The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, January 17, 1863, Image 3
Fr jmjted.?Major Van Brun1, of til; 47th New
Tor!; Volunteers, has been promoted to the Lieut.
Colonel cy. and his vacated the pos tioa of Pro.ost
Marshal of Hilton Ile.d, to assume command of
his regiment. Captain Allen succeeds to the major!
y, while Captain HuSted is for the presentj
performing the tunctions of the Provost Marshal.
Previoit, to the severing of his connection with
the Provost Guard, Col. Van lirunt was presented !
with a very handsome gold watch and chain, as a '
testimonial from the officers who had served under
Iiiai.
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Since wriing the i.bove we learn that Col. Van
Brunt has bjeti again detailed as Provost Marshal,
and that the entire regiment under bis command
baa i cen a.-. i;ned to hiui as the Provost Guard.
D Miu.:a Til.; SKav.ua?la ajcordanee with
an ttrJir from the War iOcpar.iuent dated on the
21th of December, Col. It. Bieh, of the 9tii Maine
Volunteers has been dismissed from the service of ;
til; United . tales with the loss of all pay and al-j
1 awances. "J he reasons assigned for this rigorous '
decree are the Colonel's incompetency and his re- i
fusil to recognize oflicers of tbe regiment duly
commissioned by the Governor of the State of
Maine.
Surgeon E. S. Hoffman, of the 90th New York
Voluutears has also been d smissed the service for :
tendering his resignation while a fatal epidemic!
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Tus Na> 4v.llk and tub Atlanta ?\Yclearn
that the Confederate rain Atlanta, formerly the
Kin .?l,is now fully completed, and that she is onlv
aTiiting a high tide and a dark night to make her
wiy through Wilmington J*iver to Ossibaw Souud,
there to assist the Nathvi'U ia escaping to sea.
i'ho at or vessel lies in the Oge.cb.e Kiver, withFi
the vie.v of our blockading vessels, and under
lite protection of heavy b;tteries. We believe
taat our cruiser* ore. tnil./. alive to the situation,
-? "?*mfcv.-Aay attempt uu th^ paiit oMbo -HashviHe
to escape will result ia her .discomfiture and dis>
i a*er.
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Highly Important trom tux Department or
tue lit lf.?By a Hag ol t.uce from Savannah on
the 12th instant, we are in possession of stirring
news 1 pom Texas T.u rebel oitieers report that
1% ifikM/4 tli it* 1 tli %. 11W o ! /Iioi ntnli it* o e ou_
juoi Uwiuin iiic^ icii iuw vitj u mojaivu u<m ?v- j
cciveJ announcing th_- recapture by the Coufedc* j
rates of the city of Galveston, together with the |
loss of thj f ederal gunboats Harriet Lime ami
WMfieLL Tbu intelligence, it will be note J, is
received through rebel sourc.s aod we are incliuei
to await .ts continuation before a.knowledging
its truth.
Extension ov the Railroad.?The immensesa\in,
ul timo und labor effected by means of the
railroad as originally constructed has lei to the
catablishine.it of severs! new branches by which
ordnance, co n mi saury and quartermaster's stores ,
miv l>? riUHiivMl hi? mil fn thi'ir H Rtination. fm- !
mediately on their reaching the wharf. Already
our railroad has so facil.tatcd the discharge of I
transports ..s to have earned for the Government'
flee times its cost.
Officers of the Colored' Keciment.?Pursuant
to instructions from the Secretary of War, Geu.
Brannan has ordered that " all enlisted men appointed
as otiioers i:i the colored troops under the
command of Brig Gen. fi. Saxton, in this Department,
will be mustered oat as enlisted men when
mustered into service as offic-irs."
T*aqedt lie Camp Saxtox.?We learn that one
of the negroes belonging to the 1st South Carolin a
regiment was shot while attempting to escape from
the guardhouse a few days since. He subsequently
died of hbt wounds.
Fleet Paymaster.?In a general order issued
at the beginning of the new year, Admiral Dupont
officially announces Mr. J. S. Cunningham aj Fleet
Paymaster of the South Atlantic Blockading
'Squadron.
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Mose Recruits for the Colored Rkoim jcr.?
The transport Boston returned on Tuesday night
irom Fernandina and St. AnguatinO, bringing up
nearly 200 negroes, a great portion of whom are
recruits for the 1st ?onth Carolina Regiment.?
They were enlisted by Ll,:ut..Colonel Billing*, who
went to Florida for that purpose.
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Another Prize.?A small rebel yacht was cap*
tared by the boats of the Canandaigua while attempting
to get to sea from Charleston harbor on
th.) 7th instant. Important di,patches were found
on board of her, and were sent North in the MatauzjLty
but their contents have not yet been revealed.
