The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-04

aftShufR ~ SHip isiauU 6OI UAiveStUl, iE MfssiS
sippi snd Texas. This fact was brought to the
Sno~ledgs Of the President Sy communication
from fittsbuEg; and Secretary Holt immeda ei ,
hsreaIter oounieImapded the order Of his prscs
cessor, sni tie cannon wsrs psvsr ssnt This
p-ornpttude With which We sctsd eiici sd a yota Of
thaass, dstsd the 4,h Of January, 1851 from the
select ana Common Councils of that city "to the
President the Attorney General, and tie lae;iug
Secretary of War" (Mr. Hclt)
After this statement how saali We scoount for
the expilci: declaration Of Gen Scot. that sect
dsntsy heafins early in March that under this
pcsthumous order CHAT of Mr. Floyd of tbs I'D
DecemOsr) the shipment ct these guns had CON
tnenceG communicated :ss fac: to c-etsry Holt
acting Tor Secretary Csrieron Just IN tius TO do
a:at the root-r7f And this is the Same Secrs ;r
oit who had countegmauded the poatharlous or
der n tie previous December And strange to
ssy, these guns but Tor tbs alleged Interpolation o!
sen Scott ssare soort 20 Be sent 50 lse a. II arch
rom the oy6 States into those ovar which fer.
sen Davis hal then for Seme time presided
Had Gen. ecot, reflected for moment he could
oot have fallen into this o,und.r It is q1ie man
iIet h was without printed document and .ay
(his> owa official papsrf."
u. TIE Government had on hand. ic the war
1855, about So0.0OO cid ,Inskets, which had teep
coade unei ''oS unsu;table fer public service" up
Ger the ect OF the 81 Of March 1875 they wsra
I such a character that, although of red both q.
p0oi2 and private sale at o. 81 each purchasers
oould rot he obt&iaed 81 that rate except for com
psrasively SINAI number. On the 30;h of Novem-
1889, Secretary Floyd ordered abe,,t one tfth
# the whole number ti0ot00) TO 6s eent from the
Spring ie.i arnory wher3 tDey bad bsea accunu-
ist1d, ID Ave hontheru srsenals in proportion to
thsif respective means Of proper storage" This
crier , esriiel iEto effec. by the Ordnance Bl
rsu. II the usual course Of edLinistratien. ami
without reference 70 the President. II IL bu: jus
lies TO say that from the testimony before iha Com
ltee, there is r@Gdon to suspect that Secretary
pi9yd issued this order from any sinister motive
Us este was months before Mr. Lircoln's noulna
tiGn for the Presidency and nearly year bsfore
hs eecsi?J, AMI while the Eecretsry -as still su
avowod opponent OF secession indeed the ,sst:.
mony of Col Craig snd Capt hayna Her. or the
Drnance before the Connittse, is wholly incoaslst-
eat with any evil in:aasion Oh his part.
nd yet these condemned EUsEets" with 8
few thousand ancient rifles of Galore taen nc
longer used, arc tran sforIned by Gen. Scott into
"ll5 600 extra ,Lu hets sud rifles, with sii their I'm
peuents and Ammunition This Is the irst time !
h2Ts h8sr1-cert6ipIy there was nothing of toe
kind before tbs Corrnittoa--thst ammunition W ss
seot with these condemned aad inferior srms to
tbe!f places o: Gtorase-jGot Gs though they had
tssn Intended, not for faie but for IL mediate usa
in the feid. TIE trlh is. that it ID mpo.s;Sie 10
steal afins and transport them from ona depository
10 Rootle. without the t-poTle6gs and active par
uei2at,o7 CT tne officers Of the 0rdnaoce 8urea l.
both n Washington and ct Aoae dsposi,ories. It
risy be observed that Col Craig, the hesd OF tie
Eureau si tcis period, correct an officer and
as loyal aid as honest 8 man exists in the
country. Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Wheatland near Lancaster, Nov. II, 1862
CONCENTRATION OF FORCE TIE GREAT NE
CEssITY.
The New York 7tmss, of Wednesday last con
tains The following edit Jr.a!
