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r mmU " 4 fli K iN E W SOUTH. JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. POUT EOYAL, SATURDAY, JAN. 0, 1SS1. The New South can be obtained of the follow ing persons: J. C. Alexander, P. M., Beanfort. J. "W. Allen, P. M., St. Augustine, Fix W. C. Morrill, P. M. L. R. Brooks, 39tli 11L Vols. E. D. Poolittle. Vol. Engineers. Wm. Mason*, 52d Pa. Vols. Sergt. C. S. Gat, Co. 1). Ind. Batt. Mass. Cav. Regiments will please send in their orders the early part of the week. Execution of a Deserter at Beaufort. On "Wednesday last, the Gth inst., Joseph Stroeel, of Co. I, 53th Penn. Vols., was shot for desertion, at Beaufort, S. C. All the military on duty at the post were ordered out to witness the execution; also all the prisoners in the jail, among whom are others charged with the same crime. The regiments were each drawn up in double lines, and the sentenced man, the other prisoners and the guards, marched between. Sxsobel rode in a buggy under charge of Lieut. Sautp, Assistant Provost Marshal, and accompanied by the Rev. S. L. H.vep.is, Post Chaplain, at whose request the execution had been postponed by General Gillmoke for 24 hours, and who read and knelt in prayer with the unfortu nate man in his last moments this side of eternity. On the way to the place of execution the prisoner bowed and smiled on recognizing his acquaintances, and told the Chaplain that he should not feel better if he were going to a ball. At the place of execution he marched with a firm step to his coffin, and standing beside it, the troops drawn up on three side3 of him, and he, the cynosure of all eyes, read in a loud, firm voice, an address in the German language, acknowledging his guilt and declaring his repentance; stating that ha was not a tmei or a muruerer ; laai, nunougu he haft not lived a man, he should die like a x man ; that he had not been a christian, but he trusted he should reach heaven, where he hoped to meet all his comrades, and his wife, for the latter of whom alone, he felt sorry. An English translation of this address he handed to the Chaplain, who read it aloud. On parting with the Chaplain and the Marshal, Captain Metcjllf, he shook hands with them, and then drawing off his over-coat and deliberately stepping forward, his eves unbandaged, he faced the file detailed to ahoot him. He requested the men not to fire at his head, and when the command "leady " was * il ? ? ? 1% A si <kv> /l /tm A/1 ( V* / *! *1 1 given, lie Hire w ma utiuu ouu vnvu iiulu vju . held on! shoot me good! " to those pointing apparantly at his face?the gnns involuntarily fell for an instant, then rose again, and Jo3Ern Steobel lay a bleeding, lifeless corpse pierced by i six balls, beside the black coffin destined to contain his body. Pity that a man so brave should suffer a fate so ignominious! Strobzl was born at Solfingen, a town in Wirtemberg, Germany, and came to this country six or eight years since. He claims to have been in '"* ? Q*K V V f*r\rv? f\ tne service 1U uie oi? -i. x., uvu ..UiVU, .... .. sergeant, be deserted, as be confesses, and having . been caught, was reduced to tbe ranks. He entered the 55tb Pennsvlvania as a substitute. He * is twenty-one years of age and has been married eight months. He was a tall, fine looking, sol- i Uierly man. TTliile in the jail under sentence one of the guards offered him an opportunity of escape, few* he refused to avail himself of it, and the nert \ morning told the jailer what had taken place. In deserting this last time he left liis post while on guard, and paid a negro S5 to land him and a | comrade on the main, hut the negro, instead of' taking them there, took them to St. Helena Island, j where they were aceidentlv discovered by a colored ! man a few days after. The late papers brought by the Fallon are excessively barren of anything in the way of war ; news. Our army in Virginia seems to be ' mud- ; i bound " at last accounts. There appears to be considerable difficulty raised concerning the exchange of prisoners since | General Butleb was appointed in General VIeee nun's place. The Rebate refuse positively to ; hold any communication with him, upon the alleged 'ground that President Davis has outlaw ed him by proclamation a year ago. The flag of; : truce boat, however, brought Ave hundred I'nion j prisoners from City Point, the 20th, in exchange { for a like number of rebel prisoners released by General Butler. Nothing of consequence is transf iring in the , Army of the Potomac. The old story is telegraphed, 44that all is quiet aloug the lines." Several officers and soldiers of the Rebel array have com# into the Union lines at Xewberu, North I ! Carolina, and ttken the nevr oath of allegiance, and accepted the pardon offered by Mr. Lincoln's recent proclamation. 'They report that a number of others are about to flo the same thing. Large numbers of blockade runners are raid to be enter- j ing Wilmington harbor. No less than twenty- j i iiirctf cure 1U|A;IICU vj iu m safely in one night. For The ,Vrw South. U. s. STEAM GUNBOAT HURON, Dobot Sound, Ga., January 3il, 1R61. Tear Mb. Editop. :?It never rains but it pours. . We have just captured the British ship Silvamis. j after repeatedly shelling and riddling her with ear e vie Yen inafci pivot. Sh? wwa rus rsIkt* ivnd jsunk in one fathom water and low tide leaves her nearly dry and may be repaired. She is about 100 tons burden and is loaded with salt, spirits of *11 Vi'n/le Ar.f* Sim \rie trvinrr lr> vnv 5r> ail iXiKUO, VVAUU^V) '-**v <* j o iV AW4 j and suddenly changed her mhid upon seeing us I and tried to run out. Her papers made her out to ' be from Nassau, N. P., and bound ostensibly to ; Bermudas. Her Captain owns up that she is a i Blockade runner. I write in great haste as the j i mail is just leaving. Very truly yours, * C. S. Orn correspondent at Beaufort states in a subsequent letter that the number <?f visitors at the j celebration by the colored people numbered thousands. A large quantity of officers military and , naval were present, besides those already men- i tioned; also quite a number of ladies, teachers and , others, whoso presence would honor and adorn any assemblage. * m - .i ??? Fatal Accident.?John Ross, a deck hand on the steamer FitUon had both legs broken below | the knee by the parting of a hawser, attached to a ! steam-tug. lie was carefully conveyed to the I General Hospital, and died from the effects of his wounds "Wednesday morning last. He leaves i a large family in New York,?for whom a liberal' subscription -was made by the officers and crew. Foreign News.?A despatch from Cape Race, dated January unci, im>4, says me snip jAvmg .\<ie, j from Akyab for London, had been captured by the | rebel privateer Tuscaloosa, and was' released on j giving bonds. The London Times had insinuated that the Archduke Maximilian will not accept the Mexican : crown, and that Napoleon will have to cast about , for some one else. The troubles in India were assuming alarming \ i proportions. The British troops had lost heavily, j * - n J _ _ n _ a> LI. \ itussia conmiDca 10 sena on consiuerauie nuiaj'bers of Polish prisoners to Siberia, i A revolutionary manifesto had been placarded j in the principal towns of Hungary. Kossuth was at the head of the movement. , King and Hcenan had appeared before the magistrates for breaking the peace, and both were bound over to appear at the Quarter Sessions. / fr? *T-? \?or inr *^wnj. Jexkin's Island, Decemblb *2!>rn, l&.'lO. Mb. Editob?You: "Soldier's Taper'' comes very acceptable to us, and it is truly refreshing to the weary craftsmen on the union temple. As far as this goes in the good work cf cheerio" us poor soldiers, it docs its work well. "Yet there lacketh yet one thing," which tho poor4?oldier needs very much ; i. e. Spiritual food, in the shape of instruction, and the Association oj the Christian Itinislcr. I speak from a personal knowledge of the spiritual condition of the soldiers of this regiment, 17(')th T. Y.I The/ arc starviwjfor xcant of spiritual V ' v ? food. Many are anxious to hear the word of life (not politics) but cannot, for it is very seldom that a " chaplain' is seen " araon^ the officers here," and such a person never is known to associate with the privates. And for the want of the society of the "minister," accompanied with proper encouragement, and instruction (for*the dispensing of which the chaplain is well paid;) many a soldier is yet tra veling in the broad road to death. And many " clfdren of our Heavenly King" go mourning from day to-du? all for the want of brotherly fellowslop of the "Man of God." Now these things ought not so to be. If the cliaplain would be sure of heaven, let him 4' square his life" by the bible, and do his work according to the designs laid down on the divide trestleboard ; then he will be ready, squared and numbered, for the master-builder's use; and in due time will be placed in that temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. O that soldiers could have the "spiritual food" prepared for theia by "The All-Seeing," and for the dispensing of which, certain " men'^re largely pdd. Now Mr. Editor, wishing you long life, and that you may long enjoy the fruits ot your labors hero among the an'l promising, pgrchanee, more anon.?I remain yours, &?., Jackin. ? The Star of the Sovtn, Captain "WoonHrix, arrived at this port Friday morning. The war news is wholly unimportant. Archbishop IIugiiE3 died on the evening of the 3d inst. In the fullness of ecclesiastical honors, such as no other prelate ever won and wore in America, the Archbishop has been gathered to his fathers. In his own teise language, he died ''believing in the truth of the doctrines taught by the Holy Catholic Chnrch as firmly as he (lid in his own existence." Nay. more, he has written, "I believe that, as containing the fullness of Divine revelation, it is the only true church on the earth, although many true Catholic doctrines are found floating about r?s opinions in the religious atmosphere of Protestantism. This is my profession of faith, of the sincerity of whfch the Almighty is my witness." A true christian died whsn the breath left the body of the revered and lamented Catholic Archbishop of New York. The Star of the South encountered heavy gales since she left New York. TVhen off Hatter.ns the schooner J. J. Williams, in tow the _ steamer, broke way, and the gale was so furious it was impossible to pass another lino to her. Below is a list of passengers by the Star of (Ae South: SurgeonC. TV. Clark, 39th 111. Vols.; Assistant Surgeon O. TV. Johnson, 55th Pa. Vols.; Captain F. C. Brunei, 100th N. Y. Vols.; Captain TViglitman, 39th 111. Vols.; Lieut. J. J. Hutchinson, 7th Conn. Vols. ? TVe are under many obligations to Purser 13LT.K2 lor rnes 01 ia:e papers. ?The Pursers t?f the Ararjo and Fallon will please accept our thanks for tiles of New York papers. _ Personal.?Brig.-Gen. Stkvexsox, having been ill for some time past, left for the North in the FJton.