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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.