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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1868.
Count de hlontalemhert.
On Monday, wo stated that Louia Napo
leon, , deviating from' that discretion which
has generally characterized him, since his
election to the Imperial crown of France, was
about prosecuting Count de Montalkmbert,
for an article, in Le Correspondent, written and
signed by him, and entitled “ Un Dobat snr
l’lndo au Parlement Anglais.” /Wo learn that
the trial was fixed to be held on Wednesday,
the 24th ult., before the sixth chamber of tho
Correctional Tribunal of Paris, —thatM.BEß-
thelin was to bo tho presiding judge,—that tho
Procureur Imperial Cordouen was personally
to conduct the prosecution,—that in com
pliance with an established rule, invented by
Napoleon 111, the public were not to be-ad
mitted to this trial,—that no report of it would
be permitted,—that the simple judgment
would be allowed to appear in the French pa
pers,—that M. Dofaurs was to defend M. de
Montalembert and M. Berrter (the famous
“legitimist”lawyer and politician) was to de
fend Le Correspondent, —and that it was not un
likely that M. be Momtamsubert might make
a speech in his own behalf, tho practice of the
French courts allowing a prisoner to speak for
himself, even thongh he bo defended by
counsel.
In a week, or ten days at farthest, the result
of this trial will be known in this country—
the immediate result, we mean, for it is impos
sible to say whore the aifair may end Bhould
M. be Montalembeet be convicted, and sen
tenced to tho extreme sentonco of tho law
[which differs very much from justice, at
times ;] and deported to Cayenne or Algoria.
Frenchmen have tolerated much, ftom arbi
trary rulers of different families, during tho
last half century, but thoro has always oc
curred tho fulfilment of the old adage, “ ’tis
the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.”
If a French subject is to bo condemned and
banished for merely praising the liborty of
speech and writing in England, because a
thin-skin ruler fancies such praise to imply
condemnation 61 tho checks upon speaking
and printing in England, surely some popular
manifestation will follow —unless France in
deed be in a State of stupor. Anticipating
some popular expression, in the event of con
viction, we shall now state who the Count de
Montalembert is.
There is no mention of him in that useftil,
but one-sided and not particularly accurate
book the “Men of the Time.” Yet he is nei
ther unknown nor undistinguished. Count de
Hontalembebt, who has dared to heard Na
poleon 111, was born in London, noarly forty
nino years ago, hut is legally a Frenchman.
His lather, who married Miss Fordes, a
wealthy Englishwoman, was an emigre, and
head of an old family of Poitou. Ho returned
to France with tho Bourbons, was made a Peer
of Franco by Louis XVIII, and sent to Swe
den as Ambassador from Franco, by Charles
X. The son, of whom we now write, commenced
his public career about tho time of the Revo
lution of 1830, then being only twenty years
old. At that perled, tho Abbe Laueknais,
(who died in February, 1854,) was attracting
mnoh attention in Paris, by his eloquent
speaking and. forcible writing in .favor of the
supremacy of the Church. In 1830, Lahen
bais established, a journal called L’Avenir,
(the Future,) in \ which he advocatod the
nnlom of Catkollcjpt, wjth . Democracy, but
claim#! that shduld be vboliy ln :
lFshonlddisdaln
to receive mdhey’or money’s worth from the
Government, that it should wholly roly on its
own resources, and that, in politics or reli
gion, men should be free to publish what they
thought—though blasphemy or treason were
the result. These doctrlnes-wcre denounced
by Pope Greg op.y XVI as “ altogether ab
surd,” and L’Avenir was discontinued. Young
Mohtaleubert, who had been one of its edi
tors, grieved greatly at the prospect of bis pen
being laid aside, but he was of an active tem
perament, and tnrned at onco to agitation of
another sort.
In April, 1831, commencing an opposition to
the Univorßlty of Paris, he opened what he
called the Ecole Libre, in conjunction with M.
de Coux and the eloquent Abbe Lacordaire,
who had been associated with himself and La-
MEHNAia in tho editorship of L’dvenir. Mono
of this trio showed much discretion, and tho
Government of Louis Philippe, which ho
strongly opposed, brought him before tho Po
lice Oorrectionello. While the prosecution;
was going on, M. de Mohtalembert became
Peer of France, by the death of his father,
and he adroitly claimed the 1 right of being
tried by the Chamber of Peers. This right
wab conceded, and he defended himself so
ably and eloquently that, though convicted, he
received no severer sentence than to pay a
fine of 100 francs. With this, M. de Monta
lehbert’s political career may be said to have
commenced.
Considering that the Pope was very deficient
in orthodoxy, because he condemned tho wri
tings of Lauknnaib, and farther annoyed be
cause Laoobdaise had been obliged to sepa
ratejjfrom L’Avenir and tho school, and con
fine himself to his strict professional duties.
M. ee Montalkmiskrt now took a bold and
promincnt~stand as tho champion of Catholi
city. With this aim he wrote and spoko. In
1886, he published his « Life of Elizabeth of
Hungary,” in which he showed himself a
great pietist. ’
■ln March, 1840, having attained tho legal
age of thirty, M. de Montalkmdebt took his
seat in the Chamber of Poors. In 1842, ho
vehemently opposed M. Villkmain’s educa
tional measure, which secularized instruction,
apd published his «Catholic Manifesto ” in
1843. In this year, also, he married Made
moiselle de Meuode, daughter of one of tho
Belgic Ministry. Soon after, returning to
Franco, he made tbreo great speeches, on
which rests his high reputation for eloquence.
They were spoken in the Chamber of Peers,
tho subjects being the Liberty of tho Church,
the Liberty of Education, and tho Liberty of
the Monastic Orders.
M. de Mostai.kmbeet took great interest
in theaffairs of Ireland, watching O’Connei.t.’s
exertions to .obtain Repeal, with admiration
and anxiety. There wore some-points in com
mon between them, both having a decided
aversion of oppression, and both strongly in
favor of tho supremacy of the Catholic Church.
O’Connell died in 1847, and, on tho 10th
February, 1848, De MoNTALEJinEaT had
a solemn ftinoral-service celebrated to his
memory in tho Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Republic was established just a fort
night after that date, and M. r>E Montaleh
iiebt was elected a member of the Constitu
ent Assembly. In that capacity, endeovoring
to act independently of faction, he gave sa
tisfaction to neithor party. Whon a proposal
was made that tho journals should again ho
required to furnish seourity, ho opposed it, as
inimical to the freedom of tho press. He op
posed the continuance of tho stage of siego
(of Paris) after the insurrection of June. Ho
opposed the motion in the Assembly to
permit Louis Natolkon to take his seat as
deputy, to which bo had been elected. But,
at the close of the session, lie supported M.
de Ddfaube’s bill for the restriction of the
press, and strongly approved of tho French
expedition to Rome.
Re-elected to the Assembly, ho exhibited
more uncertainty than was anticipated. Ho
actively assisted-in preparing the law for re
straining the suffrage within narrower limits,
(a principle wliioh he maintains in the article
under legal prosecution,) and ho distinguished
himself by frequent passages-at-arms in elo
quence with Victor Hcoo,-the only man in
the Assembly who spoke as well as himself.
More than all, having voted in 1848 that it
would be dangerous to allow Louis Napoleon
to act as Btmple Deputy, M. de Montalem
bem vehemently defended the same Louis
Napoleon, as President, in 1861. dt may be
I remembered that Lems NAPOiEon'afl'eoted or
PHIL AD EL PHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1858,
ontertained great attachment to tho Church, o
which M. de Montalembert was tho (sham
pion. ,
Tho coup d'etat of December 2,1851, was
received by M. de Montalembert as a sort
of necessity, hut he protested strongly against
the imprisonment of the Deputies. Notwith
standing, the new Government named him a
member of tho Consultative Commission.
This ho declined, hut was elected in 1862 a
member of the Corps Legislatif. In that
packed assembly, he seemed to opposo every
thing proposed, standing In tho remarkable
position of constituting “ a glorious minority
of one.” Ho was a candidate for re-olection
last year, but was defeated by a Government
man.
Ho then retired from public life, much af
fecting the select society of the aristocratic
Faubourg St. Germain, who respected his an
cient lineage and admired his orthodoxy, 'and
only appeared occasionally at the sittings of
tho French Academy, of which ho was elected
a member in 1852. His vißit to England,Mu
ring tho present year, interested him in pnulic
business and institutions there, and besides,
his mother was English, from whom he do
rived a knowledge of tho language. -Tho. re
sult of his observations on freo legislative di..-
cussion in England, particularly during Ihe
debate on the India Bill, he communicated;, to
his French friends through Le Correspondent,
and is indictod for attacking the laws, govern
ment, and ruler of France—because lio praised
those ofEngland. Itisasif praising one lady
for her beauty, virtue,’ and accomplishments,
her neighbor would angrily maintain that you
purposed to insinuate dispraise of herself, on
all these points!
