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balance remaining 3o,h June, iss, ,es.siI


This department is charged with the duty OF
providing means Of transportation by land and
water Tor all the troops and for all the material OF
war; These duties have been efficiently performed
during the year. Atlints, the key OF the rebel
defence, Was secured after q campaign involving
. line of operations Of 200 miles in length, and
maintained for months 81 rs to enable our army
Of 90, 900 men. with our 40. 900 animals, to subsst
while advancing and laying siege for weeks In
no other country have railroads been brought to
perform so important part In the operations OF
war. The reconstruction of the bridges over the
Etowah and the Chsttshoochie are alluded to ss
unparalled feats Of military construction-the
former, 625 feet long and rs feet high was built in
six days. while the latter, 7lo feet long and w
feet high. was built In four days The operations
Of this department mp 10 the day OF the surren
der OF the rebel armies In Virginia and North Car
olina are detailed. The country in which our ar
mics operated furnished no supplies, and food and
forage and all stores were brought by rail and by
sea from the North and Northwest. The ship
ments Of forage alone to the army ON the James
averaged over 81 900 900 per month throughout
the winter. During the whole year no movement
wss delayed Tor want Of means Of transportation,
or the supplies required The close OF hostilities
made even greater exertions on the part OF this
department; 233. 900 men were distributed nom
Washington alone 10 their homes In the North
90 900 men Of the army Of Gen. sherman were
moved from Washington TO Louisville; 2o,Ooo
from the James River to the Rio Grande, and
1000 we're sent from the Potomac to Savannah
Sixty thousand prisoners Of war, released, were
sent to their homes in the Southern States The
examination. collation. and analysis Of the records
OF this department Is not yet complete. The ad'
mirable manner In which the duties OF the officers
who held the most important and responsible po-
sitions In this department during the year. Is
shown in the efficiency Of the operations which
resulted in the surrender Of the enemy.
HORSES AND MULES.
During the last year 2i4. .io2 horses and 5s.sis
males we're used. The service Of o cavalry horse
under an enterprising commander averaged only
four months. During the war the supply OF for
are exceeded ~ 900 900 bushels OF corn, ~ $685..
$40 bushels Of oats, sis Gal tons of hay, and
2l 276 tons OF straw. costing si55. .262 732. This
does not include what Was gathered from the
country. The total amount Of sales Of horses and
mules since Oct. IL. will exceed 81 900, 900.
CLOTHING AND EouIrAox.
The quality Of the clothing and equipments fur.
uished to the army has been excellent. The fol-
lowing quantities have been parohased and nan
ufactured during the fiscal year ending June 10.
1865, valued at 500, ,oi9,le6:
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HOW MUCH SLEEP ?

Ilow much sleep is necessary for health and
the highest efficiency is not to be determined
by any rule that applies to oil. Some need
more than others. Lord Coke, who could ex'
pound law for tae world, made this law for
himself and observed 1t risidly: t.....
FIX hours TO .leep-to laws grave studies six.
-Four spent In prayer, the rest 70 nature hx.
BY Nature he meant TO give eight hours to
eating, drinking, exercise, relaxation, society,
&c., and if six hours sleep were enough for
him, his rule was good one. Sir William
Jones attempted an amendment Of Coke:
Seven hours 70 law, 10 soothing sumber seven, ..
Ten to the world aliot. aud all 10 heaven. .r
Alfred. the great and good king Of England
divided his day into three parts; eight hours
each: ono part for business, one for study and
devotion, and one for sleeping, eating and OK.
ercise. Some have thought three hours quite
enough Tor sleep. Gases are on record oi men
who have attained advanced age taking only
one or two hours sleep In twenty-four. We
had in the newspapers recently the case OF a
man who does not sleep at all. He was watch.
cd for month or more by q committee who
took turns, and they testified that he was al'
WuyS u"uko uUu COuNCtoootos ANeposoVu soos
but thuec or four hours sloep. John Wesley
say that during his lifo Of SO years he never
knew any one to retain vigorous health with
less than six hours daily sleep. Wesley could
sleep on horseback. Soldiers march on and
sleep rs they go. This 10 not sleep walking,
or somnambulism. II 10 q healthful state oi
the body asserting its rights to sleep. was
sitting up with sick person, and sent nurse
who was with me into tho street In the night
on IN errand. lie was gone long time, aud
when he returned he told me that being over.
powered with sleep no had walked on and On in
his sleep, and awoke ut length still under way.
You may have been led to wonder that fowls
can sleep on little perch, aud hold fast when
they are asleep. Nature has made provisions
for that. When the muscles Of tho thigh or
''drumstick" are bent, they tighten the claws
and the weight Of the body makes the sleeper
secure.
1t is held by some persons as sound doctrine
that children and adults should sleep as long rs
they will without being walked. There is no
good ground for such an opinion. Too much
sleep is not good for old or young people, and
the habit Of sleeping much may be acquired as
well as that Of sleeping too little. An old
stanza reads,
"Nature requires five,
Custom gives seven,
Luincss takes nine,
And wickelness eleven"
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sRepublicaus Tin Roman) l3s. Democrats Tin
iialics) 35. (C.) Seats contested.
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CLOTHING AND EouirAoE.

