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m ffmliL voxo?": r-} PORT ROYAL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1864. THE PALMETTO HERALD A IS rCRLlSHlXl KY ?rvv. MASON & CO., EVERY THURSDAY MORMXG. j AT POUT ROYAL, S. C. Offct Sext South of the Sac Theatre Building. ! Terms: Single Copy Five Cents, i Oue Hundred Copies... $3 60 i Per Annum to any Addtvi-s pj 00 ! Payment invariably in Advance. A limited number of AUVEKTLSKMEXT* re- i ceived at Twenty-tve Cents per Line. JOB i ^ PRINTJXG cxecnted oeatiy and promptly. THE LEtflXGTOX PLAKTATIOA. I Of the principal plantations on this ! island, the most notable, and perhaps the : most noteworthy, is that known as " The Lemington Plantation." The last : possessor of this noble estate, prior to the rebellion and the capture of Hilton Head by Admiral Dupont's armada, was j - n'oaliln. nml cL-511(\il nlanfnp f-imiJlfirlv I ?1 W r?uil?> aim nniUMii .j railed "Joe Pope." The said Joseph was wise, tor his generation, in the culture of the princely plant, and in the selection of the seed would himself fwss xhrough his ripened fields and pluck for che purpose the choicest pods. lie was t the most successful grower of Sea-Island ; cotton in this region of the country, and i by his good management added mate- J rially to the already high reputation of j "TheLeinington Plantation."' Mr. Pope was advanced into old age, and had four adult daughters and two sons. One of the latter, young Joe. was corporation ; lawyer at Beaufort: the other, John, I was commander of a horse company at | BlulTion, in the rebel service. .V vonng lady spy in Washington had conveyed to Pope, Sen., information of j Dupont's intended attack upon Hilton i Head, and two weeks prior to the vet- ! cran commodore's capture of this im- i portant part of South Carolina, the well- j informed and wan' planter removed, j with his family and negroes, to the main- i land, where, we an* informed, he lia9 i another plantation in successful opera- : tion, though with a much diminished force, for 75 out of his 120 slaves desert- . ?*d him and returned to the Head soon I after their master's exodus. Nearly all J the men among them are now bearing arms against the slaveocracv, and some j 18 or 20 females arc now enjoying the ; blessings of free labor and educution i ?i? ,u? ?k,, I tltlUUl tuc uriirnti iu ia nn; iu? - j xl gentleman who now owns the planta-' lion of their fugitive master. j Po}>c is well spoken of by his late : slaves. Thai is, tkev do not accuse him ' of cruelty or wilful unkindness. But he j <liil nothing to improve their condition, , and, when not absorbed in politics, bent | all his energies to getting as much work i . . I out of them as he could without harsh- i licfls. He was equally kind to his hordes, M?id his carnage to his mules was most exemplar)*. "The Lemington Plantation," after passing through several ownerships, has ; at length become the property of a judicious agriculturist from the neighbor- : hood of Syracuse, X. Y? J)r. K. T. , Wright, a gentleman well known for his wealth, intelligence, and enterprise, j l'}x>n purchasing the place (for a larger sum than has yet been paid for any con- j tiscated estate in this Department, > Dr. Wright found two ladies from Massachu-! setts, Misses Buss and Hill, already earnestly engaged in teaching both the adults and the children to spell and read, a good work which he so warmly approved that he invited the ladies to continue their residence under the roof which had now become his own. And j they have done so, to the manifest ad- J vantage of their class, which numbers about :m? pupils. Two Sabbaths since the writer of this attended a religious ; meeting in one of the apartments in the 1 mansion, in which l)oth white and col-} ored people participated. It afforded a ; good view of quite a number of Dr. Wright's hands, male and female, and satisfied us of their capacity for improvement. Dr. Wright has two experienced farmers from the North to assist him. Both of these gentlemen are from New Jersey, and well skilled in raising " truck " for market. One of them will give his attention to the cultivation of od acres, devoted to )x?hs. beans, potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes, onions, and other esculents. It is his intention to raise 500.000 cabbages. The vegetables