The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, March 26, 1864, Image 2
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KUilko. it v us brv\ul dr.Vii; h% j.n.l the!
plain an ] village of Aomin* was one vj?st.
lake of Ure, anfl the v?v is of carried j
3>v the wind, renehul ihe forest which '
haug suspend* d oj; tie. ridgo of the monn- 1
tun, and so; n I>j: bel was crowned with a '
uiadem of donees. O mrd Vi i /;jv:??ier j
was not with k:j escort. Fro n the lv- ]
ginning of the ra.i l he had d'vmonnt'v], J
nml had chosen to ascend the T>}ebVl l\v a i
rugged footpath, v.hieh need I a st? ady
eye and a sure root. Lt >.t in his thoughts :
VergMui* r did not ob.? rvo on ];i.; right :
impa?.::d>]et rcobs which rose like a wall
between him nnd his trooj s. He could j
hear, however, the crackling of the thorns ;
and the report of the firing repeats d l?y '
^ o. thousand oohcfs. He kept ;i>eendh:g. ;
Jet ling on his cvnrd an.! a tvrn in the '
*
" i?;Ot path soon tok Mm out oi o\
tlio ravine throu .!? which:,' %?.-!""cvs voro
defiling1, ami he could a ?1 me.-, r hear tin*
report of ill ureas or imruiv ; v.\k \ The
xao'.iutain V. l r? -.-ipsed si!-'nee. The J
Gomral had arriv 1 i?t tin' g:<": ' p-at an, 1
where the forest of Aminer ?net.-.
Nothing crn. Vcj mere sad or :r-:o imp= >s- j
iag than t'? v- pi A'o'.unl <h pM.^ral ave '
which tower the g'ocmy cypr ; tives.? )
Yergamhr planned into i.?the sell was ;
covers! with fragments Of feldspar, vimgh t
I and sharp, which hud lucu ground from 1
the rocks by storms. His fec i were cat i
by them, .'is if he wi re walking on razors,
but he sermeil to have become "u.-snsil.Oy
to physical pa q. lie stopped near a
6treaia which poured from a rock" at an
immense height, and dr.mk seme water'
-which lie taught in the hollow of his hand, j
Then he seated himself upon a messy
bank and meditated a long time. As if !
this moment was a solemn ejioeh in hi} '
? life, be invoked the past; he saw cnee !
more the white plains of his native pro- i
' vineo; and St. Cyr, with its cloistcied re- !
treats ; then Paris, bathed in ita blue fog, j
gigantic Paris, illuminated Paris ; and the '
TuilTcrhs, where his valor -had been jus j
knowledged and recompensed: and the j
Palais Bourbon, where his visit had been j
received with noisy welcome ; and the little
saloon of Kiinteuil, the post, and those
whom he had loved ; and George?
He raised his -kecd suddenly. Above
him?the high rooks uud tall black trees
?not a glimpse of the sky. Near him?
standing in the front of a cypress tre e was j
a m ;n. _ * !
" Geojrge!" he cried, and vhr-n he hid
hit face m his hand*:.
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Since eight o'clock,. Surg* on Bauis, uneasy
r.t the prolonged absence of the G u'
? i " thj? munntfiiii
ei\U?nau ut*'u Bimviur, v?
with eorae soldiers. Toward coon tiiey
discovered; at the bottom of a laviae of
tremendous depth, the body of Yergamier,
terribly mutilated ty the fall. Tho soldiers
thought he had been pushed o?f' by
some Arabs, but Edward Baui3 nlon^
knew that Etienne Vergamier had received
tht^j lird visit of George Marcel
Lea? Ykab.?It must be a subject of
solemn reflection to tho whole estate of
bachelorhood, that during the entire year
cu 18ti4 tho privilege of making love is
taken fioni thern, and bestowed upon the
ladies. It may not be known to ull the
unmarried what their respective rights
and duties are. What will therefore produce
the law ou the eabject-, showing that
the advent of every leap year complet ly
overturns the old rules which have governed
the kingdoms of love: In ru eld
law book, printed in the year 1606, where
% it treats of "courtship, love, and matrimony,"
wo find the following: "Albeit,
it has now become a part of the connuou
law, in regardc to tho social relaytioas of
life, that, so often as everie besextiie year
dotho returne, the ladyes have the sole
privilege, during the. time continaela "of
making love unio the men,* which they
may doe, either by words or lookca, as
unto them seemeth proper; acd moreover,
no roan will bo entitled to the benefit of
clergy who dotho refuse to accept the
oders of a ladye, or who doth in anywise
treat her proposals with slight or contumely.
