn- I
msa wnn Data and anil. hear. unuUon. win.
atdmoi. Iom of memory. eooomDenied Hhl
7paiafnl aeaaatioa of bar-1
pailt) 0ttrnal
, ! " WILMINGTON, If. a 1 ' '
W&DNESDAr. AUGUST 23, 1871.
1 'f OoUMTIM.
Liver
, Vag left oadooa eom I
linlni vbioh ouht to I
har been don. Often I
ximplalnlD. of weak-1
aeee, debility and low I
ipiril. Bometimea ma-1
.Joy of tn abor aymp-l
From th AUantio Koalbly.
THE CAPTURE OF FORT
FISHER.
riRIT BXPKD1TIUH.
Alamano,...,,
Alexander....
AlleRbany
, ', - , ADVAMTAOKg OrtRRBP AT TUB
NQmWESTIlRNvJIlTn'lJAL
" MKB I1S8FR4NCE COMPANF !
TO ITS MKMBEK8 AND; TB06B 1NB0BINO
Ana I
High Intereat npon lnveatmeata. ) ; ! 1
Low ratee of Mortality and a ' ', ' ' ' k J
Bicb Beaarre Fond. I !
Abbot one and one half mdliooa n dollara of
It aorplne fandt were loaned daring tne year
giv hwiubuviuuuuiu .vat vaMMv vwunif j
worth from two to tbree tiaiee tbe araoaot loaned
thereon, at ten per oeot. Intereat payable eemi
It holda a reaerr on all polleie 'of four par
! eentv Thia la the higfaeat eeonrfty known to
Amerieaa experienoe, .Dd la reoommended by
ine oeet inenraooe aniooniiee. '
Aaaetis January Ib71,..i4....:; ,.W.00O,000
" " . HEBEBBMITH. TiM Preeldeni
AUG. OAXLOBD, Secretary.:
F. A. FAGE.Ktate Agent, Baleigb, N. 0.
m m kAiipv a. . r-jn . -. v -
v. a aji nsiii b(cu., ciuitm, ami. vmm
' tween Front and Water ttrftet. Mcrpbj'a BuikV
ing, wumingion, n. u.
4W Oanraaaeta wanted, t'.-.'-.
anS7 . . tSI-Smoh
ROBTB CiROLMA DOME LWEA5CE
BEOTJEITT AGAINST 1383 BX FIBE I
mHIS COMPANY FATS ITS LOSBKS FAIBLY,
JL and oiroalatee ita eaminga at home.
It ha J oat paid He loaae by the oonilagratioa
At Hendereon, folly and promptly.
4 It ratee are aa moderate aa eefoty will Jaatify,
Afents In All Parte of toe State.
B. B. BATTLB, Ja, PreeMoni,
B RATON OALKS , .Secretary.
W. H. MPBDOOH. AaaUtanl Seentary.
J. W. ATKINSON ....TAgent.
ootT 4 S-tf
The oaptnre of Fori Fiahar was one of
the moot brilliant naral and military
achievement of the wan Xhii formidable
earthwork waa aitaated on Federal Point,
N. C, la the department of Virginia and
North Carolina, and wat bnilt more par
ticularly to guard iha entrance of New In
let, while Fort Caswell -erred the lame
porpoae in reapeot lo the Weet Inlet,
xnis department was under ine oom
mand oi Alajor-General Seojamia F. Bai
lor. -
There were other extensive forlidoationi
on Smith' Island end on the banks of the
Cape Fear River. Although a large and
expensive blockading fleet waa keptoou
iok haadMb. ohronio tinoally opposite these inlet, still, on ao
J.aLH. onnt of the pecuUar formaUon ol the
Zilt 1T1: month of Cape Vear Biver and the effect
aeyv fever, aenone-1 ol storms, it was next to an impossibility
aeaa. abina. nlaeaaea of I on the one hand la nrevnt tba .xnorla-
the akin, imnarit of the I
Wood, mwannoly or depreeelon or aplrita, baarl I South, and, on the other, entirely to ex
ry iW-JSSC pii?. S f S! lnd foreign sapplies. aooL : munitions o(
tuiaa aiumd tli. diasaaa, and at other tlmaa very I
iww v. uuii uui to. urar u generally ine organ I
"".i uituitvu. won ui uw wiw
PR. SIMMON'S
Livcp Regulator.
