< >in* \i'u* Kiiilroad.
Capit dists and others are having theii
attention dircted to the building of a
railroad from some point o i ibis is'a ml to
Bluft'ton, on the main lan 1. It is said a
road is already graded from Hh.iiYcon t >
Hardeeville, on the Charleston and Savannah
road. By a short route from Hurileeville,
striking the 31 icon and Sivan
liuh road via Springfield, an easy connection
is m ule with all the great arteries cf
trawl throughout Southern Georgia ami
South Carolina?a country oveiflnving
with agricultural and mineral wealth.
Now, it is an error in supposing that
a good, safe, quiet harbor does not exist
on this side of Tort Royal Entrance,
The water about two miles above our
present long pier is as quiet as In Nl-w
York bay, and the deep channel is much
nearer the shore. Piers less than one
hundred yards in length will reach twen.
ty-two feet of water at low tide?the
-- a -i ?it. /. 11 a nf rmr liiev.
present uepiu m tau ?iu t?
which is about five hundred yards long
The proper location for the New Navy
Yard should be 011 Colleton liiver, just
around Colleton point where, it is said,
ten fathoms can be carried cIosjj to th<
shore. We have abundance of deep water,
well sheltered from dangerous winds
all along this side of the Bay. Time and
enterprise will indicate the best places.
Heavy draft ships and steamers will
soon be taking their cargoes of cotton
and corn and rice directly from here to
foreign ports. Before the rebellion about
all these and other products were taken
to New York aud other Northern cities,
in light draft vessels from Charleston and
Savannah, and re-shipped at large additional
expense. But these times are
passing away. The Universal Yankee is
here and the vast resources so bountiful!}
lavished by nature and crushed beneath
the iron heel of slavery, are now being
rapidly developed. Oin New City is
batted to go ahead and must soon attract
the attention and investments of Northern
capitalists. Grants for land and railroads
should be gut from the United
States Government that they may not la
interfered with by separate State action.
W'o solicit brief communis nions on
this and kindred subjects.
\
We again rt quest exchanges to give
us credit when they copy any of our "little
jokes " or other original matter. We
are a small chap and on that account liketo
be noticed.
Why don't Recorder Muchisou have
the hoard walk, between the creek and
Mitchelville, repaired ? Many ladies and
gentlemen from here would like to visit
the village, especially on the Sabbath,
but are prevented from doing so because
the walk is so dangerous.
An Intei.estixg Coincidence. -The
staff ol Gen. Hatch,?who is in command
of the Northern District of this Depait
mc-nt, Headquarters at Chaileston,?
gave a ball on the 14th. the day of the'cel
ebralion of raising the old flag on tort Sumter.
Just lour years before, (on the evening
of April 14. 1801,) the staff of Gen.
Beauregard gave a ball in celebration
of the .s'i rrender of the Fort. Both
Lulls wise held in the same hall, were
catered for by the same man?Nat. Fuller,
und even the same dishes were u.cd
on botli occasions.
Major John Hay, the President's private
Secretary, writes to a friend in this
Department, that Major Burger's Commission
was signed bv the President on
the evening of the 12th. This was about
forty-eight hours before his assassination.
What a value the Major will place
upon that signature!
I^irsI Ri-trt. >7. Y. Vol. Eng'rs.
This Regiment has been so intimately
connected with all the operations in the
Department of the South that tli6 history
of one contains the history of the other.
The 1st Battalion, commanded by Col.
K. W. Scrrell, landed here on themcmorjable
7th day of Nov., 1861, as a portion
of the original expedition familiarly
known as the "E. C." in command of
Brig.-Gen. T. W. Sherman. Its daties
commenced with the erection of the long
pier (still in use) and in the construction
of our present line of intrenchments. The
construction of the pier, no doubt, was,
the most arduous, and toilsome duty
they have been engaged in as the Department
at that time was without the
many conveniences for labor, which it
now possesses. The first logs cut for it
were drawn by detachments of Engineers
from the place of felling to the waters
edge, and as long timber was required
it was rafted from this and the adjoining
Islands by detachments detailed for that
special duty. Probably every officer and
man of that 1st Battalion did their full
share of duty on the Pier. The Quartermaster's
Department hasfrequently born*
testimony to the value of and its appreciation
by the Government. Those of us
only, who remember fatigue details of
sone and two thousand men, unloading
vessels in small boats, and the beach
strewn with Quartermaster, Commissary
and Ordnance stores for a mile or
more along the beach, can realize the
change, and enjoy the facilities which we
now possess.
