Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-05

uaaas, ~ latsliignas, sxpssisnasd and en-
cfgetia man, Ssl fpAea aEsnszlys 10 assisa
n pushlsg forwarsi troops, nanaisiens and
sapplieA. ssss rs & sa
No men knew better thaa sha SecxssaxY
thai shesa aaali6casians waTa already
possessed by ths army ofkcexs In hsw
/ Eork On whom u snas saJs tosrsays Tbs
sacfesasy then gracefully compliments
Mr. Cummiags 5Ss .ssg $685.
aTau are acquainted wiEh tina insssnal
arrangements and connections of kharail-
reads % Pennsylvania, ossr which, for che
presens, they will have 10 pass-n
Can there be 90 much inExieaey about
the railroad connections in Pennsylvania.
that sue United States QuaEtarmssser in
New Xord % phlladeipaia was not eon-
Yegsans with them Tbs Secretary then
adds soaebing appeal 10 bis patriotism !:
81 am aware that your private affasrs
may demand yeaF time. / an sure your
patriotism win induce yoa to aid as,
eyea assona losa to yoarseif.n
On she 23d Of april the Secretary again
wrote: ss ~
"In consideration Of tbs extraordinary
emergencies whioA demand imlae ediasa and
decisive measures, hsrehY aatheFixs I'd
win ID. Morgan and Alexander Cummings
10 make all necessary arrangements for
the sranspoFtatioa OF kroops, in aid and
assssadace Of the officers Of the Army of
the Unitea ssatsssa 8.
Either was authorised 10 act in absence
of the ether. Ga the Ash day Of May,
Governor Aorgaa delegated bis portion
of the power to George D.. Morgan. On
the cath ths Secretary wrote
al sent yoa yesterday an oi6eiaI paper
| 10 act in connection with Governor Nor
gan, By land, through Maryland and
PeansylVania; it Is important you shoald
act promptly IN sending supplies.
o. CAMERON.
'EDr. Cummings"
THIS is she Rrst Eims he recognised has
friend as Doctor. Thus armed, the Doc
cor seemed supreme in his orbit; instead
of rendering aid assd assis&ascs, hs effeet-
uaIly superseded the army officers. Major
| EatoR distinctly 9aforxRsd hsas sAaf his
services sDevs NOT needed In tbs paEchass
| Of supElsss. Still, the Doctor commenced
buying over sci $40 warth OF ssraw hats
and linen pansaIosns, which were woEth-
less 70 the army, aad not required by the
regulations. He employed g clerk Of
whom he knew uoshing-had never seen
before In his evidence, al irst, he did
| nos know who recommended him then
| be thought be was recommended by Mr.
Thuriow Weed--Rnally be said, al re-
member nov that Mr. Weed told ms be
knew all about hin, and upon his recon-
mendatsan took hiEn.o This CLERK the
Dcetor suffered to do all the business and
make all the purchases, except what were
made by George ID. Morgan.
CHARTER OF TIE CATALINA.
The Doctor nexpappoints Captain Com
stock 10 charter or purchase vessels. The
Captain. with friend, goes 90 Bsooklyn,
( inspects the Catalsne, and learns that
her price is from Sis, 900 10 -, ,0Oo.-
| Instead of purchasing or Chartaring, or
recommending the Doctor TO do so, from
| the owner, bis friend suggests, 50 biz.
| DesSIiu shns there ssis . nice apparsaLaAy
TO make something by good nsaaage-
Hsegsl.f So ~ .. --.
| This was the 23a day of April, the very
day the propeller Daylight left Aew York
| With supplies for she Seventh Regiment,
and two hundred recruits Of the brave
aRd generous young mep Of that city
The Daylight left without convoy, aaa
reached " gashingtan safely. aeTer can
/ forget that 23d dag of April and she "Trip
of the Daylight, Or Of that gallant band
who were leaving all the eadearmeats Of
home and associations of frisnds to en-
counter the perls of disease and bat
tic. never can forget the universal dis
quietude in The great city Of the continent.
1 No mails. No telegraph. 4 dreadful,
solemn suspense. Brave mens good men,
fearing, doustiugs yet hoping. Actuated
| by one impulse, ready to give ali. egen
life. for the defense Of the capital Wash
Eingtou founded and the hag the patriots
of the Revolution baptized in blood.
No one could have believed that at such
a moment mea e0uld Gud leisure or in
elination to ASCERTAIN how something
i couki be made out Of the grisfs of the
people by good management. Yet that
vory day, when sympathy for bleeding
country, and the obligations of duty 20
his employers should hare received from
1 Captain Comstock all his skill and ener-
Nv, bis mission was used TO benett friends.
/ He knew DIR. Commings was agent for the
War Department stlH be counselS freely
with Mr.. nevelin about the value of the
Catalins, and giEes an opinion what will
be paid for her charter. Had she been
cheap at $4,000, his Government was
entitled to the purchase.
After Welding TO DIR. Deyelin all the
time be required Tor the negotiation, on
the 25th the boat was chartered by Col.
Tompkins, he relying upon Cap. Comatock
the authorized agent of DIR. Cummings,
the agent Of the War department, paying
for her use Sl0, 900 per month, for three
months, and If lost by war risks, theu
} Government to pay $4,000. CoioneI
Tompkins would not sign until Captain
Com stock assured him that she was worth
$50 900, and that it was all night. The
Captain knew theFalue Of the boat, ana
! what she cost Dir. Freeman, having al
interest In her profits, sRears that thej
. did not pretend she was worth $50, 900. =
Captain Comstock, however, denies
tl1as he alleged she was worth tha
! amount.
TRUgLew WEED APPEARS &s asAGEETs''s
4 The testimony Of Captain 0omssocl
0 shows the vast number And alfuoss ualiEn
. tied power Of persons at that siaas assam
$ h ing 10 set rs agents for the Government
= He says
D 81 was sent for by Mr.. Weed 10 com
Z TO the Astor House, about the time Of th
: casnmsnceaaans Of thase troubles. III
stated that hs was an agent ef ths Gov
q ernrnens, and Asa troops and nanisien
y OF war 70 send co Washington by way Q
7 the Chesapeake. and shaa he wished {
10 charter vessels for that purpose. =
: Afterwards GaasHaings sslld npoa us
!. and showed nae she same authority sha
: Weed had shown. IL bad beaa sransEsi