Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1862-07-19

to which the General Immediately re,
plied-sMcClellan is doing well. FHt
will take Richmond. He is moving
as rapidly as is prudent"
The rebel General jackson, recent.
ly killed before Richmond, is said tc
have received his sobriquet after the
battle of Bull Run. During that af
fair, Gen. Lee asked him "if his bri.
gade had not better retire under the
heavy fire they were sustaining: "No,
sis,n,s saaia. Jackson, q will stand here
like ssiloa's ;ssasEss en-
This war y. lthat The the United
ntates have more military resources,
and can put into the field greater ar.
mics than any nation on the earth. Ii
has proved that the United States
Government has no friends among the
Governments Of Europe, and further,
more that it needs none. 1t has proved
that the genius and mechanical skill
of American inventors is as rcmarka,
bic in war as in peace.
The Mormon Saints know thing
or two. We copy the following para
graph from the Deseret Neq2s -
"lf you want chicken dinners
which the law allows at this season OF
the year-and your neighbours chick.
ems are cooped up and can't trespass
upon your lot, and afford you oppor-
tunity Of twisting their necks, just
slip out early in the morning and open
your neighbor's chicken coop door
thay'll come out and 90 oyer to your
lot. They will-they have done it"
Mr.. EDrroR.-Since some of your
correspondents are trying to interpret
the sylnbolical letters q. S. A., allow
another to intimate that they signify
Cant Secede Again"
Good. The Confederate States OF
Americas Copperas. Soldier. Army,
Catching Scissors Awfully, Coolly
Skeedaddle Army, Of course the c. S.
A. Can't Secede Again.
Mr.. I. +. Wells, of Boston, is the
man who is to raise the sunken ships
at Norfolk and Hampton Roads. In
addition to the Pennsylvania, 120,
Delaware, 81, Columbus, so, United
States, so, Plymouth, 20, Cumberland,
a, and Dolphin, 4, the rebel steamers,
the water and powder boats are to be
raised. Four whale ships will be en-,
ployed in raising the Cumberland,
which was sank,by the Merrimac.-.
iron safes were on board the Congress
and Cumberland, containing $35, 900
and $4,000 in specie, will be recov,
cred. The contractor expects TO spend
5000 in his work. lie will employ
about two hundred men. lie is to re.
ceivc for his trouble As per cent. sal
wage on the property recovered.
A Richmond paper says that "every
Southern man is impressed with the
duty that he must fight for the preser.
walton of Southern Institutions" One
thing is certain, that if any Southern
man is not 50 impressed, the govern
ment ''impresses" him.
The Philadelphia Bulletin publishe.
q letter which accounts for the al
scncc of the names OF the Governors O.
Delaware and Iowa from the rcnuisi
tons of the loyal Governors Ito the
President for more troops. Neither o
the Governors were within telegraph,
communication at the time. The Gov
ernor OF Del$Tare, as soon as he hear(
Of the CIRCULAR, promptly attached hi
name to it, and it is presumed tha
Gov. Kirkwood, Of Iowa, will folloy
the example.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
"a family belonging to this city, 0
the name Of ST. John, consisting Q
father and four sons Gncluding til
mother) are in the service OF the couu
try. The father, mother, and tw
youngest sons are in the 9th Penn
now at Hilton Head, S. G., and tn
two eldest sons are members of tn
Fourth Regiment Penn. Reserves
Gen. Mccall, now with Mcclellan
One Of the latterls a First Lieutenan
and the other Sergeant. The spiri
Of the revolution is not yet extinct.
In society, wholesale don't mix wit
retails; raw wool don't speak to hal
penny balls Of worsted talloW in th