The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, December 12, 1863, Image 4
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VOL. 1. ;
[For the Free South.]
TI?c " Plain Missionary."
There may he exterior plainness
(iler/orm is not faultless, I know)
But her heart looketh out from clear windows,
Which picture its warmth, and its glow.
Her features might scarce bo termed perfect,
Or molded with infinite grace,
But that indescribable sweetness
That charms us, is stamj>ed on her face.
8he dresses with little preciseness,
Is not quite a butterfly, yet,
Bnt the dignified ease of her manner
No one having seen, can forget:
Her port on the street is leas queenly
Than that of some others, no doubt,
Bnt she goes on beniflcent errands
Distributing comforts abont.
SJie clow not write hooks, for her talent
Is not of the blue-stocking1 kind,
Bnt the circle at home, of an evening
Grows gentle, like her, and refined.
She will not be noticed by many
Who scan with keen, critical eyes.
Bat her home and her crown, and a welcome
Are already mire, in the skies.
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Old Hundred.
In a rustic church opposite, while we
-write, a company of worshippers are singing
the old, old hymn, 4 4 Be Thou. O,
Ood, exalted high." The air is old, also ;
and the immortal 44 Old Hundred."
If it be true that Luther composed that
tune, aud if the worship of immortals is
carried on the wings of angels to heaven,
how often lms he heard the declaration
;?44 They are singing 44 Old Hun- !
dred,,' now."
The solemn strain carries us back.to the
lime of the Reformers?Luther and his
tvoted band. He, doubtless, Wiis the
st to strike the grand old chords in the
jrablic sanctuary of his own Germany.
From his own stentorian lungs they rolled,
vibrating, not through vaulted cathedral
roof, but along a grander arch, the
eternal heavens. He wrought into each
note his own sublime faith, and stamped
it with fa till's immortality. Hence it
cannot die ! Neither men nor angels will
let it pass into oblivion.
Can vou cmd a tomb in the land where
>>ealed lips lie that have not sung that
tune ? If they were gray, old men, they
heard or sung "Old Hundred." If they
were babes, they smiled as'their mothers i
rocked them to sleep, singing " Old Hun- i
drod." Sinner and saint have joined with
the endless congregation, where it has,
with and without the pealing organ,
sounded on the sacred air. The dear
little children, looking with wondering
eyes 011 tills strange world, have lisped it.
The sweet young girl whose tombstone
told of sixteen summers, she whose pure
and. innocent face haunted you with its
mild beauty, loved "Old Hundred," and
she sang it, closed her eyes, and seemed
communing with the angels, who were
soon to claim her. He whose manhood
was devoted to the sendees of God, and '
who with faltering steps ascended the
pulpit stairs with white hands placed over
his labored breast, loved "Old Hundred."
And though sometimes his lips only
moved, away down in his heart, so soon j
to cease its throbs, the holy melody was
sounding. The dear white-headed father,
with his tremulous voice, how he loved '
*' Old MmuljteU." L)o you see mm uow
sitting in his venerable arm chair, his arm
crossed over the top of his caue, his silvery
locks floating off from his hollow
temples, and a tear perchance stealing
down his hollow cheek as the nobleVt rains
Ting out ? Do you hear that thin, quivering,
faltering sound now bursting forth,
now listened for almost in vain V If you
not, we do ; and from such lips, hal.owed ;
by fourscore years in the Master's cause, i
* Old Hundred" sounds indeed a sacred
jnelodv.
You may fill your churches with choirs,
-with Sabbath prima donnas, whose daring I
notes emulate the steeple, and cost almost i
as much, but give us the spirit-stirring
tunes of the Lutheran lymn, sang by
yronng and old together. Martyi-s have I
Hallowed it; it has gone up from the dying
beds of saints. The churches where gen- I
oration after generation have worshipped, J
and where many scores of the dear dead
liave been carried and laid before the altar
where they gave themselves to God,
seemed to breathe of " Old Hundred"
from vestibule to tower top?the very air
is lumuted -with its spirit.
Think for a moment, of that assembled
company who . have, at different times
mad in different places, joined in the familiar
tune ! Throng upon throng?the
?tem, the timid, the gertle, the brave, j
the beautiful, their rapt faces all beaming
with the inspiration of the heavenly
sounds !
.44 Old Hundred !" King of the sacred
hand of ancient airs, hi ever shall our I
eyrs grow weary of hearing, or our tongues !
of singing thee ! And when we go to j
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THE FREE SOUTH, SATUR]
I
heaven, who knows but that the first tri- 1
uinphai strain that welcomes us may be? !
" Re thon, O God, exalted hijjh."
Stonewall Jackson's Admission into
Heaven.?I was much amused at the
rebel prisoners' account of Stonfwall
Jackson's admission into heaven. They
were strong admirers of Gen. Jackson,
and especially of the great success of his
flank movements. "The day after his
death," said they, "two angels came
down from heaven to carry Gen. Jackson
hack with them. They searched all
through the camp, hut could not find
him. They went to the prayer-meeting,
to the hospital, and to every other place
where they thought themselves likely to
I find him, but in vain. ?Finally they were
forced to return without him. What was |
their surprise to find that he had just ex* j
ecuted a splendid flank movement and '
got into heaven before them." Corresj
poiulence Boston Recorder.
Festival and Fair,
To be held on the 25th Skat^ by the
Ladies of Beaufort, at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Proceea* to go for the benefit of the poor, aud aluo to
the minister in charge, Rev. Mr. IIall.
Admission 2T> cents. Doors open at 12 oclock. M.? [
Flair to continue during the afternoon and evening.
All persons are respectfully invited.
committer of arrangements.
MRS. 8. BKAM, Beaufort House,
" It. McCURVEY, Charleston, S. C.
" R. HAYNES, Beaufort, S. C,
MR. WM. F. ENNORY, New York,
; " W. FULLER, Sutler, 1st 8. C. V,
; SERGT. McGILL. 1st S. C. Vols.
Trade DiatrictN and Trade Store*.
Sl'i'ERvisiNo Special Agency of tiif. Trkasi ry^I
Dept., Forr.TU Special Agency.
liKAlFORT, S., C. l>ec. f>th, lSdS. j
The following notice is issued to all parties concerned
under the Acts of Congress of July 13th, 1S01, May 20th, i
1S62, and March 12th. 1S<53, and the Regulations of the j
I Trwwnrv Demrtnient In Dursnance thereof, particularly |
those bearing date September 11th, 1^0-'!.
TRADE DISTRICT.
I. The Island of Hilton Head: and the group of j
j islands bounded sonth westerly by Proad River, northerly j
1 by Whale Pranch and the Coosaw River, northeasterly
! by St. Helena Sound, and southeasterly by the Atlantic
| Ocean, including among others Port Foval Island, Paris |
Island. Ladies'Island, and'Sl. Helena's Island;?all in
the State of South Carolina?arc hereby designated as a
Trade Listrict.
TRADE STORES.
II. Persons of well ascertained loyalty desiring to I
continue or to establish trade stores in said District may
make application in writing to the Supervising Speeial '
Agent of the Treasury Department, or to such As- i
sistant Special Agent as he shall designate for that
purpose at his ofiice at Beaufort, setting forth the
locality of the proposed trade st >re, and transmitting j
with the application the affidavit prescribed by Sec. |
XIV. of the Treasury Regulations of Sept. lltb. The I
Agent will inquire into the character of the applicant,
and the circumstances of the locality, and if deemed expedient
will authorize such applicant to sell at said trade
store an amount of goo<L? per month specified in the
Anthority. If such Authority shall be granted, the
Trader shall before receiving it, execute n bond to the
I'nited States as prescribed by Sec. XIV. before mentioned.
tit ioi,ni?.niitoaf Twrtn Stdro is rnon the
Island of Hilton Head the Trader shall flic a copy |
of his Authority with the I.ocal Special Agent whose !
office is at the c ustom House at Hilton Head, and if such j
locality is upon any one of the group of islands before- ;
mentioned, the Trader .-hall file such copy with the Lo- j
cal Sj>edul .A gent whose office is at Beaufort. Thereby j
said Local Agents will be authorized to give to the ;
Trader certificates amounting in the aggregate to the j
monthly sum specified in the ' nthority, upon which
certificates, goods, wares, and n. handise not prohibi- ;
ted by Regulations or I ocal Rules, may be permitted by :
the Collector of Customs at I'ort Royal (Hilton Head) 1
to be transported to such Trade Store.
IV. Traders thus authorized elsewhere than at Port j
Royal, shall not sell goods to others t) be resold by j
them, but shall sell only to persons for tl eir own individ- j
ual, family, or plantation use.
V. All authorized traders shall keep true accounts of
their sales, with the name and residence of each pur- 1
chaser of goods to the amount of more than fivr ool- j
larn, and the date and amount of every sale, and
shall file and preserve nil cancelled permits under
which goods have been transported; and their books,
invoices and accounts shall be open to the inspection
of the Supervising Special Agent, or Assistant Special i
Agents under his direction.
