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The exploits of the .ilabzma are very awuoyffif,
* :> but the accusation of imbecility against the Government
for sot eaptoring and destroying he# offi
hand is childish. A privateer, or a single ship,
. always has the advantage of a squadron. She
roams the boundlea oceaa at her will, and dede.,
capture, as a solitary incendiary may for months
batfle the police of a great city. The feat# of the
Alabama are like the cavalry raids of the' rebels.
Nothing is easier for a few daring horsemen than
t.) skirt the flanks of an invading army. With a
perfect knowledge of the country they can pierce
the open points of a line whieli can not be effectively
majptained from the Chesapeake to the M'ss's.dppt,
taking the risk of a safe escape. Such
raids upon tha (and and siucy privateering upon
the sea are most annoying; bid wo need not tuppose
that the nation is gone because .Stuart dashes j
i do Maryland or Morgan upon a lonely railroad
station, or because Raphael Seutuies captures the
<1riei and eludes pursuit for month*.
The performances of the Alabama are nothing
compared with those of the Essex, under David
IV'ter, in the war <>f 1SI2. A few days after the
declaration of war Porter tailed from New York
:i the Esjix, a frigate o." 112 guns. In a very short
lii> tmiL* a J irire fimidii^r <if* Mritish mt-ri'li nit- I
men. Hetnokooe of a fleet ?f transports con- i
woyed by a frigate and beads vessel; so if we hea i
that out' California treasure chips have fallen a '
pre/ te Semmos, spite of armed guardians, it will I
not be tu act without precedent, Presently Porter |
c iptured in a:i action of eight .minutes the English ;
*hip-of-w*r ,il&rt. By-and-by a Erisish Govern- _
ment packet, with fifty thousand dollars in specie, i
tell into Ins hands. Then he? tiled into the Pacific j
ocean to prey upon the JBcitkh whale-fishery.?
Here, having learned that Tern .Lad sent out ships ;
against our commerce, he -captured a Peruvian I
privateer which had taken two American whale- j
ships For ten months the ?\tex cruised in the
Pacific protecting ouMooamerce, capturing twelve !
British ships, taking four hundred prisoners, and
for the time destroying the .British fishery.
During all this.time P or mutated upon the onutny. <
lu FeVruarv. 1H11. he Valparaiso, and a '
week ktcr the British frigH^PAa>Ae, of 8Q guns, |
and the sloep Cherub, of.20, entered the port and !
?ichcred nocr the JPsstx. They were a part of the j
tfbrce which the British Government had sont to '
-s e?r every sea iimccrdh of the Essex. They had .
ehipsdnvthe China sec.*, ?d New Zealand, Tituor,,
-a id Sew Iklhuid ; and a frigate was qff the river ,
ija Pi *ta. After-getting supplies the Phjbe cruised j
utf Wlpjcmiso for six weeks, and the J?*sex tried to j
engage her alone. But the Phabe was too wary.!
On tire Uffcfc March the Essex attempted to gyt to r
sea, fciTtin doubling a headland she was at rue h by j
squall which cerried away her njaiii-tQpupi*t and j
destroyed several men. Thus crippled, she an-!
chore 1 three mile*from the town and apytfftl-*Uot
from tko bIhttii. and was here attacked hy the pjn?bc j
and Cherttb. The Ets x junior, which v\a& a tender !
of h?r nameeake, could ho of no service with her I
13-pound caaronad ex, and aftor a fierce light of two :
'.hours and ? half the Esicx surrendered, w ith a
loss of o3 killed, GO wounded, and Ul missing.-? j
The British loss was killed and 10 j
v wounded.There'is
no reason f,r surprise If the At\glo-:
rebel .pirate Alabama ountinnes for aotuo time |
i I ?nger her predatory oaroea-. Happily, as yytx j
3 i.uares has not added murder to*robbery, indeed i
. fascinated passengers of the Awl report the
marvelous 'politeness4 which is traditional in
?the manner of pirates who., as every boardings
diool knows are the W>st tgentlemanly *' of
men. The tact of his crime roxuains unchanged,;
' that, without the warrant of any rccognuted power j
' in t'ae world, he is waging war upon American j
* commerce.?Ilarptft H'ee^'y.
