The New York Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1846, Page 4

i el THE Message of the President in relation to Generals Gaines and Scott; AND THE | Correspondence between the Secretary of War | and General Scott. To the Senate of the United i I communicate herewith o report from the Secretary of War. transmitting the correspondence called for by the resolution of the Senate of the oth instant, with General Edmund P. nes and General Winfield Scott, of the army of the 4 Stal ‘The report of the Secretary of War, and the accom- panying correspondence with General Gaines, contain all the information in possession in relation to calls for “volunteers or m into the service of the United | States” “by any officer of the army,” without legal “au- thority therefor.” and of the “measures which have been | adopted” “in relation to such officer or troops so called into service.” Inadd,tion to the information contained in the report of | the Secretary of War, and the accompanying correspon. | dence with “Major General Scott of the United States army, upon the subject of his taking the command of the | army of occupation on the frontier of Texas”—I state, thatonthe same day on which I approved and signed the act ofthe 13th of May, 1546. entitled “An act providing | for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the republic of Mexico,” 1 communicated | to General Scott, through the Secretary of War, and | also in a personal interview with that officer, my de- | sire that he should take command of the’ army on |” the Rio Gran/e, and of the volunteer forces, which I in- formed him it Was my intention forthwith to call out to march to that frontier, to be employed in the prosecu- tion of the waragainst Mexico. The tenderof the com: mand to General Sogtt was voluntary on my part, and was made without any requestor intimation on the sub- ject from him. It was mace in consideration of his rank as commander-in-chief of the srmy. My communications with General Scott, assigning him the command were ver- bal, first through the Secretary of War, and afterwards | in person. No written order was deemed to he necessary. | General Scott assented to assume the command, and on the following day | had enother interview with him and | the Secretary of War. in relation to the number and ap- | portionment among the several States, of the volunteer forces to be called ont for immediate service ; the forces which were to be organized and held in readiness sub- Ject toa future call, should it become nec other military preparations and movements with a view to the vigorous prosecution of the war. was distinctly settled and was well understood by Gen 8. that he was to command the army inthe war against Mexi- co, and so continued to be settled and understood, without 'y other intention on my part, until the Secretary of War bmitted tome the letter of Gen Scott addressed to n under date of the 2ist of May, 1816, a copy of which is herewith The character of that letter, inade it proper in my igment to change my determ: tion in regard to the command of the army; and the Se i} retary of War by my direction, in his letier of the 25th*| ; of May, ‘opy of which is also herewith communi: | asons theroin assigned, informed General | hat he was relieved from the command of the arm} iued to prosecute the wer against Mexico, and thi uld remain in the discharge of his duties’ at Wash- | The command of the army on the frontier of | ‘ohas since been assigned to General Taylor with eset rank of majurgeneral, recently conferred upon him. JAMES K. POLK, Wasutxoton, June 8, 1846. 3% Wan Derantaesr, Junes, 1846, | Sir :In compliance with your direction, I have the ho nor to transmit herewith such letters and documents as ere in this depertment, to enable yi answer the solution of the Senate of the Sth instant, requesting in- formation. First, in relation to unauthorised calls of v lunteers id militia into the service oi the United &e. Second, the cor- | nce 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 Te: And third, the correspondence between General Gaines and the government. from the Ist of June, 1845, to the present time, —_ the subject of volunteers or militia ordered to the frontier Texas. The information requested in the first and last branch- | es ofthe resolution, is mainly furnished by the corres- | pondence herewith submitted between this department und General Gaines, who is the only officerof the army known to have called for volunteers or militia without legal authority within the peridds specified. The first unauthorized call by that officer was made on the gover- nor of Louisiana, on the 15th August, 1845, for two com- panies of volunteer artillery (about 200 men) which were mustered into service on the 21st of that month; and im- mediately sent to Texas to report to General ‘Taylor ot Corpus Christi, As soon as information of this call was made known to the department, Gen. Gaines was reminded, in a communication addressed to him, that authority to make such calls was vested only in the President ; and that * the emergency which would tolerate 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 President's action must be one indicating great and imminent peril to the country »2 peril so great and so imminent as to leave no reasonatue doubt thatthe President, with a full know- ledge of all the circumstances of the case, would have felt it to be his duty to resort to such aid.” As thecall had been promptly responded to, and the troops sent to their destination before the action of Gen. Gaines could | be stayed, Gpn. Taylor was directed to receive and re- tain them in service, as long as, in his judgment, the the public exigency might require, although, by your direction, Gen. Gaines was informed that his proceeding was not approved by you. These volunteers were dis- charged and sent home 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 requert, or requi- sitions in various forms and of different import, were | made by him fora volunteer force, some to be in readi- | ness, and others for immediate 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 hus taken measures to or- | ganise troops independent of his calls upon States through the respective Governo: nil the accompany - ing documents show that he had sppointed various staff oificers, without instructions or legal au As soon as information was received of those proceedings, prompt measures were taken to counteract them, and to arrest this course of independent action those thus called into s€rvice by req Governors ¢@f Alabama, Mississippi, and ) Promptly responded to the same. the Governe| States were informed that these calls upon them had deen recognised “ to the extent of the numbers furnished and sent to Texas.” To this extent, a . has the conduct of General Gaines, in making requisitio: calling into service and organising troops, been recog , aud all beyond has been distinctly disapproved. | By your direction, orders have been issued relieving him from the command of the western division, and re- quiring him to repair to this city. The correspondence called for by the second branch of the resolution accompanies this communication. In | relation to that t of itwhich asks for information ‘whether any order was at any time given by the Presi- | dent or Secretary of War to Gen. Scott to proceed to the Rio Grande, or to take command of the army,” &c.. | have to state that, about the time the law recognising t ofa war between the U. States and Mexico, a sing the raising