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Tn whole half and quarter casks brewed from the cbo,ey,
BARLEY MALT AND HOPs
Brewery 18th street, between Seventh and Rsb ayonusa
NEW YORK
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snnsxsd pr.amse and resolutions fslreadv published IN
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Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
THE CONVENTION.

The proceedings of Wednesday and Thurs
day are excluded to day, by the pressure OF
other matters.
On Wednesday number of ordinances and
resolutions were presented. Those Of most
general interest, were resolution of Mr.. Ray
ner to inquire into the expediency of abolish
ing the Council of State resolution of Mr..
B.giey, proposing that after that day the Con-
Tention would entertain no new propositions
other than those relating the Constitutional
amendments; a resolution by Mr.. Smith, of
johnson, inquiring of the Banks of the State
whether they will continue to receive State
Treasury notes on deposte, and if not, re-
commencing the repeal of the act exempting
them from the penalty for failing to redeem
their notes in specie, &c; ; and resolution by
Mr. Mitchell, enquirng into the past and
prospective military expenses of the State
The resolution of Mr. Woodfn, declaring it to
be the sense of the Convention that Bank be
established on the funds and faith of the State
Win capital of five millions, was made the
special order for - o'clock on Monday next
1ho special order at II o'clock, the ordinance
20 create the Office of Lieutenant Governor,
was postponed until Friday The ordinance
70 encourage the mining and manufacturing OF
SAT- IN the interior of the State, after some
H'nenuiaents passed its second and third read
.ngs. Inc rest of the session was consumed
40 the consideration of Mr. Badgers ordinance
20 repeai portions of the stay law. Mr.. Bad
ger addressed the Convention at some length,
aad gave way to a motion to adjourn.
oh zh1rsd@y, after the morning business
vas disposed Of Mr. Bad ger resumed the floor,
aha concluded his argument in opposition to
% she Stay law; He was followed by Mr.. Satterth-
waite, waite, Col. Brown and Mr.. Woodfin. At the
'.uS,Gn t;on "a ION OF NJ. Woodfn's remarks, on mo-
Tta vi Mr- '7raham, the Convention adjourned.
Inc subject will probably be disposed of to
Gay, Friday.-Standard. - "
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TEL4GR1PNEC TTENS.
THE REMAINS OF GENERAL ZOLICOF
FER.

NASHVILLE, Jan. 31.-(Fia EIoJifs. Feb. -
4 dispatch received here to night from Bow
ling Green, which states that the renaius of lie II.
Zoeoffor and Bale Peytou, Jr, received
at outposts this evening. aud will be
veyed to Nashville to morrow under q military
escort.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 1.-The remains OF Gen Zal-
licotfer reached hore to day from Bowling Green
The Legislature took recess for the day. The
body OF the deceased was escorted from the d.
pot by the military, the Governor OF the State,
the officers of State mem bers of the Legislature,
and citizens generally. The remains are now
lying in the capitol in state, and the funeral will
take place to morrow.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
A BRUSH NEAR THE OCCOoUAN..

We have the particulars Of q very spirited
and gallant little affair that occurred few
days ago, near Occoquan, in which eight Tex
as soldiers succeeded in putting to flight a
body of fifty or sixty Yankees. 1t appears
that detachment of men, who have been for
some time employed as scouts beyond the bay,
had, for few nights, occupied as quarters a
house in the deserted village of Colchester,
known as the Lee House" A few nights
ago, tie house was surrounded and fired upon
by body of Yankees. numbering some fifty or
sixty men. Our men had slept upon their
arms, and the fire of the enemy was promptly
returned from eight different quarters of the
house For the full space of fifteen minutes
the Yankee officers essayed. by threats and
oaths, to make their men force the building :;
but 10 DO n.,rnnsa. the caxardlv creatrres ta,
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( From the Richmond Dispatch
SHIPS AND BATTERIES.

