, 1862-04-22

galDst the United STATES, Is q measure of |
doubtful propriety Il not Of extreme danger.
mona number Of claims reaching in the aggre-
5ate to hundreds of millions OF dollars. The |
light TO pass upon these claims ought never
10 be resigned by Congress to five men hold
ng Office for life: The Court of Claims, as at
present organized, is useful body, being sim
ply committee Of investigation, aud having
20 power to compel the payment Of dollar
from tie Treasury beyond the salaries Of the
ndges.
CHICAGO SANITARY C0M11ISsl0N.
Concern1n. Supplies sent to |
Ptttsburg Landing. /
The undersigned would present to their as
sociates and the public the following report Of
their mission to Pittaburg Landing, after the
battle Of f1he 9Th and 7th inst.
As soon as the news OF the battle reached |
the city, on the forenoon Of the 9th, special |
meeting Of the Sanitary Commission was held, |
and it was determined to charter special |
train for Cairo, and to freight 1t with hospital
supplies in duplicate Of those forwarded two |
days before to the scene of conflict, which,
with 8 hundred other boxes sent the week pre-
rious to Savannah aud Pittsburg, 1t was sup
posed would largely meet the demand upon
us. 1"o ne1ape1o o1 lhe tonitnlss1on "ere
le4ueeteu u acconaps'as tneau u tnetr oes.IoA7
ton, taking along corpse Of volunteer phys
icians and gentlemen nurses.
EVENTS On IRE fAesA"E'
Ato O'CLOCK ?. H. bne tsal1 ssaiteo' naf4ug
ii aoaltlon 10 oufsel7es' nlncdeen pn9slclans
and forty-tWo nurses. On the way to Cairo,
to systematize the work and thus secure its
easiest anu nost peflees aecoaipnsnment, LIZ
nurses we're ols'oeo among tne physicians,
anu required 10 accompany ana LABOR "len
taens, wherever tne lof1ne1 were assigned oy
the Medical authorities Of the army. Snbse-
ouentlY the return passes we're made ont in q
similar manner and n7,caf IN tha hands nj t,.o
e,'n.l, nA''et, aau p'@a 1n sno l1.nus =. Wv
physlcians, thaI tne nurses mIght DC neld TO
strict accountability and not neglect their pro-
fssed work 70 engaga in s;oht- seeing.
...-t ~. - :. T.-
aff1'lnS at ea1fo aoout ocloeA 1nu1suAy
morning, ne encountered at first considerable
difficulty in having a boat assipned tn convey
~ oo,,,onn o,a sto.,. ;,,..aa;a+o,1 ~ ~
ool eonl,anS auo 7'ores 'l'lneelate's ~ LIZ
sonal Interview with Gen. Strong, our way
-.ae r1ao- Ha d;roctaa +ha has,;to1 ,o,+
"se ..ea' ~ Ns.o .n' noaPA'o. oo1e
Loo1slana' nom 81. LOUIS 20 receive Us
and to start without delay. At noon every
thing had been transferred to the boats bv the
"a = 1.u 49, .,so ~ 1 ,ase $500 - - se
ou u "aGsons ano tne pesoonai Aaoof VI oul-
selves and some of the nurses, and We started
for Pittsbu5q Landing. Our boat was large
o~,a .rz;re "a a5,,iah1n et4aa 49,, - ,ooa;sa
oA1o "ns' ''lo e>1oAA Soi5 u1S-' ~ W ieeeA*'
several hundred wounded men. Indeed we
saw no other boat that would compare with
II II uae nndar tba CHARGE of ~ W,oner
..e,eto.+ a.,,naoa ~ ~ pen,,1o. a,r,,1 ,~;.h
Asslstant oufgeon VI 1ne r+eg'na1 arms, VIII
one OF two assistants and corps Of military
uursee, DR., Wagner entertained us kindly
and frpe7v xv;+hont charoo a1thono1, we drew
~ ~, "4 @so' A4l r.: ,
with our iarge Eompany, on hls ,n1splIai
slo1es. LEaInlns anah ~ nao ~ hesRiaa 1uuu
With % Which to purchase supplies OF dellcacles
for me slck, and that Ms peat was TO remain
uoaIng nosPltal, ~e aonatsa ~ 1er ~ suc9 taaa
one hondfed dollars IN pehait OF t9e lineage
sanatalg commission, loI . ~nlea ~: wagner
SEM us q nanasone iel1er OF acAno@leagg-
mfe;s It was our happiness to be accompanied on
ne tne 9oa. py ~ s1a19ns m msalca ailec,ot oi
Lne uepals sniens auu ". n1nson, pllSsae SUI
| Eeuu. ~ utn. 9laaI a , stss., "a.n Hnom ~. W.
