Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1864-10-15

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It preTenta the hair from turning graj. i i It restores hair a poo bald heads. Any lady or 'gentleman who raXoea ia- beastiful sead of hair should ase Lyon's Kathairon. It is esd sd tbroiol Hhe,-cUIlled fwarld. "Sold by all respectable dialeTs. -" "- DKMAS S. BARNES A CO. New York. -. Mar. B-ly - " .. :' r.:; . . r - WtwLn'm Magnolia Balm. ; ' This la the nrdsT delightful and extraordinary arti-icle erer discovered. It change rhe'nn burnt face and hands to,a pearl.atin texture of ravishing beau-y. iaiartias thaf able purity - of youth, and the diatingu appearance so inviting in the city belle of zasBten. It removes tan, freckles, pimples and rough-Bess from the akia, I taring the complexion fresh, traasparent and smooth. It contains ne material ift jarioa to thw skin. Patronized by Actresses and Opera Singers. It is what every lady should have. "Sold every where. " - . .Prepare by W. E. H A OA N, Troy, N. T.' Address all orders to DEM AS S. BARNES A CO. New -York. TTar, 26-ly . ; , - - : -; - ;- , HEIMSTREErS Inimitable Hair Ctealorailve, HOT A DYE But retores gray bair to its original color, by supplying the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, impaired by age or disease. All tinfrMM dye are composed of lnr ennttir, destroying the vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of themselves no 'dressing. Ileiinatrcet's Inimitable Coloring not only restores hair to its natural coler by an easy process, but gives the hair a Luxuriant Ileauty, promotea its growth, prevents its falling off, eradicates dandruff, and imparts hlsalth and pleasantness to the head It has stood thcitcit of time, being the : original Ilair Coloring, and is constantly increasing im fa "or. -Uaed bybeth gcnthiriwa and latlies. -It ij ad bf all reepeetakl dailers, or ran be procured bv tkmt the eoanaaetriaj acret. D. BARK A "CO. J02 Broiday, New York. Two sizes, 50 cents and $1. . far, 8-1y MeXtean TCttstang Ltrtlrtint. r The parties in St. Louis A Cincinnati, who have counterfeited the Mustang JLiihunent. under pretence of proprietwahiprhave thoHougMy estoped by the Courts. ' To guard against further imposition, I usure psoearad from thai United . Statca Traasary, a private steel plate revenue stamp, which is placed over the top of each hdUle. Eafh stamp bears the fm tmtiU of my Signature, ttad without which the ar-. ttdsvia a Com-teteit, (LaiTgerous and wbxiajessunita-'tioaEiaysSti eyery'boUle. This Liniment haa been in u8eand"growingin favor for 'many years. There hardly exists a hamlet on the habitable Globe that dues not contain evidence of its wonderful effects. It is the best emoliment in theworld. With its present improved ingredients, its effect upon man and . beast are perfectly remarkable. Sores are . healed, pains relieved, lives saved, valuable, animals mads naefaW and u a told ills assvagedt - Foe cuts, - bruises, prains, rheumatism, swellings,. Litos, cuts, caked breast, strained horses, Ac, it ia a Sovereign Remedy that a hould never be dispensed with. It should be ia every famTy. Sold. by. all Druggists. j IKS. BARNES, New York ' Mar. 2-Ty ' S. T. 1860. X Persona of sedentary habits troubled with weak-bias, Jaasitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of ape-kite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Ao., deserve to suffer, if they nUlVnot, try the celebrated - - ' ' '. .Plantation Bitters, which are now recommended by the highest medical . authorities, and warranted to produce an immeduita beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure; and must supercede alt other tonics where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. ; They purify, strengthen and invigorate. Tfesy create a healthy apetite. ' They re an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enlived the mind. They Prevent miaataatic and intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach, i .A They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. ;a They ;ure Diarrhea, aad Cholera Morbus. They care Lire'r Complaint and Nervous Ifeadache. a. They aaaaa frha . weak strong.Hh JiAguid brilliant, iLnd are exhaused nature's great restorer. They are bomposed of the. -celebrated . Calinaya bark, winter-- green, aaasafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in per-teetly para St, Croix runi. Fjr particulars, see cir-ealars and testimoeiall around each bottle. -, Be ware -of imposters. Examine every bottle. See that U.hsysjpur private U. S. Stamp un mutilated over the cork, with plantation scene, and our signature on a fine steel plate aide label. See that onr bottle is Bot refilled. with spurious and deleterous stuff. Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters either bythe gallon and Bulk, js an impostor. Any por- gVth'ii bottle, oueilinjr jJivther ina- not, U aerfmiaa.r"lih'ter tMrV. !.-Law, mioTwin Ve so , incvein.nvTieinec caiteo intriULitan : Bitter or jtroaeeuted by us. We already have our eye on sev, eeed ia getting themselves into close e,uarlersT The flemaad for Dxakas Plantation Bitters from ladies, clergymen, merchants. Ac, is incredible. The sim-,'plstrialofa botfia is theavldeoee we present of their ?ecfable druggists, grocr?,-pbysiciairs, hotels,v sa-soas.. steamboats and country . stores. ' P. H. DRAKE A CQ4, " Mar. 58-ly 202 Broadway. . Y. XBIYTOUU ftTAYll iIPI.03IA 1 ' !i' JAMES DURNO, Albany, tx the Best CaUarrlt Beaedy xf the Aee werxn am a saperieruy, ;xney are sow by allires- Tttis most aeatxai of all remedies, for Catarrhr Sa aoiaia4la medtelAe. It strengthens' the sight, tnrpVoTW ths Bearing Is beneficial In Brencnltts: and partfias the Breath. It U tta!llil '3UlieJg Nervous Head-ehe; ooaUlns'no Tobaeeo ; is highly aromatic, pro-, flaoisrg a pleingafiva aa Jbsnefioial rtsmlt to all who appTelat ' JS aTllvf'alT first elais Druggists. Priee, 5t i. - emts smt Box. Wfcwwp aaf aaia, amuU r.JiO V leamtaar f 0W PWwV fel Ifonar, will U seat, jlaaiuji i i aMaia, ;Jra tha-DEPOX of the Preprastpr) , . . . -, t. . .' : . .j. nrrawft. .-Dssjua :Cw W.Toxk, WhoUaal ..?- .-.-i -. IxaarBMKBXBV.Rio(lIanslCa). ) I?'0 tm wiiT wooass S:"?!? y W-ad U ur the i 3li. W-ssMlad fort eoaaeqaanUr r ' , y. Tatr 8isMra rlssV i ' vswawi aaiiiais lavastefasraoti T.jon Kathalron.' be mMtniit mntt , " - ...... l. . . , . - , EDITED BY L. HARPER. Send Tickets to the Army. The Prwidential Tfett are now printed, and lr3T Tor-ft.utih aCtLDOQjMiiKa Office. We earnestly bop; ibrefor that every Democrat in Knox oonnty; who) ba m friend in the army, whether that fnend he a father, a a eon, a brother, or een s neighbor 6r rtac-)aaintance, wHl he sure and eend him several opie of tue democratic" IeetoraI Ticket, headed by the names of George B. McCIcllan tor PrfWent, George H:- Pendleton for Vice1 President. It is important that tte ticket shorftd be sent irrrmediatery, as tio time is to be lost between this and the: Presidential election. ' In writing to the. sold ienr.-e -sure and tell them to vote for the - Electors as well as the names for President and Vice President. A ballot with the Elector left off, will be counted blank. We print number of Presidential Electoral Tickvte in this issue of the Banner, which can be cut out and inclosed in a letter. We in this way circulate nearly three thousand ticket throughout the county quite enough, certainly, Tor our soldiers in the army,- if their friends at home go to the trouble of sending them. ;. We have no fears for the army vote if the soldiers. have plenty of McClellan and Pendleton tickets. Arret of J. J. Bingham, Eaq .: The despots at Washinpton are determined to carry Indiana for the Union-splitter, Lin-t6ln, if mscaliiy, fraud. and. tyranny can do it. Tlie last and moet villainous act of the tyrants who now rule the eoufttrv, i tUe Jirret of J-J. Bingham,' Esq'., editor .of tlie "Indianapolis Sentinel, the central organ of thte 5iin-lierted Democracy of Ind'aWA. T he erirm committed by Mr. Bingham is supposed to be comments in his paper on the unconstitutional trial of Mr. Dodd, a private citifcen, who was .under trial by a military court martial, for a civil of fense, if any offense at all. The sole object of of this arrest was to insult and terrify the noble Democracy of Indiana. Perhaps it may have that effect, and perhaps tot; Escape of Mr. H. H. Dodd. Mr. II. II. Dodd.; who was" undergoing a mock trial before a mock military tribunal at Indianapolis, has escapaJ from prison,' and is now at large. The Cincinnati Enquirer truly remarks, that if he had been before a legal Court one that would accord to him his rights under the Common Law and his rights under the Constitution of the United States one that had the least legal right to try him, we would interpret his flight into a confession of of guilt. But now we can not. He he been thought guilty, he Would have been tried ac-ccording to the laws of the