The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1863, Page 3

2 THE NAVAL ACADEMY. MERIT ROLL OF TUE FIRST CLASS. ROUTINE OF THE MIDSHIPMEN, Newport as a Location for the Academy, Ben Reo ae Our Naval Academy Correspondence. Newronr, R. L, May 90, 1863, ‘The fullowing is the order of merit of the first class of midshipwen just graduated from the Naval Academy:— Hinois. Wisconsin. 6—! hilip H. 6—lra Harris, Jr. 1—Henry ©. Taylor... 8—\ilan D, Brown 9—Mar-ton Niles 2—!"ierre d’Orleans 13—<Arent S, Crouinshiel W4—Jobn C. Pegram 15— haries H. Craven. WO—# rank Wid 11—Anugustus 6. Kel 18— ‘oseph B.C: ghian. 19—James HI, Sands. Maryiond. 20—Yates “tirling. Maryland. ‘The examination at the Naval Academy fs about termi- pated, and by Saturday next, in all probability, the unior classes will be afloat in the practice ship, learn'ng the realities of @ sea/aring life. It has been my lot to have witr essed most of the examinations, to have thoroughly inspected the condition of things, both afloat and ashore, and | unhesitatingly write that Ihave been gratified and surprised at the ordgr and neatness of everything con Beoted with the institution, In the first place, tho Institution and the country at Jarge may be proud of those who preside over the differ ent branches of the Academy. These gentlemen are deeply interested in the welfare of the midshipmen, a d wa ch over thom with an interest quite unknown to ordi. niry institutions of learning, and, of course, the most happy results are obtained. the mcr.land sanitary condition of the Academy is be- yond a shadow of reproach. Out of nearly four hundred miashipmen the average numbor on tho sick list during the entire year ig about five per day. Can anything be more satisfactory than this?—and many will be surprised when they learn the fact. Whoa the age, difference of early education changes, &e.,a.e taken into con- med almost a mirac'’s in savita~ LE never saw so much attention devoted to The midshipmen aro compelied to take a bath . and may bathe ag mich oftener as they choose: but once a week It is imperative to do so. In every detail acareful eye is kept upon tho youngs‘ors— who, boylike, ved a deal of watching—and t> this end a - Mitnois. number of watclimen are employed, who day and night are look:ng 0.1i for thy “mids,” to see that they d» not i schief and break the rales laid down for their ad gnidance. ‘To gain av {dea of sume of their daily routine while at the Academy, [submit a list of the daily “calls,” as they are sormod:— ~ s ei Cals gy EX Morning gun fire and reveille. 6.30'A" M. Morning roli cail aud prayers, 716 A.M. 4 7.30 A. M. 1.55 AM. Morning call to forenoon rec 8,05 A. Call to secund forenoon 9.00 Cal! to therd forenoon reci' 9.56 Cailgo fourth forenoon ve 1056 to fifth forenoon 11.55 Call # d nner, 12 55 Call to first aft 1.56 Call co second a@ ternoon recit’n. 256 Call to dri 4.10 Evening gun 9.20 Tays i 10.00 eg s] #8 Cull Hi . Rg vat : ‘alls, 5 Zu! 2 s& 38 iy AS s358 Be 45P.M. 5.15P.M. 6302. Me Call W evening studies .6.55 P, M. 6.25 P.M. 7.25 P. My ‘The dro-s is neat and simple and quite beosming. ‘The uniform of an acting midshipman consists of a Jacket of dark bine cloth, double breasted, with side pockets, rolling collar, Dine smail navy buttons on each and a gold foul anchor oneach side of the collar. ibed for midshipmen, except the gold lace band: instead of which, a silver foul anchor over the vizor is to be worg. Vost, pactaionns, and other articles of: underdress, and the rozulati ns for hair, veard and whiskers, t ame as for midshipmen. Qver cout, as now uuchorived for midshiyman, with the excep tion of the buttons oa the cuflk of the same color and ferm, car er and stronge? fabric; jumpersof Blue flannel, of blue flannel, and straw hats and white in when authorized by the Supermteadent. A sorvice or fatigue dres but of jackets, are Changes of clothing from blue to white, or the reverse, Suggosted by di ‘erent seasons of the your, are not made by students until dire Studi y ected by the Superintendent. tS appointed to act as o.licers ot crews, com- wor such badges as. desig: ation on the of the jacket as the Superintendent prescriber. eut is allowed to keep or to wear within the the Academy or to the city of Newport or its im ‘ate vicnity any article of clothing or wearing ap- no’ permitted to be worn with, or as a part of, his anit rm ‘Their pay i8 $600 per annum, but $l00@year is held bick, eo that when they graduate they haye the sum of $400 with which to procure an outfit, &c. This is a very Wise a8 wel! ag just procedure, and 18 found lo de of great service, a8 many of the midshipmen are not blessed with wealthy parents. emy speci’y that the ava. plomber and eud June examination, clitses, however, shill be cor ed a taking their meacement On the'Istor October annually, on the ofo-e whieh the general exenination of candid ssion wall else, The neademis year is divided {nto two terms—the frst to commence with (he academic ’ and amination the Febre at the ol oof the February ex wion and to terminate wiih the close of the June examination, or the end ot the ac demic year. the practice ship is ready to sail as goon as the June exam!cntinn terminates Whenever the the pr ctice sh midahipmen, w fren: dad ond log, st in sending up and down yards and tr sts, in the managemout of sails, working ship and such other duties ected with practical seamanship, aval gt ‘YY, practical navigation and profeasional sub- xoveraily’ as the commandant of midsbipmen may tteem proper to direct, Their mess arrangemeots and fapphes ave t» be Sub ect to the control of the Superin- nd, wheo abroad, of the commandant of mid- ng midalipmen are thus embarked, @ ¢ mmanded by the commandant of keneral instructions from the Super- ebipmen Among other Ol cers attached to the practice ship is a porser, who «iso performs all the duties of disbursing oflicer for the Academy. When tho acting midshipmen are to be embarked tm the practice ship for a cruise, such officers or professors be Jouging to the Academy are ordere:| to her as the Secreta. ry of the Navy may deem advisable, and whilst so em. barked they are to perform such duties of instruction for the actiug tnidshipmen, and ag watch and division oificers nt quarters, according to their grades, as the commander of the ship may direct. Much has been said in relation to the fitness of Newport for the permanent crtablishiment of the Naval Academy. Upon the whole Newport possesses many advantages over Annapolis, the principal one being ite broad and spacious barbor. The city has proffered to the government an islend on which to looste the Academy, but as yet no ao- tion hag been taken in the matter. I find on the city records that at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen and City Council of Newport, held on the ‘BOth of October, 1862, that the following resolution was adopted — Whereas, tt is tmportant-for the Interest of the people Newport that the United Autos Naval academy, enon of it poatoie, Session ‘of Congress ; ant whe 4 Pisnly desirable that the ety x maitionat rio the Untied States Saniora Harbor Mt ‘Academy, pr vm: theretare nn opportn er, ward ied to vote on any be nell in the vy qual a oni the ith 1862, and that the Board of Aldermen end to oaiien due novier to be given of the time, ignite the inces for holding vevat which meeting sald voters fre requested to at baliots upon the folowing prope aidon —"Shalt t eit of the city of Newport be ily to the A Suates miand, in tiie etiy, f eal ly locate the United States Naval Un-tho Lath of November of the sume year ay