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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-29
1.-THE REASON WHY"

Now that SO large part of the Administration
press seems to concur in the opinion that General
Rosecrans has for long time been open to charges
seriously affecting his personal honor we'll as his
military capacity, it may be cause. Qf wonder to
some minds Why in spite Of these failings he should
have been object of constant eulogy by the rep
resentatives Of certain class Of political opinions
The Chicago Tribune candidly explains the singu-
arity of this fact Gf it be singularity) in the
following teri o.:
10 needless to say that we have had and those who
know seadastness to and principles need not be
toll that still have, tender side for Gen. Rosecrans
His esrnestness. bis thorough loyalty and his profound
of striking at ts root have, much his skill in the
field end his undeniable courage n the face OF the oe
given him claim to our regard that we are free to ac
Knowledge aud to-day though fully conscious that
there must be great and weghy why he should
be dspossessed give him up with regret and shall fol-
low him into his retirement whether 1t be forced
ton to place in which the shining qualities that he has
displayed may be devoted to the OF his
country Among all the Generals entertaining anti slave
y opinions he has been the most outspoken and among
those willing to prove the sincerity of their words BY the
boldness of their acts he has been the most successful
Our army has few such to spare. 1t has whom
= car 80 IL the late Commander Of the Army Of
1t seems to have been ordered by the process of
events not to say by the revenges Of time" that
the wisdom of the change made in the command
of the Army Of the Cumberland when Buell. was
superseded bySRosecrans should be as little ap-
proved by theresults that have followed was the
wisdom of the, military counsels which replaced
Gen. Mcclellan in the command of the Army Of
the Potomac, first by Burnside and secondly by
Hooker. The terrible disasters of Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, and Chickamauga have come to
prove that something is necessary to fit an officer
for high military command besides a fervent zeal
for BATTLE and that even anti-slavery opinions of
the most undoubted intensity are not always qua
rantee of the highest military capacity. Wesup-
pose the lesson is useful one, but it has been
learned at fearful cost.
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THE REMOVAL OF GEN RosEcRANs

Now that Gen. Rosecrans has been removed from
the command of the Army of the Cumberland, it is
instructive to observe that some Of the journals
which were previously foremost in fulsome lauda-
tions of his military capacity swift to circulate all
manner of rumors derogatory alike to his personal
and military character. Never was there better
illustration of the uncertain tenure by which favor
is held when it proceeds from those who propose
to themselves no higher rule Of duty than that of
obsequious assentation to the conceived wishes Of
men in place And never was there better illus
tration of the ineptitude displayed by those who
ignorantly suppose that they are ing any service
to either the country the military authorities of
the Government when they seek needlessly to
blacken the name of q commander who has fallen
the absence of any reasons officially assigned for
his removal it is fair to presume that Gen. Rose
Grams has been relieved from his command because
he has not proved in the estimation of the Presi-
dent, to be so good General as the latter at one
time deemed him, or his admirers may still deem
him to be- The attempt to connect his removal
with the suggestion of degrading rumors in dis
arrangement of his character as man as well as OF
his capacity soldier, deserves to receive, in the
absence of any information to justify such imputa-
tions, the reprobation of all honorable men. On
this point we concur with that leading Administra-
ton journal, the New York Post, when it says:
No doubt the Government is fully justified in with.
drawing him from his commando and the appointment OF
Grant and Thomas is unexceptonabe. The presumption
that sufficient make the change necessary But
we shall not be guilty Of the of charging the
victor Of Stone River with lying asleep within ound Of
the enemys and surrounded by flying army Our
Washing correspondent writes that the health of Gen.
Rosecrans has failed Of late We know that before the
last great battle he quite ILL., and have heard that
he had for months past become subject to disabling
mental dseas which must have affected his efficiency in
the field Whether these some other circumstances
caused his removal sats6ed that the good Of the
service demanded it, and that is enough But it is not
necessary to commit the OF circulating disgrace
full stories about tn retired General notice the Tr
bune, with discreditable haste, is doing"
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THE HABEAS CORPUS.