land. The fact that his accusers did not dare to bring him before such a Court is evidence that they thought he could not be convicted, and a packed and more summary tribunal was necessaiy. If Mr. Dodd has committed any crime that has a penalty by the laws of Indiana, or'by the Un ited States, we, hope he may be tried before them, and if guilty, punished according to the full measnre of the penalty. But for the sake of j istice, give htm a "legal trial, in the everit of his recapture. CozuiecticTxt Election. The town elections in Connecticut have resulted gloriously for the Democrats. They liAve carried Bridgeport by ,116, a,gain of over one hundred. They have also carried Mil ford by 180, and Derby, the Gibraltar ot Abolitionism, by 84 majoriry. Other towns show large gains, and the carrying of the "Statefor-Mc-ClellaH and Pendleton in-November, is now, generally conceded to be a fltell fact. ' v '. Hickman Electiofi. (. :,. The Detroit Free Fra thus speafi pf A.he feeling in Michigan, hitherto one ot the darkest and most benighted Lincoln States-1 The entritisiasm'for iicClellan iu Michigan refeu'ibles that whitrh flllrd1 at he country' lor General Ilarrlscm. We Hear of important acj ceslgons to the Democratic ranks froiu all parts of the State, arji there are strong Indications that we sbairthia fall be redeemed '.fronl Abo- Jitioh" misrule. &hd five our electoral vote far McUMlah. ' Tab Two Candidates A Contrast. "The UNION is the one condition 6f peace. we ask no more." McCIcllan.; ibAom lilting Concent z Any proposition hich embraces the restoration ot neaca. the inteoritv rt tha wiK1 ITniAn' ANDTHE XB-tNDtN"MEKCAJF.&LAV& KX shII be Considered by tba J&xectttiveof the Unite4Ut-XjeWi. -; ,T; There vou hate it, Ytto w"ho are f favor jit the restoration of the Union'and a cessation ofvhe wjtr,,for tha 'bDefitpf, the white rjutn. will support McClella; whila all, who are to faor of ssMra war to free tha tfggea Mil aur- port Lin coin; 5 - ; -: 'j : - -, I 4 ". ."t'.'.it WCH0I. it ,t.;l;.i Ths.following ieiiirdinary : lettsnr apaaks for itself: :. ; - " :" s' i --: o .Dear fiirYoura oT t&a tfi iwa isMi rai received and subtrYittad tn RiJgt A lile make a rerni, whteal hare with b- cJoae.Cw ye. Vil 4d. iba tnyaeU tBaAlsVm ft - V . tO-Be 'aura witbotrtawL- l ona coaia m mora ntufaetArv a tKil nominee ia icai atstrict ibaa liKTJoaklto I do not mean to sav that tkm sja kAS.ksS M K9HTBlW?dia i b,ut I thialt I , ;!H)IJndAt'gLEATOqs; Hie tlllnoia An sieger, a German" pa' ptr pubUalied ajt SpVuicfield IlL) which . has heretofore beea an advocate of- Fremont,-.haa run np the flag of McClellan And Pendleton 1 1 is rather consoling and, .comforteble ' to the American people to know; that Presides t Lincoln is ealliag upon the Generals in th field to write electioneering letters 'Tbr bint. - Uorw Wm. . McCarthy ,of Minnesota and fbrmely of Indiana, from which State, tae Republicans elected him United States Sena tor, but whose seat was contested successfully by Jesse D. Bright, baa taken the stump for Gea. McClellan. Hon.. Brutus J. Clay, of the old Kentucky Whig stock, is-actively supporting Gen. Mc ClelJan. ' . ' . ' - , - v-:' - - Ex-Gov. Washington Hunt of New York, formerly aT Wkig, hj supporting General McClellan."Col William H. Jrwin who, for two years commanded the gallant Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the Potomac, is supporting Gen. McClellan. A wounded soldier, listening toa political discussion in Detroit a few days ago, reepon-ded to the remark" .that "the soldiers would all go .for Lincoln,' with the assertion that a few days before a. vote was, taken among seven hundred woaaded soldiers who were coming up from Jackson, Mississippi,, and there was not a single vote for Lincoln. . l! The following is the vote of the 59th New York regiment: ; ' McClellan....; ........ 143 : Lincoln. ..M.r.. Z '. 7 ,. Msjority for McClellan.,.,...... ...... ..136 A Pennsylvanift regiment arrived at Wash-Infftoni on Saturday evening. The vote of this regiment, says The. Union', is as follows, as taken on the cars on the.route from Baltimore to Washington : -. Geo B. McClellan u...... ...i.i......745 Abraham Lincoln....'.'... ........ 230 . John CTFremdnt...... ........ ......... 45 A vote taken in the Seven ty-third Ne w-. York regiment, before Petersburg a few days ago. and resulted in HO votes for McClellan, 11 for Lincoln, arid 1 for Fretn'qht. On the Erie Railway, on the 2tth, a vote taken among the passengers by the; express train from New York, with the following result : McClellan - 09 Lincoln :.. 