Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-04-28

which moved in It's cluli ., & ways ahead of
the government.
The army arrived a, llarrisuna Lqnding.
The sick had BEN sent ahead Of us la this
connection | state but single case in illusua-
ton A young man from Milwaukee, in whom |
felt great interest, was found, after long
hunt, in an ambulance. lie was splitting black
bile, aud had oil the symptoms of au approach
ing attack of yellow fever. Government trans
ports were at the wharf, taking on the wounded
had the ambulance driven to the river AMI nsk
ed place for this young man. 1t was denied,
the transports were only to take the wounded
'liut he is in more danger than hunlieds Of
wounded" "Unr orders are peremptnry. We
take only the wounded" Thirty hours here
would be certain death. What could do.
succeeded in getting to II transport which the
Sanitary Commission Ind appealed to them.
awe have only two hundred and forty on hoard
we will take him" lie was sent to his home
and does the mother Of that young mnn ever
enter the Sanitary rooms without Shedding tears
Of joy and thnnkfulnesA To that Commission
Without feeling that the means for furnishing the
conveyance were, perhaps, drawn from the funds
of other StatesY pass over other scenes Of
suffering relieved which witnessed Mt Centre.
yille Mt South Mountain, Crampton's Gap,
Antietam aud Fredericksburg. AT AnteAm |
took the paper frcm the bottom Dfmy trunk, aud
lest | might see it again burned it, and now
declare on my word OF honor, shat never wrote
il, and that will never do su again
Scnirsl
But to go back to Dr. llosmers Report, from
which we make another extract:
"For the sick and wounded we cannot do too
much, so long NJ we do the right thing Let
the munihccnt go through the Sanitary Commits
sion; they have tho means TO follow the armies
with their supplies, and il enough is given them,
they will distribute Tor the ,elef Of all Let il
not be thought ihnt the Sanitary Commission
have goods enough, or nancy enough. Their
supplies go as last ms they come. The
Commission has never been so well prepared IL
he largely useful MS nov it's ngencies are cslilh.
llshcd, 1t has learned To do tic work that has
come to its hands; the sick and the wounded
have become II great multitude, and need in
ercl'ing care and bouniics; tho supplies, though
coming in every day with such large generusily
are Kept very low, and meantime large demands
for future need, ate probable and imminent
SINCE the inst edition Of this Report, the follow
Ing emphatic aud urgent hitter lAs been receive,
from the President Of tie Commission:
"'lhc cause grows more needy every day
The cres Tor aid are more urgent and heart
rcnling. All we can do lunvts enormous suffer
inE behind, md many are SO Lliud as to hold u
ic-ronsiGle for the misery We have not the mean
to alleviate. We are all tic while jadged d
WaW VIC Ito mt dos lot rs we should he by ,rAd
~e d. No matter if We relieve 10000 il thet
remain 5000 unrclieycd it is our laut, ny
any volunteering, sclfsustaining agency coul
do all ths.'
Ia view of all these hcis, vino, in village, q
city, or country, will not give through tho san
tnry Commission Tor the relief Of The sick nm
wounded soldiers The Commission can 4
nothing alone; tha great streams of its nobl
muT iiCenCc ARE mndc by Ten tlOlsnn1 liiiln nil