Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-16


Gen. Franz Sigcl was first called in the FilZ
John Porter case yesterday, and gave a detailed
account OF tie operations OF his corps on the
29th OF August, 1862. The action began about
G a m. and lasted at intervals througlOut the
day. The losses Uf the corps We're about l.4sa
men. ON crosse examination he said Gen. Pope
came on The field about p. m. AT which time
no nglllng was going on, Gen. Joseph Hooker
was the second witness. He commanded di-
vision Of HeiHjzelmah's corps Oh The 29iI, which
was engaged with the enemy for about twenty
minutes III the afternoon OF thai day. The
division loSt l-oe0 10 l.2m men. capt. J. Cop
plngtr. I'D l. :. infantry. who was in sykes
division OF Pnlter'o corps. gave evidence aS 10
lhe Zyln coiECiueS Win llldt OI previous Wit
neSs,,S. CAPT. Il. McEld9WRty. of MaTtinsyille,
W. Va, WHO was captain In the confederate
service in the -->t0neWali Brigade, testified
that on the 29th OF August he Was on the right
Of JackSOnS line. and afterwards went over
10 the let, where y. l.. Hill had heavy
nghlln@ III the afternoon. Basil Bowers,
OF MalilnSVille. ". Va. gave l1uS Testimony
as TO the 18th. when he WAS with an Ohio
battery in Mili03'> command, which did
not dlller In amy essential particulars from
other evidence. iie further testified that on
the 3lSl Uf August. being absent from his bat
terry ana not i'll uniform. lac met an officer VINO
look hlLn tor q SPY. arrested him and carried
him TO gen. Poiter'S headquarters. While con-
fined there he heard Porter say 10 some staff
officers ''Gen. Pope is coming through this conn
mand shortly. do tot wish any honor OF cour-
teSleS shown 10 him, and you will 90 now and
50 notify the troops" When Pope came along
soon afterwards no attention was paid TO him.
After lew hours Milroy happened 10 pass and
The witness called out 10 him. and was shortly
alter released. The witness was croSS-exam-
ined al great length by Mr.. Bullitt the result
being that he admitted he was not commits
stoned on mustered into the service: that he
mad once been once confined as a prisoner al
Camp Chase. Ohio, being captured as a spy:
thal he had served as q scout for Milroy and
had been several times taken prisoner under
similar circumstances. He did not state how
he being outside OF Gen. POT1er'S tent knew
Thai The remark he quoted came from the Off
Ger. lie never had seen Gen. Porter but once
Gen. Poffers counsel then called GEN Wm. A.
Graham. who commanded a battery of the lst
l. ;. artillery IN the campaign OF lSi2 and he
tesllhed That the night OF August p was too
dark for marching, and that he had been COM
PEELED 10 halt and wait Tor daylight. At the
time lie was serving with Gen. keameS
THE SOUTHERN SCoURGE.-Dispatches from
the yellow fever districts report aS follows: In
Louisiana one new case and tvs o deaths at GraDd
Biloxi. Al Bay 81. Louis fiye new cases, in
cludlng Colonel List. one o1 the relief conf
mlttee. TWO deaths al Pass Christian where the
disease has assumed a malignant aspect. Three
deaths and SIX heW cases at PattersOnVille The
fever at GIetna Is Increasing but the new cases
are mostly mild. The total number OF cases has
been 532 and the deaths 53. The total cases al
Canton. Miss, have been S44 and the deaths l55
The Howard Association makes another appeaI
Tor aid. Ten new cases and fiNe deaths i'm Cam
ton IN the last Torty-eight hours The board OF
health OF Helena, Arkansas, reports new cases
and deaths. The Howards have not begun 10
leave yet. The people are less excited, but are
HoWardS have all they need, money excepted,
which they need badly. A corpse was found i'm
house yesterday morning, having died without
any attention.