New-York daily tribune., 1863-05-16

the name and it is repeated by the orderly on the
piazza ia front Of The window. George Washing
ton appears to grasp handful OF greenoacks,
AM h;s shade is indeed dark one. AGAIN th o
clerk calls and Abraham Lincolu In deepest a'aa9w
appears TO recognize the correctness OF MS own .k
ness upon the slip OF paper gracefully extended at
arm length.
Again the scene changes, ard quandom notorious
Rebels appear to have focked to onr STANDARD
Barnwell Rhett, and July Rhett, ana fohte t' mne'''
and the whole family of Rhetts, sre strong Union.
lists now They do not resemble each other ID
retundoubtedly Of one family. Then me Darnwon
family appear then a relative OF "Jeh, bearing
the appropriate cognomen Of Cufee DAVIS; tnen tpo
Graysons, the Haywoods, the Popes, the Alkips.
the Seabrooks, the Eiliots, the McPhersons, the
McKnights-in short. large representatives OF Gil
the b. in South Carolina, including OF course,
the inevitables, Smith, jenkins, Jones and Brown'
The regiment is paid and happier or more con-
tented class Of soldiers than these negro troops can
not be found In the Department Of the South. Coi.
Higglnson informs me this morning that the AdJu-
tant OF bis regiment has Just forwarded to New YORK
out of the soldiers pay $1,000, to be placed in
saving bank on interest. Nearly half OF this sum
was from single company. 1t is new idea to
them and will be extended hereafter.
After strolling through the large garden near the
old mansion gathering magnificent bOquets and din
ING upon strawberries and blackberrles in greatest
abundance, we remounted aud retorned to Beaufort
via the Barnwell mansions on Broad River. These
q
10 visit or rather the old oaks covered with droop.
inc Spanish moss in front of them, as nothing like
them can be found any where IN the North.
We measured one, beneath which an entire reg.
ment could be encamped, and found II ~ ieet In cir
cumference. ~ n
me TO saw that Major Wm. j. Wood, the rising
Young politician from New-Jersey, who hammered
the Copperheads severely In the Legislature iass
Winter, although non-combatant from MS poshf1n
as paymaster returned from the payment Oh the ist
Sont6 Carolina with Two honorable scars upon tnas
part of his person where soldiers who are fearfuy
demorallzed" in battle are most likely to DO mt;
said scars or wounds having been rseelved wnho
riding an animal which be ID still 10 douS< whetoer
TO call an alligator a horse. 1t ID to be N0Ped Dy
his many friends In this Department. tnaI Se1ore T
many more payments are made to the LIST South Var
olina he will have been able not only 90 r%ln aus
seat in the Senate Of New-Jersey, but bis pSNtion
upon the back OF some good cavalry horse from Ihe
lst Massachusetts.
been made off Charleston hsrbor. The gunboat
Canandagua took the fine steamer Cherokee, laden
with 500 bales Of cottoR on the evening Of tae Ith
inst after chase Of few hours; aud on the fol'
lowing night the Flag captured the schooner Amelia,
laden with $50 bales of the same precious material
The officers of the Cherokee state that they have
made repeated attempts TO run the blockade, bnt
have failed on account Of getting entangleo IN the
net distractions to the harbor; that IL s ABOUT a.
much as the vessels and cargo are worth 10 run sne
great risk of being either run ashore OF caaI9,eu,
end that Rebel speculators are bout tired OF the
busipess. The Cherokee and Amelia, with their
cargoes, are valued at several hundred thousand
dollars.
ChsrlestOn papers Of the 7th, found on board OF
the Cnerokee, state that Hooker hsd oeen driven
across the Rsppahaunock, and that there was great
rejoicing in the Rebel city in consequ nee.
! One hundred and eighty-eigLs bales OF Tree
labor cotton goes North today in the Arago.
| II is a small portion of the large smount
which has been prepared Tor the mark Py 'ss
Ssmap. This present shipment is valued At 800 OCo
/ To ali who desire to know whether cotton can be
probably raised by free labor would recommend
a trip to Port Royal Island. NJ p