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THE NEWS? SOUTH.
| Vol. 1, No. 3. PORT ROYAL, S. C,, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1862. Price Five Cents.
I THE NEW SOUTH.
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POETRY.
Hymn for America.
Land that we love! beneath thy burying dome
Shall Cod Messiah give the heart its home;
"Wide as the realms of thought llis reign shall be,
.And unto Him the nations bend the knee.
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Praise Him, ye blue and unreposing hoods!
Praise Him, ye deep and everlasting woods!
Obedient man shall waft the strains that rise,
And angels echo from the solemn skies!
Break forth in music, Spirit great and strong
Soul of a people, freed from ancient wrong ;
Lift Hallelujahs; let your deeds proclaim
To earth deliverance in Messiah's name.
Scatter the foemen, who, in wrath would hind
The mighty members of the common mind;
Andortlid tlie shrine where ever* iiuumn r?r*
Shall blend, in Liberty's divine embrace.
Port Royal Navy Yard.
Among the great variety of vessels that float
upon the waters of the Broad and Beaufort rivers
?a variety in such striking contrast with the exhibitions
of former days, embracing every form and
size, from stately frigates and ocean steamers to
the petty "dugNnits" of the contrabands, which i
ply from ship to ship with their little stores of oystrrs,
eggs and other luxuries?is one whirli attracts
the attention of every passer l?y. It lies
moored some five miles up the stream, just above !
the creek which divides St. Helena from Kdding
Island. Without masts, with no steam propelling
- ? * niiietlv?an aimarent fixture
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to its anchor. The sides are pierced with ports, <
. seeming to justify the conjecture of the simple
native* that it is a floating buttery of marvelous
potency. On its deck is reared t> house,?not one
of the regular steamer saloon type, but a real
house with sills and plates, studs and rafters,
hoarded sides mid shingled roof. In short, it is
J^^Han ark?a cross between land and sea.
On examination the visitor discovers that our :
nondescript contains in its subdivisions .1 st *ani
engine, lathes, planing machines and other appur^
tenancesof a machine shop ; b'acksmith's forges,
a foundry, pattern shop, coppersmith's, hoiler1
.l.o.- Ia/.Io Iivcrinir in Jill y floor of
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one hundred and eight by twenty-Jive I eet;? while,
between (leeks, are sundry mess rooms, store
rooms, &.e., constituting the dweliing apartments
of the inmates of the ark.
. And this is just uow the mechanical arm of the
Xavv at the South, jmt up for repairs of engines |
and machinery, which arc likely at any moment to
be required. Small and unpretending, it is vet a
very important institution, meeting as if does
wantswhiehcouldnot.be supplied elsewhere except
after long and expensive delays.
What the future may have in store fo the de
velopment of thi.s magnificent harbor of Port Royal
can only he conjectured; but it > 'crns not at all
unlikely that, before long, we vav see here a
Navy Yard of dimensions proj>o lionate t<? the
}>ros]>eetive size of our ocean arm < f defence.
Soon we may hear of the Port K%al Navy Yard
as we now do of those of Brookh .l. Charlestown,
or Norfolk. Of such yard the si *: which i *:ins
the subject of this notice would prove the germ?
a small one, it is true, hut yet a sorting point.
It was a novel project?that of nutting a manufactory
upon a sliip?but the chovc was made by
Admiral Dupont on account < f ihe readiness
of access to otbor ships?the greater security?
and particularly from a consideration of the health
and comfort of the workmen likely to be employed
during the hot weather of the present season.
This ship is the Edward, of Ne v Bedford?one j
of the whalers known as the stO'?e fleet. Alongside
of her is attached another Xkv Bedford vessel,
the Luiia, stripped of her i pper spars and
serviLg as a store ship?while he deck, protected
by a canvas awning, affords a promenade and
resting place for the men othenvsc too narrowly
restricted.
As part of our local history?to serve as a contrast
for what time may yet develop in this part of.
Socessia?this brief notice will 11 t be found uninteresting.
The master-machinist and general director of
this patriotie enterprise is Mk Trijl B. Cogswell.
Quartermaster's Trials.
One of our exchanges has ; n army correspondent
whose zoological researches have brought him
in contact with that much-abused class uf
officers known as quartermasters, and he gives the
result of his investigations as follows ;
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Stories have been told of large sums having
been paid by deluded individuals for situations as
regimental quartermasters. These stories may
have been true ; but, to judge from the universal
testimony of the quartermasters hereabouts, it
must have been done under some very singular
hallucination as to the emoluments to be derived
front such a situation. Look, lor a moment, ujton
yonder man who wears a pair of first lieutenant's
shoulder straps, and exhibits a careworn and des-,
pairing countenance, as he, bestriding a McClellan
saddle on an animal of the equine species, convoys
a train of ' long eared locomotives,' j
attached to army wagons. In his breast pocket
he carries a huge tile of papers, and a worried
heart beneath it. Well, that is a regimental qnar- j
termastcr, as is indicated by the mysterious
"Q. D." upon the poor devil's shoulder straps.
