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 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.