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ft® jniuiiition tborofor," was submitted to
»»* ordmitico Departments, on the 2Gth of
s*®* j^ r w ith an intimation that it could not be
in season for tbo expedition to go
< ■"*• ss early as you had contemplated. I oa-
upon it, '’eomply sciUi the above as far as
‘wieuble ;"and this onler, I am satisfied, after
Sf-iimmatiou. was faithfully executed.
r(l nld bedonent Washington, was promp-
t' 1 * l.-.l with von tin* n
'■^rai with all the means at the command of
11 v .y # r’department, aud with uuroslriated author.
**10 do whatever you might require. Ho was
V voor supervision, and subject to yourorders
Hi /ad willing to execute them. You have
rfiqtim«todM» ,t lie, in any respect, failed in
t but, 001 * 10 c °utrary, yon n»*o spoken in
M|wy commendatory terms of his cflicicut ser-
olrcndy quoted your acknowledgment
, jjslud taken all proper measures with judg-
■^jiiud promptitude to provido everything de-
* 1 jj„«on his department for tlie despatch and
y°" r expedition. In mi issuo ff fact
"■seen you and tlio head of the War Department,
^ irtlimony, next to your oivu confession,' is the"
* j that can be offered to correct your misstate-
m, u >Q d to refute your charges.
bis letter to mo of the 2d of January, 1847,
You bsd with you tbo Quartermaster
j*»sjrs!
■ General Scott left for the interior on
- 29lh ult, and I am taking active measures to
which you have mode againstit for having done its
duty in that critical emergency. When you first
received tho reasons assigned for the course adopt-
0.. bore, they appear to have been satisfactory. In
your despatch of tlio28lh of April,you say: ‘‘Yes
terday I learned, by your letter of the 22d, and
tho Adjutant Geueral’a of the 2Gth ult, that all the
recruits of tho regiments—wine 3.000—raised or
likely to be raised in time for this army have beon
ordered to the Rio Grande." You did not then in-
the slightest dissatisfaction—not even &
premonitory symptom of that deep distress with
which, instantly on Mr. Trist’s arrival in Mexico,
you lepresent yourself to havB been seized. -It is
a coincidence notunworthy of police, that the let
ter containing your firstcondemnatory : remark on
this subject was written on. the <Jay 0 f tho dale of
Mr. Trial's first note toyou, apd only the day bc-
foro your captious reply to it; and in both you as
sail the 1\ ar Department. Your withering disap
pointment seems to have slumbered for ten days,
and then to havo been aroused by the appearance
of Mr. 1 rist in Mexico aud you quarrel with him.
If the order from the War Department had in fact
“diverted’’ the farces with Gen. Cadwalader, still
it was fully justified by the threatening aspect of
affairs on dm Rio Grande; but I am quite sure it
did not divert them. No previous order from the
department hnd designated any other placeofren-
dezvous than the Brazos for tho troops that were
to join your column. It was well understood, be
fore you left Washington, that all tho troops for
jits everything depending upon me ready for Ilia holli'armies were to bo sent to that place, and
avrstioas. Tbo quartermaster’* department, I there to fall under your command.
is called upon to do a great deal that should
V Juno by other branches of the staff. So faros
,- rt s. Scott’s operations go, I shall have every
■ jag done that is necossary, wheather it belon:
y'civ department or to other departments tot
, , . .
You bad with yon, and subject to your orders,
„t only tho Quartermaster General, but officers
j tbo other stair departments. They did not luok
otbe War Department, but to yonrself, fordirec-
..as; and it was your duty, and not mine, to see
■ :4 t your requirements were complied with. That
v v were so, to tho utmost practicable extent, I
,, ve no reason to donht; hut if they were uot, the
;,nlt, if any, is not with tho War Department. You
,!>o gave instruction* in relation to providing the
riMnt of land transportation, and the officers char-
, CT 1 with that duty were under your immediate
. .utrol; and if there it blame anywhere for any
deficiency iu tbit respect, it caunot be imputed to
i| C VVsr Department. Your whole correspondence
witbnio, and the statf officers with you, shows that
.mi very properly took upon yourself tho whole
ihirge of giviug directions in this matter. Iu a
Puerto Captain lletzel, senior quartermaster at
Vi , Hrazus speaking on this subject of the land
■.-•uqiortution which mity he needed after the de-
K-ent on the euemy’s coast near Vera Crnz, yon
"I have already discussed and arranged with
vou Uie detail of the early transportation trniu,”
; w . on the lbth of March, yon furnished Gen.
jrtup with your estimates aud directions on this
nbject. Tho staff officers being with you, and
uJeryour orders, nothing further was, orpropor-
!t cuuid he, required or expected to cmenato from
Wubiogton.beyond the supply of funds; and this bc-
j,, ,|oue, if you were dissppoiuted in not realizing
loarexpectationa, you havo not a colorable pro
ttoce fur imputing blame to “the head of the \Vui
!V|i»rtment.”
A<s just ground of complaint, and a matter of
iccusatiou, you refor to your deficiency of means
tt task* the descent, and to capture the city of
Vcn Cruz and the castle of San Juan d’Ulloa, and
witae that the extent of that deficiency was the
iiiifcrence between what you received and what
ion required. It would bo quite as correct rea-
imine tn say, that wbat you had having proved
•iS:ieiit for the purpose, that difference showed
i!x extent of the errors in your estimate. Tho truth
leu. perhaps, between the two extremes. You bad
i<w, probably, than you should have had, aud you
■-c sired much more tbau was neceaaary. That
10j did uot have more,aud, indeed, all you a-ked
is, 1 have already shown was uot tho fault of the
IVor Department.
Cen.Jcsup was with yon at Vera Crnz, sawyour
cirsas, sad Is capable of forming au estimate of
looir sufficiency. He is, as Ids letter herewith
•3owm disposed to he just, and even generous to
lotirfsme. To this opinion no tho subject, no
ucll-grouuiled exception can be taken. Ue says,
' ’ if a
il-f ... .
u reference to your complaints on account of
utlicielit supply of snrf-boals siege-train, and ord-
unce stores: “Thu result shows that he (General
Mitt) bad surf-bunts and stores enough!" And of
oe delay of which you coiupluiu, lie fully exoner-
Mt the War Department, and ascribes the whole
ij yuurself, and to unavoidable accidents. The
isjiiitstiuu that you were designedly crippled iu
i ur menus, is a charge as preposterous as it is un-
l-iumlcd.
I am sn are that the execution of some of the
may arrangements for the Vera Cruz expedition
uu obstructed and delayed by accidents, hit
they were such ss human sagacity could not fore-
kt, or li-i in mi agency control. They wero not,
1 uwever more than n considerate mind, bringing
ntu view all the vast difficulties of the case, wouli
Uveexpected. When your enmpluints on thi a sub
ixt were first receive*! here, evincing, nn they did,
ail you iutcuded lo hold tilts department responsi
ble for every untoward event, tho beads of the
ei«ral bureaus were called ou by me to show
tew they bail executed the duties which had been
ciuGJed to them, particularly iu regard to matters
ufrrred to by you. The evtdeuce they presented
•f having done all thnl was required, or could
l.it« brvi,expected, convinced me—and I venture
tuny that, ou a full examination, it will satisfy
iivmiud upeu lo conviction—that nil your com-
joints, so far aa they imputed blntne, to the War
ivpvlmeut, or any of its branches, are unfounded.
It will do much more—it will show that great in-
entry, promptness, uncommon capacity, and ex-
tvinlinary exertions, in relation to everything
ininccted with the war, havo characterised the
o'.ion of each of these subordinate departments.
A>» commendation justly merited by these sever-
»i hnachet of the department, assailed as they are
simsly by you, I see no good reason for with-
hiliag my opinion, that an iusbuice cannot be
-'«ad whereto much has been done, and well
i-fw. in to short a time, by any similar body of of-
kvrssader similar circumstances.
At you havo, by implication, laid a heavy hand
•fo ffio bureau which is charged with the oner-
duties of executiug the laws and orders for
•ciuig and sending forward the rocruits and levies
fctl bound to affirm that you havo done to that
J*ucb of the public service tho greatest injustice.
