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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
FOR SALE.


X LOTS in the city of Moline, near Ke,,o.,
~ Steam Saw Mill.
In the City Of Rock Island.
lot, 20 by $50 feet on Front street, near T..
landing In the city of Rock Island.
q lots, in Bailey Davsnport's addition u -,
city of Rock Island. We
In the City of Davenport, ioara.
lots on Main street, near Cook Ur.,,,-
ONCE. !i
lots on Sd street, between MAN aud H.r,..,
streets.
lots on corner OF Ripley and 9TH street.
lot on east corner OF " arren anJ 81 ST..
Ia Lecture.
As lots in the city of LeCl4ire, Iowa.
For Lease.
Also for lease for the term of 20 wears
the city of Rock Island, fronting 400 tee, ON ~
slough, east OF the eily bridge la iron, - ' 'A7
lot 10 the best haTbor tor logs in the cav, ~. ,"'
to DANENPUKIr r.!
aug3dlm. Roc, ~,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
ST. MARY's UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO.

CTUDIES will he resumed on the first
~ Monday in September, in this institution. -
Theology, Law, Medicine, a good English and
Commercial education comprise the courses of
studies pursued in the house. A German High
School is also established in connection with the
University. ]. MeMuLLEN, d. D.,
President.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
sugl9d -tE
UNITED STATES Internal REVENUE
N.ti..

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
IN Collection List OF Taxes. assessed under the
laws ~ the United States the Fourth Collection
District OF Illinois, on annual list Of the year
1865, has been returned to me, the collector by
the assessor OF sad district. The list includes
License Taxes, Income Taxes, and other Annual
Taxes. SAID Taxes now due, and payment is
hereby demanded.
All persons assessed in said list, and residing in
Rock Island county are notified TO make payment
TO the undersigned, deputy collector o. said dis
trct, at my office Rock Island county, Illinois
ON or before the NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1865.
All taxes will be subject to n penalty OF ten per
cent. ten days after demand.
JACKSON GRIISAAW, Collector.
BY ELIJAH CARTER, Deputy Collector.
aug2SdwI0c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31

In the course of the trial of Psymaster
Webb at Washington. system of the most
outrageous frauds upon soldiers has been
brought to light. Unscrupulous sharpers
were in league with paymasters, and some Of
them realized immense sums by purchasing
valuable papers from soldiers.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31

The president has issued a proclamation
removing all restrictions on trade with south
ern states, By striking out the exceptions
which were made in his previous proclama-
tion on the subject, issued in June last.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
CIGAR AND TOBACCO STORE.

NHE SUBSCRIBER has purchased the
4 Tobacco Store on illinois street, in Johnson's
American Block, where he will continue the bus
mess of TobaccOnist, and the manufacture of
cigars. He will keep always on hand a good
stock OF all AInds of Cigars, Tobacco. Snuffs.
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Pipes, Cigar
Holders, Tobacco Bags, Cigar Cases, &c, sc,
where he hopes to see all ms friends and the pub
lie generally and merit share of public patron
age MATHEW SCHLEGRL
Rock Island. June % dit
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
FARM WAGONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING / am building a
~ large number of Pixies Peak Wagons, I still
continue the business of making
THE VERY BEST FARM WAGONS,
and woulds,y to the farmers of this and adjoin
ing counties that can supply them with any
thing they want in my line, of the best quality
and al reasonable rates. B. H. KIMBALL.
Rock Island, Jan. 90 dwtf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
TAX NOTICE.

TN accordance with an ordinance Of the city
i of Rock Island hereby give notice that the
tar warrant for the year 1865 has been placed in
my hands. All persons are hereby requested to
call at my office and pay their taxes, within thirty
days from this date.
GEO. w. cOPP, Collector.
Office in Charles Buford's Block
Rock Island, Aug. Is, 1856, dI0t.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31
A NEW FIRM In THE OLD STAND.

