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A picket gii^i belonging t o th< Fourth 1
N. H. YoH shot n? one of his; tl.ambs,
through clumsiness liH^ndling his gun. ' i
^ Messrs. Taylor & Co. wITv act an agents ]
of The Fbke Softs ax Hilton Head The
paper can be had on tLem >ruing o! publi- ,
cation at their stone. * (
CoL Rich, of the 9th Maine Volunteers,^
has, we understand, been dismissed the
service by order of the President, and j
I^ieut. CoL Bxsby been appointed Colonel.
The 47th Regt. Penn. Vols., CoL Good, ]
has been ordered to Key West, relieving
the 90th N. Y., Col. J. S. Morgan, which j
is now quartered in Beaufort. ; j j
The remains o.f the lamented Maj. Gen. ( ,
Mitchell, and of his Aid-de-CV.mp, Captain | j
Williams, were carried North last week on j <
the Star of the South. . j ]
The Seventh Regiment Conn. Vols, left j '
Hilton Head Tuesday night on the Dela- '
ware, for Fernandina, to relieve the Ninth
Maine, which has been stationed there for 1
the ''ast ten months. '
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The present mail arrangement is snch i
that the citizens of Fernandina are almost i
entirely cut on irom postal accommodations.
A Post Office should be established
there, and a mail-bag dispatched direct for 1
that place from New York <
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We hare reason to believe that the land j '
and lota advertised by the Y. S. Tax Com- j '
missioned will meet with ready sale on the i
day appointed, February 11th. By refer- :
<enee to the hat it will be seen that many j
valuable plantations, embracing large <
tract", covered with excellent yellow pine j 1
timber, as well as tho entire City of Bean- j
to buy a home and a farm cheap. J |
Q CnLEBKATIuN ON 8?, HkT,V.\A ISLAND-? j
Sunday, January 8th, was a day of jubilee
to the emancipated citia?fis of this Island, j
Some nine hundred assembled at the Bap- tiat
Church, where religions servic^e were i
eo^ducted by the Rev*. W. S. Phillips. Ad- '
Presses' were mat^e Rev- ^ French, '
Chaplain, ^JBrig. R Saxton. Brig. ,
Gen. Seymo^ U-S*A" present and '
called on to adi.,Tea" con8^8ation' bu* '
he declined, sayinj tbat although he was J
not prepared to speak to the children, yet (
he was always ready to for them.
Unsuoces'svul Expedite?*- expe- j
dition was fitted out at Hilto%n Head last \
week, for the purpose of seiziidg a lot of <
rebel lumber at Holme's Mill, on Nassau 1
T-'-4 'PavnaTtdinn^ Mori da. T?1? ex- (
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pedition consisted of tlie steamers Oeia- ' {
vxtrr and CosvwpoBtfin and two or three 1 I
schooners, and four Compame^of infantry. I 1
At Nassau Inlet the* were joined by the } J
gunboat Uncov and all proceeded up ! j
toward the mill, when the lumber was ' t
burned Iry the rebels, and the expedition. '
affri several days absence, returned with
out the coveted prize. Brigade
Review.?The review which , )
took place on Thursday, was highly com- ' 1
mendable to both officers and soldiers.
We noticed on parade the following : f '
Brig. Gen. Braanan, and Staff; Brig, i
Gen. Seymour, and Staff; ihar Admiral
TbiTout. and Staff; and the following regiments
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8th Maine, Col. J. D. En** , 6th Conn.,
Maj. Xi. Meeker, Commanding ; 90th New
York, Col. Jos. S. Mojgnn : 55th Penn.,
Col "White; 1st XT. 8. Artillery, Capt.
Langdon; 1st Conn. Artillery, Capt. I
A Rockwell ; 1st Mass. Cavalry, Capt. Rich- j
' ardson; a detachment of New York En- j
ginecrs, CoL Sorrell, Commanded by i
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VjT.|)U Vi U0U.
The Volunteers behaved like veterans,
showed by their discipline that in the
hour of battle they would gloriously sus- j
tain the fame of the country and the hon- i
^ -or of its flag.
The Monitor foundered off Hatteras
from having sprung a-leak in a gale. Although
her pumps threw the enormous
quantity of three thousand gallons of water
per minute, that was not sufficient to keep
1 afloat.
. res should be neither sought nor
u ??me? arc
^oughi for, offenses.
thaMf :/dsive test of genius is
oihliL 0,1418 ^ th" *ulls of
The Bebel steamer Sumter was sold at I
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THr DITTY OF THE HOfH.
lteAT:?owi, 3. ('., Jan. 12, 186$.
