, 1862-02-18
0CxE WASHINGTON LETTER.

oCn WASHINGTON LETTER.
The: War -Mtus .Road in tue Senate Wha. .eM !
be the Effect Of our Vic3oriesz-1As gso.cing !
Ant;-Marv,v Sentiment T., Huntington
1aoset1 abolition Of 6Iavery in TIE District Of
EornHbia-ATYeat Of Stone and the Battle of
Raz's NnB-1Ne .47my Of the P1tomac-A
Foreign appointment E41ps ted.
From our own Correspondent
WAsHNGros, Feb. II, 1861
Yesterday every noise was hushed in the
Senate Chamber when Mr.. Grimes rose and
sent to the Clerks desk the dispatches an
nouncing the splendid victories Of Burnside
and Goldsborough in North Carolina and the
movement Of our Western gunboats to Flor
ence, Alabama As the clerk proceeded to
read the rebel accounts Of our successes-I
anc1ed that the east-iron ylsage of PeaFce Of
Maryland took on a new sco#1, and that tue
sinister expression Of Mr: Benjamin Stark, OF
Oregon, grew more 1l-fayorcd- Salisbury, Of
Delaware, was writing ut his desk, and took
no notice Of the dispatches. Powell, Of Ken
tucky, listened very attentiyely, but seemed
to think it wasn't much Of d shower after all.
The vacant chair Of Mr. Bright spoke vol
umes. =
II ia easv now to conceive that t!,e military
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power Of the repelnon Is In 1Ar way OF ne'ns
broken. New Orleans will be taken before
the last Of March, Beauregard, or, 10 Bcau1c-
gard The question now arises, what is to be
the and After The rebel armies arc dispers-
ed Or destroyed, what will be the condition of
those States and what w;,, ho mrs. WIN
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Missouri, and require to he conquered four
| times apicce and Then held hv standjno ar
,n;oss Mor+b N,,ssonr; cont,;ns lace s5,ras
nlcs Noleu Aissoul .on.ans iess .,.ses
developed no *' Union palty' thus far capable
Of restoring order or eyen Of nrotectinpr them
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scNSe. Il ~ ~ Sost u oie tnoas}, ~ S5
no.nnS u ", 10 5aAe anu nv, 4S;n 4, roatn Mis-
soG'l, llaE an ne sia1es nela lneIe az Morte,
and %e nave @ not IN nnlshea Isl PAYNE !naa FL yeI.
Looh ~ lne essIe1n euote o1 virginia 1Ltne
! counl1cs o. Accomac ana NortHampLon are
as "loyas" as General D1x and General
Lockwood tell US, Why Is it necessary to
keep TWO or three regiments Of troops there
Why is it necessary to keep standing army
in Baltimore, and the guns Of Fort McHenry
pointed landWard? The remark is attributed
to Mr. Carroll, the Clerk Of the United States
supreme Court, natlVe and citizen Of Mary
land, that our armies can neyr, be withdrawn
cidents Of daily occurrence at Baltimore,
PoolesTillc,: Frederick, Budd's Ferry and other
places occupied by our soldiers, fully sub
stantiate Mr. Car1ous testimony.
These views arc beginning to work their
way through our rulers, both legislative and
executive, and the flrst movement vii! be to
abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia.
Charity begins at home. Until the Institution
is swept awaysfrom the door Of the Capitol,
the nuisance viii remain, elogging the eyes,
mouths and ears Of the peoples representa-
tlyes. When it is swept away, they viii no
longer see as through a glass darklv. Having
accomplished the reform here, they will find
how easily it may be done, and they Will be
prepared TO enjoy new Injuries in the same
line OF duty. Secretary Stewards order IN re.
ference to the fugitiyes in Washington jail
Nas very hopeInl vindlcation Of the progress
OF ideas favorable to freedom Ihe glacier
mas etafted- Inc negro tnle7es anu secess1on
lists, whom Marshal Lamon Keeps IN Office
here, may gnas1 their teeth against it, ant
fight and curse, but it will go on;
The arrest OF Ten. Stone Is Wcll-spring OF Us
tonishment to the regular army officers, and thu
charges against him, are IN that quarter pefect
IT, amazing; Frs, mishehayior at the battlt
OF Balls BlutLn HAS not his mlsbehavlor al
the battle Of Balls Bluff been known foul
months Why has he been allowed to com
nIand q division, and play lis pranks before
the country, from that time to this, when al
the flcts regarding the battle Of Bali Bluff
have been perfectly well known, or at leas
. perfectly accessible, all the time to Genera
Mcclellan? Misbehayior at the battle O
Balls Blutf III October, implies miSbehayio
on tie part Of his superiors ever since. Tit
only explanation Of this mystery consisten
with common sense, is that Gen. Mcclellan
, Wss guilty Of misbehayior in regard to tht
battle Of Balls Bluff alEo-not treacher
ou6ly, but blunde1lnglT. Stone is re
regarded as one Of The ablest officer
in the army-as able as Bencdlc
Arnold, and as thorough q traitor as he. 1t i
believed By those best informed that he no
only plotted the destruction Of Baker and hi:
devoted band at Balis Blutf, but the destruc
, ton Of still larger number Of our troops a
Edwards's Ferry, u few miles below. All per
sons remember the brood Of lies that cam
from the scene Of the dlsastcr-caeh new on
, outlying its predecessors Tor d whole week
, | Treason or laundering, or more properly trea
son dnd laundering are SO coalininglcd will
the blood Of our brave soldiers On that field
that it is difficult to tell where the one end
aud the other begins. As though there ha
not been cnough lives already lost by mean
Of tic wrttchcd scow, Gen. Mcclellan orde1e
Gen. Banks to march to Gen. Stones suppor
swift and swollen river lay between Gen
| Banks and the point to which he Was ordered
t. and Gen. Mcclellan knew that no means 9
: ! crossing had been provided, if indeed he sto1
| ped to reflect that the Potomac rolled betwec
Mary laud and Virginia at that point. Ger
!, Mccall, who acas on the Virginia side with
, largc division, was ordered back to his camI
: with the blood Of our brave soldiers in tha
field, tint it is impossible yet to Tell wher
: | tie one ends and The other begins. I under