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Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

e-Frou Alabama we hear of fresh trinmphs
achieved by General Mitchell's division, the
OF which seems TO be proving nlm-
self rs able general as he is an astronomer
and savant. He has made pronpt and sk,iiul
use Of the locomotisesz and cars he took at
Huntsville, by sending out two expeditions
along the railroad, one east and the other
wesf and these have seized Stevenson, at the
junction of the Chattanooga with the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, capturing two thous-
and rebel troops without firing gun, and
large number of cars and locomotives. They
have also taken Decatur, and saved the rail-
road bridge there from destruction, and have
now secured possession of one hundred mtie<
| of that highly important railroad, completely
seyerinr the connection which he's been main
tanned With the seaboard slave States by it,
These operations are very important, and clear
all the valley of the Tennessee river of the
rebels.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

- The preternatnral desire of the
Southern chivalry to die Gin the last
ditch, ," has divided itself between t'pros-
pecting" for said ditch, and the pro
OF. substitutes to do their dy-
ing when the ditch is found. From
$500 to $500 is offered fer substitutes
for those who have vowed and sworn,
time and time again, that their great
est happiness could only be the meet
ing of the Yankees ssfout to foot aud
eye to eye"
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

e- Would it not be well for all Union
men to watch closely the boatmen who come
here to market9 There are many honest de-
serving Union uen among them, but we think,
and with good reason, that some Of them come
here for other purposes than the legitimate
purposes of honest traffic. Watch them, and
if you find a. suspicious character or an extor-
toner, report it to the Provost Marshal. He
will provide sure and efficacious remedy
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
wan NEWS.

8 Commodore Foote, ia conjunction with Gen.
Pope are finishing up the work they begun
at Island Tea. They have invested Fort Pill |
low and the mortars opened on the 18th, and
soon cleared the Mississippi of what was left
of the rebel f.otilla. Thomas Huger. late Of
the q. s. Navy, isin command at Fort Pillow.
The shells fall directly into the rebel camps. |
A very few days will see t'Old Glory flying
over the Fort @ @ -
Gen. Grants official dispatches have been
received, and confirm the accounts in main,
as previously published of his glorious bst
bloody triumph at Pittsburg Landing. The
New York Journals some two or three are
much disposed to quarrel with the gallant old
soldier, but they might as well stop snarling
The rebels undertook to build formidable
battery on the Gloucester side of the York
river near Yorktown, but their nice laid
schemes were hustled into confusion, by a well
directed fire from the gunboat Sebage, with
her riled Parrott guns. Shields and Will
iiam's commands have passed Stony Greek,
| Va, and captured Mount Jackson on the 18th.
They captured company of Ashby's cavalry,
sixty in number, who had taken refuge in
church, three lieutenants, and all the horses.
The rebels gave battle here, hoping to detain
our fol ces long enough to destroy the bridges,
engines, cars, ETC., which had accumulated at
that terminus, but owing to the rapid move
ments of our troops they were frustrated, and
our victorious men took many prisoners, a
great many horses, two locomotives, several
cars and saved the bridges. Gen. Shields
had SO far recovered as to be able to command
his division in person.
The Potomac fotilla are busly at work. On
the 14th, they captured Urbana. When the
boats essayel to land, they were met with a
hot fire from the rife pits, but the rebels
were soon shelled out, "Old Glory" went
} ahead, and the Federals took large quantities
of blankets, quilts, medicines and muskets,
. left by the rebels in their flight. On the 18th
; the union fosilla occupied Tuppahannock, and
r took the sloep Reindeer loaded with oysters
. shad, cedar posts, clothes for the rebels and q
, large quantity of letters, from which it was
ascertained that the rebels were evacuatine
4 fredericksburg
4 sForts Philip and Jackson, on the Mississippi
have been invested by our forces, with righ
] smart chance of being in the possession OF ou
e Uncle Samuel ere this reaches our readers
: The reduction Of these forts will have ten
t dency to settle the fate Of New Orleans.
In her recent raid, the Merrimac burs
6 her new gun in firing her last shot.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
MATERIAL OF OUR AaMY,-The Albion sl

