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Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-21
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE PETERSBURG EXPRESS. !


NoRFoLK, Jan ~, 1862.
The New York Tribune OF the 18th, has
been received :. -,
Messrs. Mason and slidell left Berrrnda II
the British frgate Einaldc on the roth foi st.
Thomas. = Y
from the French frigate La Pomone. Some OF
her officers will go to Charleston Tomorrow, it
is reported, upon business, having reference to
the stone blockade. ~ !
Lincon's former gardner man nance
Watts appointed to Licutenancy, has been
rejected by the S te.
u. S. securities are very aat. 6's are at sn.
Wall street condemns the hybrid scheme Of
finance between fhe Bank CoInLnitte and Chase.
'''ii, The lnvestigat;3s Committee IF Congress
disclosed vast frauds among the arniy coitrac-
tors, ccionels and suites
Four thousand Union Indians were routed
by the Texans on the 6th, in the Cherokee
country, and retreated to Kansas.
VIGIIANS
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them from hand to hand, and taking no account
OF them, affords not only an instance of the
grossest carelessness ever heard of in govern
ment, but actually offered premium for the
fraud of clerks What would be thought
of not counting coin in mint and yet it would
be less reckless than the omission to count
any one of wich might be abstracted as easily
as single gold eagle from heap of Cein.
We learn that there has been a sharp and
prolonged controversy in secret session Of Con-
gress.on the topic of Gen. Beauregard's report
of the battle of Manassas 1t will be recollec-
ted that portion Of this report was dspleas-
ing to President Davis, who; we now learn,
sent the document into Congress- ACCOMPANIED
by comments of his own on some of its prelim-
mary passages. The order eventually taken
by Congress was to have the document pub
lished, after expurgating the preliminary por-
ton of it and also the comments of the Presi-
dent thereon. We learn that number OF
members urged the publication cf the entire
report, with the Presidents message, on the
ground that injustice was done to Gen. Beau
regard in publishing his report what was
not really his report, aud for the purpose OF
convincing the public that the controversy, as
shown in the papers, so far from being serious
ane was Of the most trivial description.
AS the report, in its present expurgated
form, has been deprived of its main points OF
popular interest, and merely narrates what is
more than thrice told tale-the order and in
cldents Of the battle-it would be useless to
burden our columns with it.
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The Federal Fleet at Iiaiiefas.

We are positively assured that intelligence
was received at the Military Head quarters
here on Saturday that feet of over forty
steamers we're inside the bar at Hatteras on the
18th, Wednesday last. This information is
from an official source and Gen. Branch gives
it full crcdence This of course is the Burn
side Expedition. Whether it is destined to at
tack Newbern, Washington, Roanoke Island
or 90 further South no one can tell.
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LsEGRUHTzNG
FOR TT E w 4 K

The undersigned seeing the emergency IF the
.fTrts to free our country of all marauders aEd "
briua, it back again pro: perity, happiness alb
tr. dom have resolved On Th-inz a company Ter
Ee war and take this method oi inviting nl haie'
hearty men, who have not ct enlisted ON the 'lde
Of cod and their couLry to elc1 thef -HlRes ihi-
mediatey. t,," s
FIFTY DOLLARS TO all volunteers who enlisL Tor
'"' FIG SIMMONS, of Jones,
] f. MORRIS "f Craven,
DIR G. NJ MORRISON, ot Jones,
T. w. HAYWOOD, of Jcpt's.
Ian % GSwlW
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WHAT IS sAfD OF cANERos's REs1GsATIoS

WHAT Is ssfD' OF cAMERoS's REs1GSATIoE
The Herald says, editorially, of the resigna-
tior, of Secretary Cameron:
The change in very remarkable degree,
commands the public appreciation. 1t is
change which vindicates the conservative war
policy Of the President on the slavery question:
and which brings the war Office and the lead
ing generals of our army into that happy ac-
cord which is absolutely indispensable to V1g-
ourous prosecution Of the war.
Some two months ago the fact beg; n 20 be
made manifest that Mr. Cameron had become
jealous convert to the radical war policy OF
the Aboiitionists- the liberation and armng O.
the slaves of the South. This policy vas so
loudly advocated in his late annual report 9s
to attract the special attention, and the pruning
knife. of the President, and from that moment
Mr.. Cameron's early resignation began to De
| regarded as very probable event we have
to suspect that, with bis adoption CT the aoo-
lition war programme, he lost, to some extent,
the confidence of General Mcclellan and other
prominent officers of the army, and that, 1T
this way, the movements o: the army have beer
recently impeded by some curious emosTT@ss
rsents, of which the public have had but e lain
| conception. ;.
/ On the other hand as it was the radical abo
lition war policy of Mr. G: nneron, as oar Sec
4 ofWsr, which enbarrasst d The rnoIsuents
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HAFE FROM KENTUCKY.