FARM WAGONS FOR SOLDIERS.
4 GOOD MANY FARMERS. who have
a served their country faithfully and received
honorable discharges, are now returning 10 their
farms, and they want new wagons. To all such,
who purchase of me, / will make deduction Of
Five Dollars from the regular price,
b. II, KIMBALL
Rock Island, Aug. %, dwtf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-31

They have also leased the Rock Island bakery an
will supply all who favor them with their patron
age, with the best Bread, Crackers, Cakes, sc
&c, at
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
FOrefather's Dav.

Tomorrow is the anniversary Of the
Mex f Ib6, two hmndres1 AID Hn dPidlFFfHe
five years ago. This event is Justly re-
carried as one of the most interesting and
important in American History. The Pill
grims were no ordinary men; the motives
which brought them here were not the
mercenary motives which has usually in
fuenced such adventures; their VOYAGE
was in the winter and dangerous; thew
landed on bleak and inhospitable shore,
exposed for months to cold, restitution
and Savage Indians; but they parsevered
and became the germ of IA great nation.
They inaugurated II civil polity so Excel
lent that many OF the best features of our
National System were derived from il; they
laid broad and deep the foundations ofed-
'ationii and religious institutions, which
have so blessed the country and the world;
in short, though not the only colony that
settled on these shores at that early period.
Eiey yet exert more p owerful and be-
n'hcent influence upon the genius of our
Institutions and the character and destiny
OF the American people than any other col.
"hy. They had their fanlts it is true, as
who has no? But their virtues 80 far out
shone their imperiections, AS to Justify and
require their descendants to forget The lat :
ter ana remember only the former. To-
morrow the millions OF their descendants,
scattered over this broad land from the
shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific, will
remember with gratitude the Pilgrim Fs-
theirs Of New England. .
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
Chicago Markets
NAH!

Chicago, Dec. ~.
The leading markets to-day We're dali
and weaker. The demand for grain was
purely speculative. Provisions Were al
most entirely nominal.
Dry Goods tirmar, but not active.
Groceries were shaved a little on vester-
DAVIS figures.
Flcur-M ,rllnt less active AMI tho tan
dency was togroater ease and prices almost
nominal.
lWhcat-Du'l with decline OF hale n No
and DAB on Noe Spring, with sales OF
the former at from 2S to ! 30, and OF the
latter at &h,ofc.
At the clos, No ] spring ruled quiet at
2slal 23f.
The market for Corn is easier and m,re
active; No. sold ut As; No. 2 Mt 4Oa42 !;
rejected at Rs.
Oats 257a2b for No. |, and D. for'No. 9.
Rye 56;l5S for No. l, at 5Iaj2 for No. =.
Barley, Canada, y. Noinquiry for do
nestle.
Mess Pork nominal ut % 80. Sweet pick
led Hams at l5a16.
New mess ordinary pork at % 90.
Dry sailed shoulders lOlalec.
IRE hamS at id Pa dressed hogs. Prices
ranged from 10 % to 100 per 100 lbs,
Highwines ut 2 lGa2l7,
Fair demand for timothy and flax seed
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21

