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Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-14
The following is copy of the order of re-
Iff,cDYns' Last.

The following is the last proclamation from
Abraham the first. Another may be looked for in
day or two the 90 days grsce-being expired:
A PROCLAMATION
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Whereas existing exieencies dema' lmme
diate and adequate measures for the proterflon OF
the National Constitution and the preservation OF
the National Union, by the suppression OF the
insurrectionary comb nations now existing IN
saveraI states for opposing the laws of the Union
and obstructing the execution thereof to which
end military furce in ADDITION to that cahen
forth bv my proclamation OF the 18th day OF April
i'm the present year appears to be irdlspensabiy
necessary. now therefore /, Abraham lincoln,
President of the United States and C"mmander-
in Chief Of the Army and Navy thereof. and of
the Militia of the several States, when called into
actual SERVICE do hereby call into the service "f
tho limited States forty-two thousand and thirty
four volunteers to serve for period OF three
wears unless sooner discharged, ana 10 be mus
tered into service as infantry and cavalry Inc
nrouortnns of each arm, and the details CT enrol
ment and organization viii be rnad9 Known
through the Department Of War; and ais" direct
that the regular army of the United States be In
creased by the addition of ei ght regiments OF IN
fantrv one regiment of cavalry and one regiment
| of artillery. making altogether maximum aggre
| oate increase Of twetty two thousand seven nun
| rad and fnnrteen officers and enlisted men, the
d-tails of which increase will also be made know
| through the Department of War; ana 1nfther
direct the enlistment tor not less thal ore HoI
more than three years, of eighteen thousand sea
men in addition TO the present force tor the ma,
! val service of the United States. The detalls o1
! the enlistment and organization VIII De ma
known through the Department of the Navy The
call for volunteers hereby made, and the uirec'
ton for the regular army and for the enlistment
of seamen hereby given. together with the plan
of organization adopted for the volunteers an'
for the regular forces hereby authorized. VIII oe
submitted to Congress as soon as assembled. II
the meantime earnestly invoke the co-opera,i"r
| of all good citizens IN the measures hereby adop
ted for the efficient suppression of unlawful Vlo
lence. for the impartial enforcement OF const III
tiona laws and for the speediest possible restora
tion of peace and order, and, with those O
happiness and prosperity throughout our coun
try.
In testimony whereof have herennto set m.
hand and caused the seal of the United States
be affixed.
Done st the city of Washington. this third da
of May in the year of our Lord one ne 'h"usan i'1na
eig hit HUNDRED and sixty one and of the lndepen
dence of the United States the egh'y fifth;
TSion.d7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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WHAT WILL ENGLAND DO?

The silly story, started by some Washington
CORRESPONDENT Of the Philadelphia Press, (and
copied into other Journals fa: and wde,) that
the British Minister had rendered the use OF
his Government to aid in putting down the revo-
luton South, has brought out Lord Lyons him
self, in fiat denial.
There is one thing we may as we'll make our
minds up to first as lsst, we think-and that is,
the British Government will be very careful to
avoid taking sides with either North or South,
in this war; until such times as the progress OF
hostilities shall disclose on which side It's ma
terial interests lie, and as as it can discern
that it will not be slow to act and the acton
depend upon it, will be adopted with sole eye
to its own advantage, and without respect to
anv abstract anti-slavery sentiment. The very
haste of the British Minister to deny the state
ment the Philadelphia journal imputed to him
is, in itself, a proof of this position. Not to
have denied it, was to break with the South !;
and breaking with the South is, just now, not
tie thing desired in Downing street.
1t will be long time before the English for
give the North it's Morrill, Tariff; and it will be
still longer time before they consent to forget
the aauss we made in New York, Cincinnati,
and other Northern cities, about their enlist
ments for the Crimean war; Yet, forgiveness
for the one and forgetfulness of the other, must
precede any such affectionate overtures as those
ascribed to- but denied by Lord Lyons
But, if any of our readers are still inclined to
| question the correctness of these assumptions,
We may with perfect propriety invite their at
| tention to the extracts we make from the lead
ing London, Liverpool and Manchester journals
just to hand by the Arabia. If there be any
sentiments of sympathy with the North in these
journals, we are unable to see them. The Cot
| ton Lords of Manchester, the Money Kings o
London, the shipping merchants and shop-keep.
ers of Liverpool, all sing but one song,-and
that is, Separation it must be, Mr.. Lincoln, "
but ''under no circumstances civil war.
One of them, (the Liverpool I,imcs,) even goes
so far as to characterize the Presidents decla
ration of more vigorous policy towards the
seeding States, as absolutely 9 'diabolical,'
while another aludes to it in terms which
would seem to indicate that the writer had beer
studying the recent style of the Charleston
Mercury or the Richmond Exaniner.-N ]
! Erpress, May 4k.
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po,riosfsm Of the Ladies'.

