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The Sale of Forfeited Lands.
The new instructions, under which the direct tax
Conynissionei s are to attempt the regeneration of
South Carolina, are in substance as follows:
The sales to be made by the Commissioners are
of such lands as were bought in by them for the
United States in February and March last, amount,
ing to some 60,000 acres. Certain of these lands
were seieciea .ior navai ana muuar) puryvovo ,:
others have been designated and set apart for 1
charitable purposes; others again for educational
purposes.
All the rest of the lands so purchased are to be
sold after GO day's notice, according to the provisions
of the act. The lands selected for naval and
military purposes are ordered to be surveyed, accurate
drafts of the surveys to be made, and one
copy to be deposited with the Secretary of thd
Treatury. Those designated for school purposes
are also to be surveyed, and a plat of the satnc
made, definitely describing them, and a copy filed.
These lands are to be let by the Commissioners
for terms not exceeding five years, and the rents
and issues are to be received by them and appropriated
to the education of colored youth, and of
such poor white persons as may apply for the benefit
of the provision. The lands preserved for
charitable purposes arc to be divided into lots of
twenty acres each, and certificates to be issued to
the heads of families of colored citizens, those to
be preferred who, from their meritorious services
and industrious habits, may constitute good moral
examples to persons of their class.
The colored citizens to whom certificates are issued
are to be renuired to oav for the same a sum
not loss than one dollar and a quarter per acre, the
amount to be determined upon b> the Commissioners
according to the value of the respective lots.
The residue of the lands will be -sold for farms to
be divided into tracts of not more than 320 acres
each. A part of the tracts purchased in by the
Commissioners lying adjacent to the harbor below
Beaufort on St. Helena Island where a suitable site
for a city exists is to be divided into "city lots.
The town of Beaufort is to be sold according to
the pr.sent divisions of the town property. These
sales are to be made for cash, except to persons in
the naval or military service, who are to receive
certificates upon paying a quarter of the purchase
money, and the residue in three years from the
dates of sale. The minimum price of the farms is
fixed at $1.25 per acre, exclusive of the farm buildings
which are to be appraised by the commissioners
at their cash value.
If, on being exposed to sale, any farm shall not
be bid for at one-third its appraised value, it shall
not be sold, but shall be exposed a second time,
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be advertised a third time, and sold for what it j
will bring. The Commissioners are required to j
keep books in which to enter all their proceedings,
descriptions of land sold, price of each tract sold,
and date and terms of sale, which books arc to be
deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury.? \
Free South.
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The Bursted Blakeiy Gun.
We have already announced the bursting at i
Charleston, on last Saturday morning, of one of!
the mammoth English guns. At the time of writ- i
ing no particulars of the affair had reached us; but:
tr? m all we know of such ordnance, we think it!
likely that the catastrophe was brought about by i
an attempt to make a long shot?a shot that should
astonish the Yankees and throw the performance !
of their heaviest pieces into the shade.
These guns were never designed for this sort of |
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practice, uuu cannot sitiuu u. i ttey are tasinuiieu j
?nd designed for direct shots at short rarue, when
the weight of their projectiles will crush irresista- '
bly through earth, stone or iron. The turret of a :
Monitor would be caved in by one plumb shot as
completely as a tall silk hat would be crushed by a
blow ol'ihe fist "of a strong man. But the barrel of!
The gun must be horizontal or the muzzle depress- j
cd. F.vetnn a horizontal position the inertia ol j
the bolt and the friction to be overcomo cause as !
much >train on the sides of t ie gun ai any attaina- j
ble thickness of metal can withstand.
But tlyj muzzle being elevated, say fifteen degrees,
which is necessary when a greater range is
m to be attained, the immense weight of the belt from
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already great strain upon the sides, and the burst- i
i:ig of the piece is a matter of course. This fact!
is well known in England, and among our scientific j
naval men.
. It will be recollected that the Yankees burst i
their o JO-pound Parrott gun at the first shot, with
the muzzle up^ while throwing shell from the cen- j
tre of Morris Island into Charleston, a distance of j
about five mjjes. In the cutire absence of knowl-;
edge of the facts, it will be borne in mind thai we ;
merely suggest the elevation of the muzzle as the |
cause of the bursting?we assert nothing. It is
possible that the gun or tin; powder way have j
been fcid.
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"While speaking of this gun it may be interesiing
to our readers to know som<.thing of the powder
used in firing it. The grains vary in size from the
bigness of a damson seed to that of a peach stone,
and look like irregular fragments ot unburnished
ebony. 1 here is nothing about them to indicate
the quality of the substance.