MATERIAL OF OUR ARMY.-The Albion 81
ast week has the following: -
Not a few British officers from regiments alta.
toned in Canada. or employed there on special
inc with professional eye .hcir bone and sinew.
their equipment their discipline. their usanBu-
vres 1t comes within our personal knowledge
that several of these our soldier counsrymen.
whose opinions are of the greatest value. report
their unbounded surprise and admiration sf ths
.6sst;re and promising esnditio" Of tte Mo<.s.ds
Of troops rhom they hare OF the Sighting
qualities they may have something to Say here.
after for-thanks to the unexpected and exceed.
ing courtesy Of General McCleilnn-some OF
these ee ntlsmen have been allowed to accompany
the headquarters Of the United States army IN
its expected onward march This obligation.
military men than any reviews or ensertainnasnas
got up for their benefit.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

- MARX TRAFroN, tie Methodist preacher
of New England preached to crowded house
last Sunday. The audience were highly de-
lighted with him, and well they might be, for
q smarter clergyman is not connected with
that denomination. ~.s --
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

BEAUTY. Aristotle says that "a grace
full person is a more recommendation than
the best letter that can be written in our
favor" Plato says s'r!le po.sessor of it
ought TO conslderit AS mere gift of nature,
and not any perfection of his own" Soc
rates calls it ga short-lived tyranny"
Theophrastus calls it ''A silent fraud, be-
cause it imposes, upon US, without the
helm of language"
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

Neso Epistle Of the Corinthians,
bv Gen. Grant. Ten thousand Federal
cavalry, under Gen. Buell.. There are
a good many backsliders at Corinth, ,
who need to be brought back to the
path of duty, and this new epistle was
very timely.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

The United States steamer Hercules, cruis-
ing in the Chesapeake Bay, has succeeded in
capturing the schooner Pride, and the sloops
Wren and Velma, engaged in contraband trade
with Virginia. On board the latter was found
mail from Richmond and Eve passengers,
one of whom proved to be a Captain in the
revenue service The prizes hare been taken
to Baltimore, and the passengers and crews
lodged in Fort McHenry.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
COPARTNERsHIP.

undersigned having formed
~ eopartnersh,p, under the style and name OF A
ali Qualities of Rosin Oil, viz: Machinery Tanners,
Gas, Painting and Burning Oils; also Knaptha,
Pitch and Bright Farnish- We viii be pie ssed to
receive orders from the former customers of Alex
Miller and the pubic generally. The business viii
be conducted by JAMES B. BOBBITIs whose
Office the Still Yard, situated on Neuse klyer
q snort distance above the Fair Grounds. where he
can be ioand at all times during business honr s-
All orders receeved will be promptly attended to
ALEXANDER ~ ILLER, S
JAMES II. B0BBlTT.
naa o2 dim
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

B- We are reioieed to hear that the health
of our comrades in arms are rapidly improving.
They have been through hardships enough to
kin men engaged in a less worthy cause. and
are. now rcgaining their usual yigor Our
commander in this department has done all
that could be done for the hc ,lth of his troops
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

~ Gen. Daniphan and James II. Moss,
two strong and earnest secession rebels in
Missouri, have come out publicly and deter
minedly for the Union. They see the coming
doom and as rats leave a sinking ship, 50 have
they left the stranded bark Of rebellion. They
have certain influence and i will be felt.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

eD1 1t gives us real pleasure to state that
two or three instances have come to our
knowledge, where citizens of Newbern, who
were indebted North, have, since our oecupa-
ton of this place, bestirred themselves to pay
their honest debts. One of our good glorious
old Bostonians, is thus in receipt of what he
perhaps had considered a decidedly " dead
horse"
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

