The New York herald., 1865-03-12
NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. MARCH II, 1855

UNDAY, MARCH IL, 1865
aon 10 that measure, b playing into eur hands
II Of these two opposiag parties st tAs Soutl
enc b with US and ths other not sgninst N,
who are our enemies, and Whereabouts shall We
And that great rebellion that John Bull 80 CON
Adently assured us we could never put down!
RxP0Rr or THE SnCRsrAKY OF WAR-EYyEO-
rIvHNEss or Gun ARnns.-We publish TO-
day the annual report Of the Secretary Of
War; This report has been withheld
BY the Secretary in order that he might
receive, before sending 1t in, the report OF
the Lieutenant General; but a. the Lieutenant
General still has his whole time taken up by
active operations, and cannot stop the Sighting
of this year to tell the story of last year, the
Secretary has finally concluded to 90 It
alone and give the best report he can rather
than none at oil. His report Is very meagre
one, being without any but the barest reference
to the grand operations Of the past wonderful
year. But the country has had the great facts
of the year as they came up, and has doubtless
QlBCotO4 sAs0AA PAVPOAAyy 0AU OuA w voIy W0ll
without any Official statement Of their occur
renee. Since there is 90 little in this years
history of the war that needs palliation, expla-
nation or excuse, tho loss Of the annual sum-
mary viii be very little. felt by practical
people
The business view Of the various divisions OF
the service and Of the several bureaus Of the
department. given by the Secretary is charac-
terized by clearness and brevity. We are glad
to learn that In compliance with the resolution
of Congress the preparation for printing Of the
official reports Of our battles is in active pro-
gress, and that "all officers from whom such re-
ports are due have been called upon for them"
By this means there viii be filed up some very
wide gaps in our official accounts Of the war. The
last annual report Of the department informed
us that neither General Burnside nor Hooker
had reported their campaigns with the Army
of the Potomac, and the absence Of the reports
Of these officers from our chronicles would be
severely felt by the future historians of the war;
The succinct statement Of facts given in this
report of our army organization and equipment,
furnishes full evidence that our four years of
desperate trial has told US what war is, and
taught US how to. wage it. The report shows,
moreover, that the country has come up boldly
and fairly to all the requirements Of the gov
ernment, and that after four years OF o struggle
which the European writer's coll "exhaustive,"
VIC are stronger than we were at the commence
ment and that our armies are now really more
effective than ever. Secretary Stanton shows
us as great and vigorous people, just trained
for war, and now for the first time conscious of
our power
SOUTH AMERICAN BEEF.-MEAT FOR THE MIL
important discovery that South
American dried or jerked beef can be imported
to England and sold to the consumer there at
three cents per pound has given John Bull new
No wonder; for In this thing we
have one Of the most important discoveries Of
The age, not only to the densely populated
Western nations Of Europe, but to all the great
seaboard cities Of the U0ted States, from Bos-
ton to New Orleans
Over those immense fertile and inexhaustible
pampas or prairies Of those great South Ameri-
CON rivers, the Orinoco, the Amazon, the Parana,
the Paraguay, and their mighty tributaries, mil
hons OF cattle roam at large From those
countless herds for half century hundreds
Of thousands every year have been slaught-
cred for their hides and tallow, there
being no market for their beef Thanks
to beefeatlng John Bull for this discovery,
that the boef Of these enormous annual
slaughters Of South American cattle need
no longer be given to the jaguars and
vultures. Steamships, and modern appliances
for the preservation of meats and vegetables
will suggest ct once to the "enterprising Yam
kee' new, profitable and boundless field Of
trade between this country and venezueia,
Brazil and the States along the Plata, the Para
M and the Paraguay.
This terrible civil war Of ours has made sad
havoc among our cattle on both sides. They
still abound in large droves upon the rich
plains Of Texas; but those supplies for the
present are limited to the people Of Texas,
and, with the close Of the war, they will be
wholly inadequate for some time to meet the
demands of the exhausted Southern States cast
Of the Mississippi. II is, meantime, sufficient
for us of the city Of New York to know that
while fresh beef costs our consumers from
twentyseven to forty cents per pound, bones
included, the South American jerked beef (all
meat) may be introduced and sold here ut q
profit Of three, or, in "greenbacks," say six
cents per pound.
The London Lancet, as the result Of scien-
tiic analysis Of this South American boef, says
that il is imported in three forms--the dried,
the moist and the picked. "As it is chiefly the
dried beet which reaches this country" says
the Lancet, "our observations will refer prnc-
pally to it. This kind contains about twice as
much heterogeneous matter rs is contained In
fresh beef, and hence ono pound Of II may be
said TO be equal to two pounds OF the latter.