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ARMY CORRESrONLENCK-
Camt I':i nrM, V.i , Kt b. 27, lv',.
),'c:r 11 j.'J'n. 111 .'Tin. monotony (if tlio
r')p ha- kept :ii'i fur 11 I'll.'.' tune silent.
1'i'ihiiiM viii readers, i! th"y over no-
liid or missed my f j i a 1 1 s in liii.ei gone
bv, have come to me conclusion t i.u i am
Mffll; but ill this they atcv'V murli
mistaken. Alt! on,-h nt urn time 1 was
almost closo ei igli i'" Death's door to
have taken a ptiti into 1; "1 "l'V i nnlin;;
grounds of tlio next woild, 1 mu still "''v'
nd in excellent condition for a fijtlit, if I
uld only et n opportunity, along with
(tw r-sf- 'f tin. boys cf the, as yot, blood
less Fifth. Since ihesirmish (it I'mincs
villcwe have done ht'.leor nothing except
Mt, hldcp.Rtid attend , '! calls. The mud
ha been so doop Unit no drilling v as prac
tical", mid it is only to day Unit the
ground has begun to dry up. Jt would
bs impossible to give your rcadc.s nr. idea
0f tho character of this region in rairy
weather. The soil is of a nature thai,
when wet and disturbed by travel anil
transportation, if becomes tirr-t slippery
mud, llien thin mortar, and finally n li
quid substance that in indescribable, being
nuillur mud nor dirty water, but u vil
lainous compound partaking of tho bnd
qualities of both. And tiis, in course of
time, becomes almost bottomless. The
road to Georgetown, when 1 was last over
it, was from nix to eighteen inches deep
pith this peculiar substance, and such
locking animals as those were that I saw
wading "1 ' 'lin? through it, were never
vitnerl-i i 1 . fore except in this vicinity.
Last '! induy we were visited by a tor
rilic wind Morm, which dashed the few
trees yci standing in our camp around in
t niimner calculated to excite tsome alarm.
One tree, blown up by the roots, fell
across the rruarfnrs of Major Dare, rtnash-
iil" them to t lie ground, roruiuaieiy mo i
Major ww not in, and he escaped being
demolished along with his hubitation. A
number ol tents in diU'ercnt parts of the
camp wcio destroyed, but fortunately I
note of the inmates wet o injured. This j
was owing to the circumstance that near
ly all oi i- tents have a wooden basement,
nt least, and in most cases the ti nts have
beer, dispensed with, and hale, or cabins
of wood, substituted. These are strong
enough to mippo''t the weight ofatien
when it stiikes. I heard iUt.itcd the eve
l.ing of the fit am that one man had been
"fcilb-d in uu adjoining regiment. J have
not heard it confirmed since.
Wo had a vi.-it J.t 'veek hem 0 jvtrnor
i'.im tn nr..) Mr. Swoore of your town. j
Tliey n'cmed much pleaded with our "win
(rf arrangement." It is very gialifying to
us to sec our ftieni's from Cleat field, and
receive verbal news direct Horn home.
At la.', however, our season of idliiicss
is at an end. The army of the rotoinae !
will not be much longer inactive. And 1
wouldi.nl l-H iit till di'appointi'd if we'
ilioo'.d be on tin- advunee long befoi this
leiichss you. Win n we ne.vt encamp you i
iil l.iarliom n.c, il I escipe the enemy's .
lalU lu.d l.'iivo- ets. Vouri, I
njliii;i:. ,
Letter turn the Eighty Fourth. j
Camp Cn am-, Vaw Taw Tin-)
Mil., Va., Feb. m-2.
l,ar u7it'..ii . To-day 1 loceivid a
copy of tilO VJrc!d lltpuhtauiot the lVltl
iit., making seveu di.ys on the road
idoug with it a luUr from home dated tliu
l;it-h ui.-t. Why is it, can you tell, tiiat
letters are detained so long on the road .'
The mail conduction betwee.i hero and
Clearfield, for instance, nro made daily.
Letters should onm in at least three days
ereu tg our camp for every morning a
iin.ll leaves Cuniberimnt for 1'aw Taw .Sta
tion. Tho matter Miould be looked into.
If they were delivered by xpiriul onUruct, it j
would bo very easily accounted tor. j
1 bee the Jviirii'd bus a brief account of j
lien. Lander's match in Hloomerv iap. I
'l'lio pavt'fiilal s of the iiht are us amusing
as tliey wis during. There was a lei.
lutnt of cava.iy, nmi ul.out liiiil) ini'mtry
ou the march, within to or three miles
ol the cavalry. Before the body of caval
ry, (the Fiibt Virginia, who, by the way,
are all i'tmnsylvuniuns und Marylanders,)
advanced iroru the infantry, Cien. Lande:
addiissed them as follows: ' Boys, we are
oing to hae a brutdi ; wo are going to
i out thene soi-cth. Cot. Sullivan, you mny
be killed; may bo killed; w may all
bo killed, liy tho way, w ho'll givo me a
he of tobuoco. Now, Col. Amsansel,
let's ndvauce with your cavalry." And
away tliey went, the General l the head.
