hy, this looks as
if we were going to live, there's no grains of corn for a man to
swallow whole in this loaf.' Thus the words of cheer and hope came
from almost every tongue, as they received their rations and walked
away, each with his 'thank you, thank you;' and sat down upon the
ground, which forcibly reminded me of the Scripture account where
the multitude sat down in companies, 'and did eat and were filled.'

"Ambulances came afterwards to take those who were unable to walk
to Camp Parole, which is two miles distant. One poor man, who was
making his way behind all the rest to reach the ambulance, thought
it would leave him, and with a most anxious and pitiful expression,
cried out, 'Oh, wait for me!' I think I shall never forget his look
of distress. When he reached the wagon he was too feeble to step
in, but Captain Davis, and Rev. J. A. Whitaker, Sanitary Commission
agent, assisted him till he was placed by the side of his
companions, who were not in much better condition than himself.
When he was seated, he was so thankful, that he wept like a child,
and those who stood by to aid him could do no less. Soldiers--brave
soldiers, officers and all, were moved to tears. That must be a sad
discipline which not only wastes the manly form till the sign of
humanity is nearly obliterated, but breaks the manly spirit till it
is as tender as a child's."

"_December 6, 1864._

"The St. John's College Hospital, is under the management of Dr.
Palmer, surgeon-in-charge, and his executive officer, Dr. Tremaine.
These gentlemen are worthy of praise for the systematic arrangement
of its cleanly apartments, and for the very kind attention they
bestow on their seven hundred patients. I visited the hospital a
day or two ago, and, from what I saw there, can assure the
relatives at home, that the sufferers are well provided for. If
they could only be seen, how comfortable they look in their neat
white-spread beds, much pain would be spared them. One of the
surgeons informed me that all the appliances are bestowed either by
the Government or the Sanitary Commission.

"As I passed through the different wards, I noticed that each one
was well supplied with rocking-chairs, and alluding to the great
comfort they must be to the invalids, the surgeon replie