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BY SAM’L J. RAY.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1848.
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VOL. XXII—NO. 40.
U’lior ^ CO'S | General Means’* J.ettgr.
" HOLK8ALK A ,4 U i >L 1 r7um L HAT ***> C4P i Mexico. F £u£, S4 . ,848.
^ The undersigned haring purchased from ^ I8th t I .received your two letters of
F. K. WniGHT his entire interest, in the mf 'he 13th ult mo, and immediately issued tbe gen-
Hat Sf Cat E8TAB!.ISHMENT,^ 1 or "l ortJer No.55 (acopy enclosed) devolving tile
on Mulberry street, beg leave to announce to the pub- fioinmaud of the army, in Mexico, upon Major Uen-
• lie that they are now receiving, direct from tuej.r ftyrn (-oral Ru tier.
Minofactouv, a Urge and well selected stock of
IIATS A.YO CAPS.
Consisting in part of men’s and boy’s
[Rs Fashionable Black.and Drab Beaver Hats
(ijjf do do do Nutria do
do do do Silk do
do do do Brush do
do do do Csjsitncr ,fio
do do do . plain Russia ilo
do do - do Angola do
Broad Brim Black and Drab Beaver do
do do do Brush do
do do do plaiuRusaiado
do do do Cassimer do
Men’s Pearl Sporting Hats
do Ashland do
do Tampico do
do Knickerbocker do
do Mack Glazed do
A large nnortment of Men's and Bov’s Black and
Drab IVOOL.HATS,, of every description.
Men's and Boy’s prem. Utter Caps asplendid article
do do foie Fur Caps, new style
do do fine Nutria do
do do Muskrat do
do do fine Cloth do every variety of pat’s,
do do .Jifayy do w^tlj covers
do do oil ailk do
do do Glazed do
Infant's Fancy do
Together with every other description of Hats and
Cats now extant.
F<**fV ins ** c 'lities for obtaining their supple*, e-
qualled by no other cstablisliment in- this section of
The city and castle were captured March 29th,
and with about one-fourth of the necessary means
fora road-train, (no fault of mine,) the retreat, in
pursuit of the enemy, was vigorously commenced
April 8th. The battle of Cerro Gordo soon follow
ed, and we occupied Jalapa andPerote, where wo
were obliged tri wait for supplies from VeraCruz.
Iu those positions, I was made to writhe under
another disappointment.
In my four memorials to the department, on tho
As the officers detailed for the conrt of inqmry,
before which I am ordered to appear as a criminal,
. In IPPPJH
avail myself ofu moment’s leisure to recall someof I further prosecution of the war against Mexico,
the neglects, disappointments injuries, and re- j written at Washington and dated, respectively,
bukes which have,Jbce.n inflicted upon We by tbo October 27, November 12 lo’, aud 21—(it was ou-
War Department, since ray departure from Wash- ly intimated to me in the night of November,IB,
ington, November 23, 1846. that I might prepare myself for the field)—pa-
To me, the business of recrimination, however I >er * in which 1 demonstrated that V’era Cruz was
provoked, has ever been painful. In this summary the true base of operations, and that the enemy’s
1 shall, therefore, indulge in no wautunness of capital could not probably he reached from the Rio
language, but confine myself to naked historical ^ Grande; I estimated that, after taking that great
(actor-leaving conclusions to men of.senso aud I seaport “about 20,009 men,” or “an army of more
candor. ” j than 20 000 men may be needed: 1. To beat, in the
In the harry of preparation for Mexico, (ouly j field nnd in passes, any jiccumujated force in the’
four days were allowed me at WauWligtou, when "’ a y; 2- To garrison in (my important points in tho"
twenty might have been most advantageously cm- rear, to secure a, free communication with Vera
ployed in the great bureaux—ihose of the chief l Cruz; 3. To make distaut detachments,iu order, to
engineers, chief of r>rdn.mcc,_chief quartermaster, gather in,withoutloughalto,necessary subsistence.”
and chief commissary of subsistence) I handed to Aud that force, I supposed, including volunteers,
you a written request, that oue of three ofottrac- an, l aided by laud aud money bounties, might ho
complisbed captains, therein named, mi«hl he ap- raised iu time, by adding ten or twelve new regi-
pointed assistant adjutant general, with the rank ,,ll -uto of regulars, and tilling ,up the ranks of the
of major, for <]uty with me in the field; and there oid -
•cat a vacancy at the time, for one. Sly request has A hill was introduced for raising ten additional,
never been attended to, and thus I have hail no rSgular regiment#; and 1 certainly do not mean to
officer of the Adjutaut General’s Department with I charge tho department with the whole delay in
me in the campaign. Can another instance be passing the bill through^ Congress. But it war
cited of denying to a general-in-cliief, in the field, passed February 11, 1847, aud uuder it, by early
at the head of a large army—or even a small one— in April, some few thousand men had befell already
the selection of his chief olhis staff—that is, the chief I raised and organized. My distress may be cou-
the city of Mexico, in.the next six or seven weeks,
which is probable, if we are not arrested by.a peace
or a truce—look to be dismissed from foe service
of my country! You will perceive that I am aware
(ns I have leng been) of this dangers which hang
.. _ . c h hang pass unnoticed your extrnodinary letterof the 2
over me at home; but I, too, ain a citizen of the U- - mPebmary, nor just to myself to permit it to
Ilipll of Hr. Itlurer.
ir Department, ?
Washington, April 21, 1818. j
Sir—It would not be respectable to you to
‘4th
to perceive that you have made it a distinct ground
of charge in your arraignment, of the War Depart
ment, that you were not permitted to have him ai
an assistant adjutant general at you r b end quarter*
Had you selected, mm instead of another, ns you
, „ i ■ , . . . I —Jl J— - - —J I - might liavc doue, you would have been bereft of
luted Mates, and well know the obligations lin- mitiu unanswered on the file* of this department. all pretext for complaint. Thonqh there wss’ca
posed under all circumstances by an enlightened To attempt to dispel the delusions which you vacancy in the Adjutant General'sstaff of thegrada
patriotism. In respect to money, I beg oguin to seem to have long pertinaciously cherished, and to of major, for which only veu recommended tie-
report that the chief commissary (Capt. Grayson) correct the errors into which you have fallen, dev- , “accomplished captains ■ -and to which, onlv. they
olves upon me a duty which I mm not decline; | Were properly eligible—there was a vacancy in..it
but in perfogpiiug it I mean to b" as cautious, as .of the rank of captain. For this poafticmyc u rec-
you profess lo have fc-ep, Jo abstain from any “ r ’ * ’ " M — — -
wanton discourtesy ”nud I hope o he alike succ
essful. Your prudent respect lb* the “4th article
of war 1ms induced you to hold io ostensibly re-
sponsible formally things which you are aware
not fairly chargeable to me Vho device you
have adopted to assail tile I'm sldent, by aiming
your blows at the Secretary <• W ir, docs inorecre-
of this army has not received a dollar from the
States since we landed at Vera Cruz, March 9.—
He now owes more than jf2C0,0Q9, and is obliged
(c purchase on credit, at great disadvantages. The
chief quartermaster (Capt. Irwin) has received
perhaps $50,000, aud labors under like incumbran
ces. Both have sold draughts to small amounts,
aud borrowed largely of tiie pay department,
which has received about half of the money esti
mated for. Consequently, the troops have some
foar months’ pay due them. Our poverty, or the I jit to your ingenuity us tin act
disbursingdepaituients at home, has b
known, to oorahan-e, in the papers of ’ ,t> rapitol
here, throagh’a letter from Lieut. Col. Hunt, that
was found on the person of the special messenger
from Washington. The army is also suffering
greatly from the want of necessary clothing—in
cluding blankets and greatcoats. The ne w troops,
(those who have last arrived,) as ‘destitute as the
others, were first told that they would- find abun
dant suppliesat New Orleans; next nt Vera Cruz,
and finally here; whereas, we now have, perhaps,
a thousand hands engaged in making shoes and
(out of bad materials, and athigh rates) pantaloons.