nelu nnpoleaas anu pleasans conleIence9 TO
e 1.1e t},t 2, 1.er ~ lntsFs M H. ,nr rtnln
lnenl "e learned t9a1 slnee ons OF tne under.
signed {heY. Mr. Fattonl fepofted or
Monna Gl.y hosp1a.' hn ezpres5eo
uls usoene1 ~ tue enatges uoaltnE
tnauugI ~ ne GounG.1 1.,; =! ~ Lne n:"spapsns .
againss ~; F1anhila? lne eulge9n ~ clalf5e'
tmooel ;t commissions o1 ,na| 9Iss hE ~ m
nta ~ a. Maantu'on' ~ thn ana tn1 otl IL
G rhnsn ~ W sIv .San oti
J h,-.a 4s;ttas' rn,,n.+s Laosab,e
anu A4e n1ts1sn ~ HS
9.ie t9i I u g., = IL 1nu p't.n - .1s pustsloa,
~ tto. nJ r. s,-.nEs haa iaft r. 10
s1hst t;t,;ta dnrinfr his own absence f1nn, C4iro
IN ia nff;oe ~ Naa;oof a. niroctor N''AA 0'A'
Rev q sovsoe the Wessern n1stric
2ecretarv If the American Tract Society Ros
I'm a1so ioined ~ At Ga;rn With honks an1
naners for the soldiers. and rendered ef1efen
as our ~ On
a. y ennrce ~ rnnc1, Measure to the slfoht,,
Tonnded Ivho con1d anoaoe IN raadinp
Dr Done1sa. agert # the n i. San;tar
cnnmissin6 o1sn Tent w;th ns anii a. nsna
.as u eseSn..a. selsMs ins PasJae * y, ~
, ll'eI "as pleasant, VIII tne eAcspEon u IL
1!1 tal, ann "as slnpao}fu . IL pe1aeS ~
mg SUI l15tae1 our Plans; lae uurses nss
kev. NJ: Colyer, whose experience gaYe NJ NJ
gtsaSs uasankage ~ @ saca ~ x G4pGtlon- ~. ~
= Pnysielans we're aeaaea y u lsnam. Ke'
!, nsso. EatC 41 ~ Esneiaa 11aatGl 4:
" a ~ sn1;os WIZ oo.l ~ at ~ - psaeoy e ~
au0 a., 49,, ~ r.
= Wy t ~ " Iet "ts ~ ah9a ~ s.
+ -, ugA " I1Ils, a9 cass ~ nslcu -. -
leuI spnnls, pa[iel " Poltes, anu HIT
Z 1fu1I. dcl genera supPnGs1 we're ample, au
were aerlSea llom 1ne Hesterh oanita1
l. Commssfon OF st: Louis;
e / On thursday evening, large ana 1uteres
= lpg prayer meeting was held In the cabin,
It prepare the company the better tor their Wol
Of love, and to invoke the divine blessing
F. the wounded, and on our country.
of ARRIVAL,
|. Friday afternoon at 4 O'Clock We reacht
our destination, We found Pittsbure Ian
ing to be only q landing. or n road Ieading 7
the steen hank into the hack conntry. 4 f]e
of thirty or fnrtv transnors stnnn1ers lar ,Io,
the shore. two or three deeu. Onr ty
IT. ennhoa1p rhe Tr}er and I,eyin,1ton frown
m erim]v nj The nnnosite hank. Hwinr tn ii
he ! mcessant rain since The hattle and Ihe ~
IT tinual passinr Of heayT ar;ay whgons. the ~,
On SHORE Tas heynnd our n?cr;nns e1ner;cn ~
in fuidity and deptb. and fnrdahie nn1v
those Of martyr spfrit or If snnne1nc fndifY;
ence to cleanliness. As soon "a eour b,
. touched the Tigress, on which we're the he5
=. quarters Of Gen Grant, VIC went aboard, q
- were Immediately welcomed by litnse1f, G.
40 Webster aud Dr.. Murray, the Medical Direct
ar Of Gen. Buell's forces, and the senior medi,
~ officer on the ground. From Gen. Grant
:" obtained accurate information IS to the naty
n and results Of the battle. which was 1u1y o
ur hodied in two letters to .Judpe Skinner. q
ho President. and mnilei the ncyt mnr1inp I