, 1863-05-27

On the 10th Of February last, our cortcs-
EoEdcnt at Cairo forwarded telegram for
publication, In which he stated, on the au-
thority OF some man protesting to be mem
her Of the Chicago Sanitary Commission, that
he had called eight times upon Dr.. Wilkinson,
and tllat ,seyen Of those times he had found
him in d state Of gross intoxicatIon, aud In
bed, whl1e members Of his regiment were suf-
fcring for want OF mellcal aid.
., We hare before us abundant evidence that
Dr.. ". was greatly wronged, viz: letter
from the Secretary Of the Sanitary Commits.
sion, stating that no member thereof visited
the camp Of the SD regiment during the
month Of February; also, letters from DR..
Brashear, Acting Medical Director Of the 18th
army corps. and Surgeons Brown, Dlyton,
Catch and Cornish, ofthe 8th Mo, 5Sth Ohio,
win wilkinson @ u vas ] dangerously ~ ii Of fever during
the month named, and that he is altogether i
faithful and m efficient officer. While our
correspondent Is guilt1ess of.any otteuse In
the matter, NC wish the namo Of his inform
ant might be discovered, for We are anxious
ma1iSnant m hEa fasi = slander:-c1ieago Journal.
The same dispatch was copied into this pa
per, and ne give the above convection the
benefit Of our circulation in order to set the
doctor right before onr readers.
We understand that the name Of the s1and-
erer is one Jacob shutf, 4 leading Copperhead
Of Hamilton county, Ohio-now in Rose
crans' army. He visited the troops at Young's
Point, La, about the first Of February, for
the purpose, 1t is said, Of sowing the seeds Of
dissatisfaction among the soldiers there. He
called Oh Surgeon Wilkinson, who vas then
very sick, and demanded that he should write
certificates Of disability on which some twea-
tE priyates could be discharged. He did not
care, he said, whether they were sick or not
that they were fighting in al unholy, Aboli-
ton war; 3 war that would free the negroes,
which was enough for him to know. Tie
"ConserTatiyes" Of the North had carried the
elections, and they would make peace within
si1 months; our troops would be recalled in
spite Of Lincoln, By the States Of the North
west; and, therefore the soldiers might Just
as we'll be discharged then rs wait six months.
This was the style Of talk to the Surgeon.
who Is 4 Democrat, and whom Shuff supposed
was Copperhead, and would therefore reati-
" grant his reasonable request. lie Has told
to make himself scarce, or take the conse-
quelces oi his crime. lie cleared out, and
came to Cairo, where he wreakcd his
revenge upon Surgeon Wilkinson By re-
presenting to the reporters that be was
dzpnkara and unit for his post. It is said
that more than twenty privates of the SD
Ohio will testify that he tried every pcrsua-
sion to induce them to lesert-even telling
them that II they could succeed in getting to
o.d Hamilton County, that they would be safe,
IS tie conservative party there would not per-
NIT hirelng Of Lincoln" to touch one Of
them, OF take them back to the army. Such
we1e the doings Of this disciple Of the tt mar
tyr Vallandigham, while with the gallant $50
Ohio last February, at Toung's Point. The
army lost many thousand men By desertion,
through the influence OF Copperheads, and by
fraudulent discharge certificates, Issued By
Copperhead Surgeons. There was general
and systematic conspiracy among the Ta|lan-
dighamers in and out Of the army to demor.
alize the soldiers and undermine and melt
away the army Of the Republic. It was dark
rer1od ofthe uation's history from November
10 March.