The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, May 30, 1863, Image 2
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THE NEW SOUTH.!
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Jos. H. Sears, Editor and Proprietor,
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PORT KUXA1j> SAIUKUAl, MAX OV, lOOO.i
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HECKMAN'S BRIGADE.
It will be remembered that, not lopg since, Gen
Hunter generously dispatched a Brigade under
Heekman, to the relief of Ge j. Foster, who either
fancied be was, or chose to believe he was besieged
at Washington, N. C., and in danger of capture.
That Washington was not seriously threatJ
eoed, there were man^ who suspected as wolj
At the time of sending the Brigade as they
do now,?whep that so-called 5-siege" stands
before the world, occupying in military annals the
precise position of Mrs. Burdt/ll's "bogus baby"
in the chronicles of obstetric science. Mrs* Burdoll
had all thf surroundings of a birth?every-,
.thing bat the fcfcby. At Washington they had in-1
duatriously imagined all the circumstances of a
**aiege'eyery thing but .the enemy. A few
militia pickets, it is now believed, were magnified
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.ted at from two to forty thousand men, with siege
.ttaina, any quantity of two-hundred-pounders, and
.a doaen mortar batteries. But this kind of warmaking
is played out.
That the "whole siege" was made out of the
-"whole cloth," is now admitted; and that General*
Hunter probably suspected this at the time, we have
,every reason to believe. But not knowing certainly,
. .aaditWng represented to him by officers entitled
( to confldencaymd who very probably may hfve
.been imposed op themselves,that Geh. Foster was in
danger of being captured, it was both wise and
^generous on Gen. Hunter's part to sppdGen.
Heck man's Brigade as a guard against any possible
danger; and.it is neither grateful, nor in good
saith for Gen. Foster to now retain, as he is.retain.ing,
the troops sent on special service to his res
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>xas accomplished. It .18 intimated by those who
. aho.uki be well-informed on such mattters, that the
. Secretary of War is about giving, this subject his
attention; and has only delayed action tnus far,
. under, an impression that Gen. Foster could not be
_ so blind to the demands alike of justice and cour.
tesy, .as not to aend back Heckman's Brigade J>y
. the first available transportation.
.JUSTICE TO TWo" YOUNG OFFICERS.
An official advertisement was published in these
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-.-columns some weeies ago, staling inat oapi. n. s.
l'affi, Chief Signal officer of the Department, had
reported 2d Lieut C. F. Keith, 23d X. X* Vols.,
. and 2d Lieut. ?. $. Moffat, 9th N. J, Vols., acting 1
. Signal officer?, as deserters, and offering the usyal
. reward for their apprehension and delivery to (he
. Provost Marshal General, Hilton Head.
In justice to two young officers boldinjg records
..not only, blameless.but entitling them to respect
^ and sympathy, we bare now to state that we have
4 reason to believe that Department Headquarters is ..
in possession of information which entirely relieves ;
all AAnutiaa anil fivna tko aikon/vnaiKiltfv
, VMCiU IIUU1 Ail I^CIUUIC, AUU l/JWv.9 IJJV A vO|fyliOII/lUiJ
? lor. their absence-without-leave on the feting
Asst. AdjU Genl., of Gen. Heckman's Brigade, ,
* * who, it appears, took upoij hipisiif the responsibility
of " pocketing" aad not delivering the orders ]
. retaining the services ot these two young, able and ,
gallant officers in the,. Department, immediately <
.on the return of Gpn. Heckiuap's .Brigade, the \
officer who is responsible for thisjserioos offence, <
will probably be allowed an opportunity of " pock- ,
tCliPg " the sentence of a court-martial. <
Coii. Hay Govs North.?We regret to learn
that Col. John H47, of Illinois, Private Secretary
of< the President, who came down as-Volunteer
Aidc-de-Camp, on the Staff of Gen. Hunter, to
take part in the recent expedition against Charleston.
returned in Jha Jrae0 which sailed on Thurs
day,?-bis patriotlqdeaire to witness and take part
in the reduction of "the accurst city" ungratitied.
Col. Hay, however, takes back with him very
complete knowledge of the condition of the Dep^rtynent,
all portions of which he has visited; and
we are not without reason to hope that he will soon
pay us another \9ait as a volunteer participant in
the operations about to be renewed. Col. Hay
returns to the North accompanied by his brother
Lieut. Chas. Edward Hay, Assistant Commissary
of Musters, who goes back on twenty days leave,
fovnded on medical certificate, to recruit bis health
which has recently given way under the severe
la bora of his position.
-Brjg.-Gen.lfcufus Sajcton went North in the
Jrago on Thursday, with orders to report to the
Secretary of War. Col. W. W. H. Davis assumes
command of the Jfoops on Port Royal Island during
Gen. S$xtQn's absence.
(XT" The granting of any additional furloughs
and leaves-ot-absence under the recent act of Congress
is suspended until further orders from
Washington.. Urese orders are expected daily.
This looks like a resumption of active operations;
and Xruiu other signs and tokens," we think the
soldiers of this ctfehmand will soon receive welcome
news.
A Word of Ejp?hxatios.?In cousequence of
the non.arrivol,oHhe vessel bearing a stock of
paper for us, we were obliged to suspend 1 he New
Socrp for one issue. The vessel has not yet arrived
apd TV e are indebted to the kindness of a
friend for a supply of paper upon which we furnish
We have taken areas,
ores tojguard against any lack of this necessary article
in the future, and The New Isouth will hereafter
appear with the utmost regularity.
The fyexixscla.?We have received several
copies of the new paper, published weekly, at
Fernandina, Florida, bearing the above name. It
U a. livfflv and entertain in a sheet, and has met with
a considerable degree of success. We take this
late opportunity to' give the following extract from
its Salutatory, as shadowing torth somewhat mistily,
perhaps, the peculiar and perspicuous style
which will mark its editorial columns:?
" Being^unwiUing to admit that thero is less
gogd than evil resulting lroui cerebral dynamics;
as also that a mor^periect and higher state ol enjoyment
is attainable through ignorance, than
through intelligence,?which popular fallacy arises
front the.jajse standard, sell established, which
recognises tue absence of actual uubappiness, as
that of true happiness?we say, being unwilling to
admit these dyspeptic notions ot lile, we feel assured
that every one it the commuuity, isolated as
the world outside ia from them, anticipating their
anxiety as to whether we have a local habitation,
and that habitation a na.ne, will hail with delight,
aq it rises thi ough its golden gate, that day star of
freedom, ,\kat orient of the ouward march ol civilization,
the sxwspapkb."
W'e trust that.it will meet with all the success
it deserves.
The Wabash Muist&xls gave one of their in
teresting and amusing entertainments on board of
the Flag Ship a week since or more, in commemoration
ot their living been in commission two full
yeare. A large number of army officers and civilians
from Hijton Head, and Naval officers from the
different vessels.in tha harbor were in attendance, j
who testified their ajtorobatioa by freq stent outbursts
of applause. The singing was excellent,
several new songs were song and one in particular
" When this,cruel war is over" drew marked attention
upd received well merited applause. The
entertainment concluded with the farce of ?Tte
Doubled Be^dedRooro," the characters of which
were yrelj, sunned by the company.
What we are r*fcex For.?Visitors from the
North at this post hare occasi naily seen an exterior
resemblance between the editorial office of
The New South and the vehicular buildings used
in the North by itiMRmt daguerreotypists. One
day last week, while the whole editorial and report
torial force of The New South were actively engaged
in supplying the wants of our readers, a
man-of-wars-man efltered and took a seat. Not
! much attention was paid him for some minutes,
wnen one 01 me lorce, on emerging irom xne inner
sanctum, where he had possibly been indulging in
some bibulous investigations of an inoffensive
character, was addressed by Jack with an iuquiry
as to when his turn -would come. He was told
that his business could be then attended to, if he
would state it. " Well, how much do you charge,
now,for a good one?" asked Jack. "A good
ichatl" responded t?e puzzled 2<Ji;w South man.
" Well* 1 ain't particular," said the tar, " only I
would like it on pape?, so lean send it in a letter.''
" Send what in a letter?" further inquired the
quill. ?' Why the pietur'! " said Jack, apparently
forming a very uniatftfraible opinion as to the smartness
in his business of the imaginary dagucrreotypist.
The mistake was here discovered by the
whole party, and Jack was informed that facial
characteristics hardly came within the sco]>e of
our delineations. He wan recommended to l i?mt .
Haas, and Mr. Sain. Coolev at Beaufort. With a
somewhat mystified look on his countenance, after
hitching up his pants, and replacing an old quid
with an unusually lai'ge piece ol'navy, he quietly r
rolled out ol' the office.
Promotions.?Sergeants John Frane, A. C.
Sweetzer and Elisha Kingsbury, 19th Illinois
Vols., to be 2d Lieutenants; Sergeant Lesmore 1).
Kidder, 89th Illinois, to be 1st Lieutenant; 1st
Sergeant Wm. H. Keit, filth Ohio, to be 2d Lieutenant;
Sergeant Andrew S. Jackson, 3d Rhode
Island Vols., to be 2d Lieutenant; 1st Sergeants
Jas. M. Thompson andAlfred Brann, 11th Maine
Vols., to be 2d Lieutenants; Sergeant Jno. C. Edward
Jr., 62d OhioVols., to be 2d Lieutenant;
Quartermaster Sergeant Fred. A. Wilcoxson, 3d
Rhode Island Vols#: to be 2d Lieutenant; 2d
Lieutenant Hanner, 3d Rhode Island Vols., to be
1st Lieutenant, same'Regiment.
Resignations.?Lh-Col. Felix Confort, Inderu.nffi.nt
lltffftflinn VhW Vf.rlr Vi.la ? C.nr\t 11
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W. Heaney, 104th Pdhnsylvani* Vols.; 2d Lieut.
W. P. Haney, 104th Pennsylvania Vols.; Capt.
Thos. S. Hutching, 8th Maiue Vols.; 1st Lieu..
Andrew J. Fogg, 3d New Hampshire Vols.; 2d
Lieut. John McNamee, 97tli Pennsylvania Vols.;
Capt. James C'hamberlaih, o2dPennsylvania Vols. ;
1st Lieut. I. V.B. Williams, K. Q. M. 6th Con-,
necticut Vols.; Capt. Beaton Smith, 52d Pennsylvania
Vols.; 1st Ltttat. Jesse Fisher, 1st South,
Carolina Vujs.; capt. Henry Brawn, bUi Maine
Vols.; 2d Lieut. J. N. Coffin, 9th Maine Vols..;.
Asst. Surg. E. Keely, 76th Pennsylvania Vols.;.
Licut.-Col. Geo. F. Cardiner. 7tk Connecticut
Vols.; 1st Lieut. George W. Ashenielter, 104tli
Pennsylvania Vols.; Capt. 'Ihos.. B. Briggs, 3d
Rho<le ' Island Vols.; lot Lieut. Ralph. Saxton,
115th New York Vols.; 2d Lieut. E. M. Crole,
104th Pennsylvania Vols*; Lifut.-Col. Robt. F.
Campbell. 11th Maine Vols.;. 2d Lieut. Philip
Haas, Volunteer Engineers2d Lieut. Clppnqey
Hod^e, 10th Connecticut YoU. t Capf. Win. L.
Mayo, 100th New York Vols, ; Cajt. 'Ihos. II.
Lyons, 55th Pennsylvania. Vols.; Col. RUh worth
Rich, 9th Maine Vola,*/
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Well Done Bu'e Jajckijxs.-^We understand
that over twelve hundred dollars have Beeu, raided
by the sailors of the Wabash, and seut to NewYork.
to increase the Iriith Fund. Inr t)u? iimnurt
, , -rrr wrj-jj.r.of
the famishiDg poor of Ireland. Admiral bu
Font headed the ji?i, and bis staff and. all tbo othcers
of the ship, liberally subscribed tor thus commendable
object. .
This libei alitv will not be forgotten by the dwellers
on the Green Isle; fc may be assured, but will
be treasured up a? another proof of tips. sympathy
felt for th.e.m. by this natiop, 'in their hour of neecu