Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 June 1846 — Page 2

COXCJlM-JssiOXAf,.

A jmmncto June 8 lS4fi.

the Sub- ;

wiili full knowledge of nil the circumsiancas of the ease, would have felt it to i be li s duty t resort fc such aid." As the call had been promptly responded to, ami

; the troops fnt to their destination before

I!;", wiih ni!eitlin Miff . which I ct",nn' 'ieneral (Jainet eouM be sinyo, on t!e tat:a a.v.& ordered to 6e I ed" ' Taylor wii directed to receive :nd retain tl.em in serv.ee, as long in

tits iltuion was offered bv Mr. Woo l- n, judgment, the pubi.c exigency

hiide, -a lingr upon the President for in- require although , by your directum. Gen lor.ii !!:, n reference to the removal of iera! Raines was in ormed that bis proceedl:i'!:!ns Irom the mineral lands. j ing w as not approved by y an. Tiiee, volThe IHI for the increase of .Military of- j"n,eerB "era disclnrT'd Hid sent hunt on i.vrs and fur oth'r pur.-Hves, was called up tne exP ra'ion of their three month's, term

"y Vr. .lit, ir. m the Military Comm. ties.

"enate. Mr Lewis of Ala. rcnerted

I re a Miry w. re I ik prim. ).

M, perhaps in high quarters, that I have ' water; th ; horses the best trraj-in". and the

urn aircauy put myself in route for the j commissaries tlu best beef and mm ton Ki' Grande; and now., with fourteen hour ; ",er-

a nay if pirliiiiiuary woik remaining on "nf,lI,er reason has been mentioned

lor

a iJ 0:1

rv. Ms. I linns

L:s injiiji: pjsip.).;cJ until to-mor-

! o! fcrv ice. ii further call appears

j uiaiiu uy eerai ( ine-4 l.:r

to have been

volunteers or

my hand fur many days, I dud myself compelled to stop that necessary work to guard myself ag.iiiisi, perhaps, utter con

might !l,emnau n m lhe quarters alluded to. I

im too old a soldier, & have had too much speculexpeiience, not to feel the infinite tmpoi lance of securing myself a jitinst danger (ill will or pre condemnation) in my rear, before ad? sncing T' the public enemy. Not nn advantageous step can he taken

Kasn

il? two

lljll,

snl itnn to adi-itirn 1 nul tli' un,il ar'v ' MV of the present I '" f"rard march uiihout the confidence - ...i . k " .. : 1 1. M . . . 1 1 i

why I should leive the preliminary work to be done her, and abandon the twelemonths volunteers to find their way as they may to the .Mexican trontier-viz: the n unber of patriotic Lnuisianims who have poof ed, and are poiirin-rin, upon Brevet Brigadier General Tayh.r, at Poi.it Ioibol or opposite to Mctamoroa. 1'hofC meritorious volunteers can, under the circumstanoes, have legally engaged for three months only. They could have had no knowledge of the volunteer act of May 13, ISJfS, without which no enroll-

that all is well behind. If insecure i ii,. I "!e1l lor m,,re ,hln ree months would be

nnx was .-.tile." no hv Kim .f..r ! lns in various forms and of different im- I quarter. IXi eeiiCral rn i,. i .. !...! i "p "P0.n Uie,n- After that term. Wlth-

con.MeVf ib.e .ieoao uas postponed untii j Port, were made by him fr a v.dnnteer lit art and mind into the work to be done ' reni.") If ndcr the rclo.iv e-vt. I " e in readiness, and other, ... fmt. 1 am. therefore. n, , li. i . " i t?! "h? !"n" M of"

In the eoureo of tLedisrnssa. Mr. UV...!,or entrance into service, the ,e,l ..v ri.t..., s ; - - , . - ...an couio oe legally ueia t.i ser

..muu,,,,,,.,, ',...!,.. lamo,,-,. ,fhiol.is not v.-i i- V riu. my energies, Dyme uce or tried for any offence

