Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-14

found men in the same wretched condition,
surrounded with filth, alive with maggots, the
stencil of which was intolerable.
Passing into the front office, We found nVe
or six young men stretched upon the bare
floor One of them had received ball through
the cheek, and in answer to our inquiries, he
stated that he had got nothing to eat Tor three
days except a banana a native woman gave
him; that he could not eat beef, as the mus.
cles of his face were badly torn He said bis
face needed dressing, and on examination we
found the wound highly iDfiamed it had not
been dressed for several days, no material for
poultice being obtainable. With q promise of
assistance We left the poor fellows in their
misery.
"We next passed across the street to what
was formerly the California Hotel. In the
front room, formerly the bar.room, we ft und
the floor strewn with the sick and wou nded
and in corner We observed a mat, apparently
covering body. Upon inquiring of soldier
VINO stood near the entrance what was under
it, he answered, . sick man. Gently raising
1t, We found that the sick man had been dead
several hours. Upon the counter of the bar
lay young man in the last stage Of fever,
covered as usual with filth, who said he could
not lie on such hard place, his back was so
sore On carefully raising him, We discovered
that his entire back was raw with sores, upon
which the nagg0t, ,csre feratng. Death soon
Z" In the upper part Of the building were
some so or so young men in the same neglect
ed'condi,ion as / have before described In
mediately opposite were the quarters Of Com
pany A, of the infantry. At the parade on the
day previous it had mustered five men, all
that remained of the original sixty that CON-
posed it Upon the floor of this building, the
east side of which was open to the lake breeze,
we found five or six young men, the heads of
two or three of whom were propped up by
sticks Of wood to catch the breeze; not blan-
ket among the whole they were all in the
last stages Of cholera and fever. Back Of tho
building, in one of the cOmpany's wagons, we
found the sergeant in nearly dying condi
ton, who stated that he had been taken sick
four days before, and that he could get no one
to bring him cup of water. We carefully
removed hiU into the building, where death
put an end to his sufferings
"We then visited the adjoining building,
which was devoted to the Commissary's de-
partment under Major Baker There we
found Mr. Curry, formerly Of Walker army,
who bad by his indefatigable exertions, in
spite of the enemy, visited the neighboring
ranches and obtained cattle until Frustrated
By fever He stated to US that but for him the
whole population Of the town would have been
in starving condition out row, when sick,
not one of his comrades would bring him
cup of water, and be had lain two days with
out food We administered to his necessit es,
and day or two afterward learned that lie
was convalescent
"The next building we visited was occu-
pied by company of infantry, under Gem
mand of Lieutenant Griffin, who, though suf-
feriDg from fever, was still on duty, AID the
oficer Of the day, being compelled, in conse.
quence of the desperate state of affairs, to re
N ain at his post. This building was formerly
occupied as a store by Mr. Wood, of Grey
town. In the upper part We found two young
men, the last of seven recruits th at came down
two week, before from California, one French
soldier from AlgieIs, and the other one of lack
Hays Texas Rangers, both suffering from
fever, having been exposed On the Isthmus
under Gen. Hornsby's command, in his attack
on the barbados. 1t was mainly owing to
finding way to the barracks in the resr of
the enemy that Hornsby made his brilliant
flank movement, and drove tho Costa Ricars
before him. In n few hours only one Of these
young men, the French soldier, was left.
"We next passed over 10 the building for
merly called the United States Hotel, which
was Low the general ap1thecary department
Of the army. " e found in the front room two
assistants dealing out medicine la front OF
the counter lay two dead men, and on our
asking Why they were not buried (Iheir bodies
having been there several hours were told
that 1t was owing to the neglect Of the officer
IN charge Of thar department. The benches
and pavement were filed with the sick Said
young man. whose hand had been sh ALTERED
by musket bali, as be removed the bandage,
" W nat shall do with this?" On examina
ton, we found the wound alive with maggots
and IOyriads of flies were lowering over it
Ihere was nothing as usual, with which to
make poultice. Another stepped up to US
and exhibited his forearm, which had been
wounded by Minnie ball passing through it,
On removing he covering, we found that NOR
tfcatiCn had set in. Death soon relieved
both these poor fellows from their suffering
" The back rom formerly the dining.roomI
was streTn with the sick ard dying, some Of
whom were almost in a nude state, delirious
with fever, or in collapsed state Of cholera
In the corner lay three dead men, whose
bodies, we were told, they could not get buried.
Near the back door lay an Irish woman upon
the bare pavement with bundle of rags I'm
der her head, surrounded by three children
from two to eight years of age em,grants to
NicarasuGt Two Of the children were naked,
their clothes probably having been removed
by the mother, while able, on account of the
filth. They were all three suffering from
cholera We endeavUred to rouse the mother,
but found her deliriOus and insensible In an
opposite corner lay American woman with
two children, the mother suffering from fever
and the children from cholera. In six hours
thereafte-, with the exception of a son of the
Irish woman, mothers and children were all
dead
As We passed out Of this room, DR.. Cullom
the surgeon in Walkers army, met US and
showed US through the upper part of the
building. Upon the front piazza lay two dead
men exposed TO the sun, who had crawlei out
there to die. Though they had lain thore
some ten hours they were still unburied DR.
Z. seated to US Al, owing to the want of as
slssarce and nOuTIsbneDt, medicine was Of
very little use, IN which opinion we coincidsd.
The surgeons in Walkers army, as a BODY,
are noble set Of men, and have done all in
their power, with the limited means at their
command, to relieve the sick and suffering {"
The Electoral Vote Of Wisconsin - The
recent debate upon the question OF counting
the electoral vote of Wisconsin-the electoral
college Of that State having been prevented
from meeting and acting on the day appointed
in the law, by storms is SO replete with inter.
es., as we'll as Importance to the future Of law
and constitution, as that we regret the want
Of space in which to spread it before the Stars