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THE NEW SOUTH. PORT ROYAL, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20,1862. oy We are sorry that a portion of today s issue of Thb New South has to be printed on brown wrapping-paper. The large demand for * * ?* ? ? ^ *Ka oiiwrtlir /\n Ran/) vq6 previous auiuocrs rcuutm Hie ouyyij vu uwu filter th<in we had anticipated, but we sent to New York for a stock in ample time for the drago to bring it. For some reason, however, it has not come, and we have been compelled to do the best we could without it. Excoueaoixq.?We yesterday received New York papers up to the 15th inst., brought by the gun-boat MereidL'a, containing the gratifying intelligence that the rebels had been driven out of Maryland, and had lost se\ei*l|rin men juid material. Fighting was still l^ogreasjancjhe impression generally prevailed that the e^Bvg occupation of Western Maryland^as a which will result in the destractton^of hisw^K army. The tidings fromthe W3|tare also cheflBg. The Posthaste u >Mr. to make a hurried visit $brth, in the severe illftss ot a mem^p ofp^aa^amiH^Ke has been connected with the inceptions of tbe expgcfflKn^l^l^H^pr last, now just a twelvemonth ^ud his lap^PEMlg the whole period have been of^h arduous^aracter. He is therefore deserving oi%^nCT^fcytion than he expects to takes and w^fcgretJn.L his trip is associated with suchBaHtiMfcu * stances.?[En. - 4 The Airival of Major-Oeneral Mitchel. j His visit to Beaufort and Fort Pulaski? look at the Regiments en Hilton Head?Enthusiastic Receptions by the Troops?What the General said at Fort Pulaski. It is almost unnecessary to announce the arrival of Major-Gener.il 0. M. Mitchel, our new Commander. He is already known to every man in the Depirtment. We believe that we hasard little in saying that he is better known to the troops than -was either of his predecessors at the time they were called hence toother fields of duty. Holding it to be of prime importance that a mutual confidence should exist between a leader and his followers, Gen. Mitcliel has not lost a moment in his endeavor to bring about such a result. He has presented himself personally to each regiment, and spoken to the soldiers a few words of advice aud encouragement. His course in this respect has - had a good effect. It has imbued the troops with a new zeal and a deeper enthusiasm in the holy cause which has called them to arms, and we have heard his name mentioned on all sides with commendation and hopefulness. We are sure, also, that Gen. Mitchel feels proud of the well-drilled, well-eouhmed veterans whom he has been assign. ed to command. He brings to his new sphere of duty the pres.ige of a b. ill iautlv-successful career In the Southwest?especially in Alabama where he won enduring renown as a skillful, intrepid and enterprising soldier, and we may justly accept the record of his glorious past as an augury of what he will accomplish in the future. Tfjth the energy characteristic of the man, GenMichel visited Beaufort on tha second dav after his arrival,reviewing the troops of Gen. Brannan a j command, and afterwards made a personal in spec- j tion of each camp, and talked in a familiar way to every regiment, inspiring confidence wherever he went On Thursday he made a trip to Fo t Pulaski ; and yesterday morning the air was resonant with huzzas from the different camj sat Hilton Head as the General passed through on his visit of introduction. Our limits preclude a detailed account of all the pleasant excitements connected with Gen. Mitchel's movements?the salutes, the speeches, the enthusiasm?but we obtained a report of bis remarks, made to the Forty-Eighth New York Volunteers at Pulaski, which we present as exhibiting the tenor of what he said elsewhere. After escorting the General and suite from the landing to the Fort, and executing admirably various battalion manoeuvres, the regiment was drawn up in line, j i t a a s i n.i l n i it - ana navmgoeen miroaucea uy ^oionei rk&rion, im; General spoke as follows:? Soldiers of the Forty-eighth :?It gives me great pleasure to meet you here inside of this fortress ; a fortress recovered by your own prowess from the enemy; a fortress you now hold; a fortress planned by tbe Government of the United States and built by it, but which ha.l been seised by the rebels. There rebels you have dispossessed ; those rebels you mive compelled to lower their flag before you and those rebels you have been instrumental in defeating and capturing. 1 need not say to you?understanding tbe nature of this war and all all its objectSr-Jw^it you are expected to do. You are too iutelligmra; you think too much; you are volunteers, anf^s volun teers you undei stand your duty ai$fl the^fcnonsibilitijs devolved upon you. I am~hn?a a st^^Br to you; but Itrust not entirely a strandBiuj^Hi although this probably is the fl> st linm^Kn^^Rd the importunity of looking upon I 1 am here to say that we have La^^^K^Hbrk to perform. 1 am just from the having conversed and associated men of the country, I am satisfiecNH^kK^rbefore us ia the most stupendous, the moB^&uous that has ^pver been attempted; andAm^^prk in which we neverc.?u be successenter upon it with a firm determina^yrn^BHrsuccutpb. 1 believe that we are flghtimKicbaUle of Human Liberty, not for this counhH|? for the whole world. 1 believe that of the Old World would say, if this ^^Kl^HUic were tent in twain, that k was an ^Hnite nRacy to believe that man can govern Wmself.&ud that the interests ol the aroveruiufi: class and of the people were so radicalism verse as to render all attempts at Republican government failures. If we permit the iron heel of the Southern aristocracy to crush us, I undertake to say before you all,that the last hope of Humanity will die out forever. All lovers of humanity are looking upon us with anxiety. Responsibilities are devolving upon us, greater than have ever before devolved upon any people on the earth. The responsibilities of the French Revolution were nothing compared to those under Which we labor. That was a contest against oppression, an uprising cf the people against tyranny. But this is a contest for human freedom -t?a contest for the absolute supremacy of the people;?it is a contest in which is arrayed absolute liberty on the one hand, and on the other the most hateful and abominable aristocracy. And now the grand question is this : Are we to meet with success or not 2 We cannot meet with success unless the soldier enjoys the confidence of his officers, and the officers that of the soldier. Now, I am an old soldier; so old, that, thirty years ago, 1 was stationed, in the regular army,at St. Augustine;?and though at that time I had not the slightest idea of reaching the official nuih 1 UUW I1U1U, x tuil UVW llic WUiUiilUUIIJ^ officer of this Department. I. have been in the field) and 1 understand it perfectly. I have fought the enemy through 400 miles of territory) and never knew what it was to be checked or turned back. [Loud cheers and cries of "Good." "That s the talk," etc.