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V? .... i hi I, , i ' "'.V " ' - ! - ' w.iTxjiiEWiiiiu. '. jji ijmmmm i mmtxi. 1 ;ni 1 I 1 ..i i ""g.aBBaa ""-"''t'TOW -TnTfwrrTrr---iirr-,'''-' " atrwirwmiMW i im ni imi i 1 1 wimp iihii n i mi f mi 1 1 i i gtMaJMiaSMMMacMyM ";' ,.. - 3 . - - , ' , , ,. L L -' - " , l.ll i) ' J " 1. ' I - -' -- "" " 1 '" -" " ' ' " ' " "" ' " ' ' "' " "' " " 1 '" """ " 1 1 . VOLUME 4. NEWBEMf. n. a, satuhday, jdne n, isg2. XU3IBER 45. J 4-M . "t m i I S-i t 2 I r ! 1 I is t f . 5 ' .4 I ll hi it Jije cto&eft) progress, I published Daily and Weekly by E. L. DAVENPCRT & CO., JVon tA Progress Buildings Craven Street. E. L. DATKNroKT. Glo. Mills Jot. TKK.IIS OP PAPBB. Daxi.t Progress, oho year " f month n 3 months--- " 1 month Wjiklt FnoriEJ5, oue year 6 months , -- I subscription to be p'i'i it foutrt. 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Continued from last ieeek: paper, j It ceiMainly speaks much iorlSu- srti:i brity of ttic climate, us well hs tor th. care of the oflicers viio wert in com marni. Thev all arrived til .England, about the last of July Amoiii' the eminent irujn"vho ac coipanied Lane, and parsed nearly a year at Roanoke, was Thomas Hanoi, an Oxford scholar and a celebrated mathematician. He went out in the expedition as historian and naturalist. to make a topographical and scientific survey and report of the. country and.j its commodities, duties, fulfilled by hiwi in the most faithful manner. His re port was published in London, in 15SS, under the title of A lirirf ajhd True, Report of the New-found JLand hi Virginia of the Commodities found ghereetc. It was, in 1590. put into Latin, and published by' Theodore ie Ury, at r raakiort, with about . thirty j curious engravings, from the designs ot John bite, the artist who accom-. panied the expedition. 1 hese pictures ! are exceedingly well executed, by m- j j inent Dutch a;tists, and a number ol j them jjive undoubtedly the exact nor-i traits of many of the principal Indians, with their costumes and habits, as they were before they were changed by in tercourse with the Europeans, shoeing us their original condition. The Aborigines were certainly fur ther advanced in agriculture and civili zation than has heen generally sup posed, and probably much more than the tribes wha resided further north. To all who are curious in the history of the early inhabitants of North AmRi ica, this work will be found of ex- traordmary interest. It may be observed tnai me maps oi me const wnicn ll contains are remarkably correct, and at the same time indicate many impor tant changes to have since occurred. dui its greatest value is u ciescripuon j oi tne 'commodities or valuable pro ductions, of daily use and commercial value, which were found here. Thus, under the Indian name of Uppowoc, Ilariot gives a description of the i t i-i i ti tonacco plant, T wnicn had oeen pre- viously known to the Spaniards. This, t however, seems to have heen its earli est introduction to the English, and it, whs carried home by them 'to the. no bility.' In the account of this plant, we are told that it is so esteemed by the Indians that they even think their gods are delighted with it. Our chron icler further says : We were in the habit of using this plant for our diseas cs, as the natives did, and have contin ued the practice since our return. was only used to smoke ; the natives j were never guilty of chewing it. Among j 0f a friendly tribe. On the thirteenth the roots, it mentions Openauk which Gf August Alanteo was christened and must have heen what we call the pea- 'announced as Lord of Roanoke, in re nut, which is now largely cultivated j Ward for his faithful service. How far along that coast, and is quite an article hie understood the meaning or value of commerce. They, also found here the sweet potato ami