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IIALEIGII, IV. C 4 WEDNESDAY JULY S. gT
"BraeABaiiSAt rewaaret. ia mob,, istbubctwai BBavict mocitii-Tii tin at ova ibiiaibtbb bomb r ovb t rieTiom-' " (THREE COLLARS A YEAR iv iBT.ixr
trVlf President Polk will eon le
wendio read Maj. Jack Dowing's letter
to tbe editors of the National Intelligen
cer, be may learn a useful lesson, such
as ire apprehend President as ktl as
Kings often need, but which they rarely
bear from the couriers and sycophants
urhn crowd the ourlieus and repose in
nf nalacet. The Emperor of
China, it is said, was.lhe last man in
Pekin to bear of the capture of Canton
y the British forces. His flatterers lack
ed the firmness, to tell "the Brother of
the Sun" of an event so humiliating
to his pride, t Disagreeable truths as
rarely reach the ears of tbe Presidents as
Monnrehs ua it is not remaraauiw,
therefore, that they are often ignorant
of the true state of public sentiment
especially when, they may hare just
returned from a "lour of relaxation:
We hope, therefore that Major Downing
mav find success to the Presidential
chamter in hia hour of retirement,
Rich. Whiff.
T IA Edit ftktJfatitnul lnttlKgtnttr,
LETTER FROM MAJOR DOWN
Doicningvilk, away down EasL,
inthtState of Maine, July 6. 1647'
Mr. Gai.es &, Seatoh: My Dear
nid Friend: Mv letter on board the
tRfimboftt on Lone Island Sound was
cut off so short by the bell's ringing for
us to get ready to go ashore, that I
didn't fret halftbrouzh telling; you the
talk I had with the President that day;
find we've had so much talk since. - and
seen so much on the journey, that I
shant be able to tell you one-hall nor a
trv letter: It would take
whole book, to give jo good notioiUtudy J'or.it much as fir minute. - At
fthe.wholetory,
will D3iacK to wasningion Deiore you
can get this letter, for, he started to go
back last oaturuay; so you can pi mo
whole account ot tne journey irora mm.
He'll he delighted to set down and tell
vou all about it: for he has been amazing
ly pleased with the whole jonrney, from
too to bottom. He's been on his high
heeled boots all the way. Instead of
growin i more stoopin by bowing so
much, it seems es if he stood straighter
than ever. He told the Governor, in his
speech at Auzusta, Saturday, 'lt seldom
happens that the course of any man's
life is marked by so distinguished a re
ception as has been accorded to me to
day.". Well so it has been all the way
along, hurrahing,, and complimenting:,
and firing, and speeches, and dinners,
and suppers, and , shaking , hands. On
board the steamboat from Portland to
Augusta we got a little breathing time,
ana had a good long talk.
Says the President to nw nowr Major,
says he," I want yon to be candid, t No
one is a true friend to one in a high
station ' unless he will 1 be candid and
speak the truth. And now Major 1
dont want you to flatter me:, I want you
to be candid, and tell me jest what you
think. You went along with President
Jackson when he made his tower down
East, and had a chance to see the whole
operation; and now I want you to, tell
me candidly if you think the people was
any more fond of him thau they are of
me. .t,- " .
Well, now Colonel, says I, not wish
ing to hurt your feellins at all, but, see
ing, you've asked my candid opinion,
I wont deny but what the people are
very fond ot yoo, amazingly londper
haps as fond as they can be. But after
all, these things aint exactly equal to
old Hickory's time. ,
But what do you mean? says he.
' Wll,sys 1, the people all seem to be
amizia fond, but some how it seems to
have a sort of mother-in-law $kow about
it; it dont seem to be so ' real as they
showed to old Hickory. -'" " '
.Well now, Major, says he, and he red
dened a little when he said this; says
lie, that only ahows how strong your
prejudices setin favor of the old Gineral.
