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Cutting OF Fort Pnlaskl--HoN tho
Connectfcnt Boys Dared and Did.
Lieut.. Colonel Joseph R. Hawlcy, Of the
Connecticut Seventh, at Port Royal, writes to
the Hartford Press, {of which he is editor,)
telling how the opening Of the artificial chan
nel known rs stWalPs Gut" by means Of
which our gunboats were enabled to pass into
Savannah river, between Fort Pulaski aud Sa-
yannah, was accomplished. He says:
Wallis Cut, ono Of the Inland passages to
Savannah, was obstructcd by the rcbe1s when
| our forces took Port Royal, by the sinking Of
| q brig and driving three rows Of piles across
! the passage. Tic delicaey Of the operation Of
| removing the distractions can be imagined
when We state that the place was 50 far Tlthin
| .ardcd, thinking that out troops would not
Lave tic temerity to approach the chlnncl, nor
| the ingenuity to remove the Instructions.
But they did not know the Yankee daring
and skill. Some time before the 18th Of Janu.
til that were left on Hilton Head were sent
down to the lower end Daufnskie Island to aci
as guard to party Of engineers who were to
attemptto open Wallis Cut. From the house
which formed the headquarters OF the party
Savannah was plainly visible, at distance q
eight miles, across the marshes and bayous
Tie line Of tile river could also be traced, ami
the men seen on the decks Of the black 1ittis
steamers which piled between Savannah ant
Fort Pulaski, the portfolios Of Which could b
! counted.
During the daytime the party kept con
ccalcd. At night strong guards OF soldier
were placed at favorable points Of observation
and the engineers with mutiled oars and ham '
.. mcrs, silently worked till daybreak. Til
was continued five different nights before til
work was accomplished. But the piles wcr
all removed and the old sunIcn hulk move
) TO position which renders the passage Of th
gun6oats easy. So unsuspicious were the CT
) emy all this time, that our pickcts capture
two innocent duck shooters, who suppose
! they we're safely rowing in rebel waters
is one Of the cleycrest achievements of til
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Lord paIu,erston,s behavior.

Lord Palmerston never had much affection
for this country. Since the war broke out he
has been watching for . pretext to Take sides
with slaycholling rebels for tho purpose Of
destroying the growing power ofthe estates"
The Trent affair seemed to afford the sought
for opportunity for Intervention. Here is an
example Of lis animus towards our country
The Morning Iast is the Wing aristocratic
organ which is understood to enjoy the benefit
Of Lord Palmerston's special and confidential
revelations. On the 18Th Of December, as was
whispered on the Stock Exchange, Mr. Charles
Francis Adams, our Embassador in London,
received a dispatch from Gov. Seward, which
be proceeded the next morning to read to Earl
Russell, in order to assure the British Govern
mept Of the pacific disposition Of our own.
On The 21st (next day) the Morning Ra made
statement which seemed, and was under
stood to be semi-oficial, relative to that IL
legged dispatch. We present the material por'
tion Of the dispatch actually read by Mr.. Ad
ans to Earl Russell with the R'xt's contradic
ton:
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LAND FOR SETTLEMEST.-One Of the fruits
Of this great rebellion, undoubtedly is to be
to turn the current Of settlement from the
due West to q more southerly direction. Null
titudcs Of our Yankee soldiers will be smitten
with the attractions Of DiIe's Land, and when
the strife gives place again to the supremacy
Of law under the "Stars and Stripes,'' will
make homes for themselves in the territories
they have conquered. Yet it is probable that
many viii stop short in the healthy climate
and productive soil Of Southern New jersey.
We know Of q, ,008acrcs in one tract, in Ocean
county, now open for settlement, at 80 pei
acre, convenient to both New York and Phila-
dclphfa rnarkets. The Greens Sand Marls" o1
that region will be in immense demand fol
fert1lizing the wofn-out fields Of the Carofinas
as they shall come under the power Of frcs
labor
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American Presentations Mt the court
of France.