The siege of Fort Pulaski; constructing
batteries on Tybee, Jones, and Long
Islands, in the Savannah liver, again at*
tested their skill and endurance.. At the
same time one company under command
of Capt. A. F. Sears, accompanied Gen.
Wright on his expedition against Fernani
i r? ..a m; L 1 2 -
una ana ran imicu, ana lmmeuiuieiy
ommcnced repairing or rebuilding that
work in accordance with the original
plans found at the fort, a work in which
Capt. (now Major), Sears is still engaged.
In the meantime Fort Mitchell, on
Skull Creek, Fort Stevens at Beaufort,
and several minor works, were completed
after whien they were ordered to Folly
Island, where they erected batteries
against Morris Island. But it was after
the capture of Morris Island that, between
the Beacon flouse and Fort Wagner, the
Engineers earned for themselves a narrm,
second to that of none in the Army. Exposed
to a constant and destructive fire
from the enemy, they never ceased to approach,
and battery after battery arose
nearer and nearer to the enemy's lines,
until Fort Sumter was reduced over the
heads of the rebel garrisons of Forts
Wagner and Gregg. The works which detied
assault from both Army and Navy,
succumbed to the spade of the Engineers.!
At the same time they built the celebm-B^
ted "Swamp Angel," which sang soseraphically
in the rebel ears of Charleston.
1'hey were then employed reconstructing
the rebel batteries and building new
works on Folly, Long and Black Islands,
and in the election of the many beautiful
signal towers which now dot the coast
between this place and Charleston.
Early in 186J a battalion accompanied
the expedition under Gen. Seymour to
Florida and was engaged in the erection
of works for the defence of Jacksonville.
A portion of the regiment then accompanied
the 10th Army Corps under
command of Major General Gillmore to
Virginia, whore they have since remained,
distinguishing themselves with the Army
of the James, in Engineering operations
connected with the siege of Petersburg
and Richmond.
About this time the Engineer Department
at Hilton Head was commenced on
a different scale lrom what it had ever
been before. The old buildings?small
and few in number were torn down, and
new and more commodious ones erected,
consisting of a large warehouse, blacksmith
shoD. boat shed, carpenter shop,
saw mill, &t\, with an appropriate house
fur the officer in charge?Capt. Vincent
W. M. Brown, Cu. ? C,'' to whose energy
and business ability the whole work is
due.
During the summer of 1864 a new and
complete pontoon train (boats, trestle
bridges Ac.) was constructed at the Depot,
in addition to the magazines, gates,
[bridges, gabions &c., required in the alteration
of the works at Hilton Head,
Beaufort, Fort Pulaski and Morris Island.
used by Gen. Foster in his advance upon
the Charleston A Savannah Kail Kon'.j
and afterwurds at Port Royal Ferry and
Blair's Landing, for the transp. it oi \
of the lotli and 17th Corps of Major
Gen. W. T. Sherman's Army in his eoh brated
campaigns through Georgia and
South Carolina.
The Engineer officer in command of
the pontoon train (Capt. Reese, 1*. S. Engineers,)
made requisition upon the Depot
here for the materials necessary to
relit his train, and both he and his oftic-1
expressed themselves in the higlustl
terms of the promptness and thorougli-1
ness with which his orders were tilled.
Many familiar names are connected
with the 1st Reg't N, Y. Vol. Engineers:
the most prominent of which are Co!. E.
W. Serrell; Lt. Col. Jas. F. Hall, formerly
Pro. Mar. Gen. here, now Col. and lirvt.
Brig. Gen. Commanding the Regiment:
Major W. L. M. Burger, Ass't Adj. Gen.
of this Dep't, formerly Adjutant of the
Regiment; Capt H. L. Southard, \\h .
fell last summer at Bermuda Hundred,
on the James, and Major T. B. Brooks,
of the former staff of Maj. Gen. Gil I wore,
formerly Capt. of Co. A.
The present Battallion, consisting of four
companies in command of Maj. (now Lt.
Col.) Jas. E. Place, have never left the
Dep't of the South. Co. C, Capt. V. W. M.
Brown, is at the Engineer Depot, D. S.,
Hilton Head. Co. A, Capt. P. McGuire,
Co. I, Capt. R. F. Butt, are now at work
on the defenses of Savannah, Co. G, Capt.
M. Edwards, (Ch'f Eng. Northern
riiofic of f'h nrloafr?n
Barracks have been constructed for two
Companies of Engineers at the Depot, as
it is presumed there will be plenty ol
K-ork for them at this point?let the war
md when it may.