various kinds ot squashes and melons, as well as many varieties ot beans, some of which are still cultivated extensively in that re gion. It also describes a root which grows sometimes as large as a human head; thus must have been what is now known as the tangtr. Rut the greatest dis- as tne tangtr. iui uie grea o.x uib - covery ot all was t,ho .potato, wlncn has been of such inestimable beneht to manKina. jlhis, avuicii tney t.tnmu "After LaneTetarned horn, h obtained some celebrity as a soldier, in various wars, and was kniglited. His narrative, addressed to Raleigh, as printed in Hakluy t, would prove him possessed of mnch energy. As the first Governor cf n American eelony, his name has b.;en kept in remenbranCe. Had the -supply-ship arrived but a few" weeks sooner, he might have remained, and his colony have been the progeuitoi'3 of the English race on this cuntineut. tA celebrated traveller asserts that tobacco, jirtw extended over both hemispheres, is an evi d)ce eivi:ijj;iyn. home, was cultivated by Raleigh, on his estate in Ireland, and-thence dissem inated through Europe. Doubt has been thrown over this statement by the fact that botanists have been una ble to find this plant in North Amer ica in an indigenous state, and so have J concluded that it never grew here at all. ' Our volume however, proves that it was cultivated bv the natives, as were corn, beans and tobacco. Of it, Ilariot speaks as follows : tJiaishiicpe?iaul is a kind of white i the native? cook and eat them.7 V ' lT 1 1 1 -ettter variety or plants and ... r. -ii i an tins vicinity. It will be . f - I 11 trecv tlian tins vicinity found an interesting tieid for botanists. Only-a few days elapsed after the departure of the colonists, when a ship prepared and furnished with sup plies from Raleigh, arrived at Roan oke. After some days spent by her commander in eearehiniT tor his conn- ; tiymeu, he ses l ail tor homo. Fifteen i tiays lifte!' tlia departure of tiiissupply !shij', il;ee vefsc's, under the command 'of Sir Riciiard (.Tj-euviile, made their j appearance before the place, and when ; - l l . . If 1 tie acer aiiie i uic ctate or anairs, ins d s . ) iiiUiiCiit wasexrreme. lie, liow ' t'Vi r, maie exiensive explorations, and i uvii! iif-.ceii men to reside at Roan . ic iioi Kfeup possession of the country, j dejun ei ibi- iiotne. One would sup )3e iliai Raleigh, by this time, would I i I - .V"! 1 1 1..' ."I" iiae oecome ui&iieai ieueu uv iii& i.iia a))oiunnc!iis in America ; but he was now at i lie highl of his prosperity, and seemed never to despair of the final fciicces of this Ids favorite project. tnc following year, 15S7, a new expe dition was fitted out under the charge of John White, as Governor, with twelve assistants. Thev were to found the citv of Rtleii'h, in Virginia. This fleet of three ship left I'iymouth on the tilth of May, and after making a short stav at the Wear-India Islands, sailad for our coast, reaching it on the sixteenth of July. Tliey a second time barely escaped a wreck on Cape Fear shoals, but anchored safely atllatorask, on the twenty-seventh of the same month. Tliiy4ittd-' htzn c? i rcct ml - b"1,- Raloigli to visit Roanoke, and then pro- ceed to the Chesapeake and there land ! the colony which they had transported, The Governor and party landed on Roanoke Island, and proceeded to the dIuco fnrobablv on the side next the sea) where Sir Richard Grenville left fifteen mn the year previous. They found, however, only the skeleton of one, who with, his companions had prob ably been slain by the savage. The next day they repaired to thesouth.end of the island, where Lane had built his fort and house?. iST human being was to be seen,, and thus the fate f the fif teen was confirmed. The commander of this fleet was Sim con Fernando, a prominent officer in I i - - the two jrevious expeditions, who no doubt had given satisfaction to Lane, Hor his nnme w.m Piven to t ie fort at Roanoke. But the chronicles, in this i instance, have charged him with tre ac ii erv, he having refused to proceed to the Uhesapwake. In consequence of this refusal, the colony remained here, occu pying the buildings erected by Lane. Ihe Indians soon gave proot of hostil- ity by attacking and murdering ono of the assistants. Master Stafford, who had previously been with Lane, accom- panied by tho Indian Manteo.