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J H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
* , ~PORT ROYAL. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865.
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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. !
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Last week we had occasion to cdl the
attention of onr co temporaries in Charleston
and Savannah, to certain ill-advised
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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
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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;
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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.
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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
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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
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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 "
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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,
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