The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-19
NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence.
FORTRESS MoNRoy, July 10, 1866.

Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence.
FORTRESS MoNRos, July 10, 1866.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND HAMILTON HOSPITALS.
To the surprise of many and to the regret of ALL Dr.
Mcclellan has to-day received orders at his own request
relieving him from charge of the Chesapeake and Hamp
ton Hospitals and ordering him report at Philadelphia
Dr. Franz late having of the Balrour Hospital at
Portsmouth, now broken up takes his place. What the
Chesapeake and Hampton Hospitals have been and ar
everybody knows They form important part of the
history Of the war; Dr. Mcclellan has been identified
with these hospitals from their Foundation. To his
energy untiring efforts and Skill they owe their entire
usefulness the past and present There have been no
better hospitals anywhere and tho system OF order dis
cuplne treatment and general management has met with
universal acceptance aud communication, not only by
medical men-the most competent Judges in tho case-but
by tho large number OF officers and men who at differ
ent times have undergone treatment hero. Between
forty thousand and fifty thousand patients have been
treated here from the of the war up to
the present time
BOARD or HEALTH.
There was a meeting to-day Of the Board OF Health
connected with the fortress consisting of Dr. Craven,
DR. Bancroft and Captain McEwng They have decided to
recommend the tearing down Of several old wooden build
ings about the Point and initiation Of other measures
likely to affect the public health This board acts N
concert with the quarantine established in the harbo
and which has been in most successful operation for
some time.
The Hrst exercises in the new chapei In process OF
completion but yet quite completed, on the hospital
GROUNDS were held this afternoon Rev Mr. Tsdale, OF
the Christian Commission oiiciated There a large
attendance and the exercises were OF highly interest
Ing character This chapel which viii cost two tnou
tions raised in New York city. The dimensions OF the
chapel proper sixty by thirty feet and then h has
and SUBSTANTIAL structure, with modest but elosan.
steeple II has long been wanted her. and can be used
for years hence when every vestge Of the late cvil
Is The donors may rest assured that ther
money ms been wisely and Judiciously expended
GOVERNMENT HORSES AND NOTES
Tho steamer Eliza Hancox yesterday reighted with
rural gentlemen and others anxious TO exchange govern
mcnt funds for government horses and mules 70 DC sod
At auction At ghas strse wss the scene Of
the sale Mr. Van Arsdac took the hammer, and the
government quadrupeds with lively rapidy passed INTO
horses sold ana fty mules The highest price any horse
brought was $780, the prices averaged $50 apiece The
apiece Farmers came from miles In the interior TO at
tend the sale. Some women were among the bidders,
but more cautious and prudent IN their bids shan the
rur aosroRr NAVY YARD. 49,
It was but step from the auction sale to the Navy
Yard, ana so took look through the aisr place. IN
the dry dock is Admiral Radford's flagship Malvern,
which noticed some days since as undergoing repairs
she will proceed on her Southern tour, inspecting
the vessels of the squadron Though the skee.
tons remain of some OF the buildings aes,roysc IN ane
and Il doing 10 get the yard in working order AGAIN
Adding to old walls and putting new roofs snd inner
finishing has restored OF the old buildings and
made them al good Two or three ships are
undergoing repairs and others waiting Insice large
force Of workmen employed The damaged gates TO
The dpv dock are undergoing renovatios. Tho rebel
rams raised and brought here still at the yard
APPoMNrrox COURT HOUSE.
A Gentleman arrived here to-day from Apponiattox
Court House. the OF Lees surrender to Grant
provost marshas guard OF twentynv men s still In the
pjace NJ Mclean owner Of the house where the or
tcles OF capulaon signed Ia constantly receiving
offers for his house, the offers nearly all coming
from the North. From Lynchburg The travel by the
sonthsIde Railroad has be done SIX naies BY canal,
and from that point by railroad to Fsrmve distance
OF forty eight miles Neither the High bridge nor the
ono over Shc James river has been repaired yet Bosh
on this and on the Danvle road the travelling Is faI
from pleasant and also very expensive Therc are stI
soIdcrs scattered al intervals all along the two roads
but many arc leaving Everything quiet through
out the country Farming OCCUPATIONS and other pur
euits are being resumed There Is special exctemen
about the county elections TO take place On the 18th and
26th instant