Daily national Republican., 1862-11-13
Communicated.
CAsPARIs Hospital.
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Washington, d. c., Nov. IL, 1869

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| Washington, ID. c., Nov. II, 1869.
Mr.. EDITOR: I observe, In your issue OF
| Monday, that " complaints are made with re.
ference to the management of Casparis hospi.
tal," and that II Is said the patients are poor
ly fed"
have been constantly engaged in Casparis
hospital from the time when the very first pa
tient was admitted to the present hour, and
during the whole time, have had under my
| care and management the greater proportion of
the patients, and / do assert most positively
that we have done the very best with what the
| Government has Furnished us, for the good Of
our patients; and, In addition to this, the ladies
and others in the neighborhood have been un-
| firing in their "labors of love ve"-having made
almost daily visits, with material aid, In the
shape Of delicacies and appropriate articles Of
food for the sick, and have, in other ways, rem
dered essential service. They have been as
siduous in their attention and acts of benevo-
lence, and the report that the patients are
poorly fed" is false.
For the truth Of what say, refer to Messrs.
Casparis and Kellogg; to Mrs. Hitz, and other
ladies and gentlemen who daily visit this hos
pital. LEWIS HEARD,
Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. 8. A.
The information upon which the item above
alluded to was founded was obtained from pa
tlents in the hospitals. We had further charges
to make against this hospital In regard to Its
officers, but have learned that some of its in
competent officers have been removed. We are
glad to learn that further reforms are in pro-
gress. 1t is proper to add that these complaints
had no reference to Dr. Heard.
PERsoSAL.-Brg. Gen. Hays, U. s. A.. 1t.
Voorhees, and wife, U. s. A; Miss Borden and
S. s. Hartwell, n. j.; J. c. Orr, Va; D. E.
Fowler, Ala; S. NJ. Hildreth and wife, d. c.;
c. l.. Farnum, Mich; J. A. Strickland, N. Y;
Jno. Hopley and Vim. Dunn, Ohio; o. II. p.
Conover, Pa, and j. G. Webster, n. Y, are at
the Metropolitan.
Senator Chandler, Mich; c. e. Bailey and
daughter, Boston, Mass, are at the National.
Gems. Arthur, Wadsworth, Anger, and Plea
sonton, and Governor Morgan, Of New York,
are at Willard.
Prince Napoleon Against Intervention.
From the opinion Rationale prince Napoleon's
orGan,) October -.
The honorable member of the House of Com
mons (Mr. Lindsay, NJ. p, at Chertsey) de
elares as a convincing argument that unless
Europe intervenes and recognizes the Southern
States, the terrible war which desolates Ame-
rica will not finish in less than quarter of
century, while the recognition of the Confed-
crate States would Immediately cause the sword
to drop from the hands of the North.
In company with Sir Cornwall Lewis and the
majority of the Cabinet, we refuse to believe in
not bring about peace without direct inter
venton. And who will dare to recommend
such policy to the European Powers What
Cabinet would dare to launch its country upon
such war; What Government would dare to
take from the Treasury of the nation the enor-
nous sums which would he absorbed in an en-
terprise of this naturei
We deplore the want of cotton in England
we deplore the cruel blow which the bloody
quarrel of the North and South has given to the
industry and commerce of Europe we depore,
above all, the streams of blood which the Ame-
rican war has caused to flow up to the present,
and which will doubtless continue to flow. But
we are not the constabes and guardians of q
universal peace, nor the avengers of all wrongs
and injustice.
Who, beside, is culpable-the North or the
South The dealers in cotton are instinctivey
inclined to give the right to the separatists
We lean, on the contrary, to the side of the
Federas. But, whatever opinion may he eX-
pressed upon the constitutional question, our
Shareholders, and we see, In the maintenance of
the Union, the true interests of France.
Besides this, the European Governments
would be powerless TO render back to America
the peace and prosperity which she has lost,
because the painful occurrences which are
taking place on the other side of the Atlantic
have profound and fundamental cause which
is beyond our reach.
This is not an ordinary war;; 4 is not, prop
ery speaking, even a civil war. II is social
war, a frightful tearing up, coming from an
institution which Is no longer in harmony with
the IDEAS tendencies or necessities of modern
civilization. The remedy for such an evil is
not to be found in foreign intervention.