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Stencils ami Stationery Furnished on Application WE EMPLOV NO AGENT. IT "THE ALBEMARLE" A North Carolina Ship, Com manded by Capt. J. W. Cooke. HER HISTORY AND FATE Sunk 27th of Oct., 1864, by a Torpedo While Lying at Plymouth. Following is the address by Comrade B. F. Loyall at a ban quet in Norfolk, Jan. 19, 1897, by the Pickett-Buchanan camp of Confederate Veterans in hon or of R. E. Lee's birthday: Commander and Comrades: Your excellent committee could not have selected a more striking example to illustrate perseverence in overcoming dif ficulties and hard-fighting, de termined valor, than the little ship "Albemarle" commanded by Capt. James W. Cooke. He was a North Carolinian and it was with a North Carolina ship and upon North Carolina waters that he displayed his heroic qual ities. He was one of a number of Naval officers who left the U. S. Navy, with hardly a hope that they would ever tread the deck of a Confederate ship of war; being willing to give their services wherever they could be used in their country's defence. After Burnside had captured Roanoke Island and taken con trol of the salt water region of North Carolina, our Govern ment, encouraged by the des- tructive work of the Merrimac, devised to get afloat two iron clad vessels to send out into the Sounds, and in concert with the Army, to rescue that whole re gion from the enemy. Expert ence had taught that to put a gun on an old steamboat and call it by the high sounding name of gun boat did not answer in con tending with the U. S. Navy. In 1862 the Confederate Gov ernment entered into contract with citizens of North Carolina for the construction of two iron clad vessels, one on the Roanoke and one on the Neuse river. One of the foremost and enter prising citizens who devoted his energy and business talent to wards the construction of the "Albemarle" was Gilbert El liott, brother of our comrade, Capt. Chas. G. Elliott. These patriotic citizens had never built anything but flat boats, but with the aid and advice of an intelli gent Naval officer, they worked ahead. The "Albemarle" was built in a corn field, from the timber growing near by and with a blacksmith shop for a manu facturing plant, while the en gine of a large saw mill was al tered and made to serve for her propelling power. Capt Cooke indefatigable in ureinp- on the work and ransacked the country for the iron from the Tredegar works as far down as Wilmington, until he used to be called "Capt. Ironmonger." To vamp up anything to convert it into a boat or a bar afforded him infinite delight. I happened to be ordered to command the ship building on the Neuse river sometime after th career of the "Albemarle." To give you some idea of the difficulties in the way of get ting a ship of war built and ready for service, General Hoke, who had few equals lor daring and dash and military skill, was so deeply interested in the com pletion of my little vessel, that he made two trips to Richmond and brought back with him in his trunk certain augers and other tools necessary to carry on the work. Not long after I had gotten the crew on board, it was about the middle of June, one day I received an application, in the form of a round robin, from twenty odd of the crew to go home and harvest. It was some thing new to me and not in my power to grant, but the next day the boatswain the only seaman I had in the crew came to me with his hat off and asked in the most respectful and interested manner, if it was true tha: a lot of the men had applied for leave to go home to harvest. I told him they had applied. He aid nothing, put on his hat, went forward and I never saw him again. He deserted that night and went way to join the en emy. He could not stand the hay makers. His name was Donnard, an Englishman , a val uable seaman, full of fight, and my main reliance. One of the many difficulties in the way of getting a confederate ship ready for good service in the war, was the scarcity of trained officers. Capt. Parker, in his "Recollec tion of a Naval Officer," said that a Lieutenant on board one of the gun boats made the fol lowing entry in the Log Book : "The moon was on the port bow and the wind had a star board." What became of the iron clad vessel on the Neuse is another story and of little interest. Capt. Cooke had been in com mand of one of those terrible little gun boats at the battle of Roanoke Island and when all his ammunition was exhausted, got a supply from the "Curfew" which had been disabled and sunk, and he fought on until they were all driven back to Elizabeth City, where the over whelming rush of the Federal Fleet destroyed everything afloat that they could reach and Capt. Cooke gave orders to blow up his vessel and all hands save themselves as best they could. In his engagement he displayed desperate gallantry, was severely wounded, and captured, and Capt. Renshaw of the U. S. Navy told me that Cooke never did surrender, was simply borne down by numbers. After he was exchanged he was selected to superintend the buildiug of one of the iron clads before men tioned at Edward's Ferry on the farm of Peter E. Smith. After overcommg every ob stae'e, she was launched, moved down to Halifax, and later to Hamilton for fear of low water. In April 1864 General Hoke,i who was determined to recap-j ture Plymouth, visited the "Al bemarle" and though she was far from being finished her he roic commauder promised the General he would co-onerate with him in the attack on Ply mouth. The distinguished