14:1` E EG RAP PUBLISHED EVEKY DAY, GEORGE BERGNER, , FAms ._suau. meowy ! ox. ~ Nay TIELIGRAPH serveh j iii enbeoriiiers In the per week Yearly subscribers will be 00, adVatiCe tY eggLY AND 81011-WIIIiKET ,e 1/F0 publisbed twine a week during 10 l b& legislature, and weekly durlog the .• the year, and furnished to subscribers at ' " , .11 rates, viz : rbera per year Somilireekly,,24 60 ~12 00 64 $t "22 00 A a .I.•r, Wee • , p • W ee kly ....... •• . 1 00 TON TAW OY INZIPSYLPII92I. order the discontinuance of their news. may continue to send them mail are Paid " a.l or refuse to take their nein,. o flice 10 which they are directed they e they have rattled the bills and ordeied BY THEM From our Horning Si 511 WINCHESTER,VA. Action with the Rebel ,Bleak Horse Cavalry. Y :trit) of Coal at and WintliMartinsburg, Charlestown esier. lIIPORTINT OIOYENENT OF THE AMY. REBEL GENERAL JACKSON AT KIDDLETOWN, VA. 1==:1 Wmouserta, Va., Marclll,lB. . noon while twenty-six of out car „,,.. t,,r,wimz on the Strasburg road, three hey came upon a large barn hictice of having recently been oocn -11 A,l,l.y's black horse men. While the ;•]. <n• los.ling with hay, about two Mtn of tln -, , er etme near and threw out two to skirmish. Our men covered the tifeir teams and prepared to realut: which was finally commenced. At , then of the Wisconsin regiment and with their rifles killed tvio.of • titt.thy e• t.l our cavalry dashed upon thelimemy a short. 1 of bullets wed killed one rebel, phiol. The enemy made no effort lit ; but gradually advanced as our men .I.(k to he town io good order and un .va.e I. la, a notable fact that for severaLmon the Llitla tuts of this section have been en otal and with limited means of .ata g fuel into the town. !be Za, , works at Martinsburg, Charlestown F., Wimbei-ter, have been cloned for want of t'ak. T,,t• t•to caddy only reached Efallton, four out of II aper's Ferry, owing to the pre T Qat uet•trEct wit of the bridge. There love been no movements of imports tutday. Gen. Jackson was in pereorrat dtiloun this morning, five miles north of •Irti,ttrtz. A,Lby's cavalry still hangs In the ! , a1 of ILe 3tdtttou retreat. WAIIIN GT ON. 'HE SEW/I.OION ON IRON CLAD STUIE ERS REVERSED. he Remains of Colonel James Cameron II PORTER'S BOMB SQUADRON WASHINGTON, March 14. Naval Committee hive reversed r r, favoring iron.-clad steamers, and - id , 1 to report a bill for the construe. , Avut twenty iron•cased gun-boats. ot iuterest comes to us from the tt,:r , i,le of the Potomac to-day. . t ,, A•Lttie ., contirmation, yesterday, of Gen. a, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, ~ I ti•f,ik non. The General Is an expert ' te.i gallant soldier Elliott, eon of dol. Elliott, of the Bev- Laith plow Seventy-eighth) New York :Hit has gone to the Ball Bun battle to try and recover the remains of the late hn, C • • baciligencer contains the following Ittter received here yesterday by a r,p,.(table gentleman from his son,. an w, 6,1141 of Porter's Bomb Squadroa t • ILe , :eheral impression to be that-tbey 'Hi New Orleans by-the 81st of the pre- PENSION OF THE REBEL GENERALS PILLOW AND FLOYD. ESSAGE OF !TAFF. DAVII3 EXECVITVB DEWAR= an, March 11, 1862. te“ J 'er et the 110141 of Representagtves: kLiquit herewith copies of such official a- have been received at the War, efficient of the defence and fall'of Poit- will be found incomplete and unsettle .•'v rue! ions have been given.to furnish . -r voi -dial upon the several Points not • itveltigibl e by the reports. It' is • not tehiforcemete sere at any time ask . tut IS it demonstrated to have been . Ll r to have I•avid the army by eeacma ; nor is it known by what s . •it found practicable to withdraw .:arrison, leaving the remainder to nit upon what authority or princi ac the eetrior Generals abandon re *l4 by transferring the command to a •. : nicer. - • A fbneer communication to Congress, I proptiety of a suspension of Judif ...lll"tlAt , q 1 te the disaster at Fort Donel t.triciat reports could be received. that the information now furnished ilea lu the meantime, hopeful that oath explahation may be made, I have di ;,liptna the exhibon of the case as - Pigi: the two senior Generals, that they be relieved from command, to await - L-rortler6 whenever a reliable judgment AC retidered on the merits of the case. JEFFERSON DAVIS. 'itri the Lower Mississippi qiq FIRINOmu AT COLUMBUS ?u m , -411 LE likfTLl AT NEW MADRID [iPec,ol cbspatob, to the TiMOS 1 CHICIAGO, March ..i.a:.. , I : 44( ' —Heavy ca nnonading-was!. hlolird te" „Iya the direction of New Madrid. , 4 4 ., , ,,,.,_ lake Erie, number two, Bari IL . , ..„' , t,, tjerY dtatinctly at o°ll2l:abut' tF034.0411. .14 laoming. 4 • .4 1 /. -..,,, .... ,, ,,, , ,,m , 10.!_ '7 •., :: :: ~..,-:- .....- ........ :._ • - • . . , . El , I. . r . • : . . ...,-,;#_;..„-•.7. ) .___,--__:- .. _.. ._, .__. ~. . ... ... . . •• v 4 1 .. .y.O - ,-, i , . ~, . . .. , .. . .. . . , • . ' ";•.4...