19 . The Green Bay Wisconsin Advocate, which was recently the organ of tha-" war Democracy" of Wisconsin, again displays at Us hearf the good old Democratic banner, having raised the names of McClellan and Pendleton. In a stage coach between Windham and Catskill, a few days ago, a vote was taken among the passengers, and of each person met on the road, which resulted : McClellan........ .....;.......i.. .. 104 Lincoln.. .... 8 Checks were passed at Cleveland, a few days ago, between a Lincoln man and a McClellan man of that city for five thousand dollars a side, on a bet as to whether New York State would go for McClellanl Hon. O. II. Browning, of Illinois, late Uni ted States Senator from that State, hitherto a Republican,. made a speech for McClellan at Quincey, on Wednesday. He declared him to to be a statesman, a patriot and the best general this war has produced. A vote was taken in batteries A and B, JOth battallion light artillery, of Rochester, N. Y. a Hw days ago, with the following result: McClellan. 60 Lincoln 21 A commander of a Kentucky regiment of veterans, near Atlanta, , writes a letter to the Louisville Journal, In Which he says: " ..." There are but few of my regiment leftf; after nearly three years' hard service with the front of the arruy ; .but, I am ..proud , to say that a large majority, of those left are for Little Mac for our reext President. . . ., j A gentlemen Vho went down to New York fronii Rochester, express train on Satur day, reports a ote taken, -otji all the cars of that tram, giving' McClellan a" majority of The person, who took the vote was a accompanied ty, two o'thr gfe'ntlemen, a Lincoln and a: McClelTan. man, to see that it was fairly done. The Republicans bava a good deal to iaay about finboais, In connection with McClellaa. We believ.none of them have published the fact that 6)4 Abe fleet to a gunboat, and remained hidden for alay or two, on the ; ooca-eion of the recent threatened attack On Wash-mgton, :v - . . , The news from Michigan, aaya the Albany' Argus, ahowa s) greater change in that state, in favor of McClallan, than ' in stay .other state in the Unioq. ' 'A large rrumbef of leading Repqblicana; ' bave repodfated Lincoln,' and areVabooting ior Union, Pe ao4 llcCfelU"-Several Republican pspers: ksvra: withdrawn tb name of Xtincoln aad Johnson, and fan up tboM of MteU aojet Pendleton. It Is oggeeted! that, at every meetine called by tbe1 Democrats darliig ibis' tampaigji the democrat W faieb4nvfted 'to attend; ih; deed that aH ladies xrf ail partiiMi be lnvited.44: ter ba a Tbeii rdie. we.H SBniT j jthe wo first, peace eraxt; war last, eeperatkm neWr 1 by tlieif fwettaooeJ i h-i rtt townrfefttis Jtati Mdtifr&ivrtlrl - Jt'm. -Atll i A . - - V . ! Mo sw itaa.iu nausjy-psrruib utiiera. MyAsMjili eikV bUtert'aByTfeeIlis ooloeLlaia Imnelliaw f-'i-a22.l.iisr.VJ .aV-l-!wi ua hi vaurs use euaouoB oi aonwuuD ajJjx- cola.1 Every mother,, wife, sister and daugh deP interest io he penamz "contest. Emboli Damnhir Disclosures of- the Treatnttjut m "i ' na. hln - - ,m. -r 'i: -or ueneraifMcuiBiiaTi or Stanton "lav Socret Hiaifjfy 6f the t auons First Coun sel of ?;tfr--Lincoln s Weakness and . .taitoii'sadwiess A.- Ruflaji ia the I WhiU Hdase and . Bratetin the War bepartment vThat 8t&nton Said of 1 McClellan and What he Wrote to him The Plot to Ruin McClellajv and bis i Army Unveiled Losses in HcClelian'a and' drant's Campaigns Compared ! The Host. Astounding Sevelation bf . the Age &ct &6.. ,. ' , 1 -Philadelphia; Sept. 27, 1864. ' ' Mr Deae in: CJiir .'acquaintance, and all of the relations that have ever existed between us, are confined to two or three accidental meetirigTaionVf which you were pleased to refer-trKtao lasting impression made upon you when a popr boy.ljy.the kindness of my ; father, who always :tPokryou; by the hand and gave you cbeieringv friendly words of encouragement and-advice. You were pleased to acknowledge to the son the kind and. valuable influences received by you from the father, and to proffer your friendly services whenever the would be acceptable. ,.' - I Tjnder. the above . cjircumstances you prepareu for, me and my frienls no ordinary surprise when you deliberately composed, delivered' and published, in the Pre8$ of the 23d inst., a voluntary; unprovoked attack upon me in . the following words : '""-" ' ' ' It got out that the President was determined to have the army." moved, and it was found that. General McClellan had no plan ; and here I may state that we owe the Peninsular campaign to those distinguished Senators, Latham, of California, and Rice, of Minnesota, and a. brigadier in thepcoluuin of Joseph Hooker, , Gen. . McClellan's ptan Was concocted wy otliers and put . into his hands: tt was: agreed on in a "council of war. That plan was submitted . to the President. It was Submitted In the presence of Secretary Stanton.