New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-10
Fkom GRN. sANKs's COLUBIs.

feess q, sae sCn-EfeGsth OF ttie Army
vay.,o.r,. complaints s--DiscipIine-C Cnrsp
af srs,-,,.s;o, >--Repair OF bridge ut Ffnr'
per,s Ferrv-Es.,' ,'ued persecution of Union
ncn ia Virginia.
F'on Our Special Correspondent
UsApoUARryRs DrPARrnxNT OF rHE SHEEAN-
DoAH SaNDY Hook, Nd August :, 1851
These be che dog days" and therefore bot weather
ia no, surprising especially herU on the verge Of the
uuch-vaunted land of the Sunny South FIR more
than week pat it las been very hos hs dhy aiIf Jay
the bright has poured down ont of cieaf Oue sN!
dazzling column Of unIn,tigated rays. Nj nose VINO
could have ptudcntiy avoided much exposure IN ma-
day to the scorch7g solar heat, aud have sodgn' "A
triendly sads and refreshing current OF coo! air'
These are not always at hand when most desred al
though generally pleasant breeze plays over the hih
steals among the eogcs aud valleys oi me fo'ae
hereabout, but Tie evenings, happily, ai"h!s Drug
their compensltng currents Of cooler air. which restore
the exhausted energies Of those poor mortaS even VINO
have sweated and sweltcrcd all day long in the sun
without protection.
We have had 10 suu-strnka. here. 20 common now
in the cities. The soldiers suffer much discomfort
from wearing hicL and unreasonable wooien co'hihe'
though poesbly, with heir careless habits, camp ine,
and constant exposure night aud day il il safest and
rnost conducive the general health OF the army
When the Thermometer stands Al about IOO' IN the
shade the soldiers life in camp not very enylhj'e m
any of is daily phases sad experiences; bat he hard
ship s nothing compared to what it would DC WIN
active service in the ied fthst indeed weTe poss
bic; and we may be grateful 10 Gen. Patterson Tor
closing his splcndi campaign IN Virginia bcor tIs
spell OF not weather came on, If for nothing else.
Is it not true however that the IL hot the eeDemy
Of man at any time-that # he had sound boiy, snd
breathod pure air; If his habits regular and he
led temperate and cleanly life, he might eHpae bim-
self and labor with impnnily under the bcdes rays OF
the Summer sun? TIE sunzline is good 1t mikes ibe
corn grow and wreathes the earth with earbnds OF
beauty Why should il be inimical TO man. 70 whom
the earth and all It's riches were made In&ead of
willing and rckoning it should strengthen audinygo-
rate aud fit man for greater endurance and excrion i
is said in defense OF negro Slavery, that tie white
man cannot work in the fields OF the Sunny south
that the sun is too powerful for his constitution This
is not true. in fact for poor whites do in the
fields and many shareholders have themselves earned
their plantations and their negroes by their oen labor
in the cotton-felds Of Georgia Alabama, anc Mifss-
sipp The fact is an undeniable practical rputaton
divide the North and Tivet the chains Of tie slave;
besides, the is really hotter in the NGth for
time than it is ever in the South; but prefer 70
rest my faith in the capacity Of tn white
uan, and of all men Of whatever cline r color,
10 labor in the sun anywhere and eyerywher, upon
higher ground-even upon tho divine widom and
goodness cannot believe that the Creator made the
sun balefll star 10 hurt animal any more tan yege-
table life but that the of injury lies inmsn him
self-in lie own weakness, his diseased body, by
which h. is untitled TO partake Of tie nobst Joys as
well as the highef duties Of existence esthto be
the hero of production in the Armies Of idustry iu-
stead Of the hero of destruction in the armieo War
While we are the puny beings Of diseased ana gRO-
rant race the sun will no, be friendly he wi not ouly
generate poihonous malaria in undr'.ned mashes and
oher neglected somces Of fatal maadel, bu he vii
sometimes smile unto death those weaAlags who ven
in.e their poor bodies TOO boldly into the etrog light o;
biz God-like presence. In TINT good line coming
which wc all secretly aspire aer nay, whidi, in our
mot selfish tcrambles We acknowledge a possible, we
NAV hope thal a rcgcueiate and healthy raccof men
will people the caru whore brows may batie joy
orsy in the light Of the glorious un and whose hands
Inay labor iearossly ~ las brightest beans.
ont of the hot sun. Our sodiers not proofacans
the eneryating influence Of present heated terrn.'
Un very recently there has been very little dseas il
the eaInps and few fever cases IN The hospital, bu
within few days they have increased. TIE general
health has certainly been remarkable; since the army
reached Harpers Ferry there has been only one death,
80 far as can learn, from dsease-that of Corporal
Alonzo Craw of the 9th NcwYork, of typLoii fever.
The casualties from careless landing Of arms which
occur daly have bocn more fI:s. chan dsease. The
present location Of Ile army "a not however lealthy
one in August anl September, and, ii for no other
reason the main ercampmcnt should be moved further
from the riyer The foes Of ;be Potomac in certain
localities are very uHwloesome IN esrly Autumn, and
Sandy Hook | urdertlrd, i3 noted for ;e,sr a thrt
season; while little WAY in the Interior and CHER
IN the river, there is not much local disease.
Apropos 10 the hot weather, ! beg 10 MON ibe
ladies that Loves labor has been ost thu the
Hayeock is failure Yes, lades all, aud ldies lind,
il il. indeed assure you, a dead failure Hayeocks
are very pretty in pictures, dfesspaade, Jhthey
do uot ausw or for service in tae field, and marching
under a hot sun in dusty roads. This il the experience
Of Patterson's column. Although many regiments
were benevolently provided or by their a'r fiendj,
and spoted the Haveock in full in the ranks the be-
ginning of the campaign, few were worn ut lhe end
and now we rarely SET one; occasionsily aI olheer
wears ono--a private never The soldiers io' them,
or gave or threw, them away ON tie march, and the
Virginia boys appropriated them for The fan Of the
thing. Two objections raiscd against the inen or
cotton Havelocki i prevents 'he circnatioi OF air
about the neck and increases, by confning ne heat,
and when marching in column in dusty roads tgatbers
the dust underit, a,d piles ii on the neck WIRE the
f,;c,on the perspirdion and she dust together pro-