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Fouktek.n" Ladies Vf or.e ate, Day With^
. out Speaking.?Ezra Cornell of Ithaca, j
having conceived the idea that the ladies |
of the Hospital Aid Society of that village j
could progress faster in their noble work j
of sewing for the benefit of the soldiers, i
if they would tallc less, accordingly offered j
to conrributo fifty doilarj to the Society j
if twelve Indie: could be found who would '
sew all day without speaking. The task ;
was entered upon oy fifteen self-sacri lie- j
ihg woia'.n of that village, and fourteen j
of then actually accomplished this very
difficult feat of self-denial, although tempi.
ed in various ways by a largo number of
visitors and iuieriopcra. One of the nam- j
ber failed iu the undertaking, having
been tempted, fike Eve of old by the cftVr
of an apple iuso a $i'?> of Hi? tongue.?Rochester
(]V. Y.) Dcm.
THE FREE SOUTH?BE A UFO
THE FREE SOUTH
BEAl FORT, &CL, MARCH 26, 1864.
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i " Tin Vzt.r. Sacra i.i.iy he obtain 4 at Hilton He ul
o: ?J. ST1??1S0X, at :hc biv.*;v the A?1- j
:tii'N Expn ss Oftl<v.
lnafiin^ >?io liiikin,
Immediately after 111; o.Vapdion of j
tlu se S islands by oar forjes, mi l the j
freeing r * ilio .slave*, parties prp?>sed
i. I istt the lands for :i siip i' v. *1 mm !
and vAii'ioy the negroes to w j>k tor ihem. j
It vm a great question for tikis govern- j
i\e.ut to . < .{ , \vh. t*i 4 J pi tut ? I
:: "! ... ... i i .should couth. ie to he V. -1 |
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iui pti./, ji g,: i o:;r.\ a HOf >:a. \ j
er v?heather the .it lands" of bum :ii* j
lfy so long thrown out to "co.n iu:^," j
should be reclaimed, ami ihe lands wi?h .
other appliances, used lor iheif i<up.o\v- |
lm-ut. Then, as no.v, men were divided. ,
borne ranked gaiu lir.1t; others, the in- I
tttv.-.ts of humanity, wh.bs there were j
those, whoso burred vision discovered 110 j
diuVreuco. Gen. Sheriaan, the lirsi com- !
mauder of this Department, has given
his vi^ws upon leasing the lauds in reply
to a letter to him by a gentleman, who
was then inquiring into the wants of the
freedmen. The several views are cotnnitn
"ed to tlie earnest consideration of
government agents, and also to tho parties
who Lave recently taken leases of the
j lauds an:1 expect to avail themselves of
the labor 01 the negroes. It is hoped the
fearful predictions of Gen.' Sherman will
hot come true of the men who have been
accommodated with lands in advance of .
I the poor freedmen.
Gen. Sherman writes as follows :
| * s * j i)e]jeve that the leasing j
of tbc plantations would put thorn into
the hands o: groovy and avaricious specu- i
lab u s, and that the blacks, who alone i
e>"Jd Weil: them, would necessarily fall !
int o the same hand"?, a'u<l their condition
would become far worse than when uuj
der their former masters. Lucre and
j avarice would rule the hour; and the
| poor blacks, already too unfortunate,
t would be the victims of the love of gold
j on the part ol a second master, only more
' exacting than the tirst, because neither
j past association, nor even the tic of owu|
crship would win for thein any higher
j feeling than a desire to make the most
profitable pecuniary use of them regardless
of all their true interests.
The only high duty to bo performed is
to raise the blacks to a condition that will
meet the necesities which their masters
and guardians have forced upon them,
viz., to support and govern themselves;
! now this, in my humble opinion, can
I only be profitably and judiciously eoinj
nienred by an agent wholly disinterested
' in tiie profits of their labor, and the only
j agent 1 wouid be willing to trust to do
this, is the Govermcnt, working through
i conscientious and hired delegates.
