Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-11

words, % these Who may WHit upon him Al
the North Western Bank.
To the Benevolent Ladies Of Whee-
ling aud Vicinity.
We have made honorable mention Of the
noble lady, up in Wasbiugtou county, UhO
50 promptly on seeing the call Of the Gov
er8ment, forwarded q box Of hospital ar
tieles 70 DR.. GrisWold. the agent here
There are other ladies who viii gladly do
The same. We trust that tbsy viii use
their e1ertions with al their arquAint-
..nees. Many ladies do not consider them
selves personally Addressed in an appeal
Of tbs kind which the Government has
made. Bat they are-egery one, and one
Just IS much as another This great and
good Government expects al its loyal
ehiIdren-uUt lees its daughters than its
sons-Wha love it and care for It, TO con
slider themselves, each one, personally ad-
dressed ia The appeals which are made TO
them.
The poor We have always in our midst.
We always have enough material TO keep
alive our charity. But rs one Of our CO.
ternporries-the New York Posf-bas
well observed, We have this year anoth-
e. class of persons for whom not
only duty and sympathy besFeak our
t-nderest care, bus also patriotism, justice
and gratitude. Oar soldiers in tue camp,
field nnd.hospital require, not our money
merely, but our time, our thoughts, our
personal ezeItion. Some Of them might,
in ordinary years, have, been found among
our poor at home; for there is many poor
fellow in the ranks who carried with him
from home ouly sorry bundle, aud LEFT
behind wife and children no better sup.
piled. For these we mist have cared, at
any rate; it is doubly necessary now.
Thousands Of others have left good bust
ness AID comfortable establishments. fam
lilies who had never known want or even
separation, and prospects which this war
has blighted. To these we are solemnly
pledged, and pledged for more than money
9aS buy. Money is fortheoBtng; the Gov
-eranent, ia a late appeal TO The people for
siJ, oFers 70 5sy blanksti Of private eiti-
zens who can spare part OF the covering
Of their own beds, 70 secure the troops
against the rigors of the coming season
and the disease that must follow under
exposursy The public supply falls short;
private SYMPATHY mEst ill Tho gap til
more can be made. I'D
Nor is the blanket. the only necessity of
the mument That isthe special safeguard
Of tue night in tent and field. But the
sick id hospital Gan nse the old domestic
ihstitdte tor blsakess-the cheaper quilt
dnd comforter, made. OF old calico, well
lined with wool or cotton batting. No
housewife but can make aud give one or
mote of these, especially a. The "single"
size is required, not the wide kind which
man double bed In addition to these,
hospital clothing Is asked; shirIs anddraW-
ers mads Of canton flannel, or any other
soft and waFtu cloth These should be
very large aud loose, SO that wounds eau
be3dressed without the necessity Of tear
Ing aud desttoying the elbthag. = What
ever nppertains to the care of wounds;
whether lint. bandRges, old rags, ring
cushions, small pillows, oiled silk, heavy
sewing silk, or what DOT, is also re-
quested, and n direct appeal for all
q ESQ things comes from the Sanitary
Commission with the express and public
sanction OF the President and Gen. Scott,
.'to the loyal women of the United States,Y
who viii, without doubt, willingly aud
eHeetuaily respond. WOollen socks are
asked FOR, and, although the new wonder,
the .'Seamless Sdek,t Is now made by the
hundred thousand, and the entire product
of the manufacture for some time has been
secured by Col. Yinlop for the supply Of
The stony, there will be use, too, for all
that busy home needles can fashion, the
soldier having no careful hand at call 70
arrest the feeting stitch, and with one
save nine. Another product OF female in
genuity, called for by doctors and nurses
issthe tarpet-slipper, soft and uoiseless; a
bedside friend for the inyalid, whose heavy
brOgGns arc worse that useless in the hos
plat. o. '-si.f
But 1t Womb be needless 70 60 further
into nAtticnlRrs. EEety town aud hamlet
has scat its qunla, eRndi Is busy ia prepaE-
ing anOtheri societies, social circles, reld-
lug clubs, all are busy. The new demand
may awaken fresh effort, but iii falls on
hearts already warm and willing. The
circular Just sent forth gives ample aud
particular directions for the sending, aud
TO Observe these carefully IS necessary, in
order 70 avoid delay and sometimes loss.
Every possible preOantion Is taken by those
TO whom the precious contributions are
committed for distribution, 10 make each
article tell on the comfort aud welfare OF
the soldier, No stewardship was ever
more saeredly administered; aud when
the history Of this war comes 70 be writ
teu. it will be found that % the quiet work
ers behind the scenes its final success has
been largely owing.
A general order by Gen. Mcclellan, ma
ming, the feyss around Washington, gi,es