Jo industry has been spared—no possible effort
anted—to raise the forces which were authoris-
;i»nd to send them to their destination within tho
1 tefest practicable period. . The numerous orders
‘sard from the Adjutant Guaeral’s office, and its
''luminous correspoudeuce on that suhicot, will
'ftsm this assertion.
l"u have pressed with unwonted zeal the clfarge
s relation to diverting tbo detacbmcuts of tho
*r» regiment uudor Gen. Cndwaladcr’s command
• the Brazos, and bnve indulged in tho wildest
1 'cuUtion, *• to the sad consequences which at-
- tied this imputed error. Assuming that my. or-
wv diverted these troops, or any others, [on asser-
■ a which I shall controvert hereafter,] tho cir-
'^nce. justified the measnre. Tho critical
'“MilionofGen. Taylor, according to all accounts
■■wrwed here at that time, is stated in my letter to
-« of the 22d of March. To show that the de-
hrtment acted properly, thongh it incurred your
Jfvoof, it is necessary to recall the facts as they
"Vaappeared here. They arc presented in the
-owing extract from that letter:
"The information which has just reached us in
;a*!ispo of rumors, as to the situation of General
Ww, and the forces under bis command, hasex-
the most painful apprehensions for their safo-
. . It it almost ccrtaiu tiiat Santa Anna has pro-
i the large army be had collected at San
-is de l’otosi upon Gen. Taylor; and it may be
-wtthe general has not been ablo to maintain the
^'sneed position bo had*een13t"totako at Agua
^vvw, but has been obliged to fall back on Mon-
rtylt i* equally certain that a_ Mexican force
: J 5^*° interposed between Monterey and tho
orsnde,and that it has interrupted the lino of
■ anwaiestion between the two places, and seized'
T?* l l'P“e* which were oi
‘Wi
This arrangement was not, nor was it expected
that it would ne here changed, until you hnd peu-
etrated so far into tbo enemy’s country as to reu-
der your communications with that placo of gener
al rendezvous difficult and dilatory.
Yon also complain that tlio order was not conn-
termauded. If there had been such order, aud it
had been countermanded, wlmt would hive been
the consequence? Tlio troops would have gone
forward from the United Stales under the former
orders of tlio department, which'wuuhl havo taken
them to the same place.
You allege tiiat “tho news of the victory of Boe-
na Vista reached Washington in time to counter
mand Cadwalader’s orders fur tho Rio Grande be
fore his departure from New Orleans." I notice
this specification of neglect of duty, to show tho
extent to which you havo carried yonr fault-find
ing, and the industry with which you have search-
ed for occasions to indulge it.
Your assumption is, that the news of the victory
ofOeuna Vista riiould have satisfied the War De
partment that Cadwalader’s forces were .,jt need
ed on tho Rio Grande; and tho omission to counter
mand, ns soon as that news was received, the or
ders to send them there, was a neglect deserving
sovero animadversion. How did you act under
similar circumstances? With better means of in
formation as to tho actual condition of the Rio
Grande frontier, after tho victory of Buena Vista,
you did not deem it prudent, after being forty-one
days in possession of news of that victory, to issue
positive orders to remove a single man from tiiat
frontier; yet you venture to censure me for not
having sent the troops away the moment the news
reached Washington.
You received information of that victory on or
before the 14lh of March, fur on that day yon pro
claimed it in orders to your army. On the 25th of
April, more than lorty days thereafter, you issued
an order to tlie commanding officer at the Brazos
to embark for Vera Cruz “soch detachments of tho
new regiments ns may have beeu ordered by tho
War Department lo point Isabel;” hot yon made
it conditional with reference to tlie safely of the
Rio Grande; and said to that officer, that you relied
upon his “sound judgment to determine on the
spot whether tiiat line would not be too much ex-
posedhy tho withdrawal of the troops in question."
Thus it oppears that you do not hesitate to impute
neglect of duty to me, for uot having adopted and
acted on tho conclusion that the line of the Rio
Graode was safe the moment I heard of the victo
ry of Bncna Vista; hut, when actiug on the some
subject,you dared not adopt that conclusion, al
though you had been in possession of the same in
formation forty one days. Y’our own couducf in
this matter completely refutes this charge ofyonrs
against the War Department, It does more: it
shows how rash and iuconsiderato you have been
in selecting topics for au attack.
But the most serious consequences are attribut
ed to the long delay of these troops at the Brazos.
Foryoursake, I sincerely hope these consequcuces
are much exaggerated, because I am quite confi
dent it will be shown that you alone are responsi
ble for tlie delny. Tho War Department did not
and it was proper that it should not, issue any or
der in regard to the movcmeiit of these troops, af
ter their arrival in Mexico. The order from the
department of the 30th of April, making a division
of the new levies between the two coiumus, does
uot coutradict this assertion, for these levies wore
then mostly within the United States; only por
tions of them had then reached Mexico. Uutil
discharge of tho large body of volunteers wrs re
ceived here, unaccompanied by any explanation
to sliow the necessity of the act, it excited verv
general surprise and reirret. Its consequences
were at once foreseen ; Uut the step had been ta
ken, and could not be retraced. It was loudly
gained. Many did not hefieva that a measure
which appeared to bo so unwise and so injurious
to the operations of the army, could havo emana
ted from yonrself; but they were less cbarilable
towards the President and Secretary of War. Both
were denounced for what yon had done; thev
were unscrupulously charged with weakness anil
incapacity; with being actuated by hostility to
yon, and adesire to secure popularity with the
volunteers. Nor w»*rp t)t*sn liittMi ..■■ ■s.li
your conduct, when made the subject of charges, | to nomiuate candidates for Congress, but also
^u^l'percei^e'xvhat other o^betterrigh^ymfhave ' Eleclor *S ar lhe Districts respectively. This is the
to complain of and arraign the government, than 1 case ln Third, I ifth, aDd Sixth Districts; and
Nor were these bitter assaults inter-
muicu, until it began to ho suspected that they
were misdirected.
If you really regarded on the Gtli of May, the
augmentation of your forces as being or such vital
importance, it is almost at difficult to account for
the course taken to re-engage the volunteers, as
for their premature discharge. I am misled by in
formation, on which I ought to rely, if many of
these volunteers would not have continued in c---
volunteers would not have continued in ser
vice. if proper measures had been taken at Jalnpa,
while they were indulging tlie hope of participation
iu further triumphs, and of being amongthose who
would enjoy the enviable distinction of first enter
ing ns victors the proud capital of the Mexican re
public. Though the subject was there presented
to their consideration, no vigorous efforts seem to
have been made—no attempt to form new compa
nies—or to muster them into Bervice, until this
powerful inducement was weakened or withdrawn
—until they had been detached from a victorious
army, as if no longer deemed worthy to be a part
of it—sent sixty miles towards their homes into a
pestilential region, and there brought within the
sympathetic influence of tho sentiments which it
was natural that many shunld feci and manifest at
the moment of embarking to return to their fami
lies ami friends. Considering the rnanuer in which
tho President’s order ou this subject was attempted
to bo executed, it is uot strange that, among more
than three thousand patriotic volunteers, sent
away by your order of the 4th of May, only about
“fifty individuals were found willing tore-engage."
