Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-14

recent captures of prisoners, we are reliably
informed, amount to thirty.
FROM WESTERN TRGINIA-oUTRAGES
OF THE ENEMY.
Five six weeks ago regiment of Yankees
was stationed at camp near the battle ground
OF Carnifax Ferry which they called Camp
| Cross Lanes" Fifty Yankees went to house
near by, at night, cal out the proprietory
and alleging that the olicer of the night had
been shot at, offered him various iffdgnities.-
hundred more afterwards passed this house
and went to the residence of Mrs. JONES,
whose husband is now a prisoner at C0ium.
bus, and whose sons are in the Southern army.
They took from this house boy between ff-
teen and sixteen years of age; and detained
him till daylight; then tied him to a bush.
covered him with blanket, and drew lots to
see who should shoot Kim. Ii fell to the lot
| of two men, who backed out, and different
arrangement wac agreed to. Two or three
days afterwards the lads body was scoverz
ed; pierced with nine bullets one of which
had disiocated the vertebrse of his neck. This
outrage. we are assured rs susceptible of
proof The following brief journal of recent
observations on the enemy's lines, hiss been
furnished US by the gentleman 10 whom the
report was made:
Il went, agrceably to your instructions, I'd
Mr.. Nckles'S, Give miles from Alderson's and
nine from Dogwood G9p,1 and, found there
were five Yankees at James Nckes's, where
they took dinner on Christmas day | was
within four miles of them. I then went to
Bowyer's Ferry, where | learnt from reliable,
persons, that there were from 2, 800 to 5000 of
the enemy at Fayette courthouse. They arg
entrcnched with ditch eight feet in depth and
twelve IN width. was within four or five
miles of the picket guard on the bank of New
river, where there is force of cavalry"
MILITARY APPOINTMENT
H Wayne, Of Georgia, {the presant Adjutau
General of that State was on yesterday aPpoint
ted Brigadier-General in the Provisional ar
my of the Confederate States.
DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER
We learn with pleasure that, in addition To
other troops, the War Department has ordered
back one of the regiments of Gen Floyd's COM
mand hat had departed for Kentucky to the re-
gon of country threatened by the enemy. It is
further stated cavalry regiment has boen or
dered to the same point.
DEATH OF A MISsEoNARY.-We learn ths.
Rev j. b. Taylor, CORRESPONDING Secretary OF
the Southern Baptist Mission Board, has received
information, through flag of truce, that Rev.
Mr.. Holmes. native of this State and mission:
ary of the Foreign Mission Board, located in this
city was murdered at Yantai China, in October
last, by Chinese insurgents. Rev. Mr.. Parker;
an Episcopal missionary, was murdered at the
same time. The following were the circumstan:
ces as detailed by by correspondent of the New
York Commercial
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and Yantai the village where the missionaries
and their families resided, and Mtssrs. Holmes
and Parker went out to endeaTor to prevail 1p6n
them not to molest the villagers of the latter place.
But their efforts to save the people were in vain.
They were cruelty murdered and their mangled,;
half burnt b. dies were not found for more than q
week afterward. Mr.. Homes was struck i've
times on the head with swords and twice with
spears his left hand cut and. after receiving sew
eral wounds in the lower part of his body, was
burnt.
Their families, and the other missfohaffes
who lived in Yenta;, narrowly escaped with their
lives being obliged 10 fee at midnight, the
English Consul, MIR. Morrison, sending them hori
The unfortunate villagers who had not been
able to escape from their fury, slain by hun
dreds and the ponds in the neighborhood are
said to be fitted with the bodies of men, women
and children, while the roads are srewn with
corpses. ...
ARRIVAL THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION fS PAM
LIco SOUND. D.-lnformation reached this city
last evening to the effect that Federal feet
had made its appearance in Pamlico Sound.
The feet consists of twenty gun boats draw
ing from FIVE to six feet Of watef and carrying
some of them, Ave guns.
They were first discovered by Captain Hunter
who while accommodating, was shot at by them.
On his return to the Island he reported The facfs~
and our forces proceeded at once to place them
selves in state of readiness for an attack.
This is supposed to be portion of the Burn
side expedition, and it is thought, by some, that
its object is to prepare for an attack upon Nor
folk from the rear. However, this may be; enc
thing is certain and that is that should this
be their programme they will find it a hard -
road to travel before they get to the end Of
it.
We trust that our friends at Roanoke Island
will make every preparation to cessfully
sist the foe, and that W hen he shows battle they
will keep themselves cool ard their powder dry
and by their valor, another 80 masfefy re-
treat upon the part fthe Hessians.-NoIt: Day
Book, 9h
HUNTERSVILLE, POCAHONTAS co. VA.
REPORTED BURNT BY THE FEDERALS.
RICHMOND, Dec. 9th -Passergt rs trotf. she
mountains says that Huntersv?'Fe has hes
burnt by the Yankees AIso fiat heavy skir-
mshing continues above Winchester. There 10
nothing official corroborating these reports.
VIM. H, Hurlburt, confined since June last. .
su snicioned as a SPY has been released by GOV