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Railroads.
NEW YORK, BOSTON
And all Eastern Cities,
CARRYING THE
GREAT WESTERN L. =. MAILS.

IMPRESS TRAINS leave Dunkrk daily,
Ia ON arrival OF all Trains on the Lake shore
Railroad, from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo,
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul, II. LOUIS, Sc., and
run through to New York without change.
Tue ONLY ROUTE running cars through from the
Lakes to New York City. Splendid ventilated
Sleeping cars run Night Trans.
Baggage checked through Fare always as low
as by any other route,
Boston Passengers and their Baggage transferred
Free in New York.
Be particular aud call for Tickets via Dunkrk,
and the New York and Ere Railroad, which are
sold at all the principal Railroad Offices in the
West.
This road affords facilities for shipment
Freight, superior to any other route.
AN EMPRESS FREIGHT TRAIN
leaves New York daily. making close connections
through to all points West and quicker time than
ever before made on any hue
For Freight Rates, enquire of j. {. Oatman, 2lO
Broadway, New York John $. Dunlaw, 10 State
Street Boston, Mass, of Jacob Forsyth, Freight
Agent, Gi Clark Street, Chicago.
CHAS MlNOr, Gen'l Supt.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL II. r..

Is First Class Road IN all respects,
WITH 2sj MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK.
Three DdHg Trains
with connections from all points wcst,) from
PIttsburg and Philadelphia, all connecting
direct to New \ ORR.
MorHiug .MH, AHerHoo@ FaSt Lt"c, N'gM
ErpreSS.
ONE TRAIN DAILY
From pittsburg to New York (i30 niles without
change OF cars.
VA ALLENTOIVN S EASTON,
With direct connections from Western Cities,
Arriving hours IN advance OF other routes, in time
tor Boston by rail or boat lines.
Express trains run daily; Others, sundays ex-
cCpted.
NINE DAILY TRAINS
From Philadelphia to New York. Tickets good
On any line or tram.
New York or Boston Tickets via Plttsburg, goot
via Philadelphia or Allentown.
Boat Tickets to Boston good via any OF the boat
lines.
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The Genuine Electric Oil

Is \ KTIH NWBFN NVLVN
AK to look at il. and you will be fully satisfied
f. he the Original Electric OIL prepared by Dr..
smith operson would use a counte;'"'' II he
kncw it, and it's my imperative duty to admonish
All to be careful, and always ask for "Dr SMITHS
Electric on All the best dealers sell 1t, most
# the doctors use il, at least those who have be
,nme ACQUAINTED with its virtues.
ALvORD X VAN PATTEN are regular agsn'
ortbe cnnu,ne OIL in Davenport, Iowa, and CLA
rIUSE SpEIDEL, IN Rock Island.
G. b. SMITH, NJ. d.
eS,- DR.. Smith may be consulted free
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4 RCTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMP'NY,
\ New York. Authorized capital, s5OO,OO
with LatEe and accumuIatlng surplus.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

School Commissioners OWce,
Rock Island, April !, 1862.
Teachers desiring certificates, and other per
son. having business with me, will find 1t to their
advantage to come only upon saturdays as Inc
duties of my office call me away so much that 'heie
snn certainty of nv being at home any other day
-, ,Eo ,yook c. NJ. HARDY,
april daw3m Schooi eoh''''' -
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WI OF New York, Cash capital, $3.50 200.
Cash surplus, $4,000. Incorporated 1871. One
OF the Oldest companies IN the United States
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GIlmsn, Timothy Turner, Lyman Trumbull,
Robert smith, Henry Lea, John Atwood J.
W. Schweppc, Benjamin +, Long, Elias lIibbarG,
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Trains leave the West Side Union Depot: cor
Madison and Canal streets, Chicago, as 'oh""s
Oam-Fast Line, except Sundays
6lOp. m.-Night Express except Saturdays
3.40p. Accommodation Tor Valparaiso
For Boston, Netc York, Phtlddeipha, bd"t"O'f'
Washington, Harrisburg & Phts1Wg
Also
for Albany, Buffalo, Duakirk, Ciereia"d CoIum-
bus, Cincinnati, Dayton,
And all intermediate stations between chicago
and the cities named
sleepinr cars on night trains, and baggage by
this route checked through to all eastern cities
Bat one change of cars between Chicago and
New York, via Allentown, on tram leaving Chica-
90 at 6.l0 p. m.
Tickets for sale at the principal ticket ofhces IN
the west at the company's office, corner OF Ran
dol ph and Dearborn streets, and at the Inloh De-
not West side, Chicago, WIN. y. SHIN,
A. HOLIDAY, Gen'l Pas'ger Ag't.
Ticket Agent.
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AIERCHANTS INSURANCE COMP'NY,
vi of Hartford, Conn. Cash capital, 5000 900.
MARK HOWARD, Prcs't.
+. THOMAS LOBDELL, Scc'y.
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HlCAGO & MILWAUKEE RAILROAD.

