The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, August 08, 1863, Image 3
VOL. 1.
EDITORIAL CORR?SPO\DEXC?.
Philadelphia, July 28, 18G3.
CAPTTISE or A PRIZE 15Y THE ARAGO.
The Arago left Port I loyal at 10 a. \
Tnly 23d, and stepped oil' Charleston at
3 p. in. for dispatches from Gen. Gillmore.
About 2; officers from the army
and about 100 privates came aboard,
, ?oiug north for conscripts to till up the
drafted regiments. At 5 a. m. 011 the
24th a steamer was discovered standing
X. W. At 0.15 a. m. 'we commenced to
pass cotton bales in considerable numbers,
and as we overhauled the steamer it
became evident that they had been thrown
overboard from her. By this time we
hzil gained considerably on the stranger,
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2rom v.nose itmneis cieuse volumes 01
black smoke was pouring. At 0l.j she
altered lier course and stood due west.
- Having by this time become convinced
that she was a blockade runner endeavoring
to escape, Captain Gadsden consulted
vritli Captain Taylor, of the Canandaigua,
Clcn. Seymor, and Col. Jackson of the
3d N. H. Vols., and it was decided that
tvc should alter our course and give chase.
The chase soon showed her uneasiness by
endeavoring to use her sails, and when
that devise failed to aid her by ruuhtng
tine west But the Arago gained steadily
Hryapon Iter, and at 10.30 a. 111., in lat. 33.
long. 76. 13., in obedience to a shell
from the rifled gun of the Arago, she
hove to.
Colonel Jackson, and the Purser, F.
Orantegean, of the Arago, with ten soldiers
armed with muskets, boarded luir in a
boat The oflicers and men of the prize
utemcd to take the matter quite coolly ;
thoneh bv subscauent conversation with
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ihcm tlieir trepidation was greater than
was evident by tlxeir demeanor. When
fhe gun was fired from the Arago the man
at the wheel deserted his post and ran forward,
where the crew commenced to break
open the liquor eases. When Colonel
Jackson asked the Captain to muster his
his men for transfer to the Arago, he replied
that they would not probably obey
him. He says that it was thought in
- ? itcrmudrt that cruisers had determin. d
not to take priifsC but to sink them at
once, and let the crew take care of themselves
; it was with a good degree of satisfaction,
therefore, that they saw the preparations
to remove them and plac^a
prize crew aboard.
The captain refused to answer any questions,
said that he was sailing without
papers, and under no flag. He had ihrown
overboard compasses, charts, chronometer,
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also injured. Mr. Henderson, the pilot,
and Mr. Hughes, Chief Engineer of the
Ar.igo, went aboard and examined her
engines, and found them in good condition.
Mr. Mallory, first officer, and Mr.
' Henderson with a prize crew were left
aboard the prize which was taken in tow.
Upon examination, the prize proved to
be the steamer Emma, 300 tuns measurement,
Capt. David Leslie. She had run
out of Bermuda about the IOtli of last
month, and into Wilmington, N. without
molestation, with an assorted cargo.
At Wilmington she took in a cargo of turpentine,
pitch, tar and cotton. The cotton
had most of it been thrown over in
She chase, with the hope that we would
stop and pick it up, and also to lighten
the ship. Had it not been for the floating
cotton we would never have chased
Sser at all. This fact seems to chafe Leslie
considerably. He was captain of the
Columbia, captured last year, and says lie
viU not try it again.
There were two men who profess to he
passengers. One of them was recognized
by a passenger, as Harris, once a Lieutenant
in our army, and subs?quently a
"Jfotler at Fort Gibson. He is a native of
Kentucky. Tiie other gives his name us
Sanchez, of l avannah, Geo. -The latter
fs' a g. htlemauly yonng man, and evidently
i.s more distressed and anxious at liis
position than any of the rest. He either
ias had a- large pecuniary interest in the
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curgo of the prize, or lie lias dispatches
which render liis capture important to us
and dangerous to him.
The crew, 34 in number, were allowed
! to bring their clothing and private prop!
erty aboard the Arago. The> were most- 1
j ly Scotchmen, and a line looking set of j
fellows. Thcv felt a little sore, of course, !
I
I at being deprived of tlicir expected boun- 4
! ty money, but were agreeably surprised 1
1 at the kindness with which they were j.
: treated. One of them had a fiddle, an;
other a bagpipe, and all were disposed to '
be jolly.
After remaining aboard some time, the
reserve of the officers and men began to j
melt. They admit that the condition of '
j things in the South is worse than has j
! been reported. The spirit of the people 1
! has been very much broken by the fall of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson. They anI
tieipate the same fate for Charleston, and ;
j Wilmington itself is in daily expectation '
of an attack. Confederate money is now
exchanged freely for gold at the rate of
ten for one. A strong opposition to the
blockade runners is springing up?the
evident effects of it being to still further
depreciate the currency, and to keep up a |
cotton supply.
