Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-25

.octcber, A. fsoi.
J. B. GlsszssoE.
Mayor Of the incorporated viI age Of Marion, 0hio.
TIE CALIFORNIA LsERv ICE DISTURBED.
The San Francisco Evening BW.tsfi~ thus complains
Of the interruption Of the California mail service by The
outrases Of the Missouri Conisderstse; - y
California ia feeling TIE eec;s OF the Missouri troubles
by the s.oppags of Geographic mail con muDication
1t the other end Of the line TIE Overland Mall and tx
press duiog lie interruption Of intercourse With 81 Jo-
seph can be sent BY railroad via st. Louis and Jefferson
City, and from the latter point by steamer up the His
staging will take to the regular established route con-
Meeting Kunnekuk forty miles dirtov west OF b. Jo-
ssph. This will make our maih aud Pony Express ct
less. two days longer on the way than heretofore.-
should this Jefferson City be found ihprsctca
uie then there Ia still another available route passing
through Illinois and Iowa. to Omaha CITY, K. whence
ere Is daily mail already established 70 Fort Ksarney
distance of less than 200 mes where Il joins the great
0se land route. Th route "a quite as available q The
one by the way Of Jefferson City and up the Mis-
souri, river and Il has the additional merit Of passing
through PROFESSIONALLY peaceful country. The
tractor between Omaha and Fort Kearney 10 Z. 8. A.
vord General Superintendent Of the Overland Mall llne
Who left this city two or three weeks ago. and probably
vas at the Vert when the recent interruption Of the
mail service occurred.
From the indianapolis Journal
BAD MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
other Government agents concerned In the shameful
abuse of our troops 10 Western Virginia. with hearth
that cordially spprovs II we csnno. initiate In
the cause Of cruelty mlused by red-taps folly
eous act and we beg the Commercial TO keep on. Il
does Us good
Tho Comms ary. sueral e. The Indiana Volunteer
Militia hes been hunting up the ample stores Of clothing
forwarded to Western Virginia, and which not In
the way Of reaching the troop He found some OF
nd NM n
less thick headed formal and foolish, pernclous
es who stand between the soldier aud the people, aud
contrivs by their awkvardnesi dishonesty, and unmi l.
gated adherence to rsdapss to make soldiers starve
land OF plenty, and 60 ragged when the warehouses
| are full Of clothing"
The remedy for the Incompetence OF rascsty Of such
IN IN contemporary thinks IL to be found In . cose
pursuit Of them by such the following which,
believe de cribes Gov Morton, in bis action regard
/ ing this matter qli.e accurately
1--WE need hunt down the incapsbles and the scoup
iels who fatteung while in the army suffer,
,ome one with iron wilt respect for office and no fear
Of persons he should be indomtsbe and remorsesss,
The deadly Zoe Of shame and sworn destroyer Of the
ounbug dignity Of petty position. BE should also be
animated With unconEon wrath, and give neither rest
10 his feet slumber 10 ha eyeds until he knaW Il
why the oyercosis that we know TO have been
made 10 this city not on the backs Of our soldiers q,
Cheat Mountain. he should know how to trace lie
ts source and to call thief thief and fool foel,
ho~eyer the the oker may b. bed ,ned with hut
tous or thieky encrclrd by those whose thrift folloss
| awning"
In day or two Governor Morton sll publish letters
and dirpa ehes relating to the clothing Of the Indiana
.rlanietTs at Cheat Mountain which shas that be has
been urgent constant mportunate and that In spite Of
all his energy and his righteous WRATH the dishonesty or
iullness Of the officials has thwarted him for months
AZ last his patience has been worn ou and he has pre-
TERED formal charges against the whole Dep lrtment-
We do not know, nor does anybody know, who Is TO
i t.. ali nd pirbt and
each storekecper quarsrmaster and wagoomaster may
prove himself entirely innocent, and show that he has
supsrhumanly energetic in getting the clothing for
ward but still the fact reulaas, that clothing fer.
varied TO or troops months ago and which should
have reached them in week. has either NOT REACHED
them oil Il oaly ds arriving, Ehile they have bean
burylg after whose death Is directly traceable
TO the desution oInssd by this neggenos and scores
are rendered uDd for all future service and viii be sent
hore
10 Braekens company of Indianapolis "R.pgen,"
alone there eight or ten men permanently dissbled
BY exposure and destuton and three four have died.