Wo ora infnrmoH he tllA ?PlPntifie thftt tlllS DOW
der is made on the principle of what is known
among boys as a "spit devil," that is, it is so mixed
as not to explode all at once like the fine grain
powder, the inertia of the bolt being so great that
an instantaneous explosion of the whole charge
would burstilie gdn, but the ignition of the powder
being gradual at first, the ball is started without
any great strain on the rifles of the piece, and
(it is contended by the friends of the great gun) is
always successfully launched on its mission of de.
struction.
Gen. Beauregapd cannot hereafter he rifhked
among the fldrocates of monstercannon, at least of
this uation, as we learn upon the best anthority
that he has telegraphed the authorities that they
need not send hiui any more^them.?Rich. Whig.
Rebbl Disappointment.?It is useless tq close
our eyes to the fact that considerable disaffection
prevails among the people of the Confederacy inhabiting
the banks of the Mississippi. It was confidently
expected that after the fall of Vicksburg
the enemy's navigation of the river would have
been held in "check by movable bat:eries and by
parties of sharp-shooters. But instead of thete
exhibitions of riparian patriotism and adventure,
we loam that commercial transports ot the enemy
which a single sboro battery might destroy, ride
wholly unharmed in the waters of the Mississippi,
or float in idle security along its banks. Again it
was expected, since the country had taken a solemn
resolution to bum the cotton on the approach of
the enemy, that the fall of Vicksburg and the pen.
etration of the enemy into the Ked Biver region
would be the signals for the planters to fire their
cotton and testify their devotion to the suggestions
of patriotism and the commands of the Government.
But instead of these patriotic illuminations, we
dfee the Memphis markets packed with cotton ; we
hear the boast of the Yankees that with the Southem
staple they are effecting their European exchanges
and sustaining theii currency; and we are
constantly regaled with the news iti Northern
prints of Yankee plantations established on the
banks of the Mississippi by Massachusetts shoemakers,
who propose to re-tpeople these regions of
tne South with half-breed bastards.
This disaffection in a portion of the Confederacy
is at once painful and serious. But we must avoid
mistaking the timidity or selfishness of certain
classes for what is much more serious?political
estrangement. There is no such estrangement in
the country of the Mississippi: there is nothing
whatever political in the disposition the planters
evinced toward the enemy; it is nothing more than
the exhibition which all revolutions make of the
cowardice and selfishness of property. As such it
is shameful enough; but it is some consolation to
know that it does not infect the whole system of
society, or penetrate to the heart of the masses. .
In this war property has been a stumbling-block^
For the few instances where it has been dented to
the country there are hundreds where it ^5s ]ieen
lukewarm or selfish; where it haaqipffenly traded
with dishonor. We owe one confession to truth in
this war. There may have been sopaeiliminution of
spirit in the South since the comrtmn^nent of this
struggle; but it has been on the plfct ofcihose pretentions
classes of the wealthy, whoki peinfewere at
once the most zealous Secessionists^ and rho best
customers of the Yankees, and who, now
naturally the sneaks and tools of the enemy.
This description may suit some numbers of the
peo, le of Mississippi. It will fit those vociferous
patriots who screamed for Secessiou before the
war, and, at the same time, benght in New York
markets, and cherished an ambition of shining in
Northern hotels, and stunning society of Yankee
watering-places. It is not strange that snch men
have found congenial occupation in tho war in
planting in copartnership with the enemy, or in
smuggling cotton into h a lines.?Rebel Paper.
Drafted jien jvntuled to pountv.?it is not;
generally known that drafted men are entitled to j
and receive precisely the same bounty as volun-1
teers. Section 11 of the act approved March 3,,
18o3," for enrolling and calling out the national j
f jrces and for other purposes," provides that all
d'-afted mo i, ? when called into service, shall be ;
placed oa the same footing, in all respects, as ;
volunteers for three years or during the war, inclu- i
! dirfg advance pay and bounty, as now provided by j
law." This provision was doubtless inserted on ;
the idea that all our soldiers, whether drafted men
; or original volunteers, must be considered as volj
unteers from the very nature of our government, J
: the draft itself having been the voluntary act of j
j the representatives of all classes of the American j
1 voting population in Congress assembled. 1
The Ecnorsor FoetSumeer.?Gen. Gillmore a
success in battering do\\*n with his 200-pounder
Parrott guns the walls of Fort humter, seems to
have produced more excitement and discussion in
Europe than any event of the war. Such feats of
artillery practice amaze and confound them, and
have already given them more of resj>ect for us
than any otberof our achievements. The London
drmy and Nary Gazette says that the Americans
have constructed aud put to service at Charleston,
cannon of calibres which to the English are known
only as of theoretical and probable attainment.