Robert A. Allen,
Factor ami Commission Merchant,
No. lid, liny Ntnvt, Nnvniinali, Gn.
Will attend strictly to the stofaire and sale
if Cotton, (Jon, Ffour, qud other Produce,, and
■will ptake ltborai cash advances on goods cou-
,signed to his House.
Re fox noet—Mr. James A. Nisbet,)
' E. B. Weod, ( „
J. II. R. Washington, f MacOH -
, Graves, Wood tc. Co. J
Dye A Robertson, Augntta.
i Hr anon & Yonnsf, Marietta.
1 pr.figorge F; Pierce, E^arta.
July 27 ' ■«—ly
Georgia, mid surpassed by none in the State, and de- j iu the department of orders and correspondence7 I cuive d. by uny soldier, on learning, at Jalapa,
:W^ eXC, ° ,,Ve a,ten V ou to J] 1 ® Bm business. Early in the following January, I asked tint a April 27th, that the whole of that force had beou
satisfaction to their customers. Pnrehasers are re* I P iy ' tof l th l M 1 resident, for the trial of two ofiicers. I Kin Grande frontier . . ‘
spectfufty invited to call and examine their stock and (°amod by me,) for conduct each bad committed In my tetter to the department, wri. ten the day
prices. BELDEN A CO. , '*“ t endaiigeyed^iu a high degree, the success of a' ter « »*^d I had expected that—
Stere in Mulberry st. sign of the.Manuaoth Hst. the impending campaign; and I specially referred “Detachments oflhenow regiments would, as
* to the anomalous aud fatal act of Congress, (May Y 011 ^ promised me, begin to arrive in this
29, 1830,) which prohibited me, as the “accuser mouth, aud continue to follow perhaps into June.”
or prosecutor,” from ordering the court for the “ How man y [volunteers] will re-eugage, uuder
^ er, than to your
•haracter as a soldier. A rivmeditated contriv
ances to avoid '■ j, j:...it ’ity do-.s not iudicute
inteurion not to do wnu. 0 .
The general aspect of your letter disclosed
evident design to create a belief that you were
drawn forth frem your quiet position, iu a bereau
of,tiis.department, and assigned to the command
of sur armies in Mexico, for the purpose of being
sacrificed, and that to accomplish this end, neg
lect disappointments, injuries, and rebukes” “were
iiflicted’_ on you, find the ueccessary means of
prosecuting the war with success withheld ; or
in other words* the government after preferring
•These articles, about 3,060 pairs of each, are abso- you to any other of the gallant generals within
lutely necessary to cover the nakedness of the *‘ r: — > ■ * ■ • - '
February 28, off Lobes. I wrote to Brig
aug 31
„ ’Coparlnrrslilp ffotiec,
fjf ALBERT MIX having scsocinted
’ ® w >th him ia this city, Mr. Erast i s'
Kirtland, will continue the business at his old
trial of tbe cases. My application has never been M 1 ® P 01 approved March 3, (only received two
noticed. This ueglect alouo ought early to have Ja )’ s ago.) I kuuw nut; prohably.but few. Hence
stand, under the firm nnd stjle of MIX A KIRT- admonished me that I had no hope of support at ,lie greatur my disappointment caused by sending
LAND. They will at all times keep on hand, a full I Washington, in any attempt I might make (against t,ie ttew troops to the Rio Grande; for besides their
supply of the best and roost fa<hionali]e stock of goods I certain officers) to maintain uecessary ilisciiilme in I keeping the road iu our present reur, open for
- e :.. The farmer,-Pg^tyiS'.of the Jptq.fapiof thearmy I,w*a about to lead into the field. I left many weeks foe marches ia successive iletach-
to8Cth ^f. ,Yr n P“ rc | J “ erl *ml the Washington highly flattered with the confidence menu, I had intended, as I advanced, to leave
SStateSfeS! r 6rBHofs^d e BOOTS sre “^ kiiidnera ,?te I’re.ident had just thown SL ****** in .bis place, (Jalapa,) in Perote,
I peraonal m.erviews J on piliuo’rnat- I ^ Fuqbla.to keep nt the head of the movement
pledge oanelves that nothing shall be wanting on ter ** lormore than two months my expressions a force equal to any probable opposition, it may
our part, to please all tlioee w1k> may favor us with gfatitude were daily aud fervent, nor were they now depend on the number ot tiie old volunteers
their patronage. MIX A KIRTLAND. I less emphatic towards the head of the War De- I ' vho ma y re-engage, and tiie number of liew troops
Macon, 31st May. 1»(7. partmeuL 1 Weeding ,witli zeal and confidence J^at may arrive from the Brazos iu time, as also
h I iii mv tnost hazardous duties, I learned, January ui some degree upon tbe advance of MajurGeueral
* ' ■ ttempt was on T “y ,or » whether I shall fiud this army in strength
tafco command | 10 ma'’* 5 the garrisons, aud to occupy tho capital.’’
N. B.—Mr. B. K^rtland is duly authorised to re-
Pysoti, Cooper & Rohcrts,
, rrvv\\ Will continue the Wifrelionso aud Commit-
I jUs , .fon.Ba.ii.es. the ensuing season, at their
■ rwi TT pfre-truef Warehouse.
Thankful to our frieuds l»r their former patronage,
we lespectlully ask a continuance of the same, with
, the assurance that our best efforts will .be given to
, promote their interests.
Liberal advances will be made on cotton in Store,
at customary rare*.
Thomas Dv.non, Jus,V. r , Cooper, A Wm. Roberts.
Macon, April t. 1S4S. 33—ly
Hrilienl Conartnorship-
ier Jl Dra. McGOLDRICK St QUINTAliD,having
Yj hmnsd a CW’ttttueisliip for the Practice of Medi-
/Jb cine aud Surgery, rcapcrtfuHy offer their acrvices
. to persons wishing rither-Moilieal or Surgical atten-
, tioa in either branch of their profeasion. They are
provided with aft manner of iiiatrumeuu aud are pre
pared to perform all. operations in Surgery and pledge
lUemsefvea co show the tno*L uureniiUio? attention to
theirpxtieuts. it. MqGQLDKICK,
.C.rT.UUJNTARD.
- Maron, January 1, 1848.
jaa 4 ?0—H
rbr*. rhiUL TltompsonftC.n.lFeils,
1 Having associated themselves in tbe practice
' ot Medicine and Surgery, tender,their services
to tne citizens of Macon .and vieiqitj". .’(CUire
nest doortothe Stste Bank, in the Building recently
occupied by the Bank of Hawkinsville.
spril 25 36—ly
. ,. .—• : * v, . , "v —w*ui«ms swiv i in •u» i i-ui*mutiuuuuB uuui’s, i icarucu, .
Mive and receipt for. aft mouiea dne, t)ie |*te firm of 27, at the BrazosSau Jaso, that an attempt was on Taylor, whether I shall fiud this army in strength
June? 9$ , '“^BERTAHX. I :« .l, ait !_^***ul ^^ iral to take co
; iu tbo field over me. Shocked aud distressed, I al
lowed of no relaxation iu my effurta to aerve my
| country, resolved that for the shurt time I was like
ly to reinaiu iu commission to be—
“True as the dial to the sun.