You seem to have suddenly conceived tlie notion
of converting the army, “like Cortez," “inlo a self-
sustaining machine; and, to make the resemblance
between yourself and tho Spanish hero wore com-
plete, you indulged a dream of fancy, until you
seem to have adopted it as a matter of belief, that
you were “doomed at U’asbiugtou,’’ and you be
came, “like him, always afraid tbit the next ship
or messenger might recall or further cripplo" you
It should not be forgotten, that tbo desigu of this,
unaccountable military movement was first com
municated to Mr. Trist, before you had given any
intimation of it to yonr government, and while un
der the perturbation of mind which his anwelcotnc
resence in Mexico had produced. Had youcon-
ded this extraordinary plnu of a campaign to him
after the “happy change iu yonr relations—after
you had digested bis “farago of insolence, conceit,
and arrogance”—aud alter he, too, mistaking no
toriety for fame, had sought to win it by disobey
ing the orders of his government, defying iu au
thority, and assailing its conduct—this distinguish
ing mark of your confidence in him wodld have
cansed much less surprise. This novel conception
so suddenly adopted, was as suddenly carried out;
your army was, indeed, converted “into a self-sus
taining machine;" yon discharged tho twelve
months’ volunteers, aud broke up year posts at
Jalapaand on the way to your mam depot.. “Re
solved," you auuounced, “no longer to depend on
Vera Cruz or home," you put yourself beyond the
reach of tho supplies which had been provided by
the government, and rendered yourself, in a great
measnre, inaccessible to tho recruiu and levies
(except in strong parties) which had been raised
to augment yonr command. In this wav you ren
dered unavailing, for a time at least, all that had
been or could he done by the assiduous and inces
sant labors of the War Department iu all its branch
es ; and then yon recklessly put forth the grouud-
less complaint of “a total want of support aud sym
pathy” from it.
Y’our letter nf the 25th of July, v.-hit h was not
received at Washington uutil the 30 th of Decem
ber last, abounds with complaints against the de
partment, aud refers iu stroug terms to the wants
aud sufferings of the army at that time. Before
yon ventured to make its then destitute condition
grunud of charge against the War Department you
’ ’ >lie ’ ’ "
this order took effect, the troops at the Brazos,and
indeed, on the Rio Grande and with Gen. Taylor,
were uuder your entire and unrestricted command.
As to this matter, yon were under no misappre
hension; for on tho 25lh of April, before you were
informed w hat had been di nj here to seenre the
Rr> Grande line, you issued au oid.-r in relation to
tlie troops at the Brazos. This place, yon well
knew, was the general rendezvous of the new le
vies from the United States, and before you sailed
on yonr expedition to Vera Crnz yon were notified
that the Mexican army were advancing upon Gen.
Taylor. To hare assumed that you had uot left
at the Brazos, with a view to meet any probable
contingency, orders for tho proper disposition of
the troops which were, or might bo sent there,
would have implied au opinion that you wanted
suitable qualifications lor tho high station which
had heen assigned to you.
These troops were a part of your command, and
subject to your orders; and if they remained one
day at the Brazos nfter it was there known that
they were not needed ou the Rio Grande line, and
would he serviceable with vour column, the fault
was entirely yonr own, and in no wise imputable
to the War Department. If your opinion be not
extravagant—and you say it is not—that but for
tho diversion of Gen. Cadwalader’s forces from
you, and the “much precious tiino" lost at tho Bra
zos. yon “might easily havo taken this city [Mexi
co] in tlie month of June, and at one-fifth of the
loss sustained in August and September,” you
have, indeed, a most fearful accouut to settle with
vonr country. .
I cannot, however bnt reganl vour speculative
opinions on this subject as fanciful and wild. You
greatly over-estimate the force which lauded at
Uie Brazos, and subsequently joined you. From
tho best calculation which can bo made from data
in the Adjutant General’s oBBce,’ the number was
much less than you imagine, and did not probably
exceed one thousand. As the refutation of vonr
charge against the department for diverting there
troops is in no wise impaired by the number, be it
more or less, it is uot important to inquire into that
matter. But there is a question of serious import,
to which I think the country will expect you to
answer.
If these now levies, which had just entered the
service, would have enabled you to capture the
city of Mexico in J uue, with a comparatively small
loss, why did yon. at the very time you discover
ed that they were so much needed, ana wonld have
beon so useful, send away from your army three decidi
times as manv volunteers, who bad been many
I ~ • army.
i- c hostile force between tho Rio Graudo
•ai,- ’ array is as largo as report repre-,
i ' J ‘t. oar troops now on that river may not be
l '''te-ciubluh the line, nor will it, perhaps,
i “J*" to place a force there sufficient for tho
£ L**' •* time to prevent disastrous consequen-
''fcUwf * rm Y' an l ess aid can he afforded from
“Oopa under your immedinto command.
V, one to two thousand oftlio new recruits
4, e ka regiments, from this quarter, will be on
tj.V? to tho Brazos in the course of threo or
aa,!*; All tho other forces will bo directed
IitUr f 0 ' 01 ’ ® n< J overy effort tirade to relieve Gen.
tiotn this critical situation. You will hove
'A, .“.v.apprized before this can reach you of
• ‘aiifion of things in tbo valley of the Rio
Uj i e ’'ted at the head qua r tcrs of Gen. Taylor,
CL' 1 ;. 1 ;'"' i trust, such measures ns the im-
hJ**® 80 ! tbo subjodt requires. I need not urge
JhV°*<bocarir *
on the way to General'
>1 consequences which would re;
>. - —v serious disaster which might befa
JH^ilj' aaacr Gen. Taylor, nor dci l doubt that
"lratis in your power to avert toil: a
^J^aarse pursued by tho ’.Var Departmsht on
."kith you convert into a charge,
iqu 11 tevision. I think, commend itself to gcu-
: eu?*, ^ion. , Ilndit boon indifferent to tho
condition of Gen. Taylor’s army, and lor
Vjtji, u,e i at the earliest moment, the mosten-
a *«surc« to guard
Cg^cftAen
gainst the fatal conso-
too probable, it would
arraignment as severe ns that
times as many volunteers, who had been many
months in service, and were, as yon acknowledge,
“respectable ,iti discipline aud efficiency.” and
who had distinguished themselves at Vera Cruz
aud Cerro Geordo, and, in the hour of peril, had
fought by tho side of your veteran troops, end mer-
iteuan honorable share in the glory of those mem
orable conflicts ? Tho period of their engagement
had not expired. When thus sent away, but one
of the seven regiments had less than thirty, and
most of tffein had more than forty-five days to
serve. According to your own opinion, xoncurred
in by the department, they could have been legally
retained on your line of operations till the Iasi hour
of their engagement. If not deemed expedient to
tako them on towards Mexico with yon, ihcir ser
vices, nt that critical period, would have been of
inestimable value in holding the postali Jalnpa—so
important, and so unexpectedly abandoned—Mil
iu keeping open the communication between ye-
ra Cruz and your headquarters, whereby supplies,
munitions, and recruits could be safely and expe
ditiously .forwarded to you. Had this been dope,
you would havo been spared the trouble of inditing
many items of grievance and complaints against
the War Department for having failed to furnish
them. If yop bod retained tho twelve months
volunteers un til the end of their agreement—and
uo sufficient reason has yet been shown for their
premature discharge—you might, for a season at
least, have received, without much obstruction,
supplies from tho main depot on the gulf; we ar
my might havo been strengthened, by reinforce
ments nt an earlier period ; and many of tlio re
volting scenes of barbarity on tho road from Vera
~ * - • — in which so many lives of our tel-
e been sacrificed by the ruthless
guerillos would not havo occurred.
Another and still more lamentable calamity is. I
think, fairly to bo ascribed to the oarly obstruc
tion of this important lino of communication. The
bravo ami patriotic men who were burned on to
Mexico, in small detachments, in order to rein
force your army, were unexpectedly, but neces
sarily, detained at Vera Cruz until Mm numbers
there collected were sufficient to ferco their way
through the" strong guerilla bands “id toe
difficult passe* on tlie Jalapa road., ^‘“do thus
detained on that inhospitable coast, m jbe ofckly ,
season,they were exposed to the attacks ““"e '
postilencei more formidable, and, rnifortu-
nately proved, more destructive than the Mexican
"Tvbon tho unwelcome news of the premature |
ought to have recollected that these afflictions fell
upon it iu the midst of yonr experiment of ipaking
it “a self sustaining machine”—and were the legit
imate fruits of that experiment. These sufferings
came upon it before your estimated period of isola
tion from “Vera Cruz and home” had half expired.
