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after may go, Write plainly, after the name,
he company and regiment to which the party
belongs, and the letter in due time
w1in reach the proper person.
MORTALITY AT CAMP DorGLAs-sincc our
LAST report the following deaths have occurred
among the Fort Donelson prisoners, all from
pneumonia:
March III. T. HoIIeE, Co. Z, I'd Mics. regiment.
Wm- Davis, Co. q, 18th Tennessee.
Edward Wellington, Co. B, 18th Miss
:. Jossph Manning, Co. G. 7th Texas. Il
hspo1sen nto-day---,-------.--.---
Total----.--~--~-.----.----. /
: TIMELY No11cE.-The Board Of Public |
WORKS, in riew Of probable break up" Of |
the liver within few days, suggest to owners |
Of vessels moored to the banks Of the river, to |
prepare Tor any sudden gorge Of ice that may
possibly occnr- They advise that in every |
case, the vessel should be cut loose from the
surrounding ice, and as a further protection,
to cut or SAW parallel lines extending as far
down towards the month of the river, as may
be necessary, to clear the ice aud give it free
passage to the lake. a little timely labor may
save much loss and damage to shipping and
property in store along the banks Of the river.
REBEL SURGEONS FOR CAMP DoUG1As---
Drs- Samuel F. johnson, Of Virginia; B. N.
Croxton, Of the Third A1abama; ]. F. Ken
rrdy, Of the Fourteenth Mississippi; Ke1oy
Williams, Of same; Robert a. FELTON,, Of
Texas; g. G: Rothorock, Of the Second Ken
tucky; R. A. Gorier, Of the Seventh Texas,
and W " Moody, Of the Third Mississippi.
hare arrived in this city, having been releas-
cd from confinement BY Gen. Halleck upon
their parole, to attend 10 the sick and wound
ed Fort Donelson prisoners at Camp Douglas.
Drr. a. Griffin, OF the Fiftieth Virginia; II.
n johnson, Of the fty.third Tennessee; E.
G. GreenIee, Of the Second Kentucky, and D.
4. Liutlicum. Of the same, are assigned to
Indianapolis.
AID Foa TIE Szck AT EoR7 HESE1.-The
appeal Of DE- Mevicker for aid for our sick
soldiers at Fort Henry, has been responded to
most 1ibe1a1lY Eo far as relates to comforts and
Injuries, By the ladies Of the Camp Douglas
Hospital Association and the ladies Of DR..
!. Humphreys Ffst Presbyterian Church. a
large store Of dried and can fruits, blankets,
hospital sheets and drawers are collected an1
viii be Forwarded to The hospital on Monday,
These Will relieve present wants, but tht
Charitable must remember that three hundred
sick persons consume large amount o
stores, and that, therefore, their charit
should be continuous and increasing. N
additaonal Surgeons hnye as yet offered thei
services.
DEATH OF SURGEON HENRY s. BLOOD
On the 8th Of February 1aet the Fifty-Seyent
regiment, Colonel 8. D. Baldwin, left Cam
Douglas, where it had been some time e1
camped, for the scene Of strife in the Sont1
It participated with honor in the taking {
Fort Doaelson. With that command wei
DR.. Henry s. Blood, q young physician of th
West Division, Us assistant Surgeon. The +
mai1s Of DE-. Blood arrived here IN charge
Lieutenant Otis, yesterday morning, dire
from Fort Henry, where he died from an s
tack Of pleurisy en- Tuesday morning. ST
geon Blood was man Of about thirty -th1
years, and leaves a wife in Massachusetts,
mourn bis loss. The corpse will be placed
the vault at the cemetery to await the dispos
Of the friends Of the deceased
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LIBEL On GooD UNION AA9.-A sta
lnent has lately been going the rounds Of ne,
peperdom which does great injustice to e
tleman Of this city BY the name Of Nel1is.
is to the effect that among the prisoners AT
ing at Alton from Fort Henry, Tennessee, 7
sat' .. NELLIE saoo1et WIZ 1o4ms'.! W.
1or 'ulnsf q e"~As' IL eaea' anu W.
one LINT oess VI gang VI eousNls AZ
pennentafS' oe1ofe inc new pena'enuafs
onilt. Inc article adds: $50 ne Is oacs
has o!o quarters agaar' al1aoogn IN talaer
honorable position We are eatlsneo no
pe1sona1 knowledge Of ar. NeA1s, that
g. Paragraph is IN every particular, SO
rs It concerns that gentleman Since the
of5anuar3 he has been IN the employ OF Mes
Dennis d Horton; from August to Deceu
Of Inst year, he worked for Messrs. Cont
Woolsy & Co., and then month Tor Nes
Turner sid"ay. This being true, It III
be aa utter impossibility that he should
captured rebel at Fort Henry, an event
muet have occurred In February, while Nj
WIS peacefully pursuing his calling Ii Chic
We make thtk explanation, 1nasmucn rs
libel has circulated somewhat extensi
zsnong bis friends at the East, and left a
impression Of a good, Union-loving citize
AatsFa9a4 MeeeiaE of fAe Camn
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