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Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
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(Signed J E JOHNSTON,
General &. 5. \.
(Signed) G.. L. BEAUREGARD,
Gen. {. 5. 4.
ssCnnet's PLAN tO SslDjNgatc the
south and End tiae war.

TO the N Y. Hernd belongs the credit of the
following remarkable plan of ending the war by
the first of next May:
Congress has voted 500 900 men and $500, coo
600 TO carry out the in which the Govern
ment is embarked to put down the great rebel
lion There is nothing left for us but 10 go thI ough
it but the question is, how it be carried to
a speedy ternnation for a long, langulshing
would be destructive to every interest,"
The plan then is 20 aise 500 600 men instead of
100000, and to raise loan OF $6u0 100000
instead of So00O00000. The defeat AT
Bull hun Will make the cost us ) 100, ,OOO,OuO
more than would have been necessary had not
the foolish adval ce on Richmond been made.
Under the organizing mind of Mcclellan. It
the 100000 man be sent to same twenty or thirty
camps Uf INSTRUCTION. and, after being duty drilled
aud formed into corps under the best officers lei
29o,6UO be placed on the line of the Potomac by
next October, and then let goo GOO be sent down
the Mississippi, capturing all the cities on its
banks, including New Orleans. Then let 2Gu,-
600 more be sent 5y to operate in sundry col
umns from the Atlantic coast capturing Charles
ton, Savannah Mobile and Pensacola. As nearly
the whole fighting element of the South Is
now in Virginia, the cotton States would be rap
idly conquered; far the rebel army between
Richmond and Virginia could not go TO their re-
lief, with coo Union troops in their reor. on
the banks OF the Potomac, ready to march after
them. taking Richmond on the way.
As the slaves mostly to be found in the
cotton States. these contraband goods would be-
speils of war, together with all the real and
personal estate of the Secessionists. pursuance
of tue act recently introduced iuto Congress con
fscating all fhe property of the rebels, houses,
lands, nurses and negroes The shareholders in
the revolted States nanbar about 100000. Their
slaves pumber about 5 100000. There are about
73e,000 poor hites, heads of families. i'll those
States, who nave slaves aaa interest in
slavery. Let The slaves be sold to them at S25
per heai. the price of live Yankee caught at
sea BY the privateers of Jefferson Davis the
efms to be either cash or credit, 10 be redeemed
in cotton. .s@ t5-a--3 -
4bis saie woald at anee create minority ..
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GOOD Reply.

Il. I've are indebted says the Richmond Dis
patch, Ito gallant officer of the army for the te
lowing correspondence ensuing OIL an underhanG-
ed and miserable atteRIpt of Gen. Cameron, u s.
Secretary of War; to obtain the body of his brn
ther and at the same time ignore the fact thai it
is a ':beliigerent nation by whom the North. has
been defeated. Gen. Beauregard's reply is a
model and confirms our impression, In reafi ~
his letter accepting asw ord fronI the New Ori
ladies. that be can write Well a. he can q. hit
What comprehe nslFeness. dignity an1 patristlsnf
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DESTITUCION AMONG LINCOLN'S SOL
DTEPS

The Washington correspondent Of the New
Yorl: Express" after slvirg glowing oescFip-
fion of Mr. Lincoln's last levee before the great
Uattle makes the following eonplaints OF bis
army Of hcggars:''
"Chcrc IL ) feature Of military life now daily
witnessed IN Washington, which should Ger
.a;nly he pat L stop to, and which last night
fnmed sad contrast to the bright festivities
oi the Presidential mSnsion. @
In sight of the White House, within sound
Of the strains Of gladso;nc music the guests to
ana tro were stopped by american soldiers who
positively begged for a cent The majority Of
these nlen were not, rs may De supposed, intox
cated, but were decent III appearance, and two
ot them, TO my own knowledge, were Of good
intellectual attanments
This spectacle Of bcggary is now 50 common
that a person, unless atti-ed in uniform, can
not walk ore hundred yards on the main streets
Of the Capital of the nation, without witnessing
the humaing spectacle of the American sol
der reduced to begging. What may be the
cause of this desGtution among the troops is
not my province to enquire, but that it does
exist is = Stubborn fact ~
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OuE Tlo9rS.--The Petersburg Express OF

