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BY ROBERT E. II. IXVERIN'O.
Air. "Pltyd's Hymn"
Battle joy and battle woe,
Chequer'd tidings mingling flow,
Sound of glorious victory,
Plaints of conquerors who die,
Triumph palm and cypress gloom
Glory's path is to the tomb!
Triumphers in martial fame,
Breathing- in the patriot flame,
Marking with full ectaey,
Freedom's banner waving high,
"Whence the mingling sigh and tear
As ye muse the Souhern war?
Ye have gladness for the time,
Mark'd by victory sublime
Souls to give, and hearts to stand
Nobly by your native land!
Ye have tears, and shed them, too,
For the dead who died for you.
"Weepers' round the nation's, urn,
Noble hearts that nobly mourn,
Sighing for the mighty slain;
Dead they'd live to die again
As their ling'ring spirits said,
' Well yc weep the Nation's Dead!
Sigh, but do not sigh in vain;
Muse, but muse the battle plain,
As ye mourn their triumphs done.
Seek the deathless wreatli they won;
As ye weep beyond control,
Gird their mantles 'round your soul!
View them linked with Washington,
Worthies ol the eras gone,
Whisp'ring from the world on high
It
' Triumph wreaths for chivalry
Pointing to the path they trod,
Glory's path to glory's God!
Spirits of the spirit land,
Glitt'ring as a hero band,
Ye shall cherish thoughts of peace,
Sooth ins from the land of blUs
Ye shall come with greatest pow r,
Nerving for the battle hour!
Ye shall through the glory field
Stir to martial fame and deed
Whisper, if we there survive,
'Sweet for native land to live!"
Whisper, if we bleeding lie,
Sweeter still for it to die!"
Correspondence Ilttwecn Gen.
Scott unci tiic War Department.
Head quarters vf the Army.
Washington, May 21, 1846.
Sir: I have received no orders, as
vet, assigning me to the immediate com
mand of the army about to be raised to
conquer a peace within Mexico; but I
have been told to hold myseif in readi
ness for that service. From that mo
ment I have occupied myself, incessant
ly, with the vast preliminary arrange
ments which can only be made advanta
geously at this place, through the respec
tive chiefs of the general stafl the adju
tant general, quartermaster general, com
misary general of subsistence, chief of
ordnance, and surgeon general. I have
been much occupied also in the distribu
tion of the quotas of volunteers needed
among the several States; in apportion
ing the horse to the foot; in the study of
the routes of march and water conveyan
ces for the several bodies of troops to the
-best points m the frontiers of Mexico; in
the study of the northern interior, and
the southern routes of that republic; in
looking to the means of transportation on
the Rio Grande, to and beyond that riv
er; in determining the depots of supplies
of all sorts on this side, &c, :c.
As these matters are respectively set
tled, orders and instruction have been, or
will be given, to the chiefs of the general
stafl at this place, and the routes of march
and water conveyances, together with the
depots of supplies of every description,
are finally to be communicated to the un
known commanders of volunteers whose
services are to be accepted.
In the midst of these multitudious and
indispensible occupations I have learned!
from you that much impatience is already '
n i u- i !, I i,,i.0
: -r . ; .B. . ;
noiaireeuy pui uiyacu m iuuic .ut ui
Rio Grande; and now. with fourteen hours
7 Vr i , tci ir
my nanus lor rami, uays, , UI1U .u ,
compelled to stop that necessary work to
guard myself against perhaps .utter con -
damnation in the quarters alluded to. I
am too old a soldier, and have too much J. . ;f , ... ' r, 2 1
. , ' - , , . e . tations, it lie did not believe that it was
cpecial experience, not to feci the infinite . , , , -i, - r u-
v e ir .j intended to cuect a change of his pur-
lmportance of securing myself against dan- . , T 45 4, r 1 ,.
