Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-31

FROM MEMBERS Burnside has ignored the
Rev. Governor Marble n. Taylor's claims as
Governor of North Carolina. and appointed
Capt Foster mot Chas. Henry of the U. 5.
Navy as Military Governor of n. c., by the
grace of King Abraham the first.
Among the former citizens of this State,
who came out with the Burnside expedition
to Newbern, was Mr.. Calvin Dibble, pretty
well known here and elsewhere throughout
the state, especially in the NeuSe and Tar
River sections. \ brother of Calvin DID
bles, Frank Dlbble, late of Newbern, had
some months ago got q pass to go North
under flag of truce. He was to run the
blockade, and bring certain articles much
needed, especially leather, for a shoe factory
IN winch he was lntereSted with Mr.. Washing
ton. He had not returned until very recent
ly, and Mr.. Nashlngton'S share in the ven
ture Is III a bad way, as Mr. Dibble is said to
have come IN the wake Of the invaders, and
OF course the share ofhis rebel parter in tue
business is confiscated. But Mr.. Dibole was
too venturesome by half, and was the other
night captured by some of our pickets. while
plotting a squad Of Lincoln soldiers through
the country, In the vicinity Of Newbern.-
50 strong Is the feeling against Dibble, both
among the troops and the citizens, that it re-
CURED all the Efforts of those in authority to
prevent summary vengeance being taken on
> MIN, on his arrival at Kinston. It was deem
. ed unsafe, In the present excited state Of
: feeling, to send him to Salisbury. Another
brother, Harlow Dibble, a resident of Kin
= ston, has also been arrested, On what precise
grounds of suspicion, we are not informed.
! On the person Of Frank Dibble, were found
d papers which led to the arrest Of a Captain
q Day and another captain, both commanding
u boats, or who had commanded boats belong
ing to the Dibble family.
Burnside has about six hundred negroes
AZ hard at work finishing and perfecting the de-
1e fenslve works that the Confederates had COM
'e menced below Newbern, but which, after
~ long months of warning, were unfinished and
~ imperfect!
AS for the killed and wounded Federals. il
is certain that all the Federal soldiers agree
n in the story of their loss being very heavy,
ey and the concurrent opinion places it at two
y thousand to three thousand, but most at
u. twenty-five hundred. The Academy Green
xt in which the slain were buried, but for the
TO newness Of the mounds, might pass for the
hg cemetry in which generations of a populous
Is town had found their resting place. From
no the number of buildings occupied as hospit-
ho ais for the wounded, the number of casualties
must have been very large.
III We learn that the 18th and 14th Regs. n.
"a Z. Vols. have returned to their winter quar-.
- ters near Smithfield, Va; and that Col. Cling,
mans and Col. Radclife's regiments remain
60 near Grahamsvilte, S. C. Our announce
mo- ment last week that they had been orderlC
to kinston, turns out to be incorrect.
NGS Wesather tbs following itcsns from tn,
en- Standard of the 29th:
les 1t is almost impossible to get correct infor
lie, nation from Newbern. The enemy closet,
ty, guards every point. Our pickles We learl
have been driven in within a day or two, an,
xa- an advance is expected. One of our picket
the was killed a few nights ago. We learn tina
Ill the yankees have commenced the re-publica
aTy ton Of the Newbern Progress. The black
appear to give Gen. Burnside great trouble
till 1t is said he is anxious for their owners tt
the come and take them away. We do not women
the however, for the statement.
red Town OF WASHINGTON, n. Give lear
his from rumor that the enemy came up to Wash
ington last week, with two or three gunboat
!. and landed some 3 or 400 troops. There be-
INA ing no Confederate force-the post havin
lear been previously evacuated, the enemy {
OF course met with no resistance. 1t is sal
Jn- they marched through the streets, the ban
Ne playing Dixie and the 4" Old North State.
How long the enemy remained, or whethe
an he has. any force there now, we have nc
learned.
SD From what we learn, We apprehend tia
SER the enemy is in possession of Morehead Git,
Beaufort, and Swansboro'. The buildings
pin Carolina City and the bridge across Newpor
lun- have been burned by order of Col. Whit
9Th commander Of Fort Macon. The Fort is pr,
ex- visioned for eight months.
any
pa - Northern accounts of the battle
now Newbern, say that We had 1900 men in til
fine field, and that we fought well; and althoug
who they so largely outnumbered US, they adm
they had hard fight with US, that they su
was fered severely and lost some of their be
time officers. They also say that they 1.-The fede
re- ais raised white flags Of truce during Il
war, battle and ceased firing, when the Confede
,asts ates fell back and were prevented from seeir
,egi- the flags by the somke.
0mo.
CoNFIDENCE.-A letter from Wilmingt
of the Oath, says