uIlCAGO & MlLW WAUkEE RAILROAD.
Beriin,
And Immediate points.
On aud after Wednesday,, December 4, 1861 4,
Passenger trains leave depot, corner Of West KIN
zIe and Canal streets, Chicago, Sundays excepted)
as follows,
$40 a IN and l2.20 p m, and arrive IN Mil
waukee at - 90 III and 4l5 p m.
Passenger trains arrive at Chicago at II 30 a III +.
and 900 m.
Waukegan Accommodation Tram.
Leaves Chicago at 452 p NJ.
Arrives I" $50 A. NJ.
4 RAIuLIN Sun,t
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EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society, of
| the United States. Office, 80 Broadway,
New York Purely Mutual.--The only Stock
Company IN America whose charter requires that
all the profits shall be divided pro rata among the
policy holders
]. Il. KINNEY, AGt, Rock bland
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INTERN Life Assurance Socie-
ty, Of London. Chief Office for the United
States, II Wall St, n \. Capital, s1,3oo ,oOo.
Guarantee Fund, 500 ,OOO- Deposited with the
ComDtrolIer of the State Of New York.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
nURNsa DE.

What, Gen. Burnsides No. The
steamer Burnside2 No. The toaon
of Burnside, And where is that? In
central Illinois. twill be remembered
that the hero of Roanoke and Newborn
was the Treasurer Of the Illinois Cen
tral Railway, before he was called into
the field to suppress this rebellion. In
recognition Of his distinguished servi-
ces, that corporation has just named
one of the most fourishing settlements
on its line after him. And what
worthier nane could have been given
itg An APPROPRIATE way, moreover,
is this, Of perpetuating the fame of our
former gallant commander. But,
pleasing as such compliment may be
to him, we are confident that it is far
less sothanis the assurance, conveyed
in so many ways that his name is
cherished in the hearts, and amongst
the proudest memories of all who have
served under him. God bless the
gallant Burnside in his new field of
labor, and make him even more glori.
ously successful than herel
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

From the Richmond Enquirer, August 49,
That barricadc may yet prove Intellectual,
and the fate of Richmond may depend upon
the pluck and determination with which cur
batteries, which protect it, are held under the
assault of the mortar fleet. 1t is given out
that the deiences at the bluff are i,upregnable,
and the people are luled into apathy by this
assurance OF the scientific strength Of the land
batteries. 1t will be remembered that similar
assurances were given out in regard to tho
works which protected Beaufort, in South
Carolina; which lined the Mississippi river
or miles below New Orleans; and which Sc
cured Norfolk from thc possibility of SUCCESS.
lul assault. Yet it will be remembered that
Port Royal was taken without the disabling of
a single gun Of the enemy that New Orleans
tcll by mu,iny in Fort jackson, andtwthout
single shot from the army placed in the vcin-
iIy for Its defence; and that Norfolk was "eva.
cuaied' in sudden stampede, no enemy pur-
SUI 6, the enemy himself being amazed at the
precipl ancy OF our retreat from a position they
| hens.lves declared to lave been impregna.
Bile. ....a.
With a | this experience before us, it would
be weak in the extreme to trust to official as
surances of the impregnabity of defensive
works, though they be as slroag as Gibraltar.
Reasonable precautions having been taken, and
proper works constructed for defence, after that,
all depends upon the men placed within them
to resist assault. Ii We put such men in
charge OF such works as abandoned New Or
leans without shot, or blew up the MeIrimac
far from sight Or hearing of the foe, and ske.
daddled from Norfolk with brcathlcss prec pl-
fancy, we must not expect the strongest and
most imprtgnablc works to stand against gun
boats, mortar fleets, or even more harmless as.
saiants. 1t becomes the government to See
that officers and men are placed in charge OF
the works at Drmy's Bluff of pluck, persis.
tency and urconqucrable determination.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
Editorial M elangc.