r.w .;u - i . pose in this respect, lam, therefore, di-
ger (ill will or precondemnation) in my 1 . , , r. ,i -n
ur-A .i !i- J rectedbvhim to say that you will be
rear before advancing upon the public en- i , . . . u
v . r r . continued in your present position here,
Not an advantageous step can be taken ! anJ wiU devote your efforts to making ar
in a forward march without the confi-' ngcraents and preparations for the ear-
d.nce mat all is well behind. If inser-u
in that quarter, no general can put his
whole heart and mine! into the work to be
done in front. I am, therefore, not a little
alarmed, nay crippled in my energies, by
the knowledge of the impatience in ques
tion, and I beg to say I fear no other dan
ger. My intentions hare been, after making
ell preliminary arrangements here, to pass
down the Ohio zzi Mississippi, to see, or
assure myself by correspondence, that j hasty plate of soup, demands a prompt re
the volunteers, on whom we are mostly j ply
to rely in the prosecution of the existing j You have taken four days to re
war, are rapidlv assembling for service; fleet, and to convict me, upon my letter
to learn the probable time of their' readi- to vcu of the 21st instant, of official, per
ness to advance upon Mexico; to ascertain haps, personal disrespect to the constitu-
i
their supplies of every kind are in ;
piece, or are likely to be in place in suffi
cient time; to hasten one and the other; to
harmonize the movements of volunteers,
and to modify their routes (if necessary)
so that all, or at least a sufficient number,
shall arrive at the indicated points in the
Mexican frontier at the best periods, and,
as far as practicable, about the same time.
All that I have but sketchedI deem to be
not only useful to success, but indispensi
ble. As a soldier I make this assertion
without the fear of contradiction from any
honest and caxdid soldier.
Again (head cuplandum condemna
nation of all other persons whoever may
be designated for the high command in
question, there can be no reliance (in his j
absence) other than the active, candid,and
steady support of his government. 11 1
cannot have that sure basis to rest upon,
it will be infinitely better for the country
(not to speak ot my personal security)
that some other commander of the new
army against Mexico should be selected.
No matter what he may be, he shall, at
least, be judged and supported by me, in
this office and every where else, as I
would desire, if personally in that com
mand, to be myself judged and support
ed. My explicit meaning is, that I do not
desire to place myself in the most perilous
of all positions a fire upon my rear
FROM WASHINGTON', AND AFIRE IN FRONT
from the Mexicans.
It was distinctly admitted, and laid
down as a basis, in the interviews I had
the honor to hold with the President
and yourself on the subject, that a spe
cial army of some thirty thousand troops,
regulars, and twelve months' volunteers,
would be necessary for the march against,
and the conquest of a peace in Mexico.
I adhere to that opinion. It is foreseen,
with tolerable certainty, that we shall
nt have, in many months, more than sev
en thousand (if quite so many) regulars,
j applicable to that service. The remain
ing numbers are to be made up m volun
teer horse and foot. I suppose of these,
taken together, about 17,000 have been
actually called for. There is yet . good
time I think to make the additions sugges
ted in one of the tables I had the honor
to submit last night.
But for the conquest of a peace, by
regular, incessant, and forward move
ments, the basis of our calculations here
(as to numbers) must be altogether ex
travagant, if a much larger army, inclu
ding that in position, and one very differ
ently composed, (in horse and loot,) be
not necessary. It was to command such
larger army thatl understood myself likely
as to be sent to the Mexican frontier, as it
is always unjust to a junior general who
has done well, to supe rcede him by a gen
eral of higher rank, without sending with
the latter corresponding reinforcements.
I should esteem myself the unhapy in
strument of wounding the honorable
pride of the gallant and judicious Taylor,
if ordered to supercede him under differ
ent circumstances.
However the foregoing suggestions,
(hastily thrown together) may be viewed,
I have deemed it due more to the country
than my humble self, that I should pre
sent them, and await the wishes or the or
ders of the President.
With great respect, I have the honor
to remain, sir, your most obedient serv't.
Winfied Scott.
Hoa. W. L. Marcy, Sec'y of War.
War Department.
May 25, 1810. $
Entertaining, as it is most evident you
do, the opinion that such are the motives
and designs of of the Executive towards
you, and declaring it to be your explicit
; meaning that "you do not desire to place
yourself in the most perilous of all po-
I silioilS A FIRE UPON YOUR REAR FROM
front
T"E ."JCANV a"d 80 enterlain"
ma mem entirely without cause, or even
the shadow of justification, the President
1,1 u , ,; v.:. j... i
j yviui lie niuiiiii" in uis Ulilv IO IMC
coun-
I try, if he were to persist in his determi
nation of imposing upon you the com
d f h .
Uq misunderstand
, lhe objec .M iQ
: u,lannA .l;.;.,,. ?
V anu V?S prosecuuon oi nosuuues
: against Mexico.
! I have the honor to be, very rcspect-
luliy your obedient servant.
W. L. Marcy.
Major General Wixfield Scott,
Commanding General, fcc. .
