Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-07
FROM THE NORTH

Press of the 29th and the Wilmington (Del
Enquirer of the 29th.
Old Bennett RACES at the "rcbels" and de
clares that the South is to be ''crushed" i'm
mediately if not sooner. The ReSGMlays dow
the Lincoln programme thus:
Genel al Scott, who in October last warned tn
administration of the impending OF our South
ern lorts, arsenais &c, by secession cons orators
now. we assured, minutely informed of thei
present plans and movements and is making his ar
raugelnents on grand scale to crush them. LIE
the rebels succumb or dispersc, or before they ar
apprised of their danger they will be encircled b,
our loyal armies as III the coils # boa constructor
Our administration will probably, before the end
May, have $50 600 fighting in the field, and The
aggregate by the Fourth of July may reach the for
mdable figure of $50 500, exclusive of the blockad
| ing force of the Southern seabOard The land anC
inland water operations % these $50 600 men viii ex
| tend from Maryland to Missouri, and from Missnur
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico; and 1t
| State will be allowed to hold tie equivocal anl
reacherOus position of that SOFT of neutrality which
while it recognizes the Union, cooperates with Its
enemies.
The government of course, for obvious reasons
does not disclose its military plans to the world bul
| from the movements afoot, from Havre de Grace
north estwardly to the Mississippi river, and from
sources, we think the general campaign have in
olcated may be safely predicted. We are not less
confident OF an Immediate plan of operations in
terence to Maryland and Virginia which will make
short and decisive work with the reckless rebels of
those unfortunate States. Within the next days
there will be- expect, a corps darmee of fifty
thousand loyal men IN occupation of Washing ton
Baltimore, Annapolis, and the Dads, bays and rivers
communicating with them from the North and the
South 1t will be the first duty of this army to lift
Maryland out OF the slough Of rebellion, in answer
her cries for Inercy.
Maryland, in hesitasng to plunge into the gulf of
rebellion, must be saved. But She must stand by
the Union. The coed cause admits of no half wa V
allegiance betweeo loyalty and treason. We con
slider the campaign now transferred to VIRGINIA and
bar linda Of
take the consequences. Our national highways
must be opened down to New Orleans, and Rich
nond @ comes next after baltimore "The work goes
bravey on" Men Of the North, fall into line
Our word for it if ever old Scott heads an
army to invade Virginia he will never leave
the field alive. The Southern troops will
have his head if it cost sc, 900 lives
Further, under The character of the Cam
paign," old Bennett consoles us in this wise:
We have inthe Northern cities at least three
hundred thousand of the most reckless, desperate
men the face of the earth. The Goths and Van
dals vino descended upon Rome and ensanguined
the IIber with patrclan blood were ang els conpared
to these fellows. who are known by the generic
name OF " roughs." OF course they all in for
war, and the spois thereOt-more particularly the
spoils They have 10 stake in this world no hope
the future. They Will fight ike demons for
present enjoyment. and where one killed twenty
more viii spring up his place. 1t is of such roug III
material that all Invlnclble troops are made That
viii form the battle ground and that the Northern
rouEhs Will sweep those States with fire and sword
a.beyond peradVenture. They have already been
excited to the boiling point by the rich prospeet of
plunder held out by some OF their leaders, aud Will
not be satisfied unless they have farm and a gin-
gerE each. There Is no sort of eXaggeruton about
these statements, rs the people OF the border States
Will shortly ascertain to their The character
of the coming campaign will be vindctve fierce
bloody and ITerCiesS beyOnd parallel in ancient or
modern history"
q Crly "a I,crS co. i
a nigger each but we will give them hospitable
graves or vultures for their carrion carcases.
Forney's Philadelphia Press says that Penn
sylVania is to have 10, 600 men in the war A
Washington correspondent of the Press writing
on the 28th reported %, 600 troops at the fed
eral capital. The correspondent says:
As much apprehension exists in regard to Wash |
ngton, will, i'll brief, state lis condition On Fri
day morning with the arrival OF the Seventh New
0rlz Re- iment and the Massachusetts troops undar
General Butler, and some other forces there We're
-, 900 men in the city, stationed at the Capitol
the Treasury Department t he Soldiers Home the I
Navy Yard, the Arsenal, and at other points The
National Kites, under Captain Smead, of the Reg
uar Army, besides seizing the steamer ST. Nicholas
with arms and provisions, has for weeks held pos
session tor the Government of the telegraph offices
at Washington and Annapolis. Officers are prepar
ng, notwithstanding the alleged sale of ARLINGTON
11elg4ts IN tirgInla' 70 Coy Letcher, by Colonel |,
"
work $ and batteries upon the highlands opposite
the Capitol for the defence of Washington a
There are now twenty five thousand trooDs in this k:
city The Capitol and the Trea- ury most etfeck
ually banicaded with barrels Of cement four
and the castiron plates intended for the completion
Of the Great Dome of the Capitol Martial law h a. sp
oeen proc lamed over the Capitol. Sixteen thousard
barrels OF -four are stored in the cripts tlgetherll
With thousands of barrels of bacon hogsIcads of mol
asses, and tierces of rice. ~
The following correspondence of the Pyes$r'
1owever, caps the climax it is supremely riha
liculous: Xii
WAsH1NGTox April Pc, 1861. Flo
1t is stated by the best authority that Lort
lyons, the British minister, sent special nesseho
ger to detan the steamer Persia New York tpas
qll dispatches could be forwarded by him to tIar(
Home Government. Lord Lyons is advised | al va
ierstand, to protfer to the United States Covert ;
nent tor the suppression of the Slave State rebd i
lon aims and ammunition, and troops from Ergan th
ma Canada BY the Persia lie sent out orders ID the
hree hundred thousand stand of tha in1rr1,-l -,
'llnle nusket and for vast Der of the ceIeb u
ed t1tied cannon. Orders in future are not TO h ~
lled IN England for the Rebel Government for arn en-
n ammunition, or ships OF war. \ be-
It is believed that an English and French Adj dy
VIII be sent to the Southern ports at early daI ct.
o cooperate with the United States fleet in tt 90
II ckade OF Secession ports. ha
Louis Napoleon has Joined with Victoria to sv ea
rsSs the SlaveState rebellion 1t is stated that 81
hers OF service to President Lincoln now re,
her way to Washington
1t Is hoped here that 1ancey and his confeder Iel
raitors will be seized by France and England d Oh
W tiic CDIIeu 10 De tried and an
he e1tradition treaties. C.
Orders have been issued, it is reported, to IE
Governor General of Canada to offer to the Unil to
states men and arms. ba
There can be no doubt but old Abe and IS nj
ninions about Washington are terriy OF
larmed The Wilmington Oel) Enquir lei
ays: alb
We saw le ter from Washington. dated ne pr
9Th. it was from Wilmington family now ST. WI
ing there and paints an awful picture of the r5n
+ terror incident to city under martial law +
This person stated that the President had der
1lned to blow up the public buildings rather ian
1t them fall into the hands of the enemy. Ityas
n lmposshlty for person to leave the CITY ;he la
abroad being In the hands of the government fke tn
trangers had all fed at the first sign of dang or
he writer would very willingly have left for vi u ~
lington but it was an impossbiity to get ava -
E. c. RIFLEs.-This fine corps came u on al
aturday, having been released by the ON
landing officer as will be seen by the flow
lg official document. 10
FoRT MACON, N. C. May Sd, 1s1. g
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