The question OF presenting Americans at
the Court Of France, and with what fornali-
t;a- 1,,a oonc +1,ronc,, +1e forms of 1inlnn,a-
ties' nas 5on~ >, w..
cy and Is no" ''amlcaoly ao1ustea. ""sn-
ington dispatches mention that Mr. Senator
SIMMER has called for the correspondence,
- =. - T.. .o,,,,n,n7oo+na ~ +,,a so,,,
anu tl.at IL WIZ oe eo.u.1u.ie'.eu - tns ~.
ate. It is said that AiF. Daytons letter Is
extremely pleasant reading, and that Mfr.
co7.ord :, h;e rcn1v fntimotes that however
es"ao' ~ 49, ~ -. aa.sso,,. - ,s,,,.,;,,,r
nnplcas'nt 10 AlAellcaus o'eu Jus " pnA5 iu5
the courtier the fact may be, it Is alter all, Tor
the French Court to say who shall and who
49,, ot II ,.o.o,tod The Paris corrpsnond-
fnaii not so pieseu'ea 4
cnce Of the London toseeSptalns the caseF very
neatly, and VIC quote:
n r1,orrarel b,s exn1a;ncd what lie meant
1r asls;nr ~. tha ronI- pnd titles Of The Ameri
c:nc TRc 1,te American Minister did not
e1,e1Ser t1'e mite cnnta;ninr fhis int;nation.
-,n7 rconcst That the snbSect should be yer.
i,o,l1 III arranTea hctwecn 1,ofI, as it was hardly
oi t},;na sn11;c;cntiv ifnnnrtant to write
aho,,t TIC ;nc;ril;iv of nat acccd;n" TO fhis
novu', aos1p ,,1,,aaHanah1n demend A. cycn takino
not'ce e{ ~ = 1eft yrrr nnnleasant imprcs:
/ ~, ,,,,on NJ, Thorvencrs Mind and to rom.
9IGm s,I;cata mat4.Ts sti,i more NJ FanlEner man
ar,rsS IN sr,c1 n way that The Whole Of the cor
resnnndcnce relating to the presentations, OF
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The Louisville journal and its Pro-
pr&etOF8.

Cincinnati Cor. t5th} New 1oIh 1rloune.l
4 merchant Of this city, who las recently
mingled in official circles at Washington,
statcs that the President reads no newspaper
much but tile Louisville Journal 1t is perhaps
time that eomc Of the facts known about this
paper aud its conductors should he more wide
IL circulated A1r- Prentice, whose genius has
given it reputation, is a loyal man, undoubtcl-
IS, but hc is only paid contributor to its cd
itorial columns, without authority over them
The man who controls tue paper is very mean
Northern secessionist, in all but overt act Mr..
Prentice's wife is a fiery scecssionist, and his
two sons arc in the rebel army. He is thus
tan.pcrcd on al sides. When Mr.. ?. returned
from his visit to Washington, during which
the Journal came out with its trcachcrou5
threats against the Administration, he wrote
card disclaiming any sympathy with those
articles. The proprietors refused to publish
the card, and Mr. Prentice vent into 1nslall. ian:
with the Jou17tazha been merely nominal, and
the friends Of the Union in Kentucky have
ceased to subscribe for or regard the paper
which, it is to lie feared, is felt as 4 "thun'
lerers' at Washington.
, 1862-02-12

The Petersburg Va.) Express, In reference
to ZolHcoffer's defeat, says: 1--WE heheve i
will be ultimately fol our good, althoagn AZ
hbT.,' The E1prsss must live and learn.
Years hence, after the rebels hare again been
brought under the sway Of the Federal Gov.
eminent, they will acknowledge the good that
this and other defeats have done them. Chl3:
dren eau never see the benefits Of mei1teo
punishment till time and experience h2vt
opened their eyes.
, 1862-02-12

~ The Cincinnati Commercial Of Monday
saws several persons have been arrested within
day or two past, for Offering and passing the
counterfeit is Of the State Bank OF Indiana IN
that city. There Is need Of caution, as the
hills are calculated to deceive all ordinary OBJ
servers. In the engraving and quality Of the
paper, the counterfeits are heavier and coarsez
| than the genuine.
, 1862-02-12

