The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, November 22, 1862, Image 4
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00- The late Mr. Barnard
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r Mr. Editor :?I would fain express my gratitude
to the writer, for the moving call to duty breathed
in the "Lines" which appeared in a late
number of The New South, on the death of F. E.
Barnard. It occurred to me, that one or two fhcts
in the life cjf the subject of them, which would
serve to show the motives that actuAed htm, might
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interest some ui jour rwucio.
He had resided, until he came here in March*
exclusively I believe, in the pleasant home of his
childhood?Dorchester, Mass. In his journ^ings,
however, he had loved to mingle with Christians,
and to enjoy the communion which earnest
souls know. His spirit was free, and he rejoiced
to meet in the various folds those who were led
by the Great Shepherd. He was a young man of
? uncommon business capacity. He had a lucrative
situation in Boston under employers who would
nqt voluntarily have parted with him. But he had
hcar^ofthe field providentially opened, in which
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ligUf Sttd knowledge might De imparled iu uiuk
who had hitherto sat in darkness, and it was impressed
upon him that he must enter it. It was at
JL a pecuniary sacrifice, but for this he cared not:
he only wantqjj the opportunity and the privilege
ifc of sharing in such a work. Mr. Barnard was assigned
to duty on Edisto Island. I had occasion
to know, in one or two instances, how earnestly
he pursued the interests of the people under his
charge. His brainess talents were all needed and
used. When Ecnsto was abandoned, the superintendents
moved with the colored peoplo to St.
Helena Island. This removal^^uiecessarily attended
with a good niu^QBffllffirei, in meeting
which Mr. Barnard douWTess overtaskeAMs fpnergies.
While recovering from a fever, itiJ^Rtem
ber, he eugaged in work, indiscreetly, y^^annot
doubt, but in obedience, as he thought,"fo the call
of duty, and was thrown into a nervous fever.
The overtasked tfain no longer performed its office.
Fancied sights?nd sounds of trouble distressed
him, and by ^Bhc darksome way" he passed
hence, but, we crinnot doubt, to "perita|inM88 of
rest,'' and " deep tranquillity." T. P. It.
I Public Thanksgiviifc and Praise.
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PROCLAMATION|BY 8AXTON.
I hereby appgifc and .set apart THURSDAY,
THE TWENTwRbVENTH DAY OP NOVEMBER,
as a day of public thanksgiving and praywg
and I earnestly recora men J to the Superintendent!''
^ of Plantations, Teachers aud Freedmeri in this D?^
partinent, to abstain on that day from their ofillnarv
business,and assemble in their respective plal
ces of worship, and render praise aiud thanksgiving
to Almight^God for the tuaidftd blessings and
mercies he Has bestowed uporfW during the past
year; and more especiallvjor1 rot signal success
which has atjpuded the giiflu experiment for freedmen
and the r??hts of oppressed humanity, inaugurated
in the Department of the South*- Our work
has beeu crowned with a glorious success The
hand of God has beeu in it, and we have faith to
believe the recording angel has plac?l the record
of it in the Book of Life. w
You, freedmen and women, nave nevgj befdre
had such cause for thankfulness. Yofff simnf*
faith has been vindicated. " The Lord^as con?T
te -to you, and has answered vour prayCTfc. Yonr
chains are broken. Your days of bondage and
mourning are ended, and you are forever free. If
you cannot yet see your way clearly in the future,
fear not; pnt your trust in the Lord, and He will
vouchsafe, as he did to the Israelites, of old, the
cloud by day and the pillar of fire tjy night, to
guide yom footsteps ''through the wilderness " to
the promised land.
I therefore advise you all to meet and offer up
fitting songs of thanksgiving for all these great
mercies which you have received, and with them
forget not to breathe an earnest prayer for your
brethren who are still in bondage.
?>? Given at Beautort, 8. C., this ninth day of November,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
- R. SAXTON,
Brig. Gen. and Military Governor.
Peexticeaxa.?The Charleston rebels, a few
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(lays ago, oapuzeu n uni ii1cy can - mc jjauic*
Gunboat." They baptized it by sprink.ing, but
the Federal fleet, when they encounter it, will
baptize it by immersion.
Gen. Beauregard proposes in a letter to Bragg
to call Union men abolitionists. Beauregard is
great at calling names. He calls himself by a
name that he never got from his father and mother.
The officers of Bragg's army have reported to
the Southern papers that they had a two days'
battle with Buell. Tiiey evidently mistook a two
days' foot-race days' fight.
Put Ge^t in one scale and anln
flated bladder in the other, and the General will
have a well-balanced mind.
Charleston is getting very saucy. She needs
some serious monitions. We must send her a few
Monitors.
