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; \Wr v . / ?N ? w ^ ^ vt^TT THE NEW bUU JL Jti. J H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. * , ~PORT ROYAL. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865. >. = T? i The Last of the Confederacy. J . On Tuesday, the 16tli day of May, A. ^>V> ^ .D. 1865, fqur years and one month after surrender of Sumter to the rattlesnake flag, it was vouchsafed us to be^ hold all thai- remained of the Southern flgfe . Confederacy, firmly ind securely held within limits hardly exceeding the area ^ #of a Fifth Avenue parlor. Lying easily at anchor, out in our beautiijul harbor of Port Royal, was the propter Vm. P. Clyde. On board, we hod been told, were a number, of the prominent officers of that bogus government, thrqugh the instrumentality of whichv this land has been drenched in blood ; but chiefly, the life and soul oCthe concern, that Iff arfh-traitor, Jefferson* Davist Scarcely, belieTing, and with a mind foil of crowding memories, reaching from Boll Ban to the sarrender of Jbhnston, terribly vivid with scenes of awfnl carnage, desolated hearth-stones, horrible prison dens, and, acres of fresh macte graves, and, with an almost tearful apprehension that the news might be only a myth, we I were suddenly brought to a fall realization of th& great event, by being introduced to an officer of gentlemanly bearH* and remarkably fine phrftiqu*, the i actual captor ot toe uonieaerare party ui Georgia. Lt Col. D. P. Pritchard, of the * , 4th Michigan Cavalry?a man of whom * * hisnobfc State tfill hereafter have 005^report, and, with a courteny we shall never forget, kindly invited us to accompany him on board the Clyde, in order that we might see for ourselves. "Within the limits of that State holding . - the bones of the agitator, Calhoun, the immediate disciple of his doctrines, and the one upon whom his mantle fell To carry into execution the nefarious - 1-J 1? v;? I cnemes piuilipicu uy uis nuiviuuu, vim now a prisoner of war, biding his time for trial, conviction and ignominious punishment, as the Great Criminal of ? the age?a punishment which justice demand* shall be terrible, And no certain than terrible, so that the nation hereafter may live in peace, and the ma- ' jesty of the law, divine and human, be sustained. Jefferson Davis looks more care-worn , than any member of his party. Prema- j tore age seems to have laid its hand up- , on him. Once he had a prond and defi- j ant bearing, when lording it in the Sen-11 ate, master of his position, and controlling absolutely the knights of manacle and whip, and their contemptible min- ( ions of the North. Now, in his plain suit 1 of gray, slouched hat, form somewhat * bent, and whitened hair and beard, there is a subdued, though not cringing 1 deportment, which, were his hands not c dyed crimson with the blood of our fel- . low-countrymen, would excite the ordin- 0 arv sympathy evoked by the presence of ^ misfortune. His wife at his side, and 1 his children playingp.round, unconscious cf the deep end damning disgrace which n is to be entailed upon them?they alone absorb the sentiment of compassion. (I k 'JW1 ^ J*1'1 , V " God bo merciful to these in their troublous journey through lift** Alexander H. Stephen?, the VicePresident of the defunct government, how can we speak of this man ? At the commencement of tho rebellion he rais? ' ' - * - r , f ik/v TTniAn GCL HIS T01CC HODJT 1U m>ui~ ui wio v. uivn, and prophetically indicated where seces? sion and war would end. Later he laid down the doctrine upon which the Southern Confederacy was based?that of ^?veigr, as the corner-stone of an enlightened civilization?which enabled the North and the world at large to grapjie the questionlipon its naked merits, entirely devoid of sophistry, and in this, whether meant or not, he did the cans# of freedom incalculable good. By the folce of public sentiment he was swept intft the current of revolt, and Was mime that purely nominal officer, Yice-Prcpident of the Confederacy. Much as we loathe rebellion, for the life of us we cannot see that deep stain upon his person, which marks Davis, and Lee, and Johnston, and other conspicuons actors in the bloody drama. Stephens, the intellectual man of the South, still retains the fire of his eye, and shows no diminu KnrtnrK V\iQ ftlfPftrR ! UUU U1 lucuvoi n vi j ww fragile form bears marks of increasing age. His conversation is still delightful, instructing, and candid. Under his indifferent and soiled garb, Still the scholar and the gentleman are at all times in the ascendant, and, without regard to his personal fate, he desires information and