Headquarters of the Army,
Washington, May 25, 1846. S
Sir: Your letter of this date, received
at about 6, P M as I at cWn to take a
TUESDAY, JUNE
noma commauucr-iu-unu ui me anuy
and navy of the United States.
If you have succeeded m imparting that
impression to the President, then, by the '
conclusion of your letter, written in his
behalf, I am placed under very high ob- !
ligations to his magnanimity may I not '
add, to his kindness? in not placing me
instantly in arrest, and belore a general ( before him: In this copy I have insert
court martial. I may ihcn hope that the ed in brackets a material word; "friends"
President saw no such intended disrespect; ; accidently omitted in a hurry of wri
and I can assure you both that I feel too ' ting, and also adevelopementof my mean
great a deference to the constitution and ing in another place, in red ink and in
the laws of my country to oiler or to cle- ;
sign an
trate.
indignity to our chief magis-
The strongest passages in my condemn- !
ed letter are, I think hypothetical. In
it, 1 spoke ol "impatience "pernaps About me idtn mst., ootn you ana me
high quarters," of "perhaps utter condem- j President expressed the desire, very ex
nation,in the quarters alluded to."ofihc"in- j plicitly, that I should conduct, on an ex
finite importance of securing myself against i tensive scale, with the new forces about
danger HI will or precondemnation) in j to be raised, the conquest of a peace with
mv rear," and of that "most pirilous of j in Mexico. I considered myself honor
all' nositions" to anv commander "afire ' ed by the intended appointment, and I
- I'
ri -i f wr 1
upon iusj rear uum i iisiuugiun, uuu
the fire in front from the Mexicans."
And I also spoke of the necessity of "the
active, candid, and steady support of(such
commander's) government" in the hope
of conciliating it.
Now, if there be any offence to the
President in these passages the intention
of committing which I utterly disclaim
it must, in candor, be found in the mean
ing of the passages "high quarters" and
the "quarters alluded to," which qualify
all the others quoted by you.
It wili be perceived that I spoke not of
the highest quarter, but, in the plural,
"high quarters;" and I beg as an act of
justice, no less to myself than the Presi
dent, to say I meant "impatience," and c
ven "precondemnation," on your pnrt,and
the known, open, and violent condemna
tion of me on the part of several leading
and supposed confidants of the President
in the two houses of Congress,(high quar
ters;) because, on an intimation not an
order I did not fly to the Rio Grande,
without waiting for the invading army,
yet to be raised nay abandoning it to
get to that river as I could, and without
the least regard to the honorable pride and
distinction of the gallant general already
in command on that river; who, we knew,
had done well, was doing well, and who,
I was quite sure, and his little army, would
if the occasion offered, cover themselves
with glory. My prediction, in this res
pect, has been fully accomplished.
But that I did fear, and meant to ex
press the fear in my hasty letter of the
2 1st. that those persons htre enumerated
would;sooner or later,impart their precon
demnation of me to the President, I will
not deny. My letter was written, in part.
to iruard both
the President and mvsell
against such' a result, which would have
been fatal, not only to me, but perhaps,
for a campaign to the service of the coun
try. Hence the details I entered into to
the President and the Secretary of War
neither supposed to be professionally
experienced in the technical preliminaries
of a compaign what had been, and
what would continue for some days my
incessant occupations. Then; is no spe
cial pleading in this explanation. Ius'writ
ten and offered in good faith; in proof of
which I beg to refer to my letter to you of
this date, sent here three hours before the
reception of that to which I am now re
plyiug. .
You speak of my interview with the
President on the subject of the intended
formidable invasion of Mexico. I wish
1 had the time to do justice to my recol
leftionof the President's excellent sense,
military comprehension, patience, and
courtesies, in these interviews. I have
since often spoken of the admirable qual
ities he displayed on those occasions,
with honor, as far as it was in my power
to do him honor.
And to you, sir, allow me to say I have
not accused you, and do not mean to ac
cuse you, of a set purpose to discredit me
as the commander at first designed for the
new army that is to invade Mexico. I
bear in mind with pleasure the many per
sonal courtesies that I have, for long years
received at your hands. But I have for
many days believed that you have allowed
yourself to be influenced against me by the
clamor of some of the friends to whom I
have alluded. To that source, and from
no ill-will of your own, I have feared that
you had not made, and were not likely to
make, the just and easy explanations in
my behalf, which might be made, i ou
are also aware of other causes of uneasi
ness I have against the department of
the want of that confidence and support
necessary to my official position wheth
er here or on the Rio Grande. I have
heretofore explained mycelf on these
points, which renders repetition unneces
sary. '
Whether it shall be the pleasure of the
President to send me to the Rio Grande,
(which I would prefer,) or to retain me
here. I can only say, I am equally ready
to do my duty in either position, with all
my zeal asd all my ability
23, 1846,
In great haste I have the honor to re
main your obedient serv t.
