The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, August 01, 1863, Image 3
NosTHEhX Kews.?By the Fullon, which arriv*
eel here on the 27th and the Bermuda on the oOth,
we have northern papers to the 25th ult.
The 'flrait riOlS" in UW lurs nave uvvu 5U|). i
pressed by the strong arm of military law, after I
severe fighting for several days, between the mili- |
tary and the rioters, in which many lives were
lost, '1 he draft will now be enforced at all hazards,
and the stieakiug rebels of the North as soundly;
thrashed us those of the South. Gen. Dix has su-1
pcrceded Gen. Wool in command of the Department
of the East, and Brigadier-General Edward
K.S. Cinby taKes Brig.-Gen. Harvey Brown's
place in command of all troops in the city and harbor
of New York.
Severe rioting had taken place in the staid old
City of BostDn. It was promptly suppressed but
not until the military came to the support of the
police. Here, as in New York, a number of lives
were lost, liiots had also occurred in Albanj\
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promptly suppressed by the authorities. The tirm
Maud taken by the general government iu all these
oases, is encouraging to every loyal heart. We
are still a nation and the world shall, ere long,
know that the Republic founded by Washington
can arkl will live, a refuge and a blessing to the
downtrodden of All lands.
The news ot the surrender of Port Hudson is
confirmed. Gen. Gardner made an unconditional
surrender to Gen. Rauks on the 8th ult., 550u prisoners,
50 guns and 6000 stand of small arms fell
into our hands. Thus the Mississippi is open, the
backbone of the rebellion is broken, the confederacy
is severed in twain.
Gen. Sherman's Expedition from Grant's army
had met Joe Johnson at Jackson, Miss , and a terrible
fight ensued. The city was shelled and nearly
destro/ed by our forces who afterwards gained
full possession of it when Johnson's forces started
in full retreat Eastward.
Morgan s band of Guerillas had been severely
handled in Ohio and Indinna. Numbers were
k.lled and take i prisoners. This gang of land pirates
is about broken up.
Rosecrans was driving Bragg before him into
Georgia aud has already got as far as Home. Bragg
is making every effort to joiu Johnson, but asJiQtb
thuir armies gere 'ffearfuiif demoralized* it was
hardly thought that either could rally again for
much of a fight. The rebels speak of Johnsons
defeat as an irreparable loss. We have now in
our hands the entire rolling stock ot tne mew ur-1
leans, Jmtkson and Great Northern, the Mississippi
a id Tennessee Railways The motive power
alone consisted ot over forty engines. Nothing
goes well with the rebels in the Southwest, or in
fact, anywhere else. . /
Gold is quoted at 126. Good stocks are still
' rising. Altogether the news from the North never
looked better for the ultimate triumph of our
glorioffs cause. Now let us add to it a good
bright page from the Department of the South and
this year will "wind up ' the whole matter.
[IaTF.B bei-ohts' from oub BKOULaK CORUHyPOSDENr],
OUR ARMY BEFORE CHARLESTON.
Flag; of Truce?Another Bombardment?
Lieu .-Colonel Seriously Wounded?Grood
Spirits cf our Troops?Paymasters, &c.
MORRIS ISLAMI, Saturday P. M., JULY 2">.
On Wednesday and Thursday wc had two very
quiet days, with no cannonading on either side.
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Oq \\ eanesaaj u?n, m*v? vn^/i* gor,
of Gen. Gillmores staff, met the enemy outside
of Fort Wagiur, and delivered a letter from
(Jen Gillmore, in reply to one from Gen. Beauregard.
It was merely in explanation of the cause of
some accidental firing on our side, during a previous
flag-of-trnce interview.
On Friday Col. Hall also went with a fiag-of-truce
on the steamer Cosmopolitan into Charleston Harbor,
but the particulars of that mterv iew you will
have from another reporter.
On Friday morning, at daylight, a general bombardment
was again resumed, by our land batteries
and the navy. It was continued furiously until
about 10 o'clock, Sumter and Wagm r responding,
when there was a general cessation of firing while
the flag-of-truce interview lasted, and was not again
r sunned that da/.
There has been but little firing since. We oct
usionally send them a shell, and get oue in return,
but we have had only four men hurt in three days.
The most serious casualty is the wounding or
Lieut.-Col. Leggett, of the 10th Connecticut, while
in the trenches with his regiment. His foot was
struck with a shell, and badly hurt. Amputation
below the knee was performed, but he is iu a very
critical cond tion.
Our troops in spite of reverses still have tho
most unbounded confidence iu Gen. Gillmore. and
*** believe he will succeed in whatever he attempts.
They are not dispirited by defeat or fatigue, theiri
A morale is just as good as ?er, and when off duty
? they are cheerful and lively.
