The New York herald., 1862-01-31

dishonesty taken out Of the Treasury
Mr. hoaARDsos lopp) Of H., vas glad 70 state mat nat
fraudulent transaction but he Mr Richardson) had no
thing TO In excupatop Of others against whom grave
sury in every possible way We have more 70 fear from
them than we have from the rebels. BY the passage Of
THIS o we would open the door 70 all the thieves on
earth. law Is already in existence authorizing tne
Secretary Of the Treasury to pay all properly auhent-
Gated claims We should reduce the pay Of the army,
and make them fight for something else than money.
competent officers, rom General Fremont down. before
court martial. That officer (Fremon) should be con
vcted because he did not support General Lyon, the
worst military blbuder that ever was made.
Mr. KElLoGG lrep) Of H. mentioned the fact that ms
this devish and hssh rebellion, and therefore u would
be strange some mprovidence had not occurred His
colleagues Mr Rchardsonsl wholesale charge o. as
honesty and fraud against officers Of Illinois should be
sustained by some kind Of proof He tMr Kellogg had
regard for the public press; but he wished wa, 70
officers could bs shielded from insidous attacks ct time
when the nations tremble and men turn pale.
Mr. Dunn. (rep) Of Ind. said that unless the House
tce would be done TO the loyal States He mr. DUNN
knew that many Of the accounts were outrageous the
government but this bill enabled the Secretary Of the
Treasury to guard against improper allowances
On motion Of Mr.. Roscoe C0NKING rep) OF ~ Y, the
bill was laid on the table, by vote Of s3 to AZ.
THE TREASURY
The consideration Of the Treasury Note bill was post.
rln szvEyH DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
Mr.. WORCESTER, (repl Of Ohio, from the Committee on
Upton Of the Seventh Congressional district Of Virginia.
Is not entitled to a seat in this House.
PASSAGE on The ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole on
the Army Appropriation bill.
Mr. Cox (opp) Ohio responded TO the attack Of his
General He said there were hypocrtes in re-
lgion, quacks In medicine, petifoggers in law, mush
rooms in vegetation, secession in government, and
military critics in Congress. He proceeded to
answer the general charges against General Mcclellan
because he had made no movement on the 20
tomac. He referred 10 the merits Of the critic,
whose only martial experience was acquired at
Bu rum and whose brief experience on Fremonts sta
which he deserted whom Fremonts star pasd, did not
make him military expert 1T to criticse skful Gene
ra He took up tho complaints against Gen. Mcclellan
for withholding an eager army from victory In Mssou-
Ian inconsistent with tho most prompt movements His
orders were to hasten the movements without Q mo-
ments delay He referred to the difficulties which Gene
rails Haleck and Buell. met with in assuming their CON-
mands true, his colleague had said that Gen.
Mcclellan Gen. Haeck had stopped the march Of Curtis,
Sge and Asboth after Price, These generals had made
cavalry reconnaissance, and had called for six reg
ments from General Pc Q, which had been furnished
letter from General H,leck to General Mcclellan two
beat Price drive him out As 10 the complaint that
General Mcclellan had stopped Lander and Kelly from
have been but Bals Bluff risk crossing the river with
out means OF recrossng In case Of disaster and
which jackson would have had to retreat. Gen. Banks
approved Of Gen. McCean's action AZ to the
ment Of the army here II cannot be done for the mud
Il intended by General Mcclellan To attack
equal force their ntrenchments. He intends do
what he Is dong-cut of their line Of supplies and
treat. by taking the Tennessee Railroad TO this end he
has given his every energy to aid Buell. and his divisions
Mr. Cox referred to the general conduct Of the and
the character Of General Mcclellan His colleague said
the people had no faith in the chief in command. Mr.
Coz denied this. What was wanted was little moro
faith from his reverend colleague He Mr Curley)
Minister Of the Gospel and his faith was so large as
take in all mankind in his scheme Of salvation II his
colleagues faith can take JoR Davis and Wigfall
Heaven-i he can see Humphrey Marshall squeeze
through the gates Of Paradise why cannot hc exercise
when some OF his designs to him inscrutabel
The General In command has TO be reserved. II
he took every one into his confidence In this
leaky weather, all his plans would be frustrated.
Mr.. Cox inveighcd against tho fedgng Congressional
critics whose experience mostly confined TO Bull
II used be considered necessary for military critic
know at least ha. tho rear rank Is just behind The front
and that he should be Mt least militia officer with the
bloody experience Of training day; but here have
reverend cv ian whose thoughts ought TO be more
the dove than thu eagle whose experience has been
confined to conventions and caucuses, criticzng Of
the most accomplished officers In the military service Of
any nation Why, years ago in The Mexican war, these
same gentlemen who arc now SO querru about
Mcclellan echoed Summers "peacefu true grandeur Of
nations, ;" and Hosea Ballou's slang:--
Fife away, YOU nfn' feler;
You may flge till you yeller,
Fore you get ahod Of me.
Mr. Coz referred conclusion to the snimus OF these
attacks General Mcclellan II because lac would
not make this abolition war. He would not now
discuss this aspect Of our dobaes Happily, he could
announce that conflscatpg cnianc ating bills can
pass this Congress. Let tho aboliticniss howl on let
Phillips declare that victory by Mcclellan would only
cover up the old slavery sorc and therefore,
depored lie hoped that these attacks on our com
mandcr, constitution and the government, which
dscouraging 10 the army and tho taxpayer woui
cease, for the common obect-the restoration OF the
Unon
Several amendments were discussed ba, adopted.
The Al my bill was passe as originally reported.
Adjourned.