The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-28


1870 WANTED. --xss HIGHEST market esioe
snSO& AND LJNka xlGs, II large CT usAh'
Rsnsv~l sf'LaAy CAesks.
II = certainly well that no orders have got
been iseued for The removal to the South of
any ladln connected with the Confederate
Dspastmeats except those engaged In the
e,eulne OF Treasury notes. The removal
even q those ladies, although 1t Is defended
on The ground Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ue
pytastse of the Treasury notes lie done ~
Colaahla-will prove to have been OF no
bsas0t either to the Government or '"'s :.
employed In the signing of notes in.. .
Win Subject the young ladies to the ereA'es.
inconvenlence and to loss h apparent anu
q The notes, aftef being signed, must oc
a~ns here before circulated, just As Formerly
no4Aing = gained BY the move va tue eo''
t,sxv. = the difference will be that the notes
], vim be transported from Columbia to kich-
mad, ait~ being aligned and ready ior cas-
cufassou, there IL the danger Of serious loss
"a the oovenment By robbery Of them on
the w>v-s DANGER not incarred formerly,
sinoe the thief could then only steal un.
siSued notes. If the measure is injurious
to the young ladies, and Of no benefit to the
Covssnment, II subjects the public and the
fnancial department to seriou, inconso-
nlsAeA Fer considerable suspension in
the preparation Of notes Is caused, in the
midst q the severe process instituted bylaw
cf retiring the old issues of the Government
and substituting the new In their place. All Ct
the old, save the IS notes, are banishcd from
circulation, and with the doom Of the
Jssa In the near future settled by law, they
are 20 deprecated that they practically cease
TO be circulating medium. And just al
this juncture, when public sentiment and
action II aiding the Government to retire its
old currency, We have this Interruption o.
the issue of the new that is to take it's place
Tho expedient Is certainly neither credita-
bio to the confederation nor the wisdom of
it, author, and we cannot but sympathiz-
With the Inconvenience and sacrifices to
which this movement has necessarily sub
jected the ladies hitherto engaged in note
signing In this city.
Tho removal of the ladies engaged in otter
departments the Government is open to
such grave objections tina. we are compelled
to doubt whether 1t was ever seriously con-
templated If 1t be the object to relieve
Richmond of q few hundred mouths that arc
to be fed here, the injury to the pablo ser
vice sud to the common cause is much
greater than any benefits to be derived from
50 uncomfortable dimiuution Of the nun
Der Of consumers in this city. Tne public
business in every department would he
thrown back for weeks, perhaps months;
for not only ID the time of transit to the
new location to be taken into account, but
accommodations and facilities for the trans
asDion Of public business have to be abso-
lutely created in the new places TO which
they ore to be sent. Even in the city of
Richmond it has been found difficult to fur.
nish the material required for the various
departments, and how would it be In places
ct not one-tenth the size CT Richmond,
nor hundredth part Of its manufacturing
saclltties? It IL to be observed that the re.
lIDoval, FOR example, Of the Second Audi
tar's Department would involve the re-
moval of the Quartermaster Generals,
tas Commissary Generals and the Aejn-
tAat Generals Departments, for these
nfSnehes are too intimately connected
:o permit of taeir separation. We need
net dilate upon the Inconvenience
aay more, the extreme peril to the PUBLIC
ilterest-of such . step. It would be, in
f4ct, the removal of the seat Of Government
rom the city Of Richmond. It would be so
apprehended by our friends, and our enc
iaies would exultingly proclaim it as the
abandonment OF the Confederate capital! It
would be difficult to make the world under
stand it in any different light Il vop,d
give the Federal Government and armies
mat encouragement which they so much
ICED at this critical moment We can
imagine what our own conclusions woujd |:
pe II the Executive Departments at Wash
ington were ordered to be removed further
North; and In that way we can understand
Snat Wo1n be the conclusions of the Yar-
Eees on hearing that the Confederate De-
penmenfs had been ordered farther South.
we nave not stopped to discuss the ;ndi-
fiouA suder1ngs that would be the result or J
suca movement. But as the movement |!
'as Deen put On the ground OF humanity, it |;
70 legitimate reply that the removal OF Ia !:
oies 10 the South would cause far more suf- |
'ef1ng than 1t would relieve. Many OF them |
are connected with families WHO have lost
tnelr al and taken refuge in Richmond
Iaeee families the noble spirited young la
oies who have obtained employment in the
departments are assisting to support; in rot
..S~ cases they are tAe sole support OF aged
lathsr6 ID motherA and young brothers ard
slstefs. To serd them away is to deprive
these iAMilies Of all that keeps the wolf Of |
from their door. The prices O:
board In their new homes would consume |
the whole Of their salaries In the support of |
one person, whilst here, BY taking two or |
three rooms. they can manage, by strict |!
ecoaony. to support, or help to support, the |
hnili0 With which they are connected. So
that Tia only alternative presented to them
4 70 seaien and starvs at home with their |
families, or to 60 TO the South and leave
Their families to starve behind them. 1t Is
clear enough that such measure would in
crease instead Of diminish the amount Of |
public suffering.
We are therefore glad to hear that the |
project q removing any mare ladies in the |
public service hos been ahan4c pe 1--we bcpe
nes9 - b revived We3 nothinr abon,
tAs hoaoe q vlrejniA, Nh1S6 Il involved in |