, 1862-05-07
0UR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Gen. McDotesH Coneaiating the Rsse1-acsae
n dnd around icks5ury-1ae Yots a
the ssssolstttons Of the Committee on G),eg.n
znent C9ntracts-Ihe Republican R.,7y ID
sotzTdZAom Seeretary Welzes Escaped Csnyur.
-bdeusbu1y's BLac&gu1rd Spesch in the Sen.
ate- Pa0aadighaH d; Co., on FNyya,ny.
:. From our OWE Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 3. 1862
Gen. Me- 'Dowell's operations at Fredericks.
burg, regret to say, are not Of very Ell.
cient and inspiring character He has not vet
sent single company across the river, al
though Tor nearly week the rebels have been
carrying of their public stores under his nose,
But he has stationed guards around the houses
and farms Of secesslonists in the nelyhbor.
hood, who come into camp and insult our sol
dleEs, and whose wives and daughters insult
the very guards who are protecting them.
These are serious charges, aud I would not
believe them unless forced to do SO by the
testimony Of numerous unimpeachable wit
neEEes, who, like myself, have been disposed
rather to admire Gen. Mcdowell as a man
who dared to fight even when the odds were
against him. Fredericksburg LAWYER uamad
Little has been provided with q guard to pro-
tect his "sacred rights" This Mr.. Little
came into one Of our camps a few days since
and told number Of officers that they would
60 to Richmond one Of these days Elster than
they ever went anywhere else, and that they
would lind lodgings prepared for them in to-
bacco warehouse. Some of the protected f.
males around fredericksburg amuse them
IT1ifffnn mn k.F h.
Union soldiers, and others by closing their
windows with curtains made Of the Stars aud
Bars Of the rebel flag.
But Gen. Mcdowell does not send any sscou-
trabands'' back. They are coming into our
lines IN vast numbers and are all employed in
rebuilding the Railroad Bonth from Aquia
Creek. Fredericksburg is practically in nos
session of the blacks. They throng the streets
everywhere. AL the places Of business are
closed and the doors nailed up. The white
men hage nearly all gone to the war or fled in
panic at the approach Of the Union soldiers.
Those who remain are stiff seccssionists, They
will not sell bushel Of corn or pound OF
tobacco for all the U. s. treasury notes that
have been printed, but they will take any Of
their own motley and multitudinous shinplas-
tiers at par; and their preference has been
gratified hT some mischievous soldiers, who
have traded with them to the amount of about
$4,000, with photographs Of the Confederate
currency, wredecmable two years after the
conclusion Of peace,'' etc!
Looking over the Late Southern paDers re.
ceived at the Navy Department 1 find that the
Memphis Argus and the Richmond Enquirer.
nave copied . portion Of one Of my letters
concerning Washington corruption Commit
ting, however, the aliusion to F1oyd) and an
pended my name to it In full. They have also
put IN my mouth about column Of Indecent
vitupcra1ion against President Lincoln's fam
1'y that never saw or heard of before, and
that never appeared in the Chicago TRIBUNE,
or any other Northern newspaper TO nv
knowledge. But all that will be forgiven il
these organs Of rebellion will now record the
TACT thar the Republican party, and the Con-
gress of the United State, have By series Of
votes and majorities varying from to l up to
to !, put the seal Of public reprobation and
condemnation upon the frauds perpetrated
and sought to be perpetrated in the
atat hes to those transactions, land it is enough
surely for all practical purposes) belongs to
the individuals concerned and not to the party
upon which they had fastened themselves
There has not been an act performed bY this
Congress tor which honest men have better
1'Ght - iEc1 gIuuu, tnsn Tue lefTettlnE out aud
denurciatlon Of these frauds.
Sec'y Wel1es escaped without censure. ex-
cept such as msy be conveyed Ii the votes off Is
out OF Ill members. 1t is difficult to see how
any person could vote against the resolution
condemnlrg the Morgan transaction, on It's
face. Yet it was so tangled up with other
things, that very few members voted on that
part Of Mr. Wel1es's official conduct at all.
First, New Orleans had just been taken By the
Navy, and, as it was felt that if the resolution
OF censure passed the Secretary would have to
resign, the sentence seemed to be very unit
reward for triumphant victory and great
military, political and commercial advantage
secured wholly BY big department. Second, it
vas feared that If Mr. H5elles should resign,
bis place would not be filed By SO
good man. Mr.. Welles is undoubtedly an
honest man. He made mistake---a grieyou3
ake-one which will trouble him all his
lie, and affect his good name hereafter. But
every BODY knows that the misapp1ication Of
re public Pic money In his department is exact
y S!o.00o, less the sum which Morgan might
Justly have charged for his four months ser
v1ees--saE 5000. You can put your finger
on the deficit in the Navy Department, and
know just what it is. How about the War
This consideration Influenced
not q few votes. Then there vas story
going around that the employment of Morgan
at the compensation paid him was approved
by the President and the entire Cabinet,
mora s,-faaa ,Etsn13 its3 splIs!s tne oiame over
had potent inanence u hoIstga,. H. e. II
Seeretsrv These are Taaaons ~ uossaergg aneg up tpe
Vota III vac $500 n Uns ~ tha H Gnougn ior ne
Hn1man;s % aeean "ae en ea1n+; u tne House on Mr.
Mr san1s6urV o of of'q1atlu maIaWars mad. -,;.o,
aole blackguard speech in the Senate to-day,
Niger eonn1itg ,, lug Tbar p1rases hlggsr and
tdeas and thickness Of ntte1snce eon'osion m 80 o.
cery not long Eefor Ae nco cona nSen m y ne gro
the same condition ag hmseif M - IN tha ss1 n
lerJ, applauded his slang ahnnt ni1pers 10 e ~
niger eouaIity Il Was smusing m'a a5g,ah ana 20
listen to his 1ieh flung threats about Ehat W
would do, # such aud sush a thinss n1s
-o - G'ueiese' ae 41u uos say tnat
anf aa1o ;9e nshY ZOE even salisbury to utter,
slayes af reha1s ~ ~ " eoa9sSaung naa me
groes should be sdded to ths s1 n m ~hinh
Delaware now hos. WIN then ne,au 49,
would re-enslaYe the whoia * nn1
" WhiIe he WIS poing IN th;z s.roi,
NJ. Fisher. the TnnFesentat;ve ~ III