Although it lie not skimed upon."
A yet greater outrage soon followed: failing to
obtain an act fur tbe citizen lieuteuaut general, a
New iTIilliiicry anti Fancy Goods.
t MRS. CAltEY begs leave to call the atten
tion of the Ladies to her newstock of Millinery
and Fancy Goods, just received,and iu doing so,
assure them- that Le^pyescnt stock is superior
.both in style and quality, to any heretofore kept.
Bilk, velvet, satin and plush hats of the latest style,
Frepch flowers and bridal wreaths, very bond- i . „
some, of so, a beautiful new etvie of Feathers, Flo- wa * I*»*Med upon Congress to authorize the
rence/ i’earl, Coburn. Devon, Rutland and Ciriljan | placing a junior major gfeueral just oytpoiuteil (the | lta !‘ 1 .
braids, misses and child red’s straw and- Tuscainflats, sume individual) in command over aft the old uia- It ia not extravagant to say that, it Brigadier
Pamela, and Coburg braid Ac., a beautiful assortment jor generals tbeu in front of Ihe enemy! General Cadwaiader’s forcen had not been divert-
of silks, plain and satin stripes, plaid and plain satins. I will nut hero trust myself to add a soldier’s e “ * rora m0 to 1,18 B '° Brando, where be was
gimps, and fringes &c., an elegant selections of ribbou comment upon those attempts; but I may thunk n,lul0 to lo,,e ' wiibont auy benefit to Major Geu-
. Tet V. myy rirbous, spool twist, steel heeds and | God that He did not allow them,or subsequent iuju- er “ 1 Taylor, much precious .time, I might easily
ries, to break down entirely tbe spirit and abilities bare taken this city in tbe mouth of June, and at
, (such as.they are) With which Hehad endowed me. une-hth of the loss sustained iu August aud Sep-
s_ t f Foreseeiug, al Washington, that, from the great ,The euemy availed himseil ui my forced
1 * I 1 l i" .°.i . •. Pi s I (IfMttV fit l*lls*Klsl In niills>nt tn nrnomon nn>1 itiuoL
I may add, that only about fifty individuals of
the old volunteers re-engaged under tho pro visions
pf the act of March 3; timt the remainder were dis
charged May 4; that Major Geu. Taylor made uo
movement iu advaucc ot Saltillo; and that the tieiv
regulars, including Cadwtfod'er’s brigade, only
began to come.up with meat l’ueblaiu July, but
not ia sufficient, numbers till August 6. The next
day (he army commenced iu advance upon the cap
ital, with a little more than 10,000 effective uieii,
clasps,thread lace, embroidered capes, lace and mus
bn caps, elegant French worked capes, collars and
cbemisets.
Macon, Oct IB, 1847.
y> i ...._—. . | demands of commerce at“the moment, it would be I Tuebla. to collect, to qrgauize aud disci-
Straw R 1( OflllnR dfc Dress illakiIlf;, difficult, if uot impossible, to take up, perhaps at phue his forces, aa also, to erect numerous and
SZIS of any price, a anfficient number of vessels at New powerful defences with batteries. Nearly all those
»ttast=reasir 1sgfcxagg’itraro*”
i- - . ) ( —-j^wthe citizens of Georgia, that he has the
1]■ J jJ J 1/Agency for the sale of PIANOS from a
manufactory it. New York—the article offered, is of
the best workmanship and materials, and the latest
Stylo very superior at low pricea. Persons wishing to
purchase, can see one of these ipatni^csts at the sub-
, scriber’s residence.
fob 1 ~ . JAMES VAN VALKENBUBOH-
\V»<«liin?loii Hull,Stables.
*n The undersigned have taken the Stables
ikir* formerly kept by A. C. Morehouse,, aml-of-
Uaj, fer Carriages. Baggies. Sulkies. Saddle
Huraas, Ac. for hire. . They hav e also careful and com-
.AieteBt Grooms, and will keep single Horaea or Drovea
ay tie day. week or month, on tbe most reasonable
tenns. MASON Jt DIBBLE,
april I 33—ly
To the Public.
i The subscribers will run a daily
[line of Coaches and-Hack* to connect
i I with the Cars both ways from For-
sytli lo Indian hurings, commencing from tho* first of
. J uuu ur soousr if uecessary. W. C. JONES,
HUGH KNOX.
P. S. The tubseriber it still carrying on tbo Livery
Stable business in Forsyth in all iu different branches,
and is prepared to do any kind of business that rosy
, offer itself iu that line. W. C. JONES.
Forsyth, the,.Jan. 24th. 1848. 'J3—tf
>, B- I,."BURNETT,
Has removed from.tho old.Stand of C.^K.
frs j Wentworth A Co.,-to Cotton A venue, nqar the
ttbgfccnmcr of Cherry atrest, where be prepared to
oaernu customers old add new, aome of tne cheapest
bsrgsins in JEWELRY ever sold in Macon. Ilia
■ collection of Goods has been made with great care,
and will be sold remarkably cheap.
.GPAU kinds of Clock and \y atcli work done with
dispatch and warranted. april 18
W. T, A: A. H. Colquitt,
ATTORNJES AT LA IF—MACON, OA.
W ILL practice in Bibb nnd all the adjacent coun
ties. AU business entrusted-to their care will
meet with prompt attention.
£70ffice over the Store of Messrs. C. Campbell
k Co.
fob »2 • 27—tf
Robert ,S.- Lituicr,
A TTORNEY AT LAW—Macon,Ga.—.Will cone
-A linmclkt practice in tbe counties of Bibb.Monroe,
’ Pike, Crawford, Houston, Jones and Twiggs.
AU businats intrusted to his ctro will meet with
prompt attention.
Refers to Messrs. Scott, Cmriisrt.Veo.; Mg). James
!>esn. Samuel J. Ray, George M. Login and John J-
Bennett, Esqrs.
Macon, January, 1848. fob I 84—tf
. Sut’L R. Blare,] IThomas P. Ssuth.'
BLAKE »V k ATI’II,
A TTORNIES A T LA II .—.MACON, GA.
VATILL attend to all professional business entrust-
» v ed to their care, m Bibb and tbe suiroimding
, counties.
Maron. Sept 13. 1847. ly
Cajrler W. Youngi
A TTORNEY AT LAW—Office next to the Tel-
JA. egrsph newspaper. Cherry-street, lie having
- jeooved to Macon, will promptly attend to all Taw
hosioesa entrusted to liim. in lliob and tbe surronnd-
ing counties. f. h 29 B8—tf
riu
ll'lcs J IVIIllBHH,
AT LAW.—Columbcs Georgia.
Practices in tbe several counties of the Chat-
t **“cbee Circuit. AU business entrusted tohis care,
'vili be strictly and promptly attended to.
Bov 9 7
Thomas C. Hacketf.
•^TTORNEY A TLA 11—Roms, KloydCo., Ga.
PRACTICES in all the counties of the Cherokee
. Cirrnits, in the Supreme Courts at Macon, Deca-
*«r. MilledgevtUe and Cagsvifto, and in the United
®tete* Circuit Courts st Miiledgevillc aud Savannah,
“r business entrusted to bis care il» JCCot, with
f^pt attention,
dec 17
17—ly
IVow Saddlery Store.
I’HF. undersigned have a large and geueral stock ol
* Saddles, Hsrncss, Briiftcs, Trunks, Carnage
gamings, Saddlery H.irdwnrc—fogethcr with every
r** 1, arfelo osually kept in their line. Their facilities
?**«eh that they caa sett loiter than any other e«Ub-
“TOfot in town. Purchasers are invited to give them
c *u before purchasing elsewhere.