With more difficulty than most of our rea
ders will appreciate, wo have collected arid
strung together theso personal notices of M. 1
de Montalembert. We perceive that the
Illustrated London News of tho 27th lilt,
promises a memoir, but a week may olapse
before its arrival, and wo prefer not lotting oyr
readers wait for it. '!
Before tho result of the trial roaches us, vfe
shall particularly stato on what passages in the-
Correspondent’s article tho indictment is
framed. This caso attracts tho attention Of
Europe, and wo deem it sufficiently interest
ing to ho fully known in this country. { *
The Slaver Echo Case—A Writ of Hit”
bens Corpus—The Indictments, Petl-
lions, &c.
(Correspondence or the Associated Press.]
. Colombia, 8. 0., Dec. 2,1858;.'V
The Federal Court met yesterday'at twenty-fire min
utes past 11. The Grand Jury were In attendance!' ' ‘
Justice Wayne. Mr. District Attorney, hare you any
business to present to the Grand Jury to-day ?
Mr. Conner. Hay it please tho Court, lam prepared
to take up the petition or the ptisoners In tho case of
the slaver Echo. -
Justice Wayne. Bat hare you anything for. twfc
Grand Jury? *’*
Mr Conner. Not at present; bat lam not prepared
to give them their dircharge. I shall ask thatthey be*
disohargeduntil to-morrow morning only. -
Mr. De Treville, -(counsel tor the prisoner*.) . If th(S
Court please. I hare another petition to present in thf*
case, which I now beg to lay before the court. Thef
prisoners herein farther pray for a writ of habeas
pus to bring them before this coart. We'ask your.
Honor to grant the writ, and if granted, to appoint Sati>'
urtJay next for the hearlog.
Mr. Connor, I bare no objection to the time Axb&'
by the coonssl, except that there are witnesses la this,
case who are anxious to be discharged from attendance,;
I hare no inclination to press the counsel; trot-ith*;
sooner this is heard, tho sooner will these wUnMMW
from a distance be released 1 therefore hope they wi)£
fix an earlierday for the return. * k
Mr. De TreviUe. I understood from the prosecuting
counsel yesterday that they would giro out no other iiW
dictment against theae prisoners now; and an the may
tion now berate tbe court can create uo new cause for
the action of nGrand Jury, or for tbe cXft'mJnat’onqf'
I do not see bo v it j-xv r "■rsitiate their <
temioo.' J shall not, however, nrgue the writlri’gilff.';
That will bednue by niy associate.*, Messrs- SprattXbd
*; Ihi r- rn objection, Jf Uis
them, ii\m‘■viur day, ' /. ’ 1 "T '
Ji-'M-q us. The reasons adrancod by'th&, r ftj#£
trioi .Vcc:-: 7 cannot bo suffered to interfere
application. The GoUr6'gi , AntA-lfie v Vrit 1 a'ai apMlntsj;
Saturday next, at ton o’clock,' for itftjetura befora lhls
Conner. I would PilrfMt,tli.nthS
•Jury be* discharged until Monday next, r ' ‘
-Tbe Grand Jury were therefore discharged by the
court until eleven o’clock on Monday morning.
TnS INDICTMENTS,
Three indict nents, all similar except as to the natniß
of the parties ascusea, were laid before the Urand Jury.
Tbe following copy of one of these lodlotraenti, will
show the cases on whioh they refused to bring In true
bills: ’ „
United States of Amertea t Sixth Circuit, District of
South Carolina. Tawit:
At ft Circuit Court of the United SUtes of Amerlcft
for the Hlxth Circuit, begun to be holden at Columbia,
within and for the Distrlot of Booth Uareiina, on the
22<1 day of November, in the year of our Lord 1868,
the jurors for the said Ufllted States, within and to r the
distrlot aforesaid, that is to say {jurors' sanies], upon
their oaths, respectfully do present that Antonio de
Almeyda, Jose de Corto, John Barber, Thomas Jose,
Domioioo Dellepline, and Jose Francisco, late ox
Obarieston, in the district aforesiid.on the Ist day of
July, in the year of our Lord 1869, with force and
arms, on a foreign shore, to wit, the coast of Afriea,
out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of the
said United States, on waters witbm the admiralty and
maritime juried'otion of the said United States, and
within tie jurisdiction of this court, they, the said An
tonio deAlraeyda, Ac , lh**n and there being of the
ship's company of a certain vessel, being a brig
called the Putnam, the said vessel being then
and there own*d, in the whole or in part, by a citizen
of the said United SUtes, to wit: oneß 0. Townsend,
piratically and feloniously, did receive on board of said
vessel, so owned as aforesaid; certain negroes, to wit,
three hundred negroes, whose names are to the said
jnrors nnknowa; they, the sald^negroes, noPbelng held
to servioe or-tabor by the laws or either of the States
or Territories of the said United SUtes. with intent of
’them the said Antonio de Almeyda, Ao., to make the
said negroes so received, as aforesaid, slaves, against
the form of the sUtute in suoh case made and pro
vided, and against the. peace and dignity of the said
United States. And the jarors aforesaid, upon their
oaths aforesaid, do farther present that Antonio de
Aimeyda. Ac . on the ltt day of July, In the year of
our Lora 1858, with force and anna, on a foreign
shore, to wit, the coast of Africa, ont of the jurisdiction
of nuy particular State of the said Uoited States, on
waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisilctioa
of the said United States, and within the jurisdic
tion of this court, - they, the said Antonio de
Almeyda, Ao , then and there beingof the ship's com
pany of a cerUfn vessel, being a brig called the Pot*
Dim. the said vessel being then and there owned, in the
whole or in part, by a citizen or citizens of the said
United States, whose names are to the Bald jurors un
known, plratiolly and feloniously did receive on board
of the said vessel, so owned as aforesaid, certain ne
ijtocb, to wit, three hundred negroes, whose names are
o the said jurors unknown, they, the said negroes, not
being held to service by the laws of either of the
States or Territories of the said United Btatea, with
intent of them, the said Antonio de Almeyda, Ac , to
make the said negroes, so received ns aforesaid, slaves,
against the form or the statute of tbe said United
SUtes in euch case made and provided, and against the
peace and dignity of the said United Btates.
And tbe jurors aforesaid, up-m their oaths aforesaid,
do further present that Antonio de Almeyda, Ac , late
of Obarieston, in tbe district aforesaid, on the Ist day
of July, in tbe year of our Lord, 1868, with foroe and
arms, on the high seas, ont or the jurisdiction of any
part'cular State of the said Uoited SUtes, within ad
miralty and maritime Jurisdiction of the said United
Stats, and within tho jurisdiction of this coart, the
said Antonio de Almeyda, Ac., then and there being of
the ship's company of a certain vessel, being a brig
called toe Putnam, the said vessel being then and ther*
owned by a citlzrn or citizens of the said United States,
whose names are to the jurors unknown, did, piratically
and feloniouly, forcibly confine and detain on board of
said vessel, so owned as aforesaid, oertatn negroes, to
wn three hundred negroes, whose names are to the
said jurors unknown the said negroes not belog held to
service or labor by the laws of either of the SUtes or
Territories of the said United SUtes, with intent of
them, the sa'd Antonio de AlmeyJa, Ao , to make the
paid negroes, confined and detained, slaves against the
form of the statute of the said United States, in snch
case made and provided, and against the peace and dig
nity of iho sail United States.
And tbe jarors aforesaid, npon their oaths aforesaid,
do farther present that Antonio de Almeyda. Ao , late
of Obarieston, in the district aforesaid, on tne Ist day
of July, 1868 with foroe and arms, on the high seas,
out of tho jurisdiction of, any parrionlar SUte of the
said United SUtes, within the admiralty and maritime
jonsdiction of the said United SUtes, and within tbe
jurirdlotion or this court, they, the said Antonio do
Aimeyda,(Ao, then and thereibeing of the ship's
company of a certrio vessel, being a brig called the
Putnnra. the Bald vessel then and there beiog owned, in
tbe whole or in part, by a citizen of the said United
States, to wit, one B. C Townsend, did plratlcalty and
feloniously forcibly confine and detiin on board the
said vetiflol, so owned as aforeBaid,certain negroes, to wit.
three hundred negroes, whose names are to the said
jnrors unknown, the said negroes not being held to
service or labor in auy of the SUtes or Territories of
the said United States, with intent of thorn, the said
Antonio de Almeyda, fcc., to make the negroes, so de
tained and confined as aforesaid, slaves, against the form
of the statute of the said United States in suoh ctse
made and provided, and against the peace and dignity
of the Ra'd United SUtes.
