Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-07-02

The Hospital at Culpeper C. HI.
The General HospnaiOf the Military Depar

ment Of the Potomac has been placed at Cnipep-
er O. 81. There are already, as always happens,
many sick soldiers there As the forces OF the
Department are receiving constant Increase, and
as the casualties Of battle may in due time be
added TO the assaults Of disease, we must expect
to see this number increased.
Meantime the surgeons in charge, though sup
piei With medicines, find themselves 10 want of
many things requisite for sick man. and such
is the pressure Of tie inultituJinous cares atten
ding the sudden creation of large army, these
necessities may be expected iG future. In these
painful circumstances, the good ladies of the lit
tie village and the vicinity have come to the
rescue with their purses, their larders, their nee
dles and their personal services, and have done
for our sick soldiers 9 generous and blessed
work, for which their only earthly reward is the
enthusiastic gratitude of the poor fellows whom
they have relieved. Nor do they grow weary
in well doing, although this labor Of love grows
daily on their hands. r
| But it's perfectly obvious that the work of
charity may be expected soon to assume pfepor
| tionss by which their strength will be utterly
overwhelmed. While Culpeper has furnished
her due share of volunteers for the war; it is not
fairto expect this one neighborhood Of the conn
ty to be burthened with the whole care of the
sick of a great army, drawn from large part of
Virginia, South Carolina. Alabama, Mississippi,
ard Louisiana. It seems to me as much as we
can ask of them to bestow time and labor for
1.-The relief of those whom Provi lenae thus throws
/ upon their Christian charities, while the people
] OF al, the region from which these troops come
should take upon themselves, as privilege, the
providing of all the materials needed for their
benevolent ministry. therefore take this meth
cd, unsolicited by the. people of the place, to
suggest TO the charitable, and especially 10 all
Christisn females as a most appropriate way of
doing good, the contribution of such things as
are needed in q large hospital. Let each wife,
sister and mother throughout, the South, who
extends her aid to those generous sisters in Gull
pepper, remember that perhaps her husband, her
brother, her son may be in the hospital before
this campaign closes, to feel the bitter need OF
such Comforts Let me assure them, OF all the
sorrow fn incidents of war, the military hospital
even under the best regulations, is the most
4 nournful; it is tar more dreaded by the soldier
than the battle field. With all that an abouhi
ing charity do to alleviate it's evils, untold
dsconforts will still be endured by multitndes,
and that by men who at home have been accns.
toned to every comfort. In every war, ssthe
| pestilence that waketh in darkness destroys
more than ''the destruction that wasteth at noon.
day" Hence it follows that to save the pre-
cious lives and health of our sick soldiers, is the
best generalship and the lfuest patriotism; and
Iegery one who has beloved relative in the ar
my can surely comprehend something of the
heart sinking and dreamy home sickness with
which the strong man lies down, wited by dis
ease, amidst the scores of the strangers sick an6
the Lirelng nurses, as he thinks Of | is peacefu
home far away, (Which he thinks he shall mos
likely see no more,) and Of ii loving hands tha
void tend his sick couch there Remember
1ahat though your particular gift may not chee,
pthe one ,ou love in the hour Of his suffering ani
ldespondency, IL will be cheap thank offering to
the Providence who has raised up friends fol
i gour friend. a a9
i IigFhe articles which will be seasonable and use
ful will suggest Themselves to every experienced
householder. would specify, particularly mon
ey for procuring necessaries and servants atten.
dance, rice, tea, white sugar, corn starch, crack
ers, and other articles OF food not perishable in
their nature; mattresses and bed ticks, with
pillow slips, ST. ut sheets, worsted seeks, shirts
and drawers, even if half worn; cheap calico fol
screens and comforts; cotton batting and raw
cotton; cheap spoons, plates and drinking cups
| (best of pewter or tin , blackberry aud port
wines wash basins, foOt-baths and towels--
Those who are disposed to contribute such arti-
folss, can send them by railroad via Gordonsvl!e,
TO the ladies of the Hospital Association, care oi
Messrs. Cooper and Fouchee, Culpeper Court
House, Va. And may not the libex 1oiiors
reasonably ask that the Orange and Alexandria
and other railroads, will transport these tree viii
offerings free of charge2 R. L. Dabney,
Chaplain of 18th Reg't Va Volunteers =