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PORT ROYAL, SAT., DEC. 6, 1862. i
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number of The New South attlii. post entire'.v
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exhausted the editi n before Beaufort Fort Pulaski
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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.
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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
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