The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1862, Page 1

tam _ PROFOUND EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON. Tremendous Struggle Between the Conservatives and Radicals. THE FEELING IN THIS CITY. The Rumors in the National Capital, &., ke, ke. YEE CRISIS OF THR CABINET AND THR COUNTRY— ‘WR, SEWARD’S POSITION—MR. CHASE'S DESIRE TO BE AELIEVED—DESIRE THAT GENERAL MCLELLAN SHOULD BB PLACED IN GENERAL HALLECK’S POBI- TION—A NEW PLAN FOR THB RESTORATION OP JHE REVOLTED STATES—NEITHER MR. SEWARD'S WOR MR. CHASE'S RESIGNATION YET ACCEPTED, BIV., &TO, : Wasnixatoy, Dec, 21, 1862. The Cabinet imbroglio is at its crisis. The only resignations on file are those of Secretaries Seward ‘nd Chase. It is said that the resignation of Mr. Blairwas sent in; but he was kindly requested by ‘the President to put it in his pocket, as he was not favolved in the difficulties. Mr. Seward is honest in his desire to be relieved * from the position he bas occupied. He is unwil- Ung to remain in the Cabinet while Stanton is @ecretary of War and Halleck General-in-Chief, Me will not retain hia pogition unless a change is Made in both of these offices acceptable to the sountry and promising # more favorable adminis- tation of war matters. It is understood that Mr. Seward’s objections to ‘the policy of the government ere both political ‘and military, avd the terms of his remaining in the councils of the President are that the political ‘policy shall be conservative, and the military con, @ucted under the administration of partics who have more of the public confidence than those who gow contro) it. Mr. Chase has for some time past desired relief from his position. He has inaugurated splendid policy, which requires only a big capstone to be made complete. Me ig aware that upon the re- tiremont of Mr, Beward from the Cabinet the capi- talists of New England, New York and Penneylvg- ‘ais will decline any farther investments in govern- ment securities, and he is unwilling to attempt to earry out the financial policy he hes inaugurated eo@hen those~sources of loans are thue closed ‘against him. It is understood that the action of Mr. Chase has mot been without consultation with Mr. Seward, ‘end tho whole.matter is reduced to this: Mr Chase will not remain in the Cabinet if Mr. Seward goes out, and Mr. Seward will not remain {n it unless Panton and Halleck are removed, The question geome to be about the substitution of « General-fu- ; ‘Chief for General Halleck, He can easily be as- a@igned to other duties; but onc party is pressing fremont for the succession, and another demands that McClellan sbail-be put in the position. It is said that the President likes the go-ahoad- ativencss and energy of Stenten, and “regards the @bjeotions to him as anjust, aud that Stanton in ‘aot.only unwilling, bat has pesitively refused, to resign. Many friends of the President urge that he is ignoraut of the extent to which the present Breretary of War is obmoxtous to the country. At uine o'clock this morning Cabinet matters femained in this position—seither resignetion had ; beon accepted, and no appointmenta had been made. If Stauton is retained Mr. Chase may pos- sibly be invited to accept the Premiership, and Robert J, Walker or Samue! Hooper be ap- Pointed Seerotary of the Treasury. itis suid that both are in perfect accord with Mr. Chase in re- gard to his financial policy. But it i# probable | that either Mr. Stanton will be deposeg and aside the character of rebels, and ta that they are in the field only for the purpose of restoring the old Unitn as it was and the old con atitation as it is. Under these circumstances the resulta of the consultations today “are regarded ed here that those who are pointment of an extremely radical Cabinet are | upon the sagacity and the firmness of the Preai- be precipitated-into a new and more awful catas- trophe, or whether the bow of promise, of peace, tranquillity and unlon shal! again appear upon the horizon. Seward nor Chase had been accepted; but it is determined to-night. ™: TRYING POSITION OF THE PRESIDEN E~—1AR Dit- FICULTIE@ SURROUNDING BIB PRESENT AITUATION— SECRETARY CHASE’S RESIGNATION TRNDERED— ALARM OF THS NEW FNGLANDERS—ANTIOIPATIONS THAT THK RADICALS WILL PREVAIL, BTC. Wasuineton, Deo. 21, 1862. President Lincoln ia involved in deeper and more perplexing difficulties than ever before since his inauguration. Last evening, in conversation with some. friends from the West, he expressed his sense of the tryiag. responsibilities thrown upon him. In the present posture of affhira the alternative is presented of forming a now Cabinet upon the emancipation platform, or of adopting the conser- vative policy of Mr. Seward. In the former case there is danger that the great State of New York will abandon the snpport of the administration and the war, aud thua’paralyze the arm of the President. In the latter case the entire force of the radicals will be brought to bear against him... : The most jutelligent observers believe that the way of conciliating the anti-prociamation party, Stanton and the emancipatfon polioy substaatially carried out. Secretary Chase sald yesterday, to Governor Curtin, that he had tendered his resignation une- quivocally nud positively. His reeignatton is uot caused by any disagreement with the President. In the Senate he would be eligible ase candidate H forthe next Presidency, while, if he remains in i the Cabinet, he would hardly be on the Preeiden- tial track, as no convention has nominated a Cabi- net officer while in place. j { The emergencies of the country have become so pressing that even the Now Englandera are becom- jog alarmed. They have made heaps of money by j the war, and they desire to save tt. Jn all the New | England cities merchants and manufacturers have accumulated fortunes with nnexampled rapidity; but they feel that unless stability is given to the government their riches will take winge and fly away more rapidly than they came. Hence their anxioty that the present diffictlties should be ad- justed. They agree in saying that another army could not be raised, except by extrome measures, with the young men of Massachusetta,” or of any other Brate. THE SANATORIAL CAUCUS IN REPRHENCR 40 THE CARINFT—NAMBS MENTIONED FOR SBOKETARY- SHIPS, BTC. i Wasmixoron, Dec. 21, 1963. 