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VOL. II. What a Soldiei: can Savc.? A private in the Thirteenth Maine regiment laid 011 the allotment roll 310 per mouth reserved to be deposited in the Savings Bank, reserving only 33 per month to spend for himself. After twenty months' pay the allotment was discontinued. Two liun-Inurl ftnllnrs t.liprpfnrA wptp rtonnsitpd. Oat of the S3 per month, and by taking what money is allowed if clothing is not drawn, he managed to send home at one time, $25 for a watch and some other iJiings, and at another time $21 to be forwarded to his father in Nova Scotia. Within a few days $250 have come by express, to be also deposited in the bank. The state and city bounties for re-enlistanent are yet to be paid, which will swell the sum, with interest accrued, to upwards of $750. At the close of the war, at this rate, he will have a big pile for himself. We commend this example for the imitation of all others of our brave soldiers in arms for the- defense of their country. Economy and good habits .are the secret of all this. Neither tobacco nor liquor has been used by him. 'J. lie .\ew loi'K veiling i'osi, m giviug > some light respecting the reasons why the rebels have lately become anxious for peace, and sent their ageuts to Canada to see what might be done in that respect, . proceeds to state that among other discouragements their agents in France lately received a hard hit from the French Emperoi. It says that after making all the offe s they could to induce the ?mperoify > acknowledge and aid them, he replied that he might do so on certain conditions, which were that he should require a retrocession of the old Louisiana purchase; or in other words, a surrender of Texas and Louisiana; and he added * . politely, that if his modest request was trs not compiled with, he should be possibly obliged to play the game alone, and exB tend xica&mojjcc > the North. He should be happy to receive fe . tin: - .ilttoa of W1 friends of tlio Oofc^aderacy, and to outer into* engagements; but if they did not thin!: it consistent with their interests and honor to como to terms, why?France -was able to carry out her own "ideas" in her own way. That, however, was the ultimatum, as to any alliance with his ' chivalric and noble guests from the other Hide of the Atlantic. This proposition, referred to Richmond, foil like a thunderbolt. A French empire on the, borders of the Confederacy; an empire into which it would he impossible to introduce slavery because of the inveterate repugnance of the French mind to that blessed institution; an empire in which cotton could be cultivated by free . labor to a larger extent and on cheaper terms than in any or all the Gull states; that was not to be thought of. In the 1 "* WIMMC vUof wnnlil liccnmp t.' \ Cii I U A It-") OUV^VytOO n liii v ir vv?*vk m-vvv.?>y of tlio.se half-yon dreams of a slave republic clasping all the shores of the Gulf of Mexico from -Florida around to the British islands? ? ? ? Quinine is now the king of medicines, and while every one regards it as the most reliable add invaluable of remedies, there are many who think that with piinine and opium they can treat all diseases. The demand is enormous, and the more especially if we recall the 'rapidity with which this younger son of medicine has come into its right. Into this country bark found its way for the first time late in the seventeenth century; and in - ' -'-I? Krance it won its entrance miu wc pu<umaeopauaby curing Louis XIV, being Head then for liim as a secret remedy, and on the following conditions* --48,000 Kvres, 2000 livres as a pension, ndthe tiiie of chevalier. The communi ation between French and English physicians was not then complete or intimate, and so tliis magnificent price was obtained for Fallot's remedy, which was only a vijeodjs tincture of quinine commonly em THE FREE SOUTH?BEA ployed in England. Louis XLV ordered j its admission into the pharmacopeia. j The sources of quinine are, however, ! gradually failing Inkier the pressure of i tiie enormous aeniana; ana aituougu me experiment of the British Government in forming plantations of cinchona trees in India have met with success in an important degree, yet the best kinds of quininebearing trees are said not to have succeeded so well as the others. General Butler is a practical man, as all the world knows, and can see "as far into the middle of next week as the next or any other man." We clip from the correspondence of the Tribune an account of an expedition he set on foot to make a raid for men on the Norfolk hospitals: Not long since Surgeon R. K. Smith, reported for duty to Gen. Butler in person. The Gen. told him he should order him to Norfolk to report to Gen. Shepley, who would direct him to inspect all the hospitals in that vicinity, with a view to clearing them of all convalescents fit for duty. The doctor asked if in every J ease he should use his own discretion as j to whether a man was fli for duty; " Yes, | sir," said the General, "and you are not j to credit any varus the}' may tell you. Till 1 _..1_ ...1. 