iBcvotci to JpoIitUB, itmiiure, Agriculture, Stitnct, Mloxali an (Stencral Intelligence.
VOL 20.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER 19, 1861.
NO. 39.
ill
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERMS. Two dollars per annumin advahfcc Two
dollars and h quarter, half yearly and if not paid be
fore the end of the year, Two dollars and a half.'
Nj paoersdi.onntfniied until Jill arrearages are paid,
except at the option of the Editoi.
C7A lvertiscinauts of onesquarc (ten lines) or less,
one or three insertions, $ I 00. Each additional ihscr
on.io cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PEtJffTBNG.
, Having a general assortment of large, plain and or
natncntal Type, we are prepared to execute every de
scription of
Cards, Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes, Clank Receipts,
Justices, Legal and other Hanks, Fainphlets. &.c. prln
ted with neatness and despatch, on lcasunabJc terms
at this office.
"PEACE!"
One night a worthless, stealing' scamp,
Broke through my bolted doors,
And laid his thievish, wicked hands
Upon my precious stores.
He searched the house in all its parts,
He rummaged all the closets;
lie stole my silver and my gold,-
And all my choice deposits.
And when I waked from risky sleep,
He stood before my bed,
And held a pistol in his hand,
Directed toward my. head.
I sprang and seized him by the throat
'Vou murd'rous thief," I cry,
"Your life not mine is forfeited
Yuu are the one to die!"
I held him in my rightful grasp,
lie-struggled fur release;
"Don't shoot," he cried, "give me the spoils,
And let us make a 'peace!' "
The Army Sutler.
The sutler's tent it the same in all
camp that I have ever visited. Be it
Xioderstood for the benefit of those unin
fortned, that the suttlcr is the merchant
of the regiment. lie sells Ieiuouade
tobacco io papers and plugs cigars of
uabbago and tobacco red hernogs,
cracker and cjolassc cake. He would
sell whisky if he dared. This tent is al
ways lumbered up with barrels au J box
es, aud at the cu-tomer'. end of it, a
board across two pork barrels does duty
for a couuter. "Here the mcu come in
crowds, every hour in the day. to get
omc little delicacy, (after salt fat pork
and no vegetable., with the sun at 9 de
gree?, even molasses oakes arc a delica
cy.) to cat, or for a gla?s of cool lemon
sde to drink and make much of.
As the regiments are mostly supplied
wiih muddy springs of tcuir dicing, (to
prevent poisoning by our amiible Vir
ginia neighbors.) and as the sutler gene
erally has the only ice in the camp, a
gla-s of even sutler's lemonade is a most
grateful beverage uuder the torrid cir
cumstances. The currency used with
the sutler is pasteboard ticket, repre
senting respectfully the value of 5 cent,
0 cents, or 25 ct-, payable in goods at
the sutler's store. When a soldier de
sires to enter into commercial negotia
tion with the sutler, stul ha no money
whercwitb to achieve that mercantile de
sideratum, he naturally concludes to an
ticipate some portion of his psy. He.
therefore obtains from the Captain a prin
ted order on the paymaster for one dol
lar or more, n.3 the case may be, which
issigned by bimelf.of course a- the draw
er of an order, aul is then counter-igoed
by the Captain, as a puaranty that the
sum of money called for in the order is
actually due tbe man. Tbi document is
now negotiable, and the sutler will take
jt, and give for its "lace," not in money,
bat in tickets) which are simply due bills
on himelf, which he binds himself to re- j
deem in goods. I
Ah the good are fold at bis own pri
ces, and as tbo tickets must eventually
all 6od tbeir way to his establi-hmcnt, it
follows that the office of Regimental .Sut
ler usually pays better than that of Ma
jor General. Wbeu pay day comes a
round. the men bavina spent all their
"tickets " have, as a eeneral rule, little
interests in the oavmaster. The sutler
present all the orders for pay which aro
in hie possession, and from tbe paymas
ter receives the gold. Th'e whole system
is a very objectionable one, and the
French plan of paying tho soldiers every
ten days would be an infinite improve
ment. As it is, tbe men do the work,
and dare all the danger, while the sutler
pockets the lion's, or rather the sutler's
part of it. All the sutler's store, or
tcntu, are a'ike aro always throoged,
and always make money. There is usu
ally a rear entrance for the offioers, who
are thus admitted behind tbe counter,
and occasionally a sportive Major take a
fancy to ride a frolicksorae horse in at
tho backdoor, end a smashing sensation is
tbe rosult.