A NOaraMOD f root, and hart,. warranlaJ
to b atriotly vegetabl. and oaa do ao inlurv to
DT ODv I
It baa bM nd by baadred. and known for
tb laat 0 tun aa on. of tha bm miiahia. rffl.
eaolon and barmle preparation ever offend I
to tb nfferin'. It takea Ma.larr uul naraiaa. I
ap.iyj I. aara w antav - - , . - I
IDyapepala, headaohe,
anndioe, ooativeneaa, I
Kegniator,
bask, Ao.
frepemd inly fcy'J. H. X IIUI A 0 t
mt w Drogjriat. Maoon, Oa.
For ialepnto by J AS. WUitfirr 00, WU-
mrngton, If. O.
. febJO -
illioit
A aa nf rl aV
vaifum
Ufl-lyeh
rr;
' ail miEM m WOBI !
vr4Ti and liPFDrrorptY ; ;
il 3 ans i-i .--BXEOTm DATTvjB '
cr.,rvrff- m
atlas TTnxomcs.
THB anrivaUad
' popalailty attain
wd by th Ine
WkUtlaa la Una to
their PBBFEOT
POBrTT. DJSI-
fokm aiJlutr,
MCDlOINlL
OHABAOTBB.
iG ilia.
"X '"' s
reoeee for
dlWhiakieaar
and at the
Uroa to their IX.
CELLENOB At A
OENEBAIi BIY-BBAOB.
Thev are snaranteed free from all DILITIBI-
O08 BUB0TANOB8, havtair invariably atood (he
opeoiauy raeomavraaef ri mi v.rpc
whohanreani hlarblv Imbrbvtdf Whii
tmI,W Hold by all FIBST-btASS QBOOABS,
unuuuiuiB, ana ueaier gnerauy.
' '.' - ' ' TO THE TBADE, "
Band for oor Atla. IVio. 1M." aadMptaa
eareaamrtiiaa0iDf : I
3 - AVXUAA, UUt'ritilH, '-i - '
WahavaeonataBtlrtmbawl a vry larg and
... i - - " nva vjavta
qowwr aaaill aiwi, vt .vt pia. naiA,
DBBON and MALT WBIBKIBb, different
aam,anwMahi aavlkaa tmaar twgala Ave
Whiakie. w offer great .igdaoement. AIM on
neoessity el putting d find d thjs
oommerae wiiu me rcoeis, oy mo
ol these defences of Wilmington, bad long
oeen nrgea npon ine government. ; ,
Bat there were also other a great objects
to bo) aoovmplished. General Hherman
was rapidly approaching Savannah, and it
waa believed that after taking that dilji he
would maroh to Qoldsboro, N. C. It
therefore feeoame important that the gov
ernmant ahoald have possession of WU
miogton, so that supplies might be sent
no tha Uapa i'eur ltlver. , , . i i
The reduction ol these defences oould
not be aooompliehed by 'Ihs navy, and
"without military aid and co-opera
SOn It , could not C eueoiea or even
wisely, attempted." In the fall oM8G.
tha War and Wavy jUepartmenta afrteed
to organise joint movement which jwould
insure suooesa. The Beoretarj of the Navy
aid in bia report. In relation to the naval
branoh ol the expedition, that " to place
that fore under the oommiuid ol the first
officer in the navy wis a duty. Vice-Ad-miral
Fairagnt was therefore selected to
ondoot tha enterpiise, bat impaired
health, tha result ol exposure end unre
mitted exertions during two years of aotlve
labor and nnoeasing efforts in the Oulf,
rendered It Imprudent for that distin
guished and.energetio officer to enter npon
thia servioa." Admiral Farragut having
declined to serve for the reawns above
stated, on the 321 day of September, 1864,
the Beeresarv of - the Navv detaobad Bear-
Admiral D. D. Porter, from the oommand
of the Missisaippi Squadron, and ordored
him Iq prooeed to Beaufort, N. O., and re-
ploded Mff whose dimhsIon lure on-
known." (See Report of General U B.
Coiaatoek. of General Grant's staff, dated
Headqaartera United States' Forces, lFort
risner, . v., anuary .7, istsa. i '
On the 6th ol December, 1864, General
Grant wrote to General Butler, The de
tails for the execration are intrusted to you
ana the bmoers immediately in oommand
ol the troops." All the troops which oom-
nosed the armv branoh of both eiDodl
tiona were drawn from the Army of the
James, wnion army was oom mended by
General Butler. The neoesiarr marohinflr
v.uv.a wMug "uvu mum rv iiw i aan.. 4i
wno were to take part in fh expedition. BMnfort...