MORRIS & WESTCOTT.
. Opposite A. J. White A Co.. Cotton Avenue.
foes 11—tf
ray expedition from tbo Rib Graude frontier to I trauie aiier mo uiurnie ot June. Audit ia known
Cira Cruz. 1 endeavored to wnpress upon the War U “'M h8 ?° W8 of . tho . victory-ol Buena Viata. reerh-
the above business aud from her long esperiehoe.thoee I Department tbe necessity of sending out, from the I , Washingtou m tune to couutermand Cadwnla-
wlio entrust work to her care rosy feel sstisfied not I northern and eastern ports, a certain number of “ or » orders for the Rio Grande, before tiu.depkrt-
oidy in having it finished in the neatest manner, but large ships in ballast, iu order that |te expedition I U *?V , . tu *' ,evv .Orleans. Two riae companies,
in the lntest and most fashionable style. mightuut.be delayed, and in view of “the fixed I received tbe countormaud there, and
inarch S8 32 | f ac t”_Tthe return of the vomito at Vera Cruz iu the I me .... * . _
1 kuuw that 1 had the misfortune to give offence
to the department, by expressing myself to tbe
pied as the Telegraph printing office, and next door to
Mr.-Plants Osrrisue shop, ■where she"-win attend re
troops.
Geu. Brooke to direct (he quartermaster at' Nev\
Orleans to send to me largo supplies of clothiufi
March 16—2'3, Genoral Brooke replied tliat tie
quartermaster at New Orleans had ‘neither dob
ing nor shoes;' and that be was‘fearful that, uuU-3
they have beent sent out to you direct, you'will
be muck disappointed.’ Some small qurmtiy of
clothiug. perhaps onc-fifth of our wants, cauo to
Vera Cruz from some quarter, and foftoweJus to
Jalapa and this place.”
I must here specially remark, that this report.
No. 30. though forwarded tho uight of is date,
(July 25.) seems to have miscarried. , PeCceiviug
about November 27, that it wasnot’nckncwledgea
by tho department, I caused a duptierte to he
ptade, signed it, and sent it off by the mtno con
veyance with.desputcli No.-36, and'the charges a-
gaiust Brevet Major General Worth, Major Gen.
Pillow, aud Brevet Lieut Col. Duncan, together
with the appeal agaiust me of the former. All
these are acknowledged by the department in the
same letter (Jan.-13) that recalls me.
It was that budget of papers thtt caused the
blow of power, so long suspended, tc fa’ll on a de
voted bead. The three arrested officers, and he
ivho had endeavored to enforce a necessary discip
line agaiust them, are all to bo placed together be
fore the same court;—tbe innocent aud the guilty,
the accuser and tbo accused, the judgo and bis
prisouera; aro dealt with alike. Most impartial
justice! But there is a discrimination with a veu-
geaticc.' While the parties are ou trial—if the ap
pealer is to be tried at all, which seems doubtful—
two are restored to,their corps—one of them with
his brevet rauk—aud I am deprived of my com
mand! There can be.but one step more in the
same direction:—throw the rules and articles ol
war into the fire, and leave all rauks in the army
free to engage in denunciations and a general
scramble for precedence, authority and executive
favors. The j/ronupfiamenlo, on tho part of my
fac,tjoy& jurors, is most triumphant.
My rocali—under the circumstances, a severe
punislimeut before trial—but to be followed by a
trial here, that may run into tbe autumn—and on
Plano Fortes. , ,
The. subscriber respectfully informs likely to prove a.tptal defeat.
fact”—tbe return of tjie vomito at Vera Cruz iu the
spriug of the year—a delay of a few weeks was
WOOD Sc BRADLEY,
, MANUFACTURERS and dealers in
CABINET FURNITURE
‘ 1E2=si3 ^ 0*' A."foRJ3. , „ w- -- -
OULD most respectfully infonn the citizens 1 of j cdjiy the commanding general.”
Iu'apa'per transmitted to me, headed “Memo. I “ ,n8e f w ‘ from Jalapa, May .6. Iu h report of
randum for the Quartermaster General," marked : , ...
“War Department, December 15, 1846,” aud sign- ■ “The subject of that order No. 133, oldvolun-
ed by the Secretary, which I received January 8, ***"> I 1 " PT en * ne , ° n * deep solicitude. To
it is said* 1 part with so large and so respectable n portion of
“Independently of this number.fo transports for «■»/. in the middle ofa country whu.li, though
tops and ordiiaucestures, [from the north,] there brokel ' ?“ * u I K)w 'r r * *** ■»* > disposed to sue lor
ill be required, say, five ships for the transpor- P<>Ve;—loprmudo for the return home of seven
tat ion oftlie [surf] ifoaUnow being prepared, be- ro {f‘ me , u i? f™ m 1 , "* en . or I > ° 8,Uon ; nt “ tl,n8
sides wliicb ten vessels must be taken up and sent " boa lh “ d .'* 3 u,t ? difficult to provide trauspor-
v* I out in ballast, [for troops,] unless stores can be tatm “ and supplies for the operating forces w-hich
fR putou board, to make up tiie number («?) reqnir- remam^-and all this without any prospect ofsuc-
' 1 ’ L.1 hv ihe commandin'* vmieral ” cor or reiuforcemcnts in, perhaps; tjje next seven
W^^b^ei eralfrto.^ Lring”vaU Tho^jtteof this mcmummlum is December 15, niontbs-beyond some 309 army recruita-pre-
c! then« elves ^tor.e^ces rfrome ofthe^erabc.t more than three weeks after my requisition aud sent noveltiesutterly > unknown to any invading ar-
W’orkmen and having a supply of the best matcriids, departure from Washington. Ql not one of the tny before. ^Sith the addition of tqn or twelve
areprep^c^tomake toonfor any article in their line, “ten vessel." iu hallos^ or with stores, (leaving j thousand new lev.es m April or May-asked for
Iu addition to our present stock, *uch as Dining. Tea, room for .troops,) have I Jipan], up. to this day. U ijy 'ciy recently expected—or e\on with
- Relying upon them, confidently tlieV'lmrcation the add.Uon ortwo or three thousaudnew troops,
was dJiayed, in whole or iu part, at the Brazos desuned lor th.sarmy, but .uddenly by the orders
and Tampico, from the 15th ol* January to the9th fWar .Department,diverted to.the R.oGrande
of March; leaving, it was feared, not half the time £° n ‘ ,er * 1 notwiffisttndmg the unavo.dablo
needed fortherMuctiuu ofVera Cruz aud its castle discharge of the old voluatCera-seveu reg.ments
before the retunr of the yellow fever. But half “? J tw° .udependeut compau.es-advance with
the surf-boat, came at allf and of the riege train "£&**£!£'
Centre, Side, Work, Toilet, anartette and Sofa Tahlesj
Bureaus; Sideboards; Sofas and Wardrohna; -Sofas ;
Divans; Ottomans; Tfettetetes : Foot-rtoolsf-Secreta-
tys ; -Desks and Bpok’Cases; Ladies* W ork. Boxes
and Portable Desks ; Piano Stools ; Looking Glasses
and Glass Plates of all sizes ; Gilt. Mahogany and
Walnut Frames of all sises for Pictures and Portraits;
Cane seat Settees and Counter Stools; Mahogany and
Walnut ChairaT Plushand Hair Cloth Seauf s'gre.t I .„d ordnance .tores, only about one-half “had a.- er .^ e J e «* "dvauce; but whether beyond Puebla,
variety of curled Maplcand AValnutCane se.U and | rived wlieu the Mexican flags were replaced^ by will depend ou mter\ ening informaUou and reflec-
otherkiud ~ ’ * * " " *
In mention _
pl«i.Poj|larsind’Pine-Bedatpada..cheaper than ever; I m^jofattnek, iu.^bq midstof frightful northers, by . . »
| catsaaiiws s&Z sas sw “ 7Tr T
inSte iwk^ MtHe * 0Ct ffitroduced ^^®^^ 0 D r a ,^i h “^J^-ITficfoncfo; ‘in abandoned, and ngai.’,, Miylways afnrid that
To Manufacturers For sale. Furniture Varnish, heavy guus, mortars, aud ordnance stores.
