Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1862-09-06
From New-Orleans.

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FoRrREss MONROE. Saturday, Aug. 2S, 1852.
The steamship Cambria, from New.Oreans
the 10Th, put into Fortress Monroe for coal
this afternoon. The brings the mails, and is
hound for Philadelphia.
A strong petition from the citizens Of New
Orleans to the United States Government is
beiSg raised 10 favor of Gen. Butler remaining
10 command in that city.
The neSs is not generally important The
health Of New Orleans, according to the report
the Secretary of the Board Of Health, was
unprecedented good for this time of year,
particularly with DO many unacclimated per.
Hssiss there. The total deaths for the week
or 4irg the ieth inst. had been but 10 against
Ne wask pfeylous-.shawins aa.deSssass
We find the following paragraph IN The
National Adrocdte of the 18th.
=" An intelligent young gentleman who left
Baton Rouge on Sunday evening, informs us
that tue Confederate army was stationed ten
miles distant from that place. hourly expecting
large re-nforcements On becoming reinforced
it was their intention to renew the attack on
Baton Rouge. The United States forces had
called in all their pickets, and notified all non
combatants to leave with such movable
property as they choose to take with them, as
the gunboats would shell the city the moment
the Contederates received the conflict
Inportnnt Orders.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF
New ORLEANS Aug. II, 1852.
SPECIAL ORDER No. 25l.-All the property
of John Slidell, an officer of the Rebel Govern.
ment, is hereby conilscated.
BY order Of Major General BUTLER.
X. S. DAVIS, Captain and A. A. G,
Destruction Of DenaldsviIIe.
From the Delta, 18Th
The Rebels having in front of Donadsville,
fired on Government transport last Thursday,
Admiral Farragut, on Friday, ordered por.
ton Of his feet to destroy the town. There is
nothing leftof the place now but few sticks
The town is about fifty miles from New,
Orleans, and was che contemplated capital OIL
Louisiana.
There is nothing left Ct it now but ruins
and rubbish.
We understand that all the towns on the
banks of the Mississippi River have been noti
fled that, just as sure as gucrllas are permitted
to fire on the transports passing up or down,
they will be shclled and destroyed.
BsaRgu Army.
Correspondence of the N. Delta.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 9, 1862
The srny Of Gen. Bragg, which numbers
about 10000, is now at Chattanooga, at which
Pom, there are at least $4,000 men, under
Price and Bragg. The object of the gathering
there is two.fod--to surprise, surround and
capture Buell., and "piroot" on TO Tennessee
and Kentucky These men are in a most
wre,ched condition. They are destitute Of
clothing, they are not half fed, there is no, a
pound of tea 10 be had for gold, and coffee is
81 50 per pound. The troops subsist chiefly
Oh corn bread and molasses
Half The men would desert to day il they
thought they could get away in safety but
Bragg keeps closer watch on them than he
does on the enemy. lie is coarse and vul.
gar iyrant, al should not be surprised to
hear any time Of his having been shot by his
own men He drinks to excess, as do all these
officers He quarrels with those around him
Beauregard, who is the most popular iaan in
the army, has resigned in consequence of n
quarrel with Bragg.
There are several Union prisoners in this
place. They are contHed in an iron cage, like
wild beasls They do not get half enough to
eat and are treated with all sorts Of indgnity
A member of the 53d Ohio Regiment who
was some time ago taken out of the cage and
put into h hospital as nurse, yesterday told
he doctor in charge that he preferred to GO
back to prison to being Il hospital hand. They
urged him to remain N the hospital. "No,
SAID h., "Pll be id, if III attend thes,
people"
The Rebels have no medical stores. Indeed
they are destitute oil almost everything which
it is needu Ior an army to have,
The Conscript law is the most unpopular
measure vet passed Planters who have beer
drafted have offered as high as 81, 900 for sub
stitutes. One man offered ten negroes to q
4. . harged 90 day s man.
What say of Bragg's and Prices army il
equally true Of the forces in Virginia ant
throughout the Southern Confederacy.
| have seen some numbers Of The Dclta. Il
is doing good Tt encourages the people
Keep on steadily, and punch the Secessionist.
vigorously.
II the planters could have protection, thinl
they would take sides against Secession. The,
are very tired of it. Their negroes are hal
naked and half starved and the inhumaI
scoundrels who cause the war here, will no
allow them to sell sugar and cotton, so as t
be able to buy foed
GOVERNOR MooRE's BODY GUARD.
From The ~ o. Deita, Aug. l3
Gov. Thomas o Moore, the chief magistrat
Of the State Of Louisiana, made his appearanc
in Thibodaux last week on business. Tn
moment the fact became known, the peopl
turned out to mob and murder him. Man,
peol lc were armed. lie begged for mercy
and still but for four women, who surrour d 4
him, lie would have been shCt The peopl
detest him on account of his cotton bugnn
and sugar destroying order
ARMS TO NE DELIVERED UP.
THE Delta Of the 18th says: "Thc gentle
men of New. Orleans are called upon TO dclive
up forthwith all the fire arms in their posses
sion. This il timely. We trust that pain
will be taken to do this work thoroughly. l.,
every gun. musket, pistol and knife be takeI
This should have been done month ago"
. Robert A. Dobbin, senior propri,
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