NAsHtiLtE, Jan. 1T:-Private dispatches re-
port that the Federals we're landing IN torce
this morning between Fort Henry on the len
nessee river. There was some firing but the
Federal balls did not reach the fort
Adyices from Fort Donelson say that Gen
Zinpham feels confident in his ability to de-
fend Forts Donelson and Henry.
The Bowling. Green correspondent OF the
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Some Of our friends have used and are using
sea water, taken at food tide. for cooking, and
found it answers welf for the purpose Of salt
The e1appe may Be seoTs1 WIN esn 6e
SSifad M and cleansed 5ef6re the Ingredients in
trodnced bv' the cook .-Charteston Courier:
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THE LATEST TNORTE1ERN
NEWS.
RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY CANE
RON

The New York Herald of the 18th confirms
the reported resignation of Secretary Cameron
His successor ls Hon. Edwin NJ Stanton, OF
PENNSYLVANIA q warm personal hlend OF Gam
eren. Mr. Stanton it will be recollectcd, was
Attorney Gent toward the conclusion of Bu
chanan's administration The Northern papers
saw the appointment is popular, and the change
IN the Cabinet creates much salts action. 1he
Washington correspondent Of the New York
Herald writes:
The name of Mr.. Stanton was suggested to
the President by Mr. Cameron himself, as
largely possessing the qualifications fitting him
| for the post of Secretary Of War, and enjoying
the unbounded confidence of the commanding
general. The names of Mr. Holt and General
Dix had been previously mentioned, and tn
appointment of the former was for short time
r garded as determined upon.
Mr. Stanton was ignorant of likelihood OF
this having the position until nearly the mo
ment when he was sent for by the PreslCe j.
He was at that time engaged in the performanc
of important professional duties in the Supreme
Court He will not take possession of the De
partment for five Or six days. Mr. stsnton is
the legal adviser and intimate flied OF General
Mcclellan, and the confidence between them
| is reciprocal.
| The result of this change Of course, will be
the entire adootion of Gen. McClcllau's views
| in relation of the best mode of carrying on the
| war
Mr.. Cameron has been appointed minister
| to Russia. He himself first sgnitied his desire
togo abroad, and yesterday was told by Mr.
Lincoln that His presence in Europe just now
would be fortunate circumstance for the
country and that, owing to the responsible
place in the Cabinet he had occupied no one
would be able to aid more effectually in dlssl
pating the false impression tha' prevailed III
| England and elsewhere IN relation to our al
fairs. Mr. Cameron's personal relations will
the President and every n1ernber Of the Cabl
net are of the most ccruial description.
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WANTS TO MARRY A sIMPETON.

wife of Mr.. White s'
mo, Sally, didn't quite consent"
"Why not? think he loves yotf."
eyes, but he didn't Pile up the agony high
enough When give my hand to a wooer, |
want him to call upon the gods to witness his
deep devotion 10 me. want him to kncel at
my feet, take one of my hands between both
of his, and with a look that would melt an ad-
amantne rock to pity, beg me to take pity on
his sufferings and then want him to end by
swearing to blow his brains out on the spot, if
[ do not compassionate his suferings. -
W0rZGs Corner
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PROPERTY
%
To RENT.

The DWELLING and appertinences on BROAD,
TREET situated beGFEeen the estAteg of Messrs
unt. E, Stauly s1d Jas f. Be,rr, ana opIA'site TO
W Hcister, ESQ s for rent for the PTsGSeIntf yaI
RRE!paTEED and NEWLY PAIN ED. ard the
ont houses and l"t are beng thoroughly overha anled
For further particulars enquire at this Office
E+wbern Jar II dSywtf.
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for ,,s. - AR-Tfle n dGr!

y -,
II sirped is recruiting company for the wa a.
rlndec me provisions OF the late act of Congress
fuI.ou.7. and free passage OH Ralroads. An zfr
sons d.sL inc TO. oInect themselves with his com
ualv win port to him immediuttly nt IroLi"t N
individually or in squads. s. f. kOONCE.
G. :. ec 81 d&wlin
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II is said that Lincoln has privately Informed
all his Generals, that should Congress pass an
smanei nation act, ha will refuse his spproAal, the
essnrance bscams necessary in order 10 keep up
ths-Tarkee military orgsnisstien.-Arsss.
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WAR RUMORS-STEALING FROM THE
TREASURY-BEAURE ARDS REPORT
Etc.

