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Vol. 2, No. 8." PORT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 6,1863, - Price Five Cents.? THE NEW SOUTH. Published every Saturday Morning by JOS. H. SEAES, Editor and Proprietor. Price : Five Cents Per Copy. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union S.qnare. My Sword-Song. Day in, (lay out, through the long campaign, I march In my place in the rants; And whether it shine, or whether it rain, My pood sword cheerily clanks. It clanks and clangs in a lordly way, Like the ring of an armed heel; And tliis is the song which, day by day. It sings with its lips of stcoL " O, friend from whom, an hundred times, I have felt the steadfast grip ^ Of the all rc-nouncing love, that climbs The heights of fellowship? Are you tired with treading the weary miles? Arc you hunt with your blooding limbs? TV% rnn tnmnnr WV Oyp ftm nVlrn nmile.a. And the sound of the olden hymns ? " lias your heart grown weak since the radlent hour, _ - "? " When yon leaped; with a single bound, Frojn your dreaming case to the sovereign power. Of a living soul world-crowned ? Behold! th? aloes of sacrifioo Are b tier lau any wine; Afid the bloody sweat of a cause like this, Is an agony divine. Under the wail of the trampled world, A-moaning for its dead sons; OvAr the bellowing thunders hurled From the throats of wrathful guns; Abovo the roar of tho plunging liue, Tliat rocks witli tho fury of Holl? Runs the Absolute Voice?O, Earth of mine, re patient, for all Is well." Tims rings my sword to my soul; and I? Albeit the way is long, And black clouds thicken athwart the skyStill keep my spirit strong. For whether I live, or whether I lie. On tho red field ghastly and stark, Beyond the carnage I shall dosery God shining across tho dark. Ex-Orpeult, 8ft'i III Vol Siege Operations Against Fort Wagner. H'Ua l?Avf Wominr AA^oidmnnrr flm 1I1U y?X X WIV vx'M.nuvtiu^ wav character of the ground over which Ihe approaches were made, marshy ou one si.lo and subject to l>c overflowed by high tides; the narrow front for the development of the parallels and zigzags; and tho heavy tire to which tho besiegers were subjected without being able to reply to it by counter batteries, forms a memorablo epoch in the engineer's art, and pros cuts a lesson fruitful in results. Morris Island, tho site of Forts Wagner and Gregg, is but a narrow ridgo of sand, formed by successive accumulations from the beach, running along tho entranco to Charleston Harbor. This ridge slopes from the shore inwards, terminating in the salt-water marshes intersected by narrow nrl,;*!, lirt fj? tllA WCst of it. TllO W*idtll Of tho portion disposals for the trenches in no point exceeds 225 yards, whilst in others it narrows to '25 yards at high tide. Tho plan of attack, it is now known, proposed by General Gjllmors, was: To effect a lodgement on tho south sido of Morris Island, which it was known that tho enemy was then strongly fortifying. 2d. To besiego and reduce Fort Wagner, by whieh all tho works on Cummings Point would necessarily fall. 3d. From the positions thus gained, to reduce Fort Sumter. 4th. The vessels of war to remove th* obstructions at * the entrance of tho harbor and i?ach the city by running by the works on Sullivan's Island. The first point was effected by the diversion made on tho Stono, which drew toff half the enemy's forces from Morris Island, ?ud rendered its capture by surprise comparatively Woodless. This was done July 10th. It is known that two assaults '.n Fort "Wagner were unsuccessful, though the triops making it ] were on tho brink of effecting thefr object Those failures led to a modification of'<*Jeneval Gillmoke's plan, which was to effect tye reduction or d2moiitiou or .t'ort SQmtcr, from waion au annoyin? fiio was kept np on his trenches ov&r Fort Wagner, before advancing on th&iitter work, tho I fire of which he expected to keep down from destructive effects by his mortar batteries and tho iron-clads of the Navy. Having effected this important object, the approaches and other works against Fort Wagner were more easily pushed forward. Armed with seventeen heavy guns, well flanked, with a wet ditch, a bomb-proof for its garrisofl that resisted the heaviest shells, approachable only in front over tho narrow sand ridge which narrows down to 25 yards in width just in front of tho work, guarded on the east by the sea and on tho west by Vincent's Creek and the marsh from surprise, seen in reverse by Battery Gregg and thirty guns on Sullivan's Island, in flank by the batteries on James'Island; whilst ail tho ground in advanco of it is swept at ono point or another by all its guns, a inoro (liilicult problem fins seldom, u ever, been presented for tho solatia of '.L: engineer than it3 reduction ; certainly nono in modern time3. In spite of these obstacles ; in spite of tho shifting sand under him, over which the tide swept more than once during his advances ; in spjto of the succor and relief of the garrison from Charleston, with which their communications'were free, General Gxllmoke addressed himself to his task with that preparedness for every eventuality and that tenacity which are characteristic traits of his character. Tho first parallel and the batteries in it wcro ready on July 18th, and tho fire was opened at 1,350 yards several hours prior to tho assault on that day. The second parallel wa3 opened by the flying sap on the '23d July at 750 yards from the 1 1a 4-1*/% rvmnoinol rlofonclvn linn \ri\Q IIMUT, WiW lliiliiu luu uvivaumiv 44lav, well secured from sorties, and contained the broaching batteries afterwards used against Sumter. The third parallel, at 150 yards, was made by the flying sap also, on August 9th, and beyond this point tho trenches were sometimes pushed forward by the flying sap, sometimes by tho