(who came with them from Lngland,) with twenty other, parsed over to the mainland, land renewed their former intercourse with the Indian. The natives claimed to be friendly, aud related how the fif- teen were murdered by the tribe that once inhabited Roanoke p T..,..4. LUIS U11 t atrain visited the m a i nT a n (T oi iTTi e ninth ;,;v t?d of August, and falling in with a party j of natives, whom theT supposed to be I hostile, attacked and killed a number but subsequently learncdthat they were of the rite, we ire unable to state ; j Dut tie tendency of the act to influence the natives to regard the Europeans with more fvor, can be readily im plied, j The first chiltfbf J-mlish blood born upon this conrhent, (August ISth,) was 1 Virginia' tare, a granddaughter of the Governor. J At the expiration of , the time ,vhuI1 fm ship5 were to returH , , tho-Ur advisalilo to find ! jQ ()J tl;e princal men with them Lrt , ,, cl,ni- , . iinlj v v . forwarded by- tlir friends ; but so satisfied were thcniajority with their present prospectsjhat it was a difficult matter to find oni willing to go. At the last moment,nnding all else so reluctant to leavejjthe Governor, John White, decided return in person, and sailed, in coipany with the re turning August . ships, os the twentv-fiftli of! leavniir 1 J- 1 " . toafioke one Jinn- dred and seventeen persons to an un known fate. -He, with his vessel and her consorts, arrived safely in England. The ship in which the Governor em barked, reached England in November 15B7. The succeeding year was, per haps, f s trying for that country ai any it had ever experienced, the fear of the SpanUh invasion and its consequences, being the absorbing theme of public attention. No doubt White had in view the best interests of his colony ; he knew the condition of the colonists, and that. their prosperity and perhaps their lives depended on his reinforcing them. But the war was imperative, and demanded the services "of all. Ra leigh, Lane, and White had important positions" assigned themand all gained j S thd'refe, till two years later, that w, .. ' , , . , 1 ' .i i White was able to embark tor the , , , i , coiouy, uuu iiien wuuout ciixier nieii or provisions ; as he expresses it, with only mvselt and mv chest. The ships put to sea on the twentieth of March, ami lingered among the West-India Islands till the last ot July, when, proceeding on their voyagf, thov anchored off old IJatora3k Inlet on the fifteenth of Anojust. Here tney descried a great smoiie is suing from Roanoke, which jjave White great hojjes of meeting the friends he had left three years before. .1 i i i "j The party landed with much difficul ty, explored the island, ar.ridw?:nd that the smoke proceeded from the burn ing of grass and dead trees. Footprints of savages were seen in the sand, but to the sound of their voices and their trumpet-calls there was no response. Circumnavigating the island, they went to the north end, where a colonv had been left, and where they saw let ters cut iu the bark of a tree, indica ting that the settlers had gone to Cro atan, (Cape Lookout.) Thev found the fort deserted and dilapidated, and within it, guns, bars of iron, and lead, thrown on the ground, with weeds growing over them : and thev afterwards discovered buried in a trench, several chests, some "containing property of White, and among it his