The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-09
THE MILITARY ART IN ANIERTC1

regard every imported novelty as a faUpenslty fy 10
III hlllary science, without reference to the difFa
tL anu CONDITIONS of the service sends ns
the IoHoWlng pertinent observations. "
i "lhe difference in our laws and form or roou
ment, ana the nature and extent of our territorT
present lnsuperable obstacles to our mitatino ~ ,
armies of Europe. In most parts of Fnrone Said tI
enlist for period of not less than twenty years 10
our army the term of service is only rive wears ond
deaths and desertOns reduce the average to fbroa
! years In some European countries the solderv is
! exempt from the operation of the civil law-hera
the military tribunals properly inferior and sub
ordinate to the civil courts. In Europe if troons
of any kind are to move a hundred miles they are
almost invariably sent either by water or by rail
in our territory we have many lines of march over
a thousand miles in length.
SIN Europe, soldiers are almost sure of finding
provisions for themselves and forage for their ami
mails, wherever night overtakes them-with u.s.
supplies of almost all kinds must be carried with
the troops. European soldier spends most of his
time either in cities, where balls are fire.
quent, and where his gay uniform is by thou
sands of his countrymen and countrywomen-an
American soldier serves his enlistment the from
tier, where the only admirers of his finerv are
few Indians and half a dozen traders. But we have
adopted everything bindly, and only need a
squadron of cuirassiers, regiment of lancers, and
regiment OF yoltigeurs to present eXtensxe
display of ARMS as any Continental government.
"Our systems of instruction, like our masses of
corps, are all stolen; and what is more, there is
analogy between them. We have five authorized
"
infantry, and one for cavalry, exclusive of Captain
McClellan's Report (Which properly makes Sc
cond on cavalry and the Army Regulations; per-
feet knowledge of any of these five will not en-
able an officer to direct sing lie maneuVre laid
down in the other four
"The number of kinds of firearms with which
troops are supplied is endless, and renders any at
method OF handling and loading their pieces. abso
lutely impossible. At Court Martial held at Fort
Leavenworth last spring, it appeared in evidence
cOmn1nV mad Yr;tb
eight different kinds of firearms, four of which were
revolving or repeating arms.
"From the foregoing, think it is tolerably OBJ
vious that military establishment is pretty in
trIcate and that it requires talent and con-
siderable amount of application to master the de-
tails OF single arm of the service. What is the
actual state of the case?
Of the soldiers, those who are most intelligent
are taken clerks in the Quartermaster's or Com
missary's Department, act as attendants in the
hospital. All the mechanics are put at work as
carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, wagon makers,
&C., and both classes are excused from drills Of
the officers large number have no preliminary
preparation, and no subsequent examination is re-
CURED. To crown all, the War Department en-
ploys ordnance and infantry artillery-dragoons
and artillery as infantry-artillery and infantry
mounted rtemen-and mounted ri1emen as caval-
ry Horse batteries garrison forts on the coast,
and mountain howitzers sent against Indians,
to be buried or captured.
seriously, our nineteen regiments ought by law
to be converted into infantry and then-disbanded."
N. Y. Evening Post.
GERRIr SMITH AND THE NEGRoEs.-The citi-
zens of color belonging to Brooklyn, Western
District, held ratification meeting at Gran
ada Hall on Monday evening, to hear the re-
port of their delegates to the Troy Convention
Rev. George LenOx presided, and made an able
speech.
Mr.. w. A. Hodges said that this was time for
coored men to bestir themselves. Political rights
were what they all wanted They must stir, and
They could not depend on white aboitiOnists to do
all their work for them. He sometimes thought
they would get along great deal better if there
were not any aboitiOnist white men. These
take all the meat and give shucks to the colored
people. Gerrit Smith was a great abolitionist.
He wants them all to vote for him. because he is a
great friend Of the coored But he knows it
is all foosness. If the eleven thousand colored
people should vote for him, and so give the election
to the democrats, the shareholders would all say
that it was the voice of New York for slavery; and
so would 90 on legslating against the coored race
worse than ever before.
