they._retminml_ one day M the Brazos al
ter it was then- known that they were not
needed on the Rio Gmmle linmuml Would
he servicvablc with your column. the fault
was cnttrcly your MN), and in -nn wise
tmputnblc m the “'m Dvpnrtuwttt. If
your \lpiuiuu be tml exlmmgnm—nmi you
my. it Is Hug—thnt but ‘tt-r tnc uiwrsmn of
Gun. Catfuulutlet‘s turn-e I‘m In )utt. ”"11
the Puma: pteciuus timé" Inn at the Bra
zos. you “ might emilv‘fi‘i‘xmy taken this Cl
t)‘ (Mcxicn) it) the month ot June. and at
one-fill!) ut the loss sustained in August
and September.” you have. undead, u must
(enrlul account t 6 settle with ytjur cuun
lry. ‘
1 cannot, however. but regard _vour
speculatlVeopioionsyon this subject as fan
ciful and wild. .You greatly 0"" 9“"
a mate the force which landed at the Bra
203 and subsequently joined you. From
the best calculation which» can be made
from data in the Adjutant General’s office,
the number was-much less than rou'imn.
gine, and did not probably exceed 1.000.
As the relutntion of your charge against
the department for diverting these troops
is in no wise unpaired by the number, be
it more or less, it is not important to in
quire into that matter. But there is a
question at serious import. to which i
"think the country wtll expect you to an
swer.
If these new levies. which had just on
tered the service. would have enabled you
i 0 capture the city of Mexico in June.
with a comparativoly small loss. why did
you. 'at the very time you discovered that
they were so much needed. 8: would hava
been so useful. semi away from you: away
three times as many volunteers. who had
been many months in service, and were
as you acknowledge, " respectable in dis
cipline and efficiency.” and who had dis
tinguished themselves at Vera Cruz and
Cerro Gordo, and. in the hourol peril. had
fought by the side of your veteran troops.
anti merited an honorable share in' the glo.
ry of those memorable conflicts? The
period oftheir engagement had not expi
red. When thus sent away. but one of
the' seven regiments had less than thirty,
and most ugliern had more than forty-five
.days to serve. According to your own
opinion. concurred in by the department.
they could have been legally retained on
your‘line of operations till the last hour of
their engagement. If hot deemed ea'pedi
eat to take them on towards Mexico With
you. their services. at that critical period,
would have been of inestimable value in
holding the post at Jalapa—so important,
and 'so onexpectedly abandoned—and in
keeping open the communication between
Vera Ortiz and your headquarters, where
by supplies, munitions, and recruits could
~ be‘s'a eiy and expeditiously forwarded to:
you; Had this been done, you would harei
been spared the trouble of inditing many
items of grievance and complaints against
the War Department for having failed to
tarnish them. It you had retained the 12
months’ volunteers until the end of their
sgreement‘—and no sufficient reason has
get been shown for their premature dis
chsrgeéyou might. for a season at least.
have received. without much obstruction,
supplies from the main depot on the Gulf;
the army-might have been strengthened
by'reintorcements at on earlier ptariod ; &
manyeof the revolting scenes of barbarity
. on the road from Vera Cruz’ to Jalapa. in
which‘so many lives ofour fellow-citizens;
have been sacrificed by the ruthless gue
‘rilleros. would not have occurred.
”Another and still more lamentable ca
, tsmity is?! think. fairly to be ascribed to
. the early obstruction of this important line
of‘communication. The brave and patri
otic men who were hurried on to Mexico.
in .small detachments, in order to reinforce
yourarmy, were unexpectedly, but nec~
esssrily. detained at Vera Cruz until the
numbers there collected were sufficient to
force their way through the strong gueril
ls bands which held the difficult passes on
the'Jslaps road, While thus detained on
that inhospitable coast, in the sickly sea
son. they were exposed to the attacks of al
wasting pestilence, more'formidable. and,l
as it unfortunately proved, more destruc.
tive than the Mexican, war. '
When the unwelcome news of the pre
mature. discharge of this large body of vol
.unte'gtjs was received here, unaccompani
ed byvauy. explanation, to show the neces
sity at'the act. it escited very general sur
priseand regret. [ts consequences were
at once foreseen ; but the step had been
taken, and could not be retraced. It was
loudly condemned. Many did not believe
that a measure which appeared to be so
unwise and so injurious to the operations
ofthe army. could. have emennted from,
{yourselfwut they were less charitable to
wards the President and Secretary ot War. :
Botbwcre denounced for what you had
done ; ‘they Were unscrupulously charged
with weakness and incapacity,- With being
initiated by hostilisy to you, and a desire
to secure popularity with the volunteers.
