Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-08-06
COMMIT q rION.

Massa D M B. 1869

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GNERAE HospIrAE.
Maq1a, A1iss. gtly 30. 1862 |
AZ Edit0f
You pf1ies that the article ID
your faper on Macon Hospitals' is
10 elicit Informs Ion Il you PfeiertoI
take We heaF shah seeking Il prop.
dFlys and "a prp ii parties Ihlswill|
inloFm you tbal ! alone Control. and
am responsible, lotIhe management of|
shis Hospital.
/ dona EHoR how cobvlcss nfe FED,
what would BE hall feeding d slary-1
Ing d man, according q Macon siam
dard. THE Government allows and
every man who secs 10 lhe mess liable,
gets, each day
/ II. cf fresh beef Vi
Ii. ol bacon,
III u. offlour, oT
I ID. ol lcofn meal,
s ats. peas 0 / beaas 70 100 men.
3 los. ofeoEiee z 8
s lbs. EyetO & s.
i2lbs. sugar Z "
3 gals molahsas :"
all of whichis v III cooked and sound /,
with alI The veg labes We can buy.
The sick on fhtP beds are put On d
Hover diet, and, sIha Is not wanted
/ for them, Is leit ID ,ne hands Of the
Commissary as d hospital fund, now
amounting ID over four thousand dol.
EiaFs, with which eferything that the
| hospital can gets bought
iistrue, and Iorderedil, That each
Ep,an's meal il. pnton ! I'D BIZ his plate
lwhichis done IL prev 4ntcomplainls 81
tom. John and Hary's having snatch
I'D everything, and leit Us nothing,
/ ExpeFiance teaches me the rule Is 3
4 good enc.
/ Unable 10 buy with confederate mo
lney. We have pFeEsfied 10 exchange
E6cur, sugar, moldsses &c, for all Al
Iliieles ofmarketing and although thl
lofaeE has been sIandipg one month
but one person has 80 accommodated
\ lis.
Ofthe sixteen turkeys, we neyel
iIheard oIihem before; bpt on inquiry
II | fad some were sent long agoto Drs
!, lAleood and Parkel's ward, and The!
fltslI me, wefe every Houihiul distrib
luted am0fR thesislI | gm respond
lOle ONLY TAI what ! semitic ene dispen
j sary rooms and | now inform ycn
precious few articles ever come there
although l invited lhe people 10 ssni
their delicacies 10 that direction, I
men who were feIily sick aud 20
aaolling eormands who killed them
] selves eating, Wopli be the recipient
Thereof. TO that ibvilati h ! got on
l lresponse.
save a few hohloFable exceptions
who have held OUT longerlbanthe nc
-iyelty lasted, are ,he sick soldiers /
1 hospital ia Macon land Eoxubee coun
! ~ for very little. ] One neighbOrhou
/. contributed handsomely in beds 90,
/. bedding; and certain wagon, VIII
! lho good things of theEIrm an iarr
? yard, came laden sevefa LINES. 4
eltown, one or two have been daily YAH
I "a lUr milk, soup, &c., fos sick Ineh
what they have done for fuolllnl
convalescenls we don't pr end 70 az
swer except thai many hnge died lron
Q oyar eating What think gou 3 hal
ii peek raw onions trn ears Of 60 IN 4
has faltofefeen peaches OF apples, 2
1 meal Of Of 1 chicken, mackere arl
lorv-lonr eggs u ! mealssa . dail j os
: chrfehEe, too % frequent il \ lbr
Z when q man beginsle eseep about ifcF
!. 1 lone illness, he 5 considered y in
Iinent danadr 81 death from ealing,
You are told : Of Vegetables ah
low that sDoald be sensin are 70
I sold ofanv that hass been sent in.
|. Have vou Eeen lbld, thai nng 9th
eounsFR friends have said y me, 9
slafr msdi6hlxliictss that ! have 4 ~
ntnnds ofbuder, Of aiew dozen egg
j oimuIlon. oE fowls, oF vegetable
III ~ fslsit aud uIll end them ID, i ,
slsk nsse 49,. .,...s,.l'' w 4 ,h;aal
Q Aoloi lhpA q '''sf' NJ s., ~ !, y +,
j. ~. Z 3 - - go. s.
Tsaig sick ~ as, 80 80 SSs "a ;
sas,a. w asas " II s.s.s II : ins