The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, October 31, 1863, Image 1
VOL. 1.
iFou the Free Njtmi.J
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Ou the death of C'apt. Joseph Woodruff, Co. K. r?th
Illinois Vol*., who Ml. mortally wounded in Fort
4iir%g, Morrw island, S. C'? ou the night of the 'Akl of ,
^September Is*;.
They laid him In hU soldiers grave.
An offering at tliat shrine
So dear to all the true and brave?
His Country's Kights Divine !
Be conld not bear to Ite a slave?
And hence he rests In Glory's grave;
For what but slavery to fear
The worst that can befall,
When Country calls by all most.dear
To stand, or nobly fall *
Who would not rather seek to die
Teu thousand deaths ere turn to IJy *
Yes! he was brave?and now he sleei^
Among his kindred dead ;
While mourning Memory o'er hiui weeps
Those tears we ever shed
Ovr patriot slain in patriot cause.
For Liberty and Freedom's laws
The Spoiler sought him in his might
And pride of manhood's noon.
And touched hint with Death's fatal flight.
He died!?and all too soon;
Yea! ?all too soon for those most dear
Who weep al>ove his jjlorious bier.
Ah! mourning wife and Mother, left
Thy lone fate to deplore?
Thoti are not quite of nI! bereft.
Thou i:ii_'htvt haw lo-jt ?nr more;
Ilia child is left to l?c thy at ay,
Thy love and comfort day by day.
All honor to the true and brave
Who die for Uod aud Ithrht !
hlav Heaven their memory still save
From dull Oblivion's ni.;iit.
And on the tablets of old Time
Record their deeds and names sublime.
? And he has jjtme !?we loved him well
Our soldier brother true!
Tlie ocean surges boomed his knell.
The ni^ht-winds wept their dew,
Af his brave spirit passed from earth
And entered on its Heavenly birth.
Rest in that home!?we would not call
Thee back to earth airain?
What is there in this life of all
Its pleasure frawrtit with pain.
To teuqit the spirit once set free?
Ho! rest thou there! all peace to thee!
J. W. 1).
Mill Kcgt. Illinois Vols.
9&~Tlie government has on hand in the
different arsenals throughout the country.
700,000 stand of arms, 500,(100 of which
are effective. The number is rapidly increasing,
the Springfield manufactory
itlone turning out 25.000 rifle muskets every
mouth. Under the contract made by
?w,Avlv tn-A t'Autv <irrr\
) Vttiiin v'u^ uv cu in v j v< no n^\?
bj privato parties, for 2(M),(xHi rifled arms,
only 25,000 have as yet been delivered to
the government?the muskets manufactured
by contract costing one-third more
than those made at Springfield. There
are also on hand about 2.400 twenty-four
and twenty-five pounder smooth bore cannon,
which are rapidly being converted
into effective guns by the rifling process.
By this means the weight of the projectile
is increased one-third, and a greater range
gained with less waste of powder.
The IJeraUl correspondent in Constantinople,
Turkey, writing on the 11th
of September, announces the fact that
horse racing, after the European style,
was to take place, for the first time in the
histoir of the empire, on the 16th of
October, and be continued through that
and the following day. The sport was to
be conducted under rue - imuimj?w |?nironage
of hi? Imperial Majesty the Sultan."
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Jlpy* General Butler desires an active
command, and iutimates that he will resigu
unless he has one soon. The General
thinks he has had a sufficient "resting
spell" now, and wants to lend a hand
again.
BEAUFORT, S. C., SATU
ONE MOKE RALLY FOR THE ONION.
300,000 VOLUNTEERS WANTED.
Proclamation by the President
| The I'tual Advance. Premium and
Bounty.
By tbe President of tbe I'nited States
of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
WhertoSs the term of service of a |*rt of the
volunteer forces of the U tiitcil States will expire
during the coming year; and whereas, in addition
to the men raised by the present draft, it
j is deeuied cx]?dicnt to call out three hundred
; thousaud volunteers to serve for three veurs or
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| the war, not, however, exceeding three years;
j Now, therefore, I, Aukaiiam Lincoln, l'resI
ideat of the United States and Coinmander-in|
Chief of the Army am! Navy thereof and of
I the militia of the several "States when called into
actual service, do issue this my proclamation,
calling upon the Governors of the different Suites
to raise and'have enlisted into the United States
service, for the various companies and regiments
in the field from their respective States, their
'quotas of three hundred thousand men.
I do further proclaim that all volunteers thus
1 called out and dulv enlisted shall receive advance
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j pay, premium, and bounty, as heretofore comi
inunicated to the Governors of States by the
' War Department, through the Provost-Marslwli
General's office, hv special letters,
i i further proclaim that all volunteers received
i under this call, as well as all others not hereto'
fore credited. shall be duly credited on and dc:
ducted from the quotas established for the draft.