full sap, as opportunity demanded. The fourth parallel, at about 300 yards, was made on the 22d and 22d August. The fifth parallel, at 200 yards, on a ridgo wrosted from the enemy, August 2Gth. Beyond this point tho approaches were simply zigzags, making very acute angles with each other, as there was not front enough for a parallel. In this emergency new means and redoubled oSorts were cjilled for, and General Girlmore was equal to it He moved to the Wront all his light mortars, enlarged the positions for his sharpshooters, obtained the cooperation of the Ironsides l>y day, usod powerful calcium lights to blind the enemy by night, opened fire with as many heavy guns "to his rear as he conld without danger to his men in tin* trenches, thus essaying to keep tho garrison confiuod to their bomb-proof, and to broach this through a breach in tho work. Theso measures wero inaugurated on the morning of September 5th, and for forty-two hours one who was present writes : " Tho spectacle was magnificently grand, even sublime." Tho Fort was ** ' rni? ??wava in fKoirluMTlll. 81101)1. Xlit} 1 l^uii nuv luiuiuiuiu wvu proof, and the work went on in safety except from tho batteries on J tunes' Island. Tlio men moved abont in the trenches, even sat on their parapets, and hunted torpedoes, at which they had become as skillful as rat-catchers at scenting out rat-holos. , Tho connterscarp of the work was crowned on tho night of September Cth, and some formidable ob. stractions in tho ditch removed. JA.11 being now ; ready for an assault, tho ordor fcjr it was givon ; but seeing tho hopelessness of their position, tho enemy evacuated just in time to avoid the result This ia a triumph of American military science and skill of which the nation may well be proud, and General Gillhoke, in the reduction of Fort Pulaski, the demolition of Sumter, and tho capture of Wagner, has fairly earned the title of PoUorcrtts.?Army <t* Navy Journal m 1 T>?1%^. tVrvtm I r CrtnAfOOIVJ Tn iVfciUJLilJ V AJiU Jl' ZiUXiitAiJ ?JUV/Wi?7^o* AM a loading articlo on the Amorican Campaign the London Army and Navy Gazette s*ys : "It is rmo of fho chrrr j-teftatliia ofihr. war in America that the Confederates win nearly all the battles, and the Federals all the substantial sue-* cesser Take tho eampaign'in the Southwost ; Bidhey Johnston, and Beauregard won half battle at Shiloh, but the next day they were forced to relinquish the samo ground, and a few weeks afterwards Beauregard had to evacuate Coriuth. Bragg, outmarching Bnell, penetrated into Kentucky, but being outmarched and headed, ho had to fight at Pcrryville. He claimed tho victory, and what were tho fruits? Tho evacuation of Kentucky by the Confederates. Bragg reappoarcd at Murfreesboro. Roseerans assailed him there, and beat him by mere obstinacy. Tho Confederates claimed a victory because they captured guns, but Bragg, victorious, fell back behind the Duck river, liosecrans advanced this summer, and by adroit manoeuvring turned first one flank and then the other of the strongest positions. Bragg took up and fortified for months Tullahoma and Chat tanooga. When Rosecrans was across tlio Tennessee, Bragg, reinforced from the four winds? 'rem Lee and 'oiinrion?turns and fights, end and wins a rough-and-tumble fight in the Georgian Highlands. He catches Rosecrans shifting his fine army from his right hand to his left, and inflicts a deep wound upon this army, and hurls it back towards the Tennessee. Four days pass away, and Rosecrans is not dislodged from Chattanooga, the real bone of contention. Bragg had made a supreme effort Tho telegrams supplied to the Richmond papers furnish ample proof that some of tho best men and even the best generals from Lee's army?even fcongstreet, Hood Hill? wero with him. He had won two combats, yet four days elapsed andjie had dono nothing. So far as appears he might havo moved upon Bridgeport and compelled Rosecrans to cross tho river and hasten to place himself between Bragg and Nashville. He might havo so placed his army as to cut off Burnside, or compel him to cross tho Tennessee and hasten back to Kentucky. He 1 ' 1 1 - " - 1 ? -? XT?Th a ofohn trot flftve ITICd IlilUlIlL'I UilllK'* JL iiu Dionv ?n?n immense and would have justified risk, for if tbo Federals receive reinforcements they will hold Chattanooga forever. But up to the 25th of September Bragg seems to have done nothing at a?'. Was it that lie was hit hard himself, or that Lu hesitated between the projects submitted to him, or that he was waiting the effect of some cavalry demonstration in the rear of the Federal army ? Whatever the cause, it is clear that there was inactivity in the Confederate camp, when success and tho interests of the Confederacy required vigor. Lo the Poor. Rehee.?"When wo talk of tho liirrh nrices ofcverv article of common consump tion in the northern states, we of conrso speak comparatively. But in order to understand what high prices really arc, let us place tho rates wo are paying alongside of those paid by our " south era brethren" : Corn meal scarce at ton dollars per bushel; pork goes for two dollars and twenty cents per pound ; brown sugar for two dollars and eighty cents, and New Orleans molasses for fifteon dollars a gallon ; coffee sells for from soven to nine dollars per pound, butter for four dollars, and salt for sixty cents. ?Confederate money having become practical1 ?? MfttwAlAoo Qrvnft* Pomlinn ofncmmi I V WUl lillU^, U liaaiClt'DO ^JVUUi viuvmii* proposes to dispense with money altogether. Thi3 plan is very simple, and seems to bo abont the only alternative left to the Confederacy, if it means to exist much longer. IIo would have the Confederate government take possession of all tho provisions and supplies in tho South, keep what it wants fo5 its armies, and distribute the balance among tlnf people. I