Mahogany and WalnufcPlank, j^qhoguay Veniera and The first letter,that I received from the depart-
Bed PosU. , meat, after entering the captured city, contained
N. B. Furniture repaired neatly and, with dispatch. I uu elaborate rebuke, (dated February 22,) fi> r
Old Sofas and Chairs re seated or covered with;,Hair ordered Col. llarocy, 2d dragoons, to le-
■Clotb, of Cane. maiu iu the command of the cavalry with Major
o-*»I :: “.fe?.*, 1 *’.
8l nov a p 0M * C ° I>y * -6—tf number of cavalry companies with the two armies.
—-— .. This rebuke was written with a complacency that
Invaluable | argued the high^t profcraional expen^ce in such
nov S
.6—tf
matters, and cuuld not have been more coufideut
^ _ _ _ „„ Prevention and Cure of
n ™t *H I FemsleDiseases! l, '2?4 , pagea. M Engravffiga! I STtUto^Ti? die tied toU» greenest gw»«l of the
* 50 cents ; Bound 75 coots. Mail to any. part receut appomtnieuts, Yet, without the power of
•4 - \ selecting commanders of particular corps, no gen-
glX Lectures on
Paper.,!
Shoulder Braces and Chest Expanders, 62. M«d eral-in-ciiicf would venture to take upon himself
to any part. 50 cents postage. , Iulialing Tubes, Sfl- u ie conduct uf a critical campaign. Such selections
ver, $3, by Mail, letter postage. AbdomihM Sop- woreB iwsys made by the. Father ot his countiy,
porters, perfect, *8 to $10, for all Roptnres, rsJlrng eQ( j ,| 18 nnucipal generals under him. Soiu the
^ffie.Bojrelssnd Womb slid VVesk Back roidCbrat, JJ of « J8U t myselfsent away, against
sent by Express everywhere. For Braccs or l t yvishes, three senior field-officers ol as many
portera, or Rupture Supporters. ff>ve from " J ho wero infirfo. uninstructed, aud in-
te, 'mention favor of three juntos and with the
Agents wanted for the aale of the above subsequent approbation of Alajor Gen. Brown, on
coods * Address D^^sTfITCH, “07 Broadway his joining me, and tbe bead of the War Depart
New York, post-paid. . meet. Both were well acquainted with the cus-
marcli 28 _ toms of war, in like cases, at home and abroad,
aud without that energy on my part, it is highly
fi f* in ii I free Foundry* i ouu wmiuu* M4a* v«-. e; u- f —»- - « -
T T OLTSA LEVY are prepared at the shortest pro bable that no American citizen .would over
I - ! mtice to furnish all kmdti of finished Machinery. j lavo c j le d the battles of tho Niagara without R
Steeia £“gfoeV Castings in Iron or Bros. Mi l iighfor hi .country. I am happy, however, that
Gearing of all kimk^iBavif, and. Spov Geanug.Xri Before a word bad been refeoived trotn the depart-
Genrofsll patterns and sixes. Fan I ment, and, indeed, before tt could have had auy
Gin work. Pres* Pulley*, Hand 1 ire knowledge of tho queiUon, I had decided lo lake
Doors and Windows, Cemetery Railings, Gudgeons, me ^he frank aud gallaat colonel, and hope
Inks. Ac. • , . t „f goou to learn that ho and very many other officers
We invite onrfriimds and all wlm are ' . . ’ Been rewarded with brevets for their highly
any otthe above arttcftMo give m « tmi „ a in tbe campaign thatfol-
Mscon. Feb. 8, 1848.
\VM. 6. HOLT.'
CHAti. T. LEVY.
' 25—ly
HUsoIation of PafMWHWP* ,.
T HE business carried on in this city
under llm nsmo and style of Jones A Mcblrw.
has teen dissolved this day by 4
lm.it,ess of too late «™>2jONES ^^cE LROY^ '
* Biar2l 31—tf
Elroy.
Macon, March 14, 1848.
IVoticc-
ijistineuisbed services iu tbo campaign
It Was in reference to the same rebuke, that, iu
acknowledging your communication, I said, from
Vent Cruz, April 5th:
“I might very well controvert the military prin
ciples so confidently laid down by the department
Tin the letter of the 22d of February:—] but be-
bar'inx that the practice of toe United Mates army
iu tbo two wars wijli G. Britain would lisvo no
weight in the particular ease, l waive further reply
—having, at the momeut, no leisure and uo mclma-
T^^NNINg'^Bl^SINElsin all its brnneius .at tiie i .\lludiug to tbelieavy disappointments iu respect
store recently occupied by Messrs. Jcmcs * ***®jJ”T
where he tnists by unremitting .attention to.bosmew
to receive a portion of too patronagk.-df thecornrouni-
re The trade and peraoni in want of «ny art.cl e n
his line of Imsiness.rare. most respectfally mvited to
call and examine hU stock. w } McELROY.
aa—tf
Macon, March *«2l
1 J , SXZL* CogMC mpjjfe*"
Clollts 1111(1 Cassimercs. ■ - ' • — rCn Tt-nnjiJ
T'U: iir.ii,-r-im.-.l have just ,1 and ..j.cnr d »,i v BHI.H l’ir.-t and second l'"’”. 1
1 l»r_-.- nnd desirable lot of plnin nnd fancy En- | 0\J «o bbls. Rum, for sale by T. C. DEAD-a.r.
april 18
1 desirable lot of plain and fancy E
EJ- •! French Cloths, Cassimcres. Vestinpii, Ac.
j*. 1 they offer at unusually low prices for CASH.—
J" ’’ Boons are new ami dealrable. and persons in
“ 't'"l"nidi articles, will Jind it to their interest to
a call. PETFR .V JAU.ldTETTER.
29 —
4i»«,
John P. Gnvun & Co.,
' . AUCTIONEERS.
A GENTS f«v sale of Albany Cream Ale. Ch»m-
paguo Ci^sr. Npv ’ 8 ‘
to transports, siege trains, and ordnance 6tores,
then eireudy experienced. I wrote tothedepart-
ment, from Lobos, leb. 28—
“1’eibaps pa expedition was ever so unaccoun-
tably delayed—by uo want of foresight, arrange
ment, or energy on my part, ns I dare affirm—and
under circumstances tho most critical to this en
tire army; for everybody relied upon knew, from
the first,"as well as I knew, it would be fatal to us
to attempt military operations, on this coast niter,
probably, the first week in April; mid here we are
at the eud of February! Nevertheless this army is ta
heart; and crippled as I am in the means required
and promised, 1 shall go forward, and expect to
takoVern Cruz.and iu castle in time .o escape,
by pursuing the enemy, tfcepeshlence of the coast.
tbe next ship or messenger might recall or farther
cripple me—I resolved no longer to depend on
Vera Cruz or homc„but to render my little army
•‘a self-sustaining machine,"—as I informed every
body, including tbe head of the \Y ur Department—
and advanced to Puebla.
