The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, October 24, 1863, Image 2
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THE NEW SOUTH.I
JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
PORT ROrAL, SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1863.
The New South can be obtained of the foUowing
persons:
J. C. Alexander, P. M.. Beaufort.
J. W. Allen*, P. M., St. Augustine, Fla.
W. C. Moiuull, P. M.
L. It. Bkooks, 39th 111. Vols.
E. D. Doolittlk, VoL Engineers.
W"m. Mason, 52d Pa. Vols.
Sergt. C. S. Gat, Co. M. 1st Mass. Cavalry.
Regiments will please send in their orders the
early part of the week.
Charleston News.?Capture or Two Union
Scouts in the Harbor.?A copy of the Charleston
Mercury, of the 13th inst, has come into our posession.
From it we learn that a couple of our
' scouts were captured in the harbor of Charleston,
near Fort Sumter, on the previous night. The
Mercury gives at some length the news derived
from these communicative "Yankees." It is
wonderfully rich and racy, Speaking of the
Greek fire with which G$n. Gellmore's shells are
charged, the editor gravely announces that "it
is a compound of ether and guano, and produces
a most nauseating and suffocating odor, besides
being inextinguishable."
"Jim Lank, of Kansas notoriety," says the
Mercury, "is at Hilton Head, in charge of a
l>rirrar!? of nrrrroee.'' J
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The arrival of Mr. Parbott, the inventor of the
gun of that name, with several of his workmen,
to erect heavy ordnance on Morris Island, is announced,
while the removal of Gen. Gilmobes
headquarters to Folly Island, is denied.
Of local news the most important item is a notice
from Mayor Macbeth, calling upon all the
free negroes in the city to appeal- at the city hall,
on the 14th, for impressment All slaves are
also conscripted. The penalty for declining to
send servants to work upon the fortifications is a
fine of two hundred dollars for each slave which
the owner negiects or refuses to furnish; and yet
it is announced that many slave-owners prefer to
pay the fine, in order that their hands may not
trat into TTnirtn UncSL
An explosion occurred on Monday near Ger.
Ripley's headquarters, on Southern wharf. A
pile of "Yankee fifteen-inch shells" was lying
near the door, when some "small and thoughtless
boys" ran a heated wire into one of them, and
the whole pile at once became "effective three
persons were killed.
A great revival of religion is going on in Fort
Sumter. The 11th South Carolina regiment constitutes
the garrison, and over two hundred of its
members are said to have joined the ehureh since
Je*t. Davis' last fast day.
With regard to affairs at Chattanooga, the
Mercury says that "matters are critical, and
wisdsin is needed."
(akcvalescent Camp at St. Auglstixe.?Upon
the recommendation of Surgeon Webtz, Medical
Director. Gen. Gillmoiie has ordered that here
after all oncers or soldiers to whom a change of'
climate may be necessary, "to save life or prevent j
permanent disability," shall be sent to St Angus- i
tine, Fla.. instead of to the North. Barracks suitable
for the accommodation of two hundred patients
are at once to be constructed, a portion to
l>e reserved for officers, and the balance for en-;
listed men. A Surgeon of Volunteers is to be j
placed in change of the patients, who will decide j
when tliey shall have been sufficiently restored to
enable tliem to return to duty.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PbESIDEXT.?THBEE
Huxdeed Thousand Yolunteees cabled fob.?
On the 17th inst, the President issued a proclamation
calling for three hundred thousand volunteers.
Another opportunity is now offered to the
people and the Governors of States to fill up the
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which by proper management may insure a speedy
termination of the war, securing at the same
time all the bounties, premiums and advance pay
from the enjoyment of which the conscripts were
excluded. Every State is allowed until the 5th
of January, 1864, to fill up its quota of the three
hundred thousand. If after that date there should i
be any deficiency, it must be supplied by draft. !
This procliimation, however, does not suspend
any orders at present existing or which may be
issued for the draft which is now in p ogress or
has not yet commenced in any State. The President
appeals strongly alike to the executives and
the citizens of the several loyal States to sustain ;
him in his attempt to reinforce the army at this
period, when so large a portion of the volunteer
forces in the field are about to retire from the
service. Those now to be enlisted are required
to serve for three years or the war, but not for
more than three years.
A Quartoi master rs Trouble?He Gets Out
of It.?lac many friends of Lieut. G. C. Bingham,
R. Q. M., of the 47th New York Volunteers,
were astonished to learn a few days since that
he was an inmate of of the guard-house at Stono
Inlet It appears that Bingham, who was detailed
to that point by the commanding General, was
relieved by Gen. Gordon and ordered to liis regiment
Afterward Gen. Girlmore ordered him
to remain where he was. Remaining, Gen. Gordon
put him "tn the gunTd-hcmJw; for not going
away as he had ordered, The result of the matter
is that a court of inquiry, called in behalf of
Lieut Bingham has found nothing against him,
and he is honorably restored to duty. We believe
it is not usual to put commissioned officers under
lock and key for adhering faithfully to the orders
of their commanding General, and in the above
case a good deal of feeling against the course of
Gen. Gordon has been manifested.
