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L _ ~~a MEM „ ._ t~+'~.+c~~ '.y =, ~-. ~: ~: ..~ ,f ~. ~:" ; .. THE PITT9IIIIGII DAILY lIGNINGIPOSy. Jonx niaLEtt, Editor,. Pr "I'SBURGH, FRIDAY, JUNE 12,418413 FOR CANAL CO:kLMISSIONER, WILLIAM B. FOSTER,!Jr, OF BRADFORD COUNTY.I Tor 'Latest News, see Postscript, ,on second page. - • I:l4,..mrros's MLsoNar.—W'hen will DEATH OF Jtrnor. RANDALL.—Hon. Archibald S. - Randall, Judge of the U. S. Court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, died in Philadelphia, on Monday "morning of gastric, apoplexy.' Ile had 'been subject to - sudden and serious attacks of this disease for some years past, and on Thursday last compelled to adjourn the court in consequence of its recurrence. MILITARY MOVERRNTS ry ORlG.—There were no less than sik sword presentations, to the officers of-the different volunteer companies in Columbus, OhiO, two of which were presented by the Masonic Lodge. The scene is said to have been very a teresting and exciting. Two companies passed through Cplumbus for camp WashingtOn en Mon day. ,al! The Boston Co u rier states that Edward Webster, youngest son of the.i.4enator frlrm Massa chuaetts, is raising a volunteer company in that city to form part of the regiment called for by the proclamation of Gov. Briggs. We have observed that no Whig paper in this country is more fiequently quoted again,t his own party than that one [the. Winieling'Titnes.]— Pais. Ca:. But, thank God. we are never quoted agains our, country.—lncrling Highly Important Corrrapondente, THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SCOTT We publish to-day, to the exclusion of almost 'every . thing else, the very important correspond eae&communicated by the President to the Sen ate on the Bth inst. The Washington Union, in referring to the facts of the case, says: "The Pres ident was deterinined from the commencement of the war to,give the command to Gen, Scott. The Secretary of War cheerfully agreed to the selec tion. Gen. Scott was called into consultation with them to devise the best plan fur conducting the campaign. It was desired that he should repair as soon as possible to the camp. We regret, deeply - regret, that instead of promtly complying,be should , not only-delay his movements, but ascribe this irr, patience of the Executive to motives of hostility, 1 which would only have subjected them to the se verest censure. The letters speak for, :themselves -but' no man who weighs the general's first letter cap be astonished at the change of decision on the part of the President. No one can censure the PreSident or the Secretary for the course which they have pursued. They owed it to themsel. es, if not to the general, to permit him to remain at Washington." The following message was received from- the President of the United,States.; - which was read: - To:the ,el ate of the G Stairs.: I communicate kiere_ti'4*.oteport from the Sec retary of war, tratistidtting the correspondence cal led for by the resolution Of thk:Sisuate of the sth inst., with General Edmund P. Gaiites and Gay al Scott, of the army of the United States. The report of the :Secretary of War, and the ac companying correspondence with General Gonna. contain all the information in my pocession in relation calls for avolnnteers or mania into the ser vice of the United States' "hy any officer of the ar my," without legal -authority therefor: . "and of the "measures which have been adopted . ' "in rela tion to such officer or troops so called into service." In addition to the information contained in the report of the Secretary of War, and the accompa nying correspondence with "major General Scott of the United States army, upon the subject of his ta:..ing the command of the army of occupation on the frontier of Texas"—l state, that on the same day on which I approved and signed the act of the Pith of May, rapt, entitled An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the republic of Mexico," I com monic ate Ito Gewral Scott, through the Secretary of War, and also in a personal interview with that officer, Lay desire that he should take cumin:old of the alloy on the Rio Grande, and of the volunteer forces, which I informed him, it was ray intention forthwith to call out to march to that frontier, to he employed in the prosecution of the war a gainst Mezi m. The tender of the command to General Scot was voluntarily on my part, and was made without any request or intimation on the subject from him. It was made in consideration of his rank as commander-in-chief of the army.— :My communications with General Scott assigning him the command were verbal, first through the Secretary of War, and afterwards in person. No written order was deemed to be necessary. Gen eral Scott assented to assume the command, and on the following day I had another interview with him and the Secretary of War, in relation to the num ber and apportionment anion; the set oral States of the volunteer forces to be called out Mr imme diate service; the Purees which were to be organ zed and held iu readiness subject to a future call should it become necessary; and other military preparations and movements to be made with a' view to the vigorous prosecution of the war. It Was distinctly settled and was well understood by General Scott, that he he was to command the, army in the army in the war agaim'O. Mexico, and so continued to he settled and understood, with out any other intention on my part, until the Sec retary of War submitted- to me the letter of Gen. Scott adressed to huts under date of the 21st of May, 18:16, a copy of which is herewith commu nicated. The character of that letter, made it proper in my judgement to change my determina, tion in regard to the command of the army; and the Secretary of War by my direction, inhis letter of the 25th of May, 1846, a copy of which is al-, so herewith communicated, for the reasons therein assigned, informed General Scott that he was reliev- ed from the command of the army, destined to prosecute the war against Mexico, and that he would remain in the discharge of his duties at Washington. The command of the army on the frontier of Mexico has since been assigned to Gen , oral Taylor with his breset rank of major-gener al, recently conferred upon him. JAMES K. POLK. Vi'AsuiNGT(IN, June S. 181E1. (We insert that portion of the correspondence relating to General Winfield Scott, which is in?. follows:) WAR DneAnrmexr, June 8, 1846 Sin: In compliance with your direction, I have the honor to transmit herewith such letters and documents as are in this department, to enable you to answer the resolution of the Senate of the lsth instant, requesting information. First, in re- 7 lotion to unauthorized culls of volunteers and miff= tiainto the service of the United States by any of ficers of the army, &c. Second, the correspondence between the Secretary of War and Major, General Scott, on the subject of his taking the command of the army of occupation on the frontiers of Texas; &c. 