Mr. Couturie would have done, assuredly, with an earnestness at least equal, before the very lamentable occurrence of the 10th of May, what he did a few days afterward of his own motion. These preliminary facts being thus set forth in relief, there necessarily flows therefrom the conclusion that Mr. Couturie has not incurred the slightest blame of having exaggerated to himself the privileges and immunities of the Netherlandish consul and consulate. And if any mention has not hitherto been made of the absence of previous demand for information on the part of General Butler concerning the articles deposited in the consulate, it is because a report is naturally only a narrative of facts which have actually taken place. Negative facts cannot find a place in it sometimes, except by way of explanation, elucidation, or justification. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., August 30, 1862-11.30 a. m. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON : I find here a want of system and a want of supplies; no tents for the troops. As soon as practicable I will systematize matters and bring order out of chaos. W. SCOTT KETCHUM, Brigadier-General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., August 30, 1862. His Excellency Governor MORTON, Indianapolis, Ind.: In reply to your telegram of yesterday the Secretary of War directs me to say that the Department has no interest nor inclination to dispute with State authorities concerning their respective quotas, and that having furnished the best information in its power in relation to the fair proportion, it remains with the Governor of each State to furnish the troops at his pleasure. That, however distasteful a draft may be in Indiana, it is a mode of defending the Government authorized by law, required for the national safety, and strongly urged by Governors and citizens of many States, and is not an arbitrary exaction of the Department. He therefore leaves the matter to your patriotism and discretion. C. P. BUCKINGHAM, Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862. His Excellency Governor KIRKWOOD, Davenport, Iowa: If your quota of 600,000 men, viz, 21,140, is filled by volunteers, enlisted between July 2 and September 1, there will be no draft unlessS ordered hereafter. The order for a draft to fill old regiments has not yet been issued, but only a notice of such draft. C. P. BUCKINGHAM, Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General. Major-General WRIGHT, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862. Cincinnati, Ohio: You are mistaken in regard to the usage of issuing ordnance stores. But upon your representation that the service requires such issues in Kentucky your order to Captain Edson need not be countermanded, and he will be instructed to make issues upon the requisition of the State authority in accordance with that order. The twelve-months' recruits in Kentucky will be allowed the $25 bounty and advance pay, and instructions will be given the disbursing officer accordingly. Yielding to the peculiar exigency in your State, I shall also authorize ordnance stores to be issued on requisition of State authorities by Captain Edson, but request that care be taken to avoid double issues, and also to see that the arms issued are properly disposed of. The disposition of the Department is to afford you every possible aid. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862. His Excellency Governor ROBINSON, Frankfort, Ky.: Your quota of drafted men cannot be fixed until we know the number of volunteers you have furnished since July 1. Please state how many you have and will probably have by the 15th of September. By order of the Secretary of War: C. P. BUCKINGHAM, Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., August 30, 1862. His Excellency A. W. BRADFORD, Annapolis, Md.: SIR: In reply to your letter of 28th instant* I am directed to say that no order has yet been issued for a draft to fill the old regiments, but only a notice of such draft. It may be ordered after the draft now ordered is made. The peculiar situation of your State is appreciated by the Secretary, and in view of it he has directed me to say that the draft of militia ordered for September 3 will be but 6,000 men * Omitted. for Maryland. Should a draft be ordered to fill the old regiments your remark will receive due consideration. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. P. BUCKINGHAM, Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General. Mayor OPDYKE, New York: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862. General Pope fought a great battle yesterday with the combined rebel forces at Centerville on the field of the battle last year. The enemy were driven at all points and large number of prisoners captured. He renewed the battle this morning and the fight is still going on. The loss in killed and wounded is very heavy. Volunteer surgeons will be much needed. Please forward all you can, directing them to report to the Surgeon-General. EDWIN M. STANTON, (Same to Governor Andrew, Boston.) MANSFIELD, OHIO, August 30, 1862. General C. P. BUCKINGHAM: By postponing the draft until the 15th of September I think I can fill our regiments in the field, and thus furnish Ohio's quota without resorting to draft. Shall I do so? DAVID TOD, Governor. PHILADELPHIA, August 30, 1862-8.50 p. m. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON: General C. P. BUCKINGHAM: L. THOMAS, HARRISBURG, August 30, 1862. We have had applications for authority to raise cavalry, but, there being no requisition from the War Department, have declined receiving companies. I think we can safely undertake to raise three regiments within the time indicated by your dispatch. A. G. CURTIN. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862. His Excellency Governor CURTIN, Harrisburg, Pa.: You are authorized to raise three regiments of cavalry within twenty days. Advance pay and bounty will be paid as heretofore. This Department has no desire to make rigid exactions from the States, nor to dispute with State authorities about the number to be drafted. It furnishes the best information in its power, and leaves the rest to the patriotism and discretion of the Governors. No doubt is entertained of your desire to bring your State up to the full measure of her duty in defending the Government, and your proceedings, therefore, in accordance with your published notices to the people will be sanctioned by this Department. By order of the Secretary of War: C. P. BUCKINGHAM, Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General. General C. P. BUCKINGHAM: MADISON, WIS., August 30, 1862. (Received 9.30 p. m.) Your reply entirely satisfactory. We shall do our whole duty to Government. I notice that volunteering for new regiments is still going on in New York and elsewhere. In reply to repeated dispatches I have been told that volunteering for new regiments must cease on the 22d, and for old regiments September 1. I have stated that we cannot get ready to draft for a fortnight and more, and have begged to be allowed to keep on receiving volunteers for old regiments till we get ready to draft. Why cannot this be done, and is it not better for Government? E. SALOMON. MADISON, WIS., August 30, 1862-4.40 p. m. Hon. E. M. STANTON: E. SALOMON, Governor. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., August 31, 1862—2 p. m. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON: Colonel Morrison has no money to pay either premium or bounty, and Lieutenant Hill has only $4,000 to pay premium and $5,000 to pay bounty. Notes of $1 and $2 required to pay premium. Eight regiments ordered to be paid with funds found here. Money required at once. W. S. KETCHUM, Acting Inspector-General. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 31, 1862-3 p. m. Hon. C. P. BUCKINGHAM: In your telegram of August 5 you state that the whole number of troops sent by the several States will be estimated and apportioned, and any surplus furnished by a State above its proportion will be credited to the draft. It does not appear from any information which has reached me that this has been done, so far as Indiana is concerned. In your telegram of August 9 you fix our quota of 300,000 militia at 21,250, and in telegram of August 10 you state that the quota under call of July 2 will be the same, making 42,500 altogether, and that the militia quota is without reference to the force already sent into the field. În a subsequent telegram to the adjutant-general of Indiana the quota to fill up old regiments was stated to be 22,200, which, if not filled up by volunteers by September 1, the Secretary of War, in his order of August 14, says shall be filled by special draft yet to be ordered. My application for information, August 29, was not designed to controvert any decision made in your Department, and ought not to be so construed. I desired information that would enable me to know our just proportion under the draft, and only alluded to the distaste to Indiana to drafting, which I presume exists everywhere, to show my reason for asking that information. What I claimed was that in determining our quota we should be credited with the surplus volunteers furnished above our proportion, which you stated in your telegram of August 5 should be done. In subsequent telegrams I understood you to say it will not be done. The draft system is intended to operate equally among the States, so that each may furnish its relative proportion. If under any call Indiana has furnished more than her proportion, should she not be credited with the excess? This is all I ask. We not only desire, but will insist on furnishing our full quota, and ask no exemption from the common burden. Our draft will be made on September 15. O. P. MORTON, Governor of Indiana. ALBANY, August 31, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON: The One hundred and twenty-second Regiment left Syracuse for Washington, via Albany, at 10 a. m. to-day. We hope to give you at least ten additional regiments this week. THOS. HILLHOUSE. |