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.. ■ . ; r■. - I ; t ' fiv bx L.yrM±so& 9P_*. k_M J -4SAVANNAH, JiQyilAY. FEB, .l*”- yypTAT, OP tJMON SOLDIERS. »A thoroughly excellent plan -secure ';lhe perfect ftßftincation of the remains *£ ttibse OI om...£&!dtei3.. who are . Juried in Southern cemeteries, and other . Southern lands, and ' are, in. most os&ses, interred hastily, in accordance rtgritk -the urgent necessities of was, has \--itetn. lately recommended by the WarDe •jssartment, and has been adopted with the ."iaost.satisfactory results in the Depart •asent of Savannahs By it, friends of the deceased heroes, of whom, so many, uila* 2 lie under the sod of the Southern .States, may, in every instance,-when -i£Jpg device has been adopted, be unmis vtakably recognized, and ail unhappy vasistakes of identity, (of which many &ave occurred,) be hereafter avoided. /The plan is neither more nor less than to tory -with the soldier a memorandum.of aaLrsame,.age, corps, division,, -brigade, <- :~egimentami company—together with a ?#Eef statement of the nature of the kTiacase or wounds which were Jhe cahse <n£ death—how long he. *fras in hospital whether he suffered severely—to whom fike entrusted his last requests—-with whom < Ms effects were left, or to what place and no whose care they were forwarded, with \ also any other remarks thq officer or \ricnd making the memorandum may .fhxve leisure or disposition to add. \This statement is written in .knk, rolled up tightly, and placed ?in a bottle which has been care- SSully cleaned and thoroughly ahied—the iiattla is closely corked and the cork cohered with melted sealing-wax so as completely exclude all moisture for any length of time. This bottle is buried, not r ia. the coffin, as many suppose, but above ahe»c«ffiri, about eighteen inches deep, tcJt the foot of the grave- Asa uniform ' is proposed to be followed, wherever *£kis device is adopted, it will only bene - v >«:«*ary to dig down to, and open the itacfttic, when if a ir J ' 1 , ' OC! been made 1 ' i'hcTerualns ate not the ones sought,- * fczeavation need be continued no but the bottle having been re galed, is replaced in its former position, ..jund the grave carefully dlled up again. Sin. most cases, if the bottles are care dried, it will be only necessary to VrxSr&ct the cork and the little roll',of pa will drop into the hand ; should it be iT&g&Lisitc to destroy the bottle, and it tikes Iys found desirable to replace the another bottle and a-lit 7 vsjs wax will make all right as before. ’JTbis plan, so simple and yet so effect eve, is'now being universally adopted in tte Department of the South, and doubt elsewhere, thus preventing those un J 'i&acsua&te mistakes of identity, many of *s&fch&aye heretofore been committed, wfearein a family having proceeded oh information, have gone to ,-grHt£ expense in removing a body many miles only to find, on. opening coffin of the camp, to exchange ■•jStfar one more elegant, that they have • the remains of their of an sES&er stranger. ... ‘ There is as yet no Army Regulation making It the duty of any special officer tja «tteiid tp these details, but, in the ab «Ki»e ofa speeiaily interested friend, the mgsmectal chaplain or the mans own «£s.ptfcsii does it- . la this city'Chaplain Joseph Mom?, <¥ the iTStU.ftegt. O- V, V., on detail at Use Hth Army Corps Hospital, has ua- charitable work: It ca- etaiU upon him, ia.Adiitnteto this arau- ■ [els duties, much hd-lititionaU-heavy la- j [hot but in the cause of Christian <fhar- ; lityiffie undertakes it wiiliqglj.. He finds that much of hi3 time is taken up in j ■searching the eity for bottles and cork, , as there is no provision made by the - Government for, a supply. Any chari tably disposed person who 'are so dis posed, may seriously lighten the labors of an overworked philanthropic old man by the simple expedient of sending to the l4th Army Corps, on Barnard Street Hospital, a supply of these, ar ticles. The bottles should be the ordi nary black glass, porter or wine bottles, jt each with a tightly l fitting* cork, and the sealing wa£. should be. fife very best quality of < red, which is better than black, yellow or green., This act, sim ple and iuex pensive as it is, will be a charity as true as many far more ostent atious displays of philanthropy. i; ' - ‘- ; U Jl ' ' f > 9 .» "* ii* • -The Hospital ships Gen. Barnes and Northern Light.