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Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
GoLpsBoRo', n. c., june 9Th, 1861.

G0LpsBoRo', n. c., June 5th, 1861.
Dear Pgoqress Another regiment of troops
passed through this place on Monday, and last
night another large number came n, en- route
for Virginia but from what point South they
came 7 was unable to learn as was not at the
jenot on arrival of the cars. l should Judge,
however, that thev were from South Carolina,
fr.,,n the conversation of some gentlemen OH
the hotel plaza. | have just heard an officer
from the South say that three regiments (tHTC5
tIo4sond a32C?1l were between kIngSVlie ana
tbis rlace r1 route for Virginia. The people
~ tbe Sonth are fully aroused to d sense Of the
wrongs heaped upon them by the sott-hedued
Yankees of the North, and should our boys
fake 81 E.T of the -blooded heIl-houn o3
and Gaze them, as heard few OF them say
they would do, they will have some fun out OF
them before they will be entirely dispense"
with.
Last Friday afternoon. man by the name
ot (;a;I,us made a 1aurdcrous attack on Mr.
John Il Robinson. of this place, with slung-
shot It seems that Mr. Robinson had the
man nut under arrest while at fort Macoi
some time since for diserderiy conouct' ZOE
W hich IainuS said he would Kill hlln' OtI ~
Friday evening he enticed Mr. KoolhSon On
from thc hotel and in an unguarded mOhen'
stIuci; him with his murtlerous weapon. MI
+ i ,valt,inr about. however, aud appears to
be doing We'll. X
have lust returned from the camp at ia
rvsbnrg wherc Spenta few pleasant moments
in company with the officers at that post. L
was shown through the Barracks, and every
Ching seems as warlike as though they were
then on the battlefield The men are all con
tented, lively and anxious for the tug OF war
70 come. On dress parade all their arms and
aconlriments were as clean as new pm, ana
should one of then guns be leyelled at IaU-
llcc, and, after the trigger IS pulled, ifhe don
drag twill not be on account of dirty guns.
Daring my short stay iii Weldon, spent
few pleasant nUinatts i'll coU1t;acy with Lieut.:
r. VI. Nelson. commander OF the post at that
place. Lieut. \ is in good health and seemed
to be anxious to be called into service Lieut.
y. Is Il natjv, of this place.
Lieut. Wrn Geo Robinson, late of the U ;.
Army, having resigned his comulissfott, arrived
in Raleigh few days ago on his way home.
lie is also Il native of tins place.
PERCIE BRADELLE.
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The H10ying Brothers One NEsiiio1,
aNts 81 sEalE st.fea

The Fhiadrl2!.ja journal OF Friday evening
tains Che following from its Harrisburg cor
respondent:
u have made the necessary Inquiries in
the proper quarters this morn ~, and find
that the r1mored resignation of Governor
C:rtin Is without foundation in fact There is
40 use Of denying that there quite a large
number oi people " ho say that ha 02lQt: {. re-
SCR. bnt ] lind on inyes ti:ltIon. that they
are o1 that class W to il3cc Hut been a5 success
tui as Commissioner Neal n getting t:at -uIl-
tracts. Tie administration of Gov Curtin is
IN very bad odour--b but he stagger5 nIanfuliv
under all the opprohiun that is heapcd
upon 1t. | have reason 10 know that the Gov
Crnor intends ut an early day to make clean
breast of it, and if all be true have heard, he
is more sinned against than SHINING. He has
endcavorcd to serve some Of his friends and
they in their grccdncss to deplcte the Treasu-
ry, have nearly ruined him. In this connec
ton alludc to nothing but what appcrtains to
the army supplies.
81 do not believe that Gov Curtin has ap
piled one single penny, either directly OF i'll
directly, Of the three and a half million wal
loan to his own purposes. But his personal
friends his immediate social com11anions-
who have clung to him since his inauguration
and arc we'll known in philadelphia have
most shamefully and trcachcrously abused the
confidence and trust which he has rcposed il
them. They have not only abused his conf
dcnce personally, but they have deliberately
swindcd the State out Of one 3aiiii0n 0nI q
hoUct'doIrs If the accounts were closed to
day, You would readily perceive that have no
Ovcr-estimatcd the figures.
The fight between Secretary of War Came
ron and Gov. Curtin continues to be WagCo
with great animosity.'
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Organization of tho Militia.
The Richmond IEHig says:


''The object to be attained by this organiza-
ton is thc prevention of confusion in the event
OF the approach Of the Barbarians Instead of
pell-mei helter skcter rush to the field, the
militia would repair to rcndcsreus to be desig
mated beforehand. and under the command Of
competent staif-oIliccrs, proceed regularly TO
business it is to take coyuizance OF this sug
gestion, but it seems to US that it should not
pass unhcc,lcd While we know that hun
dretis of citizens Who are well armed, would
prefer to fight the enemy on their own hook
guerilla fashion-we are confident that q regi-
ment Of "Home Defenders could be raised in
the manner proposed and would render eff
ticicnt service in conjunction with the army.
''AS the ''l1onc Guard Is composed chiefly
Of eXcmpts who could not be expected to par
ti1pate actively i'll an engagement, their ser
vices, in the contingency mentioned would be
most valuable as an auxiliary TO the police
The experience Of the ''PaWnGe war furnishes
a furetaste of thc excitement which might be
expected here in the event OF the approach OF
Iincoln's troop. The probability is that near
" the whole male population would rush forth
to aid in rcpellng the foe, leaving the city e&-
posed to the depredatons of thieves. Now, II
it were pre-arranged that the "llOme Guard
should distribute themselves over the city
each man to a particular district-thc organl-
Iation would constitute excellent police OF
protective force, whose presence would moi
! only prevent dcpredations but allay the appre
/ tensions of the women. The commanding
officer should at once divide the city into SINAI
! districts and assign squad Of men to eaCi
district, with instructions to repair forthwith
to their readezroYs at an appointed signal
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The Siafe Convention.

There is general feeling in this section that
the sooner the Convention does what is abso-
lutely necessary to be done and adiourns, the
better The war debt ofthe State VIII be heavy
even should it end in a few months and the re
sources Of our people and ofthc State will be
strained to the utmost, and hence the necessity
of economy in every branch of the public ser
vice Let the Convention set the example. W
would have anything that is done thoroughly
matured and done we'll, but this is no time
when the invading enemy is at the very
threshold of our dwellings to deliberate Ions
about anything. Action! action should now
be the watchWord
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Stealing Negroes Approved by Lin
coFs.'s Government.

Pickayune Butler the commander OF foftress
Monroe is extensively engaged in stealing mig
GERS from the farms around, and his course is
approved by the Government as will be seen
by the following official letter addressed to
Butler by old Cameron:
WASHINGTON May 80. 1861.
"SIR. Your action in respect to the negroes
who came within your lines from the service of
the rebels is approved. The Departmen, is sen
sible Cf the embarrassments which must sur
round officers, considering military operations IN
State by the laws of which slavery is sanci
toned. The Government cannot recognize "
rejection by any State of the Federal oG
nor can it refuse the performance Of the Federal
obligations resting upon itself Among these
Federal obligations however. none can be more
important than that of suppressing and dlspers-
inG armed combinations formed for the purpose
of overthrowing its whole constitutional au-
thority
while, therefore, you will permit no inter.
ference by the persons under your command
" ith their relations of persons held to service ,ln
der the laws of any State, you Will, on the othef
rand so long as any State within winch your
military operations are conducted is uhder the
control of such armed combinations refrain from
surrenderirg to alleged masters any persons W no
NAV come within your lines. You Will employ
such persons in the service to which they may
be best adapted keeping an account OF the LABOR
by them performed. of the value of 1t, ana !he
expensese of their maintenance. The question
of their fral disposition will be reserved tor III
tnre determinations SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of w ar.
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MOVEMENT OF TRooPs-The Mail agent in
formed US yesterday evening that large crowds
of troops daily passing the Wilmington
and Weldon, and the y. c. and CASTOR Rail
roads on their way to the seat of war Six or
seven hundred passed Goldsboro yesterday at
one O'clock
Capt. Strong came down last evening with
his Splendid company of Dixie Rifles, from Le-
noir County, They number about 50 or 100
stout, good locking, fighting men, who from
their appearance are fully apprised of the mag
nitude Of the work in hand They were met
at the depot by the entire garrison now quar-
tered on the Fair ground and escorted up to
pitch their tents there for the present
We visited the I, {. Rifles at their encamp-
lnent Yesterday evening and found them al in
fac health and spirits and indulging freely in
Innocent anu UseTnent and lila!ity.
The train also brought down about hundred
free negroes from Halifax Co on their way 10
Ocracohe to work on the fortilca;on
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Compel them to Abide with Us.

