Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-02
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/ Correspondence New YORK Herald
| WAsHlXGr0N, August % DR.. O. A. Brown
sou is here, and it is understood that the Presi
| ideDt has expressed a wish 10 have IN interview
With him. He is an ally Of the President in the
| colonization scheme He viii probably be pre-
sented by Mr Sumner, who is understood to
/ have become a prosslyts to the views Of the
/ President, who has now fewer opponents than
/ b had month ago.
| RESIGNATION OF GEN. PHELPS ACCEPTED.
| understand that tbe resignation Of General
! Phelps was accepted Immediately on its receipt
aud that Il was the iutausiou of the government
! 20 have recalled him had he not resigned
! THE ABsENTEEs FRoa THE ARMY or THE
POTOMAC.
Some time since this correspondence stated
that it was a matter of cficial conversation thai
the army OF the Potomac had been seriously
weakened or reduced IN numbers by the wrong
tul aud sometimes corrupt giving Of certificates
of disability 30 soldiers by army surgeons /.
| seems that betwesu thirty and forty thousand
men and officers were absent Oh sick leave al
the date Of the series Of great battles before
Richmond THIS number exceeded by several
/ thousand all our losses in killed, wounded and
missing, and II is rot doubted that the mass Ci
the ab5entees were in reality as fit for duty as
tens Of thousands who fought desperately for q
[ A
annihilatiOn. Hence the system of checks upon
surgeons which have been recently adopted a!
the Wax Department 10 put a stop 10 the injqUi-
tous system Of granting sick leave, whereby the
efficiency Of our armies has been TO a consid5ra-
bic extent Paraiyzsd.
THc NAVY GROG RATION.
The main reason of the legislation Of Con
gress stepping the greg ration in the navy was
the fact that the service has suffered badly dU-
reg the past year by the intemperancs of eff
GERS, most Of whom are appOinises since the
commencement Of the current war Oas hun
dred and seventy-oae officers have been dis
missed on account of intempsrance within a
year, and nearly as many more have besn
obliged to leave the service for causes that are
traceabis to iutemperauce. 1t is argued that as
the hardships Of tue seamen on board steamers,
etc, are NOT comparable to what they were on
board sailing vessels, there is no longer the need
OF stinuant3 that formerly existed.
The ENLIsTMENTs IN THE BORDER STATES
The indu5triously circulated reports that the
border States have filed their quota under the
Grs- call, and that 40 draft viii be uscesssry IN
them, are entirely unlouudeI. Kentucky has
not raised q single infantry, and bat seven or
eight cavalry regiments.
1t is impossible to say how much Missouri has
done, since the returns are exceedingly luc0m-
pleJe but it IS believed that she is far flom hav-
ily raised the number assigned her.
IC is unlikely, however. that there viii be any
draft in either Of these two States for obvious
reasons. Troops will BE- drafted in Delaware,
Maryland and Western Virginia, without doubt.
TIE NEW CURRENCY.
The supply bo.L OF tue small Treasury notes
of tie postage currency IS ridicu,ous.y below tie
demsnd. OF the ones and twos, the depart
mant received $4,000 worth the iirst day, $4,000
the second day, and $4,000 to-day, making in
all, S2S 600 in three days. OF the postage cur
Tency, $4,000 worth Of the twenty five and ffties
We're received and paid out today, and $1,000
OF tens. Ten dollars worth of the smaller
notes and postage currency havo been purchased
IS specimens, tor shipments to England.
MEDICAL STORER EEPERS.
The six medical stoTeEeepsT5, provided By the
recent act Of Congress, were to-day appointed
by the Secretary of War, upon the recommends
tion of ths examining board, and assigned &c
duty at the principal army purveying depots A
large number of applicants Were examined By
the board, and the appointments made purely
with reference to their relative competence.