Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1862-07-05

VI W O1ltANe I've N'g OhA
casting ont devils. We do not imag
inc that the passage itself was at all tc
the purpose, but that was not the
worst of it The deacon got it tran.
sposed, and drawled out, very solemnly,
'cast out the dead and raise the dev.
H." He certainly did raise that very
parsonage right in the midst Of a re-
Yival.
The following letter explains ITSELF
as Milton says
SKEDADpLEBuRG, June 10, 1862.
j, Dear Mercer IL ordered Pillow to
dig that "last ditch through the mid.
die of the Cuff of Mexico, some weeks
ago. The d-d thing wont stay dug.
Water keeps running in. How the
devil do you expect a fellow to die in
it when it amt there! Ever yours,
p. T. BARNUM BEAREGARD.
ANSWER.
Dear Beau Jump in it anyhow.
1t W mt hurt you. How can a fellow
die when he was born to be hung! :.
Ever yours, UNION.
. The Z. S. Treasury !n1Gtes, "green.
backs" as they are called, are getting
very popular, in the South. Every.
where they go. with our armies. Fol-
the sake of the "green-backs' the reb'
els might afford to welcome the "blue
bellies" ...
The mouths of several Of the rebe,
rivers are blockaded. What great
thing it would be for the cause oftrull
if the mouths Of the rebels Themselves
were blockaded. ~.
AS man dust returned 10 It's KIN
dred dust, so secession, born of discorC
and disorganization, is rapidly resolv
ing itself into its internal clements.
Aaron Gage has received a cargo
of nice Fresh Pond Ice, which he of
fers for sale at very low rates. BY tho
way, friend Gage keeps very fine sod'
with superior extracts, at his stor,
on Middle, one door south of Broat
street.
The Boston JournaL correspondent
in his letter from this city, of q recen
date, administers well-merited rebuk,
to the Neac York H6rdld, for its wors
than 'beastly blackguardism, aud mis-
statements. 1t was neatly and wei
done.
The Post Office at Beaufort has bee
re-opened by the Federal Government
Thcstcamer Pilot Boy having broke
her iron rudder, is on the railway q
the ship yard for repairs. While el
gagged on Sunday afternoon in rivetin
the two broken parts together, b
means of stout plank, the plankin
gave way, and. the heavy iron ruddC
fell with crushing effect upon the sid
Iuf Mr.. William Rutter, crushing Iii
severely, ifnot fatally. The force
the falling rudder was broken in co,
sequence Of being caught by some tir
ber. Had it fell with full weight II,
on Mr.. Rutter, it would have killC
him outright. He was carried to Il
Hospital. >
The Glorious Fourth comes off {
Friday, and we calculate that Il
Young Napoleon before Richmon
intends to make q triumphal entry
to that city onthat day. Fitting d.
/, Tor a fitting OCCASION. As to our ov
Department, We presume the col
mander.in.chief will notice tho d.
l in suitable manner, 10 his own sat
faction and that of every lover Of o
country.
= William i. Mumford, recently hu
r for treason TO the American flag
: New Orleans, is the first man hu
i for that offence in this country.
!. .Onr thanks are ducto Capt. Wilt
= S. Chaplin, Of the Ellen S. Terry, n
i to the Purer of the Cossack, for Il
!. and complete files Of Now York u
}. other papers.
Al The rebels are said 10 be strrnglht
. INC Fort Cnswell, ut tho mouth q
= Cape Fcarriver, and Mt the samctN
. making arrangements to burn v
y minriou. The last idea strikes us
rionsly, why, if they arc fortiying