The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, January 02, 1864, Image 1
THE NEW^krU T H.
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THE NEW SOUTH.
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[From " l\Umrtto l'ic'.urct."]
When " Ililton Head " was cleft from Pinckncy's Isle,
Making the severed "Head" a skull to style,
The stream that severed it thereby baoame
"Skull Creek," and still to-day retains the nameAcross
which and above yon rocky shoal?
You see it where the billows whiter roll?
Once stood a stately mansion, wreathed around
With laurel oak, magnolia, blossom-crowned
Orange, palmetto, cedar, " sailing pine,"
Afar reflected in the conscious brine,
While rose cud lily and a thousand blooms v
Of rare and tropic birth distill*.;! perfumes, sjr
Anil fairer Btill this fair-girt home within, ^
Teeming with every delight to win w
To ease and art?rare pictures, books and more, 'v
Tlic ease and art?rare pictures, books and more, n
The secrets of the laboratory's store, ^
Where Alchemy cjydd chase the wizard themes *
Of her alembic alcanor dreani3?
Lo ! here a lu-ro of our Nation's first
Great Revolution vividly rehearsed
Kuch tlirilling tales as one alone could tell
Who had himself his stories shared so well?
A war for Freedom?reckless all the while
About him reeked a bondage twice as vile!
Tno? t?i<?ht?September?when an awful gale,
Such as is wont these regions to assail,
With hiss and crash, and wild tornado-rush
Of God's breath, gorged with a sca-druukau gusli
Of sky, blind-staggoiiag midst shrieking spoom.
Whelms garden, grove, and mansion i:i a doom
Of deluge, swallowing the very ground
Beneath them?nothing in the morning found
Of all that ravishment of luxury
But a wild revelry of mockiug'sca.
Proud Southron, thus was all thy glory vain
Only to dignify a prophets strain?
Shall man vaunt liberty to wield the rod,
tl.n nnil the Holll of f)n:l?
JjUKjlUcluiuy
Behold he answers, wild tornados strew
Tlie sea with wrecks?" His whirlwiw.lt cntwtr Xo!"
But reckless even yet behold a blast
Of wilder wrath over the wretch l:as past.
And one daj' as I rode, what should I find
But this old fathor and his son stone blind.
Tattered and lean, and with a broken will
Too weak for labor grinding at the milL
" Who loves tliee?" "No one," answering forlorn.
"I'm good for nothing but to grind the corn."
Charles Coto3wortli Binchney, Heaven be thy Judge,
Those thine own victims bore to thee no grudge,
Yet thou hast robbed them, mocking liberty?
From Abraham'* Ixtsom now they pity thee!
From the Arm* of the Potomac?T.te Aicn
not Falling Back,?lnfornidtiou received from
A Prtt/mifin .it YVjmbitvxhvn. tr> Doe.
Uie iliuij VI fcUW A 0 J - ~
22nd, says there are no indications of a retrogad^
movement toward Washington, as has been reported.
Nor is i tr believed that the enemy in tlioii
present condition arc able to gi\e us much annoyance.
Their cavalry, diminished considerably or
our front, arc not equal to the task of making an)
formidable raid on our base of supplies, owing tc
the impoverished condition of their horses.
The insufficiency of shoes and blankets, if the
statement s of deserters ?an bo relied upon, render
it equally improbable that Lee's infantry can b(
called from their strong position and comfortable
shelters to undertake a campaign during the rigor
of Winter.
Tho probable number of re-cnlistmcnts into the
Veteran Corps from the Army of the Potomac L<
! estimated at 10,000. The delay in indicating tlie
precise date of the thirty days furlough has caused
; many to reconsider their first intentions. The
desire to visit their homes during the holidays has
proved more powerful than the liberal bounties
i offered. for re-enlisting. Five and perhaps six
, companies of the 93d New-York Regiment have
1 re-enlisted, and are expected to start homeward
1 on Wednesday. This regiment has for a long
j time filled the responsible post of headquarters
and provost guard. During this service they have
* 1 1 1 1 ?nnfliAvitiflO of Wdfill.
! seized aTKiuinieiiuver iu u.iiiivimw .... ........
! ington over 20.000 prisoners. The regiment is
i temporarily commanded by Lieut. Col. Butler.
The Oneida Cavalry, Capt Matft, an independent
company attached to the Quartermaster's Department,
ore also re-enlisting, autt *ill probably
be sent home to recruit.
The 1st Maryland Cavalry, Major Tliistleton
commanding, are also making rapid movements
in the same direction.
The charges against Major-Gen. Humphreys,
chief of Major-Gen. Meade's staff, cause considerable
comment among his brother officers; but, so
far as can be ascertained from an extensive intercourse
with the army, these charges are almost
unanimously denounced as merely the emanations
of a revengeful spirit, caused by a just punishment
of a violation of military rules. The charges arc
so foreign to what is known of Gen. Humphreys
by his associates of many years standing, that
they arc unanimous in recommending him to tike
no steps in regard to them. As the continuation
of Gen. Humphrey's appointment, made since the
charges were uttered, is now pending in the Senate,
the inference generally is thai they have been
i renroduced to obtain his rejection.
Ilnndreds'of sutlers to-day, under the new order,
have crowded the Provost-Marshal-General's
office to obtain permits and transportation for the
j much-needed supplies. The order gives universal
satisfaction.
Fortress Monroe, Dee. 18, 1803.
To Major Ecnt.nr, Assistant Superintendent of
United States Marine Transportation :
Jnst arrived from Beaufort in the Spudding.
It was reported there that the United States
I gunboat Daylight had been blown up by the rebels.
Another gunboat had chased a blockade runner
: ashore, and the Daylight went in to lake posses!
sion of her, when a rebel battery, concealed on the
I shore, threw a shell into the Daylight's magazine,
I completely destroying her, and killing most of her
. officers and crew.
i There is no positive confirmation of this affair,
bat it is believed by cue navai oincers ai i>eauioru
L. F. Sheldon,
Captain antl Assistant Superintendent.
Perort or the Secretary of tiie Treasury.?
J The report of Secretary Chase is the longest but
i the most important of the documents that have
: been exhibited by the Departments. The receipts
j and expenditures of the past year have already
been stated in the President's Message. We add
the estimates for the year ending June 1st, 18G4.
; The total amount of actual and estimated expeu/ibmv.c
w >:74!h7:11.9(10.12. and tlic total estimated
receipts from all sources $755,508,500.35; of
whicli there have already been expended SI 70,110.
1)32.TO, leaving $57J,-157,507.80 to be provided for.
The estimated receipts from the ordinary sources
j during tht; thive-ouarters of the year ending
' j September 30,1803, 8115,300,000.00, which leaves
l ; 8101,107,577.80 to be provided for by'loans. 'Ihc
; estimated total public debt July, 1801, is $1,GS0,;
j 003,000, which is less than the former estimates
of the Secretary, flic estimated debt July 4,
1805, if the war continues, is ?2,231,000,000.
- j The receipts from the internal revenue collections
t, are less than was estimated, being only tliirtv'
seven millions of dollars, while the estimates
. 1 niffUKv.fir.-> millions. The Secretary is op
! posed to the issue of any more treasury notes
s 1 and wishes to rely on loans and taxation. The
;! report is a creditable exhibit, and establishes ilr.
; Chase's claim to be considered as one of the
; greatest financer in the world.
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?The navy of Denmark mounts 7G8 guns, and
> that of Prussia 3!)0. The corps of officers shows
j! a numerical superiority in favor of Denmark.
Jeff's Latest.?For.mEss Monbo e, Friday, Dec.
11.?The message of Jeiferson Davis to the Conf.xlnv.i
frv P.->r?mv>?io n*>i<! cent in fill the 7til. He IS
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very despondent over the losses of the strongholds
ofVicksburg, Port Hudson, and ra.iny other points.
He says there has been no improvement in our
' relations with foreign countries since his message
last January. Ou the contrary there is greater
divergence in the conduct of European nations,
assuming a character positively unfriendly. IIo
| adds:
The marked partiality of Qrcat Britain in favor
, of our enemies is strongly evinced in their deciI
ions regarding the blockade, as Well as in their
, marked difference of conduct on the subject of tho 4
purchase of supplies by the two belligerents. Tiiis
difference luts been conspicuous since the commencement
of the war. He continues: The public
finances demand the strictest and most earnest
attention.
A prompt and efficient remedy for the present
condition of the currency is necessary to a successful
performance of the operations of government.
He recommends taxation instead of a further sale
Of bonds or issues of treasury notes, adding that
the holders of currency now outstanding can
only be protected by substituting for it some other
security. 'Die currency must be promptly reduced
to prevent the present inflated prices reaching
rates more extraordinary."
He calls upon the people to' come to the rescue
of their country. He recommends putting an end
to the substitute business affd a modification of
the exemption law, so that the armies in the field
may be largely increased as rapidly as possible.
lie regre'.s the suspension of the exchange cf
prisoners, and that communication with the t^uisMississippi
region is so obstructed. IIo concludes
as follows: " The enemy refuse proposals for the
only peace possible between us. The only hopo
for peace now is in a vigorous resistance."
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A rr.IYi.TE HOTEL AT THE J50UTH. ? Me uuservu
! the following going the rounds of the rebel press:
Mike has made several important discoveries in
his recent raid through the Southwest. Hi says
he has just found out what a 4 private hotel' is
He lias found several of them in his travels, and
they are certainly very peculiar institutions. Ho
says their bells and gongs make as much clatter
as if there was somethiug on the table to call the
public to, but when one gets there he sees nothing
but empty plates. Presently the waiters will
be seen dispensing different articles of provender
?Pretty generally to the military gentlequm with
the stars and bars on their collars, and when you
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* asx lllCin lO glVU JUll BUUC < '! UIIIU >iuu? tuuv
fellers' got,' the waiter will look at you ns a faro
dealer does when lie 'takes down your pile,' looks
as if he had 'chawed' you, and innocently says:
"That's private, sir!"
Then you look around to sec what else might
suit your taste, and you sec another chap with
eggs. You think, "Well, eggs are common
enough, dear knows."
" Well, give me some eggs, then."
"Pern's private, too sir. I)c gcinmnn fotch cm
here, and we cook cm for him."
"Give mo some potatoes, then ; I suppose
they're not private," I said loud enough to attract
all the eyes around the table.
"Yes, masso, dem's private, too; but I can <
I mi'o vnn cftiiio mm bread, an lu re's some salt, an
here's some com bread."
"Give me some of that butter, you black
rascal," I said, aggravated, as indeed it should
make anybody feel who was paying eight dollars
a day for board.
" Well, massa, 'dare massa, (hit's private, too !*
Here's seme salt!"
Spying another nigger, I motioned him to me,
thinking I would slip a bribe into his fingers, and
possibly get some of the private dishes, lie came
reluctantly, and as I extended my hand with a
promise in it, he stooped and said in a low tone:
"l'se a private servant, massa."
'lliis capped the climax, and I determined to
finish my meal of corn-dodger and salt, and tak j
the next train for a change.
; ?The loss of human life at Getty sbc.g was
greater tha 1 that at Wat :1 ?o. / *