Hilton Head; Fort Pulaski; Tybee, Long
ind Jones Islands in the Savannah liiver;
Pocataligo; James, Johns, Folly, Long,
Coles and Morris Islands; with Forts
Sumter, Gregg and Wagner; the "Swamp
ingel," and numerous other points, will
ong serve to identify the 1st N. ?Y. Vol.
Engineers with the old and glorious l()tb
\rmy Corps and the Department of the
South.
Land Hale.
The Tax Commissioners for the District
of South Carolina, had a sale of
lands for unpaid United States direct
taxes, last Monday, in front of the Port
Royal House, according to previous advertisement.
The taxes on the Cooper River, Melrose
and Bloody Point plantations on
Dawfuskie Island* having been paid by
fohn Stoddard, Esq., of Savannah? exeiutor
and trustee, they were withdrawn
rom the sale.
All the other plantations on Dawfuskie
vere bid in by the commissioners for the
united States.
Col. Seabrook's plantation. No. 1, on
Bull's Island, was sold to Simon C'auieri n.
>f Penu., Benj. F. Wade, or" Ohio, and
rames R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, lor
52,700. It contained 700 acres.
The other plantations on Bull's Island
vere bid in by the Commissioners for the
Jnited States.
Pine, Page, Barataria and Spring
elands were alto bought in lor lncie
>am. Bids to $10,000 were wude for
spring Island alone.
Savage Island was bought by J. G.
Dodge and G. W. Atwood for $250. It
:ontaius 70 acres.
Daw Island, Lemon Island and Hose
island containing 100 acres each, were
lold to David H. Bice. Daw Island for
53CO. Lemon Island $175 and llose
island for $452.
The Commissioners then offered some
>f the lots at Land's End on St. Helena
>f which I
klaj. C. W. Thomas bought 11 lots S4,20ol
ht D. S. Leslie 44 3 " 45<>1
Jeo. A. Springer * 4 3 " 1.200B
I. T. Kivers of the Navy 1 44 20ul
Deo. W. Allen 44 5 4 4 2251
The attendance was good and the feel-I
Dg of confidence in the ultimate value
>f the lands to present purchasers, rather
)n the increase. This will probably be
fie last of the sales till fall, as the
weather is getting to be uncombrtably
warm and buyers from the
tforth do not care to risk the climate
nuch later in the season. It may be,
lowever, that some sales may take place
it Charleston.
| Thiusdiy,
[day and Saturday of vetk, Hettn.^^H
[(.'. W. Dennis.& < o.f of M rehants'Row,
1<?.>t three line dra:: lit horses. The
'mysterious manner in whieh they died
leads to the belief that they Were
pobom d, but by wh-rp or for what
'purpose cannot be i . i /Vtured. They
were worth, together, a thousand
or two of dollars a< it is extreuieIv
dillicult to net uui 1 horses here.
fe
The matter will U tally investigated and
we sincerely bope the cuel rascal who
did the de.cl may be brotmht to condign
punishment.
'Hie Fulton arrived lu re on Tuesday
last, the lsth. We are i <i.-r great oblifgiitions
to Purser MeJIai s for full tilts
of Northern papers, a .d the following
list of
I PASSEXGEItS.
Fc'apt. W. F. Freeman, Cant. o. Matthews, Adj
[Gen., ('apt. X. J. Hopkins. ( t. It Whcrati,
f.Sur^. It. Holeoinb, C:ij>t. .M V? , ( apt H Arena.
JLt H Sullivan, l.t W McFee, Lt H Snedker, Mrs
[ColGuruey, Mrs D A Coolt-y, Mrs Fair and 2
I'children, Miss Kate Stetson, s Gould, Miss S
A Thayer. Miss G Kempton, . ss C A Hambhn,
Mr B Cor line and lady, Miss B StauUn, Mr
John Franz lady and 2 children. Mrs ("apt sterns
and 2 children, Mr Charles M ?ougaI, Mrs Chas
iMcDoueal. Sooty II I, Peter ' . 1? Whittemore,
[Geo B Chase, L Lownds, Chas iSmith, U Moore.
