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VOL. 1? V THE FREE SO^TH. j , BE1VIOBT, S. C., JI NE ST, 186,3. * \ j-. * ~ . Afenti for the Free Seath. Tatloi & Co. Hilton Head, and St. Selena I aland. C. C. Luoo. No. 1 Mercer street, New York. ' a8B8 jy Agents wanted in the different Regiments of this Department, for the Fan Sottu. ; The Late News from the North. ? K??a !>T?ar\rvnV\or*n/v>V Koo I fx lit? iiiiC VI W1V XH?|^^CUJ(UXUWA AMW7 uw last been abandoned ; that beautiful valley is once more in possession oltbe rebels; . Virginia, with the Bine Ridge, the Shenandoah, the Rappahannock and the Up' per and Lower Potomac, again seem to * be slipping from our grasp, and naught is ; left us but the bloody and beaten fields of Manassas and Bull Run, and the narrow rim of territory covered by the guns mounted for the protection of the capitol * of the nation. What General Lee accomplished not a ^ear since, with the army of Gen. Pope .in his front, he has again repeated, with the whole grand army of the Potomac to TMiAt und thwart him. I Upon this same ground, in turn, Generals MeDowell, Pope, McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker have been flanked by this ablest of rebel generalsj and com* peDed to shift their lines and change their bases of supplies, and with rapid and forced marches rush to the protection of Washington. The Upper Potomac has again, been crossed, Maryland invaded, Pennsylvania reached, the beautiful village of Greencastle burned, the rieh Cumberland Valley penetrated, the fat and sleek horses of the old Butch farmers drugged from their cool stalls ii^the big bar^SJsor taken from the plows in and transferred to the ranks of. the redoubtable rebel Stuart; the whole population along the Cumberland Valley?Railroad sent flying in con\ sternation to the north of thef Susquehannah; the city of Harrisburg deserted by its original inhabitants and occupied with ^ troops from almost every/northern state. ^ In fact, since the sailing of the Arago rfrom Hiltouf Head, bfjt ten^ days since, and while the profoundest qr^et has prevailed in this department, with the single exception of thd capturing of the Fin gal, the whole northern people have been raised to the highest degree of excitement and something like genuine patriotism and a desire to sink all party differences in the grand object of saving the country been brought to light Precisely in what direction Gen. Lee will posh his columns it is difficult to say, but it is hardly to be presumed that he will, after he bis fedBSdPSnsffiaHflT with his whole army, return by the same line he entered. An effort will probably be made to reach Pittsburg, and if not 1 rapidly pursued and compelled to fight, he , wiB escape via Western Virginia, with ! supplies sufficient to carry him through 0 the fatt campaign. | But General Hooker, moving upon a ' shorter line, should be able to come up , with the main body of the rebel army before it has advanced far into the free - - - - - ...... i .states, and it is barely possible tnai an- i other bloody conflict may be enacted upon or near the memorable field of Antietam. ] In this alarming- emergency we are ' pleased to see that the President has taken ! prompt aetion in the premises, calling out |1 the militia, to serve for six months, as fol- 3 lotfs: Pennsylvania 50,000, Maryland 10,000, Ohio 30,000, WAtern Virginia ( 10,000, New York 20,000. Gov. Andrew \ has tendered to the government the ser- 1 / \ vicee of all the available Massachusetts j \ militia, including the recently returned I j 44th, 3d, and 6th regiments. The Gov- ( I ernor of Neir Jersey has also tendered the ' services of the militia. I I Unofficial advices from Yicksburg to the ] ^ 14th< have been received. Everything is : going on well there, and there are indica- < \ f tions that the rebel garrison must soon ; surrender. Bear-Admiral Foote, is now lying seri \ THE FREE SOUTH, SATI ously ill at the Astor House, New York. His physicians and friends, 1 owever, entertain hopes of hia recovery, From the New York Herald, <5one 20. Great activity still prevails in Penasylvania both among the rebels- and our own forces. The rebels were up to yesterday evening, at or near Greencastle, having retired from Chambersburg hastily and in alarm. The bridge burned by the rebels at Scotland is being reconstructed, and communication with Chambersburg will thus be renewed. General Milroy was said to be approachincr with four thousand mounted infaitry and five thousand riflemen, also in the saddle, and that a battle was eminent today. The news from the Army of the Potomac is not very important. As far as we are able to state no action has occurred between the two armies. Advices from Washington, state that j General A. P. Hill's advance consisting of ; Haapton's Legion, was advancing toward Dumfries, and that one regiment had made its appearance at Stafford Court House. Combining these frets, intelligent officers draw the conclusion that Lee's advancing upon the Army of the Potomac in tEree colums, his right, under Hill, by way of Occaqnan and Wolf Run Shoals, his centre under Ewell, by way of Thoroughfare Gap, and his left under Longstreet, by way of Leesburg. In this connection it is only necessary to say that such disposition has been made of our army by Gen. Hooker that no surprise can possibly take place. [From the New York Herald, June 21.] Our news from Harrisburg does not indicate much change. The First New York cavalry encountered part of General Jenkins' rebel force below Greencastle yesterday, and after a ? -!