'And third, the correspondence between Gen? eml Gaines and the -government, frow the Ist of June, 1845, to the present time, upon the subject otvoluuteers or militia ordered to the frontiers of Texas. i The information requested in the first and last branches of the resolution, is mainly; furnished by the correipondence herewith submitted between this department .aad General Gaines, who is the only Officer of the army known to have called for volunteers - or militia without legal authority with in the periods specified. The first authorized call by that officer was made on the governor of I.;oui ; • • _ _~ ~. i~i . . :faunal:et thelsthiif Attgast, 1845, for.two compa 'ides.—oftoluiitier artillety, (about 200 men,) which were mustered into service on the 21st of that Morith,lind inanwllately sent to Texas, to report to General.. Taylor at Corpus Christi. As soon•as information of this call was made known to the department, General Gaines was reminded,- in , communication addressed to him, that authority to make such calls was vested only in the Presi dent, and that "the emergency which would toler ate or excuse the assumption of this authority by a military officer in command at a distance from the seat of government. in anticipation of the Presi dent's action must be one indicating great and im minent peril to the country—a peril so great and so imminent as to leave no reasonable doubt that the President, with a full knowledge of all the cir cumstances of the case, would have felt it to be his duty to resort to such aid." As the call had been promptly responded to, and the troops sent to their destination before the action of Gen. Gaines could be stayed, Gen. Taylor was directed to re ceive and retain them in service, as long as, in his judgment, the public emergency might require, although, by your direction, Gen. Gaines was in formed that his proceeding was not arm)), ed by you. These volunteers were discharged • and sent hame on the expiration of their three months' term of service. No further calls appear to have been made by Gen. Gaines for volunteers or militia, until early in May of the present year, when unauthorized re quest, or requisitions in various forms and of dif ferent import, were made by him for a volunteer force, some to be in readiuess, and others Ure itn- Mediate entrance into service, the amount of which is not yet known at this department, but, as far as ascertained, is embraced in a statement which is among the documents herewith furnished. It is also understood that he has taken measures to organize troops independent of his call upon States through the respective governors; and the hccompanying documents show that lie had ap poimen various staff officers, without instruc tions or legal authority. As soon as intim - matron Was received of those proceedings, -prompt mea sures were taken to counteract them, and to arrest this course of independent action. A portion of those thus called into service by requisitions upon the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, and Mis souri,havin".' promptly responded to the same, the governors of those States were: informed that ' these calls upon them had been recognized "to the extent of the numberi fitrnixhed mid semi to Texas." To this extent, and no further, has-the conduct of General Gaines, in making requisititins calling in to service and organizing troops, been recognized, and all beyond has been distinctly disapproved. By your directions orders have been issued re lieving him from the command of the western di vision and requiring him to repair to this city. The correspondence called fur by the second branch of the resolution accompanies this com munication. In relation to that part of it which asks for information "whether any order was at any time given by the President or Secretary of :War to Gen. Scott to proceed to the Rio Grand, or ,to take command of the army," &c.. t have to state that, about the time the law recognising the 'existence of a war between the United States and Mexico, and authorizing - the raising of a voluteer force of 50 oth) men was passed, I had a couversa tion with Major General Scott, and by your direc tion, informed him that you intended to put the ar my, designed to operate against Mexico, under his ; immediate command, and invited him, as you re -quested to do, to call on you for the purpose of re ;ceiving your views and instructions. An inter view betweeut yourself and him, at which I was present, shortly after took place, when you an nounced to him your determination - to assign him to the Command of the army in the war ag,ainst Mexico..` The order and instructions to hint were verbal, and I, am not aware that they have been reiterated in writing. Ile immediately entered upon the necessary arrangements to carry into ef fect yoUr sieves and instructions, and down to the present time; has - been assiduously engaged in the duties of his office. Interviews and, consultations between him and Myself; often at my- particular instance, 6t.10 - cry frequently taken place in re gard to azranionzentaand preparations for carry. thelvar.-%When 1. nest communicated to liiiii4ouChitention to place himi the commit(' orthe armyi - le replier! that he Should neither de cline nor solicit that service; but at once on receiv ing your verbal order, entered readily into the pre paratory measures to carry them into effect. 1 am not aware that he claimed "that command as due to him from his rank in the army" or expres ser' any wish to be assigned to it, until his prefer ence was intimated in his litter of the :.t:Tith ult.. in reply to mineof the same date, and his claim set forth in that of the 27th, both of which are among the papers herewith subuiitted. His wishes in this respect have not been made known to me. further titan they are expressed in these two letters. I had no intimation whatever that you intended to change, or thought of reconsidering the orders to General Scott, committing to him the command of the army to operate against Mexico, until I had submitted to you his letter to me of the 21st After your examination of that letter I received your direction, changing your povious orders,and communicated it to him in my letter of the of May, I hat e the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, To tit! PRESIDENT lIKADOYAUTERS OF TOE APLOT Washington, M.iy _t, Stir —I have received no orders, as yet, assign ing me to the immediate command of the army a bout to be raised to conquer a peace within Mexi co; but I have been told to hold myself in readi• ness for that service. From that moment I have occupied myself, incessantly, with the vast prelim• inary arrangements which can only be made ad vantageously atthia place, through the respective chiefs of the general staff—the adjutant general. quartermaster general, commissary general of sub sistence, chief of ordnance. and surgeon general.