To the E li:-jr of t\-- Erec Sjut7/,
Dear Sir :?In the first issue of your
highly commendable ami appreciated undertaking,
luy attention was nttrftcted to
au article entitled, " Thf Land Question
a so tite Nf.okoes. " The subject is indeed '
one of the upmost importance, and at this |
present time more especially claims the j
attention of every truo and honest American
mind. Important as regards the perfect
and harmonious working of eroanci2>ation
in its first bloom, and thd solidity
of foundation in tk* {-tture. An* ?hila
^ v.? * yet to lead it through
the perilous and trying ways of childhood,
and watch its infancy with maternal fondness,
until in all the vigor and beauty of !
perfect, manhood, it stands before the i
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world an honor to our native lan \ a glory !
to onr God. Those noble sires who fought j
and died in the maintenance of their innliensl
<le rights, pledged their sacred
honor, and their all, to do a Father's duty
to their lirst-born child, the young Re- ,
public, the virgin maid Columbia. The
pages of American history, a^, the'records
of the world, tell how faithfully they
discharged the sacred trust. Ask of hou?st
industry why she labors with a strong
iand and smiling face ; ask of commerce
dances like & sailor boy in the !
breeze^y^ous and impatient; listen to
the busy, gladsome hum of art mingling
with the voice o* uatare on every stream :
behold education the inmate of the humblest
dwelling, man eniightaned, flunking
For himself; and if we see not, feel not,'
hear not the praiaea, the noble, self-sac rp,
icing devotion of the' founders o! my
Li overnment to their infant trust, ve are inleed
unworthy of our name. Yeartxoll on.
Behold the Virgin Maid grown into a discreet
|nd stately matron, a noble quean the
prideof freemen and the envy of the world,
wedded to Victory and Humanity, Rectitude,
Equity and Law, paying homage as
courtiers to "an alliance founded in heaven.
Amid the strife of civil war, tho-flow of
fraternal hiood. on a day o'erclouded with
the black pall of treason, when anarchy
and rebellion strode with giant strides
through the land, the Queen Columbia
gave birth to an infant son. The dawning
of a New Year saw the child Freedom
ushered into the world,?the hope, the
beacon light, the idol, of the downtrodden
and the oppressed. , To our care, to us of
this generation, is the fostering of the
child intrusted. The success, prosperity,
ind ltappiness of this new-born babe, is
The Duty or the Hour. Aware that our
trust is surrounded with difficulties and
dangers, and even its very life is threatened
if nourishment and kindly care be
not at hand, action, at once immediate
md decisive, is necessary to its very existence.
Let us not think the end aecom
.ihahed "when the aiere fact in proclaimed.
Every effort shouJ d now lie made to perfect
the bles-iiig* and happiness which
rffch "fvrrm TqH
auoc-jipatlcm. iUyn< wrMa. vigorous^
iclid, and substantial, we have but taken
the bread from the froedman to return
liim a stone. ;
Your suggestions in relation to the formation
of associations and societies, and
the purchase of forfeited lands by them,
[ regard as a good one and eminently
practicable. In every city, town and village
of the North, Associations, Clalis, or
Coteries could be formed, to act in concert
Hrith one grand centre, working upon previously
established rules and regulations.
The able and interesting report of Mr.
Richard Sonle, Jr., Division Superintendent,
proves conclusively that the system
of free labor can be made more profitable
(if that alone was the only benefit which
tvould ensue from associated proprietorship)
tlian agriculture under the old regime.
Here then is on opportunity offered for
the Investment of surplus church funds.
Corporations may with safety and with
profit accept the title deeds of a plantation
worked with free labor ; with like security
iverv city, town and village ecu purchase
stock in* the "Free Labor Agricultural
society," a scheme at once as practicable
is it is redolent with lutppiness and prosperity.
Never have the American people
?een invited to an enterprise of such
{tandour and glory. The most heavenly
hariiy Leads close upon the march of
xattiict and blood ; a charity fraught alike
frith happiness to man and honor to God.
tt can no longer be made a question
whether the elevation of the Am can
race is a part of the new order of things.
The providence of God lias decreed it
The Almighty Deliverer is already on bis
march to relieve the woes of a downtrodden
and oppressed race ; as men have
been tanglit to look for his coming, so
should they now leani to work out his decrees.
Action ! immediate and energetic,
will accomplish the end, although cruel
and unhehevirg minds may raise np as
many objection? and jeers' as they are
wont. Ti e thiry will proceed.
"So shalt than ic*t, through rolling roars,
Sectar in Hen van's alifa?ct\
And to a tbi>c?end circling foes,
Breath, out a > o defiance.
H-^r carle w iug snail victory wave,
Aroqnd the am that strike* to ravj,
And earth appending, see
lue friend of every friendless name,
roremost in bl>.?. and strength and fame,
The friend of Freedom free.