When yoa had designedly aud unnecessarily aban
doned both, aud entered upon your self-sustaining
position, “cat off from sR supplies and reinforce
ments from home, until perhaps late in November,”
by what pretence of justice deyou complain of the
War Department for tho distresses you thus volun
tarily indicted upon yonrself and tho gallant army
uuder your command l Something very different
from censure and reproof is due for the extraordi-
nary efforts which weresuccessfuily made to reach
you with recruit and supplies iu yonr sequestered
situation, and to rescue you from the embarrass
ments in which your ill-judged measures have in
volved you. I have brought into view this unac
countable movement of yours, with no purpose to
make any comment upon it os a military measure,
but solely to show that the evils resulting from it
are not just grounds of accusation against the War
Department, and that the labored attempt to per
vert them to such a purpose discloses the manner
and spirit with which yon have executed the as
sumed task of its accuser.
As you have indulged in tho widest range of specu
lation in regard to tho alleged sinister motives a co
vert designsof others,I feel less reluctant to present
my views os to the main objectofyour last commu
nication. Throughout the whole of it,and particu
larly in the concluding part,yoa manifest the utmost
solicitude to place yourself in the position of an in
jured and persecuted man. With all the aid yon
can derive from dextrous strategy, yon will bo
the other officers whom you have accused, and
whose cases, with yours, were referred to the same
court. If yours is a bard case, theirs is not less so.
If you can rightfully complain of persecution by
the government, so can they, with equal justice
and au equal claim to public sympathy.
The charges against you did not emanate from
the government, nor aid they relate to a matter in
which it could feel any peculiar interest. Not be
lieving it impossible tor you to do wrong, or that
yon were exempt from all responsibility for what
ever you might have done, the government deem
ed it proper, when charges were preferred agaiust
you, coming from a source entitled to respect, to
cause them to be investigated. As the usual and
mildest mode of proceeding, they were referred
to a court of inquiry. Until you can show that
you enjoy the transcendental privilege to have your
official conduct exempt from all examination in
any form whatever, you have no cause to com
plain of the course token in regard to the charges
against you
If your extraordinary pretensions are to derive
any support from your distinguished services iu the
field, you ought to be mindful that tho three ac
cused officers put under arrest by you have like
claims tor distinguished services. On tlie pages
of impartial history, their names and their gallant
deeds must appear with yours; aud uo monopoliz
ing claim., seeking “malignant exclusions" at the
expense of tho “truth of history,” will be permit
ted to rob them of their fair share of the glory won
by our gallant army while under your command.
With your assault upon the character of your
erratic brother," I shall not intermeddle; but I
must repel your charge that he has heen favored
for being a political deserter to “the truefaith”—
for “signalizing his apostacy fay acceptable de
nunciations of one to whom he had formerly pro
fessed (aud not without cause) the highest obliga
tions.” The reasons for uot sending yonr charges
against Brevet Majur GeuernlWVortb to the court
ol inquiry, are set forth in my letter of tlie 13th of
J anuary. I regret that they are so entirely unsa
tisfactory to you, hut am consoled with the assu
rance tiiat they are in other quarters mote favora
bly received. The errors of your commentary on
my letter have arisen from your misapprehension
of the text. The principle there laid down is of
vital importance to subordinate officers,* in no res
pect impairs the righto or the authority of those
m chief command. As the principles which you
arraign are the creations of your own fancy, and
havo uo conuteuance or support from my letter, I
am iu no way implicated by “the fatal consequeu-
ecs” you deduce from them. Whether legitimate
or fanciful, they do uot disturb the positions laid
down in my letter.
j^I couuot, however, bnt regard yonr solicitnde tor
the support of discipline to be more osteutatious
than profound. When a general at the head of an
army of freemen, who do not lose their righto as
citizeua by becomiug soldiers, sets up pretensions
to dictatorial power—when ho contemns the au
thority of his government, and is much more ready
to censure thau to execute its orders aud instruc
tions—when he denounces as an outrage and a
punishment the attempt t submit his acts, charged
to be an offence agaiust a subordinate officer, to
an investigation in tho mildest form—when he ad
ministers on indignant reproof to his superior, for
upholding the sacred right to appeal, upon which
depend tho security and protection of all under his
command,—such a general sets an example of in
subordinate conduct, of wide and withering in
fluence upon sound military discipline.
By extending my comments upon your letter, I
might multiply proofto to show that your accusa
tions against the head of tlio War Department are
unjust—that your complaints are unfounded—that
the designs imputed by you to the government, to
embarrass your operations, impair your rightful
authority as commander, and to offer outrage and
insult to your feeliugs, are all the mere creations of
a distempered fancy; lint to do mure than I have
done, would, in my judgment, be awork of super
erogation.
Iu conclusion, I may be permitted to say, that,
it’s auvi
I believe it is generally true where meetings have
been held, and the people have had an opportunity
of expressing themselves. It may be replied that
the people, in their primary meetings, have acted
in ignorance of the Resolution of the .Milled geville
meeting in December last. Whether this be true
or not, their action manifests their views upon tho
matter, and shows that tho people, so far as we
have had an expression from them, do not feel or
acknowledge the necessity or expediency of the
proposed Convention, with its single object, which
can be so well and so easily accomplished without
its intervention.
In conclusion, suffer mo to deduce an argument
iu favor of the inutility and inexpediency of the
proposed Milledgeville Convention, from therecent
-Whig Convention that assembled fit that place.-
Confessedly, the Whigs, as a party, are zealous, ac
tive, industrious, enthusiastic, and ever maintain a
complete party organization Such we have al
ways found them. Well, recently they met in
Convention, at Milledgeville. Everything seemed
to conspire in their case to a full, a numerous meet-
ing. For some time previously there had been no
little excitement in their ranks, owing to the con
test between the Clay and Taylor factions, for su
premacy in their councils. They were to assem
ble for tlie double purpose of appointing Delegates
to their National Convention, aud to nomiuate
Electors. Well, the Convention assembled; and
behold, hardly half the Counties in the State were
represented. There was“a most beggarly account
of empty boxes,” (alias seats.) Tho Federal
Union, on the ground and an eye-witness, pronouu-
ces it a failure. In point of numbers, it certainly
was a failure, and to the Whigs a sad one. But,
let us not halloo before we get out of the woods,”
if wo are going to hold a Convention, too. I would
ask, respectfully: if, with their double object—
with the rivalry between the Clay and Tuylor fac
tions—with all the urgency, all the necessity of
their case—tho Whigs made such a signal failure,
can the Democracy expect to assemble a Conven
tion more respectable in numbers, under circum
stances happily, so essentially and so greatly dif
ferent? DEMOCRAT.
likely to fail iu your attempt, unless yon can have
the full benefit of your higli coloring of some facto,
aud your forgetfulness of others, together with all
your fanciful conjectures and surmises. Y’our re
call is, you assert, tho long suspended “blow of
power,” which you had the sagacity clearly to pre
dict. It is somewhat remarkable, that your pre
dictions preceded the events which yon imagine
provoked that blow. As early as the 25th of J uly,
soon after “the happy change in my (yonr) rela
tions, both official and private, with Mr. Trist,”
you looked, you say, ‘‘to be dismissed from the
service of my (your) country.” If yonr recall can
be regarded as a dismissal, you are entitled to all
the credit of tho fulfilment of your eady predic
tion.
