The Senate finance committee had a meeting to-day, for the purpose of considering the House treasury note bill. Enough was said to show that there is considerable opposition to the legal tender clause. They finally ordered the bill printed, and it will come up for final action at their meeting to-morrow.
Owing to the sickness of Mr. Covode, the projected interview with the President, in relation to the Lane expedition, will not take place to-day, and probably never will. Senator Pomeroy had an interview with him on the subject, but the President was unable to see any way out of the difficulty. He expected Gen. Lane to have arranged matters with Gen. Hunter on his arrival at Leavenworth. He reiterated that while he was willing that Gen. Lane should have a command of 10,000 or 15,000 men, he had no idea of his outranking Gen. Hunter of in any way interfering with his command. This is evidently the end of the Lane expedition.
This evening a son of Chancellor Walworth was arrested at the Kirkwood House in this city on a charge of treason. His trunks and papers were seized but not yet examined.
The various rumors to the effect that Secretary Stanton is to assume the active management of the army, leaving to Gen. McClellan the command of the army of the Potomac only, has this foundation: A week since, the staff of Gen. McClellan were notified to be in readiness for a movement across the river. They made every preparation for so doing, and Maj. E. M. Green, of their number, went to New York for the propose of purchasing certain personal supplies for their use. In consequence of the state of the roads they have not yet been ordered over, but they are ready to go, and when they do go Gen. McClellan will turn over to the temporary charge of Mr. Stanton the control of the entire army with the exception of the army of the Potomac.
It will be remembered that when Gen. Scott went to Mexico, he proposed a similar course, thus leaving himself free to attend to the more important matters in hand.
Gen. McClellan and Mr. Stanton are on the best of terms.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 1
Owing to the sickness of Mr. Covode, the projected interview with the President, in relation to the Lane expedition, will not take place to-day, and probably never will. Senator Pomeroy had an interview with him on the subject, but the President was unable to see any way out of the difficulty. He expected Gen. Lane to have arranged matters with Gen. Hunter on his arrival at Leavenworth. He reiterated that while he was willing that Gen. Lane should have a command of 10,000 or 15,000 men, he had no idea of his outranking Gen. Hunter of in any way interfering with his command. This is evidently the end of the Lane expedition.
This evening a son of Chancellor Walworth was arrested at the Kirkwood House in this city on a charge of treason. His trunks and papers were seized but not yet examined.
The various rumors to the effect that Secretary Stanton is to assume the active management of the army, leaving to Gen. McClellan the command of the army of the Potomac only, has this foundation: A week since, the staff of Gen. McClellan were notified to be in readiness for a movement across the river. They made every preparation for so doing, and Maj. E. M. Green, of their number, went to New York for the propose of purchasing certain personal supplies for their use. In consequence of the state of the roads they have not yet been ordered over, but they are ready to go, and when they do go Gen. McClellan will turn over to the temporary charge of Mr. Stanton the control of the entire army with the exception of the army of the Potomac.
It will be remembered that when Gen. Scott went to Mexico, he proposed a similar course, thus leaving himself free to attend to the more important matters in hand.
Gen. McClellan and Mr. Stanton are on the best of terms.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 1
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