Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-05-21

These d .pots are all connected with a2eh
other byr iroad. The whole number oftroops
volunteer in Virginia is So, 00U. Of these;
about 80, 900 are now organized, and the mill
ary cCVf ell is rapidly organising tho balance,
AID nih have them in the field in the course of
q NeeKI In addition to the Virginians under
arE ;, 7 bout s coo volunteers from South Car
oiimh + II feorga, Alabama and Kentucky have
arrse l. President Davis; in his message, an
n urF ces that l6, 900 more from the Confederate
at are en- route for Virginia. NenesGf thesa
MOI tn Caronians have yet arrived y 1stEl
ne 5nnent, y. Z. V. is expected at Lynchburg
o. mo rrow. 1t is 1000 strong. The South
2i.roli ma Regiment of Rifles, principally made
L OF young men from Charleston, most of
" HON smelled gunpowder at Sumter, and will
ow b commanded by Col. j. johnson Petit
g:ew, is expected in Richmond next week.
The Ts nnessee troops are also en- route: There
can be no doubt that within few Gays 12O, ,0OO
we'll DR. He'd fighting men will be concentrated
here f1 the defense of Richmond, Harper's
Ferry nd Norfolk. Besides the contingent
from thu, original Confederate States, full 1OO,-
600 NOR ; from that section can be relied upon,
If neccss ry.
4 regi nent Of Kentucki2ns arrived at Lynch
burg on Thursday and was transferred to Har-
per's Ferry. 1t recruited in the vicinity
of Louisv llle, and is commanded by Colonel
Duncan.
The ga -ayson Daredevs," company of
mountaine efs, all feet high and terrible
and recklt4 backwoodsmen are picturesquely
attired in t lue shtS, red caps and black pants.
Each man carries his own rifle and bowie knife,
both of wTtch he has been used 10 since boy
hood. 1le are the same creatures / wrote to
you abo Al not long age. VINO, while at riao
! practice, sh DOT at the mark when running.-
They look with undisguised contempt on tho
indvidi 1a Tho is obliged to stand still in order
| to bore the bulls eve.
| Vest .rday afternoon visited the Old Fair
! Groun' Is, where the First Regiment of South
! CaroliI "a volunteers under command of Colo
I mel Ma lxey Gregg, are encamped At the dress
| parade, 1890 fine looking fellows, whose
| bronz' al faces gave evidence Of hot work among
the So I'D hills Morris Island, presented
! thems lives for inspection In the ranks among
| the pr yates are Generals and Colonels of mill
| tia at home, wealthy planters, editors, (poor,
| of cou'-se,) merchants, backwoodsrnen and SOW
eral cl ergymen.
| OBEf ORDERS -4drice to V0Iunteers The
Mobil, Tribune publishes letter write by
a gent leman of Alabama to his son, Young
volunteer which contains some good advice.
| We q,iute:
In the first place, then, my son, when
| soldier shoulders his rife under the flag of his
| court +, he must surrender to that country
| his will his Whims, tastes, fancics and preju-
! diccs; and the first, highest and most solemn
duty lie owes to that country is the most i'm
| plicit and prompt obedience to the orders of
| bis sulUrlor officers Disobedieece, even in
matters of minor gravity, frequently forfeits
! life If an order is issued, that must be the
| end of inquiry. The success of battle or
campaig may depend upon the concealmenJ
| of the purposes of the command; and may be:
come necessary to punish with death
omission to observe that which may seem to
be very unmportant order to the soldier who
does not understand it:
''Napol,son once issued an order that the
lights Of the camp must be extinguished at 3
O'clock and on seeing light burning in tho
tent of an officer, after that hour had elapsed,
he repaired thither in person, and entered the
tent just as the officer had finished writing his
wife's on the back of letter he had writ
ten to her. He told the Emperor he had un-
consciously violated the law for one moment,
and it Gone in the enthusiasm of affection,
with which he had been overcome by thoughts
of home. %'UnSeal that letter" said the En-
peror, land write | dictate" The officer
obeyed and wrote as follows "P S.--I die
tomorrow morning, at o'clock for violating
the laws of the camp by not distinguishing
the light in thy tent at the precise time | was
commanded to do it,
That decision may have seemed savage
and barbarous, but when your intellect shall
have matured tc the comprehension OF how
| much depends upon subordination and rigid
adherence to the laws of the camp, you will
see that Napoleon could only be just to the
| thousands of lives under his assuming the
appearance of cruelty to this delinquent.
! 'Obedence is not servillty-it is duty. It
! is therefore, not cowardly but honorable. The
camp is no place for the soft manners OF the
drowlng-roon, and soldiers proverbially
blunt; therefore, do not imagine if an officer
speaks sharply to you that he wants to insult
you or browbeat you"