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U ft r. I II if I I I I I MM LI lilt II I . 114 ..Ilk.JI ii HI' UK I I ti Ell II 11 - I 1 m if I I ' - I ' I r I 7 r I. II I f I W I I ToLOCLIV. C 0 N 8 T I TO T It) N " A'N D; 1 .ffiJf lird tRI A N?0 ft" Lift ERT Y; ' . HLLSBORQUCHyi N; C, DECEMBER '1865. . ; 4 :!.' :: 5 No. 2226 S V- i ,' (Cnntinustl.) Experience hi shown the necessity for T rt hr J ejj i I o n in relation "tq the horses .t)f the c1ry. Many men their hr f by casualties of seryice.'which re net included in the provisions inal to corn jicnmtf uwber for, the and it may thin nt unCri-q imil happvn ttat lh mt rffitient tronpert, wiihwut Unit f .ilieir uo,' indeed, it iuv be brciiu of thrir '.eriu(l ictiuty, ire lott ta the cavalry It would tUf appear primer that th(!o terumeiit khuid have complete control tertery ltire mualerrd nt the service, with the limitation that the vwner nhimlil iiot'ue deprived of It is florae eicrptt'pwn Una cbuienaii"U Lein( made tbvtelur. t)ihrrt, iiMiunted men my not keep bon.fi fit fur the ternce j and the qarttion whetbtr they hinld rre mauntt-d r ia foot. oi. Id tlrenil.n 't op'iu t!i iUatifica tivui of it.e men, but vpn tlie lari of their i'atii4 ln'i' iSvMie rvimn is (teemed rrquisite to tomtl the eils ariii'og tro the long ckntiiiunl absence of cnmissiBCd nBirers. hrir it K ithoil nracieo( raat, It uld teem bat jut that the com.iio hi d be tlieteby vacated. U'hrie it results Irvua capture by tltr nnny, which, tinder their brbaruu rrfa sal o eichao'e premiers f ar,.nuv Trgjiuen ce imt an uineUine ''. nit-re is a nrfeiv t nupoiy tir p ai-s in th-ir fjrcii cnmnunHs. Thi mijUt br liie b frut j rry tup ntuieuis tu ra- nuia ouiv un it Mir return (t l-otu-er iruUdy iwHiintined. Where it reso I? tr .u rrtitet iishility ibcurrr4 iu th line of tlifir d i y, a w!J be rter to tt'irr tliriN b J n I the vacancies accmd in ? rb!ihr4 iiiodr. I old al ;rt ttir r"iiiitin 'of on iaa'i I irp. ami liiai th r't.rr-1 aJicn. s tr failed i it. Suna idrpsit hotili;. li'Oli til-. iiMiltf U'rlwl in tariuu rmp ti in f..r hic'i eiUrient oflicefaanJ tin ji are now iirta drU An wrgamjut va ( the prnetal uf of the kiiiy, wfuM'tM h iiUU coudsc e i thr rfllcirhcy sf that nuit iinporlriSit banc't t-t tie setvite. Ir pbn adapted fr Hie military eMat)liHisfiitH (urnHrs a n.i dil lor the sufTol the rotiMial araiv, it t be dec mod aUvua'ile to retain the 1iunctin, but I recommend tt tar cNidrratitu the propriety of a'jolUh'in; it, id ruvilix lr the organization of the sevrral staff vrps in sncU Avmbar and with socH rat)k as vil meet all the waat the imiit. To vrcars the rensisite ability for ta imire important positioit, it will be errrstary t provide far officers of higher rnk tluo is auuiuri.ea lor mrse corps, s (ie i the tiBicera the proper reiatiea and o intfllrjeoct in thir respective corps, and to prrae.-fe.in the chief of sack, useful it fluence and cootrot over kit sahsrdiuates, there ihoiitil be gridatiob on the basia tit ute rank o the general with whom they uight be ftrrviojc bv aiiuointment. Tu the personal staQ of eenertl, it wnold seem l"per to eive cade ctrre-pmdinf with his rank, and the number might be &sJ sorrespond with hit command. loaid the eneiience nf disrhsr p a ch'ar I duty, the va itb!e portion of the pero IjsI staff, might be taken front the line ol fie army, and allowed to retain their line vomniisviotia. , ; . 't he dismdered candi'ion of the torre J to which I have ahead r allodul, has im Josrd on the Government yateru of up I'lyinj the want'wf tte artivy whicli is n ")equal,iii its itperatioiN, tetatioas t th l-rndncer, injurii.ua to the iitdestrial inter 't, and prwd.tive such .disrontrnt rt; the people, si only to be justified by e etistenrrnf anabHiduteneressiir. The rport of the Secretary on thu point ea sbliahei comlnsiyeljf Uiat the necetsity wmcn nil lorceu theDuteait d lappiyi to preside fr the army by impressment, hn "ttlted Irom t' e imponlbility o purchase V otract r ! the open ms-ket, eicept teuca rapidly increaied taiei at would i i,'11 f'' V. " l '."