- of examinatmm-KevieHBle ct) owh?d that he did not understand the plan, but would sustain it, as he bad to obey the mandates , of his chief. General Naglee was one of those present and Stanton observed that ho had but one star. Sir, said Mr. Stanton, 'you have no right here.' 'I am representing Gen. Hooker,' said he. It was . afterwards found that Gen. Naglee was absent without leave, arid that fighting' Joe Hooker knew nothing of the council." (Applause.) Now, my dear sir, this statement is stnrpiy iaise, ana on tne part oi your friend,', Mr. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, maliciously false. The Pentnsnlarr campaign was -not indicated by "Senators Latham, of .California and Illcebf Minnessota, and a brigadieri in th'e column of Joseph Itook-er," as-asaoxited by you. General-Na-crlee was at Washington with - nroner leave, arid with ,"te4 full knowledge of ijren. iiooKer, ana was a mcmoer ot tne council of war br direction" , of General McClellan, to represent the' division of the army at Judd a ferry, n the absence of Gen Ilobker, wpo was : too far. removed from; WhrTitoii to be irfeserit,. And dttfortutiaely1 for the'' Veracity ' of air. . .Dtanton, tne impexunent .remarss whieh you ' aacribe to him. could : not have been, made, for there7,wee 'ro 'of& cer of tjie'cViriii of w;arentitfed at that time tq. mp.re .th one star :. -;' .-'-Now, Judge, you know, or should know that'thdxepdtation. of Mr, Stan-; ton fbr truth and veracity 'is - not above suspicion, arid that you may wel 1 helieye" ' . i ' i i I . i - ' - ' r - anyiuxng inac, may oe saia, regaruing his great inciyility arid rudeness, for, not excepting yourself, I have never seen oY hea'i'a of iiri officer' or civilan whq, did no,t condemn; hint for the iit,er want of ail the requisites of; a gontje- man - ' " ; - .Thisi iSjnot the first'tlme Mr. Stanuton has 'been guilty, of the nlost deliberate, maliciona : misrepresentation, I and; for your gratificationI will 'relate an instance that Occurred "upon" my arrival in Washington, immediately after .the conclusion of the "seven,, days' fijrht," irr the beginning of July of 1862, and when I Vfas surprised to learn 1 that du- ringjhe; utrnuiceZ oTrthA. desperate struggle,, pd iduring, the, tinwj fdrea fal suspense, ,wbilt nothinc .ooiild hi heard fv GenersaLoMtGlellaa ,:&d lis gaJlant-artriyi' Mrv-Staritoa had ' every bf oommandmgia .reginienta j? 1, ieaxaed soTirtit icorxt; me romo- exDlanatmatiOt BaouieavaorarairT cooauov&.iX.ooatua TT" : ' - ..... nri jr-.c tt f Ha OThte;? jrudg-, vrakfsajtci ihai min'e; without uttering a word L'ediQriv W trihiaT portfo. took frota it letter which he placed before r&L kad &laid altplfid' litts 'siqnry aitd iac'ajie . this front y ntrmoer of th Trieinberi- of Congress;' w'hor ere aatdtiislied Wni jal "Bead thatf I tare jastrecovitfrorijmargr xUmsttiw . ndre- iMr. Stanton" ' , V ' ' - - t - v- .1 . I ivu ui3 uuuneui x inuo a. coot ot ''-- tt l.u.. .. j .-.. i. "TTr-vr i it vu nnv psuinffflarr: !sr Itbn, Tifafied it iri Ae. hands of those who : ton's do&s(taOadicated -ptoi : vuo icirei, suut ivtuiuia? iu u atiuuu- - -o ra ' -- annhi.iatmii' nP Afr v. Stanf6rilrarid whohad advised" me "of them. They dasidJto read it to the!' me yinaicaiion, ana uiay , teiecraDneui to General McClellan for his permission, which he declined to give .them.. The following is a copy of the' .letter; , vi mWar Departmsnt ' AWASHnfaro2f, D. C, July5 1862. 