The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-21

rel,ase-that thoy would choosc he ffst.
There has been a good deI of sickness and
several ceaths Of late anon: tho prisoners, re-.
sultiugin many cases from Wounds. Several
hundred were sent 90 Tu9caO,sa, Ala, last
week Mary Of ihcm were really objects of pi-
". II wss painful sight 70 s,o tho poor tcl
lows marched oil to lhcir southern prison.
), mo O: them were coNless u.l without shoes
Al q all very poorly clad.
spiiits aiu az lgtt - over. ueht,a great macy
'''ll'f', ara many requests tom o'''d're' mat
mn y,,',,I'l a. liz, u,F,,,,h ,h, 49, h,;I,
Mr' /. iaruo sm1 i,r 10 .xhii him, to tho
gazing m.iH'uic H. .tis way John G. Brook
'''a-e ''',' 'i'.u l'h a 'e, u '.n'' 'ni
Mr.. u. that he would t.. his .aH l,rt, T., prs.
cure r.s r.is'sc.
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ron l'i' ~ th' hnI' "i the Ih'"h H'l'h'N
Committee Of this ritv - 600 900 subject ID,
J,o deaf, or ,i,bcy or hc,l ,,,,.crp..r Nf,r.,t
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anu VIZ "'''''ut'' "''" "' va ''''''-
iscd to as'ist III the transportation oi troops and
tho purchase and Forwarding Of supplios TO
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dirary emergencies requiring imm'liuo ana
dc,iiivo measures" Gov. Morgan not being
ali, o., ,,;,, .,,..,,io, to ia, ,,,,t,r tho Lr.i
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~ 'hD cN'rci,c o. hi' Authority drew, according
,o vi. testimony. q, the u C,n,r Commi,tc Tor
$3.50 Ouo # ,l, two million,. .oD. COO Of which,
Cummings i.sis,s. yag sprl,od TO p,v for the
40, ruohlscs made o., the G~nmi.tce itself,
,.l ,I., rc.iIp, tiGn oC0 Ia ,I'c,I to his own
.t..,r'.rL ~ 30 -, ~. VI ri,,. ,,I
''''' q" '"' Cd. \ ''''" u ''e" '''N w.! ''''
h' ita.'- IA hla c'ii,hc' Il al lao mado purchases
tr the Government to this amount, though
lfs .i,,,t.rpts I,ioto the Cpmwi,tcc os "a
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am general In addition 70 the TZ'o,'o"' there
| is a matter Of $4,000 which Mi. Cumming
in a noto added TO his testimony. states that 4,
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re'''heu ny 'u'noH'y VI '"o o'V'o''S VI '''
Treasury la referring to this the Committee
say very portincntly:
One hundred and forty thousand dollars is in
his bqUdg over and above the sIGO 900, for
which hc has died youcli,rs in tho War Dcnari g.
m,nt and over and above ,hc $40 900 for which
tho yonch.ra aro retained Iy Mr.. Bl,tcb.
C,rJ ,rl no deems il sufficient To state in
,,netnl farms that il is "arc1uutcd for by
tbc youcbers." What vouchers. and who hi.
rot tbomY Can the Secretary Of War pretend
that the national rctil and tho noccssit, for i'm.
n,c.ltate action ut.idrd these irresponsible cN-
n,ndi,ur,s og ihc puhlic money, with no set
itlcm, nj for four months ar orward even ifthero
b,d bcrn no rcsnousil lle and cxrericugpI puLlic
nGi,crs i'm Nav Yorl 10 perC rn, the duties
,,o,li,,,,, ,rNIr C,r,,i,,,s G,ross r,,
Nu' !" 'lo'"'"b ", '''' '','''''"0 wa
the duties ior when nc was cho'eh' tue N0n
nittce add 80
Mr.. Cu,nmin.,s had no General acuuaintlncc
,,itb business in New York. Hc Ind Lccn A
unwsnnpor editor in Pcnnsylvanil for f. years,
and hnd been In New York as the publisher OF
another uancr for some * months. lie was the
| intirn,,n Iorsnp,l and n,litic,l friend of the
S,crc,oyy nf War and "t'. ,uainted with the i'm
,orraI arr,n,,aments and conuections of the
r,iirn,Js of pcnn,vlyanisr ,yer which suuplies
arn 10 Io si,innoJ snd Ls il Invested viii, the
| con,rol az ab'OO0 OOo 10 purchlse equipment,
for o,,r army. and charter vessels lo, transport
| ingtyoons and sunulios. lie takes no oath an
| ciyc, ro bond. without a1v lsion fo
| eallinp in question the personal integrity
| of Mr.. Cummings, hi3 want of fitness
for the position, for want of experience
is very manifest, and yet at thai very
| time Il ere we're in the same City Of New York
gent t'emen Of the highest character whose quail
| hCatiOrs, integrity and patriotism have never
teen questioned, so far as this com nittoe il in
formed, filling the public offices throuI Ih whic i
have always been performed the very dltic'
| assigned to Mr. Cumming. Their great eN'
| p,lIeL,c In their rrspcc'ivc Departments, ui
| COMM sary and Ollrteunastcr, was a. ,hll
| uCmrit Of pc .uiar importance TO the Govern,