WixriELD Scott.
Hon. W. L- Marcy, Sec'y of War.
Headqtarter3 of the Army.
3
Washington, May 27, 1846
Sir: I had the honor to receive your
letter of yesterday, at my office, about 9
o'clock at night,
Asyou do not say that'you had shown my
explanatory note to you of the previous
night, May 25, to the President, may I i P
beg you to lay the fair copy (herewith) ,
brackets.
Allow me to recapitulate some of the
principal facts in my present (to me) un-
. 1 . I . l IT
fortunate misunderstanding with the War
Department.
Krt
beg that my expression on the occasion,
which I need not here repeat may be re
membered. I have said in mv letter to you of the
21st instant, "I have received no orders
as yet, assigning me to the immediate com
mand of the army about to be raised,"
&c. No officer of the army or navy was
ever despatched by any executive, on dis
tant and important service, without writ
ten instructions, or orders from his gov
ernment. I have received no such paper,
and have never even heard that such pa
per had been drawn up, or was even in
preparation for me. It is evident, then,
that, without written instructions, or or
ders, I could not have left my habitual du
ties here, independent of the preliminary
arrangements for the formidable move
ments contemplated against Mexico.
On the 18th instant, hearing that Mex
ican troops had posted the Rio Grande,
and of the capture of Capt. Thornton's
detachment. I addressed a letter to Gen.
Taylor, a copy of which I annex, and
beg it also, (with this letter, " may" be
laid before the President. 1 he letter to
Gen. Taylor was twice sent up to. you
before it was despatched, and at your in
stance, was changed (by the omission cf
a paragraph) to the exact shape ol this
copy.
Its last paragraph in these words: " I
do not now expect to reach the Rio
Grande much ahead of the heavy rein
forcements alluded to above, or to assume
the immediate command in that quarter
before my arrival."
I quote this pr-rnph to shsw tht I
did not expect to be seat u the Rio
Grande, and did not even suspect it was
the intention of the President, or your
self, to send me thither, " much ahead of
the heavy reinforcements alluded to"
viz: some twenty odd thousand volun
teers, besides a few additional regulars.
Though I h id occasion to see you .
twice or thrice in the meantime, I heard
no complaint from you, and received no
correction of. that misapprehension if,
in fact, I had fallen into any before the
evening of the 23th inst. when you spoke
of the impatience manifested at my oc
cupations (or delay) here which com
plaint caused my letter to you of the next
morning May 2lsf
It seemed, therefore, evident to me at
the time, that your complaint had been
(faused by the out of door clamors to
which I have since alluded.
Three hours before I received your let
ter of the 25th inst. conveying the dis
pleasure of the Executive, and without
the least expectation of receiving such a
letter, I had sent in to you my report or
note of the same day, (the 25th) which
concluded with this declaration:
"I think my preliminary and necessa
ry occupation may be ended here in (say)
three davs more, when promising that
ifter the srreat and brilliant victories of
the gallant Taylor, (of which we have ; party who chose Dunleavy as their cap
recently heard,) I should he ashamed to tain. It was generally believed that Gov.
supercede him before the arrival of compc- j Bocca would return. They had receiv
tent reinforcements to penetrate the intc- j cd news that several thousand Mormons
nor of Mexico, and to conquer a peace had crossed the river at Iowa Point, on
I shall be ready for any instructions or their way to California. As Bcggs ap
orders with which the President may j prehended some danger of being assas
honor me." sinated by them, he began to talk strong-
And again on that day (the night of . ly of returning. It was impossible to ob
the 25th) after receiving the censure of tain a correc t estimate of the number of
the President, through your letter, I con- j wagons and souls in the emigrating par
cluded my prompt explanatory reply, tics up to the time our informant left.
thus : -
"Whether it shall be the pleasure of
the President to send me to the Rio
Grande, (which I would prefer,) or to
retain me here, I can only say I am equal-
ly ready to do my duty in either position
with all my zeal and all my ability."