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The Paymasters have been here, and the soldiers
are all rich. Messrs. Wm. W. Elmendorf andj
Hurry Van Ingen, two competent employes of Adams
Express Company have arrived, to the great
accommodation and gratification of the soldiers, to
receive money packages > tor the North. Large
amounts will be sent this time, for sutlers are few
on Morris island, and tht soldiers don't like carrying
large sums of money into battle with them.
M- uolnh 'ivomklutr a Hnms Fxnress Aeent. has
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conferred a great favor on the soldiers by affording
them this safe and convenient means of forwarding
their money.
EXCHANGE OP WOUNDED PRISONERS
PROM THE MORRIS ISLAND FIGHTS.
Visit of the Cosmopolitan to Charleston Harbor?
39 Wounded Rebels and Five Surgeons carried
Up ?105 of our Wounded Returned to Us?108
Still at Charleston?51 Died of their Wounds?
' All the Black Soldiers Detained ?Long Interview
with the Rebels.
The steamer Cosmopolitan arrived here on Friday
night last from Charleston Harbor, with one
hundred and five wounded men of ours, who fell
into the rebel's hands at different limes on Morris
Island. We are indebted to Mr. Charles B. Fenwick,
the obliging purser of the boat, and to various
other gentlemen on board for courtesies extended.
We subjoin an outline of the trip to Charleston
and the interview with the party on the rebel
steamer.
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Surgeon John J. Craven, with a flag of truce, had
previously made arrangements for a mutual exchange
of wounded prisoners, to be paroled for
regular exchange. In accordance with tuis agree- 1
ment thirty nine of the rebel wounded in our hands
were placed on the Cosmopolitan, of which Surg.
R. B. Bouticou has charge, and with them Surg.
John J. Craven, Chief Medical Officer, started for
Charleston Harbor at 2 o'clock on Friday morning.
They arrived otf the bar at about eight
o'clock. At 10 o'clock they went over the bar,
and into tho harbor, having taken on Lieut.-col. 1
Hall, Provost Marshal General, on Gen Gilhnore's
staff, at Morris Island, his duty being to supcrin- 1
tend the paroling of prisoners, in behalf of* the 1
General Commanding.
A brisk bombardment was then going on, but it 1
soon ceased, and the appointed hour haviDg ar- '
rived, there was a cessation of hostilities on both
sides. The Cosmopolitan had a white flag at her i
fore, and a yellow one at her main; aud as she j
steamed into the harbor was met outside Fort
Sumter, near Battery Wagner, by the rebel steamer |
Mire.
The Alice i3 a Clyde-built propeller, which has
run the blockade within a week, escaping tho fate
of another English steamer which was sunk by the
Ironsides' guns, just at tho mouth of the channel,
only at the beginning of last week She h id not
b. e.i discharged and the layers of wounded under
the awnings on the deck were tanked by conspicuous
displays of bananas; and other more substantial
specimens of the steamer's cargo, of which the
rebels evidently intended to make a prominent
display.
The J lice came to anchor and the Cosmopolitan
steamed alongside. A plank was thrown across,
and Dr. Craven announced officially the object of
the visit. Col. Edward C. Auderion. of the Confederate
Artillery, responded courteously, and the
exchange took place immediately. On the Mice
were members of the Charleston Fire Department,
commanded by Chief Engineer Mathews, acting as
a stretcher-corps, to remove the wounded.
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our wounded. We have no room for the descriptive
list furnished by the rebels.
The form of paroling the prisoners was gone
through with by Col. Anderson and Major J. Motte
Middleton, Aide-de-Canip to Gen. Iiipley, on the
part of the eneny; and Lieut.-Col. Tames F. Hall,
Provost Marshal General, on our part. The form
of parole, the signatures, and tho witnessing, was j
as follows:
? I, the undersigned, prisoner of war, captured
near Charleston, hereby give my parclp of honor,
not to bear arms against the Confederate States,
or to perform a iy military or garrison duty, whatever,
until regularly exchanged, and further, that
I will not divulge anything relative to the position
or condition of any of the forces of the Confederate
States.
I This day 24th of July, 1863.
: (Witness), Edward C Anderson,
Colonel Artillery, C. S. A.
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Major j. .none jniuuicuw, xv. u. \j.
Paroled this 24tb of July, A. D., 1863.
By Command of Uen. Q. A. GILLMOKE,
Commanding Department of the South.
James F, Hall, l.ieut -Col. and Pripest
?- - Marshal General.