APPoINrMENT.-Dr. j. G. Batchelder o1
Templeton, has been appointed Assistant Sur
geen Of the 25th Massachusetts, Regiment, in
place Of DIR. Temple, resigned on account oil
ill-health. DR.. Batchelder is now with the
Burnside expedition, being one of the four adj
ditional surgeons sent out by Gov. Andrew.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

u A. recent gathering OF the feminins see
eesh at Nashville to taboo all tho loyal tadios
from their sett, it was resolved to mako an sxeep.
ton in favor of a very amiable and heanttfal
young miss of their acquaintance. When abe
heard Of their offer. however. she scornfuly dS-
clined it and stated her belief that Governor
johnson would sccomp my her 70 church on the
ensuing Sabbath an intimstion which was Of
course attended to by the gallant 0Ovornsr wfSA
proud Subtraction
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

From Gen. Fremont's Department
we learn that three new regiments of
Union men are forming in East Ten
nessec, near Cumberland Sap, one of
which will be commanded by son OF
EGoyerner Johnson.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
~Capt. Glisson. of the steamer Mount

HCapt. Glisson, of the steamer Mount
Vernon, blockading off Wilmington, N. q,
reports to the Navy Department, that on the
2d inst. he chased the schooner Kate, trying
to run the blockade Of Nassau. The crew,
after beaehing her and setting her on fire,
took to the shore IN small boats. Boats
crews from the Mount Vernon boarded her
and threw overheard a part Of her cargo,
which consisted Of salt, and finding that she
could not be got of, and that none of her car
go could be removed, fired her. The Mount
Vernon shelled the woods, whence the Rebels
had fired with rifles on the boarders. Reb-
sl flag was taken from on board. The vessel
had been known as the Leney o. Holmes.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

NIOTaCE-TAKEN UP and committed to th
" Jail of Onslow coanty oa the 4th day ot Y II
1851 neg. . man by She name of Ben Boss, the
said negro Is Of q copper coor weighs lGs POUNDS
feesz or inches high good tseth aud has q scar
on the night sTist aud the upper lIp ae says
one he eut and the ether Is frem the kick OF mt le
and says he is free man ard went as cock n
Capt Yonngs Company, from Casweh County, aud
said company is stationed at Carolina city.
oct IL W.T.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

~ Gen. Siegel arrived at St. Louis
on the 10th. He is reported to be sui
fering from rheumatism. A demon
stration was intended to his honor at
St. Louis, but at his request it was dis
pensed with.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

n.
Lovers Of your eouatry sing;
Let your hearts be glad today,
Let the higharched welkin ring,
- Laugh and cry, adore and pray.
For the Land our Fathers made
Now appears more perfect far,
Than it did when tyrants laid,
Their hands upon the Golden Star.
Not for conquest have we fought,
Not for love Of blood or death,
But for Freedomt that was bought, ~
BY the yielding mp Of breath.
For the Constitution y framed
By the noble, wise, snd brave, s
who in life each hour proclaimed
That it ne'er should iind grave.
Newbcrni Newbsrni now is ours,
True Americans be proud;
Do YOU see sweet Freedsn's flowers
Or twinkling stars behind the cloud
Newbernl Newbern! at thy name, S.
Orphan tears will freely flow,
As the waters on thy main,
Or the surging Pan,lico.
Newbern Newberni at thy name
Sister of will shrink with dread,
As she thinks of brothers pain,
Thinks Of brother, cold and dead
See the mother Ger her son
All that Con to her has given
Waiting till his race is run.
Till his wounds are dressed ia Heaven.
GoD will guide the :. Ship of State,"sss
To the poet of Peace and Love,
He'll reward the truly great,
Send the Olive and the Dove.
Yes, we would rejoice to-day,
Praising Him who thus doth bless;
But we would not cease to pray,
For widows, and the fatherloss.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

THAT IS so.-Some music teacher
once wrote that the art of playing on
the violin requires the incest perception
and the most sensibility of any art in
the world" Upon which an editor
comments in the following manner =
+" The art of publishing a newspaper,
and make it pay, and at the same time
have it please everybody, beats fiddling
higher than a kite."-Erchange.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

