, 1862-02-27
Interesting Letter from ono fthe Chi
caSo Committee.



.Os EoA8D STEAMER NEW Uncle SAH,l |
February a. 1861 |
The committee detailed to visit Fort Donel- !
son passed the position occupied by the gun |
beats at nine o clock this morning. On either |
side Of the river tie trees showed evident
cannon The bodies Of trees fifteen inches il
diameter were broken of, and the limbs
and twiggs were hanging as it were
upon stumps, giving peculiarly to tha
woods which the writer had never before seen.
Two miles on, nc looked upon those batteries
which On Friday dealt such hard blows upoa
OUT sunho2ts- The centre battery and tic
sIdehii1 batteries, one above the other, appear
I'd to he in good position, and fortified well
enough to resist any land attack aud as it
looking aunbeats. Now we see the zigzag
lines OF tho fertilization running a1onS
tic brow Of the second huff towards the
creek which emp:ies into the Cumberland,
just above Dover, and about four miles from
the extreme left line where the batteries are
planted We landed about ten O'Clock, along
Side this stream, which is used as General
Gsaat's headquarters. We brought him the
first ncws of his confirmation By the Senate
! is Ma}or General He appeared rather uncoa-
| Captain Hulyer and Captain Iago, both aids
| to tile General, gave Is the freedom Of the
lines. It rained incessant1y up to three o'clock
this afternoon, and We confined our visits to
the hospitals, and to the boats having
| IN t1anEitu ths sick and wounded AL saye
some IS Of or wounded hare been removed
| from this station, and some 800 OF 1co Of the
| cncmy's wounded are qua1te1ed shout in the
houses Of the citizens Of Dover. Most Of the
oHners have deserted their houses, and the
town of Dover looks Ike . very hospital
This depsrtment has hcen, and st11 is, sadl5
deficient in medical stores. The articles
| that are mostly needed here are ch1oro-
fo1u, brandy, whisky, paragoric, lint,
malt liquors, native wine, tin cups,
pan aa1Is fennd ss gzS Ras
needles with long eye. Doctor Brinton, the
Assistant Surgeon attached to Gen Grants
! staff, gaye me the above statement, and it was
endorsed by Doctor Grimstea, the medical pur-
| Boone, directed to Paducah, asking him to
order in limited quantities the above articles
from Chicago aud cousign them to Dr.. VIM.
Grimsted, Medical Puryeyor On board
) the City Of Memphis, either at Cairo OF Padu
/ cah- Bandasges and linen seem plenty enough
| is not ten per cent Of what is wanted at Pa
ducah. The supplies Of these, as well IS O
! many etheT things, appear to be uneQu4ily dis
| 1Ebuted- This certainly could be remedied
: and the quicker it is done the better. Their
+ arpea1s to be wait Of system In the move
Padrcah and Fort Donelson- To give yos
one item: We are Informed tha. a re9uist:io.
vas made At Fort Donelson for 5000 bushel
t OF potatoes, to be shipped from
: st. Louis. Tie potatoea wcre shippe,
and arrived at the fort. The boat lay tw
j. days without any orders to unload. Sac va
then ordered to Cairn, and on her arrival there
{ Gen Paine ordered the potstoes to be un1oad
t cd On tie wha-f. About thousand blshei
were unloaded,' when tile boat was ordered +
St. Louis, where she Of course went With ], 90
bushels Of the same potatoes They hay
3. finally reached this place at a cost to the Goy
e1mcnt Of say SIS, 600 to SIS, 900. Red tap
a | msy Eayc something to do &ith it.
:. Tic steiner City Of Memphis left this p1ac
~ ct ono O'Clock for Paducah, with about Is
vounded DEs- Andrews, Rogers, R=. an
= Rahn h.d charge Of the patients. It Was
n i sad eight to sse Eo many wounded in one CO
q | lection, yet most Of them bore either p!easan
!. or rcsigncd countcnanccs, having been csre
e FOR the night before b5 the doctors ani "
e Moody and others Of our city. At II o'cioc
the surgeons Fere actively engaged in dtcssiu