L. No light Inns yet been thrown upon the
disposition Of the one hundred and forty
thousand dollars the Van Wyck Committee
rcportcd{in "Mr. Cumnings's' u hands, unac-
counted for It is to be hoped that some Of
the Committee will get unearth 1t. The peo'
pie would like to know where the money, par
ticularly in small amounts like the above, is.
Also, the New York Tribune Of Saturday
morning, says:-
up to The closing Of the IT SeSSts5
10 refund the ill-guttcn seventy thousa&d dollar:
which it is his duty to pay back to the Govern
, 1862-02-12

from the Bureau County Republican,
But when the peace of the country was bro
ken by the flave power inaugukating fierce
and sudden war, the frst boom Of their can
non over the free States, seemed the signal for
its late political associates to for5ake its ser
vice and rally for their country. To make
this easy, the Republicans generally manifest
cd willingness to drop their own victorious
equality. Democrats Of the stamp of Dickin-
son, Butler, Cochrzane, Stanton and others,
cut loose at once from the slave power and
manfully denounced it's iniquity. Actuated
by generous impulse, the CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
the leading Republican paper Of the northwest,
fraternize with their opponents, and the Re-
publicans Of Illinois generally accepted their
advice.
But this magnaninity proved to be mostly
On one side. The Democratic papers at trst,
appalled, at the wickedness Of their slayehold-
ing associates, manifested some eontHtfon;
but they quickly baekslid and revived the stale
CRY, their shibboleth Of party warfare, " Abo-
lition.''
Thus while Republican papers ignored party
in their efforts for their country, the Demo-
cratic papers mainly sought mere partisan ad-
vantage. The Republicans were intent to
save the ship Of stnte; Democratic managers
chiefly concerned themselves to save the vile
cargo Of slavery. The natural result Of this
management Of our opponents, and want Of
management on our part, is now seen in the
Constitutional Convention at Springfield In
! every district they sent their. most decided
party men-such decided Democrats, in some
| cases, rs hartlly to be distinguished from Sc
cessfonlsts. lii more than onc-half the Repuh-
/ lican districts they sent Union {e) Democrats,
| who proved to be birds Of feather the mo-
| ment they came in contact with the old flock
Finding themselves outnumbering the Repuo-
| licans in the Convention more than two to one,
they throw of Ill Disguise Of Union, aud seem
stimulated to most intense party zeal and ex-
trayagant party aggrandlzemcnt-
So We see that this generous patriotism ol
Republicans, in dropping party organization,
actually stimulated Democratic party zeal
Our concessions infamed their ambition, and
gives them hopes Of a party triumph.
There is no longer i doubt that the pro-sia
very Democracy intend resurrection On tht
old platforn Of fcalty to slavery. Their con
stant denunciation Of Abolitlonists is wa.
| they have Of trying to make slavery popular
The declaration Of the Chicago Time
"that a victory South IS of !, no avail with Il
out (, political victory North" reveals tn
| aninaus Of dougllfaced Democracy. Thei
6eau ideal Of political prosperity and hap
pincss is found in the administrations Q
} Pierce and Buchanan, when Kansas VA
! delivered over to the tender merc1es 9
Border Ruf1ians, and Congress was lorde
} over by Toonbs and JEFF. Davis, when til
South were represented by the same slaver
; lords that now head the rebellion, and til
North By race Of doughfaccs, obcdicnt t
their will. With pro-slayery Democrats, thi
r was the Golden Age Of American history,
> very political millennium they sigh to return
, 1862-02-12
rSURPAT1ON.

