The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, November 22, 1862, Image 3
HEWS FROM THE NORTH.
By the steamer Delaware, Capt. Cannon, which
arrived here last Tuesday from New York, we have
- received papers to the 14th inst., from which we
make the followiug extracts:
?Latest adviees fro.n the Army of the Potomac
lead us to the belief that a portion of the rebel
army is still in the Shenandoah Valley?exactly
where is not yet ascertained. The forces under
Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill, are said to be
there?those under Longstreetand other comraandei
aat Culpepper having been thrown forward to preaiim
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of thfe rebel army and Richmond. Lee is also said
to be now at Culpepper, where be has his headquarters.
?Dispatches from the Headquarters of the Army
of the Potomac inform us that nothing of importance
transpired yesterday^ (Nov. 13). General
Burqside was eugaged with several of his principal
otiicers on matters of business Gen.'Halleck
arrived at \Varreuton on Wednesday alternoon, and
returned to Washington yesterday morning.
?Advices from the Southwest represent tAat
Gen. Graut ha;;adva..ced beyond La Grange with
his main army, and that his pickets are withiu six
miles of. Holly Springs. It is believed, however,!
that the rebels have fallen back from that place.
Gen. Grant iulorms the War Department that
Col Lee, of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, has during
he advance toward Holly Springs killed sixteen
aud cuptured one hundred and thirty-four
rebels. .
?The Washington'correspondent of the Philadelphia
Iforlti jimerican telegraphs : " There is
pr obably no Cumulation for the report that Gen.
Lee w s in ihchinond, and that Gen. Joe Johnston
wasiu eonimatul of the army. Not only are the
Kicnmond papers entirely silent upon the report,
But those here, who piofess to be informed^tate
emphatically that Leu is at Winchester, ana that
Johuston is in the Wesc.^Tbere are rumors of
other changes in the army, beside that of McClella&,
but the names are kept private. With regard
to the removal ol Geu. McGlellan, it L asserted by
the friends of the President that he was the last *
man to conseut to the same?that it was recom- ;
mended at ti st by Gen. tiaileek, and agreed to. by ,
' at least Ave members of th? Cabinet, and finally
by Mr. Lincoln. If would be idle to say that the
removal caused no disappoiutmeut among his
I friends and a considerable portion of his army, but
the disappointment is believed to have been forgotten,
and no untoward result is anticipated.?
Uen. Hooker has sufficiently recovered to leave
for his command, and for the present will be under
k v the direction of Gen Burn'Slde. It is believed,
however, that he will eventually succeed the lat'ter,
who, I have reason to believe, is not yet placed in
permanent command. Nothing has transpired
here with respect to the Instructions of Lord Lyons,
though a rumor is current that he will soon
propose' an armistice between the contending
parties." - ? ,,
?The following Farewell Order was reaa to the
troops composiLg the Army of the i'otomac, Nov.
10th, on dress parade:
Heai*U;abtkb*, Army or the Potomac, )
- Camp near i;ectortows, Va. Nov. 7, 1662. /
Officers cn.1 .Stldier* .>J the Annj ?J Ike I'otomac.
An order of the President devolves upon MajorGene.
al Burnside, the couimandof this.army. In
parting from you, I cannot express the love and
g atitude 1 bear to you. As an army you have
grown up under my c j-e. In you 1 have never
found doubt or coldness. The battles youJiive
fought uuder my command will probabi^lve In
our nation's history. The glory you tamnicliiev
ed; our marches, per ls and fatigues; coergraves
of t ur comrades fallen in battle and by tuaea.e;
the broken forms of those whom wo mds and sickness
have disabled; tne strongest associations
which exist among men, unite us still by an indissoluble
tie. We shall ever be comrades in supporting
he Constitution of our country and the
nationally of the people.
GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General U. S. Army.
?Mr. Lincoln, it is said, takes tble result of the
New York election quite philosophically. In fact
he made it the occasion of a story. When t'ol.
Forney inquired of hnu how he felt about New
Yora, lie replied: "Somewhat like that boy in
Kentucky, who stubbed nis toe while running to
see his sweetheart. '1 he boy said he wa, too big
to cry, and far too badly hurt to laugh."
Letter from New Yor*.
CorrtxpatvLav t of Tie Sew .\ouLh.
New York, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1862.
