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>* ?' , J*?:' - ^KL f POET ROYAL, SATURDAY, J AX. 17, 1863. jiJiii'D 1 ~M 1 ... Ike.Proclamation, We print elsew here the E mancipation Proclamation issued by the President on the 1st instant. Of eoursc thece are honest differences of opinion as to i{s wisdom and efficacy in promoting the legitimate objects of &a war: but since it has become the-established policy of the Administration, there is M.M.M AM.1 AAtin(..* nA AillA. AAllvan IP}& IV* IUC 4MUIJ Oiiu U1W VViUU.J UV viUWi VVUIW th in an earnest support of thj Government in oarxying its msaiurea into effjet. Sooner or later we must roach the end of this war, and slavery X^qjktrely terminate with it. ny<*e, ia the midst of an enfranchised race, surrounded by people to whom this document brings freedom forever, our ?e$d&r? will form their own views Of the measure* but the views of their Meads at home, as expressed through the journals of the Xorth, may ho of intarestto them. The Tr+uae? of course, looks upon the proclamation as "! great stride towards the restoration of the dfoioa," hat fears, that < slavery, the reel rebel etpiH has boeo surrounded by a Chickahominy sraap of Una lew and outrages against the black tsco, which bo paper spade am dig tlwongh." dEheMerslioeoaidorsilie weewKsemira/e "uo.ie jBamiry, bow tsa wad ill-timed, impracticably out^jygjyg* thoCoo?tilwtk>a, wod fuU of mischief." The ' ~^lSK ST fW*ri+dacbm%4luk* Us-ghats ctteocy nost ftaol. feffffe^iL JMip^odoawbath rUb>nstaiaedbytheCojrl*" ^ j5;*-j|B^Bre3SyftaPresideot ifHap tl&K to ocmw' cipatothoohyeoy btn that as QMotko4or*i?difef of fit j mbIm he had ample authority. Of that >9(ttM ot the procUnutioo admitting the blacks K kite military service, tfaa Washiogtoa RtpuUican ?W%I M>-a ,-u TJ.i> Im a al.a ? it Will ? abte oar armij* to aivw?* wife onditmniohe I numbers, white the (JtTtf oT^u irding post* is per'or.o3,1 by colors 1 troops and the Chrouicle, of t*i3 *30*3 city, dernts Abraham Lincoln "entitled to ths plaudit* of a distracted country saved, and on Inscription of inlying fame in the impart i tl records ??f historyMr. ITe3d'*pap-er, the Albany Evening Journal, h >pe* th U th i proclamation will prove *t on?e a terror f> rebel sUveh aider* and a b ion to The enslaved ; but its neighb ?r, the JtUn and .fr+nt, thinks we sha'l gain by litis mean* no garti? >n of b'acks, n.) honor in litis contest, uor in t.'ii end th e rest iratiou of the Una n. The lYovi d /aCe JjuruaJ believes that the first day of January, 1 S*?3, will ?tan ! through time as "one of the b ight diys ja th-> history ol our country, of the African 1 sec and of suffering humanity while ilu? staid <?!! Journal of Cj>tim>rcf thus gives vent to it* disgust : "On the uhole-, the proclamation is not the S.ibl *Ct of nm?h riifivL" nn^ ?r:ir ?r fh.? nfhi-r % Clearly, most if th+- ynyto regard k as a very SWUh pixv of biftt'.-si, and I?h#!c eariestfv lor " Th.? tl.n? when they can constitutionally place in authority at YAshiagtmi man of ability, who will bJgakhl ln- Coutitutko mod law." J taux.t nc.?We owe to our readers an epolog? tuT the non-appearance ot Twe New Socni last v i ^ k. Through an acciljnl to our power pr<i4S we I wcrv;dcpr?? ?l of its services i'or wverui days, sad %zee consequently unable to k?uo the number due tj our pitruoi on th-* 10th instant. Th: dcrong m.h( to our p:dntLig~uitcfitn ?ry w.w of so serious a tt du.v th t( wo despaired of repairing it without eeediag it to New York ; but, thanks to Mr. Cog*weH, Mr. Kimball, and the skillful workmen of the u vol machine shop, and especially to Admiral jJupont, who kindly placed their services at our ^ ?srunu m 1, the In* iceu pr?