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500 negro laborers Lamb began to for
tify himself against the attack which
he knew to be forthcoming. In few
months he had constructed the largest
and most formidable earthwork In the
Confederacy. 1t was made of heavy
timbers covered by sand from fifteen
to twenty feet deep and sodded with
turf. Although the work was pushed
with the most desperate energy, the
fort was far from complete when the
attack was made. Its weakest point
was on the land side. The sides ex-
posed to the sea were finished first
with the expectation that the Confed-
crate army at Wilmington would be
able to prevent an investment
The Confederate leaders watched
Colonel Lambs preparation with the
keenest interest. There was not a man
among them who failed to comprehend
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without making any visible impression.
a novel feature of this first attack was
the explosion of powder boat near
the sea wall of the fort An old gun
boat was selected and prepared. Some
of the naval men believed that the fort,
with its garrison, guns and equipment,
would be blown into the air. A crew of
volunteers performed the perilous duty
successfully. At midnight the mine
loaded gunboat was steered against the
wall, and, having applied the match,
the crew rowed away safely to a swift
steamer in waiting. The entire fleet
had moved off shore under low steam,
and all awaited the result with bated
breath. Presently a glare on the hori-
zon and a dull report indicated that
the floating mine had been sprung. At
daybreak the fleet steamed in, and ev-
cry eye was turned to the spot on
which Fort Fisher had stood, but was
expected to be standing no longer.
There twas, however, as grim as be-
fore and apparently uninjured, its flag
floating as defantly as ever.
Althoug h-s General Butler was con-
WINGED that the fort could not be taken
by assault and at the close of the two
days bombardment abandoned the
project the garrison realized that the
position had been weakened materially
by the constant and raking fire from
the fleet. The loss of life among the
defenders of the fortress was slight,
but some of the guns had been silenc-
ed and the defenses had been shattered.
1t seems that Admiral Porter did not
wish to discontinue the attack, but
General But1erswas fearful of a repeti-
ton of Fort Hudson or Fort Wagner.
The Federal authorities were greatly
disappointed over the failure to reduce
Fort Fisher. Naval men especially
were bitter in their criticism of the
commanding generals withdrawal of
the troops. General Grant resolved to
make another attempt under different
management. The same force of land
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the gravity of the Situation and the
Importance attached ID the fortress
which was growing stronger every day.
General Lee sent Wprd to the pluclly
commandant thatAF'9rt Fisher must be
held against all odds and thatsif it were
captured he could NO longer suiosist his
army in that part ofEthe country. (.
The Confederate authorities were not
alone in their belief that ColoneI Lamb
had made Fort Fisher practically i'm
pregnable. Its fame had spread to all
parts of the country. and the Federal
authorities grew serious at the mention
of it. The experience at the assault on
Port Hudson. which was believed to be
far less formidable than Fort Fisher
and the double assault of Fort Wag-
ner. in which thousands of lives We're
sacrificed, had inspired a feeling of
caution.
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The time came, however, when the
attempt must be made. Two days be-
fore Christmas, 1854, the Federal land
and sea forces were ordered to assume
the offensive against the fort. On the
Sfternoon1of the holiday General God
frey Weitzel, after a careful reconnois-
sance, reported to General Benjamin F.
Butler, in command of the combined
forces, that the fort could not be car
ried by assault. The Atlantic and gulf
coasts being almost entirely in the pos
session of the FederalS, the navy de-
partment was able to concentrate be-
fore Fort Fisher a larger force than
ever before had been assembled under
one command. 1t comprised a total of
about sixty vessels, of which five were
ironclads.
This great fleet had kept up a terrific
bombardment of the fort for two days
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| subject with a meat ak nor yet with a
stiletto. He used the delicate instru-
ments of the trained surgeon, and for
tunately it was the case of a surgeon
operating upon a subject for which he
entertained tender feelings. Conse-
quently the job was not butchery.
The United States has not Jared well
at the hands of Europeans who have
| come over, scooted through the country
| in two weeks or so and gone home to
jeer and gibe from the lofty SUBMITS
of their assumed superiority. James
Bryce took the opposite viewpoint. He
found America passably decent coun-
try. In fact, he recognized many points
of superiority to European nations,
even to England. His was the first
book on America which gave Europe a
fair and square statement of our actu
al conditions, an unbiased analysis of
our institutions and an unprejudiced
prophecy as to our probable future
Mr. Bryce believes in America. He
treated the subject from the viewpoint
of a man learned in history, in sociolo-
gy, in statecraft. Faults he found. of
course They are visible to the naked
eye here at home. But he discovered
so much good that he conferred last
ing benefit upon this country and plac-
ed the United States under perpetual
obligation to him.
Mr.. Bryce does not suit Canada He
does not suit the average Briton. Wit
ness this letter from a British subject
in a New York paper of recent date:
1 am not surprised that Americans are
shaking hands with themselves over the
selection of Mr.. Bryce British ambas-
sador.
Permit me to say that 1 believe 1
correct in assuming that many patriotic
Rritishers resent the appointment and
have no confidence whatever in Mr..
Bryce say that he does not represent
us or the national sentiment, being mere
Iy the appointee of government which
looks with a jaundiced eye on the legiti-
mate aspirations of united empire
Mr. Bryce is pro-Boer, pro-American,
pro-everything, but not pro British - a
friend of every country but his own.
pledged to the disruption of the United
kingdom and hand in glove with those
men whom Mr. Gladstone denounced as
marching through rapine to the dismem
berment of the empire.
Would America like to have been rep
resented in London by the late Edward
Atkinson of Boston? Do you think that
he CMr. Atkinson) would have command
ed the confidence of the American people
as United States ambassador? Well. that
is the way we loyaIists look upon Mr..
Bryce.
You have probably noticed that the
Canadian newspapers regard the appoint
rnent with cold disapproval- Yes. Canada
