New-York tribune., 1884-02-02

Of this dispatch shows that Porter
was et the time of writing II without any information
PcS and engeGy Swss Alter T. Nc had
sented It 10 the board and 1t had been read Porer Win
aae s''Ss oSsCareiy written in the corner August b. Gp
m" This settles tho matter Inc 4;o G es oer was Ies %
ccived later and II later 1t was received TOO ao 10 'Ao
Bnt had it been delivered earlier ought 20 have
been Porter would not have made the attack o % cou
less upon the rear JacksOn force he ordered
to do. He knew that great force haG come 10 Ior,e
knew nothing This force OF the enemy blocked his
way aud could attack the flank or the rear OF
only by annhlatng the force OF Longstree !@ngsdee
had $4,000 men front OF Porter; Jackson had -
front but TO his right and Porter ac hna wG and law their
bodies at the feet OF Longsreets guns Inc eons'ch m h
from Indiana thought he 1SSs to nSys Was W and not
spectacle. Porter thought otherwise ana ms prnrai "pni
so6oGeld General Terry and General Getty He must vs.,
bear this difference OF opinion between nlss ,ni anu WV
IL Is Charged that Porter did not know at that time ,
that Longsrcets forces we're Deofc on the afternoon
of the 10Th OF August 1862 First uio wiSe @ % uo w
his dispatches shows that nae me hec hec ca@any oEpong
Iongstreets appearance on the 21th Porter & ss IN S
a ,bat he Iets his Information from an Intercepted
letter OF Lees. Mcdowell knew it, and SAID ina, long
n 3;g and Mcdowell says he told Porter all he knew
Again in the dispatch that Porter sent at o'clock, lock
August 20. asking Pope for information ne says, FROM
the of dust on our right and from reports o
scouts think the moving largely tnal
Earlier in the day Porter had captured prisoner from rom
IOngstTeet's army. AZ noon McDOwel shoWou i mii
Bufords dispatch which said that largo force had
passed Gainesville only three miles OF before socl9SH
that morning VOL l., p 81 At hDou 'nas 'i.. ho ,I
their forces together and during all that afternoon
Marshall and MOrc flying over the country testing
aces that they found him everywhere present IN front
aud in strong force dispatches 20 to IL Doth ncsne
means hy which Porter gained his information, ana ne
testified that he had it, before the court martial III lSoZ
70 begin. the fundamental avorment of the order
upbn which 1t all rests is entirely untrue Innt aver
ent that my line of march pursued under the JON
order above referred to brought me in on the enemy
right flank The fact is that my line OF mar march n as SO I pnf
brought directly upon The front OF separate Iorco %
the enemy from ten TO fifteen thousand strong OF the
presence Of which thus directly in my front General
Pope. when be wrote the order was wholly ignorant
NOTHING NEW IN THE LATER TESTIMONY.
10 gentlemen want better evidence Than this Here
Pope's announcement on the 27th that the enemy Is
coming mere is McDowes tesiIu ony that hc know on
| the morning OF the 2sth that the enemy was coming
through the Gap. Hero prisoners taken on the
morning Of the 10Th. and here Marshall and Morell
In dozen messages in the afternoon of August 20 con-
frming his knowledge. And here. rs well rs anywhere
else lei me say that find that the new testimony
whether obtained from loyal rebel sources Introduces
anything II only serves to confirm Wnat Porter
and his Witnesses had testified 10 in the trial These were
the offences What was the court martial that passed
the sentence II composed OF nine soldiers gathered
hastily in this city out OF the gloomy atmosphere OF de
feat They sat within the Of the enemys artillery
aud their faces black with the smoke OF battle
They were honest and honorable nol' Dul tnfy we,e
human. and when stern Secretary of War who made
and unmadc generals at his will ordered them 10 Note
and go they voted and went. When they voted, thoy
gave Just you and would have done to Their country
the benefit OF the doubt They Sat b Gay' hy hcy
neglected to produce any OF his witnesses for nom ne
asked but StautOns order read In the morning ana
they closed the testimony that day aud went Tue gcnc
man from Ohio said this was most august tribunal
obedience and adjournment at tho command Of oIom-
we'll compared with which this august tribuna was
nfadI nj
know that 1t by vote OF five TO four that stan
ton got his will hope it was not So For one Judge
left the bench and went TO the witness box 10 testify for
conviction and four other Judges received promotion
within two weeks of the time they renderef their lnd9
mont / wish the world OH this point might appropriate
the exclusive information Of the gentleman from Michl
tried him with all the essential facts before them said
that there could be bat one verdict Ths Is the IN
formation that want; OF the unanimty OF tho nine gen
erals but unfortunately it Is confined TO that gcnoman
and history may not appropriate IT, ne mas, 700, OK
million OF pounds. They would give that or more to
make Admiral iyng subordinate aud the commander OF
single ship 1t would wipe out bloody page IN British
thought that the English had g XIII every now and then
from Michigan had also exclusive but this time mac
verdict" yet the report OF the minority which he
calls "a careful military historian. the author OF per
haps the best history of our civil war that has been
ample facilities to inform himself and so situated
that he can and docs write without prejudice or
Impartial history should censure Lees Lieutenant
f5 Than h acr r9s ST M ms or s no." G or9 s tho orcr @ Of
his chief. il must he acknowledged that Polters mere
presence In front OF Longstrcet condemned forces ont
numbering remain inactive which otherwise
might with great advantage 10 the Confederate cause
Jackson" How happened my accurate friend from
Michigan TO make this great mistake II came naturally
from the unwngncsS OF hs side to look At any new ev
dcncc lie read the nrst edition of this history which
censured Porter and neglected TO read the new edition.
GencS. dared ike Grant and sclcdcd and Terry to
change hi, opinion IN the presence sem G new Sa eonee aSd i've
paraty of the Comte dc Paris have been so generously
final opinion Ills attacks" speaking of thar which tho
gentleman from Indiana wished him to make on the
another BaisEia7S, His attacks Therefore could not
have produced tho results upon which the General IN
been the orders given him by Mcdowell during the day
Porter might undoubtedly have pressed the enemy more
closely Perhaps ne Re6 'ca hsyc GSaSa mS Savs
thus prevented Iongstreet from bringing the lat,
ter to his left; But under no oircnmstances could
the rcsnt of the engagement which ,wa' now
taking place on the right OF the Federal army
for LOngstreet could have resisted Porter with forces
superior TO the latter without bong Obliged TO dctach
single from that engagement Therefore impartial
history should censure Lees lieutenant rather than P0pes
for mis- nactiOn during the 29th, etc. etc."
MISREPRESENTATION CORRECTED.
But 1t is scarcely fair to leave the gentleman from
Michigan alone to which the side he
ably but naccuratey defended have everywhere made.
have time 10 aude only TO misrepresentation, I'M
Intentionally made OF the opinions held with reference to
the conduct the trial by Rcverdy Johnson member
who spoke assumed that this august tribunal. which
closed its evidence upon the day tho Secretary of War
ordered which sent Of M judges to the witness box
and saw others promoted within two weeks OF the
verdict all right because Reverdy Johnson had sald
"Whatever may be the result, mother General
Porter nor his friends have any ground of
complaint against the court consider the trial to have
been perfectly fair" This admission OF Reyerdy Johnson
would have been great help 20 tho character OF this
august tribunal had II been true unfortunately 1t was
story; unfortunately have the newspaper In
which ft published and acros. It's lying face are
written these words: False. absolutely false. r. j."
and here Endorsement and here IS tho letter written
by Revedy Johnson In which he says IL have obtained
copy OF e Ohronice and enclose you tho article the