Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1862, Page 1

cS THE EVENING STAR - Fy EVERY AFTERNOON, {SUNDAY BXCEPTED,) THE STAR BUILDINGS, owes PEF A AVENUE anp 11TH STREFT, . sY w. D. WALLACH, OB slr ‘D STATES. Wasuixerox, Dec. §, 1992, the Sd instant. there disap- package of biank “Ger. of Indebtedness,” of = mn of Xhousand dollars, = fas, both inclusive,’ No Gertifieatse Niky thee, have ever been issued from this Office, and none "The Sue Gertibeates of th8 denomiation of iv. o shourand dollars bave'their numbers wareronns TRE Face in red eS ; ty “If the erer,” are aig Imad Ttifleates. in redink. Adl that since about the Ist instant, com- Sinn 4 princed on the nen io tick Th tha’ Mil Issue from this Office in fu- = hone issued hi fe Tho: i , in the lost ‘diffwr from the gasuine in hae. es Oe warts © quoted, vig: “If the order bisnk ae . this Certificate. isencd to sa arer.” eagraved on the fa-+ Fob hs inh atc a Sd Vigsette, and ere 0! 1e 5 i aed below on each end. ovr the cners ved emes nations of"5000.i" The numbers are prinied in on a the ““5e0" denomina- Heap Me ee acai fai Es x Ce a G1 = the denumination cf ong thousmnid Gat. lars, answering the description o* those lost deen aud are Being insaed; but none of shat denom: ednesday last on Tree hia Onleee to parties buving, aa lie all at their lar, rear of their auc- and spacious salesrooms, in BECH IN PRAISE BIS BOLD SPRECH IN PRAISE OF OUR E IN THE PRICE OF LEN AND INOREAS! PRIGE OF WOOLEN AN ButJ. BRUCE & CO., No. 464 7th street, mot incre: the price oftheir immense stock of a prices, the; Ma auttocll all etieey They. ‘and are bourd to ran of their aiack 'w: next forty days to make room for our that faetu mann ring. epeeple only need to see Sir goods to induee tek oo them id ‘toek SOE SACKATS AND PANTS excels an: wer offered in this city. co., ing © 7 BRUCE & MEN'S AND BOYS CL N's AND LE cig Boora DRAKE'S PLANTATION BIITERS. The evening entertainms performances will be nothin; WASHINGTON VaRIE PROPRIETORS... ._. ACTING MANAGER .... BUSINESS MANAGER. _____ AMUSEMENTS. sa adage. cen 1 08 awe eeeeees samen anne & 75 AMUSEMENTS. or FRLLOW®#’ HALL 2 ad FELLOWS’ HALL, OCD PRLLOWS’ HALL; ODD FELLOWS’ BALE ODD FELLOWS’ HALE) Sxvextu Steer, T CANTERBURY COMPANY, T CAN CRY COMPANY, CANTERBURY MPANY: FOR THIS : WEEK ONLY, ' SELECT ENTERTAINMENT For LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Tre Conigriury will remain closed for onc week oxy, during which time it will be ees aay alieret, Tenovated. Se .and will reopen on MONDAY, De ec-aber 29th, with a Double Company, and in a sty! of magnificence not to be equalvd in the country. There wi!l be a newly rainat Parquatta, a xpacions Gallery, four maguificest Private Boxes, &e. MONDAY EVENING, December 238 A A ad First appearance, sirce her recent severe illgess, of | eee ULIA MONTIMER. The Beautiful and Fascinating Songstress, ingtion hava beegtion! NESDAY) EVENING is nce of rare . sre of a = Ep aa ete fi Migs AGNES SUTHERLAND, GREAT SECCESS! Syagerin coutaining the denominational Seures, The Secttish Nightingale, | wen, PRT RIEAE Sn wy 5 © jand mat hes lentations Continued success of j : of phe ecroll, Tanning laugitwire of the Oertitctey MISS KATE PENNOTER, | Appearance of the Washi:gion Favorit, = re tet ys pe FN 7 The Gecesetnerpecnors: en e cig CHESTN hf bth inch , tape est tt performance to comm: nce tl i ways from the center. On the lost-Geruberiee TTS CLARA BERGER, i OL THE WIR DMTEE ee ometietta this gariand does not appesr. 7 SPINNER. The Paseinating Dauseuse. | Sampson Low. * r. Frank Drew de 8-27 United States, MISS NELLIE TAYLO} aa a the Miss Chestaey | ATTENTION, SUTLERS. ent et iat! H. w. me rats Z A. B. PITKIN. Reappearance of the Favorite, | Camille. oa caleciin 3; Mr. Frank Drew 5 First appearance of { : WHOLESALE GROCERS. FRODUCE 4ND mrappeni: PIC. BUTLER. i Rocktve HoKsE: 25 KING STREET Aiecraa ey. pasGeege Danii || +1 AS Feank Drew stack of GROCERTES SUTERTE Gouge ee TRE GREAT COURT oF BEAUTY, | ez THURSDAY arsenal Rees | com Be boughs ia tei eer ercanh prices thin cals | BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADIES! | DREW. Se Alger ot Bt, FRANK. J a = i core open at past 6; perf “aaigipe SEO" evans «00, | TH Teuownes luloyian Comedian, fiom 444 | WASHINGTON THEATRE Lt - - roadway. ew York. 7 W. L. WALL & Co. } Tricmphant success of the champion Clog Dancer CHRISTMAS NIGHT! Aro pow réceiving on commission | ofthe world. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, jorthern Manu- ; i B ; ies factarien vi who is prenouneed by gil the most wonderfal Mourth ave sopagentent of A VERY LARGE AND SXTEN- dancer of the age. Cedi et Ee SIVE STOCK OF The great CoCEGRGEREDESON, THREE CHAVET Bk 8 ww mar wow H e lomedian, to: ist and V. ist, : < os, ad Rr oa a Raz, | who will appear lea fevevine comic character: | SAMPSON Low, - -MAZEPPA, Waistt whlogens Fa Traitation bh and sing some of his, popular songs. | In which he will Hag a mock Uravara, and give at. M&hogany Marble-top and Plain Bure: ae i imitagions of the i : ‘ » Plain and other Be MISS KATE HARRISON HN BROUGHAM. stead J MR. JOHN DREW , MISS LILLIE « Eaflo a iis Seat Ouairs and Rockers, | BS LILLIE Bs : And ADBLINA PATTI, lankets, | MISS PIELY FOS SECOND NIGUT OF MISS CHESTNEY. Lases, Writing Decks and Tables, { MOLLE TENE a ak oli Cen es. a formance will comm; nee with Inrge variety THE WINDMILL, top Tables, Chiidren'« Chairs, BILD EAT CORPS DE ETHIOPR, | Sampson Low..... .Mr. F. Drew ‘3 ‘EAN CLOSKI, | Marian....... ise estney Mahogany’ and Walnut Sidebogrds M SEAN VLOSKI, | Marian. Mise’ Ch Marble-top and Pisin Washstands, HARRY AED OTS CLARKE 2 ne rain. Pares-pis ee Saar Dezets: Olleleth ina new selectionof “| Te __..Mr. P. Drew — a peg the CORKO GRAPHICALITIES! j ‘rs G, Maeder will conelude with the itled ughable afterpiece entitle: __ GROVER'S THEATRE. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, near Willard’s Hotel LeomagD Guoven —__ +++. — MANAGER THIS (WEDNESDAY) RVENIN Third night in Washington of Dion We eau admirable Spectacular Drama, ix PAUVRETTE CADER TIER 8NO ‘f E UN Ww, , Or, THE AVALANCHE. . With New and Beautiful Scenery by Strong, Won. derfal Mechanical Effects by Patham Og, nal Music by Koppitz, and presenting Kate Derin as. . Pauyrette “The Duches: Mrs. Db. -Michel Bernard | 87 CHRISTMAS—TWO PERPOMANCES. termoon at2o'elock ; night at7% o'clock. a5 BF" Admlasion 5), 25, and 75 cents. WASHINGTON THEATRE. | CORNER ELEV&NTH AND © STREETS. ie, . sMpapan & Co. «Ma A. Goss Stack Manages. wr, Ge Marorn THIS (WED! 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No. 516 Eleventh street west, the services of » Detective Officer will be cing made st Tthistreed west, under supervis Sr riuteadent W. B. WHET stropolitan Police. I = [LPRIN’S BOOKSTO: a Ps AveNos, Noatt tpg, Baween 12th and 13th Sis. ‘The public will ing in this tof a Reh se*Prepeh, German, Italian, Span- in Bret vod the Ancient Languages, Mistory. Travels, Peetry ‘Novels and Juveniles, we! “ ries, Grammars, Miltary ~ —"4 Rapeard Books on the Natural for bookenot on hand, domestic of for- o The promptly executed. 00 21x Si CAMP STOVES" spoves tit CAME how manufacturing CAMP, OOOK and maesie Sov guscn wa ule a = ‘To Betti = ian cu sTOV bought be pone wes: ith Dr: to mathe ir renehe it! fawers » Irom eeaeree to largest sizes, ail of which we will ceil ot i o eur asas! low prices {91 OW WALKER & 00,, degttawew [Int.) 36% Penn avenue 0 BUTLER, ARMY OFFIOERS, Etc. cr nish all sizes of BLO) errr eAvENT “GALVANIZED TRON Bane a carer OVENS, delivered im Washington ot niata G0. 39 Lightatreet, Baltimore, ‘Gr rh icon det-tw WONDERFUL MORESTE BROTHERS, &¢. Granp Ooaps br Barier. OPEN EVERY NIGHT! Great Programme of Attractien. TB. ON OF ps MANLY UTR IND AGILE ee By the acknowledged superior Acrebat and Gym- Morgste, On the Horizontal Bar, Berger. man, : Julia Leh MIS LUCY AT THE 80 By AM Here Wha REE. lene and all the ~-Mr. Ooiman Comic Song. ie Grand Polka. Orchestra, Mystic Ring™... f “Ltr, Morente, AC. AEG KAZ. Fi T OF CONSTANTINOPLE guste LAVA MibgREY Ob GOW Ricrrnopes cha, bis Confidante. . Mr, A. Lehman Guccaus, the Slave Merchant......... Gros DANCES. , | Grand Latrodgetion,.... nis Suro Lebmand and Pas de Fascination. Pas de Obelisque. .. i Ue line, and Corps de Ba! h's adaptation of J.H. Budwert! ‘Sotee ed by J. seed tet iti Raeate ebn Tenevin Man Metamors...,- tir. 3, H. Budworth Peter Piper Pepper Podge W.s. Bud ron Jenny Chatterbox... Miss®Charles Comic Bong. . +. .