Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-14

sun up in the week, and all day on Sundays, or
it will soon became military necessity here
as it has in many other places
We are credibly informed that if a grog sell
Ter ventures to open his shop at Norfolk
Portsmouth, after dark, he subjects his entire
stock to the mercy of the man who goes around
with an axe.
The Richmond Examiner Of Monday has what
it calls a communication from its Washington
City correspondent, which by the way, as we
take it, is bogus, and smells very much like it
had originated in the Office of that paper, but
which makes its points too we'll and strikes its
blows too plump to be lost.
After giving the war department at Richmond
a regular curryig down, in which it publishes
long list of names of those who have been per-
mtted to 60 to Yankee land with free passports,
charging that all, or nearly so, are Lincoln spies
in the regular employ of the Rump Government
it winds up in the following style:
Whoever may have kept in his memory the
most striking incidents in the lobby history of
this corrupt capital must be of the fact that
| once, when printer was electected by Dem
| ocratic Congress, H. Greeley had share of the
profits. How this was engineered is lmmaterial :;
| but learn that still more ingenious device has
| been practiced by him and Simon Cameron, in
relation to Southern contracts. l am credibly in
formed that these astute politicians, and several
others of less nOtOrlety, are partci pating
largely in several contracts made in Richmond ;
and | suspect the names of some of these agents
are in the above catalogue of names One Of
these contracts from all accounts, will yield a
clear profit Of half of million of dollars.
There will be war with England. Having
plunged into the slough of dishononr, Seward
will wade through rather than turn back Yet
it is said in diplomatic circles that the stone
| loi IN,,H oil thr
world War is calamity, but the Yankees
making its evils eternal Providence formed the
ports for the of mankind in all ages, but
Lincoln is destroying the work Of God, and
would extil pate the planters upon whose pro-
ductions the whole civilized world is in great
measure dependent. If therefore, such Vanda
barbarity should be likely to involve the United
States in war with England the Yankees will
submit to the degradation of fishing up the stones
again, one by one and takeing them all back.
| L1ncoln's programme, hewever, does not now
contemplate subjugation of the cotton States
He would submit to political separation to NOR
IF the ports sealed against the rest of
the world, and the people would bind themselves
to trade only with the North. But he does mean
to conquer the border States-and that with
as little fighting possible. The plan is to
threaten the communications of the army of the
Potomac, and when it falls back to advance and
entrench. They mean to dig their way into the
heart of Virginia If they get the Tennessee rail
road and send column to capture the ocean shore
!
North Carolina. They will follow and " hen you
turn upon they will entrench. They swear to
have Delaw ere, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee by
threatening communications and entrenchlng.-
The ocean at present IS theirs.
We have rumours here of dissensons between
Mr.. Benjamin and General Beaurerard which
aids and comforts the enemy. The genius of
Beauregard is much dreaded, and Lincoln would
be happy learn that his arm had been para yzcd.
And the Yankees are still fearful that President
Davis himself will some day vault into the saddle
of his war-horse and charge into the North
That is his true policy. The apprehension that
an invasion of the North would exasperate and
rouse all the Yankees to egregious
error. The way to rouse them was the policy
adopted, viz: awaiting their attack Ii
you had attacked them, many IN doubt OF
the result would have, unarmed, awaited
| events.
The revenue policy of the Provisinal Govern
ment unfortunately. plays into the hands of the
enemy. BY the the reports of Mr.. Seward s
spies in Europe, who, like curs have dogged the
| footsteps of Messrs. Yancy and Mann, L learn
| that just when an association of shippers were
preparing TO send over large number of cargoes.
amounting to fifty millions in merchandise, for
Southern ports, copy of your tariff adroity
furnished them which. AS the French say, caused
intcrpektatiOns and destroyed the enterprise. The
merchants il teuogated Mr.. Yancy on the sub
ject, prefacing their con munlcatlOn with remin-
liscences of Southern statesmen, and Southern
traditions, which had induced them to believe
the South was pledged to free trade. They had
read the speeches of Calhoun, Having no cor
respondents in the South, if they landed fifty
millions in merchandise. they would also have
to send out seven and half millions in specia to
pay the duties. That Is per cent. added to the
enormous insurance. and other risks, deferred
them from moving further in the matter. They
asked no money for their cargoesi all they de-
sired was an exchange of their commodities for
our cotton. Yaney was in candour compelled TO
admit that duty of Is per cent had been i'm
posed by the Confederate Congress. These
merchants have concluded that their safest
course is to send the ship to New York, and rely
upon the smuggling capacities of the speeulasers
North and South for the sale of the goods-aRd
upon obtaining cotton through the instrumental
ity of Lincoln's fleets.
Brownlow is to be Brigadier.
A band of incendiaries has been sent to Vir-
gina to burn the railroad bridges.
THE CHICKEN QUESTION: