The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, August 01, 1863, Image 3
VOL. 1
NEWS !TE?1S.
The inconsistency of Maryland Copperheads
is seen incite tact that many know.t opposers of
colored troops made arraug.ments to secure the
services of colored men as substitutes.
There are now about 7,.">00 convalescents at
the Convalescent camp at Alexandria, Ya.?
Since the establishmcut of this camp, 1 AO, (XX) ]
convalescents have been returned to their regi- i
meats in the field.
A rumor current in Washington on the 22d, ;
that Lee's armv had recrossed into Maryland
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lacks continuation. The latest unofficial intel- !
3ipence received there leaves the two armies
watching onch oilier, the rebels 011 the west and i
*hc Federals on the east side of the llluc Ridge.
Gen. Casey reviewed the 1st U. S. Colored
Regiment on Mason's Island on the 22d inst.?
The General was highly pleased with tiie knowledge
of the manual of arms and the soldier-iikc ,
drill of tlic eolored troops lie prononnces them
aqua! to white troops 110 longer drilled than
these men.
Recent events strengthen the l>elief that the
.object of Vice-President Stephens, some day*
ago, in asking permission to proceed to Washington
011 board a rebel vessel of war, to deliver
on official communication from Jtff. Davis to
President Lincoln, was to entrap our govcrnf
meat into an implied recognition of the assumed
Southern nationality.
Forty-two rebel commissioned officers were
sent from Louisville on the Gth inst,, to Johnsoa\s
Island, Sandusky city harbor, where nearly
one thousand of their brother officers arc en- ;
' joying the cooling breezes from Lake Erie and
awaiting their doom, if Jeff. Davis pots his
~N threat to hang otir officers who command negro )
N jegimeuts into execution.
Large quantities of cotton and wheat had hcen
destroyed by tire in Liverpool. The conflagra- j
' v , lion took place in Water street and the damage
aras estimated at fl op 1,000,000 to 2,000,000
pounds sterling.
x * . The city of Troy, N. Y. was disgraced on
the 15th by a mob, whose cry was against the
Draft. The 'runes office was pretty much destroyed
; the jail was broken open and the pris- !
' - oners released; the Steamboat Francis Skidd v,
' "n :
, having colored waiters, did not dare to land, and
A. _ia.n hack to Albany. One Roman Catholic
priest, Father Ilavennans, did his uttermost to
stop the riot and jiartially succeded.
The riot in Boston on the loth, was very j
promptly stopped. There was no parley or hesitation
; the mob endeavored to seize the arsenal
?the soldiers at once tired upon them with grajie ;
and musketry, charged bayonet and all was finished.
Four or five jjhrsons only were killed.?
Similar promptness in New York would have
saved a great many lives and millions of properRebels
arc appearing again on the Potomac. ]
On the 18th they ojiened at Yate's Point with
three pieces of artillery, and fired about 30 shots '
it the transport Pcabady, 20 of which struck
her but did no serious damage. The gunboats
-Jacob Bell, Resolute, and Teaser, and the morrjir
schooner came up and opened fire, and 40
, men were sent ashore to capture the rebels.?
'The Reliels immediately retreated and were pur,-sncd
some distance but were not overtaken.
Gen. Butler has asked the President to give
him the Department of New York, considering ,
it one of the most important commands in the j
/country. He said that disturbances were to lie i
??tlmrp irhirh it would he necessarv I
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tt> discover in their infancy, and to crush with ;
=ra iron hand. He believed that organizations, j
ofljllited with the Rebellion existed iu the city,
-which would seize the first opportunity for an
ontbreok. New Orleans taught him New York.
Gcu. Doobleday has been relieved from his
command in the Army of the Potomac, and or-Imxl
to take command of the depot for drafted
men to 1x2 established at Buffalo N. Y.
Both the sons of the Hon. Edward Everett?