In presenting in itotruelighttho President’s com
pliance with yonr own request to be recalled,
which you now denominate your dismissal, I may
be obliged to strip it of tho embellishments you
have ingeniously thrown nround it; though, iii do
ing this, you may be deprived of much upon which
you depend to sustain your claim to be cousidercd
a persecuted man. , ,
As cnrly as J unp, yon begged to he recalled.—
Y’ou allege that this application was “robukingly
declined." This is not saying that exact thing.—
The reply to your request was, “that it would be
ided with exclusive reference to .the public
ood. .When that shall render it proper in his
the President’s] opinion to withdraw you from
your present commannd, his determination to do
so will bo made known toyou." This was not a
denial, bnt a suspension of present action, nccom-
_ __ gratification ol y> ,
dent promised to act definitely on the question
when that obstacle should be removed. Judging
from the state of things at the headquarters of tho
army in J anuary. ho concluded that it was remov
ed, aud that lie ought no longer to require of you
rcluclnnt service as commanding general. This
certainly cannot be called persecution or punish
ment. I do not deem it proper tocoinment on the
state of things at the headquarters of the army, to
which allusion is made in the letter granting your
inion as to the share
,-our-
e ex
tent, involved in the investigations before the court
of inquiry now sitting in Mexico. Y’ou request to
be recalled, thus ultimately granted, was prefaced
with imaginary complaints, which could not be
. W . - .• !
as one of the President’s advisers, I had a full share
in the responsibility of tho act which assigned you
to the command of our armies in Mexico. I felt
interested, even more than naturally appertained
to my official position, that success aud glory should
signalize your operations. It was my duty to bring
to your aid the efficient co-operation of the War
Department. I never had a feeling that did not
harmonize with the full and fair discharge of this
duty.- I know it has beat faithfully performed.—
There are some men for whom enough cannot be
done to make them grateful, or eveu just, unless
acts of subserviency aud personal devoteduess ar-
superadded. From yon I expected hare justice
but have been disappointed. I have found you
my accuser. In my vindication, I have endeavor,
ed to maiutain n defensive line; and if I have gone
beyoudit at any time, it lias been done to repel
unprovoked aggression. To your fame I have en
deavored to be just. I have been gratified with
the mauy occasions I have had to bear public testi
mony to your abilities and signal services as a mil
itary commander iu the Geld. It has beeu. aud
under any change in our personal relations, it will
continue to be, my purpose to bo liberal in my ap
preciation of your distinguished military merits.—
In respect to your errors and your faults, though I
could not be blind. I regret that you have not per
mitted me to be silent.
I havo the honor to bo, very respectfully, yonr
obedient servant, Wi L. MARCH’,
• • Secretary of War.
Major General Wisnus Scott,
U. S. Army, Mexico.
[coumcsicsted.]
.2Tbc proposed Jlilletlgerillo Convention.
Mr. Editor:
Dear Sip—43ojno. time since, I noticed in the
Federal Union,, that the Central Committee, ap
pointed by the Democratic Meeting at Milledge-
ville, last December, in accordance with a Resolu
tion of that meeting, would very soon call upon the
Democratic Republican Party to send Delegates to
a Convention at Milledgeville, to nominate Electors
for President and Vice-President.- And that this
Convention, composed of Delegates from the differ
ent Connties, would nominate two EActors fur the
State qt largo, and a Delegate for each Congres
sional District.
As an hnmblo member of the rank and file, 1
would respectfully suggest to the Democratic Par
ty—and to tho Central Committee in particular—
is not this Milledgeville Convention unnecessary;
perhaps inexpedient, and unwise ? Conventions
are soon to assemble in the various Congressional
Districts, to nominate candidates for Congress.—
Why not tdlow thesoConventiohs.also to nominate
the Electors for their, respective* Districts? - It
may be asked, what will he done with regard to
the two additional Electors ? I would reply that
the Central Committee, composed of prominent
and intelligent members of the party, residing in
different sectiups of the State—and, as may well
be supposed—reflecting the views and opinions of
tlio party generally, could, with great propriety,
nominate the two Electors for the State nt large—
in the event, the party decides to. hold no Conven
tion. So much for. the necessity of the proposed
Convention. A word or two, as to its expediency.
Here the question urges itself: can tho Democratic
Party get up a Convention, even respectable as to
numbers, to meet at Milledgevillo in J une or July,
lor the single nud only purpose of nominating
Electors ? Lotus consider this question a little.—
Is there anything connected with the utility of
this Convention, or with tho present condition of
the party in Georgia, that allows tis to entertain the
belief that this Convention would beat all numer
ously attended ? At tliis.timo there is no excite
ment in our ranks. It is true there is much inter
est manifested. There is a deep under current
of feeling ; a strong, abiding feeling of confidence,
—confidence in our principfcs, our strength, our
Public Hireling in Crawford.
A raeetingnf the Democratic Party of Crawford
county, was held nt the Court House, in Knoxville,
on Monday the 15th inst. The meeting w’as or
ganized by the appointment of Gideon Newsom,
Esq , as Chairmau, and T. W. Montfort, Esq.,
Secretary. Ou mutiou, the chair appointed Col
G. R. Hunter, Col. G. J. Green, Dr J C. Harvoy,
edge Reynolds, and Mr. Howe, a committee
draft a Report and Resolutions, expressive of the
object of the meeting.
The committee after retiring a few moments pre
sented to the meeting, the following preamble aud
resolutions, which wero unanimously adopted:
Assembled as wo are, for the important purpose
of taking tlio preliminary steps, to nominate a can
didate for Congress in this Congressional District,
we deem it nor inappropriate to the occasion
give some slight expression of our sentiments on
subjects of general interest. Of these none stands
out more prominently before the country, than
the policy pursued by President Polk and the De
mocratic Party, in their administration of the af
fairs of the General Government. YVe all remem
her with how much confidence the Whigs predict"
ed, that if Mr. Polk should be elected President
beggary ami desolation, would spread like a whirl
wind over our flourishing land, Well, the people
disregardedas they had often done before, the pre
dictions of the Whig prophets, and trinmphautly
bore the Democratic candidate into the Executiv
chair. What has been the result? Until tlie recent
convulsions in Eulope, was labor ever more fairly
rewarded—industry and enterprise more liberally
encouraged—in a word, did plenty over reign more
universally in this laud, than since James K. Polk
was chosen President! To what cause was, and if
this unequalled prosperity to he attributed? Uu
dnubtedly to the enlightened and just policy of Mr.
Polk nud his party. As some of the results of this
policy, we havo seen the tripple headed monster,
thoAmericuu system, crushed—we have seen a
Revenue Tariff" adopted, which gives equal and
adeq uate ec courage meat to every branch of Amer
ican industry—we have seeu the public money ex
pended only on works of a national character, iu
stead of being squandered, among political parti
sans. under tlie specious pretext, of constructing
roads, canals, &c. iu the States—we have seen an
efficient and constitutional mode of disbursing the
public monies adopted and put into successful op
eration—we have seen the area of freedom great
ly enlarged by tbo addition of new and important
terri ories to tho Republic—and wo have also seen
the national honor vindicated, and the national
character elevated abroad by our brilliant military
acliicvments. Let it be remembered too, that all
this has been done in the short space of three years
and ia spite of the unrelenting opposition of a pow
erful party at home. A party no less influenced by
senseless prejudice than a qnenchless'thirst for of
fice. The South may point with triumph to his ad
ministration, andsay that it has adopted every great
and important measure of policy which she has
ever advocated. Leaving this subject, we trust wo
shall be excused for calling public attention to the
undisguised effort now making by political parti-
zaiis iu various sections of the Union, to elevate
themselves to placo and power, by pressing into
tlieirservico tlie popularity of a successful soldier
of this proscribed Mexican war. This war has in
derision beeu called “Mr. Polk’s war,”—has been
pronounced an odious abominable war—and yet
the opponents of this war areatrempting to persuade
the country .that h certain individual u ho is indebt
ed to this very tear tor all his fame, is of all others
tbo most suitable person for President of tho Unit
ed States! And this too in the face of Gen. Taylor’s
own admission, that he is'iiot fitted by habit, tem
per or education, to discharge tho duties of that
high office. Wo warn the slavish instruments of
party, that tlio American people are too proud—
too jealous of the repntiou of their military heroes,
to permit that reputation to bo employed merely
to achieve a party triumph. We warn Gen. Tay
lor himself to be content with his present position,
lest in attempting to reach still higher distinction,
the laurel should be exchanged for the cypress.
Resolved, That President Polk deserves the
thanks of the country, for his able aud successful
administration of the affaire of the Government.
Resolved, Tiiat as Democrats we still cling
our long cherished principles, and {fledge ourselves
to give the saino a cordial support iu the approach
ing cauipaigu—and that we will support the Dem
ocratic candidates for President and Vice President
of the Uuited States.
Resolved, That we will send three delegates to
the Thomaston Convention, to nominate a candi
date for Congress for tbo Third Congressional Dis
trict.