expresses opinions freely, almost divesring one of the idea of his being in Government custody. Mr. Beagan, Post Master General of the Confederacy, a thick-set man,, and somewhat lethargic in his temperment. one of the members of our party drew out, found him to be well posted, and disposed tp accept things quite philosotenor of it has been retained, to the credit, somewhat of the prisoner. Wheeler, of cavalry notoriety, a good-looking, though small man, and in other respects, not particularly marked, proved to be conversationally disposed, and had much to say in extenuation of certain acts imputed to his command. C. C. Clay was not visible, being probably itP his stateroom. His wife is with him. The idea that Davis had any hand, directly or indirectly, in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, is indignantly repudiated by all these men. On the contrary, they aver that he received the intelligence with the deepest regret, and said at once that it was disastrous to their cause. The party proceeded Xorth^ the same evening, under convoy af a ship of war, the Tuscarora, and will soon be creating ?xcitement almost as intense as scenes recently passed through, among the people of the loyal states. Thvxdeb and Lightning.?During one >f the thunder storms Last week the lightring struck one of the main commissary mildings near the butcher's department, 'dlering the roof, shivering one of the iprights and entering the ground without doing material damage. _. ? .. , , ? Daring this storm tne wind also was n the rampage and upset a small sail ?at in which was one man bound for lay Point He was saved by Capt. J. F. < fichols of the U. S. S. Cambridge, but , ot till he had drifted well down the bay. ] We are obliged to omit an article about I' lie visit of Chief Justice Chase. ! 0T . ..M.Coit#f?(?nciiior R i^h t?4.>f ti'Tal ' Or del* 4Jit. Last week we had occasion to cdl the attention of onr co temporaries in Charleston and Savannah, to certain ill-advised i movements in relation to * Reconstruction" and "Conventions," and demonstrated, as we thought, pretty clearly, that in pandering to tb> semi-loyaf sentiment of those Wen, formerly regulating atid controlling public opinion in the South, and excluding in reality the people who are deeply interested, a great error was being committed, especially as the Government, has, as yet, l>ud dewn no plan by which the elements of civil society are to be re-organized. Our readers can judge with what pleasure then, we read General Order^ No. 68, of Ma).-Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, (which will be fonnd in another part of our paper) making null and void the proclamations of so-called Governors in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; forbidding the people to give heed to any such bogus ?n+k/vn*TT cfnfJnor tKftf ill. frncernment ailbUVU*^ 9 Ovu?*u^ ?? ?.? will, in dne time, indicate a course of action j announcing that the people of the black race are free citizens of the United JStatesy and, as such trill be protected ; and, issuing a wprd of warning to black and white alike, in relation to idleness j and vagrancy. This explicit Order, without a mluntl- ' ant word in it, is whaMmigkt be termed in common parlance, " a ten strike." If it does not'enhance the already brilliant; j reputation of Gen. Gillmore, not only in the Department of the South, but abroad,' then we are mistaken. For ourselves, in I common with thousands of others, we! own up to breathing freer, and feel thank-1 f-' wa Knr? a mmmnn/linir nffippr (IT lui liinf wo uaiv ? '? q ? ?? ? j taated^jy proper vwws of the way of be*! ginning re-construction. . ++ * ! . AFCT' BTTTTAnin S*m?iv ?Vr. Juries j Mulligan, the former popular Stewart of the Fvlion is now erecting a building for; a first class billiard saloon on the large ' lot adjoining the Port Royal Theatre. It is 30 feet front, 75 deep and 20 Ligh to j peat of roof. The lower floor will be one : large hall containing five of Phelan's best i tables ?one 4 pocket and four 6 pockets. In a private room above will be one 1 pocket table. Attached to the establishment will be the usual and necessary comforts of such a place, wines, ales, cigars, &c., &c., t J of the best quality, of course, for we all I know Mr. Mulligan will keep no other. When the building is completed we; shall post our readers more fully about j the inside arrangments. It is to be one j of the most stylish resorts on the island. A Pbesknt for Gen. Saxton. ?When Jefferson Davis arrived here he had with him a bright, pretty little octoroon boy about eight years of age, named James Henry Brooks?or as thqy had nicknamed him on account of his remarkable agility,?" Jim Lim!