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POETRY.
No Sect in Heaven.
FROM Az EsoLIsH POM.


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FOR SALE.

TUE Estate on the corner OF High and Sprir q
y streets. for many years owned and occupied Y
6aorge Bartol, Esq. Apply TO
maylsd6~ RIM. RAND
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V ACHT NETTLE, 20 tons, built of white oak, cop
4 A. per fastened, and coppefed one year ago; new
calls and rigging. Ballasted with to tons iron.
For further particulars inquire Of
j. WILLARD, st Lawrence House,
ap20dtf t4l India at
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FOR SALE & TO LET.
FOR SALE.

ANE two story, and ONE one story anu NTH goaa
water privileges, situated on Lsiaye''s S'' NO ~
inquire on the premies' - PETER WILLIAMS.
Nay %, lsS6-d9w'
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The Company nas assets, over Eleven Mullen
Gottars, viz :--a3i.ai Ysail1 fe
United States and state of New-York h3l-
Stock, City, Bank and other stocks, s4s74,7Oo
Loans secured by Stocks and otherwise, 2,1s7,95o
Premium Notes and Bids Receivable.
Real Estate, Bond and Mortgages. and
other securities, ss,14O, $50
United States Gold Coin, WIS0O
Cash In Bank, "a -L4---ia' n0ll9NG 4l4 ih zes 49O
if slI,Isa 60o
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-02-02
THE ND-REALIZING TIE
sssr5 SITUAIION.s EasssE&E s@ 3

Few people are without some elasticity
still fewer possess the elasticity of the
people of the Confederate. States. They
hardly realize great misfortune before
their spirits begin to react from the de-
preston occasioned by il. This reaction
is already beginning to show itself here
among our people. They take in the
length and breath ! Of the catastrophe
which has given the mouth of the Cape
Fear River into the hands sof the enemy.
They begin to think whether, after %all,
the stoppage of the blockade,running may
notxs operate for our ultimate advantages
rather than for our. loss Certainly We,
think the development OF our own miner
al resources In this State would have
greatly advantaged us, and this was not
likely TO have Sbcena aacconpIish while
80 much attentionwas devoted to block
ade- running, and so much dependence
placed upon lt-ass Sass asssa easf 'sses aasssal
At any rate that business issoYer So fan
as this port is. concerned, and where. else
it can be carried on is more than we aare
pfepared to say. We have heard Appa-
lachicola, Fla, and Galveston, Texas,
suggested, bat without knowing whether
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From the North.

From the North.
We have Northern papers of the 18th
inst, from which we get the following
summary of news.
THE FALL OF FORT FISHER.
The Northern papers have full accou nts
of the fall OF Fort Fisher The following
is Admiral Porter's official account Of
the affair !:
us. FLAasAIP MALVERN,
Off Fort Fisher, January Is, 1865.
S1R-I have the honor to inform you
that we have possession of Fort Fisher,
and the fall Of the surrounding works will
Isoon follow. -, @....,.s e.e5f
AS Uniformed yon in my last, we had
commenced operations with the iron yes
sells, which bornbarded while we landed
the troops. On the 14th, | ordered all
the vessels carrying eleven inch guns to
lombard with the Ironsides, the Brooklyn
taking the lead. BY, sunset the fort as
reduced to pulp. Every gun was silenc
ed by being injured OF covered with earth
so that they would not work. #.1t.54
!. On the 18th, Gen. Terry and myself ar
ranged for the assault, and I order ed
400 sailors and marines to participate
At day light the iron vessels, the Brooklyn
and eleven inch gunboats, commenced
battering the work !; while the troops made
a Judgement within one hundred and fifty
yards Of the. fort. At 10 O'clock all the
vessels steamed IN and took their stations,
opening heavy fire, which was kept ups.
until 3, P.. M, when the signal was made
to assault, the soldiers taking the land side
and the sailors the sea face, the ships
changing but not stopping their fire to the
other orks. The rebels met us with
courage worthy, of a better cause, and
fought desperately. About thirty of the
sailors and officers succeeded in getting
to 4thestop Of the parapet zarni1st' q muir
musketry. They had planted the flag
there, but were swept away in a moment. /.
Others tried to get up the steep pan con-
parapet by Keeping up, a steady fire, but
they failed TO. do dsa so, and the. sailors were
Many agaaant fellow fell try,
ing to emulate their brothers in arms who
were fighting to obtain an. entrance on the
northeast an ngle, as It appears on our chart.
! The enemy mistoek the seamen's attack
for the main, body Of troops, and offered a.
most vigorous resistance, there, but II wit
messed it al and think he marines could
have made the assault successful. .sasl9;
In the meanfime our gallant soldiers
had gained sfootholds on the. northwest
corner Of the fort, Fl ghting Ike lions fand
.contesting, every inch OF. ground. The
Ironsiees 8 and : Monitors kept throwing
their shells into the tray verse not coupled )
BY orr men, thrlts oce npied by the rebsls,i
sIn this way opr troops afon ght from fra-a
vcrsefo Traverse, from. ,,3 % o'clock alr1 the
afternoop until 10 Qo'clack at night when
tlIe joyfuf stidings were signalled to the
fleet. We stopped onrI firing and gave
them threeof, the, heaftiest cheers 1 ever
heard. 80 sz4S.ss- x S - a. .s. .
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$1,000 PER ANNAUM