But I thought you was; a man of a
stronger mind aud sounder judgment
I oant agree with you. against the evi
dence ot my own : senses. Dio! yon
Aotice rall the way long how thick the
crowds flcck'd roud me to shake hands
'With met a: ua-- Kr.
Yes, says f; bnt they didn't go it with
such a rush as they did when my old
friend . the Gineral come this way.
They jammed armmd him so they had
to climb oyer each other's heads" to get
at hiin ; And I had ' to take hold
sometimes ' by the hour together and
help him ' shake hands wiih W or
he vever would Have got through , wiih
one half of 'em. v , ..rk-
Well then, says be, did yon mind
hwlnuJ thej" cheered and hurrahed
whereverwe came along? ' '
Ye, Colonet, Says I, I heard all that;
but my gracious'- wherever old Hickory
I made his uppHaranee, tbe crowd roared
1 tut hkfl ihuiider.' , . . ' ,.
, ajMjor, saysne, iney .couiu ni
at theni cheers ht the Democrats
and Capt Rvcders rive me at Tamma
ny Hall, I know; thunder itself couldn't
beat that. It's no use. Major, (or yon
to argue the , pint; no President erer
received such marks of honor from the
people t before, X am sura of that;
I mean the whole people Federal ists as
well as Democrats; that is, if there is
any such people as Federalists now
days, and Mr. Ritchie says there is.
Ouly think, the old Federal State of
Massachusetts did the business up as
hadsome and seemed to be as fond of
me as Governor Hill's State; I couldn't
see any differance. You must confess,
Major, that even your old friend Hick
ory didn't receive so much honor in
Massachusetts as I have. ,
Well now, says I Colonel, I dont want
to hurt your feelins, but you are jest as
much mistaken at you was when you
sent old Rough and Ready into Mexico.
Have you forgot how they took the old
Gineral into ' Cambridge College and
made a Doctor of him? -Who
cares for that? says the Colonel;
say he turning up his nose. Didn't
the Democrats aud Capt. Rynders. take
me into Tammany Hall , and make
a Tammany of me? No, no, . Major
Downing, It's no use for you to argue
the pint against my popularity; lor I've
cot eves and I can see; and I want you
to mark my words, I tell yon I'm more
popular with the whole people than ever
old Hickory was in all his life- He
was very popular with the Democratic
party, but I am fully persuaded he hadn't
such a hold upon the affections or tbe
whole people as I have. '
Here the President got np and walked
about the floor, and seemed in a deep
to
my speech there at Baltimore 'toiher day.
I see it now, and I don't know exactly
how to get over it.
- How so? says I.
Why, says he, I ought not to , have
said, right up and down, pint blank, that
I should retire when this term was up.
I should only have talked about my
desire to return to private lifts. I was
too hasty, and committed myself too
soon. There never was a better chance
for any body to be elected than there
is for me now, if I hadn't made that un-
lortu nate remark. Jackson stood t wice,
and Jefferson stood twice, and I suppose
it is really my duty to serve my coun
try as long as they did. :, But if I should
undertake to run- agin, I spose they
would be throwing that Baltimore speech
in my teeth. .. i--hv -i n
VU now, says I, Colonel, cant yon
see your way out of that? You wasn't
born down , East so fur as I was ¬
h's no neat of a job to get over that
trouble. - - ' ;' '
At that the President brightened up a
lood deal; and says he, Well Major,
I'll tell you what 'tis if you'll get me over
that difficulty, handsomely, when we
come to have another shuffle for the offi
ces, you may chooemy card iu the pack,
and you anall have it.
Well, says I, Colonel, about that
remark of yourn at Baltimore, that you
should give up when this term is out,
all you've got to do is to get Mr. Kitcnie
to take it back iu the Union; let him
declare that it was only a sort ol specu
lationhastily thrown out, without much
consideration. and that so far as he under
stands, neither the President nor any of
hi Cabinet entertain any suen vtews.
