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TIIIvKEW#SOFTH. Vol. 1, No. 45. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1863. Price Five Cents. THE NEW SOUTH. I Published every Saturday Morning by JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. Price : Five Cents Per Copy. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square. Independence Day. Again the vcrtic son phines down With bright and faithful ray, But does it light the men it wanned On "Independence Bay ?" Have we preserved the sacred gift Of Liberty blood-bought, With that eternal vigilance Which former struggles taught ? Hail this been so, say would the strife That rends our country, live, To bow our humble heads in shame. And joy to tyrants give ? Alas! that in the human breast Such poisoning passions dwell. As blight the gifts bestowed by Heaven, And mike of Earth a Hell! ? That, quite forgetting honor's hcsts, And duties undented. We let security bring rust. Prosperity bring Pride. .t * That elaining Right and Privilege Peculiarly our own. The lust for human bondage lives. Though we abjure a Throne. The upas germ our Fathers spared Struck wide and deep its root. And we. this Independence Day, Must take its b.tter fruit. Truth mokes no Compromise with Sin, Justice no peace with crime. And lUtributiou, though delayed, snu times wie -seiuii;; uuir. The work our sires, in farmer years With noble zeal begun. Could not bo Inished by their hands, But may by ours bo done. The crisis is upon us now? Our overweening foe Strikes at our tree and happy homes, His last, and deadliest, blow. Is there a need to sound the trump, ? Or beat the calling drum ? No! from each hardy hamlet, hear. The erv is still ?'\Ve Come I" We come, in firm reliance on The ftod of Truth and Higlit, To ehow the haughty slavelords' hosts, How free bora men can fight The struggle shall he ended now. Our eires so well begun, And Freedom's final triumph Be over Treason won ! ? The new two-cent stamps, which have just been issued by the P. 0. Department to meet the dpmand created by the new law fixing the rates on drop letters, circulars, transient printed matter, etc., at two cents, will soon be in the hands of most of our readers- They are black in color, and bjar a finely engraved head of General Andrew Jackson?a design especially appropriate at the present ti i e, when his well-known saying, 'The Union must and shall be preserved," needs to be considered as something more practical than a rnprft tupoa nf fine sentiment. The portrait of the old hery occupies nearly the entire surface of the stauip. and the character of the engraving is such that the procc s of defacement, to which it must unfortunately be subjected, is easily and effectually performed. ?" How well he plays for one so young.y> said Mrs. Partington, as the organ boy performed with thp mnnkav near the door. " and how tllUCh his little brother looks like kira,toTvsure." % Gen. Washington's General Order.?The following General Order was issued by our noble Washington to his troops, Aug. 3, 1776: " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some | rest alter tue great fatigue they have gone through, the General, 111 future, excuses theui irom latigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until iurther orders. The Gen: eral is sorry to be iu.ormcd, that the foolish and i wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in an American army, is growing into lashion. lie hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to ! check it, and mat both they and the men will reI fleet that we can have little hope of' the blessing of ! Heaven on ourarms, 11 we iu.su.i u uy uur impiety ; and lolly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any tenptatijn, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it." Gen. McClellan s General Order.?The following General Order was issued by (jen. McClellan, September G, lbtil: " The Major-General Commanding desires and requests tnat in future there may be more perfect respect lor the Sabbath on the part ol his cummaud. We are lighnug in a holy cause, and should eudeavor to deserve ti.e benign lavor of the Creator. Unless in the case ol an attack by the enemy or some other extreme military necessity, it is commended to commanding othccrs, that all work shall be suspended on the sabbath; that no unnej cessary movements shall be made on that day; that *4 ? ~u *" ' /v K? rturiniffuH fn | 11)6 111CLi MlcliU 5U tax ?o yvootuivj w yviujikkvu ?v ; rest Iron) their labors; that they shall attend divine service alter the customary Sunday morniug inspection, and that otiicers and men shall alike 1 use their influence to insure the utmost decorum j and quiet on that t.ay. The General Commanding ' regards this as no idle lorm; one day s rest iu seven is necessary to men and animals: more than ; this, the observance ol the holy day of the cod ol' I mercy and of battles is our sacred duty.'