- 01 1 . .t4 -Or 441, 11 'ter , . --',. c . ...i .i . -,, , - rrra. ) ,_ ,:,..: • ..-.,- ..• - ' - - • • _ . . . • . LIVO J, w itXVITth g r , :;gmas" Sesidon. !:;:NF::43I4NOTON, March' 14 .VIEN*TE. Mr. HARIIIII (If 1.) lutrodubrd a bill do con &cats the propersy .of rebels, which was re ferred. On motion of I lkfr Hartras, (iowa,) the bilt. to authorise tisgettlement of certain lands sqctl: by, the Unitedillattpf in the State of Louisiana , was taken up 10 pa4sed.. The case of Senator Powell was taken - uP Mr. Powati said-hehoped to treat the subject dispassionately and considerately. He thaught. his, c. Deagneohad beenrather personal and Un gracious. COurteey.tdigliflaiveled his colleague tti notify hrin that he was going to ratite such skicomplaintt His Colleague had said thdt he; Powell,) attended aireasonabla meeting, in the county of ' OViens, and "that'. he knew Humphrey Wittrattall was organizing' hoops to attack Franifort. The fact was, that lie bad not been in the county of Owens erica 1856, and hsd DO knowledge of Marshall doing any such thing. Xrh,etgl, - . 14e had a letter from - Matsball, in which he dallies any such thing. It, be was as popular in' Kentucky as his :col league had said, it was lieeause he had .always acted with strictlategrity. - He denied that he had advocathd nenliality with - any intention, to deceive the people, but had acted honestly. Be simply meant to keep Kentucky as a peace maker for the sake 0161:Serving the Union. He referred to the "iettolutions adophk at a meeting which Mr. Davis was one Of the committee on resolutions. They advocated the adoption of a compromise as an amendment to tke:Constitution, or else those States that ;did *Rept it should form a operate confederation . , and yet his colleague says he has been always an•unconditional Union man. He (Powell) was then in the Senate urging the Compromise as a wants of peace, but he never hinted at a con- Urgency which itould Separate the Union.. He le:leered to several other meetings where 'nor lutions were passed to show that the Union m,qn in Kentucky favored neutrality, and .the Governor's refusal.to raise troops and opposition to coercion,as there, was certainly nothing worse titan this in anything that his colleague had dogged against him.. Re,. then read several rlutions of tnti: Legislature of Kentucky in favor of neutrality, and opposing coercion.— Pepin all these hies he contended that he, (Powell,) had faithfully followed the wishes of the, people of Kentucky, and of the very Onion party which'his,colitpgue eulogizes; and yet pow be was'tote - dilien from the Senate hyone of his colleagues. ,Mr. awls replied to .Mr. Powell, defending thi Union men of Kentucky, and hialliwn muse, and contending that the course cif Mr. Peron, especially since the battle of Bull Run, hid been in a state of plosive hotßity to. the .iverament.a Mr. Waltzers:* seldom he had presented the resolution, he would asy, rt/ew wotdi When - the resolutions were pieseated4o him. He looked them over and concliideff that no loyal man maid preside over such a meeting that passed resolutions Milialtiakes PS eiregaitershratPoleciir• &Alb° discsusigtorbad_takes a curious turn : euti• he bad listened wish attention to there:narks - Of. Senator Powellifrom; WU:oo.ft appears that-the whole people at One tiMa..advocated the doc trine of tylutrallty,.and perhaps the ,Senator might have been actuated by the same feelings as actuated many whp, now are Union men, and f t*, Wilkinson, had now little feellog.about it one; Way or the 0ther.,... . Mr. Tammuz, 021.,) said the committee had reported against .; the expnlsion not because they believed in the doctrtae of neutrality, fir. they thought it mischievous and wholly with out , exam. But ithe *bole people of -Ken tucky seeemed to take that position, and the United States government at least paid some respect to it, bat at -lest the time came when I the people of Kentucky had to go one side or the other, and traitors went on the side,of the Provisional goverunent, but the Senator came to the Government.o the United States, and:has discharged his &alai here; and although opinions differ from the majority, yet that did not cause expulsionornd there was no evidence Wore the committee to • show that since ttie people 9f Kentucky ,had taken that position, the Senator had committed any overt act of favoring the rebellion. These considerations governed the committee in f their report. _Mr. Tot tYCIC couttnot see how a Senator of the United States, 'slate ai the tenth of Sep: tember, could council. the State to resist the United States in an attempt to come into that State to crush out the rebellion. . • vote was then takeh•ori the resolution to expel. The yeas and nays were as follow: Yam—Messrs. Davis, Dixon, Harlan, How ard, Howe, Lane, (lodq) Pomeroy, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade and Williamson—lL • • &yrs—Messrs. Anthony; Browning, Castile, Clark, Cowan, Doolittle, Feisenden, Foot„ fibs ;ter, Male, Harris, Henderson, Kennedy, King, Lane, (Kansas,) Latham; McDougal, Nesmith, Pearce, Rice, Saulsbnry„ , Stalk, Thompson, Trumbull, Wiley, .IWilson, (Mass.,) Wilson, (Ma,) and Wright-28,- - The Senate theinWent into executive session, ima adjourned tiiCMonday • • HOUSE OP' ItErwMinvm • On motion of ldr..Sedgsvick, the House took' pp the Senate joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress , and the American people to-Com. Foote, and-the officers and men of his 'flotilla, for the gillantrrathibited by them in the recent naval victories,' • Mr. Siam= briefly urged its passage. said:Com. Foote was employed in a dangerous service and if he should fall. his heirs may re member with greatful recollections the thanks. voted to him to-day. The resolution was unanimously passed. The Senate resolution tendering thanks to' Capt. Worden, warreferred to the Committee On Naval Affairs: Mr. CAKPBMIL; from' a special committee; reported the Pacific .railroad bill and it was shade the special order one: eek from Tuesday next. . MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Cotton steady, sales of 600 bales at 27@280. Floqr heavy, sales of 12,600 bble. Wheat firm, sales of 22,000 brut. at 40 for red. Corn firm, sales of 42,000 bus. at 59@61c. Pork quiet at 13 60. Bacon .firm. .Hogs quiet. Lard unchanged. Whisky steady, at 2oi@26i. Government sureties active. Box. of the confideratee owe consoling them- Ilkyea with the thought that their reverses' lido them gocid. Yes', tliese reverses wilt do good—do good tO'therhole country, ru les well as pad*. ._ " . INDEPENfEN'T THINGS-NEIJTRAL IN NONE." • FIARRISBIJAG, PA.. SATURpiyi AFTERNOON ; MARCH 15, 1862 . , STAT idIT OF AERIANDIR n reply to the charges contained in thrßeporf of "'Van nth Investigating J 1 Hon. Wltaram D. KELLEY, i i. i Member of (Ingress, Iburtig District, Pa,: t sevecend.protracted illness, from which ha a es Vet only partially recovered, has prer. vented ink until now, from responding to, o AU any way noticing, tbe.extrarordipary assaults upon my character, contained in the report of what is known as the "Van Wyck Committee," made to the House of Representatives on the 1702 of .December last. I embrace the earliest{ moments uf returning health to meet, and rt. fute the unfounthd allegations .contai that Report. I address you because .I am your constituent —long and well known to you—and need no farther commendation. I ask you, ther. fore, upon the first, fitting occasion, when ttila sub ject may be, before the House, to introduce this letter; that it may have the same publi city with the slanders that, have been uttered against me Towards the middle of December, not long after Congress had convened, hearing, greatly to my surprise, through'a friend, that the. Re port of the Committee about to be made, con tained statements injuriously affecting my repittation, I came to Washington from a sick bed, apinst the earnest protest of my physi cian, with the view of seeing the members of the Committee, to asoertain, if , posaible, what was. the, question, if any, in their minds in re lation to my transactions. I waited in person upon a majority of the members of the Com.' mittee, although scarcely able to leave the hotel; and, while I 'obtained rett , infcirmation, yet I inferred, from certain circumstances, tit t they were about to allege some discrepancies in telation. to •my accounts. I knew, if the accounts wore all before them, that there could be:no complaint alleged against Me and earn estly requested the delay of the Report for a single day, stating to them that I would de spatch, and subsequently that had: Bent a special messenger to New York for Mr. Match ford, who had in his . possession facts and vet:wirers which would relieve me from the slightest suspicion in relation to .the truism lions which have received the animadversion of ' the Committee, and which. I understood they were about to criticise. . - Though refusing, by a vote of the majority of those present, - to grant.my request on these urgent, specific, and manifestly just grounds, and instructing their chairman to make the Report forthwith, it happened, by some acci dent, that the Report was delayed,for the length of time I desired, during which- interval Mr. Blatchford arrived in Washington, for the ex pro* purpose of appearing before the-Commit tee. I immediately' and personally, couirinini-•. sated the fact of Mr. Blatchford's presence to the Committee. -. I was advised by ephysician in Washington, whO was in constant attendance upon me--and warned by my own knowledge my condition —that, if I would secure or regain my health, I must speedily return home. -I left Washing- Wptiaing a doubt that Mr:Blotch -I'4i- , o remaftulir • ". by the Committee to.furnish*slinportant , formation I hadWilu — re4;ithiiin was in his session, and which would ' have saved met • .IP the least suspicion of wrong. _ The poblic will be'surprised, as I have been, to learn'that Mr. Blatchford was not allowed to