1.... T'l i ! -l ji give you a goon ruie iu v,vin. u> , j. ai | take it from Ho vie: 'Whenever yon are in doubt, take the trick/' " Dr. Smith proceeded to the different hospitals about Norfolk, and has already sent nearly or quite a battalion to their regiments. It is not to be doubted that were the hospitals throughout the North subjected to a thorough overhauling the j army would be the gainer l>y some thous-' ands. The dillicuity is that the men once j in hospital, even those slightly wounded, who, when their wounds have healed are happy and able, do not come back, 'lhey are absorbed in a dozen different ways, riome become nftrses, some wardmasters, some cooks, others are taken up as hospital guards, as orderlies for the surgeons, as musicians for the hospital bund, which lias been organized to swell the importance of the surgeon in charge ?until in many hospitals there are as many well soldiers as sick ones. And so it is that stalwart men,' trained I veterans, who should be in the held, toot ! serenades, simmer broths, bend over wash-tubs, polish surgeons' boots, carry hil:.: doit.'- for young At. l>'s., even scrape their chins and mend their stockings, if the soldier should once have been barber ? I ..^..,.,4. ? tlinrAnffli nvnrhftn). or i;uiur. x icjjuit, a. muiuiigi. ing of ;ui the Northern hospitals would send to the lieid sjnie thousands of good soldiers. At a recent railroad dinner, in compliment to the legal fraternity, the toast was given :? ''An honest law.er. the noblest work of (Jod;" but an old farmer in the back part of the hall rather spoiled the effect by adding, in a loud voice, "And about the scarcest." The old spirit of patriotism has revived in many of the towns of Massachusetts. In one day ninety young men from the country passed through the I'rovost Marshal's othce in the Third district, of who 111 eighty-two were accepted. They enter the service tor one year. "Save Me?I'm :Iie Captain." These are the words which (according j 1 a * - - * 1~"l i/miwhoid\ ! ro me i_.ui,juj>u juiiin.no/ v/uj/i.. yelped out to the Deerhomid's men as they came to pick up the drowning crew ox the Alabama. When a company of men are placed in a condition of common i impending doom, the community of danger places them all on ua equality; ami the verdict oft the world has long since and forever stamped him as the basest of cowards who would in such an hour claim for rank a privilege over manhood, and to save himself would seek to forestall the safety of liis comrades. And yet the "gallant" Semmes?tliat topmost and brightest blossom on the tree of English chivali ry, turning his back on his comrades? whines for preference in rescue, and bawls, "Save me! I'm the captain/" when he sees the helpers pulling those nearest them into the boats. Of all the cowardly, craven cries that ever echoed from the white lips of endangered sneaks, the most cowardly and the "most craven, taking all things into consideration, was that "Save vie! I'm the captain!" shrieked forth by Oapt. Semmes. His comrades, who were sinking around him, in the silence which brave men becomingly keep in the presence of death must have blushed for their leader as they went down with his craven " Save me! I'm the captain!" ringing in their ears.?N. Y. feed er. Prudence is a christian as well as a moral virtue. I UFORT, S. C., OCT. 1, 1864. Authentic Version of the Ueatit of General llorpiu. I From the R hm ??l Examiu t.