The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1864-01-16

their clothes frozen. 1ney managed 10 cOllecC
some wood, and make fire. by one of the party
sacrificing his draft exemption paper, which was
set on fire by discharging pistol. By this means
they kept alive till morning. They were seen
from the adjacent islands, but the weather was
such that no one could venture to their relief.
Next morning the schooner Looch0o, from Long
Island took them of.
The people on the Maine border are very ap-
prehensive of raids from struggling soatherners
and desperate men who congregate in the cities
of the Provinces, and in some places guard of
citizen soldiers is constantly on duty
They have got mysterious woman at Hartford,
Ct, who pretends to be forsaken by her husband
and otherwise unfortunate who has o reputation
of being insane, and who really seems to be
shrewd woman. She has forgotten to Fay many
bills and is so inveterate opium eater that she
partakes of half pint of laudanum every night.
Arthur Skalding, of Greenwich, Mass, received
$1,000 in cash on Tuesday for property that he had
sold, and about three o'clock the next morning was
awakened by rapping at his door. He suspected
an attempt to rob him and ordered the intruder to
leave. The man. however. demanded entrance,
threatening to shoot him if he didn't speedily
grant it. So he opened the door and admitted the
burglar, who then made request for the $1,000.
He was told it was deposited in the bank, but
coolly ordered Skalding and his wife back to bed
while he searched the room. They obey
the villain explored at his leisure finally leaving
with gold watch, diamond ring and every; other
valuable he could find. He told the terrified cou-
pie that they must stay betwsen the sheets till
ldaylisht as he should weknr Fla house, and thest
did not dare do otherwise. For frigid impudence
and unmitigated cheek, as we'll as unparalleled
cowardice, this robbery is without riyal on the
records"
Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island Will
probably fill their quotas without draft. Massa-
chusetts and Vermont will not be far behind, and
there is some hope that Vermont will fill. Many
of the towns of Massachusetts, have filed but Bos-
ton and some othor cities are lamentably behind
hand New Hampshire is nearly through with the
last call, and Maine has obtained fve-eighths of
her quota. Connecticut is getting along very
slowly.
Here is an authenticated instance Of fpremonition.
On 18th instant Miss Mary F. Garfield was mar
ried at Norfolk, Conn, and two days after she died
of diptheria, of which she had been taken the day
before her marriage. From the first, it is stated.
she expressed strong belief that her sickness
would result in her death. Indeed, she told her
friends that she had q dream or vision, In which
she had seen herself composed in her coffin for
burial and singular as it may seem the provision,
SO far from appalling or alarming her, had quite
the contrary effect, and she went down "into the
great shadow" cheerfully-almost joyously.
There have been appointed from the State OF
Vermont seven brigadier generals since the war
began: John W. Phelps, William F. Smith, Geo.
Wright, Benjamin Alvord, Truman Seymour, B.
S. Roberts, George J. Stannard. Some Of the
Vermont papers think they are entitled to more.
On Wednesday the New Hampshire Republicans
hold their State Convention at Concord Hon. j.
A. Gilmore (auspicious name) will be renominated:
On Friday the Democrats hold their Convention,
and will probably nominate Hon. E. W. HarrnS-
ton, of Manchester, Judge Eastman having de-
clined, the name of President Nathan Lord, late
of Dartmouth College, is also mentioned.
The work of constructing the Hoosac tunnel un-
der the auspices of the state is progressing. Some
three hundred men arc at present employed, and
among other processes going forward IS that OF
damming the Deerfeld river to secure water power,
which is needed for manifold operations; while the
preliminary movements to sink new shaft con-
sumo great deal Of time and require much labor
in the execution. When spring shall again open
there will undoubtedly be a long step taken to-
ward carrying forward this case"