appear beforwthe Committee, until after the. Report, with all its reckless errors and calumnious misstatements,. was launched upon the House and the country.' I submit to you whether there ever was conduct more unjustifiable? • My illness—a severe attack of gastric fever— proved of Mug continuance, and fora Conside rable portion of the period of doubtful result, with utter inability and entire prohibition to evvn think of businem of any kind whatever. During all this time, unconsciously to myself, the misrepresentationia of 4be Committee have been poisoning the public mind., I have but quite recently been able to leave my room, and I have within the hist three days, for the first time, even seen a copy of the Report. It' is only since my arrival in Washington that I have learned of the extent of its injurious char acter. You may judge, if you can, p how, I have beenastounded at its contents. ' Nsr.Yoax, Much 14. The extraordinary and unprecedented course of the Committee seemed to flow from a desire which, wronged as I have been, .I will not im pute to them, to produce an immense sensation with partial and unproven facts ; and that course has given rise to an impression which the Committee owe it to themselves and , the country promptly to dispel, that they delib erately and of purpose excluded the testimony pf One of the most prominent citizens of New York, lest it should in any way conflict with the , supposed develohments with which they appeared to be eager to startle Congress..and the: eople. Fr thyself, tile best reply, and the most comprehensive and conclusive defence will be contained in a simple, brief and impartial re cital of all the transactions referred to by the Committee. So rapid has been the current of events, and so fleeting is memory, that it is necessary, by way of premise, to recall the ex act condition of the country at the period referred to. Rebellion had net only engulphed all: south of the Potomac, but the insurrec tionary spirit had spread over Maryland, seized its' metropolis and cut off all communication between the capital of the nation and the loyal portion of the people. The terror and the panic throughout the land for the fortnight succeeding the tragedy in Baltimore, on the 19th of April, were appalling, and well nigh paralyzing to the courage and the energies of aIL ' The national authorities at Washington were astonished and perplexed, and scarcely knew which way to turn for relief. They had found the officers of theiegular army, and rtav,y, deserting them by seores, and eelleting under a'traitor ensign ; and the, knew not whom to itruit, even among those that retained an out ward allegiance to the ." old flag"—many of whqm, by subsequent desertion, have justified the suspicions then entertained of their _loy alty In this perilouestmergench 414:VPIP ratibn of the city of New York, prompted by the impulses of the pop ular mind, came for ward with an appropr iation of $2,000,000 for 'the national defense ; and the authorities pat Washington—so soon as they could in any, , way convey a communication to New York— ,called to their aid persons intimately known to them, in whose judgment and integrity they had confidence, and of whose patriotic loyalty there was not a tinge of doubt. In pursuance of this design, measures were adopted by the Preissury and War Departments, (and the Navy, also,) as set forth in •the following cam , Imutdcations: TZLASIIILIr DiP6lll3ola, April 24, 1861. Glisrulathoi :, Bel Anil upon your well-known integrity and devotion TO . the best interests of theleonntry, the President has thili.dayartl4ol, zed an advance to bemade to you of 42,000,- 000 se a fund from which legal and proper de mands upon theVreasnry may be met without the delay consequent upon the•present inter ruption of all regular communication with tbis Department. Two , drifts for $1.000,000, each . hay. , this day' gone forward, which will-place Itch sum to- ypur credit with. the Assistant casurer at New York. The purpose: of Aids nd is to meet only uch requisitions as may be directly consequen t upon the Military and navel me/mares necessary forrihe defense and' pport of the Governments You are thereiore authorised and requested toper such. demands rtpou you, within the above limit, levant, Pre nted to you by the duly Constituted agents of Otiverrinient. ' ' .' • he Department doubts not your willingness to render every assistance: in your_power in this unprecedented state of.airairs. When pos Bible, it is hoped that'you will ell unite in each act hereby authorized. If, however, from - ny cause, such uniteeLaction =snot .be had,,a. majority may exercise , the Aull authority given to the whole ; and if an extraordinary emer cency shall create necessity for it, any one may do so: • (Signed ,7irery reepectyi, ,) .