But the wbole sutler arrangement is
bad, though it is so intimately connected j
with the system of army payments, that
n reform touching only the sutler's de
partment would only be half skin 'deep.
J5-An old darkey Methodist, who
Was famous for his shouting at camp
meeting, was oDce reproved by his mas
ter for it. 'Gollyl" said be, "I oney do
it according to de Lord's command."
"How's that!" said the master. "Why,
in de Lord's Prayer
tby camel"
it says, 'boller'd be
It is wrong to take snuff," said a
Yankee philosopher, "for it teaches the
nose a bad habit, and a man is sLwsys
tare to follow bis oosel"
Artemus Ward Sees Prince Napoleon,
Notwithstaudin' I haint wrjt much for (
the papers of late, nobody needn't flatter'
theirselvcs that tbo undersined is ded.
On the contrary, "I Mill live," which word
.. . . t. u r :i wr u ..-
1 1 . , i.i-.. e
a nhlfl mnn. Icn Iho nM.Iinn nhi.Ta of
Boston will admit that. Webster d.d
i , . ,,nj j-j i ,
fallen into tho bands of sum dealers in
ilnd band close, who can't -sell it. Least-
ways nobody pears to bo goin round
wearm it to any partioler extent now
davs. The regiment of whom T sen a knr.
nal Gncrly concluded they was better a-' 4,Since you air so solicitous about . r rw' . uuen " na a"a,Dea
daptcd as Home Guards, which accounts France, and the emperor, may I askou , '."' fermeDtal"D. add to each gal
for your not hearin' of mo. ear this, where how your own country is getting abnl" bree-fourtbs of a pouo-J of white su
the bauls i, thicket and where the can- sed Jeromo, in a pleasant voice. ! fr: and ,ct the wh'8 agQ uo-
non doth roar. But as a American oiti-l "It's mixed," I sed. "But I think we : , " P09 nearly the brisk pleasant
zen Ifhall never cease to admire the 'shall cum out all right." , ta.te which it is desirable should be per-
masterly advance our troops made on1 "Columbus, when ho diakivered this 1 ma, - .n? 0ut a Qart the cider
Washington from Bull Run, a short time magnificent continent, could have bad no , ?? r !- D6 uarter of a ounce
ago. It was well dun. I spoke to my idee of the grandeur it would one day as- i f 8.Q,PhUe.of l for eJ! gallon the
wife 'bout it at tbe time. My wife sed it soom," ed tho Prints. ca.k contains. Stir until it is intimately
,...n Ann I Tf Cf nik.,-j ji mixed, and pour the emulsion into the li-
! Tr uv;n k: .
j feet IialdwicsviJle at all hazzprds, aud as 'scd I. "If he bad bin a sensible man
i there was no apprehensions of any imme-, be'd hav put the money in boss railroad
ijit danger, I thought I would go orf onto or a gas company, and left this magnifi-
a pleasure tower. Accoidinjjly I put on cent continent to tho intelligent savages,
a dean Bilcd Shirt and started for Wash- who when they had got hold of a good
iinton. I went thereto see the Prints thing knew enough to keep it, and who
t Napoleon, and not to see the place, which wouldnt bav seooeded, nor koockt Liber
J I uiil here take occasion to observe is a- ty io tbe hed with a slung-shot. Colum-
bout as uninterpi.tin a locality at there is bus wasn't much of a feller, after all. It
tl.i hide of J. Davis's futer home, if ho would hav bin money in my pocket, if
' ever does die, and where I reckon they'll bo'd ttaid to home. Chriw meot well,
! make it ao warm for him that ho will si but be put his foot in it when he aaled for
' for bis summer close. It is easy eooub ' America."
! to see why a man goes to tbe poor house' We talked sum more about matters
' or the penitentiary. It'sbcoaws he can't an-i things, and at larst I rit to go. "I
: help it. But why be should woluntarily ( will now say good-bye to you, noble bir,
1 go and live in Wa-hinffton, is entirely be- and good luck to you. Likewise tbe
youd my comprehension, and I can't say ;saaie to Clotildy. Also to the gorgeous
no fairer than that. : persons which compose yonr soot. If the
I put up to a leadiu hotel. Tsaw the
idlord and sed, "How d'ye do, Squire."
landlord and sed, "How d'ye do, Sq
"Fifty cents, sir." was his reply.
Sir I" " come with me and I'll make a man of
Half a dollar. We charge twenty- lum. You find us Bumwhat mixed, as I
five cents for lookin at the landlord, and '. before obsarved, but come agin next year
fifty reuts for speakin to bim If you!ad you'll find us clearer nor ever'
want supper, a boy will nhow you to the' " Then advisin him to keep away
dinin room for tweuty five cents. Your from the Peter Fuok auctions of the Eabt,
room bein in tbe tenth story, it will cost
you a dollar to be shown up there.'1
' Ho? much do you ax a man for
breathin in this equinomikal tavern I"
ped I.
"Ten cents a bretb,'' was his reply.
Washington hotels ia very reasonable
in their charges. N. B. This is a sar
kassum I sent up my keerd to the prints, and
was immeiitlv ushered before bim. He I
received mc kindly aud axed me to Mt!0lvs Iea 00 straw cannot ne expectea to
' . . -
down
I have cum to pay my repecs to you
Mister Napoleon, boitin to see vou bale
and hearty.
" I am nuitA wnll "Hp spiI ' Air vnn
well, sir !"
j - -
oouud as a cu:
s " I answered.
He seeiaed to be pleaded with my ways, !
and we entered into conversation to onct. j suriace ana coucretes. tnis ettect is ai- 'elbow, prepared to lose not an instant m
"How's Lewi!" I nxed. and be sedwaJ3 accompanit-d by tbo formation of the enjoyment of what to me at that time
the emperor was well. Eugeny was like- lastio acid from tbe sugar of milk. But seemed an execrable disb; and calling
wise will, be sed, Then I axed him was below a temperature of 50 degrees, tbis 0ut at the top of bis voice bismillah (in
Lewis a good provider! did'hocum borne formation of lastio acid does not take tbe name of God), plunged bis band into
airlynites! did be perfoom her bod room plaoe and consequently the butter will the reeking mes, which he conveyed to
at onseasooable hour with gin and tan- DOt cm- To make butter come, then, his mouth as a chid would a ripe peaob.
zy! Did be go to "tbe lodge" on nites , we would advise better food for the cows. Aboo Gadoum, in obedience to tbo invi
when there wasn't any lodge I did ho of- J 1 addition to the straw or bay, give tatioo of tbu jolly efiFendi and myself,
ten have to go dowD town to meet a friend! j sotno .shorts, a few mangled wurtxel or took my place at tbe feast, for such in re
did he hav "a exteosive acquaintance a-jbeeta and. wnafc De1 f aH a tittle oil ajty it appeared to both of them. Feti
mon voun r widdera whose husbans Wa'cabo- Then your milk will churn butter, crick's JTsypt.
in Californy ! to all of which questions aoa " " OQt W1" 01 00 aimcuit. -the
Prints perlitely replide, given me toP,aae tb m5,k wlere it will not freeze,
understend that the emperor was behavin!aDd 0 cream in a temperature of about
" J " i
woii
'I ns these questions, my royal dukoj
and most noble highuess and imperial,
becaws I'm anxious to know how he 1
stands as a man. I know be' smart.
. . . , , , , - a iiu i;uuiuiu( buc iouiuhoiuio Duwuiw. v
Heis cunnin, he is long-boded, he isdeepl , ... " , . ,
, ne is grate ou.cr- -"!
t . .
But onleps heisOod he II
come down with a crash one oi tbe days,
and the Bonyparts will be Bustid up agin.
bet ,It0 1 , . , , . . , '
Air you a preacher, sir !" be inquired,
, slitely sarkasticul.
j "fto, e:r. But I bleevo in morality.
T likewise bleevo in Meetin Hou-cs.
Show me a pla -o where there icn't anyj
Meetin Houses and where preachers are
i never seen, and I'll show you a
place
where old bats are stuffed into broken t0 dispute with Brigham bis absolute au
winders, where tho children air dirty and thorUj over tho faithful. His name is
ragged, where gates bav no hinges where josef,u Morris, and he belongs to Weber
tho wimin are slip-hop, and where maps of COUnty, near Ogden city. Ho predicts
tbo devil's 'wild land' air painted upon tbo breaking op of the present church
men' shirt buzzums with tobacco jooco I j authority, and a now organization under
That's what I'll show you. Let us con-:bj8 leadership. Tbe new p'ropbet ban
sider what tho preachers do for us before crcated a great deal of excitement, and
we aboose em.'' ! drawn so many of Brigbam's followers
He sed be didn't mean to aboose the off, that the latter La been compelled to
clergy. Not at all, and he was happy to deoouuoe him as a false prophet. Brig
see that I was interested in the Bonypart ham "till claims to hold tbe "keys of deati
family. and hell." and he commands tbo Morris-
"It's a grate family, sed I. "13ut they
scooDa tne oia mau
.I i j
"How. Bir!"
"Napoleon tbe Grand.
ers scooped bim at Waterloo. He want
cd to do too much, and bo did it 1 1 uey
scooped him in at Waterloo, and subso
kentlv died at St. Heleny ! There'
Heleny
where the greatest military inaothis world
: A .. A nut 1 1 wanrnrhpri
ever urujuceu pci:fiv v.-.
hard to consine such a man aa bim to St.
Heleny, to spend bis larst days in oatcb- was got up to pay the funeral expenses ot
ing mackeril, and walkin up and down a certain lawyer who bad-died poor. A
tbo dreary beach in a military cloak certain wag of ao editpr wa applied to
drawn tightly around bim, (see pictur to contribute bis mito.f "Wbatf said no,'
book) but so it was. 'Hed of tbe Army!" "do ydd require only twenty-fivo cents to
Them was bis last w6rds. So be bad bin. bury a lawyer there is a dollar bill
Ho was grate ! Don't t wish wc bad o(bury me four of them!"
pair of bis old boots to command sum of
our brigades I"
This pleased Jerome and be took me
warmly by the hand.
"Alixander the Grate was punkins." I
.n:nnn-j iu.. vr i
i a r . l
fieri Alio Wfnt hpitnnu f hora am nn mnra
world- to scoop, and then took to drinkin.
bole, and the flowin bole was too much
for him. It ginncrally U. He undertook J
to give a snake exhibition in bis boots,
That was a bad joke
J
but it killed him.
for Alio 1"
'l.r. m fir nf hi. if
jemperor's boy don't like livin at tbe Tool
eries, when he gits older, and would liki
like
to
embark in the sbow biznies, let
him
aud tbe proprietors of corner lots in the
West, I bid bim farewell, and went a
way. Yours muchly.
Ward,
(Artemus.)
.
Churning; in Winter.
An exchange . ask, where is the far
mer's wife who has not been troubled
ore or le.-s with churning in winter!
V r , t .
have mucu butter in tueir milk; tne poor
tblngfl need tbe wbole of it to supply ani
mal beat. It is well known that butter
M8 held in emul-ion the form of oily
ulobulcs, encased in a film of cassin
v , . ...
(curd) and that agitation bursts tbeso
filius, wbfo tbe oil or butter, being, spe-
cifically lighter than the milk, rises to tho .