For two weeks I have been waiting an 9pportunity.
ot sending The New South a letter, but
until now thero has been no chance. Port Royal
people must have had a peculiarly unpleas ot time
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of it, without receiving their mail matter, and I
hdpe have profited individually by an enormous
development of that precious quality tharacteristic
of the patriarch Job. Kcally, there seems to
haVe been no way of avoiding^ the inconvenience,
as ev.ery thing which floats in the sha^e of a steam
vessel has bcen^subsidized by the* Government in
the prosecution of anumber of expeditions, wherein
ifa <rraat milifot.tr nnri naval raanitN<og am tn Vu>
IU ua Q* VWI. j ?uu umw ivovui wo m v w w
wielded on the coast and in the interior, at many
places simultaneously, against the vital parts of the
rebellion. Such steamships as the Baltic, Atlantic,
Arago and Ericsson left here early-this week, and
having taken troops on board at Baltimore, are now
at Hampton Roads awaiting orders. It Is not improbable
that you may soon hare occular proof of I
their destination. In view, therefore, of what is j
to happen don't murmur because you have been j
neglected. The vessel which is to be dispatched'
to-morrow is a very small steamer, the George Peabody.
better, adapted, I should judge, for navigation
of the Erie Canal thop the Atlantic Ocean.1
She is to carry a deck^?ad of cattle, the mails, |
aud a dozen venturesome passengers, leaving a
host of officers and civilians anxious to follow, but;
whom nothing but an absolute necessity might in-1
duce to hazard li^and tempt Providence at this '
season of the year in so frail a craft.
Information of the recent battlo at Pocotaligo
was received North the day before I arrived in the
Ericsson. It came from the Richmond papers
in the form of a ten-line telegram from Beauregard,
stilting that the "abolitionists" had been j
repulsed to their gunboats with heavy loss in an |
attempt to cut tlie Chariest .n and Savannah iiailroad,
and that his cavalry were in hot pursuit.
The idea of gunboats being pursued by cavalry
struck the Northern mind as.being somewhat ridiculous
and this averment, taken in connection with
Beauregard's well-known propensity to swerve
from a strict expression of fact, left the people ttcreduloi.s,
l?ut very anxious to hear our side of the
story. gThe fimis anAHerald iext morning were
the only New Yo.k papelBtontaiuing a report of
the atfnr, and the ecUUoirirpre% eagerly sought.
ALhough theao jmgounts subwea the fight in a
more favorable aspect than was at first seen, and/
demonstrated that$h%,v ietory waftentircly witlfus,
Gat a v.rv of sorrow?#reTailed at.
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the lung list" of casualties wgiCh the battle ha<f
produced. "Some persons wei^nfllncd to blame
Gen. Mltchel for attempting more than his small
force could possibly accomplish, but the dissatisfied
could only be found among that class who are
ever clamoring for activity and dashing raids, desiring
bricks to be made without straw, and when
the risk is taken in obedience to. their imperfbns
demands and proves disastrous, are first to rebuke
and to Condemn. There can be no disputing that
the cost of what we accomplished at Pocotaligo
was great, but who is able to say that the advan*
tagee gained i.i experience and knowledge of the
physical features of the country, in view of an^
future ope.ation in that direction, did not warrant
the sacrifice?
i he sad announcement of Gen. Mitchel s death
cain'e to 'tis on the night of toe 4th inst. iu the
midsf of^he election excitement. Never have I
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known the loss of a puouc man 10 uc ieu more
poignantly. His brief career in South Carolina
was so fru.tful of good to all in his command.
Winning the respect and confidence of the soldiery
by his ingenuous ce and fiery zeal;
inspiring his officers with feifttit devotion to himself
by the magnetism of hi^presence as he met
them in familiar and social ii^rcourse; atul by his
sympathy, kindness and sounti practical wisdom
gaining the affection cf the negroes, he had, as if
by a magical ape.I, ch irmediaway all acrimony,
while evfcry interest of the Department was being
prosecuted in harmony and peace, in the midSt
of his usefulness * Death, tbe ^ble giant, ' aimed
his shaft, and he fell. May the spirit which he infused
be lasting, working continua ly and with
increasing power for man's advantage and the
glory of God, long after his form has returned to
the dust of which it was created. J shall always
jpa words to me when he assumed commanjlf
the Department. Spe iking with a touch
of sjirfniiss in hia manner, as his mind dwelt upon
the injustice of^the Government in sending liiui to I
a place of comparative inactivity, he said : "I'
have nothing to live for but my country. My wi.e
is dead, my children no longer need me; I owe ali
that lam to my country ; 1 will laborer lier in i
any position, and cheerfully die in heriiwvice.^ j
And he verified his words. ^
We draw a great deal of encouragement from J
the fact that the fever which has |^icken down so
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many prominent officers had nbt, at date of our
last advices, become epidemic, and that frosty
weather which must certainly be near, will rid you
of it before many others can fall victims. We our
selves are already in the midst of a cold snap, and
Jack Frost haf been throwiirg Li* white glove at
us for a day and a half. A few owners of uitters
and horse-tiesh were even rash enough to take up
the gauntlet, but were punished for the# temerity
by being hauled over the stoues. W.o accept his
presence .with us a* an earnest of his intention to
pay yflu an early visit. ?
iW'State election has resulted in the success of
thep<entire Democratic ticket, headed by Horatio
Seymour. This is-looked upon as an expression
of the popular voice against the inefficiency and
inactivity of the Administration. The failure of
the Government with-the vast resources at its com
niand, to prosecute the war with \ igoi and success,
has w eighed like an incubns upon the p. blic heart.
