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<c? v THE NEW? SOUTH. Vol 1, No. 35. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, MAY 2,1863. Price Five Cents. THE NEW SOUTH, j |i Published every Saturday Morning by j JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor, j i 1 Prick : Five Cents Per Cory. :, Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. ! j Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Post Office Building, Union Square. 1 ??????????????. i' Wev'e all our Angel Side. j < I i The huge rough stones from ont fbe mine. i , * Vmnt-htly end unfair, i i Havr wins of purest metal hid , 1 iieofatta the surface there. ; < Few rocks so bare but to their heights ! j Some tiny moss-plant clings. And round the peaks to desolate | < The sea-bird sits and sings. . I Believe me. too. that rugged souls < Beneath their rudeness hide { 1 Much that is beautiful and good? We've *11 our angel sido. lo all there is en inner depth, ; A far-off secret way, Where through the windows of the son I God sends his smiling rsy. I In every human heart thorn is J A faithful sounding chard That may be struck unknown to us By some sweet loving word. The wayward will in man may try Its softer thoughts to hide, Some unexpected kmc reveals It has an angel side. i . r Dwpiaed, and lone, and trodden do wh. Dark with the shade of fliu. j ' deciphering not those halo-lights Which God ha* lit within: OVoplutf about in utmost night, j I* Poor, poisoned souls they are, j Who gues* not what life'* meaning H, I | Nor dream of heaven a tar. Othat wmf gentle hand of lore j J Their stumbling step* would guide, J ( And ahow them that amidst it all j . life has it* angel side. Brutal, and mean, and dark enough * j ' God knows some natures are, 1 ltut He, ?*ouij?aasioiiate comes near, r And *hsll we stand star ? . j 1 nut cruise of oil will not grow less If shared with hearty hand; ; * f or words of peace and looks of lore Few natures can withstand. { Love is tiie mighty conqueror, Love ia the beauteous guide, .Love with her beaming eye can see ' .We've all oar angel aide. ' i A Goon Spirit.?A soldier in the army of the , f Potomac relate* to u* ?n instance in which he 1 < suffered hks anger to get the hotter of him, and he t had to "pay for it.' He now remark* that at was ' "a good lesson for Lira, teaching him contentment. ! striet attention to duty when in cainp. and trying j1 to save the government from useless expense." ;' And he adds "knowing that f "Award* die many times before fhrlr death, "The brave taste oi death but once." j < I will jog along, praying for success to our arms . and a speedy termination of the war; and if not j ' ? J J ...1. .A . i_ ? r> ? i .j... u 1 ( enaea wuuu mv nine* ib uji, uuu amucn v?h iihu> ? rue down good for another enlistment from the , 1 old Bay State." The writer i* a patriot and a hero, and' deserves promotion at <hr hands of the government. - j ? Luncheon, saya Thackeray, U baie ingrati- i tude to breakfast, and premeditated lusuU to din-! ner. j Taking rp a Collection.?Rarely hare wc had a better storv. or a better told story, than this. , from a reverend gentleman in iMissouri: The life of a preacher in a new country, from a 1 secular point of view, is hardly as smooth and fVee ; < from difficulty as a position in more populous !1 communities appears to be. The people are thin Iv scattered here and there, engaged in different pursuits, though chiefly agricultural. Being col- 1 locted from alt parts of the older States, and gath- 1 ered from every class of society, they meet upon 1 the same common ground, upon terms of easy 1 familiarity, and restrained by no irksome conven- \ fionalities. People in a new country generally have a pretty hard time of it. They live a sort of ' [ rough and tumble " life, wearing their best efforts 1 in a struggle for existence. Under these circum- \ stances the material sometimes absorbs the spirit- ' ual; and the people not unfrequently " get so far { behindwith the preacher that they have fre- 1 nuently to be powerfully "stirred up" from the 1 pulpi'. \ On one occasion we had a visit from the presi- < ling elder of onr district at one of our quarterly * meetings. We had not paid our preacher " arv j rlime," as the boj s say, aud we expected a score from the elder. ft L'Ut wu ?uiu iiih uiaa|'|n;imwu? j uu uiuvi preached us a moving discourse from the text, 1 l< Oire no ma? anything.'* At the close of his sermon, he carao at once to the " subject in hand.'* ' ' Brethren," said he, " have you paid Brother 1 , anything this year ? Nothing at nil I under- j stand. Well, now, your preacher can't live on the ' sir, and you must pay up?pay up that's the idea 1 lie needs twenty-flve dollars and must have it! ' Steward, we'll take up a collection now." Here some of the audience near the door began ' to "slide out.'' " Don't run ! don't run! " exclaimed the elder. ' tc Steward, lock that door and fetch me the key! " ! he continued, coming down out of the pulpit and lakbg his seat by the stand-table in front. The steward locked the door, and then deposi- * ted the key on the tabic by the sine or tne etaer. | " Now, steward." said he, " go round with the i1 hat. I must have twenty-five dollars out of this | :rowd before one of you shall leave this house." Here was a "fix." The congregation weie taken all aback. The old folks looked astonished ; the young folks tittered. The steward gravely proceeded in the discharge of his official duties, fhe hat was passed around, and at length deposited on the elder's table. The elder poured out the funds" on the table, and counted the amount. " Three dollars and a half! A slow start, brethren! Go round again, steward. We must pull up a heap stronger than that! " Around went the steward with his hat again, Mid finally pulled up at the elder's stand. ?' Nine dollars and three-quarters! Not enough vet. Go ;ound again, steward!'