The New York Sun states that the War Depart
ment has made modification of the Presidents
proclamation ,uspendipg the habeas corpus act, SO
that hereafter the civil courts will be allowed to
take cognzance as heretofore Of all cases for the
discharge of minors improperly enlisted aud ille-
gally detained by the military authorities. This
announcement, the Sun says, is made by the Ad-
jutant General in despatch to Mr. Simon Stearn,
a lawyer of New York, in relation to the of a
minor in which he was interested This decision
will afford sensible relief to the community and
legal profession, and relieve the Presidents procls-
nation of feature that has rendered it difficult,
if not impossible to obtain redress for those who
cannot legally be detained in the army
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Mr.. Secretary STANTON has retu' ned from his
trip 10 the West and resumed his duties in the
War Department His visit to Tennessee had
reference principally to the removal of Gen. Rose
Grams and the new and extended command which
has been given to Gen. Grant A perfect under
standing now exists, it is stated, between General
Grant and the military authorities here, and it is
the general expectation in military circles that a
great battle will soon be fought in the Southwest
Pepper-box strategy is to be discarded for once,
and gran concentration of our forces will talie
place. Our troops will not wait to be attacked, but
will advance upon the enemy, compelling him to
receive battle or retreat further southwark. So
says letter to the Evening Post.
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FROM IEyAS.

We have received files Of Texas papers to aud ncudug
thos of the Goth ul'iuo here is general move by
counties throughout the State toward making deter
mined RESISTANCE to the expected advance Of the United
States forces Notwithstanding this movement the rigors
Of conscr,pton fail to bring soldiers into the field
The Rebel General slaughter has arrived at Brownsville
having eyaded the blockade at Mobile Herepresents the
defences at the latter place as being very strong The
State authoritis are having considerable trouble with
Moor Hart, agent sent by the Rebel Government to
Texas to seize upon and impress supplies keep alive the
rebellion further North.-N u TribGRt.
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MILITARY INSIGNIA.

The Boston Daily Advertiser appropriately re-
calls some observations made by the Swiss Colonel
Lecomte who visited our country last year, and
who followed the operations of the Army of the
Potomac, respecting which he made an interesting
report to his Government.
Although finding in the behavior Of our sol
ders very much to praise, Colonel Lecomte emu
merates some Of the disadvantages of our mill
tary system, among which he mentions that
" the military zeal of the army is not excited by
"any advantage proportioned to the dangers. No
"honorable distinctions, no decorations or pen
"sons, not even retiring pensions, are assured to
"the wounded, or to the widows and orphans" /"
Oursystem of military pensions is certainly elabo-
rate, though it may not make provision for all the
cases which would be embraced under the head of
what COL Lecomte calls retiring pensions" for pri
vate soldiers. 1t cannot be doubted however, that
he is quite right when he signalizes as defect
in military regulations the pauOity of those in
sigma and decorations which, of little intrinsic
value become incentives to deeds Of valor and no.
Bile daring when they are distributed and awarded
As the recognised tokens of military merit They
are in measure, to use the words of Burke as
applied to the artificial distinctions Of chivalry,
!" the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enter
prise" They belong to the military traditions of
every martial epoch, and it may be that we should
find some compensation for their absence, in the
thought that if such "pomps and circumstance" !"
of war are slow to domesticate themselves amongst
us, it is perhaps because the people of the United
States desire and are destined to remain people
more devoted to the arts Of peace than to the pur
suits of war.
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EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF WAR