may be in the minority7 and our enemies
quoting these changes of ours as prece
dents to justify their political! tamperng
with the same instrument. We may be
teaching them bloody instructions that
shall return To- plague the inventors"
The wealth r is delightful, like your ear
ly Novembers. Washington is full of
birds of passage gay, and redolent of Pc
troleum, likewise birds of prey, awaiting
the carcass.
Flora McFlimscy is here, arraved in fine
linen and gold, with young McShoddy at
her side, whose gaudy apparel and bla-
zing diamonds, and magnificent turn out
renders him unmistakable, and except by
toadies, is in tinctivsly avoided as the
most disgraceful excrescence or protuber-
ance on the body bolitic, as Ghoul who
has fittened on the starved and frozen vic
Tins of his rapacity, and flaunts i'm your
faces the wages Of his iniquities, irresista-
bly, bringing to your mind tho shoddy uni
form. pine soled shoes. and rotten meat,
and wormy bread, that the poor soldier
was compelled to eat, thatthis libel upon
blood of his fellow conntrymon, i'm the
hour of his country's peril.
l.. ID. Ing.rsol Esq, more familiarity
known to newspaper readers in Iowa, as
the ever spicy, brilliant and caustic
"Linkensale'' has been engagsd in writing
a history of Iowa troops. since Iowa sol
diers first distinguished the State at Bel
mont and Donelson. and the work is now
quite ready for the printer. and will soon
ba issued by Lippen:ott e Co., Philadel-
phia, i'm the best style Of that we'll known
publishing house. / have been kindly
permitted to see great portion ot.the man.
uscript, and have no hesitancv in saying
| that i; is to b. the book on this subject
from Iowa. Ingersoll is Librarian to the
Interior Department, and has unusual IA
cilties i'm having access to all rnpors field
maps, State reports g.. and the material
has been used with extraordinary ability,
and patient research and fidelity and
| truth, and predict great sale for it in
| Iowa and elsewhere. 1t is history of
| marches, affairs. skirmishes. battles, cas-
sufficient prominence. consonant with
| their merit and this idea. Capt. Stuart's
book has not appeared here yet.
had some personal sketches of distin-
guished characters here &c, in my mind S
eve, but must defer them to more con-
venient season, anil on account Of the inor-
dinate length of this letter.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
New York Market.

New York, ID e. ID.
Cotton-Firnor and better rle,nand at
4oa5O for mddling. chiefly mt latter price,
closing very firm ut -.
Flour-Dull AMI common grades Sc low
er, at 00tS Is for ex, RI State, 8 50iS 80 for
common to cool Shipp'n brands extra r.
market heavy.
Whisky-Market favors buyers, at 2 3la
2s2.
Grain-Whnat dull and prices Of COM
mon grades have declining tendency !;
fiSaI 81 for Chicago Spring.
Rye quiet.
Barley-B ,rley aui Barley Malt dull
AMI nominal. .
Corn-Heavv and 4 sha1e lower: mt GA
~ for unsound, anI 95l97 for sound mixed
Western. .'f
Oats-Dull at 4sa5O for unsoand, and 60
to Sc f,r sound. 't'
Gro"eries-M >laSsns lull. Naw Orleans
l lOal 25; Porto Rir,45
Petroleum-Quiet. Crude ;lailI retin-
ed in bond ate
WOOl-Quiet.
Provisions-Pork heavy AMI declining,
sales at u 50 to % % for IN ,ss. - O1a3o 80
for new mess; p 0)a?2 - for nav prime,
and % ODt23 25fpr prm .mess. ca meats
quiet at llal3 for shoulders, AMI I31Ii for
hams. Dressed hogs frmAr at l3al39.
Lard heavy at l5tl9}. y liter dull ut 25a-
81. Chaas" quiet mt Ial9.
Gold-With,ut decided change. onenin-
mt l4sl; declining to 1871. and closing mt
I45E.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21

DlED.-In tho city Of Burlington, Iowa,
Dec. 18th. 1885. Mrs. Mary Gillespie, for
nerly OF Butler Co., Ohio; agei - years.
Mrs. Gillespie was IN ,ther of John f.
Gillespie, Esq, of this city, and leaves IA
large circle Of other relatives AMI friends
here to mourn her loss.--E l. Courier.
On the 3)th Nov. So ut his residence,
two and half miles n2rth Of Ottumwa,
John Myers, Son, aged % years AMI 2
months.
Mr.. Myers was one Of tho first settlers of
Ottumwa, and has ha1 mach to do with
the progress Of the place. IL leaves
large circle of relatives AMI friends to
mourn his loss.-..E |. Courier.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
The News.

