The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1862, Page 4

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AR ak Drama, Coiises Bown, at 2 PE eegs cd THEATRE, Bowery.—Srnex--Rxp Gxowr— BAGNUM'S AMERICAN MUSE Dus BACH 8 PRYEOR ING BY. nve ai hours, BRYANTS' MINSTRELS’ Mecuanics’ Hall. 472 Broad = —ETHLOREAH SOAs, BeRLESQURS, Dances, &C.—19140% 1QaDe. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 524 Broadway.—E: SONGS, LAancns, 60.—Uisonan esi a aig BUCKLEY 8 MINSTRELS “1 strect.—Erai0 ian Sonas. Dans ic, Fourteenth ‘Loonetia Borgia (ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving place.—Tunesa CarrExo's Coxcrur. BROADWAY MEN. ANLHALS. FERIE, Broatway.—Living Wun AMERICAN MUSIO HALL. No. 444 Broadway.—Bar- wets, Panto times, BouLrsgura, PARIGIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. 563 Bri — Open daily crom 10 A.M, til 19 P.M pene HOOLEY’S OPERA “HOUSE, Brooklyn. —Era.orras G8, Dances, BuuLEsgues Ac New York, Sunday, December 21, 1862. THE SITUATION. A great crisis hes come upon the Cabiuet of Mr. Jincoin, the effects of which may operate seriously upon the future prospects of the war. Mr. Sew- ard—acting under the pressure of the leading radicals of the Senate in caucus assembled—has closed his portfolio aa Sccretary of State, and respectfully tendered his resignation to the Prosi- dent. This step may be but the initietory one towards total reconstruction of the Cabinet—a measure for which the public mind is not wholly unprepared, and s measure also which those who honestly desire that the war should be efficiently sonducted to the end of suppressing rebellion and restoring the Union, would rejoice to see inau- gurated. i ‘The condition and spirits of our amay on the Rappahannock are represented as excellent. ‘Their confidence in General Burnside is unshaken, despite the disaster at Fredericksburg, the gene- ral opinion being that not he, but General Halleck and Mr. Stanton, are responsible. It is further stated that after the attack upon Fredericksburg had been determined upon General Sigel re- quested permission to lead a column of forty or tifty thousand men across the fords of the Rappa. hannock, with a view to turn the left flank of the rebel army, and atteck it upon the flank and rear simultaneously with the attack of General Burn- side in front. This permission was refused, and Geneval Sigel marched directly to Falmouth, but only in time ‘to find Gencral Burnside there after his army had been defeated and had recrussed the river. . The War Department received General Foster's report of the late battle at Kinston yesterday. We published the whole details of the affair yes- terday morning, in advance of the information at the War Department; but as General Foster's despatch js official we give it to-day. Not the least important part of our news this morning is the history and destination of the cele- brated Banks expedition. Being relieved from thé necessity of further silence, we feel at liberty to estate that General Banks goes to the Gulf, will rendezvous at Ship Island, and make his head- quartcrs at New Orleans, where he will supersede General Butler, in command, cut off the rebels’ sapplies from Texas, and keep an eye on the “Prench Mexican fleet, We commend tho interest: | ing account of the streugth snd movements of the xpeuition to the attention of our readers, The news from the Southwest indicates @ serious _ demoralization in the rebel army. Many of the troops of Gencra) Hindman are said to be desert- ing to General Herron in disgust with the rebel cause. The scheoner By George, bound trom Nassan to some rebel port with a carge of sult and coffee, was captured recently and sent to Key West by the commander of the Saginaw, Licntenant English. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The London Army an@ Navy Gazette of the 6th instant, says it ia currently reported that Cap- tain Hugh Dunlop, C. B., now second in command on the North Ameriea and West India Station, will succeed Captain Clande H. M. Bucki +B, Captain Superintendent of the Royal Victoria Vict. ualling Yard at Deptford, whore period of ser- vice expires this month. We have received dates from Rio Janeiro, Bra- ail, to the 6th of November; but our files of the Correio Mercantil and Jornal do Vomercio do not contain any news of importunce. The coun. try was in the enjoyment of peace, health and plenty at the latest du. Commerce was also ‘cading upwards. From Buenos Ayres, now the capital of tie Ar- g/ntine Confederation, we learn that commerce trade and general prosperity present the most sa! tisfactory features. The city proper is enlarging daily, population increasing, business reviving and confidence in the administration restored. The mporting trade in comestibles is brisk, and giving wood returns; dry goods houses who wish to sell realize large profite; but an uneasy feeling that tLe present stock cannot he replaced for ax inde- finite period induots the majority of the Teading importers to keep their warehouses locked nntil they oan see their way more clearly. From Paragaay there is nothing of consequence: ‘The son of the late President Lopes hus been una+ nowsly chosen to succeed his father. Ouly one or of Congress objected, on the yround that vhoe of President was not hereditary; but he » frowned down by the rest of the members, me the caltcrwards was the fleet te voi Aw young Lo. | occdsion and the epportumity for following the ; vusible gbjevt, aud there iv ta much reason | oAonle