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THE NEW#SOUTH.
N? 30, PORT ROYAL, S.C., SATURDAY, MAR. 23, 1863. Price Five Cents,
THE NEW SOUTH. !
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ftlMwhtfl evc'ry Saturday Morninj by
Jo?. ff. SHEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
I^kica: Fir* CK^ts PKR*COPV.
Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each lniertlon.,
Term*: invariably ca*h.
OFFICE: Port Office Building, Union Square,
* A Soldier's Night Thought.
You have pot the children to bed, love,
Maud and Willie and Rose;
They have liaped their sweet "Our Father,"
And gone to their night's repose.
]>td they think of me, dear Alice ?
Did they think of me, and say,
" God bless him, and God bless him.
Dear father, far away ?" .
i ean oear *nc uoibj aay, io*e;
The aup life, gay and wild,
Shut* from my yearning bosom
'1 be thought* of wifa and chi'd.
lint when the night ia round me,
And under ila strung beam*
1 gather my cloak about me,
1 dream such long, sad dreams!
Oh, when will the war be over.
Oh. when shall I behold
Hose, with her pure white forehead,
And Maud, with her curls of gold;
Ami Will so gay and sprightlj.
Ho morr> and full of glee,
And more than all, the dear wife
Who bore my babes fo me ?
THE MYSTERY OF THE INDIA VOL A.
v .frola the Richmond Examiner. Marc a ?.]
In tbe early part of the war, the Southern Con-1
federacy vv?* much diverte i with the Yankee
1 right at " masked " batteries, little thinking the
day would soou come for them to turu the tables <
on us and join in a general guffaw over our panic ;
at gunboats. During the summer of 18b;!, the
"'newspapers (believed by the immense Conradj '
pleaded earnestly lor the fortification of coasts, ;
harbors and rivers, and endeavored to prepare the ,
public inind for t..e disasters which would inevita-!
blv ensue as soon as the gunboata b 'gan to swim
in our waters. But, Mr. Davis sneered at navies. >
placed his reliance in the somnolent Mallorv, and :
expended his energies iu the creaticn, on an average.
of two britrail 1 era to each nriv-atH
True to the prediction oi tne newspapers, cherished
by the noble Courad, the guuboals came
A uey knoceed down the mud banks at Hatteras
ami alanued the good people of the Old North
Slate beyond measure. Their next essay was
upon t ort Henry, a little pen, which Mr. Benjamin
?. apposed to be placed, as near a? he could guess,
at uie eonduence of the Nile and the Gang-a ?
.-iflor that the gunboat panie seized the whole
country, and it became a serious question at the
.\avy i-epartment whether liberty and the Sou-1
therii Confederacy could exist in the presence ol
a cannon floating on a piece of wood in the water.!
in this state of dlretul trepidation the unhappy
South remained Ufltjl the night at Druryrs Blutf. j
On that eminence tlm fragmentary crews of Mr.:
Mallory's exploded navy were assembled to con-:
leal the advance of this modern horror?the iron
jtuuboai. Sailors, marines and middies did their
beet, and. with the aid of Providence and some '1
spanky clod-hopper artillery from the neighborhood,
succeeded in driving the gunboats oft'.!'
Uere wax bravery and skill; but the expK it was
no greater than the Chinese had performed on the
l'eiho. Vet the whole confederacy threw np its
hat, wept, danced, chuckled and shouted a* if Leoni-l&sand
Theruiopylie bad been tound again.;
'J'he event was great in that it dissipated in a mo- ,
iuoiit the gunboat panic, tjnce th^u gunboat*
have bt-en regarded with such incHfFercnte fliat thn I
gentlemen who are acting during Mr. Mallorjr's ,
permanent rap have discarded navies altogether,
tfnd tun ed over ail marine^?perationa to a wHd :
Tennessee caralry under Wheeler, mounted on ,
?/'r?vr?v uoniif*.- | j
OOJ r .
The llorse-Marrtie system ii*8 answered adnura- , i
bly ti I now brti%f iSMrtrew terrdr has turned j
up. The telegraph brings ns tidings of something ' <
which is tremblingly described as a "Turretedji
Monster." Gunboats are deemed not more dan- i
gerous than dug outs, but when the case is alte ed i
to an interview with a " Turreted Monster," then i
the brave defenders of the Father of Waters van !
do nothing 1 jtter than make 2.40 toward the mouu- I
tai s. ' i
The repoiicd fate of the Iudianola is even more i
disgraceful than farcical Here was perhaps the
finest iron-chad in the Western waters, captured 1
after a heroic struggle, rapidly repaired, and des-' <
tined to join the Queen oj the West in a series of' |
victories. Next we hear that she was of necessity i
blo.vu up, it. the true Metriniac-Mallory stvle, aud
why J Laugh and hold your sides, lest you die of ' 1
a surfeit of derision, O Ysnkeedom! Blown up |i
because forsooth ? flat-boat or uiud-scow, with u
small bouse taken from tiie back garden of a plan- j i
tation put on top of it is doa ed down the river ! >
' " ? ?< i i
IN'IOre Hie irigtllCUeu eyes oi uic i anwau i.?u* | j
gets. A Turreted Monster!
" A most unfortunate and unnecessa-y affair," ! i
ssysthe dispatch. Rather so! " the turreted 1
luonster proved to be a flat-bott, with sundry fix- !
tuiea to creat; deception!" Think of that!;
" She passed Viokaburg on Tuesday- nigh*, and !
the otiicers ( what officers ?) believing her to be a j1
turreted tuouster blew up tha IndiarutJa, but hei
guns fell into the enetuv s hands." That is passing
odd Her guna fell into " the enemy's hands!
af ter she was blown up!" Incredihlo! Mallory j
an I Tatuall did better than that w ith the Merrimack.
" lhe Queen of the ires/,"'continues the facetious
despatch, '?left in such a hurry as to for get j;
part <?f her crew, who were left on shore." Well!
done for the Quern of the If'eti and her brave offi- i
cers. " TaWn altogether," concludes the ininti- j
table despatch, " It w as a good joke on the Parti- J1
san Rangers, w ho are notoriously more cunning
than brave." Truly an excellent joke?so excel- J
lent that every man connected with this affair (if;
-" * ?/?<' tKn it-nib ia n/vnftinnH in tlitf* j I
rraciuuiAutv vi iuu uium u wu??iuvm ... ...v ,
despatch) should bebrauded with the capital let-11
ten ? T. M.'" and enrolled in a detached company, j
to be know n by the name of " The Turreted Mod- j i
ster,' hei ceforth and forever. We employ the j1
conditional tense became, as the reader will j>er- 1
reive by Gen, Pcmberton's telegram of a later 1
date, s nie doubt yet exists as to the true story. '
Gen. Peniberton does not precisely coat adict the 1
original statement relative to the iurreted panic, 1
but ind.cates that the guns did not tall into the
enemy's hands because one of theni bunted, and 1
the vessel itself is sunken in the river.
I Ul'l lakh I ur inc. \ v.isnftiri ua u a aii.iu > 1
rut; .-oldi: K3 - The Conscription law is as popu-|j
lar among the soldier* ?s it appears unpalatable to (
the Copperheads. A letter from a Brigadier-Gen-,
era! in command at .w urfreesboro says that its pas-,
sage "electrified'* Gen. Ro*ecran's army. Gen. ; (
Hooker'* men are of one mind as to its value to
tho National cause. They declare themselves ' (
ready t<> *e? to its enforcement in person, if need ;;
be. A letter to Senator Wilson from a Brigadier- ,
Lieneral stationed at Baton Rouge, says:
' Its passage and enforcement will certainly end |
this Kebellion in a short spa^c of time. The
moral effect of such an act a* this can hardly be j
Dver-estmmtiKi. xne people 01 tue mhuu aire&uy
rega.d their came at hopeless to a much greater
extent than is imagined ; already their conscripts .
desire nothing so much as to get to their homes;,
they fight with no heart or hope. What then, will
be their condition when they see their fears real- J,
ized and that the loyal people of this country j.
really mean to continue the war ?"
