Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-31

called for by the Sanitary Commission ant
J other benevolent associations. I no long
/ er wonder-but hope most of your funds
will be expended for shirts, both eottor
and wooden, in drawers of the same anG
woolen stoekings-noL in sheets or pillow
cases."
We give below letter from Captain
Brock, of the 9th 0. v, in acknOwledg.
ment of some stores which we sent to Co
C of that regiment. 1t will be pleasant tc
our contributors to know that these goods
were received before the 9th embarked fol
Newbern, as it has now passed beyond
our reach, and we must leave it for time
to the care Of the beAe5olent associations
81 the Eastern department;
CAMP or CITE ONO VoLUSrREEs,
EEIR NFwBERS, Jan. 9, 1868.
PREsDEET SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY-Dear
Madam We would be ungratefuI in
deed were we 10 delay in acknowledging
the receipt Of the box so amply filled with
articles of comfort, and returning our
thanks for the kindness shown us by the
Aid Society.
Be assured, such liberal acts towards
those who have long been away from home
and constantly exposed to hardship and
danger, call up many grateful emotions,
and not one Of the many articles so Hber-
ally donated to US will be used without a
kind remembrance of the Society that is
accomplishing SO much good. We receiT,
ed the box at Norfolk New Years eve, and
while on our way from Suffolk to this
point. Thus you will see that Company c
can boast of receiving 3 handsome New
Years present. After the articles were
distributed TO the company, which was
drawn up in line, three cheers were pro-
/ posed and given for the Ladies' Aid Soci-
ETY. of Cleveland. All the articles were
very acceptable and very useful. The books
will fill up quite 8 vacuum in the time
which for the want Of them, might other
wise be wasted. 1 may be safe in saying
that books or reading matter are desired
more than anything else and the most diff
feult TO obtain.
Our passage from Suffolk to Newbern
was pleasant and attended with no unusu-
al incidents. We were embarked on the
ship Morton at Norfolk, were four days on
the ocean, on the fifth disembarked in
Beaufort harbor and on the sixth came to
NeWbern by the cars. Our whole brigade
is here now, prepared for an active cam
psign, of which there is q fair prospect, but
in what direction could not say even though
I were at liberty to do so. The news of the
success of our arms in the West has had a
charming effect on the hearts Of the sol
diers here, for we hail it as an evidence of
the speedy reduction Of the rebellion. We
are willing and anxious to do our share,
and then when our patriotic labor is done,
when the Union is restored and we can
truly say this is " the land Of the free and
the home of the brave how gladly will
we turn our faces homeward, stack our
muskets, throw off our cartridge boxes and
enjoy the society Of those who had kind re-
membrsnce Of US while away and facing
the enemies Of our benign institutions.
Very respectfully
SIDNEY G. BROCK,
Captain Company C, 81 Ohio Volunteers.
We call the attention Of our readers to
the following letter Of DR.. h A. War
riner, agent Sanitary Commission, whose
judicious distribution of stores from the
Sanitary Depots Of Columbus, KY, Cor
inth and Jackson, Miss, has contributed
greatly to the improvement of the hos
pitfalls of that region;
COLUMBUS, KY, January 8, 1858.
DE-. J. S. NEwBERRY My Dear Sir:
Ny report for the past month will be una
voidably meager, as the operations of the
Commission in this department have been
extensively interrupted by the raids
= L. -
munioatiOn, and l had the misfortune
to be myself cut of for three weeks from
my chief source of supplies, and my most
important field of labor.
General Grants fOrces
moved down tn" having already
Central ,Ine Of the MississlT- T-p
Roilroad. To Holly Spring. anC
oorord started early in December to es
toSlisb q depot of sanitary supplies a
soDae noint on that line, which should seen
I.ost sliOible and most accessible to tn
bulk Of the army m.
with little hesitation, selected Holl!
snrinos. Miss. The Medical Director
General Grant army had his headquarter
there At the time, and was very busy pre-
DorinO hospital accommodations for som
/ I ZOO or 1000 patients. He had seleete
f as his main building, o large structur
J, bnilt by the enemy, since the commence
5 ment of the war, for an armory. 1t wa
: in many respects admirably adapted 70
: hospital uses. High ceilings; yentilatic
readily attainable; rooms very large an
n suficiently numerous to admit Of the re
. ouisite classification Of patients, and Sc
!, a more serviceable distribution of sssis
ants l had large cisterns filed vii
. wholesome water, and all things consplre
y 70 render this one of the most attractlV
!, hospital sites hitherto reached lnlsno lrel
the Mississippi river.
should add that Holly Springs itsel
j. standing on a very considerable elevation
and with sandy soil. is regarded as OF
oF the healthiest locations in the State.
L An adjoining building, erected for Il
ID FORCES Of the armory, was filed with
IN large stock of medical stores, and place
in charge Of DR.. Grimsted, the energet
"' sub-Purveyor of the Department, who hl
N rendered such invaluable service mont
before, at Pittsburgh Landing and 20
- irth.
-r On the 18th Of December the prePar
~ tions for the reception of patients at tn
hospital were so nearly completed that L
no Surgeon in charge had resolved 70 tran
,s fer to it, the following day, all the 81
an then in town-numbering perhaps, 6OO'
a. All manner of hospital supplies that 1t
Id practicable to procure outsidea metroPoL
such as furniture, medical and eommisi