JUejor-ueneral Berjlamin F. Batier called I Bertie...
V. . . . . . ... I .j
nn i.iAncAn.na.i4Aaai 11. n imniuhii w'wn"
headquarters at City Point, Va., on tha
nigbt of the em day or Ueoembor. for the
purpose of Informing- him of the fact.
Lieotooaot Colonel Comstook was here
take on board ol General Bo tier's boat
General Butler laid to the Lieutenant-
Genera, on taking, his leave, "Now we
will get off as soon sa we ean.M and " 1
hail be before Fort Fisher on or about the
16th day of December, and I hope I shall
do aDie to prearni ine fori to yon as
unriBimaa preeenr.- -As
soon SB dsrkneas closed In on llie
7th day of December, 1804, - General
Amet, with the picked men of his division
moved out from their position on the Now
Market Boad, followed by General Paine's
division of colored troop i and uaplain B.
L. Lee's Battery of Independent Artillery.
inrougn a rain-storm mis eoinmn preaaed
on aorois ine pontoon Bridge at jueep Hot
torn, and reuoued the signal tower on tha
Appomattox before daybreak. Hare oamp
nre were ngnteu
-EX E C T I 0 N TABLE. . :
Jf Uovaiuioa, Ithau. VoTaTfaMWT7
Inn IBttH.
h 'I
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Braaawiok......
Banoomba.......
Bnrka.... .......
Oabarrna.... ...
Caldwell.
Oamden.......,,
Oar tare t,......,.
OaawelL. ........
Catawba
Chatham........
OharokM....;,..
Obowan.. ....... i
Clay.. ......
01aveland..,.,
Oolumboa
OraTeo.. ........ .
Onmbarland.....
Oorrituok..... ...
Dare, (new oounlyl,..
.'TIUIUD. ...
Davie.....;.
DiUb......
Fteaoomb...
Portvlha.
Franklin.. . . .
i te a t t ,
.
it mm siv.
i
r r h iikiii,
Of from to t nan old. whmh wvra diatfllad lo
os re wi order, and gorBte4 to be the beat of
weir ouaa. -
MSowtV Oalr JMw. BaMlam. SI4.'
jBlfW.v. . ;.A (..m ... S64-od0aae
hand. I'. d wlAMortod .took of th beet MEZri?rrZ3 'r "M ,T
.kA mS r i .;. . . I uot. aoiwr' iKirauuinii d. x una. uu
I . . . V . mtr . - ... t.i i .
oommana oi mo mortu auaoiia oiooaaaiog
Squadron. '
, Fort Fisher having teen the objective
point of the two expeditions, it may not
be inappropriate to add a brief description
of it - - (
"Fort Fisher is situated on the renin-
gala bat wean the Capo Fear river aad tha
Atlantic Ooean, about a mile and a halt
northeast of Federal Point. 7 For Ave miles
north ol Federal .Pout this peninsala is
sandy aad low. not rising mora thai fifteen
feel above high tide, the interior abound
ing in fresh wster wamti olten woe dad
and almost impassable, while muoh dry
land, till one gets within half a mile of
Fort Fisher, is oovered with wood or low
1 SOAPt CAWLEd, SODM
260
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lllWO X. oai
aoraat. oy
m.ji'' F. W. BBBOHBBB,
assiS Iua .!i.-;.. . JTI-a
turd MarJiaral ami Rnaiv P.arliaa rot Jrner, is ooverea wim wooa or low
tar, madierai and Brandy reaches, .gn,, ex8epi , iteip ftb0nt , three
auo.MftffcwnTft
Kew Tork Offio' 27 EZWSA& ET,
FRESH ARRIVALS TO-DAY.
' A
L FIW Kias OF THAT XXCELLKNT
"Oosbsn BBttoc," so well known, end the ehoioe
- Fid HAMfl A nio lot a ever brought to
market. . .4 (
H. a BAOON Eacaa, Bides, 14 Bhoalaers,
as pretty aa yon evr looked it.
FLOTJiWABothar inataUiant of "Kahlor"
kMt, the ahoiaaat la Harket-a trial ef It will
satisfy you of the aame, 2':.
Tour attention U reapeoUally called to ta
, abort, aad your otoar aolioitad.
