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Mistering out the Musicians.?To-morrow
Capt. Jackson, tlic Inspector General, will muster
out of service all the regimental bamls in this Department.
This action is taken pursuant to the
following provision of an act of Congress, approved
the 17th of July last :?
?5. dnd be it further enacted, that so much of
tVin ofiwoodid aiiiirovnil .Tlllv* 00 1 KUi 1 AS Jill
thorizes each regiment of volunteers in the U. S.
service to have twenty-four musicians for a band,
and fixes the compensation of the leader of the
band, be, and the same is, hereby repealed; and
the men composing such bands shall be mustered
out of the service within 30 days after the passage
of this act.
[In mustering the regimental bands out of service,
all enlisted men who have been detached
from companies to serve in them, but were not
originally mustered in as members of the bands,
will be returned to duty in their companies. Not
having been enlisted as musicians, they are
not entitled to discharge as such. With their own
consent, musicians of regimental bands, instead of
being discharged, may be transferred, on their
present enlistment, to form the brigade bands, authorized
by section G of this act, at the discretion
of the brigade commanders.]
?0. And be it further enacted, that each brigade
in the volunteer service may have sixteen
musicians as a band, who shall receive the pay and
allowances now provided by law for regimental
bands, except the leader of tbe band, who shall receive
$45 per month with the emoluments-and allowances
of a quarter master sergeant.
* Church Organization at Hilton Head.?We
omitted in our last issue to chronicle tlmorganization
of the First Baptist Church of Hilton Head,
and the ordination of its pastor. These events occurred
on Sunday, the 17th instant, and the ceremonies
attending them were conducted in a very
impressive maimer. The society thus established
numbers about 120 members, all of whom aro contrabands.
Of these nearly 70 were professing
Christians under the rule of their late masters, while
the others have been converted and baptized since
our advent among them. Abraham Murchison, a
colored man in the employ of the Chief Quartermaster,
has been selected as the minister to these
people, and was duly installed as their pastor on
the Sabbath before last. The following was the
order of exercises: Ordination Sermon?Chaplain
? _ II. S> Way land, 7th Connecticut Volunteers;
charge to candidate?Chaplain W. C. Patterson.
1st Massachusetts cavalry; ordination prayer and
right-hand of fellowship?Chaplain II llovey,
Volunteer Engineers ; charge to the church?
Chaplain Whitehead, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Traitors in tiie Camp.? Dominick Bonaly,
James Woods, Ma *cus Gunn, and John Dale, all
of whom have been employed as laborer? in the
quartermaster's department, were arrested a few
days since by the Provost Marshal, at tlfe instance
of Capt. Garretson, A. Q. M., on a charge of hav
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the Government. Their fellow-workmen testified
that the prisoners had been in the habit of expressing
themselves to the effect that the South was
right, and that they hoped to see her victorious in
the end; that they believed England would soon
interfere in her behalf, and would be glad if such
were the case. During the late excitement about
the ram the accused said that they would not help
to resist her, and never intended to fight against
the South. When remonstrated with for talking
in this offensive manner, the prisoners jeered, and
said it was a " pretty Republican Government if a
} nun could not say what he pleased," and whenever
our armies met with a reverse, they had made
the fact a cause of exultation. 1 he evidence being
clear against the ac* used, each of them was ordered
by Gen. Hunter to confinement at hard labor
and to wear a ball and chain, until it shall be his
pleasure to release them.
A Steamer in Distress.?The British steamer
Kurnuk, (propeller,) lately of the C'unard line,
plying between New York and Nassau, put iuto
this port on Sunday evening last, in distress. The
Karnak ran ashore a few months since on one of
the Bahama Keys, ami was so badly damaged that
she sold for $1(KK>. Her purchasers were persons
in New York, who succeeded in getting her atloat,
by taking out her engines. As the vessel could
not be repaired at Nassau, the British steamer
Dispatch, then lying at that port, was engaged to
tow her to New York. By this vessel she was
brought up to the latitude of Charleston, and,
without any explanation, set adrift. The wind at
the time was blowing fresh, and fair for this port,
and the Kurnak, spreading what sail she could,
shaped hercourse hither. When the pilot boarded
her on Sunday evening she had worked among
the shoals, where there was little more than three
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fathoms of water, and in a short time she would1
probably have been wrecked. The Karnak now
lies at anchor near the guard-ship at the mouth of
the harbor, where she is likely to remain until her
owners can make arrangements foM owing her to !
Xew York.