We do not hesitate to say that, under the
circumstances, no man. woman or chlld, White
or black, should be permitted by our authori-
ties to leave any of the Confederate States till
after the war is over We think no man can
be trusted who desires to leave the South for
the North now, and to let such leave IS only
furnishing knives to cut our own throats.-
Let all who are here abide with us till after the
war is over, and if any refuse their services
or means for the defence of the South let them
be pressed into chain gang and compelled to
labor on our fortifcations We like the tol-
lowing from the Richmond Examiner
The system adopted heretofore by the author1-
ties. and now practiced by their subofdlnates
from n en- with the rank of colonel" down to
the petty police thief takers OF the CITY, OF giving
masses to leave the State to Tom, DICK, OF tue
Devil cor any ether man who may demand one,
is working its legitimate fruit in furnishing the
means by which the dastardIy scoundieis, now
sauatting like tUads or our borders, are made
aware of our means Of defence, strength OF men
and arms plans of opt ration, and everything cal
culated to work injury to the great cause III
which we are engaged. We viii not say that
every man who has obtained pass for North
,rn tourney is a scoundrel, because we know to
tLe contrary. Many most inveterate enemies OF
rho SoutL however have been permitted to
leave our borders, under the SANCTION OF a pass,
aud, under the present system, many more viii
be allowed the privilege. 1t should be curtailed,
abbreviated and, to come down to the truth OF
the m tier. cut off unless granted under a very
p,<uI .r state of circumstances. No people from
the North should be permitted to enter the State
nor should any leave it, pass or no pass, by the
great lines OF operation now established by the
military authorities. Spies going by and through
our seve,a encampments, (by their reports are
enabled to do the cause of the South immense
harm t,ciie but mistaken benevoience may
dictate the issuance of a few more passes which
NAV do infinite harm to us. Let those who are
here abide with us An undue anxiety to get
AWAY demonstrates enmty, The commander
f the Abolition horde does not permit even 10y
al Virginlnns to pass from Alexandria into our
own territory. Snail we let probable sympathi-
zers with Old Abe" 60 hence to spread broad
cast theil urmitlgated and uncontradicted lies
and calumnies about US at the North
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FEMALE HEROISM
1v;,sto, N Cl .SentineI saws:

The Winston (N.~ o. Sentinel says:
Application has been made at this flee to
know whether there are any means, pubic OF
private, by which ladies can get hold of sui
ficient number of light arms, such as repeaters
or small rifles, suitable for the use of LADIES'
Some thirty or forty of these patriotic ladies
in one of The adjoining counties have tormea
nossible to secure arms, and in the event of a
necessity, to defend their homes and fight for
the cause of liberty. What folly in the old
fool Abe Lincoln to suppose that the sons,
brothers and husbands of such women can ev-
er be subdued!
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LATEST FROM saas1PE.
Is1e Ana r.can Question. ira tEae aAosass
Of'g.artss

The steamer 4 ntrit0 with dates to the 18th
May arrived at Halifax. Cotton had declined
1clld Mr. Dallas the late Z. 5. Minister re
turned by this steamer. Adams the new MIN
stcr had been presented at Court: The follow
inc discussion took place in the British House
of Lords on the American question
In the IL ,,1sc of Lords the Earl of Ellcntoroueh
asked the Government whether the term Lawful!
blockade, in the proclamation, WAS to be lhter-
prcted literally or with qualifications as according
to the strict meaning of the Paris agreement, 1T
was impossible to maintain an effective blockade
He complained of the vagueness ot the proclama-
ton in respect to articles contfaband OF war:
Earl Granville replied that Il lawful blockade
must be maintained by sufficient force, but 1t
was not absolutely necessary TO render all lngress
or ecress impossible. but TO render it extremely
difficult. With respect to other questions, he sta
ted that ce tain articles were clearly contraband
of war but that certain other articles depended
upon special circumstances and contingencies,
which could ouly be decided by PRIZE court
and which it was impossible to define before
hand.
The Earl of Derby said that there were two
points on which it was desirable that the Gov
crnreut should comc to unders tandlng with
the United States, They proclaim blockade OF
the whole Southern coast. which they had not
the force to maintain, Although they could Jaw
fully blockode certain ports, it was not desirable
that they should proclaim universal blockade
but only maintain n partial one
Tie Northern States also declare that they
should treat privateers as pirates. that they cenlo
not do so bv the law of nations and it was deslra-
BILE that, notwithstanding the proclamation. if 1t
should be declared such, the penalty on british
subjects would not be viewed with indifference by
England
Lord Brougham said that prvateering aceor
ding to international law. was not piracy but TO
Join an expedition against power at peace with
, England was pratica act. To conststute an
efficient blockade, such force must be malntaneo d
as to make the passage of it absolutely lnipossi
ble but this was very difficult.
| Lord Chelmsford denied the doctrine OF Lore
Brougham relativ, to priyateers. =,
! Lord Campbell said that the Earl of GranVlit
| had laid downthe law correctly with respect to
| blockade and articles contraband Of war sub
| iect of another power holding letters of marqnf
was not guilty of piracy.
Lord Kingsdown said that the Northern States
might consider the people of the Southern State
rebels and guilty of high treason: ont but thae tnl
becoming privateeiS.
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i SLGE,F.STENN-