I still hope when the President shall
have read that explanatory letter and the
foregoing exposition of facts attentively,
he may be willing to recur to his original
purpose, and accord to my senior rank
the nrefercne which I have never renserf
to cntertain&wh'ch I shouldhave pressed
with incessant zeal, but for the apprehen-
sions heretofore expressedand which
1
your letter hae nearly, if not quite, re
to claim that j
resident deem !
command, when ever the P
: it proper to give me the assignment is
moved. I therefore be?
whether to-day, or at any other better S Leavenworth had been ordered to Coun
time, he may be pleased to designate. cil Grove, on the Santa Fe road, to ex-
In your rejoinder to ma of yesterday ' amine wagons as they pass, and seize up
(May 26th,) which I have acknowledged ' on all the powder and ammunition that
above, you quote from my letter of ex- they may find going to Mexico as mer
planation the words: "You are also a- ehandize. This report in not generally
ware of other causes of uneasiness I credited. Several campanies of traders
have against the department," &c. &c. contemplate leaving in about ten days.
Your notice of this complaint, on mv St. Wain, of Bent's Fort, is expected in
j part, is so liberal not to say kind that
nm hnnnd tri h fnink and cxd hcit. as to
" I
one ot those causes. 1 nau, npon my
mind, in hastily penning those words,
these facts : Brigadier General Woo! was
called to this place, by a letter cf your
own writing, to command, under me, one
of the detached columns against Mexico,
according to an understanding between
the President, you, and me, that to effect.
I saw Gen. Wool first, the day of his ar
rival (May 17) and communicated to him
v ' - . . . . ......
the purpose oi lus being called to this
pjacc :
In a day or two I learned from General '
Wool that, notwithstanding my intima-,
tion, he had been told by you, he might
not be ultimately assigned to that com-
mand, because, perhaps, other generals
might be authorized and appointed, for
the3 army, and called into service from .
the States. That information gave mc no
serious annrehensions for Gen. Wool or :
invself, until I saw, in the morning of the
r
20th a bill reported in the Senate (at your j
immediate instance I knew,) the day be -
fore, providing for two major generals,
and four brigadier generals, to be added to
the regular military establishment, besides
giving m the President the power of se- j
lectin-r Stale Generals for the command
of the 50,000 volunteers. I then thought I
saw a strong probability that bothGen Wool
and myself would be superseded, at least
IX the war against Mexico, by two
of the new regular generals of our res
pective grades, to be appointed, as was
generally understood, lrom civil or pout
ical life. It was then that my apprehen-
sions became serious, as may be seen in
my letter to you on the following day,
(May 21st,) and in many of my subse
quent acts. From that moment, (before
my letter of the 21st.) I have had but lit
tle doubt down to last night, that if that
bill became a law connecting it with the
clamors against me, to which I have allu
ded I should not be sent against Mexi
co. I will now, however, hope for better
fortune; still appealing to the justice of the
President for all the rights of senior rank.
I have the honor to remain, sir, your most
obedient servant,
WIXFIELD SCOTT.
P. S. I add to the papers, herewith, a
copy of Col. Butler' EXPLANATORY NOTE?
of'J rojh iket-:h made by Lira, of North
cm Mexico, which is very, valuable.
The Colonel, in the notes, is not so full on
the raixy season as he and Gen. J. T.
Mason were in conversation with me.
bef again to refer to them personally.
W. S.
Hon Wm. L. Marcy, Sec'v of War.
War Department, June 2, 1846.
Your communications have all been
laid before the President, but I have re
ceived no instructions to change or modi
fy the directions contained in the closing
part of my letter of the 25th ultimo.
Very respectfully your ob't serv't.
WILLIAM L. MARCY.
Major General, W. Scott.
Correspondence of the St. Louis Ke
publican.
Independence, (Mo.) May 20.
A gentleman who has just arrived
from the California camp on Kansas riv
er, informs mc that the company had or
ganized belore reaching that point, but
had divided, owing to a slight altercation
which took place between Captain Rus
sull and Rev. .Mr. Dunleavy Russell
called off all that were- willing to go with
. him as their commander, leaving a larre
two hundred and thirty wagons had
crossed Kansas river. It was supposed
' there were about sixty yet to cross.