? 1
?- The expedition to colonize persons of color |j
has been indefinitely postponed by the President, j t
. _
War Department,- ^
APJUXANT GlXXKAl/8 0FF1C*. \
Wiuiiiiigtou, February 2dih, lii63. >
C?E>EKAI- UttUfcKS ->U. 4V.
1.* The foHvwmg rules Hi regard t<r paroles, established
by the common law and usages of war,
^republished tor the information of all concerned i
!. 1'aroling must always take plac^bv the exchange
of signed duplicates cf a written document,
in which the name and rank of the parties paroled
tre correctly stated. Any one who intentionally
misstates his rank, for eits the benefit of his parole,
and is liable to punishment.
2. None but commissioned officers can give
the parole for themselves or their commands, and
no interior officer can give a parole without the
luthority of his superior, if within reach.
3. No paroling on the battle-Held; no paroling
af entire bodies of troops after a battle; aud no
iisniissal of large numbers of prisoners, with a
general declaration that they are paroled is permitted,
or of any value.
4. An oftieer who gives a parole for himself or
his command, on the battle-field, is deemed a deserter,
and will be punished accordingly,
o. For tlte officer, the pledging of his parole.
i? mi individual aid and in? u liolrsale i.arolitifr hv
an officer, fur a number of inlet iors in rank, is
permitted or valid.
0. No non-commissioned officer or private can
give his parole, except through an officer, are not
only void, but subject the individual giving theiu
to the punishment of death as deserters. The only
admirable exception is when individuals, properly
tqwrsted Irom their commands, have sullered long
confinement without the possibility ol being par;, led
through au officer.
7. No prisoners of war can be forced by the
hostile government, to pledge his paro.e, and any
threat or ill treatment to torce the giving ol'the
parole,is contrary to the law of war.
8. No prisoner of war can enter into engagements
inconsistent with his character and duties
as a citizen and subject of his 8tM?. He can only
bind himself uot to bear arms against his captors
for a limited period, or until he is exchanged, and
this with the separate or implied consent of his
own government. If tke engagement which he
makes is n<?t approved by Lis government, he is
bound to return and surrender himself as a prisoner
of war. His own government eantiut at the
lame time disown his engageu cut and refuse his
rettirn as a prisoner.
9. No one can pledge his parole that he will
never bear arms a^iinst the government of his
captors, nor that he will never bear arms against
any other enemy of his government, not at tho
time the ally of his captors." Such agreements
have referred only to the existing enemy and her
existing allies, and to the existing war and not ty
future beligeients.
lb. Paroles not authorized by the common law
of war, are not valid till approved b> the government
of the individual so pledging his parole.
11. While the pledging of a military parole is
& voluntary act of the individual, the capturing
power is not obliged to grant it, nor is the government
of the indiv idual paroled bound to approve
or ratify it.
1-. The pledging of any unauthorized military
parole is a military o|i'ene?*, punishable under the
common law of war.
II. Thisvrder will be published at the head of
every regiment in the service of the 1 nited States,
nn<t will be officially communicated by every donera!
Commanding an army in tlm field, to the Commanding
(ienera of the opposing foreea, and will
be hereafter "strictly observed ami enforced iu the
Armies of the United States.
By order of Major-Genera.' II. W. IIalleck.
L. Thomvs. Asst. Adit. (Jen.
- Kentucky begins to get on the track again.
At the Union Convention at Louisville, on the
11th. the loyal feeling was wonderfully strong. In
the afternoon, Wicklitie introduced Cravens (appropriate
named* the Copperhead Congressman
from Illinois ; but the Convention would not listen
to him, and he was kicked out aruid groans and
|eera. All the comities except those bordering on
the Tennessee line were represent^.