O"K TAo'rS,--Ihe Petersburg Express OF
Monday has the following:
Ii is highiy gratifying 10 observe how com
pletrly eqnippcd and armed, the n G troops are
that pass through this city to the seat of -
We have not III single instance oticed in
efficiently equipped from hat State Their
uuif rms are plain. but comfortable and most
~ubstantal they made wear EnCi use---
not show. IheIr arms are AL brightly bum
ished and kept la he best possible oIdrr North
Carolina may we'll be proud Of her gallant troops
they the adu irariuu Of ail \, ir see them
Sane four or five companies of Col Hole S
18th \. &. Regiments of State Troops passed
through the city on Saturday, Yesterday morn
ing scvelal hundred Georgians came in.
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Coon TpEA-We see it stated that Prcs-
dent Davis proposes to put the Yankee prison
crs to making shoes for our soldiers. This is
a good idea and we hope it will be carried out
What Il good boss of the shoe department Sen
tor Wilson would have made if he had been
captured.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13

MILITARY Nov ENEHT - Four companies of the
six that were encampcd on the Fair Ground
at this place left yesterday morning special
train for Raleigh by order Of the proper an
thorities.
Those that left are, the Marlboro Guards
Capt. Morrill, Pitt Volunteers Capt. Single
tary; Tuckaho Braves, Capt. Wooton, and
North Carolina Guards, Capt. Whitfield. The
two first mentioned are from Pitt county and the
other two from Lenoir. The two companies
that remain the ground the Salston
-, from Wayne, and Perquitnons Guards,
from Perquimons county.
A large concourse of our citzens were out
to see them off, to exchange fare you-wells,
Sc, and, if We are not very much mistaken
some delicate, yet very solemn VOWS were ex-
changed toe Several of the young soldiers
who left are very gallant, intelligent and inte-
resting aid all who know the Newbern ladies
know them to be very patriotic. Indeed, We
wonder all the young men don't put On soldier
clothes-it makes 'un so popular with the
ladies: ~
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EVACUATION OF NEwpoKTs NEWS

EVACUATION OF NEWPORT'S NEWS.
RIcHaesD, August b. Passengers from
Yorktown report that Newports News was
evacuated last right by the Lincoinites. The
impression is that the troops have been sent
10 Washington or Fortress Monroe, des-
patch from Norfolk says that the .Fcderals
commenced the evacuation yesterday after
aeon. A large FIRE was observed there, sup
posed to have been the Hospital buildings =
| The horses we're removed vessels Snn-
ldav. .-a e.e
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War Etcms and Battle Incidents.

War EiCIllS ana kS;attIc ERcaNSltS.
The following interesting items are from various
sources
WHEN TIE BLOW STRUCK.
Northern paper says:
Gen. Mcclellan has now command of ali the
forces in and around the old District of Columbia,
In less than ten days will have here fully
equipped and determined army of 600 men
About the first of September next blow Is to be
struck.
A PATRIOTIC CLERGlMEN.
Extract from a letter written by an Episcopal
ian clergyman in South Carolina to his ur Gle in
New York dated July l8, 1861 :
II need not say anything about the war. 1t is
upon U.S. and if any reliance is to be placed In the
threats of your people and the proclaniations of
your President it promises to be terrible war AS
true as there is a God in Heaven, the North W III
fail in its mad undertakings We never VIII
submit We will fight as long as there Is man
TO hold weapon; and rather than be forced
back into the Government OF Llncoln, wAlch we
thoroughly hate, we will sacrifice property and
life, and see our beautiful land converted into
one graveyard. When our armies are thlnned
by slaughter. and men become scarce, l shall
without hesitation, volunteer myself AS you
live in the North. doubt You are, by this time
a strong Union man, and 60 in for coercion. |
hope we may never meet on the field with
kets pointed at each other. J. L. H."
.-.. A VOICE FROM LONG ISLAND.
We find the following CONN. unition from Long
Island il the N. Y. News:
The battle of Bull Run has its effect in the
North for peace, if may judge other counties by
old Suffolk.
The Democracy of old Suffolk working
manfully against this inhuman, political war
this war to break up the Union, to tranple our
once glorious Constitution under foot. We are
net afi aid Of gag law. pnssed by an Abolition
Z Congress to stop tho freedom Of speech and the
Press.
rRE KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING.
- " impossible, says Tire Hartford 1I1,eS, te
geta correct list Of the killed aud wounded aud
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13

CoxFEDENrE CorRT Judge Biegs is to hold
a special session of the Confederate Court here
to-day.
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FEDERAL TROOP KETUENING ROME.
The Baltimore Sui2 Of Saturday SAYS.