will yield a handsome return at the usual market prices, ami be h god-send to this community. Dr. W. is preparing and seeding 100 acres for cotton. The easily worked ground lies very level and has a soil and locality well adapted to produce, with proper care, a large crop of the long, silken-fibred Sea Island cotton. With good luck the crop will not be worth less than If10,000 at the close of the present year. There are twenty-three or lour working hands, and they labor only four or live hours per day at their " tasks," and this only live days in the (week. An hour or two each afternoon, and more or i less on Saturday, they till lots of ground i staked off for their own use by their era- | plover, or cultivate for their own benefit, ! tree of ground rent, patches of adjacent I public lands. The Leraington Plantation com prises 7.2.r?0 acres, a little more than half of winch is woodland, a portion marsh, and 500 acres arable. It is von* nearly square, and is bounded on one side by Broad Creek, and on another by a charming iK'ftch, washed by the white surf of the Atlantic. This admirable estate is situated about four miles from Hilton Head, and the ride over the beach, on a fine day when the tide is not too high, is one of the finest in the world. i From our Extra of Monday* IMPORTANT FROM FLORH A. Kvaeuation of Palatka?Dashing R?> counoUtanre by Major Steven*' Cavalry?Another Torpedo Cataatroplie?Destruction of the Steamer (icn. Hunter?One Man and Large tin untitle* of Store* Lo?t- Presentation to Col. Henry, Ae. Jacksonville, April 10, 18GC A porti?>n of Major Stevens* commanc reached Pilatka Thursday night, having mareneu across uic l uuuu; umu hub , point, via Si. Augustine. They raptured a Confederate Lieutenant who was acting; as a conscript officer, and sent red over fifty bead of cattle, which, they drove to the river bank opposite Palatka. , Jacksonville, Fla., April 16. The post of Pillatka was cvacuted by our rorecs on the afternoon of Thursday last, the 14th Instant. The movement : was accomplished most successfully, the i stores ot' tiie Quartermaster having been j got off without loss, and the steamers : coming away without leaving a man behind. The transports Dictator, Dela- I ware, Mary Benton and General Hunter, conveyed by the gunboat Ottawa, and the armed steamer Harriet A. Weed, were employed in the evacuation; and to the officers of these vessels, the greatest credit is due for their efficient management. Upon receiving the order to withdraw his forces from their position. Col. Barton sent Major Stevens, with his battalion of Mass. Cavalry, section or James s Battery, and Captain Shaw's company of' mounted men from the ll.r>th New* York J Volunteers, out 011 the Gainsville road to j drive in the enemy's pickets. About six miles out the rebel videttes were encountered, and were slowly pushed to a point between Eight-mile and Nine-mile Hammock (or swamp), when, getting them in a most favorable position. Major Ste vens shelled them for half an hour with splendid effect, driving the enemy to their reserve four miles further on. The movement, a bold and hazardous one, required ' a good deal of prudence in its execution ; j but the duty was so well performed that: we were unmolested in our departure on j the foliowing day. Before embarking, the lofty lookout ! erected on the Court-house was "cut down, ! the platforms in the batteries were burn-j ed, the defensive works were destroyed, and the families of the town, with such of their worldly goods as could be brought off, were placed on board the steamers. Jhc cleaning out was thorough and general. Half a barrel of oats and a bushel of corn in the ear was all that was left ! to indicate an occupation of Pilatka. The stores brought off were landed at' Picolata. eighteen miles this side of Pilatka. Last evening the steamers Cosmopolitan and General Hunter were sent up after them. This morning the Hunter, on her return trip, encountered another torpedo near Buckle's Blut? where the Maple Leaf was sunk, and was blown up. Her destruction was comp.ete. One man?the quartermaster at the wheel? ! and all her cargo, were lost. The explo- j sion occurred soon after daybreak, and in j ihe immediate vicinity of the Maple j Leafs wreck, where, as we have recently I learned, the enerav planted eight of their j devilish seeds of