, 1863-10-03

4 Walk Through the Hospitnle-How
tAey urc Arranged, and their Inter
nal Comforts.


lfSom ouf Special Correspondent
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men1lohed almos, esets HAy W ss'ela' nun,
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aoont e'esf oa5 u eS.e!n W"In-'. uuna1sa oos.sues
IN eeselA nanu1sa No.tu" eeletn .o"ns' ano
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u4us4e' :. 5000 . wv Ao4o' ono 1D'u1
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Iaaee. .Ae nSss u LIZ uiSls1on Ii Seao"'
'no anno." :" - = 4oose' h'-te7o gown o1 grey
"oo1' oaa sone LINES LEO wrapper, pan
faoofs c1 Inc ordinary army cloth, pair OF
slippers Of the same material as the panta-
1oons. and ub,terer te,dpe.r eac} nart,cu1,r
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SOLDIER CHOOSES 10 wear 1ne arms Of the
division arc only such ns nature provided.
The Genpra1 commanding. If thera r. onv T.
TO-, ne,'s1:.4 =, 49, - ~ - .' -
oene1a1 Oeo1a1's' ."Aos taouSsu n7 uoss not
drill his men much, Is regarded Us strict
n,acea The on,rtera nt +ba air;a1on o~a
a.. 41 ~ '4eon 'se
In the eleven great army hospitals
which have been established in this
city for the accommodation of fhe
e;o1. sna vonndsd ortha o-1,;os of+,a Co.,.
e4sA Anu "ou.!axe ~ s1o ~ n..7 VI lug oouta-
west, viz: "The Overton," Jefferson"
sonn esGsvo5o.n uVebstern ..churcbu
ss c.,, ~ h.e,,;t,,. No. ,s-..s -
aAo otaan 4oA Aoepnae' Aue Aa'gess o1
these Is the Oyerfop," being the new hotel
of that name which was finished Just about
tha fine tbe war heuan bnt w,a narar ~,
49,. ..a.~, - ,a,s Vs. 49, sA 4ul
n1snea Us hote4' th1s oe1ne Tie only pur'
ueed, and to which It is admirably adapted.
The f,t-r;or is d,v,ded ipto nine wo,ds -.
III.
On each aoos, Will separate kltcnen, wash
1oom, aud cfaces on each floor. In the great
dInnirg room there are sixty four beds. In
each Of the other apartments, which are
much larger than the bedrooms Of hotels are
ordinarily, {ayerBgirg about fifteen feet
square, there are thee and four beds. There
IL no furniture in the rooms except the beds,
(which are white and c1ean,) couple OF
stools, ard small table. All the doors to
the bedrooms have been taken off the hinges,
60 as 10 give more room and air.
In these rooms. soldiers who come from
the saue tonrs, the same counties, and the
sane States are quarte1ed together, as much
as tie nature of their dlseaees aud the state
Of their conyaleecence will admit.
1t seems odd to walk through the long
halls, where every step brings you in front
Of another door, and discloses q new group.
And yet mark the profound quie. which
reigns throughout the whole building. from
the ground floor to the earret: and odd It
must ecem to the soldiers themselves after
tie din OF tie noisy camps. alter the weary
ma1ches, and after the sltlphurous smoke and
shouting and thunder Of battle, out Of which
and @ ~ hack to mn1ch and v fsht ~ scs;n ~ sud I'd
haze Hrefurned to dutyH Tritten ara;nsf
ftt;r narnes IN the hosnito1 reo;ster ana snme
to cro ont IN a ,,loce where thS hnsh a. evan
moio nrofonnd thsn It is here '1 - ~'~1
In t,e 1nnst ~ these roons r not,cad oe T
naRsed That The Inmates were sf1etcha1 nnon
fatir heds mnt;nnIess ard sit,, ares bsif
cinsed AZ tf,onnh ~ tSe nra.ant MT thcv vars ta
cnutcnt n rest md Greem ~ honoe r. a
f..r Thn two ~ 4hraa rocm1 11notoa 100 a3tt;,~
IN thefr heas, w1,;ci, were 3rawn m to fhe
1fttie ta1,1a There theT were rasdin1P Pwr;t;n1
or ,o occasIoralIv % piayin~ n rame ; of cfecke1s
thc ome on tie sh ha se
and oe Va nitfed sca;nst anothar T ann,rade ms
.u; a ~ * tittfu aS"ast @ naoLagr 11 cgfue ~
c,,,tchas III .nross H. 1nn ~ pia,eu "a'a LID
Tha fon~tS isnnr ~ ~ t1,a *. He I. ao-,+aa
o,moe+ e1cIn.ivs1x - - @ rete1 Hon5ad a. Sa
esS r. a. meteha "nen fcs Tas e.