Thirty-cight pro-s1avery Egyptians, con-
stituting majority Of the Convention and
rcp1esenting constituencies numbering but
onc.third Of the population Of the State,
claim that the sovereign power OF the
whole people Of Illinois is concentrated IN
side Of their skins. As two soverclgnt1es
cannot exist in the State at the same time,
therefore the peoplc-the two millions OF
inhabitants Of Illinois Sat this moment are
diycsted Of the attributes Of Sovereignty,
and can never recover them while the Con
yention chooses to exist. The virtue has
gone out Of them; they are no longer self
governing ffcemen. They have no po1iti-
cal powcr left in their hands. The
thirty-eight Egyptians have absorbed
it all.
The usurpers contend that they are the
embodiment, 1st, Of all the powers Of q
Legislature, consisting Of House and Sen
ate: ed, Of the Governor and State officers.
Sd, Of the Judiciary, from the Supreme
Court to Justice Of The Peace. 4th, Of
all the power exercised by former Conven-
tons, and 5th, Of all the reserved rights
and privileges Of the people
Those thirty Egyptians have made
for themselves sort Of Dred Scott dccis
ion, holding that the people and the Gov:
eminent Of Illinois, have no rights which
they are bound TO respect Those usurp
crs contend that the ordinances they may
enact are binding and final Whatever tht
"3S8' dictato1s decree is irreyocab1e law
and 50 binding upon the whole two million:
Of people that it would be treason TO disre
gard or disobcy their mandates.
A Convention with such powers cal
make itself perpetual, and By one swecpin::
suing the expedition, the enemy
again possessed Of the plan
Of the Government, were busy in pre-
pairing for Gen Burnside's reception The
detailed alarge force from Virginia to ma
their earth works and inspirit the
movable columns. They collected II
getlcr the militia Of the district, made T
QUESTION for the slaves Of the neighborhoo
threw up new and stronger Notifications
in word, applied all their resources
purposes Of defense. To make matte
worse, difference, not amounting to
serious disagreement, sprung up betwe'
Gen. Burnside and Commodore Gold
borough The latter a brave, thorough
loyal and allie officer Of the old school, h
passed the period Of life in which he
fitted for vigorous action and daring decd
and III lis command and among the offict
Of the land forces, the wish was gene
that he might be replaced by Dupont.
This, two weeks ago, was tic situati
Of affairs at AlbermaIle Sound. That
energy Of the commander and the G
lanty of his men, and Of the naval fore
have, in face Of the difficulties that
have recitcd, achieved. even partial '
tory from a confident foe, is +
which more than any other one L
the war has developed, proves the SUPP
ority of our arms Gen Burnside has d
well Let him receive the grateful
plause Of his countrymeu, if he should
no more.
, 1862-02-12

EMr.C.J. Brydgcs, late Of the Great West
ern Railway, CANADA, has assumed the man
aging control Of the Grand Trunk, wee MI:
Blackwell; aud bis successor In the afeas
Western wiu probably be Mt. Reynolds.
, 1862-02-12

The note Of victory comes to us again
this time from Roanoke Island and Burn
sides Expedition Knowing as we have
known the difficulties and discouragements
which have besct that expedition, from its |
incertion down to the firing Of the first
gun at tie enemy, the news OF triumph,
even though unimportant, is donbly vel
come. We feared 3 defeat, and this is a
statement Of the reasons which, to our
minds, made failure probable. To COM
mence with: The expedition was not origi-
nally intended for The A1bcmarle Sound
We do not know what place the primary
plan doomed to visitation; but We do
know that the secret Of the destination
Of the force was betrayed to tue enemy by
some Of the disloyal officers, civil OF mill
ta1y, in the Government service, and that
the plan was necessarily changed An
other plan was conceived; and a second
time the secret was d1Vulged, ind the sec
oud scheme was abandoned At last, in dcs-
nair. Gen. Burnside went to Washington:
and while there, Albenarle Sound was Sc
1ccted as the place Of rendezvous. and Ro-
smoke Island as the noint Of attack. To
the o1,iection ureed 1,v the General that
+1.a -osec1e ORIGINALLY nnrchascd for othe7
~ 5aoner waters conld mt he
M 49, M.+ta,,a In1at +no Nau m
Wv ~. -a~,:oa +,.t ac..aeh rhs,ro,n y
pafs. 1 t.1- I assnoa ~ L,.s..,
snonu W as~ - 49, N.1u - 80 A.
"tnc1 un1 o. .,.s..1; ,,.. 49,,
tans'1 w NAV tf ~ =.
A1us as .s'. -aeaa1z.- p..r.s - nt,.ota.e e
o e1e 1an.S S't4 1 :.
Inc eApe'1eon eo' W. 10 ' $50. =, -
departure nom aao.,s ~, - aa"4 pa'n an. ~
our 1eaoeis hno'1 'u..' .ue .S .sS.-..:."o - :.
pe1eo . s.9'" - 80 - 49,. . -. na+.o,., -
so1ne oa VIC 'e 49, -. - t,,~s -.
transports. s s s-.ns -asz,;ar of M:
all' were 1of'1u ~, = ~ =. -,
afnna1nent pe.. ,.a-.
Know thas anis Pe4n "'7 - =.
tne 1act tnat =. tn1 ~ r pnrne;de h.,
, 1862-02-12