have . suggestion to Offer our Government
which, if acted upon, may result in good IL
IS this That tie authorities Of the South otter
to the French and English Government a ho-
nus on the crops of cotton for the next five,
eight or ten years; that is, that they propose
TO supply England and France with The
eutire cotton crops for one Of the periods OF
time above stated, at i bare living price to the
producers, as To give the manufacturers as
Wide I margin ior profit as possible. Ii some
such proposition Us this is made II England
and France OF either u 1I,cla, III my opinion,
lr blockade Of pots Uou.d sol;I pe raised,
Others may have thought 81 this matter but
if SO, have uot heard anything Of ii. mere
Iy make the suggestion, leaving 1t TO Wiser
heads to give the idea Il practical and more IN
telilgblc shape. y PLAIN Man
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11

FLAG PRESENTATIONS. W learn that the
Ladies of Newbern are to present Company l,
End Regiment State Troops, Capt. Hurts
company, a Flag at the Theatre at i o'clock
this afternoon We suppose as matter OF
courtesy the other companies now encamped
here will be present on the occasion Ad-
dresses will be made.
A flag was presented to Capt Coles compa-
ny by the ladies yesterday afternoon. Rev
Mr.. Long presented the banner for the ladies
in a. neat and affecting address, which was
responded to by Captain Cole in handsome
manner.
This fine company leaves for Garysburs this
morning The prayers and good wishes Of al
| here go with them.
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THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1861.
THE NEWS LAST NIGHT.

Nothing startling FROM the seat of war by
the mails. Some rumors By the cars we shall
not mention as they need confirmation.
Nothing from Raleigh. The City papers OF
Wednesday were received but they only bring
up the procee3ingst to Saturday. The Conveh-
ton. like the late Legislature at It's first ses-
sion, Is talking much but a-e see bat little III
the way of Gets. The work we suppose is done
in secret session. Hope they will adjourn soon.
The Virginia authorities we are glad to see
| have determined to grant no more passes to
persons to go North That is sensible they
have erred in doing it heretofore
Southern troops by thousands are passing
through this State by almost every train for
Virginia The TWO armies cannot stand still!
long
1t is reported ~ Bt;ti,aore paper Oh the
authority OF 4 man just frotn Washington that
sere5lty dead bodies were carried into Washing
ton from the battle at Aqua Creek. On our
i side none killed.
MovING OS.-IIampton' Legion iiosn South
Carolina, 100 strong, passed Goldsbo:o' on
Thursday hight for the seat OF war III Virginia
These are picked men aad we Imagine some
ore VIII be hurt before thcy return to their
Palmetto homes.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11

GIVE US THE NAMEs-It is asserted that
some of our merchants shut up at o'clock
every evening to afford everybody a chance to
muster, while others keep their doors OPEN
Complaint has been made to us about this
matter and we have been requested to notice
it. We have only to say that, having pub
Hshed a list of the names of those who con-
sented to close, we are willing, ifit is persis-
ted in, to publish list also of those who per-
sist in keeping open. Wen take the respon-
sibilitY.
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The Supreme Court will commence its SUN
rner term in Raleigh on Monday the 10th day
of June Causes will be called as follows:
June 12lh those from the |. Circuit.