fA A Babcock, Kev J Foster, A altmore, Kev W
Fulton, J A Elliott, E B St ' t ', X A Muller, F
/ Solomon, L llass, L Wesson, i had Street. A li
[Marvin, N I'sher, H Hebbard, Galley, II Wolff,
iT Ha.-lin, Capt. Gnfliu, JG Allien, J H Miller,
.George Starr, W Monk, B I! I. ;. It FitzgibbOD,
Major J E Bt^ant, J Hilton, G A Lord, W H Mc.Gratli,
Mrs lt E Carr and 2 servants. Misses Mar}',
** 1 O T) Il,?n T' H iniidon. Chu
[AIJIIU*, JieiUL' UUU SJ Uv.uu, mvm m
II Voorhis, C Bart, W II Follies, Geo Keselehan,
iT W Bogart, A Wliibng, E H Or pin, Surgeon B
Fachling, A Hamilton, H G i riggs, H Allen, A
IQuintin, James Quiutin, Thomas McFeely, Capt
F J Thomas, A Fullerton, S Moore, Dr DeWil
Jenks, J J Wright, A Lctty, Jno Campbell, Capt
A C Crooker, Mr J A Pigott, Dr A Perry, Mr A P
Page.
Cabin, 100; Steerage. 2~>G?333
THOMAS McMANCS,
April 18th, 18C3. Purser.
MARINE NEWS.
ARRIVED.
April 12, selir Nancy Mills. Smith, Savannah ;
schr William Carlton, Packard, Boston. April
113, stmr Arago, Gadsden, New York ; schr A. A.
jltowe, Carbury. Key West: stmr Louisa Moore,
[Carpenter, Fortress Monr-e. April 14, bark
kVelma, Nickersou, Jr., New York ; schr Hannah
[Martin, Aldrich, Pbila. ; sc ir Julia, Newman,
[Savannah. April 1.", stmi Nada, Jayne,
| New York ; brig A. 13. ( ]. Speed, do; stmr
.Creole, Thompson, do. Apr ! 17, schr Queen of
itlit* South, Corson, N Y : -*'hr Arabine, Gatis,
B< aulort, N C ; schr S J Varug. Smith, Femandina
; stmr Widgeon, Bcnn- tt, do. April 18, brig
.San Antouia, Jackson. Phila;<cfcr James (). Don'"I'oe.
Gilkev. do. At>ril l'J, schr Robert P. King,
[Smith, N Y ; bark Houston, ltosS, Phila ; scUr
Ora Moneta, Feather, Savannah. April 20, brig
'John Freeman, C'rowell, 3d, N Y; stiur Black 'stone,
Berry, do.
CLKAEFr.
April 12, schr Nancy Mid.-, smith. Savannah ;
M-hr William Carlton, I'.ik.: . Boston. April 13,
stinr Arago, Gadsden, X 1': - hr A A Rowe, Carbury,
Key West, stiur Loai-a Moore, Carpenter,
Fortress Monroe. April 14, bark Velma, Nickerson.
Jr., N* Y ; schr Hannah . lartiu, Aldrich,
Hula : schr Julia, Newman, b.ivaunah. April 15.
star Suwo Nada, Jayne, X 1 ; brig A B Cook,
Speed, do; stinr Creole, Xh' ;o sou, do. April 17,
schr Queen of the South, Coi >11. N Y: schr Arabiue,
Gatis, Beaufort, N c : schrS J Waring,
Smith, Fernandm ; stinr Widge 11, Bennett, do.
April IS, brig San Antonia, J ! ;on, Phila ; schr
James O Ik noliue, Gilkey, do. April 19, schr
Robert 1*. King, Smith, MY;! ;k Houston, Ross,
Phila; schr Ora Moneta, i' 1 her. Savannah.
April vi), brig John Freeman, Crowell, 3d, X Y ;
stinr Black.stone. Berry, N Y.
JAMES X. MULLER Sr., U. S. Sup'g Inspector
of Steamers for the Third Ihsuict will be at
this port for a few days and < n be seen on business
pertaining to Steamers Inspection, renewal
of Certibeates and for Pilots a id Engineers Licenses
at Capt.Kelly's office on the pier. 28
COOKING STOVES AND HOfci OW WARE.?
101) STOVES, large and small, suitable for
Restaurants, Messes, and Fatuiln s.
Also PLANTATION HOLS, wholesale and retail
by JAMES G. THOMPSON & CO.,
28 Beaufort, S. C.
WANTEI >-A WELL l'LJOMMENDED
MAN m the Grocer) Bus ness. Enquire
of BENNETT CO..
28 at Stevens' House, IVaufort, S. C. *
' " *'*r" *"*r ' ?T ' " ? raas ?
^>1 J
(Iii Roar of Pohl-Olfice.)
Clam Chowder every day 35ctsper plate.
Fried Clams 35 " " "
Ham and Eggs 40 " " "
I Doird and Lodging $2.00 per day.
8.00 per week.
Government rations taken as part payment.?
Invariably payable in advauce. _ 28