The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-21


enemy. He claimed tr have personally told
Porter whore to put his trJols. and l'sO to huve
Indicated 10 him movements against the enemy
which were not crrri"d ont. The nature Of this
cunv"r-d;ion and th" verbal Instructions were
dispuigd 10y Gen. Porter. and formed the point
Gen. Mcdowell hnl printed extracts from
reports Of Gems. Iunrstiect. JACKSON, and
Stuart. and hal hnnd"d them "Op,rutous "
the 29th II August tSrrond Bull l!unL' Under
cross-"xaif'inuti0n he admitted That one portion
of the cAtra"is SO compiled must have referred
10 Aug 10. and not Aug. %, the portion rarti"u-
lurly rclSrrcu 10 n"iuE taken from Jack-on'S
report. II" regretted the mistake, nut ms listed
that il was unintcntioual and had NJ lrarinL
on the question whether Gen. Porter had or
hu, no! disobeyed ordcre.
Gen. Mcdowell was examined persist
emily about his conversation with Porter on the
2Mh lie said he had ordered Porter to sircicn his
TROOPS out To- the right. hut he had expected him
lo attack ut tho proper moment. Aitrrwarl he
learned thnt Portor's position was further from
thr NurrcutOn Pike than he then thought; his
INSTRUCTIONS on leaving Porter were bnsed OH
The BELIEF that there WIS no rebel force except
Jackson : between Gainesville and GrgvctOn.
suppose that after YOU leit IT turned ont that
Gen. Porter obtained knowledge that there were
double or treble tho number ~ Conicd"rHtes
therc that you supposed. what would IL have
been eNpcdcnt Tor him to dO!' was the next
question.
This question WAS fought over for a long
time. but at length Gen Mcdowell said:
e 9G "r's an, @Gg sy s@ c mS at Ga oc iSgs
Inn, "a ,,,,"i, 4, st' rt, ~, ,,iici ,',4.
shout ie ~ r.i.t Further han nat dd non then and
TWAS admitted. however. that tho Court must
decide IN" question how Gen. Porter should
10 Gen. Schoneld Gen. Mcdowell said the
discussion l,etwecn Gen. Porter AMI himself at
IHwk!ns = Branch had reference to the Joint
order from Pope and that the instructions
getting his force into position. such III would
admit III th"ir falling back behind Bun Run ut
night Us III" Joint order directed To Nlr. thoair
| Gen. Mcdowell said he thought the orders
3uEht tu nave been carried out. whether rrcn-
| iorrcmcnts reached Jackson or not.
"pn no, ,on understand this oricr as based upon the
NJ g a1 ." G'n 1 r'g Ty9 n & ,a
| Mo9M n.t bring ,hemnp toJacksoh until thc following
ma, que .iion id no, come up IN my mind
But the most remarkable ica,ure Of Gen.
| McDowcll's testimony was tho production Of
! somn dcs patchrs from Porter To hun. written on
| the 29th. These had not been offered on the
! org nal trial. and were the ones alluded to by
/ Judge Advocate Gardner as showing TINT
woods" When he should have boon engaging
the enemy; The first two were, sent between
noon and T. NJ. the third ate T. VI.
have been wandering over The woods. 'na failed to
with you The enemy is IN stroys torce ~ front OF me.
sHnuo, set here Inv goes t1e tS,c' !, Gem; to go 10
5000 ,. j. rohrsr. Nlor.Generai Volunteers
Tie arns on my right ha. 50 Gar retired mat cannot
advance AMI have Nilol 20 GET Ncttf A THE
ronit iakcnh, kins / shall Withdraw 10 N,ni,s,. 10
YOU have ANYTHING to communicate, please 30 80 haf"
nothing An ARTILLERY duel l. going on now-ha'o been
j. rosrts Major General
III
Fooled IN getting Morcll over to You Amer wander NJ
| about ihe woods ior some time withdrew him. and
while doing artillery opcncd on VI, scout, could
not get through Zach one i'un th' en.mv between ~,
nnd sr pf"T', ,oaS ,,," ,,",' l"an ,' M
eccicd vet PROM inc masses Of dust on our lcit anl
Tes.snsr cane have no cavair, or messengers row
Pleas, ir, me Know YOUR Observation-Disclosures ,ou rcuc or
not cannot get water aud am OUT OF provisions Have
~ iorirn. MaorGcncrai Volunteers
THE ANiMUs OF GES. PORTER.
To strengthen these specific points the Gov
DIES iened TO show that Gen. Porter's spirit was
not that. 81 the loyal and obelient soldier.
Thus Mr.. ". l.. Ornisoy a journal III Brook
lyn testified that in December 1852. he went e
Gen. Porter's residence IN Washington with
Mr.. W. b. Lord. the Official stenograpner of tho
used in Portcrs trial. then pending. -" Gen
Porter made n remark showing his feeling.
wSe nyaR to Pope mi w s9h oyS to Mccnn
II is impossible for me To state another word OF
sn Porter sad TSGo P Gem ssEo SsHd
used by Gen Porter. and describe iis moral
quality. Mr.. Ormshy replied: Certainly II WAS
not rep"ntant nor sorrowiul; II was earnest. as
# explaining his position. | considered II as
an uuEuNfAf'l NIAltN"hl
This testimony was corrohorated some days
later hy Mr.. Lord himself His recollection o
the words used hy Con. Porter was: was not
true 10 Pope. and there is n Use denying it,
Witness was at the moment running over some
papers which were essential TO full report OF
the proceedings. Gen. Porter spoke rather by
way ~ sllllpquy than to him or his companion
Mr.. Orn shy. who then represented the Ne''
York Times Mr.. Lord said ha made no men
ton Of the matter at the moment. except % his
wife. with whom he talked over his dUty IN N,
premises. After some reflection he decided
hat nh
Advocate Holt. who was his employer nj th'
time. ., Mr.. Lord was sharply cross examined.
that he had acted AS scout for Milroy. and MAJ
also been frequently arrested ~ a spy and M
n straggler or SPY. being out Of his own corps
within Portrr- lines. he was arrested on tl'
| daY after the battle M CenlreVillc. Will" wear
ing suit Of gray, While lying near Porter
headquarters. under guard, witness heard
man. VINO was called Gen. Porter say to moi
| whom he took t. be aides Gen. Pope Will b.
along this way pretty soon. and wish tito be un
derstood that don want any honor or courte
sizes shown him Presently Gen. plpa came rid
ing along. and received no salute whatever. Sub
10 him. was identified. and set at liberty; Cross
examined. he said he WAS outside % Porter
tent when the alleged remnrk WAS made.
Gen. Webb and Coils. Locke and Weld Of Por
tors stan were called by the petitioner. Rn'
natly denied that Porter issued orders not t
Lieut.. -tol. Buchanan Of the Third Indian
testified regarding Aug. %:
cen Porter save ne lc'lgr for Gen i Rqqrpsde eu
that might be- captured ant he world not ny the ,alci
svtrbal message Tor cen burnside, 10 the eject tia
there had been no serious disaster yet
WHAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.
Perhaps the most dramatic piece Of evidenc
offered by tho Government was that furnished b
Robert 7. Lincoln. son of the President. II
recollccted conversation with his father. prob
ably in January 1868, IN which his father Sc
vercly condemned Gen. Porter and consia"rc
his sentence mid one. compared to the OF
fence. He could not say with certainty whethp
IL INST before or lilSf after his iNfnpr lu