10 we mean 10 Kill this rebellion or not, If we
do, why this hacking at the extrel lni.iss9 Why
,his skin deep scarifying Of the sides, Why thir
mere rricking At the vii ais Why don't we drive
ustn rsxlko H.,
eart Of the mons;eri Will II bs said II has %
hsarts II has. he art is essential Of all life
whether natural or civil Every orgsnisat the
body polite as we'll ss any otheT-nust have its
central seat OF vitality and energy. Richmond Ia
he hesr. Of ths Coafederacy Penetrate it, and
he whole power of the rebellion reels and col
sapses. VIII 1t be- said we have not means strong
snoughf We have With nearly million Of men
nov under arms we can If necessary, devote hal:
that force 70 this object. such an army, IL well
fi7a"red, could overthrow any place this CONT
mont.
our Government and people have too long de.
1utd themselves with ths notion that the conquest
c. ite Port Royals, aud the Newberns and the Pen.
sscolss, and the New Orleans, and the Galves,ons
Of the Copfed-racy, are SO many advances toward
its final annihilstiOn. So indeed they would be- II
we sd years before US, through which to carry Oh
the sans piecemaal style of operation. Bat We
souccss, and the limits, too, Of foreign forbea ance,
give us but months 1t Is auihentically and mo-
lily certain that unless bring this rebellion TO
the aust soon, shall be disabled from doing it at
all Our conduct has, In truth been much like that
Of beieaguering army, which should ccnteut T..
self with operating at its leurs upon the ontposts
leaving the n,ein citadel un5sEmed, when /: was
knos~a hat the garrison had not long TO hold cat
20 bs etfsc uaily relieved. These outer gacessses
which have pleased rs u...ch, ought really to
count for little nothing jnssInacb such rate
OF progress for aEo;ler eighteen months must in
svirab,y ruin us.
The idse- then, of iiew expedition of any sort
OF character, ought not for a moment to be enter.
tailasd until Richmond Is BEST with armies Of a
magnitude that should make its quick surrender
sure Concentration upon Richmond should be
ORDER nf thu day. The rebels have already made it
theirs. They full well understand its tremendous
Importance to themselves. Their armies, with ali
the rapidty possible, gathering for the pfotee
ton of their capital A hundred and fifty thcu'
ssnd of the best bayonets OF the Confederacy will
10 ristliDg In tha. defence before December opens
VINO knows If Burnside has equal fOree9 Even
il he tss can Our Government intend to set hm
against the enemy On equal termss Is ou- immense
In military numbers to be kenceforth
prof less, az Il has been heretofores Must we the
invaders, still meet the enemy In their chosen posi-
ti0ns with only half our proper strength We say,
Reinforce Be not content with sim
,ly pitting an upper against neither milestone -
= he rebellion cannot be 30 crushed. Il is the pre-
ponder auce OF the avalanche we look for II Ia that
aione which can make the short work the emer-
gtncy demands. We have the material, and we
Inust make the most OF l..
The difficulty lies In effectively handling such
sn in, asenss single body We cars not rOneentrd
tion is still the word Bring great forces to bear
uDon Richmond on the South Masses In many
di- i-ee,ions II need be. This matters comparatively
little If 30 be tha. the rebel capital still the cen
tte towards which every movement converges. IL
i. end In the literal Investment o! Richmond 60
much the better The siege with all our prodigi ,us
superiority In heavy guns, would not be long, At
longest; and the result would be surrender We
should thereby bag An army--an achievement Of
ten attempted In this war, but seldom realized -
to our hands, and the best portion OF ell the Con
federste troops be thus put the instant, Aors de
combat The capture Of Richmond at ell must be
fatal to the rebellion but the fate would be the
more immediate II with II We can destroy the ermy
that defends Il.
Let us, then, strike with our utmost force upon
the rebel capital. ~ Napoleon did upon Nos.
SOW aud the Allies upon Paris Not soldier should
be moved in . different direction until tho num-
bers here are mighty enough to put this supreme.
his vital success, beyond ell contingency. This
bird attempt will, In oil human probability, be
he last one At lsast the foreign Powers viii con
sider II the sovereign vest Wo 70 the Rspublie II
i falls and triple wO TO the Admlnistrssion through
whose 4hort-sominS sach failure cdh alone come, II
Is come q "a.
TaH PxRsEvsRAnCE oS THE YAHKEEs.
4 eo7sspsaAsnt Of he New York Tssas gives
N aeeoun1 a the rebuilding Of the Rish,nobds
DrslssiehsbaRg end Potomac railroad fsom Aqua
Ossek, and ~ wharf thsrs. He says:
o. nsaAay a ~ wssk ~ lsst trsoss wass