nowventirely destitute, Te ie nrobably | evo was given me Uy Gu ellos of Youeral MeLowai’s | juvagion, ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1562, pes. ‘The Semanario (the official government pa | example of General Jackson in a new Onbinet, | to fear that their ultimate destination is the Per) is full of regrets at the death of the late Pre- sident. The'new government was installed on the 21st of September. Mesers..Doria and Washburner British und American Ministers, had arrived, as well a8 General Virasoro, late Commander-in- Chief of the Argentine federal army. The official statement of the imports and exports of Paraguay shows the following for the month of September, 1862; —Imports, $131,515; exports during the same period, $186,765. , , At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yes:- terday, messages were received from the Mayor- vetoing the resolution increasing the salaries of | the several Police Justices, and the resolution to_ pay George Thompson $300 for services as Clerk | of the Board of Health. The vetoes were laid | than this will be said of the present | over. A resolution from the Councilmen inoreus- | ing the salary of the Deputy Street Con missioner to $5,000 was adopted. A report from the Finance Committee, in favor of donating $2,500 to the New York Prison Avsociation, was adopted. An ordi- nance creaiing the oflises ef clerk and deputy clerk of the Weat Washington market—the former ata salary of $1,500 and the latter at $1,000-—was concurred in, and the Board adjourned to five o’clook on Monday. In the Board of Councilmen last evening @ com munication was received from the Mayor vetoing the adoption of the ordinance providing for the issue of small motes of the fractional parte of dollar. It was ordered to take tie usual course, and the Board, after transacting seme routine business, adjourned until Monday evening next at four o'clock. ‘The Committee of Councilmen appointed to in- quire into the military standing of the Sixty-ninth regiment met yesterday, when Colonel Matthew Murphy rade an claborate address, in the course of which he argued that twice the number of the regiment had volunteered for the war, while but few of the old members went with it. He also contended that both the State and national go- Vernments recognized the Sixty-ninth, now on active service with Brigadier General Corcoran, as the regular military organization, and not those who staid at home. Major Bagley protested against the Sixty-ninth, now under comnand of Colonel Murphy, receiving the $10,000 appropriat- ed by the Corporation, as “the Sixty-ninth New York State Militia,’ which he contented they were not de facto. Quartermaster Tully made an able speech, contending that the Sixty-ninth regiment —that is, the bona fide Sixty-ninth—were still in existence in this city. He was not epposed to Colone! Murphy’s Sixty-ninth being meade a preacnt of $10,000 by the Corporation, aaa sepa rate organization from the Sixty-niath regimeng New York State Militia, whose title they had no right to assnme. The committee then adjourned, and will report on the matter as early as possible. The stock market opened weak yesterday, rallied and ‘was strong at midday, and closed weak late in the afier- noon. Gold sold at 182, but rose to 1924 on Mr. Seward’s re: ation, Exchange closed at about 146. Money was worth 6 per cont on call. Cotton was dull on Satorday, though quoted steady, The sales of flour were confined to 15,500 dbis.; wheat, 75,000 bushels, and corn, 60,000 bushel, the markes | includlug, especially, the Treasury, the War | and the Navy departments, in addition to the | Department of State. As for Mr. Secretary Seward, it will, by the | impartial historian of these times, be said of jim that he stood in the orizinal Cabinet of | President Lincoln—as Gencral Case stood in that of Mr. Puchanan, and as Secretary Marcy stood in that of poor Pierce—a head and mind of the administration. Put him that, coming into this office with the ante- cedents of the most ultra of Northern radicals, Le proved himself a model of conservative statesmanship, not only in regard to our deli- | cate foreign relations, but in every contingency | Roland for ita Oliver. in which his official voice or individual views | show his hand as fast as be pleases, We are were called for touching the domestic policy of ready for him. If the intentions of Napoleon the are misunderstood, then tie Union troops can the government and the- prosecution of war. It. will be sai “ambition and part'sun schemes, he devoted his energies aa Secretary of Btate to secure the harmony of the Cabinet, the success of the ad- ministration and the prosecution of the war, not for the Jack-o’-lantern of negro emancipa- tion, Union or no Union, bu! for the restoration of the Union. We know that it has been for some time the desire of Mr. Seward to retire from a Cabinet poses, and blunders and corruptions, rule the hour. We know that it will be a welcome re- lief to him to escape such -eompany; but who ia to take his place? President Lincoln would retain him at all hazards, we belioyo, if he would only consent to recancider his resigna- tion. But we a; prehend that it is too late for this; and so the momentous question etiil re- curs, who is to take the place of Mr. Seward in the Cabinet? If it shall prove to be « sound and able conservative, then we may anticipate some other encouraging step in the same di- rection; but if a radical of the Sumner, Wade or