there was any probability or feasibility
in either suggestion. We take il for grant
ed that there will be a rapid hegira Of
those who have been engaged in ssimport-
ing and exporting" Of course blockade
goods will go up, but more rapidly at
trsttthan afterwards, because of the sud
den panic: They may possibly be cheap
er by the end of the week.
@'5fsl..e VIZ Journal.
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RATES OF FADVERTISING. =.
Two DoLLAR.a a square (of fourteen lines or less)
for the drst and dollar for every additional in,
sertion. Regular advertisements charged accord
ing to contract. ae= Fl *.@ er|
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A COOP ONE.-A friend of ours, says
the jackson Mississippian, who is always
on the alert for amusing Instances, as we'll
as being jolly, whole souled fellow, giveA
us the following original anecdote IN rela-
ton to an enthusiastic Baptist minister,
having since been promoted to Captain
cy n the militia, holding forth at revi-.
val, who concluded his description OF the
beauties of heaven as follows:
7" NJ dear brethren there will bs heard
no more the laundering roar of cannon,
the loud roar OF the morter. the bursting
OF the bomb in the air, nor the sharp crack
of the rifle; and what is better mr. breth-
ren, there soatt be no Yankees IN that celes-
tiak city.
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eaI5 - aPUBL1sHED WEEKLY sas Tssts
- 3 80 sz#a s&s @s@ '@ eess@
ss.-..A. sss zssse sssesssas azs-3 fsa5@ ssss
j. WA Il s p "A IT g I'll.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

SIX MONTHS. The rates for clubs are the same,
and NO dilinution fren1 these rates will bs made.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
DOMESTIC soUABLE IN NEW
YORK.

Among about hundred complaints of
abandonment Of husbands and wives. he.
fore the New York courts, is the follow.
ing singular case
lhere is now progressing an examina.
tlon for abandonment before one of our
police magistrate still more curious than
the case narrated. In this suit il is i'm.
possible to determine which is complain.
ant and which is defendant. The gentle.
man is about fifty years of age, widow.
er, very well known in uper-tendom. A
year ago bis wife died, aud while wearing
the widower's weeds, he became enam'
CURED of girl ofseyenteen. -Four months
ago the girl assented to secret marria,e
but by mutual consent they agreed not TO
cohabit until the deceased had becn
buried year. The young maid wife was
treated with the utmost liberality by her
husband He lavished upon her iewelry
and silk dresses to the full extent of his
means But during the four months pro.
baton, she INDUCED in her girlish freaks
and pranks, and went to balls and thea
tres with men of her own age.
1he widower became Jealous. and ere
the four months expired he demanded her
companionship as well as her hand. She
refused he expostulated, he threatened,
she wept he became rampant she thrust
her tiny fist in his face and in the fpce of
all those incongruities she had the widow
er arrested for abandonment. Both nd.
mltted on the examination that the mar.
riage bad never been consummo4od ond
the case was dismissed. When the wife
was defeated the widower had a summons
issued on an "octaroon complaint
something that was everything, but moth
ing definite. In one point ho wished to
be recognized as the husband, in the other
he would be satisfied if he recovered the
gewgaws he had given her. lie also
charged herewith insuking his manhood,
and from the nature Of the examination il
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
The News.