In New York, on Sunday, u difficulty
occurred i'm a saloon, during which II man
ma n Il alexander Cunningham was kill
e by havinyan umbrella thrust into his
eve, the frrule entering the brain. The
murJercr escaped.
The Senate Committee on the District of
Columbia will report 81 bill establishing
negro suffrage i'm that district.
The Saturday Evening Post says the
Fcnian Senate has not adjourned as has
bren enormously stated. No decisive ac-
tion will he taken until the arrival Of Mr..
stephens, head of the Brotherhood from
Ireland.
The order recently issued by Col. O'Ma-
honey. calling the delegates of the Fenians
to assemble in Congress on the End Of jan
nary, will be countermanded by Mr..
Roberts, the new President of the organi-
zaion.
After printing and issuing from the
Treasury department at Washington
many thousands of dollars Of the ten cent
fractional currency. it was discovered that
the word cents had been omitted. Anef-
fort is now making to recall the notes 80 is
sued.
The cholera is apparently making Il
port from Vera Cruz, Mexico, states that
it hal arrived at that place.
A fire at Madison, Wis, orthe 18th DIES.
troved the City Hotel and adjacent proper.
erty; loss $4,000, one hafinsured.
The Woodstock Sentinel says considera.
bic excitement exists i'm Nunda, relative to
u cattle disease that has broken out among
the stock owned by Mr.. John p. Boards.
ley. Two yearling calves OF his, at differ
ent times within the past week, have beer
seized with spasms and fits, and died with
in twenty-fo lr hours. The disease ap
pears infectious.
The Iowa Legislature meets on the Emo
Monday in January. The Senate stands
Republicans IS, Democrats 5. The House
Repu blcans 80, dependent Republicans
Democrats ii,
The Cincinnati Commercial names Gen
Thomas l.. Crittenden for the Kentucky U
;. Senaturship.
Hon. Thomas COrwin was struck with
paralysis at a dinner party in Washington
and now lies in a critical situation.
The firm of Grant Il Perkins, at Galena
ILL.,, in the hide and leather business, wa,
dissolved on the LIST Of December by the
withdrawal of the senior partner-Mr. J.
X. Grant, father of Ulysses. Mr.. o. L.
Grant, brother of the General, also leave.
the firm and will establish himself at Chi
caro-.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
Semi Occasional CORES pond .nce.

Washington, ID. G. Dec. 8. 1865.
DEAR CoURIEH:-According to promises
repeatedly made, and I might add, almos,
as repeatedly broken, propose to redeem
my reputation for truth and veracity, Ia
some extent by Jerking" you short let
t'r from the metropolis Of magnificent
distances.
CnnyreSS-the aggregate profundity of
National Wisdom-has met and organ
iZeI. The Message has been safely deliv-
$red. ami is now four hours old, the inter-
cstpg patient doing as well as could be
eSplcteJ. 1t has been carefully and eager
lyEsad by the loyal and disioyai alike, of
this peculiarly favored, or unfavored Cap
this morpegt til disk ofthose messengers
with galvanit lips al. simultaneously an
n'uncinsits delivery in San Fra ncisco
and New Orleans, to those nocturnal bene
factors ofthe human northumberland
at the breakfast table Tomorrow morniag
the dwelIer on the Pacific Slope OF the
Rocky Mountains will be wondering at
Andys total failure to recognize by ono
word OF allusion their darling pet Pacific
4SiiIIodu,
The half way Reconstructed rebels,
down at the heels and sadly requiring re-
pairs. OH the Rio Grande, puzzliny his
head over the ambiguous reference to the
stat ~. politically. present, and prospect
i've, oftheir late imam servants, maid SER
wants and home made servants" only GER
taia Of one thing left them out of the
)ate general SIN ,sh up and .'wreck OF mat
ter and crush Of WORLDS" to-wit: that
6r0wa d0mcstics bieached dO8,estics and
.c2i0red d0n,estics have ceased to he valua.
BILE equivalents ito any alarming extent
The "John Bulls at Quebec and Mon
treal frowning beligerent and blood-thirsty
over their traditional beefsteak rare, at its
vigorous and pungent array of British
and violation of the Comfy
and lazy pf nations, in our hour of sore ex-
1remitS~-by cspcsdng the rebels beliger-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
= HEEP AND YOUNG HORSES