a volunteer fore Thad a conversation with your direction, informed him that you intended he army, designed to operate aguinst Mexico, ler his immediate command, and invited him, as you i ‘ou for the purpose of your ructio An inter view between yourself and him, at which I was pre- sent, shortly afiertook place, when you announced to him your detorm/aation to assign him to the command of the arm in the war against Mexico. The order and in- "as 3 to him were verbal, and { am not aware that they have been reiterated in writing. He immediately entered upon the necessary arrangements to carry into effect your views and instructions, and, down to the pre- seat time, has been assiduously engaged in the duties of Lis office. Interviews and consultations between him and myself, often at my particular iastance, have frequently taken place in regard to arrangements and preparations for carrying on the war. When I first com- municated to him your intention to place him in the com- mand of the he replied, that he should neither de- cline nor solicit that service; but at once on receiving your verbal order, entered readily into the preparatory measures to carry them into effect. I am not aware that | hho claimed “ that command as due to him from his rank in the at or expressed any wish to be assij to it, until his preference was intimated in his letter of the oth uitimo, in reply to mine of the same date, and his claim sot forth in that of the 27th, both which are among the papers herewith submitted. His wishes in this re- spect have not been made known to me, further than ey are expressed in these two letters. I had no intima- | tion whatever that you intended to change, or thought | @f reconsidering the orders to General Scoit, commituug to him the comman i of he army to operate against Mex- yo, until | had submitted to you his letter to me of the 2ist ultimo. After your examination of tyat letter [ received your direction, changing your previous or- ors, and communicated it to him in my letter of the 25th A portion of s upon the to put tl un! of May. Thave the honor to be, with great respect, your obedi- eat servant, w Sancy. | To the Parsinest. MEXICAN WAR IN WASHINGTON. 7 sept ener | | service | time? I greatly doubt the possibili | thirds, if not three-fourths, of the Mexican army ai | than three months would be binding upon them. say.) | alvead, Heanqvanrens or THe Washington, M + 1846.5 Sin, I have received no orders et, ‘igning me to | the immediate command of the a about to be raised, to conquer a poace within Mexico; but I have been told to hold myself in readi From that moment | have occupied myself, inc with the vast prelim: be made bean ag spective chiefs of the g ral, quartermaster general, comm sistence, chief of ordnance, and surgeon general. | have been much occupied also, in the distribution of quotas of volunteers needed among the several | States; in apportioning the horse to the foot; in. th peg A of the row of march and water conveyanc for the several bodies of troops, to the best points in the frontiers of Mexico; in th aay. of the northern inte. | rior, and the southern routes of republic; in looking to the means of transportation on the Rio Grande, to and beyoad that river; in determining the dépots of sup- plies of all sorts on this side, &e &e. As these matters are -respectively settl and instructions have been, or willbe gi chiefs of the general staff at this place, and the routes of march and water conveyances, together with the depots for #1pplios of every description, are finally to be com- municated to the unknown commanders of volanteers whose services are to be accepted. In the midst of these multudinots and indispensable oc- | cupations | hove learned from you that much impatience is ulreody felt, perhaps in high quarters, that 1 have not al- ready 5s, myself in route iur the Rio Grande ; and now, | with hours a day of preliminary work remaining on my hands for many days, | feel myself compelied to stop that necessary work to guard myself agaist, perhaps, utter condemnation in the quarters alluded to. 1 am too old a soldier, and have had too much special experience, pot to feel the infinite importance securing aia | = Pp Pris enemy: or Pp be taken fi vantageou: in a forward march without the confidence thit all is well behind. If insecure in that quarter, no general can put his whole ‘and mind into the work to be done in front. I am, therefore, not a liitle alarmad, is, . crippled in my ener- gies, by the knowledge of the impatience in question; and I beg to say | fear no other danger, My intentions have been, after making all preliminary arrangements here, to pass down the Ohio and Mississip- pi, to see, of to assure myself by correspondence, that the volunteers, on Whom we are mostly to rely in the prose- cution of the existing war, are rapidly assembling for the —to learn the probable time of their readiness to advance upon Mexico—to ascertain if their supplies of every kind are in place, or are likely te be in place in sufficient time —to hasten one and the other to harmonize the movements of volunteers, and to modify their routes (if necessary) so that all, or at least a sufficient number, shall arrive at the indicated points in the Mexican frontier at the best periods, and, as far as practicable, about the same time. All that I have but sketched, I deem to be not only useful to success, but indispensable. As a soldier, I make this assertion, without the fear of contradiction from any honest and candid soldier. Against the ad captandum condemnction of all other | persons, whoever may be designated for the high com- mand in question,thege can be no reliance(in his absence) other than the active,candid,and steady support of ernment. If I cannot have that sure basis to rest upon, it will be infinitely better for the couutry (notto speak of my personal security) that some other commander of the new army against Mexico should be selected. No matter who he may be, he shall, at least, he judged and support. | ed by me, in this office and everywhere else, as! would desire, if personally in that command, to be myselfjudged ani supported. My explicit meaning is, that I do not desire to place myself in the most perilous of all positions—s fire upon my rear from Washington, and the fire in front from the Mexicans It was distinctly admitted, and laid down as a basis the interviews I hed the honor to hold with the Presi and yourself on the subject; that a special army of some thirty thousand troops, regulars, and twelve months’ vol unteers, would be necessary for the march against, end the couqnest of a peace in Mexico. I adhere to that opinion. It is foreseen, with tolerable certainty, that we shall not have, in many months, more than seven shou- and (if quite so many) regulars, applicable to that e. The remaining numbers are to be made up in horse and toot { suppose of these, taken toge bout 17,000 have been actually called fur here yet good time I think to make the additions suggested in one of the tables | had the honor to submit last night ‘The question follows: By what time can an army of about 30,000, bove, be brought to act from the difie- rent. points greed upon in the interviews alluded to upon Mexico More than ha’f of the 7,000 regulars remain to”be ro- cruited. 