Daily national Republican., 1863-01-03

A. Very decidedly at least one day, II not
| Q. Amer he lsf. Newport News with his CON.
wards1 .I
| A. At Aqua Creek.
dlAte supervisionf
| A. / think from Alto 80 hours, between there
and Falmouth.
| Q. Did you see him after he left Falmouth,
until the campaign was at an endi s
| A. No, sir.
q. From what you saw Of his conduct, or
from anything that you may have heard from
him after he Knew that he was 10 60 TO the as
sistanee Of Gen. Pope, did he DO all, In your
opinion, that an energetic, zealous, patriotic
officer could have donei
A. think he did.
2, Had you any reason, at any time after he
received notice he was TO 20 TO the assistance
Of Gen. Pope, to believe that he would fall Gen.
Pope or the countryl
A. None whatever. .#..
o. Do you remember whether You received
from. Gen. Burnside, after Gen. Porter Joined
the command, or was about TO Join the com
mand of Con. Pope, any dispatches he had ro-
celyed from Gen. Porter1 I
a. received several, Tho exact number I
do not know; perhaps three or four--forwarded
! by Gen. Burnside, from Falmouth.
Q. To yonrself7 .....E. ... .....
A. The copies, I think, were addressed both.
TO Cen. HAlleck and myself. .......
Gen. Mcclellan here examined the various
dispatches referred TO, in which General Porter
comments upon tho manner In which the Vir-
glnia campaign had been conducted, and ac-
knowledged them TO be the same as he had re-
ceived.
Q. Did you, from the kilograms that you so
received, form an impression that Gen. Porter
would not be true to his duty to Gen. PopcH
4. did not. r..0...
Q. WIN you do me the favor to look at this
paper handing 1t TO hlml, and say whether
you sent that dispatch
4. did.
THE dispatch alluded to is the one sent by
Gen. Mcclellan to Gen. Porter, September l.
1869, urging the latter TO do all In his power 70
assist Gen. Pope.
!. Q. AS you have already stated that You never
entertained doubt that Gen. Porter would be
true to Gen. Pope in that campaign, how came
you to send him such dispatch IA thatl
4. sent 1t In accordance with the request
Of the President of the United States, who sent
for me on that day and told Inc tlsat he had un-
derstood there was an unkind feeling on the
part of the Army of the Potomac toward Gen.
Pope, and requested me to use my personal in
auence 10 correct 1t, by telographing either to
Gen. Porter or to any other Of my Friends there.
told him that did not consider IL necessary,
but was perfectly willing TO do Il. had no
doubt then, in my own mind, but that the Army
! VI lLG OtolluG anu I'LL tOuutfltV W ltn u NOulQ
do their duty without the neccss Ity for any
action on my part.
q. ] understand you to say, then, that you
sent the telegram to quiet the appr ehenslons of
the President, and not TO remove any appre-
tensions of your own2
4. Entirely so.
Examination by tho Judge AdVG catei
q. This dispatch, of which you have spoken,
bears date 5jO p. M, September L, 1862 Were
you not then, or some time afterw ard, In COM
maud Of the dciences of Washington
! 4. had been placed in cOmI0ahd of the de-
fences OF Washington that morning, by ycr-
bal order.
e. Can you recall the hour ut which, on the
lollowing day, the order was sent to General
/ Pope to fall back within the dcfenCes of WASH
mgtoni
; 4. The order did not cmanate from mo, but
my recollection Is that It was sent at very
early hour on the morning Of the I'd Of Septem-
| Der.
q. Did, or did not, the execution of that Or
der necessarily place the forces of General
, Pope himself under your commando
4. was directed not to assume any CONF
mand over the active troops commanded by
General Pope until they rea ched the Immediate
Vicinity of Washington. | was expressly ex-
cluded from all control ov er them until then.
O. Did the President, in his conversation
wlthyou, previous to thee ending ofthis dispatch,
express apprehenslons as growing out of un-
kind feelings on the part Of the army of the
Potomac, or on the yart Of certain ofiicersl
Gen. Hitchcock. Is 1t necessary to go lRto
that point, Mr.. President7 rather think not.
Mr. johnson (eounseD. We do not object
to It, sir.
Gen. Hitchcock, insisting upon his objection,
the Judge AdvooaIe withdrew the question.
The following quGbtIons we're then propounded
! by the Courti
I Q. At what time did Gen. Porter receive or.
dGrs 70 join Gen. Popc's commando
4. cannot give the exact date. The order
came direct from Gen. Halleck, and had been
received by Gen. Porter when / reached Aqua
creek.
Question by Gen. Casey. Are your own feel,
ings towards Gen. Pope Of II friendly characterl
4. Ny acquaintance with Gen. Pope
Gen. King. One moment; l do not see any
necessity for that question, Mr.. President.
Gen. Hitchcock. l do not see the connection
Of that question with the proceedings of this
court.
Gen. Casey. If there is objection, Mr.. Pres.
ident, withdraw the question, as | have nc
particular desire TO push II.
Mr.. johnson, (counsel.) As this question
was put by the court, and ne some of its mem,
bers may have the Impression that the witness
has feelings unfriendly tor Gen. Pope, 1t is due
to him that he should be allowed to answer the
question.
The President. Objection has been raised
and the question Withdrawn.
Gen. Hunter. When the accused was making
his efforts to leave the Peninsula, did he know
no was TO be placed under the immediate com
mand Of Gen. Popel
4. He did not. II waH only known that the
Army Of the Potomac wRs 70 move 10 AquIa
Creek TO reinforce and assist the Army of VIr
gnia. The question of command had not theI
been decided, as far as know.
The court having no furtherqueBtIons to pro
pound, Gen. Mcclellan was informed that hls
presence would not again be required.
Hon. John Tucker, Assistant Secretary Of
War, was next sworn
He testified TO Gen. PoTteF's zeal and onerg,
In getting his troops on board the transports al
Point Comfort.
Also, that he had .ver observed anything in
Gen. Porter's conduct, or heard anything sale
by him, which would indicate that he IGen
Pouer) would fail to do his whole duty in co
operating with and supporting Gen. Pope.
Lieut.. Geo. D. InghAm, Of Gen. Sykes staff
was next examined.
HE testimony had reference TO the character
of the night Of the 29th Of August, which he
testified was dark and very unfayOrable 10 the
marching Of troops.
The court reversed It's decision made some