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In Probate.

State Of Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, So.
In The matter Of the Estate of Valentine
Kaufman, deceased.
On reading and fiiingt petition Of Caroline
Kaufman of the town Of ivers. in the coun-
ty Of Maritowoc, and Star isconsn, repre-
kaufman. late Of ~:s,lAs. wilcessed, on the
9Th day otaturday af'ernoon.h's residence in
saip towr goods, chattela
and estaa'%it.e les;G rJ:6unty; ana that she, the
said petitioner, is the widow Of said deceased :;
and praying that administration o. said estate
be granted unto G. DAIMLER and Bernard Wilkeirs
of the village and town of Two Rivers, 1t is Or
dered, That said application be heard before
me, at nv office, in the village Of Mantle voc,
the 81 III day of July A. d. 1868 a, 10 o'clock
A. NJ. And it is Further Ordered That notice
of said application and hearing be given by
publishing copy of this order for three success
sive weeks. once in each week, in the Manitowoc
Pilot newspaper printed in said County prior
t. said hearing.
HENRY S. PIERPoNT, County Judge.
Dated June IS, 1863.
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Cavalry Enga genent.
New York. Any 8

New York. Aug 8
The UeraTs " Washington dispatch gives
the following details OF the fight On Sat
urJay: Buford's Cavalry crossed Kappa
hammock ford at 0 O'Clock Yesterday morn
ing Our force was composed of the TO-
lowing cavalry regiments; 6lh y. \ 81
Va, u s.. 6.h Penn, 5th u. S, OH n.
Y, sth Ill, ard 17:h Penn
The crossing Was about half mile above
the rairoa9 station. Tie Object Of the ex-
petition was TO ascertain the exact position.
of the enemy on the railroad line toward 5
Culperper, and the amount Of the force
disposed to dispute any crossing which Nc
might attempt. Tie enemy cavalry were
stationed half mile from the ford.
1t was portion If Stuart cavalry, and
consisted ofJones' and Hampton, brigades
with the following regiments: 1st South
Carolina. 81 South Carolina, Cohb'-
Georgia legion. and efferson Davis legion
Our cavalry drove the ensng gradually
w;;hod. any severe fighting, until point
was reached about one mile and halt
this side Of CuIp"ppar. where tie enemy ;
cavalry fell back on the infantry sup
ports.
We were then obliged to retire after a
brisk fight with boil their infantry and
cavalry The r"lel~ outnurnhered Us two
to ore After they had fallen back to a
point where their infantry was support
came to their assistance.
Our loss in the fight near Culpepper
which was the most important, was 4 few
killed ami sixty six wounded
The latter have arrived here AID ale in
Douglas Hospital.
Our cavalry forces Only retired mile
and Half after they wore attacked by the
combined forces OF tie ereu}'> infantry
AMI cavalry, end held lie ereuv al bay
there.
We took about 100 prisoners Some OF
the enemv's wounded are in our hands and
have arrived here.
Rebel prisoners in our hands say mary
of their dead lay upon the field near Cul
pepper and their loss is equal to ours
Oar cavalry under Butold made three
successive charges Oh the enemy. \
corps of infantry crossed the Rs9rahan-
mock. and Was in position 10 render Blu
ford's cavalry sufficient support.
According to the statement Of the most
intelligent prisoners here, the rehe! force
wa. so much scattered vat,h'rg onr
movements, that no general engagement.
j. imminent at present. Per con!ra oar
Union wounded in ye-tarday', fight think
quite the contrary, though in everything
else the wounded Of both sides agree per
fectlv.
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Circuit CGart-,ianit0Wec County.