-Mr, Coleman THE LIGHT BRIGADE By Budworth Brothers, Landis and To conclude with the Exquisitly Amusing Pante- Paul Berger. ime 0} ROBERT MACAIRE. om Robert Macaite. j t7-“AL Me Heensodes Jaques Strop, bi * _M. Heriandes Tasaleur. Rérgeant of Gendarme... 4, Lehman . Grand Per- THURSDAY, “Christmas Day, Two Grand Per Afternoon, for 3 ing at asual time, i gotslock; Bening ps onal Sime: formanees; en “ge Sprcis Norice.—A Gran at sand Chiléren, commencing at 2 o'clock. s.T-18sco = S.—T.—1560._X.~ DRAKE'S PLANTA- TION BITTERS Of this celebratec brand appears to be in every ‘one’s mouth, as well as on every one’s table, They area splendid article and can licens mand invigorate e: 08 upon to strengthe: ee sep ire. ~ 3 FER. am ech SEAR ha F a: 08 B | | Orchestra | Academy of Mur | el@. BRIGNOLI oon. Dec. 27, for the secommodation ering Pricks or byte eS | Chairs, 75 ts; B, nts; ti 4 ily Circle, Bbcerite; Private Boxes, 8s, ae WASHINGTON THEATRE. J. GRAU’S ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY: Mr. GRAT respectfuily announces that he wil! give in Washing:on TWO GRAND OPERATIC CONCERTS, Ox BATURDAY, Dav 27, anv MONDAY, Dic. 29, Gn this occasion MVLLE AN@IOLINA CORDIER, , the celebrated Prinis Donna from the New York who created the greatest sen- niece's Cerevrated Orexa oF uvwe the henor to make her debit M°LLE MORCUBI, Test wet the Famous a:¢ Youthfai Vontraito, SIG. MACCAPERRI, SIG. AMOLIO, SIG. SUSIN Conductor and Musica} Director. The programine on each tation in Mr betore waeits tractive and egy Adm val Secu extra. Seats can be secured for one or both ev: pipgs at Metzerctt’s Music Store. The sale of seats | will commence on Friday morning Doors epen at7'; ; to eommence at 8 o’elkk, d2t-ct* FORD'S FASHIONABLE THEATHE. - TexTH STREET, ABOVE PENNA. AVERUE. FESTIVITIES OF CHRISTMAS WEEK! MR. AND MISS RICHINGS, Aided by THE RONZANI BALLET TROUPE, A COMPANY OF NEW YORK CHORISTERS, THE BEST DRAMATIC CORPS igus tn the papaiscent g ectacl to- 2 magnifice e, AM agpeas 10 BE I ENE AF Or, THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY! A production of Indescribable Beauty. Concluding with a grand oOo PATRIOTIC TABLEAU AND ALLEGORY: An Appeal to true National Pride, | TH SACRED MEMORIES OF THE PAST. H And to the Cherished Hope of the Future! _ | # picture which no American can look upon with- outemotion, It iaa mimic transcript of A SACRED LEGACY OF THR PAST, fail parties and of adi politicai creeds rd it with hearts softened by the intlu- Parrrotic VEsERATION AND Respsct! _ The Godde+s of Liberty. ies Caroline Richings Gencrel W. Mr. Peter Richin, of thelliuntious Pate Patria, The very =o Seaton cart’s Great Portrait af Washinaton ! Incident NATIONAL ANTHEM Tad al the members of the Beuble Company. arith | a power'and excellence never before realized in Wachington. 4 RISTMAS DAY AGRAND. XATERNOON 4 PERFORMANCE ex’ of MUTT ANDTHE DEAS pMissiox—Dress Cirele and Parquet, 50 eta. ; orchestra Boats, 16 ets. Family Oircle, 5 cts.; Pri: 5. My ee ey LA e’clock ; performance com- } mences at 73, o'clock. FyPOLIDAY PRESENTS. FURS!—FURS}!—FURS!!! What More Desirable Memento than a Handsome SET OF FURS! a Philadelphia and New York, Jaky one, Jats Po : MINE SABLES, - BIBSRIAN SQUIRREL, FITCH BUSSIAN 1 | IRMINE, WATER MINE BROW: OONRY, &c., All of which will be sold at thelowest market prices, and warranted aq Pee es (NRMETZ, 236 Pennsylvania. Avenue. 413. 2w between 12th and 13th sts. " SUTLERS, Sorzens Following their Regiments, as they. ass through Alexandria. will do well to buy their Bike and CAKES at the Philadelphia Bakery. No; 169 K near Washini street. Pies and Cakes always on band, by the package. de 13 ln 1862-3 PRESENTS. 1962-3 THE NATIONAL BOOK STORE, ~ No, 278 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, HAS THE LARGEST, d FINEST, AND,OMEAPEST +ABSORTMENT OF HOLIDAY PRESENTS, L KINDS. EVER BEFORE OFFERED IN o au THIS MARKBET, “AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. dee 13-Sw DIARY, FROM MAROE 4, 2061, 70 MOVEMBER H2, 1988. 7 aDAM GUROWSRI. B@ILPRIN’S Bookstore, én 244 Pa, avenue, j Baunock this afternoon with a commu: | rays the losses in Geu. P. ; been made, | report | tion 1é TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. | _ ro [ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.) OO a SSS —— FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC A Flag of Truce—From Late Richmend pers. Heapquarrers ARMY or THE Potomac, ee 29.