A notorious miser, having heard q
very eloquent sermon, exclaimed:
"This sermon strongly proves the
necessity of aims; | have almost
mind to turn beggar."
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

~A A regular communication of Fra
ternal Army Lodge, No. 4. connected
with the 25th Mass. Reg. will be held
to-nso,7'oao (Thursday) evemiag, at the
Masonic Hall, opposite Academy Green.
An invitation is extended to all masonic
brethren 10 attend. j. 3. Knox, w. ID.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

The editress of the Ladses' Re
posito,y SAYS 'the nation wants o man;
and the Milford JouraaI asks il that
lady has not COMPOUNDED her own per-
sonal wants with those of the Ration.'
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

~ The democrats of Hartford, Conn.,,
have elected WI. Hammersly, Mayor. Mr..
III. is one of the smartest and strongest uncon>
ditional Union men in New England.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

PENNSYLVANIA BANKs.-On Thurs
day the Legislature of Pennsylvania
passed bill entitled '' An act requiring
the resumption of specie payments 10y
the banks" 1t exempts the banks from
all the penalties Of suspension until the
first Tuesday in February. 1863, and
gives them immunity from all penalties
by reason of suspension incurred in the
past. The notes of all solvent banks
| in the State and the legal-tender notes
of the general government. are to be
deemed and taken as currency !" for
all purposes, as the notes of and bal
ances due from specie paying banks" "
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

Commodore Dupont has notified tie Navy
Department that no less than five vessels have
recently been captured and wrecked on the
South Carolina coast, while attempting to
evade the blockade-the ship Emily st. Pierre
the schooners Julia Warden, and Lydia and
Mary, and the English sloop Coynell, captured,
and another schooner run ashore on Sullivan S
Islar d and wrecked. This indicates some-
thing more than "paper blockade"
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

ADvERrSIss AND JOB PRlsTIse-Hereatter
cash will be demanded at the Progress O5'ce for
all work. Advertisements must be paid Tor
when handed in and job printing when del'v-
cred. Orders by mail must be accompanied
nv menev
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

az On Monday last, the beautiful stars
and stripes were hoisted on Fort Totten, and
salvos of artillery saluted the ensign as she
hoated to the breeze
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

eE The Progress VIII be issued every
evening at 8 o'clock. advertisements ana no
tices for publication must be hanaea IN ~
10 Ia o'eIock A.. M; if received after that
hour. they will lay over till the next day. IT,
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
T u RPE N T | N E .

i to sell their Turpentine at the present low
figures can have it run up at my D'stillery ut the
following rates, viz:
For distilling Dip % cents per reund barrei;
For dlstilng Scrape l5cents per round barrel
For steaming Virgin and Dip Turpentlne Dois'
cents each.
The rate above include all charges.
Shirt Casks that have been seasoned ever year
and will hold Spirits Turpentine with very little less
six months can be had at fair prices.
Storage in convenient airy sheds can be had al
the following figures: Spirits Turpentine per cask
scents per month; Turpentine, Tar and Rosin pei
barrel, cent per month. Storage charged Tor
whole month if delivered the next day after being
stored. VIM. f. MOOhE, Jf.
Newbern. June 81 d&Ewtf
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

Second Brigade Quartermaster Department,
Second Street, betw cen Middle and Craven Sts.
A. A. @. M-Lieut. I. L. Hall.
@. n. Sergeants-George Parker, X. ).
Williams
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
rubetll Dtogrfss,
NEwBERN, II. G.

