Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-26

beaufort don't care to near ankee preaCn- |
ing. There was Il large feminine attendance
at the same house in the forenoon, when the
resident preacher held the usual service. 1t
was a very neat church, though not so stylish
as the Episcopal, where prayers for the pres
idcnt of the United States are fervently offered
every Sabbath. In the burying ground which
surrounds the church, are some singular mon
umcnts. One of them, to the memory of
captain in the Danish navy, was natural inn
| itaton of rock, from the crcyice at the base
of which, an ivy vine is sculptured in bas re-
1 lief; it creeps up the rude stone so as to en-
circle tablet wherein is engraved the IN
scrption. Surmounting all is a marble cross.
The monument was brought from Denmark
by Il sister of the deceased. There is an AIR
of neglect and an utter disregard OF order IN
the grave yard. Live oak tees are thickly
planted there, and under their gnarled limbs
and evergreen canopy the visitor must surely
find certain shelter from the southern sun
| in hot summer days.
TIE regiment is in healthy condition. A
few are yet sick at the Stanley hospital in
Newbern. Geo. ID. Rice of Co. C died there
since my last letter to you. He was native
| of Auburn, and possessed sterling qualities
| such as are to be found in the true man and
soldier But we hope and believe that we
have about completed our list of sorrowful an
nouncements like this for the nine months.
The men are for the present near the health
giving sea, and can hear the rush and rum
bling of the mighty surf on the sand strip In
sight which separates us from the Atlantic
And when relieved from drills and picket duty
they usually find time to get supply OF oys-
tiers for their messes. And oysters are as
thick about here as stones are in the soonest
portions of New England, or as autumnal
leaves used to be in Valambrosa in the time of
John Milton.
Co. L of the lst North Carolina regiment is
stationed in Beaufort, where in fact it was
raised, and has the left of the line at dress pa
rade. 1t is not full company. The men
are poor but earnest, and they seem to COM
prehend the question of the war in its political
significance. Most of them have families, and
do not easily ''make the ends meet" They
are hated by the wealthy residents, and partlc-
ularv by the women of the more favored lam
lies, all of whom are in sympathy with the
rebels. But these poor yet loyal Carolinians
are good men and soldiers, and hope they
NAV be permitted soon to crowd out the
slaveholdng aristocracy of these rebellious
states.
Last Saturday, the rebels came down on
Newborn in great force, with desire to cap
ture it. Gen. Petigrew, with five thousand
troops, appeared on the bank of the Neuse OPP
poste the city, and sent some shells into our
camps. But the gunboats soon made the
place too hot for them. Another force under
| Gen. Hill, it is said, drove in the pickets on
the Neuse and Washington roads, also on the
| Trent road. But Col. Jones, at Bachelors
Creek, was reinforced Immediately by Gen.
Foster. and Col Amory'S brigade followed by
the other regiments in the first division, drove
the enemy on the Trent road two miles be-
yond Deep Gully, with but small loss. The
rebels appeared simultaneously on all other
approaches to Newbern, and tore up the track
forced, and while 1 write, the track has been
repaired, and the seceshers, who thought to
get into town, are yet standing out in the cold,
where they will have to remain a long time
before they see Newborn or Beaufort
There is large mail in by the steamers
Dudley Buck and Ellen S. Terry. Some of
the soldiers have gone trlumphantly to their
quarters with as many as eighteen letters
apiece. Well, it is good to get them. The
newspaper mail is yet in Newbern. 1t is a
very heavy one we learn. These steamers get
to Newb by way of lIatteras Inlet. The
Adams Express steamer come here, or rather
to Morehead, just across the bay where Capt
| Wood of Co. A is in command The railroad
pier at this place cost $4,000. 1t is supported
on iron pillars, and is the only one of the kind
in the country, believe.
BEAUFORT, n. c., March 10.
The forces OF Gems. Hill and Pettgrew
have been driven away from Newbern for sew
era miles, and they were last seen beating a
rapid retreat for Kingston and beyond, prob
ably. They brought several pieces of artille-
ry to bear on a fortified camp of the 92d New
York, which is on the bank OF the Neuse, OPP
posite Newbern. An order to surrender was
treated with contempt by the commanding Of
ticer of the 92d, who kept his men flat on the
ground behind the intrenchments, while the
rebel artillery rained shot and shell into their
camp, Kidding tents and barracks. Strange
to say, only two men were wounded, none
killed. The gunboats Numbered for hours,
throwing shell over the devoted regiment into
the rebel force, until they beat hasty retreat.
| One of the rebel cannon burst and remains a
''Spared monument" of the secession host.
The rebels, who thought to enter Newbern
by the Tre4t road, also skedaddled with our
first division, led by the 25th Massachusetts,
close on their heels for good distance.
The second brigade, including the 25th
9th, 46th and 9th Massachusetts, are ordered
to Plymouth, N. c., and will leave their des-
tination the latter part of this week. Nelson
I. Albee of Co. H died at Stanley hospital in
| Newbern on the 18th inst He has been sick
! some time. / think his home was in Dudley.
| "lMPULsIvE DEMocRATs."-This is the
mild name the Boston Post gives the Tom
| Seymour and Fernando Wood set while they