:.,a,tevpeesof ev;;;:;e,;r:!----Nbut,,s far'as sscer,,.,. is j J,;!! "Vv'l 1'" ia ?Wion h:f a imllion ol d.d.ars a day, he Jid n I '"'ced in a statement wlnel. is ..non- ! f 5 " r no ot.;er dangt r. frpek iron, his own ki.owlodi.re, but from ,ho ""nt.s l.erewit i f..rm.-.i,.i. ' 'V !i"lei,II!1 've been, after making the in or.ii iti.,;i he hid trom tliose who had ,l is a,so ndersiood ilmt he has taken ' PrP''niiary arraiiiinneiits iere,to pass '"" examined the sulij -ct. Inc'u-Jing measures to organize troops independent i'1,,wn "'e lno i,1,d Mississippi, to see, or the v.ift eot of lranp rtt:e:i for the Ar- j his ra'.ls upon Slates throuli the tes- ' ass,,re m'eeif by corruspon Jeiu-e, that the my ai.d Nvy, the expenses could be but ; pectue governors; and the acci.mnanyiif volu,Ueers "n " hom we are moMly to re-

...i-e.iiaryunng. lessn.an t tie sum named, ! documents show that be l.d annoioio.t ..l i , u,e prcsecuiion of the existing war.

AMERICAN.

of t.'orgress on the 2l)tli i 'er when auth iriaed request, or requisi-j

This company is not certain of being accepted by the Governor The call in this slate was for only 30 companies, and that number were tendered before the Franklin Guards, they being the 31st company

will be held as No 1, reserve, lo fill ant

v

a scandalm.'

several .laughters, some of lb younj were living by a chimaev v? house they hal I:,cd in had been r-. l.wn purposely, with n,e dein V"1 Vina the on w.io i... 1 c--

j iiiu.i n n

them of shelter. B it il,

j.-iniicj which may occur hy a failure of ' """'"J " 1 !i ji'i r,v

ie.tiiei r the 3U companies. On condition It T , ' ,c 1 " ''" ai,J tab;

1 iKn Ar.i on L ,. . . utrc, rrcueu iroill h

PKOOKVILLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JUWeIq, 1345!

anv onenee wbaievpr

1 tiey evidently hastened to the scene oi danger to succor our little army there, to save it from what they no doubt de. tne 1

pruoaDic surrender or destruction

of the Louisuiiaiis may b

coma twelve

tmi a diii i..n 01 oall.irs a

was in favor of '.he pissae

uay. 31 r. V o;' i!tc resolu

lion.

TiiehiU for the payment if Spoliations, o:ti:i,jre: prior u 1NK, came before the SriHte li.e q ic.-t'oe being ujOii its passage.

i.i w is piisett yess xj, navs 2 i.

Many

may bo ready ti be-

moiiths volunteer and ha

organized legally as such. As three-month mn they c; uld hardly, even in the absence

uosuie mrces, march to Jlonte-ev. be

irioiis tarri.(uiers, without insti uetions or I i'"' r3)'d, as einbling for the service; to j f-re becoming entitled to Lo doub'j aVt ! legal authontv. As soon as mfor.naiio.. ! ,eJr". ine I''ble lime of their readiness 'norable discharge. Before 1 he ti.nr

was receited of thee proceeding promDt ! afSva"'"e UP" Mexico; to ascertain ir i lh ,t discharge, it may certainly bo well

ri-" t'ti j Kiiiu are in pince, i c'" " l"cl" uo "oi voiunteor under or are likely to be in place in aufficiei.t I "!f, "T acl 10 ecnJ t'-e quotas of foot,

!-, in iikk.eu one aiiu the other; to Ssar- i . T U. . l,lc lower Mississippi, to

1 . ; atu a

measures were taken to counteract them, and lo arrest this course or independent aclion. A ponion of those thus calieJ into

lie f.:l!oAjnr iiieginsre was reeriroH i service bv ICQUis lions unini il.n n.u-ornnr.

