The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, October 15, 1864, Image 3
vol. n.
ARRIVAL OF THE COSMOPOLITAN.
o\i: day i.\ter.
hood's army in sherman's rear
A despatch from Nashville reports that
a considerable force of rebel infantry has
appeared on the line of the railroad between
Chattanooga and Atlanta. Moving
columns of rebels are spoken of as
being near Daltof, at Altoona and at Big
Shanty. At Altoona a severe battle took
-place 011 the 5th. The loss was severe on
both sides. It is evident from these facts,
as well as from rebel despatches that a
large force is in Sherman's rear.
The Richmond papers have been received
to the 4th inst., from which we
gain a rebel history of Grant's recent
operations. They make desperate efforts
to conceal their losses, and belittle
Grant's gains, but they finally confess
that on the north side of the James our
forces made a very important lod&ment,
which they tried to drive us from, but
failed, and were subsequently compelled
to conform their line to the new state of
things, by abandoning others. In regard
to the south side they also admit that
their outer line of works was carried, but
% claim that they captured 1,500 prisoners.
'The most significent admission is that
Lee's army is too weak to hold his present
extended line, and the appeal for
reinforcements is pitiable and desperate.
Jeff Davis says he can spare Georgia no
fnrther reinforcements, for the disparity
in numbers is as great as in Georgia.
The Invasion of HIlNsouri.
Despatches from Missouri show clearly
enough that Price is in considerable force,
and that his invasion of the State has so
far been very feebly opposed. Gen. Ewing
succeeded in evacuating Pilot Knob,
1 ? 11 l 1. it. *1 .1 x _ C3L T '
una leu Dacit on me r&uruuu 10 oi<. juuius
as far as Harrison's Station, closely pursued
by the enemy. His movements beyond
that point were very doubtful, nor
does it seem that he is likely to reach St.
Louis. Price's forces are at De Soto,
less than fifty miles from St. Louis, and
apprehension is expressed lest he should
move directly on the city. But the dispatches
g've lis no precise information as
to the disposition of the forces under
Gen. Rosecrans; and we can form no
opinion as to the real purpo.se of the commanders
on either side. If this invasion
lias found us, as often before, unprepared
at the outset, it is at le:ist certain
that there are troops enough in the
Northwest to make Price's defeat ultimately
inevitable.
fifeg'-Gcn. Sclienck, discussing the Democratic
peace platform with its McClellan
war interpretation, brought down the
house by this apt allusion :
" I know nothing at all that is like it,
unless it may be the character of the fruit
that is sold by an old lady who sits at the
door of the court-house in Cincinnati.
She is a shrewd old woman. A young
sprig of a lawyer stepped up one day, and
said to her : ' You seem to have some fine
appies. Are they sweet or sour?' The
old lady tried to take the measure of her
customer, and find out whether his taste,
w.is for sweet or sour apples. 4 "Why, 'sir,'
said she, 4 they are rather acid ; a sort of
low tart inclined to be very sweet.' "
f. "A Washington letter says that it is
understood that arrangements arecontoui
plated for'the purchase of cotton oil government
account, Tunl agents v?.!l bo ;ippointt.il
at various j>!:ic s in tut* rebel
Stlitl'S i't.A.'.' p.ll'V'O*: ?,
: ' toes. G. :;: * h.is
Lii'iio i; ? si vice for r.:-;- ?!>.?
?yi; i',.' rebel properly
to the . O rafi S( ?V C6 :i'4vi iil'.'i ?ti
iir a ' u.
l . Jol.a T\ ctesr is engage d i a both,
the gold uad copper bus ucss. ile is in
Colorado working one of Ueimoiit's gold
miues aod eicefcioiiee dug for McCiellra.
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THE FJiEE SOUTH?BEA"
The Sea I*laud?.
A corresprodent speaking of the climate
of the Sea Islands during the summer says:
Perhaps with some an old opinion still
prevails that the Sea Islands during the
summer season are unhealthful. Because
severe and unhealthful diseases often visit
portions of Florida and shores of the Gulf,
unfavorable reports have been attached to
this part of the coast. It is true that the
yellow fever and some otke? tropical diseases
have occasionallv been imDorted and
have wrought havoc in Savannah and \
Charleston, but I cannot learn of their
ravages on these islands, laved by the ,
sweet sea and favored by sea-tempered
breezes. I think the sanitary statistics of
I the Department of the South will compare
favorably with the figures of any region
occupied by our army. The black
vomit or yellow fever was brought up the
coast to Port Poyal in the early automn
of 1802, and created no little alarm ; yet
probably not a fall score of genuine cases
of the disease appeared, and only about
twelve persons became its \ ictims. As in
similar cases, exaggerated rumors spuing
from men's fears. Some of the ?*ght?r
forms of fevers and dysenteries are the
more common diseases, and these are less
severe and destructive on these islands
than they are in some other regions. Upon
the whole, the islands should be pronounced
healthful.
