THE XETV S^OUTH.
Jos. H. Sears, Editor and Proprietor.
PORT ROYAL, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1863.
Thz Nrw South can be obtained of the following
persons.
H. Shears, P. M., Beaufort.
J. W. Allen, P. M., St. Augustine, Fla.
TV. C. Morrill, P. M., Fernandina, Fla.
J. B. Hodson, Fort Pulaski.
Chaplain Hill, 3d New Hampshire Vols.
L. R. Brooks, 39th Illinois Vols.
Edwin D. Doolittle, Vol. Engineers.
J. A. Demuth, 85th Pa. Vols,
w Sergt. C. S. Gat, Co. M, 1st Mass. Car.n
a n ^ r i ir n
VJLL&S ALi.AA.MJi.Ji, tu. 1, iSl -UilSS, t?V.
Other regiments should send in their orders
earlj- .
Personal.?Mr. Joseph H. Sears, Editor, left
on the Jrago last trip for the North. Will be
absent about a month.
Hear-Admiral S. F. Du Port.?On the 15th of
-July a number of the leading citizens of Philadelphia
wrote Rear-Admiral Dupont, expressing their
desire to tender him a mark of the high appreciation
which they entertained for him as an officer
and a man. " Your great victory at Port Royal,'>
they said, '< will stand unsurpassed in the history
of naval warfare, and your zeal for the success of
the national arms will be remembered as an exam
pie to your professional brethren." Admiral Du
Font replied, declining the dinner; but said it was
very gratifying to him that they proposed to so
acknowledge services which in anothef quarter had
been appreciated so differently. Ee closed his
?' letter by saying: ?'I owe it to my companions in
arms to say that the count:y cannot over-estimate
the obligations due the officers and men who, under
my command, won in battle a foothold on the
coast whence the rebellion had expelled every
vestige of the national authority?held that coast
for four hundred miles with a grasy of iron, which
the enemy strove in vain to break, and which foreign
nations were compelled to respect?who
illustrated the national arms by many brilliant exploits,
were always crowned by victory when my
professional experience was consulted and respected,
and who showed themselves more heroic . in
their failure beforo Charleston than when victorious
at Port Royal.''
? We learn from Paymaster Adrew Tower, an
- old acquaintance, of the U. S. S. Para, that that
vessel, under command of Acting Master & 6.
Furber, had a very narrow escape with all on board,
from the terrible blow of the 16th and 17th ult.
While bearing up for Fernandina, and only four or
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suddenly hauled to the eastward, blowing directly
. on shore. An effort was made to get off into deep
er water, and away from the breakers which are on
every side the entrance to Fernandina, failing in
which, both anchors were let go. The gale increased
in fury and it was found impossible to
keep the vessel from going ashore, unless by cut
ung away me masis, ine caoies couia De relieved
of the strain upon them; at the same~time prepa.
rations were made to throw overbooard some of
the thirty-two pounders attached to hawsers. The
masts were cat at 5, P. M., on the 17th, and at ten
o'clock the fury of the gale was reached, but the
vessel was enabled to ride it out, and' was towed i
into Fernandina on the morning of the 19th, by
the U. S. S. Potomskiy Gapt. Welch, ,
We are again under obligations to parser Mc- !
Manns of che Fulton, for a file of late papers from <
the North. )
AGoodThixo.?Tho Volunteer Engineers a!
Morris Island have a society among themselves by
which when a man is disabled some assistance, in
the way of material aid, is afforded him and if he
is killed or dies in the discharge of his duty his
' ""'1" if fKo?r nra in want a pa n?nVI:lnfl for. As
an instance of the value ot this society, it may be
mentioned that when Sergt. Clark, was killed the
other day, a sum of over two hundred dollars was
at once sent to his widow, to'help establish her in
some little business by which she can support her
three children. The society, we learn, is regularly
organized and managed by a committee of noncomrfftssioned
officers, under the general supervision
of Col. Serrell who takes a lively interest in
this benevolent and really soldierly institution, for
soldiers in arms should be brothers in affliction.
It is surprising how much is accumulated and
what good can be done with the savings of a society
which only cost the members a lew cents a
week. Not nearly as much as it would be spent
for a glass of beer, is all that any one Is asked to
contribute and yet hundreds of dollars are collected
and many a respectable family saved from
want. It would be a good plan for all the regiments
in this command to organize similar societies.
"Watch Presentation.?David McGregor,
Esq., Chief Blacksmith, was the recipient
Thursday evening of a splendid gold watch and
chain from the numerous employes in the establishment.
The presentation speech was made by
Mr. R. Lindsay, his able assistant, in a very happy
manner. He took a review of affairs from the
occupation of the place, two years since, till the
present time, and during the delivery was warmly
applauded. Mr. McGregor, who did not anticipate
the cause of the meeting, was taken somewhat by
surprise, yet replied in an equally felicitous manner.
On the back of the watch is the following
inscription:
'(Presented to David McGregor by the workmen
under his charge as a token of their esteem.
Hilton Head, S. C., Sept. 25, 1863."
On the reverse is an engraving of a mechanic
reclining against an anvil, with edifice in the back
gruuuu. xi was iiueuueu iu nave numerous invitations
issued for the occasion, but rumors came
that the steamer for tho North was about to sail,
in which the recipient was a passenger, and they
were obliged to make it aooner than was intended.
The total cost of the gift was $250. We congratulate
him on his present, as being well bestowed.
