Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-15
Affairs at Harper'ss FerI
The REpidiiy Of. Army Hovemcnf- Nhs
News of Inc New, York -Election*c,

News Of the New'York sElectiohfEc,
HARPEn's FERRY, Thursday, NJ 4
The unusual rapidity with which Il amy
is now moving makes it more than likk haA
Ha-per's Ferry will have to be abandA lei for
some centre further South. AlreadyEaers
are on the gui gire as to where they slphow
locate their head depot, and the whoi gmy
of correspondenis-o rather, "Cgl OF
Staff" ARE puzzling themselves abbthow
soon they shall jump from the lryinSpf' OF
Harper's Ferry discomforts into ths 8e oi
those Of Manassas. Ill.
The New York elections came upo}us like
clap of thunder in clear sky Ysterlay,
and all has been gloom, CONSERVATION andiis-
NAL forebodings ever since, nature iiself bHng
in unison with the sadness that expresses
mans spirits. am not given 10 superstiton,
but as strolled out yesterday morHng at
early dawn, anxiously striving to imagine
what sort OF news would reach us from you
in few hours, saw the whole Eastern hori.
zon covered with crimson clouds, forming q
blood red back ground to the majestic outline
of The Maryland Heights, directly in front Of
me. The old Scotch provcrb inyo oluntary came
to mind: IS
.sglxsisht n asAspbara,s, dslisst iu.,.-.
again II Immediately occurred 70 nc that I
was the 9Th Of Norember, the memorable his
toric day on which the whole British Parlia-
ment was once saved from an internal plot tc
blow them all to atoms. Had re discovered
and crushed the plot that was to blow 0al
nation TO perditionP
The Baltimore papers determined the ques
4; c,,, t,,n ftap Ia ND
revealed the fact to thousands Of disappointed
hearts that oar "Guy Faukes" had been more
successful than the British one Bitter, in
deed, is the feeling created, and nowhere more
intensely than among the soldiers. Listening
to group of them, l. heard ono man say,
"What the h-l arc we going to fight for now,
if jeff. Davis is to have all he asks for 2 I'VE
shan't fight the nagur any more" chimed in
a sympathizing Ilibcrnian. "D-m your ma
gur," angriy rcjoncd the first, you are the
ndgur they are after, and you'll find it out
when you have lost your votes, and lot ol
arlstocratic SEQ indrels have put brides on
yon." Let 'em try it." Indignantly exclaim
ed a crowd of soldiers, ,-"we'll know who to
turn our arms against" 'Too late!' joined
in the prophetic voice of an old man passing,
Il tell you boys, the blackest day will dawn
on this great country that sees that faction put
into power. Yeste day you were frcemen,
with ballots for your protection, but to-day
all is changed You have now but one choice
before you either to succumb, step by step,
to the loudly rule of southern arslocracy,
which says that the few must govern the many,
or you will be driven to save yourselves by
Revolution" Terrible as the prophecy sound.
ed, every man present felt, more or less, the
truth ofit
Immediately after the news came cold
piercing wind set in, which added bodily dis
comfort to mental and to-day chilling
drenching rain came on, creating a'state Of dis
comfort and detection that can only be thor
oughly appreciated in a place like Harper's
Ferry.
The enemy, although having plenty TO dc
down the valley, still continue their impuden'
demonstrations under our very noses. They
came within two miles of Bolivar Heights, Q
day crtwosgo,, and walked of with three O
our pickets, by daylight, just as spiders would
with so many flies. Nobody, however, expects
any demonstration from them ona larger scale
in this quarter and il they did they won'
find traitor here this time. Gen. Grant is il
charge just nova soldier and a loyalist ev
cry inch Of him.