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Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-11-26

ted States which will fill the world with amaze
ment- The imprisonment of these two agents
does not cripple the Southern Government. 1t
locses two good men. But it may send twenty
others to morrow on the same errand The Gov
ernment of the United States gaia nothing te-
yond the qualification of its spi against two in
dividdais; aud engages itself irretrieviaby IN an
oped quarrel with the Government of Great
Britain. whose indisputable and cherished right
of maritime independence it has tagged in r
manner 80 clear and decisive as to render
immediate naval hos1ities almost certain.
The question in the case, if there is one, is
is not the right of 4 begerent power to arrest
twithin its jurisdiction) the ambassadors of an
adversary rheiF way to foreign power but
the right of neutral flag TO protrect its vessels
on the high aid this right. for which the
United States ala ays cont=uded, witch England
yielded, and which all other civilized nations
sanctioned and proclaimed in a solemn Congress,
has been openly violated by this arrest If the
Government OF Great Britain has not become more
Spirtless than any Government ever was before,
TINS escapade of Commodore Wilkes will cost Lin
coin dearer than ony adventure of the war; and
Messrs Slideli and Mason may be found more
useful to the Confederacy within the walls of their
prison than they could have hoped to tie. under
the most favourable circumstances. either at 81
James i'll the TuiileiieS.
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Am ApDeal for the Soldier

We invoke the aid Of the State Convention
and of the Confederate Congress, which bodies
are now in session, in favor of our brave
soldiers. Increase their pag. Eleven dollars
a month is not enough for the poor III the
ranks who has wife and children at home to
be cared for. Increase it to $16, S15, or even
$l4 a month, but by no means less than that.
OF course it will increase the expenses of the
war, but what Of it? The battles are to be
fought, our independence is to be achieved,
and the common soldiers who arc now in the re-
ceipt of the magnnnimous pay Of elerea doIle''s
u month hare got the eCorb to do. Theirs to
toll and theirs to suffer! The officers pay en-
ablcs him to clothe himself comfortably and to
live luxuriousy- to command delacacies and
attention when sick and to have an abundance
Of everything when welI-but the soldier, he
who receives the priace}y sum Of elepe1 dol
{uYs a month for all he tolls and suffers, can
have nothing but what is dealt out to him by
commissaries and quartermasters his pay-
S11 a month-all must go to keep loved ones
at home from starving, which in many ins :ances
1T is insufficient to do
We call upon those who have it in their pow
er to increase the pay ofthe soldier to do it
Eleven dollars month is contemplate sum
for the sufferings and tells of the private SOL
dier
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MERCHANTS DESERVING SAVANNAH

The Savannah Republican. of the 9th inst re
cords the following Instance of the existence in
that community of men whom it would be better
for the credit Of every community in the South
ifthey had never come among us The comments
of the Republican are just, and, If anything too
mild:
a number of merchants, chiefly small dealers
in the neighborhood Of Market Sqna e. were en-
gagged The whole of yesterday in packing up their
effects with the intention of shipping them and
themselves beyond lhe reach of danger, Our
city authorities took the matter IN hand, and laid
embargo on the export. This entirely
right, and we hope General Lawton will issue an
order for preventing any able bodied man under
sixty years of age, from leavi lg the city. This
cowardly deserton of US when the city for the
first time calls fer their services is dSgraceful and
should not be allowed. If necessary would
establish line of piekets around the town to keep
them in. We arc very sure DO Georgian will need
such compulsion TO duty.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, nov, 20, 1861
RuIlnirlg EtcnlS.

Fremont has had an immense demonstration
in St Louis where he made speech and de-
rcunced the Lincoln Wigwam. Throughout
the West and Northwest his removal causes
great dissatisfaction,
The latest news from Missouri does not
indicate an early battle Between the two main
armies.
In Kentucky skirmishing is going on all the
time but no general battle since that at Colum-
bus, where nearly one thousand Yankees bit
the dust.
Much excitement has been caused by the
treason in East Tennesssee, but really it don t
amount to much. There are some 1000 tories
banded together at two points there but suf-
iicient force has already been ordered there to
wipe them out
A forward movement by Mcclellan is con-
finally talked of at Washington but somehow
1t don't como off: Perhaps he is waiting for
the 1st of December so to give Old Abe S
Congressman a chance to be present.
Old Scott is in New York and leaves for
Europe soon.
Large numbers Of troops have been sent for
ward to join our army Oh the Potomac during
the past few days, and whenever the Hcssians
came out from their hiding place our Generals
will be found ready.
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South Carolina is Ready.

