White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-01-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Bnrnside Orders IN Advance - The
President Countermands It.
Fitz-John Porter found Guilty sen.
tence Of the Court.
WAsHrxerox, Jan. 18.

ders for troops to leave, with ten days
cooked rations. within forty EIGHT hours.
The President countermanded the order
upon the representation of two officers oil
Franklin's division, who came up and de-
clared to the President that the army was
80 demoralized that if it fought it would
be sure to be cut to pieces.
Burnside came up to know the reason
his order was countermanded, and upon
hearing the facts he demanded the names
Of the officers, which was refused, ard
he then rendered his resignation. The
President would not accept this. Burn
side has since learned the names Of the
officers and will court martial them.
WAsHlNaroN, Jan. %.
The following has been delayed BY the
Western storm:
r. WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.
The findings and sentence of the court
martial in the case Of Fitz John Porter
have been approved by the President, and
was made public at late hour this eve.
ming. As announced in these dispatches,
on the finding, the court martial adjourn.
cd, and it was reiterated, in the face Of
directly contrary, and apparently author
itative declarations in the whole eastern
press, Porter is found guilty Of every
charge which Pope had preferred against
him. He is dismissed from tie service
be had dishonorsd and betrayed. The
result is not generally known in the city
yet, and little can therefore be said of the
impression it makes. Porter's friends,
however will be utterly confounded.
They professed to believe emphatically
in his acquittal, and general and positive
announcements to the same effect in
Washington and Philadelphia papers,
had led the pablo at large to the same
belief. ~
How it affects Pope's reputation on the
other hand will be equally marked. A
member Of the court martial said this
evening before it adjourned that he be-
lieved Pope's campaign before Washing
ton to have been the most brilliant one of
the war. The result of this trial will 60
far to increase such impression.
The effect on Mcclellan !; who regret.
ted that there was not grade still high
er than Major General, that Porter might
be decorated with it, would be equally
damaging, but for the fact that the de-
Of the last week or two have
left him no reputation to damage.
Porter's friends in their anxiety to find
some way of letting him down easy, al
ready begin to charge that the Court was
packed. A simple recital Of such names
As Hunter, Hitchcock. Casey, Ricketts,
and others all men of high character and
long and varied experience, as members
Of the Court is sufficient to show sbun-
aantly the falsity of this excuse.
The sentence having been confirmed by
The President, there is now no possibility
Of appeal or revocation. The names OF
over . hundred and fifty officers are now
before the Secretary of War for dismissal
rom the service for absence without leave.
A bill is in preparation by certain influ.
initial members Of Congress, changing
punishment Of the officers in such cases
rom simple dismissal from the service,
which many Of them are very glad to
have to . reduction to the ranks, thus
them to serve out the full
erm OF their enlistment in the capacity |
II privates. It is proposed, in the same
aw that desertsrs who shall be caught |
md brought back to their places, shall
,ot be mustered out Of the service when
heir term Of enlistment expires ; but
ball then be compelled to serve. an ad-
litioni time to make up for what time
hey lost in dssertiou. g