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 HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE SOUTH. 
 
 .These certificates and statements are from men of standing in the city of Cin- 
 cinnati, whose veracity will not be doubted. Their testimony speaks for itself, and 
 it can not fail to be convincing to men who read for the sake of being enlightened 
 relative to so important matters. 
 
 conclude that it is dangerous to incur the 
 risk of tbe odium tint must rest for all 
 time onthoBe that vote for an acknowledged 
 traitor. The production of early expres- 
 sions in favor of McCleilan, before the de- 
 velopment of his previous and subsequent 
 treachery, will not suffice to satisly honest 
 intelligent; minds, nor will McCiellan be able 
 much lorger to hide his treacherous pur- 
 poses in the future, by throwing over them 
 his deceptive "War Platform." 
 
 I challenge Gen. George B. McCiellan, and 
 his friends to a legal investigation, promis- 
 ing to make good my timely and truthlul 
 charge, while honest minds may take no- 
 tice, that abundant testimony of the moet 
 astounding infamy will follow in due time, 
 Irom private sources, to say nothing of 
 what the Government can furnish of the 
 most conclusive character, when the people 
 demand it. 
 
 P. S.— "Where there is much smoke, 
 there must be some fire." "Murder will 
 out." 
 
 It is rumored that McCiellan is known to 
 be a member of the secret order of the 
 Knights of the Golden CircJe, and that after 
 due deliberation by that, order, they decid- 
 ed that Mac should figh for the South on 
 tree soil; that Mac said he never intended 
 to order an engagement; that Beauregard 
 visited him after firing on Sumter; that Mac 
 received Rebel letters during the engage- 
 ment at Antietam, and was in Lee's lines, 
 &c. Doubtless, if the people and the Gov- 
 ernment will do their duty in fe<reting out 
 these rumorSi they will find enough of pos- 
 itive testimony to conviet and punish Mc- 
 Ciellan for treason. 
 
 To reasonable minds the evidence in the 
 "conduct of the war," is sufficient to 
 brand him as a traitor. E. Conkling. 
 
 Cincinnati, O., October 20, 1864. 
 Editor Cincinnati Times : 
 
 While our soldiers are freely offering 
 their lives to subdue traitors in rebellious 
 States, it is as little as we can do at home 
 to defeat their meaner allies of the North, 
 in furnishing disloyal officers to neutralize 
 all the sacrifices of our army and navy, for 
 the destruction of our Government. 
 
 In common with a large portion of the 
 loyal people of the North, as well as with 
 many of our army and navy, I have long 
 coLsiderea that treachery was the solution 
 of our many mysterious dispatches, delays, 
 lossts and defeats under the infamous traitor, 
 Gen. Geo. B. McCiellan ; that the charge of 
 co * ardice and incapacity has not been made 
 against McCiellan by intelligent traitors, 
 from a truthful conviction, but to hide their 
 knowledge of the fact that he was one of 
 their own sworn number, and that he had 
 the qualities of courage and capacity to de- 
 stroy our army and Government in fighting 
 their battles on free soil ; that they have 
 taken the advantage of the veil of public 
 confidence to hide their treachery, under 
 which they have so well succeeded. 
 
 That veil is being rapidly and generally 
 removed, and in tne light of treason the 
 course of McCiellan is being reviewed. 
 
 Every patriot that thus investigates his 
 course, and keeps in view his associates and 
 treasonable party, must conclude that 
 treachery alone solves ail mysteries. 
 
 From a sense of duty to my bleeding 
 country, and a knowledge of facts warrant- 
 ing the charge, I hereby fearlessly and 
 boldly proclaim Gen, George B. McCiellan 
 an arch traitor, and as such, received, used, 
 and now holds his commission under pay 
 from the Government he is daily betraying 
 for the purpose of serving his old friend 
 and patron, Jeff. Davis ; and to him may 
 justly be charged much of our military and 
 financial sacrifices and dangers to our 
 country. 
 
 In order that those who may be honest 
 in favoring his election to the Presidency, 
 may have due notice, that time wi;l prove 
 their having voted for the most infamous 
 trail or our country has ever produced, a 
 thousand fold worse than Benedict Arnold, 
 a few of many facts will be furnished here- 
 with, sufficient for any honest competent, 
 voter that loves his country to reasonably 
 
 The following letter ie from Lieut. Col. 
 J. H. Simpson, Corps ol Engineers, an 
 officer who has seen thirty-two years' con- 
 tinuous service in the Regular Army, and 
 during the Virginia Peninsula campaign in 
 1862, commanded the 4th regiment of New 
 Jersey Volunteers : 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, October 20, 1864. 
 Mr. E. Conkling: 
 
 Dear Sir : Your letter of th e 14th in st. , 
 saying that you had heard I was acquainted 
 with some facts bearing on the disloyalty 
 
of Maj. Gen. George B. McCleUan, and 
 requesting me to give them, I have re- 
 ceived. 
 
 The conduct oi Maj. Gen. McCleUan, 
 wbUe in toinmand of tbe Army of the Po- 
 tomac, in the fail oi 1861, and during the 
 Virginia Peninsula campaign in 1862, Ijjhave 
 always regarded as most singularly deficient 
 in that zeal and earnestness which should 
 characterise the patriotic citizen and loyal, 
 sincere officer, holding as he did the repu- 
 tation *of the army and interests of the 
 whole country in his hands. Hist failing to 
 attempt to take, witn 85 000 men, York- 
 town by a coup de main, when, according to 
 Gen. John B. Magruder, the Confederate 
 officer in command, from whom July 5th, I 
 personally learned while a prisoner in Rich 
 rnond, the fact, that he had when McCiel- 
 
 • Ian first landed on the Peninsula hut 4,500 
 men under his command; his backwardness 
 in re-enforcing the advance of our foices in 
 their attack on Williamsburg, by which 
 the day came very near being lost to us; 
 his delay in crossing the Chickahominy, 
 betore tae rain of 30th of July, with 
 Ms whole army to attack the enemy, 
 at the gates of Richmond, when it might 
 have been done at different points, and his 
 subsequently, during a lapse of twenty-six 
 days, neglecting to use the bridges he had 
 already constructed, and the Mechanicsvilie 
 Bridge and Meadow Bridge, the two last of 
 which were used by the Confederates in 
 flanking us on cur right, and commencing 
 the series of seven days' battles, in which 
 our forces were driven to Harrison's Land- 
 ing; his withdrawi g our troops, on the 
 morning of the 24th June, from the strong 
 position" behind the Beaver Dam Creek, 
 from which Gen. McCall had successfully 
 checked, the onslaught of the forces under 
 Long&treet and A. P. Hill, and concen- 
 trating them on so small a margin on the 
 north side of the Chickahominy, opposite 
 and near Camp Lincoln, as to furnish but 
 little choice of ground for the favorable 
 disposition of our troops, in the bat- 
 tle of Gaines' Mill, and then dispos- 
 ing of thern so singularly— 35,000 of our 
 men in the open field against 70,000 of the 
 enemy also in the open field, while in Camp 
 Lincoln bristling with cannon, only a mile 
 oistant, he had an army ot 60,000 to defend 
 himself against 50,000 of the enemy in the 
 open field, when the disposition should 
 have been just the reverse, that is, 70,000 
 of our troops on the north side of 
 the Chickahominy in open field agaiDst 
 70,000 of the enemy in open field, and 
 on the south side 25,000 of our forces 
 behind formidable intrenehments against 
 50,000 of the enemy in the open field ; his 
 delaying one whole month, from the 
 26th of May to 26th of June, on the Chieka- 
 
 \ horomy to attack the enemy, when, duriDg 
 all this while, Lee was being re enforced by 
 Beauregard's armv which had evacuated 
 Corinth, May 30th, of which re-eniorce- 
 ment McCleUan was well aware, as 6hewn 
 by his dispatch of June 10th to Secretary 
 of War, by which delay Jackson was also 
 allowed time to join Lee, June 27th, thus 
 swelling his army by these accessions to 
 about 120,000; and when McCleUan was at 
 last forced to meet Lee, at Gaines' Mill, 
 
 opposing him as above stated, 70,000 
 strong on the north-side of the Chicka- 
 hominy, with hut 35,000 men, when he 
 could have opposed him with 70,000 and 
 been able to hold Camp Lincoln, a 
 strongly fortified camp, with the bal- 
 ance of his troops, 25,000 men ; his de- 
 laying for ten days, from the 4th to the 
 14th of August, to obey, at Harrison's 
 Landing, his superior officer (by law), Maj - 
 General Halleik, when, a 1 - Cornmarider-in- 
 Cfaief, he ordeied him to return with all 
 dispatch to Acquia Cieek wi<h his army, to 
 re-enforce Pope, who was pressed strongly 
 by Jackson, when all this while, as I could 
 see from prison in Richmond, the troops of 
 Lee passing daily by regiments through 
 the streets to re-enforce Jackson, by which 
 delay Pope was actually overwhelmed by 
 the enemy, and the latter enabled to invade 
 Maryland; all these delays, singlarly ab- 
 normal, disastrot(s dispositions of our troops 
 to contend against the enemy about Rich- 
 mond, culminating fiually. as they did in 
 his negelect to obey Major-Gen. Halieck's 
 orders to re-enforce Pope in season, — all 
 these fctrange contre-temps pok;t to a want 
 of zealous loyalty on the part of Major-Gen. 
 McCleUan, which is certainly very remark- 
 able, considering the momentous interests 
 of the Government with which he had been 
 entrusted. 
 