- 1 have been much occupied also in the distribution of the quotas of volunteers needed among the sev eral States; in apportioning the horse to the foot, in the study of the routes of march and water con veyances for the several bodies of troops to the best points in the frontiers 01 Mexico; in the study of the northern interior, and the soUtint'rn routes of that republic; in looking to the Means of trans portation'on the Rio Grande, to and bryond that ri ver; in determining the depots of supplies of all sorts on this side. &c,&c. As these matters are respectively settled, orders and instructions have been, or will be gii en, to the chiefs of the gener;il staff at this place, and the routes of march and water conveyances, together with the depots for supplies of every description. are finally to be communicated to the unknown commanders of volunteers whose services are to be accepted. In the midst of these multitudinous and indis pensable occupations I have learned from you that much impatience is already felt, in high quarters. that I have not already put myself en route for the Rio Grande; and now, with fourteen hours a day of preliminary work remaining oit my hands for many days, I find myself compelled to stop that neces sary work to guard myself against, perhaps, utter condemnation in the quarters alluded to. I am too old a soldier, and have had too much special experience, not to feel the infinite importance of securing myself against danger (ill will or pre condemnation) in my rear before advancing upon the public enemy. Not an advantageous step can be taken in a forward march without the confidence that all is well behind. If insecure in that quarter, no gen eral can put his whole heart and mind 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 question, and I beg to say I fear no other danger. My intentions have been, after making all pre. liminary arrangements here, to pass down the Ohio and Mississippi, to see, or to assure myself by correspondence, that the volunteers, on whom we are mostly to rely in the prosecution of the ex• isting war, are rapidly assembling for the service; to learn the probable time of their readiness to ad vance upon Mexico; to ascertain if their, supplies of every kind are in place, or are likely to be in place in sufficient time, to hasten one and the oth er; 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 slatched I deem to be not only useful to success, but indispensible. As a MEM soldier I make this assertion without the fear . , of contradictionfinni any honet and candid soldier. Against the - ad Captandurn . condemnation 'of all other peiito*Wlibever,may be Aesignated for the high coin - Ulan& in lineation, there can be no reli ance (in hicaliSenee)rither,,then'the active, candid and steady support - of his, government. If I can not have:that sure basis to set upon, it will be infi nitely hetter for the...country (not to speak of my personal security)thm some other commander of thenew army against Mexico should be selected.— No matter who he may be, he - shell, at . least, be judged and supported by me, in this office and everywhere else, as I would desire, if personally in that command, to be myself judged and aup ! ported. My explicit meaning is, that I do not desire to place myself in the most perilous of all positions —a Ore in my rear from Washington, and the fat 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 special army of some thirty thousand troops, regu lars, and twelve months' volunteers. would be ne cessary for the march against, and the conquestofa peace in, Mexico. I adhere to that opinion. It is Threseen, with tolerable certainty, that we shall not, have, in many mouths, more than seven thousand (if quite so many) regulars, applicable to that ser vice. The remaining numbers are to be made up in volunteer horse and foot. I suppose of these, taken together, about 17,001) have been actually called for. There is yet good time I think to make the additions suggested in one of the tables I had the honor to submit last night. The question follows: 13y what time ran an ar my of about 30,000, as above, be brought to act from the different points agreed upon in the inter views alluded to upon Mexico? More than half of the 7,000 regulars remain to he recruited. I hope they may be obtained and taken to the Rio Grande, though raw or uninstructed. by the first of September tics t. Can two-thirds:, or even a halt of the volunteer horse be got to that riser much before that time? 1 greatly doubt the possibility—without the shadow of a doubt about the patriotism or zeal of the citizens who hate been specially called upon. The foot volunteers, aided by water transportation, (beliescd to be impossible with the horse,) may. prolmbly, reach all the points for commencing operations a week or two earlier. Rut if horse be a necessary element to success (and two-thirds, if not three fourths, of the Mexican ar my are understood to be in the saddle,) what utili ty would there be in forcing the loot much ahead of the horse? This ought to be a matter Marrange ment, left to the commander of the special army.' as infiirmation may open upon him in his progress to the Mexican frontier, near the heads of columns.' o r w ithin easy corresponding distance with most of them. The particular question here then recurs. Can the horse regiment from Kentucky, (the most 'distant from Mexico) or that from Tennessee (say I 9 days nearer) reach the Rio Graanle (by land be it remembered) much feline the day (Ist of Sep tember) before mentioned? 1 have learned person ally from the zeslous and intelligent Adjutant Gen eral (Dudley) of Kentucky. that that most distant horse iegirrient cannot be assembled (say) at Frank fort on the Bowling-green, earlier than the latter part of June. Thence it will probably be obliged to march rio 3.letuphis. Fulton,.on the Red tt Cr. San Antonio de Bexur, /s.c.. a line of some 1.,..t0s miles. The route,. of the Tennessee, Arkansas. and 3lississippi horse will be respectively, say dun, 61)11. an d - irsi to o, shorter, but even the middle or 'rerun s.ee horse regiment cannot, allowing not a day for instruction at its rendezvous, or on the rout, reach the Rio Grande; before (according to all computations we can make here) the middle of August. 1 think, considering.that Wts cannot hope to have more than WO regular cavalry on the lower Rio Grande, All the informathin that e4ll be obtain]. here, repre3.ents that the rainy :treason:on, and south of the Rio Grande, begins 41aout June, atalletrninates about the IstSeptenliter. thatdutingith auseasnn • the hoof of the horse and the nude beesatnes soften ed (though shod) anirdisettsed so as to disable the animal for travel Mid - Again it is at the end Of the rainy , season, and for some weeks later, that in the northern provincesg . ,,',dexico, men and horse would !lase theheSt drinking wa ter, the horses the best grating, arid the commis saries the best beef and mutton for men. But another reason has been %%by should lease the preliminary work to be done herr: and abandon the tis els e-montlis volunteers to Mid their way as they may to the Mexican frontier— viz: the number of patriotic Louisians who have poured, and are pouring in. upon Brevet Brigadier General Taylor, at Point Isabel or opposite to Matamoras. Those meritorious volunteers ran. under the cir cumstances, have legally