, 1862-01-16
From oRr own Correspondent !

WASHINGTON, January r. 1862.
Much unnecessary jargon is being poured
ont against Congress for its hesitation to act
On financial matters. The fact is, Congress !
canEot fill the Trea5ury-the "r,"y caU. Con- |
gross can put int tile vaults A few cubic yards,
more or less, OF treasury note el,aff. But do
no+ wonder that members hesitate to do so.
The country can we'll afford to await the ut
most de1ibcration in flc premises. Let our
generals have thc last possible moment Of
time in which to save the country and restore
at once its mora1, political and financial sound
neEs. It is for them to do it, if it be loue at |
ali. Six hundred thousand soldiers have been
given them; everything which could be asked
OF desired, to make up military efficiency, has
been laylshcd upon them. When General |
A1cClclAu came here, VIC had no cavalry or
artillery, or comparatively none, and our great |
power at sea had not IN single case heen |
called in requl5itiOn. Since then, ctghfy-0ne |
thousand cayalry mot sixty thousand) have |
been brought into the field, and artillery to
ordered to go and destroy. the enerny's
works, they have done it, Still the |
army, which las grown from an AMI
conda to, lesiathan, remains torpid
3'd aLd m?tone3s ?t mTsn Aefxe5 d,a psteE than
But let us wait and see what comes Of Burn
sides expedition. we have been told in sey-
eral official communications to Congress that
@tit is gratifying to know that the patriotism Of
the people is equal to The emergency" Per
haps it is. The statement is being tested. Let
us wait and sec. Meanwhile warm aud damp
weather has set in. Washington has been, for
two days, shut up in O dense London fog, and
am told that the roads, on the other Side Of
the river, arc becorcing bad.
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there need be no doubts about the passage Of
an adequate tax bill, but such q measure
cannot be prepared in 4 day. No considerable
amount Of revenue can be expected from
lnties on imports. The Morrill, tariff insured
ns against that for the present. Il, however,
a few hundred millions are added to the paper
currency, that difficulty will be obriated, and
our imports will be SO heavy that VIC shall
need two Morrill, taritIs-one to protect man
utacturers and miners, and the other to pro-
tcet farmers and lumbermen. Prices arc gong
up at the rate OF half per cent. per day in anti
cipation Of the new additions to the currency.
When VIC enter upon the full tide Of Govern
ment paper, how long will it be ere the price
Liverpool? Doubtless Mr.. Morrill, will then
| come forward with a tariff on breadstutfs for
| the protection Of the Northwest. He is GER
| tajuly ono Of the most obliging gentlemen in
Congress, and, except on the subject Of tariffs,
| one Of the most enlightened.
| The case Of Secretary Welles is really very
painful. am informed, on the best authori-
| ty, that he has been using every effort
| to make Morgan refund his ll-gotten galns,
and that Morgan At one time promised to do
so, but has no9 refused, Or at least failed to
! fulfil his promise. The Secretary is old and
| pliable, and has been too yielding, perhaps too
copfding and too little skilled ii the business
Of his Department. No one can sit in lis Of
| fec and talk with him five minutes without
| Icing impressed with his simplicity and can
IA.A *1 %1r l,x.4tr
| has pleasing and Intelligent countenanee, be-
ing much better looking than the prints and
portraits which you sec in shop windows; and
wears long grea3 beard and grey wig. BE is
decidedly gentleman of the old school, and
looks as though lie Lad been preserved in
an aged man. The only thing which
seems not susceptible of an explanation con-
Eistgnt with the honesty Of the Secretary, is
the fact That when Morg1n's receipts had
reached s50,o 600, for two months work, the
Investigating Committee went to him {We1les)
and laid the whole case before him, urging
him to stop it at once. But no; the arrange
nlcllt was continued until the sum Of S95, 600
(as is carefully cstinatcd) had found its way
to the pocket Of the bro.her-in- law-a sum
equal to salary Of $500, 600 per annum, or
more than thrice that Of the President lis
whole Cabinet, the Vice President and the
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, put
lCE-EtuGT. AL tuls3 W IL UuSETfEQ RtlS III
time Of war and public danger, when the
F country peculiarly needed every dollar that
could be r:liscd Now is Secretary Wel1es an
honest man :. Senator Hale, while condcml1ing
lin the other day, admitted that he Was. Sen.
ator Wilkinson thought he was not-ob6erv:
by their acts, and not by the eu1ogies Of ad
n,iring friends. 1 think that every member O.
