Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-01
FROM TEE NORTH.

W. make some further extracts from our Northern
files Of 0j.ober 2S.h:
ANOTHER CONVENTION OF o~yiRSos-rHsIR PLANS roR
PROSECUTING THE WAR.
The Cincinnati correspondent Of the New York Her
aid asserts positively tba. the ~asia.ors Who assembled
at Altoona, Pa, are again at work, and adds
In order TO bring to bear directly upon Mr.. Lincoln
this pressure Of off ;ial Il Thence, they arc 10 as .mble
in Wahlrg on within ten days, at . conference which 10
10 be attended by ell the Governors Of the loyal .ates,
eIcep. Governor Morgan, OF New York, who will not
Din In with them, aad then present the following de.
m,njs 10 President Lincoln
The removal OF / Major General Mcclellan from the
o,mm,pd Of the Army Of the Potomac, and the sp.
poin,ment OF Major General Joseph Hooker 10 that pc.
si:ion.
2 The sapplaniing Of Gan. Buell. By some mora ensr.
gstlc GsaerAl; and
: The vigorous prosecution OF the war, the imme.
dis,e advanc, Of the army Of the Potomac, the %eufcrcs.
mept of the COZ fs,ation act, and, flaly, the rccognll len
~ the yar a. q RIB liol, aud the treatment Of rebels ia
arms as traitors, and not as osdisary beligerents.
the Pr. sident decliles to acceis to these proposi
ions, and ~ueslscts 10 carry them out, tho Governors
will refuse 10 furnish any more troops to the army, and
vii, Il is rumorsd, attemp; TO place some one in q posi-.
Ion where the P~residents authority will no. be needed
10 of-c. toe ohje, Il desired.
Ia plain language, / 10 rumored that a military dicta'
tor will be s~spoiuted who will carry on the war vigor'
naE N c " v Il VI W u Va ~
the las, rumo; bu. / am inclined to place faith 10 it
mystlf am qli:s srisasd Of the corr ore:s Of the
sta,ament tha. no more troops will be given Until suoh
Oh lngts g the Governors desire In the commands Of the
E,sterl and West rn armies are effected.
understand hat Governors Norton, Of Indiana, and
Ys,es, of Illinois, went to Louisville yesterday to gather
facts bearing upon Buell. and his o~ampAigu, and his con
doc, in tho same, which they propose to lay before the
Convention aud tbs President, to show the necessity OF
bis removal.
Having obtained these facts, they will proceed to-day
to O)lumbus, where they will be joined by Governor
Todd, aud then push on E ,sl to Washington. Governor
Curtin will in the party OF Aarrisburg, and Governors
Kirk rood, OF Iowa, Blair, Of Michigan, and other Wet.
ern G )yernorl, will proceed BY arosher route TO wash
irg.o on, where they ,Ipeet to mad the Evtern EElu-
lives. Gov. Morgan, i: Is understood, will not unlIe
With them, az no dolres 70 snitalA HONOR Aorahin IN
his pr6ssn: policy.
Toe Convention may b. postponed by some contin
pency that may arise, bat | have reason to believe that
( vii take plsco At a. early day next week.
So ne OF tie Northern papers have trea.sd this in'or.
nation as a eanard, bu. the R'Tdld gravely discusses i.
in a long editorial, 10 which 1, says:
II this news shorll turn out not 10 be true hereafter,
Il ia 10 proof. tia. Il va, no. .ruS when IL was 4 81 an
nouuced. II the couven ion should no. be held, |. will
only b. bsc ,uso the premature publication of the pro
gramue shall have disconcerted the plans Of the con
~spirators. Their Oh eus at Providence and Altoona, and
the o. ,os which they contemplate at Washing on, are
the same. Thsir dosigl is to pu. Nj. l. ncoln under their
let, to virtually AID practically uunify tue Federal Lu
thority, and TO act as independently as the Southern
rebels.
CURIOUS DIsOLosURIs.
The A5oltlouisls have found a victim for the sacrifice
in tao person Of a Department clerk, and the following
disclosures are made b. tue Washington CArogieis, a
paper edited by The notorious John W. Foruey:
Tasrs are certain f.o,s connected with james n.
Wright, q confidential clerz Ia the Al l,ant Generals
Office nj the War Department, which We ie,l bound to
give 20 the public. Hs lives In Pdcce G ,orse's ccuaty,
Marylant, lat outsid, Of this Dis;ric'. Sjms dme sinoa
hs went 10 a ~reIghbot, Mr.. Joseph Gregory who has
three sons, told him that because he was a U lion man
he WAS L. dsugf Of being driven from his homo, aud
that In orter to seeur, project OIL he mu't sind two Of
hs sons to II, rebel army. Wright sud he warned NJ.
Gegory OF bis dagger, because he wls q ~neigabor, and
that hia ichusnoa VS. sucl thai he coa'd get ihs sons
commissions. M Gregory spurned the tf-r, and then
Wright, changi,g his tone, cad that hr. Gre ;try aud
his family would Do driven from Pfince Georges county,
or used words toi that GGf,ot, and intimsted that b.
(Wrirh) would aid in doing it. THIS occurred Whilst
Me-. Cameron wI3 s oretary Of War, and all IN so iacs
were testified 10 by NJ. Gregory aud three other p .rsoDs
betor, the otter Investigating OJmnittee, and 8 report
sent 90 III. War ID 'partmsnt. ing referred to the Ad'
jalant General, la reported that the services OF Wright
were ipdi,pensabIy necessary, and he could not be 70.
moved.
When Mr.. Stanton assumed that place Mr. Gregory
Inade 4 second lid Iyit, and Mr.. Watson, Assistant Dec.
rotary. declared tina. the man sboGli b. removed. The
affidavit. was uudsr oath. and vas sent TO Assistant Ad-
jl,ant General Toomes. who referred it 10 tho very Mr..
Wrisht whose removal it demanded. Wright reported
back tha. It vas f,lIe that the man who made the Gth-
d,yis dd not bsIeye 10 fu'ure re sards and ru1ishneDe,
and therefore he was Incompetent TO testify.
All OF Mr.. Gsegory's 10 d have been drafted, villa
Mr.. Wight, who Ia, sent dis 500 TO Richmond 20 avoid
the draft, Ia exempt, because he holds a commission IN.
der the Federal Government. Wight wsi one Of the
mss, noisy b,sblers sglirs. Governor Hicks when that
stsrn old patriot refused to call tho Legi latare together
10 snsbl, it 10 pass az ordinances Of secession, and wa'
a leader in tho convention OF the county called for tie
purpose Of dsaouucing the Governor ard iniimieatipg
him Into ODE jiencsto the demands Of the traitors that
thaD, ss now, iLfest tbs State.
81 The mater rests at this day, and We feel bound to
lay these facts, IS Thy have been sworn to BY SEVERAL