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cidedly a new departure in
sending James Bryce tc
Washington as ambassador
representing the empire Mr. Bryce
when he assumes the ambassadorship
will be the first plain citizen to repre-
sent the British government at the cap
ital of this republic. Furthermore, he
will be the first ambassador who is not
a professional diplomat. Both these
facts are of engaging interest. 1t may
be taken for granted that they are
gratifying facts to the majority of
Americans, inasmuch as they seem to
Indicate that England thus desires to
compliment our republican institutions.
The popularity of Mr.. Bryce in the
United States already surpassed that
of any other European perhaps but his
declination of a peerage offered him bv
the king after the government deter
mined upon his appointment to the am
bassadorship has greatly increased his
popularity. He comes to America as
plain Mr.. Bryce. The British embassy
at Washington will lose altogether that
| ultra dignity of distinction which the
Aylamour of titled nobility has given it
in the estimation of some few peopIe
but there can be no doubt that James
Bryce will confer upon it a superior
dignity growing out of the aristocracv
of intellect.
Mr.. Bryce is one of the brainiest men
in Europe. He was born, one might
say, in a bookish atmosphere and era
died in culture Those things, however.
did not retard his wider mental devel-
opment His growth was not confined
to library walls. He was too vigorous
physically TO stay shut up in colleges
and libraries and too vigorous mental
ly to study the world through what
other men have said alone Mr. Bryce
knows the world pretty thoroughly. for
he has been a globe trotter and a close
observer.
He will tell you what the Transvaal
farmer eats for breakfast and how his
Vrouw cooks it, and he will observe and
make note of the style of hat worn by
the leading lady of an Idaho village
He has written several works which
loosely might be classed as books of
travel, though they are so different
from the ordinary book of that classi-
dcation that some other description
should be found for them. One of these
books is Impressions of South Africa"
In which Mr.. Bryce gives an amazing
amount of Information. Another
s-Transcaucasfa and Ararat,'' is notable
for its wonderful description of the au-
tlior's feat of climbing to the summit
of Mount Ararat, popularity assumed to
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be the second cradle of the human
race.
James Bryce was born sixty eight
years ago in Belfast, Ireland He be-
longs to that sturdy stock which has
inquired so prominently in the develop
ment of the United States, the Scotch
Irish. His father was a clergyman of
the Scotch Presbyterian church, from
Glasgow, while his mother was a ma
tive of County Antrim, Ireland Just
mere 1t is highly interesting to note that
Mr.. Bryce's wife, to whom he was mar
ried in 1889, is the granddaughter of an
american woman. Mrs. Bryce is from
Manchester, England, so that we shall
nave at Washington an ambassadorial
family representing England, ireland.
Scotland and America.
England, Ireland and Scotland each
contributed to the scholastic education
OF the future ambassador. After grad
uat1on from Oxford, Mr.. Bryce became
a fellow of Oriel college, where he re-
manned five years, but his active ma
ture lmpelled him to seek something
more strenuous He became a barris-
ter and for fifteen years practiced law
For about twenty years he was pro-
fessor of civil law in oxford university.
ana 1t was as Professor Bryce that he
became best known to the world In
Ao"N AC OcSdLlle member OF parlia-
ment- he remained in parliament con-
tlnuously until his appointment to
washington In 1892 he was a member
OF the Gladstone cabinet During his
parliamentary service he has held sew
eral high cabinet appointments. the
latest being that of chief secretary for
Ireland.
The one fact of Mr.. Bryce's career
Mllich makes him peculiarly acceptable
as ambassador at Washington is his
authorship of THE American Common
wealth. That is what people some
times call classic for want of a filter
description. 1t is considered bv practi-
cally all authorities as the most en-
Tightening exposition of American in
sututlons ever written by a European
IN TINS work Mr.. Bryce introduced
america to Europe. He also introduced
America to America. An American
writer who deals with American insti-
luuonS cannot be expected to know
europe so thoroughly as a European
ana consequently his comparative de-
auctions are not calculated to be so an
thortatlVe as one might desire Rut
MI. Bryce, knowing Europe thorough
~ MADE thorough study of America
ana then wrote his work from a mind
Well informed as to both CIVILIZATIONS
ne made three trips to the Tinted
states. remaining several months each
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of the capture of Fort Fisher
will occur on the 18th of the
u present month, and it will be
celebrated by reunion of the veterans
of that memorable struggle, both the
Survivors of the blue and the gray par
ticipating. The defense of this North
Carolina stronghold was remarkable in
many ways. and its capture and reduc
ton were equally noteworthy. Had it
happened at the beginning of the strug
gle instead of at the end. this affair at
Fort Fisher would have stood out more
prominently in the history of those
stirring times. It was followed so soon
by the fall of Petersburg and Richmond
that it has been overshadowed by the
interest attached to those final events.
1t was a great battle nevertheless. In
a strategic sense it was one of the
greatest of the war. That this is so is
evident from the fact that students in
military engineering of the. present day
are taught from a model Of the sand
and log fortress receiving the fire of
fleet. Many of the gallant defenders of
che fort were North Carolinians. ard it
is a strong and touching evidence of
the comradeship that has replaced the
old bitterness that the prominent cit
liens of the old Tar Heel State have
united in extending to the surviving
participants in the Fort Fisher affair
a cordial invitation to join in the COM
ing celebration.
Fort Fisher was an outpost of the
Confederate line on the James river
The position commanded the last gate
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Commonwealth" In. his beyhood he
conceived a deep admiration for our
institutions and an abiding belief in
the ultimate triumph of the new ex-
pertinent in government which is being
made here. His Investigations confirm
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ed these early impressions. and his
work on the subject is regarded as the
fairest presentation of American insti-
buttons ever produced by foreigner.
This work is dissection of America
But Mr.. Bryce did not approach his
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AMEs BRYCE, BRITISH AMBAssADoR TO THE I