The subssriber living two miles n. r,h Of ettumv>
on me road leading to Kirkvie sxpec ting 10 be sb
seut from home this WINTER offers for sale In lots 10
sheep, $50 head credit Of twelve months or more
VIII be gwen also i've head of young colts win sell
desirtd 70 the purchasers Of the sheep and colts
~ acres OF corn In the shock and about Is ton Of
hay. " 8 cARr.T
S4-i7-5w-y
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
r IST OF LETTERS Rema;n;,o

-Iuncamea n the Post Office Ottumwa, Iowa
on the 2oih lay OF d ece EN- ,er. 1855
10 obtain any OF these letters. the applicant
, must can AnvskrsEn LETTERS give the date Of
This list, and pay one cent for .Iv .rtisiny
'If not ca led for within one month thew wit, no
sent to the Dead Letter Office
Letters are not advertised until they have re-
NAMED In the Office one week
'Place the postage stamp on the upper Ri GIT hs nd
corner and leave space between the sta mn and d.
rection Tor post-marking without interfering with
tla writing.
IN. IA REQUEST forthe RETURN Of a letter to
the writer, if unclaimed within 3n days or less writ
ten or printed With the writer's name Post Office
Ak State, the left hand end af the enyelope
on the face side, WILDE complied with at the usna
prepaid rate of postage payable when the letter IL
delivered to the writer n-Ser Law nF ISno
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
TOTICE TO TAX YERS.

The tax payers Of the city Of Ottum wa
will please take notice that now have the
tax list and book for the Road. CITY and
Poll tax. with the city of Ottumwa. and
that will hereafter be attendance at the
Mayors Office, over Samuel Gossays's
Store i'm Ottumwa. for the purpose of re-
neiving said tax until the Isl day of Janu.
try, 1866, after which shall proceed .
buy and collect as prescribed by law.
/. l.. MlLLIGAN,
City Marshall and Tax Collector.
3S=Iz-2x.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
Salt always on hand al who lesaie AMI retail
ut CuANEY'S
CHERIFF:S SALE.

~ BY virtue ~ a sraci-l Execution TO m p direc-
'eh, nv the Clerk Of the District Court Of Wap-n
county, state Of Iiwa, com handing me tn sell the
property hereinafter drSc-ibed. asbv decree of
SAID Court directed. viii expose to SALE at bile
auction t" the highest and best bidder for cash in
mani a: the front door of the Court House. in Wan.
clio County. Iowa Al the Goth day Of J.nuarv. 1861
htween the b hnrs Of n'rloct A. VI an I o'clock
~, commencing at 10 O'Clock. A. NJ, Of said day,
the following Real Estate wit:
Ten acres off Of the south end OF the north west
quarter OF tn" northeast actional quarter Of sec
tlon NO t4) fou township I'D seventy tw,, range
Nv west also the southwest quarter Of the north
east quarter Of section No ~ four, township (72l
sev-ntytwo. range 40 w"st ami the west half OF
lot No. H) our, s-cton O. four, township (72) sew
eny-two. range u, ourteen, west eighteen acr-sl
contsipPqSSw Ia .'"'" ." in Wansl'S
Taken as by special Execution directed as the
proufrty OF William Bckley. j. to satisfy said ex
ecm,ion In favor Of W llian Buckley Sr anil against
Wh,am b'ckley. lr for the su n Of SI0) seven hun
dred dollars and interest and costs.
G. A. DERBY, Sheriff,
ca Os Waprllo county. Iowa.
shsrids ONCE, Ottnmwa, Iowa, Dec, Goth, 1866.
35-l7-4w.
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my o'her establishment can. All he ask. a far
purchasers to examine his stock before hnvina =.
certain he can give satisfaction to all bu var.
ouumwa, Sept. l6, lS65-dtf
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
LARGE ASSORTMENT