1:1 the Prt iiilent of the United States, i ,f Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri hv.

ad.- ; 1112 Droiiintlv rpsnmiiT1 .....1 .u .

i ' w i .- - me rtiiiif-, liie

soiernorsoi those States w ere informed that these calls upon them had been rec-

( , cnraio; ttc nitniocr jurn-

wie i ami sent lo TK.c To this extent I

I ana no further, has the ct

tites, in making n quisi

...OI1.A5 me movements of volunteer , and I

tomoauy their routes (jf neewsary) so thai all, or at least a sufiicient number, shall arrive at ihe indicated Dointn.n th .. ;.

can frontier at the best periods, and as far as possible, about the same time. All that I have hut sketched I deem to be nm ni..

'onduct of General I "V but indispensable. As a

armvi.fihe Unite.! Sta,.:, i "'"et, in making requisitions. calli.i into i ; . uus 9seriiin without the

" 'eport 01 the Secretary of War and serv,ce a,,J rg:i iuis t.oons, been recoo i , "ficion irom any honest and i l. acc.....,.a,,y inff correspondence ;vjth nizeJ, and all beyond has been d.sti.RtFy i a"J,J

v,ul,0 a. i me inrormi- ' i " 1 u- i . " finunuam conilein

fr

will eh wa r

V.) ifie Si,:afe the Uuilcd Slates: i eom-i.tiincdte herewith a report from tbo Secretary of War, transmitting the currcsponJeiiee called fir by the resoiuliun oi tue S :lt,; of theroth int., with Genl.

j-..,-no a . i,.t rj f ii',.,- ,i

-- " " ,'fiU I " l'.'i.'r Hi II. i nrt...- I;.- I W . . :

.il i:J eiy

' V- !::

na-

en 1 avlor in defe

and perhaps taking new ones on the other side ol the Uio Grande. Uut for the conquest of peace, by reguJar, incessant, and forwa d motemcnu, the basis of our calculations here (as to numbers) must be altogether extravagant, if a much larger army, including that in positioti, and one very differently compoted. (in horse and foet.) be "not necessary. It was to command such large army, that 1 understood myself as likely lo be sent to the Mexican frontier, ma it ; .1.

War San? -No L BY JOHN KIN LY, ESU Our eonniry callt hot, r must ro T.i mrrt tlie toe in Mt-xico; ' Wek not lia thf fihi1. tbnui We only know the or.i is nut. (li out ol thr ay ye Mo.tnr ftimr, t.rl out ofthf your pn,.,-, gloomy, (.tout of ihrw.y ,hr eounin' roimr, Wr rr bound f..r the "Halls of Munu-zuin Old Zack ha. mined a Uutt-I crop. And p.nrkrd nn bninchrs from the ton, ill finit 0ibf bit liinb low,-r down Get out of the way, fce. W hrn Crn'rat Sentt h.ll take command. And niarrh acms ihr Rio Grande, His giint will makr the welkin ring. And Ihen the old "W or Horse" will nine. Gi-( out of ihe way, Let mndi ralion be our pride When we hare cn.-d ihe bonU rsidr. J"1 I ,kr battle make, I hey 11 always find us wideawake Get out of the way ye Mi,t.,n f.nnv. Get nutof the way your prospect's rjuomT, Get out of Hie way the country's rooniv, ' We re bound fur the -Halls or.M.mu-iu'ina." Gi-neral Zachary Taylor.

the first 30 companies should promptly be j

8 tha:

II 1 1 n i .

still remtiii.l - m;.ft,.:... .

. . . . . - - Il9 iiiioriuui:' n- m..

at .ew Alhanv bv to-morrow our r.in.'mi,,!. . . "lu!ur.