Come, then, fellow citizens,'fellmv Christinas,
let np join the holy work. You
simd this dftv by the tomb of a world
ryrlug from death. Be not half awake at
gtich a time. Be not stupi d, the good
work is before von. Let no heart be cold,
no hand be iole, 110 pur.*3 reluctant.?
Come while room is left for yon in the
ranks whoso toil is goodness and whose
recompense is victorv. Come eagerly,
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eneerrany, generiuxv, juju l i 10 > 'irnnni^ v*
emancipation will soon follow.
"x?w Era."
A first rut/' authority on war matters
IaO'S that Gen. Dix having been relieved
oi the command at Fortress Monroe, Cten.
McClellan will be assigned to that post,
and furnished with a force sufficient to enable
him to assume offensive operations on
Richmond by way of the James River.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is all j
mended up ugrain, and is to be opened
through 0!i Thursday "next.
TIip Government redeems in coin th<
debt of 1842, of 82,800.000. The holders
get their debt and :5o per cent, profit on it,.
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Ed'tor of Tie Fret ^ I
nTt .particularly among reodtt. urrif.^M
m"\ ^opic ill the city who are ^il^*
quiring >r the locality of this, or
iJ&oe, or iu qimrtors of higher or loj^
public fvuictki.,r^e^ The great Jilhco^.
in the way of dh\4ang y^h people is, tla^
the names of atf^v* are not genera^
known ; ami wliik^h?> colored hirtnrrekB
easily find their way by the mutton of fee
"yard " of the former owner, soldiers tod
civilians from the N>rtii are often pufAo
inconvenience and waste of time, orifail
altogether in their March.
Should you deem he matter of sufficient
imiortance, you are at liberty to publish
the hiloieing simple Directory to streets
and plfttcs, which if Meagre I believe is
correct. ^
Tlio recta j^jUg pa^Uel with the front
or Bay street. aX ^ folW? : "Bay. Tort
Royal, Craven, North, King, Prince, Kancock,
Lake, Washington, Green and Congress
streets, and SliellRoad.
At. right angles with the above and beginning
at Sam ins, or Fripps Point, the
streets bear the following names, Kz :
Finnic*. Hamilton, East, New, Cart^et,
Scott,"West, Charles, Newcastle, Chtrch,
Harrington, Wilmington and Monsoitsts.
, Of tho military hospitals, No. 1 islthe
Hamilton house, at the foot of Pi ace
street. No. 2, the Means house, V& ica
street, between Prince and King str Btf^.
No. 3, the Johnson house, corner Firaica
And Hancock streets. No. 4, the Wiljam
Barnwell house, corner Scott and Prince
streets. No. 5, the late residence of Bihop
Barnwell, on Bay street, comer Moison
street.' There is also an Officers hoipibd1
ttie ooruor North and Hamilton sts.,
in the house oi Pv^t, Barnwell, and one
for Colored patients gamms hrnse,
corner of Craven and New "V^ts.
The quarters of the Military fw?ve^or,
Brig. General R. Sax ton, are in the lewis
Sams house, foot of Bay street.
The Tost Commandant, Brig. Gen.?eymour,
has offices in the Hayward majsion
on Bay street, corner of Newcastle afreet,
whertj the Post Adjutant, Lieut, Stevens,
may also be found.
The offices of the Post and Brigade
Quartermasters are immediately in front of
Dock Dupont, in the Cockroft and Borteous
houses.
The Post Commissary and Post Treasurer
occupy, respectively, the Fripj and
Chisholm houses, on Bay Street; th{ first
opposite the entrance to Wharf Bratnan,
the latter at the comer of West street
The Provost Marshal has rooms Id the
O'Connor house, south side of Bay street
The office? of the Adjutant, Quartettnaat^r.
jLJaauxussarv and Provost Marshal of
u?e Governor's Staff, are in the fiillcr
house, corner of Bay and Cartaret sheets.
On the north side of Castle Square, Civven
street, are located the Arsenal, Cuincil
House, Market and Jail.
On the same street, between Charle and
Newcastle streets, is the Baptist Talernacle.
A large Baptist Church occupiw the
square, bouutfe*l hy lung, Prinoe, Claries
and Newcastle streets;and the some denomination
has a " Praise House " on Newst.,
near Prince. The Methodist Chape] 11 on
Prince street, between Scott and West; the
Catholic Chapel, corner Lake and Cartaret
streets. The Episcopal Church fills the
square bounded by North, King, Church
and Newcastle streets.
Beaufort College, or Library Building,
stands in College Square, fronting on West
street.