1 {@ ascertatuod that the #enators who met in.caucus last week were pledged to keep their proceodings secret, excepting to the Presidevt; and this shey did with more CHASE WITHDRAWING THEIR RESIGNATIONS, BIO., BTC. Wasmxarow, Dec. 21—Midnight. sion throughout the city, and was discussed by all classes °f the community, from the parson tn his elegant pulpit to the bright and intelligent newsboy on the street cor ner, who earns his daily bread by vending the metro, politan journals, end travels these cold days witbout band: 11 is understood that, upon the presentation of the Of | Kerchiets, ‘The goneral feeling on the subject of Secretary fensive resolutions of the republican Senatorial caucus, | Seward’s resignation seemed to be that of profound re- Governor Seward quietly remarked that it was a subject | GFet ; but this was ina as vitally important. It is openly assert: | 1. outa not with propriety discuss in Cabinet meeting, urging | and therefore tendered his resignation as « member of the adoption of an extreme policy and the @p- | shat Council. meagure counterbalanced by the report that arrived during the day to the offect that Sec- retaries Chase and @tanton had also surrendered their insignia of office back into the the hands of President Lincoln, ‘This was balancing the evil with the good, and It 1 now snid that the President hae announced that | seemed to afford very general satisfaction. But, notwith- engaged ina dangerous conspiracy against the | ho himscif is the proper judge of the conduct of bis mints President and the very-life of the nation. They | terial advisers, and will not be influenced by any &t- | our citizens wore agitated profoundly as to the tor are determined to rule or ruin, and it deponds | tempted dictation on the part of any body of Senators whatever. Peace has been restored in the family circle, dent and Wis advisers whether the country shall | ** '¢a#t such a pence as previously existed, ‘The Cabinet fiasco has occasioned a great deal of tl) feeling in various quartere. The couimites Xppolated by the republican caucus to present to the President the resolutions adopted, originally censuring Mr. Seward, but Subsequently modified by reqnesting the President to Up to noon to-day the resignation of neither | renodet his Cabinet, wae composed of Mr. Cellamer, chairman; Mosars. Harris, Fessonden, Wade, Sumper, understood that the whole matter in issue will be | pomeroy, Howard, Trumbull and Grimes. Upon the evening after the presentation of the resolu. standing the relish with which the resignation of Messrs. Stanton and Chase was received, It was very evident that all those changes, and no slight uneasiness was oxhibited as to the intentions of the President in the<ormation of his new Cabinet. The manifestation of fooling was the most sober, and yet the most profound obserszi since The commencement of the rebellion. THE MILITARY SITUATION. Our Despatches from the Rappahannock. tions and the® resignation of Mr. Seward, the President CONDITION OF THE UNION TROOPS requested the attendance of the commiitee, and assem- bled hiz Cabinet, all of whom werejin attendance excopt Mr. Seward. When the parties were assemblea the | Phe Wisit of General Halleck te Presidont read the resolutions of the republican cau- ous, and stated that ticir coneideration was the purpose of the meeting. it is stated that Mr. Chase, with great General Burnside. earnostnees and evidence of indignation, deoiared that it'| Rebel Troops En Route from Frealericksburg be had supposed he had been summoned there to be ar” | raigned before Senatorg of the United States he would net have come. He was replied to with much warmth by Mr. Fessenden, Meders, Collamer and Harris. made speeches defending the Secretary of State, while Mr. Grime® ponred forth a violent tirade against him. Mr. Stanton. algo made a speech, negerting his willingness to lay down to Richmond, &e., ae, 1. The Present Position of Affaire in the Army of the Potomec. HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Dec, 21, 1862, Rev. Mr. Reed, of Penneylvamia, on bobulf of tie the portfolio of the War Department whenever he «49 | Cnrisaian Commission, has visited these headquarters, bavo but was obliged to a ae times during (he War has Ginewmettingoontred? * same cour: on ny his duty {3 reported to be from the past, be will be pro- ‘8 large portion of their force hax gone to sd, suppose the attack mado by us ‘was to hold their army in check whilo a flank movement ‘was boing cxeented by some other force. The camp fires in front of us show that their force haa been ma- torially lessened within the past twenty-four hours. They also told us that thoir army was terribly cut up by our How much depondence Is to be placed upon their state- mouts I caunot say; but, from thelr account, we bendied them very roughly on Saturday, They seemed Yery amxious to find out wi force we had advancing from Western Virginia. ag they bad hgard their offgerg i ee force was advancing from that diroowen. sald the ramor was current in their army that we