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Cose to Ferxandina.?The Seventh Connecticut
Vol .nteara, Col. J. R. Hawley, departed for
Fernandina. Florida, last Tuesday night, on board
the transport Delaware. The regiment will take
post at Fcrnandlua, relieving the 9th Maine, which
is ordered to Hilton Head.
Returned to IIiitox ITead.?The 97th Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Col. H. It. Gnss, has becu relieve
1 from duty on St* Helena Island, and ordered
to report to Gen Terry. One company, however,
is to remain and assist the Engineers in the construction
of the new wharf. - ' r.
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News from the North.?3y the arrival of the
Sla o'the South on the 9th instant and the Melville
on th; 13th, we have been put in possession
of New York naner* ol tile 8th instant.
?Gen. Rosecrans has won a complete victory
at .Murfreesboro, fighting the rebels in immense
force for four days and defeating them with great
slaughter. Our" own loss is estimated at 1,000
killed and 5.000 wounded. Rosencrans has in this
prolonged engagement proved himself one of the
most conspicious heroes of the war. The defeat
is a severe blow to the rebels, inasmuch as it cuts
them otf from all "hope of reaching Nashville, tb
secure which was l.ragg's object.
this city. 'the town was defended by a force of
65,000 troops under Gep. l'cmberton, ahile the
federal army numb iced about 45,00. '1 he contest
was oi the most despera.e character, the regiments
fighting hand to hand. One regiment?the 4th
Iowa?is >aid to have lost 600 men. A severe
battle would ensue before the place oould be reduced.
Later news from Vicksbnrgh, received
at this point through Savannah papers of the 12th
is to the ellect that the town is growing stronger,
that til j rebels intend to hold it, and that i her man
was evidently retiring.
?. here seems to have been great destruction of
Covernmeut property at Islaud No. 10, causelessly
ani uselessly. The facts, us we hare them, are
these: Gen. Tavies, understanding it to be a part
of rebel policy to take Island No. 10, and thus cut
off river transportation, and fearing they might be
successful, sent an order to the commanding o.licer
on the 5th instant, to spike his guns, destroy his
ammunition and evacuate the place, 'l bts order
was not executed. Davies then sent another order
to his Adjutant to see that it was executed and
seventy-nine guns were spiked, and about 10,000
rounds of ammunition roiled into the river. '1 he
150 men on the Islaud protested, but the o.der
was executed. .
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says th it
the government has issued orders that the Alabama
be warned from a!l British ports, and notice given
that if any more British property be destroyed,
the government will at once take 3teps to destroy
th; Alabama. The Shipping Gazette contra icts
this, and says that the government will notconsider
itself justiied inst >pping the cruise of the Alabama.
The London Timet again ridicules the idea of
the British gove.nmeut being held responsible for
the ac s of the Alabama. '1 he same paper pub
iisnes a s.rong secession leuer irom uciiimamier
Maury. He is rery bitter against the government
of the United St .tea, and repudiates the idea of
reunion. He says the South is well supplied with
arms and is as determined as ever. He asserts
that the customs receipts at Charleston in July
were greater than those of the corresponding
month for ten ye irs.
. ? The message of Governor Seymour is published
in the New York Herald of the 8th. It advocates
the doctrine of St .te Rights, condemns
the emancipation proclamation, denounces martial
law, and winds up with some touching rhetoric
about the Union. It places its author in the light
of open hostil.tr to the p'aus and purposes of the j
Administration.
?Under the beading " Capture of Charleston,"
a Boston paper of a recent date prints the ,'ollowing
item : " it is understood that the troops for
this project have been assigned,'the transports f r
their conveyance selected the supplies obtained,
and all the arrangements-ae far as relates to the
land force completed, and yet the expedition waits.
The announcement that seven out of nine Monitors
will be ready for action this week, affords
ground for believing that the p -polar impatience
to possess c harlcston will soon be aausQed by the
reduction of that hot-bed ?t secession." The
same jonrnal wished that Gen Sutler might be
designated as the Governor of Charleston. - '
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Thermometric Table
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For the weak ending Thursday, Jan. 15th, 1863, giving the'
degrees of tempt-ratufe (Fahrenheit; at fddr periods of
of the day.
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ty ht I ..q? n tb.'j H: i is I fi;
Satirise. 38 83 t 40 44 43 56 69
9 X. iL ^ 30 54 48 52 52 62 64
3 P. M. * 31 64 62 62 66 66 06
9 P.M. 48 64 46 48 54 60 46
DEATHS.
Patrick E. Connor, Prtr .te Company' E, 7th N.'
H. Vi la., Dec. 26th. chronic dysentery.
Peter Young, Private Co. E, 70th I'eirat. Vo's.,
Dec. 20th, heart disease.
William Scolleld, Co. C, 7th Conn. Vola., Eoc.
27th, dysentery. ;
The "dore Bowes, Fergt Co. H, 7th Coon. Vols.,
Dec. 29th, pore throat?diptheria.
