The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-24

llsAITn OF CAars.--In farther couversa-
stien vita tho eminent rlysician and pAilc-
sophie writer, whese ohservasions IN regard to
ths hes,l,h of camps were embodied IN an Ell.
tcfial article ia Fridays issue. hssnggests that
we might have gone cvsn farther than we did
In what was said Of the de.eterious influence
of he present mode of tent lie upon the
health Of cur sok!iere in addition 10 the
blood being poisoned at rigl,t in the closed
tents. by re.Afeathing the earhonic a,ii cx.
PEELED from, the lungs Is ,fsed daring The hot
rartsof the day by the excessive beat within
The tents themselves This excessive hea,
could be avoided by eneanlpng in or near the
woods, ins;ead of the open field. II il cooler
under the shade of trees in the hot part of the
day than in any kind Of tents. Il is warmer
AT nigh, il the woods than in an open plain
Ia the open Geld, Ere wood il troublesome TO
procure; whereas, In or near the woods 0n
stead Of hal: IL nile or more from the timberod
bnd) 6res could easily be kept burning all
night in front of the tents, which might be
LEFT entirely open, both in front and at the
| sidee, IT hitting q free circulation of the air
and at the same time securing the requisite de-
gree OF warmth. II these Grea were built On
Z 70 logs Of green wood, the logo would burn
| through about midnight, and the fire might be
| renewed ana kept up all night without adding
any more wood, by bringing the extremitiee of
the logs together which lad been burn,
through The evil of damp ground could be
| obviated by burning brush heap over The
ground before pitching the tents. Our intel
| licent and practical friend has shewn Us Z
| form Of constructing tents, which has al the
/ advantages of the Sibley tent. without its Ell.
/ pense and inconvenience Of transportation
| Il consists simply Of two ehejs facing each
other at some ten or twelve feet apart In the
| space between them the fres are to DC built
! Thess sheds can be- made OF canvas or boarSs
or thatch OF any Kind but if there be no can.
vas, boards, straw, or corn stalks called top.)
| az hdn1 TO construct them with, they can be
| made OF brush, grass, or bushes, Posting on
! poles Or fence ails, aud covered with earth
These sheds, facing each other, may be Of any
required Length, in straight lines or crescent.
| shaped.
| Tire measles would be robbed OF It's fatality
| in sueh tents, because there wcaid be 10 poi
! Sonous intiueuees within them to enervate the
nervous force requisite 10 cast out tie measles
to The surface, as is found in the impure air o.
closed tents; nor could the typhoid or camp
| lever DC generated IN such tents, as lit always
is IN the closed. There il air enough, and too
,auch for comfort, Of cold nights in closed
| teuts. They do not exclude the cod etfectu.
ally, but they retain the carbonic acid gas
| Open tents, with log FIRE at their doors, are
| warmer than closed teuts without fires
These suggestions are from one whose name,
| ii mentioned, would command universal atte,l
| tion. lie is not only "a man Of science, but OF
| rich experience and vast practical knowledge
and common sense. The plan Of the tent
| which ho recommends scay be seen at this
o.fca.