The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, May 13, 1865, Image 3
JS'ot Conqupred Vet *?
Gov. Urowu, of Georgia, has issued a !
proclamation, convening the bogus Left
gLlature of that State, on the 22d day of
this month, at Milledgeville. Here is a
paragraph from the document:
" The two most distinguished Generals
of the Confederacy, qommanding the
armies upon which ice mainly reUedfor the
defence and maintenance of our cause, hav
ing been compelled by overwhelming
numbers to capitulate, it noir devolve*
upon statesmen and patriots in the civil
departments of Government, to do all*in
thnr peaeer to prevent anarchy, restore
and preserve order, and save xehai they
can of liberty and civilization.
We have italicized a portion of the ex-1
tract, and say very decidedly, that it is I
jibout us cool an affair as can be conceived
of. How our Savannah coteinporaries
can sailer it to go vvithont comment is a
little remarkable. To us it means as fol- '
lows : A rebel Governor and a rebel Legislature
get together in a conquered
State and under our now regenerated
tlag, for the purpose of doing "all in their
power " to re-establish slavery. Let it be
remembered that these men, Brown,
Toombs, Stephens, and the like, when
they say 44 liberty and civilization " mean
the exact antipodes of the words as used
*bv loval men. Already, in Georgia, are
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they asserting that the Emancipation
Proclamation is of no effect, and with the
specious pretext of returning to allegiRuce,
this body of men, the existence of
which the United States has never acknowledged,
intend to call a con-!
veation, t wider their auspices, to repeal the j
Ordnance of Secession?just that and no
more. No convention of the people in !
Reality will occur, no wiping oft!
of the black laws on their statute
books, will take place. What then ? Just
this: if they can get their action recognised
by the GeneraKloverwnent, then
they will claim that their condition is exactly
as it was before the rebellion, slavery
and all. This is the process to " save
what tlii-v can of liberty and civilization.'':
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it looks very nice in print to have it an- j
nocnced that a Legislature in a rebel;
4Sftito fs about to institute the process of
retraction, and Copperhead prints North
will cry ont for a due amount of magna
uimity towards "erring brethren" &e.,
Ac., well knowing exactly how the eat
( ties nnder the meal. Had we the power,
that Legislature, under such a call, should
never he permitted to meet, unless for
the purpose ot arresting the most venomous
of a nest of vipers and having
them subjected to the Andrew Johnson
rule for treason and traitors. We would
have the people meet in tbeir primary
capacity, ami bv delegates in convention,
under certain well digested rides laid '
dowu by Government, form a Constitution
purely republican in piiaeipk\ and ;
submit it to all interested for approval, j
save those disfranchised by their partici-1
pation in rebellion, by virtue of holding
official position, either military or civil.
And, in case o? failure t<? adopt, to per-*
petuate the wilitory rule vigorously, un-\
til ready to comply. lTudor the eircum
stances this would U? eminently fairj
and just, and w ill save a wuildof trouble.
A meeting has been held in Chatham !
County (Savannah), wherein the " wis-1
doai and necessity y of the call o.' the!
Governor Is recoguued, and advising'
a convention of the whole people " to
Tepeal the Ordinance of Secession, and ;
to restore the Shite to its former position
iu the Unions" That's it, exactly ! A i
town fnli of United States troops, hav-.
iUg a meeting in its midst, endorsing the '
uqtjou of a rebel governor, and rc-pom-;
ii. I* I
mending the meeting of a rebel legislature
to start the machinery of civil government
! If Savannah makes this
crab-like progress to a much greater extent,
we shall believe what we have hitherto
given no credit to, that, in her original
rebel proclivities, she was the equal
of her humiliated and dishonorable compeer
in an adjacent State, and as much
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iieaerwiig iue OU<IUJ[J
tions of the renowned Giilraore.
IMpsovemf.xt3 about TOWK.?Messrs.
Riddell and iluj-dock have nearly completed
the erection of a building for a
store on the site of their old one, No. 5
Merchants' Row. It is GO feet long, 30
wide, and about 2G feet high, heavily
timbered and built, every way, in the*
most thorough manner. When completed
it will be one of the very best buildings
on the island. It will soon be opened
with a fine, fresh stock of goods, as
per advertisement in another column.