had takey Petersburg and also Fort Darliny. Whos and where the noxt fight will take plice ia hard totell. Ifwe advance this winter tt will have to be done quickly, in order to take advautage of the present good state of tho roads. ‘The weatbor has again changed, and to day has been qnite cold, with a slight fallof snow, U inquiring of the pickets how they atood the cold weatbor they replied, “as well as they could without any shocs.”” The prikon- ere we took seemed to be comfortably clad and shod. i Our Falmosth Correspondence, Heavyoarrers, Frere Anwy at In Camry, Nesk Fatsoura, Deo, 18, 1862, ‘De Proops in Camp Near Faimouth--Conditin of Things in That Vicinity-The Recent Disaster and What Thought of It—-Rebel Officers to be Court Martialed for | Allowing Our Army te Bvacuats Fredericksburg Purther Incidents of the Brovery of Our Soldtera—Geneval Sigel’s Forces on fheiy Wuy to Fatrrax Court House, &e ‘The army is eectied again, but not inactive. Battalion drills, musio aud dress parades have been resumed, and with sleeping inthe same tents, cooking at the old camp fires and picketing om familiar ground, the ola position is revived, How long we are to remain here is a problem bid in the future. Our march across the Rap- pahannock and ihe tercoly fought battle near Frodericks- burg seem more a dream than a reality, Our loss is searcely noticeabla—only one hundred and ninety-threo killed, of whom tweuty-oné wero officers, in this corps and sixtoea hundred and geventy-three wounded, This 108s ia Dut a dvop in the bucket, and greatly below the origina} estimates, Tho samo onthusiasm oxista in this i | | convinced that his administration of its affairs was ob- | bringing oomforts and delicacies for the sick, and a corps | go.tion of the army as before. The men are as eagor noxious to the country, and doclaring his entire innocence § of volunteer nurses for the wounded remaining in camp, of any blame ip reference to the recent disaster at Fre- dericksburg. The result of this meeting was uneatisfactory to al! parties, and the difficulttes have been accommuiated since only by (bo declaration of the President that he { wonkd judge for himself in reference to the action of Bi® | grated ny Washington correspontont. Cabinet advisers. by which he was assailed, and it republican cavons, severely censuring Secretary Seward ‘and inviting him to retire from the Cabinet. It. is believed that the Cabinet difficulty is in a fair way to be sattlod, ‘but those who have the best opportunity of knowing pre cisely the condition of affairs y#tate that ho has finnouneed | his willingness to remain in’the Prevident’s connci} it eer. tain conditions are agreed to. Tt i confidently snnounoed to-night that Mr. Sewsrd bas withdrawn bis resignation: Mr. Chage te undersioed to have under advisement the withdrawal of Lis resignation, and it is not yet certain that he wilt return to the Treasury Department. A prominent Genator has eeu heard to aay thet tha, Senate was unanimous in the dosire that the Secretary of War should be chenged,and to declare that Btanton would be removed by to-morrow night. ‘The belief prevails thet the ponding dithiculties will be | amicably arranged, ond peace restered to the Presidont’+ political fam!ly, although at present it would seem io he et the expenge of 2 change in the War Pevartunent Pauapetrata, Dec. 21, 1862. ‘The Washington Star of yesterday saye:-- “truction of tha Cabinet, none ofwhich are roliable Half a dozon ‘slates are confidentty vamed; also that ment, but deulined, except with an entire new Cabivet- Further, that Mr. Sumner hoe been tendered the same po rition; and, further, that al] the Cabinet have followed the example of Mr. Seward. Up to eleven o’clock to-day Um Presideat bud not ac TITE CONFUION PRODUCED BY TH! VARIOUS AUMOBS | ‘The situation here is more interosting aud exciting just | and that “the bighwaye and byways will not swarm | now than in any field a4 full of horrors, et blood and car: | Cor, Fite Bage as Washington ta fall of rumors concerning the recon. | Fescenden bas boon ponitively tendered the State Depart / euccese than uewally attends auch deliberations, The | coptedMr. Seward’s rerigustion nor mado the tender o! Secretary of State, however, soon heard of the proveed- ings, and promptly tendered bis resignation op Vridsy night ‘The committee from she canons ageiv yisited the Presi. { yeagves havo teudered thoir roalgaation® have not suc ; a dont and rewatued with him, and eli the merubors of the | cexded. ‘Te are unable to learn whether @pingie one | ‘by each other a Cabtuet—Mr, Seward alone being ebsevt—for mére than { four houire, ' The post day by noon Secretary Chase seut iv his re. |. #ignaiion, pot merely aa & matter of form, but in good faith. itis aot known that there was amy objection to him va the part of the caugus. ‘The repregeutativos were in no manger consulted ro | garding the propriety of the action of the Senators; but j no complaints are made by thom, there boing a guneral i acqnieemee in their proceedings Tho sesciution adopted recommended « partial recon- | Btrudtion of te Cabinet, which sevoral Senators interpret McClellan substitated for Halleck, or that both | Lo mean Ru ultimate entire change of programmo. Seward and Chase will retire from the Cabinet. To-day hes been the gloomicst of all the dayg in tho hiatory of the uation in Washington, The moat’ prominent men hers assert that the AMigoase of the is at its crisis, aud the events to be deter- ‘Wwined to-night will fix the deatinios of the country, ais feared by evon those who have hitherto been ran, Sed amongat the most radical of repudlicans that i¥ the ragical programine shall be adopted the