Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-10-31

| south OF the enrlosure drvO ed 20 Washing
tin's equestrian sta-ue, known as tie
d" Cir. lr" Aod adj iuing the Observatory
I grounds, IN the FIr-t ward OF the
/ city, IL an immense serirs Of chops.
/ yaiGs. and stables called the "G1vernment
| nrT-- Cnrral " Il re th t bu-in, 81 j. Trans
set, d, s the concern has grown from small
| b-gln-ing- unit nJw II Is one u the great
[ q VernW'nt industrial works OF incAlcula-
| h!e BEN E u the country. 4; this place all
! the army horses AMI mu es are bought and
( Inspected sick and worn out animals put 10
l ho-P'tsl wagons repaired and teams iur
/ nlsh,d tie Amy and the cJmmissarles who
send rupplies 10 il and ev rything done ne
/ ce>s4 To furnishing adj Quate quartermAs-
ter'H supplies The Who'll Is uud-' the con-
uul Di Col. K. Bucker and Captain d ana, OF
| the quartrrmlster' department. though Alr
! {. II. Snuw, the upeTluteudant, ls the man
who kegs the machine Ia molten and
Messrs: j. F Allen and Germou. bIs subor-
dinaies. -uperInJeud the repair shops and
wasin rsrss. There are over eight thousand
men employed IN these shops, aud the cost
pi labor and material - nearly forty thOus-
and dollars a mynlh. There have been a.
many a. Is. 900 horses and mules IN the cor
rails at oue time, and the daily average is IS,
CO... 0yer 300 teams are kept cyns,untiy
al WORK hauling supplies 90 the iJEIs
uear " ashingtJn, aud JJ Gen. McClellIn's :
army. Ia wagons and barnes the place
doe. an immense business. Il keeps the en-
tire Army Of th- PIT mae supplied Old
wagons and harnesses are brought % the
place and repaired, being sent cut IS good
as new. \ dIlapiditel team coming 70 the
corral i az once recruited. The horses aud
mule ara at once sent - hospitals, the har-
ness Is repaired by the sldi.eTs; the wagon
Is mended the wheels retired, new pins,
bolts and cover given K, sOd the teu0strr
leaves the corral with canp p.et8 Outd,.
There are ore hundred sadlieTs employed IN
making harnesses, and, before Nr. snow put
his establishment Ia operation, all the mate
rial Oh which the-e mrn WORK Wa= wasted.
Three hundred carpenters and Wag0umakeTs
are employed, aud over q huudred men
ply hammer ani tJngs Do the blacksmith
and hOyse-shoeing shops. 10 repair alone
il is estimated that ten thousand dollar, Is
saved monthly IS 900 hor-e shoes are made
and put on IN the same leugth Of time.
When q contractor brings a drove Oi horses
or mules 10 the establishment. they are
brought 20 one % the outer yards to be IN
sIected, aud each one passes under the *
perieicel eye o.! one Oi the best Judges Of
tOrses 10 the country. About oug-hall OF
each drove are rejected, the contractors eu-
deay1rlng % ll,st az rs Of rrl-h upol the
Guverument. The animals which are ac-
ceptci are then cent away % the shoeins
shops, and thence 90 stables where they are
divlled into heids-One containing those
suit4 lc fr artIilTy. another cavalry. and
the thlrI teams. Frm these herbs they are
served out as tle VANS ~ tue army demand
hem
The shoe ~ shop are places Of greatest
Interest. Ia uuo long shed a tuu4rgd black
.nith- 4re hamm,rI.s aWly AT DoIses- Ia
mother. the m re IT, ,cti '!c OF the mules ar-
, Vt tar ugh .hy uac 20 U-u4Iy, .uNeyrr.
nese .4tt, = sulmiIs are surh aNfli kicker
Az piun.ers That ieA Ia u W.l. at. mpt [
q crate u'.,u THIN. FL ,4ol uuru.y ee
,lru4-i, VI -ei- \ O. u Ani >n,E, after hong
aud l4I.ut NV s-i-arinn, have .uv MED a
pr.s-,-- Which, ior original, y 90. genius ,nd I
.dIptahuty {, fLe 'r-as- % tnr mulr-, can F.
..,t %, slTi4-, A. ob.un- Y-u is buIll %
iae ur4ti,rt timber. A stout md So al
,Le upler end and from tur top turss broad .
-jTaI- naus l0sn. lne machIue is 0i great I
-tr,rktt, ami " SIMPLY constructed. Il I
,ak-s halt 4 z m,u o og e-atei.t, and I
mule Is ''put Trough 90 * lluut- . ~ the I
uatoA. coutr.baud Drln.s each mule into 1
TIE ward, and a head halter i- ,'e Oniy nar- /
nys- upon hlm A, # hy mutton, the ani- /
anal seems % knIS What Is % happen O. I
aIm, ani o. course, refuses O. - mt the I
pen. 10 ren-Iy tine r1pe ir n the wind /
4,, is ias.. ned g. tls hal.er and d man siul-
&c up. draWIne tne struggling mule iuto the
T.. ..H. m FHHs 100 Fa =
which hang irum above ars Vl--rI under bis
b u and third arrlss hIs breast, aud an
lrher m4u ty % cip-,aE arrsuge cement, winds
them up, aud thus rsi,es the mule IRON the
ground Tui-, OF course, is accompanied by
inotter series ol kicss aud iu.cnes. by the
ail uf which slil-u.oss o. fastened On each
tx. and The mule. wl-u boz Is done tae per-
vrmauee. finds each lo't securely fastened
inder curved iran bar, and bic head chain.
"a down. Four blacS-mitl-, one &C each
DOT, =, % work, aud che shoes axe on 10 less
ime tnan It take . de-cri.e i,. Few can
imagine ;he terrific struggling these mules.
They plunge forward and backward. rock
ldrv lse, lurch and kcs-luJ Ih.s machine
ecures them 10 every direction. IL tle AMI
usles torward. the strap acVu-s his breast
uddeuly stops has career ~ mid-air 10 he
erks backward the rope lr IA the wlndlass
most pulls ms uead %. RJczing sidswise
5 only at the expense OF hIs Jwn RIBS, W ich
'eat tattoo against tie stout mbers OF tue
'eu. lie cannot rear uT, for his he'd Is
hained down, and each loot being securely
lanped kicking Is out OF the question. Thus
he 1nmal's every efIrt u Lllkrd, and after
Va ab0rilse trl.i u al "a. kIcSs and Jerks
.nown 10 the community OF mules, be gives
70 the lruiii, IS contest, and down on his
nces, with dropping head, submits 70 the
our sturdy hlacksmiths who Rr- pounding
way at IS hoO1s When the work Is done
lamps are unia-taned. and the straps let
ONn. the winIlass unW0und, aud the con
.uered mule backs ont OF the pen, convinced
nat ropes. ieaJhcr and human h-sh, when
lruperly applied, can mater him. Iutre
re 8 Of these machines in use AZ the Corral,
nd they are 50 arranged that the animals
annOt burt themselves.
The wagon business at the Corral Is lis
reatest one. 300 teams are kept CONSTANT
J running with supplies for the army.
nese, when parked, cover 100 acres oi
round, and il plAc in . Continuous line,
7puld stretch over Is miles Tn-y are OPP
rated with WOrn-put horses and mults, al
lie good ones being shippd d IF u Gen. Ne
army. The "PeTatlves Of this rs-
are f,rmius themselves into a
'rIs fIr city defense. 1ne " q vernmvnt
'rse Corral - Is oue OF the wonders OF
V -shIngt-n.