The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-10

THE DAILY EV EN-
vt.-PunLtcAr1oSs
Monographs on medlea ana surgical subjects,
Tor the use OF surgeons In the neld and Hos.
pitals, RePoIis Of All kinds Documents
farV Reporter at Louisville Ky...,....... sB ,soOSl
vu-RNrRNsBs
Vile .., 80. ~, sya sl5 sot7a
tonery, and ofice printing, freight postage,
tplprtntns rent, stables, and AL petty
penses ior oil the above onicos. ......... II T7t3l
" sl2A9iSOI
Cash In hands OF Agents at Louisville. KY;
I. e.; City Point Va. &c s0ioHoo
nscELLAEBoUs.
Cash paid over 10 Western sanitary Commlg-
sion It Loutl, BY order OF California Con -
MstrSpo.an .S%,SI Fair metropolitan Fair build
ngs and Brooklyn Fair.,,.,,,........,.. Is 62t'79
- s8o2i'79
Total amount OF receipts. 1893
supply Department. sl,7l23s317
Medical Inspection. ......,,....... ll99b6l
Syeeati 'i9ci, 6 ,ect '''''''''''.'''' siI
Statistical Dopartment........" 4Al98
Publications. ..''''''. ..s.''.'..'...' ,5sAglIl
Cash in hands Of oiAgents............ Gi0HgO
MsceHaneous. ous....'''s'.''"..''.s. bA0zlis
Total amount OF Ex pendlture. s2467 n5s5j
Balance Of cash in hands Of @.
Sew YorR, ootoScr oSS l, is6i.,... si5lssOs
MISUNDERSTANDING "B,"
Showing the nature and appraised cash valuation OF
articles received IN kind contributions the soldiers
by the United states Sanitary Commission, from june
1861, to October lst 1864
bedding, hospital furniture and wearing ap-
Hospital a5H ood and dclcaces J63556S
UnHvOccd boxes, 50i5 boxes appraised
vSiuaon Of sanitary supplies sent directly '''-0 w
from the Branches ANA Aid Societies 10 Hos.
pitfalls and Regiments not Included in the ,-..,,
above el'95W
s7lal65Il5
bibh . I2u6le3
We have for cash valuation Of al supplies
the U. S. Sanitary Commission ss4C62727s
EXHIBIT &C"
DSdl'uns "om ,Do sum .p, .Dv". ~ sO7na
hand now used In "supply distribution, VIII
Horses wagons and harness ..........si0 1863
storohouSc;, Tents and Appliances 5S5O0
We have for the total cost Of Distribution. sIOAi50i
Applying this total value OF the supplies dis
tributed Exhibit b. viz :-sS 4O62121S we IND the
actual cost redistribution to have been four and eighty
eight one hundredths per centum A'sS OF the value
the supplies distributed.
NorE-Durlng the last quarter (yiz;Juy LIST TO Oc-
tober lsD the bill for transportation Of supplies has
been VASTLY increased by tle necessity Of charterng
boats for carrying the large amount Of anscotbutci
and other forwarded by the United states Sani-
! tnry Commission to the Army of the Potomac. Pre-
vious to July st 1854 the "cost Of distribution was
but three and sevontysx ono-hundredths por centum
(976) Of the value OF the supplies distributed.
ry No portion the proceeds OF the Great Central
Fair at Philadelphia are Included in the above STATE
menL-
The STRAY LErrRR-The following letter, referring to
the messages OF the President Secretary Of the Irea-
| sury Secretary OF War and Secretary Of the Navy,
would probably have seen the Hight, had It not
been rescued from the sweepings of the Cabinet by an
intelligent contraband, supposed to be Uncle ABE''
coachman. How came by 1t does not either add to
or detract from its authenticity. It Is evidently IRON
the pen of SRwARD intended piece of petty spite OF
the rest OF the Cabinet and addressed to the Executive
Committee Of tho late Cleveland Conventioni-
= tPrlvate and ConhdenuaLl
I WASHINGTON, Dec. a. 1854.
l con.iemer or course Uncle ABE VIII give hi
message telling how mpractlcabe Is Secession and
that there natural line to divide the country upon
and that with 100000 the war viii be over In
six uonthsi (which puts us mind Of little Joke
which Is carrying the joke little too fari and then ~
message from Secretary OF War showing now mniJ
men there are in the nedi but doesn't say whethe
under the sod top Of It; probably as Bun kuI
RrssRLL would saw arf and arti and also now many
more there would in the field, II all were there tina
ought to be there-wbch piece of logic needs no argu
ment TO back IL up-and also how that the GoVernmen
about taking vigorous measures tor the prosecution
of the war And the Secretary OF the treasury VII
tease with budget Of schemes OF retrenchment uk
the naughty boys their budgets on the first OF April
Jerking them out OF sight stOOp down TO take ho
ofthem) OF expenses justihable and unusthabe OF a
laries that should be larger salaries that should
II,
with too much work for the hands and offices with to
many hands for the work; expenses for stationery
that are never station ary but so on ncreasngi san
tary and lnsantary commissions visiting the army
charging their hotel bills the treasury, (which lis a
ready over bilious Judging from the amount Of green
backs and ether things ssu uing continually from II
q Then there is the message from the gay and happy
Secretary Of the Navy, which "a past JOKE and don
remind us OF any Joke all. There isn't dock-yar
authority In the country that oughnt to be put on IN
IS stocks of his own yard thaye bottle OF wine broke
ever his head and chrlstened anew from the reckle
Il way he spends the public moneys We should ike u
"A SECRETARY 10 present us with some of the Navy fa
n for the past year. They would read something lis
this;-
To gnal cost OF
SOuarinR round IuV
SQUARE stern ugly alter to round. l0n
- Putting new bow TO hull s.g
Pattinq new hull to old bow Observation-Disclosures. $50
Putting masts, old ones eak'.''''''''''''''
New mast heavy, cutting Wn..........'.'''''' 9g
Trimming her down at stern. ..s...'..s.''
Trimming her down at atbow,.......,......'.''''s JV
Putting propeller In. ~
uttnR IN new
Repairs Of Monitor
latent thsanng tdH ;sib;eeoiibn,;
Re-cOppering Monitor. lVg
To losing Monitor the cOast.....,.....,... 6OOO
Tota, Ell $685.
q When a friend meets US and says, II have messa
for YOU" We Judge by his cOuntenance whether It
.sa good or III; but this there countenance
give an index to Its purpor but the index printed
the back Of the book, covering twenty-iOur pages
closely and compactly the Clothing sold AZ CHARL
STOKES Co.'S price, under the Continental, COY
the pages tn carry copies Of the weighty matter
the welghty representatives at Washington in wi
ing. Yours respectfully W.