_ J-V J.f A-J Al J OnSJK SJHTI111M1 UtUtUlrtU W-LOULl tuiu IAJUA some twenty prisoners. The rebel force in Hagerstown yesterday morning was ascertained to be abont 1,500 cavalry. They were # concentratinglarge bodies of troops between that twn and Williamsport, where it seemed probable that they intend to make a base of operations, as all their stores were brought over the Potomac. Everything was quiet at Harper's Ferry and Frederick. Rumors reached Washington last night that the rebels were advancing on Pittsburg by the National road, over the Alleghanies. We have official accounts of the progress of affairs at Yicksburg up to the 15th inst At that time everything was going on favorably, The defences in the rear of Grant's army are being daily strengthened, and General Joe Johnston ia pvidentlv afraid to make an attack on Guerillas are swarming on^Ehe banks of the river above and below hejf, firing cm all passing boats. The rebel privateers are still making bold raids on our coasts. A fishing boat was stopped by one and robbed of his fish and provisions on the 16th, thirty miles from Nantucket. She was a three masted schooner and with three guns, apt parently English built and carried the British flag. She afterwards came along' side the New York pilot boat C. H. Mar*3 shall, and asked if there were any square rigged vessels about * - . ? i . t ;?x.j? A tietacnment 01 mouiueu reutua ciiia- j ed McConnellsburg, Pa., on the 18th.J They opened all the stores, helping them- j selves to clothing, provisions, and every-! thing else they could possibly cany away. About twelve thousand dollars worth off cattle and a large number of horse were j carried off by the rebels. , The U. S, steamer Florida, Capt. Bankhead, captured on the 11th inst., off Frying Pan Shoals, after four and a half hours' chase, the rebel steamer Calypso. All the papers and her rebel flag were found on board. Her cargo consists of liquors, diy goods, and assorted merchandise. JRDAY, JUNE 27,1863. On Thursday night week the celebrated blockade runner Herald was sunk by our blockaders on Folly Island. The fate of her officers and crew is unknown, as broad-* side after broadside Vas poured into her on every side until she sunk. yiie blockade off Charleston is perfect. The fteet hereafter will not wait to capKnt mill fii-a infA fko 1i1<v>lrai1o mnnora till they sink or surrender. Japan dates to May 11th have been received. The English Admiral had demanded of the Japanese government a large indemnity and the surrender of the murderers of Mr. Richardson, failing which Frhnce and England would declare war against Japan. The French and English fleets are determined to commence hostilities unless the Japanese government acceded to the demands of England before the 2Gth of May. It is believed that Admiral Pahlgren will soon leave to take an important command in connection with Admiral Foote. Admiral Dahlgren has faith in the new Monitors and large calibre guns, and he hopes to give the public an early report from them. The Herald of the 20th says, Rear Admiral Foote is still lying dangerously ill at the Astor House, and his attendant physician's report of his condition yesterday was very unfavorable. The rebel General Forrest is reported to be in a dying condition, from wounds inflicted on him a few days ago, at Spring Hill The difficulty originated about a woman. The North has discovered from this war the valve of slavery to the South an a military institution; and the proclamations of Lincoln have been designed to destroy that power in onr hands.?Richmond. Enquirer. Yes, slavery is valuable, or rather, says the Nashville Union, we have by our folly allowed it to be made valuable, to the rebels, " as a military institution." We can make it our military strength and their military weakness, if we have the courage and common sense and patriotism to do it. The *4,000,000 of slaves now worked by southern traitors for the benefit of the confederacy, are as serviceable to them as 4,000,000 of loyal white fanners are to the North. Suppose the rebels could deprive us of that number of white agriculturalists, would they hesitate to do it? Not a day; not an hour; not a mnmant 'Vbot! rtw -fisililinn fifYT n RWfiTTT.'P UlVUiVlA II* -* rvvj^ V?? V J V. XV f?