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Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
what Happened .when. The, Prince 20
WRIes became of AR.

On the occasion Of the Prince OF W.
attainining his majority be was advanced nr
the rank Of Colonel TO HAT Of lull GeDS slS-
field marshal. Four general officers I'D,
waited to the rank Of field marshal.
persons previously holding that bT;s.snnt
being the King Of the Belgians, .;,h Il ,{b "a >
GornberHere. The rank caHjA W.. w, Tho
pay of s16 5s, equal TO s.. nv M &C Tho
whole amount Of pay whicktne h"s u F;aS
Belgians has received from a aa,s
Marshal, rs $1,Ss9,555 IL iorty se'e.l 80 I,
during over thirty Of wbch nc mas ~ ~ a..;.,,a
ereign OF another couttrya in a'iu
he has quietly taken so, 600 yeatr9 fse Nv
Bull without once Drawing his swoTMs.st " u
snes field marshals are Sir Edward BlaAehey,
Lord Cough the Duke OF CAmpridgs, au
Lord CLYDE. Three Of Them are ageu nsn; ~
Sir Edward Blaksneyis insh,s s4ih yeEa' -
old, The D1St sa reeyes ,s = !. y sss;s
Queen victora's cousin, and cpuinandsr. in:
chief Sir E. G. Hammond, Admiral Of the
Fleet, HAS brevetted on this OCCASION. He js
SO years old These tough veterans will not
long enjoy their new honors. Hn a. Eia9
The revenues of Cornwall, which belong to
the Prince, have been carefully invested for
him, and now amount to $S,50o,000, over
-$l, ,o00,0 600 Of which was paid for his lately
purchased estate in Norfolk, the rents Of which
VIII be $35, 600 a year. Besides This, says a
London letter in the Washington Chronicle,
ON which we Gull these facts, Parliament
will vote him about $500, 600 year during
his motherG life and vote $3.50, 900 a, year rs
pin money 10 his bride. They will also have
Marlborough House, close to St. James Palace,
as rent,free residence. Certainly, It cannot
be doubted the British royalty is in clover.
Lancashire may starve, but the royal family
flourish upon the fat of the earth, They tod
not, neither do they spin, yet were they born
with golden spoons in their mouths. ~ r,it
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
Az AMrmcAN RoY INsrnrcrs NAroLroN.

Az AMERICAN Boy lSsrRrcrs NAPOLEON
Waking the other day on the beach at Biarritz
his Majesty happened to meet an intelligent
looking boy, ahoat eight or nine years old
who took off his hat as he passed. The EN-
peror courteoqsly returned tho salute, and
said, Are YOU Englshf"
mo" answered the boy very quickly, and
drawing himself up, "'m Amer can"
"0h American are your Well, tell me,
which are you for, North or South y
"Well, fathers Tor the North, ] believe. but
anu certainly for the South. For which o
them are you, sirf,
The Emperor stroked his moustache, smiled
hesitated little, and then said, II am 10,
BETH
For both are your Well, that's not ~
easy, gHd IL UiH please NOBODY"
His Majesty let the conversation drop, an,
walked on. Paris Correspondence Of Loadoi
Skipping Gazette, Oct. %.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
ANounR -Are,ie Ad,entnrrr.


Robert hennicptt OF iinnos, young man
lps' paat n's r, ,,o.l,
,our years sGloorn 10 pIi'ist hnu huss'ani
Sotln america, I IN Pu'suH o' ,,hnomieuge 10
Natural h'story' oolslning letters 10 tue
Governor nr. OF Tue fiuusons pay company,
rprt william, ne mere Iolaea tne agen.s o'
Ihat company ana lraVe.ed l,- tner convey
anceatnSo spe remote nor'hern regions Where
lhey sees .ie iu,'oearius "l'nT,s a;, ~ ~ enoss
precious sklhs tney uamc; me lne @ C,esslanu
nsrdeG says lhat ne ,raVeeu 70 ror, onar,o.9e,
r'a'ny Lake, Lake % .ne wooqs LaSs ,nnl-
Peg, oave river urea' oisse LAKE roll rIoYn
'usaee, f}Srh LAKE. qrer. O'mpson, msne1z'es NIT
rlVer' 10 POINT separation, ABOUT icu slies !, a,,
rom .he I, arc',G ocean. from 70. ,nence up feel
river 70 forl Mcrnerson, nlg riSn Lahe' anu
uoWh rorcupine lves 20 Us !unG.,on WIN .ue m
I.seI 1oucan " 'ue huss'a" teit,.ocs, n,, nneie
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
Rsmov al Of ARMS from the Liverpool
..-E'. Aten unrra. -sEFNr |.l.l