And the jurors aforesaid, on their oaths aforesaid, do
further present that Antonio de Almoyda, Ao.. late of
Charleston, in the district aforesaid, on tho Ist July.
lflf.B, with force and arms oti the hi"h seas, outof the
jurisdiction of tiny purticnUr Ht»t« ot tho rod United
States, within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction
of tho *aH ThiH<*'l P-t Hos. tind within the jurisdiction of
this coMit :hc aa'd Antonio do Ahnojda, Ac.,
then t.nd th-HD being of the ship’s oompany of a certain
yesb;l, h.'ini' a brig oallod the Putnam, the said vessel
being owned, in the whole or in psrt,byacitizenorcitl
zens of the said United SUtes, whose names are to the
jarors unknown, did piratically and feloniously aid and
abet in forcibly conuniog and detaining on board the
said vessel, so owned as aforesaid, ceitaln negroes, to
wit| 300 negroes, whose names »re to the said jurors un
known, tbe said negroes not being held to service or
labor by the laws of any of the BUtes or Territories of
the said United States, with Intent of them, the said
Antonio de Almeyda, Ao., to make the said negroes, so
confined and detained, slaved, against the form of the
statute of tbe said United States, in sach case made
au4 provided, and against the peace and dignity of the
said United States.
And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths as ftforo
naid.dofurther present that Antonio de Almeyda, Ac.,
late of Obarieston, in the districtaforesaid, on the let
of July, 1868, with force and arms on the high soas,
out of the jurisdiction of any particular BUte of the
said United BUtes, within the admiralty and maritime
juriadict on o* the said United States, nod Jwlthin *the
jurisdiction of this court, they, the said Antouio de Al
meyda, Ao., then and there being of the ship's company
of ncortain vessel, being a brig called the Pntnam, the
said vessel then and thero being owned, in the whole or In
part, by a citizen of theBaidU|>ltedßtates,.towit: one
E.O. Townsend, did piratically and feloniously aid and
abet in forcibly confining and detaining on board the,
said vessel, so owned rs aforesaid, certain negroes, to
wit: three hundred negroes, whose names are to tho said
juiors unknown, the s.ld negroes not being held to ser
vice or labor by the laws of either of tbe States or
Territories ot the said United States, with Intent of
them, Ike Raid Antonio de Almeyda, Ao., to make the
said negroes slaves, against the form of the statute of
the stia United States, as aforesaid.
. And the jurors aforesaid, on their oaths aforesaid, do
farther present that Antonio d© Almeyda, Ac., on the'
32th of Jnly as aforesaid, with foroe and arms, on a foreign
shore* to.wit, the coast of Africa, oat of the jurisdiction
of any particular.^State of the said United States, within
the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the said
United States, and within the jurisdiction of this court,
they, the said Antonio de'Almeyda, Ao.,then and there
being of the ship’s company of a certain vessel, being a
brig, oalled the Putnam, the said vessel being then and
there owned, In tbe whole or in part,by a citizen or eiti
tensof the United States, to the said jurors unknown,
piratlcally and feloniously did receive on beard the said
vessel, so owned as aforesaid, and piratlcally and felo
niously did forcibly conflneand detain, and piratlcally
and feloniously did aid and abet in forcibly confining
and detaining on board said vessel, So ownedasaforesaid,
certain negroes, to wit, 800 negroes, whose names are to
the said jurors unknown, they, the said negroes, not be
ing held to labor or service by tbe laws of either of the
States or Territories of the said United States, and hav
ing before that time, to wit, on the 30th day of Juno,
A. D. 3858, been seized on a foreign shore, to wit, on
ihe obast of Africa, by some person or persons/whose
namesare td thesaid jurors unknown, with the intent
to make the said negroes slaves; with the intent of
them, the said Antonio de Almeyda, Ao., to make the
said negroes so, and forcibly confined and re
tained as aforesaid, slaves, against the form of the
statote of the said United States in.such cane made and
provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said
United States
And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid,
do farther present that the district of Sooth Oarolloa is
the district into which the said Antonio de AlmSyda,
Ac., were first brought after the cominisricn of tbe
crime'aforssaMl ■ Jiuks Ooxnrb,
U S. Attorney JNstrlct of Soath Carolina;
All three indictments were returned into court by the
Grand Jury, bearing the endorsement, “ Np Bill.”
TB V PETITIONS FOR DISCHARGE AND HARKA« OQBpea..
The followiDg la the first petition presented to the
com-tj?qjfr ehalf of the prisoners after the finding of tho
The United States of Amenta, South Carolina Dis
trict, Pfo ember Sitting, 185 J: To the Honorable-,
the Judges of the /aid'Court: • V.
Tim humble petit dd of, R. T. Bates, Alexander
Rogers, Thomas Jose, A'o., (prisoners,) showoth to
your Ronore that your petitioners wero oomn itted to
,the Common jail in the city’ of.. Charleston, in the
Sta’e aforesaii. on the 28th of August last, and charged
with.baving been eogaged In the slave trade, in viola
tion of the aot of Congress of the 16th of May, 1820.
and, therefore, guilty of piracy. 9 hat they have from
thendeuntU the present time been detained under the
saidjcharge in close coufioemeat, and are now in con
finement in tbe jail in tbe town 'of Columbia, in the
said. State, under the said charge. 'Your petitioners
farther, show that Jhey are ready for trial, and have
been anxious to be tried on the said charges, or any
others that may be brought against them, Yonr peti
tioners therefore pray that they may be tried (as they
faad'.reaaon to believe they would have been) during
the present term, or b* permitted to go at large. And
you*petitioners, as induty bound, will ever pray, Ao.
Signed by tbe prisoners’ attorneys. “* *■ ;
% The petition for tbe writ of habeas corpus subse
quently presented, reads as follows:
united States o/ Avietica, District of fSottth Caroli •
. Jn the Circuit Court:
TjiJhe Honorable, the fudges of said Court:
The petitlon of R;T. Pates, Ac., (prisoners,) rsepeot
faliy referring to their petitioa filed In this court yes
terday, further represents that thereto illegally de
tained under some warrant of authoiity, by the mar
shal of the United States from this district; and prays
th’atawrltof habeas corptls may be granted, directed
to the said marshal, commanding him to bring your
petitioners before, this coart. that ihe cause and au
thority of their imprisonment beingseenaud considered,
suqbjforther p ocepdlng* may be thereon had as may be
coispnant with Jaw and jostlco.
’ kigned by the prisoners’ attorneys. -
This petition is endorsed as follows: -
On hearing the petition it Is ordered that the writ
ad for ba granted. And made returnable in this 1
, Saturday, the of December, at 10 o'clock
'X.-M. ; Signed, • -
j' JawesJLWatkb, *
' \ T ’- . Aseoeiate Justice Supreme Court united States.
l * -’4 A. G. MaoGbatq,
.Judge United Slates Distrlot Court South Carolina,
fid December, 1868. *
• THE WBIV OP HABFIB OORPOa.
~ The following is a copy of the writ of habeas corpus:
Thi United States of America: To D H Hamilton,
. Marshal 0/ the United States for the District
&f Siruth Caroltna ,
/ ;tre command yon that you have the bodies of R. T.
Bafes, Ac., (the prisoners,) said to be illegally detained
in-the jail of the State of South Carolina, at uolurobia,
under your custody, to it Is said, under safe and secure
oonduot, together with the day and cause of their being
taken and dAtkined, by whatever names they may be
.'Mlled lu tho same, before tbe Honorable the Justices
of the tJnjted Btates in the Circuit Court of the United
Slates for the district of BoUth Carolina, at Columbia,
on Saturday, the 4th instant, at 10 A SI., to do and re
ceive, all and singular, those things which the said
Jurtices shall thea and there consider of them in this
behalf, ant have 70a then and thore this writ.
‘4 Witness: H. G G»at> *
Olerk of the Olroait of the United States for the Dis
( trJctof South Carolina, *
BEPOHT OF THE SECEETABY
OF WAB.
Lv- ' • WiK DjePARTMKHT, Wabjhsgtojt, Deo. 6.1858.
: the authorized strength of thearmr, as posted,
but the actual strength, on the Ist of Jnly,
These 1 troops ooropcse the whole numerL
iMLfdyce of throughout the States
the ontiro Ooufederaoy. maiming all
halting air the
garrisoned, defending all our extended
'JfjrvsftcnGand protecting, as far as possible, tbe differ*
rjent routes extending across the continent froiqthe
uttsinfippii raltey to oor possessions,on the.Pae|6c. (
' Thelbecfute demands for men in the various posts,
stations; Ac., as well as for what might be termed the
polio operations of the army, left only thirteen regi
ments for aetual service in tho field And upon this
small force, numbering a little over eleven thousand
men, devblved the ardnous duty of proEecnting ail tbe
Indian wars, which have extended this year from the
British .possessions on the Pacific to the border settle
ments or Texas; as well as of crushing the rebellion
Jh ‘UtalJ, which, from Its vindictive spirit and large
numbers, threatened at its outset to become, and indoed
was, very formidable.
The labors performed by the army since my last re
port will very fnlly appear from the reporU of the
different bureaus, herewith transmitted, and to which I
call your particular attention. It maybe safely as
serted that no army of the same size ever before per
formed. In such a length of time, marches and move
ments of such extent, surmounting In their progress
such formidable,obstacles.
