The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-02

pubiaA the evidence given betre the investigating
Oomw Il - In Washinston bJ NJ Geo. rrauklia.
Ho seia tho advance Of thu a3sy was immsdiaasay
proceeded wRh afssr the eon1 n1ssnes u Halis0k md
Msifs with Burnside. Hs sa)j
Is,derstand from Gen. Btasds that whaa The
advance od his army arrived & cont Of Ffsdestsks.
tsss pcntoon ustn. saonyfs talid two hstdsss,
srsay did arrive 1T Frsasside esbnfs at the proper
sims, bot thefs Wa No poiweo tfND V meet II
there sni 10 sosssqasnss u that the army sould
rot cross at tie tins We q Sksctes 10 oron. We
wsrs, therefore. delayed ssSea' dxya in sonss-
Qusass o: The delay In The sriva OF the pcatoou
train After arriving here W accumulated Provi.
sicrs For tv-sivs dsys TSsa cen. Burnside called
a eccneii In wbich !t was tbs aaantzncus opinion,
think, Of All ,hs 0sn4ss present. that u
the river ecnld be e-ossed h ou8ht to be crossed.
no rastssf what might happtl sztsrwaESs Ths
point Of crossing was MOI tdan dsanissly Dc
10, mined UPON. but ! thousat o. the tine we
were TO croes several miss further down -
Aftsrw ards General Bufnate called us together
sRan and infosmsd us that he had dsternioed ~
srass at the two points at ~Lich We Anaily did
crcss. had no objection tcshaf. blE though: they
were - good ~ the point arther down. knew
nothing =. all, In fact sbot the dsfsncss on the
ether side II was not my business to know any.
thing about them. think tie arrangements fur
the croasins were al-Wsn Uade, at the sans tinfe
doubled our power 70 css1 sud l. DO not believe
we could have crossed bsa me enemy chosen to
i
,ssu. and wbas4 before suspected, that they could
hsys prevented our csossDg at those two points II
they hHd chosen. Ao~sseri - the committse
know that tbs ccossiug VS. successfully msde IN
der cover Of ios and ,n .s. :: ny ing E wa S CON q,
a very few men Still e were In such positen
ths. If .hs enemy In any moment opened
cpDn us with the guns they had bearing
aDon u.s. I ,sink a4t In IN the he course .,.. Of -,
that /, would have ben impossible to rsl:y them.
Fos some ucsceountetIs seasol thsy did not open
.heir batteries. On tts morning Of tie 18th inst
n4sde an attack sectfdins: ts the order Of Gen.
2urnside. put in q ths troops that though It
proper AID prudent T. put Ii. fought the whole
strength of my Command IS ssr as could, and st
The came zine kept my communication with the
RIVER open The rsssoD tast We failed was that
We had not troops enough to carry the points
wers gtven after W were pressed back, 1 directed
that postion shcald bs hsid as far In advance as
,<sa possible TO hod 1t, snG brought up all the
trccpa in Seaarvs % hold that position; held that
position unt;l wss ordered TO recrOss the river,
:snd r,ozn what iosW OF our want of success on
the r;gas an1 Of the cen1rRliEsd condition OF the
Troops OF tee right AID centre, az repressnte0to
ne by their Gor.randefe, coafess that believe the.
cTosaed On tbs night OF The lsh without the loss Of
a zlaT,, sai with 40 trouble st all.
Qaast:on by Er. Gooct --Had the pon:oons been
hsra III tne time Of tns arrival Of tas army, whs.
vontd have probably kaen the result
AnsweF.--Tts probao.e result would have been
ths. ,hs army az 1nueh OF ia as General Barnslas
sapross6 '. HI necessary. wcr!d have immediately
csCsssa :hs rtVaS, diving away &ae enemy here,
pafhspa fYs hundred Or cne thousand E.en, and
hey yoaIa have occupied The very hsishtu which
Ae have s!p0s been ebigsd to attsek and that
crossing woaid have been rersaauent SID sao-
seQful.
q .estion Do you Auow or whom rests the
rsaponsibit7 OF tae delay ic ths srrival Of the
....itconSf
Ausws9 Il do not, officially.
Qdession.--Wha: In your opinion, is the number
OF you: killed, wounded, aud miasinRf
Answar.-I think IL will amount to xbou. ten
tacusand, altogether.
Qnestiou x-Havs you a1y knowledge Of tas les,
Ansus. u have nc, exeep! .aba. saw irci.
dentaliy 10 & Richmond paper.
zpussiicn-- Do un6erEi siii you 10 say that you
concurred liz the movement to cross tie river
Answer s1t was NJ. E.y opinion that we could
"yoss at any of the points Indicated.
