The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, July 04, 1863, Image 1
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* When reeu Leaves Come Again.
I | * xrTR arruot or "joiis ualitax, oektlemar."
| i * When green leaves come again, my love,
Whea green leaves come again,?
Why pat on such a cloudy face,
> When green leaves come again ?
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**Ah, this spring will be like the last,
Of*promise false and vain:
, And summer die in winters arms
Ere green leaves come again.
41 0>v *Ka OAOoAno o r?H Allf 1 i T*Pft
*Tis Idle to complain:
But yet I sigh, I scarce know why,
When green leaves come again."
Kay, lilt thy thankful eyes my sweet;
Count equal loss and gain:
J. Because as long as the world lasts,
Green leaves will come again.
For as sure as earth lives nnder snow,
And love lives under pain,
0*Tta good to sing with everything!
" When green leaves come again."
ctract from an Officers Letter,
Baton Rogue, La., Apr. 3, 1863.
* * Oh Slavery, what a crime ?
)or nation, what a criminal! ! Mrs
e never told the half, and even Gen.
;r, when he tells of a Judge making
itress of his own daughter, only bethe
trreat catalogue of outrages com-1
xaitted daily by the slave-owner. I give
yon one instance, among many, that has
?ome to my notice. Last Sunday I was
^ on picket?Captain of the grand guard?
I* w and about two o'clock Monday morning,
i aeven black women, with their babies, a
little boy and girl, came to our lines. J
look them to a slave hut near by, built i
L? Jire and made them as comfortable as possible.
I asked them how they came to
leave. One gave one reason, another a
different; finally, a young, good, smart,
intelligent looking woman, partly white,
with a babe at her breast, replied, her
black eyes at the same time flashing fire, ,
^^^"^"frwue to avoid having any more such
children as this, "?at the same time show- j
ing her babe. The babe was perfectly 1
white, with straight hair, not a sign of :
black blood in it. None of these women j
had ever been married, but had all had j
children by their master. In the morning j
I this miserable man came and demanded j
I his property. Any way, he said, he must I
| . j have this young woman and child, showing j
I 11 at the same time some old protection papers
given him by Gen. Grover. I quietly
"told him he could have them, while in my
m charge, by bringing papers from God Al- i
mighty, and from Him only. He then !
V. claimed the mule. I told him he could
| have that by gettirfg an order from Gen. j
Anger. Thinking he could not convert
i me to the 44 Divine institution," he left,
and I have not seen him since.
I I saw something, however, that interestI
ed me very much, the other morning. As
I I was visiting the guard about daylight, j
1 in the capacity of officer of the day, I j
I found one sentinel teaching a negro liow '
I -> to read. It is considered quite an offence I
lor a guard, while on duty as such, to be I
I ' doing any thing except guard duty. I j
ft could but think of that beautiful passage j
in the story of Le Fevre, where Uncle
J- Toby, out of the tenderness of his heart
I used an oath,?4 4 The accusing spirit which ;
I dew up to Heaven's chancery with the
oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the
v Recording Angel, as he wrote it down,
dropped a tear on the word and blotted it
B out forever."
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BEAUFORT, S. C., SAT
Rank Sc Fyle an the Bombardment of
Dairjr*Ann, Capture at the Fin-Gal,
Ac., Ac.
Bitot, Ponth Kerlinv, Jewne 2# ninth, <8.
Deeb Edittb:?i surpose that yon k
the wrest uv the peeple hay wundnred
what in thunder had kaused mi long kontinuered
syleuce & whi i hay kept the
publick in in ignurense uv mi movemunts
?the grate reesun was bekause the safeti
uv the Armi & the wellfair uv the Konstitushun
maid it imperatif that i wurked in
the dark?i use a figgerativ xpressun, i
doant meen that i work nites?when i desided
tu maik a rejtunonsense at Charlistun
i maid up mi mind tu too pints, 1st
if i was suck-sess-full & tuk the plais that
i shad anouns it tu the wurld that I new i
shud do it awl the time^-that i had maid
up mi mind tu sackreefyse evry man, woman
& nigger<fc the lost postage stamp in
my milentery chist but what the accussed
sity shud faul?2ndly i deesided on the
* * 1' 1 - ?"a 1*1?a v\1 o q1 a
utner hehq iiiui 11 i ^ut nu&u uuwjm
that i wud announs tu the saim afoursed
wurld that i hed suck-see-ded in awl i entended,
whitch wos mearly a reckunonsense
in fours?just tu sea whare fourt
Sumtur wos situBed &. so fourth. Konsequently
i enstructed mi konfeedenslial
frinds knot tu sai ennything abowt what
i had deeturmimed on & for that reesun i
forbour ritin tu yu?but i find out that
the publick is extreemly agetated bekause