Mic of whom has just graduated nfCambridge, I
Efegland?have been drafted in Boston. Both
have made up their minds to serve in person, iustead
of procuring a substitute or paving the
$300., Mr. Everett himself declares that if he
is tirarwu, ne win ionow muir c.-vainj<ic.
During the attack and subsequent siege of
l*ort Hudson, says the New Orleans Am, the
conduct of the two Louisiana regiments of eol- j
-omi troops was of a big chamber, entitling them
f?> the praiie due to gallant defenders of the llag
of our Union?praise which all lovers of their
country will feel proud to awffrd. m
General Dix arrived in New York on the 15th :
3/xl proceeded to ascertain the condition of the
rail:wry forces there. During Saturday afteruoeu
iljor-Geueral Dis and General Canby
THE FREE COUTH, SA.TU
waited upon t!ic governor and had a lengthy
interview, which was very satisfactory to all
concerned. Nothing transpired at that interview
that in any way indicated trouble l?et\vocn the
state and national governments. The whole
position of affairs was talked over, the elements
that were engaged in the recent disturbances
were referred to. and many other matters connected
with affairs there.
General Gardiner the recent rebel commander
of Port Hudson, is a deserter fromv the United
States Army. He held a commission at the
opening of the rebellion of the slaveholders
against the United States Government, and entered
the service of the traitors without waiting
to tender his resignation.
Among the Regular Army officers just retired
from active service, by order of the War Department,
are Gen. Wool, Gen. Harvey Brown
and Gen. Harney.
Surgeon Horace R. Wirt/ has been made Med- ;
icai Director of the Department of the South, :
and ordered to relieve Surgeon C. II. Crane.
The recent enlargement of Major Gen. Foster's 1
command, which now embraces Richmond, is '
the cause of great rejoicing in that department, '
as it is considered equivalent to the speedy fall
of that city, with proi>cr materials at the disposal
of this gallant and experienced engineer
officer.
The recent action of the War Department, in
placing Gen. Wool and other.officers upon the
retired list leaves vacant one major generalship
and one brigadier generalship in the regular I
army. It is said, upon good authority, that the j
major generalship will be conferred upon General
Graut, in recognition of his sendees in Tennessee
and Mississippi.
The Government has in hand and on parole
seventy-nine thousand Confederate prisoners
against fifteen thousand Federal prisoners held
by the enemy. The balance to the credit of the
Government is thus sixty-four thousand men.
Cannon and munitions of war have been seut
from Washington to New York, for the purpose
of insuring the preservation of peace hereafter.
We have news that the U nited States gunboat
DeKalb wa* destroyed by the explosion of two
rebel torpedoes while proceeding up the Yazoo
river.
It is stated in high quarters that the intercept- i
ed despatch from Jeff. Davis to Lee ordered the
latter to retreat for the reason that troops could
not be rallied in Virginia to defend Richmond.
The Late Col. Hobert G. Shaw.
HE.llT.FOT, SOt'TU CAROLINA, Jl l.V '27TII. lbtio.
To the Colored Soldiers and Freed men ;
In this Department:
It is fitting that you should pay a last j
tribute of respect to the memory of the ; .
late Colonel Robekt Gould Shaw, Colo- , <
nel of the 51th Regiment of Massachusetts '
Volunteers. He commanded the first i ,
regiment of colored soldiers from a free i j
State ^Ter mustered into the United States I
rr? *?ii \? ,1 t..v. ' 1
servnre. xxt^ icn uv cue ucau ui 1110 xtcgi- j
ment, while leading a storming party ! .
against a rebel stronghold. You should j j
cherish in your inmost hearts the memory j 1
of one who did not hesitate to sacrifice all j
the attractions of a high social position, j
wealth and home, and his own noble life, 1 1
for the sake of humanity. Another mar- j
tyr to your cause?that death has added j
still another hope for your race. The
truths and principles for which lie fought
and died still live, and will be vindicated.