A correspondent of the Richmond Eranin-
sr writing from Charleston on the 18th,
says;
In South Carolina there is universal rush
TO arms In districts which had seemed to be
stripped of fighting men to swell the army Of
the Potomac, new crop Of armed men have
sprung up at the roll Of the drum. The coast
has suddenly become a vast camp, and from
the Peedee to the Savannah river, the sea IS
lands are bristling with bayonets. Regiment
after regiment has come III from North Caro-
lima, and others are on their way hither from
Alabama and even from Louisiana. You may
judge the extent of the army that has thus
suddenly congregated on our seaboard, by the
fact that the contract was made here yester
day to furnish daily, commencing tomorrow,
fresh meat for $4,000 troops. 1t is not unrea-
sonable to suppose that Savannah has been
called upon to supply an equal number. At
what points these vast forces are posted it
would not be proper, at this time to mention.
Suf1ceit to say that the communication of our
commanders along the exposed region is ad-
mirably arranged by means of our matchless
troopers, who are familiar with every inch Of
the country, and that proper means have been
provided to concentrate the troops at short no
rice
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! Maltimore and the Government is Urged to
Seize the turnpike for its use.
The most OF the regiments detailed Tor SER
vice in lower Maryland have rturned.
The Herald gives the following names Of the
eleven vessels of the great feet which were
disabled, ashore or missing, from the effects OF
the gale; The Belvidere, Florida, Commodore
Perry, Ethan Allen, d. Nj. Petit, Union, Ocean,
Express, Governor and two gun boots, the
names not reported.
The news of the bombardment at Port
Royal was first ived in Washington on
the 10th instant, and created the utmost en-
thusiaSm.
The Federal Government has given permis-
sion t6 certsin parties IN Rhode Island to send
merchant vessels after tn, naval expedition
loaded with supplies necessary for the Union
men the South--Ia taugh comes IN here i
and the Rhode Islanders expect to obtain
cotton in exchange for their ''U Union notions"
and will ship it to Liverpool from any of the
Southern ports controlled by the fleet Here
the luugh concludes.
TIE Maryland Legislature stands e8 for the
Union to 6 for Secession A SPECIAL session of
the Legislature has been called by Governor
Hicks, to undo the legislation of last spring and
place the State full and square upon the Union
platforms:
Francis Albany, one Of, the prisoners ia
ken on the Petrol, died recently at Moyamen
sing prison.
Gen Hunter has been appointed commander
in the Western Department in the place of
Gen. Fremont.
The blockade en- the Potomac continues ef-
fectve, and the Northern journals complain OF
its disastrous effects.
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Northern Lies and Fancies,

NORFOLK, Nov, 16:-The Baltimore papers
Of the 18th inst have been received here. The
Federals claim victory at Belmont Opposite
Columbus, Ky.,) during the first part of the
day, but towards the c.ose they were over
whelmed by superior force, and acknowledge
heavy loss on their side, General McCier-
nand and Grant were in command, and Colo
neIs Logan and Toakes' Regiments lost heavi-
ly. The Federas report Colonel John "
Wright, of Tennessee, killed, and admit the
loss on their side TO be from sig to seven hun
dred in killed. wounded and missing.
There has been great rejoicing through
out the North over the Federal successes
at Port Royal A steamer was momen tarily
expected at Annapolis which would bring the
details.
"Ion," the well known Washington CORES
pondent of the Baltimore Sum- says that it is
understood the Federal advance will be exped-
tied by the success of the feet in the South,
and adds that General Beauregard has gone to
the South to defend the coast against the
operations of the Federal armada This Is
news. Great difficulty is experienced in
washington for supplies of wood, &C., on
account OF the blockade ofthe Potomac. Wagon
trains ne" run daily between Washington and
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KFatters.s and Esors Royal.