~ Happily the hve hundred thousand Demo-
Gratis who are soldiers in the war arc AZ get fight
ing for the salvation Of the Union and not for the
salvation OF the Republican Chicago Times.
If the Times means By :" DEMOCRATS" the
loyal soldiers in the army; II it means By
"Dcmocrats ~ the lovers Of liberty aud Union,
nc have no issue to make with its figures.
But if the Times means partisans Of Its school
Of politics, pro -slavery men who love slavery
more than the Union, then it states false
hood. Two-thlrds Of the rank and file Of the
army voted for Lincoln and arc Republicans
in party politics. The vast majority Of the
Democrats in the army are for the Union firsi
and last, the same as their Republican com
panions in arms, They enlisted to put dowl
this internal rebellion, no matter what becomes
Of slayery, if it stands In the way. There ma.
he few thousand conditional Democrats o
| the Times stripe, whose chief solicitudc Is th
preservation Of slavery. But they arc only
small fraction Of the whole
, 1862-02-12

w The telegraph has briefly announced
the arrest, at Washington, Of q son Of eS-
Chancellor Walwortb, Of New York, for trea-
son and acting as q spy for the rebels No
further particulars have been received, but the
Buffalo Commercial advertiser says:
The Chancellor has two sons-Clarence, the
elder, and Mansfield, the younger: The for
mcr is Catholic priest, and is well known in
wild, reckless, impctuous, daredevil fellow,
without much principle OF any reputation. It
is probable that Mansfield is the one Who !, has a
hccn arrested. Some years ago Chancellor
Walworth married Southern lady, widow
with one daughter. This daughter is the wife
Of Mansfield For his fathers sake, We trust
lint yonng Nalworth nav be able to prove his
innocencc. There arc many who love and
respect the fathcr, though they must needs de-
nnnnre the Enu.
, 1862-02-12

EHen1y Ward Beecher, having salary OF
$3.50 per annun, has remitted $3.50 Of the
amount on account Of the Indebtedness Of the
Plymouth Church sociaty, which Is o,0oa
, 1862-02-12

The Chicago FDxt says Kellogg Of this Dis,
trlct is one Of Nj. Llncolns most trusted
supporters, and faithfully carries out tue views
OF the President Bah Kellogg is Of no more
account with the Administration and IN Con-
cress than broken.windcd horse. Tic Presl-
dent trusts hin, just as much as nc TRUSTS me
Richardson, Fouke and Logan, and no more
We know whereof we speaE.-Roria IraHs-
r1-i9af
, 1862-02-12

THE NoEING POST THERE-
+ on.
IS People whispered d
yesterday, and then said
openly, that the Amea-
can Government had
written to disavow the
act Of Capt. Wilkes, that
Mr.. Lincoln WAS ready to
apologize, and that the
whole difficulty was set
tied. We arc sorry to
have to dfssipate these
too easily raised ILL.,
| tions. They arc quite
| ungrounded; for, Il VIC
arc not 1nisinformcd, the
dispatch in question
i does not in any way
whatever refer to the
outrage on our mai
| steamer. 1t dcals onlJ
with some Of the cuIrcn1
business between ths
two Goyernmcnts.'
, 1862-02-12

w The population Of Nebraska, By the
census of 1850, was 3, $50, Of which the coun
ties south Of the Platte have 1881 Douglas
county {north Of the Plattc) has the most
population Of any single county-4s29 al
though Otoe county {north) has 4,2ll- There
were seventy-one blacks in the Territory.
, 1862-02-12


It is hardly possible that any should G,il to
see that here was fragrant 2 and wicked deeep.
one interested in keeping up tue delusion
which had already been studionsly propasated,
that Gov. Seward lad deliberately resolved to
plunge this country into q war with Great
Britain in order to ind therein excuse and op-
portunity for IN arrangement with the South
ern rebels. To have stated fairly the sub
stance Of his dispatch above given, which had
would hare compelled suspension
Of the military and naval prepara-
prosecuted, aud haye dispclled the prevalent
British notion that nothing short ofan impos;;
British shirs-ot-war off our coast would in
lucc our Government TO do justice in the cast
Of Mason and Slidell. The dispatch Of war
ships and regiments to Halifax and Cluads
was then in full career: to let the truth b
known must have arrested it or rendered it :
transparent imrosture- Hence the resort t.
such ayc1nlents as that above quoted iron
The Rsf to keep up the misapprehension aus
thc consequent popular indignation to the las
| pOEeiblc moment,
, 1862-02-12