The Oath or Aeoi vxce,-???ouutov Aphony, j
of Rhode Island administered a very pointed re-.
hake recently ta those Senators who oumpiain ;
because some of those i.mpri&oned sineo the n hell-1
ion broke out have had; to take the oath of allogi-i
ance in order io obtain, their liberty, Said the
Senator:
" I cannot understand why any citiaen should
refuse to take the oath of nliogiai^ce when called
npon to do eg, by competent authority. Were it
not that ffeea:centleman iinon the nth*\i? sid? whnae
1 >yalty I Act not question say that they would not
U<> it, I sfeuuld say that no loyal American citizen
could retfuae to take it. A Senator on the opposite
si<i<e of the chamber asked the other day.
* Would yoja take the oath of allogianoe on, com-,
pulsios rx Sir, I \yould, taK& U any way and every ;
day, ac often as anybody washed me to take 1
would w willing to. tike It th.ro* titles a d iy as.
grace tef,ore meat- Indeod, I think there ia no
form.o?expression, in the language, except the,
Lord-^prayer, thai an Anierloan citizen oan oftonet
take, with advantage to his soul's health than an
oath to anpi>ort th/. Constitution of the Vnitedi
Stgfta*. '
of Harptr't Wetitly, in an article upon the opera,
urges the du^vof cheerfulness is the hot stress of
war. Hear tie conclusion to which he has arrived:
"HoweverpetofuHy interested we way be in the
struggle, it isimpoMtyie for the public wind to
smote so strict a tension as exclusive devotion to
the war would imply, A proper reaction becomes,
under sueh ciicut?stinee*,a tonic. It is not idling
I to Jtaar mask, and t? look at noble pictures, and
to read good books, even while our brave bojs are
encampea pn rway eray unhuvwv iw uwvu biiu j
fight Jgffft they am wise enough to amuse themselves,
as wtaaeeom our late issue, showing the
Christina* sports #f the Army ol the Potomac, j
And here we hav# before us a copy 01 The New !
South, a neat paper, published, written ami edited
at Port Royal, Sooth Carolina It is a very different
sheet from the fuming, feverish Charleston
Mercury. It is, in fact, altogether a more wholesome
newspaper than ha* been published in our
Southern latitudes for many a day. Its come y J
columns are devoted to the news ol the camp ol
the whole army, and of things in general and i s ;
editorial column* are moral rather than political.
"But to th) especial point of <?ir remarks
This number contains an account of the Thanks-1
giving amusement* of the army at Hilton Head.
By day there were foot-races, rowing matches,
target practice, hnrd e and wheelbarrow races,
ami meal feat", with the greased j?do and the
greased pig's tail, In the evening there were j
dramatic performances Uy a pa:t of the Third
Rhode Island and a fete by tlu officer* of the;
Forty-eighth New York and Company (i o; the:
1 llirU Kn?>4e island, 4 Ue Jailer Holiday amuse-;
ments were nut less cheerful,
? While thus the soldier* smile In the very face j
of exposure and danger we need not feel it neces.,
sary fo look gloomy or to forswear a wholesome j
diversion. There is no fear that our mind* and
hea ts will forget thein or the great work before us; j
while a wise recreation will fit lis all the better to j
h dp them and da the work,"
Ge.\. Mjluoy s OKDKR.-rrThe following order
from Gen, Alilroy has created quite a sensation j
among the F, F, Vu in Winchester and vicinity : j
FREEDOM to slav's*.
Whereas the President of the United States did,;
on the first day of the present mouth, issue his j
proclamation declaring * that all person* held a* |
slave* {)} cei;toin designated States und parts of j
States, are, and henceforward shall t)e fxec,' and
that the Executive Government of the United \
States including the militarv and naval authorities 1
thereof, would recognise and maintain the f reedom j
of said persons; and wlterea* i he county ul Fred-;
eriok is included in t)\c territory designated hy the
proclamation of the President iu winch the liquet
ihouhl bcww free> 1 therefore hereby notify the f
citizens of the city of Winclieatyr, and of said
county, of said proclamation, and of my intention j
to maintain and enforce the same.
\ expect all citizens to yield a ready compliance .
with the proclamation of the Chief Kaecntive, and ;
I admonish aH persons disposed to resist its peace-,
tul enforcement, that upon manifesting such dis,1
position by acts, thev will b.e regarded as rebels j
in arms against the lawful authority of tho Fed,
oral Government and doalt with accordingly.
All persons liberated l\y said proclamation are 1
admonished to aW^afn from all violence, and im, j
__ -l!_i 1 __ t. .4^1-- it A r.. I 4-i f
meciiaioiy u^iaae lu.eiusejvus io usci ui occapauoun,
The officers of this ooinivtand a:e admonished
and ordered to act in'accordance with said proclamation
and to yield their ready oo operation in its
enforcement, B< H. Milro.y,
Brig.-(?en. Commanding^
WinchQdqr, Jinn. &th, lb6?.,
-rr Tl\e widow of the late Sir Samuel Norwich,
the lineal representative of his house, is still liv^j
ing in Kittering. and earns a livelihood t\>' w ashings
She is very pour and very iguorant, not having ]
roceivwi any education^ Her husband. Sir Sam-'
Ue\ Norwich, for many years a lawyer in Kittering,
was the eldest son of Sir John, who died in the
parish work house, This poor scion uf the old
race had the nuymors. and hearing of a perfect
gentiemvm Ilis father, also named .John, was a
pensioner under the Montague family.. He was
the bfdher of Sir William, who had lost the Bamp
ai\ notniu Kt* fI ho r>roo>mt ttuin nf tViu !
VM 141V Lii^niLUh M WI 4J^
family, Syr William Norwich, V uuw ia America,!
where he i&said to he doing well,
< Old HcfDjrAsy."?The Murfreenter a correspondent
of thoChicago Tir#fix writes-s ? It us a fact
nof heretofore published. that au ibo night of
fnescfety's little, prouefneVd GeireraU supposed
(fin. Kosecrans would, retread, Ho never entertained
such an idea. After the rebels were gone
he u;a3 coruphnieutod, for hfs tenacity, ^YeV
said he, " I suppose you kaow Bragg is a good ;1
hilt Hoidfast is a hotter." They w\Jl fight for him;.
no.vy even, more gloriously thuja be five.
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AJStaH-lightYuiw.?Among the many oddities
of Orpheus C. Kerr there are numerous beanties
of sentiment. Here is one:
I stepped aside to give place to the conservative
Kentucky chap, who had just been denouncing the
message to the Mnckerel chaplain in the tent, and
was greatly outraged by the chaplain's response.
It seems, xny boy, that he had abruptly addressed
the chaplain, and says he:' Ifthe message want*
to make the nigger equal to the conservative element
by implication, 1 hereby announce that Kentucky
considers herself much offended, i tight tor
that flag," says he hotly, pointing to the national
standard?"1 tight for the stars on that flag, to aid
the cause of the white man alo&c. and w ith the
black man Kentucky wi.1 have nothing to do w hatever.
'
The chaplain looked dreamily at ihe flag, as it
latched the sky above him, and says he i
" For men of vonr way of thinking, my friend,
that banner should bear a sun rather than th*r
stars. '
"Hem ! ' says the Kentuckyebap. "How so?'*
* Why." says the chaplain gravely, "ben eat 1*
the stars aluue, you cannot tell a black man from a
white man. The master and slave of the broad
noonday are equal under the stars; tor if the sum
shines upon the one working that the other may
be idle, the gentle planets of the night makemaster
and bondman of one hue and perfect equal*
in Nature's on n Republic?starry N igbt. The banner
for you, my friend, should War the su. *o show,
that it is but for a day."