e'ec was held, avd 379 voted in the allirmative and 164 in the | ng a majority im the affirmative of 215. At M thy General Aasembiy they agceed ty les government question, of an As I said entire jurisdic other in the Stato fore, hore the mat. wt that to remove the Naval Academy jis, Until (he mont perfect yuigtude reign Jengih and bedadth oF the faad, a0 Abo ,obd prove /atal to the best interes's of the ta the citivens of Newport are on helt co operation with Comm Ving 98 high « moral tone as posable «mor 100. A City ordinnnee haa bee ‘opri¢tors of oyster, liquor and of aod imprisonment six mon led to i How a their premises without a written ner authorities jor T must bear testimony and re. parape Before ols a my nd to commence with ihe close of | t. They are to be required to steer, heave the | NEW Y¥ turn my thinks tod of all the © the . Fyemthe servan Te a m “in my way, that reminds me of 9 abr: bs the early history of the ee Acmlomy ae Deen attacued to the stitute ed man. (i iv called Jim Holliday. James is a naive of Annay was. a member of an illustrious family who k ine have gone to that bourne from whence mo trawel re turns. His name is not to be found on the iat of attacker of the establishment, but no one we his ever been connected with it will forget! {apa a fdentified is he with the carlin ~reeoltecti: of our naval officers whe have gone thro 4! the &cademie course that they will no doubt be - lease to seo that a visitor: to the Acw ‘omy has gotten that ap honest, upright and kind servant liners around, and sttit evinces the sue laioroat inittic welfare ors a8 he did in doys of yore. nidential servake of the Supertitendont, ms sindry d ties with a bearine quile ori-tual d to the satisfaction of ull concerned, Upon» ef to bim, hew comer presenting bimsel? to the Sunor.atendent hoe is welcomed, and Jim is ordered to conduct the candidite to the surgeon, whe inspects Lim, and if physically quali fled, he receives permission to be (urther ox mumed as to mental qualifications. This oporation comes off before the Acadorty Boord espectilly appoictet for that purr se It is syid that many years ago, Jim, ia boing que tioned to where he was taking a youngster, replied, gwine to take him te nic Ecora, sir. thing could not be lost, and ever since this story has bean told of him. Tam informed by the best authority that i Dever fuils to predict whether a young man will pass hi ‘examination creditably or fail; and 6 sure is he that ap vhis timo Jim's opinion on this point is rarely disputed. He thinks the youngstors from the ‘outs de States?’ (West. ern States) are not a8 likey to pags ag those from other ‘sections, 1 cunnot forbear to tell a tale on Jim, which isgood and will be remembered’ by many contributors. Jim had been eutin the practice ship on a summor cruise, and just ea the shi drew near the anchorage at Annpolis 18 house toak fire and everything ho had was destroyed. ‘The midshipmen immediately made ua purse for him, 80 that he might rebuild and have a home. Jn the fall, whea the new youngsters came in, Jim recounted the taie of his misfortuae, and they responded liborally, and nothing was said about the house until the next fall. When a new ‘batch of embryo midsbipmen came to Annapolis, tho old subscription paper was revived, and of course the sym pathies of a kind hearted lot of youngsters again give his purse another full look. Next season Jim trivd the sympathy story, and some of the mids went as high as four dollars. ‘This was too much for the Epidemic Board to stand, and Jim’s house burning ended in smoke; but by these annual contributions he collected enouch money to build a snug brick cottage, which he proposes to visit during the vaca‘ion, the midshipmen having contributed aenm more than sufficient to pay his travelling expenses, He is universally beloved and esteemed, aod the name of Jim Holliday will last long after he has gone to rest. pT Strength of the Rebel General Forces in the Late Battles. Our advices from the rebel lines give us the following report of the rebel furces engaged in tho late battles on the Rappahannock between General Hooker and General Loo:— Roser? K. Les, General Commanding. GRN, STONEWALL JACKSON'S (KILLED) STONRWALIL DIVISION. Brigadier Geveral F. Paxton (killed), commanding Firat Stonewa!l brizade, consisting of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, 'wenty seventh and Thirty-tbird Virginia regiments. os 2, Brigadier GeneralT. 8. ing Second brigad onewall divisl teases Brigadier General os, Louisiana brigade, four regiments... 2,000 Brigadier Gen 2,000 Brigadier General Henry Heth’s bi oa General J. E. B. Stuart, of the cavalry, assumed com- mand of the division after Genoral Jackson was carrie. off the fleld. GUNSRAL JURAL 4, RARLY’S DIVISION. r Geueral Barksdale, Mississippian brigade, consisting of Tweuty-firat, Eighteenth, Seven- teenth and Thirteenth Mississippiaus.. Brigadier General Gordon's Goorgian bi Brig. Gen. Robert L. Wright’s Georgian brigade Brigadier Gen, Jos. L. Kom) consisting of the First, Sev ‘Twenty-fourth Virgiatans. Rrigadier Generel Grymes’ GENERAL GRO. B. ANDEKSO: ier Genoral Pogey’s brigade Briz. Gen. Wm. Mahoue's brigade Brij Brigadier Gene: Icox’s brigade. Brigadier General Perry, Tennessee brigade. . » 2,000 Briga:iior Generat Gregg’s South consisting Of First, Twelfth, Thirteenta, teenthand First Ries ‘ GENKRAL A. P. Brigadier General Fitz Hugh Leo's tr 2,000 Brigadier Gonoral A. (. Jenkins’ brigade. 2,000 Briz. Gen. Robert Toombs’ 8. Cobr! - 2,000 Brigadier General Fields’ brigade 1,800 GENERAL RICHARD K. RHODE’A (PRE > BY GEN. JACKSON) DIVISION (D. 1. BILL'S OLD DIVISION). Bri adier General Col quitt’s brigad 2,000 Brigudier General Ma: oy’s brigude. 2,000 Erigadter General Thomnas’ brigade. 2,000 Brigadier General Lane, North Carol 5 consisting of the. even/h, Eighteenth, Thirty- { 2,000 seventh, Thirty-third and Twenty eighth regt-[ 2/300 ments, . Brigadier ¢ nsisting of the First, Nineteenth Tennessee (ULE'S DIVISION. GENERAL Brigadier Gene ‘oLsTON cofamanding. Brigadier General Smith's Virginia brigade, and Fifty ni iment Brig. Gen. Co'ston’s (commanded b; brigade Brigadier 1,800 Brigadier General Pender’s North . rate, consisting of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, 2,000 enty Thirty-fourth and Thi 2,600 eighth regiments. GRNER: Brigadior Goveral Nichols’ brigade. 2,000 Brigatior General Warren’s briga Brigadier General Woffard' Brigadier General Total,....06 The Vallandigham Affair. LETTER OF GOVERNOR PARKER, OF NEW JERSEY. Fresnoip, Friday, May 29, 1863. GrxtLy MeN —Official engagements will not permit me to “ Newark to-morrow. of arbi a ly views upon the sub ect arbitrary and il! or rests have here‘ofere been fully nd emphatically ex pressed. Subsequent evonts have confi and strength- ered them. The recent arrest of a citizen of Ohio by militery au- thority, and his trial and sentence by a military coart, were arbitrary and illegal acts. The whole proceeding was wrong in pri-ciple and dangoroas in its tendeney. The question is nov whether the sentiments expressed by Mr. Valiandigham in reference to the war and fis prosecution were right or wrong, or whether by the ex- ression Of those sentiments be became amenable to the The groat question is, whether the tribunal thas assumed to alga him and dispose of his personal liber- ty, was a lawful tribunal, having jurisdiction of the al- leged offence; or, in other words, whether im aState not occupied by hostile armies, where martial law docs not exist, and where the courts are in undistarbed operation, } @ citizen net