Our patriotic men throughout the State
are doing all they can for the benefit and com
fort of those who are to go forth to fight our bat
ties. The ladies of Raleigh we think deserve
especial praise for their untiring efforts. The
Christian AdrocGte says:
The ladies of the Old North State are every
where exhibiting their patriotic Zeal in proEl-
viding for the comfort of our troops. In .Ral-
eich thew have fully sustained their devotion
to the cause of right and liberty. :
Within week they have made and turned
over to the Adiutant General. 1906 mattresses,
500 towels, 800 uniform jackets, 200 panta'
looms, 400 fatigue shirts and 300 haversacks s.
the materials Of which were obtained ehietiy bJ
their contributions and Efforts.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1861.
ksnn,t HHean to s.ssDend.

Because we have been under the disagreea
ble necessity of telling SOME Of our subscribers
that the paper could not and would not be con-
tinued to them unless they paid their subscrip-
tons promptly when presented, some of our
good natured friends have become alarmed for
fear that we arc on the eve of suspension
Not yet The publication Of the PFoJreSs will
be continued as long as We can remain by it,
and even should We be called away to serve the
State in different sphere we shall leave those
that will continue it. It will never suspend
until Lincoln'S troops shall have prostrated all
intermediate points and reached New Orleans.
Then Wen think G5out it,
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Stop Them All.

If the circulation Of HQrpsr's Weekly, the
Neso York Herald and other such reasonable
publications cannot be stopped in the South IN
no other way let the State authorities interfere.
The patriotism of any Southern man may we'll
be doubted who would spend dollar for such
publications now. Let every citizen Of the
South drop all their northern papers as fast as
their subscriptions expire at least until after
the present troubles are over. We should
now treat all northern men and all northern
publications alike.
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ONsLow CoUNrY.-The people of Cnslow,
like every other portion of our chivalrous old
State from which we hear, is fully aroused to
the alarming condition of the country and as
fully determined TO meet the invading foe with
a bold front We visited this gallant county
Oh Monday to be in attendance upon the Su-
perior Court. The ruling functionary Of that
tribunal had not arrived, however, when We
left on Monday evening" but we learned, subse-
quently, that he got there on Tuesday morn
ing Nevertheless there was quite large
crowd out, who, in the absence of the regular
business of the court, spent the day in organ
izng military companies and in making gene
raj arrangements for the defense of their
country
Capt Duffy had abouta hundred stout, able,
good looking men under arms, and wes making
rapid dispatch with preEinaries preparatory to
rendering their services to the Governor.
Onslow has already in the field about 100
volunteers who are ready and willing to serve
their country any where and in any way, De-
| sides rs or 50 cavaliers who have already ten
dered their services to the State. But the
|
| disuount.
Tie old men met in the court house on
Monday and formed Home Guard, composed OF
men advanced beyond the age at which the Law
exempts from military duty. Also Commit
tee of Safety, whose duty it is to look after the
wants Of the soldiers and their families.
The people of Onslow are all right and equal
to any emergency. We heard young lady
say that if any one would foot the bills she
would go to Washington City and shoot ''OlG
Abe" and his cabinet, and we have no doubt there
are oilers who would perform deeds equally
praiseworthy if called upon. When the ladies
are for US the Lord will be with us, and woe unto
the wretch vino dares to be against US.
Leaving the court house Monday evening at
o'clock we steered for Swansboro', the prlncI
pal town in the county, situated in the extreme
South East corner of the mainland between
the sound and White Oak River In fair view
Of the ocean, Arriving there at n o'clock w
encountered tremendous storm of wind ant
rain, which, it seemed to US, not being used t.
sea breezes, would blow every thing away
we are happy, however, to bear testnnon.
, that it did not, for, after composing oul
self and coming too slightly, we found tha
our tobacco was safe and that portion
the ground still remained to walk upon.
Our old friend, DR.. Barker, the celebrate
= Phrenologist, came in on Tuesday morning
having encountered the gale the preVlou
= night and reported himself only saved b
r the extraordinary skill of his captain, wh'
+ by extreme effort, managed to east anch'
J. near house on the beach where the
# took lodngs for the balance OF tn
e night.
: While at Swansboro' we learned that
1t squad of the Onslew Cavalry had just sur
j a couple of vessels in Bear Inlet having bee
e sent down by order of the Governor, thus
n curing Swansboro' against an attack from o.
D Abe's war vessels.
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WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
A BFILJSH INTIMAT1ON.