The United States Tax Commissioners
have rooms in the house of Edmund Rlictt,
on Bay street.
For the <ake of convenience the city has
been divided into thr^e School Districts :?
the first comprising all the territory lying
east of Craven and Cartaret streets; the
second, north and west of Craven and Cartaret
streets; the third, the remainder oi
the city. The first district school is held
in the "Praise House the second in tlie
Methodist Chapel; the ftro schools of +he
third district, in the Tabernacle and an adjoining
building.
The Council Hous-e furnishes quarters
for the Superintendent of Contrabands in
the service of the Military Department.
The oliices of the General Superintendeni
of Contrabands and Plantations, is in the
Widow Fuller house on Bay Street, ncai
the quarters of Gen. Seymour.
It is hardly necessary to add that Thi
Frv.f. South is issued from the late hom<
of Stephen Elliatt, jr., on B iy street, nexl
to the residence of Gov. Saxton.
Other offices and localities will be desig
nated at a future time, if it seems requi
site. J.
Particular* of the Rebel Raid on
Holly Sprinfi.
Co]. R. C. Murphy, coinmandent of th<
ix>st at the time, lir.a been informed by tel
cgraph on the previous day (Friday) a
noon that the Rebel cavalry were approach
ing Holly Springs, and advising the Col
to be on the alert. After 11 o'clock thi
night. Gen. Grant sent another tele
j gram to Murphy, saying the following
morning would be sufficient time to sen*
out a troop of cavalry eastward to deter
mine the movements of the energy.
At 4 o'clock on Saturday morning a fugi
tivj^fcgro arrived nt Col. Murphy's head
with the information that a:
Do pou-as advancing upon the town wit]
10,(A/v> or 12,000 cavalry. Murphy aroa
nnd repaired to the telegraph oice nea
rhe railway depot, and while there commu
nicatiug with Grant, perceived as many a
d.CXMj or 0,000 mounted "Confederates'
drawn up in line of battle within 150 yard
of the station.
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Murphy went out at oner intending to 1
join a small force of infantry n^ar the depot,
but was captured l>v the lk'lxds as he J
was turning a corner, tie says he had'at
thfr time some three hundred effective soldiers
only in the town, and most of these
were employed on picket duty, having sent
the greater part of his available fcrcc to
Jackson (where an attack hail been threatened)
the day previous to the raid on this
place. *
Considerable skirmishing occurred beween
our handful of men and the foe be,-s
the town was fully possessed. Fire or
*lX? our men were wounded, and ten or
twelve the Southerners hui*t, three or
it is said, fatally. Among
.the ^"e^\ounded was a coloneL No
inu 11 officer was injured,
i . .e y? composed of Texas, Mississippi,
Tennessei an^ Missouri troops,
clittged mto the to?n on horses and mules,
yelling like demons ;vent to the stables \
aud seized all the hor^ tllore first; and
wlule part of their force w engaged, the
rest fired the depot and tfi, depot buildings,
a railway hotel, nearly two sides of
! the public square, including thMjest bnsi!
ne?s houses ixrttic pm*^. -*m\ other
struct uies used by the Government fow^y <
, The I lebels. burned all the cotton (be-j
longing to the speculators) they couJ<l find,
j valued at ?1,000,000, and such, oi the
; stores as they tould not carry riway. Tl ey 1
, seized several boxes of arms, and a very
j large quantity of army clothing, which they
j apm-fpnatcd to themselves, casting off
! i\>2u own wretched habiliments and r- oioci
ing them with the new national nnif >nns.
They rode up and down the strs ; w,
I shooting at persons before they demanded
I their surrender, and taking u!l they met,
j citizens as well as soldiers, prisoners. <>b- j
j taiuiug some 1,600 in all. They plunder- ^
! ed the sutlers shops, in which flu y were j
I .assisted by the citizens ; burned three i
j trains, with locomotives, on the tre.uk ;
| rohl>ed the cotton-buyers, ? those they ;
| could discover, at least ? of whatever
money they had upon their personR, some j
j of them 86,000 auil 810,000, and as high as
j $20,000, it is reported, and did all themis|
chief in their power.
i Among other buildings to which they
applied the torch was the Masonic Half,
used as an ordnance storehouse, and in
which there were a million rounds of ammunition,
with a largo quantity of shells.
This magazine exploded with tremendous
jeffect, breaking the windows of half the
bouses in ^vn. and even shattering the
frames to picceK^ju^g shells flew in every
direction, and causeu>?^rrji3ie constemar
tion in. the place. \
Women and children rushed^^^dioallv
into the street, and screamed as those**^
tola only can scream, nnd fell into the most
violei:: nie of hysteria, deeming their last
hour at hand.
