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Show btn. Sorter's Cuae Nw York, 2. The Fiizjobu Por Ut case wjs re-opencd at West Point today. Ono fact nppoortd which was new to everyone connected with the case, including General Porter himself: It was that President Lincoln ordered a court ot inquiry as to the conduct of Generals Porter, Fnmkiin and CiriOju. in Aiifiist lfi wiifMi wag convened three limes and then adjourned, without doing any buaiacai. The currerp-Diidencc between Popn u.d Pre-ident Grant in 1870, wtva one uf !hu uotico.ible ftvittirc-'. Moat of the docurnouls that were tuhiuiited were cotr.paratively unimportant Ono or two witnesses were r xamintd, but iho testimony wis iinimpjrlaiit'. |