The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-23
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81 AUGUST II, 1864.

sH4l t August IL, 1864.
To Gen. John A. WindeI'::
GENERAL :-In obedience to your or
der of the 18th of July, requesting me to
mako an examination of the Federal
prison and hospital mt this place, and to
ascertain and report to you the cause OF
disease and mortality among the pris-
oners, and the measures necessary to
prevent the same, has been complied
with, and we respectfully submit the
following MS the cause of disease and
mortRlity:
FTstsThe large number of prisoners
crowded together.
iSecOHd-The entire absence of any
vegetables, as diet is necessary for the
prevention ofscurvy. Izt.s,
Ihird-WRnt of buildings TO shelter
the prisoners from the sun and rain.
wood and good water. 49,
Fifth-Badly cooked food. -,
lSiith-The filthy condition of the
prison. 49,. N--.',
: Seventh-The morbid emanation from
the branch or ravine passing through
the prison, the condition of which can
not be better explained than by naming
mud. ~ 81
Preventative measures:
FTrst-The removal from the prison
of not less than 500 prisoners.
iSec0Hd-Detail on parole n sufficient
number of prisoners TO cultivate the ne
!c C, supply OF vegetables wanted.
This can be carried into practical oper-
alton.
IRird-The appointment of agents
along the different lines of railroads to
purchase and forward q supply of lum-
Der for the Immediate erection of bar
racks for the prisoners.
FOurth-TO furnish the necessary
1tnr 10 Il
to supply the deficiency of water.
p FIJLh-Dividet the prisoners into
squads, place each squad under the
command of a sergeant, furnish the ne
eessary quantity Of soap, md hold the
sergeant responsible for the personal
cleanliness of his squad. Furnish the
prisoners with clothes Mt the expense of
the Confederate government and If that
government be unable to do so, can
didly admit our inability and call upon
the Federal government to furnish
them,
iSirth-By daily inspection of bake
house and cookery.
iSeUcHth-Cover with sand the entire
mornss not less thnn six inches deep.
A Conservative Observation-Disclosures
from the sOutIi.-.U. ;. DepOsitOrie~---
Returned 10 WashlngtOn---Illncss OF
Secretary Seward and Mrs. Judge
PattersOn---SIOre Southern Post OIL
ces Re-Opened.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 22.-Fayette Me-
Mullen, of Virginin, who was conspicu-
GUS as IA conservative in the latter days
of the rebel Congress, wRs to-day par
doned by the President. GtllEl FL
The arrivals from the South continue
to increase and now comprise fully one
half the visitors at the hotels.
Application from Banks to be desig-
mated as U. S. Repositories are received
in great numbers by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Not more than one out
of twenty of the applications receive
favorable consideration, for already in
nearly every section of the country
save the South, there have been more
Repositories designated than is war
ranted by the exigencies of the govern
ment or the various communities in
which they nre located. In view OF
this flct the Secretary of the Treasury
has determined to sparingly designate
Banks for the purpose named, and as
near as possible confine the number in
thickly populated regions to one. u. S.
depository to each congressional dis
trict. In sparsely settled communities
the number will be still less.
Judge ID. S. Gooding, of Indiana, U.
s. Marshal for this district, has re-
turned to this city after n prolonged
absence, caused by illness of his family
and himself.
Secretary Seward and Mrs. Judge
Patterson, daughter of the President,
are reported i'll to-day. The sickness
of the latter has been represented as
quite severe.
Gov. Randall, Acting Postmaster Gem
eral, has ordered the reOpening OF II
additional Southern post offices, among
which are Morehead City, Abbeville,
Snow Hill and Lincolnton, n. c., and
Inllnhnssee. Elm.