, - - ' J A3, J. METTS,
FURI7ITURE
IT COST FOR 8JSI1
To
.0 AYOID BXktOYINO MY IHKX5SE Btoek
af Fumitnro, I have determined to offer tb
am, tar tb axt sixty day, eommneing Moo-
day, ITtk isatedt at COST ft CASH ONLY.
The etoek aaabta every variety of : f )
' OABisiT fchmtube, CHAXBS, to. '
FartiMta waat eaa now supply tasraaalv at
Kaaafaetarer's prl. ''r. : v ; j
" t WtlTlV
-Uwa- . gntli Prait Et.
WOmingtoB, H. a
' July 14 147-8unJuAThaistf
ii , . ,ini, i
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FOB U AKO- OOT-DOOB
Anv o havtaw f th
haaula aaa emml aad aaiita
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1 y f-v"- HaTimraet.oftb.adi
V7 ; aaw mhiA of l mn mb
V wiahasrowatieraoa ataaa,
XataW Oarriae e-oar.
p.vBra Sanaa CiaTni. Cauaa.
roar ease ao "d tor eirnlar.
a BXJI W. RaUTtL,
..- N William IWM, Saw Tartc.
. iM.tamanh
"a-
HOTEL FOR RENT.
rjpsx Bocx arBxia botix o oftxbkd far
avaJTX, For parueaiara, apply to
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a--Ar . -t . .
iuu 'Ti jhms ana bum seekers',
' ISO 0e Brandy Faaebesv T " ' ' '
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aug II ' . :. v.. j , 871-
-I!5sotlros;, -j.
THB'fJoABTBraSHIPnffi IB
the nana ef J. w. Liooiit A Co.. bv mntaal eon-
Mat, i thia day diMoiVOd. : Ml K. Moilhanoy
I aathoriaed te aattl the SaaiiMa. ef the said
:-f. . ... J. W. LIPPHT,
. i , w. a. am it it,
JMO. K. IfciILHXBNT. .'
Wttmlngton, S. O, Ang. lei, 1I7L - ' .
Bavins Dnrehaaad tha ln.araat of mv Dartnan
I will oootinae tha Drnc bnainaM at tha eld
ataad, aa heretofore, and olieil a aontumaooe ol
pablia patrooaaav 1 hav alao prooaiwd th
awvtoM oi sir. i . w. uonolay, a wauanowa ana
eomptai ungttu.
. 4. a. mou.na.aai,
I ... . 960-lmoh
Ealelfti RiUiaal Rank f If. C,
BauhM, Bank 90 A, 1STL
rriEU BANK, (under a reaolatloe ef the Btoek-
JL aoldara ana aat&orUr xroM ib. uomptrouat
of tha Cnrranoy) baa opaoad Book at ibair
Baakaig How. ia tbJ. arty Air aabMrtptiao. t.
lb. InareaM af tki lUoaa m Sail a aoi-
lara, being th Authorised Oapltal.
. a-...... . aiuwil. wasBir.
tar B ..
HilBlBXUBa CaiBaWta
ft C S araata BailraaS. I faAa.t a diatuMM of ahnnt
Oswick Osjrt FaBMR av Horn lam.
- - Ang. eta, 1871 i
hundred Tarda wide along the sea shore.
' " Fort Fiaher eoasiats of two fronts
the first, or land front, running across
the rjeninsaia at this point, seven ban'
dred yards wide, il lour .hundred
and eighty yards in length; while the aeo-
ond, or sea front, run from the right of
the Hist parallel to the be a ;h to the Mound
Battery, a distance of tnirteen hnndred
yards. Tha land front is intanded to re
sitt any attack from the aorta, the sea
front to prerent any of our naval Teasels
from running tnrongti new mist, or land
ing troops on Federal Point.
"1. Land Front This Front consists
of a half-bastion oa the left, or Cape Fear
Kiver aids, oonneoied by a curtain with a
bastion on the ooean side. The parapet
Is twenty-five feet talek, averages twenty
feet in height, with - traverses rising ten
feet above it and running back on their
tops, whioh were from eight to twelve feet
la tniojcneee, to a diatenoa oi irom miny
to forty feet front the interior crest. . Toe
traverses oa the left hall bastion were
about twenty-five feel in length on the
tOP. '' ' ' ' : . .'-.!
