Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-29
The News from XeYvbern.


The News from Newbern.
A large mail from Newbern arrived here
yesterday; and the train that brought it from
New York brought also the bodies of four
dead soldiers; three belonging to the DIST
regiment, namely, Solomon Parsons, Jr., of
this city, and James Macomber of Oakha II,
both of company F. and Hiram E. Walker of
Southboro, of company f; and another be-
longing to the 25th, probably, that was sent to
to Athol. The bodies of Charles 5.
Smith of Worcester, of company L, 5lst
regiment, and of James r. Estes of Worces-
ter, of the 25th regiment, were expected
on the night train, from New York last
night The funeral of Mr.. Parsons will take
place at the residence of his father in New
Worcester tomorrow, at eleven o'clock A.
M. The letters from Newbern, which we
print to-day, give an account of the deaths in
company F. A private letter, dated Jan.
10th, speaks as follows of one Of the deaths in
company d =
''Charley Smith, drummer in the Infantry,
died very suddenly few days ago. He was
good, fine young fellow, and was enc of our
best drummers. His disease, the congestive
chills, is peculiarly of this region"
Company f, Capt. Baldwin, and company
B, Capt Bascom, are detached from the 5lst
regiment and stationed about five miles from
Newbern, in the direction of Kinston where
they are doing picket duty, the station being
under command of Capt. Baldwin. 1t is de-
scribed as a region of pine woods and swamps.
Their business is to guard all the roads, arrest
those who attempt to cross the lines without
passes, and watch every approach of the reb-
els, with whose cavalry they are at any time
liable to have skirmishes. These two compa-
MES have been stationed there on picket duty,
since the first of January; and they are likely
to remain there for the present, as the DIST is
one of the regiments detailed for the defence
of Newbern during the absence of Gen. Eos
ter on the great expedition which is probably
now on its way to its destination. On the
goth inst. the remaining companies of the 5lst
were in their old camp near Newbern Cor
poral Wadsworth, recently made a sergeant
by Capt Goodell, is now orderly sergeant of
company C.
The grand expedition is to consist ofsthe
three divisions under command of generals
Naglee, VESSEL, and Ferry. The divisions
under generals Palmer and Prince are to be
left for the defence of Newbern, which the
rebels threaten to attack as soon as the expe-
dition leaves. The defence of the place will
ho Ha1 h. D,l
division consists of two brgades; one under
Gen. Amory consisting of the Seventeeth,
Fprty-third, Forty fifth and Fifty first Massa-
chusetts regiments, and one under Col. Lee
consisting of the 9Th, 25th, 27th, and 4Gth
Massachusetts regiments. These brigades
constitute the First Division of the 18th
Army Corps" We know nothing about Gen.
Prince and cannot say what regiments con-
stitute his division.
The surgeon general Of this state has re-
ceived list of the names of Massachusetts,
soldiers now in the several hospitals in New
bern. The whole number is 307, divided
among the different regiments as follows :
The Third, a Fifth, 2O Eighth, 8; Sew
SAbSShtiA3 - "Nhts iids iOs Ntull
Fourth, 10; Twenty Fifth 1G; Twenty -Sev-
enth, 40; Forty-Third, 20; Forty-Fourth,
%; Forty Fifth, II; Forty Sixth, l6; Fifty
First, 26.
Companies B and F did not go with the re-
cent expedition under Gen. Amory. to Pol
louisville and Trenton. This expedition went
about twelve miles beyond Pollocksville. 1t
was at Pollocksville that they had conflict
with about 1900 rebels and five companies of
the 5lstwere left at this place while the brigade
went on towards Trenton. We hear a report
that some CT the 5lst were killed or wounded
in that conflict; but this report is undoubtedly
incorrect, for previous well authenticated re-
ports stated that none of our men were killed
there, and that the few wounded belonged to
the New York cavalry.