The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-02
WHAT a sEw ENGLAND
WOMAN Din.


following account q a grcal reform
accomplished ia one of ,ha hospitals
as that oiIy, by New England vo-
maa
Al mfee ding case las come Is
my knovlei within a day or two.
where a New Eaelana woman. alone
and Gc.uales achieved grea reform
10 oac 81 oar ho8at. Tbe reoa
having charge ofai. ,iealsr los-
piiaI @as brute treating tae men ID
BIS charge visitors aal indeed lie
surgeon b.nealh hin, w.lh eoaiemp
tuou cruelty. Having p5l.iigaliaiia-
eaee 4 was not an easy matter to p-
NOSE him, though there were 4 hua.
drel acts e his, any one Of whjel,
would or should b. considered sullic-
tent cause for bis instant dismissal
from the service. But every one Je-
meath him was afraid 10 take the first
step, for fear the brutal man would
turn upon the person beginning the
complaint, and with his superior po-
sition and influence crush the com
plainant. One day New England
woman came 70 the hospital to see
her sick son, She soon met the chief
surgeon, and was treated with co rse
/ violence. If he could have his way,
he said, lie would not permit woman
70 come near the hospital. Il was Ia
vain that she urged that She had not
seen her boy for long months, and that
he was now very IN, and perhaps dy-
/ ing. The monster continued torevile
her but dared not refuse her admit
lance to see her son. She soon found
the surgeon in Immediate attendance
upon her boz, aad told him Of the
treatment she had received from the
chief surgeon, lie replied that he
was not Al an surprised--the chief
surgeon treated everybody bruially.-
why then 10 you submit to such q
cruel outrage? was The spirited wom-
ans question, ] suppose We are al
Of US afraid to make the complaint
against him was the reply. The
woman found taat her son was incura-
! bly, i'll, and was the proper subject Of
discharge. The assistant surgeon
so informed her. She thcnsoaght the
chief surgeon and asked him to make
a report to the Surgeon-General up
Oh the condition OF her son. lie re-
fused, with a dreadful OATH The
New England grit in the woman's
heart took fire. you stand there and
jeer at my sorrow. You use language
toward me that beast would be
ashamed Of But let me tell you that,
poor and friendless as | am, am
moro powerful than you, and will
not leave Washington until have ex-
posed your brutality / She was as
gooI as her word. She went at once
to see Secretary Stanton. lie relerr-
ed her at once 10 tie Surgeon-Gener-
al, With a request that he would look
carefully into tie case, and, If the
facts would warrant her assertions,
that he would mete our rigid justice
70 the hospital surgeon. The first
act OF the Surgeon General was to or
der the surgeon-in-charge TO make a
report upon the case Of the woman's
son. The report was returned the
very next day, and IFS language was
insolent in the extreme. The surgeon
was angry at the woman's interfer-
ence. This is enough said the Sur
geon- General. a man who will send
me such report is capable of all you
charge against him. ! will not take
the trouble TO examine the case. He
shall be dismissed the seryiceP That
very night, as the chief surgeon Of
Blank Hospital sat with his assistants
around him, indulging 10 bis usual
bluster, pleasant faced gentleman
appeared at the door and inquired Cor
Surgeon in charge Of the hos
piial. That person WI speedily poinl-
Cd cut 70 hin. Ina lirelcd 10 hand
this to ygu from tie surgeoa-Geaer-
%, said lhc stranger The surgeon
opened i. and ionni that It ordered
lin to hand over "a hospital and sup
plies to the bearer, WHO would take
charge Of them, and, 10 conclude, dis
mis "a the brutal surgeon from ti.e
service. The New England woman
bad triamplcd 81 last !"
Josiab Hanioou of Rutland, and
aaa formerly ore q tle proprieior 81
tie Rutland Herald, and one of tie