The Post.?The Sanitary condition of our Post
is excellent, and reflects eredit upon the gentlemen
in charge. The fears of a contagion are infinitely
less, and the cool, frosty nights that will.be soon
here, will keep away yellow jack. The latest reports
from Key "West, says theie is not a case of
yellow fever thus tar, which we may say is without
a parallel.
?We are considerably disappointed in not receiving
our letter from Morris Island. We have
delayed the publication of the paper beyond our
usual time in hopes to get some news froni that
quarter.
? The three soldiers from the 7th Conn, Regt.
must have had a severe time of it in escaping from
the Libby Prison, Richmond. Stopping at a farm
house to obtain refreshments, they fell in with a
rebel government detective, whom, above all
things they would have chosen to have avoided.
In lieu of having their wishes gratided, they were
questioned and cross-questioned by their host, who
in short, claimed them as deserters from the rebel
armv Thev w?r? not Inner in tab-inn. tn thai.
J ? - ??- W Ui^li iiCCiS
after this spw chapter in the history. of their mis*
fortunes had been opened. A vigorous pursuit
was made by several armed men, assisted by bloodhounds,
who were immediately put on their track.
Weary to exhaustion, they concealed themselves,
after a long race, in a slight furrow in the earth.
The dogs missed their scent near this spot, and
were called off by their masters and put on a new
track. Thus these daring fellows escaped, by perhaps
the luckiest chance in the worid, and soon
thereafter reached our lines, to relate their tale of
dangers, daring deeds and fortunate escapes, more
romantic than romance itself.
4
NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
We give the following additional particulars
from the Northern press of the 25th. It is conceded
that we have suffered a defeat, but not to that
extent which we at first apprehended.
CutcntxATi, September &4, 16C3.
Mr. Shanks has arrived here from the battle.ield
of Chickamauga, where lie witnessed the two days
fighting. lie says that the official reports of the
battle from Washington are in the main totally
false, and that really the Army of the Cumberland
Das met wun a aeieai wuicn niusi pui 11 011 mo
defensive for some time to come.
General Thomas's corps is really the only ono
which did any fighting. On the first day it defeated
Longstrect with horrible slaughter, driving
him in great confusion for over a mile beyond the
Chickamauga river. Longstrect, in a two hours'
tight, lost 1,000 men in killed, and ' double that m
wounded.
Mccook's and Crittenden's corps the same day
were both badly beaten, and the enemy broke the
center, driving Crittenden in every direction. The
defeat of this part of the line caused Thomas to
abandon his field, and fall back to protect his flank
and re-establish his line. At the same time the
enemy, not knowing what he had accomplished,
failed to pursue the advantage, and Generals Wood
and Xegley went in the center and re-established
that part of the line.
The day was ours, though the enemy held the
field. We had taken three pieces of artillery,
more than we had lost 0.1 the first day, when Gen.
Thomas bad deleated Lougstreet.
On the second day he saved the army of General
Rosecrans from annihilation. From 10 to 12
Sunday he fought the e: euiy and repulsed him in
three charges, when, finding the assault in vain
the enemy pushed forward on the right und center
and on the first charge broke Crittenden's and
McCook's lines, and routed their entire commands
driving them in a disgraceful manner into Kossville
and Chattanooga.
General 'lhomas ' with his corps still contested
the day. and was enabled by the timely reinforcement
of General Granger to hold a position until
nightfall covered his retreat to iiossville.
Mr. Shanks left the field at 7 P. Al., Sunday
night, and Chattanooga the noon ofAIondav
Rosecrans was falling back on Chattanooga where
bo was perfectly safe from all General Bragg could
do. His lines of communication were perfectly
secure, and he had plenty of ammunition and pro- \
visions in Chattanooga to stand a month's siege.
The result is virtually a defeat to us, as we have
lost tremendously in material, not less than fifty
pieces of artillery falling into the hands of theenemy,
though Bragg s army receipts fot twentv.
The rebel loss in killed and wounded w ill exceed
our own. In killed he has lost double our
number,
Rosecrans is in no danger, but at the time Air. .
Shanks left Ohattacooga the danger to Lurnside
was very imminent.
Washington, September 24.
A dispatch from General Kosccrans, dated at
his headquarters last night, says :
'?I cannot be dislodged from my present
position."
Another dispatch from one of General Rosecran's.
stad', written at 11:40 o'clock last night, Bays:
"No fighting to-day, the 23d.
Fortress Monroe, September 23, 1863.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 23d contains the
following:?
Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863.
After two days hard fighting we have driven the
enemy, after a desperate resistance, from several
positions , but he still confronts us.
The losses are heavy on both sides, especially
so in our officers. We have taken twenty pieces,
of artillery and two thousand five hundred prisoners.
BKAXTON BRAGG,
To General Cooper.
ltosecrans has been heavily reinforced by troops
from Grants army.
Fortress Monroe, September 23,1863.
The flag of truce steamer New York arrived at
six o'clock this evening from City Point.
The Richmond Whig of the 23d received re- ^
ports of three days' hard fighting in Northern.
(tanrsna.. with heavv loss on both sides. The rub
el loss is five thousand, including many valuable * fl
officers. Among the killed are Brigadier General MI
Preston Smith, of Tennessee; Brigadier General
Wofford, of Georgia; Brigadier General Waltham,
of Mississippi; Brigadier Generals Helm and
Deshler. Among the wounded are Brigadier
Generals Adams, Brown, Gregg, Bunn, Preston,.
Cleburne and Benning. Major General Hood, who
has since died.
Atlanta, Ga. September 22, 1863.
The fight still goes on. We have every confix
dence. The enemy will be driven from their
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