, 1862-07-04
FROM GEN. HUN TER'S COM
MAND.
HOW He NET DIVERS INT Err
RQGATIGW2.
CONDITION or AFFAIRS In GEN.
HUNTERS DEPARTMENT.
and Employs ali Loyal Persons. :"
TSnecia, T1spatch to the Eh;caeo TrihEaa.7

Especial 01spatch TO the Eh!cago 1f155Fle-I
WASHINGTON, July 8, issa.
Gen Hunters letters prove great vezatlon
to the ultra pro-slayery Congressman The
colonel commanding the negro regiment is
Capt. Fessenden, Of the 10th regulars, LITE 4
recruiting officer in Indiana, and son Of Sen
ator Fessenden.
Mr. Allen, Of OLio, was exercised this
morning about Gen. Hunters letter, and
wanted The resolution to order it printed re-
considered. III. LoyejoS considerably re-
nc1nbered that Mr.. WicklitIe he'd been off to
Ne# T crk at the grand conservative meeting
with the letter Was presented, and thought
that it ought to be read again tor his special
benefit. Mr.. Nickliae announced that he
should answer Gen, Hunter at proper time.
Mr.. Dunlap is also in tfouhle about it, and
wants the House to consider it al in=ulI to
the American Congress and au outr!5e on
the American people
WA*nlsGroS, July s-The correspondence
rt:aIaipg ths raising Of Negro Brigade, WIS
| lengthy. Portions Of il caused considerable
| ;aughier- Gun. Hunter saya: To the iirst
question: II therefore reply that no rcgi-
ment Of fugitive Slaves has been, or is being,
| organized in this Department Taere IS,
late Masters ait fu.ltiye rebcis, mea who uya-
| ryEhtrt 'iy before the Appearance of tic Na
| tional tlag, leaving their servants behind tLem
10 shift Es best they can fur ;hcnl-clscs- So
far, indeed, are the loJai peTsuDs COMPOSING
this eminent from seeking to avoid th: pres
ence Of their late oTntrs, thot they Ire now
one and all working with remarkable Industry
to place themselves in position to join in
full and effective pursuit Of their fugacions
aid taaitofuus proprictoFs."
| ~ Sht.eo h(a IF,f in.
strucsions given to Bsigadier General 7. ".
Sherman by Secretary Cameron, and turned
over o me by succession, for my guidance.
do distinctly authorize 1ne to employ Ill loyal
tense Of the Union, aud for tha sup.
PRESTON Of Ills rebellion il any manner
might see fit, or that the circumstances might
) call for. Thtre is no restriction as to til:
character or color Of the parsons to be em
| ploycd, OF the nature Of the employment
: whether civil or military-iu whicA their ser
I vices shall be used.
II ccnrlude, therefore, that I have beer
authorized to enlist fugitive slaves Us soldirrs
should any such be- found in the department
No such characters, however, hare yet ap
, peaf.d within view Of our most advances
Pickets, the loyal slaves every where rem lini
On Their plantations to welcome, aid and SAP
: ply us with food, labor and Information.
10 the third interrogatory, Il is my painfu
c duty to reply that have never received On
!, specific authority for purchasing clothing
r. arms, equipments, &c, for the troops in que;
tion- 1Iy general instructions from Mr. Can
Il cIpn to employ ltln III any manner I mi5l
9 find necessary, and The military exigepcles I
) the department. and the country, being III
T. only, but, in uE Judgment, sufficient jas:it
= ca1lon.h
e Especial Correspondence n. Z. Times.1
d Huron Head, June y. 1852
l. You know already Of the shocking reve1s
IA which our arms met on the 18th inst, O
~ james Island. I rot able to comment upo
u that unfortunate nt1air. It is now undcrstoc
IT Island is to be abandoned. as no reintorc
;c msnts, without which it would be folly
5, attempt an advance upon Charleston, are to
Is sent here until the tafl, and the point is on
valuable to us as j base OF occn petions again
Fy tant city, which could be hcl! ouly ct the co
d Of great loss Of life from the diseases int
:.t | dent to the swanlpy nature Of the soil
ii BriEadier General &. G. Wright, with
strong force, will remafn in command
N | EdisEO, and the other portion Of the army "
]s ! be distributed as much along the imnlal,
n sea coast SIS possible, in view Of the health
the troops during the summer months.
Operations at James Island being conclude
= and Hilton Head not being considered health
J. it is probable that the headquarters Of +
Department will be removed to Beaufort, q
all the tEanps now at Hilton Head, except
q sufficient garrison for the works, and
guard for the depot which is established her
ut Brig. Gen. Benham arrived yesterday frc
ar Key West, and has been placed in COMMA
- at Port Royal Island, with headquarters
nd Beaufort. His health is rapidly iuproyiz
in Nearly ali his command IRE here, having be
hit sent for By Maj. Gen. Hunter to take part
- the contemplated attack on Charleston, nj
l7l rendered abo1tive By the action Of Gen. Bt
icy ham. These rcinforccments, numbering 81
nd effective men, arrived the day after the b It
ava on James Island, and would have been able
s.s have taken part in the action had Gen. B.
sa. liam obeYed orders. It Is confidently s
at here by officers in the position Of know
,as | that not only did Gen, Benham disobey
pcremptory written instructions in his
~ movements, but that, at q council Of war b
ng the evening previous to tue attack, Gcnel
II: I Wright, Stevens and Williams, all war;
~ him, in the strongest language, that sue
~ movement would be in violation Of orde
ON that its object was impossible Of attainme
len and even If attaided4 would be Of
at possible service, as the works assaulted IT
.ss merely an exterior line of defense to auot
'ed work Of rifle pits aud cguiar Notifications,
der The fire Of which it could not be held,
rss enemy being in vastly superior force, mai
,r drafted from Bea1regard's disbanded arm
~, Corinth. Gen. Huntcr, l an told, felt gl
zeu reluctance in placing Gen. Benham under
les. rest, as from his a1heccdents such action, r
rod the overwhelming evidence against b
makes bis dismissal from the service, cit
Yor by sentence Of court-martial or the more 81
by | mary order of the President necessitY