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THE IEW#S'0 IT T H. y * ^ V(|', 1 NO.10. WHOLE Sft 00. Ml ROYAL, S, C., SATOAY, NOVEMBER I i, 1803. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ft THE NEW SOUTH. I ? i Published every Saturday Morning by ; JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. Price: Five Cents Per Copy. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion. Terms: invariably cash. OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square. 1 Finish Thy Work. riuUh thy worlc, the time is short; The snn is in the west; The night is coming down?till then Think not of rest Yes finish all thy work, then rest; Till then, rest never ; The rest prepared for thee by God Is rest for ever, Finish thy work, then wipe thy brow, Ungird thee from thy toil; Take breath, and from each weary limb oflf fllft onil duanv uii ??v Finish thy work, then sit thee down On some celestial hill. And of its strength reviving air Take thou thy filL Finish thy work, then go in peace : life's battle fought and won ; Hear from the throne the Master's voice, Well done, well done! " * >, Finish thy work, then take thy harp, Give praise to God above ; King a new song of mighty joy And endless love. Give thanks to Him who held thee up In til thy path below, Who made thee faithful unto death, And crowns thee now. % Ktmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmmm?mmmmmammmm?mammmmmm???? ?wm [From Our Special Correspondent]. LETTER FROM NEW ENGLAND. Bostox, Mass., November 3il, 1803. The enterprising editor and proprietor of The j Xf.w South, in view of the large New England representation in the army of the Department of the South, has made arrangements for a letter from this section each week, which it will be my effort to make interesting. With the limited space which The New South affords, I shall not attempt even a synopsis of all the news, but will endeavor to give in a compact form an outline of the most stirring events here, and such gossip as I think will entertain New England soldiers. New England soldiers! God bless them! They are honored everywhere with well deserved praise. All eyes are now directed towards the Department < 'i- - t) l-u 1 1^1. vrw 1 01 tilti ouutu, iiiiu luun iui ?nt* uwtm u\ each mail as anxiously as we look for our private letters. The state election is going on to-(lay, more quietly than ever before within my recollection. There is no contest against the present State adt ministration anywhere. All the State officers will l>e re-elected by largely increased majorities, and the Senate, House, and Council will be overw helmingly Republican. Governor Andrew will have a majority of votes in Boston, this year, where tu'olrn rvnfKc orrrk lift iroa fiffftnn lmmlrftil linliitifl i v iaav/AAVUU UqV HV uuuuiuu vv.miiUi This is a necessary result of the Copperhead tendencies of some leading Democrats, who could not be content with their own political ruin, but must sink their party with tlieni. The new City Hall of Ih ston is to be one of the ! finest public buildings in New England- It is now up to its third story, but work on the exteri- j or will soon be suspended for the winter. It will take some fifteen months * ft to complete it, and in the meantime the different city offices will! continue to be located in Niles Block and Chauncey street I suppose there are few Bostonians in the Department of the South who have not heard of Mrs. , Sarah Lane, better knounus "Geneve "Webster." under which name she cP.s for many years the proprietress of a notorious house in Sudbury street. She was for seventeen or eighteen years the mistress of a Jim Doyle, a prominent sporting man, by whom she has two children. A year or two since Doyle becamp a victim to the charms of one Anna Goodenoug\ who has already ruined the domestic peace of many happy families, and i Geneve having, by this time, like some of the females whom Cicero informs us were among Catiline's associates, lost the possession of those charms which procured her a livelihood, she was rudely cast aside. Geneve vowed revenge, and has since several times assailed her rival in the streets, and a few days sinco Miss Anna complained of her in Court. She was ordered to give bonds to keep the pc.'-c#, appealed, and tho case will be further investigated in the Superior Criminal Court. On next Friday there is to be an execution at Lenox, of a negro who is guilty of a most heinous crime. In my next letter I shall give some ac count of the hanging. "While a batch of nearly three hundred New Hampshire conscripts were being escorted through here last week, James Burns, a substitute, attempted to escape when the procession had reached that classic locality, the corner of Blackstone and North street. A member of the oth N. H., in the guard, shot him through the back of the head, so it is doubtful if he will live. Had he been a conscript he might have got a little sympathy, but as it is he gets none?the general verdict is, "served him right"'One or two other copperhead conscripts and substitutes from New Hampshire have been snot by somiers wno nave shed their blood for their country and cannot stand copperheadism in any form. The copperhead insurrection at Jackson, N. H., has been summarily squelched. As soon as^i corporal's guard of invalid soldiers appeared in town the rioters became as peaceable as kittens. You need have no fear of any more copperhead rioters here ?there are hardly enough for a minority in any Northern State. There are now about three thousand people employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and about eighteen hundred in the Kittery (Me.) yard. Business is very lively in all the Government and private yards on the whole Northern coast The "Worcester Railroad have just fitted up two elegant hospital cars to run between New York and here for the benefit of wounded and invalid soldiers. They are fitted up in elegant style, and' with every comfort for the sick and wounded heroes who may occupy them. Befcre I close I must give you one gratifying Boston item. This city has long been infected with a gang of panel thieves, three of the most notorious of whom are Ezra Waitt, Charles Sylvester and the wife of the latter, Nellie Sylvester. i The latter recently inveigled a Mr. Nathaniel Bowen, a respectable citizen of East Boston, into her honse, and then sent Waitt, acting in the assumed capacity of a lawyer, to accuse him of the crime of adultery and attempt the extortion of $200 hush money from him. The East Bostonian was too smart, and Waitt and Mrs. Sylvester are now languishing in jail awaiting trial on a charge of attempting to extort money. Governor Spraguo of Rhode Island, who has the "spondulics" andean afford 6neh an expenditure, has recently bought the celebrated trotting mare " California Damsel," as a present for *his betrothed, Miss Kate Chase. The following are condensed New England items:? The whole number of drafted men in the Portland District was 5,688. 30 went, 50G furnished substitutes, 148 paid commutation, 442 have not reported, and the rest were exempted. There are 9000 deficit in Maine on the last call for troops. Ten buildings at North Anson village, Me., were recently destroyed by fire, including eight stores. $lo,000 worth of wool belonging to Mr. Churchill was consumed.? Only 29 conscripts and substitutes out of 579 drafted in Lowell havo gone to the war. John Goodwin of Sudbury, t Mass., the last Massachusetts revolutionary pensioner, is dead. There were but 12 surviving I ones in the loyal States in March last. Hon. Moses Wingate, of Haverhill, is 94 years old, and i is hearty and well.* Rev. Charles Beecher of 11 11 -T h X 1 Georgetown, late ormouox, uus cume out unitarian, but the Society refuse to dismiss him. Violet Brook, Arostook county, Me., has sent 16 to the war, nearly all the able-bodied men. There are 133,000 guns in the Springfield armory, and 2800 men are employed there. The Colonels of the Third, Seventh and Fifth X. IL ReI giments are at home on furloughs. OBSERVER. Donald M'Kay to Build an Iron-Clad.?Donald McKay, the famous shipbuilder, has received a contract from the Navy Department to build an iron-clad vessel of war, and we understand he has commenced operations already. She is to be I called the Xahaiit. She will be two hundred and ; twenty-five feet long, forty feet wide and nine feet depth of hold The armament of two heavy gun% will be stationed in the turret. The hull of the vessel is divided so that in fact there are two distinct hulls, but fastened together so as to leave on opening of two feet between each hulL This space is used as a water tank, which, in action, will be filled with water, and add doubly to secure the vessel against torpedoes and infernal machines. The armor will be in plates four inches in thickness placed against a backing four feet thick. The wooden deck is to be fifteen , inches thick, over which is put an armor two . inches in thickness. She will bo tastefully fitted up inside for the officers and men. The vessel it jto be furnished with two engines which work two propellers. Her speed is calculated at about [ nine knots.?Herald 31st. Mason and the Weed.?A private letter from | Paris thus refers to the "plantation manners" of j the distinguished representative of Virginian gentlemen in Franco: " The rebels Morehead and Mason are daily to be seen at the new grand Hotel. A few minutes ago I saw the latter there, rolling his quid, as a ; New England boy chews spruce gum, and expec: torating all about him in the court of the hotel as j no well bred gentlemen would. i ' V ???Bji?