The quality Of the clothing and equipments fur.
uished to the army has been excellent. The fol-
lowing quantities have been parohased and nan
utAotared during the fiscal year ending June 20.
iS65 Yaluel nj Sl06. .0i9,le6
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Misfellaueons.
OUARTERMAsTER GENERALS
REPORT.

Ihave the honor TO submit the annual report
Of operations Of the Quartermaster's Department
during the fiscal year ending 3oth June, 1865:
On the lst s July, 1854, the balance 81 ap-
propeiation In the Trsasury umrswn was fs69),Ioj 10
Appropriation for fiscal year ending 3oh d
june, 1865. ls1,ZSo,VO w
Deficiency bl March Q is6s ........... s5l3i,i3I W
june, iseo. ....................... issscoO 900 90
Total sass, ,s0o,eo5 20
inc 10, June. issS. l3iIosoS7 ~
,..S H.. ss- sIT
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q tall fellow persisted in standing during |.
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The stock on hand ready for issue on the 3oth
June. 1862 but not transferred to the armies, was
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Democrats. ................'....m
leI.llllcalla la..................
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HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.

We take the following as the Tribune clas.
a;Go.Aiun.
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Seven hours 70 law, 70 soothing siumber seven,
Ten 10 the world allot. and all 10 heaven.
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TELEGRAPH.

The military telegraph has continued to he a
most important instrument in the conduct OF mill
tary operations. During the last year OF the war
there pere CPS miles of telegraph, but during
the rebellion there were $4,000 miles OF electric
WIRE constructed and operated, at an expense OF
S2655. 500. Upon the fall Of the rebellion the
telegraph lines throughout the South were taken
possession of by the government, but are opera
tel aad maintained by companies. An account
Of government business is kept, subject to future
consideration. -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-11
The Desrsss water Com snussssw~rs.


