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VOL. 1. THE FHEE SOUTH. BEAUFOBT, S. C., OCT. 24, 1883. tW Agents wanted in the different Regiments of this Department, for the hn Sovtv. " J? 0B5 ajjtWfR lEOTDSL An tttcllent plan w' secure copy of the Frtb-Soctth every week is to mtbteribe for TTTDTTE VAVTVS FOB. 50 CENTS. t Your paper will tbea~be sent bj mail and will follow your regiment wherever it may move. Soldier* sboold send the Tree South to their Mends ^ \t home. It wo did be almost as good as a WEEKLY LETTER, " and will contain aU the news of the department, and full lists of the killed and wounded and deaths in hospital. Sent by mall at $2.u0 per year in advance or 50 CEHT3.F0B THREE MONTHS. A word of Advise. Men who have passed their whole lives among the powerful restraints of christian society, are prone to forget to what a degree their virtues are the direet results of the circuinstances by which they were surrounded. How small is the number who love virtj&for her own beauty, and 4 who, relnbveaWoui the sociery of chVistian families, and feed from the bonds which have kept their evil passions from outward development, will stiil remain uncontaminated, and continue to display all their former exoellencies of character. Every man's experience bears witness to the powerful influence of good example, and especially that which reaches him ; through the family. He feels when sopa A- 1 * nAWTav fliof llA MUC rau.*u lrom iu> icuuiu^ yv" ? x umx uu . lost something good and pure from his J nature and realizes that there , is Hat j within him, whicli, unrestrained would soon cause him to relapse into the condition of a savage. The moral faces which God has set in motion arc equally powerful with all races cf men. T.'e look L..ek and see what our , anccst >rs have, been ; wo look around : and v;hr.t many of our own raro aiv to- : dry ; and we. cannot avoid the conclusion j tbit the difference b dwoen the condition 1 c" the dry ...led race by which wy are j here surrounded in dr.o very :.v.;eix to the j absence of thpse circuuistivnces to which vo o .ve Lire measure of .rclincmcn. and i v;rtuo we porsess, and wo must come to the conclusion tha: the { ana influences may raise the most degraded of ra -es much nearer to the level we occupy than our prido is willing to acknowlodye. - i In view tbm of the power o. goou i example, shall we not, for the Kike | of thojo who are now putting on for tho , first time iho dignity of ra?u:boo.1 anil its | responsibilities, shall we not guild more | vigilantly all that there is in us if good;! try to chock promptly any yielding to j evil; resist idbre strenuously every temp- i tat'oa to depart from virtue ? Shall we ' rot have a broader charity, a more enduring patience, a brighter hope for the ignorant and degraded. How many of our soldiers are the children of prayer 1 On how many family altars is the absent son laid as a morning and evening sacrifice ! Let not those prayers asc ad in vain, and while each cares for his own soul, lot him' remember that an initative race, jast rising from the barbarism entailed by servitude, is watching Lis every act, and that as circles from the pebble cast into the sea cease cot till th?y break upon the shores of either continent, so the influences of a thoughtless or a ? * J-a *.u^ wjc&eu uecu may ua isu ujj.jui wc iuhuv | of a wliole }>eople. appears from the Bichmcud corre- ' Bpondence of the London Times, that the i Charlestonians had re: Led confidently on j tho cqninoctial ynles to drive to ? fleet of of iron-clods from the coast, when Beavtivgard promised* to rule : a esso-olc 0:1 Morris Isfria 1; th?^r#v?