The several bands connected with
the different regiments in this Depart
ment, were mustered cut of the service,
on Saturday last, by orders from the
War Department. The bands have
furnished much pleasure to our soldiers,
and the citizens, since their connection
with the army, and especially since the
occupation OF NewJern. Most of them
left for home, en- the Haze, which
sailed for New York on Monday. We
regret the loss of their beautiful music,
acquiesce in the wisdom of our supe-
periors, who have deemed the discharge
Of the bands, necessary and econo-
mical act.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
A wound a, the Hand. of Friends.


read in late paper an order from the
War Department compelling the resig-
nation of officers, who, by reason of
wounds received in their country's
cause, were obliged to be absent from
their Regiments for a longe- period
than sixty days. We are informed by
the best medical authority that there
are very few wounds, which do not
heressitate physical inability for ac-
tive service for at least that time. A
rigid enforcement of this order will
practically cause the retirement OF
three e-fourths of the officers wounded
in this war. A wound is, among brave
,nen, considered a mark Of bravery.--a
token of honor. To have fought and
bled for one'p country's cause, has,
among all nations, and in all ages.
.een held to be one of the highest hon
ors.t which a citizen could aspire
No rank or money could purchase from
tie yeter n those ars,-which are his
letters patent to the title of a brave
and honorable men. Shall the SOL
diers of this Republic be compelled to
feel that with them the tradition Of
antiquity is changed! Must the Off
Ger, who, without a thought for his
own safety, leads forward his men I'M
der the leaden hail, believe that, with
the ball OF the enemy, he re' elves his
discharge from the service which he
loves Which will he think the great
er wound Of the twol
But laying aside the private feelings
Of the individual officer, and putting
the mattel entirely on the ground
Of the Governments self-interest, it is
poor policy that dictates such rule.
First, it dimnishes that inctement to
bravery witl:which it is the interest
of the Republic that every officer
should be inspired. The braver the
officer. the braver the men, and the
more successful the army. Secondly,
it will deprive the Government Of the
services of many brave and expert
enced man, who, through a wound re-
ceivcd in that service, may never
serve it again. Can the Government
afford such loss9 Bullets make ex.
perience. He who has fought well
once, will fight better again. The
oftener All officer hears the whistle ot
bullets, the cooler he grows under
them, and the better able to command
his men. You canr till this mans
place by a tyro. Should any one O
the great Major Generals who leac
our armies be wounded, and unable tt
serve within sixty days, would he, too
be compelled to retire? Though in
less degree, the loss is similar in the
case of every officer so dismissed. Hi
former bravery and experience will
avail him and the country nothing
and VIC must lose him.
We believe the order to have beel
dictated by a laudable desire to fill "
the ranks Of many Of our shattered
regiments. But far better would it b.
to permit certain increase of officer
in such regimeuts,--far more just t.
the wounded officer, far more for th
good of the service. The pay of tn
officer during his recovery, can b
nothing compared to what his services
when he has recovered, will avail th
country and our brave wounded off
GERS at home will be spared the pail
anu modification, which we know til;
order is causing them.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

STRICKEN FROM TIE Rot s. FIRST Leu
Ulysses Westbrook, 81 Regiment Ohio VI u,.
tcers. having, while n command of picket
allowed tn ea of bis own men to pass beyond
The lines, whore they were ambuscadcd, and
one reported 10 be X lie his name is, by di.
'e lion of the Pres.-tn 4, stricken from tho
70 Is 0; the arr'-.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
Exchange Of Prisoners.