JEFF. Davis sent special message to
the rebel Congress on Monday night
The message is gloomy in the extreme,
and calls upon Congress to furnish at
once material, men and money to relieve
them from their peril. Troops must be
raised, he says, by a more vigorous con-
scription, and every means applied for in
ereasing their army. With meal OF $50
per bushel and -four at 800 per barrel,
they were flooding the country with cur
rency which they could never redeem, and
destroying the confidence Of the people,
and he insists that Congress must, with
out delay, secure two m illons of dollars
in gold. In reference to the late peace
conference at Fortress Monroe, Davis
says that after the failure Of negotiations
there conference between Generals Lee
and Grant was proposed, but in the cor
respondence General Grant stated that
he had no authority to confer with the
confederate officers on any subject except
military matters. The question of arm
ing the negroes is briefly referred to, the
message simply stating that the efficacy
of the measure had been greatly impaired
by the delays of Congress. Davis urges
the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, and asks to be invested with
absolute power, claiming it to be an un-
avoidable necessity in order to conduct
the affairs of the confederacy.
The President has issued proclama.
tion directing that all persons detected in
furnishing arms and munitions of war to
hostile Indians, shall be arrested and
tried by court martial at the nearest mill
tary post, and, if convicted, shall receive
the punishment due TO their deserts.
Army of the Potomac advises say that
rumors that the enemy contemplate an
evacuation still prevail. On Wednesday
and Thursday the rebels where in active
motion in front of the Ninth Corps. A
heavy explosion occurred ou Thursday
night, and it was supposed at City Point
that the rebels had attempted to blow uE
Fort He'll.
Noble is now strongly menaced by the
Union forces. A dispatch from there OF
the llth states that fourteen vessels have
been added to the feet; that great ac
tiyity prevails, and there is every indica
tion of an early attack.
Fayetteville, y. c., was occupied OF
the 10Th. So says a dispatch from Gen
Howard. Hardee, with 10000 men
withdrew across the river on the previou
night. Gen. Sherman was there wher
the dispatch was written and the arm
was never in better condition.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
EXECUTION IN JAPAN.

A letter from Yokohama describes the
beheading of two men, aledgcd to have
been accomplices in the recent assassina.
tlOn OF British officers The writer saws
" The door opened, and man bound
with cordsand blindfolded was led through
the crowd and made to knee down ON a
mat placed before hole dug to receive
his blood and head. The attendants
drew his clothes down off his neck, and
gave few preliminary brushes with the
hand upwards, as if to stroke the hair all
one way. The executioner was one OF
the Tycoon's soldiers, who had purchased
new sword blade, and had asked per-
mission to do the duty and thus try his
weapon.
"After securing the linen round the
handle and carefully wetting the blade,
he took up his position deliberately
on the left side of the victim, and RAISING
the sword high above his head with both
hands, let it fall with Swoop which sew
cred the neck completely. The head wa.
held up for the inspection of the chief Off
Ger present, who signi6ed his approval
" l have seen, and it was then thrown
into the hole The other man was car
ried in and they appeared to find som,
little difficulty in getting him to knee il
convenient position but when his knee.
had been perfectly adjusted and his neck
laid bare the other executioner, who hoe
also petitioned that he might fill the Office
advanced, took his place by the prisoner
side, and drawing the sword over his head
with an elegant flourish, inflicted the blow
as efectually as his predecessor
The blades did not appear to be diff
ierent from those ordinarily worn by the
two-sworded class, any one of which
would have done the work quite as com
pletely. The faces of the two men were
Vlllainous enough to justify the suspicion
Of being murderers in a foreigners mird.
Their punishment did not end at the
place of execution placards have been
put up everywhere stating their crime
and giving their names and ages.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
10 THE TAX PAYERS OF DIVISION NO. /