The principal annoyances in a residence
here are the enervating heats of summer,
and the swarm, of insects that make their
levies upon the nerves and veins. The
mean temperature of May was 71; that of
June was 76; of July 85. The most unhealthful
nlonths are August and Scptem
ber. But about two-thirds of the year tne
climate is mild and agreeable. Yet no
one should contemplate a residence here
without a mosquito bar and good courage
to do battle with sad i?:es and fh .?
Moreover a* a necessity of a semi-tropical
regiou the rar.:fied air always loaded with
aqueous eyhshitions. lias an eneivating
effect upon both body and mind. The indolence
of the old plantei. was the result
of climate in connection with their fa7se
forms of society. The stimulus of freedom,
however, and the consequent necessity
and ennobling of labor W'U overcome this
obstacle.
The old whim, circulated by the proud
' and lazy slaveholders, that white men
I nnnlil unf. Isllirvr 1111/lAvtliA Kiimninr ciiviu nt
: vv,wv' .??? """
these latitudes, lias been completely refuted
and annihilated by the protracted and
almost Herculean labors of our army duriug
the past two summers. The heaviest
of the work on Morris island?the battles
by day and night, the saps and parallels
and the refitting of the rebel forts on Cuinmings
'Point?was performed under the
heats of summer. At all times the fatigue
duty of the army is severe, yet generany
speaking, health and vigor have characterized
our troops.
The tides oscillating from five to seven
feet according to the curves of the coast,
rushing in and out of the creeks, sounds
and rivers, cleanse the shores and furnish
excellent varieties of fish. Bass, shad,
the famous drum fish, mullets, sheep-head
croakers, and trout are often caught in
abundance. Near the mouth of the Savanuali,
and southward, are found as fine
single oysters in vest bods, sometimes
covering acres, as the world can boast. I
have myself picked up a boat-Ioa ' at a
, single tide, Kn coon oysters, eaten only
j by contrabands, line all the inner shores,
i It.age the marshes, and frequently awe1'
uto sm;,:kisland
I t short, these 'Ma:: as need but the
! idea :ul cno**;?y of nor.'t a in bids and
; bands to t t.?: . n them ,uto a jeweled
ha v of the any . antla ; r. id t: shappy
".a . . ee of new fee. id power v tie
c ue o. ;' compels ; ?g rasulisof ex-,
i ingSt aggie. For the sals of this coast,
as .or the sake of . kewlioio oun'. y -a nibs
.uti. vs,s, pi*oiMii;uy, ino.al j. ad poihic
ih I T.on.d adopt lb s muho aud policy:
Pr itLpiiypurly tijyay tns c :jjl . > of ;.w rc^:LUon.
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(JFORT, S. C., OCT. 15, 1864.
Origin of Lynch Law.
A correspondent of the New York Ereniiiy
Post says :
In America the term " Lynch law" was
first used in Piedmont, on the western
I a.' _ t TV mi i
ironner 01 Virginia. xnere was no conn
within the district, and all controversies
were referred to the arbitrament of prominent
citizens. Among these was a man
bj the name of Lynch, whose decisions
were so impartial that he was known as
Judge Lynch, and the system was called
"Lynch law," and was adopted in onr
pioneer settlements as an inexpensive and
speedy method of obtaining justice.
Lonfe after the death of the good old
J judge, when the manners and customs
j had changed, and wicked men usrurped
the perogatives of the courts and set the
I laws at defiance, "Lynch law" came to
1 he regarded- as a reproach. The system
i has, of course, passed into disuse iu Vir!
giuia, and is only revived occasionally in
: California or on our Western borders,
i The origin of the expression, however, is
British, and dates from the early part of
the nfteenth century.
Prince Pucliler Muskan, in his "Tour
in Englaud," A'c., gives the following
account of the tragedy from which it derives
its name:
Iu the fifteenth century James Lynch
was chosen Mayor of Galway for life, an
ofiice then nearly equal to that of the
sovereign in power and influence. His
son Edward became attached to Anna
Blake, the daughter of liis best Liend,
but found it difficult to interest her. Daring
the courtship Mr. Lynch went on a
journey to Cadiz, and brought back with
him the son of a wealthy Spanish merj
chant named Gomez, The young Gomez
married the daughter of Mr. Lynch, and
became very intimate with his brotherin-law
Edward.
TIIA lrtlfnN liAnrnmv liof 1">a i
1UC UW nt ?W J OUO|/\'V/W/U vuuv uv I
was carrying on an intrigue with Anna |
Blake, and one night, having concealed
himself behind a pillar, he saw young
Gomez, wrapped in a mantle, glide with
hurried steps out of a side door in the
house of Anna's father, which led immeI
diately to her apartment. As the horriI
ble certainty flashed upon him he darted
i like a tiger upon his rival, and buried his
dagger a hundred times in his quivering
body. He then fled to the woods. On
the morrow he wa j found, and confessed
his guilt.
His father condemned him to death.
The people interposed and demanc ed his
release. Even the soldiers went over to
the mob and cried aloud for his pardon.
