Newbern weekly progress., 1862-12-06

4 smoke while - and { N ight as s ell eonfese
it, could mt on Two occasions avoid daekinz
mr. sesad - tLe prolonged husa-p as of the
bullets t'ngIed MY cars
| 4. Of Lowell Capt. Ecrsou, was sent across
the stream 10 support sqnad of cava alfv. and
hey found the camp OF q rec inent o. North
Carolina soidie s The men occupied booths
Of lehses, With but three tents for officers Id
with nothing comfortable IN the way nf cloth
ing CT camp utensils a few sabres and oth-
er unimportant articles were fanud, while q
had gone ef 100 fast to secure anything
Several letters were faynd while hot break.
fast. untouched showed that they. had zone
off too fast TO secuee anything. Several letters
we're found, revealing matters OF fimportance to
our General. Among them was an unfinished
one from North Carolina soldier. inst writ.
ten,sto his sister. informing her that his regi-
nent had just been ordered there from Peters
burg, and that nothing but spotatoes and eorn
could be procured to eat, and that he and has
fellows were about starved out learned
from q woman on whom rallied that q forag-
ing party usually went down the river twice q
week and returned with what they could get
and in this lean and 6thricesskinnei land. that
IS little enongh-for them. Had our battery
been able to cross, we should have gone over
the Backwater, but on reaching the place of
crossing we had the misfortune 70 break one
ofuur pontoons q long canal boat = aud It was
not deemed safe to SO with that part Of our
force which WIS at Lawrence S. We were
.misied-for the FIRST time since We have had
forces in Sutfolk-by the Information given Us
BY coatraband. Always hefdre they l8ded
been pefIrcily reliable. II 6 deelared (and
went with ns1 / aat three days before be Naded
deep. Last Tnes6ag morning It reached. 81
horses back It is thought b some that the
rebels has means of fraising the water
While waheld our position we heard part sof
oar prosrinme being garfield out IN the siaps Of
heavy gcatnonadng al franklin, and ct about ten
point near the widow Cobb s. some mile and, d |
halt from Franklin. where we found tbs rest of
our battery In position, vigorously sheiling the
woods some two miles of. across the stream
first reached the place. there was afobsi cavalry
fofce this side, but they speedily placed rum
niGg water between us. and returned our compile i
matts with solid shot aud she'll, end several dis
charges from the fameus Rocket Battery, which
was captured from Mcclellan The missiles sent
from this battery are dreaded BY our cavalry |
more than any other prejectiles sent by the Sc
cesh soldi RS il is silent but savage. But for !
an unavoidable misbap. which will not be likely
TO occur again, Isthink we should have broaght /
these batteries home with us. Better luck next
time. 1893 - -
Here, toe. we held the advance, ana remained
and shell, and while the enemy had dropped the |
iron ex xponents of his regards for US all arc nd /
us; and must say, little as had admired the /
sound of the mimic bullets, / was stall less sin !
love with the sound of shell, three Of which j /
saw drop and explode within few rods. whiled
several vent as near sns we cared to- hsvesf
them. But there was no finching on the part of |
our boys, They were as calm as q suassuerd
morning .vs 49,
Footsere, after a journey of sixty miles iIl I
forty eight hours, and aded from the excitenlents
of the two days march, our regiment returned t
march there Is always more or less struggling, /
though there was very little IN our regiment. /
owing TO the care of the officers. Two of our
z McKsevers Of the CambkiSge
the ranks and have not yet returned Either /
they will came in in day or two. or they vii
turn up ase~iang as exchanged prisoners Tt Is +
isuprobab bic that ak9y ssEnss q sf1arns =
TX sssss ved Gig hE sflf,sIs. aud ihese
were the only casualties.