TIIE NEW SOUTH.
JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
PORT ROYAL, SATURDAY, NOV. 7, 1863.
The New South can be obtained of the following
persons:
J. C. Aeexaxdeb, P. M., Beaufort
J. W. At.t.f.n, P. M., St. Augustme, Fla.
. _ w. u. .morrill, r. iu.
R. Brooks, 39th HI. Vols.
E. D. Doolittle, Vol. Engineers.
Wm. Masox, 52d Pa. Vols.
Scrgt. C. S. Gay, Co. M. 1st Mass. Cavalry.
Regiments will please send in their orders the
early part of the week.
News From the North.
The Massachusetts arrived at this port, Thurs- 1
day A. M., with dates to the 31st ult We give ;
some important news from the Southwest.
Chattanooga, Oct 28,18C3. ,
Lookout Mountain was yesterday taken by our j
forces, the enemy falling back without resistance, j
Our troops occupy the south side of the river <
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from Bridgeport to unaruuioogu, uuu iuc n?w <
and railroad are unobstructed. ]
Washington, Oct 30, 1803.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning Major Gen- }
eral Thomas telegraphed to the War Department j
as follows :? ^
" Gen. Hooker was attacked at twelve o'clock ]
midnight, and a severe fight ensued, which continued
for two hours, with lighter work until four i
o'clock A. M. j
General Hooker reports at half pas# seven A. j
M., the conduct of our troops to be splendid.
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They repulsed every attaca maao on mem, nuu j
drove the enemy from every position they i
assailed."
The Star has information that on the 27th inst.,
by a very brilliant movement, planned and exe- f
cuted under the direction of Gen. Smith, Chief of
Engineers in the Department of the Cumberland, A
two wagon roads and the use of the river as lines <
of supplies were acquired by the forces at Chat- t
tanooga, thus relieving the command of Major
General Thomas of its chief embarrassment
General Smith's operations at the mouth of the ?
Lookout Yalley are spoken of as a great success, ?
and their brilliancy cannot be exaggerated.
Washington, October 30?P. M.
tn what lias alreadv been I ^
iiuvum^ WIU1MVUW4 .v ? v
telegraphed has been received at the headquarters
of the army up to noon to day concerning
Hooker's victory,
The fight took place at Brown's Ferry, on the
Tennessee river, near Chattanooga, and the result
is considered of the highest importance, as it removes
the rebel obstructions to steamlx>at navigation
to that point, and secures other advantages
in opening up the way for army supplies.
Nashvillx, Tenn., October 29, 18C3.
Lookout Mountain was taken on the 28th by our
troops under General Hooker, with the Eleventh
corps and a portion of the Twelfth, and Palmer's
division of the Fourth corps. There was no
serious opposition.
The river is now open to Chattanooga, and the
Army of the Cumberland is relieved from any
danger threatened by interrupted communications.
General Palmer has been promoted to the command
of the Fourteenth corps, over Rousseau,
Ti.pvnnlds and Sheridan.
General Rousseau is very ill. c
General Mitchell has been relieved from the \
cavalry command, and ordered to report here, and j
is now in this city. c
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?The following named enlisted men of the 3d i
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, having passed a f
proper examination, have been transferred to the *
Signal Corps of the United States Army, and are \
required to report to the commanding officer of t
the Signal Detachment on Morris Island :?Cor- a
poral Albert Weaver, Co. I; Henry W. Mason, *
Co. K; Walter C. Wigfall; Co. H ; Henry R *
H'
Personal.?Major S. W. Hicks, of the 7Cth
Penn. Vols., returned in the Fulton, last Saturday.
He has been North sometime to recruit his health,
after severe labors at the front
?Major Stevens, 1st Mass. Cavalry, also
returned in the same ves^ l.
?Lt-CoL Chas. R. BrAyton, of the][14th Regt.,
Rhode Island H. A. (colcted), has been promoted
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3d R. I. H. A.;
Captain Richard Shaw, of the 3d R. L H. A., to
be Lieut.-Col. in the 14th R. I. H. A. (colored).
The Washington correspondent of the Herald
thus speaks of the grounds taken by the President
on the Franco-Mexican Question :
It has been determined by President Lincoln
not to take any official notice of the French invasion
of Mexico until our own domestic difficulties
shall have been adjusted. The representative of
one of the most prosperous and progressive of
the Spanish-American republics, who had been
instructed by his government to protest in the
most strenuous manner against the schemes of
Louis Napoleon on this continent, has very lately
1 1 *- a ? t a? 4b a
nau an interview wiui umwiu vu i
subject, but utterly failed in convincing that functionary
of the expedi^jey of immediate action in
the premises. In vain did the Minister point out
the danger of possible complications which might
be engendered by delay Tin vain did|he represent the
pause of human liberty as likely to be jeopardized
by even a temporary substitution of a new system
of policy in Mexico for that which is most acceptable
and congenial to this people. The President
maintained throughout that the United States
government had a duty to perform in putting
lown this rebellion wliich was paramount to all
ither issues until the integrity of the Union shall
tiave been firnily*and permanently re-established.
It was in view of this settled policy that Senor
Romero, the new Mexican Minister, was prevailed
ipon to strike out everything having reference to
;he French occupancy'of a portion of Mexico in
lis address to the President on the occasion of
lis presentation. It was intimated to him that
my allusion to the present condition of things in
VIexico would necessitate a reply which might be
rabject to misconstruction, and prove greatly embarrassing
to the government of the United States,
ftence the unwilling reticence of Senor Romero
n regard to the problem he is most anxious to
lave solved.
French and American Ibon-Clads.?During
he recent trial trip all of the French iron-clads
vere more or less damaged, and all but two prov;d
to be failures. "We have done much better
han that with our Monitors, and next week we
ihall launch our famous Dictator, which will knock
ill the European iron-clads into old iron if it ever
'noaces them in battle.