-i; ' r .. have Yenderetl the appropriations inade ijuate to the wants of the army. Indeed. u is oeiieved that the tomptation t hoard supplies ,frthe higher prices which could be anticipated with , certainty, haa been checked mainly. by the fear ot the opera tion i ine impressment law ; and that corn mod it iei have been offered in the market, principally to escape impressment, and ob tain higher rates limn those fixed, by ap praisement. The complaints against this vicious system have been well founded, but the irue ruae of th evil has been misap-1 prenenuett. I he remedy is to be found, nut in a change of taeinpreinent law but in the restoration if the currency to such a basis as will enable the department tp purchase necessary supplies in the open market, and ; thus tender, impressment' a rare and exceptional process, i f The ssme remedy will effect the reaolt universally desired, of an augmentation of F"7 Uf! omy. no proposal made at yur previous sessions, to increase the pay of the soldier by a,H additional amount of Teasurr ootes, would have conferred I'ttle benefit on him, but a radical reform X the currency will, restore th pay to a value approximating that which . it orijji ally aaJ, and matrriatly improve his con dition. a The reports from the or Imnce and min ing buresui are very gratifying;' and t!e eiteninti of our in ?ns of supply of arms ami mantins of war Ins our liwme re sources, hat been such as lonure our ability smjm to bcoiu lusinly, il t en irrly iioUpend'ot f S'lpplifs Iron foreign cuntrir. The efabliiuieas f'.ir the cast ,nZ of guns and p jrctiles ; for the mans facture of arms and f gunpowder, for 'he supply of nitre from artifiwul mu.e beds, and twining operations gat-raily, hrve heeo sn disii i,uied through the cooit- rvf as to place our reomc beyond the rc3Ch of partial di .aster. , . The reco'iurtenJatiuus ot thi" cretsrv f War on other piintn, are tn na'.h ae tadi'd in Uis tep -it, wdich is subnuiiel ta you. a'id extending, as lby do. to al oot every brain h ol tue service, merit careful cotiiideratiiio. KXCMSKOK or rRfSOKCt. 1 regret to inform you that the enem hue returned to sh barbaious poiicy with hich they maojuratfd the ar, and that the cssnge ol prisoners has ben fr some time ospend-d. Tie rorrespondenre of the Conmisiof r .if Kxijlisnze is sub mitted J you by Vie S-?iT-tarj of War, and it ls already beea pobli-hed for the ioftfr nia;iun of.all now sufl'ru. useles tiupri onnent. The conduct ol the authorities of the I'uited Slates has been consiteotl) perfidious this subject. An agreement for exchange in the incipience f 'he wv had just been concluded, when tne fall ol Fri llonelson reversed the previous state of thiegs. and gave them an .excess of pri soners. Toe agreement was immediately tepudiated by them, aad so remained till the fortune of war again placed og in pos session of the larger number, k new car tel was ten made, and under it; for many months, we restored to them many thou sands of prisoners in'excesa ol those whom thy h'ld.for etclune, and encampment ofthe ur(.Us parole! priaineis delivered up by u were rstablished iit the United Mates, where the men were to receive te foio forts and S'dtce of Constant coaimu nication wit'i t'urjr h ones and fainilipv. In July li't the fortune of war again faveied the enemy, and they were enabled to ei thanie for tfotv the parolrd at Vakiburg and l'orr Hudson. The prisoners taken a GetMsliirg, however, remained in their hands', and should have been t once re-turrn-d t our l oes on pirole, to iwa.it ex change. Instead of vxecuting a duty im-p.is-d bv the plainest dictates of justice and gs d faith, pretexts were instantly sought r it . t . - - & .. , ' 1 lor nouiing mem in prrmancnv vapuiiT. General orders ranidlr succcded each other from the bureaux at Washington, placing new construction! on an agreement which hsd given rise to no dispute white e retained h advantage in the number ol . . . t I LI brisonera. vi n a unreesra oi noooraoie tibligttioos, almost uneiampled, the enemy did not hesitate in addition to retailing the prisonera captured by them, to "declare null the parnlei given by the prisoner! capture ed by us in the