movements are causing us some anxiety, The Firebrand is ordered here and we are eager that she should come up instead of remaining at the No-man's-land of the Tangku Wharf; but if she gets up it implies that the Monocacy may et down (she is ordered to proceed to ku). What Tientsin would like would be that the river should improve so far ds to allow the short Firebrand to ascend, but not so far as to permit the long American vessel to descend. We are eelfish in these matters, and of course do not look at them from the U.S. Admiral's point of view; the Monocacy has now been tied up to our bund for eight months, much to the satisfaction of the Tientsin community and also to that of, storekeepers. I heard a report the other day, which I quote at its face value, that the crew and Department spend $10,000 in the port every month.
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