part he took in that gallant affair will now be seen. Na tal history af fords no more remarkable evi dence of patriotic zeal and indi vidual perseverence. His ship was one of shreds and patches and with her he went down to wards Plymouth to keep his tryst with General Hoke. As soon as he heard the dull con cussion that, to the practical ear, denotes a heavy bombardment, he moved down upon the scene at Plymouth. Capt. Flussed. an old shipmate of mine from Kens tucky, a man of brilliant prom ise and full of grit, commanded the Federal force afloat, that guarded the water front where there was no other defence. It was after midnight on the 19th of April, 1864. Immediately grasping the situation, Cooke made for the enemy's ships that were chained together to meet the shock, dashed his prow into the "Southfield" and delivered the fiie of his guns into the "Miami," killing and wounding many of her crew. Among tl;e killed was her commander, my brave young comrade of former days. In the meantime the "Southfield" was at the bottom arid the "Bombshell" sunk by Hoke's Artillery, and the "Mi ami" fleeing down the river. This brilliant success insured the triumph of General Hoke. The defences of Fort Williams were powerful on the land side and had repulsed several as saults of our troops. On the river side the fortification was defective, its open works depend ing on gunboats for defence. These having been driven away, Cooke opened upon the valu able part of the Fort, rendering it unable, and General Ran som's command entered the town on that flank. The result was the capture of 1,500 men and five pieces of artillery. Below the town of Plymouth, near the mouth ol the river in the waters of the sound were six United States gunboats. They were fully prepared to meet the "Albemarle" they carried 40 guns, ten of which were 100 per rifles. Capt. Cooke did not heed the odds against him with the little ship carrying two guns and propelled by a feeble en gine. His idea and hope was to clear the sound of the c.eray's ships and tow boats over to Hat- teras with men enough to cap ture the Fort and shut out the Uuited States vessels from the sound. He steamed slowly down the Roanoke on the moruing of the 5th ofMay. The enemy ap proached in two columns of at tack and then ensued a melee and storm of shot and shell, poured into this little ship that seemed so unfortunate. Capt. Cooke handled his ship with perfect coolness and great skill, feeling his ship so often strained by the learful blows from the gunboats that surround ed her. She was :he centre of an irregular circle the peri phery of which was six staunch ships trying to destroy her. At one time the "Sassacus" struck the "Albemarle" at right angels with the tremendous force of ten knots speed, making her reel and stagger and at the same time she received three solid shots from 100 per rifles that started her plates, but the "Al bemarle righted herself aud sent a shell through the "Sassacus" which filled her with steam and drove her out of the fight. At 7:30 p. 111., Commodore Smith, baffled iu every attack and know ing that his vessels were getting the worst of it, hoisted the sigs nal to retire the "Sassacus" out of the fight and the "Walusing" in a sinking condition. The "Albemarle" had one of her guns disabled, but maintained her ground, drove off the enemy dis abled and defeated, not to say discomfited and mortified, as the United States Navy always ex pected to make short work of these poorly built crafts. The "Albemarle" had no speed to pursue tne a nceing en; through the strain of a long days' battle, shut up in an iron box can estimate the exhaustion and collapse they suffer. One of the engineers on board described to me the fearful condition she was in. Everything in her strained and shattered, and his account of the efforts to keep her kettle boiling, as he spoke of it, by burning of bulkheads, pork, cot-, ton sheets and clothing, was really pathetic. Cooke slowly retired up the river and on the 20th of May again made his ap pearance at its mouth. One of the Federal ships saw the "Albemarle," fired a shell from afar and got out of her way. A short time after this the health of her heroic com mander broke down and he was placed in a hospital and never fully recovered from the strain he had endured. His little ship "Albemarle" lay at Plymouth in accountable inactivity, but the enemy still had reason to dread her coming out again and deter mined, if possible to destroy her. In this they succeeded by a dar ing and brilliant exploit of Lieu tenant dishing of the U. S. Navy, who, on the night of the 27th of October, 1864, managed to run a torpedo into her, while lying at the wharf at Plymouth, where she sunk into her native waters, never to be seen again. And so the good ship "Albe marle" goes out of sight, but not out of memory, for as long as men admire professional ambit ion, patriotism, and that spirited kind of couraee in war that makes men seek out an enemy, and fight him to an issue, so long will the "Albemarle" with Capt. James W. Cooke upon her deck, form one of the most striking and stirring-picturcs upon the great panorama of the war between the States. It was only a short time after the destruction of the "Albe marle" that Plymouth again fell into the hands of the enemy. The Odd Fellows of the State are to establish a home lor ins digent Odd Fellows and poor widows, to be conducted in con nection with the Orphan's Home at Goldsboro. La Grippe IE you have had the Grippe, you know its aches and pains, the