Wednesday,. April 23..
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

VNTANTED-One two able bodied Negro
w Men for the Use of the '.Newbern Gas Light
(,ompany for the balance of the year.
AnnIy tn THOMAS J. MITCHELL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
fab 1859 dAt
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

GENCY FOR SALE OF WRAPPING
n PAPER--The subscriber having received the
Agency has on hand and for sale a quantity of
WRAP APPING PAPER from one of the be: t. manu-
factories in the Southern Confederacy. which viii
be sold low for cash. EMMETT CUTHBERT
n.All .
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

HOR aALE.-The subscriber offers foy sale his
JIG house and lot in Hilsboro', N G. To any per-
sen who wishes to secure re sideEce in pleasant
aud retired village, this lot which is highly nm
proved offers great Inducements For terms ad
dress DIR. E. Strudwick. Hillsboro', n. c.. or the
subscriber, Charlotte, N. c.,
Oc. %, dat w. BURk.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-11

"a perseies, haviag made himself unusuallv
rnsurd At 81. Petershureh. h. 10 b. bsconsoIed
with the commission OF Bsig.dler- l}epcral. !.
Americans seem not to understand the comic
impression which Ia pfodueed on the mtnds
of foreigners By The language Of the In vOIun.
tary bnhoons, or simpietons, whom IL is
their pleasure occasionally to employ. MIR.
Caay commenced his nilsson 10 kuasia by he.
liveriug at Paris an axtravagant sveech
against Eneland, which be thought proper
to threaten with Fre0ch Invasion. On
wheimed by the condescension Of Prince
Alexander 0ortschak0H Ill, Minister oi
Foreign Affairs 20 His huJssty the Empsror.''
"He received me ia cordial way. shakiag
Clay probably expected that Pripce 0Ost-.
schakof would treat Foreign Minister like
serf; but at his departure the gracious & us-
sian once more Treasured him ~ "again shak-
Ing hands The Emperor paid the United
States Minister more unusual com pliment
BY "speakiaG American mostly" The pro-
verbal astutenefs o. the House Of Romano6.
Is striktng'y illustrated by the labor which
sitiOn Of that nasal dialect Of English which
Is seldom mastered by Europeans. Mr. Clay
judicionsly Informed His ImI,el ial ajesty
that ne should rather like war with Epg-
hance OF old John Bull very mush." 1t must
be ad Omitted that great oten tales can seldom
ind IN the formal reception of a diplomatist
50 much Cpl ortunity for amusement, Mr..
Clay concludes the dispatch with the hope
that Gen. Scott viii 'sslowly and surely sab-
due the rebellion, stock, lock, and gun bar
rel. hook and line, bl0 aad siuksr.'" The
gods have granted half his prayer In con-
cedinE the siowness of the Federal progress
ana Mr.. Clay himself, In his military ca pact-
~. Will be in tima to lBsur . the FINAL result
before the hob and sinkor have finally diSap-
peared. The d, fiji ,ulty OF conduc ting a great
war when 1t Is thought necessary 70 give
Generals commissions to such addle- bra in esi
Prattiers, may, In certain sense, be edmit.
ted as partial excuse for the blundexs and
helplessness cf every branch Of the Federal
Administration. The approaching failure Of
1T, il 1T enables the GoveTnmsnt to relegate
into private life the ch altering BrigadieIs and
Co!oneis who have Suddenly risen troM the
stump Into the saddle. MIR Stanton has re-
fused to confirm l, AGO of MIR. C;,meron,s com.
missions, and If he were to cancel as many
more on the pretext OF economy, he would
probably do good service to the army.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-11