Mr. John Franz, of the enterprising
firm of D unbars and Franz, will soon
commence the building of a row of six
cottage houses on " block 34," which is
located on the high ground, near the
Catholic Church. Each lot will be fifty
by one hundred feet. The houses wilj
be 30 feet front, 24 feet deep, and a story-and-a-half
high, with L 12 by 14 feet.
They will be ready to let in a few weeks.
Pont Royal Memorandums.?We met,
a few days *since, among the returning
confederates, Mr. E. B. Seabrook, from
whom we gleaned a few items which will
be interesting to those of us who have
spent several years around the islands of
this ITarbor.
This genth man was a private in the 3d
S. C. Cavalry and entered the service immediately
on the breaking out of the rebellion.
He had just graduated from
Princ'on College, New Jersey, where his
father was also educated. He is a son of
Rev. Joseph B. Seabrook, Rector of
Grace Chirrch, Charleston, S. C., who
owned The Buckingham Plantation at
Ferry Point--or, as it is now called by
travellers through Skull Creek, " Chimney
Point." This plantation contained
1700 acres aud 200 negroes.
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James li. ^eauroos, wau u.vneu tuc
place on Sknll Creek which we formerly
occupied as a Coal Depot was the youngest
brother of Rev. Mr. Scabrook, aud
was very foud of hunting and fishing.?
He kept a number of horses anil hounds
with which to hunt des-r which were quite
plenty in the thickets of this island.
Squire Wm. Pope was the owner of
the plantation upon which our present
settlement is built. It was known as
' The C'oggins Place." He also owned
several other places ?>u this island, one
.?n D mfuskie. and one on the main, be
?id?s 400 " head uf negroes." At the
lime vvo took Port Royal he was living on
Siaill Creek, on the plantation now called
' Pope's," and which is made so attractive
by its fine orange groves. He
died in Georgia in 18G2?it is thought,
broken hearted from loss of his immense
property. He was by far the wealthiest
man on this island.
The plant itiou which makes Colleton
Point, also called Foot Point, several
miles up on this side, was
owned before- the war by John A. Seabrook.
It contained about loOO acres
and was sold by him, a year or two
ago, to the " Foot Point Land Company"
in anticipation of its becoming the terminus
of a rail-road which was being
built from Augusta, Georgia, to the deep
waters *f this noble harbor. This- road
was chartered undrff the name of the
"Port Royal Railroad Corporation" and
work has progressed upon it since
the commencement of the war. Geo. B.
Elliott, who lived at Beaufort, was the
chief projector of this road.
Uoueton .roint is a nne, mgu uiuu # iu
has tlie great advantage o* a Northern
aspect.* The channel, unlike that at
Stall Creek, at its entrance into Broad
River, is close to shore, jvith no intervening
marsh. The location for a Navy
Yark or City would be about one mile i
from Broad River up the Colleton, where
it is not only quite deep, but a mile or
two wide, making a small, close, landlocked
bay.
The bend of the Colleton nearest
Broad River, was known by those living
in the vicinity, as '* The iDevil's Elbow."
Wc have thrown these few items to- i;
gether with no particular design other
than to interest those of onr readers who
have lived abont these islands so long,
shut oat from other proper sources of
information about Port Royal.
Amusements on board the U. S. Ship
New IIampshibe.?On Friday of last week
the members of the " New Hampshire "
Minstrel lroupe, gave an exhibition on J
board that ship. It was their first effort
and proved quite a success. A large
number of invited guests were present.
The entertainment cons: ted of patriotic
and comic songs, dancing and two
farces?uLes Miserables" and "The
Widow's Victim." Messrs. Morris, Geesling
and Carrick*deserve special mention
for the adrairablo manner in which they
performed their several parts. We hear
the troupfcintend to give another performance
in a few weeks.
PitoMOTiox.? Second Licnt. Rob2rt Da-.