— We know, of no sttb jeet'Of greater interest to the people north especially, than that treating of the ar- , ran'gemeuts made by the Medical Depart ment of the Government for the care of the sick and wounded soldiers, Who have sacrificed health and limb in defence of the Republic. Scarcely a family exists In the north, which has not a member doing duty in one of the armies of the country, and that member's Welfare is always an object of anxiety and solici tude to many. He is away from home among strangers, where its kind protec ting influences cannot be felt. If taken sick, he has no mother's 1 and to per form the thousand and one gentle offices of the sick chamber. Ilis care is assum ed by the Government, which supplies medical attendance, and nurses, and the question ever present to the minds of those far away from us is la what manner i3 the sick or wounded soldier treated. Has he ail the comforts that a govern ment can afford—good attention, and careful nursing. j Anything bearing on these questions is of interest not only to the home folks but to every soldier in the field. This sub ject suggested itself to us as we were in specting two magnificent specimens of Hospital Ships that have beeu laying at our dock Within two or three days past, but are now bdfind for the North with a load of sick and wounded- We now propose to give a brief, description of these ships. The first one named after the Sug. Gen, Barnes,]is anew ship, of about , sixteen hundred ton?, well constructed, of handsome model, and fitted with a powerful engine. In every way she is a first.class sea-going steamer, of great speed. She was taken by the Surgeon General while yet on the stocks, and her construction was on the most ap . proved plans to? a hospital ship. Her upper saloon is thrown iato one capa cious room, which 13 high, light and well ventilated and admirably adapted in every way for a hospital ward. \lt is' fitted up with three tiers of bunks, which and furnished with comfortable mat resses and an abundance of clothing— ! ! There are two other wards on the next j j deck below 7 fitted up in the same style, j and well ventilated and lighted. On the lower deck are the rooms l for the nurses and attendants, comfortably arranged and fitted up. The Dispensary and Mess-rooms are large aud commodious, • and handsomely fitted up and furnished. The Surgeon's rooms are on the upper deck and models of comfort and ele- l gance. Five -hundred patients- can - lie j; easily accommodated on the T-essei, with*! .. - J every comfort and convenience that they can desire. i £ i? The other N- >rthcrn Light, is an old California passenger steamer, thoroughly overhauled internally and refitted for hospital purposes. Her ar rangements are similar to those of the Gen. Barnes, and modest of their kind. The Northern Light will readily accom modate between six and seven hundred patients; and transport them from this point to New York w r itli the greatest comfort and ease. Such are the means adopted by the Government to care for. its sick , and wounded soldiers. The world has not yet seen a system so;perfect and so lib eral as that adopted by our Government, and now working so harmoniously and smoothly. It is an honor to the age, and a source of great credit to the able Surgeon General and his skilful corps of assistants. To Dr. Clymer, the Medical Director of the Department, and his Ex ecutive Officer, Dr. Ramsay, is due a great deal» of the praise awarded for the celerity and comfort with which the parents have been transferred from the Hospitals in this oity, to the steam ers; aud thence north. They have been indefatigable in their labors to accom plish this desired end, and have succeed ed to the admiration of all. In a future article we shall have some thing to ssy' on the Hospitals both Gen eral and Corps, in this city. Freedom follows the Flag. —And the w’ide diffusion of intelligence fol lows the advent of freedom. One of the most remarkable and pleasing features of the re-civilization of the land of the Sunny South, and one of the strongest proofs that the encomiums upon the go ahead-l-tlveness of the Universal Yankee Nation, is the suddenness with which joyal newspapers spring up under the shadow of the loyal flag. Scarcely has the boom of the batteries ceased, and hardly has the smoke of the guns floated from the sight, before on the shot-torn buildings we see huge hand-bills announc ing the immediate issue of a newspaper “devoted to Freedom, Patriotism and the spread of IntelligeDce among the massesj “Edited by some enterprising Yankee. : C Our boys take possession of the de serted (mating offices of the Rebs, set things fight and go ahead. If the John nies hate broken the presses and “pied” the typfc, the Yanks patch up the former aud pick up the latter, and drive alon£. This seldom happen?, however,* for a true Printer is as loth to smash his print ing-office as a sailor is to scuttle hi3 ship. These remarks are elicited by the Tact that a kyat newspaper is already pub lished ip Charleston, South Carolina ! “The wbiid does move.” loyal