The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-09
Clippings.

lnSeparable? Behold the reason.
Abra HAM LIN coln.-Brookllyn UMou.
Rev. Mr.. Robie, of the BHuo Aolro-
cate. says: "Some complain that there are
so many naughty soldiers in town. IVhm
if Mey do ua lille rayraW occesionalyM
Home and social friendships press hard
upon them when furloughed and relaxed
from duty. Observation-Disclosures
togetler rhen Mey rere contpettet IN be as
sober as deacOnS While at home and
among friends they feel, We suppose, like
birds released from cage. But the hard
and stern duties of the field will be felt
again by these defenders Of our country"
A letter from New-Orleans to New
England organ of Gen. Banks, written III
defense of his existing serfage system IL
Louisiana says: .,... .......-
''Tobias Gibson, Of the most extensive planters
in louisiana freely expressed to in conversation
his beliefin compensated free black labor. and said
that Gen. Bankss order had already saved him $l0o-
00O'"
Precisely. Saved the planter 800,
and saved it at the expense OF the half
emancipated dhalf-reenslaved, blacks whom
Gen. Banks compels to work for SS D.
month, though the planter can richly
afford three times that amount
A new style of shell, invented by Capt.
William S. Williams, of Ohio, has re-
Gently been successfully experimental
with at Vicksburg, in 90 pound Parrott
gun. One shell, weighing twenty pount.s,
was, by this means of explosion, broken
into one hundred and twenty-seven pieces,
which surpasses any Of similar kind now
in use.
The New MONITOR MoNADNocK, just
launched at Boston, is built entirely of
oak, except her deck and turret, and is
coppered all below her armor, in which
she differs from any other. ..>.s..;A---Gi---
has two turrets 80 feet apart, OF IRON, Ii
inches thick, of one-inch plates, each to
carry two 15-inch guns. Her speed will
be about six knots ali hour. She has
been two years building and will be COM
pleted in about three months.
A gentleman in one of the towns III
Maine enlisted last week but the surgeons
rejected him on account of his teeth. He
insisted that he would carry coffee mil!
that would fix hard tack so that he could
eat it.
An Infamous old bachelor, being aske d
if he ever witnessed public execution,
replied, mo, but once saw marriage.
Why is Senator Sprague responsible
for the tightness in the money market?
Because he has the sole custody OF Sec
retary Chase's first issue.
To win the regard of some people, give
YOUR hand to assist them along; to gain
the respect of others, help them on with
your foot
"Tommy. what does bench spell?
Don't know ma am" "What. you lit
tie numbskul. what are YOU sitting on?"
Tommy looking sheepish)-" don't like
to tell"
Miss Braddon. the author of the sensa-
ton novels, has gratefully married her
publisher. They will hereafter issue some
| lively works.
More than half the number of votes Or
dinarily polled in the times OF peace, were
cast in several counties of Tennessee mt
the recent election. When it is remem-
bered that Il large number OF the men are
absent in tile rebel army, it is clear that
very lar5e proportion vi tiie Pop''iatoi
take an active interest in the reconstluc-
tion.
Some Indiana soldiers on \ scout in the
mountains of Georgia, came upon house
occupied only by an old woman. 'Well,
old lady, what are you? secesh?" said the
leader. 'sNo," said she. ''What them"
"Baptist, said she, promptly, ''and al
ways was.
The total receipts of Sanitary Fairs
held since November last, commencing
with the Pioneer Fair at Chicago, is. .esti-
mated at over one million of dollars, The
people of New York are predicting that
the Metropolitan Fair. to open in that city
on the 2Sth inst, will produce million
more, while those in terested in the Mis-
sissin,,i Valley Fair. to be held in ST.