The New York herald., 1862-04-22
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Opening of the BOmbardment
OF Fort Macon.
Tho Apprehonded Rebel Attac K on
Newborn Postponed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IMPORTANT ORDER OF GENERAL BURNSIDE.
N~~~-~~-~>S>~>~~---~~~~~s
Spirited Skirmishing with tho
Rebels. sst
Adviees by the Haze at Fortress Monfe Q, fele-
graphed to the Richmond Dispatch.
&e~ &e., &c.
Our Ne,xbern Cerresponaence

Our Newbern Corresp0ndence
s kswsmx, N. c., April IA. 10eG !,
The Aprckended Attack ef tAe Rbsss "IndefNassy Pss
po~cd-zne Rssct Beax AsoM RssaksnS Nss6~w
on Thew Peyso.s-"TAe Ydmksss Run'-TAe Removal y
Brigade Surgeon TAompsOn- -znaprtoM Order Of General
Bw~side in Reference 70 ne NaHer-A Board @ Svsvey
Appointed to Esamire The Damage Done to Properly u
Loyal Citisens-TAs Railroad Bridge Deskoysd b ~
Reeels Being RebuiN-TAe WOUNDED Conralescsse dc.
The attack that has been apprehended hero for
few days back from the rebel forces situated little
distance above u.s. in the nighborhood Of Knston and
Godsborough, appears to have been indefinitely post
poned and the feeling here among tho people and ths
soldiers has subsided to such extent that Il has
ceased to be a general topic OF conversation, and
whom It is alluded to it is with sentiment that the rebels
dare not make the attempt certain defeat would BE-
the consequence. Tho rebels themselves, doubt
fully Of this and hence their unwillingnsss 10
again cope with force that gave them such splendid
thrashng but few weeks ago. This, together with the
knowledge that amply prepared to resist. with
certainty Of success almost any force that they could
bring against U.s. renders them tmid in trying TO make
good their boast that they would retske Newbern In
few days after the battle.
We have been making some additions to our orignal
stock Of prisoners In the persons Of the rebels whom
pckets captured last Thursday They brought
in together with all their and horses tho bo
longing to cavalry regiment. This makes the number
OF rebels captured since the battle twenty one, all Of
whom have been sent North and will doubt bs dis
posed Of in Now York before this letter reaches you
They are miserable looking set Of men, and with
but few exceptions, claim to have been drafted much
against their will The following regiments repre-
sented by these wenty-one men:-Second North Caro-
lima cavalry and the following infantry regiments all
belonging North Carolina:-Seventh, TENTH Twenty
seventh Twenty eighth and Thirty third I visited
them while they were in jail, through the kindness Of
the Provost Marshal They all expressed their gratitude
the kna way in which they had been treated but tho
truthfulncss OF Of them thrown open to much
doubt by the perusai OF some the letters that
found their persons OF which, in describing tho
late battle of Nswbern relates the most serious
possible, how the Yankees had rum nothing being vsi
ble-to use the language of the wrter-but their
heels. This same individual tells OF q number Of
horses and mules that had been taken from US the
same fight. Possibly they of the stock that
the robels themselves stole from their people the
road IN order to expedite them in their fight. The
word coward Of common occurrence but, strange
to relate syllable written about the i'm
which they been beaten by one-third their
number, nor did they suppose that their heels
as they ingloriously fed from their ntrenchments.
have already given you the that existed here
of the removal Of DR. J. H. Thompson Brigade Surgeons
but tho removal having been officially announced
prevented from enlargng upon IL. Since that period
the Following order has been made public by Gen. Burn
side much to the regret of the many friends OF DR..
Thompson
GENERAL oRDER--SO. "a.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT op NORTH CARorlNA,l
NEwBgRN, April 4, 1862. <
Dr. j. II. Thompson, Brigade Surgeon First division In
hereby relieved from duty with the First division ana
will report without delay to the Surgeon General at
will tbo In IN fhc ant
Of the United States that he be dismissed the service
aarrnis
ton should be duly reported through tho proper chan
nes but the stern realities OF active warfare rob the
the aggravaticn Of ssnseess rumors and imaginary dan
gers those who create report them will be ~
expelled from this department BY command SSnr Of
LEWIS RICHMOND, Assistant Adjutant General.
The above order although perfectly correct under the
circumstances an extremely painful one 10 many, as
DR.. Thompson gentleman universally respected,
aud his kindness and attention to the sick aud wounded
under him been the Of bringing than
blessing upon him from the bed Of suffering OK course
IL s the stern duty of general to put end 10 ali Idle
stories that may gain crcdence among the soldiers and
be the means Of doing great deal OF mischief
The following order from General Burnside will speak
sor itself aud needs no comment Il was made public
yesterday
GENERAL oRDER-N0. ~.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT or NORTH CARosNA
NEwBERN, April II, 1862.
Board Of Survey is hereby appointed 10 meet at the
headquar Of the Provost Marshal at ten o'clock M
April H. 1862 TO examine and report upon the amount
of damage one the property OF loyal citizens In this
dsnartmsnt by United States troops.
prrAn roR
Major Bartholomew, Twenty seventh regiment, ".
Capta,n Orrin Moulton, Twenty fifth regiment, NV.
Lieutenant Van Buren,, Recorder.
BY command OF MAJOR General BURNSIDE.
Ixwrs RICHMOND, Assistant Adjutant General.
anna inn nsnt n,As Al
the people would but como back 10 thaS hou.s