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THE NEw|i&$OUTH.I, Vol 1, No. 5, PORT ROYAL, S. C,-, SATURDAY, SyEMBtft* 6JI862. Price Five Cents. THE NEW SOUTH. i Publislied every Saturday Morning by JOS. H. SEAES, Proprietor. * ^ Price : Five Cents Per Copy. 40 Advertisements, one dollar a line, each insertion. Terms: tnvanaonj casn. OFFICE: Post Office Building, Union Square. 1 f 0 g T BY: ~ STRIKE QUICK! Strike quick! and let the blow be strong! Avenge the nation's cruel wrong! # "Fill up the ranks" without delay! Nor in discussions wa?te a day! Press on I and let your reckless foes Find not a moment for repose, 'Till Freedom's banner proud shall wave Secure above each patriot's grave. Strike quick! before the traitorous band On Freedom's soil victorious stand, And with demoniac frenzy dare 0 To raze the altar sacred there, And desecrate both home tnd heart, ?r naught's beneath their fiendish art,) lie taunts crush those who could not yield, fr moral fo*c?\ or soldier's shield. - - ?fifrafflqnipk i ere i uon homes we see Made lesolate in Te. lessee; Who long to act their ^val part, And show (o us their bn*/e true Heart, Who now hcneath the tyrant's power, Mourn when the clouds of darkness lower, Still praying that they soon may see The glorious sun of Liberty. Strike quick 1 and bid all shackles fall, Chains but retard the country's call; Let every hand and heart be free ' To grasp the boon ot Liberty! Then, when the rebef shrine shall fttll,? The prop on which they ventured all,? We need but say, "yoir gecr the power," We only "dkorr the fitting hour." "Decisive, shoet axd sharp the blow," Be now your watchword, as ye go, Brave men, to battle for the right, The ."Stars and Stripes" for aye in sight. Soon on its folds may there be traced, M In colors ne'er to De enaceu, m Resplendent that the world may see, God, Union, Peace and Liberty! <* ?. ^ The Provost Marshal's. \ . Wherever men are massed together?whether in the courts of Commerce, or on the "tented fields" of Mare?there are always to be found offenders against thct-la&making a police organization c ecessary.JttjkiP&tiOfi the police system is %pumbrous macMMfybP patrotmen, clerics, magistrates,' counsel juries and jailors, which drives the wheels ol -inslice slowlv. often allowing the transgressor to es cape punishment. But under military rule the sys\ tem is not so elaborate. Justiee is simple in hm * operations and likely to be certain tn her aims. 0 The Commanding General is both judge and jury, from whose flat there is no appeal, and his executive officers are a Provost Marshal and guard of soldiers, whose bayonets will not brook the "law's delay." To the police organization of Hilton Head we 1 pwposiitevoting a little space,?first reconnting a few of the dutiefwuSchrTt is called upon to perform. Besides a general supervision of the order of the camp, there are a variety of other offices pertaining its internal mapageinajg; to which the Provost! Marshal has to attodd. ?PA11 prisoners at the post*"]; whether taken iu battle,4esas4ert from the en^nr, arrested for violationMd^fhitary ililcs, or sentSPM ced by courts martiaf^pass intoffl^rtistody. No i stranger can en tertfcr Jincs wlthdA first undergo-' I inghis rigid scrutiny ara^receivin^jfrU o^ial pass; Should a person d>c Suspected oraifpyaiiy ine ; Provost Marshal mqa^Bnfine hinrbwfrvait the disposition of the (jr&Kra! Commanding* The regu-: lations prcscrjpd for the government ^of s&Ih*. ' and marketmCTi, it is the business of this t'udjfl ary to see arc not trenched upon.^^ho saR?" Ii^p tpiors behig forbidden, he has from the post those who infringe t& - this respect, confiscating their property for thtf use of the hospitals. One of the most disagreeable of his duties is the ielicate one of examining thf Baggage of persons lq#ing the command, in sedrch of Government property, which experience ha* taught was 1 carried away to a great extent during the early occupation of PortKoyal, under th# guise of "me-1 mentoes from Secessia." He has also to%verhaul all packages and parcels, forwarded to soldiers by express, to prevent smuggling of liquor into the command. And it is curious to note the various ingenious methods by which inconsiderate friends at home h^^sought to evade the rule forbidding the supplj^Hhiskey to the troops.' ft has found a lodgn^ntia*s|^ottpms fitted to trunks and i boxcJJ^It hallome in snuff bfatSfioi^'And been* found m innocent looking tin-cases labelled "pie j fruit." In short, every artifice has tyeen devised for seg^feg the stuff that "steals man's brains," but thnBPft>st Marshal has learned these dodges, and tftb^ftemeet with failure. As {0 illustration of his jfl|Kin this respect, it is only necessary to I inenJ^HpaPduring the last six weeks he has confisclsJPr&nd delivered to the medical purveyor, a j quantity f^ljfiuor which, in the aggregate, would j fill fifteen bPrels, all found in soldiers' packages. : Such are some of the Provost Marshal s duties, I ?i n.a at nnM ?