VI. If any authorized trader shall violate any Regulation
or Local Knle his Authority will be revoked
and his stock in trade seized and forfeited to the
United States.
VII. Certificates of Local Special Agents recommend
inp permits for transportation, shall expire thirty days
after date. Permits for transportation shall expire ten
days after date; and all authorities, certificates, and
j>ermit8 will l>e liable to revocation by the Secretary of
the Treasury, or the proper Supervising Special Agent,
as the public iuterests may require.
VIII. The following fees are jirescribed by the Treasury
Regulations of Sept. 11th. For administering oath 1
and certifying affidavit, ten cents; for each Authority
from an agent, three dollars; for each certificate of a j
Load Special Agent, ten cents. Internal He venue >
stamps are required by law to be attached to *he J
affidavits, certificates, and bonds mentioned iu these
Local Rules.
ALBERT G. BROWNE, <
Supervising Special AgeLt, Fourth Special Agency. I
1141 tl t
3JfY, DECEMBER "x2, 1863.
Liwt of Letter* rcn>n? n||1y in ihc Po!i,
OFFICE at Beaufort, J>. ^ oll Wednesday, Dee.
L'th, h 33,
Bradly, James A Kain, Enncne
Brya.it, Lavina Lowe, Rev. Charles 2
Bond. Rose .Miller. Nelly
Chaplin, Jack Middlcton, Caroline
Cramjh, Sernt. Si ^nuel Mana.no, Cornelia
Chism, Fanny Manr.no. Cornelia
Campbell, Via'acy Slanano, Libbic
Eubanks Robert Mana.no, 4 harlotte
Flagler. William 11. I'avne. John N
Frisbl rapt. Washington J Reader, James
(irey, Stephen ltobinson. Miss
Go'.der, Abraham U S A Stone, James G
Greet. Diana Shaw, M (Co. E, .Id S. C.)
Goodcll Harlan P Scharfl". Chcrles W ,
Gaylord, Wm. C '1 nimble. Charles W
Holmes, James B Wright, James S.
llarfT. Johnathan Wright, Philo Miss
Jenkins. Mama ret Wedos, Mrs. Parra
t-ersons inquiring for any of the above will Mi: tor
AD v EiUTSED LE ITERS.
JOHN C. ALEXANDER. P. M.
NEW BOOKS.
The following late publications have jnst been re- 1
ceived and are for sale at the POST OFFICE BUILDING,
Beaufort, S. C.
SCOTT'S MILITARY DICTIONARY.
ARMY PAY DIGEST.
LEND\*S MAXIMS.
SCIIALK'S CAMPAIGNS.
SIIOULDEK sTRAPS?a novel.
BEN ION'S ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY.
ARTILLERIST'S MANUAL
BKRRIMAN'SS?VORi> PLAY
GARRARD'S CAVALRY HORSES;
LEIBER'S GU ERILL \ WAR.
ROEMEK'S CAVALRY.
WAR IN THE UNT I ED STATES.
CULLU.M'S MILITARY BRIDGES.
11 ALLELE'S INTERNATIONAL LAW.
GILI.MORE'S SIEGE OF PULASKI,
HAND BOOK OF ARTILLERY.
MANUAL FOR ENGINEER TROOPS.
HARDEE'S TACTICS.
Mct'LELLAN'S ARMIES OF EUROPE.
U. S. FIELD SERVICE CAVALRY.
European cavalry. \
COOKv> CAVALRY TACTICS.
HANDY BOOK.
U. SaCAVALRY TACTICS.
COPP1K EVOLUTION OF THE LINE.
BATTALION DRILL,
REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS 1<W3.
DUFFlEi.D'S SCHOOL OF THE BRIGADE.
P<) WEILS ANA TOM Y O F T 11K A R 1'ERI ES.
HOSPITAL STEWARD'S MANUAL.
MCLEOD'S SURGERY.
I.ONG.MORE'S GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
ARMY CHAPLAIN'S MANUAL.
UNION FOUNDATIONS.
JOMINI'S WATERLOO.
ALFONSK GYMNASTICS.
BAR I LETTS INDIAN REBELLION.
ELLSWORTH' Z<H AVK DRILL.
MAPS OF THE COAST FROM BULL'S BAY TO
OSSA BAW >01 ND.