- lyd* ;;nst d i at their laeV-nrcv jL-ical ;d ' V . J ij aw csaipiiah what a.. s* THE FREE SOUTH, SATT Editorial Correspondence. Philadelphia, Oct. 10th. "Wait and watch," seems now to be the order of the day. The opposing armies on the Bapidan confront each other day after day, each intently scrutinizing the least movemeflt of its foe, hoping to detect a weak spot wherein to plant a fatal blow, or anxiously expecting that terrible onset which is to destroy one or the other of these veteran enemies. So often have t^ey tried their strength together that something like a friendship has grown up between them, founded, I suppose, on that mutual esteem for each other's valor engendered by the terrible fields of Fred-1 ericksbtrg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburgh, to say nothing of the Peninsula and Antietam. An eager desire is felt in our army again to meet these " foemen worthy of our steel." Hardl^a ripple breaks the monotony of " all quiet in the army of the PotomacJL Occasionally we hear of a sleepy pickw captured, an unsuspicious traveller shot, man ip^ortunato, sutler relieved of hisstoel in transitu?ull of wluch are credited to the ubiquitous Meseby?six times dead, but still quite lively. Or, on the other hand, l^iford now and then wakes up tlio ifei&ift; of ^tuart's oiyje famous cavs^r^ or Kilpalriek dashes into the rcl>cl lines and leaves his mark. But those are but fitful gusts?the storm will burst ere long. FKOM THE WEST. Ever since the retreat of Eosecrans to Clmttauooga an uneasy feeling. has prevailed as to his ability to sustain himself. I This has ^gradually given place to a confi- j dcnco that he knew what he said when he I I asserted that he \v?s master of tho sitaa- j tion. The terrible slaughter uitlicteu on i Bragg's army in its desperate oflbrt to jet ' between our araoyuaa Chattanooga has so i weakened and demoralized it that it enn not bo brought up to the work oi a seecad j attack. a tie -Richmond papers ceu.Vis the virtual failure of t!i6 campaign, raid mourn over the slain wIuho places a:i \ never be rtiUAC. Gen. If nod is. more frer .av.lv lamented than any man sin?e Albert Sid7*ejv<'Vinson i> *. Vast numbe rs of troops have been lurried to Itoseereas, and iu a low days a. is thought he wil' again take *he crS'n1 :? with a larger :orv*a inan ever, li ivh silt and Hookt-r havo joined hvn, r.uu b3 veterans of Y ebsbr.rg also swell Lis nuv b<rs. 3rerg will hare a chance soon ;> rccom;u?u-eth-j> practice.of las favor ie tactics?reaeat. izit ?rvarrzer. The rebellion has iu three ways hop;,d to maintain itself. First,'by its armhs ; second, by foreign recognition and aid ; third, by tuo help of the sympathizers and cowards of the north. Its lirst hepe is failing every day. The material results of success always remain with the army of the Union. The solitary and isolated victories"won by the valor of southern troops( lire barren of substantial fruits. State by state has been conquered and stays conquered. Wherever tho hand of the government is laid the grasp is never removed. Gradually the confederate armies are forced back, until the limits of the rebellion have shrunk to scarce a third of its original size. Its armies, are crumbling away, its enthusiasm is giving place to despondency, and the prestige of success has long ago departed from its banners. Financially, the rebellion is ruined. Its currency has sunk until hardly quotable. In its own capital, within hearing of the stamping press of the Secretary of tire Treasury, the auctioneer sells confederate money at fourteen for one of gold. The notes of suspended state banks sell at fuur dollars, mid greenbacks, the currency of the hated Yankee, is eagerly sought for at eight for 0:10. Its foreign loans are falling, failing, falling, as each steamer takes out news of Union victories. In ordering i'r. Tlason to v.