Newbern weekly progress., 1861-09-03

safely at Beaufort H. c.. with an assorered cargo
of iron lead. rifles and other useful aud necessa-
thfngs.-Hu. Journal. r1-.
Il was reported here several days ago that a
British vessel had come in to Beaufort Hari or
freieMed with merchandise. and we have seen
sstasshlent since in some of our exchanges, that
; the same vessel was recently loaded at some of
the~FIltish Islands on the Canada border, princi
paliy with goods previously shipped from Boston,
=subsiauent to which she sailed for Charleston S.
c., So we conjecture that she is a Charleston,
instead of British vessel and only came in to
dodge the bloczadng fleet at Charleston. We
. would have much 4..ore confidence in tie lsgiti-
macykpf the trade Il we eoald know that all the
British goods that find their way into our ports
had teossed the Atlantic on their way iither.
We noticed statement recently in some Of the
Virginia papers TO the effect that cargo of five
hundred bbIs. of Turpentne had found it's way
to New York. Now, whether any one violated
the law making it treason to furnish Ya KEGS
with Turpentine. Cotton &c. we cannot tell. bat
IF one thing we are sure if Southern merchants
and shippers are to be permitted to carry or
traffic with New York and Boston through the
ports of British America, the law had es we'll be
repealed.
We clip the following extract from the Charles
ton Courier written by North Carolinan, and
give it prom inent place in columns for two
purposes. First, to s+rcw the exceeding presunp
tiouz.c5s of the Yankees. They have so long
deluded US with wooden hams, wooden nutmegs
and shoesoes filed with wood instead of cath
er. that they have become thoroughly impressed
that wooden people and, indeed, not
without cause. In the second place, to let
readers see, with hope they will appreciate true
S ,uthern spirt-eenuine North Carolina senti-
ment. The writer says:
In his presumption, the enemy has sold or Of
fered to sell Cotton crop to the great nations
of Europe to whom tile supply is of urgent and
pressing necess ty Can they be duppd by him!
Will they not discern. beneath the veil of this
rogant presumption, the revOtinr features of the
Shameless habitual trickster He will sell what
what is not his own, and what he we'll knows
conquest can never give him. For let it at ouce
De known that there lives mscreant dHs-
Eari i'll our lanl " ho would not burn his Cotton
with his own hand, rather than suffer it to fall
into the h:nds of the enemy. Yet, monstrous
3mprudence! he offers to sell ensure crop
&c England, when he is obliged, at this moment
tc eke out his scanty supply and preserve mis- own
manufacturers from ruion. by import of Cot
ton from England No, he will command
supply, but what he may conrivc to steal, and
that will be insufficient for his
sites, and teave no surplus for distribation to
Engla and France
Yet. under this pretext will lie not attempt to
Ae!4 frora the worll the atrocity of his intended
invasion q OFF Southern sea coasts He means
revenge lie murder. and instruction.
aud all the horrors that those terms imply =
Foiled at SHmter, beaten at our field won Ks OF
Bethel aud Bail Run, routed and silaucfuliy put
to flight by half lis numbers in the open field
fight at Manassas, be seeks TO revive his sinking
VeArAge by fighting rs AT odds of three to
under .hc prutcc citing wings Of his navy; AMI he
wishes tn give some color for their boastlng
the vile horde OF rcenarY editors W hu
4 .l,,,l
ruptcy and destruction, but who, in truth, need
extrinsic aid tu swell petty >kirm>hes int"
important battles and convert shameful def ats
into victories
Such glory they may gain in such a war.
they may take s,rd eivy,n e that is if England
and France arc vontplai>ant vti"hgh TO enter go
protest; but let me tell them, that AT every step
they will encounter wha: has hitherto been but
idle terror to their suui--a mnShed 6dttcry =
They shall pay for our lives at our own ptlce:
and for our Cotton, ut 10 price shall they have 1t
ohr bales hall be ranparts-no b, tier rests
for rifles can be found and the torch shall!
sumo them when they cease to give protection TO
their owners.
As to the rect mnlendation of the New York
Herald, to semi l3O,tHN men down the Missis
sippi. to pick the Cotton crop with one hand and
fight the planters with the other, 1t is simply ab-
surd. Defeated at home disgraccd abroad. bank
ruptcy and disatfection staring them the face
they shut their eyes to the gulf that yawns be-
,4e~tt. them, and wilfully delude themselves with
tctionsi
No matter the hondlcriting is on the ,cnH!
SEER.
Flat Rock, N. c., Aug 18th, 1861.
After reading the above extract, presume
no man would suppose that .he writer
would be guilty of sending naval stores
cotton anyother contfaband ar
tice to St. Johns or anyother American port to
be exchanged for goods known to be of Yankee
production.
Every cargo of such articles they get from
people gives them aid and comfort, for they
are articles without which they cannot long sub
sist and support the war; and every cargo of
their manufactured goods that they manage
TO sell us, only tends to put off the fearful day,
that must come upon them sooner OF later, when
the starving poor will rise in mutiny and demand
q sessaton of hostilities.
That an improper traffic is going on, we think
may be inferred from the following extract from
the Providence Journal of I4th inst
A SCHOONER SEIZED AT NEWPoRT.-The
schooner Adelso, of St Johns, n b.. and bound
frem Wilmington, n. c.. to Halifax, with a car
60 of naval stores. put into Newport yesterday in
stress # weather, and was seized by the revenue
officers for having the blockade. The cutter
Henrietta anchored alongside and placed part of
her crew aboard the Adelso. 1t is said that the
British schr Beverly came out of Wilmington at
the same time. The brig Sarah Starr, which has
been se1Zcd, lett on the same dhy II oeeifs pro-
bable that vessels have been taking merchand-
ise from ST. Johns to Wilmington, and taking
away navl stores very handst me profit could
be made by this operation at both ends of the
voyage
THE LATEST DISPATCHES FROM WASH
INGTON.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24--Observations taken
from the Alexandria and Loudoun Railroad s. ow
that the Confederate camps ut Leesburg contain
5000 infantry aud six cannon. At point SIX
miles below, there are 5000 men, with six cam
non Fo, r miles beyond these are $500 men,
Also tina: there are 1900 cavalry in Loudoun
county
Reconnaissance and close observ alton indicate
that the rebels closing In our lines
The Potomac remains too high to be forded
even by the covalry. -
This will interfere with the reported advance
of the Confederates.