Official Report Of Secretary Stanton

■Var Department, Nov. 29. Sir: That portion of 'he United States which is now, or lias been during the last year, the scène uf military operatwns, s comprised within ten military departtnents. The annies operating in tícese depnrlrnents according to recent officia! returns, constituía a furce of neven hunlred snd sevenly-five thousand three hundied ail thirty-six officers and privates, fiilly snnad and equipped Since t1i date of the ro turna fhj nu rotar has heen ncreaed to over eiglit liuadrpd thouRei.d uien. When the qiintas are fílled up the force wil] Dumlier a niillion of men, apd the estimates fbr uext year are hased upun that mimber. If thu campaigns of the armies in these departnifinl9 have not eqnalled in thcir resulls the expectatiooï of ihe Government and the public hope, siill thev huye nol been unproductive of good resulls The valor of'nur Uoops bas been flispluye'l upon many occasinns. and the i-kill and gallmitiy of theij ofjicwrs (ave been digtinuuishud at Yorktown, Wjlliamfhurg, Fair Onks, Gaines' Mili, Malvern Hill, Cross Key!, Cedar Mountnip, Chantilly, snd otiier places pnnrnGrated in the reports herewith fiuhmitled. The invading army which reeently threatened the capital and the borders uf Mnryland and Pennsvlyania, tjaa been driven back beyoncl the Rappahannock j Norfolk, captired by MajorGeneral Wnql, is inour possiiísion ; Snffulk and Yorktown are held; a strong a'-rny corps, under its vigilant and efficiënt cnmmandfr, Mjor General Dix, at Fortress Monrne, thrftatens and barras8es the enemy ; and, wiiat is es necially giatifving, i! has been proved thal the loallv of the State of Maryland can not be shaken, even by the presence of & robel army. THE WAR AT TflK WEST. Tlie official rep'Tis ï'eceived at tbis do parlme)t show thal tlm military operati ms ia the West duiiüij the past year bave been both active and succe-sfui. The beginning of last winter found the rebelarmies nf P rice and McOulloch in the pisession of all the northwefierh por tion of Missouri, wbüe many of tl;a coun ties nortli of the Missouri river were in a state1 of insurrectinn. Our forcea werp concentrateti at Rolla and Sedalia. As soon as the rebels could be driven from the norlhern eountios, sml onr annies reorgaiuZ'.-d, active operations were commenced, notwiffis'sndiiig' ttis i'iclemency of the senson and the bad eondition of the roads. On the 18th of December a considernble namber of the enemy were cut 'ff and capiured, while on thnr way to join Price on the Osage river. Tha forcea at Rolla, under Gen. Curlis, moved toward Spnngfield, wliiob compelled Price to f l liack into Aiansas, where lio wasj'ined bv Van Dorn. A severa batt! was lou;lit at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the Glh, 7tli and 8,th of March, l'elween the eomhinnd armies of the netny and General Curtis's force, in whjeh the lalter gained a coinpinte and decisiva viciory The gunboais, under Flag Officer Foote, and the tronps at Cairo, under Gen. Grant, moved up the Tennessee river for the reduclion of Porte Henry and Donelson. Whjle Q-rant'a Iroops were marcliing lo surround the former place, it was attacked by the guuboat and redncad on the Sih of February, aftcr a sboTl but nevare engagHinent. Gen. Grrant then marohed acruss tha península and attacked Fort üor.elson. Afierseyeral d,aj"s' hard fighting that plaee also capilulated 'n the lQtb, witli Is armament and earrisonexcept a small force wbich crossed the Oumberland in the night and eflfected their escape. This victory causud le irnmediste evacúa tion of Bowling Greep and Nashville, and soon after of Olutnbus and the grenter prt of Middle Tennesaee While Grant and B.t)ell wera concentrating their armies on the 'IV nnesss river near the head of nAvigmion and rreat lines of railnid communication, General Pope inovad dowp he wust bank of the Mississippi, captured Êfew Madrid, and crossing the river below the enemy's batterieg on and pear Islxnd No. 10, cumpflled the uarrison to capitulftte on the 7th and 3t I) of April. Genera! Grant had crossed the Tennessee an-l laken pogsession of Pilts burg Lnndiug, k antjcipation of ihe arrival of Biiell. The enemy advanced from Corinth.and attacked Grant on the mnriwnp of the 6th of April. ■ j gevere battle ensued, whicb conliimed (ill dark, ihe left of our ]inlieing diiven l)iick nearly to the nver. A portion of Buell's foroes an-ived ie the fifternoon and durinjr the niiht, and the Isatileiyns resumed at davlight oo the in'iniingof the 7;li. The Ptiemy were (!rvc-n back at everv point, and in the afternoon fled from the field, lenvinor their ditad