 But, in addition to the above, there are 
 other facta and cire am stances which came 
 under my u otice while 1 commanded a regi- 
 ment on the Chickahominy duriog the 
 Virgina Peninsula campaign, which being 
 all of a piece with those already referred to, 
 I canriot but regard as singularly expressive 
 of a want of loyalty (or should I say judg- 
 ment) on the part of Major-Gen. McCleUan. 
 
 The 1st New Jersey Brigade, composed 
 of the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th New Jersey vol- 
 unteers, commanded by Brigadier General 
 George W. Taylor, being encamped about 
 Mechanicsvilie to guard the right flank of 
 the Federal army before Richmand, pick- 
 eted, June 15th, i862, along the Cuickahom- 
 iny, from Beaver dam Creek to Meadow 
 Bridge; that is, for a dhtance ot between 
 three and four miles; the Mechanicsvilie 
 bridge being about central between the two 
 extremes. On the day specified, I was de- 
 tailed as General Field Officer of the Day 
 with the regimentl then commanded (4th 
 New Jersey volunteers), to picket said line. 
 My regiment went on picket at 7 A. M. At 
 about noon, returning along the line of re- 
 serves from the Meadow-creek bridge, I 
 was told by one of my officers that a flag of 
 truce was awaiting my presence at the Me- 
 chanicsvilie bridge, to grant the neceseary 
 permission to pass the Unes. Hurrying 
 along the Une, I was accosted by another 
 officer, ■who informed me that Gen. Taylor 
 had been down to the bridge to meet the 
 flag of truce. Hearing this, I immediately 
 repaired to the tent of Gen. Taylor, who 
 informed me that he had been down to see 
 the flag of truce party, hut in consequence 
 of the officer in charge having treated him 
 so shabbily, not having given him any noti- 
 fication of the occurrence, or asking hie 
 concurrence in any way, he felt disgusted, 
 and had returned without having had any 
 conversation with the party, and thought 
 
he would leave the matter with me when I 
 should come up. I, thereupon, repaired 
 to the Memanfesville triage, and found 
 a white flig thing on our (the north) 
 side of the Chickahominy, and, with it, a 
 smali body of mounted dragoons, the escort 
 of the flag. Seeing a Sergeant of the detach- 
 ment, I asked him where the parties were. 
 He said I would find she R.;bel General in 
 the shanty, 'pointing to it. At tnia I was 
 very much surprised, for the building was 
 witJiin our lines, on our (the north) side of 
 the Creek, and had ad aiong b^en used by 
 the reserve of the picket at the. Mechanics- 
 ville Bridge, as taeir quarters, and that 
 very morning they had occupied it. Feel- 
 ins: indignant that a parley should be held in 
 such a place, where the enemy couid imme- 
 diately look down upon our intrehchment, 
 which we had thrown up there a few nights 
 previous, and that the reserve guard of the 
 bri-tge should have been turned out without 
 my sanction or knowledge, I immediately 
 approached the shanty and entered, when I 
 6aw two officers, one of them having the 
 uniform of a Colonel in ths Federal army, 
 the other in a suit of grey, frock-coat and 
 trowfers, The uniform of a Rebel officer. 
 To the former, not knowing who he was, I 
 immediately introduced myself as Colonel 
 Simpson, Fourth N. J. Vols., General Field 
 officer of the Day, in charge of the pickets. 
 
 On this the said officer introduced him- 
 self as "Colonel Key, of General McClel- 
 lan's Stiff. I am here holding a conversa- 
 tion with General Cobb, to whom permit 
 me to introduce you." Though not recog- 
 nizing the General at first on account of 
 the great length and color of his beard (it 
 was of a brown color, as if burm-d by the 
 sun), I at once did so so soon as bis name 
 was mentioned, and on Col. Key's saying, 
 ''Col. Simpson, Gen. Cobb," we shook 
 hands, and I added, 'Formerly, Genera!, I 
 believe, Secretary of Treasury?" "Yes," 
 he replied, "I once held that position." 
 "Why, General," I rejoined, 'T really did 
 not at first recognize you, though I used to 
 see you in Washington , and cave had busi- 
 ness with you in your office. You have 
 become so metamorphosed by your beard 
 tnat really I could not identify you" 
 "les," he replied, "we all seem to be fight- 
 ing und*-r masked faces." the remark I 
 thought singular, and as bearing a con- 
 struction at variance with the sincerity of 
 the war, though I did not mak-.; any reply 
 to show in what sense I understood his 
 language. 
 
 After a lew words of civility, not wishing 
 unnecessarily to liirude myself, I left them 
 and joiued the officer in command of the 
 dragoon escort, with whom I had some 
 conversation of a general character. 
 Soon after, not feeling satisfied with 
 the condition of things, I returned to 
 the s auty, and requested Col. Key to see 
 me fo;.' a lew minutes aside I said to him, 
 "Col Key, it h«s so happened, mat though 
 I have been acquainted with a number of 
 the officers of Gen. MeCleilan's stuff, I have 
 never before been introduced to you. 1 do 
 not doubt you are on Gen. McClelJan's staff, 
 but lam the General Field officer of the day, 
 and you must at once perceive the respon- 
 sibility ef my duties in that position. Now 
 
 I cannot leel satisfied in relation to this con- 
 ference you are holding with Gen. Cobb, 
 until you show me your credentials." 
 
 "Why," replied ne, "don't you see my 
 escort ? Don't you see they are U. S. Dra- 
 goons." 
 
 "Yes," said I. 'but this does not satisfy 
 me." 
 
 Perceiving that I wa3 in earnest, he 
 brought out some papers which he submit- 
 ted to me, to one of which I jjerceived Gon. 
 Sobt, E. Lee's name attached. On another, 
 or the same, for I felt » delicacy in examin- 
 ing critically the papers, I noticed an in- 
 dorsement of Dix's name. Col. Key tbea 
 notifying me that the interview wasoii the 
 subject of exchange of prisoners (with 
 which Central Dix had been charged) and 
 perceiving, as I have already stated, the 
 name of Lee and Dix, and without wishing 
 to appear pYyi.bg; t felt satisfied that he 
 (Key) nad sufficient credential; to hoid the 
 parley, and thereupon told him I was satis- 
 fied We then separated, he returning to 
 continue the talk with Gen. Howell Cobb, 
 in the shanty, and 1 to converse with the 
 Lieutenant in charge of the escort. 
 
 Probably an half hour elapsed after this, 
 when both Key and Cobb came out of the 
 shanty together, and went to the Mechan- 
 iesvilie Bridge, they bidding each other 
 adieu at this point, and Gen. Oobb walking 
 over a plank laid across a broken span of 
 the bridge, to join the Confederates on the 
 other side. The General having gone. Col. 
 Key mounted his horse, aud I mine, when I 
 joined him, and we rode together up the 
 road to Mechanics ville. For a while, the 
 Colonel appeared to be in a sort of study, 
 and then remarked, with a good deal of 
 coolness and deliberation, and as having 
 only just become awakened to the fact — 
 " In ose leaders on the other side talk as if 
 they would fight." "Why, who ever doubt- 
 ed it?" replied!. 'Do you think," con- 
 tinued he, "that they, the leaders, reflect 
 the seatiu. ents of the great mass ot the peo- 
 ple South?" "Whether they do or not," 
 rejoined I, "there is one thing certain, the 
 masses cannot be reached till you kill the 
 leaders," "But," continued he, "do you 
 not think it would be better to raise the 
 masses to their legitimate authority, and 
 sink these fellows?" "Yes," I remarked, 
 "if you could do it. But how are you go- 
 ing to do it without war? ' 
 
 This conversation, on the part of Key, 
 General McCleilan's trusted aid, as he must 
 have been to have been singled out to hold 
 a parley with the wily politician, Ho well 
 Cobb, I thought very remarkaole, con- 
 sidering that the Rebels had already 
 resisted our army at Yorktown ; fought us 
 a-, Wdliamsburg ; and fallen upon us with 
 great fury, (though defeated.) at Fair Oaks. 
 He then went on to remark that he had 
 been of the impression that General Taylor 
 had been notified by General Matey, (I 
 think he said the preceding Friday— -'his 
 was on a Sunday,) of the intended inter- 
 view, (General Taylor, as I have before re- 
 marked, told me he had never been noti- 
 fied,) that it was original.y intended it 
 should have been held at Dr. Garnett's, 
 within the enemy's lines, but that they had 
 objected. "Yes," I replied, "they object 
 
to our holding conversations with them 
 withic. their lines, while we permit. Mrs, Lee 
 and family to go all through ours, and 
 another lady also ; and now, I think I add- 
 ed, we allow General Howell Cobb to come 
 to hold a conversation within our lines. 
 Am sing at. Mechanicsville, we separated, 
 he taking the road down toward General 
 McClellan' s Head -quarters, and 1 to my 
 camp. The next day, in making, as was 
 customary at day-light, my morning report 
 01 every day's tour a3 Field officer, I hand - 
 ed into General Taylor the communication 
 of which the folio wiDg is an extract; ~*hich 
 repoit, I was informed, passed through 
 General Slocurn, the Division and General 
 Franklin the Corps commander, to General 
 McClellau with strong reprobatory indoise- 
 ments: 
 