A GALLANT DElD "A fsw days ago noms
ber OF laue Ches from the ockading sduad.
ron In the Sound ccesded In CO pturlcE Z eoYo.
raj fshfng smaCks n the fishing banh1. UaoF
OF these s;nncss happesetso 10 - the psopsgsy6 -
an honest German, who, after surrondogl M
his vessel proceed ID 70 e1tertAh very Aobpt.
tabiy the two Yankee ssiloss Or soldiers VIE
were left aboard " guard the prise. In Ne
midst of their JollificI tI0A, the 0sxmaa get
ting possession OF ths MluSkot OF one Of 1ho
Yankees. suddenly hroughs 10 In jaxtoposl-a
tion with his crsutuIn, nred AID NV We
top Of hts head off. He then chareed bAyo.
net ON the other Yankse, who su1JoAaeGo6,
and permitted himself 20 No ttsd .up wiz Q
n pc. The German then waited unuI tt Wa
dark, apd settiug oil sail, slipped OF fR6s6
the sQa QaadrOn. and saaltnG up thS lshe, Soaohs
cd Fort Pike In safety. bearing the Htass AnA
Stripes Union down, from his mast6oad. He
delivered " the comm andant OF th0 1urs onos
dead end one u,e Yankcs--thea lcemeg Waa
buried nt the fort, ard the latter was 6roaght
over by his c"ptor and delivered - Ue9. LOv.
ell. ALI hcnor ~ the hxavs Tsuton. We So~s
gTet We pave not hts Dame, bat the Bots Ae1e
stated afe vouched for by the most fosp00nt.
bic persons. The homes; dshssmaA aesogveG,
and we hope Will receive. some sabstsnstAl
token Of appreciation and ccneadagaateo -
his vigoI 0us and etttc.Ive mode OF dlgpoa.
ing Of Yankee efnvadsys.-N. o DeAa
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-11
Military NOTICES.
CTUARr HORSE ARTiLEERY.

WANCED-ONE HUNDRED MEN, for
sne above splendid Battery CT eight pisces-
niakeiy duns and HUWi;z z sss-to act a. Hosgs
ArtIcfy, every cann0nesr mounted; with Gen.
etuarrs Cavalry igsde Army Of Potomac.
a'n acting under the following orders.
Is si "dEApoas. CAvALRY BkaAps. I
- Ceutrevilie, February ri. le6a
Capt Jno. Esten Cooke, Voiuntt er Aid to b. IiG.
Richmond, on recruiting service for the Stuart
Horse Ar,isry. lie will be governed By the
rules AMI regulations for recruiting of tbs A. aud
l. Generals Dept. q. @. A.
"Dy command of Gen Stuart
w Il. TOwLEs, A. A A. 4cnI"
Ttis will hs the faest battery In the s-rvic..
II ~ II be 'coDmAndcd By ,.a espesieucsd A..
ti,lertss a graduate Of West Point Everv
eannoneer 10 mounted, with horse and ae on
tremsnts furnished BY the GJversmens. The
creased to ls0 mea. and ~ 30 IN as the legal pum
bor IL obtairel there win be an eiactloS Of of1
GERS, and the battery will tA.e the ls:d
The ordinary bounty Vt $50 paid. All persons
address me by letter, at Ric imond, or nppiy Al
tue Recruit ing Ofhce. opposite God iin,a Hall.
llth S.rsAf to ne or to RoB'T u. WARD. Esu
who Is aSsociated with me.
nh s-2w JNG ExTEN COOKE.
HAViNG heen nuthr rfzeo bv the s;ecTe-
taIy OF War to ra.se Battalion or a
keEiment of Heavy Artillery, for three years
or the war, snOnid be glad to con fer vii
captains who have companies not vet mus
tered into the service. and also those who de-
sire to rAise companies.
Volunteers or recruits enlisting for thres
years Will receive bounty of $50, pay able a.
soon as they are sworn into service and nc.
copied. upon Inspection, by a medical onicer,
together with transportation and su bssstencs
from the time and place of enlistment, until
inspected and mustered.
Twelve months men can re. enlist, sinsly or
ny conn panies. Tor Two years or the war, and
receive $50 bounty.
To those citizens who have not reported
themselves, as required, and who will in a
few days be drafted, nom is the time, and the
last, TO serve IS volunteers.
Volun teers will be received sinsly or by
companies. from any portion OF the Uonfed-
eracy.
Once under the st. Charles Hotel, Old DO
minion Insurance Company. Main street.
City fos.Ohice, Box SIT.
RUB'T F. MORRISS,
Colonel l79th Regiment.
/ have the promise Of Armstrong field
pieces; and should it De realized, this regi-
ment will enter the field as Light Artillery,
NH 6-l2t*