1 hope they may be obtained and taken to the Rio Grande, though raw or uninstructed, by the first of September next. volunteer horse be got to that river much before th: y—without the sh triotism or zeal of the ci dow of a four about the Pig for commencing operations a week or two earlier. jut if horse be a necessary element to success (and two- un- derstood to be in the snddle) what utility would there be in forcing the foot much ahead of the horse? ‘This ought to be a matter of arrangement, lef! to the commander of the speci 3 information may open upon him in his progress to the Mexican frontier, near the heads of columns, or within easy corresponding distance with | most ofthem. ‘The particular question here then recurs. Can the horse regiment from Kentucky (the most distant from Mexico) or that from Tennessee (say | nineteen days nearer) reach the Rio Grande (by land, be it remembered) much before the flay (ist of September) before mentioned? I have learned personally from the zealous and intelligent pale eat General (Dudley,) of Kentucky, that that most distant horse regiment cannot be assembled, (say) at Frankfort, on the Bowling green, earlier than the latter part of June "Thence it will probably be obliged to march via. Mem- phis, Fulton, onthe Red River, San Antonio de Bexar, &e., a line of some 1200 mil The routes of the Ten- nessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi horse will be respec- tively, say 400, 600, and 700 miles shorter, but even the middle or Tennessee horse regiment, cannot, allowing not aday for instruction at its rendesvouz, or on the route, reach the Rio Grande, before (according to all computations we can make here,) the middle of August. I think, considering that we cannot have more thau 800 regular cav: ayn the lower Rio Grande, no commander would be w ing to enter Mexico, without both the Kentucky and Tennessee regiments of horse, and all that have beencalled from points nearer to the field of expected operations. I may now state a fact which seems to be conclusive, as fo the period best for taking up lines of operations from and beyond the lower Rio Grande. All the information that can be obtained here, repre- sents that the rainy season on, and south of the Rio Grande, begins@bout June. and terminates about the Ist of September; that during that season, the hoof of the horse and the mule becomes softened (though shod) and diseased so as to disable the animal for travel and work. Again: it is at the end of the rainy season, and for some weeks later, that in the northern provinces of Mexice, men and horses would have the best chance to obtain drinking water; the horses the best grazing, and the commissaries the best beef and mutton for men. But another reason has been mentioned why | should leave the preliminary work to be done here, and aban- don the twelve months volunteers to find their way us they may to the Mexican frontier, viz: the number of patriotic Louisianians who have poured, and are pouring in, upon Brevet Brigadier General Taylor, at Point Isa- bel or opposite to Matamoras. Those meritorious volunteers can, under the circum- stances, have legally engaged for three months only. They could have had no knowledge of the volunteer act of May 13, 1846, without which no enrolment for more fter that term, without a formal re-enrolment, under the re- cent act, for the longer period, not an officer or a man could be legally held to serv: t for any offence whatever. They evidently hastened to the scene of dan ger to succor our little army there: to it from what they no doubt deemed probable surrender or destruction. Many of the Louisianians be ready to become twelve months volunteers, a ‘As three months men they could hardl: en in the absence of hos! forces, march to Monterey before becoming entitled to (no doubt) an honorable dis- charge Before the time for that discharge, it may cer tainly be well—if numbers of them do not volunteer un- der the recent act—to send the quotas of foot, called for from the lower M to aid Gen. ing his positions, and perhaps taking ones on the other side of the Kio Grande, But for the conquest of . and forward movements, ions here (as to numbers) must gant, if a much larger army, inclu- ding that in position, and one very differently composed, (in horse and foot) be not necessary. It was to com- mand such larger army that | unders:ood myself Iv to be sent to the Mexican frontier. as it is alwi justto a junior general who has done well oxed to be doing well. to aupercede iim by & general of igher rank, without sending with thélatter correspond- ing reinforcements. | should esteem mvself the unhap- py instrument of wounding the honorable pride of the allant and judicious Taylor, if ordered to supersede im under different circumstances. However the foregoing suggestions (hastily thrown together) may be viewed, I have deemed it due more to the country than my humble self, that I should present them, and await the wishes or the orders of the President. With great reepect,I have the honor to remain, si your most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. Hon. W.L. Marcy, Secretary of War. a peace, by regular, ince: the basis of our cal be altogether extra War Deragrotent, May 25, 1846, Srn:—I have received your letter of the 2ist instant, and considering its extraordinary charaeter, and the | grave matters set forth therein, reflecting upon the mo- tives and objects of the President in tendering to you, as he has, in an explicit manner, the command of the forces destined for the war aguinst Mexico,! deemed it to be my duty to lay it before him, and to take his direction in | me to ite contents. Che passages in your letter which have excited his surprise and deep regret, those in which you impute to the President, in terms not inexplicit, ill will towards ourself, or precor ior is pert which has already, labors of preparation and crippled your rgies. A reference to two or three a in your letter will show that he is not at liberty to give a different construction to your language. You were, through me, and also et a personal interview with the President, made acquainted with his settled determination to put ‘ou in immediate command of the forces to be employed in carrying on the war with Mexico, and you had, as vou state, been devoting your time and attention to nary and preparato multitudinous aud indispensable occupations,” (you “I have learned See that much im ie is ly 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 remain- ing on my hands for many days, | find amy self com led yp that necessary work to guard myse! ins ir 8, utter condemnaticn in the, quarters ‘alluded gs 1 ier, and had too much special expe- iroportance of securi allege, impeded your public enemy. Not an ken in a forward march, If inse- confidence that all is well behind. cure in that quarter, no general can put his w! and mind into the work to be done in front. 