When they came to Hiooniery, they halt
ed, for the purposo of uwailing the ap
proach of tho infantry but in looking
around, Hen. Lander espied the enemy on
a hill, lie immediately ordered tho cavi
airy to advance; but Col. Amsaniel'g
horse rearing, threw him forw ard on the
hr!si mounting of his saddle, and injured
b.hn severely when ha retired to the rear.
The Uviicral then took cotumaud of the
t.'giment, and ordered them forward.
Only one man, or rather boy, advanced.
The General turned hi horse and again
ordered them to charge. Only three or
four then started, nnd a few then followed,
makinf but about a dizen. who culluntlv
I charged '.he enemy, dipt. om-LJy then
I empiiiod from out of the regiment, and
a l ..lnAn.n,i i.: .
notly. When the General returned to
Camp, ho tciegraphed to the War iVpart
ment, and inside of '21 hours Iho boy who
first advanced from thu ranks, received
intelligence that he was appointed a Lieu
tent in the regular army. So much for
meritorious conduct.
We received intelligence the other day
tliiitGftn, Jackson had left Winchester,
and has advancing this way. Ever nuce
wo have been furnished with two days'
ration, cooked and ready to march on a
Jiionient's notice. Toruortow (Thursday
tli) we are ordered to form ranks at 10
o clock, ready for a inarch we don't know
what for, but think, betore many days,
ive will sen wl.at Wirchesfer i domu' any
hi '.v. Gun. I'.'inks has hilt f'l edei U'k.
What a ti en.i.'iiiloiis exert. on that must
hav" been !
We ti ),! 7 (lY a regiment of our Urigade
(the I llh Indiana.) and -ot n tiew one,
( llmli'th dhio.) We are all satisfied with
the exchiiiiu.t. We are now the Second
Hegiinent ol tin) brigade, the First J'-rijj
ad. of f lit) livisirii.
'1'lie nniterial lor an infeicsting letter is
not to bti liad here nt present; but as we
expel t: leave here, I did not know when
I might bo able to give our whereabout
again. The next time I write 1 expect it
will b from Winchester. So mote, it be.
Yotus, truly, (HI) TOWN.
Feb. '21, W
P. S. I have torn npci this hitter to !
pivej fit the nrws we received this morn-I That money really belonged to tliu Gov
ing. I eminent. As an agent, he takes it ; and
Last night the rebels came over to Pat- ! if it be an unconscionable amount it bo
teivon's creek and burnt the bridge over longs to his employer,
it. Gen La nder withdrew the guard from I Tlio Secretary should know that the
there only two days oefurc, thinking all . rules of the Chamber of Commerce, in
sale, and wanting tlio forces concentrated ! New York, us to commissions, do not ap
as much as possible, w hen dow n they ! ply where tho value of tho vessel exceeds
pounced and cut. ofl our communication, 1
by railroad, with Cumberland. That was
rather a bold trick. Who says ojr enemy
are cowurds?
SPEECH OF HON C H. VANWYCK,
OF -NEW VrtllK,
JtiTacnd in the House of lle.prtsclal'wct,
Ftlruary 7, llst'.J.
Fraud vptm the. Treasury is
IWason ajauisl
.' (Jcvrnoveut.
CoWici..
I havo thus to i per.k in terms of warn
ing and admonition to an Administration
which I aided to elect, to whoso princi
ples 1 am committed, by which we must
. .. , , .1. , ,i, ti, u,, ,.r ,,.;i..,t..i
ill... uiuiipii via it "i viiijutt. ll.'ll,
1 .r ......
a: d muni In: ciirrie.; safely through the
wilderness beyond. Hut 1 have a light to
iii K u:.il lie'eecii, mi me name ot a co:n
nicrce crippicd, labor paralyzed, finances
disturbed, and Treasury empty, in tho
r.amo of t! at gallant army of ."00,000,
which (his day on tho tented held are
waiting to rescue a country loved through
I;-.,.,,,, I I. In.-,. I In I in .li.irn ,,,,,1 .1;.. II. ..I
a nation may live-in the name of .100,000
hea. th-sto.KS made dreary by ttio loved
ones awav-of the vacant chair around
the even!.- fires of the thrice .5(KJ. 000
friends anxiouslv looking, fearfully ox-
necting, trcmbliuirly hoping, that thi Ad
remove"'! reason from
ministrauon shall
the capital, nnd corruption frcm the land
Five hundred thousi nd men ore in arms
against the rebels, but 20,000,000 are in
arms against the crew of plundering
leeches; that 20,000,000 will bo in arms
a'ainst us and this Administration, un
less their polluting presence is di iven as
tho money chancers of old from tho tern
pie. - ,
sin. l'ohcan's a. -.km v in' vritrn.istxr. vessels.