* i.nnn/t trnaa tho ofnn'flwl thf? third tiniP. ' *11 VVUIH J|j\'VO ?IIV ntviiwiM ? >/ . " Twelve dollar*and a half! Mighty alowbreth-1 en! Traid your dinners will get cold before you , jet home to eat them, (Jo round again, steward!" By this time the audience began to get fidgety, rhey evidently thought the joke was getting to be terious. But the elder was relentless. Again and igain circulated the indefatigable hat, and slowly, dowly, but surely, the " pile " on the table swellid to the requisite amount. < Twenty-four dollars and a half! Only lack ialf a dollar. (Jo round again, steward. .lust then there was a tap on the window from j he outside; a hand was thrust in holding a half j Inll.ir between the thumb and finger. and a voting ! ellow outside exclaimed: < Here, 1'arson, ben1* your money : Let my gal, Hit o' there ! I'm tired of waiting for her.*' It was ' the last hair that broke the camel's jack;' and the preacher could exclaim in the language of " Ike Turtle," < This ere meetins done, just up! " ?A gentleman remarked the other evening at a jarty that a woman is the most wicked thing in rreation. " Sir, ' was the in ignant reply of a founglady, "woman was made from ruan, and if >ne rib is so wicked, what must the whole body M 1 '* ( CotfDirioy or thk South.?Released Union prisancrs who have arrived at Washington from Richmond on Friday, make interesting statements conueming the condition of affairs in the rebel confederacy. We quote from a statement in the Kew York Herald : "They represent that they were most cruelly treated and suffered everything but death. The rebels treat citizen prisoners much worse than they do prisoners of war. They were supplied with barely sufficient food to sustain life, and that )f the worst possible quality. Latterly, those in Richmond have not been allowed to purchase any? livrtf rtf LfAOrl IVavK'I,\T\\3 APu LUU1{$"?IlVli well it IUUI VI view. 11VIUUIWI wu very scarce and held at fabulous prices. Prices are lystematically understated by the rebel papers. Flour is now selling at Richmond at forty to fifty dollars per barrel, although quoted in the Richmond papers at twenty weight dollars and a half; iweet potatoes, eight"dollars per peck; eggs two dollars per dozen and other articles in proportion. In Mobile, Hour is selling at seventy-five to eighty dollars per barrel. The poorer ehfescs in Richmond arc in a starving condition, and there have been a number of cases of actual starvation among them from inability to obtain the necessaries cf life. Society throughout the confederacy is fearfully demoralise d. The utmost rigor anil cruelty is exercised to keep the soldiers in the army. Soldiers absenting themselves from camps without leave are tried by court martial and punished by from twenty to one hundred lashes, according to the number of days they ore gone. Deserters are frequently shot as examples to deter the soldiers from-deserting. Although the rebels generally pretend to have undiminished confidence in their ultimate success,~ )rct the more intelligent among them aro evidently becoming discouraged. Unless the next crop ?hould be an average one, or if by the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson they would )>e cut ofi from the supplies which they have hitherto rceeivjd from Texas, they know that they cannot continue the contest, but must be starved into submission. These released prisoners state that all that buoys the rebels up now i? the aid and Comfott whicli they receive from the demonstrations of the copperheads, and the belief, that the Northwest is . tired of the war, and will soon refuse to contribute aid to its prosecution. If once convinced of hi falsity of this belief, the rebel govt rnrnent xmld not long hold their army together, 'literc Is still a considerable Union feeling in the South. In North Carolina the Union men arc in the ui; - ority, ft'id the expulsion of the rebel forces from ;hat .State would he joyfully rcgaohd by a lr.a'ori:y of the citizens of the State, who wotihi gladly eturn to the protection of the Union." Stan*p uy tiik Flao.?Kvery man, to whatever jarty he may belong, who loves his country, who viahes the honor of the flag maintained, will re. tpond cordially to the nianlv sen I intents of Wash, ngton Irving, writtSn at the time of our lust war .vith (Jreat Britain, 'ihey are as true to-day as hey were then. He writes: '-Whatever we may hink of the expedi -ncv or inexpediency of the xescntwar, we cannot loci indifferent to its operations. Whenever our arms conic in compctirion vith those of the enemy, jealousy for our counry's honor will swallow up every other consideration?our feelings will ever accompany the flag jfgpur country to battle, rejoicing in its g orv, anienting over its defeat; for there its no such' hing as releasing ousselves from thee nsequence* if the contest. He wh ftitcies lie can >tand uioof n int. r st, and by condemning the present ware n exonerate himself front the shame ot its disaster* - ??.S.??l'on < illi/ir ntliona u'ill ti t iron. Wl'IIIIIJ ll!K)U?i\?>it? W.I.VI ..... ..... >le themselves about our internal wrangling* and iarty questions. They will not ask w ho among u* ought, or why we fought, but liow we iought. The disgrace of defeat will not bo contine<l to the :otitrivers of the war or the party in power, or the :onductors of the"B;tttlc, but will extend to flu* vliole uation, and come home to every i dividual, [f the name of America is to be rendered bonora>le in the fight,'we shall each participate, in the lonor; if otherwise. we must inevitably support >ur share of the i?t>eminy