Some excitement has prevailed in Birmlng,
ham, on account Of report that the Liycr-Yl
poo! steamers had declined to take out the nu-
mGrous packages OF small arms which Tor some
have formed no nconSi1erabIe part Of
their cargoes for America. It was also stated
that several hundred packages bad absolutely
removed from the EtGa, after being duly ]
shipped. Of course, if tho export Of guns is to-
be thus stopped, itmust have an important
effect, not only on the. trade, Of Birmingham,
but upon the war itself Already the "out,
siders" who are engaged in .thesmanufactare of
small arms, are feeling the effect of this en-
barge on the shipping, the contracts expiring
on the first Of this month, not having beenlre.
neEtd. ..-.....
It's also confidently stated that the British
steamer Antona, taking ammunition on, board
at Cork, has been stopped by order Of tho
British Government, on the ground that the
supplies of powder, &C., wero intended for tho
Southern Conlederacy. This step is believed
TO be taken on account Of the remohstrances
made with the Government for allowing on
previous occasions priyateers and vessels laden
with ammunition to be built and fitted out in
! English ports. This action, tardy as il is, Is
entitled To our consideration. and it is to be
hoped that the consorts now building at Liver
pool for Captain Senme's piratcal craft win
not be allowed to take their departure. l
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
a whsIs Family n.r.rd to Dea,h.

Mr. Joseph Hart Of onondago, who went from
Pompey Centre 10 Pennsylvania about one year
and a hall sga.io engage in the oil bnsinsss,
lest his entire family in the following shocking
manntr;-Ddring The absence Of Mr.. Hart 10
Pitisburg on business, Mn. Hart and her two
dauglnersTaged sbont Eve Rni seven years, re-.
turned TO their house aiicT short absence 10 q
neghhorp, aud finding the Ere in the stove low,
Mrs. Hart took up can Of kerosene oil and
poured snmo Of il into the stove. whom a terrific
explosion iook place, blowing mp The stove and,
setting the clothing Of Mrs llnl and her two
daugh hters ON Ere nha screams Of Mrs Hart
brought to her ruscue aman who was passing In
tho street. lie instantly seized Mrs. Hart and
aud carried her 10 n trough Of water near by.r
where he eSIiuguished the flames. but not before
she was 50 severely burned Ne 10 cause heT death
In twenty four hours. While the man wns T pr.
forming this net Of mercy, the flames kinaled
rapidly npon the house aud burned II 70 tho
ground, With Tho two children in Il. who perish.
el rs u were BY donhle 'leAth nf Gre. 4 tele.
sRnplr despatch summoned MIR Hart to his de-
solats home. lie arrive Abuut two hours before
his " H. died, aud learned from her own lips tho
terrible story Of his bcIeAyem mt =
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

The Prince Of Wales has "nice lit.
tie income" His revenue has been
carefully invested. Over $1,000, 600
Of the accumulation was paid Tor his
lately purchased estate in Norfolk, the
rents Of which will be S3J 900 u year.
1t is place adapted for a rich noble.
man who has a stately mShsicn else
where, and desires good fishing and
good shooting. The balance Ill his
bankers after this payment leaves s2,-
100000 TO the Prince, and bis D1chy
Of Cornwall brings in ret income oI
$125, 5,00oa year. Besides this, Parlia-
meit will vote him S50000o II year
during his mothers he, and vote $780,,
600 year us pin money 10 his bride,
They viii also have Marlborough
House, close 10 81. Jane, Palace, as 4
renl.free residence. Certainly, il can
not bc doubted the English royalty j.
in clover. Lancashire may Siarvc, bni
The royal family flourish upon the fat o
the earth. They toll not, neither dc
they spin, yet were they born will
golden spoons in their mouth.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