Oi'r Pickeis again Threatened.?On Tuesday
last, soon after midnight, the picket guard at Brad-1
dock's Point, composed of a detachment of the
aTtli V V PcoiniAnt nh?orvpd fbnr boats, anna
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rently full of men, approaching the shore. They
were hailed three times, and, not replying, were !
tired into. The picket immediately made the
matter known at headquarters, about half a mile j
distant, and the officer in command promptly had !
his men on the road, at ' double quick," to the ,
place where the boats had been seen. But, reach-1
ing there, it was found that the intruders had disappeared.
Doubtless, the boats contained a par-1
ty of the enemy, who, emboldened by success in
surprising our pickets on Pinkney Island last week,
thought that the trick might be played twice to j
advantage. They were mistaken, as our sentinels !
are not likely to be caught napping again.
"Wreck of the U.S. Slooi>-of-War Adiron-:
d.vck.?The Adirondack, one of the finest of our '
new war vessels, was totally wrecked on Saturday '
last, on Man-of-War Point, off the east end of
Abeco Island, about 100 miles uorth of Nassau,
N. P. ? aptain Gansevoort, her commander, in a
brief dispatch to Admiral Dupont. received on
Thursday via Key West, stated that his officers ami
crew were safe, and that he hoped to save the armament
of the vessel, but no particulars of the i
disaster have come to hand. The Admiral at once |
ordered the gun-boat Canandaigua to the scene of j
the wreck, for the purpose of btinging away the
ship's company and to secure as much as possible
of the valuable armament of the vessel. The Adirondack
left this port on Tuesday, the 19th inst.,
for Nassau, and after fulfilling her mission there,
was to have been attached to the South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron.
Quarantined.?The steamer Delaware, which
arrived here last Tuesday from Key West, where
yellow fever prevails to some extent, has been pla-1
ced in Quarantine at St. Helena Sound, in accordance
with the provisions of a general order of this
Department, published in another column. Every
precaution will be taken.on the part of the
| Commanding General*and the Medical Director to
secure the health of the Department; and, in view j
of the sanitary regulations which are now in force,
we may reasonably expect the "sickly season" to
pass without adding to the number iu the hospitals.
Death by Violence of a Mounted Guardsman.-Corporal
Edwin F. Ilickok, of Co. K, 6th
Connecticut Regiment, belonging to the mounted
guard, and acting as courier between Seabrook's
and Ililton Head, was lound dead yesterday morning
in the road near Draytou's plantation. It appeared
on an investigation made by Capt. Van
Brunt, the Provost Marshal, that the unfortunate
man had been thrown from his horse, and his neck
was dislocated by the fall. He had been connected
with the guard fiom the time of its organization.
Review of Troofs.?Last evening there was a
general review of the troops at this Post by the
Major General Commanding The weather was
pleasant and the long line of soldiers, well clad,
well armed, and well drilled, accompanied by their
excellent bands, presented an appearance both
tine and imposing. Gen. Hunter w.is surrounded
by a brilliant staff and expressed, as he well might.
; his perleet satisfaction with the noble army of
i which he is the i hief.
DEATHS.
Charles King, Private, Co. If, 3?l Now Hampshire,
Aug. 21.
Josiah II. Ladcl, 1st Sergeant, Co. G, 76th
Pennsylvania, Aug. 24.
W'm. T. Davis, Drummer, Co. I, .'hi New Hampshire,
Aug. 25.
Charles Morgan, Private, Co. II, oil New Hampshire,
Aug. 26.
Henry Burkholder, Private, Co. F, 76th Pennsylvania,
Aug. 26.
Augustus Dennis, Corporal, Co. F, 4t<th New I
i York, Aug. 26.
i(n-,.r lViiiit.." Co. C r?th Connecticut.
Aug. 20.
Win. lilair, Private, Co. I, Oil Rhode Island,
Aug. 20.
Henry Bout, Private, Co. F. 7th Connecticut, j
Aug. 24.
Ezekicl Walker, Private, Co. C, '.'7th Pennsylvania,
Aug. 21.
Alouzo Smith. Private. Co. L, 3d Rhode Islind,
Aug. 21. j
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Patrick Conley, Private, Co. G, 6th Connecticut,
Aug. 20.
John Seely, Private, Co. D, Gth Connecticut,
Aug. 10.
E. H. Abbott, Private, Co. B, 6th Connecticut,
Aug. 7.
Frank Mack, Private, Co. K, 6th Connecticut,
Aug. 2o.
