WEEKLY.
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VOL 1- NO- 14-
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25 CIS A YZAE.
KINQ-'S
JOTTINGS.
A negro stealing a ride on
the truck of a sleeper down in
South Carolina, went to sleep in
his comfortable place ana ! 's
loot got caught by a guard rail,
hing so injured that amputa
ted was necessary. The place
in which common negro cannot
seal a nap is yet to be found.
Texas comes to the front with
a new wonder, it being a girl
with hair trailing on the ground
:md so heavily charged with
electricity that it is extremely
dangerous for anv one to touch
it. Another instance that some
. iris are dangerous.
Only a few years ago all our
Southern towns and cities were
getting up booms. Now they
are on to the annexation plan
to increase their population.
This is a case of the big fish
swallowing the little ones.
DUEL OF IRONCLADS
ONE WHO SAW THE FAMOUS
BATTLE 2ESCBIBE3 IT-
The Victories of the Merki-
M AC iSTKUCK TKHUOU TO THE
Lincoln Cabinet A Graphic
Story the Historic Fight.
could get out of the .vay the Merri- point and determined what com
mac was upon her, but Worden ! to pursue in the damaged com
prcmnuv norteu it's neiir. ami
The Governor of Missouri has
issued a call for an extra session
of the Legislature to mend some
of its previous work. Bud
workmen cannot do good work,
and it will be a wonder if the
matter, is not made worse.
Ex-President Horrison seems
to be willing to enter the Presi
dential race next year and in
case of failure to be ready to
try lor Senator Voorhees scalp.
That's a good plan take what
vou can ff-t.
A trusted employee, a preach
er, took $50,000 at o ce from
his lirm and put it into his own
pocket. . Did he believe the
Lord was helping him. when he
thus helped himself I
Arkansas Legislators cost the
Iron Mountain railroad $100 per
vote to kill a railroad commis
sion bill. They were entirely
roo cheap to bo trusted, so it
got out.
Gen. William Mahone has
made an assignment for the ben
efit of hrs creditors. Hij other
assignment to the Republicans
was for the benefit of himself.
Hon. William L. Wilson is
now Postmaster General. An
other plum has been p'neked.
C'Uitinueil fnin 1 it week,
Her commander was Lieutenant
John L. Worden, an otlic-r who had
served twenty seven years in the
nay, and whose reputation for eoo1
ness and nerve was abundantly jus
titled by the rtsuh. Uer second in
command was Lieutenant S. 1).
Green, a young offi er of twenty two
who had served three years in the
navy, and had recently been promo
ted from .the grade ot midshipman.
Immediately 01. his arrival V orden
reported to Captaiir Marston, the se
ll or officer of the tleet, who ordered
him at once to go up to the assist
ance of the Minnesota. At Jl 1:30
o'clock p in., Worden was alongside
of that ship and remained there un
til the next morning.
A FOUR HOURS DUEL.
At 8 o,cloek on the morning of
Sunday, March Oth, the Merrimae,
under Catesby .Jones, started to fin
ish her work on the ninnessota.
In order to avoid the tlata between
then-, Jones head-d the Merri mac j
down the roads until, when nnar
the ripraps, lie struck the north
channel, up which the Minmssota
had gone-from Old Point, ,-.nd on
the edge of whicdi she. was now
airound two miles heiow Newport
News. Turning into this channel
he made his way up towards the
Minnesota. A3 the Merrimae ap
proached that snip Van Brunt
opened on her with his stern guns
and the Monitor emerging from the
side of the Minnesota threw herself
in the path of the Confederate iron
clad. Then began a fight such a-
he world had never seen before.
For four hours these tv?o naval
prodigies conti ued their naval
duel. Gun after gun was tired from
the revolving turret of the Monitor,
and broadoide and pivot guns
belched answer from the shield nf
the Merrimae. The Confederate
vessel was at some disadvantage
from her length and drft of water.
She had great difficulty in turning
to avoid getting aground, and the
Monitor was able to run around her
and choose position, seeking for a
weak spot.
Once Worden thought he had
found it, and made a dash for the
unprotected screw of his antagonist,
hoping to carry it away, but he
missed it by two or three feet. Once
too, the Merrimae, in attempting to
change positions, got aground anil
remained so foi full fifteen mm 11 tea,
during which tune Worden pounded
h jr with his eleven inch Dahlgrens,
and Vnn Bruut poured upon her all
the guns he could bring to bear.
But he did not phase the staunch
Confederate, and, getting afloat again
she rushed upon the Monitor like a
big mastiff, who, worried by the
nagging of a bull terrier, would
like to citch him by the throat and
with one shake drop his corpse.
This time before the Monitor
avoided a direct blow, receiving the
impact at an angle on his staroad
quarter.. The wooden stein of the
Merrin a? run oyer the low deck of
the Monitor and was cut by it
sharp iron edge, causing her to
leak from the self inflicted blow.
Well, il was for the Monitor that
the Merrimae had left her 11 on
prow in the Cumberland the day
before, for olherwise the blow might
have been fatal.
Twice Worden susjeuded the
linht, the fiijt time to supply a de
ficiency of shot in his turret. The
second time was for more eei ious
cause. His station was in the pilot
house, from which he steered the
ship, and w.ilejied the fight through
slits made in the ai tnor for eye
holts. He was looking through
one of thee when a shell from the
Merriumc struck the slit and filled
his eyes with powder and particles
of iron, completely disabling him.
The same shot broke one of the
solid iron logs of the pilot house and
partially lifted its top. This injury
to Waroen virtually ended the
light. In describing it, in his ie-pn-t.
he pays :
"The top of the pilot house was
partially lifted ofr by the force of
the concussion, which let in a flood
of light 30 strong as to Ik apparent
to me, blind as I was, and canced
me to I f i.-ve that the pilot house
:is seriousl.v disabled. I, there
fore, gave orders to cut tin helr.i to
starboard and ereer ctf, and sent for
iJeutn.int fi-eeo mid directed him
'. take command.''
Tie--n, in hs account in the Cen
tury Magazine of March, 1 '.", con
firm this, and says: "Thus the
Monitor retired temporarily from
the action in order to ascertain the
extent of the injuries she had" leotiv-
ed. At the same time Worden sent
for me, and, leaving Stimers, the on
ly officer in the turret, 1 went for
ward at once and found him stand
ing at the foot of the ladder leading
to tlje pilot house. He wa? a ghast
lv sight, with his eyes closed and the
blood apparently rushing from eve
ry pore 11; the upper part of Jus
face.
"lie told me that he was seriously
wounded, and dincted me to take
command. I assisted in leading him
to a sofa in his cabin, where he was
tenderly cared for by Dr. Logue,
and then I assumed command. Blind
and suffering as he was, Worden'a
fortitude never forsook him. he fre
quently asked from his bed of pain of
the progress of affairs, and when
told that the Monitor wag saved, he
said : "Then, I can die happy."'
When I reached my station in the
pilot house I found that tne iron log
was fractured and the top partly
open, but the steering gear waa still
still in tact and the pilot house was
not totallv destroyed, aa had been
feared. In the confusion of the mo
ment, resulting from eo serious an
injury to the "commanding officer.
the Monitor had been moving with
out directior. '
Exacd) how much time lapsed
from the moment Worden was
wounded until I had reached
the pilot house and completed the 1
examination of the injury at mat
ee
Coll d 1
lion of tre ve.el, it is imo5sible to
state, but it could hardlv have ex
ceeded twenty minutes "at the inmost.
To lie ('ontinucL
I KOM ItOAN TO llo.tMJKK.
Kepresentative liryan. of Chero
kee, 1 a3 sued the News and Ob
server tor alleged libel in stating
that he once hud counterfeit money
in his possession, and wants l0,0on
damages.
Gov. Cur h nasked for a manda
inns to prevent the Stcretarv of
State from publishing the assign
ment act as a law. until the question
f :t.s validity can be established.
North Carolina has 747,270 spin
dles and H,1S5 looms, being far
ahead of Georgia and -co'ml only to
Smth Carolina, in southern co'ton
manufacture.
Gov. Cirr is awaiting the advice
of the Attorney General ovfore ap
pointing magistrates ill the stead of
J those who failed to qualify on April
1st.
The Governor has commuUd the
death sentence of Hilly McDaniel,
w ho was to hang at As'it-vilh, fur
murder, to life imprisonment.
Miss Julia Taylor, of ew Bern,
is supiHi d to have of fright
Saturday night caused by someone
trying to enter her house.
The S. A. L. has just discharged
several employes at Kak-igh, one
being the oldest locomotive engineer
in tlie world.
Maj. W. M. Robbing has gone to
Gettysburg battlefield to look after
North Carolina troops jxsition8.
Anuggettof gold weighing ten
pounds and valued nt 1.500 haa
been found in Stanley county.
Wilmington is shipping aspara
gus, radishes and other vegetables to
northern markets.
Superintendent Seagar haa bought
two car loads of nudes for the peni
tentiary farms.
The New Knglandera left highly
pleased with North Carolina munu
factures. .
Minister Hansom haa reached th?
City of Mexico and is slightly indis
posed. The cotton acreage in the State
will be reduced probably fifteen per
cent.
The pales of fertilizers have fallen
ofT nearly half from that of last
year.
Three convicts escaped from the
chain gang near Charlotte last
wees.
Western farmers, in large numbers
are prospecting in the State.
Counterfeit ami is in circulaion
in Bomo parts of the State.
The State is now suffering from
the base ball craze.
Frost in the
fruit.
west
has damaged
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