same series bt eqga.lements, and Iieratedn 5 condition orW.fceain serving ontir.haaged;! They tUamce openly insisted an 'treating the paroles given b their own ioldiers as invalid, and thsse of our soldiers, given under precise ly similar circumstances, as binding. A succession of similar unjust" pretensions has been set up in a correspondence tedi ously prolonged, and every device employ ed, to eover the disregsrd of an obligation waich, between belligerent nations, is only in be enforced by a sense of honor. No farther comment is needed on thii object, but it may be permitted to direct your special attention to the close of the correspondence submitted to ' you, ' from which you will perceive that the final pro posal made by the enemy, in settlement of sll disputes under the cartel, is, that we shuld liberate all prisoners held by us, without the offer to release from captivity any oi' those held by them. In trie meantime a systematic . and. con-certe-t effirt has .ben nude' to quiet the e-jmplsint in the .United 'States of those erlaties and friend of the prisoner in oor hu'ds who are unable to understand whv the cartel is not executed in their favor, by he groundless assertion tnat we are -the parties who refuse complimce. Attempts are also nude to shield thensele6 lr"m tlw etecratian excited by their own odious: t.p-at uent of oor oncers and soldiers now captive i their hand, by. mis-statements, ucn as thst the prisoners held by us are d-p'ived'.if food. To 'this laa'uiccosation the conclusive answer has been madethat, in accordance with ur law and the general Vrders nf th. d'pAftmeot, tho r-l oiis the pris-tnsrs are prceisely the lame, in tpan itr add qujliiy as t''ne served out tooir n gfi!Un!oi.iierii i i the tiefd, and which Ue Ot-en found sufficient t -ipprt t em t'i t i--ir arduous cmoairn, whii it is nt pr-teuded by the rnemy that they trea' prisitnei by the same gnerous ru'e. By an ini'elgence, p-ihsps U'preredented, we have even ailowed the prisoners in our hatids'to be supplied by their fren 'a at home with comforts 'lint enjoyed by the men vh rap'ure them in bitile. In con trast to this treatment, the most revolt'.ng inhumanity has characterized the conduct of the Uoiteil 8'ates towards irisurtersheld Jiv them. One prominent foot, which ad ¬ mits no denial nor pllitiii, must suffice as a test. - The officers of our army, natives of Soother aud aeati-tropical climates, and unprepared for the cold of a Northern winter, have been conveyed, for imprison- meitt, during the rigors of the present sea sin, to ' the roott Northern , and exposed situation that could be selected y the ene my. There beyond the reach of comforts, and olten even kf news from home nd family, exposed to the piercing cold of the Northern takes, they are held by men who e.aanot be ignorant of, eyen if they do not design, the probable result. How inny of our tnfortonate friends and comrade!, who have paisetl unscathed through ou menus battle, will perish on Jolinsoi'a IsMnd, un der the cruel trial to which they are sub jected, none nut the Omniscient can fore tell. That they wdl endure this barbarous t?etra-nt with the same stern fortitude that they have ever evinced iu their coun try's sTvice, we cannot doubt. Bit who can be found to believe the assertion that it is our refusal' to execute the caftel, and not the malignity of the foe, which has caused the in4etin of such iatojera'de cruelty oa our owa loved and honored de fenders? , 1 - : TRSNs-Missisairrt ncpAtTiiNT. Regular and punctuat cessmuntcation with the Trans-Misisippl is so.obtiucted as to render difficult a compliance with much of the legislation vesting authority in the Executive branch of the Oevorn meat. To supply .vacancies in ofice; tt exercise discretion oa'certsin matters con nected with the military orgsaizationi ( tn central the distribution; of the fundi col lected from taxation or remitted from' the Treasury to carry on the operation! of the Post Office Department, and other like dn-'1 ' tics, require, under the Constitution atrd"" existing laws, the action of the Presideftt " and heads of Deptments.v The fleceiiei" ties of the military service frequently for bid delay, nnd seme legislation, is requited, ' providing for the exercise of temporary u" thoriiy, until regular action can be had at': the seat of Government I would suggest,1' especially in the Post OEBco Department,'' that an assistant be provided for the States' ' beyond the Misrissippi, with authority ' to s theliead of that Department to' vest in tfciarf assistant all such powers now exercise ? 