* ? ? * TnK Author of Baron Munchausen's Travels. ' 1 V-/I it 11 II1U HV/UOtUViu n viuo lauuuat IV vu* ! ears that literature has given to language, none is ; more general than that derived from this work, whose real author has lately b.en dis;ovcred. Though every one has heard, not many of the present generation have seen this famous book. The Baron's adventures first saw the^light anonymously, in a London edition, dated 1785, and proved so popular that the filth edition appeared three years alter, in 1788. Thougii professing to | have a German origin, it was not till 1787 that they came out in that language, unaer me auspices I of the poet, Burger, who has, in consequence, of! ten been taken lor their author. It is now known i that the real writer was Professor R. K. Raspe, a i German literary man, who filled various post, with j credit, till he was detected in appropriating^ his | own use some of the coins, etc., entrusted to his j charge as curator of the Cabinet of Antiquities at j Cassell lie fled to England, and there sustained i a reputable character as a man of science and literature, till his death in 1774. A dry book or two on Mineralogy, etc., keep his name alive in catalogues, hut there must have been a spirit of fun lurking in his {inner life," which perhaps, was wisely concealed in deference to his scientflic reputation. German research has discovered that there really was some sort of pers< ail foundation for this irrcat wo k. A Baron Munchausen, of Bodenwer den, near Haweln. on the Weser, actually flourished at the time, and was famous lor some little peculiarities reflected in his namesake's work. lie was an old warrior who had served in his youth in the Russian service, and passed his latter days on his property, with a reputation for telling, his adventures in a cavalier manner, with a military emphasis, as things that require no explanation or proof When Raspc Vas in London, working for the booksellers, it is likely that the Baron s stories occurred to him as available for temporary "hit," and he must have been surprised at his own success. By the Germans, "Baron Munchausen'' ia trcaled as a classic. A Marvelous Stort.?I was bred up in the dislike of the marvelous, or the stupidly wonderful, as my uncle called it. I must relate an anecdote in point. Some gentlemen were dining together, and relating^their traveling adventures; one of an mnok nn tVia mnrrelrtns that it indu lliCUi U^ail DV/ U1UVU VU bUV UAMft * vav w? ? ced another to give him a lesson. " 1 was once/' said he " engaged in a skirmishing party in America; I advanced too far, was separated from my friends, and saw three Indians in pursuit of me; the horrors of the tomahawk in the hands of angry savages took possession 0f my mind. 1 considered for a moment what was to be done ; most of us love life, and mine was most precious and useful to my family. I was swift of loot, and fear added to my speed. After looking back, for the country was an open one, 1 at length perceived that one of my enemies had outrun the others, and the well-known saying of divide and conquer' occurring to me, I slackened my speed, and allowed him to come up; we engaged in mutual fury. I hope none here (Lowing to his auditors) will doubt the result; in a lew minutes he lay a corpse at my feet. In this short space of time the two Indians had advanced upon me, so I took again to my heels, not from cowardice, I can in truth declare, but with the hope of reaching a * * * * ? * i J 1* ~ neighboring wooa, wnere 1 Knew uwcuu muu friendly to the English ; this hope, however, I was forced to give up, for on looking back I saw one of my pursuers tar before the other. I waited for him, recovering my almost exhausted breath, and soon this Indian shared the fate of the first. I had now only one enemy to deal with; but I felt fatigued, and being near the wood I was more desirous to save my own life than to destroy another of my fellow-creatures. I plaiuly perceived smoko curling up amougst the trees; 1 redoubled my speed, I prayed to heaven, I felt assured my prayers would be granted; but at this moment the yell of the Indian's voice sounded in ray ears?I even thought I felt his warm breath?there was no choice?I turned round?" Here the gentleman who had related the wonderful stories at first, grew impatient, past endurance, and called out: ? Well, sir, and you killed him also?" " No, sir, he ki led me!" ?A piece of candle may be made to burn all night in a sick room or elsewhere, where a dull light is wished, by putting finely powdered salt on the candle until it reaches the black part of the wick. In this way a mild and steady light may be kept through the night from a small piece of candle. A D YE RTISEME X TS^ JUST RECEIVED AT THE NEW STORE, UNION* Square, next to the Post Office a large lot of stationary. Books. Ac., in part as follows : Fine letter paper of varioua qualities, Fine note paper of various qualities, Fine bilftt paper of various qualities, Envelopes, white, buff, cream, straw, fancy, oriental, pa rict c, 4c., kc. Ink, black, red, carmine, kc. 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The advantages of these Compasses over all others in use arc, that they can be read distinctly at night, without the aid of an artificial light For raconnoitering the position of the enemy, night movements, kc., where a light dare net b? used without running the greatest danger, they are invaluable. Used by Major Generals McClellan, Hooker, Burnside, Hunter, Pope; Major Meyers, Chief of Signal Department, and others. Every Officer and Soldier should ha vc one. Price : fC, $4, j3, $2 50, $3, and fl 25. For sale by I JOSEPH H. SEARS, I Port ltdyal, S. C * *' '