The new South. [volume], September 13, 1862, Image 4

About The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867

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- BE-?''the irruption of the^^H|
'HHSlad la?. Now when T ny
devoted?i. e., devoted hereafter
' . a new and sublimer course of action
MBJeieratWb tag%jft|cale of- States.- such as her
FSwBffirA^ ut^fSSS^&Sy
Mftd flfflewwMlha ability, since twIwMlMBPT
choicest and moat favorite employment! That it
is, which has brought thee to thy ruin! With this
noble harbor here, ever staring thee in thy face,
thou shoulcUt have given up negro raising long ago,
and built here a city. With anything like a
moiety of northern spirit, northern pride, or northern
or indeed any energy, thou wouldst have had
here ceremonially installed an emporium of trade,
?or a very Tyre of purple dyes, if not "fine
linen,"?to rival the ancieut city of that name, at
least half a century ago.
Here spreads before the eyes of each beholder,
a natural harbor, sufficiently capacious to accommodate
with ease that great leviathan of naval
architecture, England's Great Eastern, and still
leave room enough around to invite all comers.
Here might they rock at ease through every tempest,
nor dread the storm-king's power. And
when we turn our face towards the shore, the
prospect is not less inviting. Nature has bountifully
spread the board, and all may be entertained
hospitably. Here springs of sweetest water gush,
a* nf erst in Eden thev micht have done?endless
ly rippling, to entice the thirsty passer-by to quaff
and be refreshed. To the taste of the "chivalry,"
however, that is not the style ; an article known
and distinguished as "old Bourbon" is much
more the go.
Not a well, even, need be laboriously dug, upon
the island; for the troops, very shortly after landing,
discovered that by the trick of handling their
spades briskly for an hour or so, and then sinking
in the light soil a tierce or two endwise, (or what
~ some of thorn seem rather to prefer, a few whiskey
barrels.) a most salubrious and attractive drink is
at once secured. And I notice a singularity shout
the water of these wells ; some of them seeming
to remind you of the taste of the filtered water of
the Mississippi at New Orleans, and others of the
softer and" rain-watery sweet of the Croton at
New Y^rk; while you, my dear C., with your aristocratic
proclivities, might be able to find one having
a dash of the celebrated "Congress" Spring at
Saratoga. Yes, sir; by sltaply taking a good
shovel in hand, and exercising your vigorous frame,
and delving deep, you can have here a Saratoga
Spring all to yourself! And even at a stone's
throw from where I write, or within pistol range
of the snowy beach (nigh unto which a gay and
and rollicking school of porpoises are at this moment
disporting themselves), is this the case.
And as regards climatic peculiarity and influences,
this point is again pre-eminent. The pure
and wavy breeze comes in sufficiently often each
day, dancing and whirling, aa if endued with life.
The fresh air of the billowy ocean, attendant on
the changing tides, is not only invigorating and
inspiriting to the healthy, but refreshing and
soothing to the sick; and is at all seasons welcomed,
as if it came invariably "with healing on its
wings." The months appear to roll round, and
glidea into each other, so imperceptibly, that we
have come passively to consider the year a sort of
circlet, or wheel of fortune, here, mounting upon
which, we are bound to ride?without a further
thought or care?through life! In fact, if the
' temperature of the past year may be t iken as
any indication of what the next may be, we may
* appropri .tely describe it, in the phraseology of
+* --?JU ^1 ..x
the almanac maters, at ail times, as "miia buuui
these days."
To sum up, the natural advantages of Port
Royal, Hilton Head, and its surroundings, for a
great naval depot and a first class city, cannot
well bj over-estimated; and, indeed, nothing but an
exceedingly small and puerile local jealousy,
among Southern politicians, could have prevented
them from plainly discerning, and making a due
use of all these natural advantages, for themselves,
long ago. As regards their chosen and leading
localities, note the comparison. What is Charles*
ton?favored Charleston??the hatching-place of
the "Confederacy"?but an alligator's nest, built
upon a bed of mud! a city reared principally with
L. S. government funds, for which its cry hasboen
afact^
thejti&tori&l arena
aroun^li^li elected to
fight fln^^|M?p^when the bad liquor
whicfrjBMBlfo their bxaiu shall begin to
there to lie down
ami W6eK^ ^h|';'^
* Aiter^HHHMjmes little Savannah!
Spunky a^MHtely^ttte thtr&nnab?which ia in
reality nol^^Httka smart, sizable village, though
heretoforrf^^MMfcriskly. It is awkwardly situated,
far^BUjpHfE sandy bluff, without harbor
privileges,infiaBt inducements to offer to mercantile
men to settle there. Its decline, now, will
probably require not much of a historian to chronicle.
Mobile is grandly laid out, *&d possesses one or
two central streets of some considerable importance.
But alas for her f she is situated in a harbor
of shallows, quite out of reach of all respectable
navigation or navigators. Hitherto the capital city
of Louisiana hath nobly extended a helping hand
to her, and vouchsafed her a living commerce, by
the way of that fortunate connection for her?
Lake Ponchartrain and the N. 0. Railroad.