own armor. Tie was now anxious to proceed to Croatan, but a severe storm coming on compelled the ships, after losing men jand,-Lnch.ors. toy put. to sea-- ,As it on- tinned, they bore away lor home, leaving Roano'e to solitude. It is probable that the colony found the Indians hostile, and despairing of relief from home, abandoned the is land and proceeded to Croatan, where they ultimately perished. liwever, a writer who resided in the conn try more than a century after, says there were traditions amonr a tribe that in habited tho coast, that their ancestors were white people, and could talk in a book, and many of the children had gray eyes, which are never . seen among natives of pure blood. Raleigh is said to have sent three several times to ascertain their fate, but without any success. In some of the memoirb df the later Virginia set tlements, which has recently been printed, there, are references to persons eaid to have been recovered from Ra leigh's colony on Roanoke, but they are indirect, and only show that tradi tion was busy with their fate. There can be no doubt every soul perished on this isolated coast. The ancient history of Roanoke clos ed with the departure of Raleigh's last ship, and the natives resumed possess ion of their favorite spots. The Chesapeake was entered, and Jamestown settled, in 1007 ; and al though the bold explorer of the bay and rivers, Captain John Smith, was desirous of sending a party to look af ter the lost colony, it was never done. Years passed away, and the grant of i : i i n j. tii oiuia exiiuraceii an uie country once ,. , 1 .! Tl. l I hb-ui weuuieu by itftleiirn and his colonists. In 1653, an adventurer from Virgin ia, with a smaltcraft, entered Currituck Inlet and visited Roanoke. Here he found residing a great Indian chief, with whom he made a treaty of peace and alliance, which led to a purchase of land and to a long intimacj". A house for the chief was built like the English dwellings, and his son was confided to the English to be educated. The vounp; chief embraced Christian ity, and was baptized. At this time the ruins of Lane's fort were plainly visible, and the natives were familiar with its history. The first permanent settlement in what is novr .North-Carol in a, can not be traced to an earlier date than 1656. It was on the shores of Albermarle Sound, some forty miles from Roanoke. Continued on the Third Page. - The Capital of Arkansas Captured. Chicago, May 31, 1S62. A special diepatch from Cairo says : An Ar kansas refugee arrived from the fleet to-day. He says that Littl Rock is fully ocenpied by the TjHion army, and that what citizens remain are decidedly loyal. The Arkansas State Legislature had scattered, iiiiiMT. .jui c i uvi ire-, I ug j Jackson, Uississippi. am3 Id. fi...i,nni'l,il 1 . h Cr, He i now at Evacuation of Corinth Weakness of Ike Rcbef Works! E jported Evacuation of Richmond lemphiii alo If rporled Eracnatnl ll io.ooo rnrsuNERS captured. PBEC1PITATK FLIGHT I ! Official Rrpoi t oi General Ilallcek. "'ilCoRiXTH, Saturday, Alav 31, 18G2. ) Via Cairo, June 1, 1862. -festerday raorning our res-eTe divisions iTt; brought up, and our entire"' front moved for4rd, the men having two days' rations in tbt'laveTgacks. Purine the day we kept up a cr fnenaous carnor.'v.uis. aliemne me vvoa.,.; inth without the slightest resistance, and took Dosstssita. - At thesame time the Mayor, who had come out on a fliflVrent road, met Gen. Nelsoi,. and surTRndfrtl fh. tftwn tn him ahe moHt of the Iroons have rone towards Gniid Junction. The Keb.