, 1862-07-11

The PRESIDENT pro TEN. laid before the |
Senate q communication from the War Depart
n,ent, transmitting copies Of and Instructions
70 the gepe5a!s in the army in 5s1 es,o Of
tive to the freeing Of slaves Of rebels
3lr. WILSON Of Massachusetts,, from the
military Committee, reported back the House
Joint resolutions authorizing the Secretary OF
War to furnish extra clothing to wounded and
other soldiers. Passed.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE,, from the 1udian Com
1nittee, reported back the bill relative to the
trust bonds extracted By the Secretary OF the
Interior. Passed
Mr.. CHANDLER, from the Committee On
Commerce, reported u bill providing for the
appointment Of surveyors, &c.
Mr, McDOUGALL offered resolution that
the president be requested to have prepared 4
full report Of the foreign and domestic trade
Of California and Oregon and Washington
Territories, to be submitted at the next ses-
Mr. CHANDLER called up the resolution
calling for all the orders Issued By Gen. Nc
Clc}lau, his correspondence, the number OF
| his force, &c. He then modified the resolu-
| .on so as to request the president to furnish
| this information if not incompatible with the
Mr. WRIGHT said he had been mortified at
| and regretted tile tone Of the Senator's
| {Cbandlers lspeeeh when he( (Chandlerl offered
se !fzobiiGn Is Rs hour ef he % 6ae q
make any charges against or throw any OBJ
iu the field. In the opinion OF the
Senator (Cpandler) Gen. Mcclellan must have
seyerest penalty Of the law. Gen. Mcclellan
has not been newspaper general, written up
BIZ correspondents, but lie has been most iu-
discreetly denounced by them: Eet he has
never made any reply. He (MElghtl would
| not 90 back to the operations Of Gen. McClel-
Ian On the Potomac, but venture to sag that
Gen. NcClellan's ten days campaign
in front Of Richmond, fighting an IL
furiated enemy would arou:e as much
admiration among the people Of for
eign countries, as 1t has awakened conf
! dence and hope among our o#n people. He
(W1ight) was in favor Of the vigorous prose
eution Of the var, and in favor Of 8 strong
| coriscation bill, but he would do nothing to
divide tie true union men Of the country.
Tits Was not the place to pass such issues as
this, sanctioned as they were By the speech o.
lincoln cau trust Gen Mcclellan and secre
tary Stanton, he Wright was willing to trus'
them He would ssand by the man (Gen
McClellann) who was fighting the battles O.
'os MT GoeaII Ga2NDLER said that the Senator frou
Indiana (Wright} must have mistaken hl!
(Chandless) remarks. The press Of the coun
t-y has been filed with denuncia' ions Of tht
Secretary Of War for what they said wass mil
) | Itary crime on his part, in not sending rein
| fcrcements to Gen. Mcclellan It Was in
| tended that this assault upon the secretary Q
war should be deadly and lead to his removal
| He denied that Secretary Stanton was guilt!
| Of the crime, and he simply called for the eEl
: | aence in the case. It is rlain to every ian il
the land that when the army was sent oil tt
) | the peninsula there should have been iorct
| retained sufficient to defend the capital
| He had the evidence Of nine major generai
: ! taken before the committee on the conduc
! Of the war, in which they said 1t Was Abso
Iute1y necessary to retain force here for tn
i defense of Washington. Gen. Richardson il
e his sworn statement said It would requ1r
10000 men and corps Of 81. 600 men 70 stol
- The movements of the enemy above or belo7
!. | the CITY, Gen. franklin thought that iron
81, 600 to 50, coo men would be necessary, an
5 The others said SC, 600 to 5000 men must b.
. | left here for the proper defense of the place
: : when. Gen. Mcclellan went to Fortress Mon
rf,e. It was found he had not lett solitar
f. regiment here except the 18th, and that b
= had not left solitary gun on wheels for ii
a defense Of the capital Had this gone on til
enemy would have taken the capital befor
q | the month Of April.
= But the President interposed and stopped il
!. "a Kept corps for the defense Of the cap
III. Was it not proper that these facts shonl
4 | 20 to the country? Was it not right that tt
1eople should know what the facts really ar:
= The President and Secretary Stanton sent evs
d solitary ma1, every nusket, every sab
l. and Every bayonet to the armq Of the peni1
gula, that could possibly be spared from Il
d defense of the capital. Nothing was refast
!. to that army that could BY any possibility
j. spared. Was II not fair. then, tass the pre-