Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-23

MS LINCOLN.

Il
1 WASHINGTON. Nay 22-Ma Lincoln and
family we're have left Washington this p n
for illinois
| SECRETARY SEWARD AT HIS POST
Secretary Seward was at the State Depart
ment again this morning attending TO bis Official
| duties
Frank Seward continues TO improve, and 10
now able to read newspapers.
| COMMISSIONER LKwB WILL RESIGN.
| Commissioner OF Internal Revenue Lewis will
resign, to be succeeded by Mr.. Orion.
TRANSFORMATIONS FOR rRisoAERs
| Hon. John Covode. who has ben taking great
interest in our prisoners. Is here and says Seere
tary Stanton has ordered transportation for al
our prisoners remaining South. Those At Jack
sonvilIe, FIorida-the lest Of the Andersondle
| prisoners--smount TO 1910 The Surgeon
General has two special boats for 500 Of the vors,
cases
REPORT OF TIRE COMMITTEE on THE CONDUCT OF
The Committee on the Conduct Of the War
to day adjourned sine die. conn hitting their re
port TO the Secretary OF the Senate.
General Sherman's testimony was taken to-
day.
The first part Of the evidence collected in re-
9 ,rd To the Army of the Potomac concludes as
follows:
ONIONS OF OFFICERS OF GENERAL MADE.
Ypur committee could not foroesr asking Il .
Witnesses before them il the army, after all
these undecsive advances and retrograde move
ments. still retained confidence in the ability OF
its Com mAnding General The answers returned
10 this enquiry, sill however tended to establish
the tact IN 1t much encouragement had been felt
by the army At these Intellectual operations, and
bur for the highly intelligent character Of the
raj and ble. would never have retained its eft
| fectve condition.
General Pleasonton states that the cavalry
under his command did not retain confidence in
the ability OF General Mesde.
Gen Brney states the same about his Corps.
stating that while Gen Meade was liked as a
! man. he Vas not regarded a man of resolution
or one who was willing to assume the response
bility required by the position he occupied
Gen Howe states, in his opinion. the rank and
| BILE OF the army do not regard Gen. Meade as
possessed of that zeal activity and energy neces
ssry To carry on offensive warfare generally, but
he admits that most OF the Corps commanders
would probably say that Gen. Meade was more
eminently qualified for the position he nov holds
than Gen Sherman Gen Howe qualities. how |
ever, by stating. that so far as he had observed,
the principal officers in the Army of the Potomac
including the Commanding General we're gov
erned by some sympathes, feelings and consid-
erations which had been infused into the army
by its commander, during the Pensacola cam
| pagn.
Gen Brney saws many of the principal Off
GERS believed Gen Mcclellan was the only gen
eral who should command this army though
there is not MS much of that feeling now as for
merry
Gen Doubleday says there has always been .
great deal Of favoritsm in the Army Of the Po-
tomac. No man who is anti slavery or anti Nc
Clellan can expect decent treatment in that army
as il Is at present constituted
BATTLE GETTYSBURG.
Gen Warren says: After the battle of Gettys-
burg the army was deprived of manv Of its beat
commanders. Gen REYNOLDS was killed, Gems
Sickles and Hancock wounded Gen Meade had
been made commander OF the army since that
time. The corps commanders have not been
equal TO their positions. and. consequently. the
army has been less effective in its operations.
RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
The Committee gives the result of their inquI-
rie' on the Red River Expedition saying that
the object Gen Halleck had in view in urging for
ward this Expedition military one, with the
expectation OF accomplishing some important
political result by the occupation of some point
in Texas
Gen Banks commanding the Erpeitio ap.
pears have had objects in Wow, 10 e-tnb-
lish State Government in Texas, and afford
ing an egress 10 cotton aud other produce OF that
region
The Expedition presents many remarkable
features II was undertaken without the direc-
ton of anyone, so far "a the evidence shows.
The authorities At Washington did not furnish
troops.
1t appears from the evidence that Gen Sher-
man loaned for the Expedition I'D 0OO men for
twenty DAYS. under Gen. A j. Smith The only
orders that emsnsted from Washington in rsls-
ton TO The Expedition. as divulged by the evi
dence those contained in the permit he
gave Casey and Butler to 60 up Red river 10
purchase cotton. in which he directs the army
aud navy off rers to furnish such assistance No
may be- desirable la the absence OF all orders re
curing this Expedition TO be undertr KEN aud af-
ter the refusal of the authorities az Washington
/ 10 furnish the troops asked Tor, it was entered
upon ny comm,nd OF the general. as shown by
the evidence, sgsinst his Judgment aud in the be-
lief that IL must necessarily tail. and il WIS
prosecuted At the sacrifice OF lite, property and
valuable time.
He did not seek To accomplish snv avowed
military object As military movement il
seems 10 have been conducted without cspsbility
or discretion lts only results in addition 10 the
dl-ericeiu disasters that attended it. we're OF a
commercial aud political character CONNER
csl TRANSACTIONS we're conducted by those Who
sscended Rid River by authority Of the Presi-
dents permit, as before stated, aud IN part by
Spectators who, without any permit or other
authority, came up on the Headquarters boat OF
the army, bringing with them bsgging rope for
cotton they might secure Political transactions
were shown by the holding OF elections in the
campo OF the arm, while engaged in the Expe-
dition. with view Of reorganizng civil govern.
ment IN Louisiana. The attempt To do ttyp was
| clearly usIrpaton on the part of the military
authorities. the execution Of which VAS 40 weak
aud nea cent as tue attempt Vas improper and
illegal The report is signed by T Wade
Chairman. Secretary George W. Julian and Is.
i + ,snc
Mr ID W Gooche dssents from the views Of
the majority of the Court in relation TO this Ex.
petition.
THI FORT rIsntn EXPEDITION.
The Committee, in their report the Fort
Fisher Expedition, say. from al the testimony
before them. that the determination OF General
| Butler not 10 assault the Fort seems To have been
fully justified by all facts and circumstances then
known, or afterwards ascertsined.
ruE cHIvIs0ros MASSACRE.
The Committee, having examined the subject
of the of the Cheyenne Indians. ss 10
ia difficult 10 believe that beings IN tho torn OF
men. and disgracing the uniform OF United States
soldiers, could counter nance the commission of
such cruelty or barbsrity. a. detailed In the
testimony.