B James Bogart, one Of the pioneer edi-
tors Of Western New York, editor Of the &C.
neya Gazette from 1888 to 1928, died at Geneva
last week
, 1862-02-12
HLu11,bfr.

uMBER.-A. Foster d Co.,
xhoIcsa1e and retail dea:ers n s.. C!air Bsg1naE
nnora and EIpds- Having on hand = lAsEs dy ana
Teil selected stock, oaer at ptceA 70 sut 5ae
Tard Tea Twelith f1eet near the bride. Pos 0mca
Fox S1o8 N.B.-Included in ouI stock sIe GsGhEee1
feel stock BoaEd4- JAN Aaa$4n1
, 1862-02-12
DISTRESSED SECESn FATHER TO HIS
SONS.

BEAR CREEK, M1Ee.. DcccmDer ID, 1ool+
To Afr Boys Samn.ie and Thomas: Alter
long silence I will tell you some little news
/ told G. D. Moore to tell you that paper was
very scarce III this wooden world: went to
Vaidere to get this, and was glad to get it at
so ceuts per Quire. -..-,
The health Of our country is pretty good
Crops are very short-eorn and cotton-espc-
cially cotton; not quite half q crop, though
It doesn't matter, as We emit get any, money
for it, For my part, know not what We are
to do; haven't a red cent. My intention
now is to plant ouly about eight acres in cot
ton: that will make enough to buy or bartcr,
nv groceries. I fear, my children, We will
not live to eee Us prosperous time after
| this revolution as there was before it.
| often think Of the language Of our Saviour !:
| last thou for forsaken me?'' I verify believe
| all tlis calamity has come upon us for our
| wickcdncEs. Religion is down like cotton
not worth much-and by the actions Of good
| brethren it might be bought for mere trifc,
| though if wc were to judge from its sparse
ness. like salt, it would be worth $40 per sack.
Oh, my God, what Will become Of us
| Go. if you please, to the church-yartt
and YOU will hear nothing but
secular affairs, and scar, araT. Dull times ey'
erywherc. Money scarce; pork hiyh-lo to
l2h cents per pound; salt the SAME, coffee
$3.50 pcr pound, aud none to be had ct that
calico 50 10 50 cents per yard domestlcs =
to o5 cents per yard sugar to LIZ cents
molasscs SO to 10 cents, and everything in ths
samc ratio.
saw your wives not long since, al We'll
&c. You have heard of Marion's death,
| reckon. Poor fellow, he left brreayed Wit
aud two children. Give my kindest regard
to friends, &c A. hEAsS.
, 1862-02-12

YOU CAN MAKE MONEY.
j Any cre haging Stock Of Dry Goods Gro
cerfes Drugs and Aedicines, wishing to dispose Of
them for part cash, md balance in y
VALUABLE ENGLISH PATENT,
From which fortune tie realized Can do 50 ~
ftiE1121E 4. VINCENT.
, 1862-02-12

SEWARD TO ADAMa.
SIT is proper however.
that You should know
one fact in this casc-
without indicating that
We attach Importance to
it-naInely, that In the
capture Of Messrs. Ma
son and Slidell on board
q British vessel, Capt.
Wilkes having acted
without my Instructions
from the Government,
the subject IL, therefore,
free from the enbarrasss-
1nent which might have
resulted II the oct had
been specially directed
by r,e. I trust that the
Tritish Government will
consider the subject In a
friendly temper, and It
may expect the best
disposition on the part
Of this Government.
Although this Is $ conf.
Dental note, I ehan not
object to cur reading il
to Earl Russell and Lore
I'almcrston, # i! you deer
, 1862-02-12

SpICY NoTTEAEVHIUeACes =
The following is the correspondence, half Of
which has been, and all Of which should be,
incorporated into the history Of the war. We
do not answer for the authenticity Of Gen
Hallcck's letter.
GEN. McCLELLAN-S LETTER.
10 Maj. Gcn- Hdueck:
Thank General Grant, Flag Officer Foote,
and their commands for me-
GEO. 3. MCCLELLAN,
COMMANDMENT Chief.