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reached the broad table where we had
left our mules; and shortly my companions
joined me. I told them my story,
and it was received with many "expressions
of almost incredulous wonder.
We reached home safe and hungry, and
on the next morning Montallo hastened
oil to St. Stefano, where he gave an account
ol my discover}' to an officer. The
next morning I found, when I arose, a
detachment of fifty soldiers under my
window, waiting for me, to guide them
to the banditti's cave. Soon after brcakfivst
I joined them. Wardwell and Monus
nnrl 1\tt owflit
tilllU IIV." UiB|KIUlCU 119) uuu I'J (igUt
o'clock we were ready to set out. It was
soon afranged that the soldiers should remain
concealed about tlje place until the
bandits came, so my companions and
myself set out on our return.
On the evening of the following day
the soldiers came back, with the robl>crs
with them, seven in number, having left
five dead in the ravine on the mountain.
Before I left Montullo's dwelling, Dalmarto
and his men were hung, and the
people were once more able to travel in
safety. I received back my property in
full, "and a small sum of gold besides;
but the warm blessings I received from
tlie relieved people were 01 more viuue
than all else.
WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The people of the North have had v( ry
little experience of war since 1W4 until
the present savage contest was commenced
by the South. In that year Sir
John Provost invaded Northern New
York with a British army of ten thousand
men, to the greatest consternation of the
inhabitants of the frontier in Vermont
and New York. No such armies traversed
the couutry then as those which form
but auxiliary forces of the great military
commands now. Gen. Izard, a South
Carolinian, who commanded our right
wing of our grand Army of the North,
had but about thirty-five hundred men
for a proposed advance into Canada, and
the British immediately opposed to him
mustered fifty-five hundred with a reserve
of two thousand at Montreal. Izard,
however, was ordered to Niagara, and
the frontier was left open for Provost's
demonstrations.
The frontier war, then, was carried on
upon a scale not much larger than that
which might measure John Morgan's
raids. He had over five thousand men
when he entered Indiana and Southern
Ohio last year. A fight between three
or four hundred combatants was signalized
by the name of a battle. Lieut.Col.
Forsyth led a band of seventy picked
men from Ch&mplain across the border,
fought two hundred British troops,
.'ind retreated in good order with the loss
of one man killed and five wounded.
Southerners and Northerners fought together
then, and Forsyth's dash was considered
a great exploit.
When Provost neared Plattsburg, which
was defended by General Macomb with a
very small force in comparison with the
numbers of the assailants, Major (now
General) John E. Wool, for the purpose
of encouraging the militia, took the initiative
with less than three hundred men
and met the advance of the invaders.
The militia, however, became alarmed at
the overwhelming numbers and fell back
from the battle which was offered by the
w^vrvi Tho liietnrv nf the battle
II 11 lug 11 1A/1. iut/ n.uvv ^,
of Plattsburg is well enough known. It
was fought on the 11th of Sept, nearly
fifty years ago, at the same time that the
British fleet, under Commodore Downie,
who was killed in the action, co-oper<iting
with Gen. Provost, was defeated by
Mucdouough upon Lake Chaplain, and
the whole country was full of joyful congratulations
at the result. This demonstration
essentially put an end to British
invasions of the North.
The men who participated in the battles
of that day little anticipated that
witliin half a century such immense armies
as are now gathered together for
battle could have stood in array against
each other, and still less could they have
been made to believe that such an array
could be composed of hostile bretliren of
their own fair country. They had known
of no such armies, pitted by hundreds of
thnwsanrls against each other, except per
0 _
Laps m Bonaparte's latal Russian campaign.
and they never dreamed ol' snch
carnasre. errated upon the fields of battle
m
i in one of the States of their own Republic,
with such frightful aggregates of dead
and wounded as have been counted upon
our battle fields since the commencement
of the May campaign. As their eminence
lm i never taught thera, so neither
could their fancies direct them to anticipate
such gigantic and wholesale war
preparations and war conflicts as now
exist in this once happy cougty.