They as we'll I'll the regiments Cheat SUMMIT, have
hsd no other clolhug than the light uniform provided
e sumrei use WIFE the summit covered sbh
and the nights we're bef c9d, eyen in August ley
begged for oVerceats two months ego Goyernor Nor
toa while in Washington las; sumner got "a orde. from
lie ers Megs who ID the sal, tia savors the whole War
Dep r.ment for 600 oveEcoas for our men In the noun
t,ns representing that though the days warm the
nights we're very Geld and toe mountain soaked with an
s,ost constant 10, and the then in actual need
OF the additional cpihrg .ersl hegs autographed at
once to New York to contractor TO 2 IKE 900 over
coats speedily for the radians men In Virginia There
| v.s no "redtsp," delay. The order cIme from the
Chiefs own hsus, end was ATTENDED TO at oUce. The
coats were proMp,ly plds and promptly forwarded -
About onethird Of them got to our The rcst vent
- the Lord knoSs where. Nobody slse seems TO know
anything about Il. We have no iies whose fault this
sas but |, certainly didn't do Itself" Il needed some
| fool or seoundrel to help IL along
Daring Mr.. CommissaIy Stones recent visit to hunt
m clothing, be was applied 10 by Lieutenant Colonel
C,ru;hers OF the Virginia volanse let i'm have 500
blankets Of the 020 which eas Of the Slsrtssmsssrs
stated In the storehouss at Reir for the Indiana
| men. BE sail bis men we're suffering, there vsPs no
blankets to be bad aud ho didn't know What 70 do u
In iiana didn't lot him have Mr. Stone prom uy
consented il there 900 Indiana blankets in the
| store TO give Virginia what she asked for. The two
vent 10 tie store-house The man who stated to
Caruters that the blankets there stated the next
day 10 Garghe sn Stepe that they we're not there that
they bad been cent away, couldn't or wouldn't tel where
and Stone arrived at the camps to hud no bsuken -
Possibly they 60, down to tie Ranaubs In time 10 be
swImped 10 the fresbet In thet river. The clothing
buried In the K,ns~ha od Is another specimen Of the
r,,nseement in Western Virginia. and shameful Que
that We hope ts report OF may prove exaggerated
Bu We have learned too well nos thipss se enaged TO
feel very sapguirs. Western Virgins has BEEN the Gri
mes OF the var. set OF officers 80 incompetent 20
careless reckless or r1ciy the confusion aud tqusn
eering Of B,Isklava caDapt parallel There are doubt.
lie some good, efficient men among them bat they
palyz d by the worthless oues, and IL Is time an inyes
isatcn vas made and little "SeediDg ou1 effected.
SOUTHERN sEAPQRTS.
Lieut. Bankhead recently stated that between Savan.
nab and Fer sudins Fla there es than sir good
entrances, 9Th exc lent anchorage, and With as much
water az there u Sc vsnnah bar blocklded The
passes comm 1nicadng BY water iolsnd vi Savannah
are Beaufort n c. Brunswick and Dlrlen, all Of vhIoh
are cotton ports Wssssu, o.abau, Great and LIte
L,p.o, Doboy Hampton Greek, Atanahs. st. Sluou's
and 81. Andrews With the exception Of Alanshs and
Hampton thess entrances have least from twelve to
fourteen feet Of low water. In louisiana we f,d fvo
mou,, to the Mississippi; along the Foiids coast han
1rsi. Of little ndsntan6np into which small craft can