"Wreck of United States Steamer Otsego,
"Roanoke River, N.C., December, 15, 1864.
"The officers of this vessel desire to express their thanks to Captain Wood and other officers of the army transport, General Berry, for the politeness and kind consideration they received on board that boat, after their own vessel was blown up by torpedoes, on the night of December 9, and the polite manner in which they furnished both officers and men with every facility for obtaining the comforts they so much needed.
- "H. N. T. Arnold, Lieutenant Commander.
- "Henry D. Foster, Ensign and Executive Officer.
- "J. P. Gallagher, Ensign.
- "Wm. H. McLean, Ensign.
- "George C. Reynolds, Assistant Surgeon.
- "Samuel C. Midlam, Acting First Ass't Engineer.
- "R. A. Rolfe, Captain's Clerk.
- "Robert S. Houston, Paymaster's Clerk.
- "Franlin Stedman, Acting Master's Mate."
THAT OLD FAMILY BIBLE.
A Bible captured near Windsor, North Carolina, during the expedition up Roanoke river, on the night of December 16th, 1864, by Ensign Milton Webster, on a marauding expedition, is over a hundred years old, as is shown by its title-page: "Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Kincaid, his Majesty's Printer, MDCCLXIX." The book originally belonged to W. A. Turner, of Windsor, North Carolina, as that name appears in gilt upon one of the corners of the Bible; and on a page in the book appears the following record:
"David Turner and Elizabeth Armistead were married Tuesday, August 16, 1785.
"David Turner born September 2d, 1738; Elizabeth Armistead born December 29th, 1759.
"Thomas Turner born July 18th, 1786, 4:30 afternoon; William Armistead Turner born December 13th, 1787, nine o'clock a.m. They were both baptized Sunday, August 2d, 1789, by the Rev. McDowell.
"George Turner born November 24th, about 5 o'clock in the morning, 1789, and baptized Sunday, twenty-first of February following, by the Rev. W. Blount.
"Sarah Turner born April 28th, fifty minutes after nine in the morning, 1791, and baptized November 27th, same year, by Rev. W. Wilson.