Noryero these hitter assaults intermitted.
unttl it began to be suspected that they
were misdirected. ' .
, if you really regarded. 0:) the. 6th of
M,”- the flugmentstion of your forces as
being "i such Vital“ importance. "it is alvi
most as dtflicult to account for the course‘
“k?" '0 tel-Ettgage lhe volunteers, as for
“it" Premqmrejdischarge. I am misled
byinformnttou. 0n which] ought to rely,
i, manyoftltesc VO'Unteers would not have
continued in service.“ prop" measures
had been taken at Jalaps, while they were
indulging the hope of participating in fur
thertriumphs, and‘of being among those
Who would enjoy the enviableidistinciiun
of first entering as victors the proud capi.
tsl otthe Mexican Republic. "Though the
subject was there presented to their con.
stderatton. ‘oo vigorous eti'orts seem to have
been -'"3d€r.-uo attempt to form'new com-
,pnmcs—or‘ to muster them into service.
until this'fimwvrfuhtnduccment Wt}! weak
{cued .or withdrawn—until thoy had been
'detaclted Irom a victorious army, as ifno
danger deemed worthy’tb be a part of It—
!seut sixty mites totmrih thoir humus Into
a pestilentiol region. and there bro’t wi'h
tu the sympathcttc influence. ol the sunti‘
menta which it was natural that many
should tee! and manikfat ut the moment o!
embarking to return to their families and
friends. Considering the manner in which
the President's order on this subject was
attempted tube executed, it in nut strange
thnt. ntttoug more. than three'thousnnd pat
riotic volunteers, sent away by your or
den of tltc»4th.ol May. only about “filty
Individuals" wuru found ,willing to rem-n
-gaue. "j" .
You seem to have suddenly conceived
the notion ofcouvarting the army. "like
lCortez.” into a ‘selftsustulning machinefl
nml. to make the resemblance between
yourself and the Spanish hero more com
plete you indulged a dream of fancy. un
til youssecm to have adopted it as in mat
ter of belief. that you were " doomed at
“'nshington ;" and you became. “like
him, always afraid that the next ship or
messenger might recall or further cripple"
you. It should not be forgotten, that the
destgn of this unaccountable military move
ment was first communicated to Mr. 'i‘rist,
before you had givl'n any intimation 0! it
to your government. and while under the
lpurturbation of mind which his unwelcome
.presence in Mexico had produced. Had
‘you confided this extraordinary plan of a
campaign to him after the "happy change"
in your relations—after you had digestel
his ”farrago of inaolence. conceit, and ar
rogance”-—-and after he. too. mistokin;
notoriety for lame. had sought to win‘t
by disobeying the orders at his govern
ment. delyiug its authority, and assatlin;
its conduct—this distinguishing mark 0
your confidence in him would have cabs.
ed much less surprise. This“ novel’con
ceplion so suddenly adopted. was as sud
denly carried out; your army was, indeed.
converted ‘tnto a self-sustaining machine.’
you discharged the twelve month volun
teers._and broke'up your posts at Jalapa
and on the way to your main depot, “ re
solved." as you announced, “no longer
,to depend on Vera Cruz or home,"—-you
put yoursell beyond the reach of the sap
plies which had been provided by the gov
ernment. & rendered yoursell, in a great
measure. inaccessible to the recruits and
levies (except ID strong parties)“ which had
been raised toaugmcnt yourcoinmand. Ini
this way. you rendered unavailing. for it!
time at least.all that had been or could
be done by the assiduous and incessant la
bors ofthe War Department ‘in all its
branches; and then you recklessly put
forth the groundlesa complaint of “a total
want of support and sympathy” from it.
Your letter of the 25th at July. which
was not received at Washington until the
30th oi December last. abounds with com
plaints against the department and refers
to strong terms to the wants and suffer
ings oi the army at that time. Belore you
ventured to make its then destitute condi
tion a ground of charge against the War
lDepartment. you ought to have recollect~
ed that these afflictions lell upon it in the
midst ol your experiment 0! making it “a
sell-sustaining machine”-—and were the
legitimate lroits ol that experiment. These
sufleringe came upon it before your estr
mated period of isolation from " Vera
Cruz and home" had hall expired. When
you had designedly and unnecessarily a
bandoned both, and entered upon your sell
sustaining position, " cut oil from all sup
plies and reinforcernents'from home, un
til perhaps late in November." by what
pretence ofjustice do you complain n! the
War Department” for the distressea you
thus voluntarily inflicted upon yourself&
the gallant army under your command?
Something verydiflerent from censure &
reprool is duefor the extraordinary efforts
winch were successfully made to reach
lyou with recruits and supplies to your ae
‘questered situation. & to reseue you from
the embarrassrnents in which your ill»judg
ed measures harl involved you. I have
bro’t into view this unaccountable move
ment of yours, with no purpose to make
any comment upon it as a military-meas
ure, but solely to show that the evils re
sulting irom it are not just grounds of ac
cuaation against the War Department. &
that the labored attempt to pervert them
to such a purpose discloses the manner &
spirit with which you have executed the
assumed task of its accuser. ’
As you have indulged in the widest
, range of speculation in regard to the alle
’ ged sinister motives and covert designs oi
others, i feel less reluctant to present my
views as to the main object of your last
communication. Throughout the whole
of it. and particularly in the concluding
part, you manifest the utmost solicitude
to place yourselt’in the position of on in
jured and persecuted man. With all the.
aid you can derive from dexterous srrate
gy, you will he likely to' fail in your at
tempt. unless you can have the full beneé
‘fit ol your high coloring'of'aomc facts. and
your lorgetfulness of others. together with
all your fanciful conjuclmea and surmi
aes. Your recall is. you assert. the long
suspended ”blow of power.” which you
had the sagacity clearly to predict. It is
somewhat remarkable, that'your predict
tions preceded the evants which you ima
gine provoked that blow. . As early as'the
25th _of'July. soon alter “the happy change
in my (your) relations. both official and
private. with Mn.» 'l‘rist.” you looked. you
say. “to be dismissed from the'service of
my (your) country.” ”you recallfcan
be regarded as a dismissal. you are anti.
tled to all the creditor? the fulfillment of
you? own earlyypredicttuu. ' - '
‘ Jopresenttngin its tructlight the Presi-
dent's compliance with your own request
to he recalled. \which you now denominatel
your dismissal. 1 may be obliged ‘0 mil"
in of the embellishments you have ingeni
lousiy thrown-around it ; tltouelt. in doing
limit, you may be deprived of much uppn‘
'which you depend to sustain your claim
to be considered it persecuted man.
I As earlv as June, you begged to be re
called. You allege that this application
was "rebukingly declined.” This is not
saying the exact thing. The reply to
your request was, “that it would be deci
ded with esclusire reference to the pub
lic good. \‘Vhen that shall render it pro
- in his (the President’s) opinion to
withdraw you from your present command.
his determination to do so will be made
known to you.” This was not a denial.
but a suspension of present action, accom'
panird with an assurance of future actitm
on the subject. Your request was still
pending; a regard to the public good then
stood in the way of tlte immediate gratifi ‘
cation of your wishes; but the President.
promised to act definitively on the ques-t
tion it hen that obstacle should be rcniov~
rd. Judging from the state of things at
the headquarters of the army in January.
he concluded that it was removed. and
that he ought no longer to require of you
reluctant service as commanding general.
This certainly cannot be called persecu
tion or punishment. I do not deem it
proper to comment on the state of things
at the headquarters of the army, to which
allusion is made; in the letter granting
your request ;" nor‘ to express an opinion
as to the share of".resporrsibt|ily therefor,
which rests upon yourself and others; that
matter is. to a considerble extent. involv
ed in the investigations before the court
of inquiry nowl'sitting in Mexico. Your
request to be recalled. thus ultimately
granted. was prefaced wrth imaginary
complaints. which could not be passrd
:without notice, nor noticed without expo
sing their groundlessuess. If the exposi
tion has'vgiven offence. you can blame on
ly yourself for introducing complaints so
entirely unfounded.
The crowning outrage. as you regard it,.
is the simple fact thatyou. and " the three
arrested officers,” "are to be placed togeth
er before the same court—the innocent 6;
the guilty—ethe accuser and. the accused;
the judge and his prisoners are dealt with
alike.” H Most impartial justice!” you
exclaim, And why is it not impartialjus~
ticaf On what ground ofright can you
claim to have your case discriminated from
theirs ? It is true you have assumed to be
their judge, and have pronounced them
guilty; aud‘complain and repine that thé
laws of the country do not allow you. their
accuser, to institute a court to register your
decree. But you are not their rightful
judge, although they were your prisoners.
Before that court you all stand on the same
level. and all have equal rights. Though
you may have the self satisfying convic
tion that you are innocent and they are
guilty, the government could act upon
no such presumption. By becoming ”an
accuser, you did not place yourself beyond
the reach of being accused 3 and unless you
are clothed with the immunity of despotic
power, and can claim the benefit of the
maxim "that the King can do no wrong,”
I know not why your conduct, when made
the subject of charges, may not be investi
gated by a court ofinquiry ; nor can I per
ceive what or better rightyou have to com
plain of and arraign the government, than
the other officers whom you have accused.
and whose cases. with yours. were toler
red to the same court. if yours is a hard
case. theirs is not less so. lfyou can right
fully complain of persecution by the gov
ernment. so can they with equaljnstice, dc
an equal claim to public sympathy.
The charges against you did not emao.
ate from the government. nor did they re
late to a matter in which it could feel any
peculiar interest. Nut believing it impos
sible for you to do wrong,or that you were
exempt from all responsibility for whatev
er you might have done, the government
deemed it proper. when charges were pre
ferred against you. coating from a source
entitled to respectyto cause them to be in
vestigated. As the usual and mitdest
mode of proceeding, they were referred to
a court of inquiry. Until you can show
that you enjoy the. transcendental privilege
to have your ofiicial conduct exempt from
all examination in any form whatever. you
have n'ozcause to complain of the course
taken In regard to the charges against you.
If your extraordinary pretentious are to
deriye any support for your distinguished
servrces tn the field, you ought to be mind
ful that the three accused officers put unv
der arrest by you have like claims fordis
tingurshed services. On the pages of im
partial history, their name and their gal
lant deeds must appear with yours; and
no monopolizing'claims, seeking "malig
nant exclusions” at the expense of the
“truth of history,” will be permitted to
rob them of their fair share of the glory
son by our gallant army while under vour
command. '
With your assault upon the character
of your “erratic brotherwli I shall not in
termeddle; but I must repel your charge
that he has been lavored for being a polit
ical deserter "TO THE TRUE rAiTH"-for
aignalizing his apostacy by acceptable de
wuncinllons of one "to whom he had for
y” professed (and not without cause)
at: highest obligations. The reasons forl
not sending your charges against Brevet‘
Major General Worth to the'court ofrin
quiry. are set lorth in my letter of the
13th bl January, _ I regret that they are
so entirely unsatisfactory to you. but am
eonsoled with the assurance that they are
In other quarters more favorably received.
The errors 0! your 'dommentary on my
letter havevarrsen from your misapprehen
sjon of the text. The principle there laid
LEM
down is of vital importance to subordinate
officers. and in no. respect impairs the
rights or the authority of those in chief
command. As. the prinCiples which you
arraign are the creations of your own Isn
cv. and have no countenance or support
from my letter. l am in no way implies
ted by “the fatal consequences'flyou de
ducel‘rom them. Whether legitimate or
fanciful, they do out disturb the positions
laid down in'my letter. .
i cannot, however. but regard your so
licitude for the support of discipline to be
more ostentatious than proloutid. When
in general at the head ot an army of lree
men. who do not lose their rights as citi
zens by becoming soldiers. sets up preten
sions to dictatorial power—when he can
temns the authority ol his government. and
is much more ready to censure than to
execute its orders and instructions—when
he denounces as an outrage and a punish
ment the attempt to submit acts. charged
to be on olfence against a subordinate ofli~
icer. to an investigation in the inildest lor.n
‘—wlien he administers an indignant re
proot to his superiorl tor upholding the sa
.cred right to appeal, upon which depend
lthe security and protection of all under
his command,—such a general sets an ex
ample ol insubordinatc conduct. of wide
spread and ivitheringinllueuce upon sound
military discipline.
By extending my comments upon your
letter, lmiglit multiply proofs to show ihat
your accusations against the head of the
War Department are unjust~that your
’complsints are unlounded-a-that the de
‘Siglls imputed to you by the government.
‘to embarrass your operations, impair your
rightlul authority as commander, and to
alter outrage and insult to your feelings.
are all the mere creations at a distemper
ed lancy ; but to do more than I have done.
would. in my judgment. be a work oi su
pererogattoii. :"
In conclusion. I may be permitted to
say. that. as one of the President’s advis
ers, I had a you. sinus: in the responsi
bilily ol the act which assigned you to the
command at our armies in Mexico. I felt
interested. more than naturally appertain
ed to my official position. that success and
glory should signaliz‘c your operations. It
was my duty to bring to your aid the elli
cient co-operation of the War Department.
I never had a leeling that did not harmon
ize with the' lull and fair discharge of this
duty. 1 know it has been laithtully per
formed. There are some men for whom
enough cannot be done to make them
gratelol, or even just. unless acts of sub
serviency and personal devotedness are
super-added. From you I expected bare
justice. but have been disappotnted. I
have lound you my accuser. In my vin
dication. I have endemored to maintain a
defensive line; and if I have gone beyond
it at any time. it has been done to ieprl
unprovoked aggression. To your lame I
have endeavored to be just. I have been
gratified with the many occasions I have
had to bear public testimony to your abili
.lies and signal services as a military com
mander in the field. It has been. and.
under any change in our personal relations.
it will continue to be. my purpose to be
liberal in my appreciation ot your distin
guished military menu. In respect to
your errors and your faults. though I could
not be blind. I regret that you have not
permitted me to be.;silent.
l have the honor to be very respectlully
your obedient servant, ‘
W. L. MARCY.
Secretary at “’ar
Major General Wmnew Soon.
U. S. Aarmy. Muxtco
I New and very Cheap
, G 0 GD 8 .
‘ BIGLIfiR (i: Co. are just engaged in opening
a very large and very well assorted lot of
SPRING IS‘ SUflIJ/ER GOODS.
consulting of the usual varicly of
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.
'l‘hclr stock of SUMMER Ile TS are particu
larly worth looking nt—and so are their BON
NETS. To be brief and serious, their assort
ment is Quits: large. and they flatter themselves
with the beliefthat they can afford to sell them
a LITTLE CHEAPER than the same flrllClCS'
have been sold before in the county.
May 3. 1848.
Estate of I. Good/allow dec’d.
O'I‘ICE ll hereby given. that letters
N of udministratmu hnve been gran
ted to the subscribers an the estate at [aa
iah Goodlelluw. late of Lawrence town
ship, Cleatfield county, dec’d, and thnt
all persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make payment without delay.
and those having demands ugalllfll the
same will present them properly nuthen- l
ticoted [or settlement. l
MARY GUODFELLOW.
G. D. GOODFELLOW. f “mm”
March, 23. 1848.
ELK "COUNTY LAND,
845 Acres 0t Laud
NOR Sale in Gibson township, Elk
B county. situated near the Sinnema
boning creek. being part of tract No.
5424.4 warranted in the name of George
Mend. ' About 400 acres of this tract is
good form Ihnd. nnd the balance to valua
ble on account of the Pine Timber on it.
. -'l‘heowaer. who resides in Philadelphia.
Mr. Price J. Patton. IB anxious to dispose
of it,.ond will sell it low. The under
signed l 8 authoriied to so” it. to whom
application can be made {or terms, either
at Clearfield, or (on court weeks) at ‘
Ridgeway.
V ' s G. R. BARRETT, Agent.
April 22, 1848. ‘ ‘
The War Still Rages,
But not in Mexico
so much as at yome, against,
High Prices for
STORE GOODS.
A New nml splendid assortment of
GOODS has just arrived, and are
now up fun sale at the ‘
CHEAP A STORE
or SELIGSBERGER s- BLOOM. m
Cuz'u‘vnsvillc, consisting u! the usun! v.-
vwly nl
Spring and Summer DRY
GOODS, Groceries, Queens
warc, Hard Ware, Drugs,
Dye-Stuffs, Medicines
Hats, Boots & Shoes, &c.
Also. a splendid stock of
{FANG}?! amvmemme
Such as BONNETTS. SHflWLS,
Slum, In’IBBflNDS. may, nifige,
[’flRJISOLS, GLOVES, &c. Alama
large stock of .‘
Ready-Made clothing
Such as COATS. VES'I‘S, PANTS. &c.
The subseribers are determiner] to sell
goods CHEflI’ER than they can he pur.
chased elsewhere in the county, and they
Halter themselves that they can please
any and every person who may favor Ihcm
will) a call. both as l" the PRICE and the
QUALITY ol Goodr.
We are well aware that we have exci.
ted the indignation of certain person: In
gaged in the bunineas lo the highest pitch
by reducing the price oi goods to the low
cut point. But we do not cure. as the
people loose nothing by it. 6000- can
be and are bought cheap in the cities, and
can WAN.“ cheap here.
We‘ ‘respectlully invite the public to
give us a call before they purchase clue
where. We have [or sale, also.
TOWNSEND'S SARSAPARILLA.
An invaluable medicine in cases of Colds,
Cong/Is, flat/(ma, Consumption. &c.-
AIM). a lot ul first rate Accordeons. We
intend keeping up our assurlment, and
sailing cheap.
[Gt-In exchange lnr our goods we will
like Horses, Cullle, Grain. Lumber. &c.
(or which lhe highest price: will be given.
SELIGSBERGER & BLOOM.
MW [0:11.1848.
NEW STORE ;
JHVD
New & Cheap Goods.
I ERMAN. BLOOM. & Co.. respect.
H In”, inform the public that lhey
have oprncd a New Store in the town of
Lulhcrsburg, Clcaificld county, where
they have on hand a large asmrtmeni of
SPRING JINI) SUMMER GOODS,
GIIOCEIHES, 11/Ilt’DIV/IRE. &c.,
which they intend selling CAEAP. .
The public are invited to call and our
mine their stock.
wllorsed. Cattle. Grain and Lumber
akcn in exchange for goods.
"ERMA N. BLOOM 81. CO.
Lthrrsbmg. May Bth, 1848.
WANTED.
, GENTS to canvass lor some NEW
A and ,l’opumu “mum, in every
Conn/y lltloughuul the United States.—
‘l'u Agents. the most liberal encourage‘
ment is oflt-red—with a small capital 0!
[,mn 8‘35 to $lOO. A chance is offered.
“hereby an Agent can make from 810
In 325 per week.
(CPO r further particulate. address
(post paid.) \V. A. LEARY.
No. 158 North Second Slrcel.
PHILADELPHIA.
March. 8, 1848.-—3 m
I Estateqf Philip flrnold, dec’d.
3 OTICE is hereby given that letters
N testementary have been granted to
the undersigned on the estate of Philip
Arnold. lute ol Pike township. Clearfield
county. dec’d—n-nd that ail persousin
debted to said estate are requested to
make payment immediately, and those
having claims against the wine Will pre
sent them duly authenticated for settle
ment, to either of the subscribers.
DAVID ARNOLD. ,
GEORGE ROSS. £l3" ”'
. May 3,1848.~pd
NIACKAREL, '] Constantly on
SHAD, hand and for sale
HERRINGS, 'by J. PALMER
PORK. >8: 00., Market
HAMS & SIDES. street wlmrl.Phi-
SHOULDERS. ' ladelphin;
LARD & CHEESE, Ap. 18—3 m.
Estate of Joseph Heise, dec’d.
O'I‘ICE is hereby given, that letté‘rl
‘ of ndnnnistrution have been granted
to the subscriber on the estate of Joseph
Hesse. late of Girard township, dec’d. and
that all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment without de
luy. nml those having demands against the
some will present them properly authenti-
Ycated lur settlement.
‘ JOHN STITES. fld’mr.
May‘3. 1848. ' V ‘ :i. '
Meeting ot‘ County Comln’rs.
PERSONS lmving busmoss lolmnsuct with 010
board of Commissioners of (Henrficld cqunly.
will take uoqco, that said Board will be in aesann It
their office. In the borough of Clenrfiold. on Monday.
the l2lh oUune. (next) ‘ '
Anew—H. P. THOMPSON. Cl'k» ‘
Comm'rs _flicc 25th