, 1863-01-20
A AFlNANCIAL MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
The Hundred Million Bill
a Law.
Another Budget Of Rebel Letters

;hich the declaration will be made by one
Western member, that if the rotes Of his :
tates were pol1ed not 100 men Of any party
gould Tote for the continuance Of the Cabl-
,et in It's present shape. a large number OF
be members who held off from the meeting
N Saturday night, promise to participate In
ho proceedings tomorrow night Horace
srcalcy is credited By the opposition with
1aving come here to engineer the new Cabi-
net agitation, and with haying endeayored to
impress his views On the President, and with
1aving originated the plan which they insist
The Republicans Of both Houses will now be
called upon to carry out
The introduction Of Major General
Hitchcock Us d witness in the Mcdowell
court martial, is producing sensation. Ho
has already brought out two important let
ters Of the President, aud one Of NcClcllan's,
and today be further produced another letter
from Mcclellan, attempting to explain the
force hc was leaving for the defense Of Wash
ington; the proceedings Of the famous coun-
sci Of Generals, declaring what was necessary
for the defense Of Washington; and state |
ment By himself and Adjutant General Tho |
mns, rs to whether this decision Of tho Cen |
erals and order by the President were com.
piled with By McClellan. OF this Last paper,
the following is the substance:
Fsrst-Thc Presidents War Order No. 3,
dated March 9Th, requires on the taking Of
an@ new base Of operations, that the city Of
Washington sha1l be left entirely secure.
: 6eeond-Thc council Of Generals held at
Fairfax, C.H., March 18th, took place after
the enemy Ind retired from Manassas and de.
stroyed the railroad In their rear. The coun-
ell decided unanimously to take up new
hase of operations from Fortress Monroe,
and then if majority Of the Generals decided
that the force necessary to be left should be-
sufficient to garrison the forts, the right bank
Of the Potomac, and to occupy those On the
left bank with covering force Of e5, 600, 1t is,
we think, tho Judgment Of officers that some
&c, GOO would be necessary to man these forts,
which with the number Of covering force
would make total Of 81, 900.
IAird-Thc Presidents directions OF March
18th to Gen. Mcclellan, directs: First, to
leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall
make it entirely certain that the enemy shall
not rc-posssess 1t; second, that Washington
shall be left entirely secure; third, that the
| remainder Of the army move down the Polo
mac, or move In the pursuit Of the enemy.
They then give Gen. McC1ellan'a statement
| ftle force left for the defense Of Washing
| ton, which amounted to 5000, Including
Bauks' army in the shenandoah Valley. They
say they will express no opinion as to
| whether TINT army would be properly
counted among the troops for the defense
Of Washington or not, and call attcn
lion to the fact that without it bui
IS 600 In all were left for that purpose. They
then to 90 On to show that the force left il
Washington, under Gen. WadsTorth, wa'
| badly armed and disciplined, and that ORDER
were subsequently sent, withdrawing some
the few good regiments TINT had at first bee1
left In ii. They conclud, in view Of th'
. opinion expressed by the council OF com
mundcrs Of army corps Of the force nccessar.
for the defense Of the capital, though not M
mertcally stated, and Of the forces feprcsente
by Gen. Mcclellan as left for that purpose, v
: | arc Of opinion that the requirements Of u
5 President that the city shall be entirely secur
d not only in the opinion Of the Generally
2 Chief. but Of those commanders Of army corp
. also has not been compiled with.
d {signed} i. THOMAS
Ad}utant General.
;; Z. 4. H1TcHcocK, MAJ, Gen. Vols, U.s,
Il This paper seems to have been the result
1t m examination ordered by the Prcsidcntwh
\ he first began to suspect thst Mcclellan h
y y disobeycd him in not leaving the capital 81
e. IT, is dated. Washington, April I'd.