'j ! Dbar Gbitkral: I had a talk with Gen. Marcy, and meant to hare written you by him, but am called ?to the country, where Mrs. Stanton is with her children, to see one of them die. lean therefore, only say, my dear General, in this brief moment, that there is no Cause fti niy Heart or1 conduct for the cloud .that Wicked men have raised be-treen us tot theif own base arid selfish purposes'. ' IS o man had ' ever a truer friend than sha absent . ready to make any sacrifice to aid you Time allows me to say no mor.e than triat X. pray , Almighty God to deliver you and your army from all , , peril, and icau yuu uu -v victory. . lours, iruiv. : "Edwin M. Staxtox." . Now, Judge, whet think you of this man, who, made Secretary of War by the request and influence of General McClellan, was villifying and abusing and uttering falsehoods a gainst him, and who could, at tluw same time sit down and deliberately write such a let ter ( . : . . . ou ha ye. referred to the council of war held in Washington, in March of 1-SUs.tw.Jbvery effort has been made in vain- to.bring. the ' proceedings of that council' before the public. . A call was made for them in the House of Representatives, and was . tabled by the Republican partyV A request made by the recorder of that council, of Mr. Stanton, to allow him to have the - proceedings made up in proper form, was refused in-a most rudo and insulting manner, and the papers have never been allowed to leave his possession since. - -: -. - . ". ; . " '"- Now, Judge, for your especial bene?- Por5AnT cvent' ,tnat 70U mfty 11 n do justice to all concerned. The' council of war consisted of Brigadier Generals Sumner, McDowel, Franklin, .F. J. Porter, McCall, Heint-zelmanl Keyes, A. Porter, W. F.lSmith Barnard; Blenker and Naglee, each- en titled to but "oiip star." It was called together by order of General McClellan, on the night of March 7, 1862, to convene at ten A. M. on the following duy. .' ' - General McClellan ,came into . the council room at tho. hour . appointed, and, placing on the table a large -map, explained his-proposed Pehinsiilar campaign, which before this tuneflibelieve to have been known td .no one present excepting General Franklin and prober bly Fitz J.' Porter. Upon retiring he left upon consideration of the.council, the following inquiries: . ' - ' 4 . : i. Whether it is advisable that' the base of operations shall be changed, the transportation being ready at Annapolis in all of next week : . : - " 2. Whether ft is better to make an advurice to the front , before 'changing 1 the base, should such, a change ' be do-.termiiied upon.? ' J ' . X o. neiner. aiprwaru movcmcni, with the ; object of. destroying the. river batteries, is- advisable, and when it oah bo commenced,. :s nd whether, the: naval force, wi th the assistance of th Ericsson . battery, can alone, accomplish that object ? . .' : ;.;.- . - : ; 1 After, a. session of: three: hours,. (Ho council were summoned to appear before' tha Precident.. He advised them that he was quite. Unwell and exceedingly nervous tnat tne. pressure naa Deen in tense against General McClellan. He expressed himself gratified to have the opporiunity.io see anu snow me omccrs of the'army arid to be' instrpfcted bv therii in regard to army matters' which werC io him very .incomprehensible, m' I informed him that as recorder of the council of War which, held its session by order of General McClellan, I would advise hiin of ( the result of its proceedings arid then jLe&d them to him.-'What,', said he, 'hTe the council der cided-by a, vote of-eight .to Tour two to oneaHn .favot: of; the Peninsular om- paijirn?! 9Hft4hen-' asked - many r. dues- tion iff-regard tevthe' same, trhlH c Mr. Stanton came in, and 1 proposes it Uead.the rproceedlffgs to" himt-, He, re plied .-'Give tire the papers, I IT read ?nenfse1ffaua over anu, prepaanK uj. uwna, ue, u you say put them "if the." cOuhcilT '"through' the. strict course .oiexanunation which you reiexifft J.tWAvA9MUiloa maue fottthft Pm386 qTiejiirlixing -tja ef, feet 6f t odicisioin' jf;.4ho. sonzkcUscf ion the s-and.oTj th ctuienitnd thus cic-th4i:ntibiaS had been intic.mjtbb' .i-f eiaoTsl of Cfftnerxl -MtsCidaixrIastedl for four ohjy; lftlerrnptedipj A jpcconal .x-pressioiit of 'the IVesidentiadicating hia satisfaction and gratification at -tije I had heard the I have been to you. and II continue to be- You are seldom from my " thoughts,' and I am menu dontemplated, ahd wnicb' liad an- chirig exhariationi' and finduiffi' there 2Was a i silence . which;. cajled'foraf-Cessation of hostilities onhis part lor the night, Mr. uuu Wil,u l"e tuterxiew sam ue was im pressea witn tne earnestness ana lntei- UJgfeficf of Jtt pffiee.rs.iprescunditat he had every confidence in them. He was now deternuncd not to remove Gen eral McClellan". as he had' Dromised to do,1 but IhU J he slrbvrlrri nrake hrs-tm- pai n, as approved -by the council of war, undef Tesjttons, whijh he would make ktnjwti on the' fbllowiiTmorning, at ten b'cl jfc, .when : he sJesired - the presence of all 'tho officer! of the council, and unU after which time he desi-redhatiiorie o them- should leave. the city. ' . - ' , Before leaving the President the re corder of the council approached" the oecretary . ana saia-r- -ti you prcase, Mri Stanton, permit me to have the proceedings of the 'Council, bf war, that they may be co ied in a fair, had; and General btimner, council, 'will sign will sign them, and the? will thch be in proper .from."