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the rebel officers named above, in the
party vas Capt. Wagner, X. A. G., to General
liipley. Right Reverend Bishop Lynch, the Ro- _
man Catholic Bishop of Charleston, was also on
board, and it is due him, though a hot rebel, to
state the general report among our wounded, that
he had been very kind to them. There were about
fifty other civilians also on board, including one of
the Editors of the Charleston Courier.
Whiln tho /?T-^hnnor?? w?? hpinrr made T.ient.
Col. Hall remarked to Col. Anderson that he noticed
no colored wounded on board. '' Xo," said
the Colonel, " there are none.'' " Why is that I"
inquired Colonei Hall. "That is a matter." re-(
sponded the Colonel, " for after consideration."
" Did you not regard the agreement made for the
exchange of all wounded prisoners as applying to
the colored soldiers?" asked Col. hall. Col.
Anderson responded negatively. " I did," remarked
Col. Hall, " and I insist that there was no exception
made in the agreement." In the meantime
however, one of the rebel wounded had objected
to being delivered up, saying he preferred to remain
with us. Some one erased his name from
the official list, Col. Anderson insisted on the man
being delivered up, but Col. Hall positively declined,
although the rebel Colonel insisted he was
an enlisted man, and subject to the agreement for
exchange. Col. Hall replied that our colored
troops were enlisted men, under the protection of
our flag, entitled to be delivered up by the terms
of agreement. Col. Anderson asked him to put
his objections in regard to the non delivery of
colored trooos in writinz. Col. Hall said he had
no objections, and requested Col. Anderson to put
in writing his**1aira in regard to the wounded rebel.
The latter declining Col. Hall refused to put his
objections in writiug, and so the matter was dropped
by both parties,
We learned that the rebels had 108 of our wonnd
ed still in hospital at Charleston, too ill to be
moved, and that 51 had died since being taken
there. There are many mortally wounded among
the number still alive. There have been an immense
number of amputations, many of the limbs
that our surgeons would have saved.
Col. Robt. J. Shaw, ot the Mass. 54th (colored),
we learned, was shot on the ramparts of Wagner
and buried in a trench with twenty-five negroes.
Col. Putnam of the 7th N- II., was killed by a rain
uie ball in the head. His body was recognized by
an old class-mate, and also by Col. Anderson, and
was laid aside for separate interment, but wax
subsequently buried by mistake, and cannot now
be found.
mv tlmv hnripil /ill) nf our dead afler
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the late assault ouFort Wagner, ami 10J after the
former one.
Just as the two boats were separating, after
being alongside over two hours. Dr. Craven had a
large piece of ice thrown on the deck of the Alice.
It produced a great sensation, and soon parties on
deck were seen sucking pieces they had chipped
off.
The Cosmopolitan arrived here on Saturday
morning last, and on Sunday her wounded passengers
were transferred to the Gvut ral Hospital.
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? j USt as we gc lo jjrc.w 11 in i vi'vii icu iiiui nu?i:crans
is within 30 miles of Savannah. IFe see no
reason why the report may not be true.
[communicated].-.
Headquarters ITCrii P. V., (
Hilton Head, S. CM July loth, 18C3, J
At a meeting of the officers of the 170th Regt.
P. M., at Hilton Head, S. C., July 13, 1803, Major
SVilliam Schounorer, Capt. i.e\ i Snioyer and Adjutant
Joseph T. Wnitton, were appointed a com- .
mittee to draft resolutions expressing the feelings
of the officers in regard to the d-. ath of Caj>t. Tilghtnan
Schleider, Co. E, 170th Kegr. P. II. 'Ihe
committee reported the following p.camble and
resolutions which were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, it has pleased that Almighty Jieing,
who rules the destinies of Nations and Armies, t.?
call from our midst, G'apt. Tilghman Schleider.
Co. E, 176th Regt. 1'. M., who died at Jkaulbrt,
S. C., July 10, 1805.
There/ore be it Ruolved, That iu the death of
Capt. Tilghman Schleider, the Regiment low su*~
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tained the loss ot a Dravc ami true omeci; one wno
was willing to sacrifice his life and all in defence
of his country; one who was willing to sustain the
Governmcut in all its acts and ordeis to crush out
this unholy rebellion.
Resolved, That we sincerely deplore the death of
this truly patriotic officer, and that we deeply
sympathize with the bereaved iauiily in this, th? ic;
grcuieai iuaa.
Resolved, Tbat cacli officer of the regiment.shall
wear the usual bailee as a token of respect l??r his
memory, for the period of thirty days.
Resolved, That a coy of thV" j??
be .published w Tru ss evt Soi tii #mi in the papers
of Lehigh aud Mohroo couutics, Ta. and that .v/
copy be also scut to the wife of fb?* deceased.