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T H. PORT ROYAL, SAT., DEC. 6, 1862. i IV*T''" in.v.ufluiliJiiti.H <1pni.ini1 fnr thrf last1 Uy IUV UIH>HVV?VUW%. number of The New South attlii. post entire'.v I exhausted the editi n before Beaufort Fort Pulaski ! and the other posts of the Department could be . supplied. In compliance therefore, with a general request, the more important news is reprinted on the outside of this week's paper. Amends are jjgflfrus made to our waiting rea lersfor their unavoid-: bio disappointment. Sabbath in the Camps. When we look back upon the gloomy period of threatened pestilence t.trough which we have passed, we are moved tod ep thankfulness to God for His great mercies in staying the ravages of the destroyer. It wouldsoem, almost, that tiis disease, had visited us a; a warning to turn our hearts more to Him, and make us feel how vain are our pLns and endeavors, how blind our foresight, how pow erless our strength without llis aid and comfort. It should serve to awaken us to a sense of oar duty to God, and to remind us, who are too prone to place bur reliance altogether upon man's feeble efforts, bow <lepen lent we are upon Kis Omnipotent will an i all-pervading goodness alike to protect and to guide us. Wo were deeply impressed with these though s upon Thanksgiving day. Following so close upon the heels of the receding monster . w5iQfe presence brought terror and dismay, all i must have felt how appropriate was the occasion to render the thanks which were due to God for our safety. In this connection we are sorry to learn how little attention, is pa;d tfffhe proper observance of the Sabbath in the camps, both here ' and at Beaufort. In many, perhaps we may say the m.ijo-ity,of the camps no s rvice marks God's holy day; no prayer ascends to His footstool; no note of praise is uttered to His name. Is it possible that such apathetic inliffereuce can ex ' ist in a Christian army, bittling in a Christian cause J Do wen thiuk that because they are aw ay from home and free from the conventionalities and requirements of society, there is no longer necesii y of attenling divine service?no longer need of seeking Hi, divine grace aud mercy. The true -soldier must be a christian. The man who stands ready at all times to face death?to lay down bis life in his country's cause?must ha.e that cont nipt o death, that strength of heart, which is derived only from implicit reliance on his Creator. The recent order cf President Lincoln enjoining a proper observance of the Sabbath by the officers and tuen of the military and n .val cervices, will be hui ed wit i joy by e.ery Christian and patriot. President Lincoln could go no further .b.in to dejlr j and enjoi 1 an ' orderly observance of the Sabbath,"?adopting the words of W shington that ** at this time ol public distress, jmn may find enough to do iu the service of tifdflJP their country,'without abandoning themselves to vice and immorality." It is to be hoped now that the Chaplains wi I do their duty and observe the Sa bath with regular morning servic.s, so that on that day songs of praise and tlianksgiviug may be beard ascending from every camp. Execution) in Our Army. A short time ago we took occasion to notice the frequency of d.-sertiuns in our army, and urged She necessity of en bring the penalties prescribed by the articles of war, as the only means of stop' ping the evil. The execution of Lunt last Monday tadkatee a detoraiaatba of the Government to no longer allow justice to be perverted by mis- J guided mercy, but io the more aggravated cases such as Lunt's to make the offenders death the ; example which his life had not exh bited. The . Pichmond correspondent of the London Tivies, in i a late letter, Minid a labyrinth of falsehood,! blunders)into the following approach to truth: "But iu the !