THE NEW SOUTH.
PORT ROYAL, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20,1862.
oy We are sorry that a portion of today s
issue of Thb New South has to be printed on
brown wrapping-paper. The large demand for
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vq6 previous auiuocrs rcuutm Hie ouyyij vu uwu
filter th<in we had anticipated, but we sent to
New York for a stock in ample time for the drago
to bring it. For some reason, however, it has not
come, and we have been compelled to do the best
we could without it.
Excoueaoixq.?We yesterday received New
York papers up to the 15th inst., brought by
the gun-boat MereidL'a, containing the gratifying
intelligence that the rebels had been driven
out of Maryland, and had lost se\ei*l|rin men juid
material. Fighting was still l^ogreasjancjhe
impression generally prevailed that the e^Bvg
occupation of Western Maryland^as a
which will result in the destractton^of hisw^K
army. The tidings fromthe W3|tare also cheflBg.
The Posthaste u >Mr.
to make a hurried visit $brth, in
the severe illftss ot a mem^p ofp^aa^amiH^Ke
has been connected with
the inceptions of tbe expgcfflKn^l^l^H^pr
last, now just a twelvemonth ^ud his lap^PEMlg
the whole period have been of^h arduous^aracter.
He is therefore deserving oi%^nCT^fcytion
than he expects to takes and w^fcgretJn.L
his trip is associated with suchBaHtiMfcu *
stances.?[En. - 4
The Airival of Major-Oeneral Mitchel. j
His visit to Beaufort and Fort Pulaski?
look at the Regiments en Hilton
Head?Enthusiastic Receptions
by the Troops?What the
General said at Fort
Pulaski.
It is almost unnecessary to announce the arrival
of Major-Gener.il 0. M. Mitchel, our new Commander.
He is already known to every man in the
Depirtment. We believe that we hasard little in
saying that he is better known to the troops than
-was either of his predecessors at the time they
were called hence toother fields of duty. Holding
it to be of prime importance that a mutual confidence
should exist between a leader and his followers,
Gen. Mitcliel has not lost a moment in his
endeavor to bring about such a result. He has
presented himself personally to each regiment, and
spoken to the soldiers a few words of advice aud
encouragement. His course in this respect has
- had a good effect. It has imbued the troops with
a new zeal and a deeper enthusiasm in the holy
cause which has called them to arms, and we have
heard his name mentioned on all sides with commendation
and hopefulness. We are sure, also,
that Gen. Mitchel feels proud of the well-drilled,
well-eouhmed veterans whom he has been assign.
ed to command. He brings to his new sphere of
duty the pres.ige of a b. ill iautlv-successful career
In the Southwest?especially in Alabama where
he won enduring renown as a skillful, intrepid and
enterprising soldier, and we may justly accept the
record of his glorious past as an augury of what
he will accomplish in the future.
Tfjth the energy characteristic of the man, GenMichel
visited Beaufort on tha second dav after
his arrival,reviewing the troops of Gen. Brannan a j
command, and afterwards made a personal in spec- j
tion of each camp, and talked in a familiar way to
every regiment, inspiring confidence wherever he
went On Thursday he made a trip to Fo t Pulaski
; and yesterday morning the air was resonant
with huzzas from the different camj sat Hilton
Head as the General passed through on his visit of
introduction.
Our limits preclude a detailed account of all the
pleasant excitements connected with Gen. Mitchel's
movements?the salutes, the speeches, the
enthusiasm?but we obtained a report of bis remarks,
made to the Forty-Eighth New York Volunteers
at Pulaski, which we present as exhibiting
the tenor of what he said elsewhere. After escorting
the General and suite from the landing to
the Fort, and executing admirably various battalion
manoeuvres, the regiment was drawn up in line,
j i t a a s i n.i l n i it -
ana navmgoeen miroaucea uy ^oionei rk&rion, im;
General spoke as follows:?