connected with the milit or naval service can lawfully be spirited away at igh by the strong ‘arm of military power, subected to mmmary pro- coraings of a secret military court, and @xiled from his heme. They who dilfer from the oplaions expressed by Mr. Vallandigham, and they who agroe with him, are equally tutereated in the question. If the right of trial by a jury vt his peers in open court, in the presence of his aconser, shall be taken from the citizen, and for it shail be substi tuted the ex parte examination of a seoret court martial | then indeed we will live under railitary despotism, and our boasted liberty be but anime, » The peuple have the right to assomble and discuss ques- tions of public policy. Without free discussion a re. gee government cannot long exist. They who are in authority are the servants of the people, and should encourage rather than repress the free expression of opinion, Otherwise the government cannot truly repre- sent the people. The janguage of Mr. Webster expresacs | my sentiments upon the right of free discussion better | than any form of words of my owa, and therefore shall adopt his —It is the ancient and indubitable Prerogative of this people to canvass public mensures and | the merits of public men. It is not to be drawn into con- troversy. It is as undoubted as the right of breathing the air or waiking upon the earth. Belonging to private | We asa right, it to public life as a duty, and it is the last duty I shall al . This tutional | privilege 1 defend and oxercise at This is the crisis of the nation’s life. Ded this question to serve mere personal or emis, Candid men of all parties must condenm t! | to which allusion has been mado. This is the time for the exercise of & am. It is Our duty to transmit to pesterity the free tpstita- tutions boyucathed by our fathers. While maintaining tho right, let us be calm and dispe ite, Let no wrong drive us from the path of duty. it us observe every Toywirement of law. ‘The protests of the people now being made in every Joyal State should not be mistaken for efforts to embar raas those who administer the governinent. They pro. coed fr m no such motive. The people are loyal to the | government. They have sucrificed much, are pre- ared to make still greater sacritices to sappresa the re- | bellion and maintain the wnity and integrity o° the gov ernment, They love the Union «nd wiil not consent to ite dies siution. are not fauit faders. They make no factions opposition, With hore long deferred thay still do not complain in regard to matters comparatively im- material, but the youn now cugrossing the public mind is & vital one, lying at the focndation of govern ment, and they would be degenerate and unworthy their Iineage «lid they not protest. ‘The Usivn world be of tittle value if, in restoring it, we lose our liberties. Yours, respectfully, JORL PARKER, | Obitaary. } DRATH OF WILLIAM FRSSBNDEN NYR, the Newark Advertizor, May 30.) the death of Mr, William F. 3 iy his city. This sad event took place at » Pedro, California, on the 27th of April, and wa: d by the explosion of tho boiler of a small steamer osaengers from the wharf to the steamer ‘on Francisco Me. Nye, neleco, when the explosion ‘occurred, ch, with that of the captain of the >o. ty gnd ty others. Mr, Nye had beter. OF the jaw, having just com. Pp a 1i..w Sehool, at the time 1 Bethe feat qoruia, and foft for that; Suite with Grtents {1 ¢ Ho atteTWarde &&. | goged tn mecca suis at Valparaiso, and a few years sinc nity residing there up to the tine of |) " tod he visited his hove ever st vlait Laving beon made (our or five yo rs t uioligence was comment cated by a frieu’, erie, WhO plates that his body was (ee vow es at aeted in the eovorm- mont grounds at sab iedro. OF cours 86 T5Nd & ] ye, with the owners | accompanying a friend who war abuut | Etheridge. Wasenxcrow, B. C., May 18, 1863. arms. South self, and therefore I shall not go. In your letter you expres the cx.stor, Ia; Gayniewes—I have just received your letter of the Tth Avete, invruing me, inbehall of th’ Wdshingtoa Union ‘Clad of- Yemphis, Lo’ join In & publi celebration of the anniversary 1 the surrender of that oity to the foderal You also speak kindly of my past efforts to induce the people of Weat Tennessee to consent cheerfully to “tli8Testoration of the national guthority throughout the If 1 Believed that, by meeting you on the occasion re- forred to, could be of service to A single honest, law abiding citizeu or truly repentant rebel, or that I could contribute to the least exteat in ending the war and restoring the blesgings of peace ufdor the constitution, I would veriavoly aitend; but I hayemo sueh faith in my- “direct personal appeal,’ I might ‘encourage the loyalor reclaim the disloyal.” I confess my asionishmont at such ® statement; aud I can attribute this opinion of yours to nothing but a failure om your part to comprehend the masterly policy of our great and good Presidogt and the wise statesmen who aid.him in shaping and directing tho civil policy of the government. When you have fully studied aud understood the grand purposes of our most God fearing and law abiding President;.when you are more familiar with the profound military strategy which, 8 ‘«Commander-in-Chief of the Armyand Nuyy of the. United States,”’ he is now displaying; and whed you fur ther remember the astonishing success we have bad in reclauning our ‘misguided countrymen” and in conquer- jog our ** wayward sisters,’ shail be amazed ir you c n- tinue to believe it necesshry to “encournge the loyal” or “reclaim the disloyal.” Why encourage the loyal? ‘Is it possiblo they heed encouragoment in Mem “his, when, for nearly a year, you have been inside the federal lines; when every night tattoo is substituted for “Hiish, my ‘baby, don’t you cry,’? and at revoille ‘Hail Columbia’ arouses the people'to a consciousness of the great security which is afforded to the property of the loyal pe ple in Memphis and ‘‘all the country round that (political) Jor dan?’ How can you or I ‘encourage the loya!,’’ when our matchless President, the lato Congress, his s .go coun- seliors and bis peerless military subordinates have already done and promised all which wfsaom can suggest , which our sacred constitution authorizes, ‘and which the Chris- ‘There remains no- tian religion tolerates 01 roves? thing for us to do, unless it be to obey our incomparable President @ glorious peace, True, we have among in all his wise measures to conquer us croakers and copperheads—silly, brainless men—who are so unwise and unpatriotic as to question the wisdom Of our indefatigable Prosident. which ts understood by many to boa drop can be obtained. No good Union man will comn'sin of the-conductof the wise mon who direct ‘our public affairs. Thoy should be taught toremembor that scanda- lum magnatum was formerly » high crime—it is a most heinous offence now—and nothing saves such copper cvlored wretches*but the Christian charity of our most Pious President. At your proposed meeting you should #0 arrange rat. ters as to secure 4 list of all who fail to attend or omit to reuder a suitable spology, and .you should adopt resolu- tions of the most “loyal” kind. “Allow me to suggest that the commiteee on resolutions be selected from con- tractors apd officeholders, I particularly suggest one Cooper, who-has recently bean appointed assessor for the large, rich and, popdlous district of West Tennessee. was originally from New York. True, bo was never if West Teovessep-until sent from this city on hig official errand; but he no doubt knows by intuition