And New Orleans?what is that ? A cariosity,
a marvel; an extraordinary invention of the olden
time; a hiding-place for the miscellaneous and
expatriated adventurers of old France and Spain ;
a city set up altogether on piles, and imported
foundations, yet lying so low as to be almost entirely
hid by her own levees!
But probably "the times were not ripe," until
now, for this locality?this point and position?to
shine forth and reveal itself. And yet it it said,
that our sometimes far-seeing and provident parent,
the "Government" at Washington, has before now
otfered sums extravagantly large, for this same
land and its contingencies, to South Carolina.
That sweet-tempered and affectionate member of
the original confederacy, however, it would appear,
would at any time rather have mined and blown
this Island far out into the Gulf, than have obliged
in any way, or more especially allowed a foothold
here'to the Power that Wl nourished and fed and
pettea her and her favorites, from the very beginning
of her political fyistence?on, unceasingly,
until now. Fateddmdrmluppy sister I Miserable
and forlorn mother of a race of political-caucus
buncombe spouters, mock-heroic orators, and ever
would be tinkering nation mendersl Upon thine
own head hast thou invoked thy doom, and to thy
breast hast thou clasped the poisoned arrow of thy
destiny, with a zeal and fervency far worthier a
better canse!
What thk Souhhes Want.?The July number
of Hall's Journal of Health contains the following
excellent advice to those who are writing to a soldier
in the army:
" If you write to a soldier, friend or relative In
the army, using a common envelope and a sheet of
foolscap paper, you may also add without exceeding
the weight for which a three cent postage
8tamp will pay, as much tea as. a teaspoon will take
up twice, or as much black or cayenne pepper,
- - * - * J A 1
such as 18 obtained Irom a gooa arag store unuer
the name of " Capsicum," as you can take up at
once with a ommon teaspoon, and the smaller
envelope of small paper to hold either. Chewing
the tea, a pinch at a time, every hour or kali hour,
while keeping guard, or under circumstances of
great thirst, or of excessive weariness or sleepiness,
will enliven, will modify thirst, will invigorate, or
will waken np to a grateful extent, considering the
amount of tea used, and its perfect safety from
ulterior ill results, such as follow the use of alcoholic
drinks.
But ateaspootiful of genuine Capsicum is worth
ten-fold its weight of tea-leaves, especially in summer,
in many ways; for example, a single quarter
of a pinch will save a man's life?that quarter of a
pinch being put in a sleepy sentinel's eye. If it
don't waken him up, and everybody else within
an Indian yell's distance, than it is not a prime article
of capsicum. A single pinch in a glass of flat
or warmish water, will nullify these qualities, and
besides satisfying thirst, will invigorate aild. effectually
prevent that uncomfortable sensation arising
from having drank largely of water. A good pinch,
eaten at each meal, or whenever a cup of coffee
or tea or water is swallowed, will always invigorate
digestion, aids to prevent aoidity, and is,
| besides, a great antagonist of the diarrhoea, dysentery,
flux and " looseness.*' which are the great
[ scourges of all armies. A level teaspoon of capsicum
daily, taken in eating or drinking, or both,
or if taken a pinch at a time during the day or night,
would do more real good, and that without any ill
results, than ten times the cost in mm or quinine,
as a preventive against chills and fever.
Liquor and quinine initiate the soldier into intemperate
habits; they will wake up a love, a era
like V||
than M^.^A pinch i^HHRm, which is
nHKMie pepper?*ul do a great deal A &
more <S?aWmrmiag^p a soldier, toward invigorating
him, toward keeping him vigilant on guard,
and toward modifying thirst or fatigue, than the
best glass of grog oyer swallowed. Capsicum
goes further, aad is more efficient for all purposes
than black pepper; if by express or privately, |
A 1 l> _ 1 J ? A.1 !_ _ Ai V Ti? H ? il
s^nu nan a pounu ai a unre, in a no dox. u tou
bare nothing else to send in your letters, send' a
few pins, or a needle and some thread. Many "
have seen the time when a string or a pin weald
have been worth ten times its ordinary value.
Write often to the soldier. Write long letters.
Give all the news yon can think of. Let every
line be fall of love; of kind, affectionate interest
and encouragement." ^ ^
Thb Spirit or '76.?A few days since, a gentleman
on the Aqnia Creek boat met with a soldier
named D. S. Thompson, belonging to one of the
Massachusetts regiments, and having heard that be
had three sons killed before Richmond, asked him
if such was the case. The soldier replied: "No,
sir; not three, bat fonr. I had three boys killed at
Fair Oaks, and one atMalvern Hill; but thank God,
they did not die the death of towards. I have
one boy of sixteen still left in the army, and now
1 am on my nvay home, having received my discharge,
without asking for it, but as so?<n as I can
settle my business I me,in to return to the army
with my remaining boy, and stay to the end of the
war. That boy made a narrow escape at Malvern
HiR, bnt is now safe, and I am willing that he
should die for his country if necessary."
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S. C.?The subscribers wish to inform their
friends and the Public that their House is now.
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Proprietors.
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