 Headqr'sN. J VolSo, Camp near ) 
 Mechanicsnille. Va., June 16, 1862, f 
 To Lieut. Robert A. Durifiam, A. A AG.^ 
 1st Brigade SlocurrCs Division, Qth (Frank- 
 lin'' s) Army Corps: 
 
 Sir : The ineidsnts of my tour since 7 
 A. M. yesterday morning, were as follows : 
 Hearing on my return from visiting the 
 pickets, that aflagof truce wasdown at the 
 Mechanicsville Bridge, awaiting rcy author- 
 ity to pass the lines, alter seeing the 
 Brigadier General Commanding on the 
 subject, I repaired to the point and found 
 to my surprise that Capt.. Jewett, 4'h N, J. 
 Vounteerp, who was in command of a com- 
 pany at the place had permitted, without 
 any authority from me, a Eebel General, 
 (Howell Cobb) to come within our lines, 
 sufficiently. far to see our defenses at the 
 bridge, and hold a conference with an of- 
 ficer, whom I did not personally ■ now. 
 Neither Gen. Taylor nor myself knowing 
 anything of the authority by which the 
 conference was held, 1 asked the officer, 
 who had made bimtelf known to me as Col. 
 Thomas M. Key. of Gen. McCleh an' s Staff, 
 for his credentials. At this he at fi st demur- 
 red, saying that the escort of U. S. cav- 
 alry with him, was a sufficient guar- 
 antee. I told him I did n<>t think so, and 
 that he must excuse me, as I had never 
 known him before, it I insisted upon Ms 
 showing me the authority by which he 
 acted. He then showed me some papers 
 which assured me of his authority in the 
 premises, and I became satisfied. 
 
 It seems, however, from his subsequent 
 conversation with me, that he was under 
 the impression that General Taylor had 
 been notified bv Gen. Mircy of the propos- 
 ed interview, which as he represented, was 
 for an exchange of prisoners. The inter 
 view lasted shout four hours, between 10 
 and 2 o'clock. 
 
 It, is to be regretted that the conference 
 was had within the lines, which woul d not. 
 have taken pkv e with my approbation, had 
 I been consumed; as it is, by Mrs., General 
 Lee and family, and another lady at another 
 time, going over the, Meado* Bridge, and 
 Gee. Cobb over the Mechanicsville Bridge, 
 our defenses at both points have been ex 
 posed, and considering that we are at the 
 right flank of oar lioes and at best not very 
 stiongly fortified, the circumstance is un- 
 fortunate 
 
 I ought to state in explanation of the 
 conduct of Capt. Jewett, whose experience 
 in the army ha> been only during the pres- 
 ent rebellion, that he says lie was so ignored 
 by Colonel Key, in his position, as to be 
 made to feel that he had no authority in 
 the premises. Respectfully submitted, 
 (Signed) J H. Simpson, 
 
 Colonel 4th New Jersey Vo\ 
 
 I will here add, that it was by th^ Meadow 
 Bridge that Gen. A. P. Hill, and by the Me- 
 chanicsville Bridge that Gen. Longstreet, of 
 the Rebel army, eleven days afrer the oc- 
 currences above mentioned, crossed the 
 Chickahominy on the 26th June, 1862, at- 
 tacked Gen. McCall, and commenced the 
 series of battles in which the Army of the 
 Potomac was driven to Harrison's Land- 
 ir-g. 
 
 It is with great reluctance that I give, on 
 your solicitation, the foregoing statement ; 
 but, as it contains historical facts, which 
 have been reported to the general Govern- 
 ment, there is no reason why it should be 
 withheld from my fellow citizens who are 
 seeking light in reference to the transae- 
 tions of the army, in which they take such 
 deep interest. 
 
 In this connection it is not out of place, 
 as corroborative of the views expressed 
 above of the disloyalty of Major General 
 McClellan, a. most extraordinary want of 
 judgment, for me to state, that on the ev-n- 
 ingol the 13th of August, 1862, when the 
 Federal officers, prisoners of war—I among 
 the number— were being exchanged at Ai- 
 kin's Landing, on the James River, under 
 the supervision of Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, 
 I saw one of the aids of General Mc- 
 Clellan, a Lieutenant Colonel, so loving 
 with a Confederate officer who had accom- 
 panied us from Richmond as to be walking 
 around the steamer with arms around each 
 others neck, both singularly oblivious of the 
 self-respect particularly on this occasion requir- 
 ed., and this to the neglect of the duties *ith. 
 which the Aid referred to had. been entrust- 
 ed by General Thomas to wit: the appor- 
 tionment of the officers to the steamboats 
 so that they might, in the shortest possible 
 time, partake; of a meal which they had not 
 had since they left Richmond in the morn- 
 ing, 
 
 I am, very respectfully, 
 Tour obedient servant, 
 
 J. H. Simpson. 
 
 STATEMENT OF DR PULTE. 
 
 From frequent conversation which I had 
 with General McClellan (then Cai tain 
 McClellan) in the winter of 1861, about the 
 exciting events of that grave period, I be- 
 come convinced in my mind that his poli- 
 tics were those of a States Rights Demo- 
 crat, being in fivor of exonerating the 
 south as much as possible. 
 
 This impression, as to the General's feel- 
 ings in this respect was so strong, tuat 
 when I heard of his elevation to the head 
 of the army, l was gxedty astonished and 
 feared for our cause. J. H Pulte. 
 
 Cincinnati, O , October 20, 1864. 
 
 STATEMENT OF A. B. LATTA 
 
 This is to certifiy that in the summer of 
 1862 I had heard that J. H. Pulte was the 
 
i&mily physician for Gen. Geo. B McCSellau, 
 and that he bad reported tbat General Mc- 
 Clellan had, it frequent inteviews expressed 
 his views and feelings to be entirely with 
 the South, aud that be had distinctly stated 
 the South was right, aud ought to have 
 their rights, or words equivalent thereto. 
 
 I called on Dr. Pulte to know the truth 
 of these statements, and he said they were 
 substantially (rue, ano tha T . his whole in- 
 tercourse with General McClellan convinced 
 him that his sympathies were with tne 
 South. A B. Latta. 
 
 STATEMENT OF N. P. FERRIS. 
 
 This certifies that immediately alter the 
 firing on Fort Sumter, I was walking on 
 Fourth street, near Vine, and Gen George 
 B. McClellan, in company wito a gentleman 
 was walking just in trout of me. 
 
 They were conversing relative to the 
 firing on Sa niter. His friend a^ked him 
 what he thought ot the firing on Sumter. 
 The Generalf-epaed he hop* d the South 
 would now get her rights. N. P. Ferris. 
 
 Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 19, 1864. 
 
 FROM M. M. GREEN. 
 
 Athens O, , Octooer 16, 1864. 
 P. Bope, Esq , Cincinnati: 
 
 Dear Sir: Yours ot the 13th iost. is at 
 hand. Iu relation to the conversation be- 
 tween Hon Thos. H. Ewiogano myself at 
 the Depot some twoyeasago about Gen. 
 McCteilan, my impressions are that Mr. 
 Ewkg stated that bis opinion of Gen, Mc- 
 Clellan was; that he was a traitor, and gave 
 his reasons, but what they were, I cannot 
 now remember. He talked freely au,d st*ong 
 and I thin.t. he said that he had to writ ten 
 to Secretary S'anton and President Lincoln 
 and urging his immediate removal. 
 
 Our conversation was of some half an 
 houi's leng-.k and the particulars I cannot 
 now remember, bat my impressions are that 
 I then thought be gave good grounds for his 
 opinion as expressed, Your,- tru y, 
 
 M. M. Gkeen. 
 
 STATEMENT OF COL. METCaLF. 
 
 In Mai, 1861, I had a conversation with 
 General G'eOrgeB, McClellas, in Cincinnati, 
 in presence ot Jesse E. Pay ton, ot Haddon- 
 field, N. J., in which I said that Jeff. Davis 
 was a fconndrtl and iepu<3>ator. He (Mc 
 Clellan) straightened himself «p quickly, 
 and sa>d — 'I do assure you that you oi% 
 mistaken; Jeff. Davis is a perfect gentleman 
 and will not do anything unbecoming a oent^- 
 man.' 1 '' At'er leaving his presence, n>y 
 triend laughed at me, saying, in substance, 
 that I bad mttled, or touched McCltd'ah's 
 feelings in speaking so harshly of bis f ieno 
 Jeff., and I replied, in SUbstanci , 'hat 1 was 
 dreadfuly deceived in McClellan, thai I 
 had thought he waa the coming man, and 
 that 1 had been equally deceived in John C. 
 Breckinridge, hut that I would not be de- 
 ceived again, and that it would mot do to 
 trust a nan w o teoaght it was no unbe- 
 coming' a gentleman to be a tranox to his 
 country, as Jeff Davis was at that time, 
 and I jjredicteo. tbar, sooner or later, Mc- 
 Clellan would show bis cloven foot. 
 
 Leonidas Metcalf. 
 
 Cincinnati, O., Oct. 10, 1864. 
 
 Affidavit ol P. Wellington. 
 
 State of Ohio, Hamilton Couuty, S. S. 
 