We gave some months ago minute history
OF the conflicts between ships and batteries in
the great wars Of modern times, both in EJl-
rope and in our own country, from which it ap-
peared that, in the great majority of cases,
vessels of war were unable to compete with
strong land fortifcstions. In all the wars of
England with the continental nations and in
the war of the American Revolution and 1912.
there was scarcely one exception to this gener-
al rule. That such does not Seem to be the
| experience OF the present way, is attributed by
some to the introduction 0! steam, and the
! greater perfection in The mechanical ageuci. S
both OF the ship and armament, and the more
powerful and destructive character Of the ma
terials Of war. Ih,s is an important subject
! II a country so aSsaiIabic by sea as our own
" hich has no navy, and can only rely upon lis
| shore defences 10 meet the numerous fleets Of
al enerny who has the whole navy and the
whole mercantile marine, nov armed, Of the
old United States at his command.
We confess that we have seen nothing in
any Of the experiences OF this war to change
our conviction cf the superiority land fort!fi
cations, when properly constructed and Ell
cently armed to ships of war. The introduce
ton of steam and other naval improvements
has not reversed the relative strength of forti-
tications and vessels, though it undoubtedly
requires the former, in order to main ain their
old superiority, to be something more than
mere eartbworks, without bomb proof cover
ings which, at Hatteras and Port PoyaI, were
easily reduced by the vigorous Shcihng Of The
Ships. The conflict at Pensacola was the on
~ fair illustration of the question which the
present war has furnished. There the forlii
cations were properly constructed, the men
were sheltered by those defences which militia
ry art has provided against the descent of
shells, the guns were of proper range, and
handled By skillfull and practiced gunners.-
The consequence was that some of the enc
mys most powerful ships ofwar were perfect
ly riddled by the fire Of the fortifcatioas, and
abandoned the contest precipitately, hav
ing failed to intlict the slightest injury upon
the works of the Confederates, and only killing
one or two men. We believe that the result
would be the same in every similar engage
ment between shore and floating batteries if
The former are properly built, provided with
bomb proofs, and guns of equal range with
the enemy and manned by experienced gun
ners, who have been disciplined and prac-
ticed to the skillful performance of their
duties.
If tie application of steam to ships of war
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
as France is abundantly able to take care of
her own honor
'If the Universal Yankee nation
Cnu Chi all r1o (

