Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-08-29
DEsTITUTIoN OF THE ARMY

rebels, take the following facts, all from pa
pers of the bogus Confederacy;
DEsTITUTIoN OF THE ARMY.
R. W. Barnwell, jr, of South Carolina, in
a letter from Charlottesville, Virginia, dated
August IL, to the President Of tue Young
Mems Christian Association of Charleston,
thanking him for contributions of hospital
stores, remarks
"Our weekly report, which will appear in
q day or 30 in the Charleston papers, will
show how great is the necessity for these
supplies, and let me say to you what | can
not in the papers-they are not half enough
to meet the demand. The destitution of our
army in clothing and food is terrible; many
applications are made to us by aUeH men who
wish to escape sickness by an extra pair Of
drawers, or socks, or undershirt, package
of arrowroot, or jar of pickles.
1t will require every nerve to be strained
by you at home and ourselves here to meet
the exigencies of the Fall and Winter, should
the war last so long.
The Charleston Courier publishes letter
from Richmond, written on the 14th inst,
flom which we make the following extract :
There is a great deal of sickness in our
army. 1t is said that at Charlottesville and
Culpepper there are over three thousand
have been brought sick to this city, and at
Norfolk and Yorktown there is more disease,
according TO the numbers, even than about
US. The measles has swept and is sweeping
through every division of the army, and the
exposure to which the men sre subjected IN
their tent life, makes it in its sequences
formidable disease. Then this is our Fall
season, and the diseases incident to the cli-
mate at this period prevail to some extent
but, in my judgment, the cause of all this
sickness lies further back than this; it is to
be found in defective and imperfect system
of hygiene. -
After making some suggestions.relative to
the rations of the army, the writer adds:
"There is another point in the organiza-
ton Of the army which ought to receive
more attention than it does; it is the appoint
ment of Surgeons. There are some most
inefficient ones in Office. Some of the SOL
dieIs complain that they can mot got medi-
cine when they know that they need it; that
they apply for it some times two or three
successive days, and are put off with the
answer that it will be attended to after
| awhile. If there was a drugstore accessi-
| BILE, this would not be SO bad, but under the
circumstances it is objectionable. Delin.
quencies in this department are of all Others
| most reprehensible. Mems lives are pre-
cious; precious 10 themselves and their fami.
lies, and just now VeTy precious to their
country. All possible care should be taken
of them, and q Surgeon, negligent of his
duty, should become an abomination in the
camp, and be disgracefully expelled from it. ;
THE RELEASE OF Hon. T. A. r. NELSON
The Louisville Courier of Wednesday
says the following telegram was received al
Knoxville, by DR.. j. G. N. Ramsey, from
President Davis;
RICHMOND, Va August 13.
DR.. J. G. II. Ramsey, KnoxuiHe:
Yours received. Mr.. Nelson has acknowl.
edged his obligation as a citizen of the State
! Of Tennessee, TO submit to her late decision
and upon his promise to act hereafter in ac-
cordance Herewith, | have ordered his re-
lease. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Richmond Wing of the l4th instant
also says:
We are gratifed to hear that this gentle
man, Mr.. Nelson having given satisfactory
pledges to the authorities respecting his fu
ture conduct has been released, and will re.
turn home and deport himself as a good citi-
zen.
The JOnesboro (Tenn.) Express announces
the arrival home Of Mr.. Nelson.
|
FRoN FoRT BLIss.-A letter from thii
point, under date Of July 10, to the Houston
Telegraph, says;
There are at this point four companies
two Of cavalry, and one Of infantry aud on,
Of artillery. We are now within forty mile
Of Fort Fillmore, at which place there arr
eight hundred national troops, reported 4
be quite hostile to the South, though au
quite persuaded that great dissatisfaction
exists among them. Occasionally one de
serts, or is captured, as was the case few
days ago, by scouting party from Captain
Staffords Company, Lieutenant Smith, Q
the United States Army, and five men, on
wagon, ambulance, ten mules and some pro
visions, all of which they delivered safely t
Colonel Baylor. Scouting parties are ou
constantly keeping an eye on the enemy
/. Lieutenant Smith is on his parole of homo
Iot to go beyond the limits Of the State, 0
7 in snywise TO give aid and comfort TO tn
rail'splitters.
WE learn from the Fort Smith Ark
Times that Captain Albert Pike has raised
} battalion Of Semineles and an independen
I. company of Greek, to operate in Kansa
: also, that the ChOcktaw and Chickasaw reg
r iments will also 60 TO Kansas. The whol
q force to be under command Of General d.
II Cooper. The Memphis AUaLdnchs says th
:, Confederates are to have regiment Of Can
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