The JUDGE-ADVOCATE. You have, General Steedman, spoken of a member of the court having expressed his opinion that Major-General Buell was not a loyal man. Please state his circumstances under which it was said and all the conversation you recollect.

It was in a private conversation between General Schoepf and myself, during which a great deal of what had transpired from the time General Buell assumed the command of the army up to the time at which we were talking wad discussed. I remember relating a conversation that I had with a citizen near this place in March last to General Schoepf, the substance of which was that the citizens here had expressed a great deal of admiration for General Buell. I was on picket with my regiment some 4 miles from this place,when a citizen came to me and engaged in conversation about our officers and their disposition relative to the feelings of the Southern people. He asked me if I knew General Beull personally. I told him I did not; I only knew him as the commander of the army. He said if all our officers were like General Buell we would not have any trouble with the people. He proceeded to tell me a story, which was new to me, that General Buell had an aunt living near Nashville with whom he said was acquainted, and I think he said, too, with whom General Buell had lived in early life. He said was intimately acquainted with the lady and had seen since General Buell had been at Nashville, and she had assured him that everything was right; that special protection would be given to the peculiar institution, and that he had no apprehension on that score, which he lauded the general very highly. It was all to me that General Buell had relations here. I did not knew then nor do I know whether he has relations here or not. General Schoepf also told me something about a story he heard of the feelings of the rebels at Huntsville; that the rebels that place were very much attached to General Buell, and understood they regarded him with great favor. General Schoepf remarked, "This can't be so, that General Buell sympathizes with the rebels. He cannot be on both sides. If they admire him so much he must sympathize with them some at any rate." Said he, "If all these stories are true I would not like to trust him a great deal, and I have not the utmost confidence in him anyhow." That was the substance of the conversation, without pretending to recollected and repeat all the conversation that took place between us.

Cross-examination by General BUELL:

Question. You have stated, general that the general estimated strength of Bragg's army when it crossed the Tennessee River was from 25,000 to 35,000. Was that estimate based upon any method of computation or was it surmised as to the aggregate force?

The estimate as to the strength of Bragg's army was based upon information such as one army generally gets of the strength of another - upon the statements that were made as to the number of regiments and the number of effective men in reach regiment; the aggregate was arrived at by computing the number of regiments reported and the average strength of the regiments reported, and, I may add, from the statements made by persons who said they had seen portions of Bragg's army and some of them who said they had seen all. It was from all these sources of information that the estimate of the strength of Bragg's army was made up among our own people generally.

Question. Can you name any persons from whom this information was derived as to the number and strength of the regiments?

Yes, sir; I named a person in my direct examination. I can describe another, state where I saw him and when, and also who say him and heard his statements. I do not know whether he can be found. It was at Manchester that a citizen came to General Scheopf and myself and reported himself as, I think, General McCook's spy. He said that three of them had gone out for the purpose of getting information for some one of our generals - I think General McCook; that the thought the other two who went out with him had been captured; and he went on to tell his whole story, which was very clear and plausible. He appeared satisfied he was telling the truth. He had the pass of one of our officers, whom he said he had secreted, and his representation as to the strength of Bragg's army was very nearly the same as the young man Pratt gave. He represented that the had been in the Sequatchie Valley and had seen the whole army, and he stated it at rather less than the young man Pratt did, namely, at about eighty regiments, as near as my recollection serves me; but of the aggregate strength of the army I am not mistaken. He said it was from 30,000 to 35,000 exclusive of the artillery. This man came with our troops from Manchester, and my recollection is that he rode a horse with General Schoepf's escort a part of the time. This estimate includes the cavalry, everything but the artillery, at the time they emerged from the