*w f i whole aj;*in. \ 1 Deserters from Charleston.?Since our last issue seven deserters from the rebel forces at CbirleitoQ have reflclppll Hilton ilea l. The first : arrival was private A. P. Palmer of the 21st S >uth v aroli^a Volunteers, who left his regiment at Morris [siMft on the2>th ult., and escaped to the gunboat 1 Oitaicq reachu^. this point on tha -3th instant. ' The others, cbi^nVbtg Sergeant Andrew Kifey, Corporal Thomas \Voodlock , and pri rates Thomas Kearus, Martin Ford, Robert Tuiokin and John < Murphy, .were, aU mambais of the J^uost Guard, an artiRcry comp^Mr stationed on M ?rris Island, and desertrd in a mad boat on the evening of the 5th instant. In the thick fog which prevailed at the time they were secure from the scrutiny of the sentinels, and rowed unmolested to the Canmdaignffy whence they were subsequently transferred to | the Marblehtad and delirered over to the Provost Marshal here on Tuesday last. The intelligence bronght by these deserters, tbongh not of much importance in the main, is nevertheless interesting. They trl! ns that about 80,000 troops are now massed in and around Charleston, of whom three regiments are "regulars" of the Confederate army. Upon James Island are stationed from 15.000 to 23,000 men. SuHivan's 1 Island bristles with batteries, garrisoned by two ! regiments of hfautry and two artillery companies, j Fort Sumter holds a force of tloO or 700 men under Col. Rhett. ami the fort on the middle ground is also well manned. The Torce on Morris island numbers abont 1,030 men, and the entire shore ol Charleston harbor is lined with hoary gnns. '1 he two iron clad batteries constructed for h .rbor dcfoncrare afloat, a id is generally supposed that they wHf prove rery effective. - 4 These soldiers deserted mainly on account of the severe treatment to which they were subjected According to their account great dissatisfaction 'exists among the rebel troops, an 1 especially t'Mam thirty of th j garrison of Fort Su tutor were in double irons Toi; iasub >rdinV1on, and it was understood that more than half the troops would surrender at once, if an attack should !?e made, rather than contest the possession of that stronghold. [ Prices role high in Charleston. Flo.r cannot ! be had for les> than $10 per barrel. Boots and shoes are rare even among the b.'st of troops. Paper Is wonderfully scarce, tha most inferior i quality of letter paprr rea lily selling for a dollar j and a half a quire. i SroRTrxn ox thk Caaoux v Ska Ialvvds.?Sir j Grantiey Berkeley, who visited the I'nited State o i s grand sporting excursion and who wrote a vefy i dull book in comtntmoration thereof, could not j have included the South Carolina coast in his tour I Certainly his narrative would have been less prosy ' if he hsd hunted upon Frlpp's Island, amid tlio doer, the duck, the snipe, and the multifarious 1 game with which the old-time hunting-ground of | Mr. Fripp abounds. Fripp s Island ties north of I Hilton Head about ten miles, and is one of the : duster which extends along the coast and interrenesbetween sea and ?gtin. Here, during last week, Dr. Cnven, (.'apt. Garretson and Dr. Freeman sp-iit three or four days. Hiuy took with them a tent, a stove, plenty of appropriate rations, ! a pack of bounds and a boat's crew of contrabands. 1 They found the deer as plenty as in any park iu England, and minor gam? in great abundance. The trophies of their sport inclnded one splendid buck and lour docs, not to speak of a boat km I of 'coons, curlew, snipe, ef cetera. Considering^the size of the -party and the time occupied inthe sport, * the hunters met wi h most gratiftin^ success and similar excursions are likely to b? popular front ' this time forth To Dr. Crarca our ?mesa " la | under many obligations. i Cbangjw.?Surgeon A. Cmpeli has b?en annonnced as Post Surgeon jrtct Dr. Dalrymple, and (/apt. A. B. Nicholson ai Post Treasurer, rict i 1 jJat. F. A Sawyer. 