0"0 ?
Modern Amazons.?It is stated that the rebel
voinen in Mobile have dressed themselves in solliers
clothes and paraded around the fortifications
n order to make a show of strength. It is also
itated in the London Times that one of the Mexcan
deputies asserted that the presence of the
>eautiful wife of Maximilian in Mexico would be
vorth an army of forty thousand men. These
acts show how useful women may be in time of
var.
Important Invention.?Messrs. Henry S. Barlard
and Saml. G. Beachman; citizens of Waterof
liovn /inn'onil a ma/ln nf
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or iron vessels, wliich, it is thought by naval exjerts,
will effect an entire revolution in the maino
construction of the civilized world. The
rreat superiority of iron over wood for ships has
>een fully appreciated by all maritime nations.
But, thus far, no perfect mode had been discovered
by which the fouling of iron bottoms, and
heir rapid corrosion and consequent destruction,
:ould be obviated, although the inventive genius
>f both Europe and America had seemingly exlausted
itself upon the subject. By the simple
ret very ingenious device of these inventors the
loppe/is attached to the iron surface in sheets,
is upon w ooden vessels, and with almost the same
neehanioal raniditv. while a nerfect insulation
rom contact is secured, and thus all galvanin acion
arrested. The discovery has elicited the
gravest interest among all our scientific savans,
md at the Navy Department The Naval Scienific
Board have had it under careful examination,
jad express themselves highly gratified with its
easibility and perfection, and recommends its
adaptation by the Government. Thus has Amercan
genius again triumphed in the realm of
avention.
Consecration of the Gettysburg Battle-Field
and Cemetery.?The Harrisburg (Pa.) correspondent
of Forney's Press thus speaks of the
dedication of the new cemetery at Gettysburg :?
44 Some correspondence has been received by
tbn iuit.hnrit.ies with reference to the consecration
of the Gettysburg battle-field and cemetery, which
has been postponed from the 22(1, to Thursday,
the 19th of November, by whi^-h time all the dead
braves will be, probably, reinterred. Edwam>
Everett will deliver, probably, his finest oration,
and an elegiac hymn, by Longfellow, will be
sung by a combined force of the %iusical societies,
with accompaniment of brass bands, from several
States. All the Governors of the loyal Union will
be present, with large representations of the
Union Leagues, Masonic, mechanic, mercantile,
municipal, legishitive, and other bodies, and
gatherings of distinguished meir from every part
of the land. The Marshal of the District of Co
lumbia will Lave charge of the civic procession,
and the military and naval parade, composed of
all arms of the service, will be under command of
Major-General George Cadwarader. The Bishops
Potter of New York and Pennsylvania, and
I hope the patriotic Roman Catholic Bishops,
Wood of Philadelphia, and Ptrcell and ^Iosecraxr
of Ohio, will be present. The cemetery
contains seven acres, instead of nine, as has been
reported, and includes the most remarkable part
of the battle ground south of Gettysburg.
" How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
When spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
By forms unseen their dirge is sung ;
By fairy hands their knell is rung ;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To deck the shrine that wrans their ( lav.
Ami Freedom Khali a while repair.
To dwell a weeping hermit there."
?The rebel privateer fleet?consisting rf the
Alabama, Georgia and Tuscaloosa?were cruising
off and around the Cape of Good Hope, at last
accounts.
?Captain Semmes, of the Alabama, had sold
his prize, the Sea Bride.
?The United States steamer VanderbiH was repairing
in Simon's Bay. Semmes, of the Alabama,
acknowledged that he was afraid of the VanderbiH,
by stating that he would try to avoid an engagement
witn her, and if she blockaded his vessel in
Simon's Bay that he would use all means to elude
her, as he did the San Jacinto at Martinique. . Tha
Vanderbitt is, he said, so "very much faster"
than the Alalxima, that if once engaged with the
former he could not get away from her.
The Pursuit of Lee.?The Washington Star
of Thursday evening says information received at
the capital on that day leads to the conclusion that
Meade's advance was at that time some miles beyond
Culpepper Court House. The Star gives
the following reason for the advance of Gen. Lee.
" One purpose of his raid was doubtless so to
destroy the railroad or if possible to prevent an
advance on Richmond by that line this season.
As thorough as his work of destruction was done,
he has thus effected little or nothing to that end,
owing to the efficiency of Col. McCallum's means
of repairing such damage. We do not look for
another serious stand of Lee's army upon the
Rapidan, as his late movements have developed
the fact that ho does not feel able to cope with
our army in a pucnea oauie.
The Southern Press on the Ravage.?
Though the Richmond papers assume a very lofty
tone, and pretend that they are not at all dissapointed
at the seisure of the ranis by the British
government, they cannot conceal their chagrin.
The Dispatch lias the bad temper to say that Mr.
Adams '4 has dictated the policy of the British
government," and that the seziure is the result of
Yankee threats. Hard on the British lion, that.
The Examiner soothes its readers, and lets them
down easily; tells them that they had overrated
the valuo of the rams; that, if they could cross
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tJLit; otri*, iaivj tvmu nv/i; mill tliU JUMIUUIS,
and conies to tlic excellent conclusion that the
confederacy does not want them anyhow. Yet
that journal also shows its temper, and says that
the nuns were seized because Russell is an abolitionist
From Palmerston, however, they have
expected better treatment. He cannot possibly
be an abolitionist, because he is so old. If any
one wants to know when a man oeases to be an
abolitionist by the necessary limitation of age, we
will tell them, in the words'of the Examiner, that
it is when he is no longer "swayed by any wishywashy
humanitarian notions.?Herald, 31st.