whokweountry will be involved in ruin. It la ‘Delieved that nelther the poople nor the army wi U submit tothe appointment of Fremont in the pico of Halleck or to the retention of Stanton ad Weoretary of War. There aro ominous whiapera that‘# sich ® course should be poreaed the newly eleeu\d Governors of six of the great Atates wil, in iuvitation of the conduct of Massa- ohubetts in the wr of 1619, recall from the field their Btate troops, wd demand that the policy of the government shall be changed. A moral revo: Istion would ence im the loyal States which would paralyze the odusinistration. Jn tho moantime it is Pymored here that a new dodge is to be pregented by the rebels: that, under tho lead of Alexander H. Stephens, the States which have seceded will be advised or required A@repéal thoir ordivaupes of anocusion, ppd te | Reporis are current, but which cannot now be veri, | goa, thet all ef the mombors of the Cabinet hava | resigned. Howover this may be, it te believed that | none of them will lw the least embarrose the Ex" | ogultve in the choles of succossora, Whilo eome of the Sonatore insiwt that all of them sball be undoubted republicans, othere aro comtont to leavo tho entire matter ia tho hands of the President, ao that he may aot an beat to serve the country iw ite present olroum- “stances. Senator Feseenden aud D, 6, Dickinson, of New York, are tho most prominent among otbors named for Secretary of Gtato, and the beliof Is entortaiued that the formar will #0ou be tendered the appeiniment. Speaker Grow will probably be offered « Seoreteryship. Many of bis friends seem (a regard thie ae nearly certain. ‘Tho Provident, it is known, some tine ago desired ro- presentative Colfax, of Indiana, to occupy the Beoretary- ship of (be Interior, bug thin gentieamen inflexibly decimed the honor, owing to the proseng doubtful poittionl com. plexion of hie diktriot, which fo nnothor election might | returo one Of opposite iaitt, ‘The ‘mprossion j# general that notiher the resignation of Mr. Howard nor that of Mr. Chage has yet beov accented by tue President, © After careful inquiry it {9 believod the abovo ment contsins al) (hat je relikbie upon the subject, and that ibo resolution which passed the cencus received the «pau Tags Vote of bho Seuatore Propeye the State Departinent to Mr. ee nor, do we be. | folly sxcrifice alt that is dear « lieve, to any one else. j] Our offurts to ascertam whether Mr. Seward’s col. | hos tskan that siep. The President keeps Lis own counse! eo exclosvely that noone tas gaceived she slightest in formation cwuornivg the manner in which he prapores Wo eottie thie aTuir. i oan do ihe Sler tw speon late in the #0 «we deeline publieh ing the thoveand and ome rumors concerning the no good tor premises ; ; | Seward has atteuded tho Buate Department up tw noon. Tt in umderstoot they are preparing for en earie depar. ture for New York. The three o'clock edition says:— Mr. Chase bas tondered bis resignation, and we have every reason to bolleve Mr, Binir has dono the name, it appears to be universally betloved that by nightin'l all | heir colioage: # wil! follow the example, if thay bave uot already done 60. TG QUARKELE OF THR SBCREPARING AND AENERAL SALLECK. Pumapenraia, Dov. 91, 1862. ‘The Inquirer's Washington correspendent says;— ‘Tho atiack of the Sonate caucus war not mudo upon the | whole Cabinet, but upon Messrs, Seward and Blair, whose ‘Dalance of the Cabinet. resignation, but will have to go, and probably Mr. Bates. j Secretary Smith has resigned, and a etrong pressure is made against Welles and Stanton from New Eugland and tho West, but not by the Sonatorial onucus. Biair and Stanton have both quarrelled with Halleck, and at a recont Cabinet meoting Halleck was viclont in hia abuse of Stanton, ead wes stopped by tho President. Burnside has not resigned, but theows tho blame of hie recent disaster vpon Halleck, wi® allegos it was (I that did it." {teas on the conduct of the war are opposed by the | from Port Conway bo Fredericksbur; Mr. syjan’ potraedngsngendeng } Savairy. Tho rebels picket on the opposite wide of the | river within epeaking distance, and keep up a constant , Ali Were placed at the disposal of the medical depart- ment, aud wore. highly appreciated by tho moddical di- No new movements of the enemy have beep observed sings WE evacuated the south side, Ie iwnot known to General Burnside’s staff that he has | ray across the Rappahannock, He proclaims {t a disas. | tendered his resignation as commander of this army, as | Evorything \s quiet along the lines. proclamationtsts will prevail, and that Mr Seward |“ “r,5 rotention of Mr. Seward ‘in the Cabinet | Although the stock of wutiers in thig cam ve nearly | and his policy will be ignored. Some say: that, bY | jay excited the hostility of the fenatorial faction is maid General Halleck will be relieved and McClellan | to-night that Senators have announced their determina placed in the post of General-inChief. Hore he | tion to britig orward in open Senate the samo resolution conld be managed or checked by Secretary | whieh was offered originally im the firat meeting of the oxhaueted, and supplies are much neeted, it is not ij deemed judicious by them to transport their goods by the overland ronte, Metacn from Burnside’s Army of the Come | the river, and tho attack mado in the manner it wi mittee on the Conduct of the War. Warmnaron, Dec. 21, 1862. and willing to figutas ever. They ouly hope and wish | the next figut will be with odds moreevenly in their | favor. General Hooker, aa I learn from the vest authority, wishes to be absolved from any responsibility connected | with the reoont disaster attending the passage of