Newbern weekly progress., 1859-12-06
ABINGDON. VA. Nov. 18th. 80.

Dca. Progress 1t has been so long since l oc-
cupied place in your col".nns, that l scarce
know how or where to take up the broken thread
of my correspondence. just here I might bore
you and your readers with a long list of excuses
for my long silence, but for the fact that IN i'm
pressed with the idea that I've not been missed.
Our crops are all gathered, and most abundant
ly have tue labors and cares of the husbandman
been rewarded, the past season, by beneticient
Creator. Our barns and store-houses groan be-
meath their loads, and plenty, consequent up
on industry, smiles on each and every house
hold.
That delightful, dreamy weather, known as
"T~'lan Summer" has passed and been succeed
ed by d, is having decided winterish feeling
-Jme snow has faen-not much the surrounding
mountains however, have been inveloped several
times with mantle of white during the present
and past month
The season for hog driving has arrived alrea-
dy good many small droves have passed this
place for the Eastern markets. From all accounts
the number of hogs driven from this section ofthe
State this year will be about five six thousand
less than last With green pork is
quite active at 81 dollars per cwt. nett.
The g Harper's Ferry InsuTection' continues
to be the engrossing topic in this community -
The excitement of the people keeps up, and every
stranger is watched with eye OF suspicion
" Old Brown has many days since. become
familiar name in every household, and, perhaps
is used in nurseries " bugabOo to frighten
crying children into silence. One would natural
ly suppose that all Southerners without excep
ton would heartily respond amen to the justice
&c. of the sentence recently passed on :" Old Os-
sawattomie - and his internal clan; and yet
strange as it may seem there are those even in
this section of the State who symr lthise with
them and pretend TO think it would be just and
right to acquit them. Our Governor certainly
deserves credit for his promptness and firmness
in the matter w. r. Palmer, an accomplice of
Brown, has been surrendered by the Governor of
Tennessee to Governor Wise, and passed over the
Va. & Tennessee Railroad in the custody of an of
fcer few days ago.
The work on the Virginia & Kentucky Rail
road is still suspended efforts are being made to
have the work resumed, which L hope may prove
successful.
Your- MOUNTAINEER.
THE WOMEN ABOUT TO SPEAK.-The Rich
mond Dispatch of the 3Gth ult. says:
The ladies' It is said is soon to hold public
meeting, to give their countenance to the move
ment now being made for Southern indepen-
dence. Al. of them even more patriotic than
the men, a. j if they once determine not to
courage Northern manufactures, the Yankee
trade with the Sonth will instantly cease. In the
city of Richmond there not less than one thou
sand ladies who would tomorrow, if called upon,
cast aside every -estige of Northern manufacture
in their possession, array themselves in home
made ginghams and woolsey, and feel just
proud, and far more indedependent than they
now do, in fabrics made by the enemies of their
State and of the Union.
Contentment Is the secret of happiness this