 Puiiip Wellington, being duly sworn, 
 says, that in the year 1862 ne was atesideni 
 ot Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Some time 
 iu the m >nth of June there were as- 
 sembled in my store, at Pine Bluff, the fol- 
 lnwiug well known Rebels ot tnat State, to- 
 wit; Ex-Governor (now General) Roane,. 
 Lieut Cadton, Erwin Buck, Judge Murray, 
 and Beuj, Hueston, and several officers of 
 regiments from rive or six different States. 
 Some of the officers were discussing the 
 situation ot military affairs on the Potomac, 
 one of the officers upbraided a fellow ofii- 
 cer for praising Gen. McClellan; that he, 
 (McClel'ah) was friendly to the rebel cause, 
 because it was Wiong to thus express nis 
 sentiments in public. 
 
 1 then asked Benj imin Hueston, who re- 
 garded me as a Confederate sympathizer, 
 -'Wny McClellan was always thus spoken 
 ot in the highest terms by leading South- 
 erners?" He hesitated sometime belore 
 replying; finally he remarked, *'Ah! you 
 don't belong to our noble order; bathe, 
 McCledan, does; breathe not what I tell 
 you to mortal man, Geo. McClellan will 
 never take Richmond, he is playing a douole 
 game aud tne Devil himself can't catch 
 him." 
 
 Ab>ut this time we had a loyal league, 
 which mei secretly, and it was <he general, 
 opinion of all our members from the South- 
 tin States, that McClellan was not a irue 
 man to the North. 
 
 Sometime in August, 1852, there were as- 
 sembled in the store of Dr. Sledge, at Pine 
 Bluff. C*pt. Bell, Cd.pt. McNailj, Ca.pt 
 Fletcher, and other noted rebel officers of 
 Arkansas, Texas, and other Southern States." 
 They, were discussing the campaign iu Vir- 
 ginia in my presence. Some of the Texan 
 officers were elated at the advantage secur- ; 
 ed to tne South by the predetermined 
 movements of McClellan in Virginia. Capt. 
 McNdiy remarked, tnat "if he (McClellan) 
 had not he c n misgaided by the ill-advised 
 counsel of our Northern allies, we would 
 nave something to boast of at the present 
 time." 
 
 Col. Bell rejoined: "Oh! I am afraid Mc- 
 Clel au's promises will prove no better tnan 
 tnose of the balance of the sneakiog 
 hounds. If we succeed our Northern air 
 lies expect, to emigrate South and share the 
 cream ot the land. It unsuccesstul they ex- 
 pect-to reap a bountiful harvest tor their 
 proffertdaid." 
 
 Capt Me Nally replied: "I differ with you, 
 Colonel. Little Mac is monstrous ambi- 
 tious, and hopes to rule at the White 
 douse, and we ought to make due allow- 
 ance for his cautious manner of assisting 
 
 Us." 
 
 Again, in the same year, about June or 
 Julv, 1 was in the stoje of Fish & Butler 
 wniie an officer of the Rebel seivice was 
 talking co Mr. Butler. The officer said: 
 "You found tnere were $450,000 in gold in 
 the amount left wito. you, did you not?" 
 Butler replied, "it lias been counted two or 
 >.hrte times and is all right." About, a 
 week after that I met in tue same 
 store a Missouri Colonel, who said to 
 Batter, "Is the gold ore still on hand?" 
 
G 
 
 Butler replied, "No; it left for Ne w Yoik 
 Teste day via Memphis" "For arms, 1 
 suppose," rejou ed the officer. "No; Bob," 
 Bai<» Butler," for a tar b< tter purp se;to buy 
 a few more h flueui.ial Yankee officers." 
 Afflint further states that, at Pice BliuT be 
 had frequent intercourse with R'-bels of in 
 telligence, and ia bo instance did tbey hesi- 
 tate to eulogize MeClellm in the highest 
 term? while he was iu command of the 
 Northern armies, while all loyal Southern- 
 ers condemned him. 
 
 8worn before me and subscribed Id my 
 presence, this 19th day of Oct\>ber, 1864. 
 
 [Signed J Philip Wellington. 
 
 tSigned] Sam'l T H-rris, Notary Public, 
 HauoiltonCo., O. 
 
 " Leave Pope to Qet Out of His 
 Scrape"— McClellau 's Dispatches 
 
 On the 20th day or August, 1862, General 
 MeClellaa having terminated his uufortno- 
 ate campaign, lett "be Virginia Peninsula 
 and embarked his army' at Fortress Monroe, 
 York town, and Newport News 
 
 The entire Rebel army was thus free to 
 precipitate itselt upon Pope's small com- 
 mand ot 35,000 men, and the bulk of bis 
 forces had, in tact, moved upon Pope sev- 
 eral ttays Defoe. 
 
 Fully aware of this, and naturally anxious 
 as to the result, Gen. HrhecK telegraphed 
 Ge». Pope on 21st August : 
 
 "Dispute every inch of ground, and fight 
 like the devil till *e can reenl'orce ycju. 
 Forty- eight hours more aud we can make 
 you trohg enough ! Don' t y kid an inch it 
 j on can help it." 
 
 Pope obeyed his instructions, tailing back 
 Bed fighting evesy inch ot ground until he 
 confronted the entire Rebel anny at Manas 
 sas. With what result the country knows. 
 But what the country does not'js.now is 
 how it happened that this smalt army at 
 Manasses should be allowed to be outnum- 
 bered, while the large and well appointed 
 force of McClellau lay, during tne tmee 
 days' struggle, wirhin marching distance, 
 almost motionless. 
 
 General McCledan prefaced his report of 
 the Autietam campaign by stating that — 
 
 " the troops compoing the Army of tae 
 Potomac we-e mean whiie omen d forward 
 to reenforce the army under General Pope. 
 So completely was ttis order carried ti'ut 
 that on the 20th ot August I bad ren aming 
 under my command ooij' a camp guard of 
 about one hundred men. Every thing else 
 had been sent to reinforce General Pope. 
 lu addition, I exhaused all the means it 
 m^ disposal to forwa; d supplies to that offi 
 cer, my own head quaxter learns being used 
 for that purpose.' ' 
 
 Is this, or not, one of those specious 
 statements that keep the word of promise 
 to the ear and break it to the sense ? Is it 
 trne, or is it a delusion and a share? 
 
 Did General McClellau n ally send troops 
 and r ttions to General Pope m his sore dis- 
 tress? 
 
 Did he send them expecting them to 
 reach him ? ' 
 
 Did he desire mat they should reach him? 
 
 Did he not purposely prevent their reach- 
 ing him ? 
 
 Now, we shall not answer these vital 
 questions with the testimony of Gen. Pope, 
 or of any hhs aimy ; not yet with the inex- 
 orable array ©f facts and crushing logic of 
 the Committee on the Conduct of the War. 
 v* e propose simply that General McOlellan 
 himself, speaking in his official dispatcnes, 
 shall reply to them. 
 
 On the 27th ot August, 1862, Gen. Pope, 
 in compliance with his instruction^ after 
 fighting 'he enemy five day* on the Uj.per 
 Rappahannock, fell back toward Warhiag- 
 ton." fiaLeck, wbo knew the en^ne Rebel 
 army was udou him, had promised heavy 
 reenfoj cements from the Army of the Poto- 
 mac. Upon tbeir reaching Pope depended 
 me safety of his uieuv, and perhaps that of 
 the Capital. No one was more keenly alive 
 than General Halleck to the importance of 
 stri-ngthening General Pope, and, accord- 
 ingly, on the morning of August 27, 1863, 
 he telegraphed to General McClellac — 
 througifwhoni alone allreenforceinemsfor 
 Pope must pass — to have Franklin's corps 
 march in the direction of Manassas as soon 
 as possible. 
 
 The order is clear and definite„ If it had 
 been obeyed, Jackson's forces, defeated 
 and driven by Pope on the 27th, would have 
 been met near Centervilie the nexf after- 
 noon by Franklin, ana crushed! Now fol- 
 low the developments of the next three 
 days, and see with what fertility of device, 
 prodigality of invention, end coolness or" 
 assamptioti — with what unyielding tenac- 
 ity, shameless prevarication, and rank in- 
 subordination—General MeOellan ca ried 
 out his steadfast pu<p«se, that Pope should 
 not have a man of taese reenforeement — 
 not an ounce of powder, not a loaf of 
 bread— and that with his 40,000 struggling 
 in a death-grapple with that same Rebel 
 army that had discomtlited MeOlellan's 
 150,000, he might be let! to get out of his 
 scrape. This choice pbraseolo&ry, «e hasten 
 to remark, is not oms, bu>, that of General 
 McClellan, who proposed to the President 
 1 to leave Pope to get out of his scrape " 
 
 Plain enough was Halleck's order, yet it 
 never was executed! Thus it tell out, At 
 10:40 McClellan replied that he had sent or- 
 de* s to Franklin (not to march, but) to pre- 
 pare to march, and to repair to Alexandria 
 in person, to infoim him as to bis meatus of 
 1 transportation. Singular, that in order t' at 
 Franklin should march with his co/ps, he. 
 should begin by leaving it ! Was there no 
 Quartermaster to attend to transportation? 
 At 12 M. Halleck telegraphed to McClellan, 
 'franklin's corps should move out by 
 forced maicb.es, carryb g three or fo..r days' 
 provisions," to wbich McClellan replies 
 that Franklin had gone to v\ ashrngtojj, and 
 that his aid gave his order to tue next in 
 r,ank; and later, that "Franklin's artillery 
 had no horses." 
 
