The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, January 09, 1864, Image 2
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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
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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
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sergeant, be deserted, as be confesses, and having
. been caught, was reduced to tbe ranks. He entered
the 55tb Pennsvlvania as a substitute. He
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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
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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. *
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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
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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.
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\?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
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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.