The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-13

q The Latter was not then occupied By the Presi-
\ dent or his family, and not long before a
Company Of soldiers bad been quattered In IL.
"'I, therefore, made application for the Capitol,
and for the east room Of the Presidents
House, the latter 20 be used an officers
" hospital. When the application reached the
"'Soefe'ary, be sent for me, and was again tHe
" recipient Of his abuse. Again I rcpeIlcd
4" II, ~ always did ] knew no reason why
" the sick aud wounded should not hayo the
" best building in thc country, n II was nccos-
Z" 'sary. HUrdyeds ,ecyc iying on tbo ground for
" 'io1h Of place ~ ,ob,cb 10 B,9 them,
and told him 80 ia plain language. The end
" of Il was, that the Capitol was ordered 60
" 'le turned eyer to NO. lie wis affad 20 refuse
"it; but ue informed me thst should hcar from
" him egaiu on the subject. which, hOwoyer,
4" never die, except that nc tod distinguished
" 'utic In the army mat M c1ndnct WIS h'ghy
" 'WcsumTt TtUou,. The East Room shc'er f""'a
" 'Oref, II he OrdcTed a.
Let every Democrat cut this out ard send 4
" IN his letter to his son, moiher, ideud' Or com
" r8dC IN the army
Certainly the worst enemies Of Or. HAM-
MuND could hardly advise him to worse
course than to attempt 70 restore his own
character by blackening the good name of
others. The history Of his court-martial and
the unanimous verdict OF his brother officers
are too fresh In the public mind TO gain for
his opinion any especial consideration. He
win fail ia attempting TO curry favor with the
Democrats, for he was known TO General MO
CLELLAN as a personal enemy during his
control Of the medical bureau.
The startling disclosure" over which the
Age goats, coming from the man who at that
very time was connlving with contractors for
the supply TO our sick and dying soldiers Of
worthless medicines and unwholesome nour-
ishment, will hardly receive much credit at
the hands of "sons, brothers, friends, and COM
rades" Of Democrats in tho army. 1t is need
less to deny its falsehoods in detail They are
so apparent that every soldier and every
Democrat, not wilfully blind, can detect them
for himself
In the first place the Secretary Of War has
no control whatever Of either the Capitol or
the White House-the first being in charge Of
the officers of Congress and the Commissioner
of Public Buildings, and the other being the
private dwelling and Office always occupied
by Secretaries and thronged with citizens on
public business Of the President OF the
United States, with apartments insufficient
in size for the civil functions Of the Chic
Magistrate, and utterly unfit for hospital
purposes. 1t is also well known that thC
Capitol has been used az temporary barracks
for soldiers on frequent occasions, withou
anybody's consent or anybody's objection.
DR.. HAMMOND has forgotten that at thu
very time of which he speaks, there were
hundreds of palatial mansions in Washington
occupied by bitter secessionists, which would
have answered far better for hospitals for the
the victims of FI1Z JOHN PoRTER's miscon.
duct, than Air. LINCoLN'S dwelling and execu
tive Office.
No one can fail to guess what would be thC
fate Of the ex-Surgeon-General if he shoult
show himself within any military camp o.
; hospital and we fully believe that simila
treatment will be bestowed on bis vulga
assault upon his superiors, whose only mistak
has been that they did not make an exampl
!, of so unworthy public officer.