To Planters.
i "We wouid be glad to publish items from
: these entering upon agricultural operaj
lions in this department. Suggestions
; in reference to tlic? preparation of the
i ground, tho time and mode of pUr.tieg,
| cud the best way to manage and pay the
i laborers would interesting and result ill a
i
i mutual advantage. The former proprictors
of {ht so ishuids made the raising of
long staple cotton a subject of scicntiiic
i inquiry and study. If we expect to perpet|
uate the proiiiable culture of this article
' we innst neglect no opportunity to obtain
j a knowledgeof the peculiarities of the soil
and" cliinuto adapted to its cultivation,
j On many of the plantations may be found
| eld records, books und pamphlets from
j which valuable information might be.eul
i led. If such were sent us we would i>e \
glad to extend the usefulness of the know- J
ltd^o through the columns of the Free,
Souk.
&air Lient. Lowell, for sometime A. A.
Q. M., has been promoted to Captain and
A. Q. M.
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A Secret Brought to Lig[itt.
On or about Mi 4th of Juii**, 13G2, Co].
T1 to>. 21. iv y, a member of G?*n. G? o. 13
rVIcC!"!!:in's stitil'. went into a shed that
haft beou ercote! the same d:iy :tr. tie*
2Ieeh:mi<\sviI!e Thudy;*, Y.i., for the purpose
oi holding secret interview with
Kcv.vli Cobb, a K'iit'l emissary,
i ii'" ooniitU nriiil : id vis r" ami "political
lnnnuyv" of tin* Union Generalissimo remain.
I sc.-in tied from the \i w of all but
the friend and agent of Jell". Davis,'during
four hours. Ho tin;--of-truce or convention
having boon known to precede tiiis
m eiing, I .he auspicious o' Cup!-. Jw. H.
Simpson, in conn and of tiie F 'dcral
oiekvt .".t jic -hani. sv-ilo D ridge, were ex
u
cil.*d; ;md k::o king at tiv.- clos.-J dorr of
tu??ued, iie demanded pfoof or tiio fact
that Col. Tv* y ;.o be hud re-pro-.;:do;
himself to be, a memb?#ot General McCi.-ilan's
st.'.r. Eviduieo :'.s to ihe identity
anvl rank of Col. K' y having been furiti.-iievl
to C.ipt. -Simpson, that gentleman
made the circumstance ho had witnessed
the subject of an official report to his
Brigade Commander, General George W.
Taylor, of the 1st Brigade, 1st Divioion,
6th Army Corps. No notice has ever
been taken of Captain Simpson's repot t;
but, as that officer is still in the service of
his country as Lieut.-Col. of Engineers,
C. S. Army, the facts as herein narrated
raey be substantiated by reference to him.
A copy of the official report rendered to
(Jen. Taylor may be forthcoming, if called
for by the War Department. The circumstance
was also witnessed by Captain
II. M. Jewell, 4th N. J. V., now Ass'tProvost-Marshal
of the 1st District of New
Jersey, residing at Camdeu, N. J.
It is due to Colonel Key and to Mr.
Howell Cobb to add that the former, when
spoken to informally about the interview
he had had, as here narrated, admitted
the fact, and explained that he had met
Mr. Cobb for the purpose of agreeing
UDon some fair basis for the exchange of
prisoners. Of course, if any powers to
arrange a cartel were invested in the two
gentlemen who conferred in the tilled at
Median icsvillc Bridge, proof of the same
maybe adduced. But, uutil the interview
thus mysteriously arranged and held is
satisfactorily accounted for, tho public
will be likely to justify and share the suspicion
with which it was regarded by the
commander of the picket who witnessed
and oilicialiy recorded the fact of the conference.
Sentence for Seelino Whiskey.?Iu
the case of James A. McCrea, who plead
guilty to the charge of selling whiskey to
soldiers, the Military Commission pronounced
the following sentence :?" To be
kept in jail during the seven days followl
i si?the ftrmroval of this sentence ; to stand
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eac h day of said seven days, between the
ho ars of 9^ and 11 *2 ft. n;., in front of
the Provost Marshal's office, with a bail
and chain attached to his left leg, r.nd 11
placard on his back bearing the words :?
'I sold liquor to soldiers to pay > fine of
five hundred dollars (8500) or be confined
*ix months at hard labor under charge of
the Provost Marsha! ol the Pest; the said
six months to be in addition to the seven
days above-mentioned ; and on payment
of the line, or upon the expiration of the
I six irkonths confinement, to bo sent out of
| the Department, not to return during the
[ rebellion."
j N. B.?The above sentence has been
somewhat modified, and General Orders
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i\0. AV ^UiUt'liUl'Uj) oiyo auu
iugs, findings and sentence of the Military
Commission of which Brig. Gen. Birncy,
U. 8. V., is President, in the ease of Jas.
A. McCH^ are approved. Oi\ account oi
his family, so much of the sentence as requires
a ball and cliaia to be attached to
his leg, and a placard oh his back bearing
the words, 41 sold liquor to soldiers,'is
remitted. The remainder of the sentence
will be carried into effect tinder the direction
of the Provost Marshal of thii
Post.