4 I % | Kesijnatioxs, Deathj and Discharges During LAsr Year.?Wo have boon furnished by Lieut. Sealy, Acting Assistant Adjuta it General, with | the fol.owing interesting items concerning the 10 h ! Army Co-ps during the year ending with liecemi ber 31. Thortotal number df officers who resigned j Ui ir commissions was 2lo. Ul these o were Colonels, 7 were Lieut - 'okm.ls, 8 were Majors 31 were Captains, 74 were 1st Lieutenants, 4? were 24 ! Lieutenants, .4 were Surgeons or Assistant Surgeons, and 13 were Chaplains. '1 en officers resigned under ch irges, three for incompetency, and tire were dismissed the service by court martial. The number of enlisted men discharged was 1,726. and the number of deaths was in the neighborhood of 720. The reports font Key West for L'ec.niber j not having been rece.ved, the exact number cani not now be stated. Up to the 31st of .March, this j Department embraced oolysuch forces as belonged J to Gen. Sherman's expeditionary corps; on that j day Key West Tortug.is, Fort Pickens and Penaacola were a I led to it; and again on the 8th of August West r lorida was detacbcd trout it. _ Captured bi Taa Kxjat?.-rr Ad vices from St. Augustine bring as thj news of the capture, on the Dth instant, of a party of three adventurous young men, including * lieutenant of the Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, the sutler of the regiment, and a civilian who had visited St. Augustine lor his health. We do not learn the names of the unlucky captives. * hey rode out beyoud our picket lines, talcing a road which h is been frequented by pleasure-hunters ever since our forces have occupied the town, and were uudo prisoners before a thought of danger flashed upon tbcui. 'iwo of them had their wives at it. Augustine. Letters were Mtbsejuentlv received by the afflicted women, iufbrmiug thorn of the safe arrival of their husbands at Tatlahasso. We Goufess to very little sympathy fur the captured parties, who, iu the light of all the niishapsjof this nature whi h have t~.o~T7rawii?? iniinii#TtrTT-^Lfc?* 11)1,I.I.I. > !.' ^ ?/VV-WMVU UMIIMg ?MV < fsxa *S t j Vt^v?vww as to venture unprotected into the enemy's country. ^ Tiie Expedition to NassaC ltivra.?The trans por.s Delaware and Cosmopo itan, each with two schooners iu tow, left this port ou the .h.rd mat., tor Nassau river, tor the purpose of securing a quantity of lumber said to have been stored near the extensive mills al?out twelve mile, fro.u the bar. The Delaware seturned ou Friday of laat week, and tue Cu mopotUan on Monday mgat 1 at, having (ailed to secure the m terial for which tney : were sent. The gttnbo .t Uncat, which was ordered 1 to co-operate with th j transports got aground four | miles below the mill., and tho rebels, discovering {the object ot the expedition, destroyed the lumber. I Coming ont of the riVer, on the 7th, the transports | were bred upon by a guerrilla band ou shore, and three men of the 3d New Hampshire Volunteers seriously wounded. The Uucai, however, by a few well-directed bhclls, and the infantry, uy its musketry, quickly silenced thj rebels indicting | mortal injuries upon such as chose to reveal tliernI selves upon the shore. 1 he Com polit a subsci quently proceeded to the St. John s Kiver, secured | a cargo ot lumber, and returned to li.ltou Head on Momlav. without further iucideut. | The following are the names of the wounded j soldiers i private 15. M C. liillard, Co. E, left lun;, dangerous; private Robey Kobin. on, Co. E, lei t leg, slightly ; private John Mears, Co. A, severely. The wounded iuen were faith ully attended by burgeon Buzzal., o. the 3d Kiiode Island, who accompanied the expedition. nrsioxATiovr?'The resignations ol the follow. Ing otfleers ol tilO lt>tj Army Corps have been accepted since oar last. Major II. Rogers, 3d Rhodo Island Arti.lery, appointed Colonel of the 11th Khode Island Volunteers; 1st Lieut. Isaac M. Pot. ter and 2d Lieut. Aigan, cf the 3d Rhode 1 Artillery, commissioned respectively as Captain i ani 1st Lieutenant, in' the 5th Lhode Island; ' Assistant Surgeon Job Kenyon. 3d Rhode JsUnd, ! and I.ioutwaut George H .AVrvnfey: Mt.h tfewVorlt.