The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-22
Communicated
The Hospital at Culpeper Z. IL.


The General oepital of the Military De-
partment OF the Potomac has been placed AT
fjuiraper q. II. There are already, AS always
happens, many sick soldiers there As the
forces OF the Department are receiving con-
slant increase and the casualties OF battle
may in due time be added TO the assaults OIL
disease, we must expect to see this NUMBER
increased.
meantime the surgeons in charge, though
supplied with medicines, find themselves In
want of many things requisite ior SICK man
aud such is the pressure OF the muiutuolhous
cares attending the sudden creatlon OF large
army these uacessitius may be expec ted in fu-
tnre In these painful circumstances, sthe
rood ladies' of the little village and the slcin-
ity have come to the rescue with their PURSES,
their larders their needles, and their personal
services and have done for our SICK soldiers
generous and blessed work. for when their
only earthly reward is the enthus las TIC grau-
tude of the poor fellows whom they nave nave re-
lieyed Nor do they grow weary IN well DO
ing although this labor of love grown daily on
their hands. - , , =
Rut il is uarfee tlv oh viots that the work CT
charity NAV be expected soon 10 assume pro
portions by which their strength Will De ut
tprIv overwhelmed. While Cutpeper mas
furnished her due share OF volunteers Ior the
war il is not fair to pect this one neiS Dor
hood of the county to be urthened with the
whole care of the sick OF great army, drawn
trA m a large part of Virginia, South CafoIlna,
Alabama, Mississippi, ana Louisiana.
seems to me as much as we can ask OF tneln
those whom Providence thus throws upon
their Chris tan charities, while the people OF
all the region from which these troops come
should take upon themselves, as a privilege,
the pro yiding of all the materials needed for
their benevolent ministry. l therefore take
this method, unsolicited by the people OF the
place to suggest to the charitable, ana espe-
Cially TO ali Chris tian females as most appro-
pirate way of doing good the contribution OF
such things as are needed in a large hospital.
Let each wife, sisters and mother through
out the South, who extends her aid 10 those
generous sisters III Culpeper, remember tnat
perhaps her husband, her brother, her son
NAV be in the hospital before this campaign
closes to feel the bitter need of such comforts.
Let me assure them, of all the sorro wful Incl
dents of war, the military hospital, even under
the best regulations, is the most mournful;
t is far mere dreaded by the soldier than the
battlefield. With all that an Astounding
charity can do 70 alleviate its evils, untold
discomforts will still be endured by mutt
tubes and that by menwho at home have been
accustomed to every comfort. IN every war,
the pestilence the. walketh in darkness
destroys morn than " the destruction that
wasteth / MONDAY" Hence II follows lha'
to save the precious lives and health OF our
sick soldiers is the best geneTalshlp ana the
truest patriotism ; and every one VINO mas q
beloved relative in the army can surely com
| prehend something OF the heart SINKING ana
dreamy home sickness with which the strong
man lies down, wilted by disease, amidst the
scores of the strangers sick and the hIrellns
nurses, as he thinks of his peaceful bone faI
| away, (which he thinks he shall most likely
| see no nore) and OF the loving hands that
| would tend his sick couch there. RenenbeI
| that Though your particular gift may not cheeI
| the one you love i'll the hour OF his suffering
and dependency, it will cheer some other, and
| will be cheap thank Offering 10 the Prov
| dence who has raised up friends Tor your
| friend.
| The articles which will be seasonable ana
| useful will suggest themselves 10 every eX'
| perienced householder. l would specify, par
| ticularly, money for procuring necessarieS
| and servants attendance, rice, tea, white SUI
| gar, corn starch, crackers, and other articles
| of food not perishable in their nature mat
tresses and bed ticks, with pillow slips, stout
| sheets, worsted socks, shirts and drawers
| aven if half worn cheap calico for screens
| and comforts; cotton batting and raw cotton
| cheap spoons, plates and drinking cups, (bes'
| of pewter OF tin ) blackberry ana por
| wines; wash basins, foot baths and towels =
| Those who are dis posed to contribute suci
| articles, can send them by railroad via Cor
| louisville, to the ladies OF the Hospital Asso
| citation, care OF Messrs. Cooper and Fouchee
| Culpeper Court House, Va. And may no
| the liberal donors reasonably ask that th'
| Orange and Alexandria, and other railroads
| will transport these free-will offerings ire
| of charge Il. l.. DABSEY,
Chaplain Of 18th Reg't Va. Volunteers.