Adarps- alias Pope, who was sentenced to be
hung fora most wanton and brutal murder Of
poor German, some ten years ago, but who
poisoned himself 1t was supposed, by the aid Of
Lucian Adams, who was his hhlfbrotber. So
thoroughly convinced were the public that En>
gene Adams was not poisoned, and that il was
only dodgeto get him off alive-so generally
was this expressed at the time, aud so little
faith had the public in the report Of Adams's
death, that commission was RVpointsdty the
authorities to take Gle testimony of those who
knew him alive and to Identify bis body. There
ere some here, even to day, who do not believe
In bis death. have troubled you with this
chapter of criminality to show you what has
taken place here when no one dared comment on
1t.
No item Of news from the North has given so
much satisfaction as the announcement of the
Pierpecto Of an early opening of the Mississippi
River e '"E ,fsHR lt.S
!, saSy young man recently from
7hfre are only 10 Of the regiment left. He 70.
ports the soldiers in Virginia as tolerabiy well
clothed, but badly fed Bfagg's army is com.
pletely demoralized nearly all shoeless, and
ragged beyond description. For tie last twenty
days he was in Virginia he had only three ears
of geeen corn daily. In Mobile where he stayed
seveaal days he says they are daily expecting
an attack Provisions, &c, higher than ever.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
Cotrca versus unIr.

fhe paragraphs in the newspapers about the
high price Of cotton set one Of our Boston
hotel keepers thinking the other day, that he
had seventy-five or eighty cotton stuffed mat
tresses, purchased some time ago because they
mcrv chrapvf than hair ones. aud that-insteaa
Of depreciating in value frotir use, they must
have increased, from the scarcity Of the ma
terial of which they. were composed. No
sooner had the thought occurred to him than
he inqu red the price Of cotton perpound.
FIFTY eifht to Six,y-onc cent"
"And the price Of hair FOR mattresses ?"
"Forty to lorty.two!,"
His mind was made Up, the Old cotton mat.
tresses were ripped open, their treasure drawn
orth, and the smart hotel proprietor had the
satisfaction of changing his cghty old cotton
mattresses for eighty hair ones, without
costing a aspenny. Indeed he had IA little some.
thing lcft o7et, besides the blessings of his
guests for. the uHlooked for improvement oil
their oouches. i Boston ( Eommsrcfut Bulletin.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
sA Esl Young man recently froT
Terrible CoIIiery Explosion,

s. WI Sathiuuyi RNoF' ~, ali cApioSloH look
place in the Walker Colllery, a pit about three
miles from Newcastle, England. Sixteen men
and boys were killed The London Times
says ----,- --s----... -. ..-. =
The appearance above ground was that of
the eruption Of a volcano. The spectators
heard the sound Of tremendous rush Of air
up the working shaft, and, on looking in that
direction, saw steam and cloud Of fragments
flying from the pits mouth. Below, the first
warning they had was like the sound of a
hurricane, and the effect on themselves was to
throw them violently down. The scam of coal
itself was set on fire, and charred dead bodies
were found close to the part which had ig-
nied. .ln other parts of the pit the hewers
were struck down at their work, aHd five
hndies We're found in the "hrnlsen. - Dae nlssp
had been blown distance Of thirty yards
from The fste 70 the seam. On the one hand
a manlay dead, on the other was horse on
his knees, his ears pricked up, his eyeballs
still appearing TO glare with fright, though be
YVES quite dead, and had probably been Killed
instantaneously by the first aud only shock Of
the explosion. l., As soon as the shock was
heard, men in the remote parts Of the pit rar
Tor their lives, but the fire damp overlook them
land struck them down like a Shot
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

The Chicago Journal saysthat every,
body who has bled aud died from the
effects Of the vile shnplaster currency Y
with which we are cursed, will he
pleased to learn that Secretary Chase
has announced his intention 10 stRd a
million dollars worth Of postage cur.
reney 10 the West for general dislribu.
ton. In the rural districts. where little
OF -ef-ih ihls-egrrencN has=yei
reached, the news will be especially
welcome. In central Ilfneis farmers
mechanics and trades people generally
have been usIng queer substitutes fol
change. For instance, a clay pipe
passes current lor three cents n tooll
brush for ten cents, fine tooth coml
for shilling. and a common pocke
knife for a quarter In Egypt matter,
are even woIse, the only change in cir
culation Beng bull pups, which pas
il9r dImes, quarters and halves accord
Rag$to size and ferocriy. Not tw,
weeks ago an employee Of that olIic
attcnded,S church in village in the in
terror, and after service the. collection
plate was passed. The city man Iai
thereon a twenty-five cent postal cul
tency note, which. 10 his surprise, wa
positively refused by the deacon, VIII
suggested that city shinplasters 'oe'
,g no account IN tie COuntryi"
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

