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THE NEW#SOUTH.
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Vol 1, No. 21. PORT ROYAL, 8. C., SATURDAY, JAN. 17,1868. Price Five Cents.
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Tribute To f?a Mitchell
The following lines were recited by Park Benjamin, Es
t the oonclnsion of his new poetical lecture oft "The War."
reoently deliTered in Hew York :
My song is sung, and end*d my rerrtkn?
Snusethmg of pleasure, something more of pain.
Imparted may have been tp those who hear
My earnest words?I doe* them wife a tear;
A tsar for him who Beaks coldness now.
Death's nhns shadow resting on his hot;
Daad ere his neMa raea <m earth was run 5
Joe wham Ma aountry cries My ion! My Bet .
Alas ; that thou art shrouded from my sight.
Who west my pride. my honor, my da&gkt!
My learned astronomer, my soldier brave,
Suuk like the setting day-star, to thy grave.
Ho more hii rapt and ardent gam ahaB trace
The journeyinga of the stars fan plaee to place.
And never more hia sensual vision seen
n? comet's wUd carter, the solar plaa ;
But thoee fond 0fM, touched by hie Saviour's head.
No kmger blind, o'er Paradise expend.
And. Isoe to free, to ecstasy explore
The now unhidden beauty of that shore.
Of which he cheated with teniae a tongoe.
That even la Btma such musk may be aaag.
Preset, ever green, the leaJfch that entwine.
Departed chief, that sacred head of thine ;
for not atone to letrpne dear thy naaw,
Bat love of Liberty enbelms thy fame ;
Bid wae thy loaa, though light pervadee the gloom.
Which, like a pall, hangs o'er thy patriot tomb ;
For Xrohbll's monument, Uke one divine,
8haU be a freedoaa-coneecntad shrine.
a W'.t- Lk Ai. h s.j
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The Rev. S. C* Logan, a Presbyterian clergyman
residing at Valparaisoo, Indiana, recently spent
several days in Georgia, in search of an invalid
sister, having first secured from the Confederate
military authorities the privilege of entering and
returning from their lines. During his sojourn in
the djminions of Jeff Davis, Mr. Logan was at all
times upon his parole not to reve J anything of a
military character which met hu eye; yet, having
traveled through the entire State of Georgia, and
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M?? lug iui|M>iicu vuo pcupie ui mat uemgmea
land much interesting information respecting the
condition, the prospects, and the feeling of the
North, he considers himself perfectly at liberty to
apeak of the rebels as individuals,just as he found
them.
Mr. Logan left New-York on the 16th nit., arriving
at Hilton Head on the 22d, and soon after
departing for the Confederate lines by a flag of
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nim? iiviu ivn f uiawi. ne rh receivea oy o.
Pembroke Jooea, commander of the ram Gtorgia,
now lying in the Savannah Biver, aid after a detention
of several hours was taken before Qen.
Mover at Savannah. To the latter he told his errand,
and after a brief parley the privilege he
sought was granted, and Mr. Logan repaired to the
Pulaski House and registered his name. He was
soon sought out by a committee of citiiens, who
j from the texture of his garments had no difficulty
; In recognising him, and was subject d to a system
1 of questioning and pumping which resulted by no
means satisfactorily to his Interrogators. Such
wasdhe indignation excite 1 in the breasts of the
latter by the appearance of a professed Unionist
among them that they immediately demanded of
Gen. Mercer that he should be retained within the
eittr u a nriaoner of war; hut th;?ir rcnup.it was r.f
no trail. lad jei, to $e courteous treatment of
both the naval and military authorities Mr. Logan
cheerfully bsars witness; but the people everywhere
eyed him with suspicion, and among the
women he sejuied to be an especial object of hate.
Our adventurous clergyman found the people
whom be met putting up-with privations far more
severe than he had expected to witness. They
suffer far food, for clothing, and for the plainest
necessaries of life. Floor, when it is to be had,
commands $50 a barrel; salt cannot bj had for
lest than 46 cents per pooad; tea la Savannah
costs from $12 to $16 a pound. Coal oil, soap and
candles are not to be had save at most fabulous
prices ; sad, in the interior, dwellings are lighted
by biasing lightwood, borne in the heads of a
" thousand dollar candlestick," as the sable torch.
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and every one dresses in homespun, in the manufacture
of which great emulation exists among the
ladies. Handcsrds, of the kind which we use in
combing horses' mane* and tails, but which are
the only available implements in the Confederacy
for carding weol and cotton, are readily sold at$25
a pair; while a common dresscoat, made of homespun,
with sjlo leather buttons, cannot be got np
tor le*s than $100. Women have long discarded
crinoline, as calico is too costly to be wasted in
covering a wide expanse of hoops. Prints that
could be bought when the war commenced for
eight cents a yard have risen to the value of $1,50.