and many of their wonnded in our hands. Finding tliHt the armies of Price unI Van Dorn had been wjthdrawn fiotii Ar kangas to Corintb, and II the Rvailable troops of the -eneiny at the, soiuliwet eoiicentraled at that place, orders were sent for General Pope and a part of Gen. Curtjs'u troops lo rinforce ourariïiy on the Tennessi'e TIib lalter had long and Hiffioult marches to in-ike, and did nbt reach iheir detttioation till the latter part of Muy. As the enemy's position at Oorinih was stronsly fottified and yery ditlj cult ofattack at that season of the year, od HCcouni of the deep marshes bv wliicli it was stirrounded, General Halleck, wliile awailMg the anival of reinforcemetits from Miourj, approsched t)in front by meaas of trencliPS, sik) innveable f'oreeE were sent nut to ctil tlie Railnndf on the fianks. By the 29t.li of May, tliree of the four RmIruada rqqnjng f rom Coriiitli had been destroyed, and lieavy b tterips entaliisliH wiihin breaching liatai'ce of the er.etny'p works, ready to open fire the next morn ing. Tlie eneiny erncunted the p'ace in the night, rtestroying; the liriilg.es fitul breakiug uplhe roac) n bis rear. Ae ail tlie Ftrrams wero bortlpred by deep and iinpfi8S!lle rna'shes, th encmy ènoid cot bis pursued without rebu'lding the bridge and re opening tljc roifds. The corps of Buell and Pope followed theenemy about fifty niiles into the pwanips of Misaisfjppi, capturing a considaiable number ofstragglers nd dusÈrtere, when the want of siippliescompelled them tolisconlim)e the pursuit. The rfiduction of Corinth eansed the imxodiate (üracuation of Forts Pillow and aandoljih and the eity of Meniphis. Tlie flotilla hdcI ram fieet attacked and destroved tlie .ecamy's gunboats, opening the Mississippi riier to Vickslnirg. lleMnwiiila General CurtiR, wilh the remainiler of his anny, marclied thro'jgh the nor'h-east part of Arkanens, ai.d, sf'f!' several successful engaoinents, teached Helena, wbere he establisbed a derot o fippües fot Ti'.uro opwatiom Gen. Buell, had during ihe autumn of 1861, cnllected a larg fnrcs frt Louiaville' a' d n other parís of Kenlucky. Whil his main anny advancel'towarda Bowling Greii, Gen. Thonias's command was pushed furward to tho upper Cumberland. Ou the lst cf Jaruary he encountered the torens of Z'illieoffer, and nfter a severe battle at Mili Springs, defeated and uliorly routed theii'. On the evaeu.stion of B wling Green and Nashville, Gen. Enlla army purrued the enemy to Mürfreesboro'' s-nd Cohirnbia, Rad from the latter placo he m tin !ody was tnurchtd lo Savannah and Pitisburgli Lan-.ling. The great maes of the pnemy'a forces in tlie Southwest heing at thÍ9 time concentraled in the vicinity of Coriulli, the división Milchell advanced to Decatur, in AUhama, and afturwardsoccnpied cnost of the country in the direction of Chaltanooga. The column of Ger. G. W. Morgiin, after several enagements ith the euerny in the vieinity of.Curiiberland Qnp, took peseMKB of tliat important plnee. The later operaiions in the West ara dcsciibec! in the report of the General' inChipf. Foiir military departmenta are now organized in tlie teriitory where thesooper ations were carried on, viz : the deprtinenlsof the Oliio, of the Mississippi, of the Tennessee, and of the Cuml'eiland, and their present ïnüitary condition will heofter tie noticud. KORTIl CAR'OLHTA. In the Department of North Carolina the successful expedilion of Mnjor-General Biirnside, by the occupaiion of RoannktIsland, Newb"rn, and the ref'uciion of Fort Macón, struck h heavy blow, ai;d unier a Militarv Governor - the Ho.i. Edward Stanlt-y - the prot-ction of the laws has beun extended to the lojal inhab itacts of ïhat state, Bnd facilïty aflbrded' for organizing a civil governraent a d casting off the rebel yoke. THE DEPARTMENT OF Ti?E SOTH. ín tlie DepMitment of tlie Snqth active :peiatioii8 have been fora ümestnpended by the presence of yellow fevcr, and by Ibfl death of Ma}r Generei Mitcliell, the ategallantcomtimnderqf thai department. A premature atuck upon Charleston Rga'ost the orders of ibethen eommandini; general, resulted in tbe failurethat was apprehended bv him. ïlie capture of Fort Pulaski, by Major-General {fnter, hnseffectually elo9ed the pqü, of Savannah mik! the govimineut seüurely holds Hilton Head and Beaufort. The enerny was torced to abandon the siego of Fort Piek ens, and orher portions of Florida are in our occupalion. A recent eipeditiop alono; the coast was attended vpith suecefs, detailed io tbe repoat of' the QeqeralinChief. TIJK pEPARTMENT OF THE QÜLF. In the Department of the Gulf the operations of Major General Butler have been