A man is circumscribed in all his
ways by Gods providence, just as he
is in ship; for though he may walk
freely upon the decks, he must go
whittier the ship bears him,
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
A MODEL DISPATCH FROM
GEN. FOSTER.
HIS EXPEDITION A PERfECI
SUCCESS.
4as Rebels Whipped at South0e,
Creek, KSnston, White Hall
and Golds6oro.
The Railroad Bridges at GoIdsbor,,
and Mount Olive Burnt.
Ss'erat Niles Of tho Wilmington and Weldon
RdiIrodd Torn I'm.

sizzsuaJ, Isee. % :,
The following has been received ut heall-
quarters here:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTH
....... CAROLINA, Dec. 90. 1862. +.
Major- Gen. Halltck, General-in- Chief,
Washington - E.
Ny expedition ,rds a perfect success.
l burned the railroad bridge at Colds
boro and Mount Olive, and tore up several
miles of the track of the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad.
< We fought four engagements, viz: at
Southwest Creek, Kinston. White all and
Goldsboro, and whipped the enemy hand
somely each time. j. G. FOSTER,
Maior-G General Commanding.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

Thomas Cobb, the rebel General
killed at Fredericksburg, was, we think,
4 brother Of Howell Cobb, and resided
in Georgia.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
ARNx DI'np.-.A eo,fespondonl oi The sptiss.l

ARNy lERAD.--A correspondent Of the sprisa.,
Esh Rlpgbiifda rays that tho bread dealt ,ul
10 onr army on the Rarp4hanuoek. was packed
Ia May, 'J9 but must b much olieri
bhtihg its peniusuh campaign, tho brchl
hal become inhabited by very lively species
Of insects of lrown color and Amiabla dspnai.
ion. Various stories nrn toll II these erArkers
10 ramp. SONS II which ! think Aro malicious
iabhgauona. Cno wat that tbs insects were pur-
transport the bread. h6 simply Nhsilbd aud H.
came Itself Another NAs that four u iheye
crackers were seen on battalion drill ono evening Z
going through the oyolulioiR With gfeai precision
One Of the boys had lot of blpAh - ihirkY
settled ~ 10 be ubcAtAblr. ard bnenuhl u dgr
70 tho commisNaty to b9 exchanged, lle wa.
told 10 lay II dosn md take pllfr. Aksn In
very honestly asked. HadRi batter kttrh tm -
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
EdIuorIal MeIangc.

Prentice says that Humphrey Mar
shall, after living as long as he can,
will probably die Of his own free will
and cord.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

: A Portly young friend the other day
contemplated for some minutes the pom
'defous dimensions of a bystander's feet,
and then, in a tone of utter wonder,
said, as be surveyed the mans upper
works You'd 4hapa LsAs8. ;-sasai...---zs,,yy
i they hadn't bent you of SO far up
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

We continue to import guns. The
New York Custom House returns for
last week show $500, S6s worth, entered
at that port.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

Tho editor Of the Ndchids Union
boasts that he received over a hundred
peVsd, of turkey, geese, &c, the re,
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

spit Of begging. He reminds US says
the Bangor Rhig, of the old lady
who had the,itch and was proud to own
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

From 100000 10 2O,0oo.000 re,e.
nue. STAMPS, uominally valnhd at'sl,'
900, 900. are now engrosSed every week.
There ure So different plates,
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

ln South Newmarket, \. H.. over two hun.
dIcd aud fifty bushels of apple, have been
pared, cut, arung and dried. anlA good pof.
ton sent oir To our soldiers IN bh,rial rlt..
tAt agfPitgI ei tee ss'u.IT' AZ SstuS
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

In Boston, the residents of ward NI have
returned 10 the assessors 10000 ounres NJ
taxable silver wsfd niHg returns S0,0 900
oaatu.
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03
:, Naomi, the daughter 6f Enoch, was
five hundred and eighty years old when
she was married. Courage ladies'.