Jacob IIalverson, Plaintiff, against .,o.. 4.
Collins, Benz min Wellington ard HrrI, ".
Wellington, Defendants. The Stat. of WI
sin TO the defendant Henry w. Welllng''l..
VOU hereby summoned and reIn..d
l. answer the complaint in this action
is fled in tie Office of the Clerk of sad G
at Manito"oc, a copy of which is horc,in
we'd upon You by mail, and to serve cct {
Your answer to said complaint on the suO-rr'
at his Office in his dwelling house. in the vi
OF ManitowCc in said county, within invent, =! =
after the service OF this summons on Won * IL
sive of the day of such service; a. j ,on t,t
to answer the said complaint within tn III ;.
aforesaid the plaintiff in this acton 49,, =. '
10 the Courl for the re'ie demanded . q --''.-
plant. Dated January &c, 1863.
GEO. REED. ATTY E.r P.n
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WoMEN MUST DO ME>'s WOEE --ihe
enormous draft winch war i making upon
man-life, and the wide spread conscription
which me must now undergo. three or four
hundred thousand, now, on the first call,
chow to Us all, in America, that there, as
in Europe on the Continent, where con
scriptions exist-woMEN MUST c 0 INTO TIE
FIELD aud DO MEMS woRn-must plough,
must hoe must reap, must cut. must dig.
must spade, must shovel, &c. All Europe,
save England, where no conscript!ons rAist,
is full Of these sorts Of spec'acics AMI the
United States now must DO as EugIa
does. work women as men or slaves.
We mus. also make mp our minds for a
great revolution in the emp'oyments OF
society, these conscrip'ioHs are to 90 on.
Whatever man does il doors, that women
can DO women must do. Men must 90 u
TO the field, women nut be clerks, book
keepers, shopleorers, e., as in T'aDc',
and women must De printers, t1Pematers,
hookhinders, parormakers, light machin.
lists, DC. 4 million of women are now
wan ted to do the VOL, mi.,i"n Of men
have been doing, lost now, CT 20 lie lost in
the war-N \. E.r.
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In Probate.

State of Wisconsin, Manitowoc county, ss. In
the matter Of the List Will aud Testament Of
Frederick Marx. deceased.
On reading ard Filing the petition OF Henry
Nachtwav. executor of the last will and tesla
mert of Frederick Marx deco ased of the town
of Gibson in the county of Nani.owoc and State
of Wisconsin, representing, among other things
that there is no personal estate belonging to said
deceased that the Indebtedness of said deoeas
ed amounts TO abou. Six Hundred dollars: that
it is Necessary 20 sell real estate TO pay said in
Gebtedness: and praying that license be to
him granted to sell all Of said real estate to pay
said indebtedness,
It is Ordered that said application be heard
before me at nv Office in the village of Manlto-
voc, on the l4h iav Of Sept. A d. 1858, at 10
o'clock A. N. And it ia further Ordered that
rotice of said application and hearing be given
by publishing a copy of this order for four sue
cessive weeks, once In each week,in the Mani
towoc Pilot, a newspaper printed in said county,
prior to said hearing.
HENRY s. PIERPONT, County Judge.
Dited Manitowoc. July 81, 1868.
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In Probate.

State Of Observation-Disclosures County, S.
In the matter of the application Of Charles
NcCarty for Letters Of Administration on the
Estate of Bartholomew Hays, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of Oh aries
McCarty of the town OF Meme, in the county
of Manitowoc ard State Of Wisconsin, represent
irg, among other things, that Bartholomew Nc
Carly, late of the town Of Meme and county
aforesaid, died on the Til day of April, 1862 in
said town, intestate, leaving real estate in said
county amounting i'll all to the sum of Six Hun
dred dollars, and that said deceased is also in
debted in the sum of about Three Hundred dol
lars and Sixteen cents, and praying that admins
is.ration of said estate be granted to Charles
McCartv and John Hays Of the said town and
county. therefore,
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In Probate.