1 ai fore, 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.” ‘This language scarcely requires a comment. That it conveys the strongest suspicion—not to say a direct im- putation of most unworthy motives in the Executive go- vernment—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 & war against the public enemy, there can be, I think, no question. You must allow me to advert to the | only fact to which you allude as the foundation for such grave imputations. You have learned, you say, from me ‘that mach impatience is felt, perhaps in ing iy eter that you are not already yet in route for the Grande, &e, “What was said on this point at our iy ada eh stated as it this subject was alluded to, is not so full | ought to be, considering the purposes to which yeu have converted it. You presented to me fully and clearly the difficulties and delays which, in your opinion, would at- tend the assembling of the volunteers on the Rio Grande, and, in conclusion, expressed it could not'be done before the Ist day of September next. 1 then alluded to the troops which were now hastening to Gen. Taylor's standard, under his requisition—to the excited feelings of the counntry—to the patriotic ardor of those troops —to the disappointment which both they and the country would feel, if an army of eight or ten thonsand men were on the Rio Grande comparatively inactive during their entire tour of ser- vice, which, being limited to three months, would terminate before the period named b assembling of the volunteers on the Rio Grande. was with special reference to the employ ment of the troops that would be on that froutier by the Ist day of June, that I spoke of what would be the « ents of the country , aud of the spirited and gallant men who had e red into the service, and of the expectatious of the Executive upon this # ject. I was Aware that the President was most that the war should be pro- Can two-thirds, or even a half, of the | to be organized legally | Fy arrangements, "In 4he midst of | it, in ident | to p- | behalf, which might be m | the war, his views and expectations upon (Th t Peer eae sufficient force active cperations time which you indicated. With the view of secu- ring. this important object, the most energetic measures had been opted, Every consideration of economy and rbade that the troops should, if thus collected, be | \d to remain inactive. by recson of tho absence of e € ral officer, who, fully of the views of the Executive, was to direct th lovements. I did not deem it improper, indeed I considered it a matter of duty, tocommunicate to the general, to whom the President had ly confided the ma ment of is point. rit was, That this communication, made in the mann should not have been kindly received, is surprising to me; but vastly more so is the fact, that it should te made the basis of the most offensive imputations against the executive government, which had voluntarily se- lected you to conduct our army, and determined to at your disposal, the amplest 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 sw to me, that you should have attributed to the President, the inten- tion of opening a fire upon your rear, while a fire in front was opened upon you by the enemy. On what foundation could such an assumption rest? “Had not the Presifent, in a frank and friendly spirit, just intrusted you with a command, on which pes lory and interest of the country depended; to say nothing of the success of his own admini tion? How could you, under these circumstances, arrest your labors of preparation. and suffer your energies to be crippled, for the purpose of indulging in iiberal imputations against the man who | had just bestowed upon you the highest mark of his | confidence? Entertaining, as it is most evident you do, the opinion that such are the motives and dosigns of the Executive wards you, and declaring it to be your explicit mean- | ing that “ you do not desire to-place yourself in the most | rilous of all positions—a fire upon your rear from | Washington. and the fire in fron? from the Mezicans,” and so entertaining them entirely without cause, ore’ the shadow of justification. the President would be want- ing in his duty to the country, if he were to persist in his | determination of imposing xe command of the in the war against would probably | ‘objec you had in view in weit ing lisappoint your expectatdidions, if he it was intended to aifecta change of his purpose in se st 4 am, therefore directed by him to say that you will be continued in your present position here, and will devote your efforts to mal arrange- | ments uud preparations for the early and vigorous prose- | cution of hostilities capinat Mexico. Thave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, eaves eee hot bet Major General Wixrixtn Scorr; Commanding General, &c. Heavavaaters or tur Agr, Washington, May 25, 1946. Sin: Your letter of this date, received at about 6, pm, as I sat down to take a hasty plage of soup, demands a prompt reply. You haye taken four days to reflect, and to Convict mo, upou my letter to you of the 21st instant, of official, per: haga, Unbgey disrespect to the constitutional command- er-in-ch.ef of the army and navy of the United States. If you have succeeded in imparting that impression to the President, then, by the conclusion of your letter, written in his behalf, I'am placed under very high oblige- tions to his m imity—may | not add, to his kindness ? —in not placing me instantly in arrest, and before a, ral court-martial. 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 constitution and the laws of my country to offer or to design an indignity to our chief magistr The strongost passages in my condemned letter are, I think, hypothetical. In it, [spoke of ‘ impatience”— “ perhaps in high quarters.” of, perhaps, utter condem- | nation in the quzrters alluded to ;” of the “ infinite im- portance of securing myself against danger (ill-will or recondemnation) in my rear,” and of that ‘ most peri- lous of all positions” to any commander—“ a fire upon {his} rear from Washington, and the fire in front from the Mexicans.” . And I ulso Spoke of the necessity of “the active, candid and steady support of (such com- mander’s) government” in the hope of conciliating it. Now, if there be any offence to the President in these esengrne— the intention of committing which | utterly Bisel im—it must, in candor, be found in the meaning of he uarte:s” and the “ quarters alluded to,” q all the others quoted by you. it will be perceived that I spoke not of the highest quarter, but, in the plural, “ high quarters ;” and 1 beg ay an act of justice, no less to myself than the President, to say | meant “ impatience,” and even ‘“ pre-condemna- tion,” on your part, and the known open and yiolent con- demnation of me on the part of several leading and sup- sed confidants of the President in the two houses of Jongress, (high quarters,) because, on an intimation— not an order—tI did not fly to the Rio Grande, without waiting for the invading army, yet to be raised—nay, abandoning it to t to the river as it could, and with- out the least regard to the honorable pride and distinc- tion of the gallant general already in command on that river; who, we knew, had done well, was doing well, and who, I was quite sure, and his little army would, if the occasion offered, cover themselves with glory. M) prediction, in this respect, has been fully accomplished. | But that I did fear, and meant to express the fearin my | hasty letter of the 2st, that those persons here enume- rated would, sooner or later, impart their precondemna- tion of me to the President, I will not deny. My letter was written, in part, to guard both the P) vsident and my- | self against such a result, which would have been fatal, not only to me, but perhaps, for a campaign, to the ser- | vice of the country. Hence the details | entered into to | show the President and the Secretary of War—neither supposed to be professionally experieuced in tho techni- cal preliminaries of a compaign—what had been, and what would continue for some days—my in-vussant occu- pations. There is no special pleading in this explana- tion. It is written and offered in good faith; in proot of which I beg to reter to my letter to you of this date, sent in three hours before the reception of that to which 1 am now replying. You speak of my interview with the President on the | subject of the intended formidable invasion of Mexico. I wish | had the time to do justice to my recollection of | the President’s excellent sense, military comprehensicn, patience and courtesies, in these interviews. 