destruction. The General Hunter was built for a ( i river steamer, and though a handsome, ; roomy and commodious craft was not a very staunch one. She was owned by 1 the Government, having been purchased J from Mr. V&nderbilt for $82,000. She j j was damaged somewnai on ner passage | | to Port Royal a little more than a year | ago, and had to put hack to Baltimore, j ; where *10.000 were expended in repair-! I ing her. She was sent here, it was said, i | to be used by Major General Hunter as , ' his flagship on the Charleston expedition ; i ! hut lie selected another and a better j Vessel. The men of Major Stevens' battalion | : of tlte 4th Massachusetts Cavalry have j | been doing honor to the commander of; the Light Brigade by presenting him with a handsome and valuable horse. The steed wm born and reared in camp, ! as was his present owner. Important changes airgo'ng on in the j District of Florida: out I suppose you ! will learn of them without my touching ! cn the subject. # MILITARY EXECUTION. TWO SOLDIERS SHOT FOR DESERTION. [keforted foh the talhetto jiki:ili>.j Yesterday afternoon occurre d the second military execution that has taken jiluce at this post since our occupation 01 it. It was made the occasion of au imposing military display. All the troon* ut the Post were" ordered to be in attendance, that the example made of these two erring and unfortunate men might have a general influence throughout the command. It is hoped that the painful scene may leave a lasting impression ou the minds of all who witnessed it. and that the purpose for which this extreme punishment is designed?the warning of the living?was attained. THE CULPRITS Were Private Henry Schumaker, of Co. C, and Private Henry Stark, of Co, K, Gth Regiment Conn. Vols. They were both Germans by birth, and came out in a detachment of consyipts and substitutes forwarded to the Regiment. THEIR OFFENCE. Some months since they desefted from the regiment, in company with Private Gustav Hoofan, of Co. B, and. in a stolen boat, started for Nassau. They were picked up in Ossabaw Sound by a Navy boat, and returned to this Post. A Court Martial, of which Capt. Tracy, of the Gth Conn., was President, found them guilty of desertion, and sentenced them to bir? shot to death with musketry. TWO ESCAPES FROM THE PROVOST. During the time of their incarceration in the Proiost Guard-house, they have twice succeeded in escaping. Their flr.-t PSCfln? \v?s in fftmiwnv with TT/vkfor? ? . assembled at tiuron neaa. ?. u , Jiarcn 4, 1864, for the crime of desertion, and were sentenced to be shot to death with mnsketrv, will be carried inio execution at this Post on Sunday, the 17th day of April. 1*64. at 3 o'clock P. M., on the field beyond the Causeway, and in the presence of all the troops of this com-. maud. All fatigue work within the line of intrenchments will be suspended on that day during the afternoon, and every officer and man not upon the sick list, or [coiTLvrr.n os ronrru page.] f T the night of the lGth'of March. They succeeded in detaching the halls and chains from their legs, sawing a hole through the floor, and escaping through the guard. But, by the vigilance of the provost officers and the patrol they were re-captured 011 the 18th ult. They were then very strongly chained, hand and foot, their fetters connected by strong chains with a post in the provost yard. On the night of the 4th inst. Schumaker and Stark again sueeeeded in escaping in spite of all these precautions, and in stealing a fisherman's boat, left unguarded near the pier. In this they put to sea, but while ashore at Wnssaw Sounds, after food, their boat grounded, and ihey were captured by a picket-boat of the minlmat Tlidr Ui.ri. rorv bold, ingenious men, and "their skill and perseverance misrht have won theui honor, if rightly applied. the order for their execution. On Saturday last Col. Redfield Duryee, commanding "the Post, issued the follow in? General Order assigning yesterday afternoon for the execution : ? General Orders, Xo. 7. Headquarters, Hilton Heai>, IIiltojc IIead, S. C.. April 16, 1864.?In obedience to General Orders, Xo. 50, Department of the South. Hilton Head. S. C.. April 15th, 1864. the sentence of Private Henry Schumaker, Co. 4*C," and Private Henry Stark. Co. " E." Cth Regt. Conn Vols.", who were tried before a Court Martial