Wilson stamp is to be installed in the State Department, without any compensating Cabinet change in favor of the other side, then we may anticipate the transmission of this war a3 Pre- closing heavy for each. There was considcrabie activity in oats and pork, which were firmor; a3 also in beo!s bacon and lard, which were unchanged in value, whiio sugars, rice, teas, molasses, hemp, seeds, apices, tobacco, and metals were quiet, Rio coffee was in more demand at former figures. Tallow was active and steady. The demand was feir for hay and hops, and moderate for whiskey at previous quotations. Freights continued dul! aad heavy. A Cabinct Crisis at Washington—Resig- nation of Mr. Seward. There is at last a Cabinet Arisis at Washing- The intelligence which we publish this morning upon the subject is very curious, ex- traordinury and significant. It appears that with the first developments of public indigna™ tion in reference to the late appalling Frede, ricksburg tragedy, and with the first signs of a powerful popular pressure upon the adminis. ton. sident Lincoln’s legacy to his successor in office The issue is with Mr. Lincoln, and we etill hope for the best. The Banks Expedition—Its Destination and Objects. We publish on another page a sketch of the Banks expedition, to which we refer the reader for some interesting details. Ii will be seen how rotten are many of the vessels to which were entrusted the lives of our troops, and how narrow their escape from death. It remains to be determined whether the Congressional cgm- mittee of inquiry will sift the matter to the bottom, and place the responsibility on the right shoulders. The expedition was under the direction of the War Department, and it is said that to Commodore Vanderbilt, who ought to know what ships are, was confided the manage- ment of purchasing, examining and fitting out the vessels. Certain it is that at a dinner Miesissippi. To anticipate the movements of the | erafty Napoleon and to hold him in check | fs the mission of General Banks, He will | ocoupy Texas with his troops, and prevent | the improper shipment of cotton by the Rio , Grande; and at the same time he will cut off the supplies of provisions and beef from Texas for the rebel armies of the Southwest and Vir- | ginia. He will also probably isolate Florida i from the dominions of Jeff. Davis; but, above shoulders above his fellows, and the master ; all, he will keep the French out of the Missis- more | sippi, and co-operate with the expedition de- ecend ng from Cairo to keep that great “inland sea” open from its headwaters, near the | Fetiring Secretary of State. It will be ssid of | Canadian frontier, to its months, in the Gulf of Mexioo. I! the Emperor of the French has any sinister designs in the Mississippi he will thus be checkmated by a superior force already in pos- eession, and the iron-siads under the command of Admiral Farragut will give his Normandie a Let him theretore now be turned to good account in the vast region d of him that, resolutely) wnioh will comprise the department of General casting aside all considerations of personal | Banks. It- will thus be seen, how important is this expedition t> the Gulf, and how criminal the conduct of those who risked its destruction in rotten ships. Let their punishment be in proportion to their crime. A New Fra in the History of Italy— Downfall of the Ratazzi Cabinet. The (mperor Napoleon has lost his holdupon the {falian government. Ratazzi, who was his sworn adherent, who rose to power aided by hig influence, has been overthrown by the opposi- in which Presidential intrigues and cross pur- | tion of the Italian Parliament, and now Victor Emmanuel ia called upon to make o new Cabinet. The King of Italy knows that henceforth his subjects will have no ministers save those de. voted to the cause of Italian independence and unity; that all persona suspected of leaning towards France will be kept out of power, and, in fact, that the future ministry of Italy must be propared to act against French influence and domination. It will be a difficult matter to find men bold enough to assume tho responsi bility which will devo!ve upon a rew Cabinet Hence a lapse will ensue ere the Italian minis- try be formed again. But the moment the new Cabinet begins its functions Europe will under- stand that at last the people of Italy have determined to throw aside the interference of France, and that the destinies of their new kingdom must be clearly defined. Napoleon will soon realize the fact that Italy is his enemy, her gratitude having been turned to gall by his oppressive policy. He will feel that any futher annoyance on his part were dangerous; and, although he will lose prestige and influence thereby, he will abstain from any. interference, To counteract the ill effects of the check he well knows he must soon meet with in Italy, Napoleon will, no doubt, be driven into active inter‘erence on this continent, Let us be prepared for him. He must be, and is, the natura! enemy of our great republic. He will endeavor to foster the existence of a South- ern confederacy. We must be prepared to re- pel his mediation with scorn, his armed inter- vention with overwhelming forces. The Grecian question bids fair to upset Eu- ropean equilibrium; the new phase of the Ital- ian question will but add confusion to an al. ready troubied state of affairs, and we must be prepared for startling complications in Furopo, Napolecn’s troubles to arise from these matters may divert his attention