The Secretary read, as follows: WASHINGTON.D. 0. March 1. 1866." Sin: When Hon. Gsnanrr DAVIB, Of Kentu cky shall have concluded the reading of the communicationof William Burnett. will you have the kindness to ask that this note he read at the Secretarysdesk, that it may:iavIo equal publicity before the Senate and the counWhiTein commandat Natchez in 1864. I was furnished. by a party on duty in the Treasury Dept. with an elaborate detailed statement. under oath, of extensive frauds and crimes pertetrated by William Burnett. apd others. against le Govenment and private citizens. This complaint I for warded to my snperior officer asking forinstruetions. Being authorized, I orderedthearrest of Burnottand his accomplices.Acommission composed of able and honest men. made a thoroughinvestigation. The proofs of Burnetts guilt were so overw elming that o resignedon, the filth day of the investigation. The commission madea full and elaborate report. accompaniedby charges and speeitleation s. hese were transmitted to my superior officers, with copies ibr the War and Treasury Depts where. I doubt not, they are on file. T on, and during the whole period of my command. I urged the trial of Burnett for the oifensescharged. I now rsaflirm the guilt of this man. I reaflirm and stand by all my official orders and acts in his case, and am prepared to convict him wheneverhis friends consentto an investigation. s an officer of the Government. I did but aflduty. M sufferiore ware advised of every step en, and h their a roval throughout. cannot condescondto notice the grosslyindecent personal allusions which thgpaper contains, further than tosay that the werein being under in 1864bymensmart a sense O tigated bymy superdioerteocfltieedergsu, ialtn.dthboyroughlyinves their written ordersand indorsoments, now in my possession,pronouncedfalseand malicious. It isamasmgthat Mr. oBfluireniaeltlty. dkinsoewreidnigtehdi.sshsotuatldevmeenntutsrteo be untrue and their repetition; and unfortunatethat heshouldbeabletoimposethem ii$m the courtesyof Senators. leasedo methe favor to 0m in demandinga committee, With power to senfor personsand papers. that a most thorough investigation maybe made. It may be well even now to lntllllllfo why illiani Bur nett was not tried and whether at one time the in fection of crime and speculation had not made bad men strong enoughto thwart all effortsat conviction and defy fair accoiinmbility. Respectfully. your obedient servnu Bmw M. BR. YM AN. Find Major (1cmrill lulimtcm. fonts in thapi cuii v; having lic cudenied, and the 1; lion. L. Turnout, Umlol may Scuttle.