the true value of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, &o.,&o , ofa people henever know and @ country in which he Never lived, But he is so loyal—so much ao thatl doubt not he ts better fitted for the office than any One of the native born sons, brothers or fathers of the thousands of soldiers who, bofore the 22d of last September, West Tennesseo bad furnished to the federalarmy, Let the committee imitate the Loyal Leagues” of Baltimore, and resolve that you not only approve all the present wise and Patriotic administration bas done, but that you will sus- tain and uphold it in everything it may herealter @o. Let Une committees make an elaborate report, accompanied ‘with resolutions denouncing all who find fault with our most excellent President, for instance:—The last Con- gress (in July, 1862) passed alaw to confiscate the proper- ty Of certain rebe's. That Congross, though a very wise body, did not possess as much aggregated wisdom as our great and good President. In proof of this we need but refer to the fact that the Congress aforesaid provided that, under this law, trial should precede conviction and forfeituro, and that guilt should be proven, not presumed. Worso still: it offered an amnesty to repentant rebels; it morcifilly gave them sixty days in which to accept it; and provided, further, that our .most noble Prosident might suspend for a period the operation of this law as our armies ad- vancod southward, so as to afford all an opportunity to accept pardon. Worse atill: this iaw actually applied to no one but the rebels. And it is astonishing that it applied to them everywhere, North as well as South—in Spring- fold, Minois, as woll as Springfield, Tennesseo. But, worse still, it did not affect the rights or property of Union men, women and children, or lunatics, in any seo- tion of the country, That Congross, strange as it may seem, did not perceive that the way to ond the rebellion and restore affectionate rolations between the sections was to placo the Union men, women, children and the in- gane upon a perfect footing of oquality with tbe vilest traitors fe the Iand. That Congress believed that the Crime of retusing obedience to the usurpation ef Davis & Co. in Mississippi, Arkansas, North Carolina’ and ofse- where, ormidthe terrors of @ military despotism, did not merit the same or worse punishment than that the; denounced against tiled and official traitors, That Con- ress spaced the women and children; it also shielded | from harm tie Union men who still adhered to the naioual syinbol of protection. What weakness! But Congross has adjourned. What was to be done? Thank Hexven, our sagacious Premdent was found equal to the ocoasion. You will perceive that on the lat of January last, under this so-called Confiscation law, the slaves of every rebel in the United States who had not ace the amuosty thorein provided wero de jure free, But how were we to ond this rebellion if the Union men, ‘women and children in the so called Coniederate Siates were loft in undisturbed possession of all their legal and constitutional rights? If Ubis policy were adopted the re ‘Dels might become angry with these *‘inenuments of fede- ral merey,”’ and in that event the spared monuments aforesaid might cling more closely to the foderai fing. ‘This division the people might cause 4 still more unhappy state of affairs in Dixie; our friends there might have to bear additional indigaities. As beiore remarked our merciful and considerate Presient war found equal two fee mi woe P ae bean 3 serge yom with some inspired apesties from saintly city eago—a place whi Onderdonking and other worldly ‘amusements are = koown—the President candidly confessed that he was deavoring (he did not state the means) to ascertain the will of the Lord upon this difficult question; that so soon as he learned the divine — he verily ter who sent would do the will of the hi The rovelation Ness “by due course came doubt from “that which is written,” it Of Virginia and Lout- anessee and M| Dersons f Of Virgin, and in that part Seen conancrated t6 sin by the military occupation of th Carolina, Florida, Geor. jervice or labor. And yet there are those of the ‘copperhead persuasion’ ‘who profess not to seo the wisdom of this great atroke of our most noble and exalted resident. sirs, Gid it not immediately divide the South and unite the North? Were not our camps ‘orthwith crowded with countiess myriads of bold and ardent rocruite’ Ha not ‘our American brethren of Afr deseent crowded by thousands into our ranks, ing Our so}. diors with a wild epthusinem and rencoring night vocal wih the songs of enfranchised Dibahs and mewling and puking Sambos? and baye not our arms been victorious everywhere since the dawn of the negro millennium of 1863" Tknow that men Irke General M. Drayman, who com mands In your vicinity (at Bolivar, Tennessee), are guilty of absurdities of apecch which afford the enem poh gagacious President excuses for complaint and er ticiam. For Instance, on the Lith of jast March thet officer, then in command at Bolivar, wrote as follows in regard to the proclamation of freedom with which our iluetrions farseoing President grpeted the advent 9 the now year — “jho Joyal man ts equally heipless with the disioyal, in fav yore so: for the rebel taker his s'aves “outh o hires thou in the army m which he himeolt serves, while the slaves of loyal mee flee to our camps BOF Ont reclanat\ m Under this process the rebel holds his siavos by carry ing them into a State in which they are declared irce, while law-abiding citizen loses his by retaining thei in @ where {t is lawful to hold thom. As it in now, the ally find good comluct of these men avail them noth. sibilities by the use pense to the government is enormous. 18 requires sol. diera to gnard them. They sicken and dio in crowded and filthy corrals. They become debased and demoralized, debaso and demoralize the army ” | me the resolutions you wilt at the Mem. there should by ali means | Now, among phia meeting one censur. Tf you have any such in Memphis you should at once denounce them as in sympathy with the rebels; you should send them to their friends “down South” or to the Dry Tortugas, where overy- body is tortured with a thirst for rifle whiskey, and nut a * lation severely denon UKK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNK 4%, 1863—TRIPLS SHBET. ihe sacred name of Washiny nena’ epch for. i$ the home of our iliustriogs Mag! Ww on the Tate Of Jekso Peer tavkdion we D, Bright, 0 Indiana, and that of John M. Botts, of Vir. guta, dow my blood “builed with pious indignation”? when, a few days ago, 1 heard a certain individual ot the straiiest sect ‘of copperheads — discocrsin, thue‘Jease D. oBrighty of Indiana, was expciles fom ¢he Senate of the United States la-t year, charged wxh ¢rasonable practices. He then owned a tarm and nex des in Keutucky, and still owns thom. Lod the amuesty provided in the so-called Confiscation law which passed Congress last July. He ig now preparing to accompany bis family on a trip of pleasure to Europe, leavi'g his large properties in Indiana and his slaves in Kentueky under the proteckian. of tho law. es ca Bous tae out of Libby or some other Confederate prisou, where he was inearcorated {27 hie devotion to the Union ‘and hig ondying hogyiny to 3 $4-called Southern fhe hee =? = Ton dave *1 nis slaves were enticed within our armica in Virginia, dir. Holle Cemardoa hat they be surrendered or retu ned, and received for sider throot from Washington, that he had po right to 2 x. our wise and law-abiding President had