from this continent; tration against the blundering heads of the | om hoard the North Ster, in this harbor, | but we are inclined to suppose the reverse: War Ofice, and the disorganizing faction with | he was said to be the only person, besides | that in his desire to raise up new allies for which they are associated, the radical leaders of the Senate took the alarm and pro- General Banks himself, who knew anything of the destination of the expedition. So little did some of the sailing masters know where their France he will be induced to act in faver of the Davis government, even at the risk of involving France in a war with the North. Our blunder- eceded to action. They held a caucus or two, | frail vessels were bound for that when they | ing administration, our unsuccessfal prosecu- they fixed upon the Secretary of State as the | found they were going on so distant « voyage tion of the war, the indecision betrayed by the proper scapegoat for the late disaster: and, whatever else may follow, they have gained their immediate object of Mr. Seward’s resigna- tiou. When the hunter on the prairies discovers the light of a sweeping fire among the dry grass in the horizon, he knows that to stand still is destruction, that he cannot ape by flight. He has but one course of safety, and he adopts it. He lights another fire in the dry grass around him’ which, burning away from him, clears a circle which secures him when the fiery hurricane and from the windward comes roaring by. Upon this idea the radicals of the Senate have acted. Discovering that the fiery whirlwind of public opinion was sweeping down upon them from | the North, they have kindied an opposing fire which they hope will secure their safety. Jt appears, however, that in their first caucus, embracing all the vepublican Senators, a reso- lution levelled directly at Mr, Seward secured only a bare majority, and that, ae this was uot deemed « sufficiently strong expresion from the party, a second sitting of the caucus wae held, at which a more general resolution, sug- they refused to take the risk, and put inte the first port. But it is alleged that Commodore Vanderbilt knew ail from the beginning; bat whether or not he knew of these rotten vessels may be considered doubtful. We hope the committee will search into the botiom of the transactions connected with the fitting out of the expedition, so that tho people may have light on the subject, and that the guilty may have their reward. The destination and objects of the expedition may now be stated, when publication can no | longer aid the enemy. Its destination is New Orleans, and one of its objects is to put General Banks in command of the department | fluence .is positive. Napoleon has up to the | present lime held Purope es in the hollow of of which thet city is the headquarters, and to re- move Geagerel Butler, who by various-2cts bad rendered himself unpopular with many of the citizens, and had also created difficulties with the representatives and subjects of foreign | goverpments. General Danks is a statesman snd a man of sound discretion. who will not fall into the same errors. Having established himself at New Orleans as a centre, General Banke will proceed at his leisure to capture Mobile and establish commu- nication between that point and the Crescent City. He will commaud ao force of seventy thousand men, and make attacks in various j tinued; but at last the Tialians—a people directions. A main object of the expedition is te connteract the supposed projects of the Emperor of the French in Mexico and the changes of commanders and the unchecked license of some of the departments, betray a want of unity, of soundness of policy, all tend- ing to embolden the well wishers of the South into mediation or forcible intervention. To avert such a course of policy on the part of France we must at once define its consequences, and, as a proof of our earnest and determined opposition to all foreign interference, we muat place our navy upon so formidable a footing as to render it # me against all enemies, The consequences of the new phases of Eu- ropean policy must affect us to a greater or a lesser degree ; but that we shall feel their in- his hand. For # space of years this has con- terribly in earnest in their search after anity and independence--bave thrown aside the French Emperor's yoke, have spit upon his proffered friendship, and will compel him to stand aside from Italy’s path towards progress and power, or be overtly what he has been covertly—amenemy. This fact alone must and will change the whole of Napoleon’s policy. To be bearded thas by thos he ba’ so long controlled will affect his prestige the more surely, as Furope, witnessing the action of Italy, will be tempted to follow her’ example sud set aside the influence of Napoleon. To keep his hold upon the minds of the French gesting « partial reconstruction of the Cabinet, | southern States. By recent news from Europe | People, he must ever be at,variance with some servatives supported this resolution because it suggested » complete Cabinet reorganization, including the War Department, and that from this expression of the republicaa party of the Senate the President is not only authorized, but recommended, to reconstruct bis Cabinet from beginning to end. What will President Lincoln do’ \ not conjecture; but bis duty to the country and to himself has been very plainly indicated in the late elections, and in the unmistakable | arift of public opinion since