Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-12-11
THE DEPARTMENT OF TnE SOUTH.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Successful Inland Expedition Sharp SkirBisl
wnh CdraiTy-Bi0od- Hounds Put on Trad =
The BAois Pack rut 10 Death.
by the arrival of the Steamer Arago ut New
York, OH last Wednesday. the special correspond.
ent OF the Tribune sends the following to that
paper, from which we copy il;
BEAUFORT, s c., Nov. 49, 1868
"Cry 'llavoc' aud let slip the dogs Of war;
Recent events have taken out of the category
Of figures of speech the Canine Contingent above
mentioned. The wreehed animals have hitherto
led Mt least but mere dogs life, pressed into
the service Of every turgid orator or frothy DEM
ngngne whose dictionary Of classic quotations
was compiled from the Third Reader" of his
spent snhooiboy days. Theirs (the doggy was
TIL lately but y breyel rank. Hereafter let them
be acknowledged in military history. There are
~ real as the Parrot guHs-only not so service
able. For whereas ii hath been averrel of the
latter that their screaming voices are only less
terrible than their deadly blows, it is appropriate
to say Of the dogs" that their bark is worse
than their bite.
| Il was brilliant dea on the part Of the Reb-
els to keep up the discipline Of negro dogs, -
10y setting them on the LIST S. g. culored troops,
IL their late raid upon the mainland near POGO
tslgo. From the immediate effect of the meas
urts, aud its ultimate result, it may be inferred
| thst the black men were not wholly unused to
l's KIND Of warfare nor yet unprtp pared to en-
counter the dogs and their drivers. Five blood
hounds, with their frothy jowls stained with
blood, their dstended tongues extended from
swollen throats, their savage eyeballs glazed aud
dGll, starting from their sockets, borne aloft on
tile bayonels Of the victorious black soldiers
this was the head of the strange procession that
| reached Epaufnrf la afta
Let No miserable apologist Of shareholders pre-.
tend to doubt this fact There are here hun.
dreds OF witnesses competent TO prove it, That
STATE which, during one portion Of its history,
baz0ned on its banners the horrid emblem of a
ratteshake, should now adopt the congena HE
roeyph OF a blood hound, 10 typify its fsrocious
Instincts and It's innate savagery.
Aimriug Europe aud soft-spoken peace -
advocates snoer at the bravery of our loyal
treops, hypocritcaly depreeate the excesses
committed by the Yankees, in presumed violation
OF civilized warfare. But they dare not NEE,
the test of the proof. Such alleged outrage- can
be but nssorted and asseverated. Meanwhile.
let the ready reply be given The troops of the
Union fight as mtn aud as Christians. They are
| opposed by people who have not hesitated to
bring in as allies. b ood.hounds, which springing
at the throaIs of our soldiers, relax the grin Of
their fangs only when life becomes extinct
| ~ Aa0.s WIN oeat recapltulaling. They
suuu'u' lhueeu' De COMMITTED to memory by the
.oyA' eountryineu OF those thousands Of soldiers
WIZ Are no" oeins Wantoniy Killed in Rebel jais
'uo uNill.su." warfare agencies of Siarya-
''oui eOiu anu Nskeuness' Let Americans read,
fV wi unu uear III inlhu' lhhi,
On Sunday evening, Nov -, scouting party
OF 90 men, belonging to Col. Higgiusons Reg-
"su'' ~ south carolina colored troops, was
:, ,u'' uuurr Tue command oil Capt. Bryant, Sih
'"'ue S =, ' anu capt whitney, lst 5. G,
s'iv'Vu tu'uu!eers, 70 release 70 col0red people
ueu III lretenuea Slavery by a man named Hay,
"a.u' near foe9uahso' - u The expedition
VIZ successful Inc car'i'es were released and
lheir freedom restored TO them. Two Rebel
morse SOLDIERS, sAtiohe as pickets were regu-
AIRY captured MS prs nets Of war. These nleu
Wefe members OF the l't 5 nth Carolina Cavalry
Rebel Their comrades 10 Ia NUMBER under
command OF NJ Jor pursued the railing party
toward the leity at BInNeil's island The ne
Eroes received them IN ambush, and fired on
'uelh al ~ PAGES empyune suNeial saddles, and
/ Pu'nng teen 10 night. Odtaiung re-anf0rce,
mehts anu artillery, they tracked lie rereating
coloreu men with blOod-hounls lcnled in the
I SCUM " negro dogs. The dogs dashed into
Tue party In advance OF their comrades, the Heb-
els' ohe mound was shot and left With broken
! legs upon the held. Five others were impaed
upon the uayonets OF the Union troops, aud
brought as trophies into their camp.
lug galah'ry oil the negroes gu this occasion
was manifested not merely by their brilliant
bravery but by the willingness with which they
gave up the ierry-boats lin which they had
crossed to the manland) to their wounded, aud
TO Tue non'combatants GU their return. In ford.
lus tne river, two OF their number we're drown