pulsea n nls attempl 10 capture tlat place
On lne 4th OF Ju'y. I1eir medical treatment
Is IN INC cna5ge ol nFe feoel surgeons, WHO
Volunteered 70 come ana attend to them.
OtlerWtee, their treatment, accommodations
and supplies are the came as that which our
own soldiers receive, ut which they all seem
somewhat surprised. When first captured
they !abo1ed under the delusion that they
han iallen into the hands OF babar1ans, and
anticipated treatment IN keeping with tue
supposed character Of their captors: The
impartial treatment they have received here
has 50 modified their previous notions OF
"Nofthefn Aboiltion1sts," that am conf
dent that, even i these men should be ex-
changed before the end Of the War, the mn
1or1ty OF them would never again give any
voluntary support to the rebellion. and
this brings to mind what was told me some
time ago, By gentleman who has resided in
Mississippi during the whole war: He was
at jackson, Miss, when the several thousand
rebel prisoners, Who were exchanged about a
year sgo, were sent down to VIcksburg,
Previous, to their arrival great calcu
thcrities and rebel military men, upon
this resource tor filling up the ranks
the much depleted ranks OF the secesh army
Of the Southwest. Whenever the demorai-
lied, undiscIp1incd and mutinous state of the
Southern arm ; was The topic ofconyersation,
even the most uneQmpromiBinG seceseioDfste
Admitted tho f-et "Kat raiI." said they
"Only wait until those veterans get back to
I'LL up the ranks, and there will be neH spi
rlt infused into the army"
AZ last the exchange was made an and ATe o.
s1x 1hoakard prisoners arrived at efcEsourg
aboutt going back into the army. They hat
been North for SIX months, during that time
laey nad oeen EeH tiealea ana p=ttee lee
'nan tney baa oeen betose their capture
11eg ialneE Liked pelnS prisoners, Inc DELI
les OF inc Fetelans' hao oeen nnea, ant
TIER hearts nao been touched they hac
Is 1sea s S seaa
the 1ctufned prisoners ever enlisted again
Confederate e1neere ackno~ledgeo tnat IN
great e1o"o ol prisoners VINO fetnInea u
s1:ktnarg. oaaaprearea "itnout sae snghtGss
IN lsgueeaa1 ~, ne ass ~ .a1 ~ s3n.n ~.
a2o + was a1ton
eons'ae!aote ~ poluon u 10ee' "e'e e'eniotee
oaGk G lnto aIe atTyt uouo.+n,,h
| Inc exterior o. Inc "OvGldon aas an IN IN
poE1pg apFESa1ance iae ouliu1E 1 ~ Aooul ~ ~
Size ol lne 4!eluont npuse III CaIe1so. u u
plancip3 a1Alr"ay - JUL esutsty " ea5' ~
e9 5 SaTons the pa'
when suRRolt Il, aao every Ra14cie W u
raling: . LIS Survey s1y - IS Dull IN LOVE ssa
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1:1l: ao9n! loi's'A'e 1ees aoo'e LIZ 4ooi u I'll
puf4n,nG ma s;1aearaon,, ,na u.a,,os,, t1oen;t,,
1nE ostsyu tI ~ uam nostit..' ~
t u i9to ss ;e+ " h,t ~ ~ h1,siS;nt 80
nochs oi seo1s, Ju9a aooue @ sac4 9nlsaln!e r.,
the l1ol ol1ekso on nahe stleeI, nes*esn ota
ana WABASH Afeaue' onl5 aot qu1se 30 1nue
fron1. .,
IAe "Mash1pElo Union, jackson,
"Gayoso" ano Mepsler we're slmnar plocs
OF stores, ana thelf names as hospitals o.
the same which they Fad Feceised us bloct
| OF stores. In each OF these the s1me clea1