' - " I - OJ I Cl Slf. Ills

otic toiuntecr mil have to return home, !9"cl, erf attires vere

As a deep interest will be

eauty of ih'u company,

its doir.gs and movements, we have en-

P!!v i! ..

not t.rovi ! ,t "'

r-i. r .. .t. . I County houses of refnap i.,.,! ' '3

icii ior ine i --vii;

and to hear of

'eciion.')

"aged a correspondent for the American, j in the company, from whom we fjord to I

, hear frequently.

A- .1, . ... I

i .He irijiusiiiiui is now iuii, and as j there ih no probability of being accepted, j CiP'- SuDenberger of t his place, (in w hose jcompany ths editor of the American enj listed) has ceased all exertions to raise a company for the present call.

j -Ve,c rtAiVe--Anthony Colby (whig) j has beo.i elected by the Legislature Gov-

l EVENTS OP THS WAR

From Ihe A". O DeU,,. r 1; 0. T -4 . ' 'J -'17.

i-tC&k LTG21 iiesco. The Pul l vf) ra Cruz DUk r lower of American Counts AnnnUs Americans , ordered lo Ihe inlerior 0, country-Effort of the aoccraj sustain the liar. $c "J tJviZWJ. .Cap!?in Mem:,

... . - micu ucre ast pi .. V)e received papers by her from fw't Mexico to the 15th, and fro Ve Crai the tirneof l.or a., 'eraLruztj

the Jfith ultimo

Captain M

We

n cers or iiii

j: th-.: Uiiit-u Ststes" s.ffiy," w ithout leiTal . . i e . . . &

.iu in i ii? 'mea

tro-'i's si

p-sses-mn in relation to calls Hy your direction ..ter. i.. i :.. ' i a other person. wli., mo.- .!.... "'.. . Ju",or general who has

,!Ul.-M-iaifU lUf 16 Hil l ..l,nm..,J i . ' --fpv.cu

;tia itito the service ' by any officer of the cauih.)ritv therefor."

ures which have been

"ir. xA ition to eucti ctikers or c-.iled into serviee."

. adddittea to the infer nation crnta:nod in l:ie report ol the Secretary of War, and

.i-cmpinving corresp .ndence with j'K tJcuer ti Hcolt of i be United States

: rmy upon t!,.; suoject of his taking the army of o-ou;it:on on the frontier of Texas '1 ftite, tint on liiesam-day of w hich

I approver! and timed th art nl the 13rl. 1

oi m iv, i-4 e-siiiied

; sued

to be dotn

a goncrsl of

tne

-M

r the high command in qites-1 viu u .d. an be no teliance, (in his b- j higher rank, without sendir ' than the active, candid, and ; ter corresponding reinlorceu "rlofhis sovernment If I I esteem myself the Unhunnv

2 , i Ca',YT K"7 ,ha,8Ure basis 10 re8t "Pon. it funding the honorable pride of the gal-compa-j wi,l be infinitely better for the counirv ! ,10t and i,,d,ciou T.ylor.if ordered to su,

that put of it which asks for inf mmti, ! 1 7 ' my f)erM,na" ectiriiy) that ! aiiwreni circumstances.

ior the pro-ecition of th-j exist

ri'iievni" lii-n from H

! U& - t.r. ,j . . . ' I lioil. llunp rnu

: '"" i - c otuve, canaid, and ler corresponaing retnlorcements. lahould . steady sunnort of I,;- - . ' ir..0. . j anouiu

; me cot respondence called f,ir bv tl.s ,,.;, i.. '.u . . u,rn"nBI- " I unnsppy instrument of

' 1 I . i-

o.iv, i.raucn in uie resolution

nie m,s coinmuiiieaii.iii I..

" " - l.llltlll

some oilier commander of the new armv ' . "OW8ver 1,18 'oregoing su gn-estions ( has

aiiouiu oe selected. 'o matter whole'. ' """"" '"iuerj may do vtawed, I maybe, he sh (II, at least be indeed t ' . V8 deemod l due mo the country st.ppor.ed by ,.'. "f? i U''" 10 "7? f- ,hat 1 Present them7.