,. . .... tjE.l
ou aegreeo, buu Keep u mi it get sour,
which will not be lone if tbe temperature
is uniform. Avoid heating it in the day tributed the serene nilenoe. I aot with
and freeiing it all night; soob a course the object of mi hart's afjeckebuns on tbe
will turn tbo cream bitter instead of sour. fence of hor dady's patur. I bad cxpe
T .. tho ton no nt,i,.a cliniilrt Vn Iriiinsfid a hankeriD arter her for sum
. y.., P t, , 6 . .....
cream is nlaoed in tbe churn, and about .
?() . be butter oomeg A d
Kt,rn :fc nf OTttt tt(iran.
tage in winter as well as summer, not be-
cause it has a thermometer, but because
of the admirable means it affords of plao
, inu warm water outside tbo churn. iVai
lie Farmer.
A Wfiw "Pronhet in Utah.
a new prophrt.iu Utah has just arisen
nes to oboy the fullness ot nis gospel ana
I gather around the bait ljaKe Oily lem
ple. On tbe otber hand Joseph prophe
The British- Bies that war will soon commence in Utah,
and that Brigham will be out off this
year,
and all bis posterity, and all tho
leaders of bis church and
than young
Saints back
Joseph Smith will lead tbe
to tbe Zion in Jackson county, Missouri.
'8i
.
r-A twenty-fivo cent subscription
How to Have Good Cider.
Prefessor Horsford, of Harvard Uoi
0n t. A 1 I- 1 r I
Toioitgr. uio fouuunjr puuuaoea a recipe
for .mprov.ng and preserving cider, by
mean, of which the process of the vine
- 009 aod aoetno iormentation ma v be ar-
... J
'A?? V"!. 'he'd preserved
.m nuuu a "ittio am uiuy vo Qesireu
A correspondent of tbo
Boston Journal
aays:
Pot the new
cider into clean casks or
J"01-' and allow it to ferment from, one
to three weeks, according as the weather
t "
ITT, " . t ... .
lu,d- Agitate tho contents of the cask
, thoroughly for a few minutos, then let it
t rest that the cider may settle. Fermen
tation will bo arrested at once, and will
not be resumed. It may be bottled in'
the oourse of a few weeks, or it may be
allowed to remain in tbe oak and used
on draught. If bottled it will become a
sparkling cider, better tbau what is called
champagne wine.
ProfefBor Horsford, of Cambridge, was
the first to use the sulpbito of lime for
this purpose, and to bim is duo tbe cred
it of first calling attention to its useful
ness. It is in no respeet deleterious, as
the sulphate is changed by the liberation
of sulphurous aoid, is entirely insoluble,
and rumaioa at the bottom of th" vessel.
The writer has cider prepared in tbis
way two years since, which has remained
unchanged and U now a beverage of un
surpassed excellence. The Bv.pfiate of
lime not the suphate must be used.
An Arab Feast.
Here is a dish offered hospitably to the
traveler by a tribe of Arabs. A sheep
has been bought for tbe feast. As soon
as it was paid for, Said, the effendiV
slave, in a trice turned it over, and,
kneeling on it, severed its throat to tbe
spine. With the last struggle tbo knife
was run into tbe abdomen; ripping open
wbicb, be withdrew tbe stomach, liver,
and lights; and, cutting open tbe former,
and cleaning it by simply turning it in
side out and shaking it, he then proceed
ed to cut it arjd its accompaniments into
small pieces in a wooden bowl provided
for tbe purpose from tbe nearest but.
Then taking the gall bladder, as a sub-
-. .. ...
stitute for lemon, and squeezing it over
the wbole, and adding a copious supply
of tbe hot red pepper of the country, he
served it up, still warm, by placing it on
the ground before us, looking like a man
well pleased with tbe feat he bad per
formed. Tbe effeudi had already tucked
0p the beeves of his right arm over tbe
Artemus Ward's Courting Experience.