set ” 1 confess that when I heard this long and complaining sTigmarole | wag tadigaanyat this person’s stupidity. He ould not see the wisdom of this wise polioy of our ‘Most noble excoutive. He was almost as incorrigible as. James 1. Petgru, of South Carolina, who, when he read the grand proclamation of the mest illustrious successor of Washinzton, t ok the oath of allegiance to the Confedcrate government and offered bis private fortune to the rebets to aid thom in making war ‘upon the armies of the sublimest man of modern times; of Nelson, of Tennessee, who, with sone in rebel captivity, published an appo:i to the of that state to lake up arms our lovi President; of Houston, Hi ‘and others, who immediately went over to the cause. Away with all such moo A Union man loves bis pod. fe per se. He cares nothing for liberty or property, fame or fortune, consideration or contracts, office or opinion. The true test is simply this: who is the greatest, wisest and best of mankind? Who is the firat Patural military genius of the world? Who doeth all things wisely and well? Who should bo elected Presidont 80 long 4s he will accept the office? If to all these ia- quiries the respondent answers, with a firm, unfaitering _ voice, Abrabam Lincoin, Esq.,he may be set down as a Union man, fit to join a’ Loyal League,” receive & contract, accept a cominigsion or office, aud to vote. But if, like Crittenden, of Kentucky, he is ever talking about the constitution and-such worn out themes, he to te trusted for a moment. A Union man must have an abundance of faith—faith in the saving grace of our oxatted President—faith that ho will yot prove the political Mosos to lead our armies across the “Rappabanvock—faith that under his londership, could be. be induced vo take the fled, tho mighty_hosts of Rebeldom would flee from Marye’s Hill and down thom- soives, like ‘; od”? 8 , in the adjxcent stream. How is recruiting now in Wost fen mer ouly a fow lnanitacg aie A You were 89 amply protected few, | bolieve, in Memphis. within the lines that you quite forgot, I fear, tho sorrows of those who had not yet had an opportunity of groeting the flig which brings such certain security to loyal men, women br cbiidren oR {nevitade protection to bro: perty, including suoh trifling articles ag pegrocs an: parte bales. y tp Hi Fone, “hive the Hie to those who intimate that Tennessecans will not go into the julf States to fight for their brethren of African deaccnt. "@, thost o* our citizens have sons, daughters, sisters, ut Very fathers or ‘there; but ‘they ought never to have settled so far . Besides, when you. have secured to our African fellow citizens South of ug, you may ue honor of taking part im carrying the same boon to a similar class in Tenuossce and Kentucky. Idoubt not our noble Presidont will, in due time, guitable means to ascertain the will of the Lord in behalf. Indeed, it seems to hive been made known already te some of the lessor liguts. Last week a grand convention of the loyal women of America t not | 205° es part Keubecky, Tynene, bel ge and at Vicksburg, in the very heart . pw can the rebellion exist when thus circumstrisoatin | tion ty all this, Adjutant General Thoms, zr Maryland,” and who, last ‘TA was charged by the malignant tongue of slander with being a sec #sionist and & traitor—following where such noble men as Butler, Brady, Dickinson and other old friends of Breckinridge dare to lead—is now in the Southwest organizing the loyal blacks. who, it is under- .00d, are iupationt to be lod against the barbarous hordes of Leo 'd, Northyrn philosophers, women ‘and divines, who regard the African as the best normal ive of the human race, and those who have mastiff quajl before the pertuue uf sue eve the delicate nerves oF tue rouse will be able to withstand a bayonet charge from American soldiers of African descent, if-made when the stato of the thermometer indicates outanvous activity and corresponding perspiration. Tine, however, will soon settle this disputed question: You should further denounce all who complain of the Army of the l’otomac. It has been in no sense a faiture, It has achieved more thap any army in apelent or modern times has agcomplished under similar or equal difficul- tiea. Its bravery is unquestioned. and injustice is done | its goueralg, ‘True, MeClellan, under tho influence of Northern copperhoads, aided by such republican fogies as Thurlow Weed, aud backed by the stupid graduates of West Voint, was fast becoming a favorite with the army and the people, and it was.gravely hinted by some of his bolder adherents that he might be cased by the copper- b- fraternity to.supplant our unrivalled President in 1864. Hesides, General McClellan had commanded the Army of the P< long enough. ‘Rotation im oificc’’ is & sound political axiom. He was, therefore, retired, al- though still a favorite with the brave mea be so long | Commanded. Goneral Burnside’s carcer has been an emi- nently brilliant one, and the same may be said of Geno- ral Mooker, who, I presume, will svon retire upon the Igurols ho has go nobly won. But in all this there is strategy. It is the result of that superior genius and wisdom of our President, who, as | “Commander in-Chief,’” moves inferiors upou the military chessboard with a skill which excites the admiration of | all whoaro truly loyal to the adminitration No harm can result {rom all this, We hive an abandince of lead~ ors ready afd willing at a moment's notice to lead the Army of the Potomac to the rebel capital, We have in reserve Butler, Phelps, Busteed and Lane, to say nothing of Colonel d’Utassy, Whd, like Mahomet’s collin, ts still suspoaded between the heavens aud the earth. I look in Yain among the names attached to yeur lotter for one era recal's a femili yinae do ot how remember that I ever bad 9 bonor of © personal pc- uyighnwoe with anf one ot Fol, Aitho gh in prmor times I kuew many of the leading citizons of Memphis, among whom are not a few who are still ardently in favor of a restoration of tho coustitation, 1 Foxret to find none of them associated with you in the proposed. demonstration. But [ will indulge po om | mes Wherever our armicg bave secured a ferManout jodgment in the South, agai Hilton Head, New Ori % Nowborn, Nuebyjlle poe. M-emphie,the Northern friends Out iidst excolient Presiteat, Nive supplied us abun. dantly with most disiotere:ted mon and women, whose i which cover the surface of the Blue Grass region of that State, the progeny of such world-re- Downed ragers as \Wagnor, Grey Eagle, Boston, Vandal, Gloucoe, Albion, Yorkshire and others, But the majority of Southern horses are either half bred or three-quarters bred stock—the very best adapted for cavalry, combining alike speed, size, endurance and intelligence ina high de | | Gree, The superiority of tho cavalry horses furnished by Southern States im the Mexican war over the Northern ‘was universally remarked, owlug to their grostor spoed and capubility to withstand fatigue and travel. The game superiority is stil! found to prevail. HOW GOVERNMENT HORSES ARE BOUGRT. When war broke out and tho goverpmont fygued notices OF Its roatingss (0 FeoAl"’ Tenders for cavalry and art Weck iag ame hasased ents eter Goa bor baat A the standard contract price. The horsgs ‘irst supplied the goverument at this pricé-which was a fair and equitab’e oue—were of @ much superior quality to any that have sinco been furnished; but from the vory commencement that blighting system of corruptive which seems to throw its upas shade over every department of the administration wes experienced by those whoge