The following order relative to the exchange Of pSison
ers ha, just been published
WAR DEPARTMENT, ApJT GEMS OFFICE,
Washington, October l6, 1868
General Order No. 339 "A declaration OF exchanges
having been announced by r. Oud, Esq Agent for TX.
change at Richmond Va dated September IL, 1868 it is
hereby declare ed that all ficets and of the United
States Army captured and paroed previous to the lst Of
September, 1863, duly excharg ged.
The Ulcers and men herein declared exchanged will i'm
media'ey be sent to join their respective regiments
BY order OF the Secretary Of War:
Z. d. TOWNSEND, Asst Adjt General
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The following rules for letters going South have been
established by Major Gen. Foster
l. No letter must exceed pags OF letter sheet or
relAte to other than purely domestic matters.
2 Every letter must be signed by the writers name
in full
3 All letters must be sent with FIVE cents postage
closed il to 20 to Richmond and ten centssif beyond
All let ers mnst bs enclosed to tho Comm ending
General Of the Department of Virgins ard North Caro-.
na Fortress Monroe marked the outside for Aag
of truce" No letter sent to any other address will be
forwarded.
All letters sent to Fortress Monroe, not in strict
pance with these rules except for prisoners OF war, will
be transmitted to the dead letter Office.
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THE MONEY MARKET, 30.

The rates for bills London this week range from lG6
to i72d These rates depend from week to week the
values Of godthe nominal rates Of exchange be-
log IL II per cent above those for gold The values of
gold in the market are the other hand affected by the
statements Of freen imports and exports As the former
become larger the export of gold inevitably increases
We have shipped from the port Of New York alone to Eu
rope since January l 1863 upwards of thirty mil
lions in gold in discharge of debts contracted for costly
foreign goods-sks, woollens, trinke,s SO. Compared
with rmer years the export of gold has been follows
for niue and bali months:
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Showing difference against us of. --..$ 6O,856. Q
THE FIYErwENrY GoyERNMENT BONDS

THE FNETWENTf GDVEHNmENT bONDs
The sales of vetwenty Government six per cents fer
the twenty days of the present month amount to the
NOUS Of $50, 07400. The demand from Europe is
steadily increasing for these bds and the orders come
entirely unsolicited. The amount of the loan yet unsod
considerably less than two hundred millions At the
present rate Of sales it will be very absorbed unless
the Secretary If the Treasury should fit to Withdraw
from the market aud obtain what money he needs upon
terms much favorable TO the Government he has
already borrowed Fifty millions at five per cent
whereas these bonds draw six per In con
equal at the present premium gold to nine per cent
The sales during the past week by agents $93 500
Capitalists having ample credit Europe borrow
these securities at FIVE per cent and realize fifty per cent
on the exchange between New York and London There
better opportunity than the present to realize
a large profit such negotiation abroad. The FIVE
twenty loan sold last week by Jay Cooke scattered
the several States follows Subscribed through
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Domestic consumption

These exports and the domestic consumption exhibit
the relative magnitude of the foreign and domestic
markets
The Report examines into the probable foreign demand
for breadstus during 1864 and shows that in the English
markets the principal portion Of exports pur
chased that the average annual mpotaons of all grains
into Great Britain and ireland 1879 $40 American
bushels but in 1860 the importation l35, 434
American bushels, and in 1861 142529,l06 American
bushels that it great in 1862 but not large in
1863 that from the present condition Of the crops in
England the deund for 1864 would return to the general
average rather than to the great amount since 1861 that
demand for 1864 would be at least equal
for 1863 and that the condition of the currency would
remain as favorable it that hence the amounts
of wheat and corn for 1864 would be as follows:
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which must DO provided for by greater economy in feed
ing and greater proportional consumption of wheat
The Buckoheat crop is not much injured was gen.
orally supposed because most Of it is produced the
States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,
where the foss Of August 3Oth and September 18th did
not itjure the crops materially.
The Tobacco crop Of 1853 is larger than that Of last
year by nearly fifty million pounds, although the fross in
the Western States very injurious to it, But about
one half the crop there had been gathered before the
frost Of September 18th, and rs per cent ground
had been planted than in 1862.
The HAY crop Of 1862 is estimated at 2 645 tons;
that Of 1863 at 4s2 tonsa decrease of 623 I63
tons Its quality is good.
The meteorological division Of the Report is much
larger than usual giving full description Of the frosts of
August 3Oth and September 18th. The monthly Report
for September is much the beet yet issued and will
be distributed on the 26th instant.
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THE DRAFT.

