The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-21

sntil the currency could have been AMENDED, might
ansnt stem win s. resisted and evadsd % such y
extent 70 render 1t Of little avail In drawing OUT SUI
.ss1 70 % e. a
Of currency which Is thought by many 70 have
reached point Of hopeless bankruptcy and when the
Apprasement in the various States are merely nominal
is regarded by the people - an unjust and yrannioa
polling It's abandonment as mode Of supply. II this be
Che fact and resort Is had to what are called market
rates the effect upon the currency reduced n value
well create anxiety.
PATRIOTISM THE ONLY HOPE
Under such circumstances many may, 1t is hoped
ism, but few will dispose Of them from motives Of gain
But In either event will be the government
shall pay How fr may o. s s9,s . 40 50 may well be
Ging meet the requirements Of this bureau until
now It's deficit about forty millions with reported
In the month of September last the Commissary Gene
raj called the attention OF the Secretaries of War and
Treasury having previously spoken the latter to this
subject by referring to them circular which he had
prepared and addressed TO all the chief commssares OF
nc States copy OF which s herewith furnished He
shcn urged that its vital importance to the currency
the collection Of supplies should to be made
Cabinet question
THE TAX IN KIND.
The resources OF the in kind az source Of
army supply, have been Overestimated. There no
means Of knowing with accuracy how much Of the meat
thereby collected has gone into army consumpton
the clerical force allowed for the Bureau OF Subsistence
Is inadequate to the labor of collecting from the various
accounts Of its numerous officers and then tabuatng the
Items which go TO make up the aggregate and nave
been unable 10 obtain from Colonel Smith, who abors
under the same difficulty 10 cler cal force But that
OH er says in his report that all hes have not gone
70 the army Besides armies In the field they
have been distributed to the different bureaus OF the War
Department and contributed largely 10 the support OF
their operatives and animals To considerable extent the
families Of soldiers have been supplied with bread nom
them; some remain on hand in localities dhcult OF
Access and small portion has been lost by hre the enc
my and by decay"
THE EFFECTS OF snERIDANs DEvAsTATIONs AND
sHEfAfAN's MARCH
The total supply Of bacon credited TO the 1.-THE in Colo
mel Smiths report is about 100000 pounds As
summing seventy five per cent full allowance OF what
she army GETS this, at halfpound rations will support
BOO 600 men for three months. BUTT will not be proper
10 rely upon an equal amount the present year The
exhaustion Of Virginia. the prevalence of drought and
the dosolaton OF the lower valley and the contiguous
Piedmont counties by the enemy, must reduce her yield
very considerably The march Of federal army throu h
the heart Of Georgia. and the possession Of Savannah
base for raids and other military operations will
reduce her yield How Ear other reductions may place
in the casualties Of war and from the desolaton OF
run districts !, of course cannot say.
The amount Of 1.-THE is very inperf ct guide 70 the
quantity OF meat that may be obtained under its ndca
TONS Thus, in South Carolina only two and one half
Dor of the of tho 1.-THE reported purchased
That State up the time the war; always imported
meat, and may not have had any to spare, may
have been impossible to impress 1t under the law and the
public opinion in that State 1t il impossible 10 be exact
the total amount that may be had any where but
some idea be formed OF the difficulties that surround
j
Dc doubled, SO as TO represent total of 600 900
pounds, and the population rated at 0O0 600 would
give 70 each soul only fifth Of pound Of meat
day. This indicates degree of privaiiOn which Will
competition against the government the part
Of people who have heretofore lived abundauty that
VIII be hard TO sustain
The fresh meat demand Of the armies has far been
met though never for the last two years. with abun
dance About thousand head or cattle have at var
times been driven the Mississippi from Texas
slough the risk Of capture was always great and they
have contributed together with the local supply TO FUR
uncertain reliance How far 1t may succeed in the fu
ture must depend in measure ability To hold
own In that regonwhich is purely military ques
tonond also the popularity Of the imprcssment law in
Texas and the alternative ability Of tho government to
sy N ar o. sSa
The State Of Florida has also furnished good many
inferior cattle; but that supply, which had previ-
ensys occupation Of Savannah In all other sections
the number OF cattle is either reduced below the point Of
stock or as in Virginia the country Is beyond capacity
% support noncombatants alone.
PROJECTION OF sPECULArORs.
On the 9th day Of November, 1853 order was
issued by the Secretary Of War; that no supplies held
by a party for his own consumption that Of his
employees slaves, should be impressed, and that mo
S should S a any se unless specially
Impress supplies which are on their way TO market for
sale on arrival.
This may have been a proper ORDER but on the Ath
pf November Major D. p Nolan, Chief Commissary for
the State of Virginia addressed letter in regard to II TO
che Cohmissary General of which this is an extract
The construction given that order has filed the land
with purchasers-private individuals, railroad compa-
MES manufacturers Of all kinds, corporations Of every
class relief associations Of cities, towns and counties
personally by their agents in the market buying
years supply unlimited as to price and protected from
lmpressment.
Spectators are also at work whose purchases Of
always in Ldniu and they also protected This
sudden influx OF purchasers into the market has smu-
lated the cupidty OF producers and holders of the
Of lfe and has induced them TO withhold their
supplies under the expectation OF higher prces and has
already raised the prices Of all the prime articles fully
hundred per cent within the past month These
facts and In view Of them ask is it surprising that
returns from purchasing officers for the past month
show that they have done almost nothing? Our officers
cannot buy nor s 1t reasonable TO expect part les to sell
price is offered at their door by Others They cannot
Impress, for holders have, with great promptness
tracted for all their supplies to parties who pay them
higher prices and thus IL has as naturally as surely
happened that regular supplies have been cut on.
This Is especially the with meat We have received
scarcely any by purchase mpressment and have fed
che troops hospitals &c, solely from dcpots The
supplies Tiers much reduced and last but
few weeks longer. When that supply Is exhausted our
The hog crop Ia very small and while weof course
shall get Few cannot rely upon them alone TO feed
she army. cannot undertake to propose remedy for
this condition things evil is in great degree
lrreparable; but much good would In my opinion be
done by total RECESSION OF that order, by such mod
cation OF IL as will only prot ct from mpressment such
supplies bought ut scuhdule rates. by abolish
Ing all the restrictions which tho schedule imposes
the government officer.
II discrimination cannot be made in favor of the sol
der who without shelter Is fighting battles, at least
put him equal footing in this matter of supplies
with the private citizen, Who with roof above him,
tan better stand short allowance Of food.
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA FED BY THE
NORTH.
On the 9th Of December he writes again TO the same
effect and states that the army Of North Virginia had
ahen but four days supply of fresh beef-reduced ra
tions at that.
To remedy that resort had at once to the green
pork due under the in kind law and to contract tn
get beef from outside lines, the first Of which was
made on December BY the Sth OF January the Score
tary Of War was compelled TO order the purchase OF
meat without regard 10 impressment rates. which were
renewed whom small surplus had been obtained. Since
that time the supply OF cattle for the army of Northern
Virginia, with the exception Of about fifteen hundred
obtained from Southwestern Virginia, have all come
from beyond lines far Northwestern Virginia
and have In most been paid for in greenbacks OF
gold both of which were obtained with difficulty and In
Inadequate sums
Much Of this source Of supply has been permanently
cut of by the ravagc OF the Valley and OF Loudon and
Of Fauquier Whether IL shall possible 10 supply the