-d rrar imard. un- derBiagg, 10,000 strong-, marched southward at liidnitrhV. Citizens assert nositivelv that ! BesUrcgard was there in person, and leu with 1 ft mf lb. 11 concur that never more than 60,000 troops wereUiere at oace, and usually much 1C3.S lie rebel fuitifica lions were five miles long, froia the Mt-iaphis and Charleston to the Mo bile and Ohio Road ; but they wera much wetcer than we supposed. They could have bee carried by storm any time. The few prit- ners we have are deserters from the rebel reai guard. There groat mortification in our irmy. 1 lave these details from one who was there in lipi'son. CjKiNTU, Friday, Majr SO. It is now ascer tained that the evacuation commenced night bfoie last, the enemy letrcating soutawardly uati they reached the railroad bridge burned by i5 detachment of our forces. whnca they wert to Grand Junction, and thence south warily on the Jackson Railroad. Some ladies andseveral citizens reitain here. Ihe citizens inform us that Richmond has beei evacuated, and ihit Memphis is almost whijly deserted, all ths stores being closed vvitLi the exception of a few groceries. lt?s ascertained that Van Dorn had a band I of Iidians under him. C)l. Jackson repom finding the road for seveal miles strewn with knapsacks, haver sacka, arms, and canteens, showing great de mordization. Tie woods are full of stragglers, who are beirsr brought in as fast as possible. Proba- J3ii-.000, includLnsrilmflsi-lhe entire JX athJ isiana. are in our lines now. i . lany ot them are deserters, and tho balawce hats ben cautured since the evacation. A United fctates military telegraph line was completed to this point to-night. Vashinuto:, MaT 31. The following des patch was received at the War Department this morning : H'ado.uakteks, Cap sear CoRiXTn, ) , I Friday, May SO, 1862. lion E. 31. Stanton, Secretary of War : - Sm : The enemy's position and works in froiV. of Corinth were exceedingly strong. He cannot occupy a stronger position in his flight. Tbismorning he destroyed an immense amount ef public and private property, stores, provis ions, wagons, tents, &c. Fir miles cut of town the roads are filled with arms, haversacks, xc, thrown away by his leeing troops. A large number of prison ers iod deserters have been captured, estimat ed y Gen. Pope at 10,000. (Jen. Beauregard eri ently distrusts his army, or he would have def nded so strong a position. His troops are ger srally much discouraged and demoralized. In ill the engagements lor the last tew days, their resistance has been slight. H. YT. Halleck, Major Gen. Commanding. OftVinl Krpori cf Gen. XV. 1'. Slici-Buin- the Posse bkiou of Bafll?8 3cuc. IIbWakters oth Div. Army of tde Iesx., ) Camp befoue Cokintii, May 19, 1862. f Cafe.' Geo. E. Flvnt, Assistant Adjutant-. General. Chief of Gen. Thomiuf Staff. S:p- 1 have the honor to report that, in eonLliance with the purpose of Major-General HlLrW- n iTT)l.-.ined at the interview of the 11 ti instant. Gen. Thomas being present, I ttiaqe all possible inquiry as to the topography 1 . . . . of toe ground in my lront, with its water- coufgf P, fields, and roads, and on the 17th made dispositions to drive tne enemy Irom hi position at Russell's bouse. 1 ;rcquestcd Gen. Hurlbut to put in motion A - . . two regiments and. a battery of artillery, at 3 o'clock p. m., on ins road which passes the frtfirt'Cl Ills line and runs to Russell's house. 1 ordered Gen. Denver .4 o take aright-hand road with two regiments of bis brigade and one baitery ot light artillery, viz.: th 70th and 72 Ohio, and Barrett's battery, and gave him a tmidc so to conduct his march as to arrive on the left of the enemy's position by the time he was engaged in Trout ; and 1 order- ed Gen. Morgan L. Smith s brigade, with Bouton's battery, to follow the main road, driv buck a brigade of the enemy's forces that held th position at Russell's, with their skir mishers and pickets, down to the causeway and bridge across a small stream. about hunarcd yards this side of Russell' supposed to bs a branch of Bridge Creek. Al tbese lorcea were put in motion p. nj., Gen. uenver s lorees taking the r gtit hand road, and Gen. Smith's