I The entire amount of property, public
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and private, sroien ana uesiruye'i, nuuiui
fall far short of $6,000,000. The " Confederates"
quitted the i>laee about dusk on
Saturday evening, fen ring our forces were
moving on them. They certainly had a
success as brilliant for them as it is mortifying
to us, and which might and should
have been prevented.
The account of Col. Murphy's conduct
in the affair is his own, and Ids story is not
without plausibility ; for he savsheliad no
time to make breastwork* ??f the. cotton in
the public square, and place his little force
behind it to repel the enemy. Had the
Colonel adopted this course he could have
driven the Rebels back, and held his position,
provided of course his troops had
performed, their duty, which unquestionably
they would have done.
Much ill feeling exists against Col. MnrEhy,
and he has been placed under arrest
y Gen. Grant, who does not seem entirely
blameless in the affair.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune writes under date of
January 6th, as follows :
PRAISEWORTHY MOVEMENT BY LOYAL
Germans.?A numerous delegation of Germany
representing nine States of the
Union, with John Bettman, of Washington,
as their chairman, to-day waited on
the President at tho Executive mansion,
with a loyal and highly patriotic address,
a duatn/laid tinam
uullj^l nbuiniuii^ wic jl x toxucu v
issue of his proclamation of the 1st inat. ;
referring with laudable pride to the loyalty
and patriotism of thd German citizens
during this rebellion, and pledging
the same fealty in all the future, whatever
fortune it may unfold, and especially eorn,
j mending to tiie attention of the President
1 Mr. Eli Thayer and his scheme for tire
j loyal colonization of Florida, stating that
thousands of German citizens were ready
1 and anxious to hare the fortunes of the
enterprise. Thej resident received the delegation
with muoh cordiality, heartily ncj
kuowledging the indebt dness of the
i country to the stAble and steadfast loyalty
of the German people, referring with
manly sympathy to their numbers and
sacrifice s in the field ; and he assured the
1 delegation that Mr. Thayer's plan foi
i Florida colonization had received the earnest
and cordial attention of himself an 1
. Cabinet, and that while recent military
events had forced the postponement oi
5 this enterprise for the time, by demanding
the entire attention and power of the
Government elsewhere, yot he trusted
. that the delay was but for a few days. Tin
Germans retired greatly pleased with thf
5 interview.
It will be seen by the order below thai
Gen. Seymour has determined to "cut of
*1,? rrrr\ct" /if fVio this IS VPTV fit. fo]
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as the soldiers hove no " spiritual privi
leges," there is no reason why "what if
sauce for the geese" should not also b<
a " sauce for the ganders."
IIkaixjcaktebs u. s. forcer "1
Port Roy.il Llaxo, Bkatkout, S. ?
t December 28, 1S62.J
Lirrr. E. H. Brown, A. (.. 8. ?S*r: Yep will boreal
tor dispose of no whiskey to officers, except by specia
permission frcm these headqaaiiers.
5 By command of Brijr. Gen. SEYMOUR.
8. S. Stfvkni, A. A. A. General.
The Florida Legislature, at its recen
session, among other tilings, passed .an ac
*to prevent the establishment of Distillerie
- | and the Distillery of whiskey or othe
* spirituous liquors. That's the speedies
1 way to end the rebellion. "When yoi
e take away that by which a rebel lives, yo'
r take liis hfe."
s If is understood that the capture c
" Charleston is all cut and dried, and ths
ft the Monitors assigned to the task are nearl
9$paplete,
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This hearty greeting to the laboring
poop! of his Department, shows the philanthropy
of Gen. Sax ton, and the happy
auspices under which this hitherto downtrodden
class begin a new year :
A Hjjprr New Year's Greeting to the
Colored People in the Department of | '
the Softh. I,
In accordance, as I believe, with the ,
will of our Heavenly Father, and by di- 1
reetion of your great and good friend, .
whose nnme you are all familiar with, (
Abraham Lincoln, President of. the Uni- j
ted States, and Commander-in-chief of 1
the Army and Navy, on the 1st day of j
.January, 1863, you will be declared " for- i
ever free." j
When in the course of human events , ,
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mere comes a any wuicu is uraiium i*? j
an everlasting beaeou-light, marking a joyful
era in tlio progress of a nation and ]
the hopes of a people, it seems to be fit- ;
ting the occasion that it should not pass ! j
unnoticed by those whose hopes it comes 1 ,
to brighten and to bless. Such a day to : j
you is January 1, 18G3. J therefore call : j
upon all the colored people in this Depart- ,
ment to assemble on that day at the Head- ,
nuarters of the 1st Regiment of South ,
^ olina Volunteers, thero to hear the
I'resm jit's Proclamation read, and to in- (
dulgc in Mich other manifestations of joy
vi may forth by tho vu?aiou. ? <
It is your duty to carry *unCL;>.w1 news to
your brethren who are still in slavery.
