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u THE SEW?S 0 F T H. Vol.1, No. 51. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY,; AUGUST29,1863. Price Five Cents. ^ THE NEW SOUTH. Published every Sat unlay Morning by j ^ JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. | Price : Five Cents Per Cory. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square. KING COTTON. BT R. II. STODDARD. See this now king who comes apace, And treats lis like a conquered race; lie comes from Dixie's laud by rail, Jiis throue a i figged cotton-bale. On to the White House straight He's marching?rather late, Clanking along the laud, The shackles in his hand. Hats off 1 hats off! Ye slaves, of curs begotten, llats off to great King Cotton 1 "White niggers, mudsills, Northern scum, Base hirelings," hear me, and be dumb; What makes tills country great aud free ? Tiii mi?. I tell von?onlv me! I Beware th^n of my might, Nor dare dispute my right, Or else you'll fiud, some day Ther'll be the devil to i?ay! Hats otf! hats off! Ye slaves, of curs begotten. Hats off to great King Cotton! Pare you dispraise my royal parts. And prate of Freedom, Commerce, Arte? \V.:&t are they to my pedigree ? Why, Adam was an F. F. V! lily arms i a whip, ye fools. Above a bloodhound, yulex.') Declare my house ami birth? The king of kings on earth ! Hats ofT 1 hats off! Yo slaves, of curs begotten, Hats off to great King Cotton. i Pftiini'N tt hn ean me 9 Vim.. < My wife's a pew in Washington; My youngest son?he looks like *ie? Will be in Congress soon, (S. C.) His brother. Colonel Fuss, Trained ?p by old U. S., Jore down your dirty flag? A lieneral now, with Bragg! lists oil'! hats oft'! Ye slaves of curs begotten. Hats oil t ) great King Cotton! I.et ns alone, ye Federal crew, Nor dare collect our revenue; For gentlemen, from earliest date. Were never useful to the State. Thanks to my forts, and guns, Aud arsenals, (tf unonce!) I con now speak my mind, As Ancient Abe shall hud! Hats off! hats oft ! Ye slaves, 01 curs begotten, ilats off to great King Cotton! God's ministers, we fight for you: Aid us, ye aid the Gospel too. For you, boast people, (clear the track!) Still bear our saddles on ftorl;! We'll ride yon all yoiwttvta; Tour daughters, too, Wohnves, Shall serve us in our need. Ami teach our girls to read ! Hats off! hats off! Ye slaves, of curs begotten, Hats off to great King Cotton! Your nrusket, chaplain?(mind my toes!) The smoke is incense in my nose! < )n them. Confederates, great and small I Down with the Union?death to all! Fn>m my brave ancestry. These rights descend to me, And ali true southern men, irUh'iiit .111. Aitisn. Hats off! hats off! Ye slaves, of curs begotten, \ Hats off to gri at King Cotton! ?The President has removed from active service and placed on the retired list, General Wool, General Harney, General Harvey Brown, Colonel Justin Dimmick, Colonel Charles S. Merchant, and < olouel Martin Burke, the order to take ell'ect on the 1st ot August. Colonel Burke is the present commandant at Port Hamilton. I Gen. Stevenson and the Fifty-Fourth. New York August lOru, 1863. To the Editors of the Boston Daily Advertiser: I notice that some newspapers in their tributes to the 54th Mass., because of the part which it bore in the assault on Fort Wagner, attribute the failure to carry the fort to the want of supports from Brig. Gen. Stevenson, and insinuate that opinions or prejudices against colored troops, supposed to bo entertained by him, kept him ftom giving such supports. '[ he suggestion is untimely and unjust. He commanded on that night the reserves. Without the order of a superior officer, he would have violated his duty in giving such supports. His commanding officer, and not he. is responsible for the not giving of such order, and itis probable that the order to Gen. S., was withheld because in view of the moderato number of troops then on the island. A further sacrifice Of nieu might imperil even the safety of the important position which our troops then held. Ever since the 54th Massachusetts went to James Island, Gen. Stevenson has been kindly to its officers and men. On July 13th, I met him at the tent oft'ol. Shaw, on James Island. He was officer of the day, and Lid charge of the advance pickets, of which the 54th was that day a part. I saw him in company with Lieut-Col. Hallowell, examining their stations at a point where the enemy had exhibited that day some signs of movement. At the station where the reserve pickets were, they drew up in line as he came along, and he gave them at the time a recogr.ition greater than strict m litary etiquette requites. Ho was C./v,.n/.nt1u it? frioTiftlv uru'inl intw .Hill.'AA with thfi I 1 IU s A IVUUtJ WVM. yw .. officers o?' the regiment, and manifested interest in its welfare. When it was ordered to James Island, he expressed a regret that it was not to be in his brigade at the assault. On that night, however, Col. Montgomery's colored regiment was a part of his brigade, and since that time the 54th hasbeen added to his command. Lieut.-Col. UallowJl and the other wounded dfticers.feel that it vvili be protected and cared for in bis hauds, and with their opportunities of knowledge they are not likely to be mistaken. It is unfortunate that there is any occasion for these statements, but the suggestions unfavorable to Gen. Stevenson invite them. The Senate of the United States, acting under the appeal of a Massachusetts Senator, who artlcj n'itliniit tVin mntnrfct rpflpftion S:1W fit IIV T VI Cl^VO tl UliVUV HIV uiMt Via vaaw..VM| .... to overlook an inconsiderate hour in the life of a young and gallant officer, and there is little occasion for fear that its generosity will hereafter be found to have been misplaced E. L. P. The Great Iro.v"-Clad " Dictat? r ?From a visit yesterday to the Captaiu of Erricssou's great ocean iron-clad, the Dictator, building at the Delamater Iron Works, foot of West Thirteenth street, we learned that this, the