The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-12

vouchers OF his purchase; Of linen panta.
looms. London porter, Scotch ale. and Dutch
spoke Of the char acter of the steamer Catalir e.
/ whereby vessel worth els, 900 was charterei
20 the Government for elo, 900 per month and
n, s..y tneusand no nan I'd dollars to be paid in the
1 event o. ner loss by war risks, intimatips,
also, mat she was loaded for private
l speculation, to be run at the expense
OF tne foTernment. He showed that her
! purchase was secured by four separate notes,
signed respectively ny Jno. E. Develin, Thur.
| low weed, q. q. Davidson, and y. Il. Matte.
| son. he next alluded 70 a horse contract At
hMnnungdon, M Pa, when, on tn purchase OF
| 200 horses, the Treasury was the capital -
l he then spoke OF Mr.. Morean's agency, show.
] ing that although he had paid less tnan the
owners asked, he had also paid more than the
l vessels cost; that in some cases vessels were
l charged tc the Government at higher price
| tnan the owners received; tn at the arrange
l ment OF Mr. Secretary Welles, allowing Mr..
l morgan to take two and a half per cent. from
IN the ,Sa ,s,lsI wa. placing him in ansssonism
l tnat tho per centage was in fact taken from
the Government, and the $4,000 which Nor
l gan had received in five months really be-
l longeo to the Treasury; that although the
| Secretary claimed that none OF the sellers cen.
snred him, Mr.. Van Wyck referred to the sale
| OF the Msrcedita, where the owners claim
Cd to have been wronged by this system Of
/ In this case MIR. Morgan claimed and took
l t2,oo0 commissions, when he did nothing to.
wards negotiating the sale. Mr. Morgan
claimed 10 have been asked for this vessel
/ the department to fix the price. That the
| sale Of 5. 900 Hairs carbines, by Simon Ste
/ vens to Gen. Fremont, was an inconceivabls 10
bargain, whereby, without any risk or in
| YES ,ment OF capita N1r. Stevens was in one
| day to reaiiZs so, 900. That in the Depart
ment OF the West, through the agency Of
Quarter master MckinEtry and his inspec
i tors, Government was plundered Of many
/ thousands. That although Generals and
1 Ca blnet Ministers were buried beneath the
l weight of increasing responsibility, this
l rock less horde were undermining the very
ground on which they trod. He commen ted
/ on the aubiect OF army transpor tation, tn ut
| by IN order OF the late Secretary of War,
l railroads were allowed two cents er mile
for soldiers and local ra tes for freight; and
| 80 great were the profits, that the Western
roads paid q bonus OF from 81, 800 to o., 500
| for the privilege Of transporting a single
! regiment. He considered the pirates who
int.s tsd the ocean are not more to bs despised
| than the plum derers on land. He referred
| to the traitors who wefe suffered to remain
tn the Capitol, and denounced the policy
l Whsreby the slaves who fired on our wounded
i soldiers over the Potomac at Balls Bluff,
| were returned to chains and stripes, while
! the traitor masters who wounded them are
protected IN their constitutional rights
! He closed by hoping that we should new or
II
stand in the defence Of the Union and the
flag,
Until the Last red blade was broken,
And the last arrow in the q liver.
1 Union land and naval forces in Tennessee,
l was announced in both Houses ON the 1th
| inst and received with applause
In the Senate, the bill appropriating ten
l millions Of dollars for the construction OF
| twenty iron clad gun boats was passed. The
| Treasury Note bill was received from the
l house and referred to the Finance Commit.
/ tee. The bill authorizing an additional
l issne of ten million dollars of demand notes
was passed: Resolutions Of the Legislature
| OF Rhode Island, urging thV propriety OF
l permanently locating the Naval A cademy at
/ New port was presented. A joint resolution,
| Dupont and his officers and seamen for the
| victory at Port itoyal, was adopted. The
/ Judiciary Committee reported that Mr.
| Starke, the Senator from Oregon, whose
10y atty has been questioned, was entitled 10
l take the constituti tionaI oASh. mil ority
report was. however, presented. and the
papers were ordered to be printed.