business brought thom inw counection with this pecafiar department. Befors the horses could be passed by the official inspoctor at Wueb ington (which originally was the 6o'e autnorized racy of Juspection), It was tacitly understood that a cortain ve centage on the contract price was expected by tht ollicia’. If this was agreed to, thea no diihouity ws experienced fo pagsing the majority of tho lot inspected, if not the whole of them. If any objection was raed by the cov. tractor 60 such a system of black mailing,om the ground that the horses furutsnod wore well worth the price te ma:ded, and only fairly remauorative of tho seller's trouble and labor, he auickly found many 0! his horses rejected and thrown apoa bia hands without any flabie cause. In many cises thia was owing to tho incom peconcy of the official inspector, who was not sailiciontey well qualified for his position, We have heard of 1 stauces whe'e horses have boeu Tojecte! ou the groune of over age which wore actusily two and thros years uo der tho standard, and which wore actual.y sold for more monoy than ths price demandod of governigut. In the North the majority of ths zovo-amont contracie for horses are taken by New York Jeaiers tho sphere whose operations is coutered in that part of the gity ir ‘Twenty-fourth strest berwoen Third and Fourth ave was and which ia known througavar the country as u's Head.” Most of Huase doalers are laagiod together, ave tn putting Ta tuoie Gonteacts WTROTOUgH Gidusstabdias exisisas lo the prico Axed upom. Tho differecs iu this respect, in the touder of prices, whoever goyarameut 1g in tuo mirket for horses, raroly excesds two dollirs a hoad at tho outside, and to whichsver party the contract Joyal tongues are heard in melodious tongs wherever “hold, occnpy and possess"? a on or COutraband s ment in tho Confederate wi:dernoss, Lok at Hiiton Head, whore the teudor mailen and tougher matroa of tho North mingle upon Sfterty téFins with the Palmetto African ladies of South Curoliua A bountiful issue of tracts and citechisms will no doubt soon be followed by an improyed iasue of contrabands—not so white as the re Anglo, not so black as the normal African. Ina low yeara they will ‘Walk in beauty like the uight assembled in the city of Now York. Each delogate had Of cloudless climes and starry ekies, conceived (not a baby) an idea; and, under the inspira And all that’s best of dark and bright tion of the great occasion, they have commanded our mag Meet in their aspect and their eyes. nificent President to aim freedom throsghout all the In North Caroling Charles Heury Foster, ends ofthe earth. doubt not, at the proper time, he | Fsq., originaily from Muine, and a warm’ politic. willso progiaim; and-the twenty 14 troops whicn,| friend of Breckinridge, ls orgaulzed a free labor \his Excelfeucy Governor Andrew Johnsou wis recout association, and Governor Stanly bas gone Vack to Cali thorized.to recruét in Tennessee (you have no, douvt-} fornia in disgtst. Ip Nashvillo we bave a regularly or listed) will soon ready for the good work of giving | ganized abolition society. Its organ “is the same ag that of Practical freedom to our cnsiaved countrymen, | the State and federal government, and tho editor, thaugh male and female, of African descent. nm that time | imported fram abroad, is doing. moro to sustain the comes Memphia will be a lov city. Its walks and } glorious admipistration of Prosideut Linco!n than any na- dee, will be itlumtnat y the faces |. th wn citizen of the State can door is walling to do. and’ brilliatit eyes of the graceful accom. | "This abolitian*weciety and this «bakilion newspaper, sons and daughters. of Lincoln and Liberty, of ough condacted within the fortisications of the city, and Dahomey. True, our State consritution ing, no doudt, very much t induce tue people 0° Midal and laws, like those of [Uinoig and other loyal States, | Tennessee to @ all further » pposition to the wise, gen will not permit free, negroes to come within our stat Fathers age Pas sash Benetal age but from maili- ry necessity, or, a5 6 ol expresses it,**from the ex nec-avtale reiof tho thing,” they will, no doubt, be permitted to remain. ‘The plan recently adopted in South Caroliua of selling there the lands of rebels might be adopted, and thercby Memphis might soon become “a feo ey AB cutee and entered sesihee ao ors 1} Yhug furnish an example o' ‘freedoms and Mutts which 60 mar: mabey Wothoke apin- Biers sthoerely regard a the only means of compromising the present unfortunate distinovions of color. You should by all means passa reslution in favor of Fags sat rebel farms and town lots as are not needed for our colored brethren to our Christian friends of the North whe desire to live Ceo owed colored friends, ticularly to that numerous respoctabie cass who ink that both races will be improved by a cross of the Anglo-Saxon upon the pure Guinea. “When this cruel wur is over? how our Psalm singing brethren from tho Church of the P.ritans would enjoy a Confederate farm upon Big Biack, Red river, the Arkansas or Pontchartrain! When tho rebels arc disarmed how mock and lowly; docile and tent, they will be while beholding our Northora coon es. their mansions, and illustrating the Deauties of eral Hunks’ apprentices system! ith what impunity General Butler would ride. from his plan- tation on Moon lake to his ranche on Deer creek! Thea would bo manifest the absurdity of those copper- oroal who fooli=! waile military bead bIY insist that, power can pul down a Tebellion Al po eradicate {ts eonse |:ences area, is only about one fortieth tof Frauoce, There, ‘We admit, the peasantry believed their religion was en: angered, and history that they de‘eated six or Seven of the beat appoin ee: fn that warlike age, could hurl agninst them. also true that afterwards, when Carnot was made Minister of War, be quicted tho poople by assuring them should be undisturbed in their re'igious faith. mischiovous faultiindors, to give further to their insidie2s: t t, point also to Poland, in which the fires of lion are ever burning. but they forget that the Czar of all tho Rassias is in all respects inforior to our model Presideut, aud is wholly ignorant of the true moans of quieting a disatiected people. It never occurred to the aforesaid Czar that, to squelch a rebellion effectaal- ly. tho cause must be removed. Had he studied the history o” rebellions in this coantry he would have dis covered that w@ always ascertained the cause, the evil, the, sin, whicb gave a pretext te the insurgeuts, For exataple:—During the administration of General Was ingtou & portinn of the people of Peunsyivania got uy robetlion About whiskey. It was crushed out by ‘voer. ciun;”” bat the 108 staieamen of that day detor. mined to etrike at thy ciuse, ‘The result is that th ple of that noble Commonwealth have ever sinc whiskoy and turned their attention to ¢ sntra>y is now known in that State of whiskey; an: Buchanan uted to recite some traiti rye" tothe unior members of bis Cabinet, it is well kn wa that the sight of a bottie of pare Monongahela was as re. eto his nature ap ec water to a mad do subs ly, while ¢ eckson was President, the pon of South Carolina revolted at taxation, because some demagogues calied it high tariff, and asserted that tne monster le money trom tl unconscious pwekets."