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THE NEwllsOETH.
^ Vol. 1, No. 10. PORT ROYAL} S. C., SATURDAY', OCTOBER 25, 1862. Price Five Cents.
THE NEW SOUTH'.
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? Written for The New South..]
i , In Memoriam.
Charles H. BaBtlktt, ofCo. *h," 4th Regt. N."H.Tol*.,
died on Puis Inland, Oct. 5tli, lp62. The following lines-,
are addressed to his widowed Mother.
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On Paris Island's margent^beach, :'
Within the ever-aounding reach .
Of waves, now rippling on the shore,
Now maddened with the tempest roar;
Where the Palmetto and the Pine,
In sombre solitude combine,
We made a youthful soldier's grave,?
One of those generous souls and brave,
Who in our country's awful strife,
Fear not to hazard health and life,?
That they may shield her precious heart.
From Treason's fierce envenomed dart.
He was a widow's costly gilt;
The avenging sword she could not lift,
But placed it in his strong right hand,
O sorrowing heart! 0 noble soul 1
Enow that thy son has reached the goal
Of all that glorious shining throng,
Who live not in the poet's song,
Nor the historian's partial story;
But in the purer, nobler glory,
Of oonadous Spirits high above,
Who died alone for country's love.
His angel eye now watches thee,
His prayers still aid his country free ;
And she and thou art more defended.
By all the martyr souls ascended,
Before God's throne to plea? the right, ?
Than all the fleshly arms of might )
Enlisted in this earthly strife,
For Shivery or for Freedom's life.
J. C. Z.
> A Golden Opportunity.?Mr. Hurlbert, in his
second 1 tter to the editor of the New York Timesy
describes from his knowledge acquired daring his
long confinement in Richmond, the golden oppornity
we had to crash the rebellion during the Fall
of las. year, whjn the rebels, lulled into confidence
by their first victory at Bull Kun, and Loping, for
an early peace, had permitted tbeir armies to dwin*
die into insignificance. Mr. HurlbeH bays: *
" Before I left my fi st prison I had obtained am.
pie evidence to show that the Confederate govern*
meat was sinking rapidly in the estimation of toe
Southern people, and that in consequence of its
unpopularity and incapacity, the military condition
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Olme aouin was DCWlumg iar uvui oai.ioiav.iuij
to the best informed Southern men. Early in October
I heard from a distinguished officer at Manassas,
who wrote: The men are dying liko dogs,
and are buried worse than dogs. The army is dispirited,
demoralized, disappointed We are robbed
at every turn by commissaries and quartermasters?and
in the next battle it is my belief that we
shall be terribly whipped.' The effective force of
Gen. Johnston had tuen fallen below 40 000 men.
rtieonaa ha* invaded the camds.and constant futile
alarms harassed the men. How tne signal of two,
three or five rocteets roused the men from their
re?t in those weary months, southern officers
writing the history of that strange season, will one
pcrbaj*} have the candor to tell. At- .New
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Orleans, Major Gen. Load found a half armed
force of fifteen thousand ma, and a half completed
steam ram. the contracts for which, Northern
men and connections of Secretary Mallory, were
plodding away with ten hjprs a "day of work as
calmly as if no distant mtfnnal thunders were gathering
below the ominouM'cncc of the horizon.
; Gen. Albert Johnston, itf nib manner, found himself
called upon to holt jftluinbus and Bowling)
Green, to keep .TennesM^ and to control Ken?>!> >
lioln f ?n a rlivininn nf mpn
luony, miu out unit- ujvio von U UJTIU4VH V* IMVMV
Over the whole land broc?ql the spirit of the new
' War Secretary's openly Attired belief that the war
which ought to have cndff' in September, must
i infallibly end in January. frhat onr own Government
was doing during allffiese months of golden ,
opportunity, you, sir, kno^better than I.*'
During all this time a ni|]tm ire seemed to paralise
the national leaders, ajd the " golden oppor-!
tunity " was lost forever. ,|he Army of the Potomac
remained listless Jn lb lines fiom September
to March, while in f?eriicky, Gen. Buell, at
the head of magnificent dolisnns remained at Louisville,
smoking olgara^andiheld in check by a rebel
force at Bowling Green, nofmore than a fourth as
large as his own. *
Jt w.is during this period of gloom that Mr.
Stanton came into the Ctbinet, and influenced
those presidential orderst4o " advance,' which
saved tno country, but which also provoked that
hostility of military imbeciles and secret traitors,
which pursues Mr. Stanto# with unrelenting fury
to this day.-? Wash Nat. Me. ublictn.
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?What Cato said about Ips boy fallen in battle
may be *aid by thousands: - - ?
" Thanks to the gods 1 my hoy has done his duty.
Welcome, my son I There grt him down, my friends,
How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
Who would not be that youth 1 What pity 'tis
That we can die but once to save our country!
Whv sits this sadness on your brow, my friend *
I should have blushed if Caio'a house had stood
' Secure, and flourished in a civil War."
?? The Southerner, the Southerner, Sir!" exclaimed
a chivalric F. F. V.?" will fight as long
as he can crawl." " No doubt, but not as long as
he can run, quietly replied the Northerner.
LOCAL HEWS.