Gan whip all creation
Wben Mr.. Welles learns, too that on nv
way hither | burnt three more Yankee ships,
ard liberated fourth, only because she had
an English cargo on board he will probably
send SIX mere OF his doughty war ship after
me-that is to say, if he can spare them from
burning corn cribs and frightening women and
children along our Southern coast He will
! take especial care, too, to put plenty of men
and guns on board of them, for otherwise
might not be in stsuch constant fight to escape
the ayenging power of cur vigilant naval force. .
word or two more, and shall have done.
What wise Mr. Wt,les mean when he OBJ
Jects to the :" robbery of merchants and others
engaged In peaceful sommerce and lawful purz
suits Z" Does he not know that all properly,
IS property belonging to :" merchants and others
engaged in peaceful commerce and lawful pur-
suits - Why this serseless diatri be- then.
about robbery, and piracy, and private property,
and peaceful commerce, and lawful pursuits ~
If Mr.. Wells would give opportunity Of
captbrlng some of his public property, l would
be much obligdd to him. But he takes very
good care not to sdo this, by sending his heay-
lest ships after me, and have the Yankee naval
officers in those "s scenes Of naval action - in
which they have distinguished themselves re-
Trained from the capture of private property
saw recently IN a Yankee paper an account
of wood sloop-that is, q sloop loaded with fire
wood-having been most galiantly captured and
burnt, the other day on the Potomac, and a num-
Der Of other small craft. belonging to the poor
people along the coast have been captured from
time to time, and sent to Yankeedom for adjudic-
ton Even fishermen have been subjected to the
same fate-a class exempted by all civilized ma
tions. But suppose it is only when the vessel
is a fine ship of 900 tons, belongs to a Yankee
and is captured by the Sumter, that the proper
ty becomes private Astnte Mr.. Welles The
fact is, that this Northern horde of Alani which
is bearing down upon the sunny fields of the
South, in imitation Of the ancient prototypes, has
(shile Mr.. Welles is singing his hypocritical
song) sets all the rules Of civilized warfare at de-
fance. and captures private property on the land
as we'll as the sea.
The gallant Dupont laid his unscrupulous hands
upon all the cotton lie could find at Beanfort--a
few bales only, rs it happened--and, first and
last, many brilliant achievements in the way ot
stealing negroes and robbing aud bnrning pr
vatc residences have been pshed by these
Northmen amid the various ST naval
tion'' in wich they have fourisheg. But grow
tired of the subject. and l fear 1 have already
trespassed too much up your space and pa
tience l am reminded too, of the ol adago,
that He who NEEDLES with pitch shall be de
filed" and so will take leave Of Mr.. Gideon
Wells and his scurllous report.
r. SENMES.
Commander c. S. Navy
G. S. Steamer Sumter, Cadlz, Jan. 9.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
by J. L. PENNINGTON.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 5, 1862
Gas Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stockholders q
Tnc 7<cwoern cfHa Company was held at ths
CASTOR House, Confederate Hall, on Monday
night, 3rd inst, when, on asce:taining that s
majority of the stock was represented, the
meeting was organized by calling A. L. Jer
kins, Esq, to the chair and Geo. Allen, Esq
to the Secretary's table.
Committee appointed to audit the accounts
Of the Secretary and Treasurer made their re-
port, through their Chairman, A. T. jenkins
Esq, which was accepted and committee dis
charged.
The Secretary and Treasurer, E. r. Stanly,
Esq, then made a statement of the condition
of the Company for the past twelve months,
which shows profit of Is per cent. and a
surplus Of over per cent.
Mr.. E. r. Stanly, who had acted as Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer from the com
mencement of the Company to the present
time, at the close Of brief statement Of the
condition Of the Company, &C., &c, requested
that he should not again be put in nomination
or voted for, for any Office connected with the
Company.
The office ofPresident Secretary and Treas
Orer heretofore having Decn COncentcTeu III Que
person, it was resolved to make that Of Presi-
dent u distinct office. An election then
had, when A. I. Jenkins, Esq, was elected
President of the Company for one year salary,
one hundred dollars, and T. J. Mitchell, Esq,
Sectreary and Treasurer; salary, four hun
drcd dollars.
The following gentlemen were elected Direc-
tors for the ensuing year: VIM. Hollister, j. W.
GARNER, Geo Allen, E, Cuthbert, J. D. Flanner
and VIM H Oliver, hen the meeting adjourned
sine die.
From the slight examination of the
books of the company which VIC We're able
to make and from what we have been able
to learn from the stockholders, the financial
condition of the company is very satisfactory,
which, if properly managed in the future may
possibly get better, as the salleries have been
considerably cut down. 1t is due to Mr.. STAN
ly to say, that the reputation he has hitherto
enjoyed as business man and financer, has
been fully sustained by the Committees ap-
pointed to investigate the administrative de-
tails of his various Offices.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11

RAILROAD day the Con-
vention Of Railroad Officers of the Confederate
States takes place at Richmond Va, to take
into consideration the subject of establishing
extensive factories for the manufactory Of
Railroad iron and for other purposes. This is
All important move and the Convention should
be largely attended. No doubt the coalfelds
and iron regions of North Carolina will be
discussed and probably branch of the works
established in our State
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11

