The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-07
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CHAELo1Tr-vILLE. Oct %. lSGl.
l#rg.Nsd hrr, yesterday. aud thinking you
...-.-. .ia- .u hear from - important Il place,
lal-.ra 10 give you my impressions. The
,sasfcy around here is extremely lovely, and
8..d. and fields look fairer than usually
.. t-I> season. The town = improving z
rW5.,, many new houses are going up
- -.la street; handE0m" cottages rise on
Tie alf-eirlS, and the whole beSrs weIi-tO-
=. Ir. Ll-~>lnR air, as II the war had as yet
- E- great harm here. Two excellent ho-
t.-- sIe flied 10 Overlooking mainly with
l..---.s from Tie threatened portions OF the
>l.-.. .Ea some Of the larger hOGsns have
I-ea taken toF hospitals. One Of them Is
I.lr hospital. under the excellent manage
-"e-r a; Ir- Davis. 4 LITTLE way out of town
A-s i!leru-lGoking building, called the
b-l*Naa House, filled with sick soldiers, uu-
C.- sb.I,r ot Or. Alien, another Professor of
'A- HE,rSl1y. Around Il men are busv
'Ee-;iug large hospital-houses. Thy look
N.r ra. u-E. airy, and sCrupufOuSly clean
.+t 'aaF #E# so crowded together, that the
ew-atl1.s Wust soon become injurious TO
t..r patients. They are built OF the very
s.t-a's-' material. simple aprlgals, without
t'E BRACES whatsoever, and covered with
I-@ The latter VIII warp, let the ram
ia.ga-n. #-l wjIl hardly withstand a heavy
s."N-.'I The hpor, also OF single plaHks,
.~t !..s f--t above the cold clay zoil, and it
i~~ s. 'Ia' nu amount Oi Iuei VIII ever
: 80
II }. slid Jl5' lAr-- Sheds VIII, when compile
f-f. s.. al.-5-odVt- Il Thousand patients.
liz. H.ID iar MeaIaal Director, Dr. CabelI,
ia.rI Pro- zsOr Ct the University, and found
B. 1r stately, gray l.ajrca old gentleman,
'Ii.- -d !L q curious blue flannel Sujrf.i .
I- >' e5l-.-gUs and weil-iu!ormed SURGEON.
4. t.rj University lhere was to my very great
t"llf --, na. q trace ltit OF tAe hundre Us OF
"-eEj % 0stl who had b re received So gen
tlei s. vel o.l, au9 so successlu IA Il Treatment
i. .'ra-..CJ.s end dormito:i had all been
'.a. "et- tise :ost sick man had been moved
l.i ".-as ayo. and all "as III readiness for
'.t '.t.-. .-.-IJFut OF studies. There Were
'-- .'@ :l"a"uls here, - yet; l heard Of
'.."- ..':tT. brt more were coming IN every
a.F. ta.r i,s o4 the Professors, learned,
-.'Re e.. -A'r. biedsoe, who is employed il
,., "a department at ElchmOEd, and Mr..
9t-!a.,l. ii0 has rai.:-d com pa1y OF aruI-
'Lt LECTURES ,ytre 10 begin, rs usual y
.'''t .af Professors Npressed theIr dctcIaina-
To- Stand by The institution and 20 ste 70
-i itf ~ IA Them i5y. that the Interests OF
-'~AAt+ Hie not entirely swallowed up by
'a-rraf-a foI lighting in the young men OF
'-'s". lhrY WI provide, l am told, for
.-'- --t't lls 'rucuoA OF the best kind, and thus
'.-' ,H'et no desire 10 spend the winter
81. ''.' i,-HS better than the forced inactivity
H. '"l b i'i" 70 prepare themselves thorough
'"''ilAE The army next summer.
|A- -""H lie University are nrany beautiful
'gmtry houses, IN some Of which boarders
L .'t'A ia ii-u Of the usual complement OF
t's,' - a..d where already many families
1 una pleasant ana economical refuge
-. 80 80 we hangers u the border or the turmoil
"a '"lH@i. As | shall be stationed here
g. 'g-.'T HMe, ] my, if acceptable to you,
r.s'g 'g"f st"orrs occasional glimpses OF this
'-'' 'i JIng region SoUTH CAKoLIsA.