engaged or three months only. They could has e had no knowledge of the volunteer act of May II without which no enrolment for more than thn•e months would he binding upon them. Afterthat term, without a for re-enmlment, under the recent act, her the lon- ger period. not an officer or u man could be legally lu•ld to service or tried for any offence whatet,er. they e,idently ha-tened to the scene of danger to t.uceour our little army there; to SUN . (' it from what they no doubt tle:•tne,l probable surrender or destruction. any of the Louisianians may be ready to become tweli e months volunteers, and to be organized legally as such. As three months men they could hardly, even in the absence of hostile force,., march to Monterey, before be coming entitled to (no doubt) an honorable dis charge. Before the time for that discharge, it may certainly be well—if numbers of them do not volunteer under the recent act—to send the quotas' of foot, called for from the lower Mississippi, to aid Gen. Taylor in de!'end Mg his positions. and perhaps taking new ones on the other side of the Rio Grand. But for the conquest of a peace, by regular, inces sant, and forward movements, The basis of our cal culations here (as to members) must be altogeth er extravagant, if a much larger army, including that in position. and one a ery difffrently composed, l i (in horse and foot,) be not necessary, It was to command such larger army that I understood my- self as likely to be sent to the Mexican frontier, as it is always unjust to a junior general H ho has done well, and is suppu-el to he ,Ming well, to sepersele him by a general at higher rank, without rending with the latter corresponding reinforcements. 1 should esteem myself the unhappy- instrument of wounding the honorable pride of the gallant and judicious Taylor, if ordered to supercede hint un der different circumstances. However the foregoing suggestions (hastily thrown together) may be viewed, I have deemed it due more to the country than my humble se/f, that I should present theni. and await the wishes or the orders of the President. With great respect, I has c the honor to iemain, sir, your most obedient sen - ant, W INFIELD SCOTT. W. L. MARC Hon. W. L. MAIICY, t•!ecretary of War Sin: I have received your letter of the :2lst in stant, and conshlerim: its extraordinary character, and the grave matters set forth therein, reflecting upon the motiN es and objects of the President in tendering to you, as be has, in an explict manner, the command of the forces destined for the war a gainkt. Mexico, I deemed it to be my duty to lay it befor`6 him, and to take his direction in regard to its contents. The passages in your letter which have excitel his surprise and deep regret. are those in which you impute to the President, in terms not inexplicit, ill trill towards yourself, or prercmdemnation, and a course of conduct on his part which has already, as you allege, impeded your labors of preparation and crippled your energies. A relerence to two or three paragraphs in your letter will show that he is not at liberty to give a different construction to your language. Yon were, through me, and also at a personal interview with the President, made acquainted with his settled de termination to put you in immediate command of the forces to be employed in carrying on the war with Mexico, and you had, as you state, been de voting your time and attention to preliminary and preparatory arrangements. "In the midst of these multitudinous and indispensable occupations;" (you say.) "I have learned from you that much impati ence is already felt, perhaps in high quarters, that I have not already put myself in route for the Rio Grande; and now, with fourteen hours a day Of preliminary work remaining on my hands for many days, I find myself compelled to stop that necessary work to guard myself against, perhaps, EllEffilS ENE l utter condemnation in the quarters alluded to. I ani:teci old a soldier, and have had too much 'ape vial experienee, not, to feel the infinite importance of securing - myself against danger—(ill will; or precofidemnation) in my rear, before advancing up 'on the Public enemy. Not an advafitageous step can be taken in a forward march, without the Con fidence that alt is well behind. If insecure in that quarter, no general can put his whole heart: and mind into the Work M .be done in' front. I nm, therefore, not Alittle alarined—nay, Crippicii in my. energies—by . the knowledge of the impatience in question; and I beg to say I fear no other danger." This , -language Scarcely requires a comment. That it conveys the Strongest suipicion—not to Say a direct imputation of most unworthy motives in the Executive governMent—of bad faith towards yourself—of a reckless disregard of the interests of the country—of a design to carry on a war against you while you are sent forth to carry on a war a gainst the public enemy, there can be, I think, no question. You must allow me to advert to the on ly filet to which you allude as the foundation for such grave impUtations. You hare learned, you say, from me that much impatience is felt, perhaps in hi ill quarters, that you are not already put in rouse for the Rio Grande, tie. What was said upon this point at our interview, when this subject was alluded to, is not so fully stated as it ought to be, censidering the purposes to which you have con verted it. You presented to me fully and- clearly , the difficulties and delays which, in your opinion, would attend the assembling of the volunteers on the Rio Grande, and, in conclusion,expressed your belief that it could not be done betlire the Ist day of September next. I then alluded to the troops which were now hastening to Gen. Taylor's stand ard, under his requisition—to the excited feelings of the country—to the patriotic ardor of the troops —to the disappointment which both they and the country would feel, If an army of eight or ten thousand men were on the Rio Grande compara tively inactive during their entire tour of service, hii:ll. being limited to three months, would term inate before the period named by you for the as sembling of the volunteers on lhe Rio Grande. It was with special reliirence to the employment of the troops that would be on that frontier by the fat day of June, that I spoke of what would he the sentiments of the country, and of the spirited and gallant men who had entered into the service l , and of the expectations of the Executive upon thisesub ject. I was well aware that the President was most anxious that the war should lie prosecuted with promptness and vigor, and that the brave and patriotic men who had been called out should h:ne an opportunity to render their country active and effective service. I knew, ton, that the Pres ident confidently hoped arid 1`.