On the Of the election the people assured by
the leaders Of the abolition parry that Woodwards cleo
ton would necessarily be followed by another draft and
this statement, made 10 the most positive proba
closed and The victo,y &c IN. Aa;n;traton hasn an
nounced, when 10 Mr.. Lincoln issues his proclamation
for draft Of 100000 The election Of Curtin
has not therefore helped the people Of Pennsylvania much
in this respect In regard to the new draft hope that
AL loyal men, and particularly tho vsry loyal men Of the
party power, who have not yet done any dghtng will
be ready to bear their portion Of the burden OF the war
Harrisburg Patriot.
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EARL RUSSELL'S TREATMENT OF MR. MASON.
1t is asserted that Earl Russell returned Mr. Masons
letters unopened and refused to him This is
founded accusation Lord Russell simply declined to
cognse the Confederate envoy in any official way, which
would have been DONE had he received dispatches through
Mr.. Msson's hands from Mr.. Davis, and granted Mr.
Mason private diplomatic interviews
London Court Journal October 5.
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WHAT THE NATION HAS DONE FOR THE wAI

From The Army and Nary Journal Of October "a.
Below give tabular statement of the number of
troops Voluntarily raised by the loyal States from the
meucement Of the to JANUARY let 1853 The table
prepared from official reports, and complete it
possible make it. The information furnished by some
of the reports is obscure that it is very difficult to de
eide which c Of service the troops furnished belong
but il is believed the class below s correct:
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THE CROPS OF 1862 AND 1868.

Summary Statement of the amount Of the Crops
of 1862 and 1868, both Summer and Fall, of
the Loyal States, as returned to and estimated
by the Agricultural Department, and furnished
to the Eastern and Western Associated Press
by the Commissioner Of Agriculture, in advance
Of his Monthly Report for September.
The returned to the circulars for September of
the Agricultural Department, asking information of the
condition of the crops given in snhs above below
the crops Of 1862. During the the Department
made estimate Of the amount Of the crops of 1862
This estimate based the census returns Of 1860
Al the crop Of 1859. which the took below
an average and that of 1862 much above it, allowance
was made for this difference varying in its amount accord
ing as the agriculture of eaoh State required. The
general per cent increase Of each State added One
fourth of the amount given in the struck off
from The returns for Missouri and Kentucky account
Of the Thus calculated the crops of 1862 made
the basis for estimating those of 1864 according the
tenhs increase Decrease Of each State reported by
the correspondents Of the Department.
The Summer crops of wheat, rye, barley and oats for
1862 and 1868 follows (the gnres representing the
number of bushels y
Wheat Rye Barley. Oats.
Total 1863 19I 068 230 20 7952s7 l6 67
1862 1699935 500 2 254 $50 1871 AGA l72 $50, ,997
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Old public debt, interest 81 per cent. $67 2S1 591
Three years 3-IOth bonds - 139996,95O
Two years six per cent. bonds . 276, 200
United States notes ST.. 395 924 800
Fractional currency ]. 1862, ,s56
Twenty years bonds, G per cent 5O0OO,OOO
Oregon war debt -. 45o,876
Certificates of indie btedness per cent l58 436 437
Five-twenty bonds, per cent. !. 256 Os9, ,231
Old past-due Treasury notes 4l,6OO
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Weekly National InteIIigencer
BY GALES &c SEATON.

DY GALED U SEAION.
SS~ JAMES G. wELLINd, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
The subscription price of this paper for year Two
DOLLARS, payable in advance.
reduction of 30 per cent onsfth of the full charge
will be madsto any who shall order and pay at
tme ten copies of the Weekly paper and reduction Of
2 per cent Cor onepurh of the full charge to any
who will order and pay for time twenty more
copies.
No accounts being this paper will not be sent
TO any one unless paid for advance than
the time for which it 10 paid.
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The total vote heavier than ever beforeneary twenty
thousand fuller than at the last preceding Governors cleo
ton In 1860.
The Legislature Cast year oppositon) will have small
Union majority on Joint ballot
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Total -. ... $Is2s, ,s32, III

