V PORTRAYAL, 8. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4,1862. Price Five Cents
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THE SOUTH.
^ Beautiful land, where the bountiful sun
Blesses the bond of savannah and sea,
'Neither so lovely, till blended in one
Each to the other shall complement be.
Magical dews, that the tropical day
Kisses to rapturous odor and hue,
Laurel and myrtle and orange and bay,
1 Purple and emeral 1, golden aod blue.
Vnndp.r indicrpnnnu pndmrens wave
Banner-like blades on a mystical bjle,
And, with a vi ;or perennial, brave
Boreal blasts from the alien pole.
Over the plaited palmettos abroad,
Brawned like Briireus, century-old,
Grimly jnigaiflfteat ofoyam ga*y ?? ** *
Kealm of the greenwood the liv:-oak doth hold.
Tempests the thunderous foliage toss?
Locks of the.Deity, wizard and hoar,
A.wful.y sighs the oracular mossArt
thou incarnate Do Ion a of yore f
Dead generations rejoiced at thy birth,
Peoples have flourished to power with thee,
Cities have leaped from thy generous girth,
Art of the shore and the ark of the sea
?' 0 these soft isles of the summery sea!
Angels, their daintiest prisms composing,
Turn the kaleidescope, watching, with glee,
Every moment new glories disclosing.
L?ana ot the Deaumui, oouainui iana !
Sweet is the blosSbm, but sweeter tha boon
Flowers are bright aud tbeir odors are bland
Oh but the fruit* of the tropical noon !
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And the delirious chorusses?h ish!
Mocking bird, whippoorwill, nonpareil,
Nightingale, kil.deer and passionate thrush,
Fringed by the petrel's tempestuous peal.
Tribes of the sea how ye cherish these shores,
Meeting in wl.d multitudinous phy,
Muscles r^Jo'.ce in the succulent pores,
Crabs and soft shrimps epicurean prey. \
What do the elves of the sun and the s.a
Cunningly comb from the glistening sands ?
\.Is ifc the Ate.ce of a sorcerv
Wlerder than 'wildered the Argonaut bands T. l >
Magical mesh to entangle the world, i
Commerce, religion, philosophy, art (
? Liberty, peace from their pedestal hurled?
Cotton the Tyrant of manor and mart!
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Ominous plant, tho i shalt never a^ain,? (
Ghost of the tears and the blood ot the slave,
. Phantom of knout-welted corpses of.raen ??
^ Stali like a Ghole, with the gust of the Grave;
For there's a judgment, wherever hatb trod
Blistering loot of the bondman, and earth
? Gapes to develop the vengeance of God,
Kuin and rapine and ravage and dearth.
This is the Land of divinest Delight,
Riches of rapture in every ray,
rtnld nf the morninc and amber of ni?ht
Passionate peace?nought to take it away.
This it the Land thtt the Serpent of sin ?
Seeks to beguile of a Provident God.
This is tho Land that His servants shall win?
Liberty's Eden from Slavery's rod.
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f: Our Mew York Letter.
Xfcw Xpbs, Sept. 20th, 1863.
The Eriesson sails to-morrow, and I must |?y"
my compliments to Ths New Sooth, a little paper
Wo aro just now laboring under the bewilderment
peculiar to a people who have for more than a
week been goaded on by expectancy thatfur army
was making glory and smashing up rebellion. Tonight
we are hi a " fog." Only our dreams have
been of glory,. - True, our bravfe volunteers have;
fought as heroes never before contended, but
n<>n..i*n1 AfW'follun haa ftnud mr.ro ollnworl fho
enemy to slip, and this good-natured nation is satisfied
with the bnncomb that' Maryland and Pennsylvania
are safe." Governor Curtin and his people
however saved their own State. Harper's
Ferry was given up because Maryland Heights had
been abandoned, and Maryland Heights were
abandoned because Harper* s Ferry could be held
under their guns. Of this it is charitable to say |
?' what stupidity! " Well, the foe has invaded
our country, and is now, we expect, falling back
upon Winchester for stores, ammunition, &c. God
appe ,rs to be working wonderfully and mightily
with this Nation. Never In my life did I hear so
many acknowledgments ot God's Providence, as
1 have within the past few months, and among a
class of men not likely to speak seriously under
ordinary circumstances,
The Ironsides Regiment, now organizing here,
is under the wing of the, N. Y, Young Men's
Christian Association, and Is doing well.
The Rev. Mr. French aad Rob-wt Small addressed
a crowded and enthusiastic congregation in Dr. |
Cheevcr's Church last Sunday evening.
Politics begin to be the theme among the Home
Guard, Patriotism having been partially shelved
till the place-hunters shall have secured them- j
selves, or buried themselves in defeat. |
Mr. Smalley's letter in to-day's Tribune, which
was published in an extra, written from the battle- !
field of Sharpsburg, is highly complimented by the ;
Evening Pos'} which says, that as an effort in the |
literature of the war, it surpasses Crimean Russell.
I must commend you to the newspaper files for ,
much useful information ofa local character which j
I intended to vr>tc about. If all is well, I. shall
try what can le done for The New South next
mail. OLD NORTH.
