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JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
"PORT R07AL, SATURDAY, NOvf~21, 18637
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L. R. Bhooks, 39tli 111. Vols.
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Wm. Mason, 5'2d Pa. Vols.
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Regiments will please send in their orders the
early part of the week.
submission""at last.
There are probably but few persons, either
North or South, who have not argued the question
relative to the ultimate and final settlement
of the sanguinary struggle now going on. The
confidence of the rebels has been exceedingly
/ strong ; and their belligerous proclivities have
buoyed them to hope for successful independence.
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mands of their rulers despotic : the adhesion of
their population singularly unanimous .and obstinate.
Their armies have also fought well,
bravely, desperately ; and in an honorable and
justifiable contest would have earned the world's
applause. And now when the tide of battle rolls
against them, and their banners droop on every
battlefield, they yet assume to be unconquerable ;
persists that they can Uphold their Confederacy
and defiantly laugh at submission.
This is natural for a people arrogating a supe
rior civilization ; and who from their dominant
ruling over a slave population for more than a
century, consider themselves a master-race. But
this assumption of chivalry, and this iron rule of
authority and oppression over an object and inferior
class, does not place them above the condition
o^ other belligerents. They must abide by
the destiny of war. They have the alternative of
final victory or defeat. The Rebellion which they
inaugurated, and which has cruelly decimated
their population and devastated their fruitful fields
must terminate as all other rebellions have terminated.
They must accept the inexorable decision
of arms, and no matter how defiantly they talk,
must submit when success is hopeless.
The idea of subjugating the South?of holding
it as a conquered province, and of maintaining a
standing army within it3 territories is foreign to
the hopes and wishes of the Federal Government.
"We believe there will be no necessity for such a
course. Although insanity has run riot among
them, and mourning for the lost in battle has
estranged and aleniated them from the present
Government, yet final defeat will bring returning
reason and loyalty. History records no single
instance of combatants prolonging a struggle after
all reasonable chances of victory had passed.
And so must the diabolical Confederacy ruin nit
at last.
How long before the jubilant day of peace will
arrive, and the rebel and the loyal soldier shake
hands fraternally over the many hard-fought
battle-fields, is beyond our comprehension. We
will not express a confidence in immediate success,
just now. The military horizon looks bright, the
past season's victories have " shed an effulgence
over land and sea," and the great heart of the
North throbs strongly and exultantly. But the
Rebellion is not dead ; and although the great
army of Grant is menacing northern Georgia?
although Meade 1ms won a recent brilliant victory
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over Leo, ?nd tllbugh Gillmorl's besieging hosts
is boond for Charleston, yet v, e must remember
rhat the South has veteran and formidable urnues i
.n the field, and will unquestionably make extra-'
ordinary efforts to retrieve past misfortunes. But \
submission trill come <ct hist.
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Ambyal of Rebel DEsEBims \mn a Pbisoxeb.
?On Monday morning the Oth instant, a small,
boat from the rebel ram Savannah, arrived at Fort
Pulaski, in charge of four men belonging to the j
so-called Confederate Naw, who had deserted the 1
rebel cause and "come over," bringing with tliem |
the officer commanding the boat, whom they '
made a prisoner. The boat was sent from the
Ram in charge of Masters Mate Brockland to perform
picket ditty on the Savannah river, near the
obstructions below Fort Jackson. On arriving at
the proper station, the boat was anchored, and
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iirocKianci tooK on nis ueit ana pisioi unu uuu u
by his side. The crew, who had long been anxious
to escape from the rebel service, which was
disagreeable to them in even- point of view, embraced
the opportunity to obtain possession of the
officers fire-arms, while he was laying down and
amusing himself by singing the "Bonny Blue
Flag," and other favorite rebel airs. Before he
knew exactly what was up, one of the crew presented
his revolver to his head and confidently
asserted that " they were going to Fort Pulaski,
to give themselves up," and that they desired him
to accompany them. Resistance was useless and
the crew would listen to no remonstrances, so
Brockland very unwillingly found himself in the
hands of Lieut Fee, officer of the day, who took
charge of the party and placed them in safe quarters.
Brockland was intensely "socesh"in his
views and generally exceedingly impertinent.
But after some wholesome advice, which Lieut.
Vaa nnrn him hp hppRTnp T?orp reasonable and
quiet. The party are now in the custody of Provost
Marshal ^Jleu, who will t?Uie pood care of
them, until filial disposition is made of them.
The crew will doubtless be released and sent
North, and Brockland will be held for exchange.
They bring no news of importance.
Stirring Engagement in Charleston Harbor.?On
Sunday night last, the Monitor Lehigh, Commodore Bryson,
ran well up towards Fort Sumter, and anchored for
the niglit as a picket boat. Unfortunately the tailing
tide left her aground. At day-light her position was
discovered by the Rebels, who opened upon her from
nearly all their guns on Sullivan's Island, and some from
Fort Johnson, and battery Simpkins. The Lehigh gallantly
returned the fire from both her guns, efforts being made
on board the meanwhile to extricate the vessel from her
dangerous position, but witnou: success, j/uc iamug uue
every moment exposed more of her hull and the enemys*
lire seemed to be redoubled in intensity. Two other monitors,
the Nahant and the Passaic at once stood up to her
assistance and Joined in the fight. The engagement continued
until nearly high tide again, when she was towed off
by the Monitors, and brought out of range. During the
engagement, the officers and crew being on deck, laboring
to get out lines to haul her off, several of the crew were
wounded by pieces of exploding shells. Commander Bryson
was slightly cut in the face by a fragment of shell, and j
Lient. Hopkins, the executive officer of the ship, was badly
hurt in the calf of the leg,-by the same cause. It is feared
that it may be necessary to amputate his limb, if unfavorable
symptoms should manifest themselves. The vessel,
though frequently hit, was damaged but little.
Promotion'.?Upon the recommendation of the brigade J
Division and Department Commanders, Lt Guy V. Henry,
has been commissioned by Gov. Andrews as Colonel of the
40th Mass. Volunteers. Lt. Henry entered the service from
West Point in 1861, joining the 1st U. S. Artillery. He
served on the staff of Gen. Mansfield, till the first IxLttlo of
Bull Run. During that engagement he was on the staff of
Gen. McDowell. He jome<T~a battery in Virginia, after the
battle, and remained in the army of tne Potomac till Dec.
1861, when he was ordered to join his company at Fort
Taylor, Key West, Florida. He has been in this Depart- j
xnent commanding his battery since June 1862. He was at !
the battle of Pocotaligo, and in the siege of Wagner.
Sale of Lands.?Tlie restrictions placed upon
the sale of Lands by the Commanding General
having been removed, they will be sold as stated
in another column. We issued a large supplementary
edition last week containing the advertisement
Important from Charleston.
Correspondence of Thk Xw Soith.
MoEiiis Island, S. C., Nov. 10. 1863.
The most interesting item I csin send you to-day
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relates 10 uie fuiru uueiupi u>. siieu cui; tries wa :
which occurred on Tuesday, 17th inst. Our rifled
Parrotts in Fort Putnam, threw twenty-one shot
at the Palmetto City, nineteen of which, it is ascertained,
fell iciihin the most populous portions of
the <*itg. How much damage was inflicted, I cannot
tell, but it must have been very considerable.
The moot severe, continuous, and terrible fire
to which our new works on Cuinming's Point have
been subjected to yet, occurred on Sunday night
last. A new seven gun battery oil Sullivan's Island,
opened contemporaneously with the Confederate
works on James Island; and for several
hours the shells fell among us like a tempest of
destruction. The bellowing of the mortars, on
either side were terrific. The object of the night
firing was probably to re-inforce Sumter, or the
Itebs might have anticipated an assault on that
dilapidated citadel.
Nothing new in the fleet ; Admiral Dahlgren is
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ill CAUUiU'Ut iit(?icn, uuvi uivuvnicn <?
period of inactivity. The weather is delightful;
the sanitary condition of our forces excellent.
Tt*bax-Cain.
The Yacht ''Una."?The famous yacht Una, seventy
tone burthen, arrived at this port the 8th ult. She sailed
from Boston, touching at Newport, K. I., and from theme
she sailed to Fortress Monroe. Arriving at the latter port,
the passengers received every attention possible from (.'apt.
Ainrwortii, Master of Transportation, whose ac ts of courtesy
will long be remembered. The Una was built by the
celebrated ship-builder, Mr. George Steeils, for a Mr.
Waterbury. Subsequently she was purchased by the city
of Boston as a pleasure yacht, but finding that the " City
Fathers" paid more attention to yachting than to business,
she was disposed of to Mr. Leonard, who came down a* a
passenger. She was consigned to Messrs. Dunbar and
Franz.
The Name or a Fort Changed,?lite name of
the fort on the South side of the Potomac Hirer,
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ar present, Kiiuwn as xon ue nam, Has been
changed to Fort Strong, after Maj.-Gen. George
C. Strong, U. S. Volunteers, who died at New
York City, July 30, 18C3, of wounds received in
an assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor,
South Carolina.
Personal.?Brig.-Gen. J. T. Spragve, Adjutant
General of the State of New York, and Lieut Col.
E. W. Smith, of Gen. Gillmore's staff, were passengers
by the Fniton.
?Gen. Burxside has tendered his resignation,
and it has been accepted. It is rumored that
Gen. Foster will succeed him in the command of
the Army of East Tennessee.
The steamer Robebt E. Lee, captured by the
James Adger, was formerly named the Giraffe.
She is an iron steamer, of about eight hundred
tons, and was fitted out at Glasgow in 1802. She
had been plying between that port and Belfast,
and was considered one of the swiftest boats
afloat She has paddle wheels, and draws about
ten feet of water, and has been one of the most
successful of the blockade runners between Bermuda
and Wilmington. It is supposed she belonged
to the rebel government, as she has been
in command of rebel navy officers.
We copy from the "situation" in the HeraUl,
the following :
44 There is no important change in the Army of
the Potomac. ()ur troops occupy the old battle
field of Cedar Mountain. Immense trains of supplies
from Alexandria are going to the front. Th*
railroad is being pushed rapidly ahead, and will
be opened to the Itapidan by Monday night.
Yesterday afternoon the rebel guerillas attacked
the camps occupied by the workmen at Nokesville,
two and a half miles east of Catlett's Station,
burnt some of the shanties and carried oft'
the contents of the others. A force of our troops
were guarding a culvert not more than a quarter
of a mile distant at the time. The rebels ar*
strongly posted on the Itapidan."
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for X. Y. and English papers.
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