The United States Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, for Division No l, comprising Will
mington, ChrlsllanA, BrandyWine and Mill Greek
Hds, informs the Manufacturers, Butchers and
others, that the duties and taxes accruing upon
their returns to the Assessor for the month Of
February, 1866, will be due on the Goth day Of
March, 1866, and that he will DO at his
office, on and after the Goth until the s0ih Of
March, for the purpose Of receiving the same.
Payment Ia all cases to be made in gold or silver
coin or 10 Treasury notes issued under the au-
thOriy Of the United States, or in notes OF bank
organized under the act 10 provide a National
Currency, and known as National Banks
All persons not ayailipg themselves Of the op.
portunity Of the time named, will subject them
selves 10 an addition OF ten per cent on the
amount due
JOHN P. HlLYARD. Deputy Colleetor.
Ofhce GIG Market Street. Office hours 9 10
IL A. NJ. to4P. NJ. mar. i7.2w.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21


The Sprite of the March Winds.
BY THE DARD OF TOWER HALL,
On the March breeze there rides a sprile,
And thus he sings in fell delight
"How folks do shiver,
Ay, downright quyer,
When they meet me face to face
And oh, il is fun
To see the men run
With their own stray hats race
Then have a sport as grand,
With any fellows
Who hoist umbrellas
Ia atorms--when, at my command,
Handles twist round in the hand,
AND the muslin part,
Reversed by my art,
Does like tulip expand
True, I've now less power
Than had Of old
ln giving folks cold,
slnce they're clad by that Tower
Ot Bennett's, 10 clothes
Which, as each one knows,
VIII shield him from wind or shower I"
We have now on hand our usual full and com
plete assortment Of seasoHable clothing. Al
our materials have been purchased for cash. q
the Prsscni reduced rates which enables us to full,
meet the popular demand for goods at reduce
prices. Our stock includes the finest class o
goods, made In the best manner possible Thos
who usually have their goods made to order cal
be suited at once, in garments equal in ever
respect-style, 6t, maks and materiai-at full,
% per cent. lower prices.
We have all sizes, styles and prices in large as
sortment An examination invited.
Tower HALL, No. 6l8 Market street
BENNETT & Co.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21

Jons MoLBAR & Son, No. III Market St.,
have for sale one $500 Bond of the State Of
Delaware to the Delaware Rail Road Company
IL shares of First National Bank Stock, and gu
shares Of Bank Of Wilmington and Brandywine
Stock, Bank of Wilmington aud Brandywiue
Stock has Of late been making dividends OF Ii
per cent on the par Of its shares
7-3O TREASURY NOTES.
Interest on $ 90 one cent per day.
100 two cents per day.
900 ten cents per day.
1000 twenty cents per day.
And convertible at maturity into g. 90 bonds.
which pay six per cent per aunum 10 gold, and
which are now selling In the market at 10 dol.
lars for the hundred. Delivered ut the time Of
subscription by John McLear s Son, No. III
Market street.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
OFFICIAL ORDER RESPECTING INTERCOURSE WIN
RRBSL STAINS ny sEA.
DEPARTMENT or STATE.
WAsHINoroN. March Ia, ls65.