The captain of the Emma states that '
on the night of the 17th inst., two steam- J
ers beside the Emma?one of 300 and one j
of 1,000 tuns, ran the blockade, and that
the blockade is violated at this port almost
! ever}' night.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
j - We-have intelligence from Europe to
! thoJ9th of this month, at which time it
l was known there that Loe had been enj
countered by Meade and. defeated. The
! English papers, for once, do justice to
the Union troops. Some of them affect
to doubt whether Lee's defeat would benefit
the Union cause, and The Times sal
gaciously shakes its head?like Lord Burleigh
in the "Critic"?and says that success
to the Army of the Potomac would
be a mere trille, unless such impossible
events as the fall of Vicksburg and Port
Hudson were also to occur. Not only
has Lee been defeated?forced to return ;
to Virginia with the loss of over 30,000
men?but Vicksburg and Port Hudson
have fallen, the Union troops are conj
quering in the Southwest; 31organ the j
guerrilla leader, is a prisoner, and his j
i i a ? lira.:, i
uaim cuutiuiu ux um^ciocu , iuc xuioaxssippi
is open ; Charleston is attacked ;
the communication between Charleston ;
and Richmond broken off; and Meade is j
pressing Lee very closely in his own se- ;
lected gronnd in East Virginia. Against j
; this catalogue of brilliant successes there j
is to be placed, per contra, only one dis- !
! asterous incident?namely, the riots in 1
: Nov,- York, as disgraceful to us, we admit,
j as are Cm "No Popery" riots of 1780,
' or the Reform Bill riots of 1831. Lord
i Palmerston may well rejoice that little
Roebuck had the good sense not to pros'
ceed, on the 13th July, with his motion
! pledging England to join other European
Powers in acknowledging the iudepend;
ence of the rebellious vSouth. The recent
reverses of the rebels have put a new face
t on the whole affair.
Till; ASPECT IN VIRGINIA.
According to information received to
i July :28th. three corps of Lee's army pass1
ed through Chester Gap on Thursday and
F"i?hlV ;171 il !LV<? 111 1W :ii flip south of Clll
pepper. Their passage was opposed by
Gen. Buford's cavalry, but he was com
pelled to fall back. lie however being
upon their rear, captured many prisoners
; and the herds heretofore mentioned.
Longstreets corps passed through Cul>
*|)eper on Friday and camped that night
south of the town.
All the available- rolling stock of the
i Virginia railroads were concentrated at
j Culpepper, and it was generally supposed
j that Leo was making all speed for llich;
mond. But General Bufurd thinks the
rebels intend to make a stand 011 the
south side of the Hapidau.
1 Lwcii's wagon trains, with a strong
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guard, went south from Strasburg, by I
way of Staunton, to avoid capture by our
cavalry, which lias, during the entire late
campaign, signalized itself by a degree of
energy and daring never before surpass- I
edw^iebcl prisoners of intelligence unite
in Caving that our cavalry has done more
to defeat Lee's plans than any other arm
of the service. Stuart's legion now fear
to encounter it, or, at all events, do not
court an encounter.
Prisoners and refugees are unanimous
in the statement that the morale of the
rebel army in Virginia is broken, and that
great despondency prevails in ail Southern
circles, particularly in the army.?
Their defeats in the Southwest, at Gettys
burg, and Morris Island, have at last oon- ]
vinced the rebel soldiery of their vulnerability.
Further that Lee's plans, sup- 1
ported by the flower of the Southern |
troops, having proved failures by the energy
of General Meade and the bravery
and endurance of the Army of the Potomac,
"will necessitate a reconstruction of j
the rebel army of Virginia, while the de- i
fection of Joe Johnston, and his refusal j
to obey Davis' orders, will cjmpel a re- i
construction of the rebel army of the
Southwest.
THE DRAFT.
Notwithstanding the treasonable machinations
of the copperheads and secret
emisaries of the rebels scattered through
the country, the draft has progressed far
toward completion. In the New England
states but little difficulty was encountered
with the exception of a feeble
attempt to imitate the New York riots in !
Boston. The mob was of course composed
of the same materials in both places,
viz : Irish ruliiians, thieves, pickpockets,
and jailbirds intent on plunder, with a
sprinkling of rebel spies and their pliant
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tools, copperneaus. iu muuj tuwiis mc
drafted men assembled to cheer the Government,
damn traitors and have a loyal
jotyfication generally. Not the slightest
difficulty occurred in Philadelphia where
the drawings are nearly completed. The
infamous outrages of the New York mob
has been decidedly advantageous to the
government. The murderous violence,
the wholes;Ue plundering, the incendiary
spirit evinced by that mob has opened the
eyes of every man in the country to the
character of those who oppose the war.?
A healthy reaction has taken place which
will tend to clear the political atmosphere.
Capitalists, merchants, traders, workingmen,
all see that anarchy is what they aim i
at, and all classes are united in the deter- !
miuation to put down the revolutionary 1
tiger with a strong hand.
tti^The rebel steamer Merrimae, built
j by the British for the rebels last year, ar1
rived at New York on the 28th ult., with
' a load of cotton, having been captured on
the 25th by the gun-boat Iroquois while
! running the blockade off Wilmington, N.