% pee led that a large portion of the volunteers, authorized by the act of May t:tth, would arrive on the frontier in suffi cient force for active operations before the time which you indicated. With the view of securing this impmtant object, the most energetic measures had been adopted. Every consideration of econo my and duty forbade that the trooffhould, if thus collected, be permitted to remain inactive, by reason of the absence of the general officer. who, fully p05..e5.m.41 of the views of the Executive, was to direct their mos ements. I did not deem it improper, indeed I considered it a matter of duty, to communicate to the gener al, to whom the Ptcsident had freely confided the management of the war, his views and expecta tions upon this point. That this communication. made in the manner it was, should not has e been kindly merit cd, is surprising, to me; but vastly more so is the fact, that it should be made the ba sis of the most offensive imputations against the executi‘c gmernment, which had voluntarily se lected you to conduct our army, and determined to put at your disposal the ample-1 means it could command to insure victory, and to bring the war to a successful and speedy termination. It was also a matter of unfeigned surprise to me that you should lime attributed to the President the intention of opening a tire upon your rear. sthile a fire in front was opened upon yon by the enemy. On what foundation could such an as sumption rest! Had riot the President, in a frank and trondly spirit. just intrusted you with a com mand on %%inch the glory and interest of the court try ilependrshlo say nothing of the success of his own administration! How could you, under these circumstances, arrest your labors of preparation, an d tiller soot energies to be cnppled.lbr the pur pose Of indulging in illiheral imputations against the man who had just bestowed upon you the high est mark of his courid,,„? Entertaining. as it i^ most e%ident you do, the opinion that such are die motive:4 and designs 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 positions atria your rear from Washington, and the fire ;a Jima Joan the Mr-limns. - and so entertaining rthem entirely without cause. or even the shadow of justification, the-President would be wanting in his duty to the country, it he were to persisit in his determinatiOn of imposing upon you the corn. mand of the army in the war against Me:of:Q.- 1 11 e would probably misunderstand the object you h iil ut vICW w writing }our letter, and disappoint your expectations. if he did not believe that it intended to etli-et a change of his purpo-e in this respect. I aim therefore, directed by him to I say That you will be continnet.l in your piesent sitom here, and will devote your eifints in making arrangements and preparations Im' the early and vigorous prosecution in hostilities against .ilex_ I lunge the honor to be, Very reveittfully, your obedient servant, Sta. Your letter of this date, received at about p. in , I sat 'down to take a hasty plate of soup, demands a Prompt reply. nu have taken, four days to rclert. and to con. viii me. upon my !letter to you of the 21st instant. of ullicial. perhaps, personal disrespect to the con stitutional corninander-in chief at the army and navy of the United States. If you hat e succeeded in imparting that impres sion to the President, then. by the conclusion of your letter, written in his behalf, I am placed un der very high obligations to his magnanimity— may I not add, to hie dine nexs. l —in not placing toe instantly in arrest, and before a general court-mar tial. I may then hope that the President saw no such intended disrespect; and I can assure you both that I feel too great a deference to the consti tution and the laws of my country to offer or to design an indignity to our chief magistrate. The strongest passages in my condemned letter' are, I think, hypothetical. in it, I spoke of -Om patience - --perhaps in high quarters," oil -per haps, utter condemnation, in the quarters alluded to;" of the "infinite importance of securing myself against danger (ill -trill or prerundeninat ion) in toy rear, - and of that -most perilous of all positions' to any commander—"a fire upon [his] rear front Washington, and the fire in front from the Mexi cans." And I also spoke of the necessity of "the active, candid, and steady support of (such com mander's) got eminent" in the hope of conciliating it WA It DErATLTIf ENT Alny 23, IS-II 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 meaning of the passages "high quarters - and the ~q uarters alluded to, which quilify all the others quoted by you. It will be perceived that I spoke not of the high est quarter, but, in the plural, "high quarters;'' and beg as an act of justice, no less to myself than the President, to say I meant "impatience," and even "pre-condemnation,"' on your part, and the known, open and violent condemnation of me on the part of several leading and supposed confidants of the President in the 'two houses of Congress, (high quarters;) because, on an intimation—not an or der—l did not fly to •the Rio Grande without waiting Mr the invading army. yet to be raised— nay abandoning it to get to that river, as it could, and without the least regard to the honorable pride and distinction of the gallant general already ,in command on that rivers who, we knew, had done well, was doing well, add who, I was quite sure, and his little army, would, if the occasion offered, rover themselves with glory. My prediction, in this respect, has been fully accomplished. But that I did mean to express: the fear in my hasty letter of the 21st, that those persons here enumerated would, sooner or later, impart their precondemnation of me to the President. I will not deny. My letter was written, in part, to guard both the President and myself against such W; L. MARCY iNliaj ,, r C.-tier:ll WCesurer.e.o Sr OTT, Cominatufing CevnentlO:c. HEAOrtriIITERS Or THE AILMT, WaAington, May 23 1810 a result, which would have been fatal; not only to me, but perhaps fora:campaign, to the - service of the country. Hence the details I eritered into to show the President - and the Secretary of War—nei ther supposed , to be professionally experienced in • the technical preliminaries of acampaigx; what had been, and what would continue t for some days—my incesantoccupations. There isno spechial pleading in this explanation. It is written and offered in good faith; in proof of which I beg to refer to my letter to you of this date, sent in three hours be , fore the receptiOn of that to which I am now re plying. r You speak of my interview with the President : on the subject of the intended formidable invasion of Mexico. I wish I had the time to do justice to my recollections of the President's excellent sense, military comprehension, patience, and emu , tesies in these interviews. I have since often spoken of the admirable qualities be 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 ac= : cused yon, and do not mean to accuse 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: personal courtesies that I have, for long years, re ceived at your hands. But I have for many days believed that you have allowed yourself to be in-, fluenced against me by the clamor of some of the! friends to whom I have alluded. To that source,l and from no ill-will of your own, I have feared that you had not