The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-27
ARMY REGULATORS.

In these yenal times when men are not ashamed
to live by levying blackmail upon legislation, we
can conceive how it is possible for peculators to
get between the Treasury and the ARMY and
while seeming to be impelled by patriotic impulses,
can bend all their energies to making money out
Of the existing war, by standing as mddlemen be-
tween a hard pressed Government aud its sefsacri-
ficing defenders. As for example: by buying
steamers for six eight thousand dollars each, and
chartering them to the Government for ten
twelve thousand per month, with a condition that
they be paid for at the rate of $4,000 in case of
loss and by purchasing tents at 50 each, and sell
ling them to the Government for SIT; and by lay
ing in wait at cattle pens watching opportunities to
get lean beeves at low figure, which they have
contracted to the cOmmirsariat rouId fat prices,
managing to give the hide and taow to some
favorite .'striker" for butchering them, when he
get it done for half the value of those items,
and generally, by hanging around the purlieus of
tailoTs' shops, and timers shops, and coopers'
shops, and all other kinds of shops in order to lew
contributions upon tradesmen who make proposals
for furnishing the army with coats and ours and
canteens, and all other articles for the camp
We say, we can conceive of jobbery like this
Nav, more-we credit the well authenticated re-
ports, which come to US daily, duplicating prom-
nent names in such transactions.
But how any body but fends can, for lucre will.
fully palm off upon the Government sleezy and
rotten blankets, and rusty and putrid pork,
er by night. and feed by day, our brave sons and
brothers, who are enduring unwonted fatigue, and
Drawing death, in defence of our country, passes
done by who furnish equipments and supplies
for of the regiments in active service, is
beyond all doubt. We have heard names mention
ed in connection with these infamous transactions.
AT present we forbear to repeat them. Something
must be done to stop these outrages upon our brave
troops. Nutures that prey upon the hearts cf the
dead on the battle field, are human compared with
monsters who furnish rotten blankets and rotten
meat to the living in the camp. They must be
summariy dealt with, and at the very beginning
Of the war before their crime becomes chronic
Wellingtons remedy would be effectual In the
Peninsula War, some peculiar commissioners who
made money by furnishing bad provisions TO the
army, were sent by him first to drum head court
martial, and thence to the gallows. Let New York
and Pennsylvania trafiickers, who palm off rotten
ness and putrescence upon our troops profit by the
exampe.-N y. Tribune.
South AMERIcA.-The news from South and Cen
trail America is almost entirely devoid of interest
the wretched business condition of Chill being the
most prominent feature. Several additional fail
ures are reported. principally among landed pro-
prietors The Bank of Valparaiso, however, main.
taips its credit, and its shares are even quoted
higher Sr. Vara's refusal to accept the Presi-
dency has induced the government Larty to select
for their candidate Sr Perez, who has not incurred
any political odum, and, it is said, possesses MANY
high qualities worthy OF the eminent post he is
called on to fill.
soldier now at Fort McHenry writes to Boston
as follows:-"I have visited Baltimore but once
1t 10 a hot secession hole, and nothing but the
presence of federal troops keeps the unruiy ones
quiet"