Let all your voices, like merry bells, join
loud and clear in the grand chorus of liberty?"We
aro free," "We are free,"? !
until listening, you shall hear its echoes I
coming Pack from evt ry cabin in the land ;
?" We arc free," " We are free."
li. Saxton,
Prig. Gen. and Military Governor.
Officers of the National Freedman'a I
Kelica Assoriatiou.
OrOAM*Ki> iv Xrw York, Feukcapy it?, \^62.
Mewfor* o/'tkt A**orintioH?Wiu. C. Bryant, i
Stephen H. Tyng, Charles C. Leigh, Charles \
I Gunid, Francis (i. Slmw, John W. Edmonds, I
i Wm. Allen Butler, George C. Ward. Mansfield i
French. Joseph B. Collins, Edgar Kctchnm.
President?S. H. Tyng, 1). 1)., 83 East 16th st. j
Cor. .Scc'y?Edgar Ketchum, 83 Nassau st. j
Treasurer?Joseph B. Collins, 40 Wall St.
- tincture George Cabot Ward, 50 Wall j
! street; Joseph B. Collins, 40 Wall street.
Home Com.?Charles C. Leigh, 4!> Fourth st.
and 400 Broadwnv; Francis George Shaw, 111
! Broadway; Win. Allen Butler, 111 Broadway.
| Foreign Com.?Charles Gould, 2 Hanover st,;
! Mansfield French, 3 Bookman street: Edgar
| Ketch tun, M3 Naf*au .
Auxiliary Clergymen'* Com.?Rev.O. B. Fro'h!
ingham, Chairman, 112 West 34th street; Rev.
j George Whipple, Scc'v, 61 John street; Be v. i
l'rof. John W. Lindsay, 101 West 18th street;
^yv^Nathnn Brown, lia Nassau street; Rev. J. ,
S" "^pane, 203 West 22d street; Rev. Prof.
Henry B. 34 ^\st 25th street.
A unSary Mrs. G. T. M. Davis,
Corresponding^Sec'v, 144 East 2Gth street; i
Miss Julia F. Gould, ^cording Scc'v, 5 East j
26th street; Mrs. Win. Alle* Butler, treasnrer, i
13 East 12th street.
The depot of the Association is av 400 Broad- !
way, where all contributions of clothing will be
thankfully received and forwarded. The Tron.*nrer
is Joseph Collins, 40 Wall street, to whom
gifts in money may be sent.
(From the Daily Picayune.)
| Important From Mexico. ?Bullle between
I iZut 4?Tfi/i Krcudt oc- I
, dpi/ Twnpico.?W<3 find the following lat.?
ami imi>ortant news in the Vicksbtirg
Whig, of the 19th :
San. Antonio, Dec. i, 1862.?By express
from Monterey, we are in receipt of the following
interesting items of news':
A French force, of about 5,000 men,
(part of the advance guard) met and engaged
a Mexican division 01 about 25,000.
commanded by Gen. Ortega, near ' jirft
of Puebln, and after a sharp flght the Mexicans
gave way, and fled in all directions.
The victors took possession of Puebln,
where they still await the arrival of reinforcements,
and then advance on the city
of Mexico, distance 90 miles.
A French force, 6,000, lauded and took
possession of Tampico. It is supposed
(.that port will be open to the commerce of
. the world, but trade will not be permitted
I to extend beyond the limits held by the in;
valors.
A French frigate, with colors flying, was
j recently aeon by some Mexicans passing
j through the Federal fleet off the mouth of
the Rio Gmmle, and snpposing that all of
j the vessels belonged to the same uational1
ity, they made post haste to Matamoras,
1 with tho alarming intelligence tliat a
French fleet had arrived to blockade, and
i probably attack the town. The news erei
ated onipe a name in Matamoras, and it
, was not until the facte of the case were an'
certain ed and made public, that confidence
I was restored. The foregoing explains
; many of the rumors lately in circulation.
Cotton lias fallen twenty-six cents in
Matanioras. ?A mdin Aluuuinc Krtr<i bcc. 6.
Note from a Nortli Carolinian.
We have received the following note
from Jvorth Carolina:
Newbern, N. C., Doc. 7, 1882.