- Vice-Presideiit Hamlin has received a draft on London which amounts, in onr currency, to over six hundred dollars, given as a free-will offering to the caime of emancipation by the colored women of the British colony of Victoria, to be applied to the benefit of the freedmen at and about Beaufort, S. G. The donors? who are in good part native^ of the United States and graduates of the "peculiar institution"?had previously sent $170 to Philadelphia for a like purpose. PebsonaIu?"We are happy to announce the return to this Post of Lieut. Lewis T. Barney, of Gen. Saxton's Staff, from a short visit North. He is heartily welcomed by his many friends, and we trust that his trip has invigorated him sufficiently to resist the influences of the hot weather which is now approaching. Many of his friends would like to be taned up in the same way, no doubt. Jof* Captain Percival Drayton, late .. J? it? : commmiuer ui luc uvu-unu x. oootuw, woo token charge of the ordinance department of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Captain D. is a native of South Carolina, and, although a brother of the rebel General Drayton, whom he fought at Port Royal, is one of the most loyal officers in the service. How ake You John Bull??The English and Austrian Consuls at Richmond, arrived at Fortress Monroe, on Saturday, having been ordered out of the rebel confederacy. ; \ ' \ { ! i i | | J NO. 25. _ Office Provost ^larslial General. Dkpabtmext of the Soith, ) Hilton Head, Port Hojal, S. C? June J4th, 1SC3. / All persons claiming exemption from ^ the draft ordered by General Orders No, 41, Headquarters of this Department, will i make such claims in writing, and file it with the Provost Marshal of the Post ?J where they reside, within one week from the nnblittfttion of this notice. Exemp tion papers on account of disability, will * be given on the certificate of a Surgeon of the U. S. A., appointed by the Provost Marshal of the Post. Surgeon J". J. Craven, Medical Purveyor, is appointed "1 Medical Examiner at this Post By Order . ?, James F. Hat.t., Prorost Marshal General. Bkacfcet, S. C., Jane 2Cth, ISO. Surgeon W. P. Kobinson, 104th Kegt. . Pa. Vols., is appointed Medical Examiner at this Post. ^ R. O. GREENLEAF, Capt and Provost Marshal. Gen. Gellmore's Staff.?Gen. Orders, No. 48, announce the following as the staff of the General Commanding; Col. John W. Turner, A. D. C., and Chief of Staff. Major Ed. W. Smith, A. A. General and Com. of Musters; 1st Lieut. Israel K. Searley, A. A. A. General; Lt.-Col. It. H. Jackson,' ~ * Asst. Ins. General; Lt.-Col. J. J. Elwell, Chief Quartermaster; Lt.Col. M. It. Morgan, Cora, of Sub; Surgeon C. H. Crane, U. S. A., Medical Director; Major Dwight Bannister, Chief Paymaster; Capt. John W. Todd, Chief of Ordnance; Major Jas. C. Duane, Chief Engineer ; Capt. John Hamilton, 3d U. 8. Artillery, Chief of Artillery; Capt. T. B. Brook*, , A. D. C.; 1st Lt. Henry M. Bragg, A. D. C.; 1st Lt Franklin E. Town, Chief Signal Officer. The South Atlantic Fleet. The illness df Rear-Admiral Foote will cause the command of the South Atlantis fleet to remain for the present with Admi- JM ral Du Pont, unless he should insist on returning to testify in the Stimers case, as many suppose he will. The fleet captain would then act temporarily in his place. ^ The name of Commodore Rowan of the Roanoke has been mentioned for this command. . h 'a letter from Aliliken's Bend says that in the late contest the colored troops fought like heroes ; after the first volley, the negros clubbed their muskets and went in for a hand-to-hand fight. The rebels shouted " No quarter," and bayoneted the wounded. The colored troops took up the cry and played the same game. Negros and rebels were found dead on the field, each transfixed with tlie bayonet of the other. Several rebels were found with their skulls mashed in by the negros' muskets. . Twenty thousand citizens of New-Hampshire met in the Union Mass Convention at Concord on the 17th. Gen. Butler, Montgomery Blair, Gen. Hamilton, Ira. Perley, and others, spoke. One erf the resolutions declares that every man who by word or deed, directly or indirectly, discourages enlistments, or the maintenance of the army and navy, is a traitor at heart. The gathering was an immense success. The steamship Norwegian, of the Quebec line, was wrecked on St. Paul's Island Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the morning of the 14th inst. She had 58 cabin and 271 steerage passengers, all of whom, with the crew, mails and most of the baggage, were safely landed. The ship was hard on the ^ rocks, and it was doubtful if she could be got off. ' TL A A f X* AT*? T?V\ /I AWA T1 /\ -LUC WULUCU Ul JCW Ijli^lciuu BIO Wf half-way patriots. One in Boston, through a fair gotten up entirely by herself and personal friends, and held in her own parlors, received over $1,000 in aid of soldiers, hospitals. The Navy Department is informed that the De Soto captured on the 19th the schooner Mississippian, while endeavoring to run the blockade off Mobile with one hundred and eighty-seven bales of cotton. She had no papers or colors, but only a permit to sail from F. Buclymam AcljniraL. V :