this Fredericks- | burg disaster. We need not remind “him that | when Vice Vresident Calhoun created » dix ' turbance in the Cabinet of General Jackeon which culminated ip the resignation of his | Secretary of Stete—-Martin Van Buren— lpia Hickory” very broudly intithated that it | was desirable that every other wember of ine Cabinet should follow Mr. Van Buren’s exata- We can- ple, and that they all accordingly resigned, aod that thus President Jackson eeured a elewe field for a new departure. gest io President Lincolu that now be be But we may te the forty thousand already ihere, and that con- tracts have been made for supplies for these troops for two years. All thie force is not needed for the conquest of Mexico. Again, we are told by the Monitour, the orgen of the Emperor, that the Frence frigate La Guerriere, with Admiral Remaud on board, the corvette Ostinat oud de- spatch boat Renaudin have beom “ hailed with lively satisfaction by tle population of New Orleans, and the French residents feel happy at this fresh preof of the solicitude of the Em- peror’s government for the interests of French subjecta.” The faris correspondent of a Lon- don journal explains that “the presence of Ad~ miral Kenand at New Orleans will appoar to indicate o determivation on the part of France to seek ao opportunity of intervening in some way in the American quarrel.” ‘The Nor- niandie, » powerful iron-elad tigate, is at Vera Cruz, together with other l'reach vessels-of-war. wasion of the French. It that the iron-elad is waiting for oventustities at. New Orleams or nthe Gul Certain it is that the ual quval forces set in motion against sare entirely disproportioned to the ow | being already in pe | would seem, there Me The Normandie ix net nesded for any opera | tions against Mexico, the principal seaports | was proposed and almost unanimously adopted. | we learn that thirty thousand mea are being | Power, must ever be controlling some great But it further appears that the republican con- | sent out by Napoleon to Mexieo, in addition to | aston. Finding his game ended in Europe, Napoleon wili be driven to overt action in the matter of the South, or to war with England. One of these courses he must and will adopt promptly, eud, 98 we are directly interested in | hie diletnma, we must be prepared to act the moment he has made his choice. The results of the late movement in Italy will thus most likely influence the actions of our government, and in the name of the people we call npon the administration to prepare for all emergencies. Tan Corr Famine mw Exctann ano France.--The ace from England represeot the distrest amongst the laboring population as rapidly on the increase. There cannot be leas thon & quarter of @ million of people in Grevt Britain at ihe present time suffering from the pangs of starvation. Aad yet it is ant nounced thai the Queeu has givea orders that | the marriage of the U'rince of Wales shall be celebrated with all the pomp that nsually marks these cercmonials. How much more Sitting would it be if the immense sums lavish- ed on such vanities were given to procure bread for the famishing creatures over whom the Prince will day be called to reign. In | severely on the working classes. In the De- | partment of the Seine alone ft is stated that | France the cotton famine is hearing equally | } line of battle, when I recefved ordars ta there are upwards of 9 hundred thotsaad work in-view of the political bearing of such’ facts that the Emperor is persisting in his offers of mediation in American affairs. He is desirous, doubtless, of convincing his people that he is doing all that lies in ‘his power to put an end to the present unfortunate state of things. Otherwise there could be no object in his per- severance in a course in which he stands isola- ted, and which, if followed out to its logioa! | consequences, must involve him in overwhelm” ing difficulties. Tus InsoueNck o¥ Monoro.ms.—A single phrase in the recent letter from Mr. H. V. But- ler, President of the Papermakers’ Association, shows the over! ing insolence of monopolies. “ However you writhe under the necessary advance in the price of paper,” says Butler, “you must pay it” In other words, Butler tells us that as long as he and his associates ‘ean mako money by taxing knowledge and making the poor man pay dearly for his nows- paper or go without it, just so long this paper monopoly will keep up the prices. Let Con- gress pass Mr. Col‘ax’s bill reducing the duty on foreign paper to three per cont, and we shall find Butler and other birds of that feather singing a vastly different song. t ‘Tux Corroration Privtwa.—Let the people remember that the money now spent in Corpo- ration printing is mostly bestowed upon news papers which conceal ratber tlian publish.the Corporation advertisements; that our democra” tic municipal office holders use @ large part of the patrotage of the city government to sus- ta‘n the radical republican papers, and that this misusage of the public moneys is intended evidently as a bribe for future or a hushmorey for present concealmenta of rogueries. We hope and expect better things of the new city | officials, who come into power on the Ist of January next; and if a thorough, honest reform is begun in this city it may be soon extended throughout the whole nation. Conarussion at, Conrurtions.