Shoes are made of leather dressed but not tanned,
and the ladies are shod generally la the cast-off
bootlegs of the sterner sex. For his hat Mr.
Logan was offered the sum of $50, while his boots
were uj ou cut?uu* gcuucuuujp wuu BUUgut
to posses them for $40, These prices are in Confederate
m joey of course; but it is all the money
the people hare, sod in the majority of cases it is
extremely hard to get. Among the wealthiest it
is Bot orer-pleoty; while with the poor it is painfully
scarce?so scarce that a bale of cotton is accepted
as currency in payment for six pairs of
> shoes.
The army is, aa a generai.tking without uniform,
though for the necessaries of life the soldiers saf
fer lest than the civilians. The inexorable authorities
hare decreed that they must be fed and clothed,
after a fashion, and whatever can be discovered by
quartermasters or commissaries finds it, way to the
troops.
It is of no use to deceive ourselves with the Idea
of a Union sentiment in the South. There are, to
be sure, isolated instances where men still hope
that the rebellion will Cut; but they Are compelled
to conceal their feelings. Notwithstanding the
fact that they lire under a despotism as rigorous
and as terrible as ever existed, the people all seem '
cordially to hate and utterly to despise the people
with whom they are. at war. They are in real
earnest, and will fight us while a single ray ofv hope
lasts. When submission is forced upon (hem.
| when the truth shall enlighten them, when the par1
poses of our Government are correctly revealed to
1 them, we may hope for a reaction { but never, till
then, may we look for a Union party in the Confederacy.
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| mr. Lujiu iuuuu nil oiabcr-ui-H?r? j aiov uviiu^)
in Florida, and retained with her at once to Sa?
vann*h. There they were joined by six other la.
die* who had secured the privilege of going North,
and who were sent with them to our line* by a flag
ot trace on the 8th instant. They all took pastflga
for New York in the Star of the South, which sailed
from Hilton Head on Sunday last.
If airs to the Soldiers. ?If the friends of our
soldiers but knew what joy U imparted by a single
letter from home, there would be no necessity for
this paragraph, now-for the injunction with which ?
it is headed. The importance of a constant and
frequent correspondence with the members of the
army cannot be too forcibly impressed upon those
who still remain by the firesides and hearthstones
of home. We have known soldiers who for months
have been without tidings of those who should ha
: the first to remember them and make them giad
i with cheering words. We have seen them as the
| matt arrived, with the neat intense anxiety await
igg its disftjbi^yyr~5nd with the keenest disap*
drleR^T'not onTfbrthemT Sacl*
; dereliction on the part of friends at home not only
! disappoints the. men; it exasperates them, alienates
their affections, and breeds among them all
sorts of demoralization. Send frequent letters,
warm-hearted, savoring of home, and you will do
much to alleviate the privations of a soldiers' life.
The Yacht America i* Coxxujiom.?On the
24th nit., at the Brooklyn Navy-vard, the celebrated
yacht Jmerita was formally put in commission,
in compliance with orders from the Navy Department.
She has been completely metamoriL.
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^uuscu, vuc uiu ruucu ujum ?uu s^hi b uat lug wcu
replaced by new one*. After winning the famous
yacht-race at Cowes, this little craft was purchased
by a British nobleman, who ultimat ly disposed of
her to blockade runners She was fitted out in
England and loaded with supplies, with which she
managed to break the blockade. Thj rebels sub*
sequently sunk her in St. John's River, where she
was discovered and raised by the cruisers of Admiral
Dnpont's squadron. For many weeks she lay /
In this port, attracting by her beautiful model as
well as by her eventful history the admiration and
! interest of all who saw her. She i? hy this time at
sea.
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? The Lynchburg Republi n of the 1st instant
states that a body of 5,000 Union cavalry, compos,
ed of one Pennsylvania regiment and others unknown,
have destroyed nine miles of the East
I Tennessee and Virginia Rai.road, burning the im'
portant bridges over the Holston and Watawga
, Rivers, and capturing 200 rebel cavalry who were
j guarding the former.. The Republican says it will
i take several weeks to repair the damages, at a ____
i time when the road is taxed to its utmost capacity.
It characterises the Yankee raid of nearly a hundred
miles as one of unexpected daring and actir
itjr.
?The Navy has suffered a seri .us lo.ss by the
sinking 01 tne taraous Monuor, soutn oi tape miteras,
She was coming south, in tow of the steamer
Rhode Island, when foul weather carno on, the
Monitor sprung a leak early on New Year's morning,
and went down in a few hours. Two officers
and nine men are missing, probably lost. Several
men arc al*o missing from th** Rhfufr Itltrnd.