Soldiers of the Forty-eighth :?It gives me
great pleasure to meet you here inside of this
fortress ; a fortress recovered by your own prowess
from the enemy; a fortress you now hold; a
fortress planned by tbe Government of the United
States and built by it, but which ha.l been seised by
the rebels. There rebels you have dispossessed ;
those rebels you mive compelled to lower their flag
before you and those rebels you have been instrumental
in defeating and capturing. 1 need not say
to you?understanding tbe nature of this war and all
all its objectSr-Jw^it you are expected to do. You
are too iutelligmra; you think too much; you are
volunteers, anf^s volun teers you undei stand your
duty ai$fl the^fcnonsibilitijs devolved upon you. I
am~hn?a a st^^Br to you; but Itrust not entirely a
strandBiuj^Hi although this probably is the fl> st
linm^Kn^^Rd the importunity of looking upon
I 1 am here to say that we have
La^^^K^Hbrk to perform. 1 am just from the
having conversed and associated
men of the country, I am satisfiecNH^kK^rbefore
us ia the most stupendous,
the moB^&uous that has ^pver been attempted;
andAm^^prk in which we neverc.?u be successenter
upon it with a firm determina^yrn^BHrsuccutpb.
1 believe that we are flghtimKicbaUle
of Human Liberty, not for this counhH|?
for the whole world. 1 believe that
of the Old World would say, if this
^^Kl^HUic were tent in twain, that k was an
^Hnite nRacy to believe that man can govern
Wmself.&ud that the interests ol the aroveruiufi: class
and of the people were so radicalism verse as to
render all attempts at Republican government failures.
If we permit the iron heel of the Southern
aristocracy to crush us, I undertake to say before
you all,that the last hope of Humanity will die out
forever. All lovers of humanity are looking upon
us with anxiety. Responsibilities are devolving
upon us, greater than have ever before devolved
upon any people on the earth. The responsibilities
of the French Revolution were nothing compared
to those under Which we labor. That was a
contest against oppression, an uprising cf the
people against tyranny. But this is a contest for
human freedom -t?a contest for the absolute supremacy
of the people;?it is a contest in which is
arrayed absolute liberty on the one hand, and on
the other the most hateful and abominable aristocracy.
And now the grand question is this : Are
we to meet with success or not 2 We cannot meet
with success unless the soldier enjoys the confidence
of his officers, and the officers that of the
soldier. Now, I am an old soldier; so old, that,
thirty years ago, 1 was stationed, in the regular
army,at St. Augustine;?and though at that time I
had not the slightest idea of reaching the official
nuih 1 UUW I1U1U, x tuil UVW llic WUiUiilUUIIJ^
officer of this Department. I. have been in the
field) and 1 understand it perfectly. I have fought
the enemy through 400 miles of territory) and never
knew what it was to be checked or turned back.
[Loud cheers and cries of "Good." "That s the
talk," etc.} I will tell you of another trait of my
character. I am very restless. I don't know how
to be still. It you were to confine me within a
fortress, or upon one of these islands, I should feel
as though I were in a penitentiary. I don't know
what theol ject of the government was in sending
me here; but it is the duty of a good soldier to
obey orJers, without waiting for words of explanation,
and as a good soldier I obeyed. I was t ,ld
that I would receive instructions here?instructions
which had been given my predecessor?and
n.nnli) nvtuti'am ^am mn miManAa F An/) fKaf 4V\aoa
nuuiu ouanci ivi uaj ^uiuwiug* x uuu tuai iuuog
ins-ructions permit me to do pretty much as I
please; and I shall endeavor to do the best I can.
I assure you of this; that I will omit no opportunity
of giving you active employment. You shall
have no time for sighing and lamenting over your
inactivity if we can find anything to do. Be assured
that if I can use you, do opportunity will
escape for active duty if you are ready for the field.