—Thurlow Weed. tells & very curious story about a Congressman from Rechester who made several hundred dollars by selling commissions in the army. This is only one instance of Congressional cor mption; but how many more are there yet un- exposed? There is ex-Senntor Simmons, who had the goed sense to resign a seat he was personal know! manifestly unworthy to fill; and, apropos of | of my corps om the aun, and Simmons,'there is Senater Anthony, who unfor- tunately has nat yet resigned. For twenty years Anthony’s tuppenny Providence paper has lost no opportunity to striko a feeble blow at the Hxaarp. Latterly it haa grown very dul! and tame. Let Anthony resign and attend to | mained m closed session for an hour. it at once. His journal needs him, and Con- gress doos not. 4 \ Tax Cenrrat, Park mw Danarr.—We hope that all our citizens who have any regard for the public health, morality and pleasure will keep an eye upon the attempts of the managers of our municipal * Rings” to get possession of | advancing abuut » mile towards» Grovoton, the Central Park. Every man, woman or child who has enjoyed or expects to enjoy the bene- fits of that Park is interested in keeping it out of the hands of rowdies and panderers to row- oa dies. “ Rings” would manage to find a gold mine! sition 1 somewhere in the Park, from which they might fill their owa pockets at the expense of other people’s; but if any one wants to see how # Park is cared for under municipal control, let | General MoDowell, I refuaed ‘to have him look at the City Hall Park or the triangle at the Five Points. THE M’DOWELL COURT OF INQUIRY. Testimony of General Sigel as to the Competency of General McDowell. Wasarnatos , Dec. 20, 1862. ‘The McDowell Conrt of Inquiry held its twenty-wixth seasion to-day. Major McDowell! was sworn. Question.—What relation are you to Major Genera McDowel!, and what relation by blood or marriage has there bee betwoon General McDowell and the Hon. Seo | % say that the troops lost time in marching retary of Wor ad the Hon. Sesretary of the ‘Treasary? | Couatermarching, and came to | the seme point Answer.—I am Genera! McDowell's owa full brother: there is no relation whatever betweeu General McDowell {| OP and the parties nomed. Q.—Is there or has there been any relationship-or con. nection by marriage between General McDowell and aay of the enemy's generale! A.—None that I know ot. Goneral Frony Sige! here made his appearance and wa sworn, avd testified that he was Major Geveral of yolan- twers, At the time Geueral Banks wag in the Shenandoah ey with Genoral Fremont I marched from Harper's ry to Winchester, were 1 learned that the forces of eval MeDowell were at Front: Royal; afterwards, dur ing the campaign of General Pope, 1 knew that the forces of General MeDowell wore at Front Royal; aftorwurdsy Giring Phe campaign of General Popo, L-kuew thatthe Forces of General MeDowell were at Warrenton, or in thny vicinity, While my t Sporryville and Luray duriny, the operations on the Rappahannock, 1 was under the: direst’ orders of General Pope, co-operating with General McDowell. After the engagements of Freoman’a Fe Solphur Springs, Waterloo Bridge, | L received an order from General Pope that my corps attached to Major General McDowell; | regard under General MeDowell’s order from that time until after tle of Ball rita; I can", vive exact iy, without a reference to my papers, the date whe 1 loft Harper's Ferry; arrived there about the 4th of Jone, 1882, and marched the same day to Winchester with the troop# whieb [ lound at the fortoer piaee We tmrched thence to Sperryville, about the latter part of June or the Ist of July. [ arrived at Culpepper on the 9th of August, during the battle of Coder Mountain, where General Yanks was engaged. Alter this battle my corps marched to Koberteon’s river snd Creeked creck We left there the midi of Auguet,and marched by Astham river to Zulphur Springs, thence to Rappahannock atation, where we joined Geveral MoDowell's corpe, On the 24th of Augnst we were ab Warren bridge, aud on the 27th at Warrenton, On the 28th we marched from | Gainesvillo towards Mamageas, General Molthwell fultow- [ ing him with the Firet Army Corpe. i do not know how ' far General McDowell followed my movements trom that day. | Bad orders to mareb from Mapacsus, and \ook the shortest route I could. uring thig march 1 heard fring | w my loft, and marched towards that point and formed | ‘ Gen, Mebowell w march to Mowapasas, When my advance guara rived there it was Feported that there wae no enemy pres gent, but that Mey had retreated towards Centreville, | therofore sent my ald-deeamp to General Pope to | ¥ corps w get @ permit t march t New Market He di- | rected me to march to Centreville, and on this . when T arrived near New Market, | mey pment of the enemy, which f attacked Immoui® | No doubt the honorable members of the | naszas immediately, . that General assist me ut Watertoo bridge» bub l did not Of bis troops there, or within gom % wiles of At that place I received ap order fr. W General of which one page was misetng, eo th | did what my orders were. 1 immediately S0nt to 3 in Poe for orders, but he answered be oo. Mt not give any. Linumodiately sent to Gevoral bi Dowell for siructions, because | was not sure whether Y Corps was attached to General MeDowell’e command, a“ 1 wished to find out. ‘Ine ofliger whom [ had seut to Geral Mo~ Dowell to Warreuton Junction to fird pe, and returacd near dark with an ord * [rom General Porter for my to march to War, *otoa thst night, which Idid. ‘The next morning, about Saif past two o clock, [ mot one of General Mciows thon who delivered me 