These regiments have accomplished within the year a
marohv averaging, for each, the extraordinary distance
of twelve hundred' aod thirty-four miles. These
marches, in the main, have been mode through tbe un
inhabited solitudes and sterile deserts vhich stretch
away between the settlements of the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts, upon routes whioh afforded nothing to fa
cilitate the advance, except only the herbage which
the beasts of harden might pluck by tbe way- side
Every item of supply, from a horse-shoe nail to the
largest piece of ordnance, has been carried, from the
depots, along the whole line of those tedious marches,
to be ready at the exact moment when necessity might
call for them. The country traversed could'yield no
thing/ The labor, foresight, method, and care requi
site to systematise, and the energy, activity, aud per
sistence to carry out such operations by the different
departments, deserve tbe attention of the country, and,
In my opinion, its commendation too. No disaster has
befhllen the army throughout its immen«e ramifica
tions; and tbe privations, hardships, toils, and dan
gers to which it has been continually subjected, have
been borne without a murmur.
There his been for a longtime muoh exhibition of
an insubordinate and hostile spirit amoog the Indian
tribes of Washington and Oregon Territories, aud dnr-
Ing the paat spring and early part of summer it broke
out into opeu hostility., A very large force*of Indians
attacked a comparatively small party of our people,
wbo, after an Ineffectual resistance and the loss of some
brave officers and men, were forced to retreat. Thle
was tbe signal fora general rising of the tribes, and an
alliance was speedily formed between the powerful
tribes of Spokanes and Ccecr d’Alcnes together with
many straggling warriors from amongst the Patoases
and other tribe*. Immediately upon this outbreak,
Brevet Brigadier General dark in command of tho de
partment of tho Paclfio, with great promptness, and
with a wise forecast, concentrated, in a masterly manoer,
tbe wicely scattered forces under his command, ana
precipitated them Into the heart of the Indian coun
try, where a powerful Indian force was already assem
bled to meet him. The campaign was prosecuted with
great activity and vigor by Uoloool Wright, of the 9th
infautry. who gave battle to the Indians on several oc
casions, always routing them completely. After beat
lag their forces, capturing many prisoners, and destroy
ing largo amounts of property, and layiDg waste their
ooantry, the Indians surrendered at discretion, with
their wives and children, and sued abjectly for peace.
The criminal offend-rsamongst them, heretofore guilty
of murder and rapino, the chief instigators of all dis
satisfaction amongst those tribes, and the immediate
canse of the recent hostilities, were surrendered, tiled,
and executed.
A permanent peace has been established by treaties
«nW*d in'o with them, and the army has boen*alrea<ly
distributed to points wbe'e the presence of a force was
greatly needed. The oflloers and men of this command
deserve the thanks of the conotry for the efficient and
soldierly manner in which they have borne themselves
in the prosecution of the campaigo.
The foroee employed in the Territory of New Mexico
have been called upon also to repel Indian aggressions
and chastise the formidable and war-like tribe of tbo
Navsjos. These savages have fer some time evinced a
spirit of insubordination and discontent, which at last
broke out into an open deß&.ioa of our authority, and
was followed by the murder of a negro man within the
precincts of the camp.
The declining health of Brevet Brigadier General
Garland necessitated his return to the States, which
devolved the oommand of that department upon Colonel
Bonneville. Tola officer promptly, and with very proper
foresight, put on foot the expedition against the Indi
ans, and the campaign has. up to the last advices, been
conducted with skill, ability, activity, and codrage
The enemy has been met on several occaa'oua, and
always routed, although our dlspirity of numbers has
always been very great Our troops hare succeeded,
also, In taking a considerable amount of the Indian
propeity, consisting of cattle and grain. This war Is
still prosecuted vfitn vigor, and the Indians show no
disposition to abandon their war Ike attitude or ask for
peaoo. The Navajos are very rich in herds and Uocks,
and possess considerable quantities of grain, enough at
least to enable them, for some time, to keep up resist
ance and prosecute the war. They can probably number
about three thousand mounted warriors, an extremely
formidable force, particularly in the wild and remote
country they Inhabit. There shall be no relaxation In
proiecutlug this war until the savages are brought ab
solutely under the yoke.
To the Stato of Texas and upon its borders, there has
been, and stlil is at this time, raging an Indian war
betwoen our troops and that most formidable of all the
tribes, the Oamanohes of the plains, and their kinsmen
and allies, the Kt liras. Those people have, for a long
time, been committing pettj’ outrages upon the inhabi
tants of our frontiers and travellers upon the roads
lending in the vicinity of their haunts. These depre
dations brought on at last a light betweeu our troops
and their warriors, which for fierceness and determina
tion was very remarkable in Indian warfare. The In
dians were routed with considerable Jobs of killed and
wounded by our troops, most efficiently commanded by
H')orVan Dorn, who also suoceetUd in capturing a
number of their hones.
This war we may look upon as Jnst begun, and tho
probabilities are that it will be one of fierceness, and
may be one of considerable duration. Every means will
he taken to prosecute it with vigor and to terminate it
With all possible speed.
Ton will seo, sir, from this rapid narrative, that oar
little amy has been oalled upon, during the last year,
to carry on a war extending over nearly the whole
spaoo embraced betweon tho parallels of 32 and 48 de
grees of north latitude, and extanding over a space of
more than fifteen hundred miles. It is not, then, a
matter of surprise that our thirteen regiments, engag
ed ia these wars and tho Mormon rebellion, sheuld have
been called upon, in the performance of these arduous
services, to acaomplioh the extraordinary featof march
ing an average distance of nearly thirteen hundred
miles.
In addition to the operations above spoken of, troops
taaro been moved upou tho northwestern froutior and
stationed in such manner as to afford protection, as far
os passible, to the border seVleraents of that region.
Much apprehension, from the hostile manifestations of
the savages beyond the confines of lowa and Minnesota,
has been felt by the frontier settlements of those States,
and I regret to say our force is not sufficient to spare
troops In suoh numbers as will quiet altogether these
alarms.
MAP OP TOSTS ANI> HOADS,
I have caused a map to be made, which accompanies
this report It shows at a glance all the military posts
occupied by our troops and tbe roads to bo travelled in
passing to them. Such of those posts as are garrisoned
roust be supplied with everything, and these supplies
nmßfc.be transported .to them whenever and wherever
theyare needed, regardless of all obstacles. .If these
posts were'permanently occupied by fixed numbers of
troops, .it would be easy ,to furnish an exact esti
mate of cost,'both.’for' supplies and their transporta
tion. Bat it is very far otherwise, when the supplies
are contingent upon the .accidental number of troops
which the exigencies' of ' the service may require at a
given point, and the season of the year when they are
to he moved. The number of -posts and their positions
exhibited by the map, and thecxtraotdinaty distances
traversed by our troops, demonstrate that both eco
nomy and the proper efficiency 'of the army require an
Inorease of It. whilst-,I have no recommendation to
make upon the eubjeot, knowing; as I do, the aotlon of
Congress upon this subject at the last session, yet I
feel constrained to lay these facts before you and the
country, that any apparent lack of efficiency-In.the
army- in giviog complete.protection tp our.frontiers
may be set' dewn to the want of numbers, and not to
ahvwant of aotivity on tho part of onr troops. . : ; -
Upon, this point I beg leave to call your attention to
the views of the General in*chlef.
• *• - * • UTAH. 1 ' :
.The operations of the army in. connection with the
Territory of Utah, slnoe the date of rey last report,
deserve particular notice. * They have been in them*
selves Important, and fraught with.most Important re*
suits.
With the Inception and progress of the Mormon re
bellion, op to the meeting of Congress last,year, the
country Is familiar It is familiar also with the im
portance ascribed to it. t>y Congress, with the reasons
asalgoed by that body for appropriating the large sums
of money necessary lor crashing the treason at a single
blow. The preparations at first mad®to accomplish
this objeot I hare heretofore reported. Sat the final
preparations for fitting oat the expedition, and the ac
tual movement of the troops upon that remote and dif*
flonlt Territory, have not nntil now, been made the
subject of official communication, nor have the highly
beneficial consequences resulting from the policy of
that movement been m yet brought to your notice or
totbat of thepublic.' -* ?* - *,
After the open acts of war perpetrated fey the Mor
mon people against the'United States, in seislhg'tbb
provision trains of our army* and destroying them with 1 ;
fire; and in stealing and driving off the herds of-cattle
and horses belonging to the command, although' these
were essential, aB everybody supposed, tdthe mainten
ance of oar troops and their protection against starva
tion; these people continued to manifest every proof
,of a fixed determination to push their treason to the
extremity of bloodshed and war. They not only pro
claimed martial law Inthat Territory without a pretext,
but against every principle of justice, of law. and or
the Constitution; they embodied their whole force of
effective men and kept them constantly drilled add un
der arms, hovering about our encampment, seeking a
favorable moment, If one should ever offer itself, to cot
off and destroy the whole command* They fortified
the narrow mountain passes leading towards the,town'
and chief settlements where they reside, and'collected
from remote neighborhoods all the deluded people be
longing to their, sect. Every preparation which indi
cated a spirit of determined hostility, of rebellion, of
treason and war, characterized these people in every
action, and nothiog but menace and defiance, towards
the United States authorities ever fell from the HpV of 1
their ohief impostor or any of his confederates.