-' "X'm just' as" good a ludtre of theform as you are, was the reply of your'friend. , ' J Other incivilities" have been attempt ed by Mr. Stanton towards me, the manner arid result of which he has either forgotten nor forgiven, arid which he may relate to you whenever he may feel so disposed. Ori the following uiorniftg, at the appointed hour, when all of the officers ot the-couHCil rO)i .;war iait assembled, Mr. Lincoln sam: "I have slept betr ter than for two weeks. . I feel relieved of an"immense 'res"Donsibility I have SSI A sy . determined upon'-the following pro gramme," which hj submitted verbally, and which Was substantially as fol low; - ;--;-'" "I will permitr General McClellan to carry out his campaign He shall) leave -sufficient force to defend , the works : before Washington. Ho shall embark fifty thousand men from Anna poller and then, unless the batteries on the Potomac, which; you assure me will necessarily bo . abandoned, ' are .vithdrawkrf my authority to embark other troops."" He then said,. "I. have . determined to divide .General - McClellan's army? into four corps, and I shall ppoint.:.tlie commanders, of them." And after-warda he promoted the four officers who had opposed General McClellan s cam- paign, three bf . whom he appointed to the command of corps, ; and, with the exception of . Generals Franklin and Smith, Who have been the subjects of constant annoyance and indignities since the others have all been dismissed from .the army. . " ; The- Peninsular campaign was proposed by . General a ; McClellan whilst Commander-in-Chief of the' j armies of the United! States, -.- and cwaa. intended to be made with the forces then.Urider" his command in ErrstcW Virginia; Cstt-mated'atdver'two hundred -tHSusand men. It was so acoepted by the President, and the movement wasr. commenced upotf that ' basis.'-' General McClellan had eci'ieiy left 'Washintoh ;to take the field when the- Secretary of War relieved him of all the armies not Under his TGerieral McCleHan'S) immediate commarid and assumed " command of them himselT. The"7' treoipsr left in Northeaster it Vlrgl k i a ' rer e -placed nn- der the ecmrrfahd of McDowell, Banks, Fremont1 and Sigel; each being inde pendent of the c4her,-aTM W HJeneral McClellan ahd all subject to the order of Mr: Stanton. " Whilst the above di vision of "our. army awus: taki ng place the Confederates coricetttrated1"' theirs Uritil, on ttie '26th day of June, 'General McClellan found himself before Rich mond with eijrhty.-five thousand men (including MdQilfs divL'ion and. was attacked by the concentrated uonied-erate fof de of one hundred and seventy- five thousand at the very moment wnen McDowell, under ' pfotcst, withdrew his assistance from McClellan, by the ord era of the 'President and Secretary of ar. . ..: .- -;.. " --:" "i -, The camp'a.igh under fenerar Grant did Aot commence untir the th of May, 1004. Triat ot. naneenorSTiiie, " in wnicri the casualties oi triat army were estimated at tnurty thousand men;' and whicli-bct.'-.for the l Providential ; killing of is tonewail T a ekson. would c bay . been annihilated, planned by the jPresideht and General- Htekerp-or to use thie Presideii'boras,by Joarid I,f ' of wh5cfie Secretary-ofai-?rfd Gcri- M era uaiiecsr were -epv proioaauiyrg sulai tit the-eUvToT VhicK -Generitf lMcCleEaiiSfMso' hitfchliitreflwA commencea on xneotn oi niarcn, 100 breS&a toT'deaSi to j'ore hi before hVhii Mi&e tSjjt 'first3 trial contmanfLottheAoihe Paiomicjf Why did.tvdistiaEsd iaesff tLa Senate, on the 17th of Marchj iwr its, to noranxf an,a 'Was. fnoc commenoea umu Maf18.