, vis, of the 33d U. S. C. T., anil, of late,
a member of Gen. Littleficld's Staff, has J
b.^cn promoted to the rank of .Captain i
and transferred to the 104th U. S. C. T. i
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The Provost Marshal General and
all the District and Post P. M.'s of the
i Dep't of the South, have been extremely
' busy this week. In addition to the ordi-;
nary bn^ness, such as the arrest and'
care of local prisoners, the giving of
passes and taking of oaths of the multitude
who are floating all over the Depart-,
meat, and much other work, they have"
"had to feed, clothe, fix papers and attend
to all the items incident to the receiv-;
ing of nearly four thousand returned!
TT ? - ? ? -.-Jca?/HV iflm AAma tVlr? !
j um?H ,uv IS" ;
linos by way of Florida, or made their!
escape to us by way of Sav&nmth and
other places. Added to this the paroling
of Confederate prisoners to the number of
over two thousand who are to go through
our lines in this neighborhood. " We j
nsed to think " the P. M '* had rather an
easy time of it, but from whet we have 1
s.-en this week our opinion has altered.
Hs umi-aatebs, Drrr. of the Svt ih. >
Hilton Head, S. C., May o. looi. j
Geec-ral Orders, |
No. 59. )
The following Quarantine Regulation* for the (
Ports o! Port Itdyal, S. C., Ferhauduia, Fia., Sa- ;
. rannali, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.. will be en-!
forced a!tef the 10th day of May, lSo,? :
I. The Quarantine Grounds will be located as '
follows : For Port Royal, S. C.. and SavannAh, i
I Ga., in Tybee Roads, at the " Old Savannah
Ouarautiue for Charleston, S. C., In Stono In- :
j let; for Fernandina, Fla., m Cumberland Sound.
I The exact place of anchorage will be designated ;
by a white buoy and flag.
II. It shall l>e the duty of the master and pilot
of every seel coming into these ports, from j
this date until farther orders, except tho pilot
boats returning from tlieu- ordinary cruising j
grounds, and U. S. Naval vessels, to hoist a sig!
nal for a health officer, in tho forarigcing, liflcen i
i feet from her deck, and cnoie to, immediately be. j
! low and opposite the guard ship, one of which j
; will be stationed at each Port within and near
1 the Inner bar bflny and tissue wait his coming ou I
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board.
III. The health officer shall visit the vessel
without unnecessary delay, and ascertain her j
sanitary condition and the port whence she sailed.
And it shall be his duty to order to the Quarantine
Grounds, there to remain as long as he may
deem proper, all vessels having on board cases o*
yellow fever, cholera, or other infectious or contagious
diseases ; also, all vessels coming from "
any West India island, or frotn any .port-In that
portion of the State of Florida, ndt in the Department
of the South, whether such vessels have
clean bills of health or not
IV. No communication will be allowed wit^plm
vessel until she has been examined by the Healtn
Officer, and no person wi^ be permitted to leave 9
her. V.
The fee of the Health Officers for visiting,
examining and certifying \ easels arriving at these
Ports, shall be collected from all vessels exetpt
those is the Government employ, or foreign war
vessels, at the following rates :
For each vessel from a foreign port, $6.50
And for ali others, 2.00
The money thus collected will be tumcdjurer h)
the Mcuieal Director, for the nse of the General
Hospitals in this Department.
VI. These regulations win be strictly enforced
by the Health officer. Should there be any deviation
therefrom, or should any of the orders
given by the Health Officers to such vessels not
be strictly carried out, they will report the fact
to i he Medical Director of the Deportment, for
th^, immediate arrest and imprisonment of the
offender.^
By Command of Ma j.-Gen. Q. A. GILL MORE,
T. D. Hodges,
Capt 35th U. S. C. T., Act Asst. Adjt Gen.
MARINE NEWS.
ARRIVED.
May 3, Schr Challenge, Benton, Charleston.
May 4, schr Eothen, Murray, NY; tug Blanche
Page. Rogers, More head City ; ship Lisbon, Curtis,
Phila; bark Asnie Kimball, Humphreys, do ;
stmr Fulton, Wotton, X Y; schr Addis Kelly,
Blatchford, Charleston. May 6, schr Susan M
Tyler, Fuller, Jacksonville. May 7, stmr Granada?