In the matter of the Last Will and Testament
Of Johanas Fiack, deceased.
nv Reading and Filing al instrument in wri
" ting purporting to be the last will and tes-
lament OF Johanas Flack late of the town Of Nam
itowoc Rapids in ManitOwoc county. deceased.
and also the accompanying petition ofJane Flack
cf said town Of Rapids, in said county, rcn,c~
seniNr among otter things that tn" sd JohaH-
rs Flack lately died at MurtrcesJ in the State
of Tennessee; that said Instrument is the last
will ard testament OF said deceased; and that
she. the said petitioner, is the identical Jane
Flack named III said viii as the lerc.ce Of said
Johanas Flack; and nrar.;.ng that day be ap>
pointed for bearing the proofs of sad last will
and trstament-It is Ordered that the proofs OF
said instrument DC heard before the Judge of this
Court on the 9th day Of March, 1868, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Office of the said
Judge in the village Of Nmitowoc; And 1t is
further Ordered that public notice thereof be
given to all persons interested by publishing a
copy of this order for three successive weeks
prior to said day Of hearing in the Man'to~oc
Pilot, a weekly newspaper printed at Manito-
voc, in said county. Dated Feb. 5, 1868.
II. S. PiERPONT, County Judge.
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TN the matter of the Estate of Bartholomew
L Hays, deceased.
To all whom it may concern:
Letters of administration on said estate hav>
ing been issued to Charles Mccarthy or the 81 h
day of July, 1853, and six months from and after
said day being allowed and limited for creditoas
to present their claims for examination and al
lowance Noti.e is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned will, on Monday the third dav Of Aug
ust, 1868, and the first Monday of each mouth
thereafter for the said term of six months, at
his Office in said town of Manitowoc and county
of Manitowoc, receive examine, and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against said
deceased
HENRY S. PIERPONT, County Judge.
Dated July 81, 1868.
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->1tce to Creditors.

In Probata-Man;,,- voc County Court. In the
matter of the Estate ~ Valentine Kaufman,
deceased.
To all whom it may concern:
Letters of administration on said estate having
been issued to Caroline Kaufman, of Two Riv-
ers, Wis, on the 9th dey of July, 1863, and
six months from and after said day being allow
ed and limited for creditors to preeent their
claims for examination and allowance, Notice
is hereby given that the undersigned will, on
the first Monday of each month, during said
term, at his office in the village and county of
Mantowoc, receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against said
deceased
HENRY S. PIERPONT. County Judge.
Dated Nantowoc, July 81. 1863,
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In Probate.

har,itowoc County Court. In the matter of
the last VIII and Testament Of Frederick Marx,
deceased
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue and
~ in pursuance of an Order cf License made
in said matter on the 25th day OF May, 1868, by
the County Court of said county, the IN dersgn.
cd executor Of the last will and testament of
said deceased, viii on the 25h day of July,
1868, at l O'Clock in the afternoon. at the Court
House in the village OF Manitowoc, in said coun~
ty, offer for sale at public vendue, the following
described lands, to-wit: The north east quar-
ter Of Section 7, Town Fl. Range %, the west
haff Of south west quarter Section 0, Town a.
Range %, the south east quarter south west
quarter Section 9, Town "a, Range %, and the
east halt Of the north west quarter of Section
"a Town -, Range 81. The terms of sale will
be made known at the time and place of eale.
HENRY NACTHWAY, Executor.
Dated July 2, 1863.
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Sherf0'S Sale.
Circuit COur.-Manit0W0c County

