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IL. Men viii not leave the Camp with
out written pass or ACCOMPANIED by
their commissioned officers.
Ill. Commissioned officers will not
sleep out Of Camp without leave Of the
tomtnsnding Officer.
~. Commanders Of Companies will be
held responsible for the good behavior OF
Of their men.
'. No Company viii be left in Camp
1T any time without al least one Coninis-
stoned officer
VI. HE Rules and Articles fer the
Government of the Army of the United
States viii lie strictly observed
By order, III. L. REID.
Col. 10Th Infantry, Comd =
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Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

Major Boy<in, suffered morely severely than
any other This is the regiment formerly
under Col. VIM. L. Jackson, who was superse-
ded by Col. Reynolds and resigned, but was
reapponted to the command ofthe reg giment on
Saturday last. Col jackson is now in Rich
mond.
The enemy left eighty dead on the field, and
their loss in killed and wounded is believed to
be very heavy. 1t was desperate fight and a
dearly bought victory
Col. Edward Johnston, under whose COM
m Id the battle was fought, is native OF
Chesterfield county, Va. He was an officer in
the old T. S. army, and distinguished himself
in Mexico After his resisignation, he re-
:rned to Virginia, and was assigned to the
command of the 10Th Georgia regiment, in Gen.
Lorings division, portion Of which had been
lately transferred to another point, leaving
Col Johnston the senior officer of the post
This force, at Camp Allegheny, expected or
ders to move eastward, when the enemy came
cut from the stronghold on Cheat Mountain
and made the attac cl.f anticirat:ng an easy vic
tory, but returned discomfted and beaten.
We are indebted to gentlemen from Western
Virginia for the foregoing particulas.-Rscd.
Dispatch.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

A NORTHERN VIEW OF TaE MAsoN-SLIDEIl
ARREsT.-The Chicago Tribune says of the cap
ture of Messrs Mason and Slideil:
A gentlemen well known to the legal pro-
fession of the West sends US the following
points in relation to the case Of the Trent. In
asmuch as thev are the result of much thought,
guided by copious learning, they are worthy
of attention. He says:
BY the law of nations the deck of the Trent
was part of the territory of England.
The Trent had violated no blockade: had
not sailed from any rebel point, aud could not
therefore be liable to capture. She was pub
lie mail packet, running from one English por;
to another
Human beings are not tcontraband."
Mason and Sldell We're either escaped reo
els, and therefore nothing more or less than
political refugees they were accredited en-
voys to the British Government.
If political refugees, and on British territory
had we any right to violate that tory ano
arrest thcmS
If accredited envoys, had We any such
rightly
Would any nation having ounce of self
respect ever surrender political refugee or ar
encoy accredited to its osen Gove'anpe"f,
If no nation would surrender in eithe: case
how much less would q violation OF terri
tory and forcibie abducion be submitted to.
These seem to be grave queries ; and ~hlls
hoLe and trust that our " ashington casnist%
NAV prove We are III tue right, L shall avail
their pronounclng with some anxiety,
The Queens proclamation gives Us no rights
you know. 1t is o private affair between he'
and her subjects.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
EXCHANGE os PRISONERS IN CONGRESS.

Some resolutions have been offered in Con
gress for the exchange of prisoners, and one
Particularly by Mr., Cox, OF Ohio, which, it
is to be hoped, will receive favourable con-
sideratiCn.
A general feeling prevails in New York and
elsewhere in favour Of an exchange Of prisoners
now or hereafter taken in the present civil " ar.
So strong is >his sentiment in New York that
vast public demonstration Of it is Threatened.
But considerate ulvn there are afraid to trust
to such a movement under present circumstan-
ces. The Union cause has .nst obtained a mu-
ncipal triumph bat there are elements of fac
ton growing out cf that contest. Any great
nubic demonstration now in favour Of the
exchange of prisoners would, perhaps be
availed u for the purposes Of a roactionary
party
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