>o th, in spite of its lawless popu-! lation, a certain rough discipline is not impossik e,; au i an incident wh:ch occcurred two days ago in thiscitv has never been attempted in the Northern nosts?khe execution by shoot.ng of twod.scrte. s, and the ad ministration ? f tilty tushes to a third, buch exocutious have already not been unl requent in the bouth; whereas, in the >orth,after the defeat of Pope, hundreds of deserters ciossed the 1 otoniae every night, of wh m it is uot improba-1 ble that forty per cent, have again enlisted, aceept- < ing the enormous bounties proffered by the Noith." The wording of the sentence leads t > the inference that not oue execution for desertion to the enemy has taken place in our army. Such is not the iact. Johnson, a cavalry soldier, belonging to the army of the Potomac, forfe.ted his life i.bout this time last year for th.s crime. But his, like Luut s, was an extreme case, and our Government?reluctant to violate that spirit of kindness and forbearance which is cha:actenstic of its institutions?has heretofore been too lenient in its treatment of such offenders. 1 r\4% Via T AH/VAW 1 HIS vernciuus Luncspiiiutui. VI IU? i.vuuvu 'Timet, by ibe way, is said to be John Mitchel, the exiled Irish pa.riot, who sought this c untry as au asylum from oppression, this giateful Irishmaa is now engaged In villifying the Government wh.ch protected him- manufacturing lies to tickle the palates of his British persecutors. Per ha; s it is the nature of the aaimal to resist all constituted forms of Government. He is a full-fledged rebel, cwns a plantation stocked with fat negroes, nnd has two sons in the Southern army. He has stretched the truth so much that it will not be surprising ii he should yet stretch a rope. A Hard 0u.\macnsarroxti!kGranite State.? Somebody, professJig to be Orderly Sergeant George 0. Harris, of Company H, Third New Hampshir Regiment of Volunteer*, desiiea to get a reputation aa a poet. The " divine afflatus " not having been breathed upon him at hia birth, he does not hesitate to appropriate the inspirations of others, and foist them off as his own. Last week we published a beautiful little hymn sent us by Sergt Harris, as the production of his genius, and a scintillation ot his poetic nature. The gem hashed in our last issue, in a setting of Sergt Harris' initials and Thk New bourn's announcement of its originality. Since then our attention u&.-s been called to the tact that the verses may be found on the 5id pa^e of the amah army hymn-book, and were diet publ.shed in the Atlantic Monthly laat year as written by Oliver Wendell Holmes. the product of another's brains is by no means rMgMH||ch a bare-faced theft its this is seldom attempted.VJBpi^pomradea had better watch him closely until he giroMftuence of obedience to the Commandment. LOCAL ITEWS. Our Fib* Depart*est.?In view of the combu tible material composing the buildings and storehouses here, it w^ts deemed prudent to take some precautions to guard against the total dust action of a large amount of valuable property, iu event ot any of these structures taki> g tire As a ^uard against this danger, two 1 ire engines and a quantity of boae were putchased in Mew Vork and brought hereby Air. John A. Smith, private of * o. I, 47th N. V. Vols., who was selected for his kuowl dge of fire matters, gained during ? long connection with the Mew Vork department. The engines are both side lever, piauo build, and cost $800. Besides tnese we have two engines found at Beaufort, which, though not in very good repair, are fit for service. A Hook- nd-Ladder 'J ruck is to l e constructed from materia s here. One engine will be placed at the hospital?one at the Provost Marshal s quarters? oue at the Pos; Bakery, and one in Union Square. General Terry has issued a general order org.nizing the brigade after the following manno.: 'j he Brigade consi ts of one Chief ol Brigade, [ (John A. Smith), f >ur Foremen of Engine Compa-: nies, one Fo:eman fHook-and-Ladder ( ouipany \ and five me.) to each ot the Fire Companies. The men comprising the Brigade are all detached from ; the 47th J. Y. Vols., and relieved from all other du y. In a dition to tho members of the Brigade,! a detail of men will oe made from each of the tiegi. ' aoou.at tbo i'urt, wbtMdo^ U wiilba.to- repair to and work the etitrines in case of tire. The men thus detailed will b,i relieved from no other dot., but will, unless upon guard at the time, repair to their respective engines whenever the alarm of tire shall be given. '1 lie i. liief of Erigad ? and the Foremen of the Engine and Hook-and-Ladder Cctnpauies w ill constitute a i>oaril oi' 1 iie V\ arden for the j urj ose of examining all the buildings of the post, and the >;o?es and lire-places in them; they wi'l repo t to the