made, and were not likely to make,i the just and easy explanations in my behalf, which might he mule. You are also aware of other eau; sex of uneasiness 1 have against the department- 7 ! of the want of confidence and support necessary to my official position—la huffier here or on the I Rio Grande. I have heretofore explained myself I on these points, which renders repitition uunecesi I sary. Whether it shall be the pleasure of the President to send me to the Rio Grande, (which I would pre7 ler) or to retain me here, I can only say, I ant equally ready to do my duty in either position! with all my zeal, and all my ability. In guest haste, I have the honor to remain, your most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT Hon. W. L. Mincr, Secretary of War. WAR DEP A RVIIE NT . May 26, 1846 Sin: Your letter of yesterday, although left. Ili my house last evening, was not received by me qn: nil this morning. Though not much of the time between the date of yours of the 21st; and of my reply of yesterday was devoted to the subject. yei it was, as justice to you required it should be, wt ell considered, and the construction reluctantly given to your letter, was such, and only such, as your language seemed to me to render unavoidable. AS you Low explain that letter, Vie suspiii ins or imS potations of '•ill will," "precondemnation, ' were nut intended by you to be applied to the Pres ident, but in some measure to myself. There is; nothing in that letter which warrants this particu lar application,—there was nothing in our inter course, and certainly nothing in the state of my feelings which could le-ad even to a conjecture that such an application was designed. You cannot recur with more pleasure than I dO to the -many personal courtesies" between us for -long years," and I was uneonsciousthat the kindly feelings in which they had theirorigin, had under. gone any change—on my part they certainly had not. I had hoped that your knowledge of my charS actcr was such as to place me in your opinion be yond the suspicion or apprehension which yon seem to base indulged, that I was 'capable of be ing influenced and controlled in my official cons duct towards you by unfounded clamor. even should it comp• from -leading and supposed confidants of the President in the two houses of'Congress." AS you "have not accused," and as you declare "dp not mean to accuse me of a art purpose to discredit vou, as the commander, &c., but only fear the ens fects of sinister influences, I submit to your judg4i ment whether it was not due to our personal and official relations, that you should have been more explicit--that you should have stated the circum stances which had excited your apprehensions, and thereby opened the way to correct the rash conclii sion you have adopted, that (I) had allowed (my self) to be influenced by the clamor of some of the friends to whom you have alluded." You state that 1 um "awute of other causes of uneasiness" (you) "have against the department —of the want of that confidence and support ne cessary to (your) official position, whether here or on the Rio Grande: . I must say that lam wholly ignorant of any just cause for uneasiness on your part, and I um very sure you have no ground whatever to sustain the allegation of a want Of that confidence and support necessary to your "Of. ficial position. - The matters, or rather matter to which you probably allude, (for I can recollect but one.) and which has been made the subject of.;a frank—and I hoped—satisfactory explanation, was of minor importance of too slight r a: character to disturb our friendly intercom-se, or4Ofluence in tic smallest degree our official relation.c, 1 has c the honor to be, s erf icapectfully, your obedient servant, N. Li MARCY, Major General WI7iFIKLU Scu Corninanding General, &c. &c. HEEEELEAHTEHE OF THE ARMY, Washington, May 27, 1846 Sin —I had the honor to receive your letter of yesterday, at my office, about 9 o'clock at night. As you do not say that you had shown my ex planatory note to you of the previous night, May 25, to the President, may I beg you to lay the fair copy (herewith) before him! In this copy I have insertt.ttl in brackets a material word—“friends-H accidently emitted in the hurry of writing, and al so a development of my meaning in another pia*. in red ink and in brackets. Allow me to recapitulate some of the princirial facts in my present (tome) unfortunate misunder „landing with the War Department. About the 13th instant, both you and the Prece dent expressed the desire, very explicitly, that I should conduct, on an extensive scale, with the new forces about to be raised, the conquest of a peace within Mexico. I considered myself honored by the intended appointment, and I beg that my ex pressions on the occasion, which I need not here repeat, may be remembered. I have said in my letter to you of the 21st in stant, “I have received no orders as yet, assigning one to the immediate command of the army about to be raised,” &c. No officer of the army or tia vy was ever despatched by any executive, on dis tant important service, without written instructions or-orders from his government. I have received no such paper, and have never even heard thatsfich paper had been drawn up, or was even in prepara tion for me. It is evident, then, that, without in intsructons. or orders, I could not have left my ha bitual duties here, independent of the preliminary arrangements for the formidable movements con templated against -Mexico. On the 18th instant, hearing that Mexican troops had passed 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 leg it, also, (with this letter,) may be laid before the President. The letter to Gen. Taylor was twice sent up to you before it was despatched, and; at your instance, was changed (by the omission of a paragraph) to the exact shape of this copy. Its last paragraph is in these words: "I do not now expect to reach the Rio Grande much ahead of-the heavy re-inforcements alluded to above; or to assume the immediate command in that quarter before my arrival." • I quote this paragraph to show that I did not expect to be sent to the Rio Grande, and did not even suspect it was the intention of the President, or-yourself; to send me thither, "much ahead of.the heavy re-inforcements alluded to"—viz: some twen ty odd thousand volunteers, besides a few additiOn al regulars. Though I had occasion to see you twice or thrice in the mean time, I heard no complaint from you, and received no correction of that mis apprehension—if, in fact I had fallen into any— before the evening of the 20th instant, when you spoke of the impatience manifested at my occupa tions (or delay) here—which complaint caused my letter to you of the next morning—May 21st. It seemed, therefore, evident to me, at that time, that your complaint had been caused by the outof door clamors to which I have since alluded. - - . Three hours before I received your letter of the 25th instant, conveying the displeasure of the Ex ecutive, and without the least expectation of recei ving such a letter, Lhad sent in to you my report