the direct main v. . ... .. read. On roachins the causewav. Gen. Smith deployed his skirmishers 5 forward, and sent out his advance guard. The column advanced. and the skirmishers became engaged at one. The firing was very brisk, but the enemy's pickets were driven steadily back till they reached the position of their brigade at Russell's House, where their resistance was obstinate. Tho ground was unfavorable to artillery till the skirmishers the causeway, Artillery, advanced of the battcrv. These, unon reachin!? the hill r t vor v conn top,' commenced tiring at Russell's house nd oui-nousc!, in t ii.tii me Kiicuiy iinu ium-u 1 .1 . l. J . - 1 shelter, when their whole force retreated, and full possesion was obtained of Russell's house and the jrround for three hundred yards in ' advance, where the roads meet .. -i ; Jiiii.i lv v. hirb I bu f,Vi,;.. tk. i '.,. ,.1'r chnod thom. hs two companies at ivussells and two rosr -l Kl em.mwnni.rl UJ A.. T' , i';.TiCvU rtignt ne 'ibrew ubr-ativc.i;- along r nousa i-r - - - the entire front, and slept on our arms within I10W" tne advance picket station inour lront, l iQjaecnt, the Jvbclregnnnt under tho 1,01)0 Varcsof the enemy's breastworks. At Rd I have a chain of sentinels round by tlfc y , p ciw nr,.rflfl t,pni u u nun mis niornms: lien, rope euierea or- c,"- - " j .v. v. . when Major Taylor, Chief ol j Ceneral Howard was wounded twice in the arm. I . Hon. Joseph Sciiur has ndt lim one ol baton's guni. w ner, oi mi on rronj.n a, fj , n . 1Y1t!lM at Pu - . i i i:ti - . i . n i . v i l it t i ' - " nitAr Til vnmauiinor thr&A o-1 r-w oioiifai n onev. oi riiisnurr. were Kiiieci. t, - j cidcied the Lii-i.jt ioiTetrlicr fcr bcth at the n?bt cf yterJaj.f; I in was the go, and there it was halted. The head of Gep f Denver a column reached its position as ti if enemy was beginning to retreat. General Morgan L. Smith conducted tfc advance of his brigade handsomely, and ttb; ! cuiei Tork auu loss icii upon ins two icaainij t-I- t. 3 1 -H ; rj:mpnlc th Stll IIiscaum -an1 Knf K lll!niii' I leave to him the full credit of conducting t ; advance, and of carrying the position at sell's. He held the ground till about dayli next rooming, when, bv my order, he left strong picket there, and placed his brigafi-j back a short distance in asy support; whe f ei it remained until relieved by another brigaq From Russell s we could hear distinctly t drums beating in Corinth. The" house nearly two miles from me, and about one at a Quarter miles from the enemv s outer i trenchments, and the position, though impor tant, is too exposed for a single brigade, wia our line disposed as. at present. Gen. Ilurlbil i road. fhere it joins on to the pickets of Ge idcLkrrtand. lhere was no loss sustained oy Lien. iur- J ,Jllt or l'enver a commanils in tneir llar.K mov nicnts on Russeli s ; but the loss in Ge 1 Morgan L. Smith's brigade was pretty ha 10 killed anti SI wounded, a list of who wiU accompany this report. The Confederate 1 lfch 12 dead on the ground, whom we bune I 1 . 1 l"irlV traces were on the ground and in tie lioul, Among u.eir was one cupiain ncu v whom I sent to the Provost Marshal, I have the honor to be your obedient serv't W. T. SHERMAN, Brigadisr-General Commanding l)iv. ZfcaJ quarters Department Misnhzippi, Cam Corinth Itoads, JliS8iisipn, JUnyl'l, 1862 The Battle on the Chiekahomirni Our Adrauce Attached by the Ilehel. BAYONET DOES THE WOBJti The Enemy ISopnled JC verywliere. SEAT SLAUGHTER OF THE EEBELS. 