 "Will it not be well to push Sumner's 
 corps here by water as rapidly as porsible, 
 to make immediate arrangements for pl.icmg 
 the works in front of Washington in an effi- 
 cient condition of defence. I bave no means 
 of knowing: 'be enemy's force between Pope 
 and ourselves. CaL Franklin, without his 
 artillery or cavalry, effect any useful pur- 
 pose iu front? Should not Burnside at once 
 take steps to evacuate Falmouth and Ac- 
 
quia, and at the same time cover the retreat 
 Of any of Pope's troops who may fall back in 
 that di;< cuon? I do not see that we have 
 for.-e euougr. on hand to form a connection 
 with Pope, whose exact position we do not 
 know. Are we safe in the direction of the 
 Valley?" 
 
 Trt.e to himself and sensible to the last! 
 Stay m tbe works — the Iront is a dangerous 
 place! Sitting at the. feet oi such a Gama- 
 liel, is it strange tha< Porter learned to say. 
 as lie told McDowell, pointing to lhe ene- 
 my, ''We cannot go in there without get- 
 ting into a fight." And so tbe 27 h of Au- 
 gust passed away, and brought Pope no re- 
 enforcement -i. 
 
 Thursday, August 28th, 1862.— On the 
 morning f ihe 28:h Halieck telegraphed di- 
 rectly to Franklin: 
 
 "On parting with Gen. McClellao, about 
 two o'clock this morning, it w«s understood 
 that you were to move with yonr coins to- 
 day toward Manassas Junction, to driv- tbe 
 enemy from theraihoad. I have ju6t learned 
 that the General has not rcumed to Alex- 
 andria. If you have not received his order, 
 act od this." 
 
 At 1:05 McClellan, not Franklin, an- 
 swered: 
 
 "Your dispatch to Franklin received I 
 have laaen doing all possible to hu'ry artil- 
 lery and cavalry. The moment FrankJin 
 can he started with a reasonable amount of 
 artidery, be shall go. * * * * Pie se 
 see Barnard, and be sure the works toward 
 Chain Bridge are perfectly secure. I look 
 upon those works, especially Etban Allen 
 and Marcy, as of the firs r . importance." 
 
 Still harping on my ( aughr.er. "Be sure 
 the works are perfectly secure!" At 3:30 
 P. M., HiJleck becomes impatient, and tel- 
 egraphs McClellan: 
 
 ,l Not a moment must be lost in pushing as 
 large a force as po- Bible toward Mana.tsas, 
 so ms 10 communicate with Pope before the 
 enemy is re-enforced, ' 
 
 in- day weais away, and still Fianklin 
 does not mo^e; so at 8:40 P. M , Halieck, 
 more imi aient, decided, and imperative, 
 tells McClellan: 
 
 "There mu-t be no farther delay in mov- 
 ing Franklin's co/ps towards Manassas; 
 they must go to-morrow morning, ready or not 
 ready. It we delay too long to yet ready, 
 there will we no necessity t- ^o at all, for 
 Pope will either be defeated err victorious without 
 our aid If there is a want ol wagons tae 
 men must carry provisions *ith them till 
 the wagons can come to their relief " 
 
 To which McClellan replies at 10 P. M.: 
 
 "Tou dispatch received. Fr*nL.ln corps 
 has b;ren ordered to march at 6 o'ciock to- 
 morrow morning Sumner has about li,- 
 000 inianlry, without cavalry or a-tiliery 
 here." 
 
 And so Gen. Pope is left to get out of his 
 scrape. Generals McClellao ami Franklin 
 sleep comfortable within &&ug quarters, and 
 the 28',h of August, 1862, passes into his- 
 tory. 
 
 Fkidat. August 29, 1862 —At 10:30 A M., 
 General McClellan resumes the c; ant of bis 
 well-worn refrain, his campaign, Kyrie Elei- 
 sonJ 
 
 "Franklin's c:rpe is in motion: stalled 
 about six (6) A. M. If Sumner moves in 
 
 support of Frantlin,it leaves us without any 
 reliable troops in and near Wahin^tot.'; yet 
 Franklin is too much alone. What sha'l be 
 done? I do not think Frank I'm is in a situ- 
 ation to accomplish mucu if he meets tirong 
 resist -nee, I shoaid not ia-/e movi.d him 
 but for jour pressing orders ^l last night." 
 
 '•What shall be done?" 
 
 Pope, at that. moment was not asking 
 such questions, he was up and doing. 
 
 "What shall be done?" 
 
 Only to thick of these horrid Eebt Is of- 
 fering "strong resistance" to Franklin! 
 Heavens! Gen. Halieck, this is not what I 
 intended my army foi! Strong resi;. r auce!! 
 Wood God, sir, somebody will surely get 
 killed, and you are not so unreasonable aa 
 to suppose that I am going to sacrifice my 
 
 futuie voters to save John Pope jud 
 
 my country he would have added, "but 
 amen stuck in bis throat." But wit!.i what 
 matchiets coolness he tells Hallf-cb that all 
 his promises throughout the two previous 
 days to sena Franklin forward, were un- 
 varnished falsehoods! "J should not have 
 moved him but for your pressing orders last 
 night!" 
 
 Economize yonr patience, though, gentle 
 reader, and .estain your profanity, it you 
 have any weakness in that direction, ior 
 here is something that will sorely try both. 
 
 At 12 M. McCiel'an teiegraphs Halieck: 
 
 ' 'Do you wish the mo Vc m ent of Fiau klin's 
 cor.s io continue? He is without reserve 
 ammunition, and without transportation." 
 
 Trie man who makes himself hoarse vain- 
 ly calling by the hour for some lazy j-ni'k of 
 a servant, who finally cemes., asking, with 
 placid ease, "Did you call, sir," max bave 
 some' faint idea of General Ha leek's teelings 
 vvm n he received tu^t dispatch. 
 
 Pray notice the statement, Jhat Franklin 
 ie «ithout tranepo-tatiou. It is aremak- 
 able one in the light oi lacts well known at 
 the tiim to McClellan, and which we shall 
 presently develop. 
 
 At 12 M., McClelian telegraphs Halieck: 
 
 "Franklin has -only between 10,000 and 
 11.000 ready for duty. How far do wish 
 this torce to advance? ' 
 
 A> d again, at 1 o'clock: 
 
 "Shall I Co as seems best to me with all 
 the troops in this vicinity, including Frat k- 
 lin, who, I really think ought m t, finder 
 the present circumstances, to proceed be- 
 yond Amu dale?" 
 
 Tbe writer of that dispatch has solemnly 
 declared in an official report that he "coin- 
 pi elely carried out the order to re-enforce 
 General Pope; that he htd sen*'- everyiningj 
 that, he only retailed a camp guard of one 
 hundred men!" Judge for yourself, reader* 
 
 At 3 P. M. Gen. Halieck, who must cer- 
 tainly posses an angelic deposition, mus- 
 ter.? nerve to tell the Younjj Napoleon: 
 
 1 'I want Franklin's corps to go J o/r enough 
 to find out something about the enemy per- 
 haps he may get such iwiormauon a', Anan- • 
 dale as to pre ent hie going further; other- 
 wise he will push on toward Fairfax. Try 
 to get something from tbe direction of Ma- 
 rassas, either by telegram or turough 
 F/anblin's scouts. Our people must move 
 mo e actively, and find*'' out where tae en- 
 em is. I am tired of guesses. " 
 
 '•Our people must find out where the enemy 
 
8 
 
 is!" During the entire days ol August 
 29th ana 30th, the thunders of nearly threa 
 huudied pieces oi artillery shooii. tne 
 ground under McClellau's feet. .Ah Alex 
 andihi knew precisely where the enemy 
 was, at ci where the fighting was. But Gen. 
 McCieilan could not make the dheovery. 
 
 Th.re is one grand, overruling and guid 
 ing u_ Hilary pincipl that overrides con- 
 flicting orders or supplies their total ab- 
 sence If is tae Napoleonic maxim— 
 "March to the sound ot the cannon." The 
 neglect of it by Grouchy, cost the Emperor 
 Waterloo. Has it never been heard of by 
 Gen. McCielian? 
 
 Every drummer boy in Franklin's, Sum- 
 ner's, and Cux's corps knew t.te situa'ion, 
 kne» that the enemy -had concentrated, 
 knew that Pope bad been fighting them tor 
 two days. Gen. McCieilan alone, of all his 
 army, did not know it, could not see it; so 
 Halieck's last dispatcb remains unanswered. 
 