Commandant of the Po t all such buildings, stoves and fireplaces as m their op niou arc unsafe and w ill make al suggestions in relation to the location and cons ruction of b ildings as in their judgment may be necessary. Mr. Smith is at preset t superintend'ng the construction of a small dock, to enabl the engines to take suction from Mud Creek. Cisterns are also being made to contain a supply of w tor in ease of necessity. News from Charleston.?Early in the week a party of five negroes?four men and a woman?arrived here from the blockading fleet ofl\ harleston. They are refugees, having escaped from the city on the night of the 22d ult, and made their way past the rebjl batteries and i ort Sumter through the darkness to one of our vessels. The condition of affairs in the city tbey describe , s being wretched. Provisions of every kind are scarce, and the nrirea above the reach of the Door, who mainly are dependent upon public charity for support. Anticipating an early attack by our iron clads the people are flying front the ci'y to Greenfield and Somerville where immense frame build* inrs have been constructed by the i harleston Municipal authori ies for the temporary shelter of the poorer classes. Among the rulers there are dissensions and divided counsels respecting what shall ba done in case our fleet run the gauntlet of the batteries and appear before the city. The "destruction b.fore surrender" party, however, was fast losing prestige, and rathei than lose all, there was a general willingness expressed that the Yankees should occupy the city even as l^ew Orlean. is occupied. The two rams which were built *or the protection of the harbor ha\ e proved a partial fai.ure, as the engines were not of sufficient ;,ow r to drive the vessels through the water at the requisite speed. The Cotton Crop.?The New York Journal of Comment in speaking of tbe cotton crop herr> says: " Kecent advices from I'ort Koyal state that the new crop is beginning to come in, and promises well. The first < argo may be expected to arrive here wi hin a fortnight. The entire cotton. cro;i tLis fall, from the Carolina Sea Islands, is estimated at not less than 3500 bates. This has grown and will be gatliered under the direction of ill Government." This statement is very far from, cor ect. The cotton louud here and gathered last year is said to have am tinted to 2000 bales and r< a iz d the sum of $600,000. In this proport on 3500 bales would realize more than $1,000,000" Sow we learn from oen'l. Saxton that the cropthis year w,n not amount to more than one hundred thowand d Itar*. Ihe small yield is accounted: for by the fact that t e seed was not put in o the gr und until six weeks after the usual tiuie f r planting, and the plant was therefore not sufficiently strong and hardy to resist the attacks of the cotton worm. iiEUKl I*i~9 riW THB 11 BUIlli laluai/ii 1 \ji wiivi m? Saxton returned last Tuesday, from an expedition to ?'ernandina, on the steamer Ben Dtfori, bringing with h m one hundred recruits for the i ir? fcouth Carolina Volunteers. The Ben Dtford has gone to Georgetown for more negroes who desire to enlist. 'J he regiment is under command of the Rev. T. W. igginson?a Unit, rian minister, who arri- ed. here a short time ago. Mr. 11 igginson i? possessed of a large amou ,t of literary talent, and his genius has enriched our literature with many beautiful ems of thought. We Dotice in t e Atlantic Monthly for Decembe r an article from his pen, eal titled the "-Procession, of the i lowers,' which abounds .n-elegmt metaphor, and poetic thought. Mr. Higginson.ha* laid down the pen to take up the 8word .May he be able to wiekl the latter as well as he does the former. Supplies kob. Man and Beast.?The Brig Be% jamin Delano and. the Schooner Edwin R Bennett' have arrived, bringing 150 bead of beef cattle.The Benjamin Delano comes from Ilatteras Inlet,. with ttle which were shipp -rt from .New rem-on: i he 9th nil, on. toe steadier (ieo. Peabody, for this port This steamer, for the saloty of which we felt great apprehension put into Hatteras inlet onthe 19th ult., during the gale of that day, for a ? harbo-, dragged her anchors an i grounded. She was .ifto wards got otl'and has gone back N'ew* York. T; e cattle are ail fat and in g od condition, seenulo^tvh?ve mffwtd JtoatofctoAlUbl