We publish this morning, the letter of Capt.
SEMNEs the gallant commander of the Confed-
crate war ship S~mtsr, of whose exploits upon
has been such terror to the Yankees
This letter addressed by him to the
London Times from Cadiz, on the 9th Jan, and
published in that paper on the 18th, since
which time it has been published in the North
ern papers and thus found its way South.
Readit! It's interesting
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
Written fol the Richmond Dispatch ]
Tl.e Eeiuatecrs 10 The "YEeIish.o
TN ECrPDE.,

w rtt2n fol the IIcmond OIspatch.
Tl.e Eeiuatecrs TO The "-sFeIish."
BY WM. c. EsTREs.
Corns forth ye gallant heroes,
Rub up each rusty gun.
And face these hireling Yankees,
Who live by tap Of drum.
We volunteers are weared,
By twelve months "s0jouTn;"
We want to rest a little,
And then we'll fight again
We've won some five pitched battles,
But will yield you our "polishi'
And if you want some glory:
Why pitch iii now, "Melish"
Don't refuse to leave your spouses,
Our own are just dear,
And each lonely little woman
Longs for her volunteer.
Don't mind your sobbing swc;.thearts
For though tis hard to part,
Well volunteer to chase EN-
And console each troubled heart.
For the sake of old Virginia,
Come and fight hat's # you can.
And Let your prattling babies
Know their daddy was man.
For you ,re'1c fought and struggled;
H al no oughs'-nary one
We want little resting.
And so we're coming home.
Then f0r,c0ri, bold Militia
''If you're coming. come along
Or, by the Gods we'll force you out
oyour duty-right Or wrong
Camp Near CentreriNe, Co. H, lst Va. Reg't.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
ANINCIDESTIN BALTIMORE.

The more We hear Of the outrageS Of the
Yankees in Baltimore, the more assurance We
have that the people Of that down trodden city
would hail with JOY the day of their deliver
anct. 4 gentleman who left there very re
cently furnishes narration Of incidents Of
Of every day occurrence, Que OF which IL sum
cicnt to illustrate this position lady, whose
brother was known to have participated q
gallant exploit at early period of the war,
had become an object of especial venom among
the Yankees, And consequently narrowly
watched. Not long since, while she was pass
ing through the streets, a Federal soldier
seized her, and thrown her violently 10 tho
pavement, tore open the bosom Of her dIrs4
and took from thence 4 Secession NaS Ite
outrage was observed by ao lTishmnn, wis.
had pr ldence enough to say nothing a tie
moment but followed AID watched the sccun-
drel as be bore oTh trophy an'! on the first
convenicnt opportunity stepped up and ac-
costed him with, BE jaDers! ye knocked
down an innocent famale i'll the strates, We
dirty black guard Take that, and that, and
that :" accompanying his vehement express
ions with blows of his ponderous fist, nor did
he leave the hapless Yankee until he had
disguised him to such an extent that his be.
friends would not have recognized him. OF
course. the Irishnan made hiusef scarce nl-
mediately afterwards, acting upon the rule
that set-preservatlon is the first lazy Of nature.
Rich. Dispatch.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
The Richmond Dispatch pays the following

0''N1' 2"t''t'S t''E = ILle lOtlo"iTS
merited compliment to the old North State:
Since the present war comne0ced NoLth
Carolina has not only done her part in men
and arms, and been the peer ofany Of her sister
States III every way, but she has taken good
care to see tiiat her sons who obeyed her call
and went forth to battle in defence of heI
rights, bad every assurance that they were not
forgotten By the loved ones at home. Many
munificent donations have been heretofore no.
ted. In this regard she leads the van. With
in week past her citizens have sent $3S, 600
worth of clothing, &c, to the 18th, 9Th and 22d.
regiments, and Sl3, 400 to other regiments not
named. This is the way the old North State
fuliills her obligations to her brave sons.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
YANKEE SPYING COMMISSIONERS NOT
TO BE ALLOWED WITHIN OUR LINES,