1 have since often spoken of the admirable qualities he display- | ed on those occasions, with honor, as far as it was in my | power to do him houor. | And to you, sir, allow me to say T have not accused you, and do not mean to accuse you of a set purpose to discre- dit me as the commander at first designed tor the new ar | my that is to invade Mexico. | bearin mind with pleasure the many personal courtesies that I have, for long years, received at your hands. But { have for many days be- lheved that you have allowed yourself to be influenced | against me by the.clamor of some of the friends to whom Vhave alluded. To that Loy ree, and trom no ill-will of your own, | have feared that you had not made, and were not likely to make, the just and casy explanations in my You are also aware of against the department other causes of uncasiness | —of the want of that confidence anu support necessary to efticial position—whether here or on the Rio Grande. | ave heretofore explained myself on these points, | which render repetition unnecessary, Whether it shall be the om oye of the President to end me to the Rio Grande, (whith | would prefer,) or to retain me here, | canenly say. 1am equally ready to de so. in either po@sion, with all my zeal, and all my ability. Tn great haste, Ihave the honor to remain, your most obeuisnt servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. Hon. W. L. Maney, Secretary of War. morning. date of yours of was devoted to the subject, yet it was, aaj Tequired it should be, well considered, and the construc- | tion reluctantly given to your letter, was suc h, and onl; such, as yourlanguage seemed to me to render unavoid- able As you now explain that letter, the suspicions or | | | President in the two Houses of Cong imputations of “ ill will,” “precondemnation,” &c , were | not intended by you to be applied to the President, but in | some measure to myself. ‘There is nothing in that letter , which warrants this particular application,—there was | nothing in our intercourse, and certainly nothing in the | state of my feelings which could lead to a conjecture that such an application was designed, | You cannot recur with more Neswocsed than I do tothe “many personal courtesies” betweea us for “long cara,” and I was unconscious that the kindly feelings in which they had their origin, had undergone auy change—on my part they certwinly had not. 1 had hoped that your knowledge of my character was such as to place me in your opinion beyond the suspicion or appre- hension which you seem to have indulged, that | was ca- patie of being ‘influenced and controlled in my ofticial conduct towards you by unfounded clamor, even should and su confidents of the ress.” Asyou “have not accused,” and as you declare ‘uo not mean to accuse me of a set purpose to discredit you, as the commander, &e., but only fear the effects of sinister influences,” | sub- mit to your judgment whether it was not due to our ;er- sonal 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 tue rash conclusion you have adopted, "that (I) had allowed (myself) to be influenced by the clamor of some of the friends to whom (you) have alluded.” You state that lam “ aware of other causes of uneasi- ness” (you) “ have against the department—of tho want | of that confidence and support hg ee (your) offi- | cial ‘position, whether here or on the Grande.” 1 | must say that | am wholly ignorant of any just cause for it come from “ uneasiness on your part, ant I am very suse you have tiers, or rather matter to which you probably allude, (tor ican recollect but one.) and which has been made the subject of a frank—and | hoped—sa- tisfactory explanation, was of minor importance of too slight a character to disturb our friendly intercourse, or influence in the smallest degree our official relations, T have the honor to be, very nee core ay A your obedi- ent servant. M. L. MARCY, Major General Wixririp Scott, Commanding General, &., &e. | hurry of writing, and also a develo, | Heapqvartens or rue Axmy, Washington, May 27, 1846. Sir : I had the honor to receive your letter of yester- day, at my office about 9 o'clock at night. As you do not say that you had shown my explanatory note to you of the previous night, May 25, to the Presi dent, may 1 beg you to lay the fair copy (herewith) be- | fore him? In tuis copy | have inserted in brackets a | material word—" friends”—accidentally omitted in the | pment of my meaning in another place, in red ink and in brack ts. Allow me to recapitulate some of the principal facts in | my present (to me) unfortunate misunde standing with the War Department, About the 13th instant, both you and the President ex | pressed the desire, very explicitly, that | should com | duet, on an extensive scale, with the uew forces about to be |, the conquest of a peace within Mexico, b consijered myself honored by the inien ied appoint ment, and | beg that my expressions on the occasion, which | need not here repeat may be remeubored. T have said, in my letters to you of the 2ist sal without written instructions, left my habitual duties here, independent of the prel Jrrungements for the’ formidabl templated sguldst Mexico. le movements con- instant, panting that the Mexican had le of the capture of Ci ‘Thornton's detachment, I addressed a letter to Gen. Tay- lor, a copy of which I annex, and beg it, also, (with this letier,) may be laid before the President. The letter to rs, | could not have Gen. Taylor was twice sent up to you before it was bra | itched, and, at your instance, was c! Pmission of a paragraph) to the exact shape ‘ofthis copy. its last paragraph is in these words: “I do not now ex- pect to reach the Rio Grande much ahead of the heavy re-inforcements alluded to above. orto assume the imme- sate command in that quarter before my arrival ” | quote this paregraph 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 reinforcements alluded to”—viz : some twenty odd thousand volunteers, besides a few additional regulars. : ‘Though I had occasion to see you twice or thrice in the mean time, I heard no complaint from you, and re- ceived no correction of that misapprehension—if, in fact, Thed fallen info any —before the evening of the 20th in: stant, when you spoke of the impatience manifested at my occupations (or delay) here—which complaint caused my lotter to you of the next morning—May 2ist ‘It seemed, therefore, evident to me, at time, that your complaint had been caused by the out-ofdoor cla- mors to which I have since alluded. Three hours before [ received your letter of the 25th instant, conveying the displeasure of the Execu! nd without the least expectation of receiving such r, Thad Pe pede oP 2 ‘report or note of the same day, (the 25th.) which cone! with this declaration :— “Tthink my prelimh may be ended’ ‘here in Gay} three days more, when—pre- mising that after the great and bi it victories of the | oes Taylor, (of which we have recently heard.) I should be ashamed to supersede him before the arrival of competent reinfore nts to penetrate the interior of Mexico, and to con HeacoI shell be ready for any instructions or or with which the President may honor me.’ 6. And again, on that day, (the night of the 25th,) after receiving tho censure of tho Prerilent, shcingh