, 1862-02-01

safety and health of the expedition, which we
know must be fsh at tue North The health
an,ra g? H. on ne nulooeF stcS IN the
I don1t want - he shot ont of onn bn+
trust that nv next will reveal Whit effect is
produced mon 3hp rehr1s hy GN,prs1nT
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a e3aAe aeo3a$:6 oN HEX TRAVELS.
Solomon Sturrues. E.o.. f@ofpo tn ea1.o
to ToIuuteer unifer Co11mod6re Ennte
IN Tuesday afternoon Inst +he offfco of
~: 49, 4on - n 4''s .ne onse' "
4AaJof aie1l " Lit Quarlef1liasters Depaft-
ment in St. Louis, was visited by an elderly
gentleman we'll known tn our Chic.oo cit;-
,o,,. u..,.., sr1r.:.- s,,a M"
11l 11us' ~ ashca AZ. = .n.9to1 a4en "as ~ i4e
MAJOR to1a linn 1nal ne rus Tue oefso7s' NY
name is Sturges, said he Solomon Sturges, of
Cbicaeo. oyu:1or profess to own thc stear
tur ,f3,1fard ,,Et1 49, - ~ -
."5 ne'' = "'6 1e .ne iAAe'ls' "4sh
to Know whether you received letter from
Quarter1naster GeEeral Meigs, that was written
by me tn Secretary We7,cs NJ u-asb;no+an
-, sa1 ~ ~ ~' ~ 1sn'o stoll'
SUING 1our OF nse weeks since, anu Which was
referred by him to the Quartcrn1aster General,
who told me that be should refer it to YOU,
sir or IN Ccncr,j H,,1oc1-9 Mia, ,y.,, ha3
sir' " ~ uenelia n..llech ~ -h'Jor Alien lid
received 10 such'lettcr. Then, sir, will you
give me five or ten minutes of your time and
hear 7,,v storv . :tFhi- <v,= ,szan+od+o
~, sT1-1.-'..- S-oa,. w.
Nh sflh6Ea siohi.
Abont tile first Of August last, Captain
William II. Cutler came iuto my Office ut Chi
cago and 1nquis3ng for NE, said he wished to
speak with mein my private room. When
there, he stated that he lad been sent to Chi
eago by Captain Adams, who was preparing
/ Gen. Fremont's 111otiila, to see il any steam
tGgS C1uG he nrRcnrE1 S111fab1n fnr ffo
! poses Of the Government, and that he was di-
; rcctcd to call on NE, and that he must keen
| Tic matter US private as possible.
remarked TINT all the tugs at Chicago were
| wanted; The commerce Of the city was then
/! exceedingly active; every tug was protitab1y
| employed; still, that if Gen. Fremont wanted
| them, he must have them. I proposed to 90
with him down to Alderman Prindcyillc's ting
u1hcc, and 80 ont on the iirst tug tllat should
! start, as he &, eoa1d then see how our tugs could
| The wind Was blowing fresh from tue north,
! and yesscls wgre coming down thick and fast
! The tug George Sturges was the first to leave
/ the dock, and borrowing the Conlmodorc's
i oyercoat for Captain Cutler, we jumped ab oard
| and we're soon outside the buoy, and running
; northeast intoh pretty heavy sea. Before we
! came to the first vessel that was w:tittv for 4
| Tow, the Captain, not being sailor, began to
| to, and had sur baWscr fastened to Il lars,.