paper is simply the old “Chatiesjlon Courier,” redivious. It is to be Efiiteft by Mess I*3. George Whitte morc, ofsthe “New York Daily Times,” and W. Johnson, late of the “New Scfih.” That they will make an excellent iournal those who know their literavy , ffid managenial abilities can scarcely ftoubt, and tfiat it will be un compromisingly I'oyal is a matter of course.' [We heartCy wish them all suc cess. ‘ .; ,j ... . - ; POnfIONEMENT OF THEATRICAL PER FORMANCE. —The performance at Che Sa vannah Theatre, announced for to-night, is postponed until do-morrow evening, Tuesday 28th. We call t’Je attention of to the bill advertised in anott ?r column, aud assume them that the Association will positively give a performance. Let there be a good house V) greet/them. | . Wilmington.—We have nothing later | concerning the reported capture of Wil mington. The report of its fall prevailed at Hilton Head yesterday, and flfo tig. tails were immediately expected. - The Sherman Family.-— When a man becomes famous there is a disposition on the part of the human to Took after his ancestors.* gWI fi our exchanges, a good deßr of the stock from which General Sherman sprung, and that the German papers have claimed him as a native of Amsterdam (wfi believe,) Illustrates the inaccuracy of the statements printed. We suppose it to be of little importance to * General Sherman, or to any one else,. who hi* ancestors were, but if it is worth while to say anything about them it is proper to be accurate, and it is only fair that the errors already afloat should be corrected. The following statement is authentic— The local records of Connecticut, which a?e thp best in the world, furnish ample and accurate material. A book of some local note, Cotbren’s “History of Ancient Woodbury,” gives the ; complete genea logy of. the Sherman family, from the arrival, in 1685, of Samuel Sherman, the common ancestor, in Stratford, Connecti cut. He was a man of some note in his time—a Puritan of the Cromwell school, aud one of the original proprietors of Woodbury, Connecticut, where the family settled. His descendant, Daniel Sherman, was contemporaneous with Roger Sherman, but the relation between them was several degrees removed. Daniel Sherman was evidently a man of considerable ability and great influence. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, in Connecticut, during the entire revolution, aud served for sixty-five con secutive sessions, or thirty-two and a half years, as the representa tive bf hi? native town, in Die General Assembly of Connecticut; A good many anecdotes are told of him, which prove him to have been full ot humor, as well as fuil of sense. He died shoitly after the adoption of the Consliftrtlon. His son, Taylor Sherman, was General Shcr man's grandfather. Taylor was a lawyer in Norwalk, Connecticut, and became a ju lge. He was one of the commission ers sent by the State of Connecticut to designate the “fire lauds” in Ohio, now comprising the counties of Huron and Erie* These lands were ceded by Con necticut to the sufferers by the fire of the British and tories of the war of the Revolution, and were afterwards subdi vided among the “sufferers.” This duty with the ownership of some ot those lands, directed the attention of the oldest son of Taylor Bherman— Charles R. Sherman—to Ohio. In 1810, when just of he emigrat ed to Ohio, starting for Cincinnati, but was detained by the high waicrs of the Hockfiocking, at the town of Lancaster, then a mere hamlet. He,settled at Lan caster as a lawyer, soon attained em inence, and became judge of the Su preme Court of Ohio in 1823. He died irip!B29. while on the beuch, at Lebanonj# Ohio. By the concurring testimony of all the old lawyers of Ohio, he had rare abilities as an advocate; aud was a genial, liberal, and, very populaiyitizeh- He left sii sons, cf whom five #re now living. -General Sherman was born in 1820" Charles TANARUS; - Sheridan, who) has been published as bis uncle, i3 the el dest brother. Senates Sherman is three years his junior.— Cincinnati Comn>crciai. The Printer says “the first printers were Titans,” We never knew that before, but hfve seen * many tight uns within our experience. Who hasn't ? JIaAIXJTTABTEES U. S. FORCES, * Savannah, February 2T, 1865! Gzhkial ORnnuO • e ,/ No. 10. ) t The troops at T/ns post will be mustered for payment to-morrow, the 28th. Regiments and Detached Companies by their respective commanders, and hospitals con taining the sick and convalescents, cot belong ing to regiments or companies at the Post, by the Surgeon in charge. , . Bv command of Brevet Major Gen Grovto. feb'27 Edward G, Dikr, A. A. G. ■ t ■ PAPER. New York Papers, of old date, for sale at the Savannah Herald Building. feb!3