distinguislied by great eneruv and abiliry. The occupatiun of New Orle--ma and the control of the mouth of the Mis iiippi havo been amonnr the cnoBtbriltiai)t and importP.nt resijltij of th& war. The period is believe.d to be r)rt far distanl when all tho rebel torces will be driven 'roin the banks of the Mississippi, and the nayigatioq of that river rendered secure. THE DEPARTMBNT OP UISSOURJ. The recent operations in the Depart tienl of Missouri are detailed in the report of the General in-Chief. The State of Missouri is believed to be secure airaiiist UIT aggressions by the enerny ; and in the State of ArkansaB the dRpi-iion of (ha. rebel forces vyill enable thp Military Gov ernor of that State to tane proper measures 'or tlie restoration of the civil milhoriiy ol the Utiiteü States wi.bin its borders. DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHA'KST. The Department of tlia Noriljwesl, embracing the States of iowa, Miunasuta, Wisconsin and ihe Territory of U-ikotn, was organized for the einergency occasion, ed by in Indian oulbreajc, and p'need under the coinmand of Major Gen. John pope. The Indian hostililies have been RiipprePBed, an1 further trouble froin that ouicb is iwt apprehended Sueh force as may bi d teipe I rquisile by the military Hiiüinrilias will lm held in readiness for any sndilen necessity. INDIAN H0STILIT1ES IN MINNBSOTA. Tlie Indian hosiihties in Minntsota, by whoinsoevar ingirgntsd, seems to liave beep accompanied with more tluin ukumI cruel ty nd outragc. Heiiyy loBiesin properiv aie Baid to have been endured by the inhahilantB, an( apphcaüon hw been inicie lo llie Dcparlmeni for conipensation. As it has no funds applicable to ihat purpose, nor anthoiity to asess ihe damage, the subject will requin CongivüiuiiKl action. Tliree hundteJ PBpliireil Indians have been trieJ bv coi)it-inartial, nnd thuir 8en!erice of duatb is uow uñder conüideiiuioo. KIW MSXICOThe rebels, midei" Siblwy, ware dijven from the departtnent of evr Meiico by Gen. (Janby, and tlie force in tliat depart ment, now in commxiid of Gen Cari ton, will be abl to protect the iukabitauts of tbat rernote territory. THE PACIFIC. The Department of the Pacific has been . free from anv of tl.e calaniitje9 occat-ioned by the rebt'IIion, bul an ean.Píc and deed syinpathy. bas been mamfested by the Ioj'hI iilisene of tbe Paciüc State' in sup poit of the Union caiue. Volunteers have ome forward toall the ranks of the arnv, and with unparalleled liherality lrre suma of motiey iiave been transtnined by humane and Ipyal citizens of California for the feüef of oiirsick and wounded soldiers. The patriotic loyalty of our biethren on the Pactfie, thiJB humanely exhibited, f vinces tlitiir estimiue et the vnlue of the Uniin, and tlieir willingnesa tu sbae the buiden of maintainin;; t IVom. sea to.sea. THB ESCAPE OF BRAGG's ARMY. In Ilie DepHrtinent of the Olüo the infWf)Q ot ïCeiiuic'ky.liy General Bragg. the terrible Wutie of Perrysyüle, and lbo escape nofe Biagg'f ar cay, were esTts thaf. pressed heifvily upon the governmeni and moved d.eply tlie heBrts of the people, espeeially in tlie westfcin mes. ïhese event? are abnut ïo undergo investjgation, nd when th canees to which they ara attributable are jiidicially ascertaintd, they will be laiil before you for your action. Eecent events prove that whatever hold the spirit of re bellion may once bave had in Kentijolty, it i? :ioy to be reckoced as a state loyal and steadfaBt to the Union. DBPABTMENT OF THE TESÍNESSEK. The Department of the TennHsaee is now under commund of Miijor General firant. The principal nperationg in tht Department have alreauy beenalhided to. and are detailed ín the report of the General in Chief. Their importance csn; dol be o1 e; tisotteij, Ihe ";uja!?2 oí Mü:ii.!is - un m to New Orieana the principal marton the Missitippi - aul (b$ is and vigorou mensures of Mjor-Gen. Shermaii, commanJingÜiere, hsveopaoed a laarkut for colioii Mid utbtr Bouthen product. Uio beneficia! -flectsuf which re Hhea'l) fdt ie ihe revjiicg cetntnerce ef theeounl.-y. j PEPARTUEN'T OF THE ÏCMPSRIAXD. The Dvputmentof tlie CurtrW, embrneing tbat poiii.-u of tli8 State f Temiessee ea t of lh Temiessee river.snd tlie Cnmberlaud Gap, was placed, upo tbe removal of General Buell, in commnuU of Mnj.r-Qeneral Róscenos. Having a well diacipliued rikI gallant army undpr bis coinmand, a proper Jegree of düigecw a rul activity Cnnuot fail to exercise an importas) influencia upon the speidy termjnatiou of ihe war. A OENERAL 9ÜRVET. F.