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VOL. 1. , THE FREE SOUTH. * -Af-V ?r- . - ?" ' BEAUFOirr. Si Cm OCT. 10, 1885. 11 ' ?r?- , . nr Agent* wantedtaibc dtthrent Bcgimeats of this PifwrtiiMB. forBe FmSoctc . ^ i; An excellent plan to eooiiw a copy of the Free South cjtrj wee* if ft #*fte?rt6? /er TRBBR FOB 50 CENTS, Toor paper will Ban be sent by man and will folia * jaw wf?rwwni n ij mum. SokBflts should send the IVee Sooth to their Mends ! thorn* -> >?. m j II ?iHI*t shswt wgnad as a WEEKLY LBTTEE, and will cod tain all the news of the department, and fan lieu?f toe tilled and wounded and doatha in boa. pttaL ^ent 07 null at f&ttf per year in advance or 60 CEHT8 FOi THBEE MOHTHS. -?? 1 ?i a i -?11:1? ~ ,p ' 'Hie M#iStoitto'' - i ?? Before the w*r almost the whole southern country wee ,*>-?ealed territory to northern emigrant*., When that r stjess i desire for change caoagdthe, young man of the Middle and Eastern states to cast about lot a suitable place - to locate a new home and win for himself a position of S3c??l independence difficult to attain in his overcrowded native state his eye seldom toned to the sooth. For then slavery, by degrading the laborer, had placed a stigma upon labor itself. The " greasy mechanic az.d. amah-fisted farmer" were looked opOB with supreme contempt by the alavemongers as but little removed in social position from the chattels who were made to do their lordly bidding. Moreover, in the interest of slavery, the climate was represented to be unhealthy. The white man if he tilled the soil would droop and die under the combined influences of the southern son, the malarious fevers, and the frequent epidemics. * 3 M But the war naa removed soma w uicoo ?liJ basin and proved the rest Jko be false. Our office?.) and soldiers, who have penetrated everysooint of the south, have kept ejes and ears open, and have not failed to spy out the fetors aXthelancL fTliey see the great changes which a civil war I works in the social fabric. They foresee that at the close of the war a subdivision of the immense estates most take place ;J that tfltatei*room for ten times the present population; that lands worked out by ihe slovenly vgricnlture cf slaves can be made to bloom win by the intelligent labor of freemen. ' They have found that Amid all the toils and exposures oft sol-J diers life they have been able with the proper precautions to preserve their health. They have toOsd in the trenches in midsummer Mid why not in the cotton field. Thousands tfl4 tens of thousands of sol diers aae now p?ptfUbg far fotaure homes in thefree, sonny south* And when the war cloeee with the death of slavery, there willcommence anew revolution. Anew element of strength will' be pOC&red into the sooth frdm those who come forst as , (1j 1 t 'If ! j > * | enemies bat now as styis, bringing with them, the respect lor labor, the energy, Intelligence and ediwtinn characteristic of the northehi Capitafcat* will stand rea^TWtad ihis movement by opening ?p l&T^foldgyfqpmmsiynal. agricultural and manwfactnring industry*; ThiawSlof the ^!*^??*cy^n4e<luPon,Uie woman-whipping, cradle-robbing system of almwaff willfiih but Abe southern pmpie, so long depressed, will rite 44 redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled by the spirit*of universal Omahci^ ation." ' It is understood that a plot has been, discovered to bun all the government transports tin the western rivers, several men have been arrested and are now in irons, upon one of whom a cypher was found, which, upon being translated, disclosed ins tractions to destroy all steamers that can be of any service to the government The matter is being folly investigated. a a S* m XTHE FREE SOUTH, SATU Small Purcels Che Tfailw v*. Exprew* Companies." ^ ; A provision of law Las b?m in force i since the 30tli of June last, yhich, when j it comes to be better .known, will materiI ally affect the business of expFess companies so far as small,parcels allkxmoctned . All the urticles specified be^r ma* be sent in the mails packages Weighing ? *V/\M*VAIV ^At1 ttMLAasJhAn ^ I JJUt WVC* 1VU1 Jiviuiw;,,..'. (M0WHVo m the United States, at the rato J>f two cents for not over four ounces, 'ondfe additional two cents for each addiuonal four ounce* or fraction thereof, (meaning that *7J? ounces may Ve sent fop-four cento, f &c~j thatls to say 7 I p. rapbbte, occasional publications, book manuscripts ' ,nd di whiter corrected or not, maps, prints, enraivh. *** * ** *Frible q|mplw and aimI - bonogrsphk- paper, letter tarelopee, postal envHotJM fir ca s, paper, plain or ornamenwlTphMompt of ft W* ?*dis ?. tt&prSr ~ g*g?a a* tf "y?rmm" which may by law be aeclan (Tbuulable. Bound books bjx^ taken at^ double the above specified rate. ^ny book weighing rl&s than four ounces may ^ f?