The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-11

know that many of the intermediate
agents employed arc either rebels or un-
pPincipled men, or actuated only by the
instinct Of gain. -,
lie now has papers in relation to the
contracts made by English houses in
Mobile for the expectation 0: two hun.
drcd thousand bales of cotton, by the
way of New Orleans, the condition of
the sale requiring the payments to be
made in supplies, in gold, or in foreign
exchange.
The net profits Of these transactions
arc estimated by the contractors them.
selves at ten million dollars, and it is
easy to sec how much zeal will be
evoked by profits of this magnitude.
lie cites this as one of many instances
which have come under his observation,
anc to show the character of the trans
actions in the Mississippi Valley, indica-
ting the means by which our laws are
evaded, and how the amount due the
rebel Government is converted into for
eign exchange.
A numerous class follows in the track
of the army, traffic in it's blood and be-
tray the cause for which it fought, with
all the basencss of Judas lscar!ot, but
without his rcmorse.
The letter, of which tho above is an
extract, was today referred to the House
Committee on Military Affairs, which has
the entire subject under consideration.
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYL-
WANNA.
The message Of Governor Curtin to
the Legislature of Pennsylvania is very
long. The following criticism of it, in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, gives the
most important points in it:
The Governor subscribcs to the opinion
of the Union League of this city, that
bountics given to volunteers arc democrat
izing, expensive and unproductivc of
benefit, in comparison to the cost. 1t
would have been pleasant if the Governor
had pointed out the proper remedy, so
that the people would be protected alike
from the ntyjumpers and the provost
marshals; but His Exccllcncy has no
ideas upon the subject. Morc's the pity!
Between the Governor and Major-Ge-
neral Hancock there appears to bc some
difficulty in reference to recruiting tor
the First army corps, now being raised
by the latter. The Governor is inquisi-
tive about the organization, whether it is
to belong to the regular army or be a
volunteer corps, and under what act Of
Congress is it to be raised. Ii it is to
be a corps of the regular army, Governor
Curtin thinks he has nothing to do with
it. If it is to be volunteer corps, he
desires to know whether he is to COM
mission the officers upon the part of
Pennsylvania. The fact is, that the
Governor has got twinge of the State
rights disorder, and he seems unwilling
to forward General IIancock's plans un-
less the National Government is brought
to terms and the authority of Governor
Curtin to commission his own favo,itcs,
to be officers of picked troops, is acknow-
lodged. 1t is not likely that the War
Department will humble itself to Co
vernon Curtin, and, therefore, the fact
that Pennsylvania will have no troops in
Hancock's corps, unless the Legislature
should interfere, is becoming very pro
bable.
The number of troops sent into ser
vice during 1864 from Pennsy lvanIa is
81, 7O4, CT which over seventeen thou
sand have been re- cnlislmcnts. Since
the beginning of the rebellion the num-
Der of volunteers furnished by Pcnnsyl-
vania has been 336, 44l, to which VIC may
add $4,000 militia, called in service in
1862, making altogether SCI Al men.
So much for Governor Curtin's mes
sage to the Legislature of 1865. 1t is
dull affair, and may be contrastcd with
the spirit which was lively in every para
graph Of former messages by the same
officer. If the Legislature is, during it's
term, as artlcss as the message, Harris
burg will be stupid place for three
months to come.
SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF TIE GATORS OF
THE FLORIDA.
Commander Napoleon Collins has been
from the steamer Wachusett, in
which he captured the Florida, and or
lered to regard himself as waiting or
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