Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-12-01

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purpose Of furnishing the requisite seeonuo-
da.ions for the gosrd. which already g snsisl'
Of .au companies End nsy yc. be increased,
from fifty 10 oEs hundred men, besides what
assistsncs can be obtained from ar,izans in tie
corps comparing the guard itself. will be put to
work Immediately to erss. number ct nss
soldiers barracks, etc., to wit Six barracks on
the saA cad Of the prisoners qaartsrs. ano
1.-Two additional opss 90 the vest snd. making
twelve 10 al slso seven ofieefs' quarters on
the east er5 and three uore on the west end
making fifteen in all; also one building at
the q. end sGsso feet for headquarters OF
Poe. Com nandant, Provost Marshal, Conmis-
.ary Of Prisoners, Depot Qassierm esier, and
the clerical force also, at the sane end, a
Qoartsrnast.r's store house 22xl7o feet, 8
coal house 22xTj fest, two stables aud grsns.
For tie temporary use Of the guard until The
new baiidiDgs are erected, which viii be
absut twenty days. fence 10 to BE- thrown
ssroes the vest end Of the prisonsrs' yard
emitting on ons tier Of barracks. fourteen 10
number.
The water works Of the post consist Of one
Artesian we'll. with sufficient capacity for fur
nishing water for cooking and drinking purpo
sss, three cis,ern. capable of holding 100 bar
ssls each, o0s ~ the west end. one At The east
snd one at the hospital. These eisserDs are
supp.ied from the river. The water 10 frat
forced from Tue river by means Of steam en-
gius and rotary pump, through . three-ineh
wooden pipe ipts the main reservoir Of 400
barrels capscity, and 10 thirty feet above low
water mark. From the bottom Of the reser-
vo;r. which is s!1 feet below the sarfsco Of
the earth, pipes lead to the different cisterns
entering them at he arch several feet from
ths bottom. A. the main ressrv cir rises four
aud . half feet above the surface, . heavy
pressure 10 secured. The peculiar conforms
tiou Of the land is fortunate for the di..ribo
tion oi water through the grounds. Tbs
flow 10 regulated by stop cocks At the rsser-
| vo!r, ass 1t the cisterns. The arrangements
are soon to tie Ia the mos. perfect order.
nies Of the Invalid Corps, under command of
Col. Rusb. Among the officers are Colonel
johnson. Lieutenant Colonel schaetfnsr, Il.
u. J. Bishop. Adjatant. Captain Collins, Poet
Quartermaster Captain Reynolds
Information was received yesterday that
5000 prisoners are on the way to this
point They will be hsre during this week,
beyond doubt. Eseryth!ug is ready for
their reception. and as many nora for that
matter. Captain ReYuolis has prosecuted The
work vigorously. and has .aoossdsd in turn
Ing Gu. good lot Of work.
DEPEND UPON IT.-Don't be at all un.
easy about the failure Of the draft this time,
There ip comparatively little volunteering in
this State end ,hsre is not likely 20 be much
moro unls.a mother ue regiment is ordered to
be raissd Three weeks are given 10 which
to prove up a sound physical character. II
you don't want a new su.t Of blue clothes try
and remember something that sil. you 60 ali
over She catalogue Of lille aus rec what hu,-
iensome tfii!eticne CT body or limb Gu hsve
bsen uLeouee4ousY staggering under these
many years. and rerors 10 healqnarters We
predict that .he,e sr. mors disabled peraers
10 Scott ccuctv than the bee. Inform I'd physi-
clans ever dteame i Of
REcsu!rs. The recruiting business
aeems to be rcviviDg a htts. The present
acreage l. about forty per week, ard good
prosract for an Increase. Fort; -f7e will be
mus.srsd 10 tomorrow. Fifteen recruits ar
rived ysster lay. But even though they
should come in at the rate os one hundred per
day, which il not u snppcsable ease. the
quota would nat be filed in the line allotted
Five wseka uore aud tina days Of volunteering
are at an cod.
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