New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-04

-, .,,.Aeas ard sorc eecaped to olrr ibes but tH
III eopds which they seps Tor tne Z
All, 81 abled them To vtcStake aiid ''P'''' 49,
On men amused tiemse,yes every iInagtnable way
TO II time aud earn money 10 provide lsd ouns
aies ard bowls Of p6tie.s clay. when the! lou ~ "
ihe,r stock.de They whitfield and carved cps, pipe,
spoons knives and forks on, o. woo. . them at &c per
.ndlc Their success in pottery Leo some oi .s =.
gnnrdg 10 fear greatly that our men wohh os ao,e W.
IN. tine day Or evening. do not learn however
tLat tley bad brought that brnhcJ ei nASiSs ~ a
successful Issue when these men 'eit th.r" III ~,
a. cir ioSes however ard az the Rebels were m',u ~
fiat our zcu,ves not amalons, tne pvys
hunored The joke by initiating the cryl1g o. vs =,
actually caused many OF the more Women "a i,ie. "
sr.rv believe that we had female soldiers IN our
,I at the orvlug b. bes LatiI9i result Jay
remaining yet at Tyler about 3.Vv hien, anu y I
lehef " our officers that there ere w v.ers -, ~
their hands in Texas. This is conslnernby sss 'aa
! they claimed when they sent us the meh hTI Wy
bugyitals of Mansfield and Piclsaht Hlii o. WIZ a
issd you some DAYS since. men my h,x ,tions
are all they issued before these mel eft winch iea'
| 3. 500 to 500 remaining behind,
MANY Interesting incidents might be added. wh,ch
the length Of this fOrbds my stopping to relate Inc
CONDITION OF these men is fair index Of those remain
,g I'D calls londly for attention. Kirby Smith nas ~
aicd that 1t was OCT fault but the fJets DO NOT very
tho assertion. repeated efforts have oeen made 70 ge'
supplies TO them by tie authorities bat the como tlohs
winch the Rebels imposed prevented our sending iheH
Gen Cany hiss given instruction to hs Commission Of
EYchances to confer wnh the Rebel Commissioners at
0rce, end viii again seek u send up medicines ana
clothing 10 men, While TIE agent o the tlnclnnat
Branch Sanitary Commission has rendered to Gen
Canby whateycr sanitary stores may De proper % sohd
the Rebels viii permit 10 he sent forward
s-ch aftiC as the Government can Furnish 1t Is 81
be hoped at early favorable reply viii he received.
IN which case our soldiers heart, will be glldtened by
some comforts t. which they have long been strangers
The health Of tie remaining troops is variable. Ihey
hay good water ard not food enough to give dyspep
sin; bat the Eastern. especially Maine men. do Mt
DO ss well Western men there. Medicines are
greatly needed, and II IL 10 BE- hoped that this VIII be
soon emeiod along with their other necessities. The
Confederate officers our mems desttuton 30 flr
they tie OF ~ by sitFiouing II to our rgd
blockade and say when We ease up hat they viii give
IN their hands cVlfO. t., and have more
then selves 10 give.
Our boys are getting clothes, and viii be paid of
Immediately aud are happy beyond expression to seo
friendly faces
cannot urhear mention Of one fact, notwithstanding
the length Of THIS Some two to three hundred u our
have been yacC'nHied up there aid the greater
pat OF them In tiDg bnt satisfactory cOndi-
ton. The matter with which they were yaccinatJd
,altod With other horrible mixtures, and tle re-
sut Id that tier present dreadful sores and ire-
qnsniy dR ustng ulcers Lave broken out on other parts
Of their bodies.
May OF The men viii have "a co at once Into hospi'
tal have the % skful surgeons o. save them
from ightfu conseq ucnccs. one left behind II Is
feared All lose bis from the same cause All this
II Ia most striking cotT.st with the bOatoad Of sleek
voll'ed, Vol.d e-eed prisoners Dlom wo sent up M
ezch ee for these squad hafstaryed. ragged suffer
Ing lien, but In whose hearts dwell more Lyiy, hon
ety and hInaLiiy than In army OF deceitf reach
eIUl, sons ~ pseudo Southern chi,ary la the laQ'
guage OF - distinguished Major General, God save the
CLon, BY COMMAND, &c. J.B.o