, 1865-07-24

Startling Disclosures In the His
tori Of the War.


VI LAE t&oeA SJA4u4IhsAIy department.. IutBe
extracts make some remarkable disclosures
Of the operations Of men ON our side OF the
lines. and show that eventually regular cor
tracts we're made BY Northern men with the
rebel Government, to supply iss armies With
food, and that Lees army WAS fed In that
way to great extent In 1868. The follow
irg are the extracts:
Row MUCH BAoor THYnH WAS IN rH1 cohFEDEnA.
OF wHEa THE WAB BEGAN.
IA JsnnsEy. 1saa 1mads, By col: Netthtup's
Representatives., on the general administration Of
the Bureau Of Subsistence, particularly with RET.
erence % certain eourac. for obtaining supplies,
lie snd to Congress IL hit report tho following @
occurs: "In the packing season Of 1S8l-1 upwards
Of three million hehd of hogs wefb packed 1t the
tbose packed bJ farmers At home, Of which les.
than twenty thoulaud we're packed It regular e.
tab1.sbmentR sop,h Of the iines OF our etmlea. o.
lhis sRols n9mDsr e1Ra1'. s.n,s h. The pro
hogs Wss imported in the early part Of the list
year from beyond our Present lines Into wh4
Is row the son.hern ,ConfedesaY. This
fu1 supply By the action OF State authoritieI IN
fone cases. y the enterprise Of private parties.
and by ~: Depsttment, through agencies OF iii
three hundred Thousand hogs. in their bacon
equivalent, have been consumed By ouf State and
Confederate armies Eince the commencement of
hostilttes, =, Tennessee then became the nun re-
llance for ths future nsa Of the arry, which, to-
gather with the accessible portions Of Kentucky,
haa been 10 tavaeed By hog cholera, and Injured
by sfort com cteps 70, Three ye1s preceding the
the porkeries within her limits had dropped from
two hundred thousand head to Iesa than twenty
thousand. i Vas into this deId. last recovering
Of the army aEd tha planters and inhabitants OF
elHee, 1hat this Department had to enter - pur-
shastr, onhons Of tntii, ieney, bnt assured Of
heavy AID active competition"
TIE xA1S RELIANCE lo5r ny TuK CAPTURE or TQEr
DoNsLsoN AND OCCUPATION OF r1ANE5sEE.
Forts b.nei.oa md Henry caated considers.
euhsequeut campaign l0et a. Ktutu ~ End much
OF Tennessee, 23d left Us comparatively bare If
meat
rRorosAL TO DEI1yER THIRTY TaouslAp HOGS
nxADs or BACON 1uRUuRn THE LINES.
On the SDth of October, 1851, an act:ye anescetIc
m:n Of ability bpp ared 70 ask hearing on
proportion euanlued several DAYS before, to
supply the department - With ten thoueand hos4.
'hcns.1 more hos. heads Hs Letter s.ates Tue
enoaxh so.tan (which hs offered 10 taka in ply.
merit 10 feed al clotha our aros, In section
trlhntsry to Memphis, which city VA. then, snd
posssss;;on q Is enemy taatsa;h cotton must
falling 1h'o the hards nf the enemy; bul 1h1t The
owIers as general 1a1e. though willing 10 LIT
me eosesnmsn. ns.s ,aef ~ erops' were AYERS, II
pot SIN: :oE1sJ opecsea lo naVins Ihem Destroyed:
to the Ion. O. ". Randolph. the Secretary or
Wst, 40 urgent application. including hrief ar.
Epmentat'rs statement cf eoRe leading facts, Tor
authority +, accept The offer.
THE rRnrosAL Il SUBMITTED TO JEFF. pATiB
On The tarne d.F Gen; Randolph addra.sed
!e!tef 10 De &c IT. rasslaen. VaEis s9elos'
nS. n1 e,rtn,1en.nt ~ r. IN u.h ~ W. "1ta liz
aetnanTe ~ .at,hhP has .. O. ~ &o,tnnR cas
~ ytar Iha r,sErst,nn ~ ' ~ W. ie eIemH
OF Oh isA1s e 'e'oa NJ ~ " oas atm,es.
