, 1864-10-10
Highly Important Latter from
s.he fldtr Blair.
little Mac and the Pre-
sidency- An Interest
ing Expose,
FROM SHERIDAN AND
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Summary
FNDM WARRINGTON.


/ FNDM WARRINGTON,
Hzntters Military and General.
isrec:al Dissateh to til. Chicago r:.bu,e1
"AsH1KaToS, Monday Ocs 0.
FROM THE anESAKnoAH.
Col. dudley OF the 3oth Massachusetts,, command
Ing brlt ade In Shtridan's army, arrived hers to
dvy, bringing news down to Wednesday noon. A
that time all Gen. snendan's re,ntorcemants son
out from Ha1per's Ferry, With heavy train
from narper Ferry, bad arrived Ut Ha.ri.onbure
The rebels who had been holding and fortftv,n,
the Blue Eloge Gaps hare disappeared. 40 Ihs
nothing ia known to intervene to obstruct The mas
s19e 0, the main body OF our troops from their 60
sitfon towards Gordonsvi'le and Chsf,ot1sytiIe
| No,hipg IL known Of the whereabouts of Eas1,',
f.ice !; they are suppofed to hare gone to Rt:h
mend A rebel cavalry force, however, were somt
| ritohburg on cur right flank. Our cavs.ry hayt
| By this time started them. Col. Dudley and his
parry =. r. atsst ed four tins. on thets way blca
seven .nu killed tHo q 1ten.
A. the 1910 corpa, she.ldan's 1smy, Is composed
atseI5 Of wettsin s tf9opF irom pho 1ndl nj L
the Burenn. requesting the correction Of a state.
NEXT made b come correspondent Of nj eastern
pAler, aud -ince wildly ciscalased. to ,he efrset
! : Il
drst battle, near Winchester, snu ha. 1t thus de-
layer the army Tor couple Of honr* The atorY
sst 3. sn a'sgad5 denounced u sude,og+ by Gen:
| Emory unite In denounc1pg It.
TIE RECENT NAVAL ORDER.
| The orders that were ls-ueo fto.n the NAVY De.
paIlment. maKhg changes in the commands Of
the Gut and North Atlantic ploekadfng rqradrnns.
are hiEea0y announced: bat sua-equently Gen
Sherman for special II asons in1is Cd strpue that
Frtlasut thouid be LEFT In the Gull and the orlers
werE rtscIndeo.
MILITARY KArTXRs.
The War Department has decided that all re-
csuits who have enlisted in Illnois and tndIuun
*loo bounty. The Paymsatet General, in ssu accord. l.
BE- paid. Maj. B. s.. Bird has been @ sppolg.sd ] d
Acting rasmastef General. c.ee T. P. Andrews, re-
)teved. The 1a1ter officer te appointed President
1n<pector OF Pay Department 0mcefs Who have
bean having their par stopped for mouth. and
months fUt non-retutn OF ordinance stores OF
mtnts Will be delighted TO read the fo1osin;
By direction Of the Secretary Of War, all ,top.
pspee sxafnst the pay Of officers Of the army at
the reQuest Of ordinance uferrt for non-tendlt!on
Of orolnance letETDt for the year* 156t and 1855!
Will be removed, except against euch regiments ~
hive heen mustered out OF service snd thuso that
are to be mustered oct dCring the present quarter
4 STATEMENT FRoK TIE sKx1uR aLA1n,
The Na1ionas Latelts 7eneer this morning pub
l,thes long lttter from cid Taank Blair, vly1ur
the IN hitoEy Of hts nessotlatluns wttn Mcclellan.
'cfUart neai]y the whole VI TIE remarkable doc
Il vent to New York to heal .Ae division tn
the n u1lon PITY D. Rfess9'inG 10 LEAD.
4 s.nS g,diE dEec,oR II ysF.eaa a ts and ssdiux
o. "a Rs1is Of pubic ooinion, t1ere 10 sscrf:
tam IN shat way harmony would bess be at
ta'Lee. oelieytd that united. opposition 10 tne
dieste for the Presidency than the man a:,ainst
wcCm ties enemy had declared HnE, btcauce the
nation had made him Its Chiet Magistrate, aud
IN the t1es ins bncc tsd ngan etgcn ts preference
hy re nomination. went tn this accuun-, with
sns s9nsnt'nx nc E,y'n
ny obj Ct, AID, Of cour=e. without his authority
j surprised no one but my SON when reaeh;d
1et This p1ess Id sv,denced dsss:isiac.io22 I ssa2
alth the Administration. It's conductors felt That
they hxd soo0 pfuunds Of disconept. explained
to Mr. Bryant the .i'uue IT the Prea,denr, a.
a cerro It, in reference 10 the rnntter tnat a.
gfie. ed bin, both regards vital me1suies for the
<ajety Ut the Repubnc. atd Of minor concerns OF q
Lariot which the whole Ut bis lie had shown him.