1 further proclaim that if any State shall tail
! to raise the quota assigned to it by the War
j Pejwirtrneut under this call, then a draft for the
! deficiency in said quota shall be made on said
; State, or on the districts of said State, for their
j due proportion of said quota; and the said drift
! shall commence on the fifth day of January,
I 18G4.
And ! further proclaim that nothing in this
i proclamation shall interfere with existing orders,
; or those which may be issued, for the present
draft in the States where it is now in progress or
. where it has not yet commenced.
The quotas of the States and Districts will he
assigned by the War Department, through the
Provort-Marshal-Gencral's office, due regard
being had fur tl?e men heretofore furnished
whether hy volunteering or drafting, and the
j recruiting will l?e conducted in accordance with
i such instructions as have been or may be
i issued by that Department.
In issuiug this "'reclamation, I address myself
not only to the Governers of the several
State#, but also to the good and loyal )>eoplo
I thereof, invoking them to lend their willing,
| cheerful, and effective aid to the measures thus
j adopted, with a view to rc-enforcc our victorious
; armies now in the Held, and bring our needful
military operations tc a prosperous end, thus
! closing forever the fonntaius of sedition and
; eiril war.
j In witness whereof; I hate hereunto set my hand and
j caused rbt- teal of the United Stales to be affixed,
j Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day
i of October, in the year of onr Lord ooe thousand eight
J hundred and sixty-three, and of the Indepeudecee of
the United State* the eightv-elghth.
1 " AIJKAHAM LINCOLN,
j By the Preaidttnt:
Wuxum II. Skwash, Secretary of State.
< JttF" It is stated that the President has
completed hi* reply to the Missouri and
I Kansas delegation, and that he refuses to
j remove General Schofield, but promises
i tliat the evils complained of shall be rem
edied.
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The rifles in the British army are found
j to be injured by the friction of the steel
ramrod upon the inside of the barrel,
during the constaut drilling. Drilled sol;
diers arc therefore to go through the mo1
tions of loading without using the rod.
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RDAY, OCTOBER 31,186
Deserters tttosi Bragg.?A letter from
i Chftttanoogn to the Cincinpati Gommwfo
' nays : Notwithstanding, .their late sno. ???
flip ivl?pl snMiprs nh'P takine evei'V
J possiUo occasion to come hto our lin?-s as
deserters. Ten or twelve came in yewtcr!
day morning, taking advantage of a dense
j fog that rendered the running of their
1 picket lines an easy task. They tell us
' that the rebel army is in a state of mental
l anxiety and agitation consequent upon
| the reception of news that Rosecrans was
reinforced by Grant, Hooker, and others.
They give it as their oj inion that Bragg
will commence falling back toward Rome
before our army can get ready for offensive
I operations. Generals Polk and Hindman
; are under arrest, by order of General
I Bragg, for not advancing on our retreat;
ing gnlumns on Sunday night. Bragg
! ordered Polk to pursue us vigorously;
instead of which the Reverend rebel went
. vigorously into camp with all his com*
mand, and by Monday morning, even
i Bragg himself was afraid to aidvanee very
far upon the heels of the " demoralized
| and fugitive Yankees." There is 110 doubt
! tliat the rebels could Lave increas-d our
1 discomfiture very much by following us
up on Snudily liigh^.
Titm Tootf t\-c Pun'TTrtVir (V"1!WP\I'V
A XOOV'jb VA JL nnx-i. iv4>4?y w .
It is now hoped that the issue of frac tional
currency to replace the j>ostul currency
I will commence in ten days or a fortnight.
: The vignett ou the face of the new curren!
cy is the same in design for all denominnj
tions. It represents a medallion head of
! Washington in a faint metallic ring : bej
hind it extends a landscape in which the
; steamboat, locomotive, ire., are iutroj
duced. Each denomination is printed in
! a different color. Fives are wood color,
j tens green, twenty-fives purple, and fifties
f bright carmine. In general appearance
j the new curreucy is a decided improvej
ment on the old.
Distances in Chakleston Haudok.?
| In the present juncture of affairs near
' Char'eston, the following Is of interest to
j the reader : Fort Sumter is three miles
i and three-eighths from Charleston, one
j mile and one-eiglith from Fort Moultrie,
! three-quarters of a mile to the nearest
j land, one mile and three-eighths to Fort
Johnson, and two miles and live-eighths
to Castle Pinckney. The hist named fori
is one mile from the town, and Tort JohiiI
son is two miles and a quarter from the
j town. These measurements are from snrj
vers from the United States Coast Survey
i Department.
