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KT WEEKLY. ' S-aocessor -bo -blxe XxLde VOL l-v NO- 13. GREENVILLE, ,V. C APRIL o, 180o. 25 CIS A YEAS- JOTTINGS. And the rumor is that a for eign war would be acceptable to the administration, and that S. Grover Cleveland has his eve skinned for a third term. That hvbrid crowd do well in looking for self, and Cleveland should l)e popular with his friends, the enemies of Demo ;racy. Carter Harrison got a ood size scare on him when John S. Wise, at Indianapolis, den and ed an apology, and trotted to the court for protection. South ern piuck was too much fui the reat grandfather's hat. n Teamoh has introduced a bill into the Massachusetts Legisla ture intended to force. ociai equality in that State. He doubtless feels himself a bigger man since his Richmond adventure. The oldest inhabitant has just died at St Louis, aged 1-iv, years and with a Masonic record of one hundred years. The dis patch neglected to state it he eyer saw Washington. McKinley has tried to avoid his -colored brethren while nursing his little boom in the South. He will just bubble over with love for them when he gets back to Ohio. Uncle Sam's expenditures ex ceeded his receipts during the month of March bv about a quarter million dollars. The old gentleman must do better in his bond trading operations. Two farmers out west made a bungling attempt at train rob bery aad only got a watch. Now that they have tune they are expected to do better. The Potjs had a genuine old time row right in the Nebraska Legislature. They were envi ous of the fame won by their North Carolina brethren and had to get even. A Chicagoan has been found guilty of embezzling 85,000. Chicago is lagging when it can set no larger than $5000 rogues. .Another New England com mittee is down South looking out for business. Teamoh is not in it this time. DUEL OF IRONCLADS 0NEpyH0 SAW THE FAMOUS BATTLE DESCRIBES IT- The Victouies op the Meuui mac Struck Tehrok to thk LINCOLN CaIHXET A GRAPHIC story oc the Historic Fight Continued from last week, Ami so the good ship fought on as she sunk, tiring he: gn8 as on, they were, almve water. Such heroism challenged the admiration t their adversaries, extorted cheers Irom the crews of th Confederate vessels and received the highest en coniums in the report of their otfi cers. I three-.,Uarters of an hour alter the engagement began the Cumberland sank in fifty feet of wa ter, hut her flag still flew at the lk. -The emblem of the bravest most daring and yet most hopeless defense that has ever been made ty any vessel of any navy." In going up J a'ines river the gemmae had passed and lepassed the federal land batteries at New port News, exchanging with them a heavy fire. The James river flotilla consisting of the Confederate steam er, Patrick Henry, cf twelve "tins yu.umouore J n Tucker; the Jamestown, Lieutenant Paniev, two guns and the Teazer, Lieutenant W ebb, on-i gun, took advantage of this diversion to run the gauntlet of the Newiorl News batteries and join the Merrimae below. The Cumberland being now hors de com bat, the Memmac and her consorts turned their attention to the Con gress, commanded by Lieutenant Joseph H Smith. That officer see ing the fate of the Cumrlaud and realizing the impossibility ofwHving his ship, ran her ashore so that she could not be captured and carried off by the enemy and to give is men an opportunity of escaping un- uci uuei in me lanu uatteries. The Merrimac took pesi'ion astern of j her and raked her fore and aft, I while the smaller Confederate vessels 1 join in the attack. The carnage J was terrific. Lieutenant Smith was' Killed and the ship converted into a ' slaughter pen. ) Lieutenaut Pendergrast who sue- j ceeded to the command, satisfied that further resistance was vain , uauieu uown his colors. Lieuten ant Parker, in the Beaufort, was ordered to board the Con cress, secure her officers as prisoners, allow the crew to escape, bring off J he wound ed and burn the ship. While en gaged in this duty a heavy fire was opened on him from the shore bat teries, killing several officers and men, whereupon Commodore Buch anan again opened on the Congress and set her on fire with hot shot. About this time, while standing outside of the pilot house giving or (lers, he was shot by sharpshooters from the band and severely wound ed. The command of the'Merrimac then devolved upon Lieutenant Catesby Jones. The Congress con tinued to burn until midnight, when the fire leached her magazines and the ship was blown into frag ments. THREE SHIPS AGROUND. Meanwhile that part of the Fed- ederal fleet stationed at Fortress .Monroe na nut been rile. As soon us it beanie evident that the Merri mac intended to attack the ships off Newport News the Roanoke. St Law rence and Minnesota had started to their assistance. rILati"mp,l.lng to kTut or range of tbeSewell's Poiat batteries the fct Lawrence and Koanoke irot around when halfway up the Poads. 1 he Minnesota succeeded in rettiuir within a mile of Newport News, "hen she, too, stuck fast in the m mi. The Koar.oke and St Lawrence soon got off, but warned t,y the fate ol the Cumberland and Congress returned to Fortress Monroe. The MiMiessota, Ca.tain Van Hrunt waa not so fortunate :mJ t.. III make the best of her perilous 1 osi tion. .Happily for her the Mem mac drew too much water to get nearer tan a mile to her and did not do her much damage. The Patrick Jlenry aind Jamestown tMk a took. 11 closer position and fr a while did oreat execution h..r ti.. heavier guns of th Minnessou gave her ad vantage over them. It was now nearly dark, the tide was falling and Jones, fearing tl.at his own ship might vet aground, de tenninf d to cease operation, ex pecting to finish the Minnessota in the morniiiir. The Merrimac and her consorts returned to the mouth of the Elizabeth river and lav oir SewalTs Point. Tbeday Imd been a mot fortu nate our. rr the Confederate. Thev had ....-tniv... two Gf tie fint,ft sh.ps in the United States navv, had l amaged another, which was now almost a certain prey, while th rest of the Federal fleet was seeding shelter under th- gllhs ,,f K01r,eSS Monh-, uncertain what fate the morrow might have in store for t hem. THE CABINET DEMORALIZED. The newrt of the disaster had been flashed to Washington ai.d all over the north, and the capital and sea card cities trembled in anticipa tion of a visit from the dreaded iron-clrd. Gideon Welles, at that time secretary of the navy, has given a grapic account of the meet ing of the cabinet npon receipt of the news, from which it appears that all its members, particularly the war minister, Mr Stanton, wei'e thoroughly demoralized. 4The Mer rimac," said Stanton, "will change the whole character of the war; she will destroy seriatim every naval vessel. She will lay all the cities on the seaboard under contribution. Ho had no no doubt, he said, "that the monster was at this moment on her way to Washington, and" looking out of the window which commanded a vieir of the Potomac for many miles "not unlikely we shall have a shell or cannon ball from one of the guns in the white house before we leave this room." Mr Seward, usually buoyant anil selt-reliant, overwhelmt-d with the intelligence, listened in responsive sympathy to Stanton, aud was greah depressed, as indeed were all the members. ARRIVAL OP THE MOXITOE. Snch was the condition of affairs when the Monitor arrive! at Old j oint 01. the night of March 8th. Ihis vessel wa3 the first of the Uni ted States iron clad s to be complex ted. She had been tlejiutieil by John Ericson. a Swede: built ex pres?ly for the purjose ; and while much smaller than the Merrimac, being one hundred and tweutv sev en feel long, while the Merrimac was three hundred feet or over, com bined tome advantage which her opponent did not os?es. She was equally invulnerable, her motive power ua new and under much better control, she steered perfectly and drawing only ten or twelve feet, while 1I10 Merrimac drew t v-nty two feet, was able to where she plead in the road, while the Merrimac was confined to the main channel. IUr arm tniKiit consisted of two eleyen-inch Dabl- gren guns, mounted in a revolving iron-clad turret. This turret and the pilot house built of solid iron logs 0x12 inches, were the onh ob jective parts of the whole vessel, her decK extending only a few' inches alM.ve water, aud the lest of her hull being entirely subnierg.d. To Ik Continued. FKOM KOAN TO KOANOKK. A North Carolinian living in Mi-fis.-ippi has sent to his people in Ire dell county, some corn foucd in an ...w. .iiuuiiu, MipjK)eeU to in; 1500 years old. Some of it planted last year came up. A Vance county Populist savs he will return to the Democrats and br:ng five hundred others with him. Kx-Senator lUnsnm, ait ompanied by his son, Polrt, left for his post ol duty as Minister to Mexico on theliSth. Negroe? and Republicans now have control of Wilmington, and four negroes aie on the police force. More legistlaive rascality in doctor ing the journals nnd bills is con stantly coming to light. George Mills, who murdered hi niece, lana Wimberly, will hang at Kaleigh on May 3rd. The law to "regulate assignments" has almost paralyzed the credit but iness in the State. Joe Armstrong, col., in jail at Fayetteville, was married "in jail" last Friday. Forty moonshiners from Wilk county have been taken to Greens boro for trial. S Otho Wilson, the Gideonite has aken the oatli of office as Pailroad Commissioner. Montford McGehee died at Hal eigh last Sunday, ageo seventy-three years Ex-Jndge John Gray ISyuum wa fined fTA) at Morganton for contempt of court The Henderson electric light plant is advertised for sale May Gtu. Mormons are proselyting in Wak county.
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