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BEAUFORT, S. C., OCT. 15, 18?4.
For President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
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For Vice President,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
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Tbe Free Soutla
? for sale by the following Agents :
- R?uift>tt?J. C. Alexander, Post Office.
f Jacksonville?E. H. Reid, Post Office.
Fernandhia? W. W. Mad, Poet Office.
| St Augustine?J. W. Allen, Post Office.
" Morris Island?W. p. Wood, Port office.
- - WILKES A THOMPSON, Proprietors.
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Notice to Newsdealers and Agents.
Send la joar orders as early as Monday night. Lib,
\ era] terms to those ordering largely. Agents wanted in
every Regiment. Address
t WILKES A THOMPSON, Beaufort, S. QL
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THE DIFFEBEHCE.
perhaps the war has hardly afforded a
more curious illustration of the changed
posture of men and parties than is to be |
eeen in the Democratic mottoes now everywhere
delayed, ' Free Speech! Free
Press! A Free Ballot or a Free Fight!'*
From whose months issue these famiPar
bottle cries? From those who scoffed at
their legitimate authors as "freedom
shriekers," scaroe a decade since. Free
b Pbess! out of the gloomy holjow of the
, past 'there comes an echo?"Lorejoy!"
Fbee Sptech! Lo, Sunnier scarred and
gory! FeSk Ballot 1 Wnat a wail from
Kansas.' And when she fought for suffrage
and met fmud. ?rrhs with arms, how
: < govejsnmenw? " anise a toduoj, *iu
you?" said the Amazon who floored a
]V>lic maD only to beTwsrsalf laid prostrate
immediately. Such is tie picture of a
? party which a pitiless bully in the plenti*
, tude of its strength, whines like a cor in
*' * the impotence of its decay.
JE:F. DAVIS'S SPEECH. .
/ Jeff recently made a speech at ^la con !
very desperate in its tone. He says that j
two-thirds of the rebel soldiers are absent
from the ranks, "some sick, some
wounded, but most of them absent without
hive.'1 That tells the story. Of the
speech the Charleston Mercury remarks :
"We make no comments upon this
speech ; but we cannot refrain from expressing'our
profound regret that such a
speech should have been said to have j
been delivered by the Chief Magistrate of
the Confederate States, for we cannot
make up our minds that he delivered it.
We hope speeddy to be able to deny its
authenticity."
THE SCHOOLS.
t The summer vacation having passed,
and the Superintendent, Rev. George
Xewcomb, with many of the teachers
having returned from their northern visits,
we are informed that the schools in this I
tow a and several in the vicinity will be |
i ' . neu on Monday, Oct. 17th. Yde are 1
a-snred that under tin? direction of Mr. j
K -cmb, and his able corps of teachers,
? - school were very successfully prose<
i .1 dnring the last term. Y/e hope i
a ';:e success w "11 attend them the I
c iai sv.ison. The schools are free for I
:? our ch'Mren, without distinction o: !
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ti ' 3 VE!jLOV;
* W;} have minle nr :mte eii^n'rics as to j
4'ie rc. :~1 I c: ^eee of yc^'ow lever in
tbe }.^u : l* su.i ~?.cl tuut uo |
c. . > v to <k ..tu, either at li'lon
Beau or Iva;1 ..it. 'iheor 2iii'acrt0 ?Ktions
r c *e 's:. ci, r id Ultra little
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TIIE FREE SOUTH?BEA
danger of an epidemic. Northern papers
report that the fever had appeared in
Jacksonville and St. Augustine, but we
informed that such is not the case.
It is said that the exchange of prisoner!
at Savannah will not take place until nit
danger of introducing the epidemic shaft
have passed.
B1CHHOKB.
The Richmond papers, which were suspended
during the panic caused by the
late movements of Grant, have resumed
publication. In the New York papers
of the 7th inst we find extracts which
show a greater degree of fear for the safety
of the city than at any time during the
war. The Examiner thus cries out and
reiterates:
44 Let troops ue\bro/ght to Virginia from
my where. The safety of our lines cannot
be left to Lee's present army,. w!>:ch has
too great a load oa it oWady. An accession
to our forces l>oai some quarter is
tbc sore need of the hou"- -the hour of
finel trial which is close at baud. That
some d'visions of good troops should instantly
be brought to Ricbmoud, and that
its vast popu'atfou of negro womea and
children who eat up everything should be
seDt forthwith away, are the evident and
pressing wants of the occasion.
The Eatminer says they must be brought
4 4 from (my where" but it don't state what
portion of the Confederacy that is.
RISE Iff GOLD.
Under the operation of the rebel movements
in the West and the quietness in
Grant's army, gold rose to 196. All kinds 1
of stocks, merchandise, &c. were quoted
at higher rates.
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WITH..