The IIbsche of Semmks?Tiie Law is
tiie Case.?The N. Y. Post having proposed
that Minister Adams should demand
the delivery of Semmes and other
prisoners rescued by the yacht Deerhound
after the sinking of the Alabama, and
that, tailing compliance, Mr. Adams
should demand his passports, and we
should go to war, draws forth the following
comments in the New York Times:
Provoking as the conduct of the Deerhound
was, and richly as it may deserve
punishment, there is, however, no use in
our losing our senses over it. In our
quarrels with England, as well as with
everybody else, we must keep within the
law, as, situated as we are at present, we
might, mote thau anybody else, sutler
from disregard of it. 'there is no law on
which we could base such a demand as
the Post suggests.
If the MiBoners had been rescued by a
Queen's smp, her interference would, indeed,
afford just ground for a demand
for satisfaction; and 110 satisfaction would
be complete which would not place
Semmes on board the Kearsarge. The
Government would, of course, be responsible
to the fullest extent for the acts df
its officers, and the proffer of aid to the
vanquished, during or immediately following
an action, so as to enable them to
escape the legitimate consequences of
their defeat, by an officer of the Royal
Navy, would, unless it were disavowed
and "atoned for, undoubtedly constitute
an act of hostility.
But the Deerhotind is not a public ship;
her owner and commander is a private
inoividual, and he took part in the
action, if taking part it can be called, on
his own responsibility, and with the usual
risks, namely, that of being sunk, killed
or captured by the victor. It is impossible,
we will not affirm It positively, that
he might be held liable by the English
courts, not for the wrong done to us, but
for a violation of the Foreign Enlistment
Act; but, whatever the nature or extent
4 I wv a a ?*? nin rm Aiif /\C ttrhrtf
ui tuc icd^'v/iioiui 111 v uiisiJig uui ui nutu
has occurred, it falls on him solely.
The position of Semmes, when he landed
in England, was that of any other refugee
whose offence was not covered by
the Extradition Trdhty. lie is, in the
eyes of the British Government, an escaped
prisoner of war and nothing more;
and it would have no more authority to,
deliver him to Mr. Adams than to cut of^
his head. It might, we believe, order,
him out of the Kingdom, under the Alien,
Act, but if it were to arrest him for extradition,
there is hardly a doubt that the,
courts would liberate him on a habeas
corpus. So that it would hardly do to
msita tli*? rpfnsrtl nf flip Hririsli Ministrv
to commit a breach of the Constitution a
casus belli.
What American men-of-war might
do to the Deerhound, if they ever caught
her, is another question which it might
be worth while to imagine. There is,
we imagine, no doubt that she exposed
herself to capture and destruction at the
time, by the part she played in the fight
Willi the Alabama; but it is at least
doubtful whether her return into port ntfmolested
did not purge the offence. But
we think, on the whole, any American
ship which can capture and burn her,
out of neutral jurisdiction, may do so
with impunity.
A Nova Scotian paper, which has great
sympathy for the South, does not ex "?<!
tf ?n ! ?<? nirato Q^mmoa nr>/>nrHin(r
j bVUU XV IV/ iUV |/tt Ui W
to the following extract from its column;
t ' The career of this notorious freebooter
(Semines) has at length come to a
[ close. No pirate on the high seas ever
had les3 to give a tone of chivalry from
its danger, than has this foot-pad ia the
tfay of mercantile traffic. Waylaying
merchantmen out of sight of assistance,
and making use of signals of distress well
known on the ocean, Semines lurked, attacking
where there were no meaus of
defence, nnd applying the torch to the
ship which came to his succor. Gifted
with guile and subterfuge, allied to great
nautical skill, he had succeeded in evading
the many vessels sent out for hiscapi
ture. These he dared not contend with,
| and had he not been 'jamed' like the
badger, his vessel would still have been
at large. Like tlmt animal he is said to
have made a desperate fight, but he was
overmatched, and his career ended."
The Case of Vali.andiqiiam.?The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald gives currency to the following
:
" A key to the policy of the President
to be pursued towards Vallandigkam has i
been recently given in a meeting between
the Kentucky delegation in Congress and
Mr. Uncoln, relative to the case of Col.