| The Abingdon Virginian gives the following authentic version of the circumstances under which the gallant and lamented General Morgan came to his death: On Saturday, the 3dinst., accompanied by the brigades of Gilmer, Hodges, and Smitb, and a detachment of Vaughan's, with four pieces of artillery, General Morgan approached the town of Greenville, Tennessee. Scouts had brought the information that the enemy were not nearer than Bull's Gap, sixteen miles distant, and, in addition, a guard had been sent into the village to reconnoitre. TTnon flip rpnnrf. nf fltp pntirp abspnpp r ??" ~ " of the enemy, Cassel's Battalion, commanded by Capt. J. M. Clarke, together with the four guns, were posted some three or four hundred yards from the court-house, when General Morgan and his staff entered and established headquarters at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Williams, near the centre of the town. Shortly after the advent of tiie guard in town, yonng Mrs. Williams, daughfer-inlaw of the lady at whose house General ! Morgan had his headquarters, disap- i 1 peared; a scout was sent for. but eouid ; ^ not lind her, and as she returned with | ^ the enemy next morning, it appears she ( < had ridden all the way to Bull's Gap, and .{ had given information of Morgan's where- j 1 abouts and the strength of the guard. I Precaution had been taken to prevent j the egress of jiersous who' might convey J ^ information to the enemy, and all the j roads and avenues were picketed. After ' ' visiting the camps and seeing that pick- j ets had been duly posted, General Mor- J gan and his staff, at a late hour of the i j night, retired to rest. Being greatly fa- ; tigued. they slept very soundly, and were j ' startled from their slumber about six , o'clock on Sunday morning i?y the elder Mrs. Williams, who informed tliem that the Yankees iiad surrounded the house. * The General and his s: t:i" at once sprang \ from the.'r beds, armed themselves and rushed out at the opposite door to that at which the Yankees were thundering. On ihe side of the house where they es- ( caped there is a very large yard and garden, with a great deal of foliage aud a vineyard. These, together with the basement of the old hotel at the southwestern extremity of the grounds, enabled them to conceal themselves for a-time, but the Yankees by this time began to appear so thick and fast around taem that concealment became liopeiess, and they rushed out to attempt to light their way through, in the hope of succor and assistance from the battalion so near at hand. The oilicers with General Morgan were Major Gassct and Captains Withers, Kogers, and I Clay, and a young gentleman by the I name of Johnson, a clerk iii the office of the Adjutant General. At this fime they were ail, except Withers and Clay, in the basement of the old hotel, occupied by Mrs. Fry (wife of the notorious bush- ; whacker and murderer now in our possession,) who was all the time calling to the Yankees, informing them of the hiding place of the 4> Rebels." Seeing escape almost hopeless, General Morgan directed Major Gusset to examine and sew if there was any chance of escape ' from tile front of the basement into the I street. Major Gasset looked and replied | that there was a chance, but it was a des- ' peratc one, which Gtuer.i Morgan did not hear, as at that instant the Yankees charged up to the fence separ rit g the j hotel from Mrs. Wiiiiams' groumis, when ' the General, with Major Gasset, Captain Rogers, and air. Johnson, sprang out in the direction of the vineyard, wnen the two latter were captured and the General killed. The latter had just tired his pistol, and | was in the act of tiring again, when he i mil <f:int*ins Withers and ('lav had not I been able to get out of the house, and had concealed themselves in or near it. Major Gusset, in the meantime sought shelter in the biisement and vineyard alternately, but could not elude the vigilance of Mrs. Fry, who was all the time directing attention to his whereabouts. Being the only Rebel left?Withers and Clay having been discovered and betrayed by a "iiegro?Major Gasset's ingenuity was put to work to avoid capture. Mrs. Fry knew he was in the basement, and the 1 ? "" him Ofi I3DK6CS Wits US IU1UA OiUIIUU UiUi vm.J snakes in harvest. After passing to and fro several times between the basement und the garden, all the time under fire, he finally took shelter in the former, and at an auspicious moment sprang into the street, gave Mrs. Fry a' parting blessing in his exit, mounted a horse hitched near by, and made his escape. A great many' shots were fired by the Yankees, but the only one that took effect was that which killed General Morgan, piercing his right breast, NO. and ranging through diagonally. Witli^? ers, Rogers, Clay, and Johnson are now, we presnme in a Yankee prison, and Major Gasset is again on duty with his com. The General was determined never to surrender, and told members of his staff they must not give up. He was heard to> H| say, "they have got us sore," when bo' drew his pistol and commenced firing. A Convention " for the amelioration of | the condition of wounded soldiers of the ' armies in the field," has just been