-'dhdraTV from Mr. -.land the rebel lAtdtr.: havo ceufei-.'id their dirlomr. ic d\k--.and the '.e:.::: ills of ti:d Lngieprcrd dearly t JRDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1863. : show that they liave nothing further to expect. The Times is conclusive on this point: " Recognition is not to be thought of." Mr. Mason has indignantly retired to Paris, and with liim goes the last hope of rebel success by the aid of England. I>oubly disappointed in its military and i diplomatic hopes, can it trust itself to the last ? I think not Treason has done its worst in the free states. The failure of the secession party?for this is its true namein Maine, California, Vermont and Con{ necticut is conclusive proof that the rebel j Hon cannot depend on northern help. Next Tries day trill destroy what little chance remains ; for Pennsylvania, which has already done so much to break its military power, will continue the work by the election of a loyal governor. Ohio and the great west will follow suit, and the ides of November will crush the last hopes of northern and southern traitors. J. G. T. A Itc&cl t'oloacl on * Peace." A story was published in i> iYijFg j paper some utiys since, representing a | Colonel R. C. Hill us telling Gen. Custer, under Hag of truce at Fredericksburg, that "there would soon be peace, "adding certain reasons in support of this prophecy. The whole of this statement, as was supposed at the time, turns out to be false. Tho Richmond Satinet of the lOth inst. publishes a eard from Col. Robert C. HiJl, of the Forty-eighth North Caro-, lina regiment, in which he says ho had an interview with Gen. Caster, us stated, on tho lStli of August, but that it had reference to picket-firing opposite Fredem:l:shurg, and nothing at all was said as ta ! peace. Col. Hill adds : | '*1 fin op.) >s.\l t ):c ?.?: an/ terr.n 'hart of a p.:b, paissioa ?. tii.* fri\'iv: to mnhtcrnwsstremay whictL i.i ra/op:r.!;?u nb?>:;.ii bo .naw.u'o hiiI liii 'n.j Djn.'iO!! v. n:. -. ,.:s;vs uiiL'a.I'iu c ihr .uiv iss5j>2>: Ik:Iu>v I'uirii. i.r ail ;h jjt*j suam lj pr >j>.-ry <i.; d v. e rrst vi \ i'urim*' ..i*.u-<ti*. . -ry .v? vy \\tv_ j.e.I .J. w'!:?*r | s VH.-3 i'.? . :?t . >. ;* t | uuri^j Uk> war. if |ii<y :r. t? :v*.! -ccois totpese I Una*. . pro* >. : i . 3 ut:i .? * t' > war I catttkRMir-efj ;': O .:? ! s- v? .1 likk.. .T-HK to Jj.?- rt-?JwT?' a ;. ? ; * o v'.i^u. <c. 1 *L : v.*e i >'ir t:?:. ? I w. hsr* : i\ : !. : >..{ :? | ..?i c\* .,t.u i The?" :Ui' v" " 'C- v.i'v 'i% be cor.' abated.! /f.wl'!> v.-;and. v;':0 v.'o at i? I v'? ??* * . 1'k. 1*.C it ih il* i <lrirwal *>: iar tumiinc iYora Siheaa; ,v=' Hoi; ' \ ^ b??ll ;y> Lpahiied by" Grfea. SastdS t? ctsStelittf tfi# powers and denies of .. cu the Peace, with genera! < ivii audi criminal jurisdiction in the district embracing the islands of Hilton liana, St. Helena, Tort I'ovr.l, Paris Islands and the islands adjacent, to lake and certify affidavits, take :vc;:nowIedgcmeni of deeds and other instruments j in writing, ?fcc. This appointment meets | the wants of citizens ana soldiers in watj tors which have been heretofore over ! looked, bat which are daily increasing in importance; We trust the Judge will not hesitate to assume the discharge *of these useful, and we may say indispensable functions. , JKjTJt would require no other evidence of the return of the Chief Quartermaster than the new life, order and Vigor apparent in that department; but when we meet from tirno to time his portly form and | pleasant countenance, we join our conj gratulutions with those of our citizens upon (the return of Capt. John K. Moore to ! his old post an<l pleasant quarters. May j his shallow never be less. fe?r* The Baltimore papers notice tlie early apj>e;tranee of wild ducks. They say lha#l>lack heads and red heads have made their appearance in the head waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The Phi'adelphia journals say that the copperheads, or lame ducks, that were recently so plenty around tho head waters of Delaware I Bay, have vanished. j TCI - It is rumor, d t' at Col. berroU, of | the ikmincer Corpa, has tendered Iris , r n-^icn > ion. 