New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-19
CITY ITEMS.

GoTTsCRALK The first grand concert "'
Mr. Gottsohak will be given this evening at irving
Hall TIE tickets for reserved seats cntitle 'he h""
70 tickets 10 Nj Thomas matinee on Saturday
Sr VINCENT DE PAuL.-Thc annual iair vi
the Society St Vincent de Paul, In ana Vi '''' P'o
this oity viii open a. the City Assembly hooAs y" Wv
.o., 49,. "a continue during the week. The gid
Rer;mcrr Band will be attendance during 'he imr'
pr.x, PRISONERS ON DAvID's Island
The Ladies' Kitchens on Davids Island having become
a., ,.ndozvous of ladies of doubtful loyalty, and the
,onrooms Of goods designed for the use of the Rebels
on heir return to Dixie on Wednesday last Secretary
sop ordered the kitchens closed whorcupon certain
disappointed sympahzers wh Secessia uttered through
their evening organ the following complaint AT the
time the order was issued, the writer says:
There three hundred patients in tho hos
the greater number Of whom were dependent upon ~
isa.es Kitchens for their very existence
Now il is well known that the hospitals on DAVID
Island have corps Of accomplished and humane sur
seons and physicians that they have abundant sup
NV of the medicines and dclcacies needed for the speedy
regeneration Of their patients that the Rebels receive
The same surgical care the tender nursing, ana
tls same dotec treatment extended 10 our own brave
sne patriotic DT. Simmons, who had charee oi
TIM Island until recently South Caroman ana his
Uniform kindness the prisoners in his hands mas never
been questioned by parties competent to form correct
Judgment respecting the matter.
coupe Of days the order patient suffered anpu's
tiop md nourishu,nt 10 assist retaining sna
tion'
The writer however confcssee that, although the
hitch ms were closed, the patient obtained some beef
tea and that Union soldier. who was an invalid asked
for some Of the food given the Rebel prisoners proof
that h. considered the fare good enough for him.
"A por wan creature his begged one Of
the departing ladies for srto~Iooi when he can now mo
longer and bis proatng disease renders bun insoe
Goldfish Boiled beef potatoes Indian meal pudding
and smisr strong food ,,,,ua
nsnd, bas sBce been eur'aiied
The writer has oyershot the mark with his orofr
or that i, an article Of which there great abundance
IN all our military hospitals. The surgeons in charge
DO not complain that they have not sufficient supply
Of whisky for their patients and sane person VIII ar
rive at the conclusion that the Government bound TO
satisfy the demands Of the Rebels for whisky Every
soldiers hospital well supplied with choice wines and
IQuors whisky included but that why they
should become grogshops.
The prisoner Of upon Dsyids Island must now die
without any effort retain tie powers gwen by common
Ys,hes. Wei may they mourn the closed heheh' i'i !"
their desfh knell'
nwas high time TO close the Kitchens for they had
become depos Of goods contraband Of war; and saloons
for the dspensaon Of whisky. II the three hundred
tie whisky ration has been diminished, it will be
consolation TO their friends 10 know that they III die
tober.
Granting that one or two individuals connected with the
Kitchens did observe the respcc, ths, they should have
paid to the regulation. Of ne amy 'hou' he'' "
the rest Of their associates 2!
It's well known that the traitors and Seeessionists Of
New York and vicinity surreptitiously sent money
clothing percussion caps and great quantities OF ari
cles needed the South through the Kitchens to the
Rebels Had il not been for the vigilance Of our own
officers and the thousand Rsbs! pr,sqpsIs yho
have been South in exchange for Union prisoners
would have hed their pockets and loaded their persons
with the very articles it is our duty and interest
70 withhold from them. When the Rebel prison
era arrived here their rags were taken from their
backs they were comfortably clothed at the ex
pense Of tie GoyGnment they were treated
tenderly by siful surgeons and eiperienced nurses
they Jared in all respects as our sick
and wounded soldiers fare and the Rebels expressed
the deepest gratitude for the unexpected kindness they
received at the hands Of the authorities Contrast their
treatment here with the treatment OF our men in
the filthy tobacco warehouses at the South. Our Union
soldiers in the hands Of the Rebels have been half
starved and subjected every ndigniiy and hnmilia
ton that malice could suggest. BY system Of surgi
cal mutaion insufficient diet and sickness induced by
bad ventilation in crowded and filthy apartments the
Rebels have sought to deplee forces. In many IN
stances they have robbed our men Of their money
and clothing. They have shot our prisoners
in cold blood for looking out Of windows, or
for disobeyng orders they had never heard. No deca
eies furnished them. No Kitchens were opened
Tor their Accommodation No Union ladies we're per
mited to visit them they had any article Of food not
found Oh the prison bin Of fare. they had to-
pay for it at the most exOrbitant rates
When large number Of Rebel prisoners len Dayids
Island short time since they were comfortably clothed
in the uniform Of the Union troops-the buttons and In
xgnia being removed that they might not be mistaken
for loyal soldiers Trey acknowledged they had bsen
web treated and assigned reason for 1t that the
Government did dare treat them otherwise because
JEFF Davis would be ia this city 10 punish those
who i'll treeed Lis men. TIE ladies who had the man
agement Of the kitchens at the time they closed
had taken the least interest 10 the welfare Of sk
and wounded Union soldiers. and they really elbOwed
from tire island the loyal ladies who had been minis
tering angels" 70 II the Rebels had been
therown brothers and husbands they could not have
been devoted in their attentions. Even this was
permitted until II discovered that they with
their pockets and baskets filed with percussion caps
ard other instruments TO be used by the Robels to kill
ale patriotic engaged in fighting the battles Of the
Union.
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