II. E. Garish, Captain, Co. K, 6th Connecticut,
Aug. 19.
J. W. Bailey, Private, Co. K, 4th New Hampshire,
Aug. 21.
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Hampshire, Aug. 18.
John Mack, Private, Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania,
Aug. 6.
George Sannoe, Private, Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania,
Aug. 11.
Jeremiah smith, Private, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania,
Aug. 8.
Hugh O'Donald, Private, Co. C, 28th Massachusetts,
Aug. 12.
We are obliged to omit the deaths in the 7th N.
H., for want of space.
Almanac, Port Royal, S. C., August 30, '62.
SUN RISES 5 33 I MOON SETS 9 38
SUN SETS 6 28 J HIGH WATER 11 12
MARDTEjrEWS.
ARRIVED.
Aug 23d? Schooner N. W. Smith, Boyd, New
York. 25th?Steamer Karnak, Farnsworth, Nassau
: Sehr. Henrv R. Barnes, Barnes, New York.
26th?Schr. Ida J. Wheeler, Dyer, Boston; U.
S. S. Connecticut, ,New York; Steamers
Delaware, Faireloth, Key West; Burnside, Wileox,
Fernandina. 27th- lr. S. Gunboat Cunandaiguu,
Green, Boston.
CLEARED.
23d?Barkantine Lamplighter, Morris, New
York ; Schrs. Armadillo,Chase, New York ; Tunis
Depew, Edmonds, Fernandina. 25th?Sehoners
Ben. Browning, lanfair, New York; Maryland,
Stone, New York. 26th?Ship Maria, Clark,
New York. 27th?Brig Win. Watson, Hatch,
New York. 2!Uh?Sehr. Ben. English, llathaway,
Philadelphia.
SAILED.
23d?Brig Chieopee; 24th?Barkantinc Ijimp- _ _
liifht?T ; Schr. M. L. Wedmore: 27th?Sehr.
Armadillo; Steamer Nassau ; 28th?Ship Maria;
Brig Win. Watson; 2!>th?U.S. Gunboat Canandaigua.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Aug. 2hth?Steamers: Locust point; George
'Washington; Cosmo) h ?Iitan ; Flora: Gen. Burnside
; Delaware. Steamship Karnak. Steam
Tugs: Rescue; Relief; Starlight. 1 larks: P. R.
Hazeltine: Houston. Brigs : Ellen Bernard :
Adelphi : Humming Bird ; Daniel Malomy ; Matron.
Schooners: I). W. Eldridge; .J.-B.Myers;
Langdon Gilmore; Eupheinia; J. J. Spence^;
Mafgaret T. Davis; Virginia Price; Amytis;
Alfred H. Partridge: Jos. W. Allen : Henry R.
Barnes; X. W. Smith; Ida J. Wheeler; Jessie
A. Woodhouse; Americiis; Plandome.
JUST RECEIVED AT TIIE UNION SQUARE
STORE. UNDER THE POST OFFICE?a tine
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lot ot .Letter aim ..sure paper?ruieu anu pimu?
extra super and common qualities. Envelopes,
Buff, White, Tinted, Opaque, Patriotic, &c.- all
sizes and qualities. Steel and Gold Pens. Ink?
black, blue and red. Inkstands, paper folders,
erasers, port folios, pen knives, prize stationery,
&e. &.e. ALSO, Patten's Manual for Officers,
Infantry Tactics, Duane's Engineers Manual and
various other books of interest and value to the
soldier. ALSO, a large variety of Novels, Songbooks,
pictorial papers, and by each mail the latest
issues of the New York daily papers.
POUT ROYAL HOUSE, HILTON HEAD,
S. C.?The subscribers wish to inform their
friends and the Public that their House is now
open for visitors, the travelling public, and permanent
boarders, on reasonable terms No pains
t will be spared for the comfort of guests.
FRANZ & GILSON,
Proprietors.
/ i KO. EUY AND SUTLER STORE.?Messrs.
It k. ..Ill 1>-,,n lianJ
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at their large warehouse under the Port Koyal
House, a good supply of Ship's Groceries and Sutler's
goods, which will be sold at reasonable prices.
They will also advance money and take bills of
credit on Shipments upon the owners in Boston
or New Vork.
Reference:?Col. Peter Dunbar, J. J. Dunbar
ii Co., Hill & Simpson, Benton &, Caverlv, Potto.
&. Snow and C. L. Curtis. All of Boston Mass
FKANZ 4c GH>ON.