In the House of Representatives, the
| Treasury Note bill was by consent amended
| 30 as to allow the Treasury Department at
its optisn, to pay the interest on Govern
ment bonds In coin or paper. At the con-
clusion OF the debate. MIR. Holman, OF Indi-
ana, offered a resolution, censuring Mr..
Cameron, the late Secretary Of War, and
MI. Welles, the present Secretary Of the
Navy, for their action in employing Alexaa, =,
| der Cummings and George ID. Morgan; but
| without coming to q vote, the subject " as
postponed till Friday next. The report OF
/ the Conference Committee on the bill pro-
viding for the completion of the deleness OF
| w ashington, and the employment Of II ONE
| Guards in Missouri and Maryland, was
| agreed to. Several private bills were passed,
| Both Houses adjourned till Monday
| THE ABOLITION WAR on GENERAL n'cLHILAy.
| The Abolition organs, says the New York
| Herald, Of the 7th instant, have been taking a
/ remarkably deep II terest in the reconstruc.
ton OF the English War department lately.
They have been circulating a report tha,
| the Duke of Cambridge is about to resign,
| and that it has been determined to abolish
| the post OF Commander in Chief and vest 1t In
/ the Secretary OF War. simultaneously with
| this appeared a statement in the Washing ton
| correspondence OF one of them that the Pre-
| sident and Mr.. Stanton had determined upon
| assuming the complete direction of the affairs
| Of the army, and cOnfining Gen. Mcclellan
/ to the command OF the Army of the Potomac.
l In Yesterdays Tribune We again find para.
| graph which was followed up by an alta OK
on the General in Chief in the Post. The
1 Tribune saye:
Geas-ol McClellans N.w Ranx.-Ths bet
ter opinion is that General Mcclellan
| will not resign in consequence of the
| change which the censor allowed us psr-
TALLY to indicate last night, but will
| strive il the Department Of the Poto-
mac to rival General Buell. in Kentucky and
General Haleck in Missouri, on a level with
| whom the new arrangement places him. il
l is understood that he has consulted with
| several OF his Generals respecting the course
| proper fer him to pursue.
Now this is the meanest kind of journal.
! ism, says the Herald. Failing to directly af.
| feet General McClellan's position with the
| President and the country, it Seeks to cur
| tail his functions by raising an agitation ir
| favor OF a change in our present army or
ganiza;ion, which many might be disposed
| to favor, under the mistaken notion that II
was based on the results Of English military
experiences.
SAD lFEEcTs OF rBS wAa Upon YRwspApEss.
The New York H,ratd, Of the Sth inst sayl
sditorialiy:
We have 1t upon tho highest au thority, nc
/ less than that Of the Tri6uns ITSELF that tha
beginning Of the war. We now learn tha
| the owners, some thirty of them, all will
long, lank hair, and shi ggy boards, excep
| Greeley, have held q meeting to take ink
| publication till the war is over, as the rapid
rate at which they are losing their capita
| Just now will soon clear them out, wherea.
by suspendtng they could save something GU
) | of the wreck TO start afresh with when peace
| Is restored. Now, instend Of this. we would
| strongly recommend an amalgamation of thu
| Tribune and the Independent that the 7fi6un
| swallow up the fadependtnt, or the Tndepsnden
| the TTi6une-it makes no matter which. By
this arrangement both will probably disap
| pear some fne morning before the end Of thu
/ war, and never be heard Of again.
| "TRIAcHIRY OF THE R8BYLs TO OLE ANOTHYR.'
The New York Herald, Of the sth instant
says:
BY our latest re ports from Paducah, 1t ap.
| pears that General Grant and Gen. Smith
| were pursuing the flying rebels, to the amount
of four or fivs thousand. on each side Of the
| river, and it was reported that many OF the