WASHINGTON, May 21. – An altogether reliable dispatch received this morning dated Fortress Monroe to-day says the Oriental, in which Brig. Gen. [Saxton] sailed for Port Royal was wrecked on Friday night May 16th, on Bolly’s Island, 33 miles north of Cape Hatteras. The passengers and crew were saved. A portion of the cargo was lost – the remainder will be saved on the beach. Gen. Saxton arrived at Fortress Monroe this morning, and goes to New York this evening. Most of the passengers will be in New York on Friday.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 3
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