Resolved, That Col. Green. Major T.-W. Mont
fort nud Charles Reynolds, Esq., be and they are
hereby appointed -Delegates to tho Thomaston
Convention, and that said delegates -or a majorty
of them, be authorised to fill any vacancy that may
occur. - - *■ _
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
in the Georgia Telegraph aud Federal Union.
GIDEON NEWSOM, Chairman.
T. W. Monttort, Secretary.
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.
An eminent Physician in one of the vahinbie works
he has published, says : “The doctrine of the absorp
tion of medicinal substances into the blood, is now
generally received, for it is capable of physiological,
chemical and therapeutical demonstration.” It is by
its immediate operation on the vita] stream that Sands’
Sarsaparilla has performed such astouishing cares of
ulcerous, eruptive and glandular diseases, and a host
of other maladies of which infected blood is the foun
tain The detercant elements of this extraordinary
preparation, are transmitted through the communica
tion betweeu tlie digestive apparatus and the veins
into the circulation, and thereby its neutralizing and
purifying properties expel all that is foreign to the
composition of healthy blood Tlie rapidity with which
the various indications of diseases are removed by tiiis
medicine, and its uniform success, is established by a
multitude of attested facts.
Price SI per bottle—Six bottles for Sf>.
Prepared and sold by A.B. AD. SANDS,Druggists,
100 Knlton street. New York.
Soldalso by BRUNO & VIRGINS, Agents.Macon,
and by Druggists generally throughout the United
States. • 52
Dr. J. G. Gibson,
Respectfully tenders his Professional services
’to the citizens of Macon and vicinity. Office
, next door to Payne's Drue store.
J. G. GIBSON.
Macon, May 23, 1S I8. . so—if
ValuableTcstiniony from IhcSouffi
We like, at nil times, to give credit when credit is
due, and ifat the same time we can relieve the dis
tressed, we are doubly gratified ; we, therefore, give
the following voluntary testimony as to tlie beneficial
effects of Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, by the
editor of the Colombia South Carolinian, who appears
to have obtained greatreliefby its use.—Old Domin
ion, Portsmouth, Va.
WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.
YVe seldom resort to patent medicines, having a
great rcspoct for the skill of the regular professionjbut
chance threw into our way tlie above named medicine
immediately after the close of the last session of the
Legislature, when our lungs were almost dried up by
the highly ratified atmosphere of onr stove-warmed
State House. The Balsam immediately relieved us
of a most liarrassing cough, which threatened our
henlth in a serious degreeT YVe feel that we are in
debted to it for some fifteen pounds of animal weight
—which addition once felt, cannot be forgotten.
None genuine, unless signed I. Butts on the wrap
per.
Price St per bottle, or six bottle for $5,.
For sale wholesale and retail in Macon, bv BRU
NO & VIRGINS, and GEORGE PAYNE, Drag
gists; and also by dealers in Medicine generally iu
Georgia. ] '
McTntosh House,—Indian Springs.
The proprietor of the above Establishment,
Ofttil begs leave to inform the public, that he may
k 1 *st'h be found at his old stand upon the Hill,
where inr 'll-' ]n»! feuf y—iv lie hnc administered to
the wrants of tee thousands wlio have visited the In
dian Springs during tiiat time. His bouse lias been
completely renovated, and he has constructed a large
and airy’ Dining Room, sufficient for the accommoda
tion of all who may visit the Springs. His rooms will
be kept in good’order, aud bis bedding clean ana neat,
and Ills table furnished with every" delicacy the coun
try affords
As a place of resort for either lienTtb or amusement,
the Indian Springs are unrivalled. Other {daces have
been pulled into existence, end puffed out again, but
the people after trying them, have come back to tlie
obi YVatcring place, and pronounced it fhe best alter
all. ... "';*■•
Conveyances from Forsyth to the Springs (1 fi mijes)
can be bad at all times for cither individuals or fami
lies. B. YV. COLLIER,
may 23 . 40—lit
MARRIED,
_ In this city, on tbo 18th inst.. by the Rev Mr. Shank-
lin, Mr. Join T. Napikii, to Miss Frances C. Jami
son, all ofthis city.
In Twiggs county, on the 13th inst., by the Hon.
J. J. Sctrborongh. A. H. Colqditt, Esq.,’of this city,
to Miss Dolly, eldest daughter of Gen. H. H. Tarver.
In Forsyth, on the 17th inst. by the Rev. Jesse
Wood, Col. James S. Pinckard, to Miss Elizaeetii
W. Stephess, all of Monroe connty.
Hlncon Cotton Market, May 33, lts4S.
COTTON-—The inquiry lias been good and prices
steady. YVe quote extremes 4J a 5J.
No change in other articles usually spokenof in the
markets. ’ *
paused without notice, nornoticed without expo*- tr j um p{jant success in November next. -Perhaps
in-, their groundlessness. If tho exposition lias r
... their groundlessness. If the expusi
given offence, you can blamo only yourself (or in
troducing complaints so entirely unfounded.
The crowning outrage, as you regard it, is the
imple fact that you, and “the three arrest offi
cers," “are all to be placed together before the
same “court—the innocent and the guilty -tho ac
cuser and the accused, the judge and his prisoners
are dealt with alike." “Most impartial justice! ’
yon exclaim. Anti why is it not impartial justice.
On whit ground of right can you claim to have
your cose discriminated from theirs? It is true,
ou have assufood to be their judge, aud have pro
nounced them guilty; and complain and repine
that the laws oflhe country douotallowyou, their
accuser, to institute a court to register your de
cree. But you are not their rightful judge, although
they were your prisoners. Before that court yon
all stand on the same level, aud all have equal
rights. Though you may have .the self satisiyiug
conviction that you are innocent aud they are guilty,
the government could act upon no such presump
tion. By becoming au accuser, you did not place
yourself beyond the reach of being acc used; and
unle« you are clothed with the immunity ol des
potic power.and cauclaim the henefitof tho maxim
"ihattho King can do no wrong, I know uot why
this feeling of confidence was never stronger.—
But there is no excitement. Our position is that
ofono reposing quietly upon his conscions strength
and calmly awaiting the onslaught of tho enemy.
Among Democrats in Georgia, there arc no factions
—no rival and exulting divisions upon men. A11
is harmony and concord, not guly as regards priu'
ciples, bnt as regards also tho men who are to be
the exponents of those principles. -Under this state
of things, can it then bo reasonably expected that
the Democracy, especially in remoter parts of the
State, will feel the necessity or acknowledge tho
expediency o.f sending ’heir Delegates all the way
to Milledgeville, merely to nominate Electors—
when it is apparent to them that they can do it
just as well in their District Conventions ? As an
evidemo that the Democracy generally tako this
view of the matter, I refer to their action in their
varipns primary County meetings- So far as these
meetings have yet been held, they havo appointed
Delegates to their District Conventions—not only
4 . Tribute of Respect*
Departed thi* life on the 21st ult, ■£. B. J. Adams,
aged 18 years, 10 months and 9 days, son of Daniel and
Elizabeth Adams. His attack was sudden, and in less
than two days his sufferings were over, aud his immor
tal spirit gone to its last account.
At a meeting of the Students of Pcny Academy, on
the 2d inst., the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, it hath pleased the Almighty in his in
scrutable providence, to take from among us/ ere yet
the young blood of manhood had begun to mantle bis
cheek, our esteemed friend and fellow student, E.B.J.
Adams, and from the family circle an obedient son,and
affectionate brother, the cherished object of a father’s
pride and a mother’s smile.
Resolved, That in the untimely and unexpected
death of oUr friend, we have been deprived of one . al-*
ways obedient to the rules of his school, respectful to
his Teacher—and beloved and esteemed by his fellow
students.
Resolved, That we tender to the afflicted family of
the deceased, onr most heart felt sympathies aud con
dolence in this their sad and sudden bereavment.