1 Washington, June 1, 1S62 The following dispatch was received at tbs' War Department this afternoon, from Field or Ba.ttlk, June 1 12 m We have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of General Sumner, Ileintztdman anifl Ksys have been engaged against greatly supe rior numbers. V Yesterday, at 1, the enemy, taking advantage of a terrible storm, which had flooded the valleV of the .Chickahomior, attacked our troops om the right flank. Gen. Casey's division, whiefi was in the first line, gave way unaccountably and disunitedly. This caused a temporary coc- - fttficiv. dn cing .s&ich lb-sHK n rl .. , k g,a4l. were lost, out tjrens. iieinizeiman ana jvearn most galian'ly brought up their troops, which, checked the enemy. ; At the same time, however, we succeeded fey great, exertion in bringing across Generals Sedgwick's and Richardson's divisions, who drove back the enemy at ihe point of the bajr onct, covering the ground with his dead. f. This morning the enemy attempted to renefr the conflict, but was everywhere repulsed. Wo have taken many prisoners,among whom are Gen. Pettigrew and Col. Long. I Our loss is heavy, but ihat of tho enctriy must be enormous. Several fine bayonet charges have been made. The 2d Excelsior Regiment made tW to-day. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Mai. Gen. Com Washington, June 1. 1 During tlic whole of the battle of this morn ing, Mr. Lowe's balloon was overlooking tile terrific scene from an altitude of about 2,0()0 feet. Telegraphic communication from the bal loon to General McClellan, and in direct ceh ncction with the military wires, was success? fully maintained, Mr. Park Spring, of Philadel phia, acting as operator. Every movement of ihe enemy was obvioits. j and instantly reported. This is believed to fee j the first time in which a balloon reconnoissance ! , . . , f. , . , i ; t:i,;on h,a hP(in thlistd in ih sir to ,oArt , t moTom(.nt, or thft cneniV and tju. nrr fif h..utt Thrt fl(lr,ntfl4rft 'tn r.on xinr.&uin must have been immense. j McClellan s Headquarters, June 2. Ate I have about 10,000 prisoners, anions whom afe j several prominent officois. I I ; On Sunday-, as soon as it was daylig'it, taa nght was renewed by Qeneral Sumner wifii ! marked success, lasting nearly the whole da, j 1 ' " I . 1 I . J t V The rebels were driven at cvsrv nouit with-it - t i neavy loss. The ground gained by General Sumner wis about 8y miles. ' Gen. HcinLzleman o?i Sunday morning retoipi the giound-loNt tha dsy before by Gen. Case. Our loss in the two days engagement in killed and wounded will amount to about 3,000. jA great numoer are missing who will probably j return, having strayed awity. All the eiiomyjs killed and moat of his wounded fll into obr hands. f I ' . .i -m4-t.il- in m-V..V. tit. T . 1 . . . . n C . V. i. in swampy with thick underbrush. Most tfj leceivccl with great rtjOlc.n?. the OgbtJiig was in the woods. Owing to thel Alter a brief stay he pushed on to fieri.-ia-.uieof the ground vtry little artillsrv wsifr.,.fJ tvi r, T- , -ir- . ,.;p used. "Both bab'ooiia werw uo nearlv all daW$11r,. Uenlon- mishury, Mintomn.o v.,iiiuii y 111 t iiit-ij ma ujuie was 1 1 u ti . The railroad has ben of inestimable ssrvif:lnd Gatesville. At Gatesviile, Col. I. e.ght " us, tne cars running witnm a mile and a mtn fcaptUi ed Col. Partrr Cant. Hoffman. g house, !ot l"e battle tielJ, bringing lor ward ammaiji- . . ' 1 tion and supplis. Tbe woanded were iinHK-lr"1'' -uoumree, COFlar, ana nun- !-.( t,v. - i at 3 , aaieiy put aooaru tne cars ani sent to tfce noVVloxv. and ivrn r.il.r nfTirr-rs f a ii-u;... u Ger. McClellan arrived on the battle-field In I Saturday evening, where he has remained evtr i .... ' since, dii ecang all the movements m persofi. His presence among the troop had great effedU . "7 "nS were .tin Four separate chargts with the bayonet wea jaud in Suffolk. Col. Dodge is evident made dunn- yesterday. In once instance tjpfly bound to render efficient fervice. enemy were driven a mile, during which 113 ; ,., . Tl .. . were killed by the baronet alone. I Uol barker and Capt. Hollman took Lieutenant Worthington, an aid to Gcnerfcl 'Cel. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, was woundt 1 j hi the thigh. I ThomUal nttiKoii nnnlJ. 4 .allii tli.i. i vr-.nt i ir wiaiwoi . , uhuig i mj this morning, have retreated back tcwsuS ?oi . . , n j : tt I Richmond. tXrhSlTy Cohber 1,ke a d 10 ,iim j . Our men have sjoved forward to FaiJSfuXtslorm ? Because lie takes his x r l - . t or t : " j nm -: live mies ime in f;u . om. u.it ami wj Battle at Martin's Creek, N. C. ; On Thursday last, the 2-ith Regiment Afass ol., now tattoned at WaaliiiiL''- ton, X. C, toirefher w ith C1. JIor- rd 6 nianne artillery, marched out on Ru-jthe Greenville. load about nine miles. to Martin's Ci-eek, for the purpose of making a reconnoisanec. Jn6t before i i. k l. - reacjjnii; , cicck ine roau runs chrongh adeep alid impenetrable tno ;ass, making deploying or flanking jnovements utterly impossible. The preek is Jroad, and at the extremity of Jhe-b'ridgc, on the opposite shore, stood ielVes, after sawing the bridge timbers :o Is to make it impassable to artillery r cavalry. The road is very narrow, tnd but a single platoon front conhL J8 Rt one time presented. Ori arriving at the banks of the creek. 1 1 brisk fire was opened on the federal brce, which at once halted, and a cou ple of Col. Howard's marine batteries it once advanced to the front, and penedabrisk lire with shell andshrap icl. After making a stand of half an lour the rebels (skeedaddled,"leaving jmr troops masters of the field. I Our loss was seven killed and ten pcounded. The rebel loss is not posi tively known, but is much greater. Among the dead was Col. Singletary. A member of the Marine artillery was diot,and ashefell,heroically exclaimed, !'My God, my country and my Hag. Boys do your duty !" turned upon his side, and his spirit passed up to God . ,vho gave it. Too much praise cannot jje awarded the Marine artillery for he 'brave and gallant stand made by hem. Cool and collected they bore the brunt of the battle and drove the snemy with their usual euccess. j It was a great victory for our troops. ,fhe;enemy had choice of position and knowledge of the country, and securL'- y, as they supposed, ambushed. The -ebels Averc ignominiously driven from :heir chosen posts and Col. G. 13. Sin- leta the blustering, blowmg op- juessor of loyal men hereabouts pre vious to tho arrival of Unio i troo)s, is mown to have ended his career. All these successes help demoralize the reb els, discourages and dampens their ar lor, and lessens their confidence in a waning cause. : The Federal dead were brought to Newborn, and buried under military honors on Sundav. There were seven killed. The services were conducted :y Rev. Mr. Mellen, Chaplain of the 24th. f . -. . i IitKiB5 XOTES. The military telegraph has been ex tended from Norfolk to Suffolk. I The Union sentiment of Norfolk u gradually developing itself. A reac tion has commenced which not ex en the reverses of Banks could chill. Norfolk and Portsmouth will, it is said, lect Union city governments at their charter election in about four week. ; The Nrrrfolh Union is 1o be estab lished at the old Herald office, which issued a Union paper till the last and then died for want of paper to print on. j Col. Dodge, of the N. Y. Mounted Rifles. has made a daring recorinoisanrc. With two companies of his battalion he started from Norfolk onTucsda of last week, and reached Elizabeth Cit v on eJnesday morninsr. where ihev -r -i - ret)el rcnPnt, six companies ol wlucii i i were alreadv in Kirbmond. and tri pi l- ? k r . . . 1 r 1 . rr rr a rl ithe oaths of allegiance an d vvi.-re re- lr?sed tsrnouth land N orlolk. -. 1 1 r s-3 Wbv is a man wno laKes a. nine V,," 1,1 . . . . un caioie. . . i it ' . r. i i ' t,- 7. 4? J - t-
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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June 14, 1862, edition 1
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