fever, the chills, the cough, the depression you know th?m alL The Grippe exhausts tht nervous system quickly, lowers the vitality. Two things should te done at once: the body must be strength ened, and force must be given to the nsrvous system. Cod liver Oil will do the first; Hy pophosphites the second. These are permanently and pleasantly combined in Scott's Emulsion. It lifts the despondency and heals the inflamed membranes of the throat and lungs. But you need not nave LA GRIPPE. -You can put your system in a condition unfavorable to it. You can have rich, red blood ; resistive strength; steady brain and nerves. Scott's Emulsion prevents as well as cures. And whether you send or go for Scott's Emulsion, be sure you get the genuine SCOTT & BOWKE, New York. MONEY j THUCK RAISING. Such is the report that comes from the New Berne Truckers. ALL HAVE MADE MONEY The Shipments Up-to-Date Have Been Large and Prices Good With the Best Crops Yet to Come. Last week marked the larg est shipments of truck from the New Berne, N. C, sections tor many years. The shipment were immense greater than was ever expected when the seed were deposited. 1 he different characters of transportation were bothered to handle the many packages that were consigneu to their routes. Besides the immense quantity that left stations near New Berne, steady trains of farm team could be seen night and day passing through New Berne headed for the railroad stations and steam er docks. Both boat and trains left daily on schedule time, laden to their highest capacity with truck.and notwithstanding the amount that left by these routes, daily, packages were forced over for the next day's shipments. Cabbage shipments will last about two weeks longer. Oue of the largest truckers remarked a few days ago, that he had "cabs bages to burn," and that this crop alone would put him "over the fence" in other words, he would suffer no loss in his in vestments in truck for the year 1897. That's true every truck er will have occasion to rejoice over his success in truck this year, and it will be of interest to quote from them when the crops are laid by. The pea crop has about reach ed its end. The last pickings will take place this week. The vines of the early peas, and small plantings have already been cut and housed. They are excellent to feed stock with, and were gath ered for that purpose. The truck ers were a little put out last week when the price of peas dropped considerably in New York city. The over-supply was the cause and it seems that every body from this State and Virginia shipped to this market on the two days that the price was down. The local speculators "got it in the neck" on those days, and wore a long face when the returns were read. The pea and cabbage crop has been a great success, and with those two crops the trucker has made the "stuff,"' not to even mention the crops of turnips, strawberries, asparagus, beets etc. These all brought excellent profits. Shortly the bean crop will be going, then the greatest of all crops the Irish potato and what they will do in paying off mortgages and increasing bank accounts will be "aplenty." Speak Kindly. Speak kindly, in the morning, it lightens the cares of the day, and makes household and all other affairs move along smooth' ly. Speak kindly at night. For it may be that before the dawn some. loved one may finish his or her space of life fcr this world, and it will be too late to ask for giveness. Speak kindly at all times, it encourages the downcast, cheers the sorrowing, and very likely awakens the erring to earnest resolves to do better, with strength to keep them. Kind" words are a balm to the soul. They oil the entire machin ery of life, and keep it in good running order. If 3'ou desite a luxurious growth of healthy hair of a natural color, nature's crowning ornament of both sexes, use only Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. CUT FROM m TO EAR. Public School Teacher, Charles! Preston, Waylaid NEAR RE1DSVILLE, N. C. Carried in The Woods by Two YouDg Men. Wrote His Story. An eldcrlv man with his throat cut from ear to ear was found last Saturday on the pub lie highway near Reidsvillc, N C. He could not articulate, but wrote on a slip of paper that he was Charles Preston, a public school teacher, making his way from Patrick county, Ya., to Cas well countv, N. C. and had been attacked by two young men who carried him into the pine woods and cut his throat, when they found he had uo money. Physicians are trying to save his life. WILL PURCHASE St. MARY'S. The Episcopal Diocesan Con vention at Raleigh last week adopted resolutions deciding to purchase St. Mary's school in that city for $50,000, $10,000 in cash, the remainder in twenty years. The school property be longs to the Cameron estate and is in the western suburbs of Raleigh. For over half a century it has been a church school but under private auspices. They also decided that women cannot vote on parochial matters. ANOTHER ELECTION. An election must be held on the 10th day of next August iu every town in the State for the purpose of deciding whether the voters of the several townships will levy a special tax for the mblic schools for their respec tive townships. A WILD NEGRO A wild negro has been cap ured ten miles north of Brenton, Ma. He is about 60 years old, and it is believed that he has ived in the Alabama swamps ever since the war. He will be held and tamed. iJon'l '1 id.Kfj Sjjit uii'.i Ki.u.y , lo..r : is a .isay. 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