Mr.. Morgan was good friend to colored people.
He will go for giving them their rights, for letting
them vote, and be allowed to hold office. If Gerrit
Smith was Governor he could do no more. But he
cannot be elected and every vote given for him is
vote for slavery. The speaker their delegate to
Troy, where they had been talking over these
things, and the convention there, all but three or
four, were of the same mind. He would read the
resolutions adopted at Troy, and move that they be
adopted by this meeting.
Mr. Henry j. Simmons, of New York, seconded
this motion, and made speech urging that the
IL 900 colored voters of this State should give their
votes for Mr.. Morgan.
The resolutions were then adopted.
Rev. William J. Hodges moved that they
should have frequent meetings to enlighten the
people, till after election. He meant to pull the
lions beard. If Gerrit Smith defeated Mr.. Nor
gan, he would have no more to do with him. de
TnG to hf lie @ @ @
meeting adjourned to assemble again on Monday
evening.-New York Erening Post
INDIANS SELLING SQUAWS TO WHITE MEN.
Correspondence Of Wisconsin
CEDAR CITY, 20 miles South of aTowan,l
UTAH TER, August 10, 1858. 7
A trade is springing up between the Utes and
the Piedes lndians-that of selling and buying
squaws. At Harmony, some forty miles from Wash
ington, the Piede Abram, having squaw who signi-
fed her wish to have younger husband, marched
her before the muZzle ofhis rifle to Cedar, where
Utes were quartered, having come here for the pur
pose Of buying squaws for the United States troops,
and sold her to them; she had fair prospect of
having her desires than gratifed. 1t is under
stood that agent g. Hurt is encouraging this trade.
A few days since a noise of crying was heard in
the streets; went out and saw an Indian dragging
along his squaw, while she was bowling bitterly
Upon asking what was the cause, he replied, "kots
ashnti mi'-she don't want me; having also con-
ceived IL desire for another husband, and probably
she may be likewise accommodated. There are sol
diers enough here, who have nothing to do or think
Of to furnish all the disaected squaws in the terri
tory with temporary husbands.
A fire broke out on Thursday last in the base
ment ofthe five storied building on the south side
of Carter street above Second, Philadelphia, occu-
pied by the Sunday Dispatch their press estab-
lishment, and by Forney's Press as composing
rooms. The fifth story is used as the composing
room of Col. Forneys Press, and the hands were at
work at their when the fire broke out. SO
rapid was the increase of the smoke that these men
had to fly for their lives and some hesitated before
they descended the stairs about the prOprlety OF
leaping from the windows. All got safely out,
however.
The alarm was promptly given and the firemen
hastened to the spot, but before they could reach
the ground the hose was attached to the stationary
engine of DR.. Jayne's building and steady and
powerful stream of water was directed upon the
flames, deadening them in few minutes and pre-
venting their further spread. The tiremen we're IN
service with as little delay possible, but the pow
erful stream from DR.. Jayne's stationary steam
engine left but little for them to do.
The damage done to the building Is not lmpor-
tant the flames being confined to the first hoor,
and to the woodwork Immediately in the neighbor-
hood of the boiler No water thrown above
the first foor and the damage above this floor IS
little or nothing. The next edition of the Dispatch
was ready for 1t was destroyed, involving
loss of about three hundred dollars. The entire loss
to the building and to its contents is covered by in
surance.
The Richmond Wing says There can be no
doubt of the fact that this years crop of Tobacco
in Virginia, will be materially short of last years.
The visitation of devastating hail storms, in the
northeast, and the more disastrous, because more
general drought in other sections, where tobacco IS
chiefly grown, will cause heavy falling off in the
supplies of the next twelve months, compared
with those for the year just ended when the receipts
exceeded the average of former years. 10000 hhds.
II is to be remembered, however, that the high
prices of the years 56'57 have greatly stimulated