SUfuIC CUurs-Mahit0WOc county.
William H. Glover,
Thomas Kennedy.
DY virtue of an execution issued from said
- Court, to me directed and delivered, against
the personal and real property of the above
named defendant, Thomas Kennedy, l nays
this day seized and levied upon all the right.
title and interest which the said defendant had
in and to Lots twelve II, and Eve 5. in the
town plot of Lenaville, in -. town of Mapito-
voc Rapids, county of nantowoc, state of Wis
consin, with the apr,.rtenances thereto belong
ing, on the On day of May, A. D. 1862, or he
may hove since acquir ed thereto, which said
rIGht v,tle and interest of said defendant, shall
expose for sale and sell at the Court House, in
the village Of Manitowoc, on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1862, at the hour Of ten o'clock in
the forenoon of that day, to satisfy said execu-
ton together with the expenses of sale. Dated
Sherif's Office, Manitowoc, July l6 1862.
WYMAN MURPHY,
Sheriff Of Mantowoc County, Wis.
GKo n. WooDlN, Pitts Atty.
The above sale IS adjourned to the goth day
of September, 1862. at the same hour and place.
Dated Sept. 6, S62
WYuAN MURPHY Sheriff:
by r. T. BLAKE, Under sheliff
GEO. n. WooDIS, PITTS Atty.
The above sale is further adjourned until Oc~
tober 4th, 1862, AT the same hour and place.
WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff
By R. T. BLAKE Under Sheriff
Dated September nth, 1862.
The above sale is further adjourned until Oc-
rober 18Th, 1862, at the same hour and place
WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff
By r. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff.
The above sale is further adjourned until No.
vember 18th, 1862. at the same hour and place
WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff.
By r. T. BLAKE Under Sheriff
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat
| urday. December 20th 1862, at the same hour
and place, WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff
BY r T. BLAKE, Under ST eriff
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat-
urday, January II, 1863 at the same hour and
place. WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff
by X. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff.
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat-
urday. January 31st 1868. at the same hour
and place. W4MAN MURFHI, Sheriff.
by r. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff:
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat
urday, March 7.h, 1868. at the came hour aid
place. WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff.
by R. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat
rrday March 2s. 1853 the same hour and
place. WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff.
by X. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff
The above sale is further adjourned until Sat
urdav, June Goth, 1868, at the same hour and
place. WYMAN MURPHY, Sheriff.
BY r. T. BLAKE, Under Sheriff
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Circuit COurt-Speciai Tc::'

SHEBoYGAN CT ~. !
BY virtue Of the authority in M ~s7trd nv
the laws of this State I do hereby f. the Il ,
for holding the Social Terms OF u, 4
Court for the 4th Judicial Circuit "a 'cl'r"-
On the second Tuesday OF July, of .r"'i v"-r
at the Court House. in the city OF Foa IA !.
in the County of Fond du Lac, at oac o'cio
P. NJ. OF said day,
On the second Tuesday of Janu9'y "f !!
year at the Court House, in the city e : No.
gan, in the County Of Sheboygan, at c:.c sc! X
r. NJ. Of said day,
In witness whereof have hereu I &c my
hand this 10Th day of Juae /. ).
DAVID TAYI0
Circuit Jn~
4th Judicial GIG
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NJ a nitOyvOC Co. CIrcu;s
,uis r.,{:
Circuit Ju-
3tl, Judicial ii:

OFFICE or THE CLERK OF CTRcUIr C.rsT
Manitowoc County. May 7, 1863
NOTICE is hereby given that | will o NJ
day, the first day Of June, 1868, at ter n',!"cle
in the forenoon, proceed to draw the n'ns7 2
seventeen persons to serve as Grand J - e..
the June Term Of said Count, and the rams e
twenty >four persons to eerve az Petit } rors at
said Term, in accordance with the pro, lions Of
law. IFRE CROWLEY Cork
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Stray GyPEl.

Strayed, about four weeks ago, from the ms
dersigned, living in Schleswig, Yoke Of OXEN
FIVE years old. One OF them is white with light
red spots, and had on a medium sized bell the
other one is red, with white star in the fore>
head Any information concerning them will be
thank fully received and literally rewarded by
notifying JERE CROWLEY, Manitowoc, Capt.
e. \. BELITZ, kiel P. o.. or the owner,
PHILIP SCHILLING.
Schlesvn July % 1853
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Notice.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Manifowoc, Two Rivers, and Mishicott Plank
Road Company viii be held on Monday. the ED
day OF June, A. D, 1863, at O'Clock p. n at
the Office Of Charles Kuehn 4 Co., at Manitowoc
for the purpose OF eecting officers Of the Com-
pany for the ensuing wear. .fr
CHARLES KUEHN, President
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Taken I'm.