our | t{f-8 proclamation in which officers and mev unite with | him. When the plan of crossiug the river was deter. | mined upon, althongh fighting etrenuousiy against it when under discussion, he promised to co-operate in carrying it Lo a gucceseftl isene to the best of bis ability, and be dit #0. corps—fought with « bravery and desperation that were never excolled by any troops iy any war. The result was | just what he prophesied. If the army was thrown gid | foretold its speedy return, crippled and beaten; and thus | the regutt proved. - ‘ {Tam told to-day hat prominent commanding officers of ‘The ‘Committee on tho Conduet of the War bave | tho rebel atwy at Froderickebuirg are to bs court martial. yeturned from tholr recent visit to the Army of the | bimpell'mudh delighted at the condition of thi speske of ita morale and discipline ae moat admirable, and } | Commanding. | sumed @ | in the slightest manner attempt to oliift upon othe: tached (0 the want of successes In the movement. ‘The roombore of the cernuittee generally aro wot: infinitely ‘ese serious than hended will hardly exceed tem thousand. was previously Of these about one ‘wounts, and the reet will be permanently disabled. doty. cont of the wounds were oveasioned by Minie b per cont by rannd shot. Forrego, hs battle of Frodoricksburg— Heapquanters, SmoexpD Bricave, Seow Dreruom, ) Niwia Anwy Corrs, Camry year Facmovrs, Ties. 10, 1963. YO the sokiiers of the “co ud biigwic the General com | moanding extends bia c vlationa and thouks for thety gallant conduct aud iaithfol evrvices while under his command. The patience, ato Jiuses and courage ¢ispi: ed in des) +rate battles au) wosrisome marched exhibit o spirit i nbever tail, @ determinstion that will in the ; end teiumpn over all foer. The bardabips en- \dured, the diiienities overcome, the ‘iis faced by this, our valfont — brigade, will tive tio + history long after yon the heroes shal! have gone down | to the grave iz career will be .pointed to by those | who follow you w {| ful conntry wit} bless anesstors that could endure ench + tolls, that conld perform such ob : cmmbry aiid their sacred cause. | ‘To the new trope. whe facghteo nobly on the 1Auh, {on thoir firswebattie dela, tianks are especially due. ; They bave every way proved themavlves wervhy to etend do by side with (he veterans of the sooond brigade. ‘That ip rhe cowie campaign of 1869 we may ei! etend faithfolly a# Leretofore, that we may { ght se bravely and ay ly for our loved country, | wnd that God's blesting may always tee. on you and your | Szertions, is the oi yer of your general. i RE WENO, Prigaclier Gom brigade Ningh arm Mewbors of the Aanitary Commiveion ant othere whe wor st Falmouth on the day enovceding the bactle re- | Port tat the ground o7 Aoad soldiers lay wae + im Soll vr, ane emer un! seve & biue owior to the field until the revels bat sicipped the bodies of thelr imbroglio, Neither Secretary nor Assistant Secretary | clothing. The Commitiee on the Conduct of the War returaed | from Patmouth in the sicamer Zephyr iart night. They | will make their report on Tuerday. | The bodies of Jos. H. Bull and Captain John P. Dodge: | Sixty-sixth New York Volunteers, and of Liontepant Paat | M. Pow, Sixty seventh New York Volunteers, wore brought here yesterday afternoon and etubalmed. They wore taken iv charge by Chaplain H. Dwight and Licut. W. Foster Douge, Sixty-sixth New York regiinent, and morning. Our Army Correspondence, Hieanqeanrena, Rarann’s Cavaray, Cam? ox Tax Rarratannocn, Deo, 17, 1862, Cavalry Guards Along the Kappahannock—Concentrated Mowment of Rebels—Are They Going to Richmond fam The Operations ef General Meade’s Division—Prisoners’ Repir! of the Rebel Losiar—Actoont of Cold Weather, de. ‘The important duty of guarding the Rappabannock, ia entrasted t6 the ! Conversation with our men. Thero te a mutual under. standing that there shall be no firiog upon each other j wnlean One Bide or tho other elall attempt to cross, The | } ‘The reported sending of Banks to the Gulf was insisted | on by Messre, Seward, Blair and Halleck, while othore | begged that be should make diversions on the Jamos | river | Ranks hng gone to Now Orleans. Hite leet will rendez. | yous at Ship Island for the capture of Mobile, Fils orders | evpersede Batlor, wuless countermanded by tho President. | | Consequently these i# no doubt entertained by those | asuaily woll informéd of the removal of Halleck and Meigs (or ineompetence. Judge Upshur is the mort prominent man for the inte sor Doparbment redols could be distinctly seen, all day yosterday, mov Ing large bodies of troops down the railroud in the atroe- ‘iow of Richmond, A column wae on ach side of the railroad, Whether the movement was to prevent an attempt ou our part (© cross below, or that their whole force was falling back upon Richmond, we could not tel! Our army haw got fairly atroightoned ont onee more, after the natural confusion of recroming the river in the night, There soems to be a general fooling of disappointment and regret at the abandonment of our position and becking out of the army, We gould ans doubtedly lave broken their lines by maseing onr forces and making @ congen(rated attack at some one point, but the loss of lifo wot Wave boen fearful and the victory would have boon purchased dearly; but still the demara- liring effect of the falling back of nn army like ours isa ways great, aud ought to bo aveided if possthle, Tho rebels will doubtiess claim it asa victory ; but the foot of our holding ile Yate grownd for two days efter the fight Potomac-+o inyestigute tiw causes of tho Froleriokeburg | an interviow botw disaster, and whore also Yes the diame. They