The baltimore SUi3 of Saturday saws.
Yesterday afternoon. the FIRST New Hamp
shire Regiment, Col NJ i. Tuppan, the last Of
three months troops attached TO the army Of
the Shenandoah arrived at the Camden station
IN 4 train Of cars from Sandy Hook, opposite
Harpers Ferry, and PASSED through North -
The Regiment numbered about $50 men and
they brought with them their arm; aud camp
equipments. They leave behind, in General
Banks camp, one invalid soldier and seven
prisoners in the hands of the Contederatcs -
They We're captured Whe fotaging near the
Point Of Rocks.
y train reached thc Camden station at an
early hour yesterday morruDg bringing 85n
troops tinm Colonel Nanns PENNSYLVANIA Re
serve Regiment Who hal - fused IL Be- s55ora
in. Consequently, they were detached from
the Regiment and ordered home, their alnls be
ing retained
The remaining companies ofthc Regiment are
so much disorGaniZcd taat they viii either be
attached ~ some other Regiment sent home OF
! diSbandcd Tits more than probable that Gen
Mccall OF PennSvivaiiia Viii SuperSetc Gen
Banks i'll coInmand Of the army Of Shenandoah.
\ majority Of the regiments conpoSuI,r tuat
army are irom pcru$y y!y..i;-
The carly train from Philadelphia winch
reached here about fiur o CiGCil yesterday
morning. brought i coIn!nanI nt 30 rcgn
! lars of tbc nted States service uho proceed
ed to " ash!ngton IN the SO train.
The week which closes to-day has been dull
in military movements as compared with tbe
! TIVE previous weeks. Only about ). OJn troop:
ton and the upper Potomac, <chilc not ie>y ta1n
J 600 ,nen have yrtprncd ho,ac tram U,txti"4
. ton a"A tbs ctty, Moi tern. ct' sertice hotta.
-fl,jy.f{
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aAiz!cDin,S G'sp:aorHsS.

WAsHIHGT,N August o In the House 70
day, the bill authorizing the President to dis
miss officers of the army Was tabled The con
ti.scstion bill Was PASSED by vote of 30 to 49
The House adjourned till Tuesday.
In the Senate, the resolutions of the LcgiSla
t'lre of Maryland protesting against the usur-
pations of Lincoln were read and ordered to be
printed. y bill supplemental to that Tor the
protection OF commerce WAS passed also q
bill to increase the engineer corps. The mo-
ton to postonc thc consideration of the bill to
divide kentucky into two jud cial districts led
to the discussion 0! the loyalty of Judge Mon
saes to the United States
The Senate confirmed the following nonlina
tons sent III by Lincoln; Major Generals Nc
Clcllan, Fremont, Dix and Banks.
The members of Congress have been paid
one fourth In gold and the balance in Treasu-
ry notes. Government employees will here
after be paid in Treasury notes
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13

TEsTAaESrs. members Of Capt. Viii
ford'ss Company acknowledge the receipt of :
Testaments Bibles, and a Religious monthly
from Mrs Mayhew yesterday. Also, testa-
ment and several religious tracts from Mrs.
Q,nk. .s
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
BY J. L. PENNINGTON.

SrocKs n Nrw YoeK.-Sales on the first
Instant, So, oGo Virgins state 6's at 80. and
$4,000 do. c., at so, SEA, geo Tennessee State
IS 60, at &c $1,000 North Carolina G'ss at
Gl Tho Ncw York Daily News of the 21st
ult., remarks;
The same dulIness that has prevailed fer
sorle days, characterized the market to-day.
The shorts having made their purchases, the
prices declined United States e's fell ! the
Southern stocks }33, and the railroads gen
orally fell off After the board the market
vas dull, and at the Second Board prices with
Il very small business were lower. The fears
Of iInPcudag reVcrs-s to the troops is predosn
ng2.. The ei1ur: 10 inspire confidence by puf.
Eng Gen. Mcclellan in advance, awakens dis
trust.
The Government paper droops, Thcre is
lite demand for the Treasury notes, and the
sixty day lean il still on hand, although the
Secretary ofrrs ! per cent mere than the best
ptivatc paper is done 1t.
The Maine State loan oE $3.50, 600 was taken
At pcr cent. premium, when United State
IS at Is discount. There are it appears,
some persons who prefer State responsibility
to Fedora!
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13

