, 1862-12-11
'T1airfy-Nine to be Executed ON
7Eae 10Th.
Gen. Pope at the Fitz John
Porter Trial.
GEN. k!'CLELLAM'S TESTIkOMfFOR
MCDOWELL.
TIE SECRET HISTORY OF THE
WAR.
The Coming Cabinet Change


proceedings against Porter, the contradiction |
Was rather verbal than real. 4 closer cxa,ni-
nation Of the testimony shows that Pope, at
first, told Porter lie thought he would not
take al.y further action against him, believing
his acts to have been the result Of incompe
tcncy and b'unaering rather than Of intcn-
tioHal crime, but that information derived
from The President 1li1usclf, led him to change
lis opinion and prefer charges.
Pope never said, as has been represented,
that he & had 10 fault to find with Portcr.''
Mcclellan was further examined bcfor the
Mcdowell Court, today. Els testimony on
several points is highly interesting, settling
Tie fact 1ll:t the President anl not Mcdowell
WIS responsible for thc detention Of Mellow
ellis corps from the army on the Peninsula,
:;sd that Mcdowell acted under orders from
Washington throughout.
Mcclellan refused to give his reasons for
believing tlrlt if reinforced By Mcdowell he
could have taken Richmond. He was notified
HAT he must answer, and the court then ;d-
]our1lcl till tomorrow.
Tie following is saa synopsis Of McClcllan's
testimony, tue substance Of the comlnunic.-
t;on to witness by Gen. Franklin from the
President, WAS that the President assumed
Ill responsibility Of the charge Of the lcstina
4 copy Of tlc n. 7. Herald, containing o
speech made nj Tarrytown, Oct. 31st, by Hon.
j. B. Haskin, alleging that Mcclellan had
stated flat he had been unfortunate in not ta-
king Richmond, because Of the failure Of
Mcdowell to reinforce him rs expected and
promised, was submitted to the witnesses at
this partial examination. The witness said
eliat thc incident rclstcd in the speech was
certainly new 10 him, and he was very sure
he had never made the remark therein attrib-
he had doubtless said, for it had been ever his
opinion that tie army Of the Potomac would
have taken Richmond, had not the corps Of
Mcdowell been separated from it; also his
o7.initn that had The command Of Mcdowell
joined the army in Maryland, by The way Of
Hanover Court House, from Fredericksburg,
We should have had Richmond in a week after
such junction. The witness did not hold Gen.
Mcdowell responsible, in his own mind, for
the failure to join him on either occasion.
The witness thinks that Gen. franklin, in
kiUlIH nllu OH kHC1 CAtA@AlH4 Il II I'LL
message from Mcdowell, expressing his wish
10 aid lin by 4 demonstration on Frcilericks-
burg,
Mcdowell here introduced 4 number Of
communications between himself and the
President, Secretary Stanton and Mcclellan,
showing that he {AIeDowelD acted under or
ders in not moving to the support Of McClel-
Ian. Among thcm was telegram Of date,
May 25th, by President Lincoln to Mcdowell,
inztructing him TO lay aside the movement on
Richmond to cooperate with Fremont in the
destruction Of Ewcll and jackson. 4 tele-
gram Of the same date, from Mcdowell to tho
| President, says that his order had been obey
cd, but that it was Il crushing blow to him.
| i telegram Of the same date, from the Presi-
dent to Mcdowell, expressing himself highly
| gratiiicd with The alacrity with which he had
| ubeycd his order, and saying that it was aS
| painful to linn as 10 Mcdowell. A tcle
esram Of the same date from Mcdowell
F! to the President says that his order
would be carried out with all energy, bu
pointing out the impossibility Of cfItctins
the purpose proposed; that he could cfiec
| nothing in the direction in which he was be
ing sent, aud that he would lose much; ami
that by the movement all our armies woul.
be paFalyzcd from Richmond to the S!,enan
loall.
Tie examination Of Mcclellan WAS resun
I'd! When questioned as to his knowledge Q
tile habits Of Mcdowell as to the use Of intos
icating liquors, witness said hc had know
Mcdowell for nearly twenty years, and hi
known him Us ;bstainiug entirely from til
usc Of vine Or any spirituous liquors, an
even tea or co!ice-tlat was his reputation
amongst all who knew him. Witness coul
| imagine nothing more absurd than tho charg
r Mcdowell stated here that he Wis throue
with the witness.
The Western Virginia admission We
through to-day by a stronger vote than "
!, cxrccted-forly- one majority. Tho chief 0
: jccron to tho admission grew out Of fear til
;. | tie precedent was bad one. 1t Is admit
= on all hands The proceedings was somewh
:. irregular and revolutionary III the outset b
j it is believed that admitting the reorgani;
# lion Of the State government Of Virginia
70 be legal, proceedings for the reorganization
r tile new St:.,c cannot be Irregular The Pre-
- dent has written letter to Horatio Seyme
:, urging him to drop attention to party
~ forests, and to concern himself somewhat
j., the interests Of the nation, dwelling on
- eut1trings Of the West from the closing Of
y, Mississippi River, and expressing the HI
~ that New York will be able to alleviate t
~. suffering somewhat by preventing railr'
o ,nonopolics, and reducing the present CT
6o nous tariff on freight As desired By those y
20. ought 10 know, ii appears to be Il somcw
hc curious document.
:, Matters now look as if Burnside was "
Ill ing for rcin1orccmcnts. It would seem
81, the effect of the movement now in prog,
of | must be TO break the.quiet on the Rappah
,e mock, before winter sets fairly in at any r,
So The debate in tile House on Western !
I'LL | ginia crow wdcd out some radical antiadmi
,en tration resolutions that would have been
tie fcrcd if the regular order of business
tie been followed.
RS. The President said a day or two ago
by tic whole energies Of tho government y
now devoted to opening the Mississippi Ri
f,r This declaration, in connection with dc
orv about the object Of the recent expedition
Of is thought may be significant
Ia 1t is eaid, on good authority, that the
raJ real rival Of Judge Holt for Smiths plac
&C. the Cabinet, is Browning, Of Illinois.
os+. gentlcman's course in the Senate last ses
49,, was supposed to have placed him beyond
~. possibility ola recommendation OF the
ministration. but Browning is an old pers
friend, and Mr. Lincoln, in the kindnes
/. his heart, wants to do something for him.
ttcr is not believed that he will allow his per=
t Of ! feelings to lead him to so suicidal IN ae
by the appointment Of Browning would be.
by The following are additional pension
hels geons: Indiana Frost, Seymour
con A. Bushnell, Rockville lowa-G. 4. Ht
,out Burlington; j. 81. Shafer, Fairfield. o.
ance A. s. Whcatherly, Carlington.
!ity, Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
600: WARRINGTON, Dec. 10, i
and Politicians in st. Louis seem unable t
Fire, eide whether Frank Blair has really resi-
his scat in the present Congress or moi
is certain that within the last fortnight Va
letters have been received by yCongressmer
!, 200 saying that he should not be back this ecs
were that within the past week his father
er of brother, the Postmaster General here,
the said that he had resigned and at the op
acre | Of the session his place as chairman O
ducc Military Committee was filed by the ap]
ment Of Qlin Of New York, It is bel