IND!ANAPoLIs, Aug. "a, 1852.
About 5000 Rebel prisoners left Camp Nor
ton yesterday and to-day for Cairo, to be ex-
changed Between 400 and 900 Tennesseeans
took the oath of allegiance. These men were
released and sent home.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

Robert A. Dobbin, senior propric
tor of the Baltimore American, died
on the 18th, after protracted illness,
in the 55th year of his age.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
ADyEnrssING RATES.
RATES IN THE WEEKLY.
JOR PRINTING,

OF every description, neatly aad promptly exc.
Gated at this office
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald confirms some re-
cent statements as to General Beaure-
CARDS enforced retirement from active
service, as follows: "News received
from the Southwest state that the ru-
NOR about General Beauregard resum-
ing his command is entirely without
foundation. All the secessionists in
the vicinity, as we'll as the prisoners
made by our troops, agree in saying
that Beauregard's career as a general
is ended, and that the soldiers have
lost confidence in his military talents.
They accuse him Of having lost, by
want of ability, the advantages of his
position at Manassas and at Pittsbure
Landing, and of having let fly an enc
my which it was very easy for him tc
annihilate. His retreat from Corintf
is also looked upon as movement
which has completely demoralized tn,
great army of the West,-one of tn,
first in the confederacy, and hastenec
the time of its dissolution. That arm,
is now gone, and its fragments can b,
found nowhere. Gen. Beauregard il
said to be now at Eutala Spring, spend
ing bis time in pondering over the in
consistency of public opinion, and re
GREETING, perhaps, inwardly, havin,
raised a guilty hand against tho couu
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
Sailing of the Bronside Q,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug "a, 1862.
The iron'clad irlgate lronsdes went to sea
on Saturday morning,
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

Officers wishing to purchase Grape,
can find an extensive assortment ofthe
article, at the stere of Bell, Faris Sc Co,
Middle street.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

Any one familiar with those two well know
works of the Imagination Bryant's "Lnes tc
aWater Fowl" and the course Of criticism o.
the New York Erening Post upon the war
our Generals, and the future pdlicy Of the
country, will appreciate the following parody
from that right.mindcd Icastigatoh Of folly,
VANITY Fair"
LINES TO A wuAr-A.Focf.
Whittier. when mails fall due,
And copy must be made without delay,
Far through thy pro.y depths dost thou,pursue
Thy military preyf IN
Might mark thy bastard fight Of spite and wrong,
As darkly tainted with the crimson lio,
Thy Niger flows along
Seek thou TO splash thy ink
For needy nokes by Southern rivers wide,
Whilst Men, like rocking bllOws, rise and sink
In buttle for Our Sidel
The party power whose care
Teaches thy way-a wrong and ruthless host
With dirts and intole, able air.
Is wandering and lost.
v.
lday thy aings have famed
The feud that shanes our Northern atmosphere
Yet stopped not To sustain our stricken lald,
Now t!e dark night Is here !
vi.
All soon thy tolls should end;
Soon should It thou find traitors home, and rest
In Jail among thy fellows; rods should bend
Soon Ger thy dotard crest.
Art done There is no leaven
Can sanciily thy spawn yet oumy heat
Dee ply hath sunk the lesson thou last given,
And shall not soon depart.
When once more zone to zone
sjJined through boundless Tame by solemn plight
In the long way that gu must tread alOne,
Turn thou, aud seek the Right!
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

We are glad to hear that Gen. Banks
is gradually recovering from his inju
ries, and will soon be in the field. We
ueed him there. If any one doubted
his military ability, his conduct in the
Shenandoah valley has stamped him
as one Of the most accomplished mill
tary leaders in the Union army. His
former enemies now admit his superior
abilities and worth.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
try, to which he owes his life and po-
sition."

A sad affair occurred at Hatteras,
last Thursday. Two negroes were en-.
gagged in an alteration, which led to
blows, when one of them drew a knife,
and inflicted a blow upon the person
of his antagonist, killing him instantly.
The murderer was seized and brought
to this city, by the Jersey Blue, for
punishment. M
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The Printer states that the Alden
type-setting machine is so simplifed
and quickened in its operation, that a
skilful compositor can distribute, COM
pose, and justify the acknowledgements
Of forty thou d I'd ems a day.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The Curlew leaves tomorrow morn
ing for Washington, N. c., at Z o'clock.
Ocean Wave for Roanoke Island,
Monday morning, at Z o'clock.
The Haze for New York, at 5 o'clock
Monday morning.
Mail closes tomorrow Sunday
night, at 7 o'clock.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
omciai Repor, Of the Battle of BATON

