Newbern weekly progress., 1862-10-04
NEWS FR0n THE GUEF COAST

Arrival Of tbs CEubosI ICsuuestirut-fHp.
tBFs % the E.EiisE syhaonsr IgnnIbIsr-
Efzht brtwrru EsiI NssFsnu and thr
WtHO"s ItAVEEr- 81 the REIisu EsEsr
.. HI s.HiNestSn-iI'br bel tIsh-Cinds, de-. 6s.
Ths Uui,cd States cunbrsi Couuertisu,. C..rn
mahIIr AillOn liaHtuB. arrived sg Ihis port Fn.
dHy.
We are indebted to Commander HsHtau for
files Vi Houston lIeEasl papers IO. AuEus s, and
Tor the following mrmur,ndA:
The C"uncciird i irum the bltckaiiug squad
ron in the Cuff ti Mexico. Sis b4i Cal, e,tun
Srpicinltrr9 L,;t nH that puiI the United STATES
gunhuat DE SaiG. blurbaliug Lrit the South
wfst Pass llth, Ship Island i2th. Mobile aud
Pensacola l3ih. Lrit 81 hlpiiie The Upitvd
States ,loop uf war Richmond, aud the Iatt tgaz
Nin0na, Panois ana kanaN ba sail d trum Apa
lachicela 18Th, and ltit here the United States
gun6rais SagiHaw anG Fni llrETy. UurhrA IA
The ligltboal At Pou ROYAL 2.d and took frnm
her mail. !. aud last from Hampton Roads 25rh,
She brings Io this port Lieutenant j. G Wal.
ker. of the guubUst Niuuua, and twenty-five OH
ceis. lHo hundrrd AID three seantIl, iuvalijs
and discharged, EiN priSoneIs aud seven refugees
he geneTSi heath OF our squadron iu the Gulf
is good -
Ga the afternoon Of September l3 the Uuited
States guubuat WinUna, Lieutenant Command
iig Thurpi0u, ran un,ier the tre Of F"lt Morgan,
Ahleh is euusidafrd The def nee Ji Mohile. and
upenrd fire un = resel steamer lying inside, duv-
ing "a h r crew aud damaging b. r greatly BY
the explosion of an rlereu.iAch biT'ii in her bow
t0n Morgan Openrd very neavy fire on the Wi
nuna, but she escaped unhTL
I On the afternoon Of Srptemler o. in latitude
~ longitude % ~, the C,unv cIicut capturedthe
English schooner Rambler She bad run the
block ade ri Sahine Pass. Texas, and was bound
10 Havana and heavily laden with cotton.
/ AmOug the papers iuuud ON board was'a memo.
I randum tE wntIps, directing the captain Of the
ttttttrb4ei 9 eett4it ri Havana, fit with
the pIocreds Of the sale TO purchase powder
medicines, army shoes md other cVrti iabaud al
itltlrs, and without driay'to returntU Sabine Pass
capt. HaGtnn. after The capture, iRlmt diHely or
dertd a lliLe crew on. board, and started her uf
~ilr Iitt, ulders for the pr!zt master to take
ncr TO Ship Island, ....
The CONNECTICUT also brings large quantity
i Of Gotten nd nininssos eaptuIcd III The Cult -0nt
lot alone consisting ot $50 bales of cotton.
=. tul jack Hamilton. formerly menlbor of Con
gress frog Texas, had escaped from Texas ant
# arrived Southwest Ft,s ai-trttt- -fhr-F4th
He hid been sccreted in The nJuntniils If Tex,
for twenty one days He was accompanied bS
six friends. lie reported ,irung UuiUn fee In,
IN the west, III part ot The ), ale.
The health If the troops Was excellent; the,
were eiJoyiug themselves and were in hi. ]
stale oi discipline. Col Nm Wilson. was II
command at Pensacola
f Besrtrers nom Apaachieoia city TO vessels OF
the blockade IHiuIm our naval UiilrrrS That twi
rrhcl IRON clad gunbua.s, mounting six sixty
eight p"undefs, are nraIIy ready lot sea ugd,
c"umanI Of j Cattshy Jones, who says that b.
t"ll .S,k e;r'Y eIt boat on the Gull eoast IL
M lneul SIlh "arnrr reception vii iLe Are
now stationed vT thrre- h#n he may tcsife.-
Reports it"n GaiVtStUn say That the yettuV
fcve is raging itarlully. and is represented b.
some to BE- as bat n ii Was at y oifpIk lew ear
ago, The inhabitants, those who were able wer
leaving lie city by thousands