The conservative Kentucky chap came away
swearing, my boy.
Why tiik Soldiers ahe not Paid ?Secretary
Cha>e, in answering a resolution from the Honst,
says that the soldiers have not been paid became
he is not authorized to raise the loan by practicable
methods under existing laws, and that the fivetwenty
bonds have not been sold because they
could not be under the restrictions imposed by
Congress. Ilesiys the arrears of army pay amount
to treble the sum he can raise by the existing act,
exclusive of that providing for the five-twenties.
The original act providing for their issue provided
also for conversions into them of any multiples of
fifty dollars United States notes, at the pleasure of
the holders and permitted sales only at the market
rate, ascertained from the daily quotations of
the New York sales. Had the supplemental act
passed, omitting the conversion and market rate
clauses, the difficulty would have been avoided.
As it is, acting in accordance with the letter and
spirit of the law, he (Chase) has made no sales, excepting
to the amount of twenty-four and a hall
millions in that mode. Had the expenditures been
less or the military success greater more might
have been sold. There has been obtained siuco
July 1, from all sources $287,30$,618, exclusive of
receip s froiu customs, &c. making the total
$325,000,000 iu round numbers.
There has been paid : ,
To the troops. $70 825,583 67
To the Quartermasters dep't 110,482,486 27
To the Commissary dep t.- 30,617,492 83
Miscellaneous 81,886,209 22
Total $248,761,771 99
Regular semi monthly fbeioht line between
NEW YORK AND PORT ROYAL, 8. C.?The undersigned
have established a regular line of pacfet* between
New Y ork Ud Hilton Head, leaving each port twice a month.
J. N, FAGAM k JOHN PITTS, Agents, Bay Point, a C.
RIXBY A CO.. 56 Greenwich, and 371 Washington Streets,
New tor*, t or rreigni or passage appiy on ooaru.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES, for sale by
English, Dennis &. Richardson,
Fort Royal, S. C.
WE beg to inform the people of this de]*rtment of a re*
cent full addition to our assortment of Military Goods,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., 4c., which we offer at reasonable
prices. DOUGLAS, STEELE, & CO.
Notice.?geo. w. atwood, 4 co., desire to ana
themselves of this method, to inform their friends and
the public at Port Royal, that they are now loading the
schooner Jestit A. WDotikoute in New York, with a large and
welLselscted stock of Merchandize adapted to the wantaof
the Military, Naval, and civil population of this district,
and as a large proportion of them hare Wen purchased at .
Auotion for cash, they respectfully invite attention to their
stock.
aiuiur. u? nuuuii ui> res idai io?i>.a. iaauuwri
missioner* for South Carolina are now prepared to .
receive the taxes on real property in St. Luke's Pariah,
S. C.,at their office in Beaufort, S. at any tiuie within ,
sixty davg from this date.
A. D. SMITH, ' * I
W. E. WORDING, > Commissioner*. .
WM. HENRI BRISBANE, )
Dated at Bsaufort. S. C., November 'itth, 1864.
TUST RECEIVED at the store under the Post Office, a freak U
lot of fine letter and note papers, edYtfbpt a, pecm,^nk..
and other stationary ; Militant" books, NoYels-tn-greAfcrrttn-..
etv, knives, pipes, hrucifta, and atoalatdf SagRpLand. 4
French Gloves ami other Furmahin? Goods lirUmAf*J >
and Navv, ,/
The latest daily and pictorial papmrfor safe nt.atth ar-.rival
from the North. AJao, Xu Nxvr South ewf ji-Stttitay. .
morning.