REVOLUTION IN BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn "
are pleased 20 find the following in the Knox
Vile Register of Friday last:
A gentleman who is fully informed and en-
tirelv reliable writes US from bradley county,
that on the 1lth inst, ''since the Message OF
Lincoln has reached that county, scarcely
U1zon man can be found-aI declare them
selves for the South. One or two hundred OF
them have Joined the Southern army in the
last forty ght hours. There is a much better
feeling than has ever prevailed in the commu-
mty before. The people say they have been
mlsed by their leaders in regard to the Poiicy
of the Northern government. They cannot oe
sold to Abolitiondom. Bradley county Is GO
ing te furnish a regiment for the Confederate
army. DIR. Thompson will go into the regt-
ment, and many more prominent Union men,
since reading Incolns Message, have declared
themselves strongly for the South. William
Hancock, formerly Union man, is now rals-
ing company for the Bradley Regiment
The other companies in progress for this reei-
ment are. Capt. ". Fl. Camps, "a Southern
Rights man, Capt. Frank Tripett,>. Gate
Unionist,) Judge Chipman's Gate Cnion,) aud
Jos. Perrine's, Gate Union-)"
! Our correspondents account OF the gooo
work that is going on in Bradley VIII carry
| 10Y to every true Southern heart in the State
| Nav we not hope to hear similar accounts from
every county in East Tennessee. God grant
that we may vet be band of brothers in de-
/ fence of our rights against the encroachment Is
of Northern despstlsm and abolition tanatl
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
Another Victory-Esifies US. bitches

Another VIctOry-EsiEics Us. Discsfes.
We think that there is a good deal OF hum
bug in spades and bitches and incalculabie
virtue in muskets, rifles and merce.. Where
ever we dig ditches and erect sand batteries
we lose, and wherever we fight the Yankees
in an open field, they with force of three or
four to one, we whip them. We give from
the Dispatch of Monday further particulars OF
the victory in Western Virginia.:
A CONFEDERATE VICTOH4 IN IVES
TERN VIRGINIA-A SEVERE FIGHT
THE ENEMY ROUTED.
The monotony that had prevailed for some
days past was broken on Saturday by the re-
ceipt of official intelligence that the enemy,
stationed on Cheat Mountain, had sailed out
and attacked small force of our troops, and
were repulsed with heavy loss. The fight
took place on Friday last, the 18th inst. on ;he
Allegheny Mountain, fifteen miles west OF
Monterey. to which point the force remaining
in that vicinity, under Col. Edward Johnson,
had fallen back aud encamped. The official
dispatch received on Satu day says that the
battle commenced at o'clock in the morn
ing and lasted until 2 o'clock IN the after
noon, when the enemy retreated; that the
Federals numbered 5000, while Col. John
sons command was only 1900 strong, but
has since been reinforced by two regiments
We have private information which mainly
comedies with the foregoing. Our camp, it is
stated, was surprised by the enemy at an ear
ly hour in the morning, but the troops rallied
gallantly to their work, and fought with the
energy of desperation. The troops under Col
Johnson's command were portions of the 18th
Georgia and the 31st Virginia Regiments, Col.
Baldwin's Virginia Regiment, and Hans
brough's and Regar's battallions-in all, prob
ably not much over 200 men. From State
ments gatherd from two prisoners captured a
fow days previously, it is presumed that the
enemy's forces was from 5000 to 5000. Our
loss in the battle is set down at % killed and
rs wounded and missing. Among the killed
are the following:
Captain B. P. Anderson, of the Lee battery,
from Lynchburg gallant and mcritorus Of
fcer
. Lient. Lewis S. Thompson, of the Marion
Guards, son of Judge Thompson, of Wheel
Among the wounded are Lieutenant CO.
Ione1 1lansorough, Captain Deithler, one
o. Coiohel Johnston's aids; and Captain
Molonon, OF the Braxton county com
The S1st Virginia regiment commanded By
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
THE ABOLITION CONGREss-Irs SPIRIT.

II a Il
The following from the Chicago Tribune
pretty clearly indicates the spirit ot the pres
ent Abolition Congress:
The proceedings OF Congress yesterday in
dicati pretty stern work. Tne severest meas
ures fer the conduct OF the war will oe adop-
ted. and it is evident from the temper Of the
House. as illustrated yesterday, that severity,
so far from constituting any ground OF objec-
ton to a. policy, will add to the chances OF its
adoption We may look, therefore, for legis-
lation of the most uanistakable and decided
character, not only on slavery, but upon all
other questions connected with the war
There will be no trHin9, but action Cl the
most earnest kind.
The progress of the war during the past six
months demonstrates what few even of our
most sagacious statesmen tOresaw, that the
struggle is not an ephemeral disturbance, to
be settled in six or twelve months-but a tre-
mendous war that may last three years and
call for the exertion CT all the nation S
strength, and ali the peoples power OF endu-
rance.
A contest for life cannot, in the nature Of
things, be trivial thing; and, in this case. the
struggle of the nation for existence against a
conspiracy meditated and planned for years,
and executed with the most gigantic and com
plete appliances, must necessarily be despe-
rate, and perhaps prolot ged. Congress has
arrived at perception OF this truth, ana VIII,
at the present session, shape lis measures
and declare its policy in accordance there
with.
We trust, however, that Congress will be
careful not to do anything rash under mis-
taken conviction of its severity. The present
hour calls for wisdom as well as energy
-wis@sm to economize the nations
strength and direct it, with the least
waste, to the end in view. We have already
been too reckless in the management OF the
war-too wastelul Of our resources. and toe
profligate Of our strength.
We have prodigious army in the field, and d
prodigious feet on the sea; but much OF the
vigor of both these arms has been expended IN
unconcered and inharmonious movements,
which have led us but league or two into the
ene,ny's country, and have fallen lar short OF
the work such powerful forces might accom-,
plish if steadily, judicionsiy and answering
| iv directed to definite Object.
| Heuceforth there should be strlcter econo
nv. not only of our expenditures, but OF ou1
forces and it will be the duty Of Congress tc
insu,e this by dvesting the war Of all extra
neous issues, and directing the forces OF the
country to the naked ohject--ot promptly, per
maneutly and efectually suppressing the re
! bellion.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