 And now we are about to present the 
 most remarkable— we weigh and emphasize 
 the words— tbe most remarkable dispatch 
 ever framed by m»n wearing a soldier's 
 uniform ! We pause a moment before do- 
 ing it, that our readers may prepare for a 
 sensation at once novel and painful — a pans 
 ot shame for our country and our humani- 
 ty — a feeling of profound horror and con- 
 tempt for tue wan who could perpetrate it 
 Ac 2:45 P. M., Gen. McCieilan, in answer to 
 a di-patch from the President, asking 
 "What news from tbe direction ot Manas- 
 sas Junction," telegraphed: 
 
 "The last news I received from direction 
 of Manassas was from, stragglers, to the 
 effect th*»t tfi'e enemy were evacuating Cen- 
 terviile and retiring toward Thoroughfare 
 Gap, This i*, by no means, reliable. I aoi 
 clear that one ot two courses should be 
 adopted: First — To concent ate all oar 
 available forces to open communication 
 witu Pope. Second— To leavePope to get out 
 of Jiis scrape, and at once use ail meads to 
 mate the Capital perfectly safe- No middle 
 course will now answer. Tell me what you 
 wish me to do, and I will do ad m my p^w- 
 er lo accomplish it. I wish to know what 
 my orders and authority are. I ask for 
 ncHhing, but will obej whatever orders you 
 give. I only ask a prompt decision, that I 
 maj at once give the necessary orders. It 
 will not do to delay longer." 
 
 Comment there can be none. Nothing 
 short of the power of a Macauley could 
 avail here, io do this infamy justice. And 
 we can only feebly indicate — pouring to 
 the "fad eminence" on which it stands— 
 the more striking point of its weakness. 
 The man is batisbed — for what he ho^es, 
 he would lain btlieve — that Pope is or will 
 be defeated. He suggests two courses, 
 ■which; afier all, aire substantially one and 
 the same for he knows thai, Lee's junction 
 with J ackoon is certain. He can trustPo r - 
 ter lor that In either case he is sure "to 
 leave Pope to get out of his scrape." 
 
 Consider she latter part of the dispatch 
 in the light of the previous two days' trans- 
 actions. 
 
 "Tell me wlvat you wish me to do." Whv 
 for two days ana a half the wires have not 
 ceased their monotonous throbbings under 
 
 the reiterated order to send Franklin for- 
 ward. 
 
 "I ask for nothing, but wiU obey whatever 
 orders you give." 
 
 Heasksi.r nothing! Oh, certainly not; 
 wher ju-t one hour and a half agone he in- 
 sinuatingly dispatches — "shall I'do as seems 
 best to tne with all the troops in this vicinity?" 
 
 He appears to have been left entirely 
 without o ders too ! "I wish to know what 
 my orders and authority are? Mo middle 
 course will now answer. It will not do to delay 
 longer " 
 
 This is the Bublime of impudence, and 
 ghastly worii as it is, we cannot help smil- 
 ing at its coolness. 
 
 But what "scrape" of his o*n was Pope 
 to get out of? Let us see. Is he is a de- 
 serter, a straggler, or some mc mpe- 
 petent soldier who has rushed into 
 difficulty without or against orders!? 
 Hi>w came he where he is ? Thus : 
 with a small army of 35,000 he threw him- 
 self down on the Rapidan — into the heart of 
 the enemy, tearing of his very vitals — to 
 compel him to lose his hold on the once 
 nobis but dispirited Army of the Potomac 
 He did it. McClellau's arm} of 91,000 et- 
 iVctive troops was freed. The en the rebel 
 force was precipitated onthe devoted Pope. 
 He fought them for seventeen dajs in seven 
 large battles, and skirmishes innumerable, 
 and with bnt small aid of troops and food 
 for Lis starving men ajc.d horsee, would have 
 strangled the rebellion at Manassas. He 
 was denied men, rations and forage. Now 
 we see. That was the "sciape" Pope was 
 left to get out ot! 
 
 At 7:50 P. M., Halltck discovering that 
 Franklin still loiters, tells McCelltun: 
 
 "You will immediately send construction 
 tram and guards to repair railroad tj Ma- 
 nassas. Let there be no deiaj in this. I 
 have just, been told that Frankiiu's corps 
 stopped %f. Anandale, and that he was this 
 evening at Alexandria. This is all contrary 
 to my orders. Investigate ana report the 
 facts ot this disobedience. That corps must 
 push for was d, as I directed, to protect the 
 railroad and open our communication with 
 Manassas." 
 
 And one hour afterward is answered by 
 him :" 
 
 "It was not sate for Franklin to move 
 beyond Auancale, under the circumstances, 
 until he knew What was at Vieuna. Gen. 
 Franklin remained here until about 1 P. M., 
 endeavoring tj arrange for supplies for his 
 command, I am responsible for both these 
 circumstances, and Uo not see that either 
 was in disobedience to your orders. Please 
 give distinct orders in reference to Frank- 
 lin's movements of to-morrow " 
 
 And then, placidly, with an air of injured 
 innocence — 
 
 -Tn regard to to-morrow's movements I 
 desire definite instructions, as it is not 
 agreeable to me to be accused of disobeying 
 orders, when I have simply exercised the 
 discretion committed to me." 
 
 At ten at night, he advises Halleck that 
 he has a dispatch trom Franshu, stating 
 that Pope is very short of provisions, and the 
 country will not support him. 
 
 Ana so closed Friday, August 29th. Pope 
 had fought the rebel army ail that day, had 
 
9 
 
 driven tliem in defeat, and with any one of 
 the corps of Franklin, Sumner, Cox, or 
 Couch, would have crushed ]t the next 
 morning:- But Franklin, crdered to move 
 on the 27th, with but twenty four miles h- 
 tween him and the battle-field, had, at the 
 end of tiiree days, advanced six miles ! We 
 know of Western Regiments, who hear- 
 ing, thirty mi 1 es off, the thunders of Shi- 
 loh, stopped no( to ask about transporta- 
 tion, but rushed forward, and were grap- 
 pling wirh the foe in twenty bou>-B ! 
 
 Saturday, August, 30, 1863, at 5 A. M., 
 Gen Pope telegraphs Gen. Malleoli : 
 
 "I think you bad better seed Franklin's, 
 Cox's andStufgis' regiments.to Center ville 
 as also forage and subsistence. I received 
 a note tbis morning from Gen. Franklin, 
 written by order of Gen. McCiellan, saying 
 thai wagons and cars would be loaded and sent 
 to Fairfax Station as soon as I would 
 send a cavalry escort to Alexandria to bring them 
 out. Such a request, when Alexandria is full 
 of troops and we fighting the enemy, needs no 
 comment. Will you have these supnlies sent 
 without the least delay, to Centerville ?" 
 
 Note that he now had a certainty Porter 
 would fail him. Neither Sumner, Frank- 
 lin, Cex, Sturgis, nor Couch were up. His 
 men and horses were starving, and be bad 
 McClellau's assurance that, he would, send 
 him no relief. Lee had joined Jackson. 
 The bloody struggle, ol the previous day 
 was to be renewed with thmed ranks aeainst 
 superior forces. Self-reliant and possessed, 
 calm and measured, he means to fight, and, 
 in advance, is confident of his positioa atter 
 the battle. He knew it would be at Cen- 
 tfcrville. He would hold nis ground, out 
 could not pursue the enemy if victorious. 
 Have these supplies sent to Centerville " And 
 yet there was time, when, at 9. 40, Halleck 
 telegraphed McCiellan : 
 
 "I am by no means satisfied with General 
 Franklin's march of yesterday, considering 
 the circumstances ot the case. He was very 
 wrong in stopping at Anandale. Moreover, 
 I learned lastnightthattheQuartermaster's 
 Department could have given him plenty 
 of transportation if te had applied for it 
 any time since his arrival at Alexandria. 
 He knew the importance of opening com- 
 munication with General Pope's army, and 
 should have acted more promptly." 
 
 On the 27th, McCiellan makes Fianklin 
 leave his corps to come to Alexandria, in 
 order that he (McCiellan) may inform him 
 as to his means of tranaportaion. 
 
 On the. 28ih, he says Franklin is without 
 transportation; but on the 29t.h iustant, it 
 appears fro in statement of the Quartermas- 
 ter's Department, high and indisputable 
 authority, that neither McCiellan nor Frank- 
 lin ever applied for transportation. 
 
 At 11 A. M McCiellan telegraphs : 
 
 "Have ordered Sumner to leave one bri- 
 grade in the vicinity of Chain Bridge, and 
 to mov« tbe rest, via Columbia pike, on An 
 ancaleand Fairfax Court Hous^, if t ; >is is 
 tbe route you wish, them to take. He and 
 Franklin are both instructed to join Pope 
 as promptly as possible. Shall Couch move 
 also «hea he arrives:" 
 
 With the thunder of battle in his ears, 
 he wishes to know which way they shall 
 
 move. Halleck's answer is crushing in its 
 retort : 
 
 "Send them whew the fighting is." 
 
 And again, at 2.15 P. M., Gen. Halleck 
 telegraphs: 
 
 "Franklin's and Sumner's corps should 
 be pushed forward witn all possible dis- 
 patch. They must use their legs and m^ka 
 forced marches. Time now is everything" 
 
 But why go on ? Given the programme, 
 we kiaow the play . '■'•Leave Pope to get out of 
 his scrape," sufficiently announces that Gen- 
 eral's struggle with enemies in front, 
 around and in rear, a struggle disgraceful 
 to others, but glorious to him and bis noble 
 army ! Here is his dispatch to Gen. Hal- 
 leck on tbe morning after three days' fight- 
 ing at Manasses : 
 
 "Our troops ore all here and in position, 
 though much used up and worn out. I 
 think it would, perhaps, have been greatly 
 better if Sumner and Franklin h*d been 
 here three or four days ago. But you may 
 rely upon our giving them (the enemy) as 
 desperate a fight as I can force our men to 
 stand up to. I should like to know wheth- 
 er you feel seeure about Washington, should 
 this army be destroyed. I shall fiarbt as long 
 as a man will stand up to the work. Tou 
 must judge what is to be done, having in 
 view the safety of the capital. The enemy 
 is already pushing a cavalry reconnoissance 
 in our front at Cub Run, whether in advance 
 of an attack to day I don't yet know. I 
 send you this nbat you may know our po- 
 sition and my purpose." 
 