your: \ , f concluded my prompt explanatory reply, ‘thus: Whethor it shall bo the pleasure of the President to send me to the Rio Grande, (which | would sagen or to retain me hero, T can only say I am equally rei iy to do ny in cither position with all my zeal and all my ability.” ] still hope, when the President. shall have read that explanatory letter, and the foregoing exposition of facts attentively, he may be willing to recur to his ori purpose, and accord to my senior rank the preference which I © never ceased to entertain, and v hich [ should have pressed with inc ssant zeal, but for the ap- rehensions heretofore expresso, and which your letter ave nearly, if not quite, removed. I therefore beg to claim that command, whenever the President may deem it proper to give me the assigument—whether to-day, or at any other better time, he may be pleased to desig. nate. In your rejoinder to me of yesterday, (May 26th, which [ have acknowledged above, you quote from my letter of explanation the word: You are also aware of other causes of uneasiness I have against the depart- ment,” &e., &e. Your notice of this complaint. on my part, is so liberal —-not to say kind—that I am bound to be frank and ex- licit, as to one of those causes: I had upon my mind, in Tatil penning those words, these facts: Brigadier Gen- eral Wool was called to this place, by a letter of your own writing, to command, under me, one of the detached columns inst Mexico, according to an Sodersieyiivg between the President, you, and me, to that effect. saw Gen. Wool first, the day of his arrival (May 17,) and commanicated to him the purpose of his being called to this place. Ina day or two, I learnod from General Wool that, notwithstanding my intimation, he had been told by you, he might not be ultimately assigned to that command, becau perhaps, other generals might be authorized and eeBintes, for the army, and called into service from the State. ‘That information gave me no serious appiehensions for Gen. Wool or myself, until 1 saw, in tho morning of the 20th a bill reported in the Senate(at your immediate instance I knew,) the day before, providing for two mayor generals, and four brigadier generals, to be added to the regular military establishment, bosides giving to the President the power of selecting State generals for the command of the 50.000 volunteers, I then thought I saw a strong probabilit that both General Wool and i onal would be supersed- ed, at least in the war against Mexico, by two of the new regular generals of our respective grades, to be appoint. ed, as was generally understood, from civil or political life. It was then that my apprehensions hecame seri- ous, as may be seen in my Totter to you of the following day, (May 2ist,) and in many of my subsequent acts. From that moment (before my letter of the 2ist) I havo had but little doubt down to last bight, that if that bill became a law—connecting it with the clamors against ue so mhiow Thave alluded—I should not be sent against jexico. I will now, however, hope for better fortune; amd, ap- pealing to the justice of the President and the rights of senior rank, | have tho honor to remain, sir, your most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. P. S. I add to the papers, herewith a copy of Col. But- ler’s explanatory notes of a rough sketch made by him of northern Mexico, which may be valuable. The Colo- nel, in the no’ is not so full on the rainy season as he and General J. T. Mason were in conversation with T beg again to refer to them personally. w. 8. Hon. Wa. L. Mancy, Seéretary of War. Heapqvartens or tHe Army, ‘Washington, May 18, 1846. Sin,—We have no report from you later then the 26th ‘ult., and but little through unof s the morning of the 29th. Of course, notwithstanding our high confidence ae hg and your little army, we are anxious to hear further from you. may be expected under the circumstances is confidently relied on. Con, having recognized the existence of war be- tween the United States nd the Tepublic of Mexico, and «ving authorized the accceptance of 50,000 volunt Staics for quotas of twelve month volunteers—making a total of about 20,000, say one-fourth horse, to march upon Mexico from different pvints on the Rio Grand Of course, this early moment, and at thie distance from the scene of intended operations, no definite plan of campaign has been laid down. Being destined to the chief command Of the augmented forces,! shall delay sible of that plan, until [ can profit by ledge of the enemy's country, when it to have the Lenefit of your valuable services, with the columa my hope according to your brevet rank, and that may be the most agreeable to you. We have multiplied our force on the genoral recruit- ing servic hope, in two or three months, to bring up the privates of companies to 70 or 80—at least in the regiments with you. Ffear that we thall not be able to put on the Rio Grande, with our utmost efforts, more than 10,000 or 15,00 volun- teers by the first of September—the best period, we learn | here, for the commencement of operations beyond, with the view to the conquest of a peace. you may haye done since the 26th ultimo, or what you may be able te accomplish before September, with your limited means, towards that general end—an honorable peaco— cannot now be assumed. Batic d hope, that, with the small reinforcements you have by this time received, you have forced back the Mexicans to the right bank of ‘the | Rio Grande, and may perhaps have taken Matamoras, or by the greatly superior army of the enemy, you may now be placed strictly on the defense. By this, it is not inte! have already received, and to your own good judgment, zeal, and intelligence. I do not now expect to reach the RioGrende much ahead of the heavy reinforcements alluded to above, or to assume the immediate command in that quarter before my arrival. With great respect, I remain, sir, Your most obedient servant WINFIELD n. Taylor, it, ScorT. Brevet Brigadier Ge Commanding, ‘Wan Derantmest, June 2, 1846, | Sin—When I received your leiter of the 27th ult., it ; was my intention to answer it at some length, and to note the misapprehension under which yo but on account of my official engagem cular juncture, and not wishing to protract this corre- 8] lence, which can end in no tical good, I have el y purpose, preferring to point out those mis- apprel ze ns in @ personal interview, if you shot Your communications have all been laid before the President, but I have received no igstructions to change or moally the directions contained in the closing para- greph of my letter of the 25th ultimo. Very respectfully, Your obedient.servant, W. L. MARCY. Major Gen W. Scott. ge and documents were then,on motion, nd ordered to be printed for the use of with the exception of the correspondence re- lating to the plan of the campaign. Then, on motion, The Senate adjourned. Baxtimone, June 9, 1846, The Weather—The Military Squabble—A Baltimorean | Murdered, $c. The weather continues mild and pleasant—neither too cold nor too hot, Our streets are, consequently, orna- mented with the beauty and loveliness for which Balti more is so famous, and everything wears a bright and cheerful aspect. Business, however, is in a state of mid uspension, and the “drummers” seriously me- tate suicide, or some other desperate movement tend- to the public good. ‘he difficulty between Gen. Stew ‘W. Hughes, broke forth during the Col. George “joy Col Hughes ay iu the Argus, over his own re, stating the difficulties between