—A flag of truce croseed the Rappa- nication h has not sublie, but probably relates to some ho are anxious to come with our unimportant matters. pers of yesterday and to-day have fotind their way here. The Examiner Hill's division on the 21} killed, 1,494 wounded and 417- K- This division was confronted by Frankiin’s Ieft, and_ consisted of six brigades, with artillery. More than half the rebel loss occurred in this division. Intelligence from below on the Rappahan- nock is to the effett that the rebels haye con- siderably strengthened their forces near Port Royal, and that the enemy band communication w frie » Via the Potomac and Mattax Creek, the Peninsula and Rappahannock at Leeds, Shout forty miles below this point No shots haye been exchafiged with the ene- 3 pyeral days. he river pickets main- tain a friendly disposition towards each other. De ior Gen, Lee, the purport of which been ma th wis FROM THE SULTHWEST. Anticipated Rebel Invasion of Kentucky. Exrxineton, Ky., Dec. 24.—It is reported that Smee is soon to be visited again by the rebels in large force,, Floyd apd Humphrey Meeshal are said to have come throu®h Pound Gap trom Western Virginia, and are rapidly advaneing into the centre of the State, Si disposition has been made of the army of Ket tucky ns to prevent the smoeth working of this piosramme. Last night the Government tofage barn in this city was fired by a rebel incendiary, ama ge amount of property destroyed. This morning the force of the patrols and picket guard was donbied, and many arrests haye The te and vici. Morgan's spivs. Four early tis morning. are infested with Join of them were capiured | FROM. FORTRE Fortress Mon kor, Dec. 2: has heen received here from Newbern, under date of the I*thinstamt: In the engagement at Kingsion, on the company Kyof the 3d | New York cayairy, Capt. Cole, who w: Tein the advance, charged over four deop ditches eight feet wide, and captured seven pieces of artil- lery from the rebels, and brought them off in triumph. The Rey. Mr. Millen, chaplain of the 2ith Massachuertis regiment, who was tried by a | court-martial for preferring serious charges | through the Boston Journal against Goy. Stan- H ly, has been honorably acquitted. MONROE. The jollowing Fire in the Vermont In: e Asylum. BRaTTLErcro’, VT, Dee. 21.—A fire broke eutin the extensive building of the Vermont Ineane Asylum this moruing about 9 o’¢ock. ‘The wind blew a gaie from the north. The two large wings running west were entirely con- sumed; also thr center building. Theeast wings Were sayed, though somewhat damaged. All | the patients were saved. ———— +20 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR RELA. TIVE TO THE RECE FREDERICKSBERG. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War report, in answer to a Senate resolution | of the 18th inst. culling on that committee to } inguire into the facts relating to the recent baule at Fredericksburg, Va., particularly as | to what officer or officers are responsible tor the assault, that they preceeded to the headquarters of the army of. the Potomac, and taken the dispositions of Major Gens. Sumner, Franklin and Hvoker, “Wasihagwny wAlew Ss. cates en. Halleck and Brig. Gen. Meigs. ‘The testimony of the officers named is then given at length, as part of the committee's Ge nrnside in the course of kis examina- s follows: ftter the batth When, }~of Antietam, General Rappahannoc®, unless he succeded in fighting | the enemy at some place on this side; that if he proposed to go to Richmond by land, he would have to go by way of Fredericksburg; and in that he partially agreed with me. After we had started we had another conversation on thai subject, and several other officers were preseat. On the 6th of November, after this conversa- tion, Gen. McClellan gave an order to Captain Drum, bis chief engineer, to hayeall the pon- toon bridges at Berlin and in thatneighborhood that could be spared, taken up and sent down to Washington, with a view of getting them down to this line, in case he decided to go by way of Fredericksburg. The letter conveying tbut order was written on the 6th of November; but, as I_understand, was not received until the 12th of