Resolved, That as a farther testimony, of respect
for our deceased friend, we wear the usual badge cl
mourning on the left arm for thirty days, and request
BOXES Sperm Candles ; 15 do Adamantine do
/WV/ Just received by T. C. DEMPSEY.
may 23
0/"k BBLS. Superior Holland Gin; 15 do. Cognac
t'” Brandy, a superior article, in store and for sale
by T. C. DEMPSEY,
may 23
OCT HI REGALIA, Chicd, Byron, Rio Hon*
^^3 V/ v/Vf do, Intelligencia, Prueda and Principe
Segars, warranted genuine, for sale by
may 23 T. O. DEMPSEY.
ffTO BOXES Lemon Syrup, just received by
fJyj may 23 . _ T. O. DEMPSEY.
A LOT of Dry Goods,.consisting of Calicoes, Bed
Ticks, Brown and Bleached {3kirtmgs,.dsc. / will
be sold out very low for cash, by. * *
may 23 , T. C. DEMPSEY.
G eorgia, iiouniou * Connty.—Wbems,
David M. Holmes and William L. Haddock ap
ply to me for Letters of Administration on the estate
of William Haddock, late cf said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cats and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased.»tobe
and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by
law, to shew cause, if any nhey have, why said Letters
should not granted.
Given under my hand, this 16th May, 1848. ’ r
BRYANT BATTON, c. c. o.
may 23 40—5t
WARM SPRINGS,
Meriwether County*. Ga.
S This Fashionable Watering Place and de-!
lightful Summer Retreat, is itself acain. Tho*
Mill pend erected by Col. * A.’. Wellborn, and
which proved a nuisance to the Warm Springs, caus- r
ing many of our patrons to abandon their cottages, and
discontinue their Visits, has *be6n abated. ‘ ’I'here is,
therefore, no further’canse for alarm op this account,
and tenters may return in safety to their cabins, and
welcome their friends, as formerly, with smiles of con
tentment and congratulation. More than one year
ago, tho Mill-pond aforesaid was thoroughly drained,
and the water has not been raised on it since and
lV'ri.’i tlir lestiiunny cl ])r W. Siu.-cil who was re
cently solicited by the proprietor of the Springs toex-
amine and report as to the present condition of the
Pond, the public ijmy rest satisfied that the former un
surpassed reputation of the Warm Springs for health
ami pleasure will not again be tarnishpdJjjr any local
cause of disease. "* J v **
The WarmSprings will be opened ert the 1st day of
June, under the management'of the tmdfersicned, as-,
sisted by Mr. RICHARD JO*N^2S, of Charleston, S.
C., who will spare uo pains to make all who visit the
Springs this season, delighted with their choice of
watering places. In point of good things, wc arc de
termined uot to be surpassed by any other watering
place in the southern country. All that a visitor can
desire shall be furnished with pleasure. < • .
For the better accommodation of the Ladies, the
proprietor has secured the services of Mrs. MOORE
and DAUGHTER, to overlook the domestic deport
ment of the establishment. y *
By a special arrangement with Daniel Griffin, Esq.,
persons from Savannah, Macon, visiting tho
Springs, can at sdl times obtain a conveyance from
Barnes ville direct, ortheycan take the Stage to Mr.
Bryan’s, near Bellvue, who will send them to the
Springs. Mr. Coolcdge, proprietor of tlie Georgia
Hotel, of Griffin, will provide passengers with con
veyance to tbo Springs from that city. There are al
so two daily] ides of stages from Griniu to Greenville,
and Mr. Howard of the latter place will attend to the
transportation of passengers from that point.
Among other conveniences of the Springs, wo havo
a Post Office and a tri-weekly mail to and from tho
p ace. There are also Sulphur and Chalybeate Springe
within two hours* ride. / *' ** ;
The rate of boardinc is reduced to $20 per month,
which includes the privilege of the warm baths.
ROBERT BONNER, Proprietor,
may 23 . 40—5t
A Bargain to be bail in good
Property# * * ?— ®. - .
The subscriber being desirous to settle him-
f/jjijlselfon a F-armin thecountiy, offers for sum
.EHiiiLthat beautiful residence he now occupies ia
Vineville.. Any persdn desirous of obtaining a com-
fortable residence there, with every convenience at
tached, weuld do well to call on the subscriber on tho/
premises and examine for tliemsylves where thev can
learn the price and terms, which will be low and lib
eral. SPENCER RILEY,
may 9 38—5t
"j%TOTlCK*—Four months after date application
1 v will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Houston county, when ritting for ordinary' purposes
for leave to sell the real property belonging to the es
tate of Allatia Cowley, lati of said connty, deceased.
JOHN T. WILKINSON, Adm’r.
may 23 . ..■ t « 40—4
N OTICES.—Four months after date application
will Iu* made to the 1 onorable the ' -forior Court
of Houston county, when srttihg-fcrordiuary purposes
forlcave to sell all the lands’ anunegroes belonging to
the estate of Joseph Culpepper, Jato of said county,
deceased. WILLIAM S. MOORE,
Adm’r de bonis non, with the will annexed,
may 23 - , • • . . 40— 4m
IV"©TICK.-—Four months after dato application
I i will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Houston county, when sitting for ordinary' purposes
for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the miner
children of Joseph Culpepper, late of Houston county*,
deceased. ROBERT W. BUSHEN, Guardian,
may 23 — » 40—4m
Notice.
P ERSONS wishing to avail themselves of the ad
vantages of VACCiNSATioie, and who are unable
to pay for the same, will please call at Dr. M’.Goldrick’s.
Office; where they will be waited on tree of charge,
may 16 <-39 , GEQ. M. LOGAN, Mayor.
f / X© Daguerreotypists.
F OR sale Cheap a first rate CAMERA whole size
Tube fitted, to a half box with an extra Lense.
Apply* at the Daguerre an Gallery, Apollo Hall, where
the instrument can be seen an’d tried,
may 2 „ * 37‘
? ■ List ©f Letters,
R EMAINING in the Post Office at Macon,
on the 1st of May, 1848.
Anderson miss Francis E Lovelace W E
Anderson George
Andrews James J
Baker George
Butler W XT
Busbec Lavinrt'
Bryant Jesse P
Barkley Louisa 2
Beall Jercriuah *
Barkley Oliver HP
Bates J S'
Barton George F
Bcrmah Martha
Bjbwn Thompson C
Bird miss Mafy
Brown Chester
Bdne Francis M
Bmndege Anderson R
Beasley N O
Carey C J
Carrey Peter E
Crnfton Norman
Clark James N
Carver E. *
Collins Wm
Cherry T 2
Clark Gibson
Carroll John
Dwight James
Downey John A' . .
Dickson Wm G : v '
Dickson miss MoriaH
Dennis Johnp
Douglass James
Drawhom Josaph
Evans miss Matilda F
Ervin James
Ford Sarah .T ’
Furnie Nicholas
Flowers William
Forsyth Wnf} 2
""oster C H •
Feilder nlrs Elizabeth
Gaddy T A
Garlington J L & Co
Galliher S 2
Gerrald mrs Susan
Grogan Martin 2
Groce Solomon : '
Gilbert mrs Amanda P i
Gar base Dr J A
Grossmeynr Henry
Griffith Jpjecs
Guilrcette Chas
Goddard L P J *
Hnlde William
Hancock
Hadden Sarah
Humphries William C
Hama J C& W B
Humphreys Louisa.
Hines mrs Charlotte
Hollister R G
Harris James
Horne Rev Georoe
Holt Dr Peyton E
Harris William L
Johes miss Georgia
Jones Thomas „
Jones Solomon
Johnson Hardin T
Jarvis John
Jarboe'DrJ
Johnson Linsert D
Johnson Theodoro
Kidd William
Knnz Mark
King'Augnstns .