time and going into both the highways
and the byways of our country, before
he undertook to write. For thirty years
ne had studied this country through
books and the press with the definite
purpose of writing 1.-THE American
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REAT BRITAIN is taking de-
cidedly a new departure in
sending James Bryce to
Washington as amba SSador
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Z HE forty second anniversary
of the capture of Fort Fisher
will occur on the 18th of the |
L..
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21
LARDO

Lardo, Nov. 49, Monday was
GREAT day for runaways. We had
0ne in the morning and one in the
evening. George Blackwell's stage
team ran from Mccall down to the
bridge at Boydstun's, where they
nearly backed off the bridge before
they were caught No damage was
done excepting to George, who was
run over by the stage but was not
very badly hurt. In the evening
Mr.. Arnold left his team at the
blacksmith shop, Mccall. They
ran to the same place before they
we're stopped. The wagon and
harness were broken in pieces. Mr..
Arnold soon arrived on the scene
very much out of breath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Shaw enter
tanned few of their friends Satur-
day night. The evening was very
pleasantly spent in music and
games. At a late hour the guests
departed, all voting Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaw royal entertainers.
L. c. Cooper and J. B. Hurst are
going to do assessment work on
Jughandle mountain for Winkler
brothers.
Nine loads of freight came in for
W. B. Boydstun, our enterprising
merchant, last week.
Miss Myrtle Scott of Center
spent Sunday here, the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Irl Shaw.
Mrs. Florence briggs has been
visiting friends in Lardo the past
week.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21
Local and General News