the two, pronoun. cing Gen, Stewart a “liar, a blackguard, and 8 coward, with all due res; ; In rep! that he makes ya si from Gen. Stewart ad. | poken. to.a respectful letter from Col Hefie offensive communi. |_ Bark Edward, of and from Norway, 51 days out, for New cations in the Argus, but treate with os my teagh Ian | Tore ah gi Eilat yh for Portland, ith in« his demand for satisfaction, heaps further insu ear Sid opprobious epithets om him, and declines to fight. | yt om Halifix for Jamuits, June 1, lat 3533 N, There ae Me geamtive and epith scom | Berk Elizabeth, Powers, (of Portland) from Marseilles for | i 4 i | Bari , | cron tea seeesad it, whieh. oseme to be rather doubt- | New York, 8th Nia Hoek. [The last fa. Ooneel Stewart will, however, find but few to sus tain him in his course, having rita, from giving the 1: Presi ‘has just been received in this city that Mr. Me- Jonsthan Meredith, Esq. of this city, and bey of young men who recently started from this Senta Fe, wes at Indepea- uired satisfaction, ‘and necessary occupation | to embarrass you with new instructions, but to | | give you information as to expectations or intentions en- | fertained here—leaving you under the instructlons yon t to our mil ho OY must say | pow ‘tng ee \ ficer in the most sive manner, inthe public | pene and then skulking behind his stationto excuse | Sales of Stocks at Sear meena bee age: aes Z 4 RD—100 shs Norwich and Worcester Rail ; 50 do Vermont Central Railroad, 91; 5 do Northern + $2000 Reading Railroad Bonds, bo 5 ds, 753g; $1000 Reading R 0,000 3 $5000 do, s 5 ds, 66%: 12 Read- S738; 35 Fariners| & Mecha- 105; 10 Girard Bk, 9%. Tae 33%; + 345 $90,000 State 5s, b5nw, | 3,110 Girard Bank, do Mort Bonds, 6, Ge, 5356; 700 Read ae RH or Bopen—i $30,000 ata Reenter FTER 30 fending R RB’ joann —200 Rei Sm w, 67. 1000 RR Miegeg: | fies 13a, Ti; S90 i ait | COMMBMRULAL. New York, Tuesday, Jun. ‘icepsts dates toe nee ae erie ae «| $3 56}, and in Pearls at $4 a $4 06}. | Baaavstvrrs.— We have nothing farther to note in Flour or Grain. Prices remain unchanged. Genesee | | and Michigan are held at $4 18] a $4 25. Corroxe-The demand tate was limited, and the sales are reported at 600 bules. Prices continue the same. Livenpoot Crassirication. Uplands. fim ERE | Rean Esrate ar Avctios—Brooxtyn Paorraty | Terms, 10 percent and auctioneer’s fee of $10 per lot | day ; 30 percent on the Ist of July ; 60 per cent at op- | tion of buyer, on ‘and mortgoge for 6 years, at 6 per | cent.—Lot corners of Myrtle avenue and Bridge street, | 21 by 76 fect, $1,630; fot adjoining on avenue, same size, $1,450 ; do do, $1,350 ; do do, $1,300; lot corner of My ‘ue and Lawrence street, 20 by 76 feet, $1,375; | lot corner Myrtle avenue Duftield street, 203 by 75 feet, $1,325; lot on Jay street, between Myrtle avenue | and Willoughby street, 107} by 25 feet, $1,025 ; lot adjoia- ing, same size, $1,000 ; triangular lot on Jay street, near Myrtle , 16 feet 11 front on former, 92} feet rear, containing 5436 square feet, $1,250 ; 2 lots on Lawrence street, 176 feet irom Willoughby street, each 25 by 107} feet, at $905, $1,810 ; 2 lots on opposite si same size, | re t, $1,100; lot on Gold street, 160 feet from Willoughby street, 25 by 10} feet, $725 | ington, in 12th ward, $8,200. New York Cattle Market. | . June 9. At market, 1400 Beef Cattle, principally from the South and West), 60 Cows and Calves, and 2100 Shee; Lambs. Paices.—Beef Cattle—Prices since last week have suf: fered a decline, on all qualities, of 25 cents per cwt, ow ly 300 head more than last week). We revise our quo- tations accordingly, viz. : for good qualities, from $6 to | $7 25; 200 unsold ; 95 h driven to Brighton. Cows and Calves—There seems to be for these but a very limited demand ; consequently there are but few in market. We quote, according to quality, from $15, $25, to $37. All sold. boss g and Lambs—Sheop $2 to $5, Lambs $1 to $3 50. sol Hay—The recent rains have greatly improved thi ticle. There is an abundance in market, but prices are pears boa low. Sales of Timothy at 62} to 75 cents per cw! ‘The Crops. rn from the Alexandria Gazette that ‘airfax, Loudoun, Fs C. ‘We are glad the crops in F Warren, and Frederick counties, i excellent condition, and promise an abundant yield. In some parts of Pasquotank county, North Carolina, the cutting of the wheat crop has been alreedy com- menced, with the promise of an abundant yield. In the has also commenced. Passengers Arrived. Cu Tox—Ship Ann Maria—Joseph G Anthon, Esq, of New ort ¥ ,Havaxa>Ship, Cristoval Colon—Mrs A Nutting, H Nut- ting, H Vedaca, J D.C Lehmkull, E Bruakhorst, J Borlas. Gvayama—Schr Amazon—P Vesela, J Vesella Groncetows—Brig Detroit—Mrs L'Nelson, Miss W_J Mauro, J G Stevens, Cummings, A'H Stev. Tilly, FB imbe! Conklin, § K Carr, tee Jey, at Philadelphia—R M Lock- Master Vedder, of New York; Mrs . of Hartford. Lonpox—Pac! itches, C Patt ‘ox, Brooklyn; Stamey Botnet chy, Boston, N’M Gordon, SH ety Banas New: enry. a i. ft D, and cr DD Lords of iv ‘entus Domestic Importation. Groncetows—Brig Detroit—I6 bales cotton R Post—6 hds aL vble Sprague & Kobinson—8 phar. Williams & Hawley 'J-G Stace y—-800,000 feet lumber Badger Heck pkey A H Steven BM Whitlock—6.do Cook, Anthony & Ma- honey—10,000 feet lumber to maste: ——————S ss MARITIME HERALD. PURT OF KEW XKURK, JUNE 10, Joel Ship Montauk, Ship L 8h MeMichael, Canton, Wetmore & Crvder. eich ani Wk Eee : iberty, ‘a7 ip Sophie, (Hain) Schr Ellen Rodman, Sherm: (of Salem) from Canton May 91 8ST Nicoll. A} } Excelsior, Williams, from Havre, 178 passengers. Passes the Liza been 6 days west of hada pi pathy ye At 1 Lat 40 50, lon 6815, spoke bark Ant ‘BE. The & has 01 board 30,000 Cristoral Colon, ith, 8 days ship dse, to Spofford, Tileston & Co. mi Bark Evert m, Osborn, 27 days from Trinidad de Caba, with molasses, to Chastelain & Ponvert. May 29h, off Loo'Key, | spoke ship John Carver, of Prospect, from Havana for Ham: | burg; May 22, in agale from LSE, lost 51 casks molasses off | the deck. } ‘Norwegian bark Edward, Thees, 58 days from Norway, with | > E Harbeck May 28th, lat 34 ironand so,1 to, May 2h, tat 915, om 6 r a . for New Yor a “"Prassian brig Wolgurt, Peter, iS das strom Rio Janeiro, with coffee, to JL Phipps.” Sid in company with bark Halph, | Cross, for N ork (an : Brig Detroit, eer, OAT, bg ¥ rgd Ryo ae . Spoke, no dat 5 ‘of Bath, from Bostoa, bound to Savannah, out , ith su. sine fen Gaara oi five days. and woohasste, 00 | ts | Sith bark Magnol Howes, tor New Haven: sehr ‘ork; bri Siow. for Ni Juan J di for N met day? barkt Dou Juan, for Mayaguer, to faish 1s for Prince, Mi a es Jan ‘au Prince for Bo: re, ton. jew Have Heel t for New York, May ton 1390, 9 ondon, on a cru’ Schr Velasco, Tew, from Port au fics Delafield, “poke schr Marblehead, hae ath, Iat 2830, fon ") from Turtle Reef, assy Tarte! ‘1 ing sehr. John tow ‘ont, 10 bbls oil. ch jae mp Cutharie Jackson, of Balt- | pace 12 days from Lubee, with 210 | Sei ins H d , Sommers, from Philadelphia, with | coal, to UH Judah. Schr Rebecea, C- . Brandywine, corn meal. Schr ay Conklin, Virgiai. Schr Jasper, Hamilton, Boston, mdse. Schr Fancy, Chise, Boston, mdse, Bene Lowell, Boston, mise, ew. ip Catharine Jackson, Stafford, from Havana. a ad tor M , Kich, from Havana. pale 'bark, supposed to be the Hela, Hoyt, from Port aa ee Salled. Ship Sartelle, for New Orleans; brig Petrel, for Malaga. lancous itecord. Furco, hence for Havana, put into Charles- bofore reported) om the 25th ult for . The fears expressed by some