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' ' ' ^ m ; THE >'EW#SOUTH. Vol. 1, No. 48. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, AU2UST 8,1863. Price Five Cents. TIE NEW SOUTH. ? Published every Saturday Morning by JOS. H. SEABS, Editor and Proprietor. " t Prick : Five Cents Fkr Copy. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. ? Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square, j The following song was composed by a "reb" whom we took prisoner at Morris Islaud, but who has since taken the oath of allegiance. It was quite a favorite with the secosh at Morris Island- They have probably changed Its tuxie by this time. Confederate Bed White and Blue. On the banks of the Potomac. There is an army so giand. Whose object is to subjugate Dixie's fail- land. They say wc have split this great Union in two And altered the colors of the Bed, White and Blue. Ckwu*Huzza wc are a nation so true, We'll stand by our colors of the red white and blue Our banner Is simple and by it we'll stand ; It floats from the Potomac to the great Bio Or&nde ; It floats o'er a people wlio are gallant and true, \M7\%rk wall All d!o ilofun/liiiff nnr * whites &nd Kin** Chorus: v We had a big fight on the 16th of last Jnne, Magruder at Bethel whipped old "Picayune We fought from ten until two afternoon, And in triumph we carried our red, white and bine. J CkcTut: 'Twas on the morning of the 21st of July, AVhen the Yanks, thought a trip to Richmond they wonld try, They had not gone far when back they all flew, Their old Uniou banner of tho red white and blue. I ? , Chorus: ? <>u the plains of Manaoaes the Yankee's we met, We gave them a whipping they will never forget; j They thought to take Richmond, how little they knew How rebels would light for tteir red white and blue. .Chorus: Then if you want to bear Oreely and Yonkccdom swear, Just mention the Slidell and Mason affair, When hrst they got them the made great ado, But now they curse England and our red, white and bine. Chorus: They'l never subdue us it? plain for you to see, , While we've got Bragg, Beauregard, Johnson aud Lee, Magrnder, McUulioch and others that's true. That will die defending our red white and blue. Chorus: The fairest, the loveliest spot upon earth. Is here in fair Dixie, the land of tny birth. I love h*r, I'm wuh her, to her I'll prove trae. And we'll all die defending our red white and bine. Ciwrus: Tas Emi?loyee9 qp thb Quartermasters Department on a " Strike ".?The following circular has just been issued by the Chief Quartermaster of this Department. We endorse it fully, lie should punish to the fullftst extc?t of h'.s power any insubordination among the employees at su&h a time as this. It is little better than a mutiny of troops in the face of the enemy. CIRCULAR. to the employees op the quartermasiers department: Th?r? n.ust not be the least holding back or want of interest, or willingness to work all day, and al] night too, when called on, or hesitation in obeying the order of the officer or chiet man under whom you are placed. Any man who is thus guilty, shah Ue sent to work in the trenches and in the works in tho very front, at ilorris island. I am determined to make short work of such worthless and wicked men as will not put forth every effort and show an interest in the public service, at this impoitant time. Any man that will " strike" lor higher wages in this emergency, should be shot. J. J. ELTVELL. Chief Quartermaster Department of the South [From Our Special Correspondent], LATER FROM MO&RIS ISLAND. it Operation* Since Saturday the 2oth Uullimo?Ad~ van e of Our Line*?Recent Casualties?Fort Wagner Silent?Her Embrasures Closed?Se| cetsionville Shelled??c., ?c, <j-c. MORRIS Island, S. C., ( Wednesday Evening, July 29th, 1863. f There are no late movements or operations of mnoii interest to the ?enerftl Dublic. Since Saturday last, the date of your latest previous intelligence from here, our lines have been advanced a considerable distance towards the rebel works. We have been shelled a good deal from ! Sumter, Battery Gregg, and the battery on James Island, near Fort Johnston ; but our casualties j have been very slight, thanks to the skill of our | engineers, the judgment of our officers, and the j bad guiflfcry of the rebels. ' This afternoon a shell from James Island burst j among some of the N. Y* Volunteer Engineers. ( Lieut. James M. Baxter was severely, but it is | hoped not dangerously wounded. 