The brutal watchwords of the Northern pop
,,lace for the destruction OF Baltimore, are sur
passed by the last suggestion of Pennsylva-
ma paper for new deeds of hell, with which to
punish the population of Baltimore, when
once one brought into subsection to Northern mil
itary forces. The Westchester DenaocrDt has
found new Indictment for volunteering: it re-
minds the Pennsylvania volunteers OF the
celebrated beauty of Baltimore women-that
1.-The fair were ever the reward ofthe brave
- and that S beauty and booty was the WatGn- ;t
word at n. Orleans" Such, says the Baltl-
more correspondent of the Richmond Era"'tm-
er, is the heilish vaunt and JOY of men threat
ening our invasion, resistance to whom some
OF the papers of Baltimore, prostituted to their
own lusts of gain, exelam, with fearful ferVor
and pious quosations from the story OF Abra, b a,
ham and Lot, to be war upon " 6TethTen =
pef Ernreea
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CONFEDERATE Army Troops from the South
and Southwest by thousands continue to pour
into Virginia. They all go well armed and
equipped and when Abraham orders his mer-
cenarles to invade Old Virginia they will be
met by not less than 100000 we'll drilled and
thoroughly disciplined troops, and after the first
battle won't the vultures have good time
feeding on Yankee carcasses? Come on A6ra-
ham, you are wanted Old Scott we hope will
head the invading force. If so his bones will
be apt to rot on the soil which he has dis
graced by his treachery.
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The .Ja,nes River Blockade.

The Norfolk Day Book has the following
concerning the conduct of the gallant Com
modore Pendergrast who has charge OF Lin
coins Blockade at the mouth OF James River:
LINcoLN's BLoCKADING FLEET.-We learn
from reliable sources that Lincoln's blockadlng
fleet is proving terror to our people in small
wav. that is it's peculiar mack for making war
uDon the fish and market boats from the sur
rounding country is beng fully developed. It's
depredations seem so far confined to the high
seas. as no incursions on land after the hen
coops hav. yet come to light; although 1t IS
presumed Commodore Pendergrast will scarce
iy be able to stay his hand from that species Of
reprisals, seeing he has so nobly established
his reputation as a first class hero at making
levieS on fish boats
A steamer is cruising about the mouth OF
James River giving, all the annoyances it pos
sIbly can to the farmers in that neighborhood.
On Thursday last they chased small sloop
rireed market boat ashore, after firing into her.
Her crew escaped, and the noble pirates made
prize of the sloop. This morning she was
up in Burwells Bay, and has fired into
several small vessels up there, aud made one
heave to.
Off and about the Cumberland this morning
there were about twenty sail OF vessels. a
hermaphrodite brig from James River came
down, move 10, ana ailer lelialtiiS SNORT tl'i'
in consultation with the Cumberland went tt
sea; supposed to be British vessel. A schoo
| ner was fired at and hove to, taken into Mil
Creek as prize; supposed to be Northern
! vessel: There are four prizes in Mill Creek
| all of them Northern vessels except one Baltl
more schooner; they are all loaded. Balti
more schooner which left here a few days age
with deck load of tar, is detained in the neigh
borhood of the Cumberland, and it is un
certain whether she is to be permitted to pro
| cpe0
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a mrOSDEf


A number of ladies, born in the Border
States, but now residing in New York, have
published an address TO the Union Defence
Committee Of the city of New York, in which
they - They wish to protest ag inst tho
deliberate and systematic inctemeat- and foS-
tering by many OF the New York daily news
papers, of cruel, savage, and robber-tike spir-
it Of war; a spirit of blood-thirsty malIgnlty,
and unmanly hatred, prompting to deeds Of
murder and rapine q spirit belonging to wild
men and Wild beasts, but which ought to be
rebuked among the citIzers Of humane aud
free government. It shows itself most n the
recommendations to make war on helpless wo-
men and children. The editors o! the TTi-
bune, mes, Courier and Sun, not one Of
tbeFn 1t is believed, native Of the State, whose
dignity they thus degrade, do not hesitate to
urge measures that involve inevitably the de-
struction of entire families, the laying waste
Of cities, By asay Qt precautaon, the planning
OF raids into neighboring States. to drive out
the proprietors OF the soil, ard take possession
| Of it as a reward fer military services Their
beStialities have already provoked indignant
comments from the Canadian press, which
| with fresh memories of lndian and Chinese
nassacres by ENGLAND, pronounces the United
States Government in advance OF all aesponsm
in the extent of these proposals - is res
pectfully suggested that there would oe sOoP
| put to this. ---->
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-14

DEPRAv1rY.- Friday last white woman
named Strickney, who had lately come to this
place from Newbern, attempted to drown her
three children, and was proceeding towards
Mr. Daniel Reid's wharf for the purpose, when
said gentleman, discovering her object and be-
ing sufficiently near, rushed upon her, seized
her, and rescued the unfortunate little ones
from watery and untimely grave The wo-
man, beig let loose, stabbed herself three times
with dirk in her body, but not fatally. She
was taken to Dr. Kings shop, and from thence
conducted by an officer to the jail, where, we
believe, she is still in custody. We learn that
the children were or will be taken to the poor
house for care and protection, : Wasbins7so"
.DispateG.
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LET HIM Go-One Charles Henry Foster,
q native we believe of Maine, and during the
late Presidential canvass editor of Breckin-
ridge paper at Murfreesboro' in this State, and
later still Union candidate for a seat in our
State Convention now holds clerkship at
Washington under Lincoln. We truly
glad that Charles Henry has left US and trust
he may stay. The South has been cursed by
tnn many such
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FIELD OFFICERS 1sT REGIMENT N C. V.

We learn that on Friday last the following
gentlemen were elected field officers to com
mand the first Regiment, North Carolina Vol
unteers, assembled at Raleigh:
D. H. Hill, Colonel.
c. E. Lee Lieut.. Colonel.
j. II. Lane, Major.
We have ais, been Informed that Col. HUI,
and. perhaps, the other gentlemen named, Will
also decline The reasons are not given.
Unless the Legislature revise, speedily, the
military SYSTEM and assign competent mill
tary men to organize, equip and put IN motion
an army, the whole will turn out a miserable
abortion. Civilians are not competent to out
rank veteran soldiers or direct military affairs.
-Charl0tte Bulletin.
This last paragraph is full of meaning and
we hope the Legislature will act upon the sug-
gestion Immediately. The promotion OF pollti-
cal favorites may do in time Of peace, but at
period like the present the State must employ
the very best talent at its command, and II
those who are now at the head of our military
operations are not competent to perform the
duties of their several positions they should
at once give way to those who are.
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FORTRESS MONROE, 10 O'clock, A. NJ,
NJ. :