Iu was iu reference to the foregoing serious cau
ses of complaint, and others, to fie found in my re
ports ai large—particularly iu respect to money
for the disbursing staff officers, clothing, and Mr.
Trist, commissioner—that I concluded tuy report
from Puebla,'June 4, iu tlieso words:
.“Considering tho many cruel disappointments
and mortificaliohs I have been jnade to feel since I
left Washington, and the total waut of support or
sympathy on the part of the War Department,
which I have so .Jong experienced,’ I beg to bo
recalled from this army the moment it may be safe
for any person to embark nt Vera Cruz—which I
suppose will be early in November. Probably all
field operations will be over long before that time.”
But my next report (July 25) from Puebla has,
no duubt, in the end, been deemed,more unpardon
able ,by the department- In that paper, after
speaking of the "happy change in my relations,
both official and private, with Mr. Trist,” I con
tinued :
“Since about the 2Gth ultimo (June) onr inter
course lias been frequent and cordial, and I have
found him (Mr.'T.) able, discreet, courteous, aud
amiable. At faorau if so chanced that wo had but
toe slightest_possibloucquaiulauco with each other.
Hence more or less of reciprocal prejudice; and of
tho existence of his feeling towards me, I know
(by private letters) before we met, that at least a
part of tbe cabinet had a full intimation. Still,
ihe pronounced misunderstanding hetween Mr.
Trist nnd myself could not have occurred but for
other circumstances;, 1. His being obliged to send
forward your letter of April 14, papers which he
desired-to communicate; 2. His bad health in May
and June, which I am happy to say has now be
come good; and 3. Tbe extreme trustification into
which your letter, and .particularly an ipterlinea-
liou unavoidably threw tne. So far us I am con
cerned, I am perfectly willing that all I have here
tofore written to the department about Mr. Trist
should be suppressed. I make this declaration as
duo to my present esteem for that gentleman; but
ask no favor, or desire noue, at the hands of the
department. Justice to myself, however tardy, I
shall take care to have done. • * I do not ac
knowledge the justice of either of your rebukes,
contained in tho letter of ,^Iay 31, (in relatiqq to
Mr. Trist and the prisoners at Cerro Gordo;) and
that Ido not here triumphantly vindicate myself,
is not from tho want of will,, means, or ability, but
time. Tbe first letter (dated,-February 22) receiv
ed from you, at Vera Cruz, contained a censure,
and 1 am now rebuked for the unavoidable—nay,
wise, if it had been unavoidable—release, on pa
role, of tbe prisoners taken at Cerro Gordo—even
before one word of commendation from govern
ment has reached this army ou account of its gal-
lautcouduct in the capture of those prisoners.—
(No such commendation has yet been received—
February. 1843.) So, in regular progression, 1
may, should tbe tame army gallantly bear me into
ously placed on two grounds: 1. My own request,
meaning ffcat of J line. 4, (quoted above, and there
waa no other before the department.) which bad
beer. previoii«ly.(July 12)' acknnwUdsed and re
bukiugly declined. 2. The arrest of Brevet Maj.
,C-en. Worth, for writing to the department “under
the pretext aud-form of an appeal.’’au open letter,
to be sent through me, in which' I was 'groajslytand
falsely accused of ‘’malice” and “conduct unbe
coming an officer and gentlemau,” in the matter
of the general order No. 349, on the subject ofpuf-
,£ng letters for toe newspapers at-home, (
JDn that second point, the letter from the depart
ment uf January 13 iurinore thau ingeniouu; it is
elaborate, subtleand.profound.—a professional dis
sertation, with the rare merit of teaching pririci-
ples until uow wholly ankuown to military codes
aud treatises, and of course to all mere soldiers,
however great their experience in the iiejd.
I have not iu this place time to do more thau
hint at tho fatal consequences of the novel doc
trine iu question. According to the department,
auy factious junior may , at his pleasure, iu the
.pudstof the enemy—using “the pretext'and form
of an appeal” against his commander, insult and
outrage him to the grossest extent—though he be
the geiieral-in-chief, and charged with the conduct
of the mostcriticaloperations; and that commander
may not arrest the iucipint mutineer, until be shall
have first Inid down his own authority,* and sub
mitted himself lo a trial, or wait at least until a
distant period of leisure fer n judicial examination
of the appeal! Aud this is precisely the case under
consideration, The department, in its eagerness
to condemn me, could not take time to learn of
the experience, that tho general-in-chief who
once submits to an outrage, lrorn a junior, must
lay his accouut to suffer the like front all the vici
ous nude? him—at least down to a rauk that may
be supposed without influence, in high quarters.
beyond the army. But this would not bo tbo whole
mischief tO’.tbe,.public service. ,-Even ,the great
mass of tho spirited, intelligent, and well affected,
among his brothers in arms, would soon reduce
such cojnmander rqutter imbecility,by, holding
him in just scorn aifd coqjeinpvfor his recreancy to
himself and couutry. And are discipline and effi
ciency of no value in the field 1
But it was not my request of June 4, nor report
No. 30, (of J uly 25,) so largely quoted from above;
nor yet toe appeal ol o'ne.prtir;aae« »iIe.that has at
leng'ih brought down upon mo this visitation, so
clearly predicted. That appeal, no doubt, had its
merits—considering it came from an erratic broth
er—a deserter from the other extreme—who hav
ing just made his peace with the true faith, was
bouud to signalize apostacy by acceptable denun
ciations of one for.Cybom, up to Vera Cruz, he had
professed, (and not without cause,) the highest ob
ligations. (It was there be learned from mo that
1 was doomed at Washington, ind straightway the
apostate began to seek, through n quarrel, toe
means of turning that knowledge to his own bene
fit.) No.' -There was (recenily) still another'ele
ment associated in the work—kept us far as prac
ticable out of toe letter of recall—au infitieuco pro
ceeding from tho other arrested general—who is
quite willing that it should generally bo under
stood (and wboehaft gainsay nia significant acqui
escence ?—) that aft rewards and punishments, in
this army, were, from the first, to follow his re
commendations. This, tho more powerful of the
pronuneiamentos against No. 349, well knew, at tho
time,as 1 soon knew, thatho was justly obnoxious,
not only to the animadversions of that order,but to
other censures -ofyet a much graver character, .’
In respect to this general, the letter or recall ob
serves, parenthetically, but with an acumou wor
thy of more than a "hasty” notice, that some of
my specifications of his misconduct are hardly con
sistent with “your [my] official reports aud com
munications."
Seemingly, this is a most just rebnke. But,
waiting for ihe trials, l will here briefly state, that,
unfortunately, I followed that general’s,cvyu re
ports, written and oral; that my confidence, lent
him, in advance, had been but very slightly sha
ken. as early as the first week in October ; that up
to that tlme*from our entrance iuto this city, 1 had
been at the desk, shut out from personal inter
course with my brother officers, and that it was
nottill after tout confinement, that facts, cuuduct,
aud motives began to pour in upon me.
A word as to tbe 5tharticle. lean truly say that,
the range of its choice, had labored to frustrate
its own plans, to bring defeat upon its owu ar
mies, and involve itself it ruin and disgrace, for an
object so unimportant in its bearing upon public
afiairs. A chargeso entirely preposterous, so utter
ly repugnant to all the probabilities of human con
duct, calls fornorefutirtion.
For other purposes than to combat this fondly
cherished chimera, it is proper that I should uo-
tice some of your specific allegations. -
It is true that, uftor you were designated for the
chief command of our armies, the President was
desirous that your departure should not be unnec
essarily delayed ; but you were not restricted, as
you allege, to “only four days” to make the neces
sary preparations at Washingtou. You were
uot ordered away until you bad reported that
these .preparations were’ so far completed that
your presence here was uo longer required.—
Then, instead of going direc.tly to Mexico, you
were permitted, at your owu request, to take a
circuitous route, through New York, and there to
remain a few days. ” You staid at New York
nearly nn.'eutire week; aud, not until tho 16th of
December, (twenty-six days after leaving Washing
tou,) did you reach New Orleans, where you would
have arrived iu seven days if you had been re-
3 uired to ttffie .tho direct route. This solicited in-
ulgence, by which your arrival at Now Orleans
was delayed nearly’ three weeks, is incompatible
with your allegation that you were allowed’‘only
four days at Washington, where twenty might
have been most advautageousley employed. —■'
This complaint hao relation to facts within you
own knowledge ; error, therefore ,ia hardly recon
cilable with auy solicituie to be accurate. As
this is your opening charge against the War De
partment, and may ,I> e ..regardijd. as indicative of
those which follow, I shall make the refutation of
it still more complete, for the purpose of showing
with what recklessness you have performed the
functions'of an accuser, and how little reliance, iu
Represent state of. your feelipgs, can..bo placed
on your memqty. Y ou are the witness by whom
your allegation is tc- be disproved. On tbe day of
your departure from Washington, you left with me
a paper, in your own hand writing, dated November
matters I am but partially permitted to ^now by .23,1846, with the. following,b.eadiftg- .
tbe department aud tny accusers—is very ingem- “Notes suggesting topics to be embraced iit the
Secretary’s instruction to Geueral 8., drawn uji
(in hast?) at the request"orthe former."
From that paper I extract the following pnra-
5 rm r'* *
“I (the Secretary of War) am pleased to learn
from you (General Scott) that you have in a very
fqw days already, through the genera! staff of the
army here, laid^ a sufficient "basis for the purposes
with which you are charged, and that yoigpi-uc
think it best to proceed at once to the southwest, in or
der to organize the largest number of troops that
can bo obtained in time for that most important
expedition” (tho expedition against Vera
Cruz.)
Herejs your ovvii' nioct .explicit admission.that
you represented to the Secretary of War, before
leaving Washington, that arrangements were so
far completed, that you thought it best to proceed at
once to too army in Mexico; and yet you make it
youropening' charge agaiust the Department, that
you were forced away to Mexico before you had
time for uecessary preparations.
I present the next charge in our own language:
“I handed to you a written request that oue of
three of pur accomplished captains, therein named,
might be appointed assistant adjutant general, willt
the rank ot major, for duty With infi in (lie field,
and there was a vacattcy, at the time, for one.—
My request has never been attended to, and thus
1 have had no officer of the Adjutaut General’s De
partment with ine in the campaign. Can another’
instance bo cited of denying to a general-in-chief,
in the field at the head of a large army—or even a
small one—the selection o(,his chief of tho staff—
that is, the chief in the department of orders .and
correspondence J”
Were the case precisely as you have stated it to
be, you have given It'too much promiuenee, as a
matter of complaiut, to tbe President’s refusal to
be controlled, in his exercise of the appointing
power, by your wishes. Had there been a vacan
cy such us yon mention for “oue of tiie accomplish
ed captains” you named, no one knows better than
you do that your request could not have been ac-
eeded to without departing from (he uniform rule
of selection for stutf appointments, without viola
ting .the right of several officers to regular promo
tion, and offering au indignity to all those who held
the positiou of assistant adjutants general, with tho
rauk of captain. Tho ruleofregular promotion in
the staff is as inflexijtlc, amlhas been qf uniformly
observed, as that ia the hue. It must appear sur
prising that you, who were so deeply “shocked aud
distressed” at the suggestion of .appointing, by au
thority of Congress, a “citizen lieutenant general,”
or vesting the President with power to devolve tho
command of the army on a major general without
regard to priority in .toe^datoof nis commission,
should, in your first request, niter being assigued
to command, ask the President to disregard the
rights of at least fourofficers as meritoriousas“tbe
three accomplished captains” named by you. Tho
President's views ou this subject undoubtedly dif-
tpr from yours. His regard lor the rights of offi
cers unot graduated by their rauk. Those ofenp-
taius nnd major generals have equal value in' his
estimation, aud uu equal claim to his respect and
protection. I cannot admit that it is a just ground
of censure and rebuke against the “head of the
War Department” that the President did uot see
fit, in order to gratify your feelings of favoritism, to
disregard the claims and violate the rights ofall the
assistant adjutauts general of the rauk uf captain
theu in commission.
But, so far asitixicmjeagroundof complaint and
reproof, this *is uot 1 the worst aspect of the cane.—
You are entirely mistaken in the assertion that there
was then a vacancy iu the adjutant general's staff,
with the rank of major, to which either of the cap
tains recommended by you could have been prop
erly appoiuted. There was no such vacancy. _ To
show the correctness of this statement, .and to de
monstrate your error, 1 appeal to the Army Regis
ter aud tiiJ records of the Adjutant General’s Of
fice. .-Your mistake as to an obvious fact lying with
in tbe range of matters \yith which you are presum
ed to be familiar, has excited less surprise than the
declaration, that by tho non-complianco with your
request, you "have had no officer of the Adjutaut
“Geuerni’a Department with me [you] inthecam-
“paigu.” Every officer of that department—at
least eight—was, as you well knew, subject to vour
command. When you arrived in Mexico, there
were with tbe army at least five assistant adjutants
,of the rank of captain.
' ommended an officer in General Wool’s staff, then
on the Chihuahua_ expedition. ' This officer wns
subsequently appointed assistant adjutant general
with too rank of captain, as you.desired, and has
ever since been at the headquarters of that gener
al. 1 bus it wil he pt-rcoivetl.that your request,
so tar as it was proper and reasonable, wasactuaity
complied with.
The next specification ia the cntalogne of char
ges preferred against me. is that a court-martial
was not instituted by ilie President for the trial
cf General Marshall and Captain Montgomery) on
y.nur charges c^ainst them. TheolYencoz i-nputed
to them vere certainly not of arfaggravated char-
■ctor* The one, ns was alleged, had been incau
tious in relutinn toa despatch UDdercireumstanccs
that might admit of its coming to the knowledge of
the enemy, uud the other bad not carried a des
patch with as much expeditioiras you thought he
might have dotte. Jhs one was a general officer,
a court to try hfm must have been composed pf
officers of high rank. Before the order for assem
bling it could have reached Mexico, it was fore
seen that yoer commnnd would be at Vera Cruz,
and probably engaged iu aotive siige of that city.
Officers could not, therefore, have been then sent
from your columu to Monterey or the Rio Grande,
(where the court must have been held,) without
great.detriment to the public aervlje. tied'you
been deprived of several officers'of high rauk at
that critical period by‘the order of the President,
it would have afforded a better pretqcce of com
plaint titan any one in your extciulg-J: ^ Atalogne.
I lad thq Court been composed of oil'errs taken
from General Taylor’s command, it would bavoslill
furthrr weakened his condition, already weak in
consequence of the very large force you had with
drawn from him. .Subsequent events have proved,
that it was .most fortunate tbe President did not
comply with your retjuest.'fo'r ’ hacT ho clone so,
some of the officers highest in rank, and most con
spicuous at Buena Vista, might, at that critical con
jecture, have been separatcil from their commands
and engaged on a ctfeft nt a distance from that
glorious scene of action. It is uot fanciful to sup
pose tout their absence might have change the for-
tutie of that eventfiaKimy; and that, instead of rc-
: oicing, as we now do, in a triUQUihant victory—
umoitg the most brilliant in tho whole course of
the war—we might have had to lament a must
disastrous defeat, aud tho almost total loss of
the whole force"you had left to sustain that fron
tier. No man has more-'reason than youtself to
rejoice that no order emanated from Washing
ton, though requested, by you, which would hate
further impaired toe efficiency of General .Tay
lor’s commaadin "tho crisis that then awaited
him.