WY 1T?-Se much complaint has recent
lv reached our ears against merchants ana
other business men refusing to take Virginia
money in the transaction of business, that we
have become curions to know the reason OF It,
Can any one tell usT
During the continuation Of the war. the
whole Southern country is forced, IN effort ana
interest 10 be one grand uait and the money
of one State, if sood at home, should pass cur
rent in every other State-ceTtainly so N ad-
Joining States our soldicry is compelled
10 move rapidly; and, in many instances, with
out DAVIS warning, from one State to another
rendering it impossible for them TO chanoe
what little money they have fer the currency
Of the State to which they are hurTying And
shall the poor soldier be denied the neceSsarIes
oflife or be forced to sacrifice his poor miserable
pittance by suffering heavy discount SIMPLY
because he does not happen to have the cur
rency of the place at which he may happen 70
bes Patriotism forbids.
Can any one furnish valid reason why
merchants in Newbern should refuse the notes
of Virginia, known by them to be good e
have cot been able to discover IT. Prior to the
opening Of the war we very seldom saw Nr-
pinia or South Carolina bill Of money, but
since that time they have became quite ploi :
tful, particularly, Virginia bills, the leglt-
mate result of military camp being kept at
this place together with the fact that trade
has sprung up that did not exist before
These bills, until very recently, were current
here and served a desira ble purpose as change,
many of them being Of small denomination,
but all at once they are refused and the com
,nunity is subjected to great Inconvenience
br class of men who are wholly dependent
uoon the public for success in business.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
GCOaINIUNiCATED.

The Southern Rights Infantry, Co I. acknowl-
edges the receipt of four pair woolien socks, and
par Of blankets, from Mrs. + b Harrison. for
the use of the Company; also bag of fine pota-
toes, from Mrs John Shute and box of well
cooked provisions, from Mrs. Job L. Jarman
This is a luxury indeed, something we'll cooked
is something Il soldier seldom gets. No one
knows better than Il soldier how to appreciate a
box veil fl led with good bread tine roast beet
chickens, &c, Many thanks TO the donors.
Hope others will be induced to follow their noble
aud generous example. W. +. WARD.
Commanding Company.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

PERpLExED-The Hessian Congress at
Washington is greatly perplcxed as to what
they shall do with the slaves. ewould sng-
eest to them that they had better attend to the
.'rebels " first, they are likely to give them
the most troble If they can subjugate the
people of the South they can then do as they
choose with the Niger.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
THE Battle OF ALLEGHANY NOUN
TAIN

We received last evening, through the
kindness of gentlemen from Western Virginia
some further incidents of the battle fougtIt on
Friday last on the Allegheny mountain me
report which reached the city on Sunday that
the forces of Col. Johnson were surprised by
The enemy is, we are assured, entirely e1rO-
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24

tory.
We understand that the speedy organza-
ton of the Confederate Court is held to be ]
matter cf nucn consequence, there is much
property of the enemy's within the bounds OF
the Nation, which should be looked after and
secured
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
FEDERAL LOUTRAGEs--NEW FROM GEN
THOMPSON.

MEMPHIS Dec 14.-Three thousand Fede-
rails at Paducah marched to Vienna on Thurs
day, and burnt dwellings, timber piles, &c
They returned to Paducah, but made no attack
Oh Fort Beausegard
All is quiet at Colurn bus, Kg.
jeff. Thompson recently surrounded party
Of Federals who were guarding the bridge be-
tween Charleston and RyTd's Point, and killed
and captured 2 of the bridge guard.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
WASHINGTON sPECULATIONs.