'Twas a carm still nite in Joon. when
all natur was busbt & nary a Zeffer din-
- -
time. but darsunt Droclame mi pashun.
wn A o tu., nn tha fnn Rinr.
Jng our feet 2 and frow, and blushing as
I red as tbo Baldincville skule bowse when
it was first painted, & lookin very cinipul,
I make no dowt. Mi left arm was oku-
pide in ballusin misclf on tbe fence while
mi rito arm was wound affeokabunitly
round Suzaoner8 wate.
Sez I, "Suzanner, I thinks very much
of you."
Sez she, "bow you do run on."
Sez I, "I wib tbero was a winder to
mi sole so'2 you oood see somo of mi feel
ins," & I Btde deeply.
I pawned bere, but as she made no re
ply to it, 1 continued on in tho following
straoe:
"Ap, cood ycr know the sleepless nigbCs
I pars on yer account, how vittlea has
neast to be attractive to me, & bow mi
limbs is shrunk up, ye woodet dot me
not by no means. Gaze on tbis wasted
tor in and sunken ize,"I cride, jumping
up-
I should have continnered sum time
longer, probly, but unfortunately I lost
mi balance and fell over 'into the pastor
ker smaHh, taring mi clone, and severely
damaging myself ginncrally. Suzanner
sprang to my assistance & dragged me
4th in duble nuiok time. Then drawin
hnrxolf nn to her full bito sed:
. . .
"I won't liston to your noncents any
longer. Just
yu sa rite out what you are
can to get bitched, I'm in'."
at. If you mean
little girl being told of nme)
nonf children who cane near Btarvmg
death because they oould got no" bread to
, -1 if I If tlio. noiVldn't
r rL r;. dsufif .he,
A MMttim ectcakel"
I KCl vizavf ? . I
I 0
THE Win FOR THE
ATTrPTVrPrP TA TJI'TA VT7 IT;
010
Narrw j? ofan Indiana R
Rebels JQach 2 m) sf
' ft lit, IWm
ruin 11 1
They
are bficued Jroin the Monticcllo Com
plete rout and great, slaughter Col Bar.
tow of Georgia killed Gallant behavior
of our forces Official report of the affair.
Fortress Monroe, Tues. Oct. 8, 1861,
Via Baltimore, Oct. 9
The frigate Susquehauna' has arrivod
from Hattcras Inlet, aud brings most in
teresting intelligence.
Tho day after tho capture of the pro
peller Fanny by tho rebels, the Ceres aud
Putnam, having one of the launches of
the Susquehanna in tow, weut up to Chi
cimico&ico and landed seven days pro
visions, returning tbe same evening with
out having seen anything of the rebels.
On Friday, however, word reached
Hatteras Inlet by tbo Stars and Stripes,
that twenty-five hundred rebel, connoting
of a Georgia, South Carolina, and Vir
ginia regiment, had come over from tbo
main land in six small steamers, 'with
fiatboats, and attacked the 20th Indiana 1
Regiment, who were obliged to retreat, j
Tbe Susquehanna steamed up outside, ;
while Col. Hawkins marched up with six '
companies and reaohed Hatteras Light by
nightfall, a dUtanceof thirteen miles.
During tbe night Col. Hawkins was
joined by the 20th Indiana, who had
passod in the darkness a large body of
tbe Rebels, who had landed for the pur
pose of cutting them off.
Col Brown reported a loss of fifty
of his men as pri-oners, comprising
his hick and wounded, and twenty pickets,
who could not be called in. He succee
ded in saving bis tents, provisions, etc.
On Saturday morning tbe Monticello
steamed around the Cape, and a few miles
up met the Rebels marching down tbe
narrow neck of land to attack our troops.
Tho Rebel steamers were also landing
troop to co-operate with them. Tbey
were in easy range, and the Monticello
opened upon them with shells of five sec
onds fuses, 28 of which were fired from
three guns in threo hours and thirty min
utes, doing great execution.
Tbe Confederates at first tried to sbel
ter themselves behind a sand bill, and
then in a narrow copo, but coon broke in
every direction, and. took refuge upon
tbeir vessels.