November. On the 7th or Sth of November, I received an order from the President of the United States, directing me to take command of the Army of the Potomac, and also a eopy of the order re- lieving Gen. MeClelian from that command. This order was conveyed to me by Gen. Buek- ingham, who was attached to the War Depart- ment. After getting over my eury , the shy a (er a that I did not want the command; that it hed | been offered to me twice before, and I did not feel that I could take it; 1 counseled with two of my staff officers in reaped to it for, I should think, an hour andahalf. They urged upon me that I had no right, as a soldier, to disobey, the order, and that I bad already expressed to the Governthent my nnwillingness to take the command, I told them what my views were with reference to my ability to exercisetnch a command, which views were I had un- reservedly expressed, that I was not compe- tent to command such a large army as this; E had said-the same over and over again to the President ang Secretary ot War; and also that if matters could be satisfactorily arran; with Gen. McClellan I thought he could com- mand the Army of the Potomac better than any other general in it. But they had studied the enbject more than I had, and knew more etane their obligations to Gen. McClellan than i did. There had been some conversation with re- ard te tue removal of Gen.McClellan when he Was bringing away his army from before Rich- mond. The first of conversations with the President and Secretary of War occurred atthat time. And _ tker, after Gen. McClellan had got back to Washington, and before the commencement of the Maryland campaign, there was ancther conversation of the same kind. And on both of these occasions I ex- pressed to the President the opiniog that I did not think there was any one who could doas much with that army as (yen. McClellan could, if matters conld beso arranged as to remove their objections to him. Afte rihad conversed with my staff officers, I went to see Gen. McClellan himself, and he agreed with me that this was an order whieh I as a soldier had to obey. He said that hecould not retain the command, for he as a seldier would have to obey the order directing him to give up that commang. I then assumed the command, in the midst of a violent snowstorm, with the army in a position that] kn-w but very little of. I h previously commanded but one corps, upon the extreme right, aud had been upon the exu right and iu the advance since that campaign had begun. I probably knew less than any other corps commander of the positions and. glative stren, of the sev- eral corps of the army. Gen. McClellan re- mained some two or three days to arrange his | | affygrs, and ecume with me as as Warrenton, ani on left, baving given me all the informa. tion he could in reference to the army: General Halleck came down to see me on the 1ith November’ On the 9th I: made out a plan of operations in accordance with ths ord rof General Halleck, which directed mé@ not only to take peers of bre baal hei also to si what I proposed to do wit 5 wrote eee crning of the 9th ot November, and sent it by special messenger to Washington. fcan furmsh the committcea copy of that plan if they desire it, I have not gotit here now. Question. State the substance of it, if yon | j check, | ever, start until the 19th, j 22d or the. gteat extent, but I did not know how mu except by impessitie supply the troops NT BATTLE aT! a battle with the enemy cou found the division and o unanimously opposed to i Sud inasmuch also us the President of the | United States had told him not to be in haxte all the support he coul: tit that he could not take the ——— pos ant ack, notwithstanding make a rapid movement of the whole army to Fredericksburg, on this side of the Rappaban- nock, The to! are his reasons for moving “" bi gcpogg 8 Moving upon Fredericksburg we would all the time be as near Washington as would thecmemy. And, after arriving at Fredericks- burg, we would be ata point nearer to Rich- mond than we would be even if should take Gordonsville. On *he Gord: ille line the enemy, in my opinion, would not give usa decisive bettie at any place this side of Bich. mond. They would defend Gordonsville until ‘weh time as they felt they had given usa 2nd then, with