-Uwtomi rtm'eTiiri- .Pitt ren m& Tk- .557 ; ;i,JItKS.ieXpa lX IX i increasing; every effort iabeing nad toerusa nim. vvnat pocsiDre enance httd General McdIlan totuoced when Hsown (feverttment did' everything ia their power to embarrass his movements and ' break lUm.': downT On -would hink his task kkfiiciently OnoJooA-1& oortous- Boa -responsiDie wnen, -wibaou Wipetienbe; -after ahe - first - 4isat76ut out at BdHlnhe re-brgaaiadl tins tarmies of the UnitW States,-aftd' wail breparmff'to 'fight lhe, -wlthetiW tho addition a! con rictiof&bei ng ttifCli tpoti him t-every 4tep, that dlia 0wit KiJf- ernmehf: tret termlned-- W -csc hhn.,k." -iiHrz c; rio-:::c8 n'i.z La ' Judge, you "arid I ffiet withia ten da"V after the dreadfulUatile-UbfrRfx-mondi Tt n attacked Genelftit' McClellan with a bitterness and feeling thSt ill becomet'a Christian gentleman; aC then' begged you not t break Jdowti General McClellan until you -had giveh him Suit- trial, o and Uin til: yru thski found a ' better' many and challarietl you to name a better . General; i.iLnoir do the same-thing,- nnd appeal eto.tbe pat thirty months, and to the rivers wf blood that have flown since to ..sustain what I then asserted. I refer yrjruuto the opinions of "foreign officers, and I assure yon that among the old officers of the army I shall be fully sustained; The preference of General McClellan for the Peninsular campaign and the condemnation" of the Presidenta plan have been fully sustained .u"Tho families, and friends of the oneliundred and thirty thousand men lost roulh.ftf the Rapidan since the 4th of May:huEt proclaim it everywhere. Mr. Stanton told the country at that time he had a hundred thousand more men. than he wanted, and now he tells yqu he wants a hundred thousand more men. "i . General Grant croaaed ttie RapWsB withka . c - armr varieasly estimated front 118,iOJ to tJO.WQ Me afterwards added Butler's.... ....... ....M 40J)iiJ He was rtinfbttcd... ......... flbn Making, ezcluait of Si gel's 30,000 .20i,0t0 On the 1st of September our forces were estimated, exclusive of Sheridatr's 30;000, at 50,000. . . . . . . ' General Lac had on tha Rapidan, Aar fa had, r .. eonoatitratcd biv.armr ..kM.M..u.r;,.., Si400 Beauregard joined him at Rirhmoud wlth Bta" "" furrea from tha Sooth, which, with ihaa' .- I near Petersbarfc amounted to........... 2.CC8 Ureckinridge bronjrht...-".., . . ...U in.TJlta And, Lea was reinforced trbabl jr ......... MfiO MakiDg in alI.............M...y....S55,000 On the 1st of September his forces were estimated at Riclimond at5,t500, exclusive of Early's command, ' CO,0Qti showing the dischargee and loss from Grant to be 150,000, and that of Lee Id be .3,000:... ' : . v : - --j . Judge Kelley, were the . records 'f the oounoil of war, and that? of the "strict course of examination" -made by Mr. r Stanton, indicating thev-ry difficulties and dreadful losses General Grant has lately sustained, ever placed before him? And why not? And-wMo. is responsible for the orie hundred thoti-sand men unnecessarily and wickedly Bacrificed south of the - Rapidam.in the experiment made to prove-that ''Genfal: "JfcClellan and the council of Wr.vreje wrong and that tho Presidcntpiau Wax right. . . u . ; . ' The army of the United -Statesfi jr'ou' found It at ;'tho commenccmentVbf this war," was composed of a high-t'ej,. intelligent, honorable, gallant set of mn; fully equal .to jthacoonteit before them. They hade always studiously -avoided all political connections; many of them had been thirty years m the Service of their country and had nerfcr voted.. They held their .country, arid the honor and integrity of it. before .every other consideration. ' Had . s rule been adopted requiring that no political subject should be " introduced ioft" nrmy, but that all political righu'ahoujd be 1 respected, and - had army 'OfSefers only, bteeh held responsible for the tbn-duci' f thear it . woujd bTa tei-. ated lorigagoi . " - -. .-. ' . 1 , Why have McClellan, end Sedgwick; and. McPhersonj arid iBBtard,5iandi FrankJinV add. JJuell, and Mcadend AveHll, and Porter,-and a wol of 9th-' er general officers of an inferior gawiat been offended and held back, end many of them dimisied. frpm tho srxa i1tb out a word ef eplMattoiXrr&n artUrlw ry act unkown in Great BritaiAwsrhiZo Pope, and IJurnsi.de, and Hooker and Butlcrf anr HunVr.and' Danksy and Sigel, and Pickles, and" hnndfags" others, certaiBlcoiiCflStiar than tho former,- hare -4t?aTrpieCcsrBdT was General Sirae; than 'Whom ihrii riot a'ihpreTloTa atf aVdltmjsifcd getHxjia w& galn,oL iMo oountrv- confined in ; tn jam far - Cftztar mbritb8?tAd; wheftTeleasd4r an act tperxeaiaeas,,;. nut vrvtefc-cv 7 tr,. . tfiWMhliTgfmrotild .staarcttitafV IrJibwTedWor irrntZvZ-2 tXXtimt 2 an lmrenuer.saj , , r: derlieroj?lBc j;:.,,-r TT1 3At r , a - ' . ny oia tna cozicitise. t with ttifa xuc3 rrec:"". r -