More PRIsoSEs>s.-The Petersburg ETf2ress
says:
Capt Cannaway.- of the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad brought down sixty prisoners -"f war
Friday to Salem. and lodged them in Jail They
were taken by Gov. Wises command aud among
the number are three Methodist preachers.
And in al iirion n correspondent OF the same
paper writing Fl ON Cuiperpe G. II. says:
It is reported here, ana upon the very best
authority that portion Of cur troops enyouuter
ed a ankee foraging party yesterday. number
ing about SIXTY, AID secured every man of them
without firing gun They had with them tive
superior wagons. drawn by four horses all of
which fell into oar hands. Those fellows would
have made some "f the neighbors suffer- but for
the fitney interference of our troops.
Of the movements of Gems. eaurgerd and
Joh':'ou can say nothing, if [ knew ever SO
MHrh. They are both in the land Of the
living and if people viii only exercise
Il little pstcnce, Generals will be
heard from ftrr ae bile No hravcr but at the
same tune no more vautiuus GeurI ais, can b.,
found Let them, do All thugs, and TO them in
their own way, and my word for it they will glvs
good account cI themselves
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HeADQuARrEns Army or THE PoToMAc

Manassas Junction. J July %. jSOl. !
SIR am instructed by General f}eauregard,
commanding he First Corr S. A:my OF the Potonl :
ac to say that he has received your note of the
22f and to reply thereto
The Ge.lerai declines giving an informal permit
TO amy enc residing beyond his advanced lines
for any purpose which may be accom- Eishcd by
those formal proceedings known to, aud practiced
by, civilized beligercnt nations. BY no act of
his III lle lower the dignity of the Confederate
States as 4 nation by permitting fhat TO be done
Indirectly which the usages of civilized warfare
accomplish directly.
The arbitrary a:id unusual courre adopted in
Snch cases you refer TO by the United States
Government will be the guide OF the Generals
conduct III return ANY one, therefore,. coming
Within his lines WI h"ut the proper flag viii be
sent under an escort to the Confederate Govern
u. ut for examination.
The General deems proper for me 10 add that
humanity should teach an enemy tn for its
wounded and Christianity to bury its dead.
l an'. sir, your obedient servant,
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The New York .IourH0I at Fou.17c1rc. in &C
ply to correspondent who is anxious Tor
peace on honourabc terms makes, among 9th
crs, the following Sug scStions:
Let arnisticc be agreed on between the
two bci4igerents for three months.
Let the Executive Of the Two powers, by
means Of cGvoys, arrange for 3 Convention OF
delegates from each OF thc thirty four States
now or lately composing. the AI;serican CRi0n ::
said convention to he held at Louisville, Ky,
at such dates as may be agreed or It be
nag understood that the election ami li:iE
Of such delegates shall iIr no way pre' Judi, {
The Gains OF either the belligcrentS, III case
the convention should fail to coE.e to any
peaceful arrangement.
The business of the convention should be 10
devise, if practicable some plan OF reunion un-
der modified Constitution, such they may
agree upon, whereby all the thirty -io,lr States
can cooperate with each other for the common
defence against the foreign invaders; for mutual
free trade between themselves; for uniform du-
ties upon imports from foreign countries; for 4
common post-of6cc and mail system
If a reconstruction should bc found inapos-
sible, then arrange for q peaceful separation
and 0ro rata division Of the common prop
erty, with reciprocal treaties of amiety,. com
merce, mails. &c.
| Whatever plan. either of reconstruction or
| separation. might be adopted by the conven-
| lion. should only become binding upon the
! States after being ratified by three-fourths Of
the IL Confederate States, and also by three
/ fouths ef the p United States The suppry S.
aon of hostilities for three months, and the
turning Of mems thoughts to plans for mutual
benefit il cad of mutual destruction, would
be almost sure to open the eyes of both sec
tons of the country to the enormous wicked
ness Of the war, on one side OF on both, and to
result in its speedy termination. This alone
would be great point gained, and @oald pro
badly lead to satisfactory arrangement O. tbs
nam question at no distant day.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13