The Bakery.?We paid a visit to the Post Bakery
a few days since, and can bear testimony to
the decided improvement that has taken place
within the past year. A new bunk-room, messroom,
and kneadihg-room have been added to the
main structure. In the end of the bunk room is
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an oince ior me occommoaauon 01 inc jrost xreas-;
urer, and liis sergeant, who lias charge of the j
working department The mess-room is adniira- ;
bly fitted up with every convenience necessary [
for that department, and the improvements reflect j
considerable credit on Lt Fked. A. Wilcoxsox, i
Post Treasurer, under whose charge the additions
were made. Sergt Stevens has charge of the
Bakery, and the delivery of the rations.
The Vote of the Ohio Soldiers.?On the 14th
the Ohio soldiers in this Department cast their
vote. The result, as might have been predicted, i
was an overwhelming majority for Mr. BRorGH,
the Union candidate for Governor. The copperhead,
Vallaxdioham, received the ballot of a
corporal's guard in one or two regiments ; in two
others he didn't get a single vote. The returns
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State itself, are all of the same complexion.
Sanitaby Commission.?The Sanitary Commission
have $35,000 of stores on board the Arago i
and over $15,000 worth were left in New York for 1
want of room on board. Verily, the Sanitary ]
Commission is doing a most glorious humane work
for the Department of the South. Dr. Mabsh :
returned on the A^rjo.
Personal.?Brigadiei General Wild, of the.
colored Brigade, has been relieved l'rom duty in
this department and ordered to proceed to North
Carolina. He sailed on Tlirrsday in tlic^ steamer
Guide,
?Brigadier General A. H. Terey, Colonel
Hawley, Lieut. Col. E. W. Smith, and Captain
Terby, were passengers by the Fulton on her last
frir? tn New York.
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?Captain H. E. Lord, C. S., has been assigned
to duty at the office of the chief Commissary of
the Department, on Folly Island.
?A late steamer from the North brought hither
Mr. Ingaels, leader of the Post Band, and several
musicians as reinforcements. The band is now
on duty at the headquarters of General Gilmore,
and is daily improving in its execution.
?We are pleased to note the return to this Department
of Mr. W. T. Crane, the special artist
of Frank Leslie. His illustrations of the seige
of Forts Sumter and Wagner, have been characterized
as the most correct and lifelike drawings
that have been made in South Carolina, and have
given him a world-wide reputation. Besides he
is one of'the best of fellows, always shedding
mirth and gladness wherever he goes.
?The following gentlemen comprise the
" Newspaperial Corps " at present 84 on duty " in
the Department of the South : Messrs. N. G,
Shepherd and Geoeoe Boweeyem, of the New
York Tribune; Messrs. Oscae G. Sawteb and
Galex H. Osborne, New York Herald; Mr. "Whittemore,
New Y'ork limes; Mr. W. T. Crane,
artist for Frank Leslie. '
?Among the arrivals yesterday by the Arago
we notice Eng.-Gen. Stevenson ; Col. Barton, of
the 48th New Y'ork ; Col. Rodman, of the 7th
Connecticut; Major Brooks, of Gen. Gillmore's
staff, and many others. Cols. Barton and Rodman
are yet scarcely recovered from their wounds ;
the latter has not even dispensed with his crutches.
Ralph Trembl?. Esq.. who has been seriously ill
in New York, was also a passenger.
?Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, an officer of
the Staff of the King of Wurtemburg, traveling
in this country, is at present the guest of Major
General Gulmore. The Count, who has seen nine
at.. a * tt jl 1
years experience in ine arunery ana envjury service
abroad, appears here in the garb of a plain
civilian. He seems .to be particularly pleased
with the appearance of the army of South
Carolina.
?Lt Bbodie, of the Signal Corps, has been
confined to his quarters about a week with that
aggravating complaint, the Rheumatism. We
hope to see him about in a few days.
?The Headquarters of the Medical Department
Kas been transferred to Folly Island.
?Surgeon Chaven, Medical Director, left on
the Fulton hist Sunday, for a brief visit to his
family.
The Payment of the Army.?With the exception
of the forces at St Augustine, for which last
(we understand,) a Paymaster will be dispatched
by the next steamer, nil the troops in the Department,
and indeed the whole Southern Pay District?extending
to the Tortngas, including Key
West?have been paid up for the last muster.
About three-fourths of this Army hftTe been paid
during the present month. < ?
Some of the regiments last paid may consider
this a slow payment, but when they reflect that
on the 1st of September, and during nearly all
that month the Chief Paymaster had but ticv officers?Majors
Wood and Babbitt?to assist him,
and then think of the large number of Allotment
Rolls brought down by the Northern reinforcement,
for which a vast quantity of Checks have
to be drawn, and which occupies more time than
the making up of the Pay roll itself! they will
believe with us, that the payment all discouragements
considered, was made as rapidly as possible.
We understand that the Chief Paymaster hew
made requisition for, and sent Major Woon to
bring out the funds for the next payment.