'Gilhnore, and that it | I....-: boui accepted. NO. 42. Vote of the Ohio Soliien in Beaufort. Beaufort, & C., Oct 21, 18l>3. Mr. Editor :?You will please give this scrap of political news room in your paper as we have been requested by gentlemen of the different Ohio regiments of the Department, to let them know how the election at this Post went; we knew of no better way to accommodate thefn than through the medium of your columns. "Rv rlm'fic an vmi will oblige them. ' ^ Oct. 13th 1868. The qualified electors ol Beaufort PtaV met at Chatfield Hall and organized by calling Sergeant J. P. Owen's to tie chair. The following persons were elected and duly qualified to act as Judges and Clerks of the election, viz :?Sergeant ( J. P. Owen, Co. K, 67th Ohio Volunteers ; Sergeant R. P. Stokely, Co. A, 62d Ohio Volunteers; Sergeant W. H. Stonebumer, Co. A, 62d Ohio Volunteers, Judges ; and Sergeant W. Snyder, Co. C, 67th Ohio Volunteers; and Corporal Ben. S. Harford, Co. E, 62d Ohio Volunteers, Clerks. There were nineteen Counties represented, i^Uid THIRTY-EIGHT VOTES POLLED, GIVINOAT>*^>LUORITY OF THrRTE'SEVIK. Tho ' dsctioaph|sed off quietly. Ty CLEBXS. ?; A < * ? Bishop | the letter liaving been circulated by the i Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania as a campaign dccument, Bishop Potter* of Pennsylvania, end about eighty of the Episcopal clergy of that state havo felt theniscivo called to protest against the 1 T>iol,rtn IT. iiVlfi r?? TIlPV KJ1V of | the letter :? ' This attempt not only to apologise for slavery in the attract, hut to tdvocate it as it exists hi the cotton states, and in states which sell men and -women in the open market as their staple product, is m tneir judgiutnt, unwortny of any servant : of jesus Ciirisn As an eibrt to sustain, on iliblc principles, the states in rebellion against the gim-rnuient, iuihe wicked at /tempt to (.'sui'.jl.sh by force of arms a tyranny r.ndtv the natto of a r?-public,, mam~ \: .oa 4corner : one-shall bo tho perpetu j;l bondage-of ;Jto -can. it chaikngeJ j tne.i' md.gaunt 1* p.-ifraiion." ? ii.ee the change of fr ont ol ssrvabio in j- ngic.nd tawa-vls^tiiis co.mt.-y, t:u> j of tho Lading ionrrti* ::i* In" ?' bold! v I ij asserted that _ raucc cannot u,;t; rnaogi 1 ike- "he l?av.b GiiV< r.nhietK. "B i*. tco 1 , > ? i ' j late, ussej-ts, inc. xv.a i<?, tkc?#rcp^o^c?m. ^ org a i, aud the Hiitvmnb, t:w 1 organ of the lib-re! party^ea lcd by Prince* ' ipoioou. iio.r that it is certain that ; .Lugtaul UJ! not :uu m.c, ]v^:;j)s -\:\:>u, Icon the Third will likewise say 44 It is ;oo ! late.' i JCG^Wu Lave received a coraaiutica! tion from Judge Smith* ortlo Tax Commission, in renlv to an nrtielo published I ? - * * j by us last week, from th^lttsrfc'ni B rp! lit' entitled, 44 Vv jiitcwa^iu^Secegli Doctors " As.otu- eo!n:n^p^\> erinydcJ, ,v? think lie v ill excuse us if. wc postponw the matter for 0110 week; especially as we Jo not think his reputation at all in pcriL JtU?**Au agreeable hoar may be passed by our citizens and soldiers in examining the beautiful specimens of art at Ii. V. Balsau's Photographic Rooms, near the camp of the 50 th N. Y. Volunteers, whoi^ * pictures are taken bv artists who understand their business, and at reasonable prices. m m BQ^Lieut.-Col, Haii, Provost-Marshal General of the Department of the South, has returned Iron leave of absence in tlio north. m ? tm. ? l&*Wc are indebted to P;irser Fenwick of the Steamer Ojsmopoliian, for late New York pepe -a. fSFOPor Gen. Oillmore was in town on Tkwr uk.p, the jmest of Gen. Saxton. ? -v 11. !;c?i: is acting commander '! o? t ' p?.-'* i r t of VvYsiikjct >n, Gin. jiC-; ixh - U. t