The Northern papers have all eorrespon-
dents at Washington, whose duty it is to note
the outside tall! Of Congress and the news and
gossip Of Washington. From this 'reliabl
source we make up the following interesting
summary:
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
RATES OF ADVERTISING
THE WEEKLY PROGRESS;

The following arc the only Rates of Advertising
in the Weekly Progress, to all save thse who con.
tract BY the year and advertise il both weakly and
daily papers:
One square tl2 lines minionl one insertion, 81 00
Subsequent insertions, each, so cents.
Any number Of squares will be charged IN PRO
portion. All advertisements marked ltG till forbid
viii be continued till ordered out and charged q
above.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
BYJ. L. PENNINGTON.
Aid for ChariestOn.

The towns aud cities throughout the oouth'
as far as heard from, are sending most liberal
contributions 10 Charleston for the beneht of
the sufferers by the late fire. We knew it
would be so--we knew that the people of
Charleston who have ever been 50 liberal to
help others would now, in this their hour of
adversity receive most generous aid.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF tbs FEDERAL GOVERN

IL the attitude of England and France to-
wards this country there Is nothing positively
favourable or unfavourable. Neither power is
pledged against interpositon in our domestic
quarrel, while at the time, both forbear
from it. But there is much in the condition
of those countries that would hold them back
from any quarrel with the United States
The most intelligent opinion here is that we
shall have no trouble at present with foreign
governments 1t is somewhat remarkable
that no answer Is reported to Congress from
various foreign powers to the offer made by
this government to acccde to the propositions
Of the Paris Conference.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
n bands be at once colonised, as recommended by

bands be at once celonised, as recommended by
the President
Conservative citizens much alarmed by
the fanatical out-croppihgs In Congress, but
they should remember that some Of the ID 3st
rabid Aboltionls.s are not sustained by public
opinion at home. Hon. Thaddeus Stevens in
sisted upon running the naked Republican ma,
chine in his district against the Union element
and he was overwhelmed. The press, people
and the capitalists of the country are yet to be
heard frotn upon the new issues that are forced
upon the government The rabid element is
stronger now than it would be We're new
election of congressman to be had, It's fate is
sealed unless it engraft its policy perma-
nently upon the government stock.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-12-24
LAND.

Mason ana Sil(ttll outrage.
THE GMASON-SLIDELL ARREST IN ENG
LAND.
We have before Us Northern papers of Sat
urdav. which contain IA great deal OF European
newspaper and other views OF the MaSon-SHdeI
capture From hasty glance we are inclined
10 think that the English press are disposed to
acouiesce in the action of the federalS. But on
4 closer inspection we find decline in consots
from 925 ex-dividend to 9l5. The London
Times money article alleging that large por-
ton Of the public regarded the act IN the worst
Iirht. as a confirmation of the Indications so
lorg given by Mr. Seward of his desire
to Involve this country i'll a collision at any
cost.
The Liverpool cotton men held an indigna-
ton meeting After the resolution cal
linp nnon the government to assert the Dig
nity OF the British flag by requiring prompt
PREPARATION had been read, the Chairman
remarked:
When the news Of the outrage reached this
town. the feeling created was one OF surprise,
mingled with indignation. He remarked thas
we all had heard Of the sacred dignity Of the
American flag. That dignity, be proceeded to
say, was q means by which persons engaged IN
the nefarious slave trade could at once protect
themselves by hosting the American nag,
which fully enabled them to resist any attempt
to search such vessels He trusted that 1t
would not he allowed that men prosecuting SO
nefarious trade should be protected, and that
men peacefully proceeding on their own affairs,
under the protection of our flag, might be for
ciblv taken from our ships. (Cheers-) On
the contrary, he believed that the people o
! his country would not. by any means, permit
such an outrage. (Cheer..) He said in hav'
ing agreed to tlke the chair on this occasion
| he d d SO without reluctance Or regret, as ne
| felt deeply that he only expressed the feeling
not merely of the meeting but of the commit
nifty in general, when he said it was their du
ty to press oD the governtnent the imperative
necessity of yindlcating the honor and dignity
of the British name and flag. Cloud and con
tinued cheering.)
After the chairman took his seat several gen
flernen occupied the floor IN the vain endease
to give another turn to the expression oi Ia
meeting, but their object on being expressed
met with the cold shoulder and they had to de
Eslst.. The resolution, as proposed TO be amend
led by the chairman, was then Put to the meet