Two Ifishthen I'll a recent engage
ment were eallantly standing by their
gun, firing in quick succession, when
one touching the piece, noticed that it
was very hot. ~, -
'Arrah Mike, the cannon iSo getting
hot; we'd betther stop firm a little
'Divii bit,' replied Mike; jist dip
the cartridges in the river afore ,yees
load, an kape it COOL
Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1863-01-03

A letter from an Officer Of The block
aiding squadron at Savannah. gives the
following good report of the Nashville.
The letter is from an officer who has
been within .haIf-a mile Other and is
watching her her H nigh! 1t and day ~
81 have seen more than fifty different
accounts Of the rebel steamer Nash
vile in the papers. Will you please
inform the public that the Nashville lies
IN the Great Ogechee river, fenced in
as it were, with stakes and torpedoes,
With one man on board with slow
match lighted and train of powder,
ready to blow her up on the approach
of our gunboats. She is effec,uany
blockaded and narrowly watched. and
will probably never leave her anchor,
age again under the stars and bars 81
the confederacy." -.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

ONE END OF THE PEACE PLANK UNDER
WATER.-In view of the recent elections,
the New York World begins to lose conf
dence in the peace plank of the copper
head platform. 1t asks naive!y with refer
ence to FERNANDO WOODS recent speech
against the war, and demanding that the
Democratic party stand firmly on the
pence platform:
What is more unwise, than to ask the
Democratic party to step off its own plat
form upon plank one end of aohich is I'm.
der soater in Connecticut to-day:
Prior to the Connecticut election the
World was filled with adjurations to the
Democracy of that State to stand by their
ticket. 1t had no fault to find with the
Connecticut platform. 1t predicted the
success of the candidates placed on it, and
told the people as they valued free speech
and liberty in general to support them
Well, why shouldn't the World make di'
urnal revolutions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

A STORM OF SHOT AND SHRIL.-Much
has been written by croakers of the ire
nendous weight OF iron which the rebels
will be able to hurl at our fleet when it
attacks their works before Charleston.
The correspondent of the Boston Journal
gives al account, on the other side, of the
iron storm with which our iron -clads are
prepared to batter down the rebel walls
and overthrow their resistance:
"The armament of the Neao I9onsides is
sixteen IL Inch guns and two 20O-pound
rif1ed Parrott guns. All of the Monitor
class except the Ke0kuk have each an IL.
inch and 15-inch. The Keokuk has two
turrets, and an 11-inch gun in each turret.
1.-THE l1-inch guns throw solid shot
weighing 100 pounds; the 15-inch guns a
solid shot weighing 476 pounds. The
total weight of metal which can be thrown
1t single discharge sums up:
70 eleven-inch guns. ...-.............4,5 500 TBS.
nlteen ...S,S32 IDS.
2 swo-hundred fbs.... 400 Tbs.
s4guns. $3.50 lbs.
IS But as the Neso Ironsides will be able
to use but one broadside at time in an
attack upon Sumter, one-half of her
broadside guns should be deducted-one
thousand four hundred and forty pounds
which would give a total weight of six
thousand seven hundred and ninety-two
pounds of metal which can be hurled at a
given moment upon the enemy's works
Guns of SO large calibre cannot be
fired rapidly-not oftener than six or
eight times an hour. Time must be given
them to cool. Sixty times day is pro.
badly the maximum. At that rate the
expenditure of ammunition will be enor.
nous. A single 11-inch gun fired sixty
times, or once every ten minutes for ten
hours, will throw ten Thousand eight hun
dred pounds of metal. A 15-inch gun
fired at the same rapdity will require
twentV-eight thousand five hundred and
sixty pounds
"Any one of the Monitor class will re.
quire thirty-nine thousand three hundred
and sixty pounds, nearly twenty tons Of
shoti Each Monitor will also use about
two tons of powder per day. The entire
fleet, working at the same rate, will bur
at the rebel Notifications four hundred anC
fifty thousand pounds of iron in ten hours
at an expense of fifty thousand pounds O
powder! or two hundred aid twenty-five
tons of shot and twenty-five tons OF pow
der.
MANY people have wondered at the
long delay on the part of Admiral Dupont
but they will appreciate the magnitude o
undertaking when they learn that the iron
clad ieet would use up in six days twelve
hundred tons of shot and shell and hun
dred tons of powder"
1t is believed that our iron clad flee
can, in less than half a day, break tn,
walls of Fort Sumter, and make tha
work untenable to the rebels.