LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS DISPATCHED BY CONGRESS.
PORTANT DEBATE BETWEEN Baker and BRECKINRIDGE. EXPULSION OF MR.
BRECKINRIDGE FROM THE SENATE. HIS CHARACTER. CREDIT DUE TO UNION
· EFFECT PRODUCED IN THE SOUTH BY CONFEDERATE
SUCCESS AT BULL RUN.- RIGOROUS POLICY ADOPTED BY THE CONFEDERATE
GOVERNMENT.-LAW RESPECTING "ALIEN ENEMIES."-LAW SEQUESTRATING
THEIR ESTATES.-RIGIDLY ENFORCED BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL BENJAMIN.
AN INJUDICIOUS POLICY
SECOND SESSION OF THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.-THE MILITARY SITUATION.DISASTER AT BALL'S BLUFF. — Death OF COLONEL E. D. BAKER. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. CAPITAL AND LABOR. THEIR RELATION DISCUSSED BY THE PRESIDENT. — AGITATION OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION. THE HOUSE REFUSES TO RE-AFFIRM THE CRITTENDEN RESOLUTION. SECRETARY CAMERON RESIGNS. SENT ON RUSSIAN MISSION. SUCCEEDED BY EDWIN M. STANTON. -HIS VIGOROUS WAR MEASURES. - VICTORIES IN THE FIELD. - BATTLE OF MIL: SPRING. - GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT FOR A FORWARD MOVEMENT. CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON. - PRESTIGE AND POPULARITY OF GENERAL GRANT.- ILLINOIS TROOPS. GENERAL BURNSIDE'S VICTORY IN NORTH CAROLINA. — EFFECT OF THE VICTORIES UPON THE COUNTRY. CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THE UNION IN THE SOUTH-WEST. - PROPOSED CELEBRATION. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC. ERICSSON. WORDEN. - CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS BY FARRAGUT. THE NAVY. ITS SUDDEN AND GREAT POPULARITY.— LEGISLATION IN ITS FAVOR.- BATTLE OF SHILOH.ANXIETY IN THE NORTH.-DEATH OF ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. - GENERAL HALLECK TAKES THE FIELD. MILITARY SITUATION IN THE EAST. THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MCCLELLAN. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. - STONEWALL JACKSON'S RAID. - ITS DISASTROUS EFFECT.-FEAR FOR SAFETY OF WASHINGTON. ANTI-SLAVERY LEGISLATION. - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. - COMPEN SATED EMANCIPATION. COLONIZATION. CONFISCATION. · PUNISHMENT OF TREASON.
BALL'S BLUFF DISASTER. MR. CONKLING'S RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY. - UNSATISFACTORY REPLY OF SECRETARY CAMERON.- SECOND RESOLUTION. SECOND REPLY. INCIDENTAL DEBATE ON SLAVERY. - ARREST OF GENERAL CHARLES P. STONE. HIS HISTORY. HIS RESPONSE TO CRITICISMS MADE UPON HIM.— RESPONSIBILITY OF COLONEL BAKER. GENERAL STONE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. HIS EXAMINATION. TESTIMONY OF OFFICERS. GENERAL STONE APPEARS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE A SECOND TIME. HIS ARREST BY Order of THE WAR DEPARTMENT. —No CAUSE ASSIGNED. IMPRISONED IN FORT LAFAYETTE. — SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. SEES NOBODY.-HIS WIFE DENIED ACCESS TO HIM. SUBJECT BROUGHT INTO CONGRESS. A SEARCH FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARREST. GROUNDLESS ASSUMPTION OF MR. SUMNER'S CONNECTION WITH IT. MR. LINCOLN'S MESSAGE IN REGARD TO THE CASE. - GENERAL STONE'S FINAL RELEASE BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS.-IMPRISONED FOR ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE DAYS. — NEVer told the Cause. NEVER ALLOWED A TRIAL. - APPEARS A THIRD TIME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. - THE TRUE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARREST.HIS RESTORATION TO SERVICE. HIS RESIGNATION.-JOINS THE KHEDIVE'S SERVICE