"Th earth lor this heavy parapet, and
tha enormous traverse at their inner ends,
asotw than thirty feel in height waa ob
tained partly Irom a shallow exterior ditch,
bat mainly from tha interior of the work.
Between each pair of traverse there was
one or two guns. The traverses on the
right of this front wen only partially com
pleted, a palisade, wnion is loop noiea
and has a banquette, runs in front of this
any feet tn
ii
front of tha foot of tha exterior slope from
the (Jape rear xtiver to the ooean, witn a
poaitioa for a gua between the left of the
front and the river, and another between
the right of the front and tha ooean.
Throngh the middle traverse on the cur
tain was a bomb proof postern, whose ex
terior opeaiag was oorexea by a small
R0T1CE!
Thb batlboad rjoxf Affixs batb kasb
arransBatnM to aa. bMgag. tranrpoctad to
in lUatt.n.ln. TUna TW BBT V.rlVB
0BNT8 pa Trnnk ar Faka. ahoald thia aot I daa for two field pieoea, to give flank fire
b. Maformed to by an paruaa, siv rasa aloDg tha onrtain. The traversee were
wiusa giTTO. , ;i ,i -: . a.r Vu'. I rsneraU v bomb-Droofed. for men or masa-
autt : iba-oSl Isiaea. Tha slopes of the workappearto
aava oeen rwveuen wita aanu wu.
GOOD - .
STYLISH
.CLOTHING
31
t . :t
'.0 il:
or
ooyared with grass, and to bare had an in
clination of forty-five degrees, or a little
leas .There was . a formid
able system of torpedoes two
hnndred yard advance of this front
tha torpedoes being ebon! eighty feet
IT ft.1 l T" II apart and seen eoniauung bdooi one nun
a j ml ijfy i , 1 1 dred pound of powAer. They were eon
tjfuiob warn ieibtb, .
. TBU7JUL XAtTSJCS BAGS.
ao - r . f . 'rf
W1
BATB A BTTTLT OF
I. IX9CH1U.
Tto9 m.
A 'aabam. a i
tlAar wal4 d. waj at $ r m a aad ax d a- r f
ii 1 1 .i . ta aa .. 4mmmJ a...i n .
I nd (BVtf St AtaV IM ! if
Baoted with tha fort by three set 1
wirse...... . , .
j. Sea Front This front oonsisU of
a aariat ol batteries, mo on ting ia ail .wen.
ty-foor guna, tha different batteries being
eoone4t7BStmgbiianti7psrapet,ao
aa to fom a ooatuiBoaa Uoe, - Th seme
frstan ol a-Mvy kavarsea low theptoteo
tKMe of tas f-aos, la ased aa oo tha land
f it s?d lies t-tTree ara a!oror
ay bca-jrocM. It tu be added List
ia tis LLLiy rxr.h-f rooi aaafasinaa and
the r" . tl -: at.ra toaite thoaaand
fva L". 1 U
Oaaton..
Oataa..,
araavllle.,...
uraan. ,
The probable object of Onllford
. . . ... ... - . I H.li,..
tun was ta lesa tne enemy so oeiieve tnst
i . . - iv . t . nwmn
wd worn aiuTisiK itmiuu hi luo ibie on iu.i ti j
Weldon Bailroad. Early Thundsymornina Banilaraan. '.. ...
oe line or rasron was again Mien UD lor nariiora,
Bermada ilandrcd, where the troops were I P,d:.
i ,-r .ilHWMII
iwiwuu gg ,rausjiurio. ju acuoani Ol I Jtokaon
tne draagui or tneae transports, many of Johnaion.
tnem were ooiigea to anouor in tne river jone.
itntn tlia llit n4 tt raa R.liiJ. K I Lenoir
fore all the vessels had arrived in Hamrj- ifJ"'
. i a . su aoua... .1
ton l toad a. xne following oompoted the Madiaoa.,,.
army oranon oi ' ine expeauion : aiiior-
General Beojsmin F, Butler and staff,
Lieutenant-Colonel C,5 B. Comstook, of
General Grant's staff, Major-General God
frey Weitsel and staff (although General
Butler aeoomoanied the expedition ' as
Commanding Jeneral, still Genera) Weil
set wss ia the immediate oommand1 of the
troops, ) 2d Division of 34th Army Corp
anaor tne oommand or ungadier General
Adalbert Ames, 81 Division of 20th Army
Corps undsr the oommand of Brigadier
General Charles, Paine, and Captain B.
L. Lee Battery of Independent Artillery.
These troops, taken together, amounted to
about six thousand five hnndred men.
Generals Butler and Weiteel and Lieutenant-Colonel
Comstook made their head
qaartera on board of the Ben Deford, Gen
eral Ames on tha Baltic, and General
Paine oa the Livingston, The naval foroa
oonsisted of thirty-seven veesels, ' five of
whioh were iron-clad r, and a reserved lone
of nineteen vessels. ' l
On Saturday, the 10th of December,
General Butlsr telegraphed to General
Grant that he waa at Fortrera Monroe,
ready to sail and waiting for the new.-
General Grant replied to thia
"Ii yon do not gel off immediately you
will lose the chance of surprising a weak
garrison." The idea of Iha Lieutenant
feneral seemed to be thsl the . suooeas of
the expedition depended on the oelerity of
Its movements in order to mske a sororlse.
lathis be was lobe disappointed, for de-j
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MMCEL B. EUSTITi, tzzzzt er.
TB UNDEB8IOBTO rpetrh!ly .olleit
patron., a AaoUonaer and heal iatat
Agent.
n(fi!!!T??S1!iuS,U(Wt0. i4 offlM Bt the
187l! W.t, dMeawd, until Oct lit,
v s- ; BAMfcsti b. Btnmsa.
PURE JAVA. ,,t
COFFEE!
VB0I0B BKUC0TED OBAIN,
, . . FRESB OHOTJND,
Bieeived aoh week. Thosa who bm this OoffM
apeak vary highly of it straglh and. aap.rior
SfSTl.-H.'!'" b.. tare thomaolvM
muoh tronbl. by Outug H. 1 '
Scad for imail qnant ity aad giv it a fair trial.
" . ; 1 CHAS. . MYERS k CO.,
Berth Front Street
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. t FINkFABKIflfL
OOmDOaad 0 tha nnraat anrt himk iniIUnta
Ufed in making Soap. . Bold by - " - .
"' . .''oBAB. HYxngacd,
, " 7 North Froal itiWt.
,' sag 80 !., - , . 1 M7
THE CELEBRATED
EMPIRE K
IS MAbB EX0LWtVELT;FOJBiFli!LiJU8B1
fromtb Saaat Winter "Wbtaf 4iw.oU pro
uoom, aad haaMtabUahad Its repntaUee for aoa
Varvlns aioallanaa or analit. hannn an aha
of no Brand ia tbeolty or mat. Th! price ia
ITiffJ? ?t B4 stMalTS. IW BAB.
BULB Juat to hand at !
.. t Used 13 Booth FroniitrMt
I ft FIBKIHB OF OBIAK 0At-?f,"j
J-vJ . , OOUaiiiM fiUTTlB.
tb eholoeat aver offered in
setter at th United otata.
the market aons
For aal all.
j . M geo, MTEri',
:v9 11 aad 18 South Front Direct.
OK OF THOSX DRUOATB '
it3 FAOTUUV OnBAatOHlTRBrt
Juat to hand at " 1 rrrr-r.--
! :f GEa-XtfTERSV
v 1; Y- i 11 All fcnth Front Ffeet
: sag 80 ; v .. , :, , . ,a 87
ADMWi8TnAToa kot:""j
HaTINQ 'qTJALIFITO kt ADKISraTBA
tot npon the be4. of Wm. B. XU.y, dMaMd,
th nnilraUrnd herebv 1vm aotlia is all a,
on Indabtod to laid luteatal to Oom furward
and make payment! sad all those aavics oiitn.
sgalnal th aama ar notiflvd to presaut tuam
duly authenticated within th time pre. .od
by law, otharwtoe this aotioe Ut be uad la
bar of lh.tr noovery. '
" , QIO.H. MLLIT.I-'Vr.
sot 80' f, .i":-. -ttor - hiflf "
) V 1
666
8647
.1461
815
J 97
1824
1117
1117
848
841
December Admiral Per- iiaua...".'
Mora. Tb vols ef 0mwU and dates ooanties (onofl)olal) is as follows 1
i " DBIFF.
i 687 ;-...iV..i.vi
m aa
I y s v, !
Psrr.ur.
...vot
....K8 !
STUDWEU,; 'BROiT.i.3.
- ' - . ,r .... , '
MaKOTAOTOBaM AS9 rOSSSSS Or
, ... , . !