~AOSr,
May /, 1861.
left Richrrond yesterday morning, and ar
rived in Norfolk, and again left for Accomac,
in the steamer Coffee, Captain McCarrick,
and am now a prisoner at Fortress Monroe,
Temporarily, hope of the Black Republicans
waiting the decision of the Commodore as to
what will be done with the boat, crew and
passengers. Our steamer, (the Adelaide
from Baltimore) and the Belvldere, from
Richmond, bound to Baltimore, arrived at the
Point about the same time, and all now IN
custody
On one side are the bristling guns of the
fart and OH the other in two cables length,
lie the "Cuuberland," the Quaker City" and
the Yankee" The yankee" has just come
alongside with rough-looklng set Of troops
on board but .snobody's hurt" and nobody
is frightened Several ladies and dear, prat-
tling little children, bound from Baltimore and
Washington to their native Southern homes,
are sitting about, the deck and wharf waiting
resignedly the permission of the Black Repub-
lican master of our waters to proceed to Their
homes and families.
On! how my blood boils, to be strutted
around and brushed by epauletted Black Re-
publican Puritans that feel could make on
fair grour ds, run up 10 their Eecks IN the ocean
Now I realize what [ almost knew months
ago, when offered and begged to take that
Fort, that now Is liileQ Will LuS sSuit VA hCi4
from Boston and n. York in human form, to
subdue whom the best blood of our native
South NAV have to flow as freely as water. But
in the language of our Governors patriotic la
dy: Every man in Virginia must perish, and
| then the women will fight them, and II we fail
! we will leave our children as thorns in their
! sides" And she is not alone in patriotic SEN
timents.
Last Sunday week, hrs F., the daughter of
! Benz. Watkins Leigh, low in n. Y, when the
| minister prayed for the "Prrsident of the Uni
ted States" rose in her pew, and in distinct
and audible voice, said the ''President Of tie
| Con fe7erats States" With such noble spirits
to animate our men, there is no such word as
| tail.
Well, "luck is all after all" So, by the
extra exertions of our Captain, we are released,
and on our way again. The Belv'dere Is also
released, and the Adelaide likewise, but CON-
pelled to return to Baltimore, and not permit
ted to land any Of her cargo.
I met Mr.. Payne, of your city, on board
with large quantity of goods, but be had
to return to Baltimore with them, [ hope may
be as fortunate the Eexe time | am arres
ted, as am undertaking rather perllols jour
| ney. AcCo6&e'
The following is a copy of the order of re
lease:
1.-THE steamer j. E. Cofee, McCarricls, Mas
ter. has been boarded By the United State
Blockading Squadron, and is allowed to go t
Cherrystone and return to Norfolk this after
noon but will not be permitted after this da..
to pass the Blockading Squadron again
John MAKsToN,
uCant IT 6 Frioate Cum mberland"
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HoS. H. 3 VANcE.-We learned from gen.
teman down on the train last evening direc:
from the western part of the State. that the dis
tineuished gentleman whose name heads this ar
,i:;le is now in Salisbury al the head of about 4
hundred mountain hoys on t. cir way to the seat
of war where they expect. instead of making bun
combe speeches. to make satisfactory demon
ssration of Buncombe shooting.
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FORTRESS MoNRoE.-It is rumorea that the
small pox has broken out among the federal
troops at Fortress Monroe. TIE people OF Nor
folk propose in the event of t:iis being true, to
send them nurses aud ply ysicans.
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A VETERAN PATR1or.-In the Athens (Ga)
Guards, there is gentleman 73 years OF age
He was an Orderly Sergeant in the war OF 1872
and has three sons now in the service. two OF
whom are members of the Guards The name
of this venerable soldier is Richard Hughes
He passed through this place yesterday with
he Athens Guards as a private, looking hale
and hearty, Notwithstanding the appearance of
are. Mr.. Hughes will no doubt be assigned to
light duty in his company.
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BEEN TO NoEFoLK-tsov. Letcher has been
recently on visit 20 Norfolk and inspected
the defences in that locality. He has returned
to Richmond.
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WHAT HERO THE n. Y. Herald dubs
Major Anderson the "hero of Fort Sumter"
This is the best joke of the campaign. What
4 hero
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A young lady formerly Of Georgia, was ez-
PEELED from the Grove street Baptist Church.
in Jersey City, last Sunday, for plsyfully dis
playing secession badge,
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BARBAR1sM IN New YoRK.-G. B. Lamar,
ESQ, President of the Bank of the Republic, of
New York, and for many years resident ofthat
CITY. lately resigned that office. Soon after
his resignation he was waited on by a commit
tee of the citizens, and ordered to leave the
city by specified short time.
1t was Mr. Lamar's desire and intention to
leave the city, and his resignation was with
reference to this, but the critical illness OF his
wife-a fact that must have been known to
some of the mob prevented an early removal
He informed the mob committee that he
could not and would not leave at their orders,
and here the matter rested at our last &C
commits
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Whatever differences of opinion may have
existed among the good people of this region
of country, they are now united to man, and
ready to oppose aggression and sdefend their
homes and hresidsS 10 the last = Salem Press.
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The Meroury says that from the statistica
report it appears that there were 1861 sho
and $50 shell thrown from the different Dat
teries during the bombardment OF Sumter.