Acting Master Kemball, commanding
the Niphon, off New Inlet, N. C., reports
that on the 25& nit. he discovered a long
steamer painted white, with two smokestacks
and two masts, coming ont of Swash
channel He immediately gave chase and
fired several broadsides at her, nearly
every TW
Niphon then atfrfltfpfea to rah lfer"8lrjrn, <
but failed owing to want of speed. Another'
gun-boat then joined in the chase
and drove the blockade-runner aground
off Half Moon Battery, where she was set
on fire by her crew and destroyed. Her
name was not learned.
The October Elections.
The elections held on Tuesday last in |
the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa i
and Indiana have doubtless put the ques
tion of the Presidency at rest. Pennsylvania
only voted for members of Congress,
but the result in November will j
doubtless be clearly indicated. In Iowa, :
Ohio and Indiana State officers were
elected, and the decision this month will,
in all probability, be repeated in the vote
for President. We wiT have full returns
next week.
Iron-clads to visit Europe.
That noblPvessel the New Iro.mdes has
been overhauled and repainted, and is
now in as good condition as when turned
out of the hands of the builder. Her hull
is now black, her rail lead color, and her
masts, standing rigging and smoke-stack j
are white. She, together with the l)icla- !
?- - ? " mi !
tor, will soon be sent to inurope., liiej
w 1J1 visit the principal ports of England, :
France, Ho'land, Denmark, and Spain.
The. Ironsides as no mere experiment in
naval architecture, but a veteran, unscathed
by the severest tire from the. most
approved aivHeiy,' will be an object of
the greatest interest to the nations of
Errope, and a powerful argument against!
ai:y i arerference ill American ah'.irs.
Cor.iiu::;.;Uioa;.
Pr< si dent I licolu thus wrote, Apr'1 13,
1 v; ?, to-a lhpubrcan commit.'ce of ii--s
i on : 44 Th's w a wo'Id of cm hp- aa.uiou,
win.1) e who v. onld bo no s' ve must consent
to Lave no s1 ve. These who de *
freedom to others deserve it not thenselves.
i\r1 ruder a iastCo.l cannot long
let. *n it."
UFOItT, SVC., OCT. 15, 1864.
FARIIAGFT.
Refur Admiral Farragut arrived, on Fie j
4tli inst. at Fortress Monroe, and started
immediately up the James River. It is \
reported that he relieves Admiral Lee who
is assigned to the command of the Gulf
Squadron.
Htw New York Soldier* are to Vote.
l.< Every soldier who lias a right to
vote if he were at home, is entitled to
vote in the field. The law includes enlisted
men, officers, surgeons, &c.; in a
word, " every elector of the State of New
York in the actual military service of the
United States, in the army or navy there
of." Bat the elector, if not at lioine in
his own town? most be absent from tlie
State in order to under this- law. JH?
need not be vith his regiment.
.2. The voting law, and instructions,
and printed blank forms, and envelopes,
have been sent to every New York regiment
in the field. Printed ballots, including
the Presidential electors, and the
State .and Congressional tickets, have
been cpr will be supplied in sufficient numbers.
3. We will suppose Johu Smith, of Co.
A, 50th N. Y. Volunteers, a duly qualified
voter ol Goshen, Orange Co., has received
bis papers, and is a little puzzled
how to get tkfts fropastjr fitted up and
se^thome. Frobablyin every company
tl^ere will be sen to whom the matter
loc%s a little mysterious, and who will
need some ad>ipe, not about voting, but
about preparing their papere. And as
the papers are to be sworn to before a
field officer, or captain, or adjutant, or
commandant of any company on detached
service, the men will in most cases
be likely to go to such Qfficer to see that
the forms are correctly filled up.
4. The power of attorney should be
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executed oy writing out me oiauiis us m
the following specimen. We print iiv
italics what in &e paper itself \rokL be
* The perSorr lPvifoni
thepower of attorney is given should be
a legal voter in the same town, and the
soldier will of course choose oue whom
lie knows and can trust. Any person is
competent to witness the signature.
soldier's power of attorney.
Iu pursuance of ah Act of the Legislature
of tlie State of New York, entitl d
"An Act to enable the qualified electors
of tlrs State, absent therefrom in the
milifciry service of the United State ;, in \
the army or Navy thereof, to vote," pass- d
April 21, 1864.
I, John Smith, a member of Company
A, of the 50th Regiment, Xar York Vol- j
vntccrs, now at or near Pelemntrg, in the ;
State of Virginia, (or Territory of ,1 !
or attached to the United States vessel j
\ nrwl bciriff a resident of the town '
of GosJten, (or of the city of ,) in the
county of Orange, do hereby authorize
and empower James Brwtn, of the town
of Goshen (or of the city of ) in the
county of Orange, to cast for me and in
my name and stead, in pursuance of Section
2, of said Act, my vote or ballot, the
same as if I was persona11y present at the
election to be held on the 8th day of Xor
ember, 18G4.
(Signed) John Smith.