Th s. M. Lancaster, Pit at j 'ro D, 97th Regt.,
Pa. Vols., Dec. 29th s re throat?diptheria.
Isaai Wike, Corpor .1C?.- F, 55.h l\nna. Vtls.,
Dec. 26th chronic dysentery.
Jeremiin Cramer, Frlrate Co. T, 76th Penna.
Yols., Jan. Ilth, 1863.
MAEiNE HEW8AUU1VED.
Jan. 1, TJ. S. ste mer Blackstone, New York;
Jan. 1, Schr. Quickstep Carberry, New London |
Jan. 1, Schr. Margaret Reinhart, Pe erson, lhda.;
Tan. 2, Baik Milton, Bradford, New York; Jan.
2, Schr. J. W Linsey, Lewis N. Y.; Jan. 2, Schr.
D. W. Sanders, A Men, -N. Y.; J.in. 2 Sehr. Jos.
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Tilton, Phila.; Jan. 3, Schr. Enchantres, T.inch,
N.: Y.. Jan. 3, Schr. May Queen, Gott, 1 hila.; Jan.
! 8, Schr. I. D. M'Carthy, Yonng, Phila; Jan. 8,
| Schr. Calvin S Edward, Garwood, Phila; Jan. 8,
ftr. Ben de Ford, Hallett, Key Wc?t: Jan. 8 Schr.
I J. Freeman Sherman, New Bedf rd; Jan. P, Schr.
; Jesse A. Woodhoose, Nelson, N. Y.; Jan. 8,4chr.
! Fradfield, PafFordy, N. Y.; Jan. 3, Schr. Fallie B.
j Fateman. Phila.; Jan. 3, Str. Haze, Pennington,
i New Orleans; Jan 4, Ship Suawan, McXuir, X.
: Y ; Jan. 4. Bark Alamo, Godfrey, X. Y , Jan. 6,
! Schr. Wm. Hnnter. Eldridge, N. Y.; Steamship
Mataozas, Leesgang, New Orleans; Jan 7, Schr.
, J. S Curtis, Crowell X. Y.; Jan. 8. Schr. Usaie
I Maul. Frambers. Phila.; Jan. 8. Robbie W. Dillon,
' Ludlam, Phila.; Jan. 9, Steamship Star of the
I South, Woodhull, X. Y.: Jan. 9 Hark Houston,
; Sh re, X. Y.; Jan. 9, btr. Ben de Ford Hallett,
jFernandina; Jan 9, Schr. Spray, rrtce, Phila.}
Jac. 9, Fchr. Northern Light, 1 r.-land, Phila.;
Jan. 11, Schr. Mary E Smith, Smith. Ihila.; Jan.
i 11, Schr. Amos Edwards, Somers. Phila.; Jan. 12,
; U. S. Str. Blackstone, Key West; Jan. 12, Sthr.
Martha Moore, Bennett, Mono, S. C.. in distress;
Jan. 13, Schr. Shark. Beaston, X. Y.; Jan. 13, Ktr.
Boston, Johnson, St. Augustine; Jan. 14, gcbr.
1 D. W. Eldridge, Smith. Phila.; Jan. 14, Kcfar. Vk'
tor, btrout, N. Y.j Jan. 14, Str. Melville, Ellis,
; ?ew lor*.
CLEARED.
Jan. 1 1863, Bark Gurrilla, Pierce, NewOrleans;
2. Bark Mary Stilsen, (jilloy, New York; Schr.
\V. F. Garrison, Morris, Phil'a.; 3, Steam Ship
United States,Fulton, New York; Str. Delaware,
Cannon, Fernandina; Str. Cosmopolitan, Crooker,
Fernandina; 5, Str. Jersey Blue, Jarkawav, New
York; 7. Schr Huntress, Desncy. New Orleans;
j Bria; Leni, Speede, New York; Schr. Jos. ( randall,
Gage, New York; Schr. Sanrl. C. Halse,
! l ate*. Fernandina A St. Augustine; 8. Str. Hase.
i Pennington, New York; Str. Karnak Bragdon,
| New York; Str. Matanxas, Leesgang, New York;
j Bark Milton, Bradford, New York; 9, Schr. Vlari;
etta, Hall, New York; Pefcr. Broodfield, F aTorda,
; New Orleans; Schr. Armenia Bartlett, Bartiett,'
: Phil a.; 10. Schr. Sea Ranger,Hinckley, Fernandina;
Steam Ship Star of the South, Woodhull,
New York) 12, Schr. J. S. Curtis, Crowell, St.
s Augustine; Schr. W. B. Darling, Baxter, New
: Orleans; Schr. Saml. H. sharp, May hew, Pbil'a.;
18, Schr. N. E. Clark, Clark, Philla.; str. Delaware.
Cannon, Fernandina; 14, Schr. Geo. Fales,
jNohuaon. New York; 15. Schr. Het Fmbaai,
i Cobb, N ew York.
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