Newbern weekly progress., 1862-05-10
Rough Notes on The War.

BY late adyices we have the s;ad intelligence
that New Orleans Is 10 possession Of the fede.
raj forces. The rebels it seems did not dare
to meet our victorious forces face to face, and
| 80 ignobly fed. New Orleans in our posses.
sion gives US an incalculable advantage, and
helps corner Mr.. @. P. T. Beauregard up be.
tween Corinth and Memphis, SO that there is
reasonable chance Of bsggipg him. The
possession Of this point cuts off supplies from
the rebels to great extent. aad helps. by
closing up the many intricate channe sof the
Mississippi, to stop their commerce Where
before there were many outlets TO be watched
and hlockaded, the blockade can be removed
| for few miles from the mouth, and but one
channel to blockade This adds also TO the
efficiency Of Gen. Halleck's force and Com.
Foo'es aotilla, and carries despondeney and
gloom into the rebel camp at Yorktown. The
news will spread through rebellion and en-.
courage the union men who have suffered long
and silently, to renewed faith and energy in
behalf Of "Oh 9lory"
Gsn. llalIeck has had battle with the ad.
vance guard OF the rebels at Corinth, and
soundly whipped them, driving them back to
Corin'h, and IL pushing his whole army vigo-
ronsly onward Al our last ad.ices he was
towards Memphis. They have threatened to
burn Memphis, but it was not believed that
the city would b. burned, but all the cotton,
sugar and molasSes will be destroyed. Van
Dorm, Price and jeff. Thompson were at Mem
phis, with about six thousand miserably clad
troops.
Refugees report that despotic censorship
|. enforced in all parts of the Sou Invest, and
public prints dared to utter nothing de'ogatory
% the rebellion. They say that the Union
men there are firm and loyal as ever, ard re-
joicng at the near approach Of the fedora
army.
Gen. c. T. SMITH, who 20 distinguished
himself 10y his brilliant charge upon the uppe
redoubt of Fort DonclSon, is dead. This lac
is announced in private dispatch received il
this City yesterday from Gen. CrlL.N, Chic
ci Gen. HALLEcK's Staff Gen. Smith has {"
some time been unwel with dysentcry, an
! Was on this account unable to participate il
. the great h,,,le Of Pittsburgh Landing.
! Gen. Butler was at Ship Island on the III
ul,. lie had sent an expe,Iii,on I" Pass Chri'
, ! ian and Biloxi which resulted ina comple'
=. ,nccvss. We presume that Butler is IN Ne'
Orleans with his troops, for on the 2slh ul',, III
:, telegraph operators undertook to re'arn t" II
=. city, and found it occupied by the Unio
=. forces.
!, Two rebel schooners loaded with cotton, II
A Eugeuia aud President, while attempting
"a run the blockade at Pass al outre were ca
n tured by the Owasco. The New London al
c,p,urei rebel steamer. p. U. Wallis load'
e. with turp.n,ine and rOsin.
~ There have been two engagements bstwe'
~ the Union ho,illa, and the rebel gun boats
III which the iedrrals have proved victorious.
TO Yorktown company II of the lst Mass
ch,iactts stormed Tine PIT or nlae''e, u
Is captured it at the point of the bsyon't, vii
to out firing gun, with loss Of 4 killed a
as lS wounded. 1t was brilliant affair.
at The contrabands say that the most inter
III excitement exists around Norfolk, and gr
lis fear is felt of an attack by Burnside. Nea
I'D all of the troops have been sent from Norfo
20; Portsmouth and Suifork to South Mill, to
por. any advance that Gen. Burnside mi
eP make.
no 1t is now generally thought that McClel
ao will conquer Yorktown, without great
lrsS' OF life, if indeed. it is not given up to
'ch Without o severe contest. The young NJ
leon is equal TO the task, and we hope he
''o' be successful without much loss of life.