When a small force was first sent'to Utah, the Mor
mons attacked and destroyed' their trains, and made
ready fo* a general attack qpon the column. When a,
sufficient power was put bn root to put success beyond
all doubt, their blaster and'bravado sank into whispers
or terror and submission, .
‘ This movement npon that Territory was demanded by
the moraLaentiment of the,eountry,.wa* due to a vindl
oationof .us laws aad-Qonstitation, and was essential
to demonstrate the power of the federal Government to
chastise insnbordination and quell, rebellion,-however
formidable from numbers, or position it might seem to
be. Adequate preparations, and a prompt advance of
the army, was an act of mercy and humanity to those
! deluded people, for it prevented the effaslon of blood.
1 . These people, however, still evlnee a spirit or insu
•bordioattqn and, moody* discontent. They .keep up
Strictly their‘organUition, which has fjrita object and
fidcFJfae complete exclusion o t federal authority from ’
an participation in the governmental affairs of the Ter
citorv|bpyond ain’er® hollow show. The head manor
ohierof tbolr sect rules the. people with ahtolnt* pow
er, and under his dictation -the temper they manifest
towards the Government and the army is that of a con
quered people towards ft foreign enemy, The necessity
whioh called for the presence of troops in Utah', will
require a strong force still'to be' kept there The're-'
ports from the commissioners sent to Utah for the pur
pose of ascertaining the .exact condition of things are
already in your hands, and are at once uleful and inf
teresting. Nothing could ‘be more praiseworthy than
the just and impartial manner‘in whioh those gentle*
men discharged their delicate and responsible duties.^.(
The conduot of both officers and men attached to the
army of Utah has'been worthy ofajl praise! The eom*
mander, Brevet Brigadier General 4. 8. Johnston, who
joined his oommand at a time of greattrial and embar
rassment, with a calm and lofty beating, with a Irue
and manly sympathy for all around him, infused Into
his command a spirit of serenity and contentment which
amounted to cheerfulness, amidst uncommon hard-thips
and privations which .were 1 nabated throughout toe
tedious and inclement season of the winter. The des
truction of our trains by the Mormons, the disas
ters which necessarily flowed from It, drove General
Johnston to'the necessity of sending a detachment
of men to New Mexico for supplies essential to pre
serve the whole command from the greatest extremity,
and to enable him tb.proseeute his march with all prac
ticable despatch. « -
This expedition wait intrusted to Oapt. B. B. Marcy
of the 6th Infantry; and, without intending to make ah
invidious comparison between-the services of ofiioers
where »U are meritorious, it is bntjastto bring the
conduct of this officer and his commaha to your especial
notice.' It may bo safely affirmed that, in the .whole
catalogue of hazardous expeditions scattered aothickly
through the history of onrborder warfare, filled as many
of them,'Czh.wltMpJvtiUng.tatea«f.pr*vs)Uoar, hardship,
and snfferiog, not one surpasses this 5 and In some par-*
tioulara it has hardly been equalled by any.- " •
Captain Marcy left Fort Bridger on the 24th day of
November, 1867, with a command of forty enlisted men,
*ttd?tviQty'fc9,.mountain meo, herders,packers, and
guides. .Their coarse lay through'an alttosrtnfeklesr
wilderoesrf, over lofty and rugged mountains, without*
pathway or a human habitation to gnide nr direct, in’
the very depth of winter, through snows for many miles
together reaching to the depth of five feet. Theirbeasts
of burden very rapidly, perished until very few were
left; their suppliee gave out; their luggage wets aban
doned ; they were driven to subsist npon the carcasses
of their dead horses and mules; all the men became
greatly emaciated; some were frost-bitten: yet not one
nmrtpur of discontent escaped the Ups of a single man.
Their mission was one of extreme importance to the
movements cf the army, and great disaster might be
fall the command if these devoted men failed to bring
succor to the camp. They had one and all volunteered
for this service, and, although they might freeie or
die, yet they wonld not complain.
Atter a march of fifty-one days they emerged from
the foreita. and found themselves at Fort Massachusetts,
in New Mexico. During their whole march Captain
Marcy shared all the privations of the common soldier
marching, sleeping, and eating as they did. After a'sbort
delay at this pest, for the purpose of recruiting his par
ty and procuring pH necessary supplies for bis return,
he set out for the army at Fort Bridger.
In the meantime, information reached the department
that the Mormons were organizing a party to intercept
Captain Mercy’s teturn with the supplies, to “ stam
pede” his animals, and cutoff his party. Prompt mea
sures were taken to reinforce Captain Marcy, so as to
prevent snch a catastrophe. Information of this fur
ther Mormon treason reached General Garland, then
commanding the department of New Mexico in time to
send a detachment of the mounted rifles sufficient for
protection.
These preparations necessitated a farther delay on
the part of Captain Marcy, otherwise he would have
reached the army at Fort Bridger with his supplies after
an absence of about three months, having accomplished
a march of more than 1,800 miles. I herewith trans
mit a short report prepared by Captain Marcy, at my
request, which, I am sure, will be read with interest.
QUARTBBtfASTBR’S BUREAU
Tbe operations of this bureau have necessarily been
larger by far for this past year than'at any previous
time since the Mexicau war, and the difficulties and
embarrassments which surrounded It at every step wore
never at any time greater.
If the appropriations ashed of Congress at its last
session, and whiohwero granted in June, could hare
been procured in January, the embarrassments of the
bureau would bare been altogether arolded,and the in*
terosts of the public greatly promoted. With money In
hand to purchase supplies/or the Utah expedition, at
least 20 per cent, conld and would bare been eared to
the Government. But being without a dollar at com*
mand of tbe department, with large outstanding drafts
upon it unpaid, with no certain reliable calculation as
to when they should be paid, added to the great uncer
tainty as to what would be ultimately the action of Con*
grea* relative to the movements upon Utah, it is eaßy
to understand how extreme were the embarrassments In
setting ou foot an expedition of such vast magnitude
and importance, to be conducted through a wilderness
of twelve hundred miles, beset by savages and hostile
Mormons, and interspersed with almost impassable
deserts.
To await the delays attending the appropriation was
to incur certain failure of the expedition; (for unless it
started early in May the march could not be made be
fore fall of snow and the destruction of the grass.) To
anticipate amhmake the movement before funds were
supplied necessitated the assumption of a grave respon
sibility. But with failure on one side and censure on the
other, I felt there was no room for doubt or hesitation.
It became necessary. In this posture of sffsirsto supply
the requisite funds from private sources to answer the
requirements of the service. This I felt more bound to
do after the sense of Congress relative to the Mormon
rebellion had been expressed, and when it became
pretty certain that money for the expedition would be
voted at some time or other.
The authority of the department to purchase sup
plies for the army by contract, to be .paid at a future
time, under the act of May 1, 1820, was the legitimate
resort In that stats of things, and, although I hesita
t'd for a long time before exercising that authority, I
found there was no alternative left but to take measures
for the supply of all the neoessartea for the army, or to
fa'l in tho expedition. This was done in a manner
heretofore partially communicated to Congress under
calls by that body upon this department; but until now
a final statement of the transactions could not be
made.
I refer you, particularly, to the report of tho chief of
the quartermaster’s bureau for a detailed statement of
all operations connected with It. They will be found
interesting and very satisfactory I take this occasion
to say, und I cannot but express my great gratification
at tho fact, that tbe disbursements have resulted in
famishing larger supplies of articles essential for tho
msrch of the army, many items of which were of a de
cidedly better quality, and bought at cheaper rates ,
than bare ever been purchased through that bureau
since tbe commencement of tho Mexican war.
Tbe disbursements, amounting to nearly $10,000,000,
have been made through this bureau daring the last
year, and every trAusaotlon has been finished, every
account closed, every voucher filed, with the exception
of 28,000 not yetreoelved, owing to the great distance
of the disbursing officers from the scat of Government.
Not one dollar will be unaccounted for, and not one
cent misapplied. This simple fact is tho highest com
mendation that can be be bestowed upon tbe fidelity,
efficiency, and worth of tho officers of this oorps.