A shell pasBed through the wheel-house
of the Fanny, which was already employ
ed against us.
It is reported that their loss must have
reached between two and three hundred
killed aod wounded
During the engagement a member of
tho Indiana Regiccent, who had been ta
ken prisoner, managed to break the rope
with which he was tied aud escaped.
He took to the surf and was picked up
by a boat from tbe Monticello. He re
port that the first shell from her killed
Col. Bartow of tbe Georgia Regiment and
that tbe havoc was frightful. He also
reports that when ho escaped he killed a
Confederate captain with his revolver.
Upon the withdrawal of tho Confeder
ates tbe Monticello and Susquehanna nnd
the land forces returned to Hatteras Inlet
Lieut. Burkhead, from whom I have
obtained the above account, thinks that
advance can be made from tbo Inb-t
without tbo support of a fleet of light
draft vessels. He also thinks that our
forces at the Inlet should be speedily in
creased. The S. R. Spaulding arrived at the In
let on tho 7tb inst., with Gen Mansfield,
and landed ber men and stores.
Too much praise cannot be accorded to
Lieut. Braine for this brilliant achieve
ment.whioh haB caused great exultation at
Old Point.
Col. Brown narrowly escaped with the
20tb Indiana Regiment. He was shelled
from the Confederate vessel, and troops
wero landed both above and below him,
yet be managed to escape with compara
tive small lost. The particulars of his
masterly movemeut have not yet urrived.
Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 0, 1 861 .
The following dispatches were reoeived
to-night at the Navy Department :
United States Steamship Susquehanna, )
off Hatterai Inlet, Oct. fi, 18H1.
Sir: Late in the afternoon of the 4th
inst., I reoeived information that tho en
emv bad landed in lane force at Chioa-
j - o i
oomico and Kin 6 Kcet, and that the
Indiana regiment, posted there, was in
full retreat befo're them. Alo that our
three tug io tbe Inlut were aground or ,
disabled. The Fanny bad been captured
the day before. 1 at once got uuder way
with this ship and the Monticello, and
snohored for the uight olose to tho shore
in Hatteras Cove. At daylight I found
our troops io and about the light house,
and in distress for want of provision,
which tbey had been without for twenty
four hours. I supplied tbem with food,
and at tbo request of tho commanding of
fioer, remained for their protection during
the day. Learning tbat the enemy were
in lare. force at Kine Keet. I sent tho
Mnn ticpllo to drive them off, which im
portant service was performed by Lieut.-
jf T..nn ?fli nmai rfTVrt nrifl
Commanding Braiae, with great effect and
good conduct. His report is inclosed
I am, very respeotfu ly,
Your obedient servant,
J. L LARDNER. Captain.
M GoldHborouh&0,
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I TT S Stnnmp.r. Monticello. 7
on c.P h.. 0 . m $
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8b: I bavo tte Honor io loiorm j
you
that in obedienco to your order of this
morning I stood through tho inner chan
nel of Hatteras Shosls at 12:30 p. m.,
and stood close along shore to the north
ward, keeping a bright lookout from a
Ioft. At 1:30 p. m., we discovered sev
eral Hailing vessels over tho woodland
Kine Keet, and at the ame timo a Tcgi
ment marching to tho Northward, carry
ing a Rerel flag in their midst, with ma
ny stragglers in the rear; also, two tugs
inside, fljing the same flag. As they
oame out of the woods of Kino Keet, wc
ran clo-e in shore, and opened a deliber
ate fire upon them at tbe distance of three
quarters of a aiie. At our first shelf,
which fell apparently in their midst, they
rolled up tbrir flag and scattered, moving
rapidly up tbe beach to the northward.
Wo followed them, firing. rapidly from
three guns, driving tbem to a clump of
woods in which they look refuge, and a
breast of uhieb their steamers lay. Wo
now shelled the wood,, and could seo
them embarking in small boats after their
vessels, evidently in great confusion, and
tufJeringly" greatly from our fire. Their
hteauiors now opened fire upon us, firing,
however, but three shot which fell fhort.
