Year: 1863

ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR CHASE's


FRIEsDs ALREADY PUSHING HIS CLAIMS FOR


THE PREsrDENCY-THE ORGANIZATION OF THE


Next HOUSE or REPREsESTATivEs-How rHE


NEw YoRK HERALD GOT LINcoLS's FIRST MEs


SAGE IN ADVANCE OF ITS DELIVERY TO Cox


GREss.


Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times


WASHINGTON, March %.


The so-called Committee on the Conduct OF
the War is about to uncork its vials of wrath
through the agency of Ben Wade, of Ohio, and
Chandler. OF Michigan, whose interference with
military matters has notorios sly embarrassed the
Administration, and TO parade a lot of garbled
aud irresponsible evidence against our Generals
in the field, as well as those deprived of com
mand This committee by some mistake
doubtless, has the impudence to announce in ad
vance that this report will be partial one; but,
juding from the political complexion of the com
mittee, no such Endorsement this needed
from them in advance. 1t will be recolIected
that, the end of the second session of the 9th
Congress. Chandler read through column after
column of what purported to be resume of the
evidence then before the committee in which he
capped the climax of radical hatred and bitter
ness to Gen. Mcclellan, but which, with all OF
his twisting fell silently upon the people


If irresponsible testimony was ever made to
serve the ends of faction through the assumed
publication of official channels, it is in the forth
coming report of this committee, whose conduct
of the war since the enforcement of its own
policy in September last speaks for itself In a
few days, at the farthest, their p1rtial report will
be rublic 1t will be found to contain the evi
dence of ambitions, intriguing Generals. and
spying civilians, all distorted by cross examina-
tions For instance, the evidence OF one witness,
who resided in the enemy's lines while Mcclellan
was in front of Yorktown, is to the effect that
the ,atter would make no advance on the positive
evidence of this one man that MIgruder did not
have fifteen thousand men behind his ntreneh
mentS, But does not the committee know that
Gen. Mcclellan could not pass the forti6catons
by infantry attack. and that. the contrary. his
Information, from equally reliable and more loyal
men, was that the enemy had three times that
number of troopsf Did not the fights at West
Point and Williamsburg. Immediately after the
evacuation of Yorktown. prove the falsity Of
this report OF the enemy's numbersY But n is
hardly worth the while to follow the ez parfe
testimony given before this committee, as it is
all in one vein Gen Franklin will be found to
be grossly censured by this self constituted court
of inquiry. but not word will there be in com
mention the conduct of that "s2e lker of para
bies" who listened, in the White House. to the
Piteous whines OF Gen Burnsde's subordinate
officers, and on the most frivolous evidence of
interiors countermanded the grand advance of
a great army. and placed it ultimately in winter
quarters The malignant and partisan spirit
which breathes through this forthcoming report
will consign it. among all fair and honorable
men, to the "tomb OF the Capulets." 1t is a
fitting copy Of the ISLANDERS it heard and ret
Grated of McDowelI's treason only to find
afterward that open court of his peers sent
him out 20 the world regenerated from the in
famv with which radcalism had surrounded him,
and unblemished in his civil and military life
Had Gen. McDOwelPs case been solely before
this inquistion, it would. possibly. have succeeded
in fastening its Odious record upon him.


certain set Of Republicans in Washington.
who cling to the fortunes and favors of Salmon
P. Chase, are just now engaged in loudly talking
up his claims for the Presidency, even regarding
his nomination, in the long time vet to come, as
almost certainty. 1t is very noticeable fact,
however, that in making their important calcula-
tiOns for the Presidential chair these gentlemen
do not hesitate to declare that il will only be
tingent upon permanent dsunion-his selection
for the entire country would be out of the ques
ton. To such an extent have these views been
circulated. that il is now stated that Representa-
tive Hooper of Boston. who has purchased pros
pectively large residence here, is promised to
be made Secretary of the Treasury for his eDgin
eering of the financial schemes of Mr.. Chase
through the last Congress. Thus runs the radi-
cal element in power


The gain in New Hampshire. the certain sue
cess in Connecticut aud the problble election of
an opposition member from Missouri in the place
of the late Mr. NoeIh secure. without much
doubt the organic it;on OF the next House for
the Democracy. even giving General Schenck a
vote with the radical faction Some of the re
Gently ousted Office holders here are figuring
away at desperate rate to make out victory
for Rapublicanism, IN order that they may get
another hand in the public plumber They
counting on the votes of the Maryland delega-
ton which, as we all know ia the last Congress,
was most bitter in its opposition to every scheme
of the Republicans on the slavery issue, and
which will be solid, in the crming Congress.
against organization to force the abolition
of slavery upon that State.-an organization
maintaining. in the words of the official organ
here that ''the war shall not cease until slavery
is practically abolished


You doubtless will recolect the famed investi-
CATION of the "telegraphic censorship of the
press" at the last session but one of the last
Congress. and the partial report that was made
therein. though the tenor of it all against
the Administration Most of the evidence how
ever, was suppressed; in fact. none was published
which referred to the manner in which extracts
of the Presidents first message got into the New
York Herald two DAYS before its delivery to Con
gress The investigation on this point was thor
ough and extensive. Every attache of the press
here was examined, and finally Mr.. Lincoln him
self was called on. while the Chevaller MlkOn
was in prison for contumacy in refusing to answer
questions put to him by the committee. After
the President appeared the matter suddenly
dropped. and only gossip kept up story that
Young named Watt. gardener at the White
House, but on confidential relations with the
family. distracted a copy of the message and
furnished it to the Herald correspondent This
has been the general belief, though, soon after
the adjournment of the Judiciary Committee, all
the testimony missing. and the doubts could
not be settled. Within short time however.
this vast roll of MSS. has turned up, and in it
the fact that Mrs. l., and not the humble
gardener, Watt furnished printed proof to the
Herald. which may may not account Tor the
racy personal articles of that delectable sheet


Ii is understood that the President, prior to his
visit to New England. will make trip to the
army of the Potomac, and spend several days
among the troops.


Spring is very backward, and the mud block
ada is still upon X


For the State Sentinel.


Hon. Joshua +. Bell of Kentucky.


LOUISVILLE. Ky, March 81. 1863


EDIToR SENTINEL: | notice the following SEN
tences in the Louisville Journal Of this date:
'sThe Indianapolis Sentinel says that tkc Hon.
Joshua +. Bell, a candidate for the Governorship
of Kentucky, is only known MS a Wing and
Know Nothing" and adds that 'the Sentinel
does itself no credit by such random and reckless
assertions that Mr.. Bell was never Know
Nothing &c. Surely Mr.. Prentice could not
have written those words: for he well knows,