1t is added that the 1st of May, 1863 the average
rate of bearing debt only three and FIVE sixty
sxths per cent On account of the large of Gales
of 6ve.twentes the rate has been increased 1t mpos
sbe at present to arrive statement Of the
whole debt.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Washington letters state that the Treasury De-
partment is preparing its statement of delt for
Congress, and will report about follows for the
fiscal year ending September Both. The state
ment, of course, only covers the adjusted debt,
and does not uch unsettled claims
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The Richmond Examiner of the 18th says that the num-
ber Of prisoners Of held IN RchuJnd at hls time
ten thousaLd two hundred aud 6lty-odd,
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OFFICIAL RESULT IN PENNSYLVANIA

According 10 the official vote for the sntire State
ceved 10 the Office Of the Secretary Of the CommonWe
Andrew @. Curtin has l5325 majority, and Daniel Agnew
la30s majority The following figures represent the ag.
gregate vote given for each Of the candidates:
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...-.. : 1877 54o,5so 1,5as,76a 1868 os3

The Monthly Report Of the Department for September
shows that the amount Of hat and -four exported to all
countries for the year ending September l, 1868, is
40 $50 3OS bushels and of ii $50 343 bushels The
domestic consumption, then, is as follows:
Wheat crop for 1862 bushels --- 1s9 1893 500
Exn,rt.d An 6a6 20l
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THE "SWARMS " OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
The whole number of soldiers obtained under the late
draft in Massachusetts, thousand eight hundred
and thirty all Of whom sent to the Army Of the Po
tomac.
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.1.o74139 t456660 1,oao.s67 +a.s37, i

.1074739 t456660 102O,S67 s2337. .170
Increase. I Decrease.
The Fail crops of corn buckwheat, and potatoes for
1862 and 1868 are as follows:
Corn. Buckwhaat Potatoes.
Total 1862 bushels 5s6 704 474 Is 533 l3
1863 !" =. 44y, 1853 1874 IL, 1928 81 $40 OBS
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Tota nine months sos es4 sao los 7o574 12g a4la21
Total nine mos - sa.a7ssa4 4s,s43.lss 1886 494

BY reducing the prices of imports (entered Mt gold
lues) it would that the imports Of this
year (nne months) amounting apparently to $l37 $780,
000 reality about $l90 900 600
While the exports were only. ..-...--.. 1919 344 900
\ Shoui,o d,Harence aosnst us of n 6O a,e OO0
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LETTERS FOR THE SOUTH.

j 81 ,56l s. ,335 l5,s63. lO6S, ,769 .76,246
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The price Of gold in the New York market for the past
we has been:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-25

On ths 9th instant. of dyse ntery, MARY ANN
& HDDEs vie OF Joseph Geddes. In the 3Ss year
The friends OF the family respectfully invited
TO attend ths fune,al. 81 ~ o'clock; to.morrox
corner Of oosh and Streets.
On tss iIth n...at e. sls Iss!dsnGs n ~ aoak
IS years and 10 days. he isaves wife and several
young children and 1 large number OF rslatives 70
Inearn their loss.
We gaaed Upon him failing,
Ne bid Atm . long farewell:
We hope hts spirit Ii ia heaven.
Whsre au the angels dwell.
fas deceased vas . native OF switzerland, bat
for the lAst 70 yeazs . resident of sae gnited
EtatSa He WAS An energetic young man, and bsrs
an unbemished ehsrao ter; honest end upright In
bis dsslI ass wish his fellow men, And WA univer
AL esteemed By ell who knew him. He WAS more
tIaa p Ysars . resident OF WAshinston etT where
oommodstins dispositton IA 10 b as!ness, ne was
ever resAy g extend . friendly haa4 and kind
voYd 90 eli MaV he Yest In peace.
fhe writer Of thsee fsv Hines has Known the de-
eeeesd for paere taaa fifteen vsare ANA knew MIN
b 50 ~ .hae Wss beesuias eSusasma1