The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, October 01, 1864, Image 3
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?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.