Congress, if asked his opinion before thi:
transaction became public, would have replied
| that be believed Secretary Wclles to be one o
+ the most perfectly upright men that ever hcli
a seat in Il Cabinet council.
l The Republican of this morning comes ou
with 4 siip-shod defense, good deal wors'
than none ut ill, attempting to show that til
employment of Morgan saved the Government
{ Il great deal more than the sum he abstracted
+ Al best, this is natter Of opinion, and tn
: opinion of the Investigating Committee is ex
0 actly the opposite. Il taxes the intelligence
! ofthe country to believe that there was not
;: competent man to be found in New York, 0
the whole Union, who would do the sam
| work which Morgan was called to perform
! for onc-tcnth or one-twcntieth Of the money
|. Not even the marine corps will believe thu
yarn!
Morgan business should be 4 terror to CT
docrs. Somebody clsc's turn will come ncx
The Alexander Cummings business is less G,
cusable than Secretary Wellcs's pct job, IN
: the amount Of money lost by It much create
u that regular United States officers were pusl
. ed aside to make room for outside fayorite
L but it appears that Morgan went forward wit
L his work according to some kind Of rules an
&c regulations, while Cummings did not. no
4 gan bought ships with lis money, SO that Il
s Government really has something to show #
Il the expenditure, while Cummings squandcrc
lis for Scotch ale, straw hats, selected hcrrin
picked tongues, etc. It is strange, when v
reflect upon it, that he did not spend tt
I 1411a rfn r7,;t13 f4r
- tacles.
~ / infer that that astute chap, the Cover
r. n1ent censor, suppressed my telegraph noti
y Of Col. CEaig's charges against Gen. RIPPLE
Of Tie specific charges arc, that Ripley alters
IT pose Of inducing Secretary FLOYD to sign
ty order allowing Ripley to go 20 Japan. ii II
Id | u. S. steamer Niagara, and thence throuG
pt Asia and Europe, receiving mileage and do
49, ble co1nmutation allowances for fuel and quf
~ ters the whole distance, he tRipley} hlyi1
y, drawn 5000 on said order, and never q
SO counted for the disbursement. AS rewa
for this feat and another Of similar merit, G.
~ Craig thinks that Ripley vas promoted or
IT. him to the head Of the ordnance bureau.
Ia It is rarely that we enjoy such treat as IT
;or afforded to the Senate yesterday by Jud
- =. Trumbull, in dcmolishing Bayard's pcttifc
~, -ing argument in fayor of the right Of Ben
ug her. Bayard had spoken nearly an hour, a
'le in which he made complete failure, leayi
I'd, his case worse than he found it. Baya
1c, rejoincd very. adroitly, although haTi
the worst side Of the case to defer
Trt1mbull then rose, and in the space
bo five minutes had Bayard and his Gle
~ reduced to mincc meat, showing that the
an gunlcnt Of the former would compel him
ID. admit convicted feion, or 4 negro, or G
ey Fawkcs, who should come loaded with co
49,, bustiblcs to blow up the Capitol and ill its
cn mstes. The demolition ofthe Delaware Ser
IN. tor was so sudden and dextcro1s that the s.
II, ate aud galleries shook with laughter. 7
he :1idavits impeaching Stark's loyalty are
the most direct and positive character. 1t
en- rcry doubtful whether he Is admitted TO I
all seat Of the Loyal and devoted Baker.
Ter
all TIE ILLINOIS STATE CONSTITUTION
tbc CONVENTION.
~ TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS
lcy [From our Special Rcportcr.l
SPRNaFKLD, January H. 1866
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