Baxter, X Y; schr George A Bcarse, Sherman,
Phila ; schr Eliza Jane F, Howard, Jacksonville;
schr J ulia, Newman, do ; stmr Constitution,
C.-?nn.h ctmr KfAT Of tb6 SOTlth,
orcciiuiftu, iMtouiwu , --- ?
Woodhull, do. May 9, stmr Tonawanda.Tcal, do ;
stmr Neptune, Brown, do; stmr Cassandra,
Holoway do. May 10, ucbr Justus M Lewis,
Shute, Phiia. May 11, schr George Moon, Dealson,
New London. v
CTIiBP.
May 4, bark Conquest, Howes, Charleston;
schr Wilton, Crane, do ; schr Challenge. Denton,
N Y ; stmr Linda, Theobald, Charleston ; ecbr
T A Wilder, Darrah, Phila; schr Adelia Kelly,
Blatchford, N Y. May 5, schrChloie, Wood, do ;
brig Nath'l Stevens, barton, Phila. May, 6, bark
Charles Brewer, Smith, Fernandina ; bark Annis
Kimball, Humphreys, Key West; brig Mary Cobb,
Duncan, Savannah ; schr Israel L Snow, Savage,
NX May 8,.stmr Dan'1 Wehster, Bogle, Baltimore
; schr Joseph Crandall, Gage, Phila ; ship
La wrens, Thompson, Portland; stmr Fulton,
Wotton, N Y; stmr Granada. Baxter, do. May 9,
stmr Star of the South, Woodhull; stmr Constitution,
Groennan, Fernandina ; schr Wm Pickering.
Quinn, Phila. May 10, E & L Cording, Graoe,
Phila; schr Eliza Jane F, Howard, Jacksonville.
M.-y 11, schr Artie Garwood, Godfrey, Phila;
schr L S Livering, Corson, Charleston.
INFORMATION WANTED of Susannah Lawton,
I Wiiden Lawton, and Isabella Lawton and
child (colored), who were last heard of at Edgefield,
Ga. Any information will be thankfully received
by BETSEY JENNINGS,
31*1 , Mitchelrillc, S. C.
IyFOKHATIUA WAMXU Ol L?n*vu>
Clara Lawton, and J?.dm Lawton, (all cnl
ored). Last heard 1'rom at Edgefield, Georgia.
Address LUCINDA PEOPLES,
31*1 Mitchelville, 8.C.
Found?on the; mornix$ of the
14th of April, daring the excitement of
transferring the passengers from the Steamship
" Arago" to the Steamer " Delaware," off
Charleston Bar, a very fine OPEBA GLASS was
handed the undersigned which the owner can
have by identifying the same and paying for this
advertisement. LESLIE SMI IH,
Capt. 1st U. S. Infantry, Commissary of Musters,
D. S.
New l'ork " Herald" will please insert 3 times
and send bill to office of this paper. 31 i
?5.00 REWARD
TO any person who will giver Information that
a certain parly has said, that the reason we
ar? s< liing cheap is because we do not intend
paying oar debts.
STILL. CHEAPER.
HAM AND EGGS - - W C?nu.
BEEF STEAK AND EGGS 50
PORK 5u
SAUSAGES " " 5j
Si KING CHICKEN 65 '
CLAMS in every stylo So
Vegetables, CoiTee or Tea, Hot L bo lit, Ac., 1c.,
included.
SPONGE AND FRUITCAKES. APPLE, MINCE,
AND LEMON PIES. ^
We have no hesitation in saying that our ha!^
(unfortunately in soiue folks' opinion) is colored.
ICE ICE ICE
CREAM. CREAM. CREAM.
COOL DRINKS.
COOL COOL
DRINKS. DRINKS.
Lodgings Fifty Cents.
SHERMAN HOUSE,
IS HEAR OF FOST CFHCE.
SI TOSKlXfi, Proi'/AQr.