Year: 1861

and convalescent PATIENTS. On this transaction, ~
outrage TO The public authority, have no oomme
make but canne,. sieve that a proceeding 10 dl tr
dant with the elgacter Of the people or the United
states and 50 revolving to the civilization OF the II
has had the sanction Of the Governor OF Louisiana sent


teIegraph despatch TO you yesterday desiring you to
remonstrlte with him against the fnhumahity OF
Captain Bra1ords order and TO ask him TO revoke IT,
But II he should decline To interfere, instructed you
In regard to the removal aud treatment Of the sick, and
in that trust you will carry out my direction; not
merely with economy, but with careful regard 10
their helpless condition. The barracks IL seems, were
taken possession Of the 1h instant Captain Broad
fords letter dated the 18TH and yours the 1fh though
i had no information Of the subject until the 18th
infer from the newspaper paragraph you enclosed which
telegraph advces IN regard to tue subject matter SHOW
10 be OF later date than letter. that the letter was
not dispatched until the 2ist or 23t instant hope am
mistaken and that the Of that delay to be found
in some unexplained interruption Of the mail. | should
otherwise have great reason 10 be dissatisfied
that the information was not more promptly commun-
Gated From the tone of the paper paragraph you
enclosed and from the seizure of the barracks in viola
ton of the usage OF humanity, which in open war be
tween contendng nations and even in the most revenge
ful civil conflicts between kindred races have always
been held sacred from disturbance as edhces dedicated
~ the care and comfort Of the sick fear that no pub
lie property is likely TO be respected You will there
ter Washington now hauled up for repairs, until can
have the that she will not be seized
che refted and taken into the service OF those who
seeking to break up the Union, and overthrow the au-
thority Of the federal government.


Secretary Dix reply to his elegraphic Dispatch has
received the following reply from Collector Hatch


NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2s, 1861.


Affairs satisfactorily arranged barracks retained see
my letter Of 2lst.


A delegation Of the business men of Milwaukee, ex-
cursonists TO Philadelphia, having In their tour EN-
braced Washington city adopted the following preamble
and resolution


Since visit to this city have been senslby
impress ed than ever before OF the impending crisis in
the affairs Of country and lovers Of govern
ment aud friends Of the Union, and without claiming
than proper degree Of patriotism, be 1t there
fore


Resolved That we owe n higher allegiance
10 our country than to any party platform, and
while we represent all the political parties
which took part in the late Presidential contest
ana large majority OF the supporters Of the
suceesst candidate we earnestly invoke the Senators
and repr Congress from the State of Wis
coDsn sink this time partisan prejudice for the sake
of the Union.


The daily overland mail proposition, as il passed the
House to-day limits the cost to $500 600. The mail Is
TO start from the Western frontier Of Missouri and goes
through Placerye twenty days for letters and pa
pers and twenty days for magazines and documents
The last may be sent by steamer at the contractor 9
EXPENSE Bids are to be received until April The con-
tract ia to commence July 1st soon thereafter
as possible Denver and Salt Lake are to be supplied
weekly by the contractors. The postage on letters
10 be ten cents papers cent The bill passed
by a vote of 10l against "a.