Any man, who casts a vote in any election with
a view to encourage the rebellion either directly
or indirectly, Is, however short his stature, a head
taller than he deserves to be. _
It is said that the rebel government is about to
close the whole of the newspaper offices of the
Southern Confederacy. It needs all the paper
that can be had to make Confederate scrip.
Many of the Kentucky rebels have been hearti
lessly robbed by John Morgan, and yet they feel
compelled to praise him without stint. They remind
one of the jockey, who, whilst showing off a
; filly that he wished to sell, received from the aiimal
a severe kick in the ribs. Though half dead
with pain, he exclaimed with a smile, " Pretty,
playful creature! '
It is both foolish and unjust that men should be
arrested in the Southern Confederacy for counterfeiting
the Confederate notes. There is no real
difference between a counterfeit rebel note and a
genuine one. The one promises to pay and the
other promises to pay, and one lies and the other
lies. ~
The Golconda (111.) Commercial says that Buckner
and Tilghman were^lchanged for a blind
teamster and a lame male. The Yankees always
were sharp at a bargain.
It is said that Bnckner, in the battle of Chaplain
Hills, hearing the ballets wjiistle all around him,
sought safety by lying down flat^ his belly. It
j wasn t the first time by <?good many of his getting
out of a tight place by lying.
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Experience as ajcEditor.?In the Ortum of
18?my friend, theTOditor of the Baldinsville
Bugle, was obleegedio leave perfeshefnal dooties
&. go & dig his tatera, &. he axed me to edit for him
doorin his absence. Accordingly I ground up his
Shears and commenced. It didn't tak$ migrate
while to slash out copy enuff from uhangfsffor
one issoo. I flfewt I'd riaerup to throef^jjfep
on a little Jaunt, to rest my Branes, wbiclrlSad
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Deen severely racKi Dy ray menjuu cnui
Is sorter Ironical.) So I went over to Ibe-Rale
Rode offiss and axed the Sooprinter.dent for
2. " You aediter ?? lis^jted, evidently on tbe
pint of snickerin. Jf? ?
3. ? Yes, Sir," jfetLj?n'tIlook pooreiw|r?"
4. " Just about,"but our Road can t
lanrsyou." . mtUlf%
V^Cant, hay Mi ? ??
f -6.^Wo%S.ir ^?n,t.,' jA.
I J. " Becau^"%ex^, lookingtffaHbll in the'fbce,
J with a Eagle e\$r "tfgoes so orfuit slew it can't
part any body!" \Sflthtnks I had him thfer. It's
I the slowest Kale K6djb in the West. With a mortified
air he toldrae^io git out of his ofln. I
pittid him, and went*?Jrtemus Ward.
Number "290.,,?The origin of the name of
thfs'nHnous and rather infamous ship is not gen.
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I erally known. The ship was Dougni^ty a huuscript
ion made by two-hundred and ninety British
j merchants, from that honorable class whom Burke
said the counting-house was their temple, the
Etite* their Bible and' gold thefr God;- One of
ffiese days a settlement of their account will be
The Last Ditch?The Continental MoniMv has
discovered the kind of ditch in which th#reb?fts
J propose to die. The authority given is one William
Shakspeare; the passage is put into the
mouth of the repentant traitor, Lnobarbua, in
; " Antony and Cleopatr^:"
I wCl go seek
Some ditch whore idMf die ; the foul best filt
Jfy latter part of
? Two unsophisti<9fed country lasses visited
Niblo s in New Yorft during the ballet season.'
i When the short-skirtid, gossamer-clad nymphs
made their appearancApn the stage, they became
restless and fidgety. "#h, Annie !'' exclaimed one,
sottb\oce. "Well, ' "It ain't nice?I don't
ljjcc it." "Ilush." <f ^lon't care, it ain't nice,
and I wonder aunt brought us to such a place."
"Hush, Mary, thefolks will laugh at you." After
one or two more flings and a pirouette, the blushing
Miss said, "Oh. Annie, let's go?it aiu't nice,
; and I don't feel comfortable." "Do hush, Mary,"
replied the sister, whose own face scarlet,
though it wore an air of determination, ''ftfafthe
i first time I was ever at a theatre, and I suppdW it
j will be the last, so I am just goihfftifatcy it out, if
they dance every rag off tfair backt /"
? A dignified clergyman, possessor of a coal
mine, respecting which he was likely to have a law
suit, seuMiMppm attorney in order to have his advice.
T?lawyer was curious to see a coal pit,
iand vas.letjdowiPby a rope. Before he was lowrercd
he said to theparfon : "Doctor, your knowlr
J p
edge is not confined to the surface of the world,
but you have likewise penetrated to its inmost re- ?
cesses. How far may it be from this to hell V* "I
don't know exactly," auswered he, gravely, "but
if you let go your hold you'll be there in a
minute ?"
