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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
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!:;: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
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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
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