Never two more barren victories than those
achieved by the Federals at Hatteras and Port
Royal. When the news of the capture Of Hat
teras first flashed through the North the Yam
KEGS ran maj with delight, and with Port
Royal, but see now how they talk of The splendid
treasure they possess in Hatteras. The following
was sent to a New York paper from Fortress
Monroe
It's understood that the late gale was SO de.
structive at Hatteras that the abandonment of
the position, except by gun boat or two is seri
ously contemplated. The fruits of the fine
achievement of taking Hatteras have been worse
than squandered. To abandon now the Union
men of North Carolina. who, accepting the pro-
lection offered them, joyfu!ly gave in their
allegiance to the Union, would be a cruelty and
pec of barbarious injustice little vigcr
would even rid Pamlico Sound of the rebel
steamers, and then, with gun boats in the Sound,
our camp might be moved from Fort Hatteras to
the lighthouse. 1t may be little easier to back
out than to go ahead therefore, since one or the
other must be done back will probably be the
DOlicy
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To Gen. Erwin, Ashville. n. g.
| From the Wilmington Journal. ]

CONGRESS-T CONVENTION-SALT
On Monday next two important bodies are
about to reassenble the one at Richmond, the
other at Raleigh. The Congress Of the Con-
feClerate States at Richmond, the Convention
of the State of North Carolina at Raleigh.
We wish to call the attention of these bod
iest especially of the last named, to mat
ter which is rapidly acquiring the most
formidable proportions and assuming the gra-
vest Characteristic.
Salt was selling here on the 10th OF last
April at the rate of rs to go cents per sack
What it is selling for to-day would be unsafe
to state, since there is no knowing what point
it may reach before sunset. There Is certainly
no limit. We suppose it would be stating the
thing very mildly indeed, were we to say that
salt has risen twenty fold. We would not ven
ture to say that it has stopped rising.
And all this within an hours drive of the
briny ocean, which roarS around our coast tor
hundreds OF miles. Is it net little strange
that it should be so?
With fair appliances and a reasonable in
vestnent of capital who doubts that salt could
be made from sea water at q very reasonable
costa A very considerable portion of the salt
used throughout the world is produced from
sea water by evaporation. The salt OF turks
Island and of other points in the W est Indies
is so made and we see that as late as April
last it could be brought here and sold, sack
and all, for 70 to 90 cents per sack OF nearly
bushels, being not over 90 cents bushel.-
We question if the salt cost mo,e than hall
that where made. Professor Thomassey is
confident that salt can be produced on this
coast, after the process shall have got into op-
erations at cents per busnei
1t is admitted that there would be immense
profits realized from the making of salt at rates
inconceivably lower than those which now rule
and still more so as compared with those which
are likely to rule, if the machine keeps travelling
up such steep grade as that which has already
brought to its present Dizzy haight. The reason
given why those who make salt charge sc
high for it, and why others do not go into 1t, is
the risk supposed to be attached to the invest
ment. Those in the business say that inasmuch as
the blockade may be raised at any time. they must
look out so as to secure themselves and get theil
money back in the shortest possible tine. The same
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EyTORTION vs.. EXTORTION.

