The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-08 00:00:00

Lieutenant Prideaux is so sanguine in his expecta-
tions of ultimate release that he requests clothing to
be despatched to Massowah to await his arrival.

DR. JAS. TV. WOOD'S CHARITABLE MIS-
SION FROJI THE SOUTHERN STATES
TO EUROPE.

Those who have passed over Sherman's track
allege that his march of destruction was one of the
most complete ever made by an invading army.
He left Atlanta a charred and blackened site on
which a city had once stood, and the country for a
hundred square miles around was swept of all that
could afford shelter or sustenance to its inhabitants.
What the suffering has been is easier to imagine
than to describe, but although exciting the deepest
commiseration in Europe, it is a singular fact that
no effort at alleviation has been made. Atlanta
was the point for which the contending armies
strove, as its position made it a key which opened
up a large space of the Southern States. Fur
this reason it has been selected as the spot for
the foundation of a charity, which Dr. J. W. Wood
has undertaken to urge on the attention of the rich
and generous English as well as Americans. He
left Atlanta but a few mouths ago, commissioned by
the authorities of that city to make this appeal with
the object of founding a free hospital for all classes
of the destitute, black as well as white, who have
become so numerous since the war. James L.
Dunning, special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau,
Atlanta, asserts that, after careful inquiry, he found
that 1,000 families in the county of Fulton
alone would need the benefits contemplated
by this hospital. The late famine has passed,
followed as usual by a pestilence, which is now sweep-
ing over the Southern cities with a frightful viru-
lence. Whatever may have been the sins and
shortcomings of the South it is impossible to con-
template the desolation without feelings of the
deepest sympathy. The horrors of famine have
succeeded the horrors of war, and now on that de-
voted country rages a plague. Surely such suffer-
ings are sufficient to attract the attention of the
world, and to call for some efforts of the charitable.
One of the most necessary institutions is an hospi-
tal, which will at least save thousands from dying
like dogs in the ditches of Georgia. Dr. Wood has
been engaged in New York in obtaining relief for
the starving thousands of the South. Every effort was
required to obtain food. hospitals, schools,
churches, even covering, were mere mockery when
offered to people dying of hunger. This first ne-
cessity provided, the next great step is to secure
.:
Medical treatment, and at least the indispensables
required by the sick. This is the object to which
Dr. Wood calls attention. The American Ambas-
sador, Mr. Adams, shows his belief in the genuine-
ness of the credentials given to Dr. Wood,
not only by the State authorities, but by many of
the most prominent citizens of America. His Grace
the Archbishop of Canterbury has given £10; Samuel
Morley, with a generosity which has marked his whole
career, has presented £lOO ; Joshua Wilson, £5 ;
W. R. Morris, £2 ; H. S. G., £1; G. 8., £1 ; Rev.
S. Hoddle Parkes, £1 ; Rev. James Griffin, £1 ;
W. H. D. Lucas, Shadwick, J.P., £l. We desire
thus to introduce the object of Dr. Wood's mission
to Europe, more especially to Americans residing in
England, many of whom are desirous of aiding in
so humane a cause. Contributions may be sent to
Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., bankers, Lon-
don and Liverpool ; or London and County Bank,
to be forwarded to Mr. John Rice, President of the
National Bank of Atlanta.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER—OcT. 5.

This market was moderately supplied with wheat to-
day, and the trade was brisk, at 4s to 5s per qr over last
week's prices. Barley was in steady demand, and prices
advanced is per qr upon the quotations of last week.
Beaus and peas also were is dearer.
Wheat, white 7Cs 778 Beans, Mazagan......3Ba 404
red 6os 72s Middle and small._ 44s 48s
Barley . 40s 443 Peas, white. 38s its
Oati ........—s - s grey ...36s 424