Then you can go along jest as smooth
and safe as if notcing had happened.
, Fact, that's it, says the Colonel, snap
ping his fingers; strange 1 diln't think
of that before. Major, vou do beat all
for working out of difficulties! I be
lieve 111 make up my mind to go ahead
another term; 1 don't see any thing in
the way. - I'll tell ye how I think of
working jt. ' I've been reading over
this letter ol Taylor's to the Cincinnati;
Signal; lie's an old head, but he aint
agoing to . come another Bona Vista I
blunder' over roe. If I don't take the;
wind out of his sails- before long. III
engage to make him King of Mexico.
a ft aaa . t 4 I.
Ann miry nun on nu own e, ww.
I'll come out and declare that l won't
be the candidate of 30 party neither;
and throw myself upon the people. I'm
convinced, from what I've seen on tnis
journey, that the Whigs will go lor me
almost to a man. van uuren ' ana
Wright, who say I'm not the man for
the Northern Democrats, may go to grass.
1 go fof the people the whole people, and
nothing? but the people. !"w"-- " 1
Well, says I, Colonel tUst's the road;
and I wish you a pleasant and prosper
ous journey. lf
. We btd some more talk, about the
war before we reached Augusta, but 1
haven't gnt timet explain to yon tha
President's views ahout it in this letter.
He s ivs ho moans to keen a tight rein
over Taylor and not lei hiio do much,
and when he does do any thing, make
hirrteport it to the Government through
Scott, I asked him if he was'nt afraid
of making too tall a man out of Scott
by placing him on Taylors shoulders,
and he said no, he should look out for
that, and it he see any danger out lie
should make Scott report to tha Govern
ment through Mr. TrisU -
After we visited Augusta, and Hallo
well, and Gardiner, I tried to get the
President to go out to Downingsville,
but be said he didn't think it would do
for him to stop any longer this time,
though " there was no place in the coun
try that he was more anxious to see,
end he promised, the first leisure time
he could get, to make a flying visit there.
I asked him if he didn't think it would
do for me to g out and stop a day or
two, as I hadn't seen uncle Joshui or
Aunt Keziah or any of 'em there Jbr a
long time. , Ha, said, certainly, by all
means, and he would hurry back to
Washington and look round two or three
days and see what was test to be done
about this Mexican Wor business,
which according to the letter I brought
on from Gineral Scott, seemed to be
getting into something of snarl. He
said he. .would have things tl cot and
dried by the time I got back along to
Washington, so that we could make up
our minds at once what is best to be
done. Your old friend.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
From lbNw Yarfc CiprM '
, Major General Pillow. . .
As we supposed would be, the reply
of this favorite of Mr Folk to the. charge
oi we ienneasee voiualeera has bees nouc
ed by Col. Hssksll who has done him
self credit ind Gen Pillow justice, Tha
wbom statement oi uie Major, uanerai is
ttksn to pieces in detail and , ahowa to be.
irom one ead to tho ether aired with falsi
ficatioa aad e.oibhliflr. He stands eharred
wun eonaaeitoat aa genuemaa or soldier
would saner remiia unesplained lor a
moment, and is rendered ufit for service in
the army so far aa cowardice and falsehood
can effect it. In the Nashville Whig, of
the 28th of Juae, is publUhed the letter of
loi. tlaskell; but we are able to give
extraets only of hi sutement; -He
Mrs; ' .. .-, .,j
It is more than probable that I should not
nave given tbe reply of Geo Pillow any
public notice whatever homing as it does
sn ample refnutiun of its leaping statements
of facts on ita own f-ice hadlt not been
for the fact that he hae thought proper tv
assail my reputation by charging me with
precipitately retreating" from7 the field
at Cerro Gordoja charge which if true die.
honors me both as an officer and a roan
but which if false equally dishonors him
for making it. While, however I am . de
fending my character from thus unfounded
attack, I shall take this occasion to review
sueh portions of the reply of Gen.' Pillow.
as Ideem worthy of public attention, and
at the same time to make some further devel
op ments connected with the histoiy of the j
affair at Cero Gordo, which when taken In j
connection with Gen. Pillows official report i
will, I am satisfied startle and astonish the
public mind. '
In reierence to the ensrre that Col. Has
kell attacked the wrong 1atterry and not
the one ordered by Ueneral Tillow, he
says:' - -- - - - --y
Ml was the second ef three works. (No.