-om a survey of tlie whole field p.f operations, it is pparent that whniev'r disasters our arma mav have suff-ied t particular points, a greut adv;1nce l:s tioyefvheiuas lieen madafince thecommencameLt of ihe wHr. When it begun, the er.omy wete u pospésoion of ïfoifolk, and everv r.ort of the Southern eosst. They held tlie Missiasippi, trom Cairo to Nev Oilesns. Now, me Mockaded porta o Clmiiestnn aud Mobile only reiiiftiy (q th e in on tlie sealmsrdj and New 0iVau4 anj ijeniphis havo been wrestpd from them Their' possiHt-ion of Viclteburg ohstruota the Missi-sippi, but it is tothem of no cominerci! use Their itronghoHi on the 'I'ennesses and Cumberlatid riïei hftva heen captuie-t General Andrew J.ilmson.aa Military Governor of Tenuessea holrf Nashvillp. The enemy htve been doven from Kentuckv, West T.-nnessee, Missouri, part of Aikin?a.s; aie fleein befora Giant in Miwiwippi, gnd all their hopes of Maiyland are cut off. ín commercial, political, and stpileoic.u upinM of view, more succeas lin atti-ndíd the Union cause than was ever witnessed upon eo large a thuaire, in the same brief period, aainst so formidable an enemy.. The Union frea are now in 'the field, under able commanders, stronger than ever, resolute and enger to ba led against t e enemv, mi to trush ihe rebellion by n vigor.iMs winter oampaign. The armio of the Putomac nnvl of the West stand ready to vie widi each otter in quickest and lieaviest blows against the enetjjjr, Tauglil by exnorience the ruin of naction and the hftgard of delay.a pirit of earnest acMivity seerns to prvade the forcesof tha United Staies beumd what ha hithertp been exhibited. In the numerous battle and cngigcments Ihat have occuned, our nrinies in general display the courage and delenninalion ihatshcul I inspira offiesrs and soldiere fighting in defence of their ■ governraem. Many gallanl lives have, ben lost, and many brave and distineuished officers have fallen. For the ciead deep sorrow js fait by the oveniment and people of the United States. A detailed report of those who have fallen in bsttle, or have dmtinguishfd tfjamseive in tha field, will be presented to you as soon ai all neceaaary official reporta can be oblained. Soiiie promotions in reward of ijallant service have already been made from the ranks. and to high command; otheis hav lepn deiayed for want of the reports of subordínate commanders, in order that promotion may be ffovetn'd, not by partiality orprejudice, bqt upon due consiiieration of relative merit. By a resolutioa of Congres, pwwd u the last session, the President was authorised to distribute two thausand tned As to private soldiera of distinguished merit. From different specimens a selection has been made, and the medula are to be ready in January for diktribution. The reports of tha Adjufant Gensral, Qnartermaster General, Uurpnnssnrv ■ ehil, Chiefof Oidnance, Ohief óf Engineer, CbiefofTopogrspbical Enineers. rayuiasler Ueneral and Sunjeon-General, he-ewtu 8i(bmtíed, sliow the operation of tlie respective Bureaus of ibis Dep.iftmeul durinir the pust year. Some of iliem contain detajls anrl information whicli for obvinua reasons, nught not to lip placed by publicntiun at present williiq lliu reach of the eneiny. Whatever details relating to the public security containod in üieae reporta, re nm bereia stated, whioh may be req'iired for the nformstjop of Gonsjress or Conwressional Cpintniltee8, will be funiisbed utider voqf djrecUon. " KNLISTMENTS AND ORAFTING. T.lie A(ljutantGenerarsoffice8charged, Rinong othi-r important duties, with the business relatinir to eiilistmenls, recruiting and drafting r)iita. Uudej your calla f Julv and August there aria airead y íq in the field over four Imndied ami twènty. thoijsatid nty truops, of whicli thren hundred and ninetv nine thousand (399,000) are voluniecr, three Imndred and thirlytwo thousaml )332.00n) of wlmm havo Vdlunteered fif three yems or durirgtho war. It will be remeinii.ered that the cali was made at one of those peu'ods qf despondency which occur in everv nationaUtriiiols. A chíef liqpe of those wbo set the reheili 'n on foot was tm aid and comfori froiu disloyw] syrniiathizen in the Northein S(atg, whoae eff.irts were relied upon to distriict the people of (ho North, and pievent them l'roni piuiing ibrth their whole. streneth to preserve the nalionai existe.nce. ïhe cali for vnlunteers uní) v draft of the militia afiorded an occasion for d i s I i v 1 peisons to aocmnplisb, their evil pur poses hy diftcouraying enhVtinents. ai d tjncDuiMgiug opp'witjun Ui tt)a war and the draft ol eoidieia to curry t on. ARRESTS" Anxiety was feit in gome States at the probable suecess of these disloval practicas, and Üie Government was urged to adopt measnres of