The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-03
The HOSsE IsSiaHAEY IN G:0s6la.
jrsoa otR owS CORRESPONDENCE
M.ayoIGA fhth.
I,hnsnc couutv. Ga. Jan. q, lst..

Johnson county, Ca, jan y, 1864.
Having ever f,lt deep int rest in shat nah'e
animal, the horse, and especially since me com
meme ment of TIE was, yop will paraus iee II !
ask your Asnds space enough iot taa Following
account of u visit have jmsi made 20 fhe Iuts-
nary established In Lsuren- county, ta4hls State
fer ;h> treatmcn, aud care of diseasek Wounded,
aud Disabled animals belonging 10 the 0avcFnmen,.
The In.ifniarv Is iocated In Lauren county, neas
tie !.ne hctw-Ja THAI county and J0hn@es, Ca the
lands uf nr. Thomas 4. Parsons aud aucii twelve
miles from oconee Station, on tue trnIrai Kali
road, and ore nile from the tcoh"e f'tF The
H., aty IL healthy, ths land rolling aud productive,
the water f1Ci'ities cxcrilen', and the pastaraga
scfy good in spring aud summer. ! ne Government
reuit 3.0ih 81 land from hr T. iasi summer,
and immediately began the work OF erecting sta
h'as 3nts, covn and fodder houses, ard Other 'crs
Sary building. There Is considerable eane on The
tract, and over go acres oi iuxuriant htFutda
prass, both Of which afford fac rasiufage for ihs
horse.
iIoF-es that have become diseased, or been
worn down, or Otherwise disabled ia the pnhiic
service iu South Carolina, Gecre!a and Tennessee.
a. -eut here tor treatment. Large conioT:atia
stables and shelters, and high dry lots, nave been
provided for them. Ii thsy are suffering from
c!ludtrs any other contagious disease, as farcy
or tistemprr, they are assigned {" h9sniial for
,.t D4gtcl'ar disorder. which Is located al safe
distance from the other stables ana lois /! they
have been Wounded oc cripp Cd, or have h1i case
rf hSIuia scratches, e3cn one - put III a com
ClrrabIe saH TO himself, and So II they have been
Disabled hy hards usage they are placed III rOomy
stalls Il, night, and turned oct 10 eraze and exsr
ci.. during :hs day. Each animal Is Gu ried AMI
rubbed dailt, his iecs aud let washed, and his
no,ti,ui,r u,aas!y @. hurt carefully attended to
ipdred all the diseases 10 which the horse - sub
iert arr hero thoroughly t.cated by experienced
and practical veterinary surgeons and taffiers
who's, zrI! is h.hly Ccnnenda5!r, and whose
.t.,-,.s. has been remarkable. The establishment
is systematically arranged and managed, and ost
ter conycrsant with their duties are assigned 10
ii. care af the animals, under the supetintend-
ing care aud direction of the tdrrierS. In some
diseases a. in gardeCs and taFcy, gentle exercise
i prescribed, and the horses are led or ridden fo-
short distances.
The general opinion Is that Qlandrrs is i fatal
disease IN; am assured that over thirty eases Of
II have been cured NJ TINS establishment. OF The
- hole number of diseased and di-ah'"d animals
tiuS far sent To the intirnafv, nearly eighty five
Der cent. has been saved. Many o. them. after
heinz cured aud It cruiIed. have been returned tu
the army, Others are improving rapidly, aRd viii
soon be- IN condition Tor $eTvic" The rule
adopted by the comm ECan, OF the pos; j., not 10
sind back auy animal until i; Mas been thoroughly
recruited aad rendered fit tot dut!. Such As can
yer br made available fer active service. eSFe-
siav mares are advertised and sold al public out
cty - farmers Some OF the animals were received
in lhe lowest condition, but under the close atten
non aud .Njlfu! treatment given them, they are
dong rem raahiy we'll \ number oi eases Of lame
rt~~ sent tJ the ufTm2ry arose from H"H attention
In .il- hu.f~ and feet,
-rha commandment OF the post il Capt. J. e.. VI
kre. nf Columbus. Ga, an officer OF ra:e zeal aud
fidelity, WHO has been disabled IN tie service" Ii"
j. t voted a his business, and l. on" OF the mast
.rxriIc men have met wiih IN the public service.
He Las IA his employ jJ negroes and white men
lie isl Fuw preparing acComnlua ti.oHS !"f2tUt moT"
s.r>e@ which are eApecte t' arrive soon, ami this
vii. Tuuef il necessary u employ addltiona! help
NJ white i3.p Is tgspuyrd Ncg RI disabled soldiers
and persons unfit TOR service bg reason al acc
ether Iatiun.ty. The tJrtigrs and veterinary sur
.or- sstrscurd to the Iri mary are hcS<TS- ~. j.
uayi. and ]. ID sbruW, both ct Hsinm are devoted
to rh. hotSo and exceedingly >EI,:u, IN Tie ttedt
rueut ot the diseases IS whFc8 he i subject, L.
deed, All H. employees ~ the post, white and
black manifest zeal aud ~htSs th,t H. truly
refreshing ia these DAYS of shutting and effected
ana attention as the sick or disabled soldier does
III tlc hospital. .
How mucA better i this than The practice which
has prevailed heretofore. and which >tiii pFevdI-
ia many parts a. The t5Ete,ieTacy: Previous to
the establishment of ihis iutirmary, horses worn
cut Ur disabled IN the service were turned out To
perish around tle camps, or lett behind on the
march whilst All animals having the g!andefs,
heretofore considered iucarab!e, were taFeA onl
aul shot The places thus made vacant were
diai by the EUp:e >sing c!lccr. one "t whom Is
known 10 haze seized iH" >taliioG ia tt- state
and appropriated him to hi> owI. u.s.. Ihe i'm
pgr-s@d fuludis were taken - the army. where
they were neglected, abused, and disabled, ana
where IN tEriG ;uB H1Hy nj ti"in tu1i'E p9ilsh2i
i.t GtHi i' ~ ny u''h tt4' St''' - VI A! i''
IIe country has been euurnons, sad the prevailing
ira seeming TO be tlll tie supply was iheAAausi!-
bic.
Il had been fftunate fof the CGEtcieracy If III"
authorities, both civil and military, had sooner ap-
ptec!ated the value 81 an able bodied man ali
good horse. la a country nk' ourS, bounded on
one side Dy GORDON OF Go-tllt HIttCs, and smut
out on In ether by hlUckaUe which eilcctuaiIs
pfeytHts u from recruiting our wasted armies
i.um Other parts of lie w-'d the worth OF Il ca
pauIr saidi,r u horse is incalcgjabr.
iiut lbc authorities have at last tikeL 4 step In
the figui direction. i.,i them follow il up hy Is
tan i5ilng other ihlrnIafivS at points wtcrc, is al
tins, tia, is an abundant supply Of corn and
!DrEx-. There should least be one in tie Trims
Mississippi Department, another Ia Alabama, and
another In North Carolina. Without the ."fse.I
c.n neither grow provisions for the army, nor move
il supplies, nor keep proper watch upon the
enemy y hat further motive does sagacicuS and
patriotic Government require SAtLv II.