were | agcompanied in their visit by Senator Wilson, chatrunan | of the Genate Committee on Milliary Affairs, He expressed compliments highly the frank manliness of the General | Wis reported that Goneral Burnaide gevorously ax- Fy responsibility so tho promises, and di! not | Ball's Blut. shoulders any portion of whatever blame might bo at- pleased with what they saw, and regard the rosuit as appre”. it appedfa now that the total casualties latter t thoussud were kilied; gome seventoen hundred were so badly wounded that two-thirds of them will die of tholr s or the othera the wounds are more or less eerious; bat « | majority are expected to recover and be again ft for | with distingoished godlautry through tho Mexicau cam It has beon ascertained that about eighty-one per » at } (een aud one aif per eent by sheiln,and three and @ half The following is the widress to bis troops by Genera) comubdiug the Second brigade, Ninth army adiwiiailon and praise, aud a grate. | dvods, and 20 rth for the wake of their | conveyed) to New Yerk, where they will arrive to-morrow | is proof enough that we wore Bot whipped, aj | ed for allowing, our army to oseape, as it did, without the This fact leaked out in the course of » wome of our offeers and those of the rebel army while onr dead left on the fleld were being buried. It ia certain that the enemy missed an oppo: ti | nity of damaging oar army that they never had her fore, and, Jt is to be hoped, they never will bave agai ' city being eholled. rmy,and | Oar army wns at their inorcy. Hed they taken ad: y | vantage of the position of aflaira—the streets of Frodericksborg wiih our soldiers, and ‘the only means of escape three uarrow pontoon bridges — ‘and poured in a concentrated firo from their batteries, tho result would bave been a wholesale penie¢ and lose of & thousandfold more terrible than that at Chave heard more than oneoiticer say thit our army every moment tt was acroes n their power to destroy our army. ction, and it should be @ lesson in tho life on onr sid i" We amcap future to the directors of our army. Ia repertng the part taken by Gexoral Hmophrey’s it division of thie corps im the battle at Fraderickel- ouBly stated (hat Colonel Atlavach's brigade oral Tyler's brigade. The firlog inte the roupe Was by other rogimonta, and one o: those jes Wkoly to occur in any great battle. | Humphrey's brigade co operated in the most handsome manner, and, as Generel Hooker bineolf says, anulo one of the bost charges @var mado by any truop Gevoral Humphrey led bis troops in person, exposing himself to continuous fire, Of even aids, al} bubone were Colomel Allabach——who, by te way, served ow Ge dicabled paign—rbowed speciat bravery and skill 10 the manage. ammont ef hie comtaand. General Sigel wae liere yesterday, and leaves to mor way to Vairfnx Court Houge. Numbers of our missing are daily turaing up and ro Joining their reg:raenie. The official reports give five hun. dred and Sifty.nevou men miesing from this corps. probability is that turee-fourths of thon: will soon be tn thelr places again. The Lteateuant Colonel Dicktnaon reported Killed is not Lieuionant Colone! Dickinson, of Gon. Hooker's staff, and + hie Assistant Adjutant Genoral. He, a4 also every othor worber of the stati, discharged duties with cool ‘bravery and Ucelity, and ail fortunately escaped untouch- ed by butiot or abell. 1 Farwevae, Va, Dec. 18, 1862. | More Bokioncea of Retat Barbarity-—Stripping te Dead— Twelve Hundred of Gur Soldiers Buried Lebel Opinion of the Capacty of Our Officers, de., de. ‘Col, Brooke, who war in charge of the party burying our dead, returned last evening, aud went over again this | jnorning with another detail to coutinue bis labors today | the rebels haye, as I stated yesterday, completely atripped | the Union dead as they lay upon the fled. The rede! officers treatod him with marked civility, but made vo display of courtesy. ‘They epexk in the highest terms of +{ the bravory of our men, but suesr atthe ability of our officers, apd express a desire to beve us wake anctbor | attempt to cruss the river, Offleara and men wore vory { extent in the exhibition of thetr footings. ‘Une discipline sa the rebel army is mont 4, the officeraenforcing the airictest obottence upon all beca. weions. } . The burying deseli hae rete bDuried in the twe Cays betwoen handoed of our mea. Colonei Pr | the detail, bas not j made nothing oMeully of Lieatmuant Pow, fifty~ | Rent over, to we forwarded No | the Geld, Shot through the leit bre | Bis upper clothing, being ter left upon bins but his p ings were aii carried away the thorough yet discriminating sanner in whieh oor | dead are stripped shows that it ie uo ect of wanton bar- | berism or irrepremsib oa the part of the reba! pri- } tater, but cool, deliberate dullur and cent caiculalion | Oo the part of the chivairio Southern leaders, which the Veriest abolitionist in tie North would not have dared to charge them with twelve mouths ago. duel, Loogstreet, Kemplo aud Hill aro oppo. unve been frequently aboot where our anen are urytog tho dead. They all expromy the est afer the bravery of our troops, but 6 at raed by © cannen ball. y torr by the missile, wae Irawers, boo and etovk- the genéralsiip of our officers, Among the dead onr detail to bury report Hancock's division as foremost, Zock’s brigs ing first, al- { though iatersperted by many of the Irish Urigade, Cald- woll’e brigade Ime loft many in the foremost rankg on the right. In @ garden, im tie rear of the biacksinit! they found oue hundred and tev mon, the enclosure betng eee than twp rode equare. Hang: anrans, ARMY oF Povomad, Deo, 18, 1862. Ihe Rebel Position Unehanged-—Hurying the