O* the spot where he fell, by the ditch 1
into which his mangled and bleeding body
was thrown, on the soil of South Carolina, i
I trust that you will honor yourselves and
his glorious memory by appropriating the
first proceeds of your labor as freemen
towards erecting an enduring monument
to the hero, soldier, martyr, Robert ]
Gould Shaw. j
R. SAXTON, 1
P/-* rinn on/1 Arilifamr riATrornr\y*
V4 V.U. UUU iUUiVtUJ V^VTVIUVA*
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Tlie following certificate of marriage t
was found among an old lady's writings.
The John Higginson named below was
probably the son of Frances Higginson ,
of Salem, ancestor of Col. Higginson of 1
the 1st S. C. Vols.'
"This is to satisfy whom it may concern, that Arthur /
Waters and Amy Vursloy were lawfully married by me, \
John Higginson, on the first day of August, anno 17 uO.
"I Arthur on Monday,
Take thee, Amy. till Tuesday, y
To have and to hold till Wednesday, 'A
For better for worse till Thursday ; ?
I'll kiss thee on Friday; " i
If we don't agree on Saturday
We'll part again on Sunday." (
rSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2863.
f
Dim?On the ironline oftheOoth inst., at the rfsi(lenceof
lleiiiT ( . ]add, L'oaufort, S. Lieut.
Luther M. of the 1st S. t\ Vols.
Lieut. 13. was born at Marietta, Ohio,
Sept. 20th 1S30, and was consequently 20
years and 10 mouths old on the day of his
death. He made "public profession of his
faith in Christ about 11 years ago, and
was ever after a consistent, earnest aud
devoted Christian. He was lively, genial, i
and affectionate in his nature and readily j
gained warm friends wherever he went. <
He was specially interested in Sabbath j
School efforts for neglected and ignorant
children, and wherever he was, he would
have a Sunday School in motion, and the j
more the need of one, the more earnest
would be his efforts.
His first enlistment was as a paymaster
/-?C ll.A OlUU DorfimAnf flio Qfofn r\f \ on*
vi lilU A'JUi vi iuv uiaiv vi xi V/ n
York, in which capacity he acted until the
mode of payment of the N. Y. troops was
changed and the duty was assigned to
paymasters in the U. S. service. !
After returning home from the army of
the Potomac, he in a short time enlisted '
in the 23d X. Y. as a private. From this 1
position he was transferred to the position j
which he occupied at the time of his death. |
Few men do up their life-work and get
their release so early as young Ringham. j
He shared with many of his fellow officers J
no pains, to form discipline and make ef- ! ,
ficient the fine regiment duly aut horized
by government, of colored troops. He 1
worked in strong faith for the Union, for A
putting down the rebellion, and for carrying
out fully the President's proclamation 1
of freedom to the slaves. The officers and
men of his regiment, as well as the " freed- J
men" generally, deeply mourn his early (
departure. He has exchanged his mem- j
bersliip from the South Presbyterian
church, Brooklyn, X. Y., for the church }
triumphant in heaven.
# j 1
At a meeting of the officers of the First ,
S. C. Vols., held at their camp at Beaur
fort, fc>. C., July 21st 18(53, Lieut. Col. \
Billings presiding, the following preamble
and resolutions were passed. *
Whereas We, the officers ot the *irst r>. V/. i
Vols., have been called to part with an esteemed J
friend and associate officer, Lieut K. if. Gaston,
whose many noble qualities endeared him to
us, and those formerly under his command, I
Jle*ulct'd, That while lamenting his loss as a
l>eloved comrad, we feel a degree of pride in the
reflection that he was one of our number, that y
lie was worthy of the noble caus; he esi?oused,
ind that he died as a brave man might wish to j
lie, in defence of human Liberty.
lienolcetl, That we rejoice in view of the fact
:hat he has left behind him that raojt priceless
jf legacies, a manly example and an untarnished
reputation. s
Whereas, the spirit of Lieut. L. M. Bingham,
ate Quartermaster of the First Regiment ofS. C.