The sawmill here has shut down
for the winter.
The local on another page read
ing Miss Myrtle Lloyd of Center
should read Mrs. instead of Miss.
Postoffice Inspector Roy Nelson
came in last night by way of Lardo
and checked up the Roseberry
office
The ground is covered with
light snow which began falling
yesterday and a few sleds are seen
on the road.
B. H. McDougall of Beaver
meadows was in town Saturday
and Sunday, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. Culpepper.
Parker V. Lucas will draw your
deeds, contracts, mortgages and
other legal documents for you, at
the Roseberry State bank.
At the meeting of the band boys
Tuesday night G. A. Johnson was
elected president, Ira Pottenger
vice-president and Parker V. Lucas
secretary-treasurer
Word has been received that Mr..
Heigho and other railroad men
cannot be here today and may not
be able to come this trip at all, but
! Mr.. Heigho thinks he will probab-
ly be able to come up in a week or
two.
D. N. Higgins came up from
: Crawford last evening, bringing
8 with him good showing for the
s exhibit here. Mr.. Higgins person
8 al contribution was some very fine
8 carrots, rutabagas and timothy
: Mention of the others will be made
* next week.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21
CENTER

Center, Nov. Edward Hi
cock, theFroad supervisor, pays no
attentionsto snow but keeps right
on every day fixing the bad places
in the road.
Ben Lloyd is running a bachelor
hotel, his wife being at Roseberry
under the care of DR.. Johnson.
Mr.. Bishop of Lake Fork stopped
over night here Friday on his way
to the logging camp.
Fred Hall will be through cut
ting logs Tuesday on his 100000
feet contract.
F. r. Hall is building a stable
and hay shed southwest of here.
hester Aho is on the sick list.
He went to see DR.. Johnson at
Roseberry and has not returned
yet.
Charley Wedding of Beaver
meadows was a visitor at Fred
Halls Sunday night. He brought
over some nice cabbage to send to
the bank.
Henry Waite sent some fine po-
tatoes to the exhibit at Roseberry.
X Scott has gone to his ranch
above Lake Fork
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21

show them we can raise some good
things down in this end of the
valley.
Mr.. Darneille and family arrived
in Crawford on the morning of the
18th to make their home here.
Mr.. Darneille will take charge of
the creamery on the first of Decem-
Der.
B. H. McDougall and family and
also Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Davidson
from Beaver meadow were in town
today doing some trading.
R. J. Mcdonald has been digging
potatoes for a week and just fin
ished today, and moved back to
town.
The Inter- ountain State bank
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21
E 10