With splendid armies achieving but slight success,
e* and victories barren of decisive results; with a
million of uieu and all the money which it could
possibly use, the Government had made scarcclv
any progress in ctushing the rebellion. With'H^insurgent
army still menacing the capital, their^rivuteers
defying our navy and spreading terror
anions our neae. lul traders on the ocaa? w hat iroou
could result in sustaining an Administration which 9
lags so far behind the country ? Thmj people aae
terribly in earnest for tin* crushing of tms rebellion;
they demand a vigorous prosecution ot the war,
and, despairing of a fnliillmcut of their desires aud
of their just expectations, they inve administered
this stern rebuke. And what is true of the people
of this State is also true of others in which the
Opposition have been successful. There are indications
that tlie ATj^dout correctly understands
the will oftho r was the prospect
as brig|^|jMy)jarp nud necWve blows as since the
recent s.
It is cemnu that the Department of the South
will be heavily reinforced at an early day, and it is
equally certain that Major (jen. David Hunter has
been reassigned to the command. h. j. w.
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DEATHS. " *
Pbter Hbnpt, Serjeant, Co. 0, 4Jth Regt. Pennsylv?jl%T<d9.,
Nov. 14, lockjaw.
JerwwiWwn, Private, Co. E, 3d Regt. New
Hampshire dropsy.
Win. F. Kimball, Wvate CoAi. 3d Regt. New '
Hampshire Vols., Nov. 15, remttjlnt fever. '*
George Conway, Private. C<?*, V7tn Regt.
Ef^sylvauia Vols , Nov. 18, typhoid fever.
M. Best, Private, Co. It, 97tli Regt. Penn- sylvania
Vols., Nov. 19, sore throat.
DWilel Higgles, Private, Co. A, 3d Regt. Rhode
Island Vols., Nov. 20. chronic diarrhoea.
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Port < Bey al, S. C., Now22, '62SCN
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SUi SETS. ? 4 50 }%IOU WATfittv 8 02
pterinjmetric Table
Prepared by A. P. Datemple, Surgeon U. S. V., and Surgeon
of the Post, Hilton Head, S. &, commencing Nov. Ut.
^giving the degrees of temperature ^ Fahrenheit; ?t lour
.periods of the days.
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J la )g |H \'m -2 He '> % lH (* In IS" aplai^iH E* H
62 65 65:60 62 60 42 30 43 36 45 60 60 50 64 56 57 62 63 66
64 60 60159 64 60 4.V42 46 40 56 62 62 63 63 59 61 64 69:66
70|7l|76lC3 68|53;53l51 54:5?!64'68 70170,?? 62(6J 70 73|70
66|66|69|6o|do|46l49i42 53I4'2|56;62I62!64]>>2!56 CT 66 66(56
The first line of figures is at 8iiuri.se, second at 0 A. M.
third at 3 P. 3L, fourth at 9 P. M.
MARINE NEWSARRIVED.
Nov. 15, Schr. Hannah Matilda, Price, Georgetown,
D. C.; Nov. 17, Ship Maria, Clarke, New
York; Nov. 17, U. S. S. Courier New Y<>rk ;
Nov. 17, Ship Conquest, Sears, New York; Nov.
17, Schr. J. G. Babcock, Babcock, Phila ; Nov.
18, J as. W. Lawreuce, Tooker, New York ; Nov.
? mass ... laUSl V..? 1 U
IS, L>. W. tiariuge, Sampson, rims.; to,
Montezuma, Lusconib, Salem, N. J.; Nov. Is,
Steamer Delaware. Cannon, New York; Nov. IB,
Sclir. Chief, Ryder, New York; Schr. Jas. 11.
Wainwright, Ludlow, Phila; Nov. 19, Jan. >.
Hewitt, Lake, Phila.; Nov. :i0, Steamer Neptune,
Lynch, Fernaudiua.
CLEARED
j Nov. 14, Schr. W. E. Clark. Clark, Phila; Nov.
14, Schr. Gov. Burton, Peacock, Phila ; Nov. 18,
| Schr. John Guyant, Smith, New York; Nov. 18,
I Schr. Sainl. C. Hulse, FurinaoL^Tcw York; Nov.
;J9. schr. Lewis Mullord, 1 oyles,i{hili; Nov. 19,
Scua. John Stockham Babcock, PiitiA.