The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-17
THE FlTz JOHN PORTER INQUIRY.


ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF THE GENERALS Al
LEGGED '.DIsLoYALrY" TO GENERAL POPE.
General sherman among tho spectators al the
Titz John Porter inquiry yesterday, and listened 10
the evidence win map OF The country boiore HIM.
Generals Mcdowell, William H. Smith (.'Baidy") and
other military men were aAo present.
Tue first wtnoss was William Is. Lord. who was the
Official photographer Of tho court martial that triod
General Porter. On the 10TH OF December, 1862,
pending the trial, he went, In company with
tho correspondent Of tho New York Times,
to General Portsr's rooms, in Washington, 10 in.
quirc for some dispatches which had been misiaid,
and while there hoard General Porter say, ~
not loyal to Pope; thers's no denying that y
Witness could not rocal Thing else that said
ut the time; three or four days afterward no mado
u record OF tho remark IN letter TO wife. Tao
witness cross examined. General Porter, he
said, laborug undor some excitement; caused by
the proceedings OF the court tnat day, and his re-
marx was Ia the form Of u soliioquy; witncss had
not utoncd tho circumstance until after the
ciusion OF tho court martial; he made no formal
written statement about II until aiior In Q
munication 10 Judge Advocate General Holt.
General Porier's coun.sl produced printed oopiea
u correspondence between General Holt and ihd
witness, in May, 1871, winch tue former says that
the latter came to MIN IN Decep,ber, 1862, wne tue
trial pending, and Told MN Of tho remark above
quoted. which no feli u his duty to givo him, and
that no (Ho) replied that he did not Inink u worth
while 10 introduce Il IN the case, as he thought no
had hor sufficient evidence 10 convict General Por-
ter; but Lnat would like 10 nave him put II In
writing. Witness said no did remember hnv.
Ing so told General Holt while tho al progress
anc he did not 10 his rcpy think Of correcting
that error, nor afterward when the correspondence
was printed did he correct 1t.
yENsK PRoPRfErY.
He had rolraiued from mentioning tt from q sense
OF proprioty to Porter, aud only spoke OF n TO Holt
IRON n sense of duty TO That officer, who had
ployed him. Counsel then quoted IRON the speech
OF Senator Chandler, In 1870 wherein the witness
all uded 10, though not by namc, having heard the
remark la question. aud made an affidavit 10 u "wtn
two mtuutos" witness SAID that no went 10 Senator
Chandler and told him that he had not made such an
affidavit, but did not mako any public DENIAL OF 10 or
ask the senator or any ono sso 10 do
Two farmers who lived near the Bull Run battle
field then examined AS 10 the roads and events
ny them gu the 2g.h Of August, and the cor.
rectnass oil tho map used IN the investigation.
REroRr COURTEOUS.
Tho Judge Advocate submitted some documentary
evidence IN the shape of extracts from pamphlets
published by General Porter ana Others, anu subse-
quontly called attention Ia editorial In New YORK
paper OF the day impuung dishonest motives 10 MIN
10 bringing forward Mr. RoUerI 4. Lincon's testi-
knowledge vi tho articles, and tho Judge Advocate
answered that no te before no spoke tnas suon must
be the case
Colonel Charles Marshall, who was on General Loe's
STAN made some additions ana cosfec.ichs " ns prs
vous testimony, as tho result Of visit 20 tho held
last week, and marked on map the POSITIONS OF tho
Confcc crate troops on tho 2vtn OF August
General William y. smith (..Baidy Smih') testified
10 his knowledge oil the riendy relations between
Generals Pope and Porter aftor tho events IN question,
and told how they visited his headquarters together
The week after the second battle of Bull Kun, ana
wore on IN ost arnicablo terms This testimony was
In rebuttaI that oil the spy who testified Tues
day that he hoard Porter ordcr that honors
cuu rtesies should DO paid 10 General Pope.
Al half past thrso O'Clock the Board adjourned I'LL
to-day.