Wolford. This officer, it will be remembered,
was arrested by Gen. Burbridge
and sent to Washington, where he has
since remained, reporting daily to the
War Department. In answer to the request
that the order of Gen. Burbridge be
rescinded, the President replied that he
should not depart from the policy before
Sursued concerning Vallandigham. Mr.
lalloty remarked that the Vallandigham
order was inoperative, that individual
having returned to Ohio. Mr. Lincoln
replied, in substance, that he had no
official knowledge of Yallandigham's return,
and that when Mr. Vallandigham
made his presence known by objectionable
acts, the Executive would be prepared
to act. The application in favor
of Col. Wolford was not granted."
The Undercurrent in El-rope.?The
Paris correspondent of die New York
Commercial, after discussing the recent
developments on the Danish question,
remarks:
"The opinion is general at this moment
that a great deal of intrigue is going
on among the despotic sovereigns of
Europe, and that some eon of a league is
being formed which, while counteracting
the manuoevres of the literal party, will
bring about some sort of a change of
European frontiers. The literals of
France, on the other hand, were never
more certain than they are now that Napoleon
is approaching events that will
cost him his crown, and they look to a
war with the United States as a certainty,
and as one of the means which is to
bring about his overthrow."
There was a little boy who mourned
bitterly the death of a pet guinea pig.
The uight after bereavement his watchful
mother heard a plaintive call from the
sleepless mourner in the nursery, " Mamma,
have great big elephants souls?"
"No darliug." A pause, and then in
fainter tones?" Mamma, have oxen
souls ?'' " No, no, dear. "Go to sleep."
A longer interval, and then the scarcely
audible voice piped again?" Mamma,
have dogs souls?" The tender.mother
sees at last the drift of the zoological catchism,
and grieves to answer as her conscience
bids: " No, precious, I am afraid
not." A silence?a sob?and then a
heart-broken wail: "Oh, mamma, haven't
little t-l-e-a n white guinea pigs souls? '
(Official.]
HKAIXjrAIJTKRH. DkP*T OF THE SoCTH,
Hilton Head, 8. C., July 21,1834.
oknfiial okiieks,)
No. 110. f
The action of brio.-gen. r. saxton,
'Commanding U. 8. Forces, District of Beaniort,
as published in General Orders No. '26, dated
Headquarters U. 8. Forces, District of Beaufort,
Beanfort, S. C., July 13, 1S04, in the cases of
Private James Jackson, Co. "C," and Private
John Davis, Co. "G," 56th N. Y. Vole., is approved
apd confirmed, but so much of the order
of approval a* reads in the case of Private Sidney
Dean, Co. ^K," 102d U. 8. C. T., that "the sentence
will be carried into effect accordingly, under
direction of the Provost Marshal, District of Bean
fort," I? disapproved.
Private Sidney Dean, Co. 41K," 10*2d U.8.C.T.,
will be sent under guard, to the Commanding
Officer at Fort Pulaski, Ga., nnder whoso direction
the acntence will be carried into effect.
The Provost Marshal General, Department of
tho South, U charged with the execution of this
order.
, The Quartermaster's Department will furnish
the necessary transportation. ir
ift C'ouma.ni> or Majob-Gkn. J. (5. FOSTER,
W. L. M. Fran em.
Asst. Adjt. Gcn'l.
.Orvici al :
Thomas J. Robinson,
1st Lieut, tflit P. 8. C. T?
Art. Asst. Adjf. Gcnetal.
(.Official.]
IlE.vrxjr iRTKiis, of tiic Sorni.
Hu.ton IIead, S. C., July 11,18<X.
CrXIHSI. OUnETifi,)
No. 1W. f
AS A SANITARY MEASURE, AND TO
counteract the effects of malaria on the
troops in this Department (hiring the warm
mi.nths, whisky, with quinine, in prophylactic
d -sea, will be Issued to the enlisted men, pmt!cul.irly
those on duty in District* especially ma!?
arions or on txrexsive fatigue daty, only on the
recommendation of the Senior Medical Officer of
the District approved of by the District Commander,
at such times and in such quantities as
the Medical Officer shall <frem it necessary to
keep the command in a healthy and active condition.
Ordinary fatigue duty does not justify
the issue of wh'sky, and will be discontinued in
future, except in the manner proscribed.
