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?r -*> r y - y / ^ THE Of SOUTH.| Jos. H. Sears, Editor and Proprietor. PORT ROYAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 18G3. THE DEPARTMENT^)F THE SOUTH. ~ j We understand it has now been fully decided i that there will be no actire operations in the De-! partment of the South this Summer. There are not troops enough here for Gen. Gillmore to as sume the offensive, while there are many more than will be necessary to defend the positions we 1 now hold. None of these will be given up for the present, but no effort will be made to extend our; lines materially. The surplus troops, aside from the army of defeticc, will, it is understood, be sentj to some other Department, where active operations render all reinforcements acceptable. The Department of the Gulf is most prominently spoken 1 of, in this connection, but we can not learn that this has positively been decided on as the destination of such troops as cr.n be spared. Several regimeuts have already been called in from points where they were not actually needed, and have - been concentrated at St. Helena Island, as a convenient rendezvous, where they will remain until the proper time arrives for their embarkation. With Gen. Gillmore's well fcno.vn activity ana gooa judgment, no foars need be entertained as to the safety of any of our positions, even with the proposed great r eduction in the number of troops. Folly Island will be retained for the present, and a sufficient force will remain there to render its capture by the rebels impossible. The adoption of such a policy will cause much regret, but the wisdom of it, trader existing circumstances, cannot be questioned, aad sens]bl?j?eoj J?? wiH o#?o?nwo acquiesce unmurmuringly in that disposition of troox s which will make them most useful to the Union cause. When a more fitting time arrives, we hope to see a force here which will again enable us to assume the offensive successfully. In the mean4? am a MtA all AAtvff/lAn/tii in f! an o o (IlUC WO l^VI AU VVUUUOllVb 111 u VUl u U11UV1V) AO j the commanding General of this Department, and | have faith that all which can be done here will be * done. Revolt Against the Rebel Government in Carolina and Tennessee.?The Unionists in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina have organized powerful forees, and are being joined by thousands of deserters and conscripts from the rebel army, to whom protection is guaruntied, for th ? nnrrxisa of holding the monnt&in region against the rebel government. Rebel citizens have petitioned Governor Vance for potection against this organization. Vance replies that be has no troops to send?they mast protect them, selves. Twenty thousand insurgents have openly offered to join the Union troops as soon as a military post is established at Rale gh. A rebel committee declares the permanent secession of North Carolina and Virginia not to be expected. They report Union forces in the possession of a belt nf onnnfnr tk.oo tinn/tra/) miloa Inner hff nr? hnn. VJ VVUUIIJ %Ut VV UUUVklVVi ?M??W ?vu^ vj WMV MWM dred and fifty wide, with inland seas and rivers filled with Union Gunboats, reaching through North Carolina and Virginia, which prevents fortifications being constructed. It is said that Jeff. Davis is terribly enraged at this counter-rebellion and threatens to lay all'North Carolina waste. ^ | Sword Presentation.?On Thursday, the 18th, the members of Co. C, 76th Penna. Vols., presented their new commander, Lieut. Alfred Hicks, with a splendid sword, sash, belt, gauntlets and shoulder straps. The gitts were well-deserved, J and the piesentation was very creditable to both the donors and the recipient. x Improved Accommodations for the "New South."?For a long timewe have been cramped in our efforts to supply the public demand for the New Soctu, by a lack of proper accommodations. We have now in process of erection, and which we n/v/Mi AnmnlatoH * liiron tlllHdillff on a capacious lot, in front of our present office of publication, on a line with the front of the Port Royal ITousc. This will be occupied on the lower floor as a store, printing and publication office, and in the second story will be sleeping apartments. The editorial room will be in a separate building, and we shall thus have ample accommodations. Court Martial Sentences?Negro Sentenced to be Hung.?At a general court-martial, convened at Beaufort, S. C., of which Lt-Col. H. M. Hoyt, 62d Pa. Vols., was President, Lieut. Charles S. Detrick, Quartermaster of the 174th Pa Militia, was found guilty of selling to Capt. G. IJager, 174th Regiment, Pa. Militia, and others at Suffolk, Va., and Newbern, N. commissary stores which had been furnished.bim for the subsistence of enlisted men; of receiving from Co. G, rice, soap, ok/1 n?ho*a?tiol>a which hjul been issued as rations. OUU ViUVi ?U tfVavwy " ? W? ? ? ? , and conveying the same to Newborn, N. C., with intent to sell, offering to pay the men therefor at the rate of 2 cents per pound for the rice and soap; of selling fresh beef to the steward of the Gen. Rnrnride, which had been furmsued for the subsistence of the regiment; of keeping the men on short allowance, by withholding commissary stores; and of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline, in encouraging them to sell him rice, soap and other commissary stores. lie was sentenced to make good the loss at his own expense ; to forfeit all his pay, and be dismissed from the service. And the Court found the value of the goods misapplied to bo forty-three dollars and forty cents. Gen. Gillmore has approved this sentence and dismissed Lieut. Detrick the service. At a general court-martial in session at Hilton Head, of which Col. Sim. Sammonswas President, Private James Wful% Co. E,97th Rejrt Pa. Vol*., was found guilty of mutiny, and sentenced to % " 4 ? ?4 44 1 o J -A 1 J 1_1 .1. _ 06 connnea oy me rrovosi u uaru tu uaru laour iuu remainder of bis term, with a 24 lb. ball attached to his leg by a chain 3 feet long, the first week of each month to be solitarily