, 1865-09-08
ASSISTANT SECRETARY F0Y'S
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Important Documents Never
Before Published.
The Mystery Of the Powhatan...
How the Expedition was
= Thwarted by Two Orders
Given to the Same ::
Vessel.
LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT LIN.
coin, LIEUT.. GEN. SCOTT, SEC.
RETARIES CAMERON AND
'WELLES, CAPT. G. r.
FOX AND OTHERS.


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HAALnes GarI' u. -
FOX AND OTHERS.
ETC., ETC.. ETC,
1t7uk sExArE or TIE Ux1rgD srAr.a,
,., March Sd, 1866.
INV fn de Ass,stsnt egotoe soe sSo.1s OF nc:
en eom1nunicased II answer 10 the Scpatc Sss .,.
t,oh o. Fenlaaig J, iaa ahd that the Secretary Of
Scrr,aTy of The Nav. ~@'> @'''11' - 1n'
Attest: ). ". FoRsE, SECRETARY.
S.rnrp.,rr r.h ., ,oc-
r1or. s,acon We1les. Secretary n tho Nav.
S1I-As mart Of your reply to the resolution
ofthc sc1nte Of February Sd. 1866, in response
10 The alterations Of the Hon. JOHN p. Ha,s
are;nst nc in ADVOCATING said resolution. I
,e,r 1cavc to submft the following statements:
ax rcsncc,s tbc charm flint 1ravc fnstrnc.
.;,rr IN fnou;rt. ,nto tHe conduct or 1,ns;ness
aranv r,a,,,hsr of e,thcr ,,orso ot CJrn,oss r
,,ara ~ eor +ho4 t1,o,c ,s not .ho s1;,rhtast
nn Ganraat,on ~ ~ T., ~ y, ' - A'' '' - A'e9'
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s''..e,aeH' A'. -ss N 1920 -,n "u- ~" .usal.
t'aee4 sns ,:.,. rs ~ "sa ~ .A'11
ses IT, wiz tAsse ~. ~ 80 poss.ssou' ~ mas
'eit ~ i'u1ous ins iu4nu's' snnultaneous'y
Win taosE o. lae war tsp' e1'cnt' Eepot1lns
10 'nis usP'''n'eni VIC" s"oln alnoasts
caued 1of Tue arrest oi any parties alleged TO
proposing or fixing the bail Of Franklin C.
Smith. Incycr beard any sum greater than
30. 600 spokcn or In the Department. exccpt
tno ,,v ,,;s friends. and tbcx nronoscd t1re.. ~
fonr m;1lions, The statement that ba, snr.
<-osta al xsn, nm for him Ia nnt,uc Tho ,,nt;s,
imnosal ,,non mr. l,arr ,ni,,ororc1 i. ;v,G,
- -o,,r sat,.tac,,or aud ;,,,s ,o,rc ,ant,na..,
INVESTIGATIONS md ,oonir;es tn Witch thc H.
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p'eas a'saa,a,.s nth r,u A @'-eo'
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49, ~ - e..1 CIV - ''A' 'itae
s"e.tssa.at " ~ -. p4 - :. eoass lequ9s-
- -. ~oNS ~ ~ IA@" ~ ~o1's =. 1'ai uaa
".4t, no".'.' guy ~ .onltast tue Pfae-
ueA. ope4. ..uen ~ .n' ess.emS VI courts
"a1,m1' WIN toa. o. 'ns ct'a1 courts "Aish
p'e'leusy pse'aneu' onael one 1ae ssnpa-
uAs ~ toe t.seae vas iuo'e stsunS!y WIN tne
"o'caAlnee1, na'i aaoe1 'ne otnets anu nchce
Moie con'4eA'ons "oao 1sult*
~ proper 10 auu 'aas tae cnanse OF In"
winch introduced 'ne eo"esam9 system was
mol anaoe " congress, On too Suggestion OF
any one connecteo "lth Inc Navy Depart
nent. II was drawn up BY the Solicitor Of
the war department, aaa was adopted with
great unanan1ty OF Congress on the report Of
the Military Committee.
1rcsigned my commission as lieutenant In
The navy atler service of eighteen years oud
seven months, thirteen years and eight
months OF which was sen SERVICE This Is
more service Than t"o Aamlrals, commanding
s4uadrons IN the present war, have secn-
Thc expedition organized for the purpose Of
taking supplies to MA]. Anderson's starving
garrison In Fort Sumter, IN 1sGl, has been re-
feTed to in the hope Of throwing ridlcule
upon 1t and upon nc. II is incomprchensible
how the attempt to relieve that heroic band,
| on any plan, could provoke sneer, nor does
! tie sllaft strike NC. II falls upon the Prcsi-
dent, under whose sanction acted; 1t vas u
patriotic attempt ~ dim, to sustain the ma
tione1 lag, md as such was responded to by
the nation. Nothing has more cndeated him to
the people, than his conduct on that occasion.