Named Entity Results, New Bern (North Carolina, United States)

Eastern North Carolina. It is reported that important movements are on foot with the Abolitionists in Eastern North Carolina. Twelve regiments left Newbern on Saturday, and it was the opinion of persons living near Newbern that their destination was Wilmington. The more general belief, however, is that they design an attack upon Weldon or Petersburg. On Sunday two transports and five gunboats ascended the Chowan, and it is said that a land force, estimated at ten thousand, has been seenNewbern that their destination was Wilmington. The more general belief, however, is that they design an attack upon Weldon or Petersburg. On Sunday two transports and five gunboats ascended the Chowan, and it is said that a land force, estimated at ten thousand, has been seen in motion from the neighborhood of Suffolk. This would seem to indicate a movement on Weldon. The Raleigh Progress says that a private dispatch from Weldon to a member of the North Carolina Legislature, received on Tuesday night, states that it was reported that the enemy were landing a large force in Gates county. If this be true, an immediate attack on Weldon may be looked for.

Mutiny among the Yankee troops at Newbern. Raleigh, Dec. 10. --The State Journal learns from a source perfectly reliable that a mutiny broke out among the Abolitionists at Newbern at the close of last week. Five hundred men threw down their arms, swearing they were Democrats and would fight no more under the Abolition flNewbern at the close of last week. Five hundred men threw down their arms, swearing they were Democrats and would fight no more under the Abolition flag.--Some of them were captured, but the majority made their escape. The excitement is represented as intense. The traitor, Stanley, fled to a gunboat. The immediate cause of the mutiny was the reported advance on Newbern of Gens. Jackson and Evans, and Gov. Vance, with a heavy force. would fight no more under the Abolition flag.--Some of them were captured, but the majority made their escape. The excitement is represented as intense. The traitor, Stanley, fled to a gunboat. The immediate cause of the mutiny was the reported advance on Newbern of Gens. Jackson and Evans, and Gov. Vance, with a heavy force.