proteclion lv lemporary restraint of those engaged n thene liostile acts, To that end provost marshals vere appointeil jn some of the State?, upön the nominition of their Governoia, to act under thu liirection of-the Slt Execim've, and the writ of habeas corpus was suspended lv your order. Bv Qida of ihe deparlment, arre9t8 were loihidden unless authorized by the State Executive or bv tha Jiidga Advocate. utpte nstapcea of umtutliorized airesls hava occurred, and when biought to the notice et the department. the parlies have been iinme liately dischai'ged. By a recent order, all persons arrested for disconiHginor enliptments, ot for disloyal pixctices, in States wliere the quotas of voluntuersand mililia were filled up, have beon releajed,. (Jthar persons arrested by military com mandéis and sent from departrnents wheie presence was deemd dangerous to the public safety, haye been diacharged apon parole, to be of jjood behñvionr, and do no act of hotility asrainstthegovemmentof the United Sti;te3, Wliile military ntrests of dialoval persons form the auljeot ofcomplaint in some States; the discharge. of Rucb persons i conjplained of in nther States. It has been the aim of the department to avoid any emoachraents upou indivj. dual rights as far as migh.t ba consisteot witf) public safety and the preservation of the govornineot. But ieácting tnindg will peiceive that no greater enconragar ment can be given to the en3my, no mora dangeious act of h milily can be ]srrH!trated in Uu's war, than eflorts to preveot recniiting and enlistmetHs for the armie, upoa wb"e strength natioaal ex6!anc dpDI Tbs xp?fitk)Di of tb ■ KhiK -r.-. :niil liieir fvin:ail)ser in lor al Sities, ihat i!:'' cil! Por volur.tecM whnld f,(it Ie Rüswevet!, and tlmt lbo draft eoulti i.ot he eiifftced havo frtilcd, nriil iwlhing is It-f; lili tu claiiioi ;i'. ilie mcans liv wbiiHl tlieir liojs'.-s a:i.' finsti ate!, nv.: toulrivoto riisartn Ibe gOTeroineiH in liitur-, f, !n lliü CllUts ü( UHr, Hllillier GCO&iotl for i;c,icatij)g tlie mililarjr (oicg (Wulti Mise. FXrKNDlTL'RKS. Tlie exfieiidiuues for fnlistn onl, riciu: ing, liriliiiiir, and Mibsis'.enee of vo'milt'n-s, reguláis and miliiiii, in i n 1 1 1 s lo tho Ruin oí' tweiUy niillions 8x luimlit-d and amety-two ilioimaiul to 1 tmdrid and t-ig!iu iv.o d.ilhus hdcI oUiety-niae ceius f20;692,282 09). OLVNTEEIUNS. I ti fome -Status lliê wliole qix.ta of voliintceis and militia callrd fot rs en tirely filli'il up ly volmiteeia without (Irnft In oiue Uu; !i..]a njinlii-r f vohn:lc-cis wn laift'il, snd a jm rt ot' tira militia Ollinr S:tes ara deficiënt in lilaiHCenü nud have nol vel milde lliéir drafl, lAjt liiivo ink.-ii Dieaturea lor lliat niiposu. llünoi and Iowa havo fiirnisheil nmre voimileei s tlian iheir quota ander hiili trtti. Tlio jjtnrft! acquiescencj of all the IothI SiatfS in Iho n easurei deeined ne cenfary to ttrengihen the annv ;mil prosacuie tbe war, al every liazard, l' lii;ii íiiccesB, provea tliê fidelity of the pfibpta to tb Government and tl.oir tioii lo uphold i' unilv and maiiitain Is auil.oriiy ovef iVie whole larritoij of iba i Uoileil Stiitsí. Wherever any 6FCÍble op"osiüon lo the lraLi has nppenred, it ' was confined 10 narr.iw limit, nnd tya.s lupprsRsêd lv Lbo aclion of tlie Stale Aulhoriiies, tliraugh llie Provost Maislials, without ihe nterveotion of ny anned furos of ihe Geueral Gove roment. ÏILLINO UP ÏIIE OU) REfitMENTS The advanlHge of filling up the old rpoámentsisshown by niíiny consuleiations. Vjirions pxe'leiita have been adopled lo fcCiiomplish Üiat The official roturnsshow tliHlsinco the cali tbr volunteers forty-nino Uiouiind nino hu'.ulied nd ninety (49,9!)0) reeruka have bf-an added to ihe old regimetits. Hy lbo aid of cohie ljfWation it is ln'pril thi.i ihis imporlaut object may bo etlVctually giined. THE CONTRABA NDS. It will bbSaeii U:at I ie Qn.-irtPi master's Qepuüli.iidiit uuii wliicl), uikIiM' tlie luw of Lïlh July, providing for the einployinent of colored persons, 'ihe cbarge of sncli persons is cliit-fiy imposed, lias nol found itself burdened wilh their caie, hiUlhat il bas, on the contrarv, derivad valúa ble aiil froin ibeir labor, and in i considi4ble por'.ion i f iis ii!d of joperationa bas tbua . far suËFered frum a scant, rather iban fiom too great a Riipply of snch labor. . In Louisiana, where, at one titne, tliere were ppreheiisions of embairasfiinent Irom lb nntnber of refuees, liu1 reserve of a tract of rich land along llie raihcia-J to Berwick's Bay, opers np a tfirilorv n which many thousamls can be piofiiably emplovecl, if pluceJ under proper regulhlioo and cmtrol. Ai Port lloval sucb perpona bara been xlenaively enipluyed in tbe.wurkof the Qnai'.ennastei's Department iii'l in cultivRiing aoine lbouoaiids of acres pf the sea islanils of tlie cuasi, lh producís of which are nsed in the support of tbeiusalves and fiimilicg. In the uperaliiitn of the nrmy on tho Jantes river, aml upon the Potomac, in ih fortiñcatioof VashÍDglon,ud as laborers,leanifet .