Knight Win K
Knight Dr G B
Leslie Moses
Lam a re John G
Lankinston John
Lonqstotenz John
Persons calling for any of the abov
Leigh John 2
Lkytield miss Rebecca
MOrrisey Thomas
MeGraph Peter
McCready P B
McGinty Josiah
Morrow Samuel
Mitchell miss Jane
McCombs W arren
Myers H T 3
Murphey Martin N
Mix Benjamin
Massey James ‘ ■
Mitchell LB & Fletcher
Moore Warren ton
McBride Wm C / /
Micklejohn Thomas J
McArdic Thomas
Milkier Thomas F
Martain It Jun
Neal miss Sarah 1
Neal miss Julian
Nicholson John R2
Nixon Francis
Norman J 1 Sikes B
Oneal O G
Ogletree J G
Odell John
Patterson S F
Patton James
Phillips Edmund J
Prindle C A
Parker Gabriel
Pope mrs Mary E
Peacock miss Jane 2
Rogers S Y
RxUisdn H M
RembertJane G
Racy 6 C
Rambert E M
Read A L
Soertion A
Smith Elijah J
Smith E
Smith Wm 2 or V
Thompson Smith & co 2
Stovall Geo
* Springer William 2
Swinney Jdiephin^
8pcnccr Wm
Sqllivan David H
Smiley R B
Scarborough Jerry
Simmons E H.
Scott Alexander
Soper Wm Horace 2
Sullivan John E
Saltmarsh Charles
Shelly Malachia
Truman & Smith .
Tidwell Millen
Thompson Rov Dr
Turner John H •*.
Tidcur miss Mary
Tillinghast E H
Thompson J S
Tucker Henry
Taylor N E
Viele S T
Windsor John
"Windsor Alfred H
Walker E W
Wimberly John
Williams William L
Whitakor S B
Williams miss Mariah
Worthy John
Washington A
Willson W
Williams Frances
Isaac, care of mrs Morgan
Isaac, care ofmr Wjley
Tlie Undersigned', -
"Vt\ Have this day associated tlietnselve3.in the
'-jf.di Factorage and Commission Business, under
—— the firm aud style of Shackelford, Clark
son &. Gileser. -
FRANCIS R. SHACKELFORD,
THOMAS B. CLARKSON.
• CLARENCE A. GRASSER.
lYo. 13, Central Wharf.
Charleston, May 1, 1848.
may 9 , ~ 3c?—4t
For Rent,
ifTjasb A new tmd comfortable Dwelling House,
Eilli'j a pleasant add healthy situation, near Troup
j“il Hill- The House contains four Rooms, with
alt necessary out bmidings ; four acres enclosed, with
an excellent well of water on the premise*,- will b»
rented cheap to a good tenant. E. E. RROYVN.
1.-.BV 9 - — -. . c.-: ■ -i- ,-m. 33—3t
$'2.5- Kctvartl. ■
M>. RAN A YV AY front the subscriber, residing
Senear Thmp’a Mills on Eclieconna, Crawford
Ji county, iu September last, a negro man named
JIM, between 45 and 50 years old, formerly be-
longing to tlie[cstate of Mr. Bighiun of whom lpnr-
ebasedhim when sold to pay the debts; be is of a light
dark color, some grey hair; 5 feet t> or * inches high, '
weighs 140 to 150 lbs., he has a wife "belonging to B. '
H. Bighnm. who took his wife and her children to his
mother Mrs. Bigfiam’s, about the first of 1847, and Jim
expressed adesire to be sold tohisfortuer youngnras-
terB. H. Bigham, -and Mr. B. wrote me oh the subject
once. ■ Airs. Bigham resides I am informed in La- '
grange, Troup coanfy, h'e probably has gone there, and
is lurking about the woods m that neighborhood. Ho
Also said he has a'wife id Wilkinson county in this
state where his. old master formerly lived I do not.
know what Clothing Jim took with him, as lie left a
part behind. The above Reward will be paid for the
apprehension trad delivery of Jim to me as above, or
$10, for information so that I get bint.
R. B. SMILEY. "
t3P*CoIhmbos Times publish four times and forward
the account to this office. -, may 16- 39—4t.
Txvei»ty Fivc I>oH:irs Steward.
Ranaway from the subscriber, on .tbo tiight
and very black, thick lips and has a scar on the side
of her nose opposite the eye. I havo good reasons
for believing that this woman was decoyed off by
some one, and that she is either larking about Macon
or will endeavor to makcherway to Savannah or Au
gusta. This girl is Supposed to Lave a forged pass,
and all persons are cautioned against harboring her. ,
A liberal reward will be paid for her Capture '
and delivery 'to me, or cnnficcment in any jail
so that I get her again. A rewani of Twenty Five
Dollars will be paid for proof sufficient to convict tho '
person or persons-who decovcd this' girl nivay from
herowner. . JAMES R. McELMURKAY.
Bibb county, May 8,1848.
tp-Joumaj 4c Messenger copy.
may9 - s . - 38-tf
Macon and YVcstorn Rais Rond.
Ct/AKOE OF HOURS.
ON and after Monday, March, 27th, tho Passehccr
Trains ofthis Road, will be rohdailj- as follows—con
necting at Atlanta, with the Western 4c Atlantic and
Georgia Rail Roads:
Leave Macon 6 A. At., Arrive tit Atlanta 12 30, and
' ' Dalton 8 P. M.
Leave Daltcn 4 A. M., ArriVe at Atlanta II A. Al.and
Macon 6 P. M.
Passengers for Savannah, will sleep one night in
Macon, and leave next dSy at 7 A. M.
Tho Western 4c Atlantic Road do not run ou Snn-
day. '■ .
Fares between.Dalton and Savannah............315
“ “ Atlanta and Savannah 10
“ , “ “ ~ rt Macon.—...'.—7...... 4
EMERSON FOOTE. Superintendent.
Macon, Alarcn 21, 1?48. 31—tf
Talce IVoticc.
That the subscribers keep constantly on hand
large Stock of DBCCB, TI IDHI.M:*,
rws. Chem£cnl><.l*nirit*,Oil» > l > o«e nt yiedirincs
FAXCY ARTICLES. PERFUMERY, GI.ASS,
DRUGGISTS' GLASSWARE, andaliost of Articles
too numerous to particularize.
Their MEDICINES are all fresh, and pure.'and,
cheap. The public are respectfully invited to cal.
and see. SHOTWELL 4c GILBERT,
july 6 41—ly
Medical Notice.
JOHN At T. GULLETT, M. D., having per-
Tsf manentlv located at l’ea Ridge, Marion county,
I ^ Ga , begs leave to inform the public that his Pro
fessional services will, at all times, bo at their com- ,
maud. As to character and Medical acquirement and
skill, ho refers to . '
His Excellency, G. YY r . ToTV.vs, Miledgeviile, Ga.
Drg. Wells & Bcsskt, > .
Dr. Jeremiah Beall, iTulbotton, Ga.
Dr. Jajies Y.Gardner,)
Samuel J. Ray, Esq., Macon, Ga.
Dr. Johs T. Sims, Gillion, Ga.
Professor L P^Q*kvi*. | A ngiuta, Ga.
may 2 —tf
i*or Sale.
S/fjzU A comfortable two story Brick Dwelling',
' jIii with*all necessary improvements, together
with n fine garden, anti an excellent well of
water on the premises. For terms, which will he
moderate, apply to SfMEON MERRITT. Hawkins-
ville, or THOMAS F. NEWTON, Macon,
april 25 36—if
ime of
that his seat in the school room remain unoccupied for pi ease sa y tkey^re advertised.
thp 8»mp 1pnr»th nf timp. ' miAtf t o
Letters
oy
the same length of time.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent
to tho family of the deceased, and the Journal & Me:*
scnger-Jand Telegraph, at Macon, bo requested to pub- J
lish them. JAMES A. HILL, Chairman.
W. E. Killed, Scc’ry.
THOMAS L. RC'SS, P.
may 9
MX J - iJjooo lb* 3t
inarch 11
Line. IJmo, lAzaie.
4 SUPPLY or* Thomaston and Cherokee
!jL the best quality,constantly t':i hand and for sa-
' W. A. CHERRY,
may 2 3?—tf
WanM*
for *4Sjc b v
W. M. ELDER.
30-tf
O/’k/Y ABLE bodied : -andf
rV* Western Bail -V n
will he given. Apply to
Macon mark 21
to wer* on tne
*> wh'Mn crooc wsce s
N. OVSLY A rn.