We are glad that the time when the forts, naval vessels, arsenals, arms, armaments etc., belonging to North Carolina is to be transferred to the Confederate Government, is near at hand.
That much work has been done on our coast we are willing to admit, and that we have many brave and gallant men on the Seaboard is undeniable, but still the defences are not what they ought to be, nor are the forces as numerous at some points as they should be.
There may be no attempt made to invade Eastern North-Carolina by landing troops on our coast, but we candidly and honestly think that there is much cause for apprehension. We believe there is danger present, pressing, imminent danger, and the sooner our authorities and the whole people on the coast realize it the better.
Too much time has been lost in arranging matters for promotion, and for the advancement of selfish ends under the State system, and hence we rejoice that the whole thing is soon to pass from the hands of the authorities at Raleigh to the authorities at Richmond. The federal steamers have been almost as thick as blackbirds on our coast of late and we know that there is great necessity for additional troops at certain points. Newbern Progress.
Semi-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, NC