Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-22

last week, shot his wife who appeared
at the window. 1t is believed that
this Confederate success" will increase
the chances Of the recognition of the
Confederacy by the European Powers.
Elias Howe, Jr., of Bridgeport,
Conn, whose income from sewing
machine needles is S25),0O0 year,
carries the mail daily from Washing,
ton, seven miles, to the camp of the
18th Connecticut regiment, in which
he is q private. @
The Department OfNOrth Carolina.
We find the following interesting
communication in a New York paper.
1t is from the graphic pen of Mr.. Car
penter, an Attorney in this city,
whose connection with the Northern
journals and whose position as Agent
Of the Associated Press, enables lin
to WELD no small influence to the ad-
vantage of this Department.
NswBEaN, N. c., Oct. 49, 1899.
II is not impossible that Government may
before long establish at this point camp Of
instruction for an army Of 100, Geo men of the
new lcvies, as recommended and strongly
urged by the Major General commanding this
Department The advantages of this location
for such an object are very great and far
superior to those of any other section of the
country, aside from the f;ct that this would
b, a central base Of opeia'i rs. The country
ia parts stretches in extensive plains, without
an obstacle in the way, much Ike the praires
Of the West. Around Newbern large tracts
can be found which are as eve as floor, with
ample scope for the execution of Brigade and
| Division movements. The mmandcr.in-
Chief Of this Department, Major General John
G.. Foster, is recognized by Gen. Burnside as
one of the best tacticians in the army, and as
statistics show this to be one Of the hcal;hiest
Departments in the country, and as, moreover,
the expense of maintaining an army at this
point would be onc-,hird less, as the records
show at Washington, than at any other, it is
not difiicllt to unders.a why Governmt nj
should seriously entertain the idea IN question.
An advantage paramount to any others is,
that it would oblige the bel' to evacuate
Virginia at once, for it would place them be.
tween the upper and neither mill stones, with
chances Of having all Of Their supplies, which
now reach them over the North Carolina rail-
roads, cut off at any hour.
I will mention few mere advantages Of mi
nor character, which, however, are Of no small
account when we consider the necessity of pro
viding for tho wants Of great army The for
ests here furnish abnnda lce of excellent fuel
which is close at hand and easily can be obtained
without any expense to tho Government which
is an important item. Water is plentiful and
excellent, while the sounds and rivers afford any
quantity OF fish, oysters and clans the formel
IN great variety aud Of delicious qualities -
There is no lack of native figs and grapes il
their season. and sweet potatoes and other veg
etablcs yield bounteously, and are cultivated
with little trouble. This is the same "land o
rivers and vine clad trees" as when Sir Walter
Raleigh landed Mt Roanoke Island in 1886 Up,
on sanitary consd rations alone, tine claims o.
this region are so strong rs to be almost conclu
sive The seaboard district of North Carolina
has proved to our men one of the heallhies. 10
calities in the conntry. There has been CON
even in the most sickly season to the surprise o
all Northern Army Surgeons and as We advanc,
into the interior the sanitary condition of tn,
country still improves. The swamIs, so in, from
being peslileht and Ioeking with disease anG
death, as is populary supposed, are in fact whole
some; and the 'juniper water found in som,
Of them is esteemed the best attanabc aQucui,
beverage. as many Of our navy men. who carr,
tito sea in preference to any other, are vel
aware. The extraordinary convenience of wate
communication, and the facilities offered of trans
poration between the different points by steam
ers " i'll hardly be doubted when we remember
, that a navagable river courses through nearly
every country in Eastern North Carolina, ant
penetrates far toward the center of the State -
rhe proximity Of Beaufort-one of the safes
harbors on the Atlantic coast-to the Yves
Indies, with their tropical fruits, should, in tim,
make oranges lemons, pineappes, cocoa nuts
&c, plentiful fresh, and cheap The amiable an,
peaceable disposition of the people, and tn,
almost entire exemption of tho Department from
guerilla deprcdations offers another not iIisgnif
icant inducemeut to the settler.
The central geog aphcal position of tho De
partment, with reference to the speedy suppre'
sion of the rebellion and the Restoration OF th,
Union, is a matter Of signal and commanding i'm
poitance The occupancy ofthis portion Of coun
try with large force OF new troops, in progress
of instruction ard held MS reserves, would enabl
us to make flank movements on large scale
either northward upon Virginia, or southwark
upon South Carolina, with celebrity and success
: 1t is now understood that in case this proec
should be carried out, any new regiment. eau b.
sent to this school Of instruction by expressin,
, the wish through their Colonel to the Governor o
their State Gov Andrews has so Informed tht
new IT giments of that State, and several of them
Isee from the ~ T. Hcrald, arc now on thei