FonxsScg 90 CONTRACT.
syrxlos corNr-rAw rIssr
Before Judge Mccana.
0cr. io-yzs Baari n wsf>y ce~-ss<sss<vs ~ no
CITY Of Ds'roa H,~y a barr ssS Charles ~ ysan =
This against the snretirs fH Inc fulfmrnt
OF contrae, Cor the and ets.on af engines
be used In missing the the river me
reservoir Of the city Of Detroit, Michigan The
plant that the 18th o. July the netre
Water Commissioners entered INTO . conirsci wish
Messrs. Edward n Dicker~on and ffea.rlrk v srkel.
the well known enginsers the former a. Algonquin and
Winocski fame for the rons'ruciion and ~rvttton 81
two square engines IN accordasce Win nxed
specifications and conditions These Engineers, che
complaint alleges, failed 70 perform hca eon
tract In the manner agreed npan, sna ths
plaintiffs bring action against hsssrs bwrv snd
81 Johns who the time II the making ~ tie c.ifac
pledged themselves in the ~ any th"asard doafM
for lis faithful execution IN every Particular The o.
set up that the engineers prsornca their wok
20 the tcst OF their ability, and were prevented frW
carrying a. the letter by the niefererce ~ fhs
plantiils Who assumed the direction and management ~
part ~ the operations contrary ~ the terms q the
agreement The most yolumnous documens were lss
sented TO the court aud the entire cav occupea
the reading OF these papers and the going through 81 the
necessary forms for their admission In legal shape n.
fore the court. The above, however " siaemsrt ~
brief OF the salient points In the The PLAINTIFF
pear 10y Mcs-rs Burrili aud Nash aud the detsndans
by Mcssrs. James I. Brady and woodrun TIE esamina
ton OF witnesses VII commence this morning
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ANOTHER Cock AND Bull SroKY.-The Bohe
mians who write letters from the city to coun-
try papers have always got their wits TO work
connecting stories TO make their letters inter-
csling. Nine times In len their stories are lies.
bu, they pass for gospel with our innocent
country cousins, who have wonderful ideas Of
the inner life OF the metropolis. From the city
letters Of one paper these things are copied into
the news items Of another. and so they go the
rounds. One Of the latest Is a story that two
or three papers in this city have been
notified by the French Consul here that their
circulation In France would be confiscated
II they did not modify their tone In rela-
ton TO French policy In Mexico. This is ridi-
culous fabrication. The French Consul here
has too much sense 70 NEEDLE with such mat
ters Of his own account, and the French gov
eminent does not proceed in that way. II con-
iscatcs circulation when II pleases, but II does
not warn foreign Journals 80 that the story Is
absurd a. well ~ false.
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EMIGRATION TO THE S0UTH-THE NEW lNvA-
sIoN.-All the accounts from the South unite in
representing the condition of that section to be
such as to need an invasion of agricultural
labor TO render perfect what was accomplished
by the military campaigns. The people still
feel the hardships entailed by tcsrible war,
and, in their dependency, are anxious for the
advent of Northern labor and capital. Their
prejudice against black labor is one not easily
effaced, and It will be difficult to remove their
impression that the freedman is useless in his
new condition.
Governor Andrew, Of Massachusetts,, pro-
poses 10 colonize the surplus labor of the
North, If there is any, on plantations now
so extensively advertised for sale throughout
the South. The advantages arising from emf
grafton to and cultivation of these lands are
most promising. II is stated that the South,
next year, left to its own resources, cannot pro-
duce more than fourth of the usual crop. The
production Of the complement can be obtained
by white labor In the State of Georgia, ac-
cording to the report Of gentleman who re-
Gently made tour OF the South and made the
subject matter Of particular investigation, it
will require in the ncighborhood of ten thou
sand men to bring forth even half crop.
The emigration Of white labor would be bene-
fetal not only to the Southern people, but to
those who went South, while the mutual good
Of both sections would be the result PoliIi-
cally IL would also have advantages, since the
Southern Union men would find fast friend
in every Northern emigrant Nor would II
compete with nor render useless the labor Of
the freedmen, since the vast extent Of the South
would absorb oil the labor sent there. The
land Of the South, in fact, never was Guild
waited 10 the extent Of even q fraction Of ii
capacity.
The organizations for emiGratiop. have
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HKxanAxx's LAST PrssossASu q Nav Yosx.-Ths
renowned pre~sidsi,sssur psorns hss extraordinary
feas only twioe before shs Nov York public al the
Academy Of Music ro-nishs and Saturday night win
b, the only opportunities Of seeing him here sgain He
will have very full and vArs~i programme Tor esch ef
these nights Hermann has grown 10 favor very much.
evidently from the osowd-S houses he continues at
tract Those who have M those wonderful cards
President Lincoln afraid 10 touch and the other
astonishing things this massr Of the magic possesses
and handles ought M 10 lose the opportunity.
About the PrcSsaens and the cards win
give the story nsvr u from eyewitness when
Hermann calcdat the white House, at the request of
the Pres dent 70 aSton~h his ESceiency and the Cabinet
by his tricks he took pack % cards, shufed them
and then requested tho President IN cut .No NO. Mr.
Lincoln replied waving his hand to have them taken
away, al am not gsusx 20 touch them-I don usder-
stand them Hand them On Mr. seward, he understands
cutting and shnfng better than d.. The good humor
Of the President and che Tine point In his remarks put
the laugh the Secretary ~ state. One interesting
fact with regard 20 Hcrrmanns performances " that all
professional cenjareu In the CITY nightly 20 and
study him. We do mt know " they make many dis
eovcies but they Do he keeps ahead OF them by the
avcntion Of tricks continually We think he ought
% establish himself permanently In New York having
doubt would pay hsm well We advise him 10 do 80 cr
return shortly.
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Tny BLACK Horx OF CAIcurTA-ANDERsoS>
vnLE-For hundred years English writers
have told fbe world Of the Black Hole of
Calcutta; ard the English nation through
and through hrs seemed to shiver with horror
ut the mere mention Of that name. That
case Of cruelty has been held up to the
world az the most extreme instance Of the bar
barous treatment cf prisoncrs-as type Of
all that 10 terrible ir inhumanity; and number
less accounts have given emphasis to the theme.
What was hat frighthll black hole! A prison
room In which one hundred and forty-six Eng
lish soldiers were shut up by the Nawaub Of
Bengal In 1855, and in which large number
Of them we're suifocated for want Of fresh AIR.
Although this occurred In 1855, and though
great noise was made over It, the English
authorities inflicted greater cruelties, twenty
years lister, upon American soldiers In the old
sugar hosse In this city and In. the prisonship
Jerscy, putting Thousands 10 an inhuman death
where the more humane Hindoo had inadver-
iently SHIN comparatively small number. But
~hAt can be said Of the Andersonville prison
pen, II 20 much has been said Of what hap
pened ct Calcutta, At Andersonviile twelve
or fifteen thousand men, the soldiers Of civil
Ixed government, were deliberately, purposely,
In cold blood done to death by the most inge-
niorsly horrible device and all this by a
power that, morally at least, was an ally Of
Great Britain In war against our government.
Compared to the lingering, torturing, slow
murder Of the men at Andersonvillc, the deaths
inflicted at Calcutta were mercifnl and gentle.
But for these murders nj Andersonville Eng
lishmen attempt TO find palliation and excuse.
Common deccncy requires, therefore, that Eng
land should never again mention the Black Hole
Of Calcutta.
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yrx. Ascss hslspss shre~ ecsck, Yesterday mesa-
no me ss,ss q os<pcs urr@a. uussss sre~s n~ss
putnam sveuae ~cve sseever~d IA be a. Ore and DO
,r, ,he ar,n~n essid sag ne rs.xr~~ cS ks nsm-s
me whole building snd the ~he~ivrehts sscr ~ ~.
yynn sdjcinins. With Their eonssuts v~s~ esssroy-f
M Urbsns loss . sbcat o. 60 ssd y ias~r~d f~ thea
amount Ia the brooklyn Fire Insurance csmp~ny ne
damage In other budding " shou 81 - sna u -.
slrrd in the Nassau lnsmrnnre Company Tue Ore y
supposed 10 have boca Tie wuk " - tscsaDsrv.
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COtto0.
STEAMER LAnss WIN rrrrrrs HrSpHrp "a