WASHINGTON, March Ia, 1865.
The President directs that sll persons
who now are or hereafter shall he found
within the United States, and who have
been engaged in holding intercourse or
trade with the insurgents by sea, if they
are citizens of the United States, or domi-
ciled aliens, be arrested aud held as priso.
ners of war until the war shall close, sub.
ject, nevertheless, to prosecution, trial,
and conviction for any offences committed
by them as spies or otherwise against the
laws of war.
The President further directs that all
nonresident foreigners who now are or
hereafter shall be found in the United
States, and who have been or shall have
been engaged in violating the blockade
of the insurgent ports, shall leave the
United States within twelve days from the
publication of this order, or from thoir
subsequent arrival in the Uuited States,
if on the Atlantic side, and forty days ii
on the Pacific side of the country; and
such persons shall not return to the Uni
ted States during the continuance of the
war.
Provost marshals and marshals of the
United States will arrest and commit to
military custody all such offenders as shall
disregard this order, whether they have
passports or not, and they will be detain-
ed in such custody until the end of the
war, or until discharged by subsequent
order Of the President.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
SHER MAN.
A Column Marching on Raleigh.

NKwBERN, March l7.-An officer just
from the front states that General Cox
in an order on Saturday, stated that hc
expected to be Joined by Sherman in
three days.
II is reported that Sherman's cavalry
was in Troy few days ago. One wing
Of his army is marching on Fayetteville,
one on Goldsborough, and column on
Raleigh
Kingston surrendered yesterday after
noon 1t is reported that Sherman is in
possession of Goldsborough,
MORE DETAILS OF SHERMA MS
MOVEMENTS.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WARRINGTON, March l6, 9.36P. NJ.
he,lr Geaeral Dir, Ncr lorI;
The following despatch has this even.
ing been received at this Department
CRY POINT, VA, March lC, 1865.
ROh C. 4. Dana, A'astant Secretary Of War:
am just in receipt of a letter from
General Sherman, of the 18th instant
from Fayetteville. He describes hi.
army as in fine health and spirits, having
met with no serious opposition. Hardee
keeps in his front nj respectful distance.
AT Columbia he destroyed immense
arsenals and railroad establishments, and
lorty-three cannon.
AT Cheraw he found much machinery
and war material, including 3 600 barrels
Of powder.
In Fayetteville he found twenty piece.
of artillery, and much other material
lie says nothing about Fitzpatrick.
defeat by Hampton, but the officer who
brought his letter says that before day
light on the 10Th, Hampton got two
brigades in the rear of Kiipatrick's head
quarters and surprised and captured al
Of the staff but two officers: Fitzpatrick
escaped, formed his men, and drove th,
enemy with great loss, recapturing about
oil that he had lost. Hampton lost Sc
left dead on the field.
u. s. GRANT, Lieutenant General.
[SEC0ND DESPATCH.1
ONLY ONE PAPER PUBLISHED IN RICHMOND
Another telegram from General Grant
headquarters reports that the Dali,
Nspatch is the only paper issued TO-DAY
in Richmond. 1t says The Dispatci
is published this morning on half a sheet
only, because Of the fact that all oul
printers, reporters and clerks
are members of military organizations
and were called out yesterday morning
by the Governor to perform special service
for short time.
But for the kindness of few friendt
who are exempt from service, and whc
volunteered their aid, the half loaf pre-
sented would, of necessity, have beel
withheld. In a few days at iurlhest ou
forces will return to their posts, when W,
hope to resume and continue unintcrrup
tedly our full-sized sheet.
There is no other news Of moment from
any quarter. e. A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary Of War
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21

between three and four hundred dollars for
nolhing, in q stupid effort TO protest United
States obligations, and collect little over ons
half that sum.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21

would seem that he only wished her to
make the amende honorable That she
won't do. He wishes bad enough he
was single again; so does she and thus
the nntter stands ut the present writing.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
NNAN
DIED.

OlEU.
HlCKS.--ln Christiana Hundred, on the 10Th
inst. LYDIA p, daughter of John a. aud
Elizabeth p. Hicks, aged % years The
friends Of the family are invited to attend the
funeral on Wednesday afternoon. at two
O'Clock, without further notice.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-21
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