The following paragraphs are from the Rich
nond Examiner Of Friday.
Up to a late hour last night the War Dep :
ment was still without any advices whatever o.
Generl Marshalls reported engagement of the
enemy near Prestonburg, kentucky. There
is an inclination to believe the report, for the
reason that an engagement with the enemy
Just in this vicinity had been anticipated. An
express has been established sometime since
from General Marshalps lines TO Abingdon, and
If battle has been fought, news may be eX-
pected through this comm uncation at an eBry
day.
The report of naval demonstration against
Wilmington, n. c., seems to have been, at
least premature. However, the Burnside eX-
pedition is certainly off at last. An official
dispatch from Norfolk was received by the gov
ernment yesterday, stating that the expedition
had put to sea.
1t is thought not improbable in official cir
cles that the expedition may be- destined for
Beaufort, and designed a strong reinforce
ment for operations from that point against
Charleston and Savannah. Noes Uerrons:
We are aware of the recent occurrence OF
Some bold frauds on the treasury, which have
beenconvenient,y hushed up In chat department.
We have avoided any particular statement OF
the facts, as Mr.. Memmlnger instead of bring
ing the matter to the examination Of the civil
courts, where it would have got to the public,
adopted the expedient Of turning out all the
clerks in one of the rooms of the Department,
thereby cohfounding the innocent with the
guilty, on account of the former of whom we
were 10th to make the subject one Of publica-
ton in the newspapers. ,..
In the matter, howeve4, of these frauds there
has been an amount of official carelessness and
negligence to which we not only feel free, but
constrained by public duty, to refer. 1t ap'
pears that the fraud consisted in the abstrac
ton of whole sheets or signed treasury notes
At one time one sheet was abstracted, , and the
fraud reported to Mr.. Memmnger., But. few
day ago two sheetsNwerei abstracted. In boH
Instances, occupying at different times the
fraud was accomplished By the neglect an ths
department. to cut tile sheets as they passed. from
rand to hand Each sheet probably presented
several thousand dollars, and was IS good al
so-rhuch money, and the practiee-of shuflin:
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THE WILMINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY.

little item IN the history of this company,
whicN, since IT'S first organization, has been so
thoroughly Unidentified with this Community,
may not be without interest here ard elsewhere
throughout the State. We allude TO the num-
Der of officers which it has furnished to the
Army Of the Confederate States" The fol-
ln,rinn is the Statemenf
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FINANCIAL STRENGH OF THE NORTH
AND The SOUTH

careful examination of the resources of the
Northern States shows that there is but $23,>
600, 900 of coin in the vaults of the New York
banks, and but little elsewhere. Their grain
crop has gone forward aud has been drawn
against and the Morrill, Tariff is scarcely likely,
with the reduced importations, to yield much
revenue.
In the vaults Of the Southern bankts here are
500 OOO 900 of coin, and of Foreign Exchange
$4,000 900. Add to this $500, 900, 600 worth
Of cotton and other produce, which must event
ually be as good as gold, and some idea may
be formed Of the comparative abilities Of the
two sections to sustain themselves in the great
contest.
The foregoing, from the Charleston Nercury,
if true statement of which we have no reason
70 doubt, presents oar superiority over the
Northern government in the great sinew of war
IN a very fatteriRg light. 1t is true it does
not require a very high order of intellect to
conceive that the small specie basis on which
the paper currency both North and South
rests, compared with its immense issues, can
not long keep it afloat under the war pressure
but we are evidently in a much better cond
tion than the Nerth for their specie is all they
can depend upon White odr cotton Will dcmanc
She specie Of the world 80 soon as our ports
are opered.
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the army, and threatened its delnoralzations
we may now expect the utmost activity i'll the
prosecution Of the war, from the harmony
which exists between the new, Secretary sHee
General Mcclellan, and other leading afE6y U;
icers, and the bulk of the army itself u
Stanton has the reputation Of man Of a hista,
order of talents and cultivation of superior Sai
m'nistrative abilities, great industry and s5un3
patriotism. :, al9 =,
We consider the change in the War Office,
equivalent to great Union victory IN its NOR
al effect upon the army and the Country, Cots
plete harmony being thus restored betwSen tns
President, the Sec'y Of War and Gen. McC'el-
Ian, all that we now require for the speedy sup
preston of this rebellion is the cooperation OF
Congress with the administration ard the ar
my, and active legislation in providing the ways
and means to MAINTAIN the army, the credit OF
the government, and the financial capabilities
of the country.
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This w1e think is almost without PARALLEL,
and shows we'll for the estimation in which
the discipline and military knowledge of that
corps were held by the authorities and the
soldiers Of tbs; State and the Confederacy.-
.T0n, ,nE<
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FROM the North.
ARRIVAL OFRELE1SED PRISONERS
MORE RESIGN4 TfONS, SC:

MORE RES7 TlF 4 7O1EU,
NORFOLK, Jan. 17.-Drs. Jeffry, Page, and
LINDSAY, formerly Of the United States Navy;
Col Pegram; Capt's Johnson and Sutton; Ad
iutant Pool and Lieut's. Lassell and Ball, OF
the North Carolina Seventh Reg iment, who
have been imprisoned in Fort Warren, arrived
here this evening" under flag of truce, from
Fortress Monroe. They state that it was cur
rently reported and believed in Baltimore, when
they passed through that city, that Wells the
Secretary of the Navy, and Smith, Secretary OF
the Interior, had resigned.
Expectations were high at the North relative
to the success of the Burnside Expedition.
A French steamer is reported to have ar
rived in Hampton Roads. f.
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IToCxuhIDERs MEETING

rTOCkH6T.DERs MEETING. .
> The an ual meeting q! the STOCK oldeTs "i me
New bern Mutual Insurance Company" viii be held
E.h,.v 1852 at 3 o'clock T. VI. a full attendance
Is desired. w " o1->uItI1 OtN,
Ian II dS9td Secretary
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PHRsoNAL.-We were pleased to meet, on
Saturday, with Colonel d. K, McRae, con-
mandcr of the 5th Regiment, North Carolina
State Troops, ia the army of the Potomac who
is on short visit to his family in this place. -
The Colonel is looking remarkably well, and
informs us that his Regiment is now in fine
health. When he left the Potomac on Wednes-
day heavy snow prevEiled all ever that ccun=
try and says the roads are so bad that Nc
Clelan could net ADVANCE if he desired to do
SO.
He will only remain in town very short
time and will return through Raleigh to attend
the opening Of TIE Convention.
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MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 20, 1862.
NeW Companies Raising.

n-,,o citizens of Craven are now engaged in
ro;s;ng new companies to serve for the war,
4,,b;ch. if raised, will give our county ten COM
..,;as in the field, and we sincerely trust they
{ oth will be raised. There are enough young
non vet in the county to raise the two con,pa-
n;cs and we hope they will come forward
sbaedily and let it be done. And we would
suggest to young men who prefer the regular
service 70 serving in the militia that as soen
as they are regularly entered and sworn in for
the war they are released from militia orders.
For further particulars we would refer those
who prefer to go in for the war to the militia
to H. c. Jones, Esq, or Lieut.. A. C. Latham.
both of whom are recruiting for tho war.
We should think nearly all the young men
in Craven would prefer regulnr to militia
service for many reasons, prominent among
which is the fact that the militia is poor de-
pendence at best, here or elsewhere not that
the people who have not entered the army
not patriotic enough and disposed as good citi
zens to do their duty, but because that system
and discipline so necessary to the efficiency CT
a~mies and which can only be acquired by long
and patient drill and exercise cannot be cxpec
ted in the militia service. Good true and
gallant men have been elected for the field
oficeas of the militia in Cfaren and they will
no doubt do all that can be done under the
circumstances, but then we suppose that any
experienced General III our army would prefer
sne regiment of we'll drilled reguJars in battle
to three of militia, however patriotic the men
composing the latter might be:
We appeal to our young men, then, to en-
list for the war-fll up these two companies
and let the world see that Craven-the birth
place of CASTOR and Stanly-is not behind any
ether county in the State,
We won't quarrel with the Executive but
we think the young men ought to be appealed
to as soldiers for the tcnr and let the aged mi
Its stay at home to subsist them,
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RUMorRs OF OTHER CHANGES IN TBE GARNET.
1t was ntinated yesterday, by telegraph.
from Norfolk, that Secaetary Shase would alse
shortly retire from Hr. LincoIn's Cabinet
but this seems to be without any foundation in
fact, as shown by the following extract from
the Herald's Washington corrcsRondence:. II
Among the rumors in circulation consequent
upon the changes made and to be made in the
Cabinet, ii has bden whispered that the Secrf::
tarp cf the Treasury intends to withdraw, fH
resume s scat in the T. S. Senate This is at
simply tonjctttrs. Mr.. Chase has been great.
lv harrassed by the enormous burden Of cares
of his Office, but he has no thought Of abandon
ing his positions until, at least, he has compile
ted the grams enterprise in which he is en-
gagged, in establishing a financial system fot
the country.
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CHARLESTON, Jan. 17.-Accounts from below
represent all Yankee war vessels have dlsap
peared from Port Royal; it is surmised to CO.
operate with Burnside.
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THE FIGHT NEAR PREsToNBURG, KY.,-FEDERAL
ACCOUNT.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. IA, l862.-The following
official documents have just been received at
headquarters here:
PAINrvILLE, Jan. 6, 1861.
Captain j. B. Fry, assistant 4djUtant- GEN
eral: ,s.
I entered this place Yesterday, with the 42d
Ohio regiment 18th Kentucky regiment and 5
hundred of the ID Virginia cavalry. On henr-
frg of my approach the main rebel force left
their strongly entrenched camp and fed go. g :.
my cavalry to the mooih Of Jennls creek.
where they STACKED and drove the rebel cavat-
rv, which had been left vanguard, DIST
ance of five miles. killing three and wonndlng
a considerable number.-MarshalPs whole arl
my is now flying In utter combustion. He hfd
abandoned and burned large quantity Of
stores. We have taken IS prisoners Our loss
was killed and wounded Istart in pursuit.
tomorrow morning
EDCIET
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-06-18
Administrators Sale.