>er." He wa3 found in the streets of Richmond and taken to Mrs. Davis, who, learning that his mother was dead, adopted him, probably as a plaything for her children.- On arriving ] in onr harbor and finding a long voyage 1 before her with a dark, unwritten future , ahead, she requested our kind Pro. Mar. j Gen., Maj. B. W. Thompson, to take the 1 boy and present him to Maj. Gen. Bufus * Saxton with her compliments and the i request that he would take good care of bira and train him into a proper man- r hood. I ] We asked the little fellow who made v I - ' V' ' 'I t him and the reply was, li (job uiade bnt Lincoln made me free." >Vhy Do.n'i thu Mosky (Jom???it in how about nine moinb? since tho troops of this Department have been paid. Xne Jol.itt /?.?? miel *v>nr?ll Hicf rocv un/1 n-vunt V^UPVU JUiUVik uMbi vug ?UV4 ^ IWVi" ly interfered with trade, not oni v at Port jKoyui but at Savannah, Charleston and nil the Posts throughout this large Department* Before this nearly $5,OC0,0(X> should have been disbursed which would have relieved, not only the soldiers and their families but our entire population. Wc are informed that the Paymasters are not at fault. Maj. A. V.Elliott, the efficient Chief Paymaster of the Department of the South, assures us that he has made every possible effort to obtain the funds, and has expected them by every stentner for nearly three months. He has not on. ly written bnt has been to Washington to* urge the claims of the troops of tuisconi- > mand. < i Probably the delay is caused by the gre.it demand upon the Treasury for the payment of troops now being mustered ont of service and the clearing up of s ! debts due parties whose chartered trans- : ports are being dismissed the service.? i We must all be patient and our turn will soon come. The last news from the North is that th? loan was being taken at the rate of from 13 to 15,00$000 per day, which must, in if week or two, place the Treasury in a condition to reach out its helping haud to those far off on the " Sea Islands of the Routli." The Futnre of l-*ort Koyat, To Ihe U'lilor of " The Xeie Sc-idh:'* Mr. Enrron:?Nearly every citizen upon this island reruns to le looking with anxious thought and eyes lor some .Messiah among us who shall come forward to initiate pluna for the development of the ; grand natural resources ot this unequalled raait of future commercial greatness. All are waiting for "the spirit to move" .somebody els?? and some fear that speculating officials inside the ring, may sue- '* 7 ceed iu establishing influences at Wa<hrtol# nl >tivi tn stav the nroureva uf I ? -***V X CJ v.'bat }j7ti^ be tljo inevitable future of ; Port Royal prbpefi _ No one cab look honestly ilpon n cor; rcct inap of the Atlnhtic Coast, and for er point t.ian upon this island, to foaud a great Southern city, which taturc genorations will approve, and applaud ihe wisdom and sagacity of its foundeis, where the agricultural, the mineral, and the productive wealth and reacources of west, north, and south-west, reaching far away to the Paciiic Ocean, are more naturally and inevitably tributary to this harbor for shipment to all the rest of the world, than at any other point upon tin Atlantic coast, not excepting New York. Then, Mr. Editor, shall we longer " 1 1 *1 A ;i*i 1_ i siumuer r uur military irieucs uaviug played their part, must soon muke then exit; shall not a meeting be called, surveys be made, and the magnitude of this important matter be properly represented at Washington ? The deep interest which you have always felt in Tort ltoyal, gives me confidence that you will sound the tocsin of progress, and proclaim the necessity of some immediate mea3urts to be taken for the future. Head* to Help. New Steamship Lines-?It will be seen by adveitisement in another column that Messrs. Leary & Co., of New York, have established a regular weekly line of steamships from Charleston to New York. The Granada and Alhamtn'a are fine, new, fast propellers, of 1,000 tons burthen each, with superior accommodations for passengers. The Granada made the run from here to New York last week in 66 hours. We hear that Mr. Charles L. Colby, of Kew York, will soon have a fine line of steamers 1 unning to ami from Savannah. The steamship Chase?the first ot " The Pioneer Line," arrived at Savaulah last Wednesday, direct from New ir?i.. LUI4k, U46U tiiU (IU, lUUUClVwU 111 ;omc way with the oil "Cromwell Line." Both had good bills of passengers anc| reight. Several interesting uud valuable com nunications, especially one signed ? 0 j.," are necessarily omitted this week foj vant of room, #