To (he 1st> tors of the Independent:
A paper from the pen of Horace Gree11
ley, headed, I think, " A. J. Hamilton of
r) Texas," alludes to mc as desiring to "fight
> shy of the slavery question." This artii
clc was published, in your columns. It
> does me great injustice. That yon may
' | soe the jK)8ition I really take, and which I
j publicly announce here in my Rfcate, I inclose
you an extract from an account of
' l the groat Free Labor Meeting at Beaufort,
f N. C., on the 2d inst., which appeared in
r The Nrirkern Prorpreof the 5th inst.,
which I ask you to insert.
Very truly, your ob't serv't,
5 Charles Henry Foster.
The following is the extract:
"For hinwlf he ha'I to declare, and he called all men
.?; ?. imrMficr nnil for pvm\ he was pledged.
I IU WiUitPC, IU41 uvivf.v. , _
J and hi. oath registered in heaven, to the extirpation of
the aeenm-d neirroc-driving aristocracy and to the eetabp.
i liahmcntof I 'r< e Labor In SonthCaroiiaa. If need be, he
j j prefer- '1 r< ; coated defeat ;ie a pol'tfrhui upon this strong
and solid priu- iplu, sure as it it to triumph some time in
the future, to any temporary success upon any miserable
and crumbling platform of defnnct pro-slavery Conservatism.
Mr. Foster closed amidst great and long-:on^
tinned applause."
r From latest advices Vicksburg has been
s taken. Gen. Rosecrans was driving the
r rebels, demoralized and crest-fallen, out
>t of Tennessee, and all the territory west of
it the Mississippi would be the trophy of
a two hard-fought battles. Tne Savannah
Republican of the 12th inSt. can't even
get oif a whistle to keep its courage up.
it The barracks at Camp Sigel, Milwaukie,
y were burned on New Year's night. Twc
private* were burned to death,
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Important Information for the Heirs
of Deeeitaed Soldiers*
/ The following circular has just been is*
suedfrofi the Adjutant General's office:
Numerous applications arc addressed to
this office relative to the service of deceased
soldiers and officers. Fraudulent
claims hftTe been facilitated by inhumation
procured from tile public offices, and
to guard against ?uch impositions, nnd secure
Uie rights of discharged Soldiers, or
the heirs of deceased soldiers, 110 information
as to the for vice, discharge, or death
of deceased soldiers or officers will be furnished
except to those who shall show
themselves entitled to it. Hence, in applications
for information, where it can
be used as a basis of claims against the
government, or to the prejudice of innocent
persons, the following conditions
must be complied with:
1. The identity of the soldier must bo
proved .
2. Heirs and representatives must show
that they aro s; cli. In t r-se cases the
proof may be by affidavits from credible
uul disinterested persons, certified to be
such by an acting justice or notary, whoee
tfHcial character should also be made to
Tr1"*
3. Where im agent actihe must produce
Lis authority in ?ach individual case,
coupled with proof of tlmt of the party
who empower him in the manner Above , inaicatcur:.
4. "Where the object is to obtain pay or
allowances, the application must be made
to the officer of the Government under
whose direction payment would be made.
Where the officer is satisfied of the right
of the claimant, he will call on the Adjutant
General lor any information neces&uy
to perfect the claim, which, if found on
the records, will be furnished to him,, but
not to the party concerned.
o. When affidavits or other evidence
pi occcd from a foreign country, the official
character of the magistrate or acting officer
before whom they are taken, must be verified
by a minister or consul of the United
States resident in the country where such
evidence originates; the verification to be
in all cases under tlic hand and seal of
such minister or consuL
6. Applications for certificates under the
seal of the War Department, to be used in
foreign countries, will only br* entertained
when coming from the highest representatives
of the foreign country through the
Department of State. All the facts connected
with the subject of inquiry should
be communicated, particularly the full
name and rank, regiment, and company
of the soldier, when an \ where he was last
heard from, and the uamc.s of the officers
under whom he serv ed.
L. Thomas, Ad't. General.
91. E. Church South.
Parson Brownlow, in a late letfer from
Tennessee, discourseth of this church as
follows :
'' So far as I am individually concerned,
I am so thoroughly convinced of the corruptions
and profligacy of a majority of
the ministers of my own church (Methodist)
tiiat I would scorn to be associated
with them in church relations. But I
purpose, God willing, upon my return to
East Tennessee, to call a convention of
the Union-loving and law-abiding ministers
and members of our church, at which
I we phnU nnrvlven trm oliUi'Ou, <iud
claim the church property, confident th.tt
we can hold it under the courts of the
United States. We shall go further?we
will expel the rel>e!s from the church, nnI
der that chapter in the Wesleyan Disci
pline, which * requires obedience to the
' powers tJiat be,' and a ready and cheerful
obedience to the laws of the land."'
Oknkrai. Okpkbh, No. 7.
I. Tn tire hope of correcting a w'.Je-spread and deplomblc
evil tire following regulations are announced.