A STEAMER LARES WITH rffrrES HUNDRED ssrKs
OF COTTON DEsTRoyEp-rnE TEXAS corroS
CRor, ETC.
CAIRO, OFT 10, 1865.
The stcamss Tycoon frsm Memphis for Louisville with
fifteen hundred bales Of cotton burned last n.bt a
Little Praeie Bond. No lives were lost
Texaa papers estimate that there win no, BE- more thar
half crop The cotton Of THAI state that was raised -
the Germans 10 said TO be cleaner and Of finer eusy
than that grown by slaves.
ss estimated that twenty i've thousand baiasg 90,
ton will be procured this year along the line u The mi
uos Central Railroad. agaus, Ave thousand w year.
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No Politics IN GOVERNMENT WORKSHOPS
We heartily endorse the order Of Secretary
welles directing that no money shall be ex-
torted from employees in the navy yards for
political purposes, and that gangs Of men shall
not be taken on just before election for the
sake Of their votes. We trust that President
Johnson will see that similar orders are issed by
al tho other departments, and that they are
strictly observed. The disgracefnl political
taxation OF clerks in our post Offices and Gus
tom houses should cease ct once and forever.
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N OF / G E.
New York Herald Building.

New York Herald Building.
To MAsoNs, IRON, MARBLE AND DORCHESTER STONE
WORKERS.
Proposals will be received until October IS for Fire
Proof building to be erected for the NEW YORK HEELr
EsTaBLisnMRST, on Broadway, Park and Ann street
Plans and specifications may be and examined
at the Office of JOHN KELLuM, Architect, No. i7a
Broadway
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A SroS or THE Txxs.-we notice one OF our
Southern exchanges with . supplement entirely
filed with the advertisements Of Northern busi-
ness men. II strsws may show which way the
wind blows, there Ia certainly some value In
this sign Of the great activity Of the commercial
reconstruction. Despite what the politicians
may say, despite the desperate falminations Of
the radicals, the peop,s = the two sections will
trade with one another 10 N infinitely greater
extent-because with more ireedom-thsn ever,
and In that fact lies the bcst possible assurance
Of practical reooastruc$iea.
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The washlngteS correspondent Of The Philadelphia
Ledger writes that senator cowsn, of Pennsylvania viii
unquesiionably sassan the Presidents policy of
struction
Earl Granville. lord President ~ the British prfvy
Council has iuss married hloomng gir ~ sghiesn,
daughter of SIR Waiter Campbell, . scotch bsropct
Lord Granville b ny years old and has been hye years
q widowcr
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therefore, a fine opportunity before them
to aid In restoring the country to liz COM
meseiai and agricultural prosperity. Senator
Orr, Of South Carolinl, desires bis State
10 emufate the enterprise OF New England !;
while Governor Andrew refuses the Presidency
Of Antioch College TO provide labor for the
plantations Of the South. singularly enough,
Massachusetts, and South Carolina are thus
ranged side by side in the promotion Of the
national welfare-another illustration of the
fact that extremes meet Many there are, Of
course, who think that these two States should
undo the mischief which they had large hand
in creating. II Governor Andrew viii induce
that " nine hundred thossandn 10 invsae the
South now they viii meet with more accept
able welcome.
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The whole country will support Secretary
Wclley in his course. The order is the most
popular document no has ever signed.
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RAriyfcArfOHs.

Illinois, Feb. I, 1896 Indiana Feb IL, 1895
Rhode Island Feb. 2, 1895. Nevada, Feb. 16 1886.
Maryland, Feb. 8, 1866. Louisiana, Feb IL, 1885.
Massachusetts,, Feb 3, 1865. Missouri Feb "a 1866.
New York, Feb q 1856. Wisconsin, Feb. ~, 1885
Pennsylvania, Feb. 3, 1865 Vermont, March9 1865.
West Virginia. Feb. q 1885. Tennessee, April 1855.
Maine: FEB. !. 1896. Sonnsssieut May ) 1896
Ohio, Feb. g. 1865. Iowa, June 20, 1886.
Kansas, Feb 9, 1866, New Hampshire, June 30,
Minnesota Feb g. 1885 1895
East Virginia, Fob, o 1855.
Delaware Feb g. 1865 Now Jersey, March l. 1885.
Kentucky Feb. "a, 1885
The new State OF Colorado will, Of course,
vote for the amendment as all new States are
very naturally under the influence Of the admin
istration. North Carolina, through her Conven-
ton, has embodied the amendment as part 81
her State constitution, and her Legislature win
ratify II at once. South Carolina is now the
most loyal State in the Union--far in advance
Of Massachusetts, her vote will be cast in
the affirmative. Mississippi and Georgia are
equally certain to vote on the right side. Thus
the amendment will be soon adopted by the
votes Of Southern States, like Maryland,
Virginia, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Ar
kansas, North and South Carolina and Missis-
sippi while only one Northern State (New Jer-
sey) and two border States delaware and Ken
tucky) oppose it. To us this is much more
gratifying than II the amendment had been car
ried by strictly Northern vote; for it shows
that the South cheerfully acquiesces in what Is
inevitable. The position Of New Jersey, how
ever, we cannot understand. There the demo-
Gratis profess to support President johnson, and
yet they oppose this constitutional amendment,
which is the leading measure Of President John
sons administration. Neither their orators nor
their organs have anything to say about 1t.
We call upon them to come right UP to this test
question. Are they for or against the amend
ment? II yes, then let them pledge themselves
to ratify II in the next Legislature. If no, then
they cannot be considered the Andy Johnson
party. Now let us see where they stand.
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The CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT AB0LBHN0
SLAvERY.-Before Colorado Was admitted to the
Union 1t required the vote Of twenty-seven States
to ratify the constitutional amendment abolish
ing slavery. It happened that there were just
twenty-seven loyal States at the time the
amendment passed. Congress, If we include
East Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas; and il
each Of these States had adopted the amend
ment as they all should have done, IL would
now be part Of the supreme law Of the land
Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey hung fire,
however, and up to this date only twenty-four
States have recorded their votes in the afirma-
tive. We place these facts before our readers
in tabular FORM as follows