The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-09-13

Government, as agafnB the eut4 OF the 30
called Confederate States or ~ state or
honor, my property and my lifS f6r due observ-
ance Of this, my solemn oath Of sliesllnce."
twill be observed that the oath not only insists
upon loyalty in the future, but requires that the
past must show clean record of fealty to the
Union. The penalty of refusal to take it is ex-
pulsion from the Command.
FuazTIvE SLAvEs.-Last Monday morning as
Major Green of the 48th New York Regiment, was
examining the wreck of the steamer Emma, near
Fort Pulaski, he saw Q boat, filed with people,
and carrying white flag, mile or two up Wright
River. Not knowing who the occupants might be
he rowed toward the boat, finding it to be a large
dug-out, containing 23 runaway negroes, bound to
Fort Pulaski, all but four Of whom had escaped
from the plantation of DR.. Daniels, on the South
Carolina side of the Savannah River, two miles
below the city. The other four had come from
Savannah where they had been as late as the after
noon of the day before. The information given
by these negroes of the condition Of affairs in the
CITY corroborates statements that have been re-
Gently made. The work of plating the FingaI
with Railroad iron was still in progress.
CAPTURE OF BRrrIsH BARK OFF ED1sro.-On
the morning of the 4th, vessel was discovered
aground in South Edisto Channel. Capt Etting,
of the q. S. bark She pherd Knapp, having dis
patched a boat to ascertain her character, she
proved to be the bark Fanny Laurie, of Quebec,
recently from Nassau, New Providence, with
cargo of SALT quinine wines and other articles, at
present bearing high value in the ssSouthern
Confederacy." She had regular clearance on
board for Quebec, but her captain, q French Ca
madam, ayowed his real destination to be Charles
ton. He, with his crew, an English mate and
half dozen negroes, were at once dispatched to
Hilton Head, and prize crew placed on board.
The Fanny Laurie was subsequently piloted off by
the Dela,0are and made sail to Port Royal. qg
RELEASED FROM QuARAsrNE.-TheU. q. s. Steam
er Delaware arrived at this port on the, morning
of the 9Th, after the completion of her fortnights
Quarantine, in st. Helena Sound. She has had
long cruise of it; it being over forty days zee
she left Key West, on her Southern tour OF inspec-
ton. There occurred another death on board, in
addition to those mentioned by our correspondent.
in the article entitled In Quarantine" published
in this number of THE NEW SOUTH, It was that of
Private D. j. Hartman of the N. 7. 47th. He
had accompanied the Dela,cGre throughout her
recent VOYAGE, being one of the soldiers guarding
some prisoners transported to the Tortugas. He
was seized with dysentery and violent fits ensuing,
died on the 9th. He is buried on Otter Island.
MUr1NY ON THE STEAMER KARNAK-Since the
arrival of the steamer Karmak at this port in dis
tress her crew have been in an insubordinate con-
diton, refusing to work on the plea that they had
been shipped at Nassau to take the vessel to the first
American port, and no further. This construction
of maritime law not being recognized as proper,
the mutineers have been placed under arrest by
order of the military authorities. Capt Van
Brunt, the Provost Marshal now has them at his
camp, where with the ball and chain attachment,
they are subjected to far harder work than that in
which they should legitimately have engaged.
Troops FROM ST.. AUGUsT1NE.-The 4th Regi-
ment of New Hampshire Volunteers, which has
been stationed at st Augustine, Fla, for the past
FIVE months, arrived here on Thursday, in the
steamer Ben Deford, on Its way to Beaufort, hav-
ing been relieved at its former post of duty BY the
7t6 New Hampshire. Col. Bell, of the 4th, has
recently been restored to his command, after a
few weeks suspension on charge which was not