Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-07
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ss RAxE sTazET, oIEGFILSD. Nov. !, Isas
We have This week no considerable ship
ments to record. Through the kindness
of Mr.. Horace Kelly of this city, We we're
supplied with some $50 pounds o: fine
grapes, which were promptly forwarded to
Louisville. a small shipment furnished
on requisitiOu, to the post hospital a.
Clsrksburg, Virginia, completes the list.
The work upon the Soldiers Home pro-
crosses, and we hope in the course of two
weeks to be able to have all the interior
arrangements completed, and the estsb-
lishment open for the reception Of inmates.
By next week we expect to give our friends
a full statement of the purposes and ad-
vantsges Of this institution, and we sin
cerely trust that fuller exposition Of the
subject will secure the hesrty support
which has been already SO generously Of
fered to us.
We desire to express to all who have
rendered US their assistance in this under
taking, our warmest thanks, and to assure
them that We appreciate the cOriisl sy N
pathy no less than the gift that ace1mpau-
nies it. 1t has been found impossible st
present 10 publish complete list Of con-
tributors to the Fund for the Soldiers
Home A portion of the contributions be-
fng in material, we have found some delay
in estimating, this was unavoidable; but
next week we hope to render full ao-
count of the aid offered us for this object.
AS the season advances, the necessity
for warmer material for hospital clothing,
becomes more apparent. We recommend
to our friends of other Societies the pur-
chase of flannel and cotton flannel, to the
exclusion of cotton cloth, unless for manu-
featuring sheets and pillow cases.
Mrs. Hopkins thus writes from Nash
Vile, October 29th:
Being in the sunny South is no guar
antee against the necessity there will be,
and that very soon, Of every thing aud any
thing that will protect a soldier from fhe
cold damp weather of this climate. We
feel every day greater need of flannel
shirts and drawers, socks, mittens, and
blankets or comforts We need
this minute ten thousand pairs shirts and
drawers and as many blankets, that they
may be ready to send 10 the front the first
transportation. We have at present On
hand the enormous number Of seventy-fve
flannel shirts and think no drawers at
all unless there may be some packed in
some miscellaneous box that we have over
looked. OF socks, we may have two hund-
red pairs, not more. Not single pair Of
crutches, though we often hsveapplicstion
for them. Cinnamon we often have called
for. Mrs. DR.. Harris tells ne the soldiers
like it better for fiayoring than anything
else she uses. DR.. France, Surgeon in
charge of Hospital No. 9, has just been in
asking for tin splints for fractured arms.
don't know that can describe them.
They are, ifI understand, right angle,
made trough-like to lay the arm on, com
ing about four inches above the elbow,
and below the elbow nearly to The hand.
He says they protect the arm, so that
GdH ulONo dOuubl BcJ Oub anu AukO uGn
without injuring the wound.
"Mrs. Harris has Just sent in for two
pans for baking puddiOgs, cusLards, s.,
Would it not be we'll to send few? Every
thing of the kind is very delr here. /
suppose you understand that Mrs. Harris
is the Mrs. H. of Potomac notoristy. She
has Just come here with two other ladies
to remain in this Department, while there
is need for them.
"If the little girls want to do something
let them make those housewives" with
variety Of things in them. The little girls
Of PittsbuTg sent some that were admired
very much-little calico bags about the size
Of note paper, containing little paper,
few envelopes, needles, pins and thread.
Some had cake Of soap and 4 letter from
the little girl Who made il. The soldiers
to whom gave them, promised T. answer
the letters. One came in the next day az
ter getting it and said his letter was from
q little boy, but he answered it. have !
to-day received the invoice Of annther box
from Bittsburg, and among other things it
contains are ninety "hoaseaiges" and
eigh y furnishings.
The following letter from Mr.. Bloor, Sec
retqry Of the Sanitary Commission to Mrs
Moore. of the Womsns' Pennsylvania
Branch, wiIlbe read with interest, present
ing as it does, the wants which The advanc- |
ing season brings in its iEsin
SANITARY COMMISSION, I
CEETRAL OFFICE, PA F Street
WAsuTsarOH, D. C, Oc,Ober 8, 1863, J |
DEAR Mas. MooKE-The time IS at hand |
when the chill autumn nights, to be fol- |
owed by the frOsts and SHOWS OF winter, |
will take the place Of the heats Of summer,
md the cry Of the army patients and sur
seons will be for warm clothing and bed
ling, instead Of for cotton garments, mo.
auito-nettings and fans. However thank
al we may be at the success Of the Union
lrms, and however certain OF their event
lal triumph, there seems to be no sound |
'apgnn for haliavinr that Tho NAV III 81 !