[Prolouged applause, with cries of " we're ready,"
eic.j
Now a perfect confidence between the officers
and their commandfogofficer?between the soldiers
I and their commanding General, is necessary for
success. I am delighted with the appe trance of
this regiment. I don't want any better-looking
regiment. Yon all look like goud soldiers?and a
good soldier I love. I could get off my horse and
take him to my arms. But a mean soldier I contemn
and despise N >w, a good soldier knows his
duty, and Iuves his duty, and performs his duty
because it is his duty, lie ol eys an order because
it is given him. He mats his military superior
with deference because it is his duty. He knows
that aa a good soldier he must show that military
deference to every officer. If this military deference
can be mingled with pei soi.al respev t tor your
superiors, so much the better; but the two are
not to be confounded, nor is one to be mistaken
for the other: A good soldier, when he lies down
at night, conscious of having performed his duty
j perfectly, don't care whether he gets up alive or
I dead. [Cacbinstions along the line J I w ant you
I to understand that you have made a free-will offer
j ingof yourselves to" your country, and to the great
i cause of human liberty. Your lives are not your
own. My life is not my own. A good sokier
should be ever striding to better himself. A private
should struggle for a place among the noncommissioned
officers. Having attained this ?he
should never be satisfied till be is a lieutenant;
and a lieutenant is good for nothing unless he
strives to be a captain. Once made a c ptain, he
should aim to command a regiment, and by faithful,
earnest service to fit himself for the position
of a brigadier. Then let him press steadily forward,
until the whole country shall take him np,
and say: "make that man a major-general, and
give him an army corps." But let bun stop there.
We don't need a commander-in-chief.
We want many armies. A grand, magnificent
army is a glorious sight?the most glorious that
the sun ever shone upon. Any body can become
a drilled soldier, and every officer can make drilled
soldiers; but then the next thing is to inspire them
with a proper determination to die, if seed be, in
the performance < f their duty. When this is done
an army corps is a soldier himself, instinct wi h
life, and vigor, and determination. Then the commanding
officer must have the wisdom, the discre
tion, and the force to compel victoiy to perch
upon his banner. Your fortunes are to a certain
extent in my keeping. Best assmed that day and
night I shall think of you; day and night 1 shall
care for you, and your interests shall be in my
thoughts. Best assured that I shall endeavor to
see that you get from the Government all that it
has promised yon, punctually and systematically.
In return I shall expect from you the most complete
and perfect service; the most absolute devo-(
tion. When I order you to move, I shall expect
you to go forward with spirit and alacrity. When
I ask yon to attack yonder battery, I shall expect
you to march over it, and to plant your bayonets
beyond it, halting wtkn the word is given?not
before. Now, boys, we understand each other.
The General c-onduded his address amid the
nio.>t enthusiastic cheers, after which the regiment
was dismissed. Subsequently the casemates w* re
visited, and an inspection was made 01 tne quarters
and of the welt-ordered hospital under the charge
of Dr. Mulford. With all that he saw the General
expressed his gratification, and in private conver- .
sation complimented the 48th even more warmly
than in his public speech. A dinner at the quarters
of Col. Barton, attended by sweet music from
the regimental band, and a personal introduction
to the officers of the regiment, were the final features
of the visit of General Mitchel to Pulaski.
THE NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
Th*? IT. S nfpamahin Aracrn llADrv A .
Commander, arrived on Monday trow New York,
bringing dates to the 12th inst. The news is not
more encouraging than that we had previously received.
The rumor that the rebels had crossed
the Potomac is confirmed. At last advices they
had taken position in force estimated at 40,000
strong, at F rederick, Md., about 60 miles west of
Baltimore, and 40 miles north from iVashington.
Gen. McCleilan was marching against them, and a
battle was daily impending when the steamer departed.
We make up an abstract of the week's
news:
The Government authorities received the news
of the invasion on Saturday evening, the 6th, in
documentary form,and during that night and Sunday,
immense bodies of our troops were put in
motion lor the Upper Potomac and elsewhere.
The authorities at Washington appear to be at
fault as to tho next movement likely to be made by
the rebels, but we receive assurances that proper
precautions have been taken to guard against dan-*
ger in " certain quarters." The rebels appear to
have captured no government stores whatever at
Frederick, All the National forces stationed
there fell lack to Harper's Ferry, but before doing
so destroy *1 all the hospital and commissary stores
they could not remove, and took away with them
the sick and wounded. Communication with Har