BOOTS I SHOES,
K; ITMnrray BtrtiVu
i. E. M003B, BalMmaa. ' BMW TOJltA.
i -....-. r .. , ...... 1
lunsl 1 1 ;,. llMatsh
, . . - 1 1T,,- .t... ...1 . . a
ter wrote uenenu sunn iubi "Hi real ox ,., :'. . " i I .1 .
th.flMi wonld leave here ia threa honn , Total........ .................................. ..lMt
, ...... .1 , u-. . Auia woam rhii duidd . niignn ua an. B,at. avtfo.
anu prouaou w .m, nuwiTvo, weuiy-.. At the oleotioa held on the qaeaUoe ef holding a Oonvration. la Norambar. 1867. th lol
807 1
tbe rendezvous.
five miles esst or uape rear liiver." Ua Jo .in. wm tba vot :
aooonht of tbe de'ay the expeditioii had """""""e ei.omi
become oommoh talk at Fortress Monroe
P.
.Asalnat Ooavantlon.
afajoritv.
60,04.
and Norfolk.
General Bailer being assured at hut that
that the navy was in readiness to tail, and
that saveral vessels had In fsol already
ailed, and knowing that a portion, of tha
country between the Potomao and tha
Bacpahnnock Kiver wss infested with
spies and scoots, in order to deceive' tba
enemy ordered nis wnoie fleet to get
ready end proceed up tbe Potomao as far
niattniaa point, jno donbt msny
courier fled to announoe the presenoe of
the armada, and then the siratetrioal ob
ject was aooompliihed. At soon as il was
dark tha bows were turned down the river.
and the morning of tha 11th ol December
f onnd the fleet lying outjnerry alone Point.
ine navy naa aireeay atuied, . and most
have had some twenty four hoars' start
Admiral Porter has sinoe claimed thsl he
did not sail first' It is very probablo the
Admiral tnougm tost, when tbe army
sailed op tbe bay tney bad gone directly
to sea.
About four o dock in the afternoon of
the lltb tba htajor-General commanding
arrived on the Ben Deford and directed
the fleet to immediately weigh anohor and
sail for the point of Ita destination. Thia
was a sight long to be remembered. Few
army offioers had ever seen snob a magni-
fioeat display. Tba decks of tbe vessels
were crowded ta witness this email army
afloat Many an anxious inquiry was
made-as toits:dsstmaiion, for, up, to
this time, bo) one appeared to know, al
though Wilmington aeemed to be the point
selected by the itJT and other offioers who
had good opportunities of forming a judg
ment After (Mag tbese Orders, General
Butler sailed oa la advanoe of the trans
port flset - 8oon after, starting. General
Antes, wishllg for forties istWiotioos in
relaiiol to theaailing M I riajeryodzing of
the fleet now temporarily under his oom
mand, despatched a staff offloer in the
WinanA, a North River tog boat to oom-
mnnioate with. Oeneral Batler apon this
abject This offloer overtook the Ben
Deford twenty-five sailea .a nth of Cape
Lookout ia the afternoon of the next day.
Ate wen stooa oa so meet Tne neei and
WMlakeri ba board tha Baltio aboat four
o'clock. The transport fleet wss eollaeted
late la tha- night of ft IMh, twenty-firs
miles due east of llasonboro Inlet , Hera
thq army awaited the coming of tbs navy,
which did not arrive until tba Afternoon
ol tha 13th,' ,17;
WBIOOaTTOrUXD. r-t v
KISCEXUSEOrS.
H
TOE CAFE FEAR ' j
LiBQMTBITla
laah Tavar. Ia. -
AaJ&gQst. writer has been eririffed ia
astitaaUiig tha a&UMut of gold ia the world
ta dbjl. ixa My a 11 eoald meltad in a
lamp be eontaiaed ia a cellar twenty-four
rees square oyaixteea feet la depta.
Beyi. too, that all tha boasted weaOh ta
kea frees tha woid mioew of California aad
Australia eouli ba xoaliad aad put is to ta
traa saio rose mm . aiga aad tuaa feet
aqoara. A amali lamp indeed to oaoss M
maoh labor and aacnrioa as it has to ebiaio
it , ... . ,
Tha 'Boeictt f .Tater seems ti he i a
t ct Coot-17 aot iacia-1 popular drink ia Paris. ' It r-s
m.h tiz gd r-'-'j it k& f.x a
'j ci a
AH PBODUOED THB
of .