DY virtue of an order issued in the Or
I'D phans Court of the County of Potter and
to US directed, we shall expose to sale by pub
lie veDdue or outcry, at the Court House in
the borough of Coudersport, on Tuesday the
oath day of June next, at one o'clock, ?. ~,
the following described real estate, &c
Beginning at the southwest corner of square
No q, thence east eight perches to the south
west corner of lot No 22l, thence north TWEEN
ty-four feet to the south east corner of q lot
decided to Sarah ]. ScEoomaker, thence west
parallel with second street eight rods to the
east line of east street, thence south along
the line of east street twenty-four feet to the
place of beginning being the south part of lot
No 2l0 on square No Il in said borough, on
which is erected one Story Store House
ALSO a strip of land in the borough of Cou-
dersport, bounded and described as follows ::
beginning at the southwest corner Of lot No
2lo thence east along the north side of Second
street forty feet to a post, thence nOrtherly
parallel with East street twelve rods to post,
thence westerly parallel with Second street
forty feet to the southeast corner of lot No
207, thence southerly along the east side of
lots No 209, 209 and 2l0 twelve rods to the
place of beginning being part of said square
No Il.
ALSO, certain real estate situate in Whar-
ton township, Potter county, Pa, bounded on
the north by lands late of Jonathan Card, Levi
T. Card and George W. P. Card, east by J. l..
Nelson and south and west by the Sinnemaho-
ming creek, containing about three acres Of
land
ALSO, an undivided half part of one acre
Of land in Wharton township, Potter county:
Pa, described as follows: commencing on the
bank of the Sinnemahoning creek six rods
above the saw-mill built by the Card 5, thence
about foHr or five rods to the gut thereon,
southeast along the gut far enough to make
an acre, thence westerly to the bank O: the
creek, thence up the creek to the place of be-
ginning, containing one acre of improved land
oR which is one water saw-mill and one frame
dwelling house.
ALSO, one undivided half of certain real
estate in said Township, County aud State,
described as follows Bounded on the North
by uuseated lands, on the east by the SHINE
mahoning creek, on the south and west by
unseated lands, containing about One Hun
dred acres of which about three acres are
improved, being real estats of the late n.
Schoomaker, decd.
Terms, one-third cash at the date Of sale
and the balance with interest iu one year from
said date.
". II. MsrzeRR, ! 1a,n,r,
II. j. OLMsTgD,
Coudersport, May 81, 1862.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-06-18
W. II. MErzGRR, / a5,on
II. ]. OLMsTEp, -1'"'''''
Coudersport, May 81, 1862.
Registers Notice

NOTICE is hereby given, that the follow
~ ing accounts have been examined and
passed by me, and remain filed in the Pro-
thonotary's Office of Potter county, for the
inspection of heirs, legatees, creditors and
all others in any way interested and will be
presented to the next Orphans Court of said
county, at the Court House in the Borough OF
CoudsrSport, on Tuesday, the oath day Of
June A. D., 1861, for confirmation and allow
ance:
The account of Phidelia Thompson and R.
w. Benton administrators Of the estate of Ru-
fRs Thompson, decd.
DAN BAKER, Register.
May 29, 1862.