Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11

Your native homes and fires u!
Think of the watchwofd who assail;
Press hard the savage foe,
Nor pause until its stars grown pale,
Their treacherous flag lies low
THE QUEENS PRO AND THE
BLOCKADE.
Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, has issued Proclamation to her loyal
subjects, prohibiting them, amongst other
things, under pain of her ''displeasuce," land
at their peril, and of their oacn sor0ng," from
6reak5ng or sndear0rtng to breake, any block
ade that has been .tully and actually estab-
lished by either of the said contendng parties.
Now, what sort of blockade by the United
States, of the Confederate States ports in the
opinion of her Majesty's Ministers, will " be
tutly and actually established" may probably
be a matter of some speculation but Of one
thing we are certain,-her Majesty's Ministers
no more expect the ports Of the Confederates
States to be fully and 0ctua}ty blochaded for
the next ten months, than they mean the ports
OF Great Britain to be blockaded They have
not the remotcst idea Of leaving the cotton
crop, springing up vigorously all over our
land, to remain III our barnes and storehouses,
whilst their vast cotton factories remain idle
and tena,4tless They will do one of two
things - they will either find out that our
ports are not 'Jully' and "actuolly" block
I OtOcAUttE
selrls Our English friends may as well un-
dcrstand the true state of things at once We
do not intend, as the legislation of the Confed-
crate States clearly shows, that any cotton CT
tobacco shall out OF the Confederate States
/ excepting MlOUgh 0ar is1rts. The blockade
which tie United States propose to establish,
We very willing shall exist. 1t dispenses
with our refusing to allow any cotton tObac-
co to 90 out of the Southern country, except
l,1r
friendship and independence. The blockade
answers our purpose exactly. It will force
Great Britain and France to choose between
! the friendship and commerce of the Confede-
rate States, their natural and most iucratiye
customers, and that of the United States, their
natural and most i.jurjous rivals We in
no hurry to push On the game. The cards are
in our hands, and we intend to play them out
to the d0AA3Uptcy Il eccTy c0tt0a Jact0yy IN
! treat BritaiH a}!d Irttfce, or tie 0cAR0tc{odg-
nzeAt Of orr lttdepende@ce. If they choose to
be banboozied or intimidated by Yankees, Ie,
than take the consequences The ContCde
rate States are at this moment, more securely
independent than Sardinia was vhen lately
invaded by Austria. Over ten States contain
ing ten millions of people their authority is
complete, excepting in few forts on our bor-
dcrs. All the laws their vast territory
peaceably enforced b. HeiF authority
as in any part Of France Or England. If they
/ choose to ignore this fact, ard regard the in
solcnt pretentions Of the Yankees to invade or
conquer us let them indulge their fantasies :;
and II the Queen ''diSplcasurc" upholds this
| policy, let 1t flourish with the utmost vigor-
! 1t Will kill more people in Great Britain and
| France than it Will destroy in the Confederate
States. The people Of these countries do not
seem yet to have realized that the Confederate
States are a Power on the carth-and the most
! important Power to them the sun shines upon
1 4 oFt b,,;r
course and friendship with US, a war with the
| Northern States would be as nothing-nav, it
| would be blessing, since it would rid them
of their most insolent and grasping rivals in
commerce and manufactures
| But we have departed from the object we
had in view in taking up our pen We pro-
pose to agree with tie Queens Proclamation,
| that any of her su ject5 who shall serve under
the flag of the Confederate States as privateers
would not be entitled to her protection. But
they are entitled to the protection of the flag Of
| the Confederate States, as much as any of is
citizens. They are bellgerepts in behalf Of the
Confederate States, and will take the usual fate
of its seamcn. Ii taken prisoners, they will
| be prisoners of war If treated otherwise the
retaliation usual with civilized nations will be
put into operation by the Confederate States.
They will be just as safe as any of the citizens
! of the Confederate States. They will take the
chances of capturing, or being captured.-
With the small navy the United States busted
IN blockading our ports, the wide seas are be-
fore them for the richest enterprise Charles
ton Mercury
TIE MlNNEsoTA-Ro Bunch, Esq, Her
Britannia Maesty's Consul at this port took
passage in the steamer Charleston on Satur-
day last and visited the frigate Ninnesota. He
went there to have conference and under
standing respecting the Br. schr. Eliza &
CathGrine, now loaded in this port for the Ba-
hamas. This vessel came into this harbor
some days back with a cargo of fruit, &C.,
when there was no blockading vessel off the
place. She discharged and loaded immediate
| ly, and on Friday last proceeded to sea. When
near the Minnesota she was brought to by
cannon shot, the Captain compelled to go
board the man-ofWar, and after an aeXamina-
ton she was ordered back to port, to discharge
and leave in ballast. Considering the sham of
blockade which has part Of the time existed
here, 1t was clearly her right to proceed with
her cargo, and as this was the opinion of her
Majesty's Consul, he went to place matters
right. Alter some conversation, conducted in
good feeling on both sides, permission was Civ
en- to the Ettz0 d Cdtkarilie to depart with
her cargo, and she will leave here to-day. Du-
ring the interview the condition of the coun-
try was alluded to, and the Consul observed
that entire unanimity characterized the people
here, when they said in reply that the North
had the most money and men, and would
use them to the utmost to put down this move
ment.
The Norwegian bark AdmirGl Tordenkjold
now here, but which has been ordered to leave
IN ballast, came into port under precisely SINH
lar circumstances as the British schooner, but
Sweden and Norway has not as many dollars
and bayonets as Great Britain, and the vessels
OF the former will perhaps have to leave empty,
and thereby miss a valuable freight.-Ch.
Courier 3rd.
THE BRooKLYN.-The Charleston Ceurier of
Thursday says:
A gentleman just arrived in this city from
New Orleans reports that the blockading stea-
mer Brooklyn, at the mouth of the Mississip-
pi, went ashore before he left, and that she
careened to such degree that her guns could
not be made to bear on anything. He further
reports that the inhabitants were alive IN
preparation for relieving the Brooklyn and
placing her under Confederate attention.