1 hree others of the regiment were wounded, one seriously. On the night of the 27fch, Sergeant Mandeville, of Co. E, same regimen^ was killed, and one or two wounded. The Fourth N. H., bate had one man killed? Private Byron Howard, Jf Co. H,?and Private John Mali in, of Go. Gf <r#*iHdoH. ^Fha Fourttrjf; H., have been nnder fire a great deal of late, but have been very fortunate in regard to casualties. | On tJ.e night of the 27th, Private^ Geo4 TV. Thompson, of the 7 th N. H., was killed,?there have also been a few other casualties. Fort Wagner has now been silent three days. Her embrasures have all been closed during the time, for some purpose or other. This evening three gunboats and a battery of | ours in the woods on Little Folly have been firing | tor some hours into Secessiunville and vicinity, i apparently. There was no response, that I have I jt learneu. The^fleet and some of our land batteries, just for amusement and practice, shell the rebel works nearly every day, and occasionally at night. later. Morris Island, Tuesday evening, Aug. 4. There is very little publishable news of interest since your last advices. Our lines have been steadily advanced under a hot fire from the enemy, j with scarcely a casualty. Not ono has been res ported for two days. Our advance is now only about 60o yards from Fort Wagner. Our batteries and the fleet allow the enemy but very little rest. Occasionally there has been very sharp and continuous firing, and on one or two occasions the Wagnerites have responded vigorously "Tor a flaw moments, as if enracrod at the effect of our shells, but the principal shelling is from Sumter, Fort Johnson and its outworks, and Battery Gr gg. Col. James Montgomery, while commanding in the treuches, Lieut.-Col. Abbott and Major Henderson, of the 7th N. H., had a very ^MM^scape a day or two since, from a snkmu^^HHB'kich ! burst directly over their head^^H^^^^^Brcean officer some adventuic.^^^^^^^^^^^Ri wounded, however, since m^^^^^H^^Rfjor Henderson, of the 7 th N. one night in n trench, n c~i , 1 believe, has not been chronicled in the "New South. He was sitting in the trench, with several others, when an immense projectile from the rebel works, struck in the bank directly behind them, tipping over half a cart-load of dirt upon them, aud nearly burying tbem up. .Major Henderson found himself firmly fixed in the sand, with the elongated ten-inch implement of -destruction lying up against his shoulder. Supposing it to bo a shell, unable to stir an inch, the Moor's sensations, from the time of discovering the projectile, until he became convinced that it was a sold shot, can better be imagined than described. The troops do not seem to suffer at all from the climate, .barren, sandy, with no shade, Morris island was at first rated a disagreeable spot by the troops, but longer acquaintance has resulted in very favorable opinions, if there are no trees, the sea-breezes sweep across the Island uninterruptedly; if the sand-bluffs are disagreeable to travel over, the beach is one of the fluest in the woild, wide enough for a general thoroughfare, solid and smooth as a marble floor. At Folly Island the water is disagreeable and unhealthy; here, the absence of all vegetation renders it clear and sweet. The camps are well policed, and if they care well lor themselves there need be no serious sickness among the troops. In Gen. Gilimore s marquee are three elegant flags which have been captured on this Island. Two belonged to tfie~2lst S. ., one of the old and the other the new style. The old one has " Pocotaligo " inscribed on it and was captured by Private Roper Counslow, Go. D, 6lh Conn., on the 10th ult., after shooting the rebel color-bearer. Capt Eaton, of the Engineers, has been presented with an elegant and costly sword and equipments, by his company. The presentation was a " surprise," and excited considerable astonishment in the worthy captain. Support for Gillmore.?The Phila. Inquirer of the 26th ult., has the following: ''The upper end of Morris Island fs but fifteen hundred yards from the walls of Sumter. That is one hundred and fifty to two hundred yards less than the distance of Gen. Gillmore's breaching batteries froiii Pulaski when he battered down the casemates of that fort. Hence it is that the Charleston newspapers admit that when Fort Wagner falls, Sumter falls. Hence also, it is that they denounce ijercely any attempt to save their city by engineering, and demand that Morris Island shall be cleared by assaults of infantry at the point of tho bayonet. How such an enterprise can succeed against Gen. Gillmore's batteries, themselves supported by infantry, and all tho approaches to them enfiladed by the fleet, it is difficult to imagine. Yet still it ' is a danger to guard against. There is nothing . now to lose by giving lien, liiilmore an overwneiming force. The policy which made General Grant irresistible Is now the policy for every important undertaking of the war. ^j^^cver blow is worth striking should bo stro^^^Hk all the avai.ablo force of the army. reason to believe is the view of t^H^Hnmcnt. General Gilmore may have to me^fl^^nly the garrison of Charleston and its formidable army of fortified works, but all the detached forces that Davis may ' ?w.. ?1:,. oe aoie iu nurrj w uic icuci ui ~ army disappeared like mist. "W herWRs it gone? ^ Although it is greatly demoralized, it cannot be totally dissolved. Some portions of such auor- H ganization must be reserved. If they 0 barleston, surely there should be an ad(yfl|Hfc M| firm* of Union troops to drive thorn Hack. HV