2,) which my rigiment tm " ordered to
aiuck and one of the strangest tank most
reckless declarations which Gen. Pillow has
made is, uhat I was not or'derd to assault
battery No. 2, nor was that batttery ever
aiKautud " la the same paragraph which
contains this extra ordinary missttatoment
Gea Pillow declare that it never Was In
tended that Col Wynknoop should tiiautl
no. I. How does this subsequent state
ment agree with the language of his official
report of the 18h April,' 1917 In that
Eaper he says? l therefore directed Col.
laskell who commanded the ' aualtinir
force intended for the attack of battery
No. 3. to assail that' work with . viiror and
carry it af tbe point of the bayonet. Hie
party moved onward to the aseault with
energy,' &ei &e. And, In a (ubsequent
Fiaragraph or the same reprf, he says;
a the meantime; Col; Wrnknop, who
commanded the etormina? party disurned
to attark battery Ne. 1, succeeded in gain
ing the 'position where the astanlt was to
have ben made, &c. How flatly the
official rpon and hie reply contradict each
other But the General for the porpose of
relieving himself from, the ridcule which
necessarily follows him for having ordered
the attack on N-i.8, while the attacking
Krty wae ei posed to iu dreadful fire in
mt, and to the raking fire of the batteries
on either flank asserts that adjacent angles
of No. 1 and 3 were the intended points
of assault! - Why, what sort of qubbline
ir thist Is not tbe angU part of a ' work,
Hew stuck the agle vf a work, and leave
the work iuelf cMiattackedl Ridiculoua!'
Col.-. Haskell . roes on te aeeert that
General Pillow's 'angles' -are all fabulous,
and that he (Pillow) was wholly ignorant
ef the place he ordered to be aUaeked.
In reliuon to tne wise movement ordered
by Qen. Piljow, when forming Uie line to
enga(e,CoU Haskell ehowe the Pillow,
whohas so strongly eVfended bis eoorse.
In hie rrrioieolal report, by an error ef the
pen, or of copying. Col Haskell was made
to say the rifU of his rsgiment was open
the left f the path towtead of the runt,
when it was the left of course throwing his
ieii aiiu tanner otu to tne I iff lit. and. in
short reversing tbe regi-nent, bringing rear
in iront, like, his Umous entie nchmenu
He ears; j
Iclullence Generst Pillow to denv.
in explicit terms, that the winge of my reg-
giment were changed and ranks reverted
tie nas not denied iu lie only contends,
in his reply, that if he ordered me to real
my right on the path, and) throw my leu
square off to to the left, then, by that order
the regiment was properly placed as to iu
wings and ranks. But he gave no each
order and ha know if He reeled by right
on the right Of tha path and threw my leu
square off the right not to the as inad
vertently said in the first publication of
myself end orliceis, and this he dars not
deny for if he does, he well knows that
every officer and private of ray regiment
will teslyfy differently.
'I have uow,fully exposed Gen Pillow's
unfair qubbliug about a word and have
proved upon him the blunder which my
officers and myself first charged him wita
and still insist on.
The next point in the ffeneral's lenV
relates to his reconnoisanrea of the enemy'
position. I pass over his admissions of
t he ignorance of tlf efro'ti n if 1ecauseTM
ne says tne woric could not be perfectly
leconDoitred, with one or two enquiron,
Why did he induce General Scott to
believe that he had 'carefully reconnoitred'
them?' v ' ' '
Col Hasskell then rocs on to show that
Gen Pillow, so far from having a bad opin
ion of him, as a gentleman aeciualty asked
that officer to recommend him to Mr, Polk
aa a Major General!
