The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-16

I
az rous Balls Bof attest ard, grcater than
ali. has borne wi.h most exemplary meOknoss
and Mence
Thas pN,ieui merit q the unworthy takes"
sui overcome tbs llt,o on ucs, jealousies, biek.
oriags, ans gigantic diniculees and obstacles
that would hsvo appalled, and fight.ne1 back
in di-m.y frcrs his Hefculoan tack, less bold
or resolute heart. | write warmly sbou
General Mcclellan, because l know and
love tho man. Your suSgcstious TO attack Ma
na-eAs oven at tho risk Of defeat, on the gro Sni
that WI mad better 10 beaten ibsn rot ~ pieces
ia 10; lls ycu usual good sense. Any millts.
~ man " Jm tou you that H. hurt our forces
against t6ose strong iETenchmeuts would b.
cheer mac ness But Gen Mcclellan has thsr
caught IN Their own trap. They ars like fo'
in a ourruw with ono hole, whets they rNlsf soon
be forced ou' At 4 thou Con. &eClsliAn .ill fLl
~ on them ! te a thundeilolt The public will
rot thon c, nrlaiu Of his want cf energy toll
you IL will ~ a. festful as to tave wall ng And
mourning 20 up l:,m evory Southern hou-e.
hold kno wing whist do, ant hAvo thus bat
barely hintei at A. the grand Tlai Of tho earn
paigu, repeat that the rebels are doomed snt
seco-son will ntNor aea't raise its hvtsa head
in the iAui. Tie .fa'G 4 u, giGai ccasf, 'p.
ore nor nyi'.u,g around he tb,N,,n gadHs
coming month tN sec n crushed oW compiCfci
and JOTetcr. Avsu, say, ooh cut tor "
shOr war and a desperate one Yours s,o5.
About Knsp-aok-
Within the last month 200 900 krtnsa,ts
have hoNn dchvorcd 20 tho Government in al.
dition to previous pUroN.ss, oc about 700. 600
during the past eight months. Ths contracts
for moro than one-half Of these knArsacks have
beer given to parties in this city, tho romain.
der being distributed between Phlladolphia,
Wilmington, Del, and Newark, N. !. Tho
contract prices has ranged from Al 80 to ~ so,
averaging about 81 so that the total sxpon-
dituro for this single article Of military oquip.
ment has been nearly two millions Of dollars
A more substantial article, aftor tho French and
Prussiau pattern, has been purchased for somN
regiments, at a cost Of from 81 TO ti 30. Ton
thousand Of them have been imported and
8 900 more Manufactured by EDWARD GUM Bs
OF No. 3 Mdrray stroot, in connection with
other contracts.
The manufacture Of thoso knapsacks has givon
employment to the runkmakers Of this cit Y, at
time when tho sales in their regular business
WAS less than 20 per cont. OF ordinary years. 1t
Is estimated that some r., 900 operatives, male
and female, have boon kept at work in this way
directly, while tho industry OF a largo number
OF others, has been incidentally affected Brass
founders, star-rod makers, wire drawers, AMI
others, workers in metal, whose usual business
is completely dead have turned their attention
to the manufacture Of tho brass trimmings for
knApsacks, while large number Of others have
found employment in furnishing tho immense
number Of buckles and straps required. Tho
demand for canvas, thread, paint &c, has also
stimulated trade in those articles, and not less
than ten or fitcon thousand dollars having bson
expended for the single article OF wax with
which the thread used in sewing is stinsned.
Before the present war, the Government
knapsacks werc all mado in Philadelphia, at
the regulation price of s2.72 each; but compc-
ition has reduced tho price to an average OF
about %, some contracts having beon taken as
low a. 80. The large number of knapsacks
called for, shows that our soldiers aro not as
oaroiul of them as they might bo. A good
hnapsack ought 70 last two or three years, and
even with such treatment as they ordinarily re-
coive, at least a year. But many regiments
not siN months in the field, have hal two sets
already, and some after boing supplied by the
state, have obtained regulations on tho Gov
ernmont for new lot and thrown their old
ones away, while still valuable for use.