ORDRONKAUX HJX1S.
GiLLMO.tE'S LIMES.
SC'HALK'S ART OF WAR.
11 ALECK'S VH.1TAUY ART AND SCIENCE.
JLi.li'S ATTACK AND DEFENCE.
ORIGIN OL Si fc!< n.S-L>.\K\\ IN.
FiKM' YEAR OK THE WAR. SOUTHERN IIIS- |
i OUY-BY i'oLI.ARD OF RICHMOND.
GALA DAYS-IiY OAiL IlAMiLl ON.
RuKJER A.N I) HAS! iLLE.
oURoLJ HOME?BY HAWTHORNE. *
LIKE IN ill HZ OPEN Alii?BY WTNT1IROP.
BROKEN COLUMNS.
AUSTIN J LLIOl I'.
ANDERSON'S EVOLUTIONS KIEL!) ARTILLERY.
iiEA v Y Ait: ILLER Y TAG 1 ICS.
GARDNER'S ARMY DICTIONARY.
LIFE OF VICTOR HUOO.
.\U.MY AND NAVY ROCKET DICTIONARY.
DE. 11A R i 'S MILITARY LAW.
DENE r .VULI i'AKY L V V AND COURT MARTIAL.
ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL receivtgl by every J
Mail Steamer. u4S j
OVER $50,000 OF
POCKET KNIVES,
RAZORS, SCISSORS,
TABLE CUTLERY.
W. W. KNIGHT & SON,
No. 51 Commerce-street,
i'lllliiuciiiiiiia*
5000 doz. Tabic Cutlery, from 37,'.<c to
$5 pCT dozJu.
5000 doz. Pocket Cutlery* from 37,!*c to
?;0 per dozen.
4500 doz. Scissors, from l^-to $3G j>er doz.
2500 ;?r Carvers, from ISc. to $5 per pair.
2C00 doz. Razors, from $1,50 to $20 per doz. ,
Our old friends and customers, some of twenty-five j
years standing, will know that we do not exaggerate ,
when we say that over $.>0.1.00 of this stock has been
taken in exchange for iteal Estate, in addition to the '
entire stock of .Mr. ?>. A. ndteidt, (who has returned to <
Europe) importer of first class German Scissors, to- i
gether with all the stock of one of the oldest importers '
in the city, retiring from business, who has given us '
the privilege to sell the same at cost. We mention <
these facts to account lor our EXCEEDINGLY LOW j
QUOTATIONS. i J
In addition to the above, our stock comprises Razor*.
Table and Pocket Cutlery; lCiitclicr,
Bread, Farrier, Budding, Pruting
aud Shoe Knives, of Wade 6c Butcher7*
and other popular brands, ordered expressly for our J
o\\ u trade. 111E NEW i'EAi UltE in our business is, j
we have made No. 511 an establishment exclusively for !
Cutlery, where the Hardware ."Here hunt, :
Stutiouer, Druggist, Toy, aud Motion
I.* < utior tir Pedlar, mav de.'il at Head- '
WV?.V.,V.... , f,
quartern.
At our old stand. 503 Commerce street running bnck i t
to North street (next door to bll.j we keep on hand a j
full and regular stock of Foreign and Boraeatic |
Shelf and Heavy 4>oodu, appertaining to the 1
11atdware Business.
Also, a comptece assortment of
PLANTATION HOES. .
Cotton Planters will tind to their advantage to address
us before purchasing elsewhere.
W. W. KNIGHT A: SON,
509 and 511 Commcrcc-xtrcet,
a44-tf] PHILADELPHIA.
Hattery Plantation,
Containing500 acr--, and I'okee Inland Plan" j
tution, containing 130acrs?, 1 or Sale. Enquire at i
he STEVENS HOUSE ln4dri J r<
NO. 49.
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AT
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G. Tliompsou Editor.
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The postage on the Fev.k South is twenty cents a year,
payable quarterly in advance-and may be paid at this
office. Advertisements will be inserted at twenty cert*
a line for each insertion.
JOB PRINTING.
Having just received a large assortment of new type,
borders, rules, etc., wo arc low ready to execute orders,
for OFFICIAL BLANKS of every description. Aba
all kinds of merchantile printing, such as BILL HEADS,
CARDS, CIRCl'LAS, HANDBILLS, INVOICES, etc.
Our facilitiesfare such that we are able to fill orders npua
tlie shortest notice. ,
TO OUR SOLDIER FRIENDS.