.a a B m H mm
wnue ino ongaueor uen. fillow' was
at Tampieo and aome months after it had
left Camargo, Pi low aenl for me one ohjht
to - corns to nil tent; which nummons
bems; obeyed tha Genral, after many
expremtone e ftwifobi p? mm4ty3Qmfmr:
mentson accpnntel.my .plloial Cunduct auJ
divers natteriug comparisons between me
and other field officers of his brigade, in
formed me that he had reason to know
that the President, would shortly appoint
oiner Major ueneral lor the service in
Mexico, and concluded hi harangue by
begging mete reeommend him te the Presi
dent to be aoDoimed one of them. 1
hould utierly fail if I were to attempt to
telliull the honeyed things which fell from
his pursuative hps in tins delectable inter
view. Taken aliogeihfr, it was to me the
richest night of the season. I cut the inter
viaw abort however by assuring him an
answer In writing, next morning, with the
utmost frankness, lacconnrly addresaed
him a nou next morning, rupecifully; de
clining to recommend him. .The General
oelulantv rotarned ma the note that evanine
aud doabtiess, for Uie purpote of; making
Ll ? LI- t- I T.
me leei raiteraoie- in a . manic envelopes
Now, if General Pillow knew that , I enter
tained such a praonat malignity towards
him and that the hatred commenced at
Camargo, why did ho call upon me for such
a reeommend ation? -"And it I was an offi
cer guilty of, such, excesses , and indul.
gences' as ha describes, why , -should , he
have coneidered my recommendation worth
any thing to him? How indelicate wis all
this in General Pillow! Think of lit
A Brigadier General in tha field begging
his interiors in tank to commend him for
promotion!' j
In relation to the 'fact' hat Gerh Pillow
charged Col. Haskell with being the author
ot Uie I eneaaee sutement, , the Ueneral
is asdly beaten, and stands convicted; of
falsehood, a the Colonel says, , . ., .,
.'This sutement - is all , wrong. . The
steamboat Missouri on which 1 aseended
tho Mississippi river touched at the wharf
boat at Memphis at the same time that the
'777 en which General Pillow was descen 1
ing it toucned at the same place. Both
boaureinained at the wharf a few minutes
I met Gen. Pillow on the wharf boat and
after the usual . civilities, I informed him
of the publication jn the Picayune, which
he bad not beard up to that moment told
him with out being asked or charged with
iu autboribip that I drew it up and uk
ing aboard of the Missouri presented him
a coppy of a , paper ronuining it This
however is Dot imporunt one, way or the
Other. . ",. ':..-.
Col Hatkell acknowledges tbst he 'lost
his hat,' u Uen4Pillow sayt, but remark that
it was carried away by shot from the
Mxicans and he had enough to do,
through Geo. : Pillow's blunder, without
stopping to pick it op. Alter bis regiment
fullered, be sajrs: -f. V' tlJ.A.
7" Seeing Gtn Pillow in the ratine, about
thirty yards from me, 1 stepped to him
as deliberately as ever I went to mv dinner
fvt there wae but tittle dungtr in tie ravine
and the Jinng Had nearu ceated, end repor
to him that the aseault had miscarried and
that my -regiment , was , severely hurt.