lr Editor :-Hav;ng heard dialogue re-
lated that took place recently, will furnish it
as 1t seems applicable to the present day
IYanter--W hat is the price Of salt
Gr0cer-SY 90.
P-That is outrageous extorton.
G-N ho!csala price is So and can't DO
bought less.
P--i will not cure any bacon with salt at
such outrageous prices
G-Do you recollcct the price paid you for
your bacon last year
P-Yes; il was II cents.
G-You think salt high. Now, what will
yon take for your bacon, if furnish you salt
at 81 per sack ?
P--W-h-y, would not ike to make pr'rra
just now.
G--I will give you 20 cents Per pound, hog
round and give you salt at 81.
F-Well I don't wish TO sell now.
G-If yonr bacon proves as good as last
year, will give you % cents per pound.
P-I will wait until bring it in.
G-Will you contract to deliver it at 80
cents?
P-I won't sell now at any price.
l will leave the public to make their own
verdict. Ii is certain there are two sides, rs
the lawyers say, to all cases.
FAIR PLAY.
ISarapnna RepuJttca1a->
We say ditto 70 the RpDnJhcrn
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consideration which prevent those in the sbusi-
ness from goIug into it extensively, also prevent
those not in it from going into it ALL that
really the few small salt works the coast have
no visible effect in restraining speculation ex-
torion.
If the risk is one from which private parties
shrink. it IS certainly clling FOR public ac-
ton since the matter has really risen TO the di-
mensioDs of public grievance. Private individ.
uas might not and would not like to risk many
thousands Of dollars in enterprise which they
might suppose liable to be ruined at any time by
the fortunate event that would remove the
shackles from our commerce. TEs State OF
North Carolina ought TO take the matter in hand
and the risk well as the PROF.: opght to he
shared i'll common. Nay. why should not the
COnfederacy lead in movement absolutely
called for by the condition of the country and the
demands of the service.
Say that the State of North Carolina should
go into this matter to the amount of 500, 900
or that she should extend guarantee of that
amount to some private parties, on certain con-
ditious, might we not feel assured that her doing
would save the people much moro than the
whole cost in very short time and render
them hereafter independent, and not liable to
be bled at both arms, paying prices that would
be regarded as fabulous, did we not unfortu-
nately find them to be grave and painful real
tiles.
1t will not do to depend upon getting salt
from abroad by running the blockade That
Is evidently as much ana as purely Specuta-
ton as anything else, and when salt brings
twenty times it fomer prices real value,
there are other and very different Inducements
from those of self sacrificing patriotism to slim
ulate men to the attempt, and that tits not often
er made, with such inducements, shows the
weakness of any dependence upon that
source OF supply.
We be and ought to be Independent Of
al! these Interested parties. 1t private parties
cannot run the risk, the State can and ought to
take it, aud at once, and we earnestly call upon
the Convention to take this matter III hand. If
two hundred thousand dollar we've cheerfully ap
propriated to finish the Coalfield Railroad, that
was enable supply Of coal and iron to be
speedily obtained. Why should not the State
cheerfuy appropriate one hundred thousand dol
lars to obtain and secure supply of another and
equally Indispensable necessary of life, and re-
lieve her citizens from most onerous tax. 1t
would not be over sixteen cents per head for all
the white people In North Carolina nor a dollar
for each family in the State, less than onethird
of the extra cost &" charged on every bushel Of
salt and what family of six white persons and
three negroes does not consume several bushels
in any one year This is practical matter and
surely it is not the less worthy of public attention
on that account The smaller Sounds of Norih
Carolina afford the safes sites for carry iug
this business of any points on the Southern coast
from Cape Henry TO the BIO drande.
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We say ditto to the RrpaJticrn. -
TIE BLACK FLAG, E7c-The Charleston cor

