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THE NEW?SOUTH.
Vol. 1, No. 41. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1863. Price Five Cents.
THE NEW" SOUTH.
Published every Saturday Morning by
JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
Prick : Five Cents Pbr Copy.
Advertisements, fifty cents a 11m, each insertion.
Terms: invariably ?ash.
OFFICE: Post Office Building* Union Square;
[From the New York Atlas. j
Dream of the Student Soldier.
BY JOHN H. WAJtlAKD, V
He read of the heroeii gone.
An lie sat hid books air.oag;
Aad he dreamed that Fame
Might trumpet his nam?%
Like theirs, and wed it to song.
He dreamed as the soldier dreams
When he scents the strife afrr,
Of the tented field.
And the sword and shield.
And the alarum p?al to war.
And forth as the. soldier goes.
He vent at the bugle blast.
At the head of his baud.
To strike for his land?
fttrlke home, sod striho to t^te last.
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He fought, m the hero fights
When lie leads the bravert on,
With hit face to the foe
And hi* heart aglow
thought of victory won.
Be feU u the hero fulls.
With hit good suroid at hit side,
,1- Afrhe led the way,
Vd the Ahick of the fray,
- \*h all a warrior's pride.
ihr&led, as the hero dies, >
*On the hold his sword had woo,
'Mid the caution'* tlatne
And the shot that came
y fcUkc haii from the dajdly gun. *
_ v * "*rfs sleeps a* tho her# sleeps,
'Xbix career of glory run; *?
th bith faiirb t UifflAt.
i Jibd the halo of Uglit'V* '
Ku circled his setting sua.
And hi* be the hero's tern*! -a<*
It *hall ring o'er the land and aea I
Like the hill* that ri*o
" ? In hia native skid.
i Evergreen hia name shall be I
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flow Ge*. Geawt Started ox his Present
Campaign.?The Chicago Tribune learns from-.a
gentleman who participated in the recent campaign
of General Grant, up to thejiutethe enemy crossed
the Big Black iu the retreat, towards Vieksburg,
that in starting on the movement the General disencumbered
himself of everything, setting an example
te&is officers and men. He took neither a
horse qpg a servant, overcoat nor blanket, nor tent,
nor camgrchest, not even a clean shirt. His onl*
ba&gage consisted of a tooth brush. He shared ail
the hardships of the private so dier, sleeping in
the front and in the open air, and eating hardtack
and saltjwrk. He wore no sword, had on a leys
crowned*citizen's hat, and the only toing abyut
him to au-k him as a military man was bis two
? !? "tuition onst On thl> hlttle
mm 9 vu ?An immvog vww., ? ??
tield he wis omnipresdrt, riding everywhere,, generally
altne, into the vory thickest of the tightenspiring
? troops by his imperturbable coolness
\ and braqpry.
?A statute in honor of Stonewall Jackson is to
bo erected in Richmond at a cost of from six&jto
eighty thousand dollars in Confederate moneySv ?.
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About Cxrtain Statisticians.?In looking over I
our exchanges for miscellaneous matter to serve as
"outside copy" for the New South, we frequently
tind paragraphs something after the following
style x ,4In the recent great speech of Hon. M.
C. Stump, occupying seven columns, the article
' the" occurred just 697 times as we are informed !
by a gentleman who took the trouble to ascertain
by actual count."
Or like the following: "In the city of London,
daring the years 1860?1, according to an accurate
computation recently made, there were 1111
!-:-i tl :.L? a
fractnres ot greai-toe jumut uh iuc n^ui iuui.
Now what object people con have in view in
going to such tiouble and expense to ascertain and
give to the world facts which are neither useful,
nor entertaining in the slightest degree, we cannot
conceive. When we read such 4 paragraph it always
occurs to us that the computer's achievement
wonld have been a great deal more praiseworthy,
had he devoted himself, instead, to a practical
computation >f the number of Shovelfuls of dirt
be used in h. Jg a dump cart; or an approximate
estimate, after actual trial, $f the amount of
sweat that exuded from his skin, in working off an
edition of tm thousand papers on a hand press,
tu a hot day. It might interest the public to know
bow large the circulation of the Naw South is,
"ffie nun&flfer* of persons engigefc it," and tbb
t l x - * 2i ul! xi 1 x 1_ _
aggregate weeaiy com 01 iu> puuucuuuu; uui wuu
cares how many nail-heads are visible in the New
South Office floor J It might be interesting to be
posted on the precise number of troops in this
Department; bnt does my one have the slightest
anxiety to be informed of the exact number of
right arms which afe distinguished by strawberry
marks! Statistical'societies are a good thing for
the world, but 8omo?of their amateur hangers-on
might be cut off, like dry exchanges, with advantage.
?The thieves and rftughs had a good time of it
on Fashion course, JTew York, during the race
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between * ratcnen*' ana * uuuer. - xuo reyv
says that there were about 200 of them. Whichever
way one turned, they had possession of the
track, and the sight of a man with diamonds, jewelry
or money, was a signal for a rush, and deliberately
approaching him they took from htm all his
valuables, and gave him * beating for demurring.
One man was deliberately garro.ed and robbed of
a diamond pin worth $1000. Another was assailed
by three or four of these fellows, and his money
demanded; he refused to comply with this order,
when they seized him, drew bis pockets out and
stole $1000 in greenbacks from him. Several car
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riages anil Darouenes were overnauieu uuu meir
occupants compelled to dismount, and get to the
city A9 best they Could, while these respectable
? highwayman " rode into the city.
Hard ok the Legislature.?Story of a Mississippi
landlord: printed bills of fare were provided,
yet the landlord "stood at the head of the table, at
dinner, and in a loud voice read off the list of articles
in a rhyming .way: ? Here's boiled ham and
raspberry jam; baked potatoes and cooked toma4
? - "; r,n .mowkarl an/1 annighna *ntt nmk*A inrl
IWD ) iUlUi^K) OUIOOUVVt ?WU mjMWWMVV wwvnwj MUV
go on. A stranger afterwards asked him why he
read it aloud *hea*printed copies were on the table.
' r'orce of h?$lt,' replied the landlord; 'got
so used to it I can't help it. You see I commenced
business dowQ here at Jackson, (the capital of
Mississippi) 'and roost 411 the legislature boarded
with roe. There wasa t a roan of 'em could read,
so I ha I to read the bill of fare to 'em.'
? True politeness is as far from affecting gravity
in the company of the merrv. as from laughing
in die presence of the serious.
Orphkus C. Kerr ox "SodlAL Lwi is Washikotox."?Social
life at our Natioual Capital, my
boy, as far as the native element is concerned,
has not been refined by the war; and even at the
White House it is scarcely possible to collect an .
assemblage of persons sufficiently genteel by education
to speak familiarly of European noblemen
of their acquaintance. At the ia.?t dinner given
by the Secretary of State, there were actually
tlirao ll'fiatBrn rvonnna nf rrm/?h rheotr.hnnofl whn
bill VV * T VWbVI U VI l/VUW VI mJ IIVII VIIV VII VVUvWJ 1 * IIV
dissented from the very proper idea that Earl Russell's
Carlton-hoose sherry is superior to anytbiug
we have in this country; and my disgust intensified
to hopeless scorn, when an Eastern chap in a
nankeen vest was brazen enough to confess that he
could not tell bow many pieces the Emperor of the
French had in the wash on the last week of Lent
At other social gatherings in Washington I haye
noticed the same evidence of growing vulgar,
ity ; and I greatly fear, my boy?I greatly fear,
that a knowledge of Europe will yet be more prevalent
amongst Europaans than Americans. 0, my
country, my native land t has it iudeed come to
this at last ? In thy loftiest social circles shall we
no more behold that beautiful flesh-colored being
in lavender gloves and dress whose cthcrealized
individuality broke rapturously forth in the thrilling
words, "When I was in Paris last summer"?
Are we no more to palpitate with ecstasy.at the
tones of that voice which was wont to thrill forth
in liquid music from a curl-trested fountain of
white shoulders, saying: "Don t you remember, \
Mr. Thompson, how the Quko of Leeds larfed that
day, at the reception, when I told him that we.' ^
American ladies thought it was vulgar to say <gar- ^ ... <
is fading away like an abused exotic, and it is not
oftener than once in a season that the frequenter
of onr Republican Court witnesses one incident to
make him recognize the polished people he once
knew. About two months ago, at an evening
party given by Mrs. Senator , I did witness a
social incident, showing that there is still hope for
the Republic. An interesting young mother, of not
more than sixty-two summers, attired in a babywaift
and graduated flounces, was standing near
on^of the doors of the music-room conversing
with me upon the moral character of her dearest
female friend, when her gushing daughter, a nymph
noit more than six pianos old, came pressing to her
fan:
"Mamma cheri, may I donse with young Waddle'?"
The maternal girl smiled grimly at the fragile
suppliant, and asked:
"How much is his celery, rna petite V
"N ine hundred, mamma, in the Third Auditor's!'
'lhan tell him, mon ange you are engaged for
the next set, and wait until tho thousand-dollar
clerks come in. You know,: ma pe ite ?" what
the Count Pistachio said to yon at Avignon aoont
giving encouragement to anything less than four
figures" ?
1 could not avoid overhearing this conversation,
my boy, for it was not hold in whispers, and I
thought to myself, as I eyed the fashionable pair:
"The Republic still lives."
A Dog Race.?In Italy it is not unusual to make
novel displays for the gratification of titled sportsmen,
and the amusement of commoner people.
Quite recently a dog race was gotten up in Verona,
at which some fifty animals were entered. The
others of the dogs left the canines in charge of
oo.n.nfa nrlin iinU ihrtin whilfl thfl master
liTOIl QVi V ?UbOj nuw uviu
deliberately walked towards the other end of the
course, strewing the ground with choice dog meat,
to tempt the racing curs froli running straight to
their masters. As soon as tno owners of the dogs
had reached the upper end 0f the course, the animals
were unloosed. The ftungry ones loitered
around the dainties, but theJbobler dogs, heeding <
the calls of their masters dancd away at full speed,
making short time, and earning the caresses of
their owners. The victor i^this novel race was a -v>
pretty little dog belonging ty Count Studion, who
parried off the $80. which lie declared bis intention
of spending for the benefit of his affecttapate
animal. We do not learn that the hungry dogs
-got thrashed for their glattqpy- >
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