or note of the mune day, (the 25th,) which concluded with this declaration. . • " ••• , . think my preliminaryand necessary 6Ccupa tion may be ended here in (say)ithree days more; when—promising ; that after the gicat victories of the gallant Taylor, (of WhichWe have . recently heard ; ) I should be ashamed supereede him before the arrival of competent reinforcements to penetrate the interior of Mexico, and to conquer a peace—l shaßbe ready for - any'instructions-or • orders with which the Precedent may honor me." And - again, on that day, (the nightof the 25th,) after receiving the censure of the President, through your letter, I concluded my prompt explanatory reply, thus:' "Whether it shall be pleasure, of the President to send me to the'Rio Grande, (which I would pre fer,) or to retain me here; I can only say I am equally 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 expoii tion of facts attentively, he may be willing to . rectu to his original purpciseand accord to my senior rank the preference svhich I haire never ceased to entertain, and which_L„Should_ litive pressed with incessant zeal, but for the apprehensions heretofore expressed, and which your letterhave nearly, if not quite, removed. 1- thetefore beg leave to claim that command, whenever-the President may deem it proper to give me assignment—whether to-rlay, or at any other better time, he may be pleased to designate. In your rejoinder to me of yesterday (May 26th,) which I have acknowledged abode, you quote from my letter of explanation' the words: "You are also aware of other causes of uneasiness I have against the department,'*.&c., i Your notice of this complaint; on my part, is so liberal not, to say kind—that iI em bound to be frank and explicit, as to oneof those causes: I had, upon My mind. in hastily penning thole words, these facts: 'Brigadier General Wool was called to this place, by a letter of your own writing, to command, tinder me, one of the . detached columns against Mexico, according to an understanding be tvvcen the President, you, and rite, to that effect. I saw Gen. Wool first, the day of his arrival, (May 17,) and communicated too himhim the purpose of his being called to this place. In a day or two, I learned from Gen. Wool that, notwithstanding my intimation, he had been told by you, he might not be ultimately assigned to that command, because; perhaps, other generals might be authorized and appointed, for the army, and called into service from the States. That information gave me no,seriotts apprehen sions for Gen. Wool or myself, until I saw, in the morning of: the "2 Oth, a bill reported in the Senate (at your immediate instance I knew,) the day be- i fore, providing for two major generals, and four brigadier generals, to be added to the regular mili tary establishment, besides giving to the President the power of State generals for the command of the 50,000 volunteers. I then thought I saw a strong probability that both General Wool and myself would be superseded, at least in the war agaiast, Mexico, by two of the new regular generals of our respective grades, to be appointed, as was generally understood, from civil or political life.— It was then that my apprehensions became seri ous, as may be seen in my letter to you of the fol lowing day, (May 21st,) and in many of my sub sequent acts. From that moment, (before my let ter of the 21st) 1 have had but little doubt down to last night, that if that bill" became a- law—con necting it With the clamors against me to which I have alluded—l should not be 'sent against Mexi co. . I will riMv, however, hope for the better fortune; and appealing to the justice of the Presedent and the rights of senior rank., I have the honor to re main, sir; your most obedient servant, W INFIELD SCOTT. P. S. 'I cold to the paper - A, herewith, a copy of Col. Butler's explanatory. notes of a roggh sketch made by him of northern Mexico, which may be I, :doable. .The colonel, in the notes, is not so full on the rainy sauna as he and General J. T.' Mason were in conversation with me. beg again to re fer to them personally. W. S. lion. Wx. :11Ancr, ' Secretary of War., ►H Ds PinT3IX ST, ,' June 2, IS,LG SIR: When I received your letter of the 27th ult., it was my intention to answer it at *tattle •length, and to note themisapprehemions under which you are still laboring; but on account of my official en gagements at this particular 'juncture, and not wishing to protract this -corespondence, which can end in no practical gopd, I have changed my purpotei! preferring to point out those misapprc hem ions in a personal interview, if you should de- sire it. Your communications have all been laid before the President, butt have received no instfuctions to change.or modify the diraCtions contained in the closing paragraph of my letter of the 23th ultimo. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, ' W. L. MARCY Major Gen. W. ScoTT 911 IE subscriber would respectfully say to those in debted to him on account of his late sales in Wilkins township, that he would be pleased to see them at 'his present residence .125 Smithfield street Pitsburgh, before the2sth inst. jell-11w' MATTHEW WGEARY. Gazette copy and charg e. Assignee% Sale of a Country Store. COMPRISING Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,Shoes Cutlery, Groceries, &c. at Auction, on Monday next, June 15th, commencing at 1B o'clock A. AL precisely, at M'Kenna'a New Auction Room, No. 114 Wood street, 3d door from sth st, will be sold by order of Assignees for cash, par 'funds, the stock of a country store, all of which are of the latest styles, and have been purchased during the present season; among which will be found the 'following, viz: Bishop Lawn, Cambric, Jacconett, Mull and Book Muslins, Grosdenaples and Sartning Silks,Florence, Fad and . Plain Bobbinett, Thread wroughtinsertings, Edgings and Laces, Bombazine and Merinoes, Fad and Plain Alpacca, Marseilles Vestings, White, Red and Yellow Flannells ' Colr'd Cambric, Merino and Silk Shawls, Artificial Flowers, Sewing Silks, Pad ding and Buckram, Mons de Laines, Linen and Cot ton Drillings, green baize, superfine, drab,. grey and brown Broad Cloth and Pilot Cloth. Cassmetts and Cassimeres, fine English Corderoy, ginghams, lawns and calicoes, nankeens, superfine mous delainei and dresses, worsted and cotton hogg, a largeassortment of gloves, bonnett, cap and waist ribbons. fancy stocks, ladies fancy dress hdles, cases and collars, black crape, balzarine, gambrobn, sattin jeans, silk, braid and straw bonnetts, suspenders, bonnett silks, table cloths, women, and men's shoes and slippers, men's pumps and munroes, a' lot of fine cutlery, chewing tobacco, wooden and door hinges, young hyson tea, &c. The goods will be ready for examination to-morrow between the hours of 10 and 5 O'clock Terms cash par funds The latest new Novels. AT Cook's Literary Depot, 85 Fourth street. Comic Blackstone; by Ptinch, Louis; or the Baron's Daughter, from Balzack. The Spectre Steamer; a tale of the Western Wat ers, and other tales: by Prof. Ingra.bam. The ruined Merchant; and Turnkeys Daughter. Emilia Vindham; by the author of Two Old Mean Tales. Chronicles of Clovernook; by Douglas Jerrold. Itush Ranger; by Rowcroft: Young Prima Donna by Mrs,,Gray, author of Gam blers Wife. Captivity of Napoleon 4th part The Artisan of Lyons. Lillis Lane; by Frances Forrester. Simon Girty; the outliw. Blanch Livingston; by Mrs.'Hofluita. Peter; the Brigand. Temptation of Wealth. Margaret Catchkole. Margurite De Vuloise. Also, a tremenduous assortment of all the cheap publications of the day. Call; at COOK'S, Literary Depot 85 Fourth et. jell. ARD OIL—A few barrels premium lard oil very T fine—also common lard oil for sale by - GEO. COCHRAN, No. 26, Wood street. SICELES--Fllly doz. of a superior quality on hand, and for sale by GEORGE COCHRAN, je9 No. 26 Wood street. WITI at No. 46, by Saturday evening' Express. 