& CHAP; • , '8 full E. ecretery of the'Treasury. Mesas. Joint A: Dix; GIORGI OPDAII, B. U. liberoaroaxi, New York. • 'AMU; 21, 1861. Dime Bre : You will receive .another letter from me with this : - We shall need supplies to a very large amount sent here from New York , since the interrup tion., to purchases in Baltimore. They will, I think, much of them, have to come via Beaton, Reading, Harrisburg, and the rest by sea, via Annapolis,. I. have celled on Thomas A. &cook to take charge of the railroads, and I wantyou to assist the oommissaries and quartermasters in pushing forward their supplies, as well as in aiding them in making purchases-at or from New. York. We need men here without delay, and sup plies should accompany;them if possible. A &Emma ThiPARDINNT O Weir, April 23,1861. In consideration of the extraordinary emer gencies which demand immediate and decisive measures for the preservatibit - -..ottbe national capital andthe,defencitif the national Govern meot, heiebfaithorize EdWid IX Morgan, Governor of the state'of Itew , Ynrk, and Alex ander Cominhissi now inlluicitrof New York, to make all "necetiiii:titiimigements for the transportion of troops and munitions of war in aid and assistance of the officers of the army of the Ignipd 411*A f uptil. cbmuninipatirin . by, maili and felegraffitis'4xtmiil l ettilir r4-eitablished; between the cities of Washington and New York. Either of them, in qua of inability to consult with the other, may exacise theauthor-• ity hereby given SIMON CAMERON, • r• • " r 4 Secke4V. Pf - War. , -- Under the air . thOrity thus ciririferreii;'purcha= see of clothing, arms, and other supplies. were, adeb msWpe were chattered to .ca oopot.S4WIRI gliThoeStor4ll:ll;l44l4 for which I have Bled _in the , Treasury Depart 7batnit vouchers in detail—a full statement of all of sitdoVivitiltiiinistiiirittilitte committee New York, in September laid. And I told them at the same time that the remainder of the vouchers were in the, bands of Mr. Blatch ford, for" other purchases made by my authority which would complete the whole acCount.-- Trie balance in my Lands, - $8,198`62, was sub sequently deposited:with.:Mr. Chou, the Assist ant Treasurer at New. York, for which I have his certificate , a copy.tif which is filed In the Treasury Department: - Thik vouchers and cer-, tificates together amount to $224,928 01. The vouchers-in the bands of Mr. Bletchford,which he, had-with-him, when here, in December And ready to exhibit tolhe Committee, eel assured them, with a balance in his hands of about sB,loo—since deposited with the U. S. Treaaa far York—mnountto the sum of $165,- 071 99—making all together, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars—which was the total amount drawn from that .portion of the two m il lions. placed in the hands of Messrs. Dix, Blatohiord end cipdyke,.subject to the draft.of GOV. Morgan. and myself, for the pur poses indicated in the above lettem. The vouchers in the hands of Mr. Blatchford, which"l have beforestated, the Committee so unreasonably and ruthlessly refused even to look' at; Contained . not only tbe authority of the name of Mr. Biatchford himtelf, but moot of them are endorsed 'by the - signatures of Moses H. Grinnell, Captain Charles H. litirshrdl, and Satnuel Sloan, all alike - eminent for their integrity and intelligent , devotion to the inter ests of the country. Many:Of the mild& *hose purchase is thus endorsed by these vouchers, were bought under the direction of -General Wool and General Dix, and not a small portion were directly Purchased by'General Wadsworth' in person, for: the purpose: of freighting the steamerKill.von-Sull, which - he sent ' , forward with these stores for the relief of the Govern merit; all of which the Committee would have seen if they had yielded to my importunity and called• Mr. Blatchfoid, and thus the who], question of the rightful expenditure of all th: money would have been disposed If. -is thus made. evident;hy authentic and well-attested-vouChers, -that the money - drawn from the two-million fund' , was honorably ex pended for what was thought to be, and really was the necessity of the Government. It is made equally evident..that the statement of the report—stillmore plainly and offensively repeated in Coagressiontd speeches by members of the "Committee-Aliat a large balturee of $140,000 was retained. in my possession, is destitute of the slightest semblance or shadow of trnth,—the only ground for which at any time, seems to have been a singular misappre hension or an ingenious and wilful altemtion of the langua,ge of my note to the Committee, and, appended to my testimony the note, as written to the Ocrmantbee, an .1 which is now in their possession, is literally. and legibly as fol lows. Mark the words:. "There retained—under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury—by Messrs. Dix, Blatchford, and DO) , one hundred and forty thousand dollars, shwidealaihat ~I have stated in testiisibitY, -which- le accounted. for by the vouchers." The original draft of the note, still in my possession, is as follows: "There was.retained—imderanthority of the Secretary of the Treasury—by Messrs. Dix, Blatehford, and Opdyke, one hundred and forty thousand *Mars, 'besides what I have stated in my testimony, which is accounted for by •the vouchers' In copying it very hastily:for - the Committee I seem to have omitted.tho word "Wen r but the,lonsit would in an instant have supplied it,,,and Wand = without Atthe meaning larentlittt Mill . . 