so many lines of railroad open to them, they would move upon Rich- mound or wu; Lynchburg. and in vither case che = ity of following them would be very great. be In regard to the Pontoons he sAys: Gn the mornin Pot of ® of the Ih of November, feeling unezsy with reference to the pontoons, as I had not heard of their starting, I directed my chief engineer Ts ference to them. Question. To whom did he Sng ed Answer. He telegraphed to Gen. oodbury, or to Maj. Spuniding. Itesubsequently ap- cS that that was the first they ever had tard of my wih to have the pontoon train sturted down for Fredericksburg, ali h the authorities in Weshington had had my plan se1itto them on the 9th of November, and it had aise been discovered by Gen. Halleck and Gen. Meigs, xt my hezdquarters, ot November, an there, they sat do Vashing‘on, whic! ercdt after discovermg it fully ‘wn and sent telegrams to ‘hb, xs | supposed, fully coy- ‘ase, and would secure the starting of the pontoon trains at once.” I supposed, of | cou that those portions of the plan which | required to We attended to in ‘ashington, would be curried out there at once. I could have sent officers of-my own there to attend to those matters, and per ps I made a mistake in not Coing sb, as Gen. Halleck afterwards told me that I ought not to have trusted to them i in Washingion for the details. In réply tothe | teleyyam 1 had ordered to be sent, Gen. Wood- bury telegraphed back that the pont would sturton Sunday morning probably, ana cer- tainly on aged morning, which would haye been on the 16th or 17th of November, and would have been in time. They did not, how- t and ‘on that day it comp.enced raining, which delayed them so much, and the roads become so bad, that when } they got to Dumfries they floated the Pontoons off the wagons, sent to Washington for a steamer, and carried them down to Aquia Creek by water, sending the wagons roun: by land. The pontoons did not gethere until the ea of Nove iaber, On the 13th of November I started the colamn down the read Fredericksburg, not knowing anything about the delay of the Pontoons, be- cause the telegram announcing airetce not reach Warrenton Jnnction until I had left the troops. And that | to come down here with twlegram did not reach me until I arrived here, on the morning of the 19th, when it was handed to me by an orderly whp had bronght it down to Warrenton Juncticn. Alt/r reaching here, I saw at once that there Was no chance for crossing the Rappahannock Wit} the army at that time. It commenced raiming, and the river began to rise—not to ve j ch it | ‘ossing, mnightrise. There were no means of cr: j to telegraph again with | matters were w: | there? on the 11th and 12th | t | dimcalty of the road, |e dietinaae Seat pear gee | side, when you were at ng to the fords, ar-i it would be Ot at because of the inability te after they should cross, ier. Burnside says his plan was, had the bridges arrived in season to haye made a Tapid movement in the direction of before Jackson ake a junction with them. Aiter the repulse on Saturday witness wished to make another attack the next morning, but _ orps commanders | it. Fram this faci, | in making this attack, thathe would give him } ld, but he did not want bef the Potomac destroyed witness ibility of his own at reasons do you assign tor the the arm: (Question. faibure of your attack bere? Answer. It was found to be impossible to get the men up to the works. The enemy’s fire Was too hot for them. The whole command jought most valiantly. The enemy say they | MeClellen decided to cross the Potomac, I said | Ne\*? 8W ourmen fight as hard as on that to him that, in my opinion, he would never be | “8¥: , wi ; able to take this army on that route beyond the met “a Were the enemys works very Arswer. Their works are not strong works, but they occupy very strong positions. It is possible that the points of attack were wrongly ordered. If such is the case, lean only say that I did tothe best of roy auilisy. It is also eee that we would ye done better to have crossed at Skinker’s Neck, but, fer what I suppose to be good reasons, I felt we had etter cross here. That we would havea more decisive engagement here, and that if we suc- cecded in defeating the enemy here we would Lresk up the whole of their