The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-17

msnt officers give high prices for articles in
order that hey may share d portion Of tho
profits, IA will enhance the price ofthe SAND
arkicle unduly inIihe hands of others Fo.
instance, sppposoI4 Quartermaster gives two
hundred dollars q piece for mules that ought
to sell for one hundred and fifty, and takes
twenty fFe dollaEon each mule as his part
Of the profit, thisvill make the price Of one
hundred and City dollar mules go up to two
hundred dollars. So it is with -FOUR and
Porkk IL 4 Comrnissary gives ten cents for
meat which he could purchase for eight, and
takes one cent pound for his own profit,
that will make all other pork sell at ten
cents, because the Government agents reg
ulate the price Of such articles So With
floonr and everything else. 10 this way
Government officers, If they are dishonest,
cannot only swindle the Government but
can iP1Hict great injury upon the country By
causing an undue and an unhealthy rise IN
prices These arc not small matters but are
of the first Importance and demand the
clpsest Investigation by the proper depart
msnts.l If theseevils exist, how are they
obe relnediea In the first place, let us
hope they do not exist to SO great an extent
as we sometimes hear charged In the next
place, whenever any one knows of any fraud
prActiced upon the Government, let him re-
port the facts to some commanding officer
who can and will have them investigated
But is said the Generals will not hear com
pl4lints from outsider; they must come in
the regular channels They can only rely
upon the reports Of their officers in the vari4
Gus departments. The very men. that are
imposed to Be engaged in the frauds are
the men torhom they look for information,
Is If they were silly enough to- report on
IF abuses exist in any of the
and if the Generals will not
hear we'll founded complaints ofciti1ens, who
are as much Interested in this revolution as
the officers themsclses, let them lay their
before the Secretary of War, and
if they are we'll sustained, he will, we ARD
satisfied, give them due attention and apply
the proper corrective If, however, he does
not, there IS still a higher tribunal, and that
is Colgress, which has shown at its preAept
session every digpdsitiou to ferret ont and
correct abuses But every qucrulqus, H illE
natured map ia the Confederacy who chobsts
to find fault with everything, canuot expect
his complaints Ito recievc attention. We
only speak Of wsllIfounled complaints Of d
serious character. For our part we arc not
willing TO believe there is as much fraud IS
some suppose. In the general we Hope and
believe our QaarterrnaSters and Commissa-
RIGS are disposed to 40 their duty, but if any
ofIthern are not theyshould be ilnhlcdiatcly
|iepriEedlof their Offices and better men put
10 thcirTStead " lal
There arc man s men in these departments
who are doubtleFs HONESTLY, faithfully and
energeticully discIiarging their duties to the
service. Such men are among the most val
liable officers in the army, have arduous and
Responsible duties to perform, and instead 81
meeting with abuse, deserve the thanks d
all soldiers and ofthe whole country 1t !.
unjust and unfair 10 cpnfound such N en- with
the inefficient or the dishonest Let q.
HOPE that The ineficisnt and dishonest or
the exceptions and that a vast majority D
all engaged inthese departments are doi1;
their duty to the best of their ability
II IN III l-Alz-- H. - 4----z.--
IDEpARruRE. 4-.Drl J. +. Young, Medical P,lr
IIvayor for The id and Sd Divisions of Con
lfBtaggis army, willItake his departure for Ken
ftdcky to-day. at what particular point il
Kentucky the Doctor will establish his guar
tsrs We arc not prepared 10 say. but they wi
/ be conyenient to tile army His assistant
Messrs. McQnitly. Williams and Harrison, lei
| yesterday With his train. Those Of our cit
z@ns who haFd been 50 fortunate as to form th
aednaintanee Of the Doctor. and This staff, " a
he 'huinorously terms his assistants, will Al
i preciate our feelings Of regret at their dephl
ture, but with the knowledge that their pre-
ehce is needed in Kentucky, viii bid them Gos
speed and alsafe journey. We hope the Do
/ tor may soon be enabled to visit his homo
, Louisville. leH il
Hill TIE NEws YRon KKETUcKY Tile dispatc
published yesterday 10th. from Richtaond.
Z reference 10 the news from Perryville, VI
: Two days behind time. The reader win Q
i serve that it had reference to the fight Of Il
!, 9Th only Our dispatch from Murfreesbor
r II Il.