He considered Ms. l1Ico,1 T., ~tta all abAsenen.t,
the OILY man on whom we coud rely for the MAIN
tetsnce u! the cause IN wh!sh we had ombarked.
for the union OF ts strength and the restoration OF
the narithal Government
I1e1t .az Kesnstt. of the Hkra!i: ! had
him. i expressed my Views with earnestness aaa
ftnutne.e, SID aa he did. entertained 1heu. not
forneTing the Cd score Of aidets4see a1d ss lsIt
cent his last words tor the President: Tell him
Mscls',a t. The army and he will carry
cane doTn On 1T. Greeley. Ny interview with
him satisfied that his best efTurts would nat be
wanting 10 secure the peacy the cou TRY Inrongh
the re.tlecuon Of tho President.
Th1outh Mt Barton, an intimate personal and
pol1'ieal friend Of zen. NeCell4a. who wis not In
The city, let It be known tcas would oe @radded
b. IN opportunity Of coaverBrg With him, He
mr. III IN 9f
Astor Home. had an honr's conversation with
him; which prefaced By sc.tlnR him tbs motives
s,sted tbem above, ald By Sitting dlstinc,iy to
him ths. / cid OF cone from bIs Lincoln. and had
20 Authority OF even Consent from hin to mike
that hc {Mr L. had nut been apprited Of my visit
or purpose, which ss In part 10 advise wilh him
Ger. Mccellan). ts one whom he knew tu be his
own tulc hiln had ,tttle douot he Tuuld be the
non,iuce OF tie Chicago Convention, aud that II
he accepted be would be defsatap, aua defeated bis
fate would tc that II all previously dr|estes cau
dicstes who had PLAYED 'ot tue P1eefdency-Clay,
ca huup, Websttt and the :, st. That although
aspiration TO the chief rlace In the republic was
az hotosabe ambition there was HI III rn:t IL the
public mild which always excluded from general
confidence ont W60 eoncht It. With the least suspl-
zion seldshnets at lhr expt1:e of erclt nat onal
lte ban n voting him DOWN, as having tou .hs the
plsce without outJ wefetiny It's great exi:sncy,
II c:p. ciall, III eueh rssoiaionaty crisis as
the pres enr, he could never rIsa sgain. l 1:gel
that be tusht to consider that at this mnulent
.! echiam Of the Ubtoa party Of the north Ia
at ome ana as se cn
way possible through which The rebellion could
accomplish ite objtc' the dissolution Of Uniou;
tha6 neesed ,,n ns Inc nst isa a. ths ony man
In the North to rally. or to cnmmand otfess thas
conld make breach IL the patrot union party 90
eiTe success, Or even the bope, to the cntn1es Of
our government, foreign or domestic; and on this
9 IT, as
fit was his duty Is hi. country. ~, thefefore
aseston. ns % 70 pGSie e me % note
Nj: Lincoln askipg command III he army dis,
claiming, at the came Tine. that ae aid
eonnend eo1 eeff hmssf to p.e.dentiaI nonina.lon
that Thought. and hoped he too thought, that no
man, especially in rsSoln. ionaIy times, ought 10
strength OF that position At once, to grasp toe civil
po Fei Of the Government Tna1 no man had ever
marched from the battlefield to the civil power By
that did rot ind hlmseIf able and tgtllio9 70 ute
that army TO secure th.t potido4. urged, there
tore, thai u he Wished to e1eti The h,ch military
r.af, believed belong 10 him. ios the beHedt Of tae
cenntry il ,ts hfs and death stsps ls, .a1t he
91d 81 se'1en , asaeDsy ,h e & b hbsnS Sas
It and returned to service Ia the TED sats 1.-THE
President refused he would then be re:ponsib!e
hs
art 1mpre N sscd It en- ihe pnblic mind that tue de-
Ike e. b s.sxe s5sr 'fm qus hs fse
euence OF an ambition to clutch the
fret,osncy By 1eagtnsn.ns e., ont ,s the VA vi
dfnt,ai trrms tost he might n1.ss tho President
poses This was q source OF arcument to Sen.
Mcclellan On tho topic. referred ~. It was han
- vranrt arh dAtfrned tu pTOmptE the bHhl