Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-06

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men would fail asleep on their horses The
want of food was almost forgotten, although
many of them bad been fasting for twentv-four
/ hours. Lieut.. Watson, of the cOmmissarv de-
/, partmcnt, distributed large quantity of provi-
! sons from the store house at Fort Runvon to
the furnished troops throughout the day.
OPINIONS OF TIE N0RTHERN PRESS
The comments of the Northern press. and cs
! pecially the war journals OF New York on the de-
/ feat of the Grand Union Army will doubtless
/ be rea with almost much interest as the de-
! tails of the battle We therefore make several
! extracts
From tie Nrtc York T'riGEae Rrp,tJlicon.
! We have fou ~ht and have been beaten. God
forgive our rulers that it is hut it Is true and
cannot lie disguised The Cabinet recentIy
expressing in ri,etori,: better adapted 20 a 1--we
letter, fear of being drowned in its own honey
Is now nearly drowned in gore; while our honor
on the high seas has only been saved by one tIes
pfrateiand daring negro, and he belonging to
the merchant marine. The sacred soil nt Vir
ginia iS-crinsOn ard wet with the bI,n,d of tou-
sands of rthern necdtessiv shed the great
ana universal question pervading the public mind
Is; shall ihis condition of things continue -
A decinlated and indignant people ~ Il demand
The IInmediate rGfiTemcot of he present Cabinet
from he h'ch places of power, which for one rea-
son or an other, they have shown themselves in
competent to fiji. Give Ms fer the President "a.
pab!e All v1Sers. who comprehend the requirements
"f the crisis and ~ equal 10 them; and for the
army leaders worthy of the rank and file aud our
banner, now dronp1ng will soon float once more
I'D triumph over the whole land
from tie NcW F0rh Itmcs Rcgn5Etcan
There is no occasion to bcli;tle tn. Calamity
winch has fallen upon the country The gallant
army Of the Union has been routed and put to
hight by the army OF the rebels; and if from the
ttaGmer.ts- enough material be gathered to
ins'lre ihe Immediate safety of the Capital the
nation vii have Il melancholy and imperfect rea-
Son for congratulations But. although we nave
SUIT red disastrous defeat, the conrse of events
11nI |, l,.,t, I.
ty- In on" respect, it will unique stonably prove
Il great national blessing. 1t does hot weaken in
an appreciab!c degree strength either in men
nr munitions of war. 1t is only a morifvinc ex.
It's repetition
Fro.t lie Nc,c York Hlrad
Our own "pinion is. that noisy and fanati
cal and foolish politicians forced General Scott
in'o this thing against his superior Judgment -
Whatever may be the truth in this respect it is
now manifest that the Secretary of War aud the |
whole Cabinet have been unequal to the exicer-
cies of the crisis, aud far behind the spirit and
liberal patriotism ii Tie loyal States. The whole |
responsibility. i'll the end. falls upon the Presi
dent of the United States He cannot fail now |
10 comprehend the dangers and duties of his crit |
ical position Washington is in great peril. +
The loyal States, W tIiin three DAYS may dispatch
20.u00 III n t" that point; and if we succeed in |
holding tn" Capitai for twenty days we may have
by that time an army of 2O0, 600 men entrenchel |
n round It,
D#\T.
Never has the continent exhibited the sight it |
did Sunday last Never We're assembled on
this side Of the globe, two such hostile forces |
aud nr:cr has the Republic mt with a reverse
fn its 'ISpirtii:5 in feet Now is not the |
strategy and manruvrcs Of the communicating
riitf, These may have heen skil:ful or other |
wise; future 'cts will show their true character !
Iut great mistake our part has bees. in lu /
y he ,t,n1S
resources and their courage they have been pre- !
pairing for many months for the contest They have
abundance of small arms, immel,se amount Of +
cannon their troops at Manassas amounted TO ,
!WU0O men, with the railroad trains i'll their /
continually at work pouring in fresh troops du !
ling the whole progress of the tight. They, !
therefore, outnunhcrrd II, ariy fwo to of the !
Federal, chose their ground and had every foot !
IF it that army WAS expected to pass over !
strongly f,rtied. As for their courage. it must
he remembered that they uf race,
not physic"ily. perhaps as strong. bnt equally as
int, igcnt, and what is of greater Importance.
longer under training, to give hrmness to their
courage ana assurance 10 their skill, besides
heinT offic'rcd with of the best mill
tary talent III the army and navy. With such a
foe this, it is not advisable to rush without
adequate preparations, and without force equal
to the emergency required Ignorant presump-
ton may cry ont impatiently. "on TO Richmond,'
but there must be means ut hant greater than
he resistance. or the pathway to Richmond will |
be lined with the graves of onr soldiers.
From Tie PhIndeiphta tin-cttc, hepub!ican
The restless spirit of disconcnt which has been
worrying and driving the Government to do some
thing to satisfy sensation monrcrs must now,
think. aclnow ledge that its advice has been tol-
low ed, and the result is precisely in accordance
W it'll w hat mi ght have been anticipated. A clam
oar, irisane as 1t was ln>ocnt aud audacious, was
k pt up necessarily and maliriously TO have Gen.
move onward and do something, and
the strength Of the enemy has been systematical
~ uutlcratcd for the purpose al favouring the de
lusi IN that victory only waited oar advance, and
that the patient preparation was nothing more
than old fogy stupidity trtitorous rcluctance
We know from authority W hich is nnQuCStion-
able, that it originally part of Gen. SCOTS
plan to commence he feusive ut this time, be-
cause careful ea}cnlation OF the period requisite
for preparation had satisfied him that to do the
thing properly, should not be ready to act |
III Eastern Virginia before Sertember He knew
the trte of the enemy better than the public. and
even when at last compelled to succumb to the !
pressure, and order General NJ Dowell to ad- !
vance, he did it, we arc persuaded, against his |
own Judgment
From The Roston Duly Idoet3ircr.
The superb scheme for overrunnng Virginia /
has been defeated for the time. and the national /
cause has suffered heavy blow from one of
those fatal chances to which an army of raw .
troops is peculiarly exposed The disastrous
panic which turned our victory into a retreat and !
the retreat INTO rout. was danger TO which !
the enemy much exposed but which tell |
to Our b1ttef lot, apparently nom circumstances |
which our general in command could not cont: oil !
1t is we'll known that the Abolitionists of this
State goaled Charles Sumner into making the
speech which preceded the Brooks difficulty. 1t
is now known that Gen. Greeley goadei Abra-
ham Lincoln into the unfortunate advance upon
Richmond, Corporal Raymond too, has done
his part And the New York World has not been
behind its contemporaries in urging the citizen
army into the Bull ltun Trap, Will the people !
follow these towards, who sacrificing the ma
tional army for the sake of the sectional party In
future let Us follow Gen. Scott.
Is it time for Gen. Schenck to retire ?
Yave we not had Just enough of him Why not
giv him post office in small town anywhere !
in Ohio He is an unfit person to lead soldiers
His own men ae weary of his blunde. ing. In |
the language of some ''let him slide into OBJ |
security.
From The Brstoa Daily Courier.
The latest news published in yesterdays Courier
was dou IL to six clock p. NJ, Sunday. at which /
hour the battle still in progress and then sue
cess seemed certoin. But yesterday operations
were against u.s. though not sadly rs the sensa
tiou rcporterS and the drunken Congress towards !