army here, which 1 think is now the moet desirable thing, not even cecond to the taking of Richmond, for if thisarmy was broken up, though tney might defend Richmond for a while, they could not make any protracted defense there. By Mr. Gooch: Question. Do I understand you to say that it w&s your understanding that Gen. Halleck and Gen. Halleck and Gen. Meigs, while at your headquarters in Warrenten, and before you commenced the movement of your army, sent orders to Washington for the pontoons to be immediately forwarded to Falmonth? Answer, That was my und@rstanding, cer Queshon. Who did you undd@@tane was re- ene i forwarding of the pontoons to Falmont! : Answer. | understand that General Halleck was to give the nece orders, and then the officers who should ve the orders were the ‘ones responsible for pontoons coming here. I could bave carried out that of my plan throngh officers of my own. But having just taken the command of ae Btmey, with I was but little uainted, it was evident ‘shat it was as much 48 I conld, attend to, with the assistance of all my officers, to c! its Position from Warrenton to Fredericksburg, and I felt, indeed I expected, that all the poe of the plan which were to be exccnted in Wash- ington would be attended to by the officers as that place, under the direction of the different departmenis to which those parts of the plan appertained. < - Question. Did you or not understand that you were to be responsible for seeing that those orders were carried out? Answer, I did not. I never ——- goed moment that I had to carry out anything required to be done at Wash . General Meigs told me distinctly sev days Washington, that he never saw my operations until Lshowed it to him on that day. General Sumner testified that if the pontoon bridges had been at Falmouth when he arrived, he would have taken the crest in réat of Fred- ericksburg om that night or the following day. Our force and that of the enemy, he thought, wa: abouteqnalat icksburg. Inauswer to a question if the army was demoralized by the battle beyond its loss in men, he said he thought it was. There was a great deal too much croaking and not sufficient confidence. He contidered, however, that with sufficient exertion it would be in excellent order again. Major Gen. W. B. Franklin (the next wit- ness) thought*the arrangements for crossing the river were all well made, but he always donbted our power to cross at the points indi- cated, and did not believe that the army could have crossed had the enemy chesen to lend it. In regard to the toon brit be said: “Whoever is responsible for shat “ ts respon- sible fer all the delays wi have We were rather astonished, when we came down bere, to Sind that Sumner bad been here for some gays, and had not received the ponteon brid, I think that is the main cance for this disaster.” ° ez Ite was expected that the would be on the arri army n that-corps was to have crossed at once and taken of the | heights. If the pontoons deen there, there | would have been very little diMeulty im doing that, “ Major Gen. Hooker testified that either Gen. Halleck or Gen Meigs said, in the consultation ‘ which was had with Gen. Burnside, Novem- ‘ver lith, that.he thought he could have all the toons and everything ready on this side in days. ‘There were only 500 rebels in Fredericksburg j in of ease. That may.do as well. P Answer. I stated, in substance, that I thought it advisable to concentrate the army in the neighberhood of Warrenton; to make a small movement across the Ray as a feiat, with avlew todivertthe. attention of the enemy, | and lead them to believe we were going to moye hen Franklin’s advance arrived, Sip ey EC HALLECK’S TESTIMONY, All the troops in Washington and its vicinity were under the cemmand of Gen. McClellan when he was relieved, and he issued his orders directly to the commanding officer of Wa-hing- | as chief Richmond, and |_ | ing his own views ont as am: as should be moved from the command of ingten until I was orthe commanding respects were bargin » when he tone that they remained precisely fy On my visit toG@en. Burntide at ‘ashington, on the 2th of November, in boats and things that be req repeated to him that on. his orders, with that Yent the necessity of Teperting the order for wes drawn up