Vols., has been called home to Him who gave
t, the "dust returning to dust," we share with
lis relatives and friends in the loss, and tender
o them our warmest sympathies in their bereave- a
nent. Faithful in his duties as an officer, teiu- .
jerate, pure in language, affectionate, his heart
ittached itself to those around him. While we,
lis fellow officers, strive to near the mantle of
ill that was good in his character, we will eher- s<
sh the faith that
"God calls the loved ones, but we lose not wholly si
What lie has given;
They live on earth, in thought and deed
As truly as in lleaven."
It was voted that a copy of the above
jo sent for publication to the " Free
South" and " New South," and that cop- J u
es be sent to their friends.
GEO. WM. DEWHURST,
Adjt. 1st S. C. Vols., Secretary. q
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liarn nr\ lofrn- inf/illinanPO nf file
IT C liaig UU 1UVV1 lUWUl^VUVV v* ??
progress of affairs at Charleston. The jJ
ournals of that city anticipate its possible
capture. They declare that no Hag of j
.Tuce shall meet our forces half way be- j
;ween the wharves and Fort Sumter, but j
he city will be defended street by street j
A til it is a heap of ruins, if it be so . '
loomed. The citizens are warned to pre- i <
)4re for the worst, and the aged, the wo- j
nen and children are counselled to with- '
Iraw to places of shelter. The Augusta !
Ga.) Sentinel expresses a wholesome fear
>f General Gilhnore's power with artillery, Ix,
bid recalls the fact that at Fort Pulaski
ic knocked that work to pieces like a ; !'
rouse of cards, although^it was consider- 0!
.d next to Fort Sumter in impregnability, n
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NO. 30. (
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fc?*We learn from the Richmond Dia[Htich
of the lstli that specie has advanced ' *.
101) per cent, during the last two or three
months, and that the brokers in Kichmond
"pay for gold eight dollars for one,
and sell one for eight dollars and a half."
Thus, it says, the "ruling medium of valuation.
gold, has done its worst, and now
lies high and dry above the waves of popular
traffic." While, under the influence
of late events, gold has thus shot up to
this extraordinary value in the southern
market, it has, under the same influences;
fallen in New York, and on the 22d insi.
it stood at only about 23 per cent, premium
in Wall street. Tliis tells a truer tale
than the rebel press, which still insists
that Lee was, on the whole, the gainer in
his late campaign ; that he inflicted mora
damage than he received ; that his losses
were small; that Bragg, :u leaving Tnllahoma,
only retired to a stronger position;'
and that their prospects in the southwest
are still good.
glfttft.
July 23d, Private Sylvester Andrews, Co. 0,115th
Y. Vote., typhoid fever. *
July 20th, Private Charles F. Becman, 7th N^t
LI. VOte.. Wound?.
July 20th, Private James Bolster, Co. E, 115th N.
Cols., typhoid fever.
July 22d, Private Cornelias Dow, Co. K, Oth Maine
Cols., typhoid fever.
July 20th, Private Kress, Co. B, 109th h. Y_
Cols., typhoid fever.
July 21st, Private Fred Lackmann, Co. C, 100th N. Y_
Cols., wounds.
July 24th, Private Thom ts]McManiatna, Co. K% 62(1
)hio Vote., wounds.
July 20th, Serjeant Henry M. Morrow. Co. B, 67th
)hio Vote., wounds.
Jnly 25 th, Corporal Wm. Ou Jerk irk, Co. F, ^th
f. Vote., wounds.
July 22, IMvate Moses Sp Joker, Co. B, 55th PeniuCote.,
typhoid fever.
July 24th, Private Samuel \V. Smith, Co. D, 9th Me,
k t#?. VtUUUliS.
July '2>:h, Private Clement V. Steigler, Co. It, 4Sth
v. V. Vols., Tetanus ciosei by gun-shot wound.
July i'lth, Prlvotc-Edwai J Taylor, Co. 1, Gth Coon.
,"ola., wounds.
July 2;;d, Private Fray A. Wait, Co. .V 70th Pa. Vol*..
rounds.
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