Question -Wii yog state whs:aAr or nc. 1t 70
yoar opinion that If the movement IF ,he army
!rcm Warrelton haa been delayed .uotil the time
the pontoors siris lore the army could have then
come bere. end with those poutoons have made q
CSC sing hars and occupied the Eeights before tho
enemy could hava resoaec here In sufficient force
to hsve prevented it,
Arswer.- Yea sli that is my opinion
Qnea:i4 --The1 i! T. yonr opinion that IL IL had
been nscer:aiued that the pcnsoons could not pos
sibsy DC here at the time Gen. Burnside expected
tEem 10 he here. he should have been notifl ID ~!
the time when 5hsy could be here, 81 that he might
inaks tbs movements os bis army correspond with
ihs tiras when The pontooEs could bs ksre9
- Answer THAT III my opinion.
Q1ssiou.-ThAt is the condition Of the sg7ny
as 20 is e6iS:eneys Is its efficiency impaired
other than by the lose OF so many nen, or Il It 40
ulcrsi,sai 5Y tbs resent dissstsrsf
.nswer--I tb.uk Il 10 not dsmorali2sd at eli, TIA,
.r. 90 far as my oHa wl5e is ccnssrned. know Il
il not.
Question After tho crossing lad bssa made " a.
1t possible Ia your opiaton, fr oa1trocYs to have
earssd the heights, or .0 have hsid our po.sticn
up6n she ether eide 80 as 10 have derived any sd.
vantage from III
Ansaer.-It IL my opinion that II, instead Of
making swo rial attseks cur whole fcrss had besa
eon.entEsted on our lsfs--.hat L. our~eya!isbIe
forces ard the real attack had been made there,
sui merely fsint made upon the right. We might
hass esrrit the beishts. think Va could have
carried thsm. Whether tho army would have
achieved success by that cannot say. I do NO.
san to gay that tbo mere carrying ct the heights
would have secured our suecess ! do not know
what was behind them, or how much Of Q force the
suemy hsd there. know that wherever we sp
pe..Ted we found great msny more men than We
lad would like 10 iLoprsss ss firmly upon the com.
rIties Is 1t IL Impressed Upon my mind, the fact
Ii st the whole daxser kas resulted f.om the DELAY
In he arrival Of me ponsoon bridEes Whoever IL
responsible for the delay 10 responsible for ali the
which have followed, We were rather
astopished when re cane down here to end that
Sumner had been hsrs for soma days and had not
received tie pontcon bridges. l think that is the
main sxuss for this disaster.
Qoesticn. you know what the expectation
IVES ~ TO the ponto0ns being heref On the arri.
veg 1t expected thst the pon.ools would bs
asre7 ..
Answer.--csrtalniy, It was expected they would
% here.
VU UkrS thzk L.,
,ansoons had been tesei
Arsver.-Thss ccIps was to have crossed at
,;lss and taken possession af tho heights II the
,oDtooas hs5 been here there wouli have bssn
'eEy n.t!eAifisulty In doing .bst.
WHAT GOV. SEYMOUR ISrE:Ds TO DO.
Gov. Sey mour asspmed oontrG Of the State
OF Esw Ycrk yesterday. A Nav York
sitter writer, in noticing tie remark Of Washing.
nston correspondent, tbst 1t wss uneers:ood there
hat Governor Seymour will allow Of Eo more Ar
iuaEy arrests in New York State. says:
Tie writer is perfectly correct {ss happen to
now as to tho arbitrary arrests Tbs Governors
nesssge, which il now abo0t dniehed, snd which
acsru ", ill take uEequivocaI ground In thst.re
pee., but more imme cfa'ely important than taat,
srhaps will ba tbs declared determination to pr.
II. no draft in fkis STATE nnlsss tks Fefes0l Aimf
'iraion rsssde tron iis ns1aetpailoa policy.
/ give you this xs q matter of news which the
nbiic generally will be interested to hSar. Ny
,ithcrity for i Is relisbis ~ TIA. Of the Cover
OF himself Mr.. eeyrour's idea u that It h not
slhir the slFict line Of bis duty 70 his constltu-
n,s, nor to the country ct large, to permit white
asn 10 bs taken from their families here TO free
agroes south, and fhia sidea y0r may rely upon
{, will bs worried out In tks message. He WILL at
~ same time rsiteraie hss determination 70 puah
q the war f0s the suppression OF me fsoenion.
,iedging &l thesEes0uroes Of Few York, b man
nd money, II the President will bat 10 Tor The
Onion - it wss, ana the Corstitution . 4 b."