olnce '.his report l as been submitted to
the House, Mr. Geo. I). Morgan has prepa
red an elaborate paper, showing the bcti
i lils of his agency, and relies upon the
fact, that in nearly every inslanceho paid
a less j rice than the owners asked. Wo
can test Iht strcnth of his position by tho
Stars and Mripes, lo build her cost
$.",ij,0'JM ; by her charter the owners reali
zed ?1",000 from Government ; they then
asked SGO.POO. Mr Morgan paid Jj'i.OOO,
live thousand less than they asked, but
I '.1, 00t) more than she cost. While with
tho Poloinska and Wamsultu the owners
renlicd $5j,0it0 the Government paid
(1,000, nllhotlLdl Mr. Morgan's papers
allege he was risked so.OtKl. This seems
tiie reverse cf the proposition. The ( in
ward was oll'ered to private parties for
2i'.,0(i0; Mr. Mornan was asked JMO.OOO,
and paid . 27,000. These are not the on
ly
instances, lis the, commiltco will show
hy a lurther examination, to which they
are invited by the Secretary, and directed
by a resolution of tbir House.
Secretary Welles, a man estimable in
all tho relations of private life, honest
himself, would not take a farthing from
the Treasury, seeks to justify Mr. Morgan.
by showing llif.t the Government in times
pust were rmposeil upon by impositions
on me regular omcers ; arm no employs j n a ,Mter 0, M u ,p0ukingof pur
an agent with no salary, yet putting him dlBsin , 6evc,.ul VCS8'els, among them wha-
io position of antagonism to his Gov-t
rnmPTil ni'iuintr hta mlnroct. nitAintr ir
for tl)e greatest number of vessel: bought.
r .c.....v
wiu mo ui.ic&t Miitt iitfiis nun tuts
11.- : . : ) i.:. .1 t
UJWI, llli'llfj. 1 n lilt' GUIb I'l UICUIIVSI
U . tut II tU
ernment such practices should cease. We
1, , ., ,.i . ,i,, r. , ,
have not only a right lo Mr. Morgan's
skill, experience, and shrewdness, but we
have a right to the benefit ol that ruling
tin.? iiLiiin ,u.J uvi'vu , in nut, luiinui
feeling with mai.v husiness men-thnt of ,
interest for his employers. It is no nnJ
swer to say that Mr. Morgan is hone
est I
Grant it ; Mr. Morgan is fond ofmoney, or
ha would not, ho could not, consent to
take nearly S'Jd.lKiO of tho money which
has been made to him in about five
months. A man who is thus greedy cl
gain, evidently is more zealous of his own
than his country's interests. P.esides, if
the Secretary needs Iho native ingenuity
and business capacity, which 1 admit is of
high order, why irot employ and give him
a fair remunerative salary as other men
are employed. He says this iW,0()0 was
tnken t rom the pockets ot the sellers. Not
so; Mr. Morgan always notified them
they must pay him two-and-a-halt per
cent, on the purchase; that they must
name lhe lowest cash price, and add '2).
percent, thereto. If Mr. Morgan pos"
fcekses the business ability which the Sec
retary claims, and which I do not djubt
be certainly could have obtained ell the
vesselt t the price he did, les the L'J per
cent. Who doubts it?
Why uliould not the sollers as roadily
have given the ? per cent, to Governi
merrtaa to Mr. Morgan? No.sir; that fal
lacy may suit tho Secretary, but it will
not deceive the people.
In Septeuibor last, when Mr. Morgan
CI.KAKI IKLI), T:i)M-WI)AV, MA1JC1I L l!lf.
bad made over ".".( , Ol M, representation to
tho Cabinet w as made in regard to this
mutter ; nnd the attention of the Secretary
directed to it. Had he changed iho poli
cy, no censure could have I nen charged
upon him; but he persistently refined,
and in liecetnber Mr, Morgan had increas
ed bis fortune to tho enormous sum ol
about l'.M),lll!t) at the rale of quarter of ft
million per ann.im. Mr. Morgan's seivi.
ces could have been secured at V(HI) inn
mini I v. and this enormous kiiii saved to
the Treasury ; but if this be not so,
men owning vessels have been compelled
or induced to sell them ai. small prices,
what rifrhthas the Secretary to allow his
brother. in law to put bis hands in tho
pocket ol each seller, and realize the im-
me. i.-e sjm of S'.HUXMt in a few months.
SllO, 000 ; beyond that sum the percentage
is lei I to bargain between seller and bro
ker. Can the Secretary Cud a solitary
case where merchants havo allowed two
aniKaduilf per cent, on a vessel worth
$100,000? The rule in Boston is one per
cent, where the value is over $20,000.
DEFENCE Or SECIIETARV WELLES. . '
The Secretary, in his last message,
claims that the vessels have been cheat. ly
purchased. Assume it, if you please.
Does he not know that our commerce is
paralyzed ; that sail and steam vessels
, have been crowded on the market, and
I must be sold nt any price or rot at the
;docki. As well justify the purchase of
the Potomskaanii Wannutta, which were
charged to the Government for $7,000
mora than the owners received, on tho
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I ... rf.tit,,,! in lli.it. K'Drii ohni... in
"V '
'Crotury i.nsi have known tins transac.
