, 1861-10-31


The following official communication from
Qnarte1master General Meigs states the i'm
peratiye demand for more army cloth than
the present manufacturing resources Of the
Moth can furnish:
Qu4nTEnHAsTEH GENERALS OFFICE,
WAsHNGToS, D. C., Oct. =, 1851.
e1R: The within communication from the
Board OF Trade Of Boston has been handed to
thus office With request to transmit it to the
Se cretary # War.
The matter has been discussed With the Se.
reta1y, and am Of opinion that the order to
inspect and purchase IN extra quantity Of
cloth was wise one, and oughi not be re-
yoked- While the public, not truly advised
IS to the orders Of the Government, and excl
ted by reports such IS have been published ia
ce1tAin newspapers, iEat the Government had
sent out credit Of 5000 600, or $25, ,00O, 600,
ard IN other papers that $50 00O, GOO had been
proposed only to spend $500 900 in these pur-
ehases, and to purchase and ship only for
instant aad pressing wants Of the service.
Govefnofa daily complain that recruiting
WILL stop unless clothing is sent In abundance
and immediately to the various recruiting
camps Of regiments
With every e1ertion, this Department has
not been able to obtain clothing to supply
these demands. and they have been so urgent
that troops before the enemy have been com
PEELED to do picket duty il the late cold nights
without oVercoste, OF even costs, wearing on
u ne thin summer flannel clothing.
The want. of clothing more thau the want Of
money diseourages .enlitsments. The Depart
mept would gladly pay cash and provide cloth
Ing, but It has not been an1e to satisfy the de-
mands for either one or the other and az
promptly as the service demands.
The financial question is In the banks Of the
capitalists. the merchants and the Treasury
Department.
Should the Board of Trade be right In its
opinion, and the domestic manufactures be
able to supply regulation cloth enough before
sloth a3s e2n a. ,a be imported ss from EoPs it win
Could 150, GOO quits Of clothtng-overcoa!s,
costs, and pantaloons-be placed today In de-
pot, It would scarce supply the calls now be-
fore ne They would certainly leave no sur
plus.
Very respectfully. your ob't servant,
M. G. ME1os; s;Quarte1master-G eneral
| TO the Hon. Simon Cameron Secresa1y Of the
War Department..
The Rescaers Of Hakerss Bedy.
4 thrilling Incident occurred at the house ot
| Col. Webb, Just as the remains Of Col. Baker
! were being removed to the grave His brother,
Surgeon Baker, came forward, and, choking
with tears, requested that the body might be
borue ont by number Of young soldiers whc
had rescued It, at the peril Of their lives, from
the hands Of the enemy. The reguest was, o.
course, granted, and those who aad snatched
their LEADERS, body from the grasp Of traitor
bore 1t to it, last repose- s.
The circumstances Of the rescue are thus
given in the New York -HeFald's correspaa
derce:
Captain Louie Beria1, Of New York city
commanding Company 6, seeing the aaeassi
nation Of Colonel Baker, rushed upon tn
! ruffa1, Gelzed him by the throat, and shot hin
dad On thespot With his revolver. Nosoone
had the brave Colonel fallen than the bad.
WIS surrounded and seized BY the traitors
who we're dragging it to the woods to be rob
; bed, Whsn captaln Berial stepped ont and e.
claimed: II an going alter Colonel Baker
body Who will go With me? Coma on
bo,s!". Then about twenty men, portio1
: from his own and portion from other com
) paries, followed the gallant captain, and
. most desperate hAnd-to-hand fight resulted L
the victory of Berial The body Of the Colone
B was rescued, and, as tender1J ~ circumstance
il would permit wIs sent across the stream
The men around It had faced death Hithou
|. dinchi1g; but whea they beheld the bleedia
: corpse ot thelr brave AID beloved Colone
their eyes were e1Husedt and ttei5 broaxe
:, t:ces yet with tears.