Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-14

ticles on the Army Hospitals by a notce Of the
iDg on street, In the rear Of the City Hall. The
building formerly the county jqi) and the square
on which IL stands belong to the Government
Amer the present jail was built and the prisoners
removed TO II, the faculty (of the medical Depart
ment) OF Columbia College were allowed to use
the vacated building as an Inhrmary for citizens
and strangers Additions were built and i'm
provements made, not the least being the tasteful
arrangement OF the court yard in front, In which
shrubbery and flowers Were planted When the
Capital was threatened and troops amased here
for Its defence, 10 became necessary to provide
hospitals for the sick and wounded, and this was
the nrst building used for that purpose In the
District Arrangements were made for the transfer
and the Government resumed possession about
Since that date the other hospitals noticed in
the Stdr Of Saturday lave been opened but this
one stands pre- minent, whether we consider Its
Insulated position, allowing the admission Of
light and air on every side, or the adu,irsb BILE
ground plan, which 10 most favorable for ventiIa.
ton, and OF which due advantage has been taken
In the arrangement Of wards and corridors. The
building Is three stories high, and Is Of shape
with large rectangular addition built at right
angles to the center Of the main building In the
rear.
There 10 ample room In the wards for 200 pa
tents, and they seldom have so MANY within the
walls but directly after the battle at Stone Bridge
there were $50 sick and wounded soldiers in the
building, many Of course, having to be laid on
mattresses In the corridors This was unavoid-
able, but lasted only day or two, the GONZALES
cents being Immediately removed to other quar-
ters, to make room for the seriously sick and
wounded. The hospital IL now reserved for acute
cases and at present contains only 40 patients
There are i've wall tents In the Of the build
Ing In which the patients suffering with erysip-
elias have been removed, thar disease being read
lily communicated to wounded persons They
are here more comfortable probably than they
would be in the wards during such oppress, We
The wards in which they were formerly, have
been thoroughly clesnsed and purified, and are
now ready for the reception Of other patients.
We notice that the rubbish 10 being removed
from the lot on which the building stands, and
understand that fence In to be built along F
street, thus enclosing the square every side
preparstory to Its being planted and beautIaed
This hospital IL In charge Of DR. White assisted
nv Drs Cooley and Boteler, all Of the U g army
There 10 male attendant to each ward besides
general officers The Sisters Of Mercy, Of whom
there six eg ht in the institution administer
the medicines and attend to the comfort OF the
patients and the general police arrangements
The tenderness Of feeling, warmth Of heart, and
deep sympathy with suffering, which charac-
tertZes women under all circumstances, Is COM
bned In them, with the stern teac hings Of relig on
and morality; and many poor, heart sore. home
SICK, wounded or dying soldier has called down
blessings on the head Of the Sister lowering over
his couch, soothing bis suferin0s, and pointing
hIm to better world, where there is no more
sickness or sorrow. God bless the noble hearted
women, wherever and whoever thew are engaged
In such works Of mercy.
We were shown into every part Of the establish
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In charge, and came TO the conclusion that in no
private house In Washington could a patient
ofeathe purer air or be more kindly cared for
The judgements for ventilation are perfect. the
floors, bed-clothing, mess tables. aud everything
We saw scrupnlously clean; and the order charac-
tsristic Of military men, In court, camp, or hos
piisl, reiRned throughout, somewhat softened by
feminine taste. There are here cheerful, airy
bath rooms on each door-for the use Of patients
supplied with warm or cold water. There are
also water closets on each door The culinary
aW1Na grw,r~- 49, 81 49,
where-sre admirable, and the Kitchen and its
eppurtenances were, TO use q not uncommon
phrase, dreadful nice -
patients.
Nearly one-half Of those here are wounded
men, and Of these large proportion-too large
are are men wounded accidentally in the camps In
this vicinity Many such cases we saw. One
man had bis foot amputated at the ankle joint,
the bones OF that useful member having been
shattered by bullet The heel had united with
the & cut" on which II was turned, aud the
"Btump" had a healthy appearance, Of which the
patient seemed quite proud. 1t was what sur
geors would probably term ga beoutiful case"
OF the wounded in the late battles, there sre a
great many vet in the hospitals, most CT them
doing we'll Colonel (when wounded, now Brig
adler GENERALLY Slocum 10 doing well, and IT Is
hoped will soon be about again He was wound
ed In the thigh. Ii will be remembered Colonel
Farnham, Of Ellsworths Zouayes-galant fel
lows In critical condition, and there IL but
little hope Of his ultimate recovery Many other
officers are here, but the most Of them are doing
well
Ofthe sick, a large proportion of the cases are
typhoid fever. Tbs seems to be q prevalent dis
ease among the sold iers cdused probably by their
habifs, and much aggravated by the depression of
spirits caused by home-sickness, the late reverse
&C But few OF the patients, however. manifest
the stolidusss and apathy which characterize the
most severe cases Of this fever
Our visit w.s probably the means, under Provi.
denee, Of saving patients life. We had visited
ward on the third floor, In company with Dr.
Boteler who pointed out a man wounded in the
Stone Bridge affair by bullet, which entered bis
cheek and shattered the lower jaw. The bullet
could not be extracted The wounded man was
sitting In dropping position on the side OF his
bed, looking miserable enough to be sure; but
there was nothing at all alarming In his appear
ance. We turned TO leave the door, and had pro-
ceeded but few steps when an attendant called
70 DR.. Boteler, and said a man was bleeding to
death. The DR. hurried back, we followed and
found the attendant supporting the wounded man
we had Just left moment before. The blood was
pouring In q continuous and full stream from his
mouth, and had already nearly Allied a basin In
the hand Of an attendant, which would hod more
than quart. The doctor sprang to the patients
side, and promptly placed his hand on bis throat
COMPRISING the carotid artery from whence the
hemorhsgs proceeded. and II soon ceased The
poor fellow tainted In the doctors arms from loss
Of blood, an ominous rattle sounded In his throat
and we thought all was over; but he rallied again
Drs White ard Cody paid prompt attention to
the cafe, and when we LEFT the patient was COM
parstively comfortable, and the hemorhage had
entirely ceased One minutes delay and he must
have oled 70 death, and that minute would have
been lost II DIR. Boteler had not through courtesy
accompanied Us to the third floor, thus being on
the spot. Such are some Of the Hhorrors Of war -
heretofore only familiar 10 most Of us by descrip-
ton, now become stern realities N o III midst.
MARI ANN BURKE (colored) keeps an establish
ment on south street, between Ninth and Tenth
that the Seventh Warders think demands some
attention at the hands Of the police Her shanty
has been known for some time as q resort for
abandoned white women and such Of the t'otheY
az are not over fastidous 20 their supply of
'tthe necessary evil Lately and since the infiux
Of soldiers this nuisance has grown to be an in
tolerable one 70 the neighbofhood On Sunday
last, respects BILE lady In passing this rookery
wss accostsd In the most insulting terms by \
white scoundrel who was Longing at the open
door Of the concern, and similar instances ars Of
daily occurrence. Mary, who stands on her
muscle, as the "hoe -catchersn can testify, saws
she denss the police or anybody else to put stop
20 Der operations. But perhaps she 10 mistaken
From the frequency and prOtracted nature OF the
visits Of members Of the police force TO Mary's
quarters, IL 10 evident that they patiently on
'the lookout for evidence" and when sufic iently
posted they will doubtless bring her 10 terms II
they are not able TO abste the nuisance, we dare
sey that Capt. Goddard can delegate some officers
who will.