"What is Said About Us.?The favor with
which The New South has been received by this
Command, and the flattering terms in which it has
bjen noticed by many influential papers at the
North, are very gratifying. Such unmistakable
approbation encourages us to stronger efforts with I
thd object of making each issue more creditable j
and useful than the former. Local news should be
the prominent feature of a journal like Thk New
Sooth, but the distribution of our forces over so
large a territory renders it difficult, unaided, to
collect such information. Will not, therefore,
Borne kindly-disposed and public-spirited persons,
at Beaufort, Fort Pulaski, St. Augustine, Fernandina,
Key West, and on the plantations, be good
enough to assist us by forwarding memoranda of
any occurrences which may be of sufficient interest
for publication ? Of the numerous paragraphs
referring to us we reprint the following :
The New South.?A little weekly paper has
been. started at Hilton Head, S. C., called The
New South, which will be conducted in the in
terest of Freedom. It wiJI endeavor to give a
faithful picture of life afloat and ashore in its locality,
together with a synopsis of news on the arrival
of each steamer from the North* It believes in
the capability of the negroes for improvement and
usc'fulness and the philanthropic enterprise now
being worked out in the Department of the South,
will find an earnest friend in it?N. Y. Trib ne.
From Port Royal.?The New South is the
title of a sheet, about fifteen by eighteen inches 1
in size, which is published at Port Royal,'S..C , i
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every Saturday morning, at 6 cents per copy.
Its assortment of miscellaneous reading displays
good judgment, its collation of local news industry,
and its editorial page more sense and spirit,
without the" vehom, than the newspapers of Charles-ton
and Colombia combined. - That so small a
sheet should be marked with so m^>y excellencies
is sufficiently explained by the fact that its editor
is a graduate of the Times offioe.?N. 7. Times.
- Port Rotal, S.'C., Sept. 8;
I send you another number of The New South,
containing moat of the local news. We Port Roy.
alists are quite proud of our little paper, and its.
circulation is motft creditable. About four thousand
copies are printed. Do you believe that any
other paper south of the Potomac has as large a .
circulation ??Cor. N. Y. World.
The New South.?We have received several
numbers of this excellent little record, published
at Port Royal, S. C. It is tastefully and carefully
gotten up, and in the original articles we recognize
an ability and skill in the use of language,
which we very often fail to find in the columns of
more pretentious cotemporaries.?New Rockelle
(N. Y.) Pioneer.
Post Office Bores.?When a large mail arrives
like that brought on Thursday by the Eriason,
consisting of 18,000 letters and 20 bags of newspapers,
it is inconsiderate of officers and others to
lay siege to the post-office in the manner that they
do. At best, the facilities for assorting and distiibuting
are very inadequate, and the work is rer
tarded more than outsiders imagine .when a troop
of shoulder-strapped gentlemen stand inside the
cramped precincts as taflcxttrty^ as though they
were repelling a bayonet charge, Ui course, everybody
is anxious to obtain his letters, but there is
no necessity,to be selfish about it, when a little patience
will materially lessen the labors of the clerks
and hasten the distribution. We are led reluctantly
to speak of this matter because on Thursday we
observed a disposition on the part of a few to take
advantage of the unavoidable absence of the Postmaster,
and make themselves as annoying as possible
to Mr. Johnson, bis representative. Gentlemen
you did wrong, and your own good sense will
make you admit the charge.
A Tri-Wkeklt Prater Meeting.?We are glad
to call attention to the fact that a lew unnstiau
men in this command have established a pr-yermee'ting,
which is held every Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday ev ening at the large tent, formerly Gen.
Sherman's headquarters, commencing at 7 o'clock.
In these days of national calamity and distraction,
when man's trust in man seems well-nigh lost, and
even the most unthinking of us is compelled to
look to God for deliverance from our enemies, the
opportunity which these meetings afford for fraternal
and united prayer cannot be too highly valued.
The exercises are conducted without formality,
and in that spirit of freedom, which is always characteristic
of true Christianity.
Capture of Scouts.?Three of the enemy's
scouts made tlteir way from the main land to Port
Royal Island in the early part of the week, and on
Wednesday evening they fell into the hands of our
pickets. The prisoners were taken to Gen. Bran
nan's Headquarters and questioned, but their
statements are not received with much confidence.
They failed to get back to the main land, in consequence
of having ineffectually concealed the boat
ia which they had crossed. ' >
Presentation to Colonel Rich.?Tho officers
and privates of the 9th Maiue Regiment now stationed
at Fernandiha, Fla., testified the high appreciation
in which they hold Col. Rishworth Rich,
their commanding officer, by presenting him with
- onr) nloornnt hrtrStt pnninmenfs.
a vaiuMuig onvxu auu 4 ?>x- ? .
The scabbard of the sword is of solid silver, and
the mountings are a splendid specimen of the silversmith's
art. * The saddle-cloth and trappings
are embroidered with gold and the spurs are of
costly workmanship. The presentation speech
was eloquently made by Major Saline Emery, and
the affair was crcdit .fcle alike.to donors and recipient.
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