, 1864-01-12
NORTHWESTERN FAIR,
Eighty Thousand Dollars Raised-
What has been Done with it,

The intensely cold weather. which has tinaered
AZ other work, las prevented the history Of the
tatF fom m beng printed as ca1ly a. 4as antlcipa-
that nearly $4,000 In money has been published
We ieel thar It Y due to those who 10 literally sus.
ta tained It TINT they should know sonething about
Se0,Nq seems largo sun but amounts are large
or small in proportion to the uses to which theY
The Sanitary Commission has family OF rs. COO
sick, wounded and eonvnlescirg soldiers to Bro
vide tol, pefhapsa large number in tho western
hospitals. In order to do this, continual stream
fs little mora than an average Of 90 to each man.
Edibles and clothing. nre extremely high. TIE
e. leI ssss eedes Pee1 SeS eos @
$500 peE barrel lea, tl.ss aeo Per poaaa. sasai
q III eeas eoaRs Rs5 fS9s4s b s
6to 50 ets. perlb; aonr krou: Sli per bbl Pickles
81 Per doz. bottles. Butter ii cts. Onions SITS
Per bnsh Potatoes Is cts. PET bash. The average
9850 each. We will no longer specify prices, but
state what has been done By the same Commission
siase tRs Ff Mo lsons week before the
pitas, 74s0 boxes and barrels, including 5000 bs..
Goldfish, Il E5 lbs butter al7 lbs. lea, 500 bushels
onions, 6ooo bush potatoes, 50, lbs. coudensed
1853 drawers, 5000 lbs crushed sugar 26S lbs, con.
deneed milk, 7S3 comfolts. Average these boxes
at $40 each, the amount will be S5l,2o0. AveFsse
We tel yoa that boz OF 1ao shlrts, Il lot large
one 100 shirts not very large, ron will think IA
Cont orcrrate the estimate. 4 fady whose WhoIe
eon1 10 fail OF beEeyolence says to Ms Yesterday
why don't the Commission buy 1000 comforts and
scnd the solders1 What has gone with the Fnir
money! This statement is to answer the |
question, no doubt honestly asgcd. The last |
answer to that question Is, they cannot
afford 1t, for the teason aboye given. With !
such enormous outlays, and the reauiSitious IN
ereastnE from the fnclemcncy OF the Weather be- |
low, Thith stood Jan. I'd, at Cosfnth, 10 degrees
below zero, and at Bridgeport so low that several
soldlers were frozen to death. They dare not |
empty their treasury faster than they are now do
ing, to furnish all the mater1al to mako those COM
forts, II our noble-hearted ladies will make theu
as they arc doing at the rate OF 80 per day. Gen
Grant. noble man ttat he ia, gave the Commission
balee Of conIaband cotton to make in
to @ comforts for soldiers It would be uuwlse, a
well as impossible for the Committee to pur-
chase ready made comforts with this ass1stancs
7 is stated that nearly $1,000 worth Of m.tes1ai
S [sW days, tn eupplT the iad!es here at tho War
~tl take thousands more to furnish material Tor
!t!U comforts, which the ladies' propose to make,
Y arc always glad to give satisfactory exp1.ns-
lions and are glad to have this opportunity to
show our friends In the city aud country that large
Is the recctpts Of the fair were they must soon &c
y zhanstcu By the demand, and to urge them not
10 think thetr work done, bnt continue sending
suppl1es and money, when they are shown now
tremendous is the demand, from those Vnose he
;osm and suffering no tongue can relate, nor pen
lesc1lbe, SAN1TAnY,