Dead—Ee- change of Privnes—& Singular Case of Lunacy Bringing Hone the Dead end Woundet—Bateon Ascon- ions, ke. Kvery hing remains perfectly quiet. The enemy oxbibit | but a emai! (orce upon their left, none remaining io and \ j about Meir Oartaworks save thove necessary for worklug | | the gums and neadsaary for their protection, On their | ‘His smen—partiquiarly tho Fifth Army | row for Washington. Hts Toroes aro said to be on their , the | 'sahop, | or the « of being @ spy; but later develo ments Mane drad pA eourt to suspen their decision % Among the singular casuaiiios r from the battis One ofthe seldare susscaly Vocansa sfue end teagned one len! ecame | nse. to be « locomotive: and while at Falmouth Station he managed to prostrate Limesif upon the track as the train from Aquis was approaching, and v! pp = vt hagien, as if ee ae or. HACER were Must 3 fone the charicwor of hie tmlsfortuso would bave ‘excited the Fisiblites of the most The unfortunate man ‘will be immediately seut to a proper as) lun, and may aeily fecover great number of pergots aro here ceoking friends in the hospitals ana among the killed. Several of the latter have been embalmed; among thom Captain Sullivan, the Irish 1. Ui Course every visitor. wished to ' bome with his wounded friend, and the surgeons by applicants for the necessary certifi- oatos. that it wae judicious to remove have been sent to Washington, where they wii! probably receive as good, if net better, medical treatinout than at home, while 355 those remaining would certainty improve no more after an exhausting trip to their homes in their de- state than in their quartera. undergo! going into winter quarters. Our Aquia Creek Corrospomdence. aguia Cunex, Deo. 19,1862. Outragea Upon Our Galtant Dead by the Rebele—Gerovals Burnside and Halleck at Aquia Orcsk—Rumore as to the Command of the Army, de. The only details of Interoat from the front relate to the burying of our fallen braves, and the outrages committed upon them by the rebe! leaders, The wounded continue to arrive in large numbers, and are sent forward with sa Kittle delay as possible, General Burnside came dowa on @ special train lass evening, and is waiting hore this morning for some pur- | pose nt known. Geueral Halleck met bim here, and » | conference was bold, the nature of which bas not yet transpired. The usual ramors of changes in the command of the army are io circulation, the changing policy of Halleck ‘and Stanton in connection with the command of the arm; Having caused a uulversal expectation through the ran and file that the Commanding General will be changed ater every ‘mportant movemeut, whether made upon their own regpousibility or by orders Crom Wasbiogton. ‘The weather is col’, but very pleasant. Quite a large delegation of Vongressmen arrived bere | this morning on the steamer ZepByr, ich came dowa oa & special trip to bring them. They will leave for Falmouth on ® special train frow here this moraing. Our Baltimore Correspo: Oe. Baurimons, Dec. 19, 1862 Retel Account of the Battle of Fredericksburg—Movemente of Rebel Lioops Afler ihe Battle and in Consequence of its Resuk—The Rebel Government, Believing Richmond to ba Safe for the Next Month, is Concentrating its ‘troops én the West Very Few Troops Now Left im Virginia—A Splendid Opportunity for the Capture of Richmond, de, Ihave to-day received full confirmation of the fact montioued Iv my note of yesterday—namely, that a large number of General Leo's troops left Froderioksburg for tho West immediately after Burnside’s army re | tired to the north side of the Rappabannock, Tho, details | | are as follows: — | Upto the 10th of December the numerical force of General Leo’e army was much less than that which Burnside bad brought against him. The Banks expedition bad sorely puzzled the rebel government. It was confi. dently believed at hae ine that ye Burnside hor ‘engaging General Leo's army on the Rappahann»x'! i Banus would gail up the York or James river with bis whole expedi:ion, and wuld aseail Richmond | ¢o its yulnerabie eide. ‘tho Richmovd Aeaminer of No- yéusbor 24 bad satd:—*The vulnerab.c side of Richm: nd | is etl what military imelligence aud ex,erience for a hundvod years bave poiuted out—namely, her rivers. ‘The Pritich gt here in that way without much dilfienity.”? And thee wore 0 views, toa, er She rebel, lekeers, To | guard thie vuloerable side, therefore, to | RennetGengral diunke, abe revols, had at and nese Petersburg thirty thousand troops, at various points on the penineuia, twenty-eight thew (1; at Fort Darling and at tho ‘orte op the south side of. Jamues river, oppo sive Richmond, twouty-fiye thousand, aud at the forts north of Richmdnd and atSaxton’s Junction, cigateen thousand, ‘Thuis ieft’'for General Lee, at Fredericksb rg, only a hite | Over one hundred thousand trovps. Bat he was well aware of the strouxth of his position; he had been forti y- ing it for more than three weeks, aud be believed that he could hold it against whateyer force Burusite wight bring aguive' Ding Thus matiors remained wntil the dth op 7th lust. whep the rebet government learned, beyond ul! possibilty of | doubt, that, whatever might be te de-tination of the Banks expedition, it wax hot destined jor Riehmovd, ‘There was, therofore, vo fonger auy noxd for ibe troops near Richmond and op the peninauls, the $th uod oh of lecenber saw more than firty sand of then op tbe merch for Wwkeburg. hey ati arrived there onthe 10th and 11th, and on the day beforg the great | battle General Lee saw hiaself iy command of fuly 159,000 treo,» | Of Suturday estate tat pol more thay One-balf o; this: force was eugayed, and they etate &'so that tovir joer wow + vory