? The rebellion, however, was ugated” by the mili- tary power of the government, ond the cause—t xation— of course abviished. No texga:herers lave been known since in South Carolina, At a later during the ad- ministration of John Tyler of the firm pproanos avd Jer too,'’ some unwashed democrats in Khode Island insurrection against the sovereignty of populus State. The army and navy of aves, by & hearty cooperation with tho “Joyalists”’ of that day, 6 on overthrew the insurgenia. ‘Their Provisional Governor, Thomas W. Horr c tured, denied the rights of a «‘belligerent,”” the Penitentiary. The democratic party—the causeo—was , ae Gil subsequent elections It a Hg has known within the vast limits of that ai State, The rebeliion in Utah, which cecnrred doring the of the old public functionary, is forg The cause is doubtless fresh in the mind of every aged maiden lady in the loyal States. The republican inatincts of our people would Ot tolerate a monepoly in Heaven's ‘last, best git to man.” General Albert sidney Jobnston waa sent to Utah ‘with instructions to conquer the con i ham. The Mormon war ended glori removed. The cause was Harems are now unknown the Latter Sainte, and Brigham, like some fone tied wie coe, pehene 6 beommieriea ie | Farope protracted and sanguinary civil wars have o'ten resulted from differences of opinion in regari! to the trae mode of construing the Bible, and especially concerning the of the Holy Ghost, They have failed to avolish the one or deny the other. The result is that fow countries in Furope maintain quiet which usually “prevails the Rappahannock, Tt should not be overlooked that our people were very ignorant or they would never have been deceived by the treasonable enemies, North and South, of our noble | res! dent. it was falsely charged that he his party fr did vot desire to suppress the rebellion without first sub verting the rights cf the Stater—fre ing ait the s olev ati to potition! eqnality with the conree, very ixnorant, people being, of }ons and maliqious statements all these false, soa and among the resol there should be ove approved Presiden ef ed to give strength and moral powor to the and women of the South, while atihe same time he bas shown how wickedly false ond ‘ibe'has were the a loga- sof Southern t ore and Nertbern perhovds that tended to use the army ond payy fo abolith slavery, The Union mep of the South will ever gratetaliy en the name and memory of one who by # eorupule: his oietnl and other p'odges, and his manly adbar w the Chicago platform, has vindicated the trath of all the pledges which from time to time we made in his benalr And the traitors and copperheads who thus falsely charged ‘our great and good Tresideut with designing to subvert tho imekitutions of the Scuthera States mast heaeocorih hide their faces in shame, ‘You shouid by no means fan co adopt with wild acoia- maton, mingled with a few ‘Bally Halleiajahs,"' a reso. tory of thone who eriiicise our impatience at the tardy move. South Carolina and Inia, the rebels ‘aid and comfort,’ ‘not eg * ac beornt of nevertheless what Mr. as trcasoa”"—a erime which our poble and yah een aloue ean . It is true, they cite the example of Vendee; which, in | ‘tod a¥mies which the French re- | asaaolis upon our worthy | tle and consticutional rule of our distia guished Chick Ma gistrate. z In Memphis the bar vest is a tempting ono. With cotton at a dollar per pound and likely conteab “lylug about Jooso,”” our'enterprising Northern friends, who love the ‘Union and wish it preserved undor the guurantecs of the constitution, may m.k@ “a goud thing of It.” Already I hoar of several who have farms in K :psas, iowa, Illinois, Indiana and other ‘loyal’ States, which are now wel: tilled by negroes who once belonged to ths Union wen of the South, Facts tike these will tend greatly t+ the restoration of and harmony, and materially aid in removing the prajudice which ‘the pooplo of the insurcectionary States hayo entecjuined against their Northera kindred. ‘They now know that the war is not Lo be so c nducted aa to deprive them unnecessarily of any portion of thor pro# perty: and they now hive positive proof that Southern socessioulsts and Northern copperheads, who charged that the war was to be finally waged against the South asa Rection, instead of the rebels and their alllos, were guilty of falsohcod, Furthermore, there is a large party at the North who havo persiatently refused to regerd the Afri can as tho best representative of the bh face. This influx of negroes willdo much to change their opinions, ani by the sane metus Southern manners and customs will become gradually introduced north of the Ohio and Potomac, rendering our people more homogeneous than {a formor times. Thus we will again become a nvited and loving people. The lion and the lamb—the contractor and the oontraband—will I'e down to, , and thoa the mil- Jennium will have come. Exeuse th» haste wi write, and Ee ey r i highes! ‘ory respectfully, your o t servant, a 1 ie FM. ETHERIDGE. To J. M.Tommyy, G. D. Jouxsox and others, Meinphis, Tenn. OUR ARMY HORSES. The Northern dd Souther: Cavalry Compared—Former Superiority of the Lattcr—The Cause—How Government Horses Are Pare! jed—=The Prices Paid— Quality of the Horses—The Inspecting | Contracting Systems—How They Work—Hew the Government ts Plua- dered—The Necessity of Properly Quail- | fled Inspectors, &e. THE UNION @XD REBEL CAVABRY ComraRno, ‘The superior efficiency of the Southern eavatry over the Northogn has ropeniediy asserted, and until very. recently it was almost tinpoost- bie to gainsay the fact. The well mounted light. horsemen of Morgau have swopt lke a hurricane over thy ertile regions of Western Keutueky, plandaciag and destroying the property ef Union loving citizens, and easily evarling every attempt to capture them by their superior activity, Inthe North we have bal repea'e! evidence of the suwne fact in the dashing raid of Stuart and his cayairy into the Stile of Peonsyivanis, and tho futility of the efforts male by our siower aud ‘Worse mounted troops to cut them off while thus engaged in their predatory oxcursion. It ts true that a great change has been effected in this arm of the ser viee, still it is worth while devoting @ portion of our attention to an Investigation of the cause of such inferiority in this important arm of our military service. itis most certainly not in the materia! of our soldiers; for in the qualities of bravery, coolness and the capacity to endure fatigue our Union troops have proved themselves to be fully eyual, # not superior, to their febel opponeuts. We must therefore look @ little fur ther for the source of the former Southera superiority, and we think ft will not be diMenlt to arrive atthe actual cause. i TAR CAUSE. Previous to the breaking out of the present unhappy ig Continuance of profound tranquillity lod us to Daturaily indole» in a fevling of national security and a relaxation of that vigilance which is asserte! to be the inevitable prive of liberty, Wo had totally ignored the old mixim, “Ia time of peace propare for wor.’ One of the eTects of this mistaken policy is now visible; for in consequence of our neglect we find our selves almost cutiroly without that breed of horses which ia best adapted for cavalry purposes. This is tv be atrrivated in @ great moasure to the decline, in the Northern States, of racing asa national pastime, ant, os the necessary cousoquouce, the loss, in our breed of horses, of tho speed, courage and endorance which are the churacteristics of the thoroagibred race—the Dighe-t end most perfect development of the species ‘The affections of ovr people became centered in trotting instead of racing, and the North becwne flooded with a breed of horses that are uttorly valueless ta thne of wor, either for cavalry or artillery, however valumblo the. may b» for the pursults of peace. Such a class ef bor can never bo git to face thy flery frout of cxnnon charge tho serried ranks of glietening bayonets. “Itjooi | witt tel’ and they Would Feeol! and ran away in such circumstances where the stock of the thoroughbred would stand firma, amd, Hike the rider, defy the whistling storm of gleath, Recently some isolated attempts have been made to remedy the evil by the importation of some of the bost blood of Groat Britain into the Northern States, But aut ficient time has not yot elapsed for any effects of such em terpriseto be perceptible, Even now the number of such | thoroughbred sires in tho North does not exesed a dozen, | while tm the South thay bave boon sown broadeast for the | past centary. There racing bas long been an institution | flourishing and prosperous, and the effect ts seen in their waweiry being so much better mounted. « Wherever the is awarded the otaers share in it proportiouably. If the contract is for two thousind horses it will be divided inte four or five parts, each desie~ furnishing four or five hun dred horges, as the case may be. This modo of “cooking the contracts"? makes things pleasanito the parties inte Tested, and doos away with one of tho evils of compet! tion—tho roduction of prices, ‘Tho deslors have uiréady experienced the effects of opposition In this respect At tho commencemont of the war the government contract price wis $150. Tt is now reduced to $125. As this reduction curlails the cout-actor’s profits, wh> nas now to pay an advanced prico for his horses in cove» quence of their scarcity—the natural result of the vastly ta- creased demand—he'is c mpetied, in self-defence, to adopt course of prooguding whioh shall bring up his profits te tho previous standard. “ Heving obtained his‘eontesct, the desler tance com moness operations by dospatching his agents (wh are necossarily good judges of heraes, both aa to theic physical condition and'formation, and their mon-tary wo-thy over the country, with plenty of funds, to bay all and every. thing im the shave of horseflesh their judgmont approves. Sometimes the contractor traycls himself. Some travel through the intertor parts of Pounsylvamia, others Ubio, and dthers again scotr tho horseprecding regions of Michigan. Tho prices they give vary according we the quality of the animal—running as low us $40, but averaging from $75 to $90, All kinds of horses, with the excoption of really good ones, are to ‘be seen in one of those lots when they arrive in New York, and are taken to tho contractor's stab.os at Bull's Head. The country has been scoired for horses, the agents thinking that anything on foar legs, as long as it bas no palpable blemish or fault, will do for government. ‘Stage and raiiroad car horses, draught horses too much worn out for farm work, cart horses, the veriest screws and woods, are here represented. A person wishing te see the clase of horses palmel upon tho government, for mounting our cavalry, should visit Ball’s Head aud wale through the stables thero in which they are temporarily located. The standard height fixed by government for cavalry and artillery horscs is fifteen and a half hands; _ for ambulange horses, sixteen bands; standard age, from five to eight yours Frequentiy « promising, likely horse is brought in‘among the lot; but such aoue is com- sidered ‘tov good for goveroment” by the contractor, and he is set aside to be sold, in most cases, for more than the government price. Many horses, whose mise rable appearance ts too palpably glaring to pass oven @ cursory inspection, are kepta while in the contractor's stabies until thoy get into a sufficiently presentadie com dition for pasaing the ordeal, ‘Tis INSPECTING SYSTEM. Formerly ail borses dostiaod for the service were obiiged to Le taken to tho head juarters at Wasbingtoa for the official inspection. Now, howewér, the ovate.ctora have induced government, and justly 80, too, to establish @ bureau of fuspection imthis city. As goon asa tot of horees arrive at the contractors’ stables the official ts notitied of the fact, Entering the premises, the doors are immodintely closed, and the public rigidly oxeluded from witnessing how the process of imspection is managed. It is by no means a protracted one—a hurried, cursory ex- mination of each horse, and the immediae | rinding of the jotters U.S. on hie near shoulder with a hot teow fob lows, if the animal is approved of. The beltef thavan un- derstood arrangement exists between the coutractor aud inspector as to the passing of the horses shown seems to prevail universally among dle denizens of the loculity of Bull's Hew. We, however, are not proparod to exdorse the truth of such an impression, That the contractors have realize! and are realizing immense fortanos by their operations cannot be denied. That aunbers of the hwsee passed by the inspertor quickly turn out utterly axe.css, unsound and vataciess, experience has proved. That go vorument have been obliged to pay the rogulur price for stich animals fs also trae. We have heard that many of our Jewling contractors are by no muacs essay in their boots, fearing a thoroa.h govern ;ental investigation joto the entire systein under which thay have growu wo slthy. As soon ag the horaes have received the brand of “Un- cle Sam” they aro rogarde as lus distivot property, and, if not immed.ately despatched off, remain in the st: Dies of the contractor at the government ex»euse. The usual rate, we are informed, is sixty-five cons @ hend per day, and it sometimes happens that at thie figure they cocastonally remain long emough to ‘cat their houds off.’ Instances are alleged to be pieutiful as Dinew- berries where horses that have onoe passed the ordea? have subsequeatly been weede! out, repurchased by the same contractor or his colleigues, aud resold agaia to government and again passed. Tho omevaling of the original brand, ft is atieged, c1a now be eTuctel by caus ing the growth of the hair again on the pee where the Branding is not suMowntly deey to destroy the reprotue tive powers of the epidermis of the horse, Wo give these statements for what they are worth, leaving to others the task of estimating their truth THE QUALIFICATIONS OP INSPECTORS, ‘Ty be properly quailed to discharge the onerous aad responsible datios of government inspector of army ho ses, the possession of a thorough knowledge of the p! | structure of the horse, his taternal ecouomy,ané power to detect any external @lomish of malormation, would, we should naturally judge. be as indispensable ap honesty and tutegrity 6° character, Government, hw ever, does not seo the necessity of the possession of gua knowledge on the part ef the inspector. Instod of ap- pointing a clover, honest, woll qualified veterinary sur- gen to the post, political filaaoce is allowed to step tm aml maxe the award. ‘That man appointed insugh « mauner ean ve expected to detwct thove hidden ama minu'® systems of disease, bicmishes of malformation te which horsefiesh # helr, cannet be supponet, Nie wonder, theo, that the pub.c raomey is recklessly squam~ dere’ away by mniilions in conseqnence ef tho dishonesty find incapacity of those who have the sarvollianos of this partioular department. Contractors grow fat and woul thy under the system wo have doseribed; but a day of reckoning will surely come, however tndelluitely pro~ tracted it may ®t present appear ‘Wo will now trace tho career of the horses which hare been certified by the proper official to be qdaliiet te every respect to onter the cavairy ranks of the Yaiied, ‘gates army. No atiompt is made to ascorla 3