An excellent plan to secure a copy of the Flw SonA* *
every week is to mibscribc for
THREE MONTHS FOR'50 CENTS,
Your paper will then be sent by mail and will follow
your regiment where^r it may move. ,
Soldiers should send the Free South to their frieMr
at home, .
4
It would be almost as good as a
WEEKLY LETTER, ?
and will contain all the news of the department, ao4
full lists of the killed and wounded and deaths in boo- .
m i
pital. Sent by mail at $2.00 per year in advance or
50 CENTS FOE THREE JIONTHS.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN
THE
Town of Beaufort, S. C.'
UNDER the direction and instruction? ofthe President
of the United States, issued of the date of September
ltith, ls&j, in pursuance of the 11th section of an act
entitled "An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes ia
insurrectionary Districts within the United Mates and
fbr other purposes," approved June 7th, 1S62, and thenet
amendatory of the said act. approved February 6th.
w<? Abram D. Smith, William E. Wording and .
William Ilenrv Brisbane, United States Direct Tax Commissioners
for the District of South Carolina, do hereby
declare and make known that a public sale will lie held
at the Office of the c. ommissioncrs aforesaid, in the town
of Beaufort, State of?South Carolina, on Monday, the
lsth day of January. at 1<> o'clock A. .V. of snid
day. for the disposal of the several lots, partsof tola and
liWbx of Iaml constituting the town ot Beaufort afore
said, together with the buildings thereon, to wit: block
One (I) to J lock One Hundred and Thirty-Seve" ";t7)
inclusive, according to a plat or map made of an id town.
February, lsij:'., duly established and authenticated by _
said Commissioners and recorded in Valuation Book
"A" of said Commission.
The following blin ks, lots and parts of lots are ex- .
cepted and reserved from said sale, to wit: Lot C iu
Block S, Blocks 15 and Hi, Lot A in Mock 21, Blocks 24
and 32, i.ot B iu Block 33, Lot A in Block 34, Lot A is
BIoC; 35, Lots i) and K in Block M. Lot A iu Block 44?
Loi C in Block 47, Lot 0 in Block 44, Lot Bin Mock50,
Lots B and 1) in Block 55. Lot B in Block 57, Lots A and
C in Block 53, Lot F in Block Co, Lot I) in Bloc. C3,
Lots A and 1) in Block 07, Lots A and F in Block 09.
Lots A, B, C and D in Block 70, Lot A in Block 77,
Blocks 7S, 79 Hnd 89, Lot A in Block 90 and Blocks 124.
125, 131 and 132 of said Plat; and also all lots, parts of
lots, blocks and buildings now occupied and continuing
to be occupied to the close of said sale, as military and
navai hospitals, and as offices and store houses of the
Quartermaster's, Commissary and Ordnance Departments,
and for revenue and police purposes.
Said sale shall not be kept ojien longer than thirty
days from the commencement of the same.
The Commissioners resej&e a single hid on each ot
said lots and blocks to be piSlicly made bv them, or by
their authority, of such sum as they may deem eligible,
not less than one-third of the appraised value thereof.
And any of the said lots, parts of lots and blocks which
shall not be bid to one-third of their appraised valuer
will he withdrawn from sale.
Given under our hands at Beaufort, South Carolina,
this second day November. Mi*>3.
A. 1). SMITH,
\\\ K, WO It! >1 NO.
WM. 1IENHY BRISBANE,
U. S. Direct Tax Commissioners
uo14-1'Bt! for the District of South Carolins.
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Photographs lor tne lumion:
MR. SAMUEL A. COOLEY. having jti?t returned
from Sew York with a large assortment of Photographic
materials, together with a complete apparatus for
executing all the latest and improved styles of SUN
PICTURES, at his Gallery at Beanfort, and Folly Isind,
S. C'.. is now prepared to supply his numerous
ustomers, with
LARGE PORTRAITS,
CARTE IIEV5SETTES,
AIBROTIPES,
MELLAIAOTTPES,
&c?, &c?,
PICTURES neatly inserted in Lockets, pins, and
eals. All pictures finished in the highest style know*
o the art. SAMUEL A. COOLEY.
[nJ&tf.PHOTOGRAPHS,
AJI1IKV i * rts,
MELAINOTYPES?
Gallery nelt Camp of 06th >. Y. V.
R. V. BALSAN, Arti.-t and Proprietor.
.J. V. Baiain, Assistant Artist.
Strong Wrapping Paper
For Sale.
Several reams of strong Manilla paper, very larjemze,
>r sale at this office.
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