Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-19
ARMY BUDGET.
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ter(Va) Republican, of the 9th ult, we find
the following
LAST NoTloE.- All persons belonging to
the Fifty frst Regiment Virginia Militia, not
now in service, and not exempt, are hereby
notified that if they report for duty within
five days from this date, at the camp, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, two miles be-
low. Martinsburg, no action will be taken
against them. But all who disregard this
notice will be tried by Oourt-martial, and
punished accordingly. This includes those
who are absent, sick, and able for duty, and
those on furlough, who have failed to return,
as well as those who have never appeared.
st..s CHARLES E. SHRYOCK,
Colonel Fifty-frst Regiment.
September 26, 1861.
80 A LOUD CALL FOR ARMS.
Then succeeds the following urgent call for
arms: ~
Arms, arms arms = The undersigned
urgently calls upon the people of Virginia to
send in to. his address all arms not actually
in the hands Of troops, no matter how few,
no matter in what order, as they will all 60
into the field as soon as repaired.
No other person is authorized to collect
arms in the State butthe undersigned.
G. DIMM0CK,
~ Col. of Ordnance of Virginia.
Direct care Colonel Dimmock, Richmond,
Virginia.
REBEL SUPPLIES GIVING OUT.
The Richmond Examiner of October says:
In the rapid exhaustion of all sorts of sup
plies in the South, we must look for an alter
native Of relief either il the raising of the
blockade, or in the prompt and enterprising
aid of Southern capital in the production and
manufacture of various articles of prime ne.
cessity. We have plenty of corn and -four,
rice and tobacco, and cotton, but very little
of any thing else. As winter approaches
many of our supplies are being fast exhausted.
Our markets are nearly bare of candles, cot
ton, starch, soap, oil, bacon, refined sugars,
salt, iron, shoes, clothing and other necessary
supplies. The demand for bacon, an article
of prime necessity, is largely in excess of the
supply, with exceedingly small stocks in the
hands of dealers.
THE COMMISSION TO PURCHASE BLANKETS.
The appointment of George P. Smith to
60 to Europe to purchase wooden goods and
blankets accompanied by Qusrtermaster
Thomas, is attracting much attention, and
some severe comments. Mr.. Smith is an iron
merchant from Pittsburg, and Colonel
Thomas was so notoriousy incompetent or
dishonest, that General Meigs himself re-
moved him from the charge Of the Quarter
masters Department in Philadelphia.
THE ARMIES OF EUROPE.
The army of Austria consists of q grand
total of 1888, 344 men and 1,088 guns; that of
Prussia contains 7l9, ,092 men and AL guns;
the army Of Russia about $50 900 men and
l,l60 gums the army of France 626, ,492 men;
and that of Great Britain, in all parts Of the
world, b94,527 men. ~
Government H0rses-How Disposed Of
What Becomes Of Them After Their
Last Cantor.
The army correspondent of the Boston
Journal furnishes the following interesting
horse item; go
Forty-twR thousand six hundred horses
and mules Have been purchased by Govern
ment for the army, at cost of about 81, 500, 900
The contracts are about closed. For months
the streets have been filled with horses; 20
where you would, you would find boys and
men leading, riding and driving them, each
man or boy having from six to ten in
charge. The Government corrals are near
the Observatory. There, at any time, you
may see from three to seven thousand
There the horse-dealers congregate, stout
burly, tobacco chewing men, with their eye
teeth cut. There, too, are the imperious in.
spectors, whose word is of great consequence
| to the contractors. An accepted horse re
| ceives the mark of ownership, U. S., on hi
left shoulder, and is respected according tt
his rank. If he is of aristocratic mold; if he
| like individuals of the highest order of nam
malta, can carry high head, and move with
a consequential air, he is caparisoned with
gilt trappiDgs, and receives nice attentions
and has, as general thing, an easy time o.
ii; but if he Is only of common blood, or ha:
hide like an old hair trunk, or if he would
! answer as a standing advertisement of 6
0ofo aA. ;u0
he is turned over to the mercies of the team
sters of the bsggage-trains, some Of whom
know as little of teaming as OF balloon navi
cation.
Government is losing enormous sums il
the wear and tear and unnecessary abuse o
horse flesh, in the cutting, slashing, pound
ing, inefficient care and neglect of teamsters
and the furious galloping of soldiers and of
fcers over the paYements, up hill and down
as if horse had muscles of iron and nerves
of steel. do not know as there is any hell
for it. The machinery is so vast, SO compli
Gated, and necessarily of such a character
that the wear, tear and depreciation must bt
very great.
do not know what is the per centage pei
| annum of the depreciation of horse flesh
but from what have seen, it must be very
| large, thirty-three per cent. / should Judge
| Occasionally you see old horses floating dowr
the river. One near Chain Bridge committed
suicide the other day by jumping into tn
canal. While making my way toward one o
the camps in the vicinity Of Kalorama tn,
other day, came upon the place where gooc
horses go when they have shuffled, eantereC
and trotted off the mortal coil. 1t was in {
swsmp, and there were hundreds of newly
made hillocks-with horses beneath. A few
| shoVels of earth were thrown upon the car
cssses, but heads and hoofs were exposed
| The covering, or attempt, was sham. Gov
ernment pays go much per horse for getting
them out of the way when dead. Their
was an odor in the air, which a man witt
sensitive olfactories would be likely to per
ceive, or, TO put it little stronger (the state
ment, not the odor), even if he had no nose
he would know that something was in the
wind, and yet within u hundred yards ar
several dwellings, As a sanitary measur
the evil ought to be remedied.
Another pamphlet has made its appearance
in France, entitled The Rhine and the VistuIO
ascribed to high source. 1t is devoted b
| an arouroe ant that Franco dOas not want th