All orders or Darts of orders heretofore issued
from these Headquarters, which conflict with the
above, are hereby rescinded.
Bv Command ov Majob-Gen. J. G. FOSTER,
W. L. M. Bcko.h,
Asst. Adjt. General.
Oeotciat.:
Thomas J. Robinson,
1st Lieut, iflst U. S. C. T.,
Act Asst. Adjt. General.
Lost or stolen-from brapdock-s
Point, on the evening of the slut, a SAILBOAT,
Sloop-rigged, with the name "JOHN
MURPHY" painted on her stern. Any one giving
information regarding it to the Ordnance Officer
at Fort Pulaski, or at the The Palmetto Herald
Office, will be suitably rewarded
! pALMETTO HERALD STORE,
Coknkk Merchants* Row and Palmetto Avencr.
Now ready for sale a choice selection of
WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENCILS
PENS AND HOLDERS MUCILAGE,
SPAULDINO'S GLUE, PIIOTOGRAPHIC
ALBUMS
COLORED
PHOTOGRAPHS
NOVELS, LITERARY PAPERS
MAGAZINES LATE NEW YORK
DAILIES PLAYING CARDS, CHESS
DOMINOES CHECKERS SOLDIERS' PACKAGES,
EMERY PAPER,
TBI POLL
Ac., Ac., Ac.
We shall soon receive a large addition to onr
stock, and hope to keep onr patrons constantly
supplied with everything in our line.
C~~ 2L BELLOWS,
NO. 8 MERCHANTS' ROW,
Would resDectfullv call the attention of the
traders and'civilians to bis large stock of goods
just received per brie Leni, consisting of
FINE CALF BOOTS. FINE BALMORALS,
STRAW HATS, LINEN 8I1IKTS AND
DRAWERS, PAPER AND STEEL
COLLARS, CLOTHING,
ORANGES,
LEMONS. NUTS, 4c.
Also. FINE GROCERIES.
E. W. SINCLAIR,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
Galleries at Beaufort, and Hilton Head, S. C.,
and Jacksonville, Fla.
COMMONWEALTH
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Cash Capital #50,000
With a surplus safely invested in Bonds and
Mortgage.
Office No. 151 Broadway, New York.
Thie Company Insures against loss or damage
by Fire, on favorable terms. Losses equitabjf
adjusted and promptly paid.
JOSEPH HONIE. President
GEORGE T. IIAWS, Secretary.
Agent for Hilton Head and Beaufort, 8. C.,
LOUIS S. MARSII,
Office No. 3 Sutlers' Row.
ADVERTISING.-WK CALL THE ATTENTION'
of business men throughout the
Detaktmest of thjk Soctji,
To the fact that
THE PALMETTO HERALD
nae a
LARGE CIRCULATION
At ererv Post, and is read in every regiment and
detachment in the Department. Our
ADVERTISING TERMS.
(25 cents per line for each insertion) are very
low, considering the size of our edition, and the
high prices which rule ii all other departments
of business To
ADVERTISE LIBERALLY
Is one of the most important means of success
in business of any kind, and we know
THE PALMETTO HERALD
To be the
BEST MEDIUM
For advertisements in the Department.
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DUNBARS & FRANZ, 10 SUTLERS' ROW.
Dealers In Sutlers' Goods, Wholesale and
Retail.
CN. BELLOWS, No. 8 SUTLERS' ROW,
Dealer In BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING,
FURNISHING" GOODS, and Sutlers' Goods of
Every Description, Wholesale and Retail.
SAXTON HOUSE,
Con. Sth ant> C Stro-tp,
Bkactort, 8. C.,
(I minute's walk from the Landing.)
The subscribers, having fitted up the above
house respectfully solicit the patronage of the
travelling public, promising tnet every exertion
will be made to secure me comfort of their
guests.
GORIIAM DENNIS, \ p,Anr.?fn~
ROBERT B. HALLET, | ProPnc^orfl?
PORT ROYAL HOUSE, UNION SQUARE
Hilton Head, ft. 0. G1LSGN * RIDIJBLL
rroprlctoii.