New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-07

though the War Department has sdouied rule 10.
stttting the number of subsituIioas 20 one in eac
company. The rates paid for sut stiues are enor
nous. We are Informed that they average from
5 lD0 10 $40; fnd we have been told Of "a recent
instapce where : 800 was paid for the prompt pro
lcuranent Of Z substitute TO take the pl ce OF pri
vate suddenly co strained to leave the army. Err
fences Stayc rs ~ The face # the unWH,agness o
men 10 acccpt the If # fam,ne, dirt, and racaR
dlcpess iR NE 0rmV Richmondis filled with soldiers
who have come out OF the hospitals or who have go
here some pTefense or other, applying for die
charges, and striving and wrggiing III all sorts o.
ways 10 get out of the army. IL but a few days
ago that soldier, discharged from one OF the boz
pitals here, committed suicide rather than be con-
strained to return 70 the army.
! 1terc is no unwilliDgness among our young men
to serve their country There are thousands WHO
would willingly 20 with their lives on their sleeves
10 battle with the enemy, aud to attest d devoted
and courageous patriotism, but who dread 10 betake
themselves TO the wretched halfed lie Of Dirt va
canry. and idieness in the camps. This l. the re-
str'ibt upon volunteering. The Government will in
vain essay 10 remove II By bounty law for re-
enlistmentc--ihe provj.ons of which, by tie way,
for company reorganization, have already, under
stind proved fruitful source Of intrigue and de-
morllHali0n in our army-withOut other measures
thai viii reach 10 the root Of the evil. The anth01-
ties at Richmond muy assure themselves that as long
h. The health of the army Is neglected and Is main
tanned IN its dirty, suggard coalition. the drills
neglected, the halt rarions Of commissailes winked
a. the rowdyIn Of officers passed over, and the Va
cincy and idleness Of "a defensive policy" held out
~ rewards 20 volunteering, the army Viii not be
illed and nj lenished bat from few classes OF our
people.
Why was Il that when our soldiers were daily dy
inp by hundreds the Government did not show the
common humanity Of the small measures Of insutiug
a medical commission TO examine the campo, aud, II
possible, check The progress and ravages OF dsedfe
Why war il that, when The Government had control
81 the whole line OF tidnsp Ortaiion from tie Caro-
iias and Louisiana to The dcpOs AZ Manassas and
trnfreyille aud could have bought sugar in New
t.ali AZ three cent?, II permitted our army To hul-
Ter Tor months Tor rice, sugar aud moasses, and
wirkod ut the practice oil buvlng sugar from tie
suffers at 80 cents pound WY "a Hattodoy
N. Government rcckS net Uhdt 4 re0fs. md tot
,..7i,s tobHs If mtemperahcs among o6.cers, and
t.c dIsuse 0f rSgimeHfoi drihs ~ our grmy on the
Pofgm0c7 All Of these acts Of omission and negli-
qenoe, which have contributed to the Generalization
o our army, might have been avoided. IL Is not too
iuto to repair them.
We are firmly Convinced that the reform Of the
condition OF our army, with q wire and firm hand,
and the holding out Of rewards, not 10 ayarce or
ideness but 10 the true patriotic enthusiasm OF our
country in the prospect OF active military policy
.ud OF share of military glory, will provide the
beet security for re-enrtment and tue most success
iul stnnlaIt 10 volunteering. We are firmly con-
~ tine volunteer and the enthusiasm Oi the country.
We notice in TIE For.iidH aHd Journal a call
from Judge McCehee, The President Of the State
Convention, for the re-assembling Of that body on
tie ! Ito oi January.
According 10 q resolution adopted some days pre-
yiousy the Norh Carolina State Convention adj
iouiucd on the afternoon Of the 2Oth to meet again
on the 20h OF January unless sooner called together
by its PRECEDENT.
Tie Arkansas lStots Journoi notice the fact that
Gen McCulloch's command Of eight or ten regi-
men'. had gone iuto Winter quarters on the Arkan-
sss River. The time Of MoCullochs men viii
expire in the Spring.
The Lire Rock Dem0crat says that j. z. John
son win contest the right o. Mr. Garland 10 seat IN
the rebel Congress from that district, and has al
ready given notice of the fas TO MIR. Garland at
Richmond.
The rebel Secretary Of the Treasury, in his CORE
spoudrnce with the Tennessee delegation In Com
eres. states the inability Of the Confederate Gov
eminent TO settle the sums expended by tennessee
m behalf Of the war.
In the course Of a criticism upon the bill TO es-
tahsh Planters Bank in Tennessee, The Trenton
Standard says;
"The notes Of such bank, being unsupported BY
one dollar Of capital, and nobody responsibie for
their redemption, would OF cOurse hardly be worth
the paper uTon which they would be printed, though
perhaps they might circulate, under existing circum-
stances, at forty or fifty cents on the dollar. For
Ourselves, would not touch them with the tongs.
and the borrower would realize but ten or twelve
dollars for bale II cotton worth iiity, II, indeed,
they got anything.
DIR. SIMS IN SEARCH OF PASSPORT. !