'Before such projectiles as these guns carr,*, the
breaching of masonry, whether ol brick or stone,
is but a question of short time." "Llad such guns
been available in the trenches before Sebastopol,
the Allies would have made short work, not only
ot the liedan and MalakofT, and bastion du mat,
but of the shipping and of the forts on the other
side of the harbor." it is undeniable, continues
Mr. Russell, ''that the establishment of a few of
;iaj. -Gpn. Gillmore's batteries before t-'ebastopol,
on the 17lh of October, 1854, instead of the tremendous
armau ett of which Lord Granville
boasted, would have knocked the place into a
cocked hat' in twenty-lour house." Even that
terrible shiptlie K'arrtor w ould not be tufe against
the new American artillery, they are beginning to
suspect; lor the same authority says: ? Unquestionably
the Admiralty would be rather nervous
abdtit the result of tiring a 450-pom.d shot agaiust
the side of the Warrior, at the distance ot 200
yards, notwithstanding the experiments," Ac. The
question then arises, liavc the English, any such
guns? And they arc forced to a loud negative.
"In face of these facts, we are obliged to record
that our scientific officers are of opinion that the
best English gun for breaching purposes is the old
G8-pounder!" It is a laiuentalle confession, but
it seems to have an excellent effect upon the soul;
for the Army and #uvy Gazetie deduces the following
remarkable bit o! philosophy from the
startling facts which have been revealed to it: ,4Do
not let us pooh-hooh the Americans. If we aie
wis?, it is the last thing we ought to do." Yes,
yes.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
IK A C. FEATHE K,Military
and Naval Photographic Gallery,
19 1-2 Sutler's Kov, Port Koyal, 8. C.
Aug. 12, tf.
DP.. W. M. WALCH, OlHce No. 13, Sutler'* ltow. A lull
supply of Drugs, Chemicals and Patent Medicines.
August 29, lSG3.-tf
IJU1E GEN. M'CLELLAN HKADQUAETEKS.?
No. 3, East Houston St, (one door East of Eroadway) N. Y.
(Above tue St Nicholas Hotel.)
Headquarters in Aew York, of tiic Ojfrmt ?J Hilton 11 fd.
Ale, Vftnes, Brandies, Whisky and Segais, ?1 the choicest
character. The current army intelligence, \c. Near ail
the places of public amusements, and the most popular
place m the city ot military resort,
COL.' JAS. L. EKAZEB, (late 41th Kogt.)
Aug. 22-tf Manager.
Notice.
BOBBINS, No. 14, in the Row, has.hist received from tho
North a fresh and complete b; oj!. of Goods of evrty
description, consisting in part of DRY GOODS, both very
ffine, lair aud common.
GROCERIES, comprising everything desirable and necessary
in this Depntmeut, selected with great care and
jodgm? nt by Mr. E. FiSIler.
SHOES?The best assortment? try every other place first
and-then come here trnd be httid. SHIRTS?see the price ,
elsewhere?then conm bete and buy them lower?and so
on down through the catalogue.
Sept. 12- BOBBINS.
TUST RECEIVED AT THE NEW STORE, UNION
t| Square, next to the Tost Office a large lot of Atatiouuiy,
Books, &c., in part as follows :
Fine letter paper of various qualities, .
Fine note paper of various qualities,
riiiu uuici ui n?i wvi?4u?iiin:n,
Envelopes, white, bntf, cream, straw, fancy, oricutal,
patriotic, &cM Ac.
Iuk, black, rc?l, carmine, &c,
lVns, steel and gold in great variety,
Blank books, in g; at variety,
Wafers, sealing wax, law seals, &e-,
Mucilage, court plaster, lemon acid, Ac.,
Penknives, pocket books, purses,
Portfolios, bill books, etc.
pencils, crayons, etc., of various colors
pipes, briarwood, china, gutta percha,
Lava, boxwood matchsal'es, tob: ccoboxes, bags, kc.,
Novels, song-books, hand books of various kinds an 1
most ofthe late publications of the ilay.
Maps of Oha rlcstou harbor and vicinity, and of Savannah
r.v.-r
ALSO, a fine lot of Military books of late issues? the
best selection ever brought here.
LATE PAPERS on. arrival of mails. The New Soc i h
published by \^s every Saturday morning.
TidQPDDT TT or* a Tin
VVdUi U. XX. OLAAO.
UNITED ATATEa.VKMY AND NAVY NIGHT COMPASSes.
Patented May 6th, 18G2. The advantages of these .
Compasses over all others in use are, that they can be read t
distinctly at night, without the aid of an artificial light.
For reconaoit^ring the position of the enemy, night-,
movements, &c., where a light dare not be used without,
running the greatest danger, they are invaluable. *
Used oy Major Generals MeClellan, Hooker, Burnside,
Hunter, Pope; Major Meyers, Chief of Signal Department,,
and othora. Every Officer Aid Soldier should have one.
Pm - fS, $3, $2 50, #2, and ?1 25.
If or sal* by
JOSEFIT n. SEATS,