 Is there any whining here about re-e»- 
 forcemente ? Any anxiety as to getting be- 
 hind the fortificauons? Aire not these the 
 words of a soldier and a patriot ? 
 
 During the examination of Gen. Halleck 
 before the Committee on the Conduct of 
 the War, he is asked this question : 
 
 "Had the Aimy of the Peninsula been 
 brought to cu-operate with the Army of 
 Virginia with the utmost energy tliat cir- 
 cumstances woald have permitted, in your 
 judgment, as a military man, would it not 
 have resulted in our victory instead of our 
 defeat?" 
 
 His reply was : 
 
 'I thought so at the time-, and still think 
 so." 
 
 And so thinks every w an who dispassion- 
 ately reads this statement. Judge ye ! 
 
 The Richmond Whig (Rebel), of April, 
 1863, says : 
 
 "A review of Gen. McCiellan' s career will 
 show that the immense number of men, 
 and the most overwhelming array of fMd 
 artillery that has ever been seen upon tbis 
 continent, at his command, an officer of 
 enterprise and daring would hurt us sorely. 
 But be did no', want to figbt, he sought 
 merely to push us from one position to 
 ano'h^r by dint of enormous numbers." 
 m'cxei/laj* befoke kichmond. 
 
 The North American (Pnilad? lphia), of 
 the 15th September, has fhe following ftate- 
 ment from a gentleman lately in the service 
 of the War Department. It corroborates 
 many intimations already before tbe public 
 with regard to the Chickahominy cam- 
 paign: 
 
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 That Gen. McOlellaa is loyal, after his 
 own way oi thinking, we do not doubt. 
 Ti°at be py^r meant to put down the rebel- 
 Hoc, aao that he used the forces placed at, 
 his command to that end, we do tot and 
 cannot believe. No sane person not an id- 
 iot could have held idle the overwhelming 
 force commanded by Geo. McCir.llau from 
 October, 1861, to March, 1882, if he had reajiy 
 desired the crushug out. of the rebellion. 
 He lay in and around Washington, hemmed 
 in, shut up, virtually besieged, *by an army 
 not oae third so large as his own, which 
 held the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on his 
 right ".nd the Potomac on hislett, confining 
 him to a single track of railroad for all his 
 supplies; when be might have crushed the 
 foe in a wet-k if he had simply tried — nay, it 
 he alone had not peremptorily iOrbiddeh ana 
 prevented any effort by bis subordinates. 
 Wfio can explain such conduct ? When he 
 has tried, let him make his next essay on 
 the following : 
 
 To the Members of the National Union Club, 
 
 Philadelphia: 
 
 Gentlemen: I am in possession of your 
 note, in which you ask me if I remember 
 having m de certain assertions at the nooms 
 of the National Union Club in January 
 last, on my fetum ftom the Rebel lines, in 
 regard to Gen, George B. MeCielian and 
 Clement L. Vallandigham, and desiring to 
 know if I would reiterate said statement. 
 
 I. recollect perfectly well haviug made 
 certain statements in regard to the two per- 
 sons named, and in presence of several 
 members of the Clab. 
 
 In response to your iuquhyif I would 
 repeat said statement, I will answer you by 
 saying: First, That while the battle beiore 
 Richmond, Virginia, in 1882, was still pro- 
 gressing, and immediately after General 
 McC.'ei.'an had fallen back from before that 
 city, in company with a friend, an office? In 
 the Rebel service, who was prevented frooa 
 joining bis command, in the fight in ques- 
 tion, on account of a wound received at 
 the" battle of Seven Pines, and, Ving pro- 
 vided with a special permit from the War 
 Department at Richmond, I visited the for- 
 tifica ions a^oand Riehmoid, and advanced 
 to a distance of about two miles north of 
 that city, where we met Col. Gayle, of the 
 12th Alabama (Rebel) regime&t, who was a 
 particular friend of the officer in whose 
 cou.py.ny I was; also Lieut. CoL Pickens, 
 of the same regiment, s^ith whom I had the 
 advantage of a personal acquaintance. The 
 Colonel was soperinteidiKg the disinter- 
 ment cf a number of cat-es of U. S rifles, 
 which lay buried in tfte grouud, and in 
 rows, t e soil heaped over them as if they 
 were graves. F"Uf of the cases ot rifles 
 were already unburied when I reached the 
 spot, and I Had the (to me unpleasant) sat- 
 isfacuon of handling some of these guos, 
 which had already been taken out ct the 
 cases. 
 
 I heard Colonel Gayle say that the inter- 
 ment of these guns was known at toe War 
 Depamnent(Rebfl) ^ven before MeClellan's 
 retreat from brtore that, city. 
 
 On the, inquuy o' my fdend and Dr. Kelly, 
 of the Rebel arms ftom Colonel Gayle, if ae 
 thought it, had heen intended that said guns 
 should fall into the hands of the Confeder- 
 
 ates, the Colonel aoswered in the affrma- 
 tive and concluded by saying, "Mae's all 
 righ',." 
 
 ISot more than a hundred yard-; distant 
 from this spot, Lieutenant Coloi el Pickens 
 ooi&ted out a number of ambulaoce' — two 
 hundred and ien in number — and he said ha 
 had assisted at their capture, and that, when 
 captured, the horses belonging toi. said am- 
 bulances were hitched, some to trees atsd 
 some to the rear of the ambulances. As I wa§ 
 in the employ Of the United States, it war 
 my business to gather as ojucu information 
 io reaard to military matters as possible, 
 and, on my inquiry of Colonel Pickens if 
 he -thought these ambulances had bee.n ia- 
 tended to be in the same "bargain"' as the 
 rifles, he' said : "I don't see wn»t else they 
 should have bten intended for, f r they 
 were just where you see them, and tbe 
 horses hitched as you see them, y.hiieth* 
 fight was going on right here " 
 
 Presently some whisky was handed 
 round, and «e ad drank a toast to "LitfeLs 
 Mac." 
 
 About the month of April of the same 
 year, as I was going from Richmond to 
 Mobile, in comoany with Lieut. Wiitz and 
 Dr Koood of Missouri, and Dr. Foutleroy 
 of Virginia, the two latter gentlemen being 
 of the Rebel General Price's staff, we met 
 with Brigadier General Wstsorj. of Alabama. 
 Gen. Watson said in my presence that then, 
 or at any time alter the war, he could give 
 satisfactory proof that George B. McClellan, 
 of the Federal army, at the outbreak ot the 
 rebellion and during the preliuuBary ar- 
 rangements for the organization of t e Con- 
 ferierate aimy, had offered his services to 
 the Confederate Government, but that as 
 the Confederate Government bad >e?0;yed 
 to give rank in preference to officers for- 
 merly in the United States service, accord- 
 ing to seniority of rank, they could not 
 give to McClellan what he desi ed, as other 
 "officers ranked s;dm m 'seniority; and that 
 McClellan, having become 'offanrted at this, 
 then offered his services to the United 
 States. 
 
 In December, 1862, 1 had occasion to call 
 oa Governor Shorter, of Alabama, who was 
 ihen sojourning at the Huctsville Hotel, 
 BLimtsviile, Alabama. Governor S'orter 
 introduced me to General Watson, who was 
 present*. The General recognized me im- 
 mediately. And, as the Governor resumed 
 a conversation with another person in the 
 room, I, while in conversation with the 
 General, had occasion to refer to oar trip 
 to Mobile, and I purposely brought about 
 the conversation in reference to Genera! 
 McClellan, and General Watson reiterated 
 the statement he had previously made in re- 
 gard to McClellan. 
 
 In regard to iement L. Val-'andigham, 
 the Ohio traitor, I will say that (luring his 
 sojou n at Richmond he was repeatedly 
 closeted with Jefl. Dads, James A. Seddon; 
 the Rebel Secrewuy of War, and Jufah P. 
 £enj min, theRebel Secretary of S a?e. 
 
 During my visit to Richmond at that 
 epoch, I learn: d from reliable sources 
 (Rebel officials) that this Ohio traitor bad 
 pledged his word to the Rebel authorities 
 that if the Democratic party in the North 
 succeeded in electing their candidate at the 
 
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 next Presidential election, he would use all 
 his influence to obtain peace od the bash 
 of a recognition of the Confederate States 
 as a separate and independent government. 
 
 Moreover, during my atfcy at Richmond, 
 having: called on Mr. Benjamin, toe Secre- 
 tary of State, with a view to obtain an in- 
 terview oq business oi a private character, 
 1 was toH by an official in attendance at the 
 Department ol State — wno of course be- 
 lieved me to be a loyal confederate — that it 
 was uncertain when I could chance to see 
 Mr. Benjamin, and tbat as the visitor of Mr 
 Benjamin whs Mr. Vallandigham, whom 
 this' official styled the Ohio refugee, the con- 
 ference might be protracted to a late hour. 
 On thai day, although I waited until after 
 the hour for transacting- business at that 
 department, I did not get to see Mr. Benja- 
 min. 
 