O6lcinl Report Of the BntiIc Of Raton
Rouge.
The following official reports, from the Colonel
commanding the Second Brigade of the Army Of
the Gulf, aud his subordinate officers. SO admir-.
ably tell the whole story OF the battle Of Baton
Rouge, that send them On, without further com
ment:
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The Ne~bwyport, Mass, HeraM
says the supply Of shoes is small, and
the prices tend upward f; the manufac-
turers are busy to fill orders and pre-
pare for the fall trade, while the work
men are called from their benches
to the field of war in thousands. The
consequence is that wages are nearly
double what they were last year a,
this time.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

Corduroy roads Reader, did you
ever travel over corduroy road9 A
road consisting of cut wood, laid cross
wise across your route! Did You not
relish the jolting, and tossing up and
down which it gave youe We recon-
mend carriage ride over such a road
to all afflicted with dyspeptic turn,
What an excellent appetite such a
course of treatment blesses man with.
With what rapidity will the good, sub
stantial cheer of the farmhouse disap-
pear before an individual who has
just come in from a corduroy jaunt
If you doubt it, try it yourself, and see
if corduroy is not an institution. We
opine that it is.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The inner bark OF the "sweet gum
tree" which grows in profusion in the
Southern States, stepped and drank, is
said to he IL sure cure for dysentory,
and all similar diseases. Ii this be so,
our soldiers will do we'll to remember
it.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

A scouting party under command
.os Licsts @. A. Eyon, 1st N. 6. Vols,
left Washington, N. O., on Wednes-
day last, and near Indian Island, cap
tured eleven prisoners. On Sunday
morning, three federal cavalry scouts,
were taken prisoners by the rebels,
near Washington, N. @.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

I. publisbed Daily and Weekly
From tho Progress Baildings, Crauen Street.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

Major General Butler has been very
successful in enrolling the Union men
of New Orleans in the ranks of the
Federal army. The 1st Louisiana Reg
iment, comprising 1900 men, are now
ofiicered, and have been mustered in
for duty. In connection with this
matter, we would say that a regi-
ment of loyal Alabamians, and anoth-
er of Arkansans have been raised, and
and another is in process of formation
in Mississippi.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06
LINES TO A wuAT.A.Foch.

Whittier, when mails fall due,
And copy must be made without delay,
Far through thy pro.y depths dost thoupursue
Thy military preyf
H.. 80
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

A Union Meeting was held at Beau,
fort, last Saturday. There was quite
4 large attendance of the iaha,jii;;antto
of the Blanks and tho adjacent coun-
try. Ten men enlisted in the North
Carolina Regiment of Union Voim-
teers. Thus the work goes bravely
on. We shall soon have a regiment Of
loyalmen in North Carolina, ready, soon
to battle for God and their native Land
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

The New Orleans Dclta says that
Breckinridge's shoddy followers be-
gan their retreat from Baton Rouge,
at ten o'clock, and at twelve they were
ten miles away from the scene of their
inglonous repulse, and pertinently
adds, hat Mr.. Brcckinridge always ran
well before the people.
The rebels make great boasts of the
piety of jackson and jeff. Davis
They must be, as Aunt Judy Stinch.
field used to say, "infernal pious !"-
Worcester Transcript.
On the morning of the 4th inst.
while the US. gunboat Huron, Capt
Downes, was lying in Mathis chan
mel, off Charleston, S. O., and neal
Rattlesnake shoal, a schooner was de
tected stealing out to sea; she wa'
allowed to pass, and when outside the
Huron, the latter slipped her cable
and gave chase, coming up with th'
schooner in about three-quarters of al
hour. She was boarded and takeI
possession Of, and proved to be th'
schooner "Aquila," of Charleston, fo
Nassau, laden with turpentine;
this she had 3O5 barrels, of about A
gallons each. She is said to be u fin
vessel, and has been sent North to b.
d;a,osoJ ~
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-06

When once more zone to zone
Isjyinud through boundless Tune by solemn plight
In the long way thstt gu must tread alone,
Turn thou, aud seek the Right!