light. ibe account further states that General Lee confidentiy expected that Burreide would renew the attack 0: moray; that he was Oiled with admiration at the daunticss conrage with whieh our troops, time after | time, rested to the assault of bie works; thethe wag astonished at the yast pumbe:a of Burustde’s troupe, #0 much ie escoas cf what he bad supposed, and that no | retnarkod to General Longstrect on Sunday that, metwith- atandicg the advantages ot his position und the strengtD | of bis works, he would ave felt som» misgivings os Wo the final result hod ib mot been for tho reinforcements | that had reachod Lim on tho 10th, From other state- | Meats ‘a this acvount Qyore is Poagon to believe thas it was Teo'a intention 19 make bus a focble resisiance at hie first {ine of intrenchments, ff, on Mondy, Burusife should renew ait him imfaet tooceupy theen, veers | the Union ermy in rm of bis wecon: it would bo trap from waiwh that » army couldn be extricated, aud that he cool them j annibitnte thom. ‘This therefore shows the of Buraside’s rotveat in time to gave bie army, aud in saving his semy, saving Washington. ‘the ecoonnt stotes that General Lee Natogtn yp a first somewhat chagrived, when ho ; Upton army bad offected ite retreat in safety, mark™i that Boraside was a Dettor t | thought hi ‘The unexpected Tetreut of the was Imm tolngrey Davia in the West, and | Teceived orders to send 54,000 treops ould nately epwre that many. The accounta whieh I haye of the battio gee 575k $ 5 + j Oops lave been sent by; time, because It ie known | thet Givnural Loe is confideAt that Burnside will nut again | attack bis works, and that if he does they can CF 1 were r. | eth ar sucessfully again ae they onder | alate), aloo, that 40,000 troone v ere under orlers sa the Southern five of Pulsed, through Nera Garchiows on Uhe Southern line of rujlroade, thy going by way of the prose souluorn Haltrend, throagh ao! y way of the r mn | Lyuchburg and Knoxville’ % | What do these movements mean? Wo they mean thas tie rebele botiove that no forther attempts wil! bo made to tako Richmond? Not se. They mean that the rebels, jnexl by the wide disiributton of our forces, Wanton wud Heners! jlatloox, that Gene:al the only one ° 2 whieh cau operate believe that . presonl, aud that for three, four or ave 1 omploy their troops to good ad. * m it this a their ome. They hare by this wo from Virginia overy reqimeas Ubat can Once there, net tir pradem at Chat act ou the eitnek our trooye ville, and a foreas Crom Tennessee and Ket! ake agalosi Goo: ‘Dt, with the end Ww break ep and condor abortive his expedb- tion | It is evel, therefore, that our armies in the West are re strong. It is fortunate that of the olzht hun ‘red thoa- send Uniou troops at the d@igpoest of the governruent | General divlieek bas sent £0 large @ proportion to the ver, | polute which are now menaced by tho utmost strength & | the confederacy. Bat, io view of the above facts, now im the time for orument to strike 4! Richwond, There will never a be #0 favorable an opportunity as the prose: | Never before have there been #0 few rebel troops tn ¥ ia to there aro at the moment whee this article meets of the readers of tho Hi¥manp. ‘There are literally ‘of any account at Richmond or on the penin Do troo pula, Gon, Leo has 15,000 at Fredericksburg, and not & | man more. Except gueritiag, there are ve otber tr: ja Virginia, vulose ib At Potersdurg, Bus there | are 40.0h0 at Charlentoa, aad 8,000 sit parauaah, vorn | under Beaurogard, 25,000'at Mol great strength of the @oufederncy, however. is being con. contratod towards Nasby jie ond Vieksburg, and it is anfe to sey that there wil! be, ic # fow days, fully 100.000 rebel troopa at each of tuese two pointe, Lat the a vern- mont, then, Strike at Ricumond when it is defencotess; ‘and if the expedition merches by the proper route suc | right, bowever, a lai {fs evcamped, exteading for aovern| milee down the river, Sjongwall Jackson is re. | ported to be at Port Royal with bis command. Yostorday © body of mou were sont over to bury eur ead, aud have interred the whole number, Everything | had beon str pped from the bodies by the rebols, and the | bw.ile felt cleared of every musket and equipment. | owt of tae prisoners taken from the enemy Bayo beeu | exchange !, though n few still remain fm our hands await | 1, g the recura of gone of oor men who were bent imme: Jiataly efor the battle to Richmond, ~ It iv yot lnpors!b! to learn (ay exact number of prisoners takea by the oug- my. Thore taken by tts will not exceed six hundred Joua Lewin, recently tried by court wartial, Is at Aqui | crmek,on board the prison ship, awaiting his sevtence. | ‘ha nature of the punisbmeut bas not yet boen mado Aviiion Th wan at firs! suppowed that the circumatautia la \ | wide. ‘cose this (ime wil crown the eifort, Who ts Responsthle for the Frederioke- & Disaster? The following Is an ‘extract of @ letter received by tbe Traveller (rom & gentleman of position at Wank foston ingtoaree {t is naid that tho plan for the Fredorioksburg osm sign was drawn by the Commander-in (hic: Hab Recs ‘avd was carrted out with the atmos) zeal bj ee. ; ea! 1 Che disgrace of atterspting au impors! muer; all the on of oomdvoting the er the river, ip tho face of the enemy Banks bas lost the best chance hi Pnblig opinion points to bim aa Hal jeck's successor, under the Imprévaion that Heileck is reapopeible for this disaster, If, however, Barasite made tho attack on his own reeponeibi ity, bis star has get forever. Burnside, it is sald, mace the attack againes the wivice of big division commanders belongs Yo the for mastoriy retreat belongs to tue latte bas over yet bad