* four ' 'cents; weighing less than a* half pound ' for eight cento, Ac. The postage must be 'prepaid by stamps. ;Thus, ^pounu ?f..j mustard seed (not quite a pou^k say twO grains less) may be sent byfpenon in Milwaukie, or in Oregon, soffar as the matter of distance is concernto a friend in Eastport, Maine, for lC^gents. The express companies would charge at least a dollar for the same service. The letter rate to California and all parts of the United States, except those parts where Mr. Davis's people arrange the rates of postage, is now-three cento the half ounce, instead of ten cento, as formerly. Any mining gentleman on the Pacific slope, who desires to mirouuce into that region the amenities of civilization to the extent of circulating his visiting cards, but unfortunately has left his engraved {date with the engraver in NewYork, may send an order for^ a pack of cards in a letter for which the postage is j three cents, prepaid by stamp, not forgetting to inclose* sev^nty^e cents-,to ! pay for the cards, and printing, and a two cent stamp for return postage ; and in due course of mail he will receive from the honest engraver a printed pack of cards at a total expense for postage, cards, printing, and transportation, of eighty cents, precisely seven cents less than the tne-town reader could achieve a like rej suit, provided he paid omnibus fare each way, on his visit t? the down-town engrav. er. A single transient paper cannot be sent. less than two cents, (always prepaid by ) | stamps), b?rt any numoer at J ing together with the wrappers less than four ounces may be sent irt one Wrapper bearing a two cent stamp. r"or each additional four ounces or fraction thereof, an additional two cent stam? must be affixed. Csaitenlfaa. A Maine regiment recently gairissoned a certain post in this department, and of course it became the duty of the Aa h*tant to provide countersigns. After rm nning through the names of well known ba ^tles in ancient and modern history, it bee. "^ae j necessary to look elsewhere for mater. ia^ Some of his words had been difficult t for uneducated persons to pronounce, whio. ^ called forth the censure of the ColontJ, "i 1 %ho ordered the Adjutant to take the names of rivers, lakes or towns of his native State, as the men would be familiar with them. | The following is the list sent to the Colonel for approval. , Sy&ladobms. > ';/ VUUjmiuauvwB. Magaguodaric. Welokenebacqok. ^ Mossehicmagnntic. Molechunkemunk. Chemquassabamtook. Pekaguimack. Sheketahank. Pamgockamoek. Mooselookamoguntic. I MoUychnftkamug. j \ RDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1863. , Itcmarlui'ble Article from the Kich> . mond TV his* Fortress Moxboe, Sept. 25. The P^ichmond Whiff of Sept. 28d has beer, received. Its editorial claims a vie- i t'ory in Northern Georgia for Gen. Bragg, ! but in conclusion says : j 44 We suppress exultation at the thought j I of what yet remains to be done, and the ! possibility of losing all that has been gain- j ed by teiljag to complete tliej work. j "Situated as Rosecrans is, the victory j j that does not disperse or capture his i | whole army is a lost opportunity. If he J is permitted to hold Chattanooga, then ! our victory will be without profit, and we ) have only to mourn that so many brave j men have died in vain, and chiefly that . the gallant Hood has sealed his faith with , his blood. . , " Rosecrans must not only be beaten j I in battle, but he must be destroyed or driven from East Tennessee ; otherwise the battle had as well not been fouglit. If this stronghold is not wrenched from him now, it will hardly be hereafter. If he holds it, he holds a point. (Tappui from ; which he may at any moment strike at C.he very vitals of the Confederacy. He holoL* * region pestilent with disaffection, that nfceJs only the presence of a Yankee J army to ripen into full-blown treason. 1 " He holds the country that must supply meat for onr army, niter for our pow- ' der-mills, and coal and iron for many of ^ our manufacturing establishments. The ^ possession of that country is of indispen- ^ sable necessity to us. It is the prize for ^ which Bragg is contending. Until he has ^ won it, we can but rejoice with fear and . A 1-1* KrtO /Iaiia tremuuiig over wii??iic uao uuu^. he win it, it will be the superbest achieve- ^ ment of the war." The Juajk* of the Rebels.?Let the people bear\t in mind that the men who oppose the war are practically the allies of , the rebel^ Lieut. Maury, the traitor, now in command of the Confederate Pirate j craft Georgia, in his recent letter to the London says : " Other agents have to be called into ' play. What are they ? Let us inquire. 1 They are divisions in the camp of the en- < emy, dissensions among the people of the North. There is already a peace party there. All tne embarrassments with : which that party can surround Mr. Linon#! ail thfl difficulties that it can WUAy r- t ^ throw in the way of the war party of the j j North, operate directly as so much aid < | and comfort to the South." ( From rebf) journals we learn that the Union troops fired upon the rains of Fort Sumter on the 2dth ult., for the first time for several weeks. The rebels report no damage done. The rebel batteries were s ill ?ring upon the Union working per* ties. The iron-clad fleet were at their old anchorage and perfectly quiet. The Charleston Courier reports that the fleet fired a salute in honor of Admiral Farragut's arrival at that pork A late number of the Atlanta Appeal, issued before Resecrans's recent success, expatiates on the importance of Bragg's position at Chattanooga, saying that ' the defeat of Bragg in Tennessee would render the fall of Savannah and Mobile but a question of time, and cut off rebel communication with Richmond?a most serious consideration." . It 9 * ,v. , in VA Brig.