1st. Any negro claiming to have, or charged with hav>
in? more than one wife, w required to confine himself
to, and. If need ire, support that to whom he has been
I Urn fully married. If no such marriage has ever been
celebrated, he will select that one of iue so-vailed wives
wi?o 1? the mother of liio children, if any he have; and,
after s. marriage service duly performed by some Afinistc;
of the Gospel, take her to himself as his own sole
lawful wife.
Vd. Hereafter anv of the colored people wishing to be
united in holy wedlock will apply to Key. At. i'reucb,
Chaplain V. 8. A? or other Minister, who will keep a
Itegister of marriages and furnish the parties witn a
Marriage Certi/eatr doly auti entirated.
Kd. All negroes, male or female, hereafter living in a
state of concubinage, or found unfaithful to their marriage
vows, will be liable to arrest and imp! bailment.
II. There being, on cveiy plantation, mure or less
persona unable to support themselves, and having no
near relative, to whom the duty can be assigned of providing
for their wants, a charitable f"ud will be established
on each plantation by deducting from the amount
due fi r labor thereon such jrer centage as may be
found upon trial, sufficient for the purpose.
Tire fund thus created will be placed in the hands of
the Superintendent, to be expended by him for the benefit
of the helping and friendless, in providing them
v ith suitable food and clothing, either according to the
directions of the burgeon in attendance, or in obedience
to the mijrgesiions of his own common sense and experience
A proper account of the oxpMdltorcs under
this head will be furnished monthly to the Assistant
Quartermaster at these Headquarters.
III. ThisOrder will be reau by the 1 noerintendents
to the negroes on every plantation, and care taken to
. niutn it* nrovisions so that they may Ire fully under
stood a* designed to secure ;nd regulate the iierfc/mI
aucc of duties which are enjoined by the plainest dictates
of a meie worldly experience a? well as by the
subliraer teachings of a living Christianity.
By order of
Erig. Gen-'l K. 8AXTONT,
ComiitaqdinQ.
S. Wn.L4BD 8.vxtox, Ac" Aa^t. Adjt liene.-a'.
HEAIXJCAUXKILS, BEAUFORT, 8. C.,) V,.
November 14th, 1SG2. / "X
Gkxfsab O&oZBf, ~<c. It
I. A Commission is hereby appointed, to consist of \ J
Fev. M. French, Kev, I. W. I.rinkerhofi'. and Mr. i'. K.
Ler. Jr., to whom all eases of domestic difficulty among B
the colored people will lie referred. It am<<ng tiu?se
w hw apply to be married, there are any case* vvherc, in fl|
coDSeijitence of hud treatment, desertion, or unfaithfaliiess.
a divorce should be granted from parties with Jfl
whom tb< have been previously related as husband and
wife, before the marriage rite cuu with propriety be eel- jHH
ebrated. to this Commission all such cases will be re- ^DH
ferried, and their tleeisloii will be fins! in the matter. SB
II. The attention of Superintendents is espedally-ctl- VB
led to so much afUnetal (Mat No. 7, of August Md.
as refers to this <ubject, and it is hoped they will, as fax MM
as possible, aid in enforcing its provisions.
By order of s H
Brig. Cen/R. SAXTON, V
Military Governor. W
S. Wit.t.Aun 8 *xton. < B
| Capt and Act. Asst. Adjt. General, |
CJLAYRHV IX SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THE EXL>
SLAVES; oa, The Post Rovai. jlihwon, By Mr*. A.
M. Frkxcii. A new and important Book for the Time*,
fall of Stubborn Facta and Thrilling Incident*, unveiling
the Wickednt s* of Slavery and, the Suffering? of
it* Victim*.
".Mks, Frksoii was among the tint to offer her services
a* missionary to the ' ex-slaves' at Tort Royal,
the at once berime familiar with . hivery a- it K and
was. The excellent n sriL? of t! n.issicn art shown to
he encouraging in ti.< nigm-st >xgree.?.Vor. i t. .14."
"It is a book "f painful and powerful interest." The
Independent.
"None will read the hook without having a fueling
| that such an institution a? elmer. ooght to die.?Forth
, MY ''em Ch. Adrm-nt..
"its faru and m's a of vast Interest and Iraporianec.-?/;<,<
//. / n D.
"It has tho Ittji.>r j njeTorr>'- r \ ,r.
Independent.
It tells wlt'i overw!.e:riNv r<ow< i n-' tV ti "ST"dalion
and cru ltyof liie sjsttn. ji slavxry." A,w-1 oik
Svar.aeliat.
, Price of the work One Dolla-, 'or which it will be
, mailed, post-paid, to any person. *ddre?^
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