A Refugee jroii Savaknah.?-Corporal McFadden
of the 47th Georgia Volunteers, managed
to make his escape to Fort Pulaski and, strange to
! say, bring two prisoners with him. Corporal Mci
Fadden is a Yankee school-master, who emigrated
I to the South for the purpose of bettering his own
condition, and at the same time, enlightening the
Southern mind and leading it in the pleasant
paths of knowledge. But the Southerners, it
; seems, thinking that the man who could " teach
i thn vnnncr idea how to shoot' might be able to do
i something in that line himself, put a musket in his
hands and Mr. McFadden, became a conscript, with
the rank of corporal. But strange to say Corporal
McFadden did not appreciate the kindness of his
Southern friends; he was not ambitious of military
distinctions; he considered the " pen mightier
than the sword" and much preferred to handle
the former article. But necessity is a stern mistress
and McFadden had to accept his fate and bide
his time?and when the time came, he was equal
to the emergency, as our readers will confess.
It seems that last Monday, corporal McFadden
obtained permission to go with two men. in a boat
to the Savannah marsbea-tw sbeot pigs. About
miiday the Corporal proposed a lunch, which was
acceded to by the men. While the men were engaged
in eating?the Corporal, taking up one of
I the mimic a ifc and examining it carelessly, spoke tO
the man about the bad coid.tion it was in, and advised
him to clean it. The man offered some excuse
for the dirty and nasty appearanee of the
musket, but added laughingly, that it would " go
off all right." McFaddet put down the musket,
but was carefdlto place it in the stern of the boat, I
beyond the reach of the men. He Jfursnfed fhe I
same tactics with the second man, and having thus
managed to disarm them both without awakening
their suspicions, he coolly drew his revolver, cocked
it, and pointing it at the men, quietly ordered
them to row him to Fort Pulaski. The men, completely
taken aback, were inclined to treat the matter
as a joke, but his quiet and determined manner
soon convinced?*hem of his earnestness, and
they were fain to obey. Unfortunately, night
came on, the Corporal lost his way, and was obliged
to pass a sleepless night with these men, one of
whom confessed that he watched nearly all
night for an opportunity, when the Corporal was
overcome with sleep, to strike him on the head
with an oar. But Corporal McFadden, remembering,
no doubt, that, " Eternal vigilance is the price
of Liberty." kept iiwake. and next morning reached
Fort Pulaski, safe from the clutches of hig
Southern friends.
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?The ?'SuillaCapt. Loganson, a small
onJiAnnor nf iR tun* ran ashore near St. Helena
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Island, last Thursday night about twelve o'clock.
She evidently intended to run the blockade but by
mistake got into the wrong port. The Captain,
upon discovering his error* set fire to the vessel,
and, together with two me' composing his crew,
endeavored to escape in nis boat, lfe was captured
by our picket near Jay Point. The vessel,
together with the carg , is entirely destroyed.
The captain states that t te is an English schooner,
of 18 tuns, from Nassau, loaded with salt.
The Firing on toe Planter.?The Steamer
Planter, while making a rcconnoisance toward
Bluffton, on the 18th instv was fired into from the
shore, by rebel sharp-shooters, and four men of
the 48th Jf. Y. Vols, were wounded. One of the
men, Corporal Doran, has since died from his
Capture of two Officers.?Captains Hudson
and Prouty, with six men, of the 6th Connecticut
Regiment, crossed to the main land from Lady's
Island, and were captared by rebel cavalry. The
occurrence is attributable to their rashness in veni
turing on to the main land with so small a force,
j where being cut off from all aid they were obliged
; to succumb to superior numbers. ^
Accident to the Steamer Bcjn*sn>fi.?The
Steamer Burnside, Capt. Wilccc^ towed into
this port last Friday night, by 0tegim-3x)at Sedate.
She was discovered by the Sedrtft off Wassaw
Sound drifting about in a crijppled condition, having
broken her screw", and lost hdr rudder. She
left St. Augustine, Fla. last Monday, with forty
passengers, bound for this port, and was crippled
i in a gale off the Georgia coast. She witi be towed
to New York for repairs.
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Schooner Ashore.?The schooner Jenny Lind,
Capt. Tashman, from Philadelphia,loaded with sutler's
stores, got on the shoals, while entering the
harbor, on the 24th inst., and was very badly damaged.
She was got off and brought into port in a
sinking condition. Her cargo will be saved.' The
schooner and cargo are owned by W. A. Wormly
! &. Co. of the 7th Connecticut.
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PERSONAL- '
?Mr. H. J. Winser, who has so ably filled the
Editorial chair of The New South for some time
back, sailed for the North last Friday in the
Steamer Ericsson. lie goes to pay a short visit to
his family in llrodklyn, and will return to his duties
here in a fortnight. Our readers, no doubt, wiTl
miss his carefnl and studied articles, which have
lent such a charm to this little sheet, and raised it
to a standard above mediocrity. We hope, however,
to be able soon to chronicle his return to his
Editorial labors. In the meantime tre 'shall bhI
^onvn, frt en a litr.ia n*ner with sufficient dews
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and original matter to compensate for the absence
pf his ready pen.. , lt 0, ?
- ?Admirals. F. Eupont.nmred hera. oo.WqA*
nesaay, 2Jd inst., in the Steamer Keystone State*
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