Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-01-03
To rs &itors Of Ms ENQUIRER:
ApSrrAsr GENERALS OFFICE,
nn~ 81 1861

10 Nt EG&to73 81 ne Enquirer:
Ap;rrA.r GENERALS OFFICE,
Dec. 81. 1861.
I am an: Fad at seeing, in the secret de-
ba:es OF the Convention, the iolljTing "erY
erroneous statement:
"Mr. F,5agR Il was s9iug 10 sey, that | csuc
hers in Jsnusrv last, sfter getting nv county
CURT to U liz 40 appropriation u 5000 for
s.,u,., and asked The .Adjutant Gsnsral ~heih.
CT inuT,. were sny arm5 10 sn::a 'hn. cau:d 6e
purchased fr NY section Ut tls Sue. IL
Saii l,era were h~intlnc!s 1'1stets, and sumo
good g,pali aTEos. ! aSk=d the price OF the
musAsiS. aud his reply waa IS. ThsS said /,
| Will take 100 Of taem for my county. / De
lic:', a.id ], you rsqu:I, security. J sill give
Dr.. VERIFY as security. | SAW tue AGjuuans
General hesitate, HUd | theu said 10 Liu, | ~iU
| give ny check Tor tho aI1.nt TtquireV; hnd
his unswer was, there ire only 10 sta1d, aud
they arc engaged. | obs CT ;ed, in repls IL this,
| TIA. ii there was water tnough t. clr'.r this
Government ;hey ought TO be thrown into it"
know that Mr.. FISHER ia iHrapabir oil iu-
I%en,lonsl Misrepresentation, bu, be is wholly
| mistaken ia the above. Amidst tbs number
Of a,p!;cst oDs at tee .Atjutan; Gsnerai': OMcs
il regard ~ every lhios connected Wi;h the
military source CT tie Snte, it il scsrGeiy pos.
s.b!e ~ o=ar II m;nd evsry tnlng that has 40
CURED ID ii.c busy thrung. But | r~ccos!ccs
.ha: MT. FISHER was at the Office carly in the
Year, with cue or more gantleuhu iI?m tha
Eastern Saors, aad probably with reirre:'c. 70
: aupciy of ans. Tia law prescr.5rs now
AID wnou Tie public aTrIs ohali be ISSUED, eEd
every call for them TEcre needed has GEeE
promptly utt es far As il could be. Ba. The -.
| Sues urs not in the discretion Of tho iijuIau.
General c. ai-acr has he, nor kaa he ever,
within Iii kucwlscse, authority 70 ss:i tLein.
I certainly never scid, o. offered 10 SSH, . sia'
gle stand n my life. TIL counissisuer, ap-
poin ted under tho Ac: Of 2i:t july, 1850,
''mak;": appropriation for the purchase and
manufacture o. srms and mutations " war"
| purchased OF the iLea Secretary u Val
o. ,ne United SAFES, n November, 1860,
Ave Thousand stand Of altered frTcuss!on
| in4sk,Is =. p 90 per sand. Within c
lew nou!ns tGeTca!:cH, il Sas s:G.cd IN
TIE A3juiunt Generals Office. by gentlemen
who nsd cG!!eI Iuoce, tia. they, or Others, had
bsen appointed B.: one Of tee c0uits, i.ah; u
Norlnann:Cp, I thiLk i ~as,) ~ purchase
srais fo- TIC county, and upon seeing oua OF
tic thu. ke;s which hac been purchases; by SSe
Commissioner AZ 81 SO, said they lac pad IL
| pnllad. l2hia IS or $3.50 per s;and for the
sams description Of arEs.
|. M5. F.suer WAC present. &c ;n,lst have
coniouried the TRANSACTION, and supposed that
| had a: ked IS per sand for musk-t?, when,
in iGcf, ! bad TOT, aud neyer had oue 10 sell,
and consequently could not hsre esd what lie
| ascfibes To ne.
Ii Mr.. F. vii! refe: TO the annual reports,
printed With ;he Legislative docuneni=, TO
! will Fad that go lar from The dslencss y; he
Safe having been neglected, there Rad beeu
| crganized By the lst day e October, 1850,
| l9l regiments Of mil:tia Of the line, So troops
Of cavalry, &c cranpaaies Ct artillery, Ill com.
panias Of l:sa. !~ul4rI:y, and lis companies Of
misunderstanding an aggregate OF 1is, 220
cti GERS ard uleD. Tna5 the susie bid Osariy
or guile %, 600 voluutsera ready for he Held +;
bu. had not arms sufficient for ner whole wiA-
.asy ioro. Tia: organization "ss the basis
upon winch ihe large force Ct State troops oo~
ia tbs. field was u'l.lt Up, and Il proves,
thiuk. That the Statement 10 anot5c: P"Ii ol
the Gsbase 70 shea I bare referred, - as mis-
Nkcn Il. ii.t in r,irrcuo; to uystil
WM II. RICHARDSON.