confined,.to forfeit all pay and allowances, and at the expiration of his terra to be drummed out of service. Corp. Chas. Sharp, Co. E, same regiment, was acquittted on a charge of drunkenness. Private James Keelan, Co. E, same regiment, was found guilty of mntiny, and sentenced to be confined at hard labor in charge of the Provost Guard, for the remainder of his term of enlistment, wearing a 24 lb. ball attached to his leg by a chain three feet long; and to forfeit to the United States all pay and allowances that may now be, or may hereafter become due him. Private Charles A. Phillips, Co. L, ad K. 1. Artillery was found guilty of disobedience of orders ; he was sentenced to le confined at hard labor in charge of the Provost Guard 4 months, and forfeit $8 per month during that time. Private John Gross, found guilty of violating the 46th Article of War, was sentenced to be confined under charge of the I*rovost Guard at hard labor for the remainder of his term of enlistment, wearing a 24 lb. ball attached to his leg by a chain four feet long, and to forfeit to the United States all pay and allowances that are, or may become due him for the same period. Sergeant Robert Sutton, Co. G. 1st Regt. S. C. tt.i. -v i _uL *v, ? f Uld?9 WW cuaq^cu WIUI uiutiujr, IUO opcviutauuuo being thaton or about the 22d day of May, 1864, on board the steamer Saxon, at Fernandina, Fla., he did cause a mutiny among the enlisted men of his detachment, under command of Capt. William J. Randolph, of said Regiment, by agitating the propriety of the measures of his superior officers, to wit: the propriety of going on to the mainland, and did declare in the presence and hearing of other enlis.ed men of said Regiment that he did not intend to go on to the mainland, even though the expedition should go; and that on the evening of the 2oth day of May, 1803, in St. Simons Sound, Ga., when there was a mutiny among the men of the detachment to which he belonged, on hoard the Steamer Saxon, he did not use his utmost endeavors to suppress the same, but when in the surf boat a'ongside said4 steamer and when ordered by his commanding officer, Capt. William J. Randolph, I to disarm a mutinous man, did neglect and refuse to do 80. He was found guilty of the charge and the 2d Specification, but not guilty of the 1st Specification. He was sentenced to be hung by the neck until he ii dead, at such time and place as the General Commanding shall designate. The findings and sentences in all the abovo cases have been approved by Col. Chatfield, Tost Commandant, in General Orders. The Ram Atlanta has been thoroughly overhauled, and cleared of an immense amount of filth. A naval board has been holding a survey on her,and it is doubtful if she will be pronounced seaworthy. The following is a complete list of her officers: "Wm. A. "Webb, Commander; J. . Alexander, 1st Lieutenant; Alphonso Barbot, 2d Lieutenant; Arledge. 8d Lieutenant; T. 1.. j Wragg, Master'sJMate; R. J. Freeman, ftused | Assistant Surgeon; R. R. Gibbs, Assistant Sur geon ; Wm.B. Micou, Assistant Paymaster; James Truston, Lieut. Marines; J. A. G. Williamson, Midshipman; J. A. Peters, Midshipman; E J. Johnston, 1st Assistant Engineer; W. E. Morrell, 21 Assistant Engineer; J.J. West, 2d Assistant Engineer; Wm. McBlair,Master's Mate; John W. Carey, Assistant Clerk; T. B. Travers, Gunner; Thomas Hernandea, James Fleetwood, M. Austin, Pilots; John Cavanaugh, Cabin Boy. Vessels Agbocnd.?On Saturday the steamer Ranger and a schooner she had in tow, got agronnd while trying to get over the bar at Stono. With a fresh wind, a heavy sea, and the tide against them, they drifted on the shoals and it was feared they would go to pieces ; but at the next high water the steamer Boston came out and towed them safely off. Neither were much damaged. The Ranger got in over the bar at last, and the schoon er was towed in oy me ueiaware on luesaay. Arrivals from the North?Important News. ?By the arrival of the gunboat Union on Monday, and of the U. S. steamship Fulton on Wednesday, we received flies of New York papers to the 2<st, our latest previous dates having been to tbo 9th. We give on our fourth psge a synopsis of the news to the 20th, including full particulars of tho rebel raid into Pennsylvania. The papers of the 2*st have few additional items of interest. Gen. Keyes is stated to have been within 15 miles of Richmond on the 15th. The rebel privateers are making hold raids on our coasts. A Ashing boat was stopped by one and robbed of fish and provisions an the li'*th, thirty miles from Nantucket. She was a three-masted schooner and with threo guns apparently English built and carried the British flag. The c:titens of Harrison county. Indiana, were considerably scared on Friday week, by the appearance of about one hundred of the Kentucky rebel cavalry, who crossed the Ohio, had a skirmish with the horse guard at Orleans, repulsed them, and moved on towards the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. The militia from New Albany, Ind., and Louisville, Ky.. followed in pursuit ami succeeded in capturing fifty and killing twelve. f ? L._). J. J S -J _ .,11 vjuv. luunwii s lucvm icneiis issucu n can at once for twenty thousand six months volunteers, the Governor himself being in the city. Later.?The steamer Gen. Metgt arrived here yesterday, with a mail from New York, and we are indel ted to Capt. G. W. Watson for New York papers of the 22d. A two-days battle had been fought at Winchester, between Gen. Milroy and Gen. Ewell, which terminated in the disastrous retreat of the Union forces to Martinsburg and Harper s Ferry, with only 20^0 men out of 7000, and the loss of much artillery, stores and baggage. liiu > iv/aouui^ ocu amnij uui surcn Richmond papers report Mr. Vallandigham hag run tne blockade for Nassau, and is going to Canada. The rebels were still in Pennsylvania, committing great depredations on live stock. Chief or Artillery.?1st. Lieut. Guy Y. Henry has been announced as Acting Chief of Artillery, on Gen. Gillinore's Staff, during the absence of Capt. John Hamilton.