The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-21
Iburg, and Salem. Between these

burg, and Salem. Between these
points thirty-tllrce bridges were burn
led, and twenty five miles of track to-
tally destroyed; and, besides, many
many prisoners were taken, and con
siderable quantities of corn and other
.stores destroyed.
On the 9th, Gen. Stoneman moved
'bv way of Jacksonville, Danbury,
jMeeksville, arriving at Grants Creek,
lthree miles from Salisbury, and the
rebel line for the defense of the town,
.at 6 A. NJ, on the 18th inst.
This line, defended by artillery and
sinfantry, was soon forced, and our
forces entered Salisbury at 10 o clock,
A. NJ, capturing eight stands Of col
sors, nineteen pieces of artillery, elcv-
| zen hundred and sixty-fve prisoners,
Zone thousand stand of arms and ac.
scouterments, one million rounds OF
ismall ammunition, ten thousand
rounds of fixed ammunition and
lshell, sixty thousand pounds of pow
,der, seventy five thousand complete
.suits of clothing, three hundred and
siirty thousand army blankets, twenty
Thousand pounds Of leather, shoe and
shnrncss,) sixty thousand pounds OF
sbacon, one hundred thousand pounds
sot salt, twenty thousand pounds oI
gsugar, twenty seven thousand pound:
Eof rice, ten thousand pounds Of salt
speter, fifty thousand bushels of wheat
lone hundred thousand dollars wortl
}ofmedical supplies, seven Thousand
abalcs of cotton.
Thirteen pieces of artillery wer'
drought away, and all the other stores
snot needed for our immediate com
.mand were destroyed. The create
'!part of these supplies had just beel
Ereceived from Raleigh. One larg
sarscnal with machinery complete, si'
Idepots, two engines and trains, sew
fcral bridges between Greensboro ant
iDanville also, on either side of Sails
lbury. with several miles of railroad
.ttrack were destroyed. We lost yer,
Flew in killed and wounded, among tn,
slatter was Capt r. Morrow, A. a. G.
sof Gen. Stoneman's staff.
/ Among the official documents cap
Etured at Richmond were the estimate
yof the expenses of the rebel War De
apartment for six months, ending witt
sthe 30th of next June. For the Incl
sdental and contingent expenses of TIL
'sarmy, the sum of $3.50, 900 was asked
flor the expenses of the Adjutant Gen
,feral's Office, $4,000; for the Quar-
,itermaster's Department SlS6, lS6,
1914 3S for the pay Of troops, SO,
t006,39S, and for feeding men, 120,
100000; for the Medical Department
sS20, 100000; Ordnance Department
1880, 600, 900; for purchase OF loreigl
supplies, Sl5, 100000; for enginee
service, 100000, ,000 for paying th'
gowners Of slaves killed or escaped
IS 100000; for nitrc and mining
l;service, S12,500,00U; Conscriptio'
,SBureau, S2,426, ia There was als'
scaptured correspondence revealing
'.the method with which The rebel Gov
'6ernment were corresponding with th'
5rrans Mississippi Department. -
.tThree couriers were constantly EN-
Iployed by the Adjutant Generals Blu
treau and two by the Postollicc De
apartment. The financial condition o
sthe rebel War Department is well Sc
Forth in letter from the Secretary o
sWar, TRENHOLM, written on the 29tl
Eoi December He says Kirby Smith
tyTrans- Mississippi Department is be
Ithind hand in its remittances at leas
$500, ,000,0o0, and that in consequence
sof this and other difficulties, the Wa
,sDepartment has been unable to mec
-irequsitions TO the amount of Sl2S,
1000, 600, and its whole servic is in
'sfair way to perish from inanition -
HE adds: "You can scarcely realiZ
ito what extent the inability or failuI
Ito meet the obligations Of the De
apartment has been prolific of mischief
)SIt has been the occasion or excuse fo
-sdcsertion, marauding, sale ofclotMn
eand equipments, among soldiers
! lIt has prevented the accumulation O
tSsupplies it has produced careless
esness or indifference among contrac
stors officers are rescntrul, and sol
,sdiers reckless, discontented and SUI
i sfering.