-, boolièrs, in the laoding anJ süippmg of atocesjtbey have bien of givat aefvice; and ihe (iemand for their labor bas exeeeüu-1 tbc supply available. THE OKDXANCE BITiEAU - SÜPPUE8 OF AUM3. The Ordnanee Bureau, as appears from lbo report-of iis ehief, h.-.s displnved a V.irror and aclivkv untturpawed by any otlier Department. Notwhhslanding the extr.-iotjir.ury demacd occasion! by t ie now levies and enormous loss of arm liy ihe cnsunltiea of war, nnd, in ome inslances by tiie miscotiduct of offieers au.1 tnen, tliis bureau lias supplied every cal!, nnd lias bí-i-i) tfble to ann nver four Iiiüilired thbn?n"nd in-w troops suüdenly caüod into ihe field. In genera! terms it. njay hc stated tlint the issues l üie Ordnanoe Deariineiil nclurie 1.926 field and singp, and 1,206 for f'oriificHiioi) can Hoi), 7.294 gun carriagjes, caissons, mor'tar beds, (rivllÍD fbrgea and baiier wqgnos, 1,27c, 080 sinñl! aims, 937. '.'91 sets of pquipinenl. and accoulreine'.tft, and 2i3.0Bl.127 rounds of aiimittnUiofl tur arliHerj nnd small arme, still leavjpg 'nir anpplios of ordnance stores al tli arsei.als aixl ippou. The breaking out, of ilie r(illúia foiuid U(i with insjfficient snpplies fur tlio forct-8 ihereby rendcrad neceeaarc, and without Ibe meansoftliüiriininediate proeureffnent from our pul. lic Arteuals and ilie prívalo rnanufactories, f5 1 tod and rendv for tich Tfnrk. Tlu fjolii-y of tha cinpartmenl to procure all sueli 'snppliea rtf home manit factura could pot rigilly (btlnirsH, and recourse wiis had to pnivliasas and iui.ortaiions from R brood, in onier to meel pressing requirèments. 'J'ho vast doiiminl, igddanlygpringing ip, without any minadiaie incrtvaSB oi' tlie lupply, led to iefulations and exorbitant prioe. On a report from the Ordnsnoe Buranu, ín respect to outsUncliiiü coiiirnclN l)i anus. I appointud á commiuioo to inveslignté thee matlers, aud tlieir report ia berewiih gubrnitted'. The inbasuias ntbicli have been adoptad to procure such sui)!li s, li_v increaaini; the capacity of our public argenals and deve!ipin; thè private sou rees o$ boma manufacture-, -II soon ennlila ihis dkpartmenl to 6blairi suppliea f tliis descrtjirki, hidapendt ntlj of iinnoitalions from. abroád, and Ut fair and reasonahle rates. PATMINT OF TIIOOP3. Tt appears fniin tbe report ofilie Ao'ing Paynmsler G;n.-i;il that dui-ing kim Qtcaj yeir en'ling Mie 30iIi of June, 18(92, (hé fuin ofê5,550,0S9 4 wei paid lo the regular Iroops, that $91,116,610 61 wem paid lo Volnnteere, mul that $.38,597,819 07 have betn paid since il: 3üi!i of J ing, 1862. The report eiatpa kbal neaHy ll tbe regiirnMils werft paid lo l!i 30lL of June, many [o tlie 3üi!i of Aurrusi- tl.-a ajOjiie i!-!;iy in payuient liad Úeen occaeiojiecl by wnt of fnods, bul t u h tliftt ;iü wil! socii bc püiil. 8AKÏTAKY COJ.'BJTION OF TUI ARMT. Tlie Suiwfton-Gniienirs report dffords infoniiaüoii iu n"s}ect tu tlie saniliiry con dteion of the irmv. It also shows an oxpendiiure of the wholo npprópKalions of Ui at pepartment, amountim to iwo mi!lions tour Initidrul and foily five thousarjt) eight lumdied Bntl tiinciv forfr dnUftre Rnd eigbty-nine cenis ($2,445.894 BOe). Tlie Piiinber efgetiHral lio-pilüls is 15!. Tlie jvumbör of patiënte is fiftv-eiglit llmus-md ooe liiiHclred ñá s!ven! y tivc. The rhiile iiambi'i' cnder medical trentineat is olated to be notshüriot' nim-ly thottsAnd. Ttio Surgeoo Oeooral ivprewnls tli:it dtiring the past vaar ihre been no 4idemiC8 iu the aimyof ai'iy süvorily : Ui.it tlie disaasea wliicli iiffect men in cainn have been kopt at. a low minimum; iIiki 8curvy lias .l)i'cn ilinust nntirely preve:ited, j umi that tliere liave been but h few vic t;ms of yellow fever. Tliia bureau rcquireil enlargement and reorgauiz-ulion iü many particulafs, and I Rome iniprüvemenla have been made. Qlhers aio suggusted which rpqliire caitfy) cotwujeiaüoji. 7"-'p opprR'.-'r-cï of the furgicRl Je; r.rt netit havo been ai.le.l by litiniana und leiicvolcnt AjMociatlOKf). 'i lic horror of 1 batlle have betsii sssuag.;J bv mintiere of i meier, anl it i woniiy to bti rtcoftfed of Llie medical profegsion Umi lliei'r aemcés have beer. vu'nniarily nirl (jmliouslj of. Ferad on avery occusion. Ko!ji:f aMocialions in ever Slaio have (ono HUlcli to comf.ui m;l na-wt tlia s:k and wouiuled il) Cdliipt anJ 11 '=]iit;ils, nml tlicir viil.uit SuperinteHiieneu liüs pei linps .ieiatel (o L'lieek llie HPiligMiO-, ai ü'i'l fiiviivl iliHt tno ..:': i '.;il in ;uc'i insiitutiuns. FU)iioueni-gluin-ihJ sm-iu-tit-s liave mIso ten.lcri't! o ilit; gpvornmeiit llic.ir cluircii tiuiMings fu lioppitiila, while tlieir piielor have iwinisteréil to tiia pa'.ieiits. Theiu ui.-iiifis ace Jifoppr to Ve bruught to your iioiict-, liecau, whilo'e waf sli'iuiiatt's i-vü piissions, tlie viruie fleveloped in lliidiuat sliuwio to :naint;iin oiir natiotiiil ex is te nee sliould nut pass unnotice!. . C0NCI-C3IONS - AN .MiGr.MKXT l'OR EM I-UOYING EGKU LAli.K.' "WiUl l::is'il!H-n'!ti09 l'll' lil pftt r.p perfttioiM b1 tila práánleooltion "I t b - yVï üet;irlment, t!. duly riquiru'l ol' in bv t!ia act of CoigrA8 to mKe n n fuimui! rop.. il, is in i great mensure lul "(illtd. Il is skii Umi a fónti lips lieoi, placed bj the poople 'if tlic UuitcJ S'.au-. H the ciitiitiüitul i. f tlit! goveri) inent, to ihmíuIhÍii ii ftutlriirity, rpora migltly in li the eleini'lS of warlike p.jwer than u-.is ever bftfor Mrmved nn.;yr ons lanner, llow s1k.11 farce bo t-mpl.iyeii ! 'L sniite the eueiny on evoiy li.nul, lo ftltack lnariuies ftul iLronghnld, t occupy lus purts, cleaf tl. o great rivew 4' tho Vet of lis OliSttOCtionS. HU'l pausa iiot lili lie is lulidnej, is our plai du tv. Above all, it is our ilmv to liii.lain iw Jegitimaie aiil thal may save tba Uves of our galiaoi üoldiera, diinwiisb tlicir lab re, próvido for ilu'ir wants, and [esseo ilu burdeoe oi' our peoplo. No ipliorisüi is moro univertally received, tlian ikat " tliu polo object of a iust war is to make tiie enemy tV el. the evils of Ii injiisiice, añd bj hls BUtterings amend bis way; be n'ufjt theréfore be attaiked in lik most accessible quarter." TIn; power of the rebels eals upon Iheir peculiar gyslöin oi' hh.r, whifb keepa iaborers on tlieir plMtlalíons to support owners whü are dovoting t!;er tiiije añil slrenot1! to 'llcstioy ourarmíes mul diístnij oor gqverñment. Wlierejíer tlit sygteni is D bostilily lo tlie goveniun-nt, it i, in my opinión, ilio dniy uf-lbose coudacling tbe war tu strike duwn llic sstem. un! lurn ngHoat the reliéis the pnuluetive pilWGt tllUt ll)llil!i.ls t lie itlSlllll'Olinll. Rtchtly organiaad in the icu'icl lerri, tury, the Moren 6f ibb rliel W-ten will not only lid it) lioldmg rorlil!,.-ii poMlion, bul tlitíir labor will, ;is in Iinliu, ffee tlio ■ vliite ('rom l hé' most afiwholesoms cxpcsure of the Soutli. They wül c;ilii vate the forn aiul fo.''gi3, whii:li will fi-ed our cavalry and irtilíery lioiscg, and sve tbe oountry a porlioii ni' ilie etiornn un burilen now attanrling; lliair pvuoliasp nnd transport fiom thu Noill). This cnltiv.it i n would have been ofgrwitr advantage t U8 on tlie So'itli-eastern eonst iban even tliat of tbe gruat stapte ot' ihe Sea IsIhü'Is. Probably the peop!e who reinnined upon thewHsIrtn'iW, within proteclion ofour ar inte, cmihi, undec wise control, ! ave suplir 1 nll the foiiiny needed this var by th furces in the Department of llu' S'Uih. Tlía t'ull raiions of a borae weihs IWbiilysix nuiiiiis, that of a soldier thrae pounds. Au hiaiy, vvcil orguuize 1 ;iml equippu ' for Hciivt; operntipqs, wji.b h due ptoporlionofeawilry, arlülery and Kigcrage tinins, wül have nul Lew than one lunst; or mule to eveiv four soldiers; so lliat iho weigllt of f muI for thp animáis is moro tha Jou blu that of llie rationa of the men. How important an aid, hovv great an econiiinv, IQ a lont; conti-st, (hecefore, woutd tliero e in raifing by lliu clieap labor the gieatur puit of t ë. forage atohe fof tlio Southern Dpartineril, i luis, f.ir a gre.aer portion ot' our wanl. transferring ti'n Imse. of unplips no,w it New Yurk, to Hilton tleail or New Oelah. ■ The di j'nrttiient haa fuuud i difficult to transfer this labor froni ouê part of the seat of war to aaot icr. Local and f;:iuily ties seein to be vory stroiig with tlicse pcople, and with a!l iheir failh in the power and rood will of our trtilitarv commanders, it was Ibund difficult to get volmitecr laborera tu leave l'ort Koyal for other dfpots. A populution of .four niilliiins truo to thfi iutcrests of the Union, wiih slight asitaiice from the anny, will, nader projov regnlation and govermnent, bi'of the gMftfbat assitance in bolding the territory onco roovered. The principal stiples of the South are the product exclusivoly of thrir labor. Ii: ptoteutí-d lipón the land they have herotoforo cultivated, with some oi'ganization, and rith supp rt from small detachtueuts of loyal troüps, they wuiild not onlv pruduue mach "f what is needed to fied our ar inius and tlieir trains, but tliey would forever cut off frotn the rebejlion the resources of a country thus oscupied The rebel aruiiea move with east1 through portions of tlie border StatM, living upon the country in which our cooinianderi find nosupplies. The peoplo briüg fortli their hoards and offtur Ihem to the rebels for slc or gift. Pro teet, the hborint' pupulatiou, who are the niaji'rity in the greaterpart of the South, ir, the possessipo of the land and its ducts, and this great %dvantage will, for whátover portion of t!ie country w,e occupy, bo transferrcd to us. As soon as the cost is thoroujhly occupied, and thu pooplo organized, trade will revive. otloa, ii e.-, suars and other produets will be exclianed by the producer for wliat he Deeds. Their wants will be supplie 1 direct froni the Northern fac; u i, and the cultivntion of tho rreat siapjes wiil enable t hem to p;iy for wluit they use. A perfectly'freo tr.ide 'nay thus a ga in jrrow up between the Nortb and the South, and with greater oï Us rar.iilily it wül spread OVÓÏ tlie wliole country as our forces suoosed in meetinj; and dUpereing the rb.l arróies. The greater part oí tho country which fornicrlv proiluccvl the Sea Island COttOD is now tliiToughly restored to the Union. The laborara aro there - tho goil and cliinate. It needs only nssurmoe of piotection to revive the cnltivation of the K!:i]ii', as wull as to produce vast quantities of oom nijd forage for our troops. Since this war must bo conductcd by marches and battlcs dad siege, wliy neglect the best nioaos to malee them successfnl and tliêir resulta permanent f It is wofthy of notice that thus far ttie portions- of territovy, which, once recovered, we have most finnly held, are preeisoly ihose in which the grea'test proportion of colored Énen aro fotind. Bv tln-ir assistanco our ar mies wül be ablo to opérate in and occupy ; ar.d in labor for the aimy, in raising i's and Ihoir own stiptilis, full occupation can bc giveñ them, and wiih this there will he ncither, occasion nor tenipiation to tliem to emipratc to a northera and leas congenial cliinate. Judiing by experience, no cciorcd man will loive bis liome in tho South, if proteeted in that homo. All possibility of coinpetition f rom nejrro labor in the Xai'th i avoidcd in giving colorcd men pvniccti'in nijd .cniployinent upon tbesoil . hich tl'.oy liare thu? far cultivatod.and the rightto which )us b.ien vacated by the origina] proprictoi, deeplj invoived in the crimes oftressoo and rebellión. No grïiit terntory Ipisbeen permaucnfly redueed, without depviving the leader of' iu people ot' tl.cir lands a.ud propirty. lt is tliusj that giv pewer and infiuehce Few intuí have coiumapdin'g genius and t ilont to exeru.itíe dangerous influtnees over thoir fellow men without the adven tiliöüS iid of money and property. 13y gtriking down thia svstüm ot.couipulsory labor, wbica onabíís the Jeader.-i of the rcbülliuii to ootiti-ol tho resnurci.'s of the pcujilo, the rcbclliuu would die of iisolf, . Üuder uo circiMnstancea luis nny 3fspositiou to survilc insunoetion 1'eün esliibitcd by tlio oolorcd population in any southern stuto, white a strong loyaltv to the federa.) (oveniinent hag boon display ed on eycry occaïioD, aud Bguiust every discoitfafement l$y the meanssuggested, rebéilion inay bc diaartued and sub diUid swiftly and effeptnally, and (ho liyes of.our own poople savcd 'frutn tlaugluoii on the ba ttle field. By the ocupatioB of all their forts on the Minjis.sippi and the 8J poaat, a market wjlj ba oponed in every rebel state for the 'industvy our péoplo to supplj tho want.-" of the arniy. and álso ot' a Ipyal (Mpulation; in escnange fortheva)uablo producís of their luboi'. Anotlier point uf atïaek is by arnicd scttlements upon the vacant govermnent landg ip Florida and Texas. Tupusauds in thenorthern and westoru otates ár mpatiently wait the siiKil oí' military niovcment to plant their homes in the best torritory offcKLs cuiitiiient, and to brin" itback to tlie r'nioa, as loyal States. 00 fav frorn the Southern States bëing tnvincible,no encniy was ever .so vulnerable, if the meaos at hand are employed against tlion;. If your propo.-i'ion for'eompen■ s;ited emaacipatioD, and a voluntary turn to loyalty, bo blindly rejeeEed, still tlie proper application. of tho meaos at coiumand of the goveniment caunot fail to accomplish the suppression of the robellion, and a restoration of tliosc peace ful relations which wevc dcsigneJ to be estauHshed forever on this contiueut by tho Uuiou of the States. Edwin M. Stemton, Becretary of -War. To the President.