i doant rite & maney feer that i've pade
wun uv mi menny dets?naimly the det
of natur. Sum uv mi konfeedenshul poleit-i-kul
trends hav privy't-lie towld mee
that the konstitushunall parti hed spoak
of mee as the next kanidait for presudent
& that itt wos hygh tyme that i kum out
& lett the peepul no uv mi moavemnnts
or thay wud bee pytchin on suip uther
milentury feller, i am tu modist tu speek
of what i hev dun in the past phew weaks
?as Ginral Hookem wud sai, his try will
keap me?or sumthin tu that effphect
The bryliant wrades on the Kombayhee
whar wea kaptured sum mules, niggers &
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utiier vail era Die live sun*?ui? uumuouumunt
uv Dairy-Ann k seesure uv the
skunner * Pet' wyth a phull loaid uv king
kottun?the kaptur of the wram fyn-gal
k so fourth, are wurks that wil phind thare
plais on the paig uv histry?i do knot sai
that i am entytied tu awl the prays uv the
dea<ls resyted but i do dys-tinkly eai
that sum "buddy planned the heewroick
ox and that i am deesurving uv mi part
uv the prays?i spose that you as well as
uther specknlaytif beeins feal anxus abowt
what mi pollysi ise in wregord tu takin
Charleston^ i hev wreesolved tu reeduse
that reebelyus sity, that hot bed uv treesun
bi starvashun?i am goin to kause an
ordur to bee printed forbidyng on the
panes k penaltys uv purgury enny body
mail feeaail or utherwyse from sellyng,
giving, lending or in enny wai ayding or
abeting enny persun that livs in the afoursed
sity enny frutes, meets or uther vegetables
or enny kynd uv vittles uv what
ever naim or natur. i kant sea whi thys
idee wil knot fetch thee sity tu turms, for
if a man knnt ete that doant wurk how in
thunder will the wimmin & cliildrun stand
it. i wud furthur sai that this idee is
ourwriginal it is not layd down in enny
wiyrk or snjjisted by enny bodi?it is the
1 offspring of mi own fnrtile brane, phuture
generashuns wil sea that thys is bi
no meens the weekest stratygetical mani
ufer that has been maid durin this war?
you mai deesydilie announs tu the peepul
that the Uniun wil be saved if they wil
leve it awl tu me & pai awl mi bills punc
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URDAY, JULY 4,1863.
terly ?mi furthur pollysi wil be deeveluped
as fast as the safti uv the kuntry wil
admit. I am havin an awlfired swad uv
ordnrs got out jist tu keap the prynturs
tu wurk?the ordure are uv no akkount
onli the pal the wurk kosts helps mi frend
?the pryntur.
AHers Yurs,
Rank & Pile.
Tke Halakoffi at VickMburg.
The following extract from a private
letter of a high naval officer, near Yicksburg,
contains information of interest.?
It is dated June 3, 1863:?
Vicksburg still holds out, but it is very
much like an old horse turned out to die,
with the turkey buzzards flying over him,
and with just strength enough left to
whisk his tail and brush off the flies that
are blowing him all over. In that devoted
city they are looking anxiously for
Joe Johnston to come to their relief, but
he got sucha thrashing that he can't come
to time. I was over the rifle-pits yesterday
on Sherman's front, within fifty yards
of the enemy's works. There our men
lie in groups, waiting for a rebel to show
his nose, and the moment, he does so he
is popped over. By this time I judge
?'a.v fiffoori totJh for
Uiey Kit: \> itiuii v* uavwvm j ,
they have sent for hand grenades, which
are being forwarded with all haste.
The firing this evening has been terrific
from our side. We have a hundred guns
playing on the city behind, and the mortars
and gunboats keep up a constant roar
in fronjt. We receive no reply whatever
to our shots. The guns on the land side
have all been silenced, and those near the
water have apparently been left to take
care of themselves. The gunboats have
their range so well that they can drop
their shells pretty much where they please.
You remember Sebastapool? We thought
the Malakoff the devU; well, there are
twenty Malakoffs here, and such a country
to operate in you never saw?nothing but
high hills and deep gullies, and trees
felled in every direction to stop our progress.
Yet our troops charged over these
and chased the rebels into their works.?
I don't think there ever was such splendid
fighting as w.e have had here.
Deserters come in every minute. We
have had thirty to-day, who came to the
gunboats, and they give a sad picture of
affairs in Yicksburg. The last twenty*
* 11? ^ 1\aa? vn/1 noo<l f/j
lour liours uie gruu u?o uwu ?
one-quarter pound of beef and a pound
of meal per day. This they only get at
night, as it is the only time they can move
about in safety. There are ten mortars
moored as close to the city as they can
safely go. They have torn trees up by
the roots, and killed numberless cattle,
besides keeping the troops in their hiding
holes or bombproofs.