The General, after t first informing me
thai he was 'iHot all tapietet ordered 'me
to throw my command across the . ravine to
the left and on die hill occupied by Wyn-
koop.' , i)x r:, , - .f 'v
Col Hukell contends thst Gen Pillow,
after mentioning his name honorably in the
despateues mauo a aeeona report, scams in
Tenneuee, charrina: him with mueondvet
a id that this waa done to throw off, if pos
aible the odium that would follow aueh a
declaration as.tbat made by tha Tennessee
"U wsa known the very dsy roy regi
ment reached New Orleans that the Official
would make publication in reference to the
battle of Cero Gordo, not very creditable
to Pillow. The Generil was at this time;
in Tennessee, and was doubtlecs ninifiHdl
of the forthcoming publication by a friend;
from below Then for lh first tim as I
firmly believe, for the double purpose of
! fratily ing his malice and weakening the
urce of my testimony against, him ho con
ceived the idea of writing a second ot de
tailed report and of antedating it. so , (hut
it migut appear tn have been made before
the publication of mv officers and mraelfi
ai new vneane. ti mere was any such
report mads my Gen. Pillow in 'Mexico,
I never heard of it and I ha I ample eppor
lunitie of knowing. If made there' why
was it not published when the othera were
made public!, Thane is, no such nablie
report of hit bearing date the 2 Si h of
A pril last. Who hae ever seen it! When
the truth is known it will be found that
Gener,tl Pillow mtde that second renort in
Tennessee and for tlie purpotes above
suted.
Upon the modeat"of General Pillow
he ie clear and concise t-" 1
He says that my Regiment wss forced
to retire, on sceoun't of the Gibraltar like
strength of the work,' but remarks in ths
same breath, that 'if I had led, thjft ehrga ofJ
tfaskeirs command, riliiak I should have
led itrfirrrrtryand'with different reeullif
Tne General beeeeimplyctaimt that Tii all
probability he would have done an impos
sible thing. I am not astonished at. this,
for he b4S already shown himself capable
of doing thing which I had thought tt tin
possible for a Major Generr in the United
States army to be able to bring himself to
do. '.'" ' ' '' "' " -' ; v
The Colonel then goes on to prove that
General Pillow did not know ev, n when
the enemy had surrendered until informed
by a eourier'from General " Scott that in
short like Sancho Pansa, his great proto
type, he was under a c..a4 idaliiiowH !
and thW mere was a deal of hard fight.
ng hia.4ffnorsae Jika Sacho's' -two ahlstds
kept him unacquainted with all and like
the poor Squir he had to be told, wbes
all waa -over how valiant he had been
through tha fight) . ;
"After stating that my Regiment !)!
been foced to retire,' he observes, Upon
the report of this fact id me, through at ihe
time I Was entirely disabled in ihe use of
my right arm by a canister ihoK" modai
thing thai, the allusion lo his right arm,)
I immediately formed the whole command
lo renew the 'attack and had ordered ihe
eftarge, when the enemy run up the whit
flag and surrendered.' Now howdoes this
sgree with the official report of Gen. Pillow,
bearing,dale April I8tl, 18rfln that report
he asys: InNhe meantime Col. Wynkoop
who commanded the storm innart deaioned
to attack battery N 1 succeeded in gaining
the position the assault wss to have been
made; but finding that the fire of the main,
attack on the enemy's leA had naiaed. I
deemed it prudent to suspend further oper
uiona nuui n aaooia re-uommence, or
until further instructions should be receiv.
ed from the General in chief. Aly whole
force being drawn up for the attack of bat.
tery No, . I, I remained in this possition
until the news of. the enemy's surrendor
arrived, wien t wuiidrew
to the National road.'. V hich of thea
counter stalemenifc I ask ia truet I an.
nou wuuurew mv eoinmsn.il
swer neither. After the whole brigade
. . - I
had been formed on the hill fronting No I,
and after Gen Pillow had surrendered ihe
command to Col Camphell which there
waa ne necessity for his doine becauaa
hie wound was a very alight one in thefWhy
part of bis arm and 3 while Col C. : with
his accustomed energy, was preparing
the brigade to assail No, I. General Pillow
suddenly re assuming the command ordered
ine loriggaae tone withdrawn Horn the
neighaerhood of the eneiov'a. And in Im.