J schooner loadd with lumber (about 10000
feet.) The Captains trouble was then over
! and nc were soon behind Van Burcn break
water, rs tie tand bar, at the mouth OF our
! river has been called since t],t. rlorinns .,d
ministration 1. that great man {9or iutriruc
| ard n,anagemeut.)
i The Captain appeared delighted with the
tugs performance, said lc would report by
Telegram, and await orders.
f. Having, some other business at st. Louis.
and knowing that the Illiuois river was falling,
aud that 10 tihae was to be lost if any Of tic
rugs were taken to tue slississippl this fall. I
determined togo over to St. Louis aud Sec
Captain Adauts aud Gen. Fremont upun the
matter. l did 10. Captain Adams told me-
nearly 4 dozen mcrc tugs than they were build
| ing here and 40 doubt would bc :rlad 10 Get
some of mine if tley could be cot to st, Louis.
could only gse tic General about two min
utes-just long enough to lsas hin. in tic eyc
and to e1anzaS Ats o;:m1ss. On my return 10
Chicago, proposed to Mr. Priliacvillc that
We shoulc tr;;;t to yet one of our medium sized
tugs t1,1oas!s:t re canal He said TINT he could
not aford e IN fizk:; th.t ;ic was not Nil
lin. any Of TIC tugs should leave Cnica-o, uu-
less they were sold and paid for. The Milford.
though not as new rs the Rumsey, Union and
Slurgcs, was, notwithstanding. oac OF our
hest tugs er1,oilcr was nearly ncH;. and l,er
machinery excellent, though hcr upper wood
eaycd. She Eas estimated worth S.. COO but
as she NEEDED such extensive repairs III her
woodwork, Mr.. Prin1cville finally AGREED IL
sell nc Ills half Of her for 81, 600 cash took
Il transfer Of her and uaYc hiu,a cllcck fur thu
money
| at once put her into dry dock, took sixteen
inches from, her keel, placed Il very stronr iron
slce under her screw, heavy iron 7cclcs. took
/ out all her upper timbcr:. that.wcrc dreaycd
and rcnlacei' new ones, rev dccl5. .ni1ot honsc
started her through TIC canal, Before: reach
inn LII Sallc, the illinois river was SO low tha1
Captain Cutler nad to hire two very lare.
baTgl $, and by placing heavy Chains llnticr TIT
getting her safely to this city. was a,sar.
about the time tie tu. might be expected
here and Twas here and Mt the landing Yne1
She arriyrd, Gen, Fremont was then ut Tipto1
, with hi~ army. Captain Adams said there wa
no one here authorized to buy thc tur. VIA
to do, did not know, Attcr running abou
for two da1s, I Maid off al the men on the tu:
except the ttetfs7ua5 Capt JcwelD and th
e4aYi,.e.7w, and prepared to 90 home. Capt
: Adams seemed sorry at my bad fix, and 1inall
: kindly Offered to buy the tug at s5, 500, AM
, from the Government. asked him whethc
the ,ureha:c would be for the Government O
ior hi,sxIf: lie said it would be for himself, !.
he Was not authorized to buy for the Govern
,ucnt. I then respectfully declined tic ofFc1
rs She lad cost IN new fixtures. rcpairs. an
= vSrensts uf bringing her here, some twenty
: t;vc hundred or three thousand dollars, :,nI
4 should Lave been out er pocket about s. 500.
The Captain then said that he was very sorr
:, there WIS no one here that could act; cy
d.utly dceired to assist me, aud offered t
write to Gen. Fremont, and ask him to ha7
: tie tug bought. I requested I,im to do sc
and be promised to send the letter By aIl
' Palmer Nhv, he said. would leave the mex
; morning for Upton. / told him I woul
: ltarc tile tug in the care OF Capt Jewc;t an
:, would 20 hone--sa1is1lcd the Captain wou1
= do all il his power to get me out OF tho scrap,
!, had been home some ten days when Car
l. tain Jewett made his apperancc, who state
u that tile OF soldiers had come and taken no:
session Of the tug by direction, Us they sai.
= of the Provost Marshal, and tlat they Wi
O using ller as a guard boat
4 wrote to nv friend, Mr. Oliver Benton. I
/, Suh 2.el ny 11tekgSta ~ w I'aaeel aaa soo
altEI 4eA nome 1or " HasllnEtou.