?Among other'articles received by the Washington
Sanitary Commission, lately, was a good
and patriotic old lady's tribute, to be laid on the
altar ofeber country, bearing this inscription :
" Tki?aa onnlro snnn anft tmt hv Mf*.
j " JL OWttO nviw oyuu M?w*
Zeruth Clapp, % years old, of Cheatertown, N. Y.,
whose hands in youth were engaged in moulding
bullets in the Revolutionary war. Keep the toes
of these socks towards the rebels
? One of the 'solid men" of Boston?his weight
must be between four and five hundred?was
asked the other day, if be did not intend to get a
certificate of exemption from the examining surgeon.
His answer was a good one. "No," said
he; "I acknowledge I am a coward, but I don't
want to pay two dollars to have it recorded !*'
? Muggins was passing up the street one day,
with a friend, when he observed a poor dog that
had been killed lying in the gutter. Muggins
paused, gazed intently at the defunct animal,
and at last said: " Here is another shipwreck."
: "Shipwreck! Where ? "There's a bark that's
lost forever." His companion growled and pass.
ed on.
?IIow is this ?" paid an old friendof Colonel
Blank of the regular army, as he met him on Broadway
the other day; " I thought you declared you
would resign if the President issued an anti-slavery
proclamation, and yet you wear your shoulder
straps still ? " " Oh," replied the Colonel, " I
meant that I would resign myself to it, and I have
done so."
t? A party of ladies were the other day discussing
th<p question of draft, wheo a young lady inquirednEhe
reason why ram were exempt who had
lost bat two Sr three teeto^ because they couldn't
bite off the end of a cartridge." "Then," replied
the questioner, demure* v," Why donty they soak
'em in their coffee*?" .
W-? A little fellow weeping most piteougly, was
i suddenly interrupted by some amusing recurrence. ' *V jjf
! He hushed his cries ft** "moment?the train of
thought was broken. ^Ma,'' said he renewing his
sniffle, and wishing to have his cry out, "Ma?ugh I
ugh ! what wasf crying about just now 7"
? I go to the woods after game; but if the*
game is not there, I get nuts; if there are no nuts,
I gather flowers or leaves; if all fail, yet I get
health, a little woodcraft, or by the grace of
Heaven, a thought. I am not one of those who a
And that the road is only good to leave behind
them. *
?2Tom Thumb has beenguly initiated a Master
Mason in St. John s Lodge No 1, of Bridgeport,
Conn. The hall was crowded on the occasion of
the Ceremony. . r4
S-*WaAmce knew a boy who said he liked "a
good rainy day?too rainy to go to school and just
rainy enough to go fishing.
? A man who commits suicide does a rash act;
bnt he who eats bacon for breakfast docs a
"rasher."
? The geological character of the rock on
which drunkards split is said to be "quartz.''
EGULAR LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN NEW YORK
AND PORT ROYAL, 8. U.?The undersigned will despatcha
vessel twice a month from each of the above named.
liflBfcor freight or passage, apply to
K. JOHN PITTS, Agent, Bay Point, S. C.,
B' H* BXXBY* 56 Oreenwich St., N. York.
IU8T RECEIVED at the store under Post Office, a fresh
J lot of fine letter and note papers, envelopes, pens, ink
and other stationary ; Military books, Novels in great variety,
knives, ^pipes, brushes, and a fine lot of English and
French Gloves and other Furnishing Goods for the Army
and Navy,
The latest daily and mctorial papers for sale on each arrival
from the North. a&6, The New South every Saturday
morning.
American watches fob American soldiers.
The American Watch Company of Walthara, Mass., give
notice that they latelydssued a new staple of watch expressly
designed tor soldiers and others who desire a good watch
at a uunUraU price. These watches are intended to take
the place of the cheap anchors and lepines of foreign manuI
facture with which the market is hooded, and which, as
every one knows, were never made to keep time, being refuse
manufactures, unsaleable in Europe and sent to this
country for jockeying and ttciwlling purposes only.
Our new watch is most substantially made, cased in sterling
silver, and is a reliable and accurate time-piece. It is
offered at a price but little above that which is asked for tho
trasiiy ancnors ana lepines aireauy rererrea to. we nave
named this new series of watches Win. tilery, and they
may be fonnd at the stores of oar agents, Chancey Q. Bobbins,
Beaufort; Douglas, Steele k Co., Hilton Head, for the
American Watch Company.
H. A. BOBBINS, General Agent
MB. C. G. BOBBINS, BEAUFOBT, 8. C., is now established
on the corner opposite " Stevens House." , He
has always on hand, for sale, the most desirable goodffor
this section of the country, and for Army uses, at the lowest
prices,
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