Flo, Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Dori Long
of Lardo was visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Shaw, here
last week.
Misses Sima Johnson and Martha
Poro were visiting friends and rel
atives near Roseberry last Satur-
day and Sunday.
J. G. Kumpula started with w.
A. Hendrickson and family to
Wyoming Friday.
Jack Koski left for Bourne, Ore
gon, yesterday, intending to work
there.
The bridge across Lake Fork is
completed.
Chas. Koski & Co. have thresheo
about 1900 bushels of grain this
season.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21
CRAWFORD

Crawford, Nov. ia new feed
grinder is being installed at the
creamery. A new and separate
building will be built for it so it
will be away from the butter man
ufacturing room. The manager
hopes to get it ready to operate by
the first of December.
Crawford expects to have rep
resentative at the meeting of the
party of railroad men Thursday
In your city. We are also going
to send a few exhibits along to
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-21

has a new Underwood typewriter
installed in their Office.
Mrs. S. M. Sisk is going to start
for California in a few days to
spend the winter.
If you want to sell your land
list it with P. V. Lucas, ROseberry.
F. w. Sergeant of Vollmer, who
has been here for some time, has
gone to Crawford, Neb.
Last weeks Statesman has an
item to the effect that Messrs.
Jameson, Bean and Thomas of
Long valley were in Boise and re-
ported four inches of snow in the
valley. Has any one else a vision
like that? Did any one else see
! that snow? We guess not.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
New Packing House a Certainty.

Denver.-G. F. Sulzberger, vice pres
dent and general manager of the
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing
Company, will come to Denver soon,
with view to closing up the deal. be-
gun in the summer. for site on
which to erect a modern packing plant
20 compete with the beef trust
A telegram to this effect was re-
ceived by w. T. Anthony, local man
lger for the company, and sets at rest
the rumors, said to have been started
by representatives Of the trust and
other enemies of the Independent con-
Germ, that the announcement made
some time ago by the Schwarzschild
e Sulzberger company about starting
l plant here was done merely for ad-
Vertising purposes, and that 1t would
never materialize.
1t Is these rumors that have caused
Mr.. Sulzberger to come to Denver. He
was not prepared to take the matter
up just yet, but, as shown In his tele-
gram to Mr.. Anthony, he is anxious to
refute the statements that have been
circulated by the enemies of his firm,
and will now hurry things through to
completion, to demonstrate the sin
cerity of his company.
Mr.. Anthony said that the delay in
carrying out the plans was caused by
labor troubles, partly among the com
pany's own workmen at Kansas City,
bu more especially by the strike of the
telegraph operators.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Uncle Sam Must Answer Labor.

Washington.-Signs have rapidly
multiplied during the last two or three
days that the next few months will
witness bitter controversy between
the labor organizations on one side
and the federal administration and
Congress on the other.
That there is to be fight to a fin
ish between the National Association
of Manufacturers and the American
Federation of Labor has been shown
by the suit brought by the manufac-
turers against the unions to test the
right to boycott. and by the reply of
the manufacturers to the charge of the
federation that a 100000 fund was
raised for the purpose of crushing out
labor.
Mr.. Gompers today on his return
fror. New York raised the direct is
sue between his organization and the
secretary of commerce and labor re-
garding the exclusion ~ tie Japanese,
which is likely to lead to protracted
debate between the unions and the
administration
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Hold up a Cashier.

Goldfeld. Nev.-Herbert E. Riggs,
bookkeeper and cashier for E. H. New
land, a broker. was found unconscious
on the floor of the office. The door
of the safe was open and cash amount
ing to 1900 had been taken. Two big
Jumps on Riggs forehead showed that
he had been struck with some blunt
instrument.
Riggs says he was working over his
books when a stranger appeared at the
cashiers window and asked for money.
There was a stack OF gold on the desk
in front of the bookeeper at the time.
Riggs says he knew nothing more un-
til he recovered consciousness. When
he was found by Harry Greve. a
nephew of Newland, a heavy hammer
was picked up from the floor near
where he lay. It Is thought that the
robber used the hammer on his victim,
The case has some peculiar features,
and the sheriff is making an investiga-
ton.