Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-09
OUR MILITARY BUDGET,
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND.

ana Baltimore. The surgeons, with several mer
Of their regiment who had lost limbs at Bull r un
Were sent down the james river, and had no pos
siole means Of learning anything with regard &c
tne position Of affairs about Richmong or among
the rebel troops. Most OF our prisoners are well
thou2h some are suffering from typhoid fever
some seven or eight hundred have bsen removed
south, leaving about six hundred In the Rich.
mond prisons. Among those sent of were quite
number Of Union men from Virginia, who have
been seized by the rebels and incarcerated. The
provisions furnished the prisoners consists of nea,
and soup without vegetables. MANY Of the pris
oners suffer from q want of clothing and the
miserable accommodations in the tobacco ware
houses Congressman bly,, Of New York, is In
good health and spirits, spending much CT his
time In writing. The officers and many of the
men have organized prison association, In which
addresses and essays are delivered, and various
questions discussed after the manner Of a debating
lyeeum. Mr.. Ely il president of the association.
There 10 no possible means of learning any accu-
rate Information In Richmond In relation TO mil
iary movements, and the work upon the fortih
cations about the city Is prosecuted with great
secresy The surgeons were compelled to leave
tneir instruments In the hands Of the rebels, who
are much In need Of these articles, not9ithstand-
Ing the number obtained at Bull Run
TIE pErsRDArrNs QrARrERMAsrzR sUxoR.
We apprshend that the rumor Of the arrest of a
quartermaster ofthe regular service for mafeasance
In ONCE which continues to float around in the
newspapers, despite numerous contradictions
grows out Of the fact that on responsible iHforma
uon The military authorities recently caused the
arrest OF speculator or dealer-J. w. Grymes-
residing In Georgetown, seizing his books at the
same time. The charge against him is for having
Illegally purchased Of a considerable number Of
volunteer regimental quartermasters and commits
saries quantity Of Government property-pro-
visions, stores, sbovels, picks and other things.
The property Of the United States-which they had
no authority to sell. His books are said to have
been kept with precision concerning the details
OF these purchases, which will convict those ills
ssily selling to them beyond all question; and
mus The service Will So rid of them, and they
VIII probably be otLt.wise punished
KENTUCKY.
The report OF a reliable gentleman y saving
that ths oligarchy have now l22 900 men In arms
operating against Kentucky, is utterly untrue
Yesterday we saw a letter from a gentleman I'm
tnat state. who we have every reason to regard a.
being better informed than almost any one else In
The state, as to the condition Of the eIigarcby,s
troops menscing the Union forces there wherein
ne sets down the entire rebel force 20 engaged at
rom forty FIVE to fifty thousand men, not one
fourth OF whom are really properly armed.
we believe bis estimate to be correct Tha,
ne'nef backner' Pillow, Polk, nor Zollicoffer
dare advance into the State far enough to risk
general engagement with either division Of our
troops there, embraces proof Of the truth OF the
estimate to which we refer above He adds that
daily the rebels are being weakened by desertion;
while the forces OF the Union are satisfactorily
increasing.
THE CAPTURE OF The rue "FAsNY."
The Hon. Mr.. Potter, Chairman Of the Inves,t-
gazing Committee Of the House Of Representa-.
tues, on TIE 9Th instant called the attention of the
Navy Department to a statement In the new.pa-
Pers that Capt. }. II Morrison, OF the steamer
amy" recently captured by the rebels of Cape
Hatteras, was imprisoned at Fortress Monroe for
refusing to take the cath Of allegiance, and in
quired IL the statement was true In whole or I'm
part The Department to-day replied as follow,
which 10 published by request Of Mp:
NAVY DrPARTaENT, 9th October, 1851.
sn: Your letter OF the sth instant, relative to
me Newspaper reports concerning the master of
the steamer Fanny, has been received The
steamer alluded 10 was not at the time Of her ca
sare In the service Of this Department, and has
said Of her captain. This Department ha, no
knowledge Of him whatever, and have no rea.
son 70 suppose that at the time Of the capture OF
win The Navy va. on board Of Ser way connected
very respectfully, GIDEON WELLS
Hen ions T. Porter, Chairman, &c.
RETURNED PRISONERS.
This morning, privates Pratt and Woodbury.
Two OF the nifty seven prisoners released from Rich
nond, arrived In this city and passed to their
regiment. the Second Vermont. Each of these
vo soldiers lost his at the battle of Bull
Kun They say just before leaving a pa per was
presented them for to the effect that they
would never bear arms against the Confederate
states, which they would by no means have signed
had they not been totally incspacitated. They
say the wounded are kindly attended to and re-
eeive all they want, but that the other prisoners
are rrdely treated, and do not get enough to ca,
GARIBALDI
The fact that the English press kicks M
"huobeboo" over the story that this Government
offered to Garibaldi the position of Commando.
in-Chief Of the armies Of the United States
proves how eager Il Is to find fault with N,
Nought but such an eagerness could have induced
any sane man TO credit for instant so paIpable
He a. tha. referred to above. No such offer was
ever made, those journalists must have known
intoinvely. The oner (Which was an indirect
ofsr on previous intimstlon Of his friend. Of his
command; not Of the command Of the armies o,
tbs United States
RELEAsED.
henry =. Jehnson, broker, Of Baltimore, at
present In custody In Fort Lafayette has been or
dered TO Be reieased-his friends tell us-by the
SECRETARY Of stats II 10 said that his friends sue
cssded In proving that his Southern financial
transactions were simply to the end of procuring
me rsdemption In drafts on the North Of Virginia
money purchased by him at a sweeping discount;
and That he bad no connection Whatever with the
financial sfairs OF the oligarchy's government.
TEE RHKRsy OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Rscentiy clothier In New York received an
order for 5000 uniforms, to be completed and
delivered In four days. At the end of four DAYS
he delivered 20, coo Of them, not being able 70
complete the balance until the nett morning. On
repairing to the camp On Long Island on the next
Canh) day 10 deliver the balance, he found
empty Tie troops having been all sent of within
Wenty-four hours-no one around knowing
whittier.
MILITARY AFFAIRS
General T. " Ian,a. -