(?pn to he onerous and imnor aim iuvj wivm* ? a tani. His powers extend over the entire post, and his department is like a sieve through which the worthy alone may pass, and the vile are retained by the meshes. ^ _ The Provost Marshal's encampment is situated t between Fort Welles and the General Hospital. It ' fronts on the shore and the situation is one of the pleasantest and healthiest on the Island. It will t soon be enclosed by a high fence containing a space of ground 32-5^bt square. At presenf*the quy, tcrs for the guard and the accommodations for the . prisoners are insufficient; but proper buildings are i now in process of erection, and bef&e a week pas. ses there wHi be thrco prisons, each eighty feet long . story high, cohtai^^iirteen cells onwhOT^S^ . aud the others &ta0tories, with lower flootiflpmi * " "* j? t >1 lar to the first, and the upper noors unewise aivided into cells, opening on a torridor which surrounds the interior of each building. On an average there are one hundred persons in ' custody, and the committals and discharges are about ten each day. The prisoners are white and black, rebels and other rogues, and it speaks well for the reformatory character of the place that the latter class seldom find their way there a second time. Unless the prisoners are violent and refractory, or are confined for heinous offences, Tequiring handcuffs, the bull and chain, a solitary cell and a diet of bread and water, they live on fare similar to that j W f prfiuded for soldiers; but it has to be earned befweitis eaten. Idleness is not tolerated where the Provost Marshal holds sway. All the improvements now in progress at tEe encampment are be- v r ing made by prison labor, and the Government is ^ thus sa\$fc"the expenditure of m<m?^w^ch would otherwise be paid t jKted mechanics. When there is an overplus of IamQis is sometimes the case, the prisoners are kept out of mischief by cutting away stamps on the beach, or digging holes in the sand tor the waves to fill up again. This employment MUKti is prouiaDic m one way, 11 not. in anomcr given to an assistant engineer of one * > M transport* who had Connived with his flremSn in famishing liquor to the soldiers. The v lesson which it taught is not likely to he lost upon lifm. ? The Provost Marshal, Capt. Geo. Van Brunt, has bad years'experience in police business, and thd way in which he has systematized the affairs of his department must result in a salutary influence upon the command. The Provost Guard is composed of about 200 * men, consisting of Co. A, 8d New Hampr hire Regiment, command- " > ed by Capt. R. F. Clark, Assistant Provost Marshal. Co. 1,3d New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Lient. C. S. Burnham. ^Co. K, 47th New York Regiment, commanded by Capt. G. M. Husted. - ? Co. D,47th New York Regiment, commanded by Lieut. F. A. Butts. 1 * How Guerrillas Operate.?The State of Louisiana, and some others of the Southern A?A info T\atioIIAO T cViall falrrw* Oullvo} arc uitiuvu luvu ^/ai louvot *. uumi* umv ona'parish as a type of the rest. Well, in thi* parish there is probably a large planter, the leading maaftn the community. Call him J ones, if J-ou please. Well, Mr. Jones has great iufluence among his fellow-parishioners, and he uses that influence to induce his neighbors?say from thirty to fifty ? men?to arm themselves, each with his shot gun, rifle, or whatever weapon may bo handy in the house, and to take his horse with him. As soon -<w as a vessel is seen approaching, and even before? for swift horses are kept constantly running to give information?Jones and his men are concealed in a favorable spot?say under the shelter of thick woods or behind the levee?and when the vessel approaches, she is saluted with a volley of musketry, sometimes with flying artillery, and before the fire can be returned, if the vessel attacked prove to be a gunboat, they are off, nobody on board knows where. Similar operations are carried on landward. If they are chased by a superior force man srvnarates from the rest and flics home ward. Pursue one of them and he dodges you through the woods, turns his horse loose on approaching his house, and hides his saddle where , you cannot tind it; and when you get to his house you find Mr. Guerrilla complacently seated on his piazza, philosophically smoking the pipe of peace and presenting the appearance of innocence personified. This is a correct picture of the manner in .vhich the guerrillas arc organized.?Cor. N. Y. Herald. Ricochet Shots.?The motion of a shot in ricecliet firing, where the guns are slightly loaded and elevated at a small angle, i^the same as that of a stone skipped on the surface of the water. Ricochet shots do terrible execution Novel Target.?A new * .rget, for rifle- and fancy shots, has been contr ?red in England. f A model of a deer is mounted -n a curved railway, and made to descend swi- ly from behind one shield to another. The '.get is a bull's eye placed on the deer's shoulder. If hit in the haunches, a fine is levied for a miss; if the bull's eye is hit, a prize is won by the shot. . * - n ' r . % rrooK * ? .%0 ^