The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, September 19, 1863, Image 1
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Vol. 2, No. 2. PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1863. Price Five Cents. 1
" THE NEW SOUTH.
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Published every Saturday Morning by
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H>r The Xew South.
A Soldier's Life.
. 'Tis gay to lead a soldier's life,
To stmt about and wear fine clothes,
When far removed from war and strife,
You have no fear of ambushed Iocs.
But 'tis not thus our patriots fare,
Who rallied at their Countrys call,
Xlio every foe and peril dare,
And swear to conquer or to falL
They fought and bled on many a field,
And proved their words in action brave,
Quick to obey but slow to yield,
Their names will live beyond the grave.
Ttfn "draft" or "bounty" needed then,
To make them fight for freedom's cause,
And teach their foes that they were men
Who loved their country and its laws.
Then who would scorn a soClicr true,
Who far from friend9, with foes contest
Their Flag?the old Red, White and Blue,
The emblem of the free and blest!
J. E., Co. A, 3dB. L A.
How American Soldiers Behave.?The city is
full of soldiers. The parks and public places are
thronged with thein. They jostle against one at
almost every step in the streets. The number of
troops now concentrated here, or in this vicinity,
is not exactly known; and if it were there might
be some impropriety in stating it. What we wish
to call attention to now, is the exemplary conduct
<>f this large army of soldiers, as a class. They
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have now been in tne city, to which must m iwui
were strangers before?nearly a week. Temptations
to drunkenness and dissipation are all. about
them. It is obviously impossible to enforce the
rules which usually govern the conduct of armiea
ns strictly here as in the field of active service.
Under these circumstances, the temperate and
<juict behavior of these soldiers is truly remarkable.
They commit no a I frays in the streets. Not a citizen
writes to the newspaper that he is insulted by
them. They are not seen reeling, drunken along
the sidewulks. The police do not have occasion
to arrest any of them?or, at any rate, we never
hear of such arrests. They give no more trouble
to the city authorities than the same number of
other peaceable strangers coming here for business
or pleasure. It may be said that no special credit
is due to them for behaving decently; but it should
be remembered that, in other countries, where
cities and towns arc garrisoned by soldiers, serious
difficulties between the military and civilians
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arc continually occurring, seit-respeci aim a regard
for the feelhigs of others may be justly set
down as eminent traits of the American soldier.?
[N\ Y. Jour. Com.
?A Conscript friend of ours denounces the
Conscription Act as < a relic of the barbarousages,"
from the fact that he has been drawn in New York
and quartered at Hiker's Island.?N. Y. Paper.
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?Four brothers of the name 01 r isn nave ut-cu
drafted in the Seventh District. This is the most
miraculous draught of Fishes since the time of St.
Peter.?Ibid.
?Toombs, of Geoigia, thinks the rebel government
doesn't know how to manage its financial
affairs, and that our government does. He's right
for once.
Beauregard's Retaliation-?The following is
from the Richmond Dispatch, August 27 :?
" When Gillmore fired upon Charleston, Gen.
Beauregard sent him word that if he repeated the
outrage he would retaliate for it. This threat has
suggested inquiry as to the manner of retaliation,
and the means in General B.'s hands to enable him
to do so. We do not know in what way it was
his intention to have retaliated; but ho certainly
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was the confinement of the Yankee prisoners in his
possession in those houses upon which the enemy's
lire was mainly directed ; and in case the direction
of the heavy missiles hurled into the city was
changed, why. change the prisons of the prisoners,
so as still to make them tho targets of the enemy's
big guns. This would be a most effectual way of
retaliating for an outrage upon the usages of civilized
warfare, such as that perpetrated by the
Yankee general. Of course General Beauregard
would inform the enemy of this retaliation, and
j make him .altogether responsible for the murder of
his own soldiers. We take it for granted that the
enemy will be made to fight his way regularly, and
remove the obstacles to his approach to the city
in order as they come. He will not be allowed to
skip, to conclusions. General Beauregard will
hold him to his work."
There is no great danger of " retaliation " of any
kind. Gen. Gillmore is not an inhuman wretch
and will do nothing inconsistent with the acknowledged
rules of civilized warfare, and, low as our
estimate is ot Beauregard, we do not think he
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I needs any dictation or suggosiiuua uum iuc uvuuUg
j of tlio Richmond press. He* ii too well aware that
the kind of retaliation hinted at by the Dispatch,
is a game at which more than one can play.
NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
The Fulton arrived here last Sunday with papers
to the 9th. We are under obligations to Purser
McManus, as usual, for very full files.
Gen. Burnside has occupied Knoxville, Tenn.,
with slight resistance. This is a veiy important
j move as it cuts in two the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia railroad?the greatest thoroughfare from
west to east in the Confederacy. With Chattanooga
in our possession, the only remaining rail
1 ...:n Qufu.?r1 On tliis account
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Chattanooga becomes a point of so much importance
to the waning fortunes of the rebels that it
will probably be defended with great persistence.
