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e charge should be investigated. Mr. Vallandigham asserted on the highest authority that Mr. May visited Richmond under the authority of the Administration, and with the consent of Gen. Scott. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, denied entirely the assertion that Mr. May's visit was undertaken under the authority of the Administration. Mr. Vallandigham replied that he had gone there under a passport which could not have been issued without the authority of the Administration. Mr. McClernand, of Illinois, had ample reasons for believing that Mr. May did receive a special passport to visit, but what was the object of his visit, or what he did in Richmond, he was unable to say. He had always, however, regarded Mr. May as a loyal and patriotic citizen. Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, said that he had this morning been informed by Dr. May that his brother was now detained by illness at Baltimore, and had been detained in Richmond through the same cause. He was confident his b