most formidable vessel-of war yet devised, will bo tiuished and launched on the 1st of October. {She is 312 feet long, 50 feet beam, and 22 feet depth of hold. She will have one turret, two immense wrought-iron guns, carrying from 80 to 100 pounds of powder. The frame and plates of the hull are entirely finished, deck beams all in, and the planking is being laid. With the beautiful lines of the vessel, and the immense engines that are being put into her. the builders confidently expect that she will sail over 18 miles an hour. The ram extends 30 feef, is perfectly solid, and is very much strengthened by the sponsons. ller bow is as sharp as a needle, as is also her stern, so that she can " ram'* at cither end. Her armor is three feet of solid oak and 10? inches of iron, six plates being lapped on to the oak. The armor is two feet above the water-line, and goes down six feet, 'lhc two upright cylinders, the largest ever constructed <br screw steamers in this country, or perhaps in any other country, are set in the vessel. They are 100 inches in diameter, and 4 feet stroke of piston. Tho nronoller is 2i feet in diameter. 34 feet Ditch, * X M S / * and four-bladed. It is the largest ever cast in this country, and weighs over 89,0<i?. pounds. It is ready to be connected to the shaft* which is being set in position. The screw and tlio rudder arc protected by the usual overhanging in the monitor vessels. The turret and pilot-hoi se are constructed on the new j Ian dispensing w Uh through-bolts: ? i they are impregnable, protected by immense bars < bent to the required shape. The ? supports " for the turrets and most of the machinery for working it are in place. The eugine-i oom is separated from the Are-room by a water-tight iron bulkhead, ; so that^o dust or smoke can enter the fire-room. ; The heavier portions of the engines are set iu positions iu the ship. The boilers are six iu number i ?three on each side, and nearly completed. Her coal bunkers are built in water-tight compartments. ; The officers and crew have superior accoWmoda- , tions. The rentilatiou of the ship is ou a'plan in vented by Capt. Ericsson, and will ae as comfortable and airy in a warm climate as it wonld be in a Winter season at home. Fifty thousand cubic feet of air can be forced in a minute through tbo : vessel. There arc other improvements in this ; great ocean monitor, which we are restricted from publishing at preseut. Chief Engineer Robie, U. S. N., is the Government inspector, who will see to it that the vessel is a success. The Delamater Iron Works deservo great credit for the manner in which they have done their work. The/ have pnt every available man upon the vessel they could, in order to complete it at the earliest moment?more than a thousand men being employed. They have constructed machinery of all kinds for shearing, punching | and bending the massive plates and bars of iron, and nothing is omitted to insure complete success. ?N. Y. Tribune. ? Fidelity or a Servant.?A letter from raris contains a most agreeable little tate, which secjsis - - - A. ? 1 ? in **1did Ml/vrLmM Q I as 11 mat: 11 iruilj ? n Clfgunuu'ii^wciuuinura, -v?? which is quite true in all its parti'^Jurg, Mme. X., | WL ^mnm *o.Pn-j*ziij+ finfcyjtfrty fra lvv < ' lost her husband and fortune, with only an incohm ' ? of $GU0 to live upon. Her friends sent her from | llurgyndy a young servant girl, to take care of her in her old age. The girl served her very faithfully for some months, and became much attached to her mistress. One day, Mme. X., came. homo from her banker's with the news that she had been deprived of all her means by the person to whom she had entrusted her money, and that she was : ruined. She called the young girl to her and said, ; "My child, you must find another home; I can 110 j longer keep you.'' The young girl burstinto tears, and refused to go, saying that her mistress had | been a mother to her, and that, while she had hands, sho would work for both. She did not 1 1A II'apiIU H11 + in\niiiriinii?l\7 LUUUUC UUI glUlUlillb iv nuiua, uim iiuuivuu?vij ' sought a situation, by which she was enabled to keep her mistress from starving. She stipulated also, in entering her new place, that she should i be allowed a certain time during the day to wait I upon her friend. 1 his state of thing, continued ' for some time, when one tine moruing, a letter was handed to Mine. X., announcing her success! ing to an estate worth $40,GG0. A brother, with whom she had not been on good terms for mauy years, and from whom she expected nothing, had i died suddenly without making a w ill, and the found herself all at once in a position of comfort and independence. The first step taken by Mine. ; X., was to adopt, according to a regular legal pru1 cess, her devoted young servant maid, as her child and heiress, and the worthy girl is i\ow in an ' excellent school, working earnestly to^t herself for the sadden change in her fortune. VaLLAN'DIGMAM tifx;; INTO i'Kin:KM.-Jif.?Yul: lnndigham has left the Clifton House, Niagara Falls and retired to a less expensive retreat a few miles distant from the fidls. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, says : "As I have before stated, the exhibition cf the 1 Great Banished at this point has not begun to pty l expenses. The sympathizing auditors have bee.i ; few in number, pi>or in political and perscnul antecedents, and not at all strong or cordial in their ! condolence. -Most of them came 'to take a look ; at him' as a curiosity rather t'.aa to n.ingle their i tears with his. His address to the people of Oki<, ' issued from this point, so utterly malevbb nt and disloyal in lii> tone and utterance, was a very wet ; blanket to a large number of people and politicians j who, at the outset of his mistortur.es were ei posi ed to regard him as a martyr, and feifc desirous of extending him a syinp.iti/.ing hand. 'J hey hare not been near him, nor will they e mo, a.al uo,v* ' he goes into letircn.ei.t. #