Burnside and ltosecrans are now only eighty miles
apart and already a cavalry force from the latter
had reached Gen. Burnsid'o at Knoxville.
It is reported that Gen. Banks is organizing an
expedition for Texas.
The N. Y. Herald, has a statement of the entire
force of Lee's army, even to the names and
strength of each regiment, said to have been obtained
direct^- from the war department at Richmond.
It foots up one hundred and twelve thousand.
It is said that Gen. TTunter is to take command
in the West?probably in Kansas?a field he is
well acquainted with.
It is reported that the notorious rebel pirate
Alabama is being repaired in ti e imperial dock*
4 '? t?noon1 a nf
j yard at Brest, r ranee. aisu iuui uuia ? ?OOVIO VI
the samo model are being built for the Confederates
in French ports.
The building of rams and other vessels of
war for the Confederates in England, is beginning
to alarm even the corrupt and conniving London
Times. That paper now says : "If wc were unhappily
plunged again into war wo might soon
find reason to wish that wo had supported with
greater zeal the representations of the federals in
i the matter of these Southern cruisers."
I England is evidently alarmed and well she may
be.
?A little fellow up North 16 years old, advertised
" portraits of Jackson for 2-5 cents " which
were simply the new two cent postage stamps
neatly glutoncd to paper. Sharp boy that.
Military Departments and their commanders.?-The
following is the present list of the j ^
military geographical departments and their com- x' I
manders.
Department of the South?Brigadier-General
Q. A. Gillmore.
Deportment of the Tennessee?Major-General
U.S.Grant. * Va
Department of the Cumberland?Major-Gcneral
W. S. Rosecrans. * ^
Department of the Ohio?Major-Gcncral A. E. ^
Burnside. * \
nf N'mv England?Mflior-General \ v
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John A. Dix. * CS
Department of the Gulf? Major-General N. P. r\
Banks. \A , ,
Department of North Carolina and Department \
of Virginia?Major-General J. G. Foster. rs, /
Department of the Northwest?Major-General ts. ^
John Pope. *. ^ ^
Department of "Washington?Major-General S. '
P. Heintzelman.
Department of the Monougahela?Major-Gencr- ^ \
al W. T. H. Brooks.
Department of the Susquehanna?Mtyor-General
Darius N. Couch. ^
Department of Western Virginia?B.igadierGeneral
B. F. Kelly.
Department of New Mexico?Brigadier-General
James IT. Carleton.
Department ot the Pacific?Brigadier-General
George Wright. Ks
Department of Key West?Brigadier-General J. ,
M. Brannan. " y
Department of Kansas?Major-General James i
G. Blunt.
Middle Department?Major-General Robert C. r
I ocnencK. ,
Department of Missouri?Major-General John. /
! M. Scbofield.
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Our Generals ix tiib South.?The New York ^
j Times, in speaking of the grand demonstration in
honor of Gen. Banks at New Orleans and the
grand ovation and banquet to Gen. Grant at Mem;
phis, says:
These manifestations in the conquered districts
of the South, are very significant and valuable,
and utterly disprove the assertions of the rebels
that the whole people of the South entertain an
ineradicable hatred to the army and people of the
North. When the war is over, the most popular
men in the South will be the Generals au.l soldiers
who have crushed the rebellion, and saved the
Union and the Southern people; and the most detested
men will be Jetf. Davis and those traitors
I who attempted to ruin them. If Gcn.Gillmore
captures cnariesron, we cxpcn mat mium u ^cm
or two the people of that city will elect him to
Congress.
?Did you ever examine the contents of a boy's
pocket ? Here is a schedule of one taken at bedtime
: One eclskin, a piece of chalk, a stub of a
lead pencil, seven marbles, (one a china-alley.) a
steel penman odd miiten,an iron screw, a tongueless
jewsharp, a chunk of talFee caudy.(very dirty,?
four peanuts, a piece of hard putty, a lot of dried
orange peel, a comic song, (very much worn,) a
kite tail, (various colors and fabrics,) a reward of
merit, (dated July, 18G0, and quite dilapidated,) a
stem of a tobacco pipe, portion of a horse-shoe, a
I leaden ten centpieco, (showing marks of teeth,)
i one wooden skewer, a lucky bone, and to cover
! and protect the whole, an extraordinary dirty
i pocket handkerchief.
?In Wheeling, Va., recently, a soldier in pur:
suit of a deserter had occasion to fire at him. For
| this the Copperhead Mayor lined the soldier $10.
Hearing of this affair. Gov. Foreman sent for the
Mayor and lectured him on this wise: "Kir, you
were aware that the soldier was acting in accord,
ance with the authority he has received, and is
: justifiable in all that he did. Now, Sir, hand over
! to him the ten dollars you took from him, and get
$500 bail for your future good conduci. If you
j cut up any more such didoes, I'll put you where
1 the dogs won't bite yon."