dience to Gen. Pillow's order, the brigade
was withdrawn to tbe distancs of at lean
one balf mile Irom . the enemy's works,
It was at this point to which the brigade
was withdrawn off from tbe National road
snd one Jiaif mite from the batteries where
.l ... .... . r . . -
oe courier arrivea irom yen ccott. bring
ing intelligence w uen nitow, received
bv him for,h first time that the Teft wing
of the enemy had bean turned, the beiahl
of Cerro Gordo carried ami a victory giii.
ca. i ne command or ueneral Pillow
was immediaU put in motion and moved lo
Ihe National road. It had reached the
road but a few minutes when our . regular
forces cams marchi ng - down it , brineina:
wiih them as prisoners : Ihe very officers
and men wh had., manned r the batteries
No. .1, 9 and 3!... The. forces .iniliese
batteries slarmed at the fall of Cerro Gor
do, and anxiousto throw down their armes
not knowing what hadbecome of the forces
who had mensced them, actually sent over
to the officers of the regular army and sur
rendered to them! Yet Gen. Pillow says
that he ordered the charge, when the ene
my ran np tha whiu flag and surrendered!'
Now, if any man denies the correctness
f (hie accoui t I will appeal to Col Camp
bell, Kooru sod w jrnaoop, and a host of
otberev, who know that the truUi is as I have
Stated it. It is true that the enemy? run
up his little whiu flags in token of surren
det, but a moment after my Regiment had
been driven back In'o the chapparal from1
the works, bnt General -Pillow did - not
know it If he did know it why did he
withdraw his command giving hundreds
of tha enemy an opportunity to escape?
Pnee not every one know,' that if General
Pillow hsd known of - Ihe - surrender rhe
would have received It himself and have
claimed the honor of eariying the enemy's
-
knowing ol a surrmder, I wa in formed
by an rlfiref i.f high rai.k, , inthis city thut
Major Best of (lie 2.1 Dragoons, told hi.
that the , General dad sentas ha wM.
informed, to Cen. Scott not only for farther
orders. . but, actually , fr reinforcemenu!
Thia ia a purl of the unwritten hiry ,n
the Cerro Gordo. I have now written 4 h
and arhin ili-nUil T ill nn, li - ' ' ' 1
... ....v I V- ,
" The letter of Col. Harked ii cortclnsjrr
and there can he but one opinion or Gem-
val Pillow. If he really means 10 be 1 an
oirieer he should at once get admission .'
West Pointsqd after unlearning all J,V
knows now he should spare'nt pains kt
Obtain in that good school, the military
knowledge be needs so much. - He shout.1
also imitate tha hahjt that officers havti
ofspeakiug the truth. All this done when
his favorite war makinsr Preaident ii ronW
ted and recognizee anntbeir, war, he msv
no able to command a company doing duty
as a guwrd lo tho sutler's stores,. ,
AN0T11KR i LETTER FROM GENl
TAYL0R.7 i xiti-H7;-The
: Troy Daily Post publishes tho
following letter from Gen.TsvIoiY sddrers-
u tu a cnnrii oi juanainourirn.-,, snere m
no room to doubt its cenuinenesr. the d.
itor of the Post haritiir eoemhe orifflnat;"
it connrms me genuineness ol tho "Sigiiar
letters '.-.- , '";' i':"''VV:.r'''r"-t,
llatBavtSTaaa Airt er OrVrrinW,?
Camp ne,r JlonUrey, My 89, 1847. ' "
Dear iSir-r-lt is with- much pleasure that
I acknowledge the reavipt of, your .most
interesting letter, of Uio ist inst and to
which I desire to reply jn, terms more ex-t
pressive pf my , thanks t to you for your
rielit wincrf So fjr from RkiumI p;ii.
xinu coniueration lor myaeir,. ana jel
mote so of my' high apprecialian '.of the,
upright and patriotic sentiment which are "
the principal tenor of your letterj but I
fnTOu&h'eu ana Jimimii..
thlf moneritjpi
sources, which require attention, and will
neresnrily Oblige ms t reply to voti'in
fw lines. . i ' '"w
The PreiiJenlial ofilce presents no in-r
dacements to me to seek hs honors or res.!
portabilities the tranquility of private life,
on the contrary, 1 the great ebjertof, oiy
aspirations on the eoncluaion of the war ;
but I am not inaensib'e . to the persuasion,
that mv services are yet due to lbs count.
try, aa the country shall see fit '0 command
them; if siill as a soldiei, l am satiafudif
in higher and m vro responsible duiie', I
desire nut to oppose the manifest wish of
the people, but I wilt not be the candiJate
of any party or clique, and should tha 7 Na.T
lion at targe seek to place me-in the chair
of tha Chief Magistracy, the good of alt .
parties and 'National good would be my-'
great and absorbing aim i s r-t-.
Sentiments such aa these have been the'
burden of my replies to all who hare ad-
dressed me on this Subject, expressing the
asaurance that by the spontaneous , and,
unanimous voice of the peopln alone, and
fiom po agency of my own Can I be whh-t
drawn from the clierishod hopes of private,
telirement and, traoquilitv when, peace
aball . return." v K ." ;- -'".''' '.r ,i
. '
,h.9 Wi,r,m- WPW""n . aaTer.
f,aB ,f- Yonr., ntost ameerely, J ;,-
1 'M B 4 am vlTiaS I Jaw II Bat a Baoaf r -
7.. TiTtoa, Mj. Gen. IJ. 8. Army. -
AMERICAN FASHION ESTABLISH
; ED IN .MEXICO.,
A Tampio letter of the 16th alt has tin's,
paragraph . U-.. , , i u . .,' , .
, "la it not aslomnhing! , A UW Jay no,
a number or American ladies arrived in ihi
city from; New Orleans dressed of course
in accordance with the latest fashion &
common,' certain" 'fictitiona enNrgument '
of proportion btautijitd htr person"
Thie nfterno;nF,while several Msxicmt
enritas were - pming, . 1 1 observed - tw
dressed in American cutume, and judging--
! from appearance, bad donned aa robust .
t bustle as was ever luggnd. about by aa Amer,
lican belle, As these were the tint 1 have,
'emu.iof ce them Strut throuffK the
mm wv.n i
ornby Meiicsiu. it ,was certamlji
jftreew , prood 0f their bag of bran ( as 1 n
moiher , 0f her only child. Surely, th'
Mexican ladies are becoming enlightened.
i Several clergymen t nd noblemen in
England have raised one hundred thousand ,
dollars, u send seven hundred colporteur
into Ireland, to distribute Bibles., An ex
change paper thinks that Christ, at such iv
starvation crisis, would have selected scvck
hundred Corn-portert to carry provision
to he dy tug kroitrfc$entiney . -
1 Prof'. Gonpil, of France,' has reported Ut
the eavani a series of experiments on io
bacco.', 'The ch;ef organtic acid is; th?
malic. i! Birrialate of ammonia ': may - be ,
readily obtained from the plant, which in
its dry stats aflords3 to 4 per cent -- M.'
Gonpil hi discovered that the conrersioa
of the precipitated nutate of lead into a
Crystalline mass does not take place unless
tnereisiree Kin present ,; t i ins is an
importont fact, as the conversion into cry
tals, commonly asaigned as a diatinuish
ins; character. Citric acid is found in the
tobacco plunt, but In a very small qunntiiy.
No oilier organic acid could be found. , . '
'Patrick, I want somebody to kill my
hogr do yon understand btitchcrins?'.
Faith, and it's me that can lend yon rt
hand at that same bnt it's a Lot you'll
want along wid me for getting tha fur , '
off is the onlr Part ol the business I ntu
Iderstand,'