Iehefal pe sutnoEzsa 70 coa.fact Tor
naecn ana .c;,,.n31 Mm. aae amoaet q purchase
Jn.,n5x ~ .t,n H,.nIst ~ - tssa u I'm!
tbs' so isw iorbsde ihia iratiie; thas ihe prsee
cunttspcce. upon lid own ststements Of the n.t.
esttitJ, be allowed to mnke tae con:ract, xhtcS.
fc,nr mr. aru1fe. wonld 1usnra s,him IN ,cani..ns
10" Upon ihat letter tie president iadofsed ss
follows; -
mediate srtonf II lhere safi,fsc;cre sr1.n.s +t
9haf Ina nrttrnt o,,ortnnity n ,.St uh;rn III
be o6rrttt Lave You noiad the schema ~ r.e tnn
enemy for the payment Of their nc1t acernlne ia.
tetest on their public debt! You will not fall to
pefceise he effect o. postponug the proposed az
1ion urtl Jhp. !, lS63, II It be ntcess4rJ at any
tine TO depart fron ne vel. l.dsaaed policy OF our
Oct. 81, 1se2. .... JET. DAVIS.
~ 11aoIesmsat Wss seat n t9 me Lommtssary
With thts Il indorfemtnt: ~ A'''e"'cs l.
Eoxxrss.nT ~ ~ E;TNrR.Y- -f1h.a,v.,hop,.
,,dn,ss,Hent .nd renatt nnnm tse
ar.vnr H. psunostd nurebs,sa nni1S sfs1 {sn .,
IS, ~ f.nn,iT TT ~ ~; =. ner.sIs. s.r 'ae
STATE. for ths P,eHfdtn,'s inform 1;ion. 1nnr ~
mate Of the probabis reee,pss nnder 1o1r ntes.nt
s1rsnrcmeft5' & II R.ynn, p,111u' pw
gerref-Ie ~ IT,
November I. 1867,
uu Is AssuRzp 1nAr TIE CONSCIOUSNESS or III,
REnsaH WIZ III srn1nns Va ALE
And II via 1etuTned to lin Hovernh., =.
f,o,nn.t Nn1shron sTjth hi. tndnrrs,"srt. y "
Ffs:ens Efforts, even II snce:ssfni. vii not pro.
u. t IN, In hesn dae r.
@ 1ns4e,ssn1 NC n11 15e ~ eanaassa; ~nise
Co: IN. s; n Is:als ! sopsd e i d DON rsanss.
~ H ~, ~ ~ yss, y tha ,n,nts o. tae
ssst VI Ths .,ronsn.n1 .nu 'attsns - u tea
asnss I'D csps. Wsad 1 81 % some C eYIdsnss 4t On
Rc.n.etfo1lv, T.B. yonruaop r. &C
xov = isfn ~ w.
n.f1s noNsT px1.FYE ALL uK urARs. Ann uAx-,
70 which the Pfeeldt at re;ut1rd The folio wing:
KernertfuiIY retuTued to the Secretsry Of Wsr.
The question submitted Is one Rhlch coustila-
cnntersnee. Tho pap.rn cncio.ed. psrt. cn..r1v
he etntement Of bscon on hand. does MOI enat.ii,
the conclutfnn presented: To .ol.e the question
aetate nent from The U. u. =. and a compisauFs
TLa,aaar.na. .nr.r.s.nn.ssss- - ~
neet essEy. 1he resources y. esesy ppsuoo or me
s.,ste o'' 10 = afs 5nss
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H. r,. io,os toe1s1epse ~ NJ ~. "a
snn!eet .! wetsn ens "en' ANc was p'eseaE
No,. ~, 90 ". w.
no OH IN TIE coSTEoEnAcT KNo"s TIKI SEE oE
IT'S ARMIES.
On the 18th q Noret1bHr the "eomparstive
wae Eot, IT IL true, bsscd upon s1a return Of tho
,roop., becau.e the ao]araot asue.n1'. once had
information sufficient to Eu'de tho buTeau Of sab
titttnce In 1's ethuatea Of purchases or arrange.
tis I.'a.s ssta ~ a.s -. -.
h1S "A1nea oea -. arns, S.,, ~ Tue
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~ s,i nt az as s,ht
hr sn,nc rnnnstinr rrunosiI IIn1. Ws1s m.de fr,m
sa, ~ Indi.ons ,n,ns,ement ~ T,eut FL
Htoaav11i III aq1snnements had hren %ad. ~
o1oaonsiEt atAnss5WenA ea t nso RE eaaoe, auo
s'a,se. ep or snnnes om M eIt, Thaos
y. pt- - ~ ~ - nugro - AeEe
MtEt2 M11G ufoAe4 w - 4So4A. aea. EempSlAo1.