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NO. 12.
'('lie Brooklyn tontiary Fair uad our
(ioiiufort SoWlerx,
Through the paper s we havo been advised
of the complete success of the fair
for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission,
a ad therefore of the thousand* of
brave sol<iii\i? enrolled in our country's
service. We 1 avo been enabled to appreciate
the value of the Commission in this
Dept. an 1 our army is everywhere largely
indebted to it for comforts and necessaries
as well us that beneficent work of carj
iug for en 1 relieving the sick'and woand;
i -i : -i- i? l. .. . ti^, ?*,.
Cd, W UICIl XI IKX'JtUJ O'/ lilUlUviiViJ .
I proving. [\:ia Brooklyn Fair has netted
J to the ere lit ofoar soldiers, npwirds or
. four hundred .Lunioand dollars, a princely
sr.in in any oilier cause, but none too
much, for prospered in their bosiu?
R8, to give for the r? lief of those, who
secure to th. tr. iummuity from (lunger,
a:ul tails i.*u dole til uu quietiy to gain their
subtduuee.
H i 1 anyone of our renders, been present
:it the Fair, their attention would
doubtless have been attracted by a notice
at the Book stand reading iu this wine:
" Buy a book and leave it to be sent to
the Soldiers' Hospital at Beaufort, Sf C.'f
By the last stcame", Mr. Harris received
through tlic American Tract Society, two
large boxes containing, with Maga?inot(
aud Pictorials, nearly 200 volumes thus
donated, to be need by him for the benefit
of the soldiers in our Hospitals. The
value of the books is about 8230. They
are of a class calculated to interest, and
our soldiers will doubtless bo pleased with,
them. The books have upon the cover,
within, a printed notice, as follows?"Pre-,
sen ted to the Soldiers' Hospital Library,
Beaufort, S. C., by . Purchased
at the Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary
Fair, 186-1," and the blank is tilled with
tue na/me of the individual donor. We
can assure the soldiers friends in Brook
lyn and elsewhere who uave thus specially
manifested an interest in those in Hos
pita's at this place, that their gifts are
? ? -- nr? Tr . t.??i
Lngiiiy pi'iicea, iw iur. nwi uo nuon
tribute them, will be more and more appreciated.
May not other Fai^s do liicwtfe?
Durniago; a Hospital.
On Tuesday evening about seven o'clock
the bu-ldiug occupied aa a Regimental
Hospital by the 5'3th N. Y. Vols., vhb
totally destroyed by fire. Soon after th?
alarm was given, the Beaufort Sre Departracut
was in service, but the scarcity of
water prevented them from doing much
good. The pick, only eight or ten in
number were removed and most of tho
furniture and stores were saved. The
bnildir.g was formerly owned by F. J.
For tens.
A Qpurt.?Mr. E. S. Phillbricrc says in
his letter to the Evening Post, on raisingcotton
by free labor, that negroes would
Vw-> demoralized bv obtain in <7 land n.t. ?tl 9*?
1 per acre. "We ask, has Mr. Phuibrick
been demoralized by obtaining laud at
that price ? Also, in what time would i*.
negro be able to bay a farm at per
acre ii he worked for Mr. P:ii|lbrioh at 55
cents per working day ?
Miss Drx.?This noble philanthropist
arrived at Hilton Head in the Fidton. On
Thursday she visited the hospitals at IIiT
toil Head, rud in the evening came up tu
Beaufort, where she is a guest of Dr. Ciywer.
TVe understand that sJie is to makf*
i a tour cf all the Hospkals in the Department.
Services will bo held as usual at the
Post Chapel on Sunday. In the morning.
. at II o'clock, in the evening at 7 o'clock.
I p ? ESf*
Capt. Chaa. Garret^son, A. Q. M.,
Las been dismissed the scmco for dis_
loyalty. ^ ^
, The Great Barrington Courier describes
a picture of Cupid ae an urchin rather
scantily supplied with clothing, engaged.
3 in shooting an arrow into a ham which isbeing
roasted in a bonlire.
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