By the subscriber. about three weeks ago, a
white and black SOW, with litter of seven
pigs about three weeks old. The owner is re-
quested to prove property, pay charges, and take
her away. MILES MCMAHON.
Manitowoc, June II, 1868,
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l He COPAKlNERSIlP heretofore existing
! between Alfred Smith aud II. W Chamber.
| air. in the name Of ALFRED SMITH & CO.. il
this day dissolved by mutual consent
ALFRED SMITH,
H. ". HANBERLAIT.
Hishicot:, april ., 1863.
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Dissolution Of Partnership.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the partner
l Y ship heretofore existing unde. the namo
and style of WINDIATE & JONES, is this d.v
dissolved by mutual consent. The Livery i'n.-
mess will he conducted as heretofore by TIIDS.
WINDlATE, aud all persons owing the late fra
are requested to make immediate pavmen, to
him. THOMAS WINDIATE
JOHN JONES.
Murtforo,
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SINGER & cos
LETTER "A" FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
WIZ all tie Recent Improvements,

LETTER "A" FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
WIZ all tie Recent Improvements,
Is the BFsr and CHEAPEST and MOST HF w.
rIFUL Of all Sewing Machines. This Ma
chine will sew anything. from the running
OF tuck 10 1arletan 10 the making OF an
Overcoat-anytling from Pilot or Beaver
Cloth down TO the softest Gauze or Gossa
ner Tissue, aud Is ever ready to do its
work to perfection. 1t can feli, hem, bind,
gather, tuck, quilt and has capacity for a
great variety Of ornamental work. This
is not the only Machine that can fell, hem,
biEl and so forth, but it will do SO better
than any other Machine. The Letter a"
Family Sewing Machine may be had in a
great variety Of cabiue: cases. The Fcld>
ing Case, which is now becoming SO pop
uar, is. as its name implies, one that can
be folded into a box or case, which, when
opened. makes beautiful. substantial and
spacious table for the work 10 rest upon.
The cases are Of every imaginable design
plain as the wood grew in its native
forest, or as elaborated y finished as art can
make them.
Send for a copy OF "SINGED l. Co.'S GA
zrrTE."
/ NJ. SINGER & Co..
45s Broadway, y. \.
Milwaukee Ofice-l7 Newhall House.
s. w. Smith, Agent in Mantowoc.
e. TIE Fifth Wisconsin Regimen. is
now in New York city, having been order
"a ,here to a.sis. in enforcing the draft
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Recommends 70 his friends and customers
w., new stock of Bourbon, ".onongahela, Rye
ua Rye two years, and Rcctifed Whiskey ;
Brandies; Rum; Gin; Araca: Cherry Vine
and Brandy; German, Spanish and italian Bit
tiers: Rum and Arack Punch ali kinds OF sweet
Liquors. Rhein, French, Madeira and Port
Wines: Cider and Vinegar.
l will wait upon my customers promptly and
sell cheaper than any one else in this town.
Corner Eighth and Quay streets, south
side, Manitowoc
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Office

Is hereby given that my wife Maria has
left my bed and board without just
provo1 alton. Therefore forbid all persons
harboring or trusting her on my account, as l
shall not pay any debts contracted by her
JOHAN ROEHL.
Liberty, June "a. 1868.
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IN CORDS Of WOOD wanted at the
~ Ma itowo" Pilot Office, for which the
highest price will be paid in subscriptions to the
p2pc., advertising, &c.
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Franklin Street, betueen ST. and 9h Sta
MANITOWOC, = WIS.
TN11S establishment will always contain - -
l. varieties of Medicine usually kept in u -,
Store, together with Paints, Oils, Warm l.
cohol, Spirits Of Turpentine, Wines AMI !. g. =
tor Medicinal purposes Also Fancy A {,
Soap aud Perfumery, Blank Books and ~
erv, Camphene, Fluid and Kerosine, and IL H.,
other articles belonging to this line.
rs" PRESCRIPTIONS carefully put up be-:
and light time.
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EAGLE
STORE
South side Of the Rioer, Nan;to,ooc, Wis.
HENRY BE.SNER

