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Vol. 1, No. 45. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1863. Price Five Cents.
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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
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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."
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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
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; 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.'*
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TnK Author of Baron Munchausen's Travels.
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! 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
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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
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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!"
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