The Yankee Commissioners, Fish and AInes
who have arrived ut fortress Mnnros. en- route
for the Sauth. will not be allow ed 10 carry out
their spying object,
Mr. DeBebian. French subject, and a resi-
dent of Wilmington, \. c., and Mrs. Kerr
of Savannah, arrived at Norfolk on Sunday.
D, Bebian was arrested last Summer and
Layfayetted. He was rels ,sed thropg the
French Minister. but refused permission to rS-
turn to Wilmington. He obtained passports
to go TO Europe. Seward endorsed on it, it
Is understood that Mr.. DeBebiaD is t,ot To en-.
ter any insurreetionary S a,es." Hs went 10
Paris, had an interview With Gapolean, showed
Stewards endorsement " BIO said he should he
allowed to return to his place of business.
The French Minister OF foreign affairs prepared
the necessary papers for the French minister
at Washington.
Mr.. DeBebian returned to Washington a,,d
applied to Seward for passport 10 Whining
ton, but Seward refused. The next day the
French Minister called on Seward and showed
the papers aud Seward granted him
passports. Mr.. DeRebian has arpiie,i TO tire
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
NEWBERN, N. c.. TUESDAY MoRNING, FEBRUARY IL, 1862

king to their legs, leaving two of their number
dead and one mortaily wounded, lying within
twenty feet of the house. The house was pep
pered with rnuSkot balls from cellar to attic
bat Fortunately, but one oF its brave occupants
james SPrad!i7s, Texas volunteer was
wounded, and that not gcrously.-RicA.
Examiner
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
DEATH OF THE PROPRIETOR OF THE
CHARLESTON COURIER.
CHARLESTON. Feb.

CHARLESTON, .FcD. ..
A. S. Wellington, the proprietor of the
Courier, died yesterday. lie was probably
the oldest editor en- this continent He be-
came connected with the Courier about the
commencement Of the present century.
He was distinguished for his prudence, ener-
getic, untiring industry, courteous kindness,
and VAS ahOUG 81 YeSrS AID
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
FROM RICHMOND.
RIcHMoND, Feb. 8.

RICHMOND, Feb. 8.
There was snow this morning, and it is cold
and sloppy tonight.
Congress continues its sessions in Sc
cret.
Nothing of interest has transpired.
News official OF otherwise is exceedingly
scarce.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
NUMBER 33.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
TIL E W Elk L 7 PROG RE S S,

The following are the only Rates OF Advertising g
il the Weekly Progress, to all save those who con
tract by the year and advertise in both weekly
daily papers:
One square az lines minionl one insertion, 81 90.
Subsequent Insertions each, so cents.
Any number of squares will be charged IN pro
portion. All advertisements marked (tf till forbid
Will tie continued till ordered out and charged ;
above
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
ROW II RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, Feb. 3.
There was general row at the Metropolitan
Hall tonight
Several persons have been severly wounded,
and, perhaps, some have been killed.
The was not abated at 10 O'clock
Cyprians are believed to have been the origin
Of the row
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
BRIGADIER GENERAL.

Jos. S. Stanton, Of this town. has been cleo
ted and commissioned as Brigadier- General of
the 9Th Brigade \. c. Militia, composed of the
counties of Edgecombe, Wilson and Nash
Tar South
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Pills combine, In remarkable degree great curative
powers known to modern scisne assisting Nature
dissase from the without crushing Of poll
sonng It's BY the Introduction
mineral agents II s ~!
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known Of science. Tint psrec
ton and with such agsncias
Of SudorIac the Dluetic Expecorant and ths
Cathartic, {Asss
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for many have been BIZ chensts They
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i HOW THEY ARE MADE.

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solely and arenaw mainl all snsca orders from
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who them altogether sEe knowledgs that
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because ~ thslr r as being nee fran
the iputaaon u Offering anything not pure
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your request have 10 the Test Of
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THEIR USE ny THE PROFESSION.


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who has tried them and among their practice
DO public then Wrights Southern
Indian Vegetable Pills h9ye clat npon tho popular conf
depse which can be sst for that nf
induced 70 insert following extract Of
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and most iesdess Of his profession whole
South 5sf3
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