and Plated Ware; Toys Of every d~,cription ant
Varieties;
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door, nor as deep as well, but it was
enough;" better lnck next time, and Haw-
kins TAYLOR is not tho man to ever say
die.
After the expressions have heard from
many of the leading members. am salts
fied that the chances of an earlyadmission
ofthe applicants from the late rebel States,
is about equal to the chances Of a Fiddler
turning Saint Peters flank and slipping
into Heaven; many oft them asylhat it to TX
the rebs thirty years to get out. and now
!st them "tarry in Jericho till their beard
be grown" The House, practically, are
jealous 0f their coordinate authority. and
the long haired, hungry hounds, who have
been pardoned with such facility. and put
through their training and elected to the
Congress OF the nation they were but yes
terdav 80 eager to destroy, will find that
dancing attendance upon ,4hqd. Stevens
Committee will give them abundance of
time to cool their heels, AMI doubtless
promote the development Of that careiiral
undergraduates.
There is an evidence Of a Constitutional
amendment epidemic breaking out among
ardent Young members, desiring 10 distin-
Ruish themselves, which to my mind is
dsplorable, and not to DO thought of, ex-
cept upon great and urgent necessity. 1T
is advocated in many instances for party
considerations and to render more perma-
mont the adoption Of a policy, than its pas
sage simply as an act Of Gopgress. but all
Of the magma chagta, not
necessary, lessons our respect
for it, and who knows but tomorrow we
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
ar. LincOln's Reply TO the Address
Of the Union and Emancipation
Society.

The following reply to the address from
the Union and Emancipation Society of
Manchester, congratulating Mr. LINCOLN
on his reelection, is printed in the Eng
fish papers:
DEPARTMENT OF STAFF,
Washington. December %. 1854
To tie Union end Emancipation Society, Ndn-
chester, England:
GENTLEMEN: l have received from Mr.. Ad-
ans, and have submitted to the President of
the United States. your address Of con.
graduation upon the result of Our late
national election. l am charged by him
to say that the ascertaining of the SURFACES
and the declaration Of the choice of the
electors yet remain to be performed by Con
gress. 1t would of course, be presum ptuous
on his part to anticipate that final declaration
by q reply to your Fluctuations Nevertheless
the President feels himself at liberty and un-
der many obligations, to thank you for the ia.
vorable opinions of his past administration
which you have been pleased to express. and
for your entire and hearty devotion to the best
interests of orr country and the best hopes OF
| mankind. have, &c..
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
Loss OF THE SAN JAClNTO,

New YORK, FEB. The Heralt1,s Key
west correspondent gives further particu-
lars relative to the loss of the q. S. sloop-
ot-war San Jacinto, She struck on reef
between Green Turtle Key and No-name
hey early on the morning of the LIST ult.,
and blged 81,
The officer, and crew, including forty
sick, were all saved, and landed on No
name Key. Fifty-one of the crew, how
ever, had deserted The entire battery of
the vessel, together with stores, sails and
other property, was also saved. At last
advices the wreckers were dismantling the
San Jacinto, but not allowed to touch her
machinery.
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BLOWING UPOF PORT CAsvELL,

New YORK, Feb. 2.-The Herald,s
Smithville, N O., correspondent says by
the blowing up of Fort Caswell the rebels
completely destroyed the river face of that
strong work. Ill the guns in it were
spiked and the carriages destroyed
At Smithville, small place on the west
side of Cape Fear River, and ten miles
below Fort Fisher, the Union forces on oc-
cupying it secured large supplies of COM
missary stores, tobacco and other valuable
property. The rebels had planted torpe-
does in and around all the forts.