Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-09-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
From Washington Dispatches 10 he Northern Press

GEN M'CLELLAN's OFFICIAL REPORT
The official report OF Gen Mcclellan received at
the Adutant Generals ctice about month ago We un-
derstand it is very vouninous, comprising from to
hundred foos fooscap aud The accompanying docu-
ments nearly three times much paper The
pressure of important business has thus far pre-
cuded the possibility of it's examination by the proper of
fcas. It's publication with accomplishments, will
dcubtedy require special appropriation by Congress- and
ts appearance in print at present is not to be thought o.
GEN, GRANT IN FAVOR or NEGRO TROOPS.
We learn that the President has received letter from
Gen Grant in which he not only pledges himself to aid
Aduant General Thomas in his labors but also heartily
endorses the emancipation camaton and the raising Of
colored troops and earnestly expresses the opinion that
with the latter great results be attained For dis
tancs Of ten een miles both sides of the ppi
nearly all the slaves have ben OIL to tho interior BY
the rebel planters Gen Grant has seat out two exped
ons for the purpose Of teratng such slaves be
ouod and to spread the glad dngs amongst those still In
bondage.
THE REPORTED ADVANCE OF LEE
The report that Lee with $4,000 men, had crossed the
Rappahannock at Port Conway is discredted here No
such intelligence has reached the War Department. 1t is
conceded here by the best military authorities that Lee
offensive operations this month dsband
his army. II believed that to this end he concenra
an luVdslOD, Wnlcn
hope and is to be attempted last resort To meet
these xpected of Lee the Army Of the Potc-
mac will be on The alert
THE DELAY AT CHARLESTON.
Private advices from Charleston state that great dssat
sfacon exists to the delay Of Admiral Dahlgren 1t
is argued that if Commodore Dupont could up with
the monitors under the very walls Of Fort Sumter recev
ing they did, the concentrated fire. of all the forts why
he nrat m0y nov EoTtS tha 10
work which really did any damage to the iron clads then
is demolished
CAPT HoWLAED's CASE.
The Of Capt j w. Rowland, A @ NJ, came up
for trial before the court mar tia Of which Brig Gen
Slough s president to-day. Lieut. Col F. T. Locke John
G. Clarke, Capt Joha F. Csslow Capt Calvin Baker
Lieut. Edward BudgsmAn, I'd Rhode Island volunteers
Lieut. E. b Whittlesey 10th Massachusetts volunteers
and Major Allen, 37th gave their tes
mony from which appeared that in March last Capt
Howand left Falmouth three days leave Of absence
visit Washington public business. He up from
Aqua Greek with gay party OF officers partly inox-
Gated, changed his uniform at Washington for citizens
cloth s. having 6rst drawn $4,000 # Government funds
at Riggs Co, AID then went on to Baltimore. La
pany with two officers, who gong New York
Intoxicating liquors consumed and during his
into he showed the money TO them and finally went
to New York with them From there be to Troy
via Pittsfed Massachusetts, has home where he left part
of the money He also sent to divers parties
in envelopes Fiom Troy he went tn Montreal aud was
aerwad decoed this side Of the st Lawrence by of
Col Bakers detectives and arrested; $l0254 Of the
amount was recovered d--Correspondence Tribune