This is. however, by no means necessary to
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Klciltiijt iiiiii. mo
up.,n his countenance as the miseries of his situa-;
tion are certain. Tlie horrors of the "inquisition" '
are nothing to the honors ol requisition!" The
regiment on the one hand, ami the government on j
the other, are the Seylla and (Jharybdis?the j
U]>1> r and nether millstones,?between which
the poor regimental quartermaster is ground to j
powder.
The regit limit demand the government rations,!
in all their variety and abund ance, under all eir- i
eunistanees and in all places, and the extra ration
<>t whiskey to boot, 11 these are not forthcoming ,
they take the recreant regimental quartermaster ;
by the throat, wjth a" Pay me what thou owe.st!" i
Should the regiment be mysteriously set down in !
the night in the midst of the great Desert of'
Sahara, after a grand skedaddle from some Orien-1
tal Kiehmoud, wherein all theircampand garrison
equipage should be lost, the quartermaster would :
be most ferociously cursed for not furnishing at 1
once whiskey and canteens for the men, and
whiskey and wall tents lor the officers. T.ike 1
'Pip," he is the victim of "great expectations."
He js expected to commit to memory, jnd to have
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always in lively recollection, three-fourths of the
"Army regulations/' which seem* to have been
printed for his especial benefit and delectation.
Jle is expected to sell clothing and commissary
stones to the officers on tick, and to forget the
same on pay day. lie is expected as a personal
favor for eaeli of his particular friends?the thirtyseven
field, staff and line officers?to carry eighty
pounds of extra baggage, under the guise of" fixed
ammunition;" and be is licpceled by the government
to use only six sickly teams to do it with.
He is expected to purchase candles and supply
headquarters gratis. He is expected to spend
tiir.'o hours nerdiemat Adams' Express office, aud
pay all extra charges for the privilege of getting
packages for the regiment. lie is expected to be
on the field in an engagement?to care for the
wounded?and at the same time to be drawing
rations to distribute to the men when the tight is
over.
In drawing goods from the Government he must
produce as many nanu s as would fill a respectable
city directory, answer all questions in the quartermaster's
shorter catechism with a pious meekness,
and, after being Shadrached through the fiery furnace,
learns that he can only draw a very vulgar
fraction of the articles required. Instead of beiug
crucified between two thieves, lie is a crucified
thief between two infallibles. His regiment accuses
him of fraud in his issues and the government
of fraud in his requisitions; while an indignant
public at home, viewing the emaciated forms of
returned soldiers, anathematize " the damned
quartermasters."
My youthful friend, anxious to serve your country
and win glory on the tented field, when you
- - ' - uof im nd *1
join ttic army enust m me iaii*?, ui oti ?.F ..
sutler, sell the newspapers, serve as an ostler or a
cook, turn reporter, any thing, even to joining the
i iuL?i of brigadiergenerals : hut d<>n't, as
you value your peace in the service j 1 | ? i
utation at borne, don't turn regimental quartermaster.
For Cooking Salt Beef.?Salt Beet', before
being cooked, .should be well washed, and then
when practicable, soaked in cold water for twentyfour
hours, changing the water three times.
For boiling, it should be placed in a boiler of
cold water, and made to boil quickly. As soon as
the water boils, the meat must he taken out, the
water thrown away, and replaced with fresh cold
water; boil it, according to description and size
of pieces, until thoroughly cooked.
For baking or roasting, prepare the meat as
above, make a a paste of dour and water, cover the
meat with it, and bake in a slow oven for twenty
minutes for every pound of meat.
For stewing, prepare as above, and cut into
steaks; have some chopped preens or soaKeci
desiccated mixed vegetables, and put them with
the meat and a little water in a stew pan; season,
and stew gently for two hours.?G Warrincr, Instructor
of Cookery in the British Army.
?An acquaintance of ours, who occasionally
drinks more of Edinburgh and Philadelphia ales
than is absolutely good for him, was cautioned
as follows by a well-in aning friend: " K-r-robert,''
said he, "i-i-ifyou k-k-keep on ale-ing, as m-mmuch
as you do, v-y-you'll soon want a p-p-porter
to c-e-earry your bier, (beer.)
?What is the difference between a Methodist *
preacher at a Camp Meeting and a glutton t One
dins at sinners; the other sins at dinners.
?What is the difference between a balky horse,
and a postage stamp ? We lick one with a stick
and stick the other with a lick.
? V nmn boasting in the company of ladies that
lie had a very luxuriant head of hair, a lady shut
him up by remarking that it was doubtless owing
to the mellowness of the soil.
?Gen. Pope should be called the Pope of roam
He never waits for the rebels to attack him, but
roams after thetu in their chosen fighting grounds,
and attacks them in their own strongholds.
?An ex. M. C. out West lias forty-two feet of
boys in the service of their country,?seven sons,
averaging six feet in height.
?The difference betwe.en a carriage horse and a
carriage wheel is this, that one don't go best when
tired and the other does.