This bureau expands by far the heaviest amount of
any in the army and it Is frequently made the subject
of animadversion by those who do not know that whilst
tho payments are necessarily made through this bureau,
yet tho bureau hA3 no voice whatever in directing
when, how, «r to what amounts these expenditures
shall bo made. Whenever an order is given by any offi
cer of the Unitod States army having a right to give it
for the purchase of an article or the disbursement of
money, the Quartermaster must make the purchase and
foot tho bill, however mnch his judgment might lean
against the expenditure Tho Quartermaster’s Depart
ment is responsible for the honest and faithful dis
bursement of money, butnot for the objects to whioh it
may be applied. Hence it will be readily perceived
that there me no data and can be none by which the
estimates of this bureau can be anything more than
mere approximate estimates of the probable expendi
tures.
commissary’s bureau.
The operations of the Commissary Department have
beonvory satisfactory during the past year. The ap
propriations for supplies being sufficient there was iuo
noy in hand to make all necessary purchases; and sup
plies of a better quality have been purchased, and for
lower rates than at any previous time for many yeAra.
When contracts were necessarily given they have been
made ou very advantageous terms. The supply of b«ef
for the army in Utah and the intermediate posts has
cost less than the ruling prices in New York r r any of
tho Atlantic cities at tho same periods. The beer de
livered iu Utah coßt no more than eight dollars and
fifty cents per hundred, nett at Fort Laramie seven dol
lars and a half per hundred, nett, whilst the supply de
livered at Fort Leavenworth, of the fattest and most su
perior quality of corn-fed beef, cost only six dollars
and twenty-five cents per hundred, nett.
DEFENCES.
NATIONAL
Tbe accompanying report ol the Chief Engineer
will inform you of the progress which hssbeen made
during the past year In the construction of our fortifi
cations
The purposes and nature of these have been fully set
forth in former communications from this department,
*ud l therefore deem it unnecessary to advance any iev
TWO GENTS.
son* in support of my recommendation that appropria
tions may be granted for the works at Willett'S Point:
and Fort Richmond, \' l . ■' ,
In limiting my recommendations to these, and a ge-'
neral appropriation for keeping In repair completed
■works, i hare been guided by, the 'consideration that the -
scale on which our defences are projeoted is so great,
that the expense of completing them should not beim
pPMept generation, but should rather he
KnM-Tfilite* tfiTm ot 7***, especially as the
l n W "L b^ ompK * tlT^ll * htel “ the
Besides, as national circumstances change; and in
correspondence with the developmental improvement
in the appliances of warfare, onr fortifications must, In
order to fulfil their originaTdesign, be modified, in rp
gaid to the scale or the system-for example, it is pS
aible.that the Engineer Bureau may, in Jfuiurepianß.
incline towards some combination of eartb-work htZt*
ties In preference to the masonry forts of the present
system—for these reasons, and because our sea ports
are already reasonably secure against dirref attach, bv
guns afloat, ! am averse to precipitation in completing
the works now in hand. - - - 6
But If we are thus warranted in relaxing our- solici
tude with regard to the'danger which engrossed the at;
tention of the engineer board; which forty years, ago
planned the present system; we have caose for fresh an-‘
prehension from a method of'warfare from which dis
tance and uncertainties of the sea no longer protect us.
In riew of the prod gious development io the marine of
the first Powers of Europe, and‘of the increased range
at which their steam navies epablethem .to,exert the
utmost strength of their land armies as well as floating
forces, I am in' favor of making' some'-provision against -
descents upon our coasts of hostile armies co-operating
with steam fleets. . j •
In proportion as our seaports increase in wealth they
will increase the inceptive which, would incline .our
maritime rivals to resort, in case of war, to a revivil
upon our shores of the system which they: pursued at
Sevastopol, Kinburni Odessa. Swebonr.and Bomarsund*
with such daitrucUvtfefrectrV .v, * * ' .V* > ■'
.tn^fyla^wport t alluded to the militia as the pro
per rollacca. against similar attempts; but much dd
periWhpOn the maturing and providing beforehand, at
‘each point of attack; of some plan of notion
whlckehail enable them to compete on equal tarms,with
the veteran armies of Europe: 'Our railroads art,‘in
deed, Capable of transporting to. the scene of,-action
great bodies of men;, but,'beyond certain limits, the 3
▼eiy mfffibers of raw troops' bb'tfome’ : ’
aid 60 000 militia wonld do better-service, if .managed
so as to profit by the markmanabip and intelligence or
the individuals, thin 100,000 ot' the tame who 1 should
attempt to outmanoeuvre'a.well-disciplined regular
For example, we mayretsonably apprehend that New
York might be thoobjeet of an expedition, which would
debark a large army on Long Island: the enemy could
then march on Brooklyn, and, if victorious, couldelther
bombard that city or New York, and destroy tho navy
yard, or exact a heavy contribution*' A line of field
works around Brooklyn would, however, obviate such a
calamity, for it would compensate': Its defenders'for'
their inferiority in the habit of war- and. such a line
conld be thrown np and armed in a few days, - . - - *
It must be considered, however, that the growth of
the olty has already overspread the position* which the
original topographyoTthe .vicinity ss jnoat
advantageous for such a lino, and that at the present
rate’the only ones which remain available "may bfe
found, when tjae emergency arrive;, simiiariy occupied;
J I therefore recommend Congress to take steps to se
enre the key points, at least, of the reaJly'Bne position
rinqa&tioß, byreserringa fqw'.platsaof ground, to be
occupied, when the Occasion requires; by redoubts*.
Similar view* to :thtf above are adverted'more eial
horately ,!n mempfr* which have,been submitted to this
departmaut.-among others in obe on tW defences or
New York, which.haa ■been, addressed to md by Lieu’-
tenant Merton, of thp engineer corps, jind .which I rd-.
comm-nd for your consideration; the plan lt 'proposes'
for the location and - combination: of the defenaWe,
yo/ka around .Brooklyn Appears to. he practloal and
judicious, • • v ■> - - 5' * -•
. - - VIMTABT ROADS.? - ! - *
The military road from Fort Smith to,the.
river, by way of Albuquerque, is in progress or con*
straotipn, with even promise of -ifr .being executed
with promptness ana Skill, The work done Upon that
portion 'of it lying/west of Port BefiAnde, lief yeirf
begins alroady.to demoastafe the benefits to the
try of the. appropriation and : the work. 'Large aum
bero of emigrants bound to California have passed over
tpii route during the 'past season, and unUtaally u»s
hetdsof cattle Tuva been. driven ihatway, because of
the abundance of grass-and -wafer met; with Upon it:
For all the purposes of a military rpad this route pos
sesses many very striking' advantages'.'' The line is
* atraitfitj one nearly’ from Fort Smith to the Co’orado
of the. west j the surface over which it passes is excel
l*ntfora ToUvwhflst there is oh'almost the entire
line an abundance of grass and water.
' 'The position, being oh the 36th degree of north, lati
tude, tenders grating abundautrat e very earlr' period
in the spring and,late in the,autumn.. JFjr this reason
a force might be marched over this road at a period so
late or so earlyi that other routes northward would be
impassable from frosts and snows. . The-altitude of the
mountain range preventsthat aridity in summer whtoh
charaoterlsßasoraa of tfie'more southern routes. ‘i ' *
- Yhis rout® derives security from the peculiarity of the
conformation of the country lying to' the. north of it,
from the westerulimit of the.Nh»ajo tribe to the Colo
rado .river. ' The corrugation of »hs .country north of
thisroute, by.lmmocflecaDons or chasms; renders'it
both uninhabitable and impassable;- so ‘that a' peifect
barrier against all possibility of. Indian attacks from the
north, for a distance of several hundred miles, must
exist forever. . This doubUe'* constitutes a very great
recommendation to the route as on q for emigration and
trnnsportationofetoek. • • '
In another point Of view this route is important.' In
the construction of military posts to keep in subjection
the-marauding, bands et tiamanehes, Kioways, and
other tribes, thejtojiography of the country presents
points for them thi* line of road, so that
tAwiU’be
borders of the friendly Indian settlements to Albu
querque . With a jpdloions location of two other posts
between that point and tho Colorado river, travel ing
will be a* secure upoo.that line of road throughout its
Whole extent, as upon' any'territorial road in the
lt wouldbe’Advisable to make
an appropriation for still further Improving Ihi* road.
Croat improvements have been made' in the roads
through the Territory of Utahrsloce tburoarehof the
army thither. A new route has been opened from Fort
Bndger to the present encampment orthe army, near
Utah Labe, by what is called the Valley of tho Timpa
nogos, which diminishes the distance to California, in
comparison with that usually travelled by Boda Springs,
two hundred and fifty miles; and Is shorter by one hun
drod'and thirty miles than the preaent route through
Sait Lake. An appropriation of a moderate aum, to be
expended on the road west of Utah Lake or Rash Val
ley towards C&'sOn Valley, wonld no doubt be both ju
dicious and beneficial. It wonld open and materially
improve a route which may be very essential at some
time In transporting supplies from the Pacific side to
any troops stationed in Utah.
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS
Every season Is developing the great advantage A? to
the public which enure from appropriations made for
military explorations and surveys. The large and al
most wholly unknown region or country lying between
our Atlantic and Pacifio frontiers is becoming everyday
more familiarly understood by means of information
gained through these explorations and surveys. Some
important expeditions have been consummated since
my last report. Important additions to our geographi
cal knowledge have been made by these surveys, and
extensive Information npon many scientific subjects has
been procured at the same time. The public interests
are much promoted by this expenditure. I aek special
attention to the report of the officer in charge of the
office of exploration and sutveys. It embraces the re
sults of the expeditions heretofore fitted out to examine
the hitherto unknown regions of tbe Colorado of the
West,.as well ss the Block Hills lying west of the Ne
braska Territory. Important and very valuable inform
ation has been furnished by both expeditions. Thtt of
Lieutenant Ives, among other things of great interest,
exhibits one of tbe most remarkable topographical
phenomena ever met with. He discovers that the
waters of tfie Colorado river, in all their various rami
fications of brooks, creeks, and rivers, make their way
to the main stream through canons or clefts In the solid
rook at a dep'h of one thousand feet, where the canons
first commence, to that or six thousand towards the
head-waters of the streams below the surface of the
earth. These OAnons present, for the most part, per
pendicular faces of solid f&ck, and give to the whole
country an aspect of wild desolation without a parallel
or an approximation on the American continent. These
reports will constitute a valuable addition to sclenco,
and will be found very interesting.
A very large, and I think important portion of onr
territory, lying north and west of the Black Hills, to
wards the sources of the Missouri and its tributaries
coming in from the south side of it, is almost wholly
unknown. It ought to be thoroughly explored. I have
but little hesitation In saying that a moat important
line of intercommunication between the Mississippi
valley and the river Oregon will jet be opened, and
probably, at no dletsnt day, either through tbe country
spoken of or a little further north, upon a line extend
ing from Lake Superior along npon the waters of the
. upper Missouri to those of the Oregon. At all events,
we need maoh information about this country, which
nothing but a oarefal exploration can give. There are
strong grounds to believe that between the navigable
waters of tbe Missouri and those of the river Oregon,
portage of not more than four hundred miles iutarvenos.
If this should turn out to be true, and the ground should
prove suitable for the construction of a read, this rente
will be eventually one of the most important yet dis
covered between the Atlantic and Paciflo for military
pnrposos. Other regions of interest and importance, of
which we know next to nothing, require to be explored.
There is a large amount of important scientific infor
mation in tbe bureaus of this department wbied could
be made valuable to tbe general interests of the coun
try if it were properly presented to the public. It
ought to be done throngh means of a geological map.
Fuch a map is a public necessity, and no equal sum of
money could be expended whioh would conter so many
valuable benefits upon the country as the amount ne
cessity for the preparation or sneh a map.
The extensive deposits of precious metals throughout
our vast dominion, in search for whioh each immense
sums are annually expended, would he rccuratoly
marked ; whilst tho great artioles of national wealth
and prosperity, Iron, coal, and salt, would be so dearly
defined that no money need over be thrown away In
fruitless search for them in localities where they do
not exist. Snch a map would direct wisely tbe expen
ditures of money and labor, and would restrain losses
likely to arise from ignorance or wilful misrepresenta
tion.
The entire adaptation of camels to military opera
tions upon the plains may now be taken as demonstra
ted, whilst their great usefulness and superiority in
many particulars is equally certain.
A very heavy expense is necessarily incurred every
year by tbe Quartermaster Department In furnishing
transportation for troops whilst engaged in expeditions
against the roving tribes of the plains. In all these
movements camels could bo used, no doubt, to very
great advantage. In the space of three days a well-ap
pointed command could set out and traverse a spate of
one huudred and fifty miles without difficulty or much
fatigue, and fall upon any Indian tribe perfectly una
wares. They would be able to carry all necessary sup
plies for the campaign, and traverse the arid plains
without any inconvenience from want of water. Tbe
superiority of the cimel over the horse would soon be
come so manifest for all movements upon the plains aid
deserts, that hostile Indians in those regions would
soon como to understand the hopelessness t.f escape by
flight, and the folly of marauding where chastisement
was certain.
The camel lives and thrives upon what would not
sustain the hardiest mule, and, consequently, the item
of forage, one now of enormous cast, would be almost
saved, if tbe supply of oamels was sufficient to answer
the demands and requirements of our frontier service.
It could not fail to be a measure of wise economy If
Congress would authorise the purchase of a thousand
camels for the purposes spoken of. This could be done
at comparatively small cost, if a suitable vessel of the
navy was detailed to transport them
As this subject is attracting much attention, I take
the liberty or transmitting, herewith, a treatise on the
c trael, written with great care, and describing with mi
nuteness tbe proper mode of raising, training, and
treatment of them. It is the work of W. Re Kyan
Bey, of Cairo, Egypt, and was prepared at the instance
of oor active and efficient consul general of Egypt
who has interest! d himself upon subject, and has
furnished mu<.h valuable information concerning
these animalfl. The publication of this little manual
will, no doubt, confer a decided benefit npon those who
are turning their attention to this now and important
branch of husbandry.
ASYLUM AT HARRODSBURG, KENTUCKY.
This property cannot be sold except at & ruinous sac
rifice, but it con be converted into an establishment of
usefulness, indeed of the greatest possible importance
to the service. One of the greatest evils entailed upon
discipline and the efficiency of our forces, when called
on for active duty in the field, arises from tbo large
number of entirely raw reoruita continually sent for
ward to fill up tbe ranks These men, for the most
part, have no earthly idoa of the duties they will be
called on to perforin, or or the discipline ihey will be
required to undergo. And when to tre arduous duties
of a frontier campaign they are subjected to the discip
line of drill and the routine of a soldier’s life, they find
it more than any ordinary exertion will accomplish,
and, consequently, they desert. If they were tho
roughly drilled before joining their regiments, the dis-
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
iJomtfcaieaitlot “THil?aia3’|>lllj>le*M ij«%r la
- ’| | J.V jl^
Eteijr commanlctioa ' cmat bs acfiampanlad b/ tia
n«m« of the writer. -In order to fnaurfl correctness ia
tbs trpoyrapiy, bat ma'tiit al tbtfihVetibbalil ta
writtennpoD. - c - - .
• ,Weih«llbe gmttr obtljM to gtbtlemMi' Sn' Pern-J
Vlrilnla sad otherStaWfor oontribifion.'tt«
oansnt asm of the ds, ln thelr looslitloo,
tho rosonrees of the sarroundhig con atrj', thV’lflbresw
or popnlstton, or sny Informstfoa thstwlll fittortrt
ing to the general reader. ' /-S•
ein to overcome those vetYdif
seot’to^•yrteaxAdragboii recruit may bo
S.« dfvK U 'lwy were safely stored uwar in
mJ nf Th e man’s condition is,
J and * great many other erils resulting from
sendlnx.untrained .men to ihe mounted service can all
be avoldedby authorising-the public property it Har
redsburg, Kentucky, to bd c&nverted into a de-
P°\*“f.?°b c pl for the mountedservise. ,-It wilf cuUU
no udltional expense The houses are. suQciwu* now
for every purpose, and the stables ar& ample for such
ghorses.as would be necessary fon drill and all other pur
o«s. The grounds attached to the establishment, I
h,OT i* ,m4 ' th • “• « r their firms, bnt It
P " T6 Br '“ “ TiOK
•oara»r»t^i a . rf it^?ti* tr *^i.”. B hMldei thoM
In abundanw* iivs ow » "f® eua be purchased
h?.tatwi" i,tte a °ooM r,gto.oti:,onli
■ n.a-..« -fICBOOL or-ABVILLBBr. V.-'-nfT
of -pr*otloeAt Fort Monroe, so
long an object desired amongst the military men of the
* hiell «•“!» aaHol
patea. it will give to .the service a corns of officers
the ?«rtd Mr vi 1,,y !? tUI to th ?“ ° ran 7 oSer service in
theworht -. The' officers, under whose charge it ttfat
F - Anx * 4, °* -desire for complete suceess'ln the
SCuOOI.-':- w -rf'. . - ,• -J,?.”. ;
♦?. be .purchasedljtthe purposs of
w* i r4n^®-: , r J'aatice .with.heavy guns.
* ** Tin * be made by Oxe re
covery.of balls nsedin practice .iu.thqcouria of time.
Tfaerange witbodt this land Is insd'equate'tothe wants
of tte sertioe and the interests of the rS
wrts upon this poipt, to which I refer, will give in de
teu the particulars upon.which this recommendation, is
predicated, ■'; - .