I My letter of the 22d of February, conveying tho
President’s views iu regard to yci;r order" depriv-
ugColonel Ilarnev of his 'appropriV ' command,
s severely arraignqih by .yqu as offensive, both in
manner and matter. ^
The facts iu relatimi to this case ofallegedgriev-
an.eeare now before the’public, aud ti brie?allu
sion to them will place the transaction in 1 its true
light. Uuder your orders Col. Haruey had bra’’,
seven companies of his regiment—iho 2d dra
goonst—fronYMonterey totfidBrasos, to be under
your immediate command; and two others—being’
aft of the regiment in Mexico—were expected to
follow within a few days. In the midst pi his bigh'
hopes and ardent -desire Tor active rorvice,' you
took from him his janior;cfficers, an l.ortleged him
back to Geu. Taylor’s line lo look for what was
uD* ionp]rtB]iiwtclj ilcu*imUjiittrxl- "av 1:hft <r hj«ry
command. ?f Outraged iu his fcelipgs^ihd injured in
his rights, he respectfully remonstrated; his appeal
to your sense of justice was unavailing. Neither
to this gallant .officer, nor to.ti:.* President did you
assign any sufficient or pWusibloreason for this ex
traordinary proceeding. Tbe whole army, I be-'
Iieve, and toe whole country, when the "transac
tion became kuown, entertuined bat otto opinion
on the subject—and that was, that you had inflict-'
ed an injury and an outrage upon a brave and
meritorious officer. Such en act—almost the first'
on your assuming command—boded aiscstroue
consequences to the public service, and devolved
upon the Presjdent the duty o’, interposing to pro-
. , ^.ityoi interposing b
tect the injured officer. This interposition you
have made a grave matter pf accusation against
the head of the War Department, nnd have char
acterized it as a censure ami a rebuke. It may
imply both, and still, beihginerited, may leave you
without a pretence for complaint. The President,
after alluding to bis duty to sustain the rights, of
the officers uuder yonr command, as well as your
own rights, informed you that he did not discover
in.the case, as you had.prggented it, sufficient cuuso
forsuch au order; that.in his"opiniob,Col.'Harney'
had a just cause to complain; and that he hoped
the matter had been reconsidered by yon, and the’
colpnel restored to^bis .appropriate command.—
lfoi»c.own’subscqjient course, in this cam demon-'
slrates the unreasonableness cf your Complaint,
and vindicates the correctness of tho President’s’
proceedings. You h»d really.rebuked and cen-’
sured your own conduct; for even before you had
received the President’s views, you had,’ as ho
hoped you would, reconsidered the matter,heconto’
convinced of your error, reversed your order, and
restored Col. Harney tohis command; tbusgiyjng
the strongest evidence jn favor of the propriety and
correctness ofall the President ’)iad done in tho
case. I give you too much credit for steadiness of
purpose, to suspect that you retraced your steps
from mere caprice, or for any other cause than a
conviction that you had fallen into error. Af.er tho
matter had thus terminated, it appears unaccpunt-
table to me that you, who above all others could
wish it to pass into oblivion, have again cajled at-
tipn to it by making it ah item, hr your arraign
ment of the War Department. ’’ ''X,
You struggle in vain to vindicate your course in
this case, by referring to your own . acts in the'
campaign of 1814. Yon then sent away, afe-yon
allegej against their wishes, “three seuior Geld of
ficers it as many regiments who wero infirm, un-
instructed and inefficient, iu favor of three juniors,
and with the subsequent approbation of Major
General-Brown, and tho head .or the War Depart
ment." "This precedent does not, in mv judgment,
change the aspect'of the -present case. Colonel
Harney was not “infirm, untostfucted, and ineffi- ’
cienq” you did not assign, and, in deference to the
known opinion of the army und country, yon did
tint venture to assign, that reason for deposing him.
I do not understand the force cf your logical de
duction, that because you, on a former occasion,
had deprived officers under you of their commands
for good and sufficient reasons, with subsequent
approval, you nay now, rad at any time, do
the sumo thing without r.ny reason whatever ;
and if the President interposes to correct the
procedure, you havo*a just cause to complain of
an indignity,and a right to arraign ;!.o War Depart,
meat.
As your anitnadversion upon the tone of tny let
ter is probably a blow aimed at a much more
conspicuous object, to be reached through fne,rl
ought, perhaps, to pass it without notice, On re
vision of llrnl letter, I cannot perceive that it ia
not entirely respectful in manner and language.
The views of the President are therein ccnndeBt-
ly expressed, because they were confidently en
tertained. It seems to be admitted by you, that
"if dictated to the greenest general ot the receut
appointments," .the letter w ould not. have beeu
exfjgtionnble. I wns not aware that if was my
duty to-codify and graduate my style, so as to
meet, according to your fastidious views, the va
rious degrees ot greeunessand ripeness of thegen-.-
erals to whom l am required to convey the ordeta
of the President; and fur any such defect iu my of
ficial communications I have no apology to oiler.
Iu the same letter, wherein you couif’rfit’ ot'be-’
ing censured for your course in relation to Colditel
Haruey .you say: “I am now rebuked for the un
avoid due—nay, wise, ifit hid not been unavoida
ble—release, riu parole, of the prisoners taken at
Cerro Gordo, even before one word of commenda
tion from government (tr.d reached this army, on
account of its gallant condu.’t in the capture of
presume, (hough unable to conceive, that circum- ' those prisoners.” Accident clone—not any over-
stances justified you in passing over all the assist- i sight or neglect cn my part—has given you the
ant adjutants geueral then with the army, and in , apparent advantage of the aggravation w hich you
selecting an officer ot the line to perforin the du- j have fully thrown iuto this charge. My letter
ties cf adjutant general at your headquarters, I j commending yourself and tiie gallant army nr-
was much surprised to learn from you that, when j der your conmmud for tlm glorious achieve-
General Worth sent to you one ot these “accum- tnent at Cerro Gordo, was written and sent to ymi
plished captains,” the first on your list, under the on tne 19th of May—eleven days before that
belief that vou desired his services as au acting which you ere pleased to consider as containing a
assistant adjutant general, you declined to employ rebuke.
him iu that capacity; aud I am stillmore surprised fConcluded on Seccr.i prg- )
iu this and other communications, I huve not do- I general, all at your service. That you Chose to
signed tho slightest disrespect to the commander- ! employ none of ihcm at your headquarters, mid
in-chief of the army and navy of the United,States, detached from other appropriate duties an officer
No doubt he, like myself and all others, may fall • to act as an assistant adjutant general, may well
iuto mistakes as to particular men; and I I be regarded ns a slight to the whole of that staff
cannot, having myself beeu behind tho curtain, then with you iu Mexico, ayd a cause ofcompluint;
admit the legal fiction that all acts of a Sec- but certaiuly not a complaint to emanate from you
retaiy are the" acts of the President. Yet, in my j against tbo.War Department. Williug^as I atn to
defensive statements, I have offered no wanton
discourtesy to the head of the.War Department, al
though that functionary is not in the enumeration
of the'above-meutioned article.
Closing my correspondence with the department,
until after the approaching trial,
I have the honor to remain, respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
The Hon. Secrxtart or W*n,
Washingtou, D. O.
