Mr. SPRAGUE. It is a very long story. The committee of the House have pubished a report of 8 or 10 pages in relation to this case. it is simply this: Colonel De Alina was sent to the Western dept, commanded at that time by GenlFremont, with a view of organizing a regiment, underacommission from Governor Morton, of the State of Indiana. He exercised those duties and received his pay for a year; but in consequence of some disobedience or supposed disobedience of orders and troubles growing out of his connection with that dept, he was tried by a court martial and sentenced to be dismissed from the servicc. He:1 pealed from that decision to the General inC ief, then General Scott, at the War Dept. That sentence was reversed, and he was ordered to report to the Western dept and to be assigned to the position from which he had been removed. On his arrival at the dept of the West, he was informed that the name of his regiment had been changed and he could not be assigned to his command. He then returned to the Dept at Washington and received an order to report and to be assigned to the regiment, however it was named, or whoever was in command ofit. On his reporting again to the Western dept he was informed that that re iment ha been mustered out of the service. Icthen re nested permission to report himself to Washington to be as signed to active service. The POTUS then nominated him for the position of brigadier general in the Army; but in consequence of there being already in service many rigadiers over and above the number provided by law, he was, with a large number of others, drop ed, or the Senate refused to confirm him. a both cases the Senate refused to confirm him because of the action of the militar dept of the West. I have examine this case myself. I was somewhat of the same opinion with the Senfrom Michi genfor some time, but the more I have inves' tigated it, the more I am convinced of the pol icy and propriety of the claim being allowed. The jomt resolution was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a 3rd reading, read the 3rd time, and passed. MRS. MARY PHELPS.