we coon id Werdeenane signed Gen. Wi eniag of the 121 . T ihinke ding tae” bere. the evening that I Tn conversation with Gen. Woodbury Gen. Meige, it was <a that the train of toons should Dn by land, as they could Spores down Hh onthe that wars withou teriertng with the ep; which had: to be sent to Aquia Creek. I gave no order or direc- ten in rel to the matter than that: all other nder Gen. Burnside’s He also informed me, while at Warrenton, that Capt. — fo Baayen Seeeret, mae sent an order to Ferry for the not bis J Gen. Burnside jere atwll im relation to * Question. Do you know whether any delay in starting them, or in E Be 55 : i f Answer. I heard tbat there the steamers and (bere wasa perhaps, of the officers in command, ana ithad to be taken water part of the way. could not get eA, A reports I received, tha’ Mainly from accident, and the man had any control over. oreives, od nswer. No, sir; Woodbury, in conversation wiih ing, eat font ‘jen. Burnsidecould not get down fer days after 1 jold bis, and that he Innd all boats until Gen. Burnside think I remarked to him that I did exactly the day when Gen. Burns: move, that I could not tell him, as the did not know himself. I understood that was considerable delay in getting from Aqnis down to the on account of the bud roads, portation, etc. but no other which would nat remember this, session of the enem: Question. When you were at Warrenton Gen. Burnside had tees ttued the commaneany fos Army of the act % Answer. Five Pontoens or army stores, thould be farnished to here, with Arewer. No, sir. (Question. I will say arm: for him to cross the river and ~~ Fre eee i I newer. Yee, sir. uested Gen. Meigs, harge the Taitroad, + ¢ ol with Gen. Burnside, and tole him that, = thing was at bis bre pram he must own requisitions and gtve bis own I would not interfere ex: 4 in’ reply to a wi fore the 8 pean the Ee Ferry ore ti arm; * McClellan, ‘witness answered: “ < Not that 1 remember. I was told that hi and the answer was immedin‘ made tell: Miwe cannot “0 a takes of the Sa alt tao wa te Sega ‘was made to me, it was 2 some future time, and not as‘toany on. Gen. Meigs testified toes be hed fi 1m quisition made upon promptly. By Gen. B.'s own ackno@! ‘w tm ss thought there was a mistake «xpecting toons which, at ume Ferlin, to be gotto Falmouth, msde two and a half days’ not think it practicable. A of cred miles for a pontoon train is matter, whetber the march be made Should be at Falmouth when ibe'arn | * & bch Hi should be at there, would necessarily be opinion. No toon mouth without a suffi: guard the enemy's pickets; and if it got the army the enemy would have captured CONFEDERATE ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. . The Richmond Ts contain fall A ptm of the battle of bare. and a! — a great victory, with & loss in : F §, & a 4 i i F and missin, estimated at from 2,6u0 DM tested bine phy less than 10,000. we The declares it to have been 5 greatest batileever fought on this continent,”” The Enquirer, of the result of battle, says: Tho YenWers had pagedie tert Which, 20 ever — plished’ Te ners driven ‘men from their bave takerl it, was a-work OS a e "s play. To our ition it must be seen. Suffice it to say, © ine "yackeon the Tight the stone fence jine—. on it on the left at other man Ate forces, We say complete, becuanes ate . Wesay the enemy's force was not captured or failure was owing to the near neighborhood of holds, to which they fled when themselyes nnable to face our in the field. TRE STORMING OF THE HILL. Another writer says: The Yankées commenced the bill at haif- di vp this in deal e Le pou: them. jell, ‘Onur men Bid. better; the Yankees were in mond” schéme. S&F The emall- is an alarming watent and occurring from it. The | geatly alarmed, and a n: ) Reve 't the town til the The deaths among the con’ | sa @, willaverage twelve 7 Con! have French a of Mexico fortwo | able te infer that a occupation | | country is inten Two new streets in | are to be called after Mexican towns, towns are not yet in the anes ~ i ds 87 Mayor Opdyke, of New York, the ordinance Authorizing the issue of ! iv i Cd wv ity abaies. | i 1 < i i z 4 i F in the direction of Gordonsville, and then to | gon, with one single restriction, thet no troops | plasters in that city. . J f