The number of souls in both the Oregon
' and California companies, in the aggre-
j gate, is estimated at about two thousand,
Several companies of Mexican traders
have gone out since the war news reach-
ed here, and "are making rapid pace a-
! cross the plains to get into Mexico as
soon as possible. They fear the LT. S.
troops at Fort Leavenworth will be or-
rip mil tn interceot them, several
co in
" ww.w-- J
panics yet to go out are hesitating wheth-
er they will go or not; but the boldest
i wili venture at any rate. They have no
' dread cf any thing, if they can once jet
Vol. 4. No. 32.
into Mexico; but they fear interruption
on the part of the United States. There
a report out, that troops from Fort
a few days. A small company of three
wagons arnvcu mis morning irora mo
mountains: they bring no news ol inter
est. Gen. S. Lucas ol the 4th Division of
the Missouri Militia, has received orders
from the Adjutant General of the State to
raise seven companies of volunteers, to
organize and be brought under discipline
and hold themselves in readiness to enter
the service at a moment's warning. The
general day for volunteering in this place
e- - . Air ,i i 'PL.
is nxeu lor nexi euue3ujy. iiiu m
of tiie military spirit has caught in thi
upper country, and many are anxious to
engage in the conflict. Most of them d
not like to volunteer, and remain at home
inactive: they wish to enter the service as
soon as they volunteer. If volunteers
wcr to be called for to march to the scene
of war immediately, you would find
whole regiments from upper Missouri
who would pour in. But at the time we
ii f rt r tr
received me call oi uov. r.uarus ior
1200 men, it was too late to get in me
number required was neanj maue up m
j St. Louis before the ncw3 reached us.
.There are a few fighting men in upper
j Missouri, and if they want them they
can get them in short order.
We see it mentioned in the St. Louis
papers, that it was in contemplation to
raise volunteer campanies in Missouri, to
march to New Mexico and take it. The
opinion of those here who know
best,is that such a thing would be execed
ingly impolitic, and that it would ruin
our trade with that country. Every
I business man in St. Louis knows, or
ought to know, that a very large amount
of goods are annually bought there lor
Xew Mexico, and if we send a military
force against them without cause or pro
vocation, (for they are with us in part,)
I it would intercept this trade entirely, and
thereby cut off a trahc that has reached
to near two millions of dollars per annum.
If the war is protracted, or if our citizens
should be ill-treated in Xew Mexico, it
would then become necessary to send a
military force there to protect them, but
under the present condition of affairs it
would not be expedient to send any
armed force there whatever. If the war
continues, and the trade across to New
Mexico is still kept up, it will be increas
sed at least four-fold over what it ever has
?;een. No doubt New Mexico will fall
into our hands with th? Caiiforr.ias. if
the war should be protracted. But if a
negotiation should be brought about short-
ly, such will not be the case.
I ! " Business is quite brisk h
qu
ere; crops
1 4
very promising wheat
never looked
i better in the country at this season than
now. lours, li.
IICXRY IIOUX.
In our last we stated on the authority
of a report from Washington, that Henry
Horn, the gentleman who Gen. Jackson
said, "can't lie," had been confirmed as
Collector of the Port of Philadelphia.
This was incorrect, as he had been reject
ed by a vote of 25 to 21, but has since
been re-nominated to the Senate for the
same office, President Polk, having re
solved to act upon the precedent set by
Gen. Jackson, to rebuke me Senate for
daring to act counter to his will. We
shall see whether the Senate will suc-
i cumb.and lick the hard of power up-rais-
cd! Pa. Tel.
The Xew York Herald says: "We
understand that the immense estate of
Lord Townly, which had been in the
Chancery for many years, has lately
been decided, and the amount is over
$70,000,000. Heirs are wanted for
three quarters of the estate one quarter
of the amout having ben decidcdto be'ong
to an aid of the Duke of Wellington. The
other heirs in the United St3tes, for whom
Mr Crombie, of Xew Xork city is con
cerned, are about to put forth a claim,
I having the same relationship to the de
ceased as the gentleman who has perlect
ed his claim."
PURPOSES OF THE EXECUTIVE.
The following ' emifficial paragraph
is from the Washigton Union:
Gen. Taylor had, according to the
last accounts, about 8,000 troops under
his eagles, Hundreds and thousands of
volunteers were pouring into his camp.
He. will soon be in advance into the ene
my's country; and we shall not be sur-
1 prised to hear of his reaching Monterey,
1 about 130 miles from Matamoras, idoui
the commencement of the uble-lanu. m a
; healthy region, at no d'sUint diy.
j " Annexation r.n J war tjntg i?,
every word of iM said. a pPrt ctj uv 'nh
i "no sooner do you get XAjcrtrrp th-a vou
begrs to Cul