Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-04-02
,--.sARFsfRssaBoBF NEwBERN.

NEW BERN.
The following additional particulars of the fight
It Newborn and of the affairs sJnce,, are compiled
from the Christian San at Suffolk Va. whose editor
has just returned reu,-a yisit=nt the neighborhood
of Newbern. lie has no doubt been careful in
gathering his particulars. The Sha says q,
The accounts which have appeared in the papers
fconcernIng the battle have been in the MAN, correct
| The numbers engaged were Il, 900 Federals and a
little less than 5,0UU Cenfederates The Eederals
took AZ Confederate officers and 100 priyates pris-
| Oners, and killed and wounded about 100 The
| Yankee7loss in killed and wounded. was between
! 1000 and 1900 The Confederates took one pris-
oner, Lieutenant. ! Had the battle been well
planned there is but little doubt but that our small
force would have kept the enemy back until rein
fOrcements could have been obtained. Ia
! Previous 10 the advance of the Federals upon
Newbern, the people .had been induced to believe
that the offences were of such character that
! less Gen. Burnside came with overwhelming force,
he would be successfully repulsed and even with
large force he could be kept bay until reinforce
| ments could be obtained from Raleigh. Wilmington,
| and other places. But few, therefore, had made
any arrangements for the evacuation of the town.
The landing Of troops the South side of the river
commenced on Thursday, and reinforcements were
expected and promised early on Friday morning
| The Federals advanced on our troops and opened
! fire about daylight Friday morning. General
IHBurnsde, knowing the position of troops first
! attacked the Militia, under Col Clark, in the rear
OF their battery or breastworks and they retreated
first and were follow ed by the volunteers Several
OF the artillery companies and regiments fought as
braVely as any men have fought during the war
but Others IT is said, did not display much cour-
age as they should have done. One serious injury
to ALL was they lacked confidence in the skill Of
| the commander Of the brgade-not in his patriot
Sm orpurity of intention, but in his qualification
for the post be occupied. No reinforcements were
sent from above as was expected. The enemy came
! in great force, and our troops compelled to re-
treat and hen retreat was ordered great confusion
prevailed The first the citizens in town knew, the
soldiers the river and through the town
at " Bull Run gait" crying 10 every body to es-
| cape for their lives, and, in few minutes, the
shells came flying in every direction from the enc
my'S gunbOats Men, women and children were
leaving by every mode OF conveyance, aud in the
greatest confusion. Hundreds left without second
suit Of clothes, and left behind them every dollar S
worth Of PROPERTY they had earth. The Fede-
rails landed about twenty thousand troops and took
possession OF the town. capturing all the fleeing cit
IzenS they could Since then, their picketS have
eXtcuded 3 or miles out around the country, and
! maraudng parties have visited all the neghboring
farmers stealing every thing within reach. Hun
drcdS of negroes rushed IN town, and were permit
led to enter the houses of all the citizens who had
left, and appropriated to their own every thing
they desired. --a
The Washington Hotel and about 10 or L stores
!
! and turpentine, except lot owned by Dibble i
| Brothers Among the first to land, was Calvin
| Dibble, who had long lived IN Newborn, and had
made fortune By trading with the people Of North
Carolina. He is the senior partner of the firm Of
Dibble Brothers, at Kinston, and has for several
| years resided in New York. With him came his
| brother Francis Dbble, who went TO the North
| last fall by permission Of President Davis. The
! pilot vino conducted the feet up Capt WeSter-
velt who formerly ran schooner between New
I bern and New York The ingratitude of these iel-
! lows is almost unparalleled.
4 few DAYS after Newborn was captured our pick
cts advanced TO within three miles of Newborn and
! captured three Yankees who had been out on
/ stealing expedition and had piano in wagon car
rying it into town The mules became frightened
and carried the wagon and driver with the piano in
/ town, but the three men on foot were taken and
/ carried to kinston.
Francis Dibble was taken bv our pckets 10 miles
from Newbern, on his way to Kinston, and confined
! in Jail at GoldSooro, and will be tried as a spy
Letters found in his trunk induced the authorities
to arrest his brother Harlow Dibbie at KinSton and
their agent at Goldsboro' Mr.. A. Day. What the
charges against the two latter are did not learn.
We have seen and eonversed with several gentle
! men of undoubted veracIty who have recently es
! capped from the enemy at Newbern. On Saturday
! last, Gen. Burnside was landing large number of
/ army wagons ard artillery. This seems to point to
! forward movement. Reinforcements are also land
ing. Gen. Burnside occupies as his headquarters
! the house of Mr. J. NJ. T. Harrison known as the
! John Stanly House." the place that Gen. Wash
I ington stopped at when he visited Newbern Gen.
Foster occupies the residence of Charles Slower /;
! another General occupies Judge Donners house.
| The office of the Provost Marshal is the Bank of
Commerce. The Merchants Bank, both Methodist
Churches, and the Academy are used as hospitals
: The Yankees have service for the soldiers in the
| Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist Churches, and
F., service IN the Christian Church for the negroes.
/ The Norfolk Day Book gives the following story,
! winch if true, will pass:
/ Two halfgrown lads were out hunting in the
! neighborhood of Newbcrn and were discovered and
, accosted BY Yankee Lieutenant = -
! One Of the boys wore tie letters an. c." on his
cap which attracted the Yankees attention and he
enquired of the boy what they meant The boy
4 replied: NORTH Carolina ,whereupon the Lieu
/ tenant ordered him to remove them This the boy
declined doing, when he was again ordered to take
them off and again refused to do so. The Lieuen-
ant then remarked that he would take them off him.
! self; and was in the act of dismounting from his
, horse to do so, when the boy winked to his COM
rade, who took his meaning and in moment the
guns of both the boys levclled at the head of
the Yankee officer, and lie commanded to sur
! render. .llr3E
Seeing the utter hopecSSneSs of his case, and
perfectly astounded at the spirit displayed by the
boys, the Yankee gave u9 his pistol; and on being
ordered to diSmount did So The boys then secured
him, and again placing him on his horse, conducted
7 him to KinstOn, where he was safely lodged in Jail
70 Surely, the days Of the Revolution are again
! upon us ~ ...r ~ ...,.ss a. .,.s- :
The Day Book also has the following, which we
nudge SHOULD perceived with some grounds of al
owance. We have heard that two or three were
shot: : II Z = & Z & :
: 1t is stated bya gentleman who came apassen-
ger in the train from Weldon on Monday afternoon
that in conversation with paroled prisoner from
Newborn he learned that the negroes at that place,
not behaving themselves altogether veil as they
were expected to behave If you please, becoming
a little boisterous, detachment ordered out,
and forty Of the wretchcs shot by order OF the
nandng officer"
How IS IT G-Can any one tell how it is, men.who