, 1862-11-27
FOREIGN MEDIkTiON ASPECTS.
/ he Mcdowell Investigation
0raer by the President.
military to Aid Attorneys and 1Ear-
shallss
WASHINGTON. Monday. Nor. Il n, 1862.
The President has issued the following or


pe1inteudence ard direction Of all proceedings to
be had under the aes OF Congress. of 18th July.
1852, entitled An act TO suppress insuzrection.
punish treason and rebellion, Seize and conh5cate
s,1 -. euearn ar ~ ~ sefonr o
- ~ ccr5e,nratioz ~ - tte estate nronertv mi
fsc+s ~ ran.1s and traitors a. nenttonca ard
provided fo1 in the fifth, sixth and seventh see-
tiona Of the eaid act Of Congress.
And the Attorney General is authorized and re-
qufzed to give to the Attorneys and Mars1a1s Of t
the United States such Instructions and directions
as lie may IND nee7iaa anu 1onsaans ail soea aeiz-
a1ee' p1osesasion7' 'sa'n sohAshA',asaoa anu,
n,o.s,'s,a mo.so' ~ .ho-o 7a.. ~ .aa.nn.h,
o-onnd ~ c,ar ar. forc;b1a ,os,s+anca n tha act
IN ,he DISCHARGE of their resnectiye lat1es IN this
behalf to cali upoa any military officer III com
mand Of the forces Of the United States to give |
them eueh aid, protection and support as may be
necessary to enable tnen saieis ana efheiensiy 70
aaseae1se toelf Respective noItes; auu W eaeh
eoun. ~, etas..s az ~ pg a,as ~
- ~ -, *,,a{- -,n,rar cons;zton+,1 u;+h
+1ei- ,,7,sr i,tiaz A.nAuAu 5,vcn1x
By the President.
EDWARD Bates, Attorneg-GenezaL
In accordance with this order, the Attorney
General will shortly issue specific instructions
to United States Attorneys and 1Iarsha1s for
carrying into effect the provisions Of the act
to which reference h6g been made.
}sreeias Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune,1
WAsursGrox, Nov. se, 1862.
4 French officer, who recently visited Gen.
S5sel, expressed great admiration for the ap-
pearance Of his troops, looking at them from
!. strictly military point Of view.
The French dispatch, to which Lord Rus
se1rs answeris just published in England, has
been communicated to our Government. We
learn that it is very friendly in tone and SIM
oily expressing wish that some lneaus may
be devised to stop the e1fusion OF blood.
There is considerable feeling in circles friendly
! in France at RuEse1l's publication Of his Eng
lsh disDatch.
Bayard Taylor, Charge d Affairs at ST, Peters
burg, recently had an interview with Prince
| Gortclakon, in which he intimated, On the
strength OF Stewards dispatches. that the re.
beIIiou was about 70 be nut down. Go7tchakofc
was t1iendlv, hut expressed doubt as to the
trptb Of the pzorEecg. which he had heard 50
often.
4 committee of asscssors from New York,
PHILADELPHIA ard Boston are here to rst Secre.
tary Chase to recommend the raising Of their
salaries in his rcports,
| The following western soldiers have died in
the hospital here: ". jackson, company I,
sih Ohio; George ". Fisher, company B, Cd
Wisconsin.
| Tile following are the latest Western 40.
pointments Of Pension Surgeons:
G. 2. Wood, Washington, Ill; Elk: Gro
ti!ere, Bloomington, ILL.,; D. r. Aul5, Mound
City, H.
Some forty bids were made yesterday foI
hides and ta11ow from Government beeye:
. slaughtered fog the use OF the army. Horatis
Lombard Of Chicago, got The contract. paYine
. seven dollars per head, and allowing the arm,
, to collect at his own expense. The contrac
| includes all armies east Of the Blue R:dce.
) The Agricultural Department has receives
| new variety Of oats from Stockholm. The
> average forty pounds to the bushel. AS thi
Is eight pounds above the standard, consider
It able Importance attaches to experiments
which y i'll be made next season, to ascertai
:, = whether this neH variety can be acclim2ted
t this country.
g At The melting of the Court Of Inquiry t:
) | day, Gen. Mcdowell submitted for the consii
- Grafton Of the court, q plan Of Investigation
l. in which he SETS to.tn his military histo1
= from the time Of his appointment Us Brigadit
e General, On the 14th Of AIay, 1861, and SUI
4 gests certain points Of inquiry. Ho does nj
,e desire, although he is willing that the disast
r Of the battle Of 3 u1l Run should be investig
: ted, sinde it hcs already been inquired into
s. joint committee Of Congress, and thereto
proposes to confine the Investigation into b
d conduct as 3 general officer under his cor
:, mission as Major General.
it He considers the charge to which all 9th
i'll points and specifications to be treason, and]
y proposes to prove the negative by such e,
'e dence rs eAal1 cause Innocence to be inlerre
rs | In addition to the question of general condu,
tn he proposes, list, the vestigatton Of the
u legged correspondence with the eueuy's col
81 r1anaers, or with any one within tie euem,
nd lire. Tie or1y correspondence that he
its aware Of, was with q secession Confedsr,
mr. commander opposite Frederic6sburp, a
RI. with Messrs. Robert E. LIE, and Thomas F
On Huph. Who wrote fro1n Richmond on so1
I'd t,srsous1 matters.
~ Sacona tho ;nrest;yat;on os 7,;s ,o,;or
r. | wards +hc inhahits,,fs of tha conn1ru m,
,er n;ed bv our troons. with rpference tn Tho
saves nr th.;- nrnne,tv. m which he n,ono
~ To Offer tis general and The test;mo,,ez of 3
iii er,1 ,fr,ccra
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ties OF ncgiecs ~ 90 " unl oerote hlcn1ao
sed "neh hls 1ofcee we're AZ hfeaefacksoo
81 whether he did or did not, When the camps
| in the Shenandoah Valley WAS ended, tr,
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rom I "~A' ~ ~ 1 N1N 49,
hlcnmono-on tnle o1ers o1uelal cofTespc
ence aud the testimony Of Gen. McC1el
Cen. wads#orth and other officers.
icia1
fee, he a10o "ienea en4u"y 10 W "Ac'ne
aft: failed to cooperate with Fremont for th
L70; lief of Banks, and whether he ever merle
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90; ~ sene Ae.nAo1 1~en4en'o ~ - -
ohn- Fifth, he asks m mFesHE0t1on IN Inc cha