The guns are gojng it this morning,
and this being a cool day the rebels will
get fits. An intelligent contraband lias
just come in. He says it is perfect hell
in the town, between the mortars, gunboats
and artillery. Every one lives in a
cave, which, however, does not protect
them from the mortars. These interesting
projectiles go through twenty feet of
earth.
Mr. Montgomery, recently editor of
the Vicksburg Whig, tells a good story of
the landlord of a hotel at Holly Springs,
Mississippi It was a large, fashionable
hotel, and the landlord was a pompous
man. with a huge corporosity and a ruf
fled shirt bosom. Printed bills of fare
were provided, yet the landlord stood at
the head of the table, at dinner, and in a
lond voice, read off the list of articles in
a rhyming way : " Here's boiled ham and
raspberry jam ; baked potatoes, and cooked
tomatoes, tnrnips smashed, and sqnashes
squashed " and so on. Mr. M. asked
him afterward, why he read it aloud when
printed copies were on the table. 4'Force
of habit," replied the kindlord ; "got so
used to it I can't help i:. You see I commenced
business down there in Jackson
(the capital of Missis* ippi) and most all
the Legislature boardc 1 with me. There
wasn't a man of 'em could read, so I had
to read the bill of fart: to 'em."
"Look here, printer, you have not
punctuated my poem sit all." " Well, sir,
I am not a pointer?i'm a setter."
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NO. 26. 7
Rebel Evidence of the Worthlessness
of Rebel money.
"When the rebel steamer Calypso was
captured by the U. S. steamer Florida,
while on her way from Nassau to a port
in North Carolina, a rebel mail was fount!^
on board, from which the following curious
letters were taken: f\.
Nassau, June 7,
Dear Brother: * * If I am not
mistaken some the blockade runners will - c
lose a pile of money as confederate money
is becoming at such a discount they
cannot get price enough on the goods to
pay the difference of exchange, as all
goods have to be paid in gold^ir sterling
exchange, and all freights prepaid, and
then take all chances of getting them
i through, besides paying duties on them
I at Charleston. Some of the blockade
men. here jtfiiDk the next steamer from
Dixie will bring bad news, and thfere will ?
be a much greater discount on confederate
money?say seven or eight hundred
dollars for one hundred in gold, and my
opinion is it will soon be worthless.
Yesterday I bought h^re (Nassau) $500
in confederate moneyat four cents on the
?11?.? AM '1 A AVM /V n o/vl/1 1 > nvA frvw rVT?AT> o
HULUU, UliU Iswuic nuo ouiu ucic 1U1 cicu <*
greater discount. So you can see what
the people here think of Dixie money,
and in fact, no one here will take it at any
price for goods or for freight money; and
if I had a million of gold dollars; I would" not
invest 81 here and take the chances
of getting through and take confederate
money.
If you have any confederate money on
hand when you receive this, get clear of
it on the best terms you possibly can, and
in the future do not take any more confederate
money, only at what you can sell
it for gold, and turn it into gold as soon
j as you receive it. The best investment of
i confederate money is good sterling exchange,
the next is gold or silver, and the - ?
next is cotton; for sooner or later, I am
confident, confederate money will not be
worth the paper it is made on, although I
may be mistaken. * * * *
Yours truly,
J. B. Jaquer.
Messrs. J. B.Jaques & Bro., Columbus, GaThis
is the testimony of a rebel merchant,
whose exodus from the South seems
: to have opened his eyes to the hopelessness
of the rebellion. According to his
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statements confederate money is aireaay
at such a fearful discount that the Engi
lish merchants of Nassau, favorable as
they are to the rebels, refuse to have anything
to do with it; while, according to
the following letter, confederate bonds
, are still more unsavory in their nostrils:
Nassau, June 3X 1863. y
Wu. E. Simons, Richmond, Ya.
! Dear Friend: * * * I have not been
I able to lind 6ale of the bonds, though
: there has been sales heretofore, but now
i no one seems ready to buy. I could sell at
j forty-live cents, but am not willing to sell
: at that figure. I have concluded to de[
posit them in a house here to be disposed
! of at a fair price, and proceed myself to
! New York, as we talked of liefore my de!
parture from Richmond. Until my return,
j I shall not be able to make any shipment
: to you. [Probably intends to buy goods
in New York.]
The feeling nere by residents seems to
be in favor of the South, but I do not
think it exists any further than dollars
and cents are concerned. They are all
makinsr money out of the war, and do not
care, in my opinion, how long it may last.
! As to England herself, from wliat I can
! see and hear, she is in favor of the South,
I on account of the gallantry shown by
! southern soldiers, and would be willing to
I recognize her, providing she would emanI
eipate her slaves, which can never be done.
Yours very truly,
Henry Woodward.
Mr. Henry Woodward proposes to visit
New York, and Marshal Murray will prob|
ably keep an eye on him.
Who is a Quartermaster? The man
i who give the poor soldiers one quarter,
i and keeps the rest himself.