 At that time, divers were the rumors in 
 private circles among the rebels that Val 
 laudighani had pledged himself to the Con- 
 federate cause. Of this the War Depart- 
 ment at Washington was informed in a re- 
 port made by me and other government 
 agentfc. 
 
 Great were the expectations of the Reb- 
 els during my last visit within their lines, 
 if this Valiandighim faction succeeded in 
 electing their candidate to the Presidency 
 
 Let it be remembered that thh Yaliaii- 
 digham taction are the men uho seek to elect 
 George B. HeClellan to an office which none but 
 loyal men should fill. 
 
 Very respectfully, yours, &c. , 
 
 Emille Botjrliee. 
 
 Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1864 
 
 More Confirmation oJ the Guaboan 
 Story. 
 
 [Prom the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune.3 
 We give below a letter from Dr. O. J. 
 Bissell, late Surgeon of the United States 
 steamer Jacob Bell, and a copy of a portion 
 ' of his journal. The letter is addressed to 
 one ot the most prominent and respected 
 citizens of this State, who knows the writer 
 well, and vouches for his truth and respect 
 ability. More than this, the writer of the 
 letter marie the same statements to other 
 gentlemen of high character in this State 
 and elsewhere, very soon after the occur- 
 rence of the events, to which it refers 
 Read this transcript from his journal care- 
 fully, and then say, if you can, that Fernan- 
 do Wood is wrong in saying taat "intelligent 
 and honest peace men do not concur in the 
 opinion that McClellan will continue the war if 
 
 Grand Rapids, Oct. 3, 1834 
 Dear Sir : Agreeably to j our request I 
 have made a copy of my journal of June 30, 
 1862, which I read to you some da^ s ricce. 
 I cannot consent to let the original, Which 
 you desired, to pass trom my possession, 
 although any person can have the privilege 
 ot seeing it by calling on me. All the ma- 
 terial facts I wrote to my wife at the time, 
 hut the letter was handed to diffe? ent per- 
 sons and now it cannot be found, although 
 those who read it recollect the facts. 
 
 I also in October, 1882, gave the leading 
 tacts to Gen. Garfield and Secretary Chase, 
 and several others. I will make affidavit to 
 the facts actd statements made in the jour- 
 
 nal, and the log-book of the Jacob Bell 
 contains the evidence of ail the acts. 
 
 I am, sir, your most obed't servant, 
 O. J, Bissell, 
 Late Su!geon of U. S. S. Jacob Bell. 
 
 Extract from the Journal referred to in 
 the foregoing letter. 
 
 June 30, 1862. 
 
 Sc-oa after our arrival at City Point, we 
 learned that Gen. McClellan, with his army, 
 had arrived at Turkey Bend, and we got 
 mjder way and stood up the rivey, arriving 
 at Turkey Bend about noon. The north 
 bank was lined with soldiers washing and 
 bathing, or filling their canteens. In the 
 distance was heard the thunder erf cannon. 
 
 Lieut. MeCren incmired of some of the 
 soldiers ivkere Gen. McClellan was. He 
 was informed that his headquarters were 
 about half a mile distant, McCrea called 
 tor his gig and went on shore. In about an 
 hour the coxswain remrned and fold the 
 fetewsrd the Captain wanted him to send a 
 dozen bottles of whhky. The whisky was 
 given the coxswain in a basket. At about 
 3 P. M. tke firing- became very brisk, and 
 soon McCrea hailed the United States 
 steamsnip galena, a boat was i ent, and the 
 Captain, with iien. McCleilan, the Prince 
 de Joinville, PriDce de Paris (Count), Duke 
 de Chartres, and an officer who I under- 
 stood was Chief of Artilieiy (he was not in 
 uniform), came on board the Galena. The 
 United States steam&hip Jacob B<T! at the 
 time was turning time Galena's bow up 
 stream, as we were about starting up the 
 river to shell the Charles City road. 
 
 The Galena, Jacob Bell anu Aroostook 
 stood up the river to a point from which 
 we could reach that road with our shell. 
 The Galena occupied the center of the 
 stre&o?, with the Jacob Bell lapping up her 
 stern. All our guxs6 were brought to bear 
 upon the road, a signal officer being on the 
 lookout of the Galena, giving and receiving 
 sig-nals from the shore, in order to give the 
 proper direction to our guns General 
 McClellan was on the "Lookout" a short 
 time. At about 234 P- M,, the fire in that 
 direction began to slack* n, and the vessels 
 stood do^vn to the point from which we 
 started, the old ferry. Before we got under 
 way, Gen. McClellan, wi'h the "Princes, 
 came on board the Jacob Bell. 
 
 -After an introduction of the General and 
 staff to the officers ot the Jacob Bell pres- 
 ent, McClellan said, "My army is demoral- 
 ized, and I shall be compelled to surrender 
 or capitulate this afternoon or to-night, and 
 I must have a gunboat to take the Princes 
 to Fortress Monroe immediately" — that it 
 would not be safe to send them on a trans- 
 port. McCrea replied that Capt. Rogers 
 said he could not spare a gunboat. The 
 General and Princes insisted on a gunboat. 
 Mnou conversation took place between the 
 General and the Princes and McCrea, my- 
 self being present, and a part of tte time a 
 correspondent of the New York Times, as 
 I afterward learned. McClellan and the 
 Princes agreed that the Federal cause, as 
 they called it, had failed, and the Govern- 
 ment would have to acknowledge the 
 
 Southern Confederacy 
 
 The result, it the Princes should be taken 
 prisoners, owing to their European rela- 
 
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 tions, was also discussed ; and, finally, it 
 was agreed to make another effort to in- 
 duce Capt. Rogei s to send a gunboat with 
 the Princes to Fortress Monroe. This was 
 the more earnestly insisted on, as they all 
 agreed that the surrender of the flotilla 
 would certainly follow the surrender of the 
 army; and Gen. McClellan said the author- 
 ities at Washington would be responsible 
 for that result. At this time, about 6, P. M., 
 a letter was brought to Gen. McClellan, 
 which he said was from his Chief of Staff, 
 and gave its contents: "The enemy is re- 
 pulsed and our army is safe." He then 
 remarked, "He wishes me to come to the 
 front." 
 
 After reading the letter the General and 
 the rest of the group left the hurricane 
 deck for the quarter deck. The General, 
 Prince de Jomville and McCrea went aft 
 the deck and conversed some minutes, ani 
 then returned, and the General lefr., after 
 bidding- che Prince farewell, for the army. 
 The Jacob Bell fhen got under weigh and 
 stood down to City Point to order up some 
 ot the transports, and then returned to 
 Turkey Bend. 
 
 After our return, Prince de JoinvMe re- 
 quested McCiea to go and persuade Rogers 
 to send a gunboat to carry tnem to Fortress 
 Monroe. The Captain went, and soon re- 
 turned ana said Capt. Rogers had ordered 
 a gunboat to go, and that he was going 
 with his vessel, fhe Prince de Joinville 
 said to him, "That will interfere with your 
 arrangements with Gen. McClellan." "How 
 is that?" said the Captain. "You know," 
 said the Prince, "you was to keep your ves- 
 sel here and a boat ou shore, so that the 
 General could get on board if he should be 
 attacked in the night." McCrea said "he 
 had arranged with another boat to lie 
 here." 
 
 About this time McCrea learned that 
 these was a correspondent on board, and 
 
 asked me if it was so. I told him a man 
 came on board about the time the General 
 did. I did not, however, know his busi- 
 ness. He said ii there was any on board ha 
 must leave immediately, as he would have 
 no cuxrtepondent on board the vessel. 
 
 We got under way after the Princes' bag- 
 gage could be brought on board, and had a 
 pleasa»t trip to Old Point, where we arrived 
 at 8 o'clock P. M , Jul. 1, and the Captain 
 had the honor of the correspondent of the 
 N. Y. Times as a passenger in his gig from 
 the vessel to the wharf. 
 
 i'here were some things connected with 
 this day's events which surprised me very 
 much. * There seemed, from the conversa- 
 tion of Gene al McCiellan and the Princes, 
 an apparent desire to surrender the army 
 ou the pretext of an ui> successful cam- 
 paign, throwing, however, the responsibii- 
 ity upon the authorities at Washington. 
 I way be mistaken in this, but I could not 
 otherwise interpret their conversation, es- 
 pecially as their remarks about tunender- 
 mg the army were coupled with the ac- 
 knowledgment of the Southern Confederacy 
 and the responsibility of the authorities at 
 Washington. 
 
 Another fact which struck me was the 
 free, not to say excessive, use of whisky. 
 The whisky Dottle was passed three 
 times while they occupied the hurricane 
 decu, each time Gen. McClellan, the Princes 
 and McCrea drinking. This struck me the 
 more forcibly, as I had understood the 
 General was strictly a temperance man. 
 
 The effect of the woibky was quite mani- 
 fest on the tall, slim Prince (Count), as he 
 required material aid, in the shape of a 
 man at each side, to pass from the hurri- 
 cane to the quarter deck ; and after a little 
 time, being unable to keep his position in 
 his chair, McCrea proposed that he occupy 
 his bed in the cabin, which he did by 
 the assistance of McCrea and one of the 
 Princes. 
 
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