Two boats, LMled with men, were struck
by our shells and destroyed. Three more
steamers came down the Sound, and took
position opposite the woods. We wero
shelling also two Ioop. We continued
firing deliberately upon them from l p.
m. until J p in., when two men wero
discovered making signals to us. Suppo
sing them to be two of tbe Indiana Regi
ment we Eeot on armed boat crew to brins:
them off, covering them at the same time
with our fire. Upon tho boat Hearing tbo
beach, they took to the water. One of
tbem was buecesful in reaching the boat
private Warren C. Harter, Company
fi. 20th Regimeut of Iudiana troops.
Tbe other man, private Charles Wbite,
Company H, 20th Regiment, Indiana
troops was unfortunately drowned in the
surf.
. Private Haver informs me that he was
taken prisoner on the morning of 4th;
that he witnessed our fire, which was very
destructive. He states that two of OCT
shell fell into two sloops loaded with men,
blowing tbe vessels to piece and (-inking
them. Also, that several of tho officers
were killed and their horses seen running
about tbe track. He had just escaped
from his captors after shooting the cap
tain of the Rebel companies. He states'
that tho enemy were in tbe greatest con
fusion, rushing wildly into tbe water stri
ving to get off to their vessels.
Privato Haver now directed me to the
point here the Rebels were congregated,
waiting aa opportunity to get off. I o
pened fire agaiu with success,' scattering
tbem. Wtj.were now very close in threo
fathoms water, and tho fire of the second
shell told with effect.
Six steamers were now off tho Point,
one of which I recognized as the Fanny:
At 5:25 p. in. we ceased firing, leaving
the enemy scattered along the beach for
upward of four miles. I fired repeatedly
at the enemy s steamers with one rifled
oannon, a Parrott So pounder, and struck
the Fanny I think once. I found the
range of this piece was much short of
what I bad anticipated, many of the shot
turning end over eud, and' not exceeding
much the rango of the smoth-bore 32
poundcr. I inclose herewith the memorandum of
tbe amount of ammunition expended to
day. I am, respectfully, ycur obedient servant,
Lieut D. L. BRAINE,
Commanding U. S. S. Monticello.
To Capt. J. L Lardner, Commanding U.
S. Susquehanna, off Cape Hatteras, N.
C.
The' Crops.
That two such years of good crops at
home and high prices abroad as this sea
son nnd tho last should have come to us
just at this great National crisis must bo
regarded as peculiarly fortunate. Last
year, up to this time, our total exports,
wore Sfiy,?r7.793, against $49,968,740
in lSf). Of the exports of I860 tho
great bulk of value was in cotton, until
later in the season, when tho great crop
of cereals began to find its way to the
seaboard, after which the proportion of
grain in the Rational export manifest
rapidly increased. Altogether we were
paid not leas thau $50,0110,000 in gold
for the breadstuff sold by us to our Eu
ropean customers. This year we havo
been exporting fince the W of January
at the rate of more than two millions of
dollars per week or, in exact Gguret, tho
enormou sum of 896,007.241, fully one
half of which has teen in cereals. Bet
ter than this for our finances, thero is
small probability of an abatoment in tho
foreign demand, the last accouuts from
France aud England representiug tho
crops at leat a third Jjelow an average.
Iu England the deficiency has been esti
mated in some districts ut two thirds, and
a liko unfortunate htate of things i re
ported in parts of Franco Wheat is no
whero plentiful ou the Continent; rye is
short in Germany; Indian corn seriously
t.o iu Italy; and potatoes urc generally
doubtful- Tho harvest not being satis
factory in Portugal, all grain, except In
dian corn, is admitted freb of duty until
April 30 of next year. .
It scorns geuefully acknowledge-! that our
corn crop is largo boyood precedent, not
so much: from an inoraied tield as from
tho large aroa plauted. Prices in tho
north western distriots, removed from wa-