I . .
i A pamt mint was lately discovered in
j California, which yields eighty-four differj
ent colors, varying from vermilion to dove
t color. The supply is large enough to last
; us a hundred years.
. Gen. Graham, just from Richmond,
I gold his patent leather boots to an officer
! there about to be married, for four hnnI
dred dollars.
! More than eighteen millions of postal
currency are in circulation. The iseno of
fractional currency to take its place will
commence in about a fortnight.
Life's pleasures, if not abused, will be
new every morning, and fresh even* evening.
The commander of the Dc Soto, on
blockading service, has already $100,000
' prize money assigned to him.
Government horses sold in New York
, on Saturday week at from twenty-five
cents to forty-five dollars each.
Uncle Sam is bagging about five or six
million of dollars in gold every month now
for imports.
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>3. inu. 4.3.
Vpju the trial of a suit for divorce, one
of the witnesses was asked whether he had
spoken to auy of the jury since the suit
commenced.
Yes sir, I sjjoke to Mr. pointing
to n inn-man with a face us red as a blood
beet.
[ 44 What did yon say to liim
WitneA appeaii d reluctant to tell. The
attorney insisted upon au answer.
44 Well," said the witness, 441 told him
he had u d d pretty face to sit on a
j jury to decide whether a man was a liabitI
uaf drunkard <.r not!"
44Where's my wife?" inquired our
| friend Nil, 011 retur dug home eirly one
evening, and missing his better half,
j '4 She's gone to 1 >ed with the toothache,"
was the reply of some member of the fain|
ilv.
| '* Well," said the indignant Nil, 44 if
i she had rather go to bed with tho toothj
ache than to go with 111c, let her go ;" and
he forthwith settled himself to the perusal
1 of tlic latest war news.
! 44 Here's your JXo'/y Times?all abcut
the battle!" cried a newsboy thc? other
j ilny, vending lii-s wares. An iuaiviclnui ?
' with shoulder straps hearing tire exciting
announcement. purchased a copy, end.
' itily glancing at the head lines of the ^
dispatches remarked to the dealer iu afternoon
literature. " Where is all about
the battle V I can't seo it." "No said tie
boy, "and you never will see it as long as
i v<m hang around this city."
! The devil's own missile is the recently
' invented rifle musket shell, which our
warm friends, the English, have furnished 4
the rebels. When one of tiiem burst in!
side of a man it is impossible to extract
all the pieces of leail and copper. They
are like an ordinary bullet, but have a
: copper chamber inside tilled with per;
cussiou.
w Iu some of our army corps that have
: been long in active service, it is said to be
' a custom of the soldiers to gamble for
drinks by passing the lingers smartly
; through the hair of the head, and then
closing them light and crying ' odd or
j even V" Quilp, who has seen something
; of soldier life, assures us that, though the
troops are had enough, he has never sden
; any such //Ve-entiousuess as that,
j A Mrs. Wannauiaker died at New Pro -
I ]>err, Dt'ijjoii vuuii.i, .1.
who wei;,'luil previous to iier death seven
; hundred pounds. blm was n great eater,
. and disposed ??t" an ordinary sited hum in
two meals. At her last dinner twenty
four ears of corn made a slight portion of
her repast.
"Is that the time the old cow died of *? *
asked an Cugl simian, nettled at the ii dustrv
with which a New Euglaudcr
whistled Yankee I'oodic.
Xo, beef/' replied Jonathan, "that
are's the tune the old Hull died of."
The following is deceptively promulgated
uinier the heal of zoological information
: ' The blaek tapir is found in
| many districts of Sumatra, but the red
tapir is lound eiiietiv in the District of
! Columbia."
Hakes.?A captain of a vessel loading
! coals went into a merchant's counting
i house and requested the loan of a rake.
; The merchant, looking towards his elerk>t
i replied : " I have a number of thorn ; but
! none, I believe, wish to be hauled over
j the coals."
Hoop Skirts. ? The latest style of hoop
! skirts is the self-adjusting, doable back
j action, bustle etrusean, face expansion,
j Piecolomini attaeliment, gossamer indej
structible, polucti comorania.
A aegro boy was driving a mule, when
' flip unimal suddenly stout a-d short and t> -
| fused to move. 4* Won't go, eh ?" said
I the, boy, * feel grand do you ? I s'pose yon
I forget your fader was a jackass."
It you wish to cure a scolding wife,
' never -fail to laugh at her with ail your
j%ight until she ceases, then kiss her
! quick?euro cure and no quack medicine.
When you see a dwarf, you may take it
j for grsinted that his parents never made
i much of him.
1 ighty National Banks, with an aggve
gate capital of 5510,340,000, have already
been authorized to commence operations.