..it i. iii r, ,n in ..I'll in cn, ir iiw r...
ceived.or he would not, as he says he did,
ir. advance, leel ho might receive some
censure bocuiso this great bounty was be
stowed on a brother-in-law.
The Secretary, in his labored defence of
Mr. Morgan, has done great injustice to
V,oinni0,oiT '"T"0 '", " 1,u,t1iuso of U,ie
n'uaii an.l JSudgor. I here wm an ear y
deposition on the part of he Secretary to
take trie purcnae ot vesse s lrom uie na
vy officers, for the Commodore swears that
"he had direction from the Navy Depart-.
,n.c, b' IeUor' 'V.'"1 j r1 .'' ' co";.u,t
with persons capable of giving information
and advice." A letter written April '2'.,
by H. Bridge, chief of tho bureau of cloth-1
. . . 1 1 : . . : . . 1 1 Ml
inc, savs: ".Mr. William ir. a spin wait lias
ottered hi services to the Secretary of the
Navy, who wishes you to call on him if
you need assistance in the matter of the
steamers, as well as to acknowledge his
courtesy." On the same day the Secreta-
ry also wrot, "advising him to consult rill shortly after appears, saying that he
with Govern ir Morgan, (!. D. Morgan, j can sell tho rejected steamer ; that he had
villi Messrs. William Everts Klatchlord, returned from Washington, and asked au
Grinneli, also committee of citizens, who j thority from them lo sell to Government,
are empowered to act fi r this Depart- w hich was given him on the lid day of Ju
merit" lv. On the Ulil of July, liurriil came nirain
In a let'er of April 20th, tho Secretary
,ayS.
'Inmyletterofthc2:i.lin - - t,Ircferredtorer -
tain gentlemiin n an advising eoinmillee, with
whom von miaht consult. One of tho gemleiunn
alluded to. tieoree D. .Morsmi, Kiri.,has tin- spee-
i,il confidenee of tho Department ; and you will
advice with him, in hchulf of llio Iicpurtiuent.tu.l
as it? frieud, in this emerer.ey, in the purchases
you may make, and Iho estnionlinnry rnensures
vm. r I'nm i.pl le.l to tiilio. It tin been ern'ifv-
ing to the Uei.artinent to witiiess tne pronipiuuue
and ahicrity that has been rhibiled, und the ser-
vievi. rendered, not onlv l,y tho geotleninn reler-
red to, Mf bj Mr. A-pmwIl nnd (Ar.."
Ou the .'loth of April, led, tho Secreta-
rysays:
'In order to relieve yourself of inenvenienre.
sml fiinury genueinen won wero speciucu j uh-
visor in Hie line ciuergencv,
ers in rne inie emergency, i iwt. ',..,..
that Mr. U. U. .Morpim ana .ir n . n. .i.?iei t j j ,,.,v w
''''""ILf ffv'allmv him lor In-erv
inn ii nave ul'l'u vimuii-iii in tioucu imu noT"k
in yuur future ncgotitioas nJ purehasee.'
.mjv, .m ' ',; '
i i, ... .
o v
"rieasc advise with Mr. G. P
Morgan in re-1
gard to this matter, and make u rebates with bis
yi,roval
'IM . 1 .1 , ft
, lu:l lrlT , r
dore Urcese wan induced to place conn
deuce in Mr, Aspinwall; and when the
whale-shir, s were ordered, in the nb-
1
, if. 11 1 111 r
st-'nce ot .Slr- Morgan, ho called on Mr.
Asprnwall, ana was governed by h.s adu
--
Iha S.Trelnrv
the Secretary :
1 nave commissioned n .gent, indiested by
Mr AnnttiB nil. tn nrnMnil In Kur l(rlt..r.l ,
gutiate for U,e purchase of three whale fhij),
which the Department directed me to obtain for
coaling uses; none can be purchased io this
I'lacc."
After tho Secretary had frequently ad
vised Lim to consult a numltr of piisum, in
every letter reducing the number, until
he declares his warm attachment to Mr.
Morc?.n and Mr. Aspinwall althotieh iho
letter ordering the whale shins renuested
j.,u, and ere vigilant for tho country aid its iu- i ed ; and on the sat...' Oi.y gave l.iirnll a ic.l
lere.l. They will, it is believed, cheerfully act j of sale lot the Department ; and he pre
fer tho Pensrtment when you have not o..urtu- dented a list :f nlteraiions required in the
inly or time to consult with. Jl"lh of the gent.o- ' t n ti , 1 uv j-it in" of S. M. Pool:, tho Naval
men have been written lo, by this mail, on t'; : Constructor" nnd of the board lo examine
...I. t.ti mill a. m It M-ttli n't id' m- fmth. ' . i . . i
him to purchaso them with the approval ; tcr of the Secretary, tlio committee havo
of Morgan ; still, in his absence, end the not had time to ex.imine the owners of
prc-siug necessities of the purchase, and the Mercedita; but, tho foregoing and
considering tho high culogiums pronoun-I subsequent fads in connexion with the
ccd by the Secretary on Mr.Aspmwall.the ! purcha-e are sustained by nlTidavits of J.
following statement in llio letter of the Lndolph Si ig nnd dames C. Jewett. They
Secretary is remarkable, and unsustained : testify that they did not see or know any
by the evidence : I thing of George I). Morgan until aitcr the
"IUd tlo naval effiotr foll. wed theer.hr thru purchase and delivery ot the bill of sale to
werogivfn him, these frauds would not have ,ie piepartment through liurriil ; that on
been perpetrated. Hut Commodore Ilreese cm- j ,na i.i, diy of November, they called on
ployed Mr. Aspinwall's broker and not Mr. Mer- kj Morgan demanding repayment of .2,
era, and the results were a cross fraud and the I ; . ? , v.. i . P.. i . , .
purchase of inferior vessels.which c.uld not hare I 5tK). and ho said he had credited it to the
been the ease bad the policy which the Depart- I Navy J 'epartnient ; that he had only ta
mont was then institutieg preTailed, and its or-l ken this seim so the Department might
deri been obeyed." I have so much back, in ca.-e the Depart-
The sttempt to sacrifice Mr. Acpio wall ' merit elected to keep the same, on the
and Oimmodoro Prestf in Mi. Morgan's
defence re.pjircn no comment.
'I bis charge of the See i ct:u y is more re.
markiible w hen it is remembered thai the
person referred to by him as Mr, Aylnv uift
broker wan Starbuck, the veiy man em
ployed by M r. G. 1). Morgan nubse p.ient
to the .urehiiso of tho Itoin.ir. and lladgei ,
us npj.ears from the following letter:
' Iikaii CioiMiiMiKB : I Imvo nut iliri'olo.l llio
M.i.liut'.r ti. to tliu mvy y.inl, u ml until 1 lu'sr
frein oii 'Inili il.i nutliiiiE in tho ui.i tier. Ann
. i ,. I Mr l. ...i i it,.,.. .,:
iitoi rt yvHt orv iruiv. vnur oup.uenT scrvnni,
'tlV.O. Ji. MORGAN,
g. L. l:.v ., li., l''lii OlV.cur,
Wstliingtuu, Juno I,
It is due to Commodore P.reese, to sny
that, when the ships were brought to the
navy yard, ho discovered the fraud, hi
lormed t lie .-'ecreiarv, arid elesired to have
the in considered Mr, Aspinwall's purchase
which he understood was done, as an
or der was issued for loading them.
The Secretary uNo refers to tho Pen
guin and Albatioos, br'U!;'ot by Commo
iloro lireese, for $75,000 each, alleging
that they were of no greater tonnage than
the Stars nnd Sttipes The Secretary,
however, omits to irtato that the Penguin
and Albatross were built for .sca geii'j ves
sels, with double engines, and cost, proba
bly, in construction, one-third moro than
the Stars and Stt ipes.
The Secretary further says :
'In aaingle transaction originnlly made with
a large phip owuur by Conitiioiiuro liroeio, for five
valuable deuuier s, I felt Unit tlio Goverutuont
was unfiirtuniitily involved, nnd ,Mr. .Morgan was
employed to relievo the benirtmeiit. Under
nia-iy nnd great li Oieul tios, h3 sueceeded in tiiv
i li l to the tiovernmeut, by his action iu tliut
triinimcti jii, above 1124,(100."
The explanation, as I understand it, is
this: the Commodore i.i chartering the
five vessels, required the ow ners to insert
a price at which they would sell to Gov
eminent. !t was a mere proposition on
their part. Jt was not accepted ; neither
as the Government bound to pay it.
The Secretary else adds;
' et I ln'iir from the owners and sellers no
eon I'h.int that tliey, Ly the ..ertion o this cys
teui of ' j.ureliusv, hare been oj).resed or aggrio
ved." Lot us examine the correctness of this
statement by ono transaction. In the
month of May last, J. Uudolph Sieg and
Jaoies C. Jewett i Co., of New York city,
were owners of the s;eamer Mercedita.
During that month a nin by tho name of
jjiimll, claiming to he an agent and advi
ser ol tiie Navy Department, proposed a
purchase. Jewett t- Lo., to prevent the
extortions of government ng. nts, on the
I'.llh U.iy ot Juno wrote a letter to the
Secretary of the Navy, otlered to charter
.. .1 1 I. . .. 1 . I : . 1 i
or sell that vessel at a valuation to be fixed
by the Department. A similar letter was
sent by them to the President of the Uni
ted Slates, iho Secretary returned an
answer refusing to charter or purchase, as
I sho was nnsuite i for an armed ship. llur
I and made an oiler from the Secretary of
the Navy for the rejected steamer, on the
'tidition that the owners should pay
' $r),00D lo him, besides a fair brokerage;
which $5,000, lmrrill said, was to be jiven
to Government ot.n ials for their assistance
in selling this vessel. Jewett & Co. refus
ed, proclaiming that they would first see
their vessel rot at tho tvharf, and them
selves wantiui for bread, beloie one r ennv
snouiil go 10 in ;oi: guveriiiu-n i
. ref(Uest ing P-urrill to say to those who sent
i.;m ;r ihn covci-iiment wanted N. IKIO
! Ulcy .A-oul,l j.,, . that sum towards rinsing
' another regiment to fill the place of the
j New York O'.'th. I'.jrrill left, and alter
the lapse of a lew hours returned, saying
he had beard trom w iishingl"ii, aim that
i. Ulll , witlulra'.v
tliu condition, and
nit they sa.v lit lo
ices. J hey aeeont-
. , - ,.
vessels. On the -i tit eptemt.er tliey Hei
livered up the vessel to Government thro'
liurriil
Much to the surprise of the owners, the
fWretorv sent a requisition to r.av liurriil
pjii QoO for th Mercedita, although
the names to the lull ol sale were Sieg,
owner of soen-tenths, and .lewett A. Co.,
three-tenths. They succeeded in arrang
ing so that the money should be drawn by
a third party. Some twenty day? after the
date of the requisition, an order was had
v...-.-..-
! pn lhe Trwury for lhe money. Mr.
GoorR, D. Morgan did not rppear in the
negouaiioi
I ., r
ion until after the requisition for
the money ; h then came and demanded
5(ln for uisk.i,r0 admitting that he did
I . ' n
not sell or purchase, yet the owners could
not eel their money until he was paid ;
arrd if they would consent to pay, he would
write to Washington and urge the imme
diate remittance of the nioney.
The above tact? must have been known
to the Secretary. They were written to
Com. Hudson. Oct. 31, with a request that
they be hied in the vy l'ej.artment,
I u hieh doubtless wis done. Since the let-
9-m irwvn"
ground that be understoo. the .M.-r.-editil
est only jijl.OlllI; yet Mr. Mot gar., n hen j
bw took the $C,'t".l, cave a ieeipt 1 r the
saino "lor commissions on s.il.i'of the
Merced. la." 'J he owners .b ny thai they
evrasked l.iD tmu f,,r tin iUt im !', al
though y.r. Morgi-i claims in his s'ii'i.
inent tint mi.di amount v:as deiioin-led ei
him. 'Iho Department fixed the Value,
and negoti j'.ed through the med:::m uiiove
stated.
l.)u the 17th January, Jewe'.t A Co.rnto
anot.l er letter to the Secretary, in which
they recite thu facts of their former cvm
inWiL Khonitig that tliy Lavu I cell up
prex Ivr aijjrie erd, in which they say ;
".'Jo you OolU it right to er.de:iTor to curry to
tho public, niter sii'jli an efl'er on inr . ir:,
tlio i'lmi tliut Y v P')iif;lit to oLtuin $3H.U jt' ihots
than thin vtfs..'1's vnlue; unit, to fosler thl.f' lfe
hood oa the piiTdie, to X va uu i . 1 l - nf vo.ir broili-
er-iu-law til.iess to puicLp5 ieao!s f'r
Govermnont '!"
tti u
FincuAsi: or hall s cariunls.
Another remnrkablo transaction was
the sale by the Ordnance liureau, to Mr.
blast man, of 5,00') Mall's carbir.es, an arm
which needed some alteration lobe useful,
lor !v,,jU each, llna private sale was
" ,' "'' --: i'....v
liliillH nt a time when the DeinntiiietU wns
. i V i it ' , V , .v.,u.iU,i oauisn mo open
buying arms, which had been condemned, enumy in our midst. Do this mrd oa
and sent from tho arsenals of Furope. strengthen anew the arms and ndd to the
After art expenditure of from 75 cents to courugo of tho nation ; inspire hope and
f 1.25, they were sold to Simon Stevens ensure tho conviction that all will be well
$12 50; then to Gerr. Fremont for 822.- Traitor spies havo been welkin? vour
Dr. Cummitrgs bought 700 of tho same streets, feasting at your snloons prome
cat bines for ?ir. fading at your leveesTand keeping in
lire evidence of Major Hagner shows . your capital. Thev havo been iL?.,i ;..
that Mr. Stevens was an aid or agent or;
lien li emrtTit Phis Af i Slpeonn ih.t.tou
However, tho relation was ono of a warm
personal character. Ho had probibly
just left him with instructions to purchase.
His dispatch to Fremont is ju3t such as an
agent would send, or one w ho had an ns
surance of the necessities of tho Wrest and
that the arms would be tuken. At all
events, the bargain wan an unconsciona
ble one, whereby Sleverw was to make
about $50,(100 in one day, without incur
liug any iis!c or investing any capitul.
I,t:r.MtTMt!STOt' ti:k HEiT.
There seemed to be no green spot in
tho Republic Tho gross frauds upon the
seaboard, by tho Potomac, L und a count,
erpart on the banks of the Mississippi.
The contagion sj read and fastened itself
upon the elepartmen oltho West A)eon or Hannibal, with mutter nfi "of
bevy of cormorants gathered around I re- COmplai,,t and hell-uttered distrust W
'. ' , -i
they were draw ing trom the nat on -more
impudent in the.r cairns, more unblu.h-
m their extortions, lherc as here, none
but special favorites could share of public ,javo a ri ,,jt to in,;sl ' -bounty.