Rem ARE AEIt DEyELoPMENT oF TUE DEsER-
TFox MANIA ~ TIRE ABoLTGoN CAMP--Wc are
permitted to publish the following extract
from Il letter received by gentleman in
this CITY Yesterday from his brotheir in Vir-
gi,ia, says the CO lumbus (Ga-( Times, of the
oath
=" Capt. --, who was in the United States
Marines, and who resigned Saturday before
last, told in LyncI5urg that he saw the order
issued to the Colonel of the Rhode Island Regi-
ment, to move on Alexandria on the following
Monday morning. SO soon as he saw the or
der he resigned and told Gen. Lee Of it.
-"Old Abe is losing over 1000 men every
week from deserbon alone, as his tLeops are
nearly starved aud won't stay. TheSfamous
69th irish Regiment from New York, lost 164
men by dcscrtion in three days, and they
ioined the camp of the Virginia troops as two
full companies st Manassas Gap junction,
which is o.siy 10 miles from Washington
City"
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S2 SlY N 0t :

Why should not the Confederate Govern
ment pledge the entire cotton crcp Of the South
to England or France or both for an a-'iance
by which the partial blockade attempted u
Lincoln, of Southern ports, may he raised q:
They gnu.,t haze cotton aud we are willing to
let them have it; and why not pledge the faith
Of the Government to let them have the entire
expectation for three, four or five year, at the
lowest living price to the producer, if we can
thereby form treaties Of alliance that will cn-
able us the more certainly TO thwart the sub
jugating designs of our enemies: Tnis idea
had before occurred to us but We have never
the Eichmond DiYcteh has brought it to our
,;r.j-
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we learn.

FrSsy.-The New York Herald in an arti
Gle on the death of the bully, Ellsworth speaks
Of the "duty of the people of the North as
christians" This is funny. The idea OF the
possibility of the existence of christ1a"1fy
among such people. Were this period OF
special procidemees we should expect the fate
of Sodom to fall upon New York, for were
only ten righteous men required to save it
that CITY would be eternally damned What
absurdity to connect christianity with their
band of robbers
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11
THE LONDON "TIMEs" ON COERCION.


The following paragraph is taken from a
leading editorial in the London Times OF the
5th of April. One would suppose that the
great fact stated by the organ of the British
nation would have its influence upon the LIN
coin Government But it seems that all eNpe-
rience and reason are lost upon the tyrants
who now rule at Washington. ''Whom the
gods wish to destroy they first make mad
'Lct American statesmen ponder we'll over
the Fourth of July orations, to which they lis,
tened in their early youth, and they will find
there abundant proof how great is the error
where two nations speak the same language
and belong to the same race of striving to per
petuate by force and bloodshed Union which
has ceased to be one of friendship Ii the En-
clish Government had been content not to tax
the colonies, or if having fallen into that great
error. it had been content to allow them to de
part, peaceably as soon as 1t found that then
! connection with the Mother Country had be
come distasteful to them, how much of the bit
| terness and the evil of the separation Woult
have been spared! Instead OF requiring iol
Cancellation period Of more than half centu
ry. and second war in which to expend thel
irritated feelings, the two nations might nav
passed at once from separation to alliance, an.
| have saved each other all the misery and al
the mischief which they have Inflicted and ell
| dured -
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CONFEDERATE RIFLES.

The Confederate Rifles, Capt. James A.
Washington, left our town for Garysburg, on
Thursday and Friday last They go to Garys-
burg, to be perfected in drill, subject to the
ordsrs of the Commander at Richmond. This
company is got up by Capt. Washington, com
pietely equipped, the bounty paid, and all at
the expense of Capt. Washington; The single
record speaks the praise due to this occasion.
= Go7Jsh1r0 Tribune.
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11

FLAG PKEaENTATloz,- CASTOR Rifles
preparatory to leaving tor the seat Of war We're
marched around, yesterday evening at five
o'clock, opposite Mrs Wiliam's on South
Front street, where d beautiful Confederate
Flag Was presented to them by the ladies
through Rev }, s Long IN a few very appro-
pirate and pa,aio>l, remarks, The tlag was
received by Capt Cole in an eloquent address,
assuring the ladies they would bring it bach,
covered with victory OF Gle in the effort
Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-11

ORDERED TO RCHMoND.-Wc sec ny VII
mington paper that Brigadier General Holmes
has been ordered to Richmond, and that he
will necessarily be absent until further notice,
Really it seems to Us that our BTig0dier ten
erals have done bat little thus far but march
and co,.utermorcA We suppose however all
is right-of course.
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VEL, DoxE ONsLow Three fall compa-
MES have been raised in Onslow and a fourth
is well on the way. The officers OF the tth
Onslow company are: D. W. Simmons. Capt;
r p Snicer. lst Lieut.; c. W. Ward, 2nd
Lieut.. and r. w Humphrey, 3rd Lieut.. One
precinct in Onslow-old Stump Sound
raised company. The Onslow boys will do
their duty, our word for that