-Oen. ttooera .auuumM*, ? ^ ionse to an inquiry from the War Depa rtment, has stated that the flag which I j^q hauled down from Sumter on theoocai sion of its surrender to the rebels is still in hi 3 possession, and has never left bis. custoi ? v. .. 1/ ^ hmond paper illustrates how our prisoner ^ ^ insulted and martyred by the rebel *? *hen it announces the demise of a news1 >aper ?an at the Libby prison, heading th 0 article, " A Yankee reporter aone home UPhi* reports bp the v i ? \ \ NO. 40. Arrival of the Arago. Three days Later frcm the Horth. [From Now York papers, October 3d, 18$$.^ There is nothing new to rei>ort fir s_JBj the army of General Rosecrans. Affairaj^^^^B in General Meade's region are perfocth^^H^fl quiescent From Charleston we hav& ceived lit later intelligence dun that ready published. There appears thus to - , B be a complete lull in the news from these A B points for the ])ast twenty-four hours. We have advices from the West Indies, . flPIB dated at Nassau, N. P., on the 36th of September. The trade from the rebel , ports was still very brisk. Ten steamers arrived at Nassan with cargoes ttince the ' date of our last report. It is worthy of j note that one of these vessels Jeft Charles- f ton eleven days after the surrender of Forts Gregg and Wagner?results which it was supposed had completely sealed the harbor cf the rebel city against the con- _ : traband egress. ? I We have information that many Anglo- I rolMtattomers jure in the port of Wilming toi^^JW., awaiting an opportunity to J nm out. Although several have lately -J been captured, still there is but little di?*_ munition in the cor traband trade to that I port. J By the "arrival of the Saxonia off Cape <JBB Race yesterday we have three day's later ' news from Europe?namely, to the 23d alt The London Time* admits that the iate of Charleston is sealed, its destruction being now a mere question of time, itfurther states that Mr. Mason has sent to Carl Russell a not ficatioo that he has been instructed by the Richmond government to withdraw from England, and :hat he will proceed to Paris. The Union steam corvette Kearsage^ tent in search of the rebel privateer, Florida, had arrived all Brest. She crossed from Maderiain company with another Union vessel, which remained; at Lisbon. \ La France states that the Florida was to k leave Brest on the 2;Id, iiniii|iliiliil,i n ed, and proceed imn ledmtely to meet the 110 "W jecond Union corvet te at Lisbon, and attack her before she can be joined by the 3ne at Brest. It fui -ther states that the Kearxige will be trea bed at Brest like the Floritla, both vessels enjoying the some * rights. If we can credit th e statements of the Metitorial Diplonuriiyt e, England has en* * * ? nnlrn/Mrla^mk k bereci into an eugngi-i ucw w w bhe present Mexican government as """H ' els Maximillian annot mccs to the depo^T tion his final accept sncc of the cro^rn. 4 England and France will then immediately accredit official representatives. The latter country has pre imised to favor every means for the *ealii ation of a loan necessary to place Mexi( o in a position to fill ? her, engagements abrroad. "< With regard to ih e Polish question we learn that the Ru? ians sustained , a de- /? feat at Lutomierz oil the 30tli of August,. j and also at Magovien on the 12th ult. ^ They massacred a number of the inhabitants at the former place,, and had plundered several houses in Warsaw.,. The Paris paper La France hints that the three Powers may make a communication to Russia of a less amicable character than an ordinary note ; and it is stated by the Paris journal that the insertion of the Polish memorandum in the columns of tie Moniteur amounts to a moral recognion of the belligerent rights of the Poles. We have Richmond papers to the 29th. Their latest news from Bragg is to the 26th. They say: "Our lines extend - ? - -A-io * k/ around Chattanooga vnuun sunning instance of the ^nemy. Our forces are veil up in front On Wednesday night our cavalry occupied Codper's Gap, on Look-1 > out Mountain. The mounta n is now . j held by Gen. Longstreet, who commands the river and railroad below Chattanooga. Our loss in killed and wounded will not exceed 12,000.- The enemy's loss will reach* 28,000. On Thursday, made two attempts on our linJ|^^rhey^^^^| were driven back both times tcftheir intrenchments. n f The latest information from the Army of the Potomac represents all quiet, and *' '? ?AnnrtQfl The Tehela are in aniura uutiioujj^-. ? ? strong force on the south side of the Rapidan?Hill's entire corps are supposed to be there. i We are gratified to be able to announce that the President, always att/jntive to the cry of suffering and deserving soldiers, hai* J J %