*»v * INHPBOTOR ,OBItBRAL-'
«2tS JS 6 * 8 ° f fl®®eral we among the moat
useful uid important of any pertaining to the service
Through these officers all abuses and defeots of the ser-
Md from him th»t ton of larormatloa i> derind
TronH K In fMt, ho impracticable' through any other
* xUl>ded territoriea render tblsaort '
ot inepectlon or. onr nnmenne military- noiti and
’ ‘i 1 and it i. qaite ‘m
ri,»hW.l?../a<i V? n . or - J *? ot , lier general to
B a fhori*ed by-la—, I thererm.»oom
mend that the appointment of< an addiUdnal inraector
general be authorised, bj law. s ; i- j
v • . ■> - >.■ .: STAFF.. > _
I. •uWttod in mr report l M t year npoo the
ettbj.pt of,the et.fi. Another jo&r't experience bae
‘ h *.? the (treat beneflta
Jwo„corpßoT: eßgineersattwbed.ta.iha
army .-designated- m ! topograbbicilen
what xt 4 il *i 0a Qf oo*ff*»*
baa ■bee n. peraiated infrommere
a wneiderabte expanse npon
the department,xltogether ne.lesi anduonfcoeeiry it
.L *w l iL Dg , DOtlll, ‘S from the corpe of engineer* to
“» tha. topographical corpe la Qnite their.ecnial.
By this propoeed nnlonof tho eotja, If wonld Hwaye
famish a anfficient nnmber of this etair to - accompanr
,tuKl1 1 > Ton.d tcnd to.th£m^
formation of -what Is growing *nto an abuse—the ab
'W..i*rfgn»ei»ViWiM>»«at ;in iwiter
frmn^ieh * erV,CO, all
S?ti iB,, r a^^- 0 l^^Sllj O St^o^ T in
the field; Any officer who remains for manyyearfab
sentefrom; duty in the field comes
prMeptions ofwhat ft osefdl and necessary,
in acinaljervice inlhefield;, He.canonlyknoiawhat
rt & derived from'Sliera.
It is obvibus, tW that those best informed abouTd/be
the ones.entnutecl with the staff duties.
■ L / ' BBIdADIER QBBBRALS. ~
v wherever two 'regiments are brought to«tberin a
brigade, a genera! of brigade should he to commission
to conunand it -.lf onr. whole' army were now organ
ised for the field, we should need mas generals of bri
, in - tte- -arrangements of peace,
the three in copnoisgtaraire not sufficient to eommind
- n the frontiersj/and. in the military departments.
These brigsde commands, therefore, in our army are
generally devolved .on the'senior regimental officer,
who is thereby withdrawn from, the proper duties of
We own appointment- And’-fcoamiMioa'; But is reai'-
mental officers are right of seniority, to be
commissioned generals, they. .by snoh
rale, to exercise the functions -of ganerals. In ail
annles genera’s are selected for commands by Govern
ment A sufficient number should alwajs be in erm
mianqn for.thet purpose not attached .bylaw or their
oiramjMions to specified commands astegimeatal oificera
are. The aselgumenfrof bter«tbffie«rlto-SaV«tcom
maods does not always serve the pnrpose/aod where-' it
does, it is only by conferring two commissions and two
offices on one officer who can only discharge the duties
of one ; the expense tnGovernment Is the same whe
ther the officer exercises command by a brevet or by a
proper commission. There is a great need of three ad
ditional brigadier generals to tho<e now in commission,
and I recommend their appointmoat.- '- - - L v .
WASHINGTON ABSBNA&. -
The grounds heretofore purchased for extending the
accommodations of the Washington Arsenal have
been delivered to the Government, and' are enclosed
with a slight temporary fence. Suitable buildings ftr
more extensive operations at tbis place oaght to be
erected, and it is proper that the plans should be at
once adopted, which could be gradually completed to
tbe progress of time. Some of the workshops now in
use there were erected upon grouod reclaimed from the
water and are very nnsubstantial. The walla are
giving way and the roofq are sustained in place* with
props. These building* are insecure and will be
come dangerous.
The reports of the engineer will exhibit the st«te of
things at the Military Academy, aud iu relation to
other matters especially under the charge of that
bureau. •
The report of the officer in charge of the Capitol
extension and Post Office will give a detailed
statement of the progress of the work for the last
year.
The 'reports from.,the different bureaus, and officers
in charge of particular works, are referred to as calcu
lated to give fall information upon the respective sub
jects embraced in them.
VOLUNTEERS.
I call your particular attention to the necessity of
providing, bylaw, for payment of the claims‘rougbt
agtlnst the Government by different States and Terri
tories, for services heretofore rendered byvoluoteer
forces in suppressing Indian hostilities. These claims
are nutnerou*. and amount in the aggregate to a very
large sum. Where they are jnst, every principle of
equity and fairness requires their payment. If anv
should prove, upou strict examination, to be without
foundation,' to pronounce this judgment prompt'y, and
settle tbe question definitely, would bring relief to
those presenting the claims, and to this it would seem
they are at leant entitled.
expenditures op the army.
I desire to call particular attention to the subject of
army expenditures. I think there is some misappre
hension in the pnhllo mind upon this point, whioh can
be removed by asuccinct statement of facts.
The disbursement of money through the War De
partment embraces many subjects entire y diawmee el
with the army proper, but all of which is, in general
apprehension, ascribed wholly to the array. All work
done upon fortifioationa along the sea-coast, in which
many millions are apent, has, in fact, no to do
with the operations of the army than the ahips-of war
which are built at tbe navy yards. Nor has tbe army,
as such, anything to do with the expenditures of money
annnally appropriated for rivers and harbors; so, too,
of the bnlldii ga and works of a public character put in
charge of army officers for construction. It is certainly
not just to obarge to the army the millions spent npon
the aqueduct for bringing watsr into tho city of Wash
ington when, in all probability, not one platoon of sol
diers will ever, in the course of any oue year, be so
laced with a drink of water from those ospsoious foun
tains.
The fair and legitimate expenses of the army are em
braced wiihin comptraQvely a few items. The payor
the officers and men Is regalated by law; not one dollar
more can be expended upon that object. So, too,
with their rations and clothing. Nothing would be
easier, and nothing iu tbe future would be mote certain,
than to estimate exactly what would be the cost to the
country of maintaining onr whole armr, or any portion
of It, at arafixed and permanent post for a year. But
when the movements of troops depend apon the uncer
tain temper and disposition of savages upon a frontier
line of more than font thousand miles inextent, some
latitude must be allowed iu calculating the probable
cost of making such movements as those precarious
conticgincies may necessitate. Tbe season of the year
and tho locality where the marches are to take plaoe
enter materially into the computation of expensed? all
of which is too obvious to require any illustration. 8o
much for the general proposition about army expendi
tures I have attempte las far as possible to meet y<rar
just wishes in reducing the expenditures of the armr,
aud the estimates of the next fiscal year are less than
the appropriations of the last by the snm of $<Ll6O,-
489.32. They are less than the estimates laid before
you at the last session of Oongress by the sum of
$2,785,408 55. They amount, in the aggregate, to
$lB,OlO 090 28, and I entertain a strong hope that the
expenditures may be still further reduced in the course
of another year.
It* fiords me pleasure to say that, notwithstanding
tbo Indian wars in Washington, New Mexico, and
Texas, all of which were unforeseen and*unexpected,
still unless there shall be farther and larger demands
for exp*ndltures in other Indian hostili
ties, additional to those already incurred in Washington
Territory, New Mexico, and Texas, there will be no
necessity for asking appropriations in the shape of a
deficiency bill.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN B. FLOYD.
Tub President op tub United States.
A Second « Jack Sheppard.”— John Hin
son, colored, who escaped from tho jail of Chester
co., Pa , last May, was re-captured and token to
his old quarters, on last Friday night. Since hN
escape from there, he h&8 been in jail in Lehigh
county, where he broke out, and a reward of soi)
was offered for him. On Saturday night a week,
he broko out of the Lancaster jail, making the
sixth time he has broken jail in about
months—twice in Chester county, twice in Read
ing. once inLebigh, once in Lancaster.
Great Excitement has been occasioned in
Canada by the act of Deputy-Marshal Tyler, of
Detroit, in shooting Captain Jones, of the brig
Conoord, at Point Edward. Tyler, it
passed over from Port Huron, and attempted to ar
rest Jones, who resisted, whon the marshal shot
him. The Canadians claim that tho homicide oc
curred in British territory, and that Tyler should
be given up for trial. -
Tns Dwelling op a Poetess Robbed.—
On lost Sunday night the house of Mrs. Sigourney,
the poetess, in Hartford, Connecticut., was broken
into and robbed during tbe absence of the family.
The robber carried away artioles to the amount
of several hundred dollars, and lefc the contents
of trunks, drawers, and boxes strewed around in
inextricable confusion, some of them bedewod
with melted tallow, and others broken or partly
burned.
TnE Ladies op the Mount Vernon Associa
tion announoe a grand gala festival, at the Aoa
demy of Music, Now York, on tbe 14th, 16th, and
IStb Dec., to aid their funds. On tbe first day a
grand diesß ball comes off, under the supervision
of Mons Musard. 0a the second day a grand
promenade ooncert. On the third day a variety
of orations,
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