of the papers for y, are groundless. the Charl Patriot, and to the rata ¢} hoe esader Newport, for slips. Stramer Bo ton, and sailed ct a | aceownte state that she obaseo, ou the 6th J, Florida W 1Smiles, ship Alabama, from Mobile for us wi fm TART LLES VP mem orm 5 Art at New Bedford 7th, bark Cherokee, Devoll, fim Pac! Janeiro 9D, with 2100 bbls wh, 680 do spm, ¥ Jui New Cuanceny Save —27 acres of land near Fort Wash- | lower James River region of Virginie the wheat harvest Sere = oes p NL, and Atlantic, Mystic, Sent eth ace seajed rice anal uldah B Hall, of New London it ship sabe Waller Bledacs. of and Tor Bey Harb h eta Siac Marmol nent oe Noid from Rio Janeiro Apri 9, rokee, Devoll, of aud for At Valparaiso Feb 18, Fame, Mitchell, N London, oil ua- Somerset, 4th bark Pil . Clark, South Atlan- 20 black fish oil, (another account says 117 spm 30 de i t, lat 96 54, lon 73 46, sehr E Hinbberon deck 1s at ke hats Jam Oa) French Rock Jan 6, spm 800 wh, = from New Bedford 5th, ship Leonidas, (of Fairhaven) ‘atel . Indian Ocean. . off , Dee 10, Ni i Heard from, off N Zealand, Ge ydritiame Ward do Jen'io! Gg Weshingron, Hele Git St Pauls, Nov 23, Mentor, NL, d soe, wo whale: whe. |e, May gelu port barks Ovando, Dyer, for N | York same days’ Hualeo, McCrillis, trom Boston, waities ersee,, Wislow. for Boston, vay; | na, Woodhary, from’ | lot | brig M: Seite | det Alina, ford | Stranger, Col etExrURGoy May 23-Sid bark Neptune, Morrell, for Li- Fess Tetanns, De Port. bark uh ry iE Llteabeth, King, do; schr Warwick, Cheever, hot Mies Avara, May 31—In port, shi ; lug: George Skafeld, Shote Eliza, Weeks f:om New 'd. Webster, une; bari denna, eld; Exch "Bston, di on, Satford: of New York alford. of New tanzas; bark Mi fonds. for St Petersburgh; 29, bark 2% bark Vernon, Bisbee, for Bremen; Pe mee. for Hamburg, or Antwerp; estan, Henavuna, Feb 21—Sid ship Edw Everett, Sweetlin, for john Carver, at $930, $1,890 ; lot on Bridge street, 100 feet from Myr- | ‘Teleshuans. tle avenue, 25 by 10} tect, $1,030; lot aijoining, same | Matanzas, May 20—In port, bark Edwin, Wales, for size, $1,003 ; 3 lots do do, at $080, $2,940 ;.2 lots in Dut , burg, 1dq: Luzon, Goodrich. for Cowes, soon; Saitan, , 3 lot adjoining, ize, ; lot on . Swen, ides, Waban . loughby strect, corner of Duttield, 25 by 100 1 from almonth for Cowes, ony Wehr tartar, York, lx; Apolto, tar fags Seaffirds Robepn for Hambune tes from Amsterdam for (ower, to commence Rich, from | iveryool for Rremen, londg; bbe. from St Thomas, wie freight; brigs Hiber= for Portland, s1d same day; Clint terson, for Boston, ldg; Galen, Sweetser, for Svaua Is Grande, wo load; Arabien, Jones, wig; schrs Marv Augusta, Howes, for New York, 14i wan, Lane. for ork dv. Going in, brig Koyal Sailor, trom St Thomas. i | Hersey, Gordon, for Porttand: 20th, brig Hibernia, Flliotr, | for do (since spoken). Arr 27th, birk Richmond. Gibbs, 8t Thom: ‘Arabian, Jones, fm Havana. 81d 27th, Chuan, Jenkins, for Boston; 26th, Maria Hersey, Gordon, ing mainly to the unusually large number offering (near- | Po! Parner, May 28—In port, brigs_ Ida. Stetson, for Philtdsiphie, lig’ Leopold, O'Bosnelly for New Orleas, joading. Aparacnicota, May 20—In port, for Liverpool. Idg; Dumbarton, dg: Cotton Planter, Pratt, for Havre, dg; C Charleston, wre; Edwin. Pierce, fr = | Pleiades, Carter, for Boston, ldg: Republic, Littlefield, for N York, with despatch; Pioneer, Hearn, do; WLJones, Ty ler. do, dg. Boston, June 8—Arr ships Andrew Scott, Emery, Bangor, ales: Paather, Walker, Charleston: barks Siberia, Burt lett, Calcutta: Frank! ‘rinidad; Chusan, Jenkins, | Matanzas: JW. Pai jaltimore: brigs’ Antelope ST | fers, Matanzas, Des Arts & Hen- | 15, Jon 62 32, | 28, with cot- ~ Aghia BL Island Pass | fe UBeutter Ewing, | ns | ‘oote, for N York, in | w Nicker+o: | tons 1; Calcutes, iunare, yaa; Maria Le Hill, key, Charleston; Almrn: iickerson, Baltimore: Joserh Token, Mayo, Philadelphia: Porta’ Rieo, Senter, Philadel: Washin Phi- Bre: delpbia ; Lexington rte se Card shar! of and fro m Smy rai ‘stalogs, Flitner; A 7 aper, Loring, and do, Philadelphia; Florio, Thomas; ok cape Cod, Baker,’ New York: A Marsh: Howard, Baker, and Velocity, Montgomery. Signal for a bark gone to Sale fi brig, Come evan hy, rod vomeel. Cl fin, New Orleans; bark Trident, brigs Anne & Julia, Pratt, St Thoms Pilot, Jordan, Philadelphia; Isahella, Davis bark Os rig Frederica sailed last night. Bano june 5—Arr bark Carmelita, 8, N York; brigs Lafayette, Cliiford, Philadelphia; Snow, Douglass, N ‘ork. Bvexsront, June 1—Sld scht Marqais, Genn. N York. alitanineron, Jane 6—Cld ship Tremont, Taylor, Havre — rr brigs Victorine, Forrest, Baltimore; Catharine, Vesper, New Orleans; schr Engene, Skinner, Bt Juan de los Remo: 4—Arrachr Cottane, Arey. N York. ine 6—Arr schr Queen, Gardner, Baltimore. Hou lou, June e—Arrend vid anme day, brigs Abi ail, Shute, an faker, Philadelphia. "Monte, June 2—Cid Br ship Eliza Merrison, Leiteh, Li- verpoo, ew Onveaxs, Jane 2—Arr ships Rob Roy, Amela, Mo bile; Adrian, Davis, Boston;. harks Constitution, (Bremen) fos, Bremen; Brontes, Curtis, : Condor, Whitering, Hull, England, via Port Span aches Sarsh Reynolds, Grand Caillou; Monitor, Kingston New Haves. June 1—Arr brig © ickerson, St Croix: schrs Gen Lafayette, ——, Alexandrin; ‘Thetis, ia; ‘Two Brothers, Kelsey, Philadelphia; Tesac sey, Albany: John Datton, Pierce, do; sloops G yw, Albany: 4 aon lew York; | jo: wick, Chapman. do. Sid x rise, Alb: loops ose, Tice, Phila- ines, [Office of the Herald and Island . Higring, New Orleans, ; io: Lydia Faruham, in: aehrs John W Smith, Barker. Philadel widences Barvadves, Gidder, ; Barlow. do for Providence: Sui Boston ‘ Darius, Ki NY im : rere We ti, : 3 fant, York. Arr Expo dy, Sloops Vigil do: Rienzi, Durfee, Providence. luldah A West, Spellman, ickerson, Gioticester, New York mas. Philadelphia; sloop Consolation, ser, iver. ‘Bark Apthorp, Blake, Liverpool, Dunham & Dimon. | ‘New Broronp, June 6—Arr-U 8 revenne cutter Hamilton, Burk Chatlone. (rein) Wehvoann, Manseailla, favenstede | J Sturgis: froma spaiees aches Conelie; Ba New York: & Schumacke |i bbs, Gibbs, Albany and N York: Curlew, Kee: ay Laguna, Nesmith & Walsh. | rk. Sid bark Johanna Frederic, Wi ? Brig Loretto, Henderson, Yucatan, B uchaud & Thebaud. | me: Brig May Flower, (Br) Cox, Pictou, NS, Sot it | _ Nawrvcxer, June 6—Arrschr E H Adams, Adams, Balti- & Co. cog more. Sid schr Beviah, Watson, Philadelphia. ee: Napoleon, Culiff, Port Maria, Jam, Bouchaud & The- Newsurvrort, June 7—Arr brig Arcturus, Gamld, Phila~ nd. j Brig St Marks, Anderson, Charleston, Foster k Nickerson. | June 9—Arr bark Levant, Hewitt, Ca Schr Monsteineer, (Br) — Jersey Harbor. % Schr Benj Bigelow, Baxter, "On. fn: Saunders. de NH; Gen Scott, Clavpool G ; SR Smith. PPrceidences. Fi 3 7 ba, dos, 7th. brig |. Hamm ee Nar Hog Romy, of Richi Hvana, and sta y » June 5—Arr schrs Mary, frat Elina Hands, New York suk; bark Martes, re- i. 111 D, June T—Sld schte, Temperance, Noyes, Wil- fol meet Fe “ : pee ia fer fects tis 8 fay Teh-ache Vietoria, Allen, Dany ins, Norfolk. Art @th” sehr Rain: . schr Crescent, Haw! jane 6—Arr brie Busy, Smith, Cardenas. bow, Rorers, Richmond. 9—Arr Br brig Jaber. Smith fom De- pe tion Bn Sc ee a Brown, oat ee; cld, schre Det vaua; Debounaire (Br) Nason, June Are sehr Ontario, Quincy, of Boston, OThea been ants months and, has % ent Ck fan Prov i ts ‘Coir with 30 bbls ener oll a In Ki oF Boston, NO QUACKERY. R COO! 1M Duane street, member of the Dien Calire of Sagi, Leder, znd vk from