Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-11

Presiden, be requested TO have prepared fun
report OF the foreign and domestic trade and CON
mesce Of California and Oregon and Washington
Territory. 70 be submitted at the next season.
Laid over.
Mr.. Anthony introduced a bill to define the
number Of Brigadier and Major Generals. The
bill provides for reduction Ia the number OF
BugadieE and Major Generals II was referred
to the Military Committee.
Mr.. Chandler called up the resolution calling
for all the orders issued BY Gen. Mcclellan, bis
correspondence, the number OF bis force &c Re
then modified the resolution as TO request the
President to furnish this information. il not in
compatible with the public interests
Mr. Wright said he had been mortified and re
GREETED the tone of the Senator's (Chandler)
speech when he (Chander) offered this resolution.
Ii was not his (Wrights) taste in this hour { 3
the country's trouble TO make any charges against
or throw any obstacles in tile way of the Generals
in the field In the opinion of the Senator
(Chandler) Gen. Mcclellan must have commit
ted atrocious crime worthy Of the severest
penalty of the law Gen. Mcclellan has not
been newspaper General, written up by CORES
pondents, but he has been most indecently de-
n0unced by them, yet he has never made any re
ply. He (Wright) would not 20 back to the op
erations of Gen. Mcclellan on the Potomac but
yentuIed 10 say that Gen. McCiellan's ten DAYS
campaign in front Of Richmond, fighting an IN
iuriated enemy, would arouse as much admiration
among the people of foreign countries as il has
awakened confidence and hope among our own
people. He Wright was in favor of vigorous
prosecution of the war. and in favor of strong
con6scation bill, bat he would do nothing tn d
vile the true Union men of the country. This
was not the place To pass such resolutions as
those sanctioned by the speech OF the Senator
from Michigan. Ii President Lincoln and Sec
rotary Stanton can trust General Mcclellan, he
(Wright) was willing 10 trust them. he would
stand BY the man--Genera McClellan-whO was
fighting the battles OF the country
Mr.. Chandler said that the Senator from lndi-
ana Wright must have mistaken his (Chand-
ler's) remarks The press of the country has
been filled with deuunciations OF the Secretary of
War tor what they said was military crime on
his part, iInot sending reiniorcements to Gen.
McClellarfY
1t was intended that this assault upon the Sec
rotary of War should be deadly aaa lead IL his
removal He denied that Secretary Stanton was
guilty of the crime. and he simply called for the
evidence in the case. 1t was plain 10 every man
IN the land, that when the army was sent OF to
the peninsula, there should have been n sufficient
force retained to defend the capital. He had the
evidence of nine Major Generals. taken befole
the Committee the conduct of the war, in
which they said it absolutely necessary to re
ain force here for the defense of Washington.
Gen. Richardson. in his statement. said il
would require Al 600 men, and corps OF 90, OJ0
men TO stop the movements of the enemy above
and below the city. Gen. Franklin thought that
from 81, 100 men TO 30 00O men would be ne
cessary, and the others said 30 900 TO - 900 men
must lie left here for the proper defense OF the
place.
When Gen. Mcclellan went TO Fortress Monroe
it was found he had not left a solitary regiment
ment here except the 18th, and that he had not
left solitary gun on wheels tor the defense of
the capital Had this gone on tie enemv would
have taken the capital before the month of April
But the President interpoSed and stopped j; and
kept corps for the defense OF the capital. Was
it not proper that these facts should go 10 the
countryl Was it not right that the people
should know what the facts really are. The
President and Secretary Stanton sent eveey
solitary man, every musket, every saber and
every bayOnet TO the army of the Potomac
that could possibly be spared from the defense
of the ctpital. Nothing was refused to thar
army that could by any possibility he spared.
Was il not fair then that the press should stop
denouncing Secretary Stanton who was opposed
to the army but who was in favor OF marching
the army straight into Richmond.
HOUSE.-Mr. Lov,joy asked, but failed to re
ceive consent, to Introduce resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Ways AMI Means to take
measures TO prevent nOn-specie paying banks from
interfering with Treasury notes To the serious ia