1 by the Postmaster General, as may be're' ' quisite for provisional control of the fundi , of the department in those . States 'and 1,1 'l their, application tt the payment of tnait,,f u contractors ; for superintendence of the Id'' " cat post offices, '.and the contract! for car-" - rying the mail lor the temporary employ' ' men t of proper, persons to fulfill the datlen' of postmasters and contractor! in -argf " cries, until appointments can be madeVand: for other, like purposes. Without eeme' legislative provision on the subject, thettr ' U ser ous risk of the destruction of Ihei 'V mail service, by reon of; the delays nd " ' hardship's suffered by contractors under the present system, which requires constant reference to Richmond of their accounts, " as well as of the returns of the local post""' masters, before they csn receive payment tor services rendered. , Like provision ia ' also necessary in the Treasury Depart -ment; while, for military affairs, it weald ' . seem to be sufficient t authorize the Pre" ' sident and Secretary of War to delegate tw' the .commanding general so murh -of thfc' . discrrlioQtry powers Vested it them bt" '' law the exigencies of the service shall ' reqife. . ' . The report ol the Secretary of the Navy gives in tleuil theopeiatinn of that De partr,ejit since January Ijst, embracing ia 'ormstion of the dipiitioii and employ; ment of, the vessels, officers and men, and the ronstruction of esels at Richmond, . Wilonntnn, Charleston, $aaoo&n, Mo-- ' b'le, Selma, and on the river Romaic,'' Neuse, Pcdee, Chattahoorhe and Tombig bee ; ihe accumulation of ship timber and ' supplies, and the maiaf.iciuie. of ordnance, .rdnance stores and equipments. The foundries nod workshops have been great ly improve', and their capacity to supply all demands for .heavy ordnatice for coast ' and harbor defences is only limited by our deficiency in the requisite skilled labor. The want of sach labor and f aea'i.ea er- ously effects the operations of the Depars- ment, Toe skill, courage and activit f oor ' cruisers at sea can,i be too highly com mended. They have inflicted h-'avy l-ms- -es on the enemy, without ausVing a single disaster, and hse. seriously damaged the shipping interests of the, United States, by compelling their foreign co nmerce to sees: the protection of neutral Sags. Your attention is invited to the sugges- . tiousof the report on the subjects of sup plying seamen for the service, sod f the' provisions of the law in relation to the volifnterr navy. , Jfoat omct. The Postmaster General reports the rt ceipts ol'iha Department for the fiscal year ' ending the 33ihtt June last, to bars been1' ' $3,JJr,i53 01, and the expenditures 'for ' the same period ft.682.S04 6?. Tfte state ment th is exhibits an excess of reipti' 1 - smoontinz to Ifiri.OIS 44, iatUad of a di ' ficiehcy of ssore than a tnilliiHS -f dallari," ' as was the cae in the preceding fiscal year. 1 tt is gratifying to perceive tliat-the' De- ' part ment hai thus b-en toads self-sustains- Y ing, 1o accordance with sound principle'" and with the ft press requirement of the" -Constitution that its expenses sho-itdi be pid oat ol its own revenues after the 1st ; 1 vlarch, 1181. . , , . .' The repirt givn a fall and satiifiMory -account af the t.teratieosof the Post Olicn Department for the last year, an J esplami -the aatiiarrs adopted. fur. giving more f sr- taint lad regtUrity, la the, service in the 1 Sttlei' beyond , the ' liiiluipjii. '.sid oi v which reliance ii placed for obviating the r
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Dec. 23, 1863, edition 1
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