Witness, Henry Thompson.
On this sixth day of October, 1S(U, before
me persomdly came John Smith, to j
me known to be the same person described
in the foregoing instrument, who
being by me duly sworn deposes and
says, that he executed the foregoing instrument
for the uses and purposes then,
in mentioned. And at.the same time appeared
before me lb wry Thompson, who
being by me duly sworn donosr ; and says
that lie saw the said John Smith s.:; i and
execute said instrument in li s or ;em ,
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c.ilue tiie subocribins: w'tuevs
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Caj lain Co. A, out a H. 1. Vols.
The alternative clauses, inclosed in
' parecth- j ; in the priqteti forms, may be
| : \ "?ek out \?Ji the pen where they do
. i t apVy.
The voter w"I sign V*; mme ;,i pr^
seuce oC the y'ess. vl>u v. " thcis'pi
h s, Lj, i j t: iho-i bwoin by viio
; officer, who after ad mini tile the oath
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j \* r iind oat and s'gu Ibe cjii iicate apj
peuded to the pov. : oi uUo "-i.eyaS above.
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NO. 38.The
voter will then fill out the affidavit
on the back of the envelope, sign it, and
swear to it, and the officer w ill attach his
certificate as shown in the' envelope,
signing, as before, his official designation.
When this has been done, the voter will
fold and inclose his ballots in the envelope
on which the affidavit has been made,
and seal it securely. He will then put
that envelope into the other which is
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marked "soldiers voie onuic uuuuui>
and seal thai, and address it in a plain,
clear band, to tbe person to whom be has
given tbe power of attorney ; writing out
tbe bome, tbe town, and tbe county.*
5. Officers of companies and regiments
should take special pains to inform themselves
thoroughly of the law and their
duties nnder it. They skocld in every
case see that tbe power of attorney aud
affidavit are correctly executed in all particulars.
A lieutenant commanding a
company not on delaclrtl duty cannot act
under this law. His men must in such
case go to the captain of auotber company,
or to a held officer.
6. If a soldier supposes himself entitled - ~
to vote, hut is not register!t let him send
bis ballot to a householder of tbe election
district, who knows that tbe soldier is ?
resident of tbe district, and wi1! make
oath to tbe fact when be offers tbe vote.
7. Let every soldier bear in mind fhd
lit loses his rcte by betting. He will see that
in tbe affidavit on the back of tbe envelope
he is required to swear he has not
bet on the election in any way. +
8. Be sure that your papers are all com- |?
pleted, and mailed in season for the election,
which is on the 8th of November.
The War News by the Fnltaii. ? i
The War Department has received aa
official dispatch from Gen, Bheridar,
dated at Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. *'2^ ]
7:30 P.M., in .whi6h he giv<b full details .
of the pursuit of Early np to that time* *
He says that most trustworthy accounts . 1
show that Early's army was co'mplotaiy '*
broken up and demoralized, and gives it
as Hs impression that most of the troops
Early had left, passed through the mountains
and fell back upon Charlottesville. t
Sheridan kept up the pursuit to Port Repub1;c,
destroying seve jfcy-:ive wagons
and four caissons. He sent Gee. Tcrbert
to Staunton, with Wilson's Division of
cavalry and one brigade of Memtt's.
Torbert entered Staunton on the 26th
and destroyed a large quantity of Rebel
Government property, harness, saddles,
small arms, hard bread, flour, repair
shops, icc. He then proceeded to Waynesboro,
destroying the iron bridge over tha
south branch of the Shenandoah, seven
nr'les of track, the depot buildings, a
Government tannery, and a large amount
of leather, Hour, etc., at that place.
Everything seems to be quiet in Gen. N
Sherman's vicinity. The Ilebels under
Forrest are di iven beyond hearing of;
the main road from Nashville to Chattanooga
is uninjured, and there i* no ap'
prehension that our communications can
be seriously interrupted.
We learn from Mobile that Fort Morgan
is being put in condition for strong
defence. The enemy are trying to place
torpedos in the channel above the Fort.
'The report that our gunboats are near
the city of Mob?*e is incorrect.
Till! HXtigruolsa llotch
Ly reference to our advertising columns
itvri" be seen that Mr. I "v has made
i t ome improvement in b popedar house,
by which he has obtained additionaT accommodations
for . uests. The scale of
i prices s veryl'jv, : i \ h-;\* o. ihe eiihiiiuvd
! cyst of the :i cessrti of fe.
The 1 v.i -> .1 : > tilled to he
ili?- most ;.tti i ve [> .cc o; amusement iu
i ,:ic Dope Imeut.
Messrs. Blaa?eit c fiubbxr<l si-'I cooj
t'aue i ? pi'Oiiuce .i.st i. ' *: -> iu
j vmiotis si/hi of tie 'e : ?.
I They ;ve 1 rciay for the v> later c ? |
]r:2u. Give i-hem ac/i.