4 despatch in which it was said that should go with my force and make the passes of the fords * of Waterloe, which was ap impossibility. When my corps had arrived “st Gatnesville, | reecwwed an order, ab ‘three A. M., from General McDowell, saying that I should - march t Manassas. | aaked tho orderiy who brovug!it & when he left Ganoral Mebowed? He waif that ho had left him two houre ago, although bis hesdquarters were not two bundred paces from my poeithin, Queation by the Court—During ihe period of the oe tions detailed by you in your answers, cid anything te: to show that General McDowell was either treacherous, inattentive to his dutics ua ® general officor, or otherwwe, in co operating with lis agsoesate comman ters, or in ge ing to their aid and. to the nid of. gubordinate command: ers. or in personal courage? A.—I must wap, gentlemen, that iam very extensive . Allow me to tuke it up ane point after avother. As tathe point of jai Gia 10 apeak of it as recating to ius euemy oF . m: 1 ‘he Court.—The question ie general, and regerds the: evemy ag well as you sell, Wit In regard to Qceaohery, I have no « any knowledge of ang act of Genoral Molowelt which de eorved the name of trouchery , so far as relutes to connes Fs tions or commuticasions with the ewemy, or other such actious, In regard to ivattention to bis duties na 8 —— officer, sv far a3 relutes to inygelf in my yndgment he was not attentive to them, aad to qualify my juagment | wit give a fow points. i am sorry, geatiomon,to be cailed here as a wituces againat a goueral oflicer,and porhapa § nay be deceived in my judgment, bat 1 am compelled to ‘Btale irank!y who! T bedeve and know. tn the frat place, 1 do not believe that Genera! SicDowell did what he conld under the cireumealanccs t binder General Long. street trom joining Jackson. Tam not cortwin, but? be- that be left not # sufficient torce at Thoroughfare »,6r in that neighborhood, W prevent tue ouemy's Ps passiag by this deilie, which is vory exsy to be du- | fended, J furcher believe that thefe was ngt the neces- | sary co-operation between our two corps on their way te | Dadaesns, by which we lost tbe opportunity ty attack the enemy in retreat on their lett faok. the 29th of Aa gust, at the battie ot Bull Run, i: would have been neves- sary that General McDowell had mace each a disposition ©: bis forces as wo allow our two corps to act together wiih more unity. believe he couid have been or. the battle field with « greater part of his troops at an earlier hour, Laleo Dolieve that he did no: give us troops woe right direction on the 2vih, because, instead of attacking tue enemy on hie ricbe ‘amk, by comipg tu on our leit, his troops a8 mear a8 Leould gee, cunts in from the reay—that is to say, instead of coming from New Market, or in that direction, ho came from thy direction of Centrey ille; don't know for what reason. I can’t un- dorstand for what reasens General MoDowe.! left the posi tion which hold on the 2>¢h, in the evening, which would have been, according to my opinion, tae right place for attacking the enomy in hie right dauk on the 29th, in the moraing. 1 taink that General McDowell aegleot- od to got a ledge of the athires that it woe im- possible tor him, theroforc, to make his arran; at they should have boon made and wero istended to be made. iaiso mutt mention @ remark of Gen. MeDowell to one of my Flat ofticors during the march from Gaines villo to Manassas Junction. Gen. McDowell! at this point called the attention of the Court toa decision previously made, whore hearsay ovt- dence was overruled, which would have favored his cnuse. iho Court wag elosed to deliberate on the poiut, and re~ After the do.re were open the Court decided that the remarks would be admit ted if the porson ‘to whom thoy wore. mage was acote- sible as a future witness before the Court. Witnees (resuming)—Captain Dahigren is the offcer re- ferred t. ‘He is present, and.can be produced as a wit- ness. When our troops were on their march to New Mar and the lwad of the eolumn one milo distant from Manassas, aud J was of the opinion that a battle would be fought near the point where Genersi McDowelt was at that time, I of all the “ back and formed tiem in line of he mid- way between Gaineevilie and Centrevilie, seas come ‘upon the right of General Meioweil's corps. Laent one of my ongineers buck to gee where General was and to bring ine iastructinns, but as his answer wae Rut satis’actory to me, as he did not syoak ": isent Captain Duhigron, who came t Geno: al McDowell directed me to march to Ma- and that after regard tioned General MéDowell in take, @be General made a re- Sigel abould Gght his own corps.’ I said nothing, but marched to Manassas: but I mt should mark, that “General hat Chis wan a great inisake, Thus i al 1 aave to on that point. [ must, although unw! Bull ‘Rum, induced by tha romero efter the battie of ont private conver- to receive hig official communications. In regard to i tion, “Coming to the aid of othor I position of his troops ia battic, I have had to obtain eri ack, 1 have not had opportunt! bis faithfulness or effici learning and general knowledge, add these facts sated that a mistake had been committed when J no special point which 1 could mentioa. Ta ib fio tho att ty enough to form my connection with him was Pendently of the general coherence of military operations line of buttlo between Gainesville and Manassas, I sation with General McDowell, and Gen. McDowell's personal courage, discretion and a6 I wae not in bis regard to tho disposition of his forces meant. As to that part of the question which nae to I only saw that he was an which may paturally modify my own judgment. » evening uearly which they left at noon comphance with the erder of General McDoweld the 28th of Angust. In Lionege ebout the troops of General Re: ids, this divisien his waa, on the uth near our loft wing, commanded by Genera Schenk. but J do not know whother they took any part ia the action of the day, or whether they were ordered te attack the enemy. The troops of General McDowell whe came irom the Centreville road when it was nearly were, as well 51 could distinguien, those of ¢ King, which had fought the day before near Groveton. Tam not cortain of this however. The Court adjourned till Monday. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ‘Wassiscron, Dec, 20, 1862. THE WINANCR BILL OF THK SHORRTARY OF? THR TREABURY, It ts understood that the Secretary of the Treasury baa completed his Finance bili. rocommending @ nine hundred million losa, at not over seven-thirty per annvm, apd the repeat of the five-twenty conversivn sot. He adheres firmly to the opinion iu his anaval report that the mongy can be ra'sed by loan. AKRANOKMENT OF A NEW PROGRAMM OF MILITARY OPRNATIONS. A cancus of military oifleets ia to be held to-night, pre bobly with a view t arrange & new programme for the prosecution of the war: DEMINATION OF THE RXPEDITION--SUPERSKDURE OF GENBRAL BUTLER AT NEW ORLEANS, “Tt jo stated here that she deetination of tho Banks expe dition is New Orieans, and that General Banks is to puper- sede General Butler in the comumand of that department, General Butler being allowed to retire with whatever ke bas xained during bis occupation of that position, and to be presented with one of the swords of General Twiggas while General Banks is pul in his place to silence the complaints of foreiga Powers, THE INQUIRY INTO THK CAUSES OF THE DISASTER AF 4 PREDERICKARURG. tn the House on Friday Mr. Delsplaiae, of New York, ip offertng his resolution of inquiry as to tito recenteventa pofore Fredericksburg, characterized tha battls aa s pit. tng of breaatbouts against beeastworks, and gaid that mm | that coliseusn, vesler than hOperial pride and grandeur aver rearet, the charapious of the Union, a& they rushed to the unequal combat, might well have exelaimer, as of | old, Sader smperator nos muratars te ealutomus.”” Fim (een republican members sprang to the floor aud etrangled the resolution, whieh was as follows: ne od, That a special committee, consisting of throw menbetsat ifs Hove, be appointed by tke ro ine he) the that led to the result before Frade. int enue rie rg. in Virginia, with power to send for persona and ately, and advanced towards Grovetown. During Uris opgagement we heard dring upon 0 whiok I sup posed was coming from a pert 0 corps. Tt bad become dark, and we ene on the heights at Mra. Menry’# farm On the morning of the 20th Troeeived direc General Pope to attaek the enemy. T did ne | the time that my connection wit ceased, which I did about six i | do not know whore Genera! Moiowell’s corps was at that | *¢ ight | time, or where any other troops were, except | thosé of the enemy. During the goth, and | towards noon, when all the troopa of my corps any. ived a e<patob 1 MeDowell ane oncmy’s right Bank, an that wo had probably to wore engaged with t from General Pope say General Porter would attack t would corae in on iny lett. go back to Centreville thay to get provisions ‘is | ie what} remember: but! find the original despatch of Genoral Pope in regard to uhig matter. 1 do uot Know whother any attack waa mado by General MoDeweil, oF when hie troops arrived on my left, beowse twas too | invich occupier on the right, where the battlo was fought principally. 1 did not seo General McDowell during that day until. halt-poat six P.M. aid not know where MeDoweil’s corps were ou that Hoth, end did { not ae Goneral McDowell during the whole ‘day, a2 noar as | ean remember. My view is that Genoral Reynolds’ division was on the left, or near the left of our lino, on the 20th and 90th. During the day of the doth | , that they report with ali conveaient speod Tie peeepealnge vo tals Mouse PURSIDENT LINCOLN HS EMANCIU ATION PROCLAMATION. ‘A member of the Border State Committee appolted. by { ane recent cavers states that an interview the commit. two had with President Lincola yesterday,ho informed thom that as to hie “Rymancipation Proclamation, 'yhe had voted from the vellef that it would effect goot results, bat if be could be convineed to the contrary ho woul’ modify bie position upon that subject, bie purges being to do the best Ite coakl uoder all tke circumstances whicta! surrounded kira . THE NEVORTED ENLISTMENT OF TROOPS ON INE UNITED STATES YOR TH MEXICAN ARMY: ‘The Mexican Minister denies that any aQempts have | been mare to enllet parties in the United Ajteves for ro! litary service in Moxico, Offers of provaipent militery” men in this country ( raise brigades Mror that purpose had been declined, not only Decause te Mexican govorn- mont intended to act In good faith Yowarde our own io this respect, but also because it i# ¥Athont meanF to pay for the services of volunteers frarn other countrio, an rust for the presont depend, “engirely upon ite own re- when General Porter made his attack in the contre, and was forced to retreat, I received a despatch, which'l be: sources aud its own citizens Mr apfonce aaainst the Fronob if