'The Committee; ' in' their report;' . rinted it as follow's, and founded , upon their version an ar gument that .I bad possession of $140,000. Their Whole line of argument and injurious deduOtions thus bailed upon an alteration of my language : • , haver retained, under authority of - the Secretary .of she TreisntY. by Messrs, Dix, Bltchford and Opdyke,, ono hundred and forty thousand - dollars; besides what I have stated in ri i i c t testimony, 'which is aethiunteil- for by the it will time be seen that,h3, changing thu weld "there," to the words "I have,! the ihtikirt dot, only reduced the language of the note to an absurdity, but, so far as it ten any moaning in it all, it changed the depository of tho $140,000 from Messrs. Din Blatchfonlaild 00410,. (by whom it Itattltcld by Aim's,. nu- . thority,) to' myself insinuations, retained it without vouchers , of any character whatever. - • But aside from, and independently of, this critical exPosition of the alteration of my lan guage by the author of the Report, from which. I have ',been suffering, I have - happily at command official papers sustaining, in whole and in detail, my statement, on this point—all of which Mr. Blatchford would have exhibited to the Committee if he had been .al lowed to appear before•thera. The orginal deposit of the $2,000,000 in New York, by Secretary . Chase, (made upon the official requisition of the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Natr, for •$1,000,000 each,) , and the authorisation, by Secretary Carneron, to use that portion appropriated to the War Department, were procedures growing out of the Imperious necessity of the hour, and justified by this.necessity, as at least partially conceded by the COmmittee in their Report. When the exigency was removedr by the re establishment of -communication between the loYal states and the capitol,: the deposit of the money was very properly withdrawn by Secre tary Chase, as will be seen by the following letter': , Gisurnaustr: Regular. communications with New York having been - established, although not as frequent nor as• rapid as heretofore, thus removing the absolute necessity which existed on !the 24th - April last for Apecial disburAng officers In'the city of New York, and referring to ~tuy, letter of instructions of ..,that date, 'I request that such sum as, may be remaining in Tour bands of the amount of $2,000,000- ad vanced to you on that date, to meet legal`and proper dernands upon the Treasury, may be deposited with the Assistant Treasurer at New York tothe credit of the Treasurer of the United States; and that you will; as early as practicable, render your account with the 'vouchers te this ;Department, that - the same may be promptly settled. • - SIMON .CADIEBON Thereis no doubt that your report, when re ceived; will be entirely satisfacto#, and that your pro&edingt will be found to-have -beenin acc6rdance with the hieteetinsathm entertained of You by this Pepartment : , ou will please consider this as a revocation of die anthorityltiVed iti aiy le.tter of the 24th ult. , and accept the thanks of this Department for oe _patriotic services. . an inarverf:n3spOtitillyl., • S. P. CH - LSE. Secretary of the Treasury. Means. &clearest) and Orrivss, - Nece'York. To which Messrs. Dur, Blatchford, and Op dyke replied, stating that. there were outstand ing obligations. amounting to about $140,000, which amount they ha'i 'retained,'subject to the approval of the Seerdary of the Treasury. In rejoinder, these gentlemen received- the following telegraphic communication,: WASHINGTON. }lay 11th. . " Your reservation of fund to meet requisi tion. of War Department, through . Mr. punt mi4gs, approved. • It was to - this sum, and to toe action in rela tion to it, that I referred in my note, so stningely garbled and misused. I - referred to it because it was in addition to what tutd been at first :exPended, its I discovered on examining mymapers, having endeavored in vain to induce the (=initial to allow me tofurnish them the vouchers and papira, instead ,of relying on my recollection; and I . wrote the note that more -might not be the appeartmce of an omission. But the note stated, in relation to it; that this sum "is ac counted for by the vouchers," which seemed to iender it impossible for any misapprehen sion; and I think now that no fair mind could have misapprehended it, and 'certainly no honest mind would have altered it. All these fads, la perspicuous, so undeniable. and so conclusive, as to the rightful retention and appropriation of the $140,000,--with the knowledge and sanction of the authorities of the , Government—could' havebeen had by the committee it they had been willing' even'to hear the testimony of ?fr. Blatchford; who had all the papers necessary to a full understanding ofthe case, as previously stated. . . It should be r2membered that during all my interviews with the members of the Committee had:not the.remotest idea of what they were a nt to complain of., I was never once asked to explain a syllable about the $140,000, nor was it htnted'to me that that wars question in their minds • and; indeed, I had been assured that they had no serious complaint to make Tpi simple statement of these facts convicts ' th&Committee of such gross and reckless in justice; that I do not'feel called npon'to stamp it 0r... characterize it with the deserved and ap propriate epithets. If it be alleged that this alteration of which I complain' was a mistake, unwittingly and not wilfully made, then, I ask, why did not the Committee recall me, to ascertain the meaning of the note which their alteration had reduced to nonsense ; or, Worse still, why did they re fuse so pertinaciously to hear Mr. Blatchford, whose statement I assured them would make everything perfectly plain ? Id it too much to say that, however the al teration may have been made originally, the Committee, by their subsequent conduct xto ward me, and by the argument of. the Report, made it wilfully their own? In farther evidence'that this authority to act in New York was regarded as only temporary, and resulting from a peculiar exigency, the following letter was addressed, by Secretary Catheron, to Governor Horgan and myself at thesametime with theletter of Secretary Chase, Withdrawing the deposit : ~: . Tamara: . DIPARTIBIGT, 6th May, 1861 "8. P. CHASE, "Secretary of the Treasury." Wks DsztitTmlwr, Washington, May 1861 Gurramcor : The nitraordinary emergency which demanded immediate and, deolsive mea, Imes for the prow mitiettALikernational capi tal, and the deform of the national, govern tie rendered it neikiniy Deinutinnn tArnr-: . . • .fr,., 1o • 111 . Ottu, • Raving procured Steam Power Presses, we are proper. ed to exeedte JOB add ROOK PRINTING of every desaip tlon, cbeaper tbal ft can bo done at any other establish mentin tbecountry. RATES OF ADVERTISING. thr• t'our lines or less constitute one•halftquaxe. Right inespr more than foar• oehealuate a square. Bill Square, one day - one week ta one month three month! 1111 months one year... ........... OneiSquare, one day . ......... ........... 100 one mouth.. ........... ........8 60 three mouths . . ... ...... 600 six 10 00 one Yesx.• • • •••• ••.! .. . .15 00 ger Business notices inserted In the i.r1061 Osiontst, or before Marriees and Deaths, Mk CENTS ''"="a T , '"ne for each insertion, NO. 60 ar Mantes and Deaths to be charged u regular • "'entailments to adopt extraordinary means for that purpose; and having full confidence in your intelligence, experience, and integrity, you were to make all necessary arrangemeets for the transemtatiop ot troops. &c., in aid and avast- SUM of the officers of the army of the United States, mtd,the re-establishment of communi cation,- by malls and telegraph, between the cities of New York and Washington. `Uninterrupted communication between the two cities being n ;sr /1_ tin established, and it being desirable that the duties heretofore at tended to by yktli should be hereafter performed the officers e f the army, to whom they pro perly belong, I beg to ten ter you the thanks of this Department lot the very prompt and effi cient manner in which yon have discharged the duties assigned you, raid to request yon to cease maknig purchases, procure transports, or at tending to ether dudes undex artMority given, which could be justified only by the emergen ay, and now happily no longer existing %Respect!' ally yours, SIMON CAMERON. Secretary of War Gov. B. D. Mogovi, and ALSIANDRIL CUMMINGS, Fig.. New York City I have thus, by a plain statement of facts, accompanied by official documents from the Treasury and War Departments, disposed of the principal calumny of the Report. Ie looking back over the history of the last few months, it seems really marvellous that any portion of the public could have believed so preposterous a story—which has been so industriously citcu lated through the agency of this Report—as that the large sum of $140,000 of the public money would have been allowed by the vigi lant and honest head of the freasury Dapart ment, to remain in any hands unaccounted for. I have this satisfactory reflection : that, not withstanding the criticisms of the Committee about the looseness of these transactione, and the; account perk mining to them, they never could have been taken up for settlement with out a perfect vindication of my character in relation to the whole affair. My note, as altered might have rewaine I unexplained, but nothing else. The facts and figures are in proper order, and would speak for themselviss in all time,• with or without my presence, and Ito assured my friend, to whom 1 have alluded in the first part of this letter, who was alarmed fur my sake, by the rumor that seemed to have leaked out of the Committee. .1 might close here, but for the labored at tempt of the Comm . ittee,. while admitting, in languge,.the integrity of my purpose, yet at tempting by insinuation to fix a stigma upon I me tor some of the minor acts connected wi h the execution of my trust. Of these, the one most harped upon i= the . purchase of linen pantaloons and straw hats for the troops. It is not &lazed that a high price was paid for these articles ; on the contrary, it is well known that they were purchased at a very low rate—being about ninety cents a pair fur the pantaloons, and "sixteen cents a piece for the hats. The inott, therefore, that can be charged in this affair, and others of similar character, is an error of judgment. On that point I am not sensitive; but I may be excused for still believ ingthat large bodies of men, suddenly trans ferred from the northerly climes of Maine and Michigan where the chill of winter:was still Upon them,, to It latitude where the heat was ranging nom seventy-five to eighty degrees, would find great relief and comfort, and, indeed, an exemption from the danger of sudden over heating ant:Leen stroke—many cases of which actually occurred—by the seasonable clothing thus provided. These men were not soldiers. in the technical sense of that term, long enured to woolen uniforms, but they were volunteers from all, the walks of life ; and in New York, and in WaShington, also, at that time, it was thought sensible to provide for them such clothing as in similar climate they would pro vide for themselves. They avere fully the equals of, living in like manner with, the members of this Committee, adapting their clothing to the change of the seasons—a faet which seems to have been utterly forgotten by the Committee. The eagerness with which the articles in ques tion were sought by the troops—who would have been glad to purchams them at the price they were procured. by the Government—may be quoted as some proof of the wisdom of the purchase. They were no more outside, of the army regulation than the purchase of winter gloires for the soldiers on picket 'duty. The Committee, it is fair to presume, from their action on : this question, would let the soldier's fingers freeis fast to their musket-locks rather than hive a sound discretion exercised in each an emergency. $o much for that large point which occupies a considerable portion of the Report, and whose vast importance has called forth speeches in both Houses of Congress I With regerd to the purchase of ale, about which so much is said, the same character of reply, to some extent at least, may be made: No one will deny that it might have been made useful both in the hospitals and out of theta; and I doubt not it was used advanta geously. ' But if it were not, it is surely no fault of mine. . The 'accusations of the Report do not stop with these matters with which I was connected, but there seems to be a desire to drag me into others with which I had no connection what ever. Of those the most unjustifiable is the insinuation that I had some connection with the ,chartering of the steamer Cataline—an in siniation made indirectly, but significantly, after I had on bath averred that I had no connection whatever, in any way, direct or indirect, with that steamer, nor even knowledge of its owner ship or. charter. I repeat that averment in the most emphatic and unqualified manner. This averment is in no way affected by the note whibb the Committee publish, showing that I had Ordered freight on board of the Cataline. She bad been chartered by Colonel Tompkins, U. S. Quartermaater at New York, as the Com mittee ascertained, and I told them that it waa very likely some of the articles I had purchased were forwarded by her, because they were sent by' any vessel that was in the service and ready to go. In the note which the Committee parade, in connection with this subject, two other, vessels are named as well as the Catalina —the Roanoke and the Chesapeake, its having freight on board from me—and I ave not, to this hour, the remotest idea of who owned them then or now, nor who chattered them for the, Government; and I knew no more of the Cataline than I knew of them. It was not at all necessary, nor' hardly even within my pro vince, to inquire who owned or chartered them. Without going farther into,dilgpon the various matters embraced ' in the iePort of the Corethittee, I content tnygelf with the declara tion that the money expended by myself and thole with whom I was , antedated, was die fitiried economically and wisely ; and that in the,Whole vast outlay that has attended this war, in no instance I= the Government more truly or more fully got its' money's worth, or the-dlibtunit%ltgenis more ,strictly_ and con [OOBIZUMA on Founrn Pen.] .... 2 00
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