TIE BLACK FLAG ETc-The Charleston cor
respondent Of the Richmond Eranainer says:
You have doubtless seen it stated that the
black flag is footing at Savannah and Charles
ten. have seen such flag, but it IS safe I"
say that no quarter will be shown to the ma
rauders on this or the Georgia coast On this
point the sentiment Of the people and tho
soldiers is one. No military order has been or
viii be given the subject, but it IS highly
Improbable that any prisoners OF war from TIE
great feet Of the Balloon viii be added to
these who already cucumber our prison house
General Lee has been cordially received
here, and notwithstanding the vague but gen
eral information that he Is over cautious in his
miltaey tactics, for such partizan war as We
all feel this must be, there every disposition
to yield hearty cooperation in the measure
which his military experience may suggest
1t is said that Gen Ripley had already given
the order far the burning of Beaufort, when, on
the arrival of General Lee, this desperate step
was disapproved and counterlnanded.
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ARRIVAL OF TUE STEAMER FINGAL FROM EU-
ROPE.-On Wednesday last, says the Charleston
Mercury. we received from Savannah, telcgraphic
advices of the arrival at that port, of the new
iron screw steamer "Finga, from Europe. Up
to this time, we have not deemed it expedient to
make any direct ausion to her whereabouts ;
but further retcence, en- our part, is now need
less. The vessel cost about $2000OO. Her en-
gines are very powerful. Her carrying capacity
is abont 900 tons, and she was one of the swift
est steamers in British waters. There is moth
ing in American waters that can cope with her.
Her cargo consists of l2,5O0 Enfield Rifles. $50
tons of pow der, 10 rif1ed cannon large quantities
of bau >ets, overcoats, navy and army shoes. sad
dlers tools for artillery purposes. sufficient to
equip four bat aliens She also brings large
Quantity Of medicine and assorted goods.
The ..Flngal' sailed from Glasgow ria Holy
head, en- the 18th ut., having cleared fer Ma
tleira and the West coast of Africa" On arri-
wing off Ty bee, she found no blockading vessel
in sight and ran qnietly in After lying fer ~
few hours, under the guns of Fort Pulaski, she
steamed gracefully up TO Savannah, where She
was recei. ed by the citizens with the greatest
enthusiasm.
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ANOTHER BATTLE IN MISSOURI-CON-
EEDERATES NICTORI JUS.

New ORLEANS. Nov. l3.-A special dispatch
to the TrRe Delta, dated at Memphis to-day, and
received from the APpeai office, announce that a
battle had occurred near Springfield, Missouri, in
which tho Cosfederates "tFo vietoAn"s. The
Federal force vastly superior TO that of the
Confederates and included Fremonts celebrated
Body Guard. The Federals loss in killed and
wounded WAS heavy Generals Price and No Cul-
loch are confident of driving the Federas out #
Missouri.
An ordinance of secession has been passed by
the Legislature of Missouri, by a unanimous
vote, anu a full quorum was present in both
Houses.
The bearer of dispatches from Neosho for Rich
phis
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COPY-TRANSLAT1ON.

~NoRFoLK, Va, 9th Nov, 1861.
Commodore Lynch, Co0sHsander-la-C Chiet Of
the Squadron:
On leaving Norfolk to report to my Admiral
and bling nay crew to him, will not depart
without expressing again all my gratitude and
my thanks for the alacrity you have shown,
not only to save us from the peril in which We
were placed, but still more. to abandon ayour
course in order to bring to Norfolk, where,
owing to your meditation, we have been ena-
abled to reach nou-bfockaded port, and from
which to return to our own country.
It is quite natural to- come in aid Of poor
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THE REPORTED BURNING OF COTTON

I'VE deem it due to later and more accurate
Information to correct the reports which first
reached the city concerning the amount of cot
ton opened TO the punIering invaders and hire.
ling pilagers Late reports received from plan
ters and residents acquainted with the facts OF
the case. state that very little, if any cotton will
be found in bales AMI storehouses nearly all the
growing crop being in seed-a very unusual fact
for this season. Some of the crops in the field
DESTROYED.
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Arrest of Mason and slidell.

On this outrage the Richmond Fzaminer re-
marks:
ers diplomatic agents of the Southern Confede-
racy, on their way to England, on the high seas.
upon the deck of British mail steamer, and
under the British flag, is proof of desperate i'm
beciity in the present Government of the Uni
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AUGUSTA, Nov 1S.--the Charleston Mercury
of this morning says that an English screw
frigate, the Imnortallite, has arrived of that
port, looking after British interests.
The British steam soop Racer is expected in
few days.
AUcUsTA. Nov. 19-The Yankee prize brig
Elsmerc has reached a Confederate port III
safety.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Hon. Thos. Bragg has received the appoint
ment of Attorney General of the Confederate
GOVERNMENTS most excellent appointment,
worthiest sons Hon j. P. Benjamin, former-
lr Attorney General, has been made perWas
nent Secretary of War.-Register%