00TT05 ' .' ..vi;
of any manor, whan fairly triad.' For parlio
v. m. nuir, vnemiat,
Oap. Faar Ohamloal Work, I
ml , t24kdAS
lar addrae
TBE t-ESCHE DCRDASf, ' "
EANUFAOTUEED. BX W. a BLAOKWIIX
I aonalderad th bt now mad. ,,
QC OAnotliU and otliw Brand at manu,
faeiorsr's prio, to th'Ktradby
D. PIOOTT.
Toaseeooift, .
ang I 87
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BtMPLrDHAfUBCUIIIt-r 1
sept 17 r , - . M-esaw-ly-eh
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uaivEaaiTV or viuoiaiA
' i- ' aeannsas 'i-- i i
THBF01TjdwnfrDFJABTattaT8f j
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aebool of kfodarn LangaagM. 4. loboal of
Moral Fhlloaopby. I. Nohoot of Hlatory and
Bngliah Llteratnre. 8. Bohool of Ohamiatrv. 7.
Bohool of Natural Phlloaophy, 8. Bohool of ktatbe-
uauoa. a, aonooi or uommon ana Hiatal, uw.
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FOR RENT. :
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SOU 1BT O0TOBXB aaxflbatfalrabl
8 tore, corner market and Water itmtsi at arse
tnloooopled by Vetera L. Weill A Co' " '
Alio a lomfortabl rIdno en Fifth, betwesa
Dook and Oraags etnets, at prsssaf ooovpiel by
Oapt. Jno. H. BoblasoB. r i r . I'rt
Also, tb residtne on Filth, between Mark!
and FriooM strsts, known as Us Knohl house,
at prtent ooooplad by Oapt Jao; W. OaUoway.
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Apply to , , . . . , ,
"6EA KMC" NAVT, .
"VICTOR TWIST" aril ltii(r
eaL IndnatrialMdlgrionltarai Obamlatry, 16, 1
oobooi or aatural Hiatory and Agriooltnre
fProfMeor to b. eleotod.) aarProvialona mads
toLUtoal JCoomomjf. rracUoai J'kynot, Afaddxtl
a'anaprwiaao aoa aaiustrs.
Drpiomat and Ckrtiffoalen qf Proficiency ar
giTsa in to. aapar.1. woooi.
Tb. following Dtjrmt ar eonfarrad: t, Baehe
lor of Lottar. A baobalor of Hoianaaa. A Maa.
tor Of Arte. A DM .1 M4llna. a. Raehalnr
af Law. 6. Civil BoglOM. 7. Miniog EaganMa
Tb cxpenSM of tha atndani. .xalaaiva of ttrl
Book, elothintj, and vorksf money, amount to
Bros (BOS to 639S Mr SMaioa ef Bin. awntba: of
wniea aama SX40 to 8250 ara BaraM. oa admit
ion. aeaaioa opeoi Oot. lat. For Oatalognei
addrM CIIAR1.BS a. VBBABIiB!,
P. O., Onlvaraity of Ta. Ch'ma of Foolty.
uly 85 864-lmch
By
sug 80
D. WaOTT,.
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SHIELDS'. EIE WAS1II
"? Mnnfaotnrd by "J'c(ij',
Mra. BCB W. CABBWBLAs.f a "1
Wrr wnw. W. O..
NE OF THB MOST IFFfcOTlVi I da
diM for tnilaaMd. In iua-ttak ina
Ts oOSrad to th. poblio. For aai. by .il I Wa
llets la tha city, . Frio 9( Mntapar txiia,
, aavajui at x.Jti.
- WholMala Af acta, 47 atrkt B.
O
KOTICE TO CARPESTE2S.
' Robert O. Wood,
BOILDBB A 0ONTBA0TOB,
Hi VINO returned to Wllmtngtoa and reenm
ad hiM fomaar baaiaaM Mlioite Ux patronag of I , ... 41 D. HILL, 1 i , i J
wuMiuMtt. I J.v.rim, , Oomnutte.
ipaoilloation forniihed whta. Is I ' - '- B. J. FAIoOH, I
sag hi ii."."H T'- s7iwta
fTUSDia" WILL BB BBCIXVED OB OB EX
X. for tba 2.51 b of Aognat, 1871, for ILe a.
tioo or a soaooi sou mug at rataota, no tte W.
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