The prison was 'about to be stormed,
when James Lynch appeared at an upper
window, his son standing by his side,
with a halter around his neck. "I have
sworn," said the inflexible magistrate,
4'that the murderer should die, even
though I must terform the ollice of executioner
mvself. Providence lias taken
" * * I
; me at my word ; ami you, maumcn, learn
I from the most wretched of fathers that
nothing must stop the course of justice,
and that even the ties of nature must
break before it."
As he said these words he pushed his
son out of the window and completed the
dreadful work. Nor did he leave the spot
t'Uthe last convulsive struggle gave certainty
of the death of his unhappy victim.
The Mayor resigned all his dignities,
and never left his house till carried from
from it to the grave. Anna Biake is said
to have died in a convent. And the rumor
goes that both famil'es disappeared from
the earth. But a skull .and cross-bones
sculptured over the door of an ancient
house iu Galway, st'l! marks the site oi
the fearful tragedy.
?55** Tlie new iron-clad Monndmxk has
made a very successful trial trip. Sire
made a rate oi ten knots an hour with all
her stores aboard.
f -^Tlio'yellow fever is abating at New
berne, N. C., and most of the cases now
readily yield to medical treatment.*
exon sm:;i r op Xxmy ?a lie cx'
ell* character of .s!::,-misb:ag makes
snch duty a .pas 'on v. 'tii some of the
men. i have he *d of them dodging
from tree ?io tree for cover; with vm
; cocked and ii .yw on tri u"'\ hunt1 ig
men to^hootas a o/tsman does s ?t?
pels. Ideat Ihker ox Gen. 2ia . id je's
staff, told me an inclde it ol t - s >. fh tt
happened recent "A m i named Par<ji
tne 14 a Nov j<? ' i Ke^ cent
v.ho vr.s aid ct *tl ! i 1 * i s
( mania, got n lety ji . tin ad ince of 110
i oliifr s 'tii ...crs, v i . sac* a .
; bach, whose ec.hus'. a > i ihe s:
Ue d'rectioti rausL Jiave bw u m to n own.
Gruyback sav Parke.- c o. hiaey
simultaneously raided their pieces and
tired, and ooili fell dead, shotvi liie forehead.?[
Tribune Correspond . i.
V
NO. 38.
siirfeir* Mnrria*e-A Curious
French .Matriuiouiul itoiuance.
[Pari* ?; CorreapondeiK-e livcr;x)ol Journal]
The marriage of M. Erlanger, the bank
er, to Miss Slidell, is causing no small
sensation.
M. Erlanger being just divorced from
Mile. Odella Latitte (Charles Lafitte'*
daughter,) and the divorced lady being
al>out to enter the bonds of matrimony,
with the cause of the divorce, make toeevent
of the highest order of picturesque
interest. One of those curious circumstances
which can never happen but in
France is recorded of the incident which
led to the divorce. The guilty party being
pursued by the offended husband wa^
of course, struck with terror; but philosophy
and contempt had done much to
mitigate the pursuer's wrath, and so, instead
of "chastising the insolence" according
to the fishiqn observed in novels,
I he quietly pla2ed his pocket-book into 7^
the liands of the fugitive, exclaimiug,
" AU mnSiwreu c! You have only taken
ten thousand francs, and jou are going
to Rome.- Knowing your fair companion
well, I can safe1? say that such a paltry
spin as that will be devoured before jon
get to Maiseilles. There is double the
sum. This will enable you to go further
off?to Naples, perhaps?and I shall be
the gainer, for you will be forced to remain
there." And with this consolatory
speech the injured party coolly turned
iitv\n liia liool ovi/1 trnlbo/1 aAT
So goes the legend, at least.
"The !tlar?r Wants to See Thee*9*
A young man, a nephew, had been to
sea ; and on bis return, he was narrating
to his uncle an adventure he had met
with on board a ship.
"I was one night leaning over the taffrail,
looking down into the mightyocean,"
said his nephew, whom we shall
call William, "when my gold watch fell
from my fob and sunk out of sight. The
vessel was going ten knots an hour ; but
nothing daunted, I sprung over the rail,
down, down, after a long search, found it,
came up close under the stem, and
climbed back to the deck, without any
one knowing I had been absent."
" William," said his quaker uncle, elevatingjjiis
broad brim and opening his
eyes to their widest capacity, "how fast
did thee say the vessel wrs ru ming V"
" Ten knots, uncle."
"And thee* dove down into the sea,
and came up with the" watch, and climbed
j up by the rudder chains V"
"Yea, uncle."
" And thee expects, me to believe thy
story ?"
" Of coarse! You wouldn't dream of
calling me a liar, would you, uncle ?"
"William." replied the uncle, gravely,
" thee knows I never call anybody name*;
but, William, if the Mayor of the cii/
were to come to me aud say, 4 Josiah, I
want thee to find the biggest liar in all
Philadelphia,' I would come straight to
thee, and put my hand on thy shoulder,
I and say to thee, " Willi*im, the Mayor
ir.ui's to see thee!'"?[Philadelphia Press.
niKRILD.
i
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Beaufort.
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