I here, as here, no talcs could ,, means which .a God of Provide,
u.i .T.i.i uuiniiuieut m
cepv inrougii
;h tie mod u, of heartless
ho.-e w:Ling to formsh
.r M.TTte:,,t
contractors.
i i i m . -i , ,
rl.otil ft-lil IV. 1 Vl-.l'ft Pitst. niil wli.L. n
hardware tir m
allowed to furnish nearlv Sl.OOO.OiM) with
out the formality of fixing the price i,i ad.
vance, they procuring ttomthe very men
who ottered to supply Government, and at
the ottered prires, wliile they charged an
advance of 25 to 50 per cent. Men in
league with Quartermaster McKinstry and
his inspectors would first extort from the
hoi
.est farmer, and then unbluahinglv rob
mtheTr.aury. In building thetorts
Irom the 1 rasury
at St. Louis, more than Sluo.O'M was
.-'pisndcred upon profligate, tiniirincij.le 1
favorites.
These plunderevs, some impoited f, on-j
California, and some for a long time in lhe
employ and reeeiv ing fool and raiment
fiom the (ioverritncnt, gathered Rrou,,,
tho person of Fremont, and sullcred none
to approach him too nearlv.
ti'iartermasterMclvinstry was.be high
priestat lid, festival of robbery and crime;
a man who hud f.r n.anv yea'rs been in
j tho regular sen ice of tho L'niled States ;
I a man furnished by tlio Admiui-ti 'ilioii
j to the department of the IVct. which was
J supposed to be a gir uant v tot his faithful
i ne.-s and inteL'i ii y ; trusting, confidingly,
I Premor.t watched him not closely. 1 do
not pretend that I'ren ont shared the
I spoils with Chil l, PrUt .t Fox, or McKiu
jsiry, any more than 1, for a mom.-nt, be
lieve that "rret.ii v Welles shared tho en
I oi mous pi fil.t-ot' his brother -in-law. It
; is no excuse to say that the nrigniuule cf
this iid.eil.on, huge in propoi lio:i, the
I impending danger easting dark shadows
over our national pathw ay and threaten
j ing the nation's Jd'e, wai n jiistilie.uion
for allowing the exercise of unlicensed on
I pidity. Without doubt, generals and
. Cal inet ministers have bowed down be
, neath tho weight of incie:is;r.g reeponsi
il.ility; but this reckless horde were un
lerming the very ground on which they
l rod.
j A R M V TRANSPORT AT rON.
j Anotirer item of reckless expenditure
was the order of the War liepvtnrent al
lowing two rents per mile tor tho trans
portation of troops, and liberal price for
baggage and horses. So enormous were
the profits that nihoa I companies in the
West bid and paid from ffl,5nfl to .adO
to nearly every regiment for the privilege
' of transportation. It is remarkable, that
the late Scc:elary, who wa himself, l y
long experience and observation, so con
versant with the management of railroad:
who rejoiced in the confidence of a frienJ,
whnwas intimate with railroad connexions,
'especially in Pennsylvania, should have
allowed railroad companies such large
amounts that they could lavish thousand
for the transportation ofasinsle regiment.
1 Trains not rufuiinga-swiiily, and some
times with no better cars, charged nearly j
lion hie riorr tlmix enngi an t rates. Ihdhe
not know tlmt encli pa-.-enger was eiititle.l
to eiuhty pounds of baggage? yet an extra
charge was allowed tor all transported
with the troops; tlrti- thousands have
been unjustly taken from the Treasury,
not only by the assent of the 1'epnrtmcnt,
but by its express sanction and order.
' The pirates who infest the ocean, under
the corumifwion cf the renel chiet, are not
more deserving the execration of mankind
then the iimp who, on bnid. are aurTirel
t i f '.eit on the Nn -it of tho poor and the
bl..d ol tho 1 IMC.
hilo th. in!i m is j'r cning t,t every
nerve, and bleeding i,t ever- pore, tlieso
he.i: tlo-.i eren lures -for to gratify
j unholy piiu i.s ivr. tches,
I "U h.) thrli.c theii iiista in Ilnn-n,
I Ami i.i.iku n finder (f thoir
j have, a firmer gr.e.p upon the tijionl of
i the nation tlu.mli is armed rcbelliun. Like
j panthers htset of'sun, across tho i.ation'a
I duakened h, t ,ef
'diouud upon their star tie, prey."
j And w hile tL. mighty i,tin, this giant
I ebi. is ire:u iting
eneatn
us great. weight
its arms riowimr
.... 1. i i,i-i vmS unci fii". on
ulini.ni I . ; I . . ! ; i . . . f ' .
nil!',
n... q jh ( oi ;r:g iom
its reins.
