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ilroy at the time of the evacuation of Winchester and during the retreat to Harper's Ferry. He testified that Gen. Milroy called a council of his brigade officers--Gen. Elliott, Col. Ely and himself — in which it was decided to retreat. Col. McReynolds could not say upon whom the responsibility rested for the disaster at Winches the cistern of the fort near Winchester, known as the Star Fort, previous to the evacuation and after the council of war had determined upon this course. Gen. Elliott testified that he thought he could have brought away the forces without an attack being made upon him by the enemy the day before Gen. Milroy moved. Gen. ElliGen. Elliott also testified that the dispatch from Gen. Schenck to Gen. Milroy, ordering the evacuation of Winchester, did not reach the latter previous to the council of war composed of Gen. Milroy and his brigade commanders. Movements of Mosby. The waggish Mosby, with part of his gang, on Sunday night, encamped two and a half mi