Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-03
HOIDllal seenes Ia HospItaI Neoonllllel.

We copy from the Ashtabula Sentinel
the following private letter descriptive of
what lady is doing and finding in the hos
pitals at Washington. The writer is lady
whofOrmerlylived in Cleveland, andis well
known here. Her letters are just such as
bring before us the sights and Incidents Of
hospital life in graphic colOrs. The condi-
ton Of the sick and wounded, and the suffer-
ing which the poor fellows feel for want of
little Injuries, fit for men in their condi-
tion, is tOuchingly related. And we trust
that the ladies will act upon the hints
given here, and increase their contribu-
tons Of hospital stores and delioacies for the
sick, through the soldiersa Aid Society.
They must ypmemberthR the suffering does
not cease when the victims Of battle have
been removed to the hospitals, Indeed the
necessity for these articles of comfort and
luxury has then but just commenced
The Aid Society has done an immense
work, but this work is by no means ended
and 1t is such evidences as these Of the
proper application Of the aid furnished,
and the thorough appreciation by the re-
cipients Of the care and thoughtfulness of
their friends, that should stir the charita-
ble up to greater exertiOns for the sick and
wounded. The following are the letters
~ have been round hunting up our sick
Ohio troops, and have wished during the
! last week that could have the power Of
being in q dozen places at once. l find
some fifty Ohio boys, and oh, how glad, in
every instance, the poor fellows are to see
some one from Ohio. now eonfne myself
to two wards in the Judiciary hospital, fill
/ ed with Ohio and Michigan troops. found
| two from Canton, one a mere boy, says he
went to school to B. Poor boyl He watch
ed for me every day, his attendant says, Vas
/ if you were his mother" Yesterday went
gut and purchased some eggs eighteen cents
per dOzen-Wish you would forward some
old hens on hereJ and other ingredients,
and baked in five pans, some Old-fashiOned
custards, took teasp00ns and saQcers and
! toted them to the hospital and went thrO'
| two wards, dished out and fed it to every
poor fellow able 10 eat it. and it would have
done your soul good to see the relish with
which it was taken. One poor battered
fellow actually shed tears, because it SEEM
/ ed so much like the custards his mother
used to make for him when boy, One
thing 1 am sure of; whatever l take to the
| hospital win not be devoured by the attend
ants. One sad, pitiable case 1 must tell
you, about a bright, handsome little fellow,
about fifteen years old, who ran away from
| his home in Nam Xnrl-- -City last ss.s.s1rrvrj
with the Fire ZOuaves, was at the battle of
] williamsburg, aud seeing she'll WhiZzing
towards him, jumped behind tree to es-
/ cape it. 1t severed large limb which
struck him on the back and pinned him to
| the ground, where he laid two days before
he was removed. He had some crackers in
his haversaek, which kept him alive. He
has been here week. have sat by his
bed a couple Of hours each day, and yester-
day wrote to his mother for him. The Dr.
says he will never leave his bed alive as
he has an internal abscess forming; but he
tells the little fellow he will have him dis
charged next week, get a pass, and send
him home. He wished me to say to his
mother "a widow not to worry about him,
for he was getting better every day, and
should be at home next week; that he was
weak, and suffered from his hack, " bus not
much, tell her, for I am afraid she viii
worry and at the same time the big drops
of perspiration stood all over him, he was
in such agony. wrote word for word as
he desired, sending his love to his little
sister Kitty, and his boy cousin, but could
scarcely keep my own sobs down, knowing
his true cOnditiOn-Rnd that letter has
gone, and to-day with the permission of the
H. 49,. -I-sl49 u.FO-itesnr iAe1UU0eonre UJ ifer
boy. 1 could fill pages with the sad history
and mournful incidents constantly coming
before me in these two wards.
This afternoon am going to write to the
wife of poor fellow just gone with quick
consumption, contracted since he left home
thirty miles from Boston). He was too
weak and tired yesterday to write He
thinks he will recover, as all consumptives
do.
made fifty little bOquets yesterday, put
a piece Of mint in each, took them into the
wounded ward, and put one into the hands
OF every soldier, as far as they went. They
seemed very much delighted. One poor
fellow was lying with both eyes shot out
He took the flowers, saying, "tlaHk thank
thank you. never expected to see or smell |
flowers again" There are those lying here
without legs, arms of, and shot through |
the body. One, mere boy, has both legs |
amputsted at the thighs-another has his |
face bound up; the attendant said he was
shot through the chin, or rather piece of |
shell struck him and cut part of his /
tongue smoothly of al the rOots.-He FFas
clerk at Stuart's in New York. If you |
do not receive many papers from hero it
will be because they are scattered among |
the sick and wounded soldiers. Miss Do |
rathea Dix is doing a world of good here.