held at Geneva, Switzerland. The governments of France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Saxony, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Wurtemburg, Baden and Switzerland were represented. A treaty was agreed upon and 01 n/1 At^/1 i C aJ ?iU ZA ? AL.. aigucii, uau ii intiucu w umu luree U1UUU1B . at Berne, will of course form a part of the law of Europe. According to the N. Y. Post it has the following provisions: In time of war all ambulances and military hospitals and their attendants shall be regarded as neutral; persons who bring succor to the wounded shall be free from molestation; dwelling houses to which wounded soldiers may be conveyed shall be protected from injury, and the owners of such houses shall be released from the obligation to lodge troops and be exempted from war contributions; solliers permanently disabled by wounds hall be returned to their homes; and the grounded shall be car.nl for without regard to their nationality. . # As a jovial party of Marines were satin;eriug up Middle Street the other day, passing the Booms of the Sanitary Comnission, one of them re;ul the sign on the loor; and entering the ollice, requested permission to contribute two uoilars to he objects of the Commission, as an evileuce of his appreciation of the favors jonferred by the Commission upon the rew of the gun-boat " Ineony," of which ae said he was one. Of course the generjus impulse of the grateful sailor was gratified, and he xejoined his comrades t ivifr!. . li.rt.f V" I' Ti.noe ...?U % V^. * TREASURY DEPABTMEtfi\ l-IFTil SPECIAL AGENCY. CIRCULAR No. 2. Ceacfokt, South Carolina, Sept. loth, 1>M. The General ComaLiudlng the Deiartmcat of the South hating promulgated General Orders No. roguitUiuf: ittv introduction of win<? and liquors iuto * this Department, the attention of all persons is railed to the following pro-,is ion? of the same: * "Applications for permits to introduce the above mentioned articles must lx? made to the Supervising Special Agent or Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Depart..ant, who will forward the same to the commanding oilier of tne District where the wines .uid liquors are to be disposed of. "Applications must state clearly the purposes for which they are to lie sold and the object for which Lhej are introduced into the Department.* No permit will be reoommqpded from this office unless the applicant shall furuisn sufficient evidence to satisfy the Treasury Agent that iie is a proper person U? ?< ll wiiics and liquors; and each applicant will be n quired to file an affidavit, with an invoice attached* stating the exact amount of liquors on hand at toe time the application is made. I*. As/tan ,tV ALBERT G. BROWNE, Supervising Speciel Ajrent, Treasury iA-paruucntJuhn II. Pu>nri!Y Assistant Sjx~ji.il Agent, Treasnrv Deportment. *. ? HEADQUARTERS, I . S. FORCED ) Ki:ai iokt, S. sSeptemJvr 27, lsto. j GENERAL ORDERS.> No. 2. \ By permission of t'ie .Major General Commanding the Department, and in pursuance of instructions from Brig. General K. Saxton commanding the District, General Orders, No. I:JO, Hc;ul<|ttarters of tiie Department of the South, current series, are so far modified ;is to allow the owners of boats to retain and use them, subject to tiie following restrictions and regulations. Written or printed permits for the use of Ixiats must be obtained from he General Superintendents. Such permits to give the number and description of each boat, at wiiat place* and for what purposes it may be u.-ed, the n;une and description of the person to whom the |*;riiiiLi> fciiuuru, iuu * tciuuia^- vi uir> character and loyalty, which must be welT known to the Superintendent granting the permit. These permits must be made in triplicate. approved at Post Headquarters, one copy tiled with Lieut. A. P. Ketchum, A. D. C., one copy filed and registered at the office of the Provost Marshal of the District, and onecopy retained by the person to whom sncfe permit is granted for his protection. The. Provost Marshal will number the boats in 2, regular scries and enter the proper numbers ou the permits when presented at his office. All boats tounu in use Dy otner persons tor otner purposes or at places other than those specified in the permits for the use of such boats may fie seized upon and turned over to the Provost Marshal by any officer on duty at this Post, ami if such seizure is properly made the permits wilL be forfeited. By order of W. S1LLIMAN, Col. 20th U. S. G'. T., Commanding Post. Cil AS. II. Mattison, Lieut, and Act. Asst. Adj't. General.