Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-08

Inc country must be served, and personal pre-
aneetlons on the part of our authorities must ne
longer control our destinies and mar our pro
ceeuings' Ihe State is not to be sacrificed tC
iancles. How much longer is fayoritism anG
iolly to sacrifice our lives and obstruct oul
armsi Mothers, fathers widows, all cry aloud
and plead for those they love. 3t. -
WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY.
The Richruond Dispatch of September 10Th,
says that the Rebel Government Clothing Ba.
reau at Rich mond under the efficient direction
OF MAJ Ferguson, is already supplying the army
win early lots of winter clothing 10 the extent
OF its facilities. Eight thousand oyercoats
nave Already been supplied to a single division
OF the army In Western Virginia. The severi
uss OF lhe weather in the mountains are report.
ed 70 oe extraordinary, there having been sew
erai snort spells OF freezing weather, with an
pearance OF Ice, in the vicinity of General Lees
encampmeDt. The cum petition of nnscr,innlou. =.
traders still exists, and is likely to be made the
subject 0i stTiDgent measures on the part of the
War Deplrtmtnt, Toe policy of imp .sipp the
cotton mills and w0oleu manufac urers into the
pubic service, it says, is not q remote one, and
may become a speedy necessity should the suec.
uiatons OF traders ia sOldiers' clothing be car.
fed 10 iurther extremities The War Depart.
ment has already detailed from the army oper-
atyes to be employed in a number of the cloth
factHies.
THE CLOTHING BUREAU OF THE REBEL ARMY.
The Richmond Examiner of August Oath
gives a description of the Clothing Bureau in
Richmond, Intended for the supply of tue entire
Confederate army. The vast establishment il
on Pearl street, between NJ lin and Carey, and
- under the efficient direction OF Major j. W.
Ferguson, OF that city. Every portion of the
Work mas its appropriate department. ia the
upper story OF the building is the cutting room,
nlder the direction OF superintendents, and
lively with the noise OF shears. Lover down
Is the trimming room. Then the department
Tor letting out the making of the clothes, the
Work being given out 10 the wives and relatives
OF soldiers and to poor and deserving needle
womep' Llstly comes the packing department,
where the clothing, blankets, &C., are packed
ana forwarded to the camps. The whole estab.
liahment is lively with busy workmen. The
manufacturing facilities Of this bureau are such
that the proper supplies of materials from the
cotton mills, effected by quartermaster's agents,
sent through the South to secure, as far as pos
slDle' the product OF the mills, the bureau will
oe aole to supply from seventy-fiye to one hun.
dred thousand complete winter suits for the SOL
diers By the time of the approach Of the seyeri.
ties of winter. The North Carolina mills have
alreadypromsed their entire product to the bu.
reau in RichmoId,'as soon as they complete
their contracts with the State For clothes for
which the bureau charges at seventy cents, the
merchants are asking dollar and half. In
the bureau the clothing is furnished at price.
not exceeding, but rather falling somewhat
below the six months Communication for clothing
IA line heavy overcoat furnished at six dor
iara, pants at dollar and half, and other gar
ments in proportion.