H goni culj tn) extnie., d f,
or:i uuartit
they woul
Pie ly pj0(;i
Iil'."l! tl;.. r'jclt
;..'.' ere I I ;. u r
on winc.i he stands, oi if
l meiclianduo ol his locks, diwhovel. J
i. iiii.w
by
of
imj loujju i.-rapost, would shear him
his strength. They lolllow
"With tint keen second scent nf d, nth,
By r.hkh the vultnro euutld hij fiod."
t,H.i uvc-reoino the open enemy
in trnni lot nc n. !,.. i. , ., J
If we cannot overcome tl.
your Departments, making drawincs of
vnnr fnri i ft rn t . -
your fortifications ; a-rei-e.-ationa nf L
armies ; ull your consultations, your plans
ol battle and order of marches, havo been
communicated to the enemv Yn,.
eruli have been paralyzed, your unay do,
ieated. by the very men who have been
feeding upon the bounty ofyour Govern-
iim.i, oeirayingyour confidence and the
land which held
tue giaves of their fatu
CIS
"Oil, for a touguo to eurso the nlue,
Whose treiwou, like a d iudly bli.'ht,
Cornell o'er the counsels of the brtvo,
And biujts theiu in their liourof might ! "
Sir, I am not one of those disposed to
question or distrust the ability or corrocti
riesa of our leuders. I have always believ.
ed that a poor general, with tho confidence
or uie people, was tar better than a Napo-
e
.cannot uriora (mother defeat. Thev
colllrol our armies will illy discharire
llu,v jr thc). flle uit.,, .
iiin.p m, ,,,,,-.,.i " V ,
who
uso all
lenco has
i placed in our reach. No
! wnc M r -een
, tlo of complaint, sine, t ho angeh 1 1 no
,rern M teatoriedso'niuch C
war has been
"'"i,""i'i. niuce i jo anieis iell no
I.- . . . c ,g il , illl
nosB :0r theprc-cnt, or hope for tho fu
lure; none involving so much of crime
agaiust humanity, or sin against lJim who
guides the destinies of natiorn.
Men in arms were formerly our breth.
ren ; and while in peace wo would treat
the-ni ai friends, in war let us treat them
. ." t 't 1,?'ar0 t0 WP in
' u ; h,uh- lhe!r father'
1,1 " 1'i' M mey worsmppetl. -
They are trampling under foot tho Con
stitution and laws w hich their fathers or
dained, and of which they bossted ; above
all, they have despised, and rent ru twain
1 1 , c ...... i ... i .i . , i . ,
7 ' ' ' nUm'3 ttna
v " -ll nd
' " 1 l'Uu mt haa ,h
i' 1,1 ,"tm"1'1', "'"PP" "hd New
' V r -" 5. ,"m .V vl,u "" "10 PIains '
' 12, Z' ''I- ,V-'mcnl Jl the
! V , Ct?) 'J ' Lmpire State fought
-.-.u .. . r. iu ii lie. u uio ir.ui.ini, lutlor e l
' L'.ui.mt Bailor Cell
Ihey cannot divorce the American people
horn t lint noble ensign ; each uripe on its
starry fold goes bacii and entwines itself
around the tattle field of tho Revolution,
livery star stands as a sentinel over the
grave where the patriot ideps ; luw deep
she crime of thoso who have been reared
to siti o( iis power, now to tramplo and
despite it ! Are not such men tho basel
of eiiKiuics, who should feel our punish
merits, and our vengeance, too? Will you
talk of the eou-.'.itu'.ional rightl of men
who are ftei I'.-l in the gall of such damn,
ing infamy 1' In this war it matters not
what may be their institutions. No ma(,
ter though tliey be the best on earth, if we
can haim them, punish ihom, subdu
thriu by sundering their institutions, it is
our duty lo do so. A rebel sells you u
horso for one hundred doUirs, which you
agree to pay him t,y solemn contract, in
writing; becomes, steals the horse, and
then demands that you shall pay him the
price ag:ced.
Itwdlnot do for this administration
nor for us, with a half million of met!
sleeping on their arms, to le apologizing
with proclamations, whi.h tiro senseless ;
that w e should be dancing like harlots in
the ante- chamber of this stupendous crim
inal, though armed to de-'lroy and sur
rounded rounded with tho minions of an
enslaved nationality. To tho inef ndiary
w ho puts the tcrch to your dwelling, anii
is despoiling you of family and property,
would you stand crouched on ono knee
l)Og;ing like a log that you diJ not mean
to burn bis dwelling or destroy Ins prop,
erty '.'
Loss or Horsf.s. Il is truely heart-sick -cuing
to lead lhe account of Ihelorsof
horses tent on (diipboard from P.ostcn to
Ship Island. me hun Ired and fifty tlu.-e
horses sere put on board at Itoston, and
out of ih.'.-e one hundred and forty-seven
d.ed on tho pi--yg' and were thrown
overboard ! ('lily six arrived at Ship Ul.
and! The loss to the Government is esti.
mated at faotn ?'0,.'M0 to f,0,(SK"i, ud
all to be attritiuted to gro? ignorance and
blundering on t he part of the Govenimenr
official ho bad the charge of shipping the
foor creatures. Fx.