0 pieces (all wool ) black Satin striped and plain Nous. De Laines of superior qualities. je9. ' BARROWS & TURNER. EC'D 4 D-Leech & Co , s Express—l package JE't black Satin striped Bcrages of Superior quality at the 'new cash House> , of je9. BARROWS &TURNER. Prep rod land corrected every Attgrizoon. PrITSBURGH BOARD OF TRADE. COMMITTEE FOR 7173. E. W. IL Denny, R. E. Fellers, W. Martin Citiciniiaii—Per str Clipper No. 2; 000 pigs S 7 bales hemP, 20 bbla land Oil, 105 sacks dried apples, 26 sacke rags, 10 bbls saasages, 2biltds St. .Losis—Per str Cambria; 1006 pigs lead t .66 hltels bacon, 769 kegs lard, 500 deer skins, 21 bales hemp, 13 packs mdz, 14 balis leather, 31 "sacki wool, 6 stoves; 3 bales furs, 32 bags wheat, '8 bear skins,. • Monongahela Improrement—por stinFlouis Lane-215 kegsnails, 11*?.bdIs i50n,127 bxs glass, 50 bbls dour. str Coosa 5 tons pigmetal, 139 bss glass, 29 bbls flour, 3 sacks rags. ' - ccyrhe splendid passenger steamer Declaration, Capt. Voonates, will positively Jeweller St. Louis, this afternacton, at 4 o'clock. p The V. S. Mail steamer Clipper No. '2, Capt.< Cnoons, departs for Cincinnati, at his usual hour this morning. Office of the Plttsbuirgh Horning Post. REVIEW Or TER RIARKET FOR THE ►EEL. EXDIXO Business during the week has been very-quiet, - and there has been a general depression-in the produce market, with a still downward tendency • of nearly every article. Trade has been confined principally to the city, with but few orders from the country. The rivers keep in excellent navi gable order,--:sowetlting unusual for this season,— there was last evening four feet _and a half water in the channel. The weather has been cool and pleasant—:some few showers. Asurs—But little enquiry and , prices nominal; sales have been made during the week of Pots, good, at 3 cts.; Pearls; 3303 i. Scorehings, 2.1 c per lb. Brame—ln fair demand at &umer quotation: BszsvrJtx—Good -yellow 28 cts. Di/owls—Market full, and very dull at from IS cts to $2 as to quality. Brrria—No demand, we quote kegs nominal at 047 eta. CUESSE—Declined, sales new W. It. at 51(33-1.• Carrie,' YAwss—Nominals, at 15016 cts.. FLA•rumis—Good clear, dull at 25 cts. Fnurr--11. R. Raisins, $2,70, dried apples dull at Siifix9o cts. per bush: FLoua—The market continues in a very de pressed state, and since our last there has been `a still further decline , the prices rarkme, from $2,50 to $2,70 for good to prime. Fisu—Herrings, $6,25; Shad $8,25( 8,51) i 3 Mackerel, S. 8 .$8;75, do, N. $0,50, do. No. ; S. $9,50. Gnoctstirs—Sug,ar is very dull, fair can be bought for 6W-A cts. Coffee is firm at former Tic,- tations. Molasses—the bosinees season being over, there has been no inquiry beyond regidar trade sales, and a disposition on the parts'of some to sell a shade below former rates—We quote .13a34c as the market price. . Grain—Wheat--60056--Rye in demand at 52 cents p• bushel—Corn sales at 310341 cents, Oats dull at 20022. - • Lead—pig--aran in lots; bar 41. Palm 810 - se—bacon, the giarketduring the week his been dull, the prices are lower than noted lust week, shoulders 34 I, sides 4/05, hams, assorted, 5,1(ZN1, lard is not much in - demand, keg 61 bbls 6 061 pork nothing doing. IVarsirET—Comnion 15016. rectified a shade lower than last quotations maw. - Benefit night of the re-engagement of the celebra ted Authoress and Actress Mrs. MOWATT. This Evening, will be performed the successful Comedy, written by Mrs. Movratt, of To conclude with the 4th act of the play, enti tled pjDoors to open at a before 7, Curtain to rise at l past 7. jell Pennsylvania Insurance Company. HE sixteenth instalment, on the stock of this I Company, being,s2so per share will be due on Monday the 15th - inst. J. FINNY jr. SecPy. jel2-6t. P. WKENNA, ,Auctionter.- T a meeting of the Directors of the Pennayisa 1-Inia Insurance Company, it was ordered, that all sums remaining due for instalments on stock unpaid on Saturday the 18th day of July, ensuing be placed in the hands of the solicitor of the Company for im mediate collection. From the minutes. jell 6t J. FINNY jr. Secretary. IFIAKE NOTICE—That Proposals will be receiv edl by the subscriber until the first day of July next for Furnishing Coffins for the deceased Paupers of Pitt township, and for conveying the same to; place of interment. jell-d6t P. CONNOLLY; Township Cll. TCST RECEIVED—Lrnmais mos BROOSA, Asia_ Minor, by Mrs. E. C. A. Schneider, with an_ essay on the prospects of the Heathen and our duty • to them, by Rev. B. Schneider, and an introduction by Rev. E. Heiner, A. M. Published by Rev. Sand, Gutelius, Chambersburgh, 1846. For sale by SCRIBA ar. SCHEIBLER, 115 Wood at, PSALMS & HYMNS, for the U 63 of the German Reformed Church in the U. 8. of ltMerica a 14n. glish and German. For sale by • • SCRIBA. Sr. SCHEIBLER, 115 Wood at. INSEED OIL-10 bble, reed per New Englandl, for sale by M. B. ME .Y & Co, jell 57 Water et. Bank and Bridge Stock at .AII4MOII. AT o'clock on Saturday evening the 13th, in stant at the Commercial Auction Rooms corner of Wood and Fifth streets, will be sold without re serve for account of whom it may concern: - 38 Shares Merchants and Manufacturers Bank of Pittsburgh Stock. 18 Shares Exchange Bank of Pittsburgh Stock. 20 Shares Monongahela - Bridget°. Stock. - Terms, Cash per funds. JOHN D. DAVIS, jell Auctioneer. F - r,~ ~~ ~ ~ :.~. ,: 3.... r ~,,,' ° sty -3' { a .-;i3., 04Pkt . 'NERCIAL -IBCORD, PORT OF PITTSBUItGII. 4 . FEET WATER . IN 111E'CITANITEL- ARRIVEH. . . _ . Michigan, Boies, Bem'er, Louis 31:Lane, Bennet, Brownsville; Consul, Mason, Brownsville. Lake Erie, Hoops, Beaver.. Clipper No. 2, Crooks, -Cincinnati. Dominion, Tyler, Wellsville, - . DEPARTED. Lake Erie, Hoops, Beaver Consul, Mason, Brownsville. Louis McLane, Bennet, Browrisville Michigan,Boies,Beaver. Wisconsin, Grace,- Cincinnati. Tom Corwin. I3ugheri St. Louis. IMPORTS By Thursday ; June 11; 1846 PITTSBURGH THjAIRL Charles S. Porter, I Mr. Fredericks, Manager. Stage Manager. Prices of admission First Tier, Second Tier,. Third Tier, Pit, FASHION. Mrs. Mowrrr as Gertrude THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Notice to Stockholders New Boolce. .. 4 • • • • • • ' 50 cents. 37.1 " 20 " 25 "
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