The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-11-22
A Sw1N1sH TRIcK.-Last Thursday little trans

| on the dock, SBnlch 1Or sharpness Wouiu nave
struck envy to Jews heart, were it not that pork
entered into it. For obvious reasons we shall not
divulge the names of the parties, but designate
them as Restaurateurs Nos. and 2. 1t tseemstha
negro had been commissioned by Restaurateur
No. ITO bring him down pig from one ofthe adj
iacent islands, and while Sambo with the unclean
beast was standing on the dock, waiting for No.
to come and claim his property, Restaurateur
No. made his appearance. Fresh meat being
scarce just now he coveted the pig, and immed-
ately began to revolye schemes in his head to OBJ
tain the animal. Hereupon Restaurateur No. /
appeared, and No. 2, perceiving him began to ex-
anime the pork and make sundry comments upon
its strange appearance, dropping hints of measles,
yellow fever, &C. These reu arks were not lost
upon No. l, who Immediately showed signs of un
easiness and began to doubt the pig. Ihe spirit Of
the sell was soon caught by the by-standers, who s
chimed in so well tha No. was iairly frightened
out of his bargain and walked away dscom6tted,
whereupon the pig was Immediately p released by
No. at a reduced price and car led off in triumph
amidst the applause of the crowd. The joke is
that No /, 10th to lose his prize, came back to
take another look and found the pig gone. He
Immediately " smelt large mice" and departed
minus pork and plus experience. shrewdne
may sanction that at which Honesty rowns.
MISSING SrEAMER.-Apprehensi ms are fe.t
for the safety of the steamer George Peabody, capt
Graham. The vessel left New York on Sunday
the 9th inst for this port with CATTLE commissary
stores, and few passengers, and up to the time of
our going to press nothing has been heard Of
her. 1t is not unlikely that in coming down the
coast, she was compelled to put in at Hampton
Roads, Hdtteras Inlet or Newbern where she may
have been detained by stress of weather but the
Quartermaster at New York is scarcely justified
in sending small steamer, like the George Pea
6odu only fitted for river navigation, on so long
a voyage, especially at this season of the year 1t
was intended that she should bring down mail,
but fortunately through misunderstanding, she
left New York before it was brought from the Post
Office
A DEsERrER TO BE SHoT.-W. W. Lunt, pri-.
vate of the 9th Maine Vols, deserted from Fer
nandina in April last, and made good his escape to
the rebels to whom he gave important information
of our movements While with them he commit
ted several thefts and found guilty Of su,h low
O. TONS that even the rebels became disguised with
him and finally, as punishment for stealing small
sum ofmoney from poor old woman gave him
up into our hands. lie was tried for des> rtion by
Court Martial, Of which General Terry, who was
at that time Colone of the 7th Connecticut RI gt,
finding of the Court has been approved by Presi-
dent Lincoln and the sentence will be carried into
effect on Monday morning Dec. l, under the direc-
ton of the Provost Marshal and in presence Cf the
whole command
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE YELLOW FEvER-We
rejoice to be able to announce that no new cases
of yellow fever have made their appearance
this week. We cannot but feel that we have es-
capped dreadful pestilence, and our readers will
think with us that we have good cause to be
thankful that Providence has spared US more than
passing visit of the saffron Knight, the ravages
of whose presence have been decimating Key
West. We all owe debt of gratitude to Ir. rane,
the Medical Director, and also to DR. Craven,
for their untirng efforts to prevent the spread of
the disease, indeed, none of US know how much
our safety may be due to their excellent sanitary
measures. Notwithstanding that all alarm about
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