TENNssfE Ei.ICTluN ~--Accuunts from Tennes-
see p"t large gains for the State Rights party.
Gov. Harris has probably been elected by :,
very iar5r ma "rIty, and the adoption OF the per
ulanent Col.sti lou is not doubted
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
L ININnS-

NEW 1u';t, Aug 6.-I be corresp oudent nf
the H0rtd writes that h believes that tho South
t,rneis have abandoned the idea of crossing The
Potomac, and that they are vigorously concentra-
ting thrlr forces lower down, and establishing Il
line of defence between Manassas and lower po
tomac. They are cert:uly drploving large mum
b''Is from MouGt Vernon sou: Iw ard, and in
creasing the number of their batteries the
river.
MOBILE, August 5, 1S61.--A naval engage
men occurred on Friday last between 4 Fed
eral steamer and the prvatecr Nixon, i'll the
Mississippi Sound. The steamer opened first,
aud after exchanging shots tor twenty (1e}
minutes, steamer Withdrew, having been hui
led thrice. Prvatecr unnjurcd.
MORE TESTA AnENrs. Miss Annie lIutclipgs
handed US copies of the Testament op yes
terclay for the use of Captain W hittord's corn
pany, and Mr. Allen informed us that twenty
or more had been left at his store for the same
purpose. The officers and members of the
company will be glad if in each instance the
donor will send the name with the book that
they may know to whom they are indebted.
The company are also indebted to Mrs. Mary
Muse for Bible, Testament and lot OF
Tracts.
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THEY WANT OUR C0TroH.

New y ork letter to the Baltimore sun of
last Saturday says:
The private mercantile letters from London
ana Liverpool by the Africa are pretty much Of
the same fenor a. those received bv the pre-
ri"uS arrival The an >iety iu regard to the
supply Of cotton Is increasing. 1t is sad that
there Is, OF soon viii be, a strong pressure by
the Government to unite with the French En-
peror III formel offer of arbitration, not with
the expectation that the Confcicratcs accept
ing, 4 pretext viii bc thereby afforded for some
sort of European Intervention which Will not
only solve the cotton question, but give the
North other work to do besides making war on
the South
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13


To GES BEhUREoARD.
0a oam0nding Officer ConJederatc A,ny !.
SIR: send this by. a friend aud tru<ty servant
who is web known TO many officers in yonf army
He is sent for the purpose of obtaining frnm Won
= permit for Mr.. II S McGraw and myself to
pass your lines to obtain the body of Col Gamer
on, no fell lin the action of yesterday. NV So
citude in this matter is All impulse Of private
character. The rigid rules established in Wash
ngton with reference TO flags of truce prevent me
from carrying out my wishes without proceeding
as an. doing. / believe General p VIII
Fecbilect me W hle resident in New Orleans
but if President Davis, Gen Lee Gen Johnston
Gen WigfaH. Colonels Miles, keitt q. Wjthers
are present. they wiI not hesitate tG ro,lch for
me = General Benham, and III tact nearly ali ynnr
officers. know me ln addition to the grafifca-
tom Af performing sacred duty, wetld be high
y delighted to meet IN your camp many of my
most valued friends. 1t is proper Tor me to add
that l have ret been ii, any manner connected
with the action OF the Government here and that
am neutral.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
MCCELLOC - VICTORY.

The Memphis 4dzgns, Of "Wednesday, furnishes
the following interesting Intelligence:
courier arrived at the h lad quarters of Gen
eraI Piiiaw yesterday morning bringing ;nteli
gence of battle that had been fought at near
Springfield Missouri. III which the forces under
Gen Ben. MeCuluch gained q signal Victor.
over those of Seigrl. which were intrenrhed but
cou!d not withstand the furious assault of the
Texan ranger. and gave way after hard GGhs,
in. =" high it is reported ,hst 9t0 OF Seigei men
we're SLAIN, while McCniluch's lass 500.
This tnHy be sonleW hat exaggerated. and the
lumber of prisoners less than had been rrpnfte1
although there is little or Lo doubt that q 81: nal
victory has been achieved
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
KFNTTCKY ELECTION,

LOUISVILLE Aug s o--The election was alto
either oEc sided, the Southerners not voting.
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NEwBERN, N. c., TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10. 1861.

in the brief of this glorious hero and gen
ueinan Evidently. here is the right man in the
right place. He wields the sword Of yFasiinstou
and the pen of Haniiton: ss-ss-- s
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