} I will tell you of another trait of my character. I am very restless. I don't know how to be still. It you were to confine me within a fortress, or upon one of these islands, I should feel as though I were in a penitentiary. I don't know what theol ject of the government was in sending me here; but it is the duty of a good soldier to obey orJers, without waiting for words of explanation, and as a good soldier I obeyed. I was t ,ld that I would receive instructions here?instructions which had been given my predecessor?and n.nnli) nvtuti'am ^am mn miManAa F An/) fKaf 4V\aoa nuuiu ouanci ivi uaj ^uiuwiug* x uuu tuai iuuog ins-ructions permit me to do pretty much as I please; and I shall endeavor to do the best I can. I assure you of this; that I will omit no opportunity of giving you active employment. You shall have no time for sighing and lamenting over your inactivity if we can find anything to do. Be assured that if I can use you, do opportunity will escape for active duty if you are ready for the field. [Prolouged applause, with cries of " we're ready," eic.j Now a perfect confidence between the officers and their commandfogofficer?between the soldiers I and their commanding General, is necessary for success. I am delighted with the appe trance of this regiment. I don't want any better-looking regiment. Yon all look like goud soldiers?and a good soldier I love. I could get off my horse and take him to my arms. But a mean soldier I contemn and despise N >w, a good soldier knows his duty, and Iuves his duty, and performs his duty because it is his duty, lie ol eys an order because it is given him. He mats his military superior with deference because it is his duty. He knows that aa a good soldier he must show that military deference to every officer. If this military deference can be mingled with pei soi.al respev t tor your superiors, so much the better; but the two are not to be confounded, nor is one to be mistaken for the other: A good soldier, when he lies down at night, conscious of having performed his duty j perfectly, don't care whether he gets up alive or I dead. [Cacbinstions along the line J I w ant you I to understand that you have made a free-will offer j ingof yourselves to" your country, and to the great i cause of human liberty. Your lives are not your own. My life is not my own. A good sokier should be ever striding to better himself. A private should struggle for a place among the noncommissioned officers. Having attained this ?he should never be satisfied till be is a lieutenant; and a lieutenant is good for nothing unless he strives to be a captain. Once made a c ptain, he should aim to command a regiment, and by faithful, earnest service to fit himself for the position of a brigadier. Then let him press steadily forward, until the whole country shall take him np, and say: "make that man a major-general, and give him an army corps." But let bun stop there. We don't need a commander-in-chief. We want many armies. A grand, magnificent army is a glorious sight?the most glorious that the sun ever shone upon. Any body can become a drilled soldier, and every officer can make drilled soldiers; but then the next thing is to inspire them with a proper determination to die, if seed be, in the performance < f their duty. When this is done an army corps is a soldier himself, instinct wi h life, and vigor, and determination. Then the commanding officer must have the wisdom, the discre tion, and the force to compel victoiy to perch upon his banner. Your fortunes are to a certain extent in my keeping. Best assmed that day and night I shall think of you; day and night 1 shall care for you, and your interests shall be in my thoughts. Best assured that I shall endeavor to see that you get from the Government all that it has promised yon, punctually and systematically. In return I shall expect from you the most complete and perfect service; the most absolute devo-( tion. When I order you to move, I shall expect you to go forward with spirit and alacrity. When I ask yon to attack yonder battery, I shall expect you to march over it, and to plant your bayonets beyond it, halting wtkn the word is given?not before. Now, boys, we understand each other. The General c-onduded his address amid the nio.>t enthusiastic cheers, after which the regiment was dismissed. Subsequently the casemates w* re visited, and an inspection was made 01 tne quarters and of the welt-ordered hospital under the charge of Dr. Mulford. With all that he saw the General expressed his gratification, and in private conver- . sation complimented the 48th even more warmly than in his public speech. A dinner at the quarters of Col. Barton, attended by sweet music from the regimental band, and a personal introduction to the officers of the regiment, were the final features of the visit of General Mitchel to Pulaski. THE NEWS FROM THE NORTH. Th*? IT. S nfpamahin Aracrn llADrv A . Commander, arrived on Monday trow New York, bringing dates to the 12th inst. The news is not more encouraging than that we had previously received. The rumor that the rebels had crossed the Potomac is confirmed. At last advices they had taken position in force estimated at 40,000 strong, at F rederick, Md., about 60 miles west of Baltimore, and 40 miles north from iVashington. Gen. McCleilan was marching against them, and a battle was daily impending when the steamer departed. We make up an abstract of the week's news: The Government authorities received the news of the invasion on Saturday evening, the 6th, in documentary form,and during that night and Sunday, immense bodies of our troops were put in motion lor the Upper Potomac and elsewhere. The authorities at Washington appear to be at fault as to tho next movement likely to be made by the rebels, but we receive assurances that proper precautions have been taken to guard against dan-* ger in " certain quarters." The rebels appear to have captured no government stores whatever at Frederick, All the National forces stationed there fell lack to Harper's Ferry, but before doing so destroy *1 all the hospital and commissary stores they could not remove, and took away with them the sick and wounded. Communication with Har