respectfully informs the public of Manlto-
voc town and county, and surrounding
country, tia: he has recently purchased
the Drug and Medicine store formerly kept
by LFuDxER & RuDIGFR on the corner of
franklin and Eighth streets, south side OF
the river, and that in addition to their
large stock, lie is constantly adding to and
the same. lie has large
and extensive assortment Of PURE
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NDTECE.

NnTECE.
WE arc now prepared to issue Passage Tick
w cts fr I'm European Ports named below to
Manitowoc. Wisconsin, by the old Black Star
Line, At tollowng-named rates-payable in Pa
per money:
London to New York c;ty-Adnlts, s25
Children under IL years of age, l3
Liverpool to New York city-Aduts. 90
Children under II, l6
New York to Manitowoc by Railroads.&c.,
ond class, Is
Children, half price.
T. C. SHOVE l. BIO.
Manitowoc, Wis, Feb. 10, 1868.
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Notice.

The Directors of the Manitowoc Two Rivers.
and Mishcott Plank Road Company are hereby
requested TO meet at the office Of Chas Kuehn,
at Manitowoc, on Monday, the g2d day OF June,
A. D. 1853. at o'clock A. NJ for the TRANSACT
ton Of BUSINESS connected nth the COMPANY.
CHARLES KUEHN, President,
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ID R u G. - TOR "
PATENT MEDICINE DEPC.
ADOEPaI WHITMAN,

franklin Street,, betueen SM and On Str
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THE OCKADE.
FLAGSHIP MINNESOTA,
Newport Nens, Ya.l December 81, 1865

Newport Ne,cs, va ] December 81, 1863
Hon. GIDEON WELLEs, Secretary Of the Navy.
SIR In reference to The excessive running Of the block
ade of Wilmington, reported in the re bel journals and
copied in own, beg leave TO call attention to
the following extracts from private letters recently found
on the prize steamer Ceres, which plainly show that
all such statements fctions
Capt. Mafftt in letter TO Mr. Lamar, dated Liver.
poo', October, says The news from blockade runners
is decidedly bad-sx of the last boats have recently been
caught, among them the Advance and Eugene :
nothing has entered Wilmington for the lsst month"
The firm Of William P. Campbell Of Bermuda, says, in
letter to ther correspondents in Charleston dated De-
oember Q 1862 1t is very dull here the only boats tina,
came in from Wilmington this were the Flora and
Gibraltar"
Capt Rdgely senior naval officer off Wilmington,
ports under date of the 10th instant that but vessel
has succeeded in getting in to the knowledge OF any of the
bockadiug vessels and that the night Of the 10th instant
She was fired atand htseveral times by the Howqua and
Britannia. Also uoder date OF the 18th, Capt Ridgely
avs that the newspaper paragraph stating that seven
teen vessels arrive 10 Wilmington ia night is entirely
destitute OF Truth such reports are doubtless published
to encourage the shipment Of for the large numbers
of vessels Gently purchased for bockadsrunDing,
they been very roughly handled Of late The block
ade runners change their very often for the
purpcse"
Each vessel on the blockade eff Wilmington sends to
ms here careullyprepared abstract irom the log for
the month 10 which every movement s actually recorded,
and it evident from comparison Of such abstracts that
the reports are entirely uufounded
have the honor TO be- air, very respectfully you're,
s. p. LEE,
A. r. Admiral Com N. A. b Squadron