this kind are put it will not be known abroad and that witnesses will not be apprised of the fact?

The PRESIDENT. I will call your attention to the impropriety of speaking to a question decided by the Commission.

General BUELL. I am forced to reply when opposition is made to the protest I have made.

The PRESIDENT. All such questions would be in order before the question was decided by the Commission.

General TYLER. I do not see what right General Buell has to dictate to the Commission. Our proceedings are taking a very remarkable shape.

General BUELL. I think so myself. I may cite the question itself as evidence of it.

The PRESIDENT. That remark is a reflection upon the proceedings of the Commission, and I must be permitted to say I think uncalled for.

General BUELL. I do not mean to cast any reflection, upon the proceedings of the Commission, only upon the question itself.

The PRESIDENT. The remarks of General Buell upon the proceedings of the Commission are, I think, uncalled for.

The remarks of the president having been again read to the witness, he proceeded:

The WITNESS. After what is recorded i desire to say many of the acts of Congress and acts of subordinate officers I have not read. I think I have read. I think I have read most of the orders of the President himself. Some of those I have read are not, in my opinion, calculated to promote the purposes for which they were intended, and I therefore do not agree with the policy of them. Others I deem unconstitutional, and therefore oppose them. I approve of all constitutional measures to restore the integrity of this Union, as I greatly desire the attainment of that object. I should like to be permitted to say that I have obeyed al laws, State and Federal, to the best of my ability and intend so to do, taking no part against the Government in any form in this rebellion.

By General DANA:

Question. At what time did Keene Richards, the emissary of Breckinridge seek you in Lexington and have an interview with Mrs. Breckinridge?

I understood it was shortly before the battle of Perryville; how many days I am not prepared to say. He saw Mrs. Breckinridge, as I understood, in Scott County where Keene Richards formerly resided.

Question. Was Lexington at that time within the lines of the united States forces or within those of the rebels?

I am not able to answer that question distinctly. It was not occupied in force by either side. That is my best recollection.

Question. At what time prior to the battle of Perryville did you know of the whereabouts of Breckinridge?

I did not know personally of his hereabouts at any time. Shortly Before that, reports were reaching us of his approach frequently, but those reports were very conflicting.

Question. Were great many in that vicinity at that time, and reports of such were frequent, but I cannot specify them with any distinctness.