; C. She is over 500 tons burthen, a side!
wheel iron steamer. She was one of three
! that left Wilmington together. Two, the
j Merrimac and Lizzie, have been captured.
" Yank" \ cried out one of the rebel
! pickets tLe other night ?
| " Yank'!?"Well, what do you want, j
reb ?" was the reply.
" Reb" !?" We don't know what to do; ,
j whether to wait until Koseerans drives us I
j over where you are, or to come over be- i
i fore he does, we are thinking it over.'' j
Editor?" We don't see it."
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t w jiai writer ?uiuu uu>c much kuv wo*
i angler ? The judicious Hooker.
| What flower most resembles a bull's
mouth V A cowslip.
A woman may be surprised, astonished,
taken all aback, but never dumbfounded.
How long did Moses lie in the bul|
rushes V He lay his full leugth.
What animal is there in the clouds ?
. Rain, dear.
When is bread alive, V When there is a
! little Indian in it.
I Why is a doctor like a cobbler ? He
practices the healing (heeling) art.
i lie o! i ?"oTray's v.tr faithful, they gay,
Cut a uo,' that is fcithfal can never foe-lray.
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Late Telegraphic News.
( l.\< innaii. Thursday July :kHh.
Yesterday morning Pcgram's and Soott'a
forces numbering l^.'OO. crossed the Kentucky
Ki ver and marched to Paris, where they arrived
yesterday afternoon and attacked our forces.?
After a severe engagement of two hours the
rel?cls were repulsed and driven away. It is
thought they will make a think movement on
that place.
A large Federal cavalry force is in the rear of
the rebels.
The movement of the rebels is liclieved to beagainst
Paris for the purpose of destroying the
bridge there.
Cincinnati?P. M.
Pogrom's forces have retreated to Winchester
followed by our cavalry. A number of prisoners
have been captured.
Paris, Ky., July 30.
The rebels, three hundred and seventy-five
strong, drove in our pickets and unsuccessfully
attempted to Hank us aud burn the bridge.?*
They were driven luck two miles, when the 43d
Ohio came on their rear, captured lit'teeu end
drove the rest toward Mount Sterling.
Col. Sanders at Winchester attacked their
main force, about two thousand strong, with 8pieces
of artillary. The rebels retreated toward*
Irvine. Coi. Sanders is pursuing.,
None of our men are hurt.
Cincinnati, July 31.
Our force came upon the rebels at 'Lancaster,-* '
where a considerable tight ensued. The enemy
lost twenty in killed and wounded and nearly
one hundred prisoners.
A rebel force, live thousand strong, took
Stanford, Ky., about noon to day; but were
driven out by our cavalry with cornsiderbla Ion
and at the last advices were lustily retreating
towards the Cumberland river.
Washington, July 30.
Advices from the Army of the Potomac tonight
say the Eleventh corps is to be broken up.
The first division will go with Mai. Gen. Howard,
who takes command of the Second corns.?
g?
The Second division will he incorporated with
the Twelfth coq>s, and tiie other (Coi l SchnrzV)
has an independent position to guard the Orange
and Alexandria Ihtilroad from Manassas to the.
ItappabannocLs
Bermuda, July 22, 1863.
The privateer Florida is stiil in port, her departure
having l?eeu delayed by the refusal of
the naval authorities to furnish her with fuel;
but the is now getting a supply front the rebel
steamer Harriet Pinckney, and will sail in a day
or two on her voyage of destruction. Any
American gunboat in these waters could have
made an easy capture of her, as her speed lias
been very defective. The coal she is now getting
is of an inferior quality,, and must also
affect her speed.
1'hiLAPKLriiia, .July 31, P863..
The Subscription Agent rvports the sr.lc oT
$l,f>G3,3."iO five-twearies to-day at the various irvntioiiw
I^Aluvtrl^ fit* nm IIAIV W>ino*
made to July 17, inclusive. The sales further,
week will probably reach $1 E,000,<)00.
Crazy as George III. was said to have been,
there was evidently a method in, his
iaadaess at tinws. Speaking to Archbishop* ?'
Sutton of his large family, he used tlie?
expression, 441 believe voyr Grace has. .
better than a dozen 4* No, sir/' repliecL
the Archbishop, 44only eleven." 44 Well,*"
rejoined the king, C4is that not better,
than a dozen ?"
Business Stand fop Sale*
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Sutlers How. no
j NEW GOODS.
Messrs. C. G. Robbins & Co.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED, DIRECT THOX.NEW
YORKGentv
Poets and moat do*r
aV" sizable Styles, also
f Hosier}'?Ladies and penta.
White and other Gloves.
Vfofio and Gnitar Strings.
Mtv4'jito Netting, different psfcAznerican
Watches', for w hich we
And a^eaer-al as-irtment of bcw
! goods suitable for this department t > w hich attention is
respectfully called.
SUITS OF CLOTHES MADE TO ORDER l-v compe
tent workmen- fit warranted.
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onel'a order when coming to cs - ? rord.-rs f'aa.
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