Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-03-19

MEDICAL COLLEGE, OF THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.-The annual commencement at this
institution took place last week The number of
students in attendance during the session Just
closed. 222. The number of applicants for
graduation W no passed satisfactory examination
was SO, among whom we find the following from
North Carolina w. j. Love, of Wilmington
J. S Robinson, of Elzabethtown; A. Mclean, of
Gilopolis L. Mclean, of Summervillle; w. Z.
Teaeue of Kernersville; c. A Thompson. of
Unionvie; W. Torrance, of Crowders Creek.
The Western Virginia papers continue to
bring accounts of the extraordinary oil
''strihs'' there The Parkersbug Neoos says
that the we'll of Lewellyn & Wilson yields, one
day, oil to the value of $40, ,160. If the whole
aperture of the well were left runnin, the yield
would be 100000 per day.
Lincoln is said to be a Kentuckiau by birth.
We now have our doubts that point. No Ken
lucky born man ever would have run all the way
from Harrisburg to Washington, with but the
ghost of an enemy in pursuit.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT-Miss Salle Lane was
so badly burned at the Central Female Institute,
at Clinton, Miss. the 1st inst, that she died
the next day. Two or three young ladies were
in the room, and Miss Sallie's dress caught fire
while passing across the hearth.
SUICIDE OF U S. SoLDIER.-John Rich, a
soldier in the u. S. barracks at Carlisle Pa, COM
mitted suicide last Tuesday morning, by cutting
his thrua at with a day or two before his
death he had handed to his comrade about 800
in gold to be sent to his grandfather, in New York
State.
PAPER CRAvATs.-ApplcatiGn has been made
by firm in New York for patent for paper neck
ties, printed in imitation OF silk and gingham
with great exactness and beauty. The Scientific
American snys this firm Cold last season, of one
single style of cloth neekties seventeen thousand
dozen.
CRIME IN GREAT BRITAIN.-There are said to
81;
and dep redators, ,407 receivers of stolen goods,
3O730 fallen women. 81 ,6SS suspected persons,
23353 vagrants, all preying on the public and
known to the police.
SUDDEN DEATH AT WIDE-AwAKE PARADE
At Newport, r. L. on Monday night, Mr.. John
Hunt united in the Wide Awake parade, but soon
after the movng:Eof the procession he dropped
dead in the street
FORTY PER CENT. DUTY WINES.-A new
clause was added to the Tariff it finally passed
establishing duty on wines of all kinds of forty
per cent. I'D uatorcn,, and that this is now part
of the new act.
PRAYER-One morning last week, in the Full
ton street prayer meeting, n. Y, letter read
from Maj. Anderson, asking prayers of the meet
ing for himself and country: expressing great
confidence in his ability to take care of himself;
and indicating that the good Providence of God
has been his guide thus far
Fifty-three colored persons left Mobile last
week, for Hayti.
Miss Harriet Lane a niece of President Buchan-
an, and who has done the honors of the White
House, for her bachelor uncle, for four years past
was married few days ago to James Carlisle,
ESQ.,, a leading lawyer in Washington City.
Mrs Gage said, at the Woman's Rights Con-
vention that the next best thing about house to
the cooking stove. is husband. That's SO if he's
good for anything-if not, not
The greatest pleasure in the world is, to do a
good action by stealth and have it found out by
accident.
Mr. Holt publishes letter. which exonerates
ex-Secretary Thompson from the charge Of having
betrayed Cabinet secrets.