...i i . - ... ,cij suu in Line

have instate that .-,!...,.. ,k- ' ! . "iu oesite, if personal-! Tresident

" - I I II ir- llir- IW I I W ish ... a i

! reco2I,i2,n5, he existence of a war between ! VS. 10 Le n,i"self j"dSed ! NVilh &rcaf 'Pt

whether any order w as at any time eivtn hj the rreiident or Seeieiarv nfiv

. j . . xx.

proceed to the Hi.t tJrande.

command of the army "&c . 1

Gen. Scott ti

or to take

wishes or the orders of the

An act providing . , r , 3VT " , a, ' " be,we' d S;portcd. 3 exists rw.tr bJi; ; 'eSai'f!-MeX'a"Ja"'- y explicit ,

uieaiiuw ia it.ni i

- -.v.. li. , utes and the reouWie i a voiuiueer lorce of .r. mil I ,t.;. i .. ." . '

' Mexico," 1 communicated to General i lrLvn Ped, I had a convers ,t,o,, iih Lr .V, ' '. ,he mosl

coit. thraogh the Secretary oi War. ad i . 'J ,r General Scott, and, by vour direct- I Z Z , I m,J

a per,oi,al interview with that officer, i "m- 1 'rmed him that you intended to if .""'"" ",e I"em Jronl J u.y des:re that he should t ,L- 'n,,i i!, i : . ""enied to Mexicans.

e army r.n the V'l'.iniefr forcer!,

Kio

ptu Hie army, denned

Mt x.co, under hi, immediate command a'U iii(ieJ him, as von ron..-i,,!

out to rl . t.. .'1 , M ", !

ret. to tint frontier. trt h.. .! , : 1 j"u .or ine pti nose of recei-

!e;r,e,ui.,n o." t.va, ,7"-.", V,n' yr views and iilslrtletioos.

t.Mii:unl to i;.;ne-ra

e command of

Granoe, and of the

which 1 informed h;.n

was my intenl.:o i forthivilli l.-j cU ... I

Ti.

S

tender vf t!

the

fvott w as voiijntary on my iin,l-. w itu.rjt a:iy reij-iest 1 1 rt i ' . . t. r .

in interview between vourso'f i.;.

at which I was present, shortly after took p.ace.when you announced to him Vour determination to assijn him to the ,'omm mJ of ths army in the war against Mexico, he order and instructions to him

g 'g him the com. j ere verbal, and I m r,t aware that ihe v irsi thronjl, the Sec-; have been reiieratcd in wriiina He im .rterwards , person mediately entered unnn ...J Z'"V

j ranaemen.s to carry iliu, effect your views I and instructions, and, down tothe present i tt.tie, hs been aisiduoih.lv enr..rff(i ;.. ,t.

Jer and appointment amenv thn srvor-il "1Ial' ns between

flutes, of th" volunteer forces t be called j Bl ""J" particular instance,

-L ...i uiiiiicuiate service, ttie lurces which i m'" ny lak

Writ; 1,1 ii (u.rtn 7id a.i I l.l I - '

j-i. .uiuiu can piiom , ii hornn.n l ie war. vv ian T .

nip. rumniuiHcaied lo intention to t.i Aft liiin in tlsk

view t. command of, he army, he replied that he

sn .uia neither decline nor solicit that ser-

part, and was

or intimttion on

i.ie s i..!.;ct from hiui. It u-u :

. , ' - ".auc III UUII-fi-.eratioii of his rai,k as comman.ler-in-c.ie-,,f the army. .My communications

.m doneral cott 3s.si',iniiT ,

m uiu rtere verbal, t

v ..iry Ol ar, ntl,

-..mn imuvi as uermea to oft necessry. Ger.eril Scott ass nted to assume t'e command, and on the following dav 1 had ano'.her interview with hiui "and the

Secretary of War, in relation to the num- ', es ol ,lls ,,lT,ce- 'ntervie s and con

and appointment amonrtl,a ! elll'all-ms lHtwrii him ml n,,.,if ..r...

have verv fre-

n place in reward to

and held in readiness i "tents and preparation f..-

r.i!l .l.tl ;. v 1,-. ' . - ' '"JO'SOII

. t.-ii.1 k ucuoiiifs i ic ai. vi !i4n i

do not

perilous

rear from

from the

It was distinctly admitted, and n

a basis in the interview, I h,d lhe hon. or to ho d with U,e r.e,ident and yur-

, ,c BU"jecit mat a special army of

I have the honor to

, remain, sir, your most obedient servant.

I ILliU OLU 1 . Hon. W. L. Miner. Secretary of War.

Head Quarters Indiana Militia. Adjutant General's. Office. Indianapolis, June 15, 1846. GENERAL ORDERS, No 5.

I. I he Governor and Commander-m.

! , l",r,y '.'"sand troop, regulars, and ! cI,ief lkes great pleasure in anuouncins

tneive monihs' volunteers uni.M k to the officers and a.iMior. .nA

.r.eary. a;1;i otner military preparations him your

-ii.ci. is in uc miiie vt'itn a

i..e vigorous pr.-secnttnn of tl,.J war. lli

w is distinctly settled and ir

i .

M..od by Genera! Scott that he was in com-! Kf' b"1 31 "Ce n receiving your veibal

ess.trv for ihi

rf - -.-.v. aa.i.M, ana u.e coa quest of a peace in Mexico. I adhere to

-i opinion, it is foreseen, with u.lera lle certainly, that we shall' not have in many months, more than seven thousand (if quite many) regulars, applicable to

..-a . ice. i remaining numbers arP ; to lie made up in volunteer h

'M;f,f;ske' of l,!,ese together, about i,UUJ have been actually called for There is yei good time I think to make the addition, suggested in one of the tables I Had the honor to submit last nmht The question follows: Dy whartimecan an army of about 30,000, as above, be brot' to act from the different points aareed n.

no ii. l ; . . . r

tuicrviews alluded Mex;co.

to

upon

More than half ,,e 7,000 regulars remain to be recrmted. I hope they may be obtained and taken to the Rio Grande, thottcb raw or uninstructed, by the first of Sepember next. Can two-ihirds, or even .

part, u .til thi -secretary of War snhii.l i as due to him from l.i :.. .. I ",CT o.nnieer horse be cot to that

........ r . ' in uir r v. i nvnr mnnk t.f .. - -

.l" I"8 IU-,'el: f of l;c"e" s't dressed : expressed any w jsh , be assineJ to V j , , V" e '"ainme? I greatly

i in j ti'it.t't nil t in irir :'um .if ii. iir nun f . -

. i " . 7 i-i'j : " r'itrcucc was

hiui ijc was ii coin - ! . j . jw" ciuai maud t:-.e a-my in the war against Mexico, i oraer enteteJ rea lity into the preparatory and so continned to be settled and under-: mea,,,res ' carry them into effect. I am

(..o.hi, w itti nit ary other intention on my , ""l Bw are t"at be claimed "that command

a copy of which is herewith communicated letter ofth-.;!. . V

The character of that letter, made it proper , of the same date and 1 V""!

that ol the 27ih. both of w hid, re amoH the papers herewith submitted. His wish

"is respect Imvo ni i.-

. - ..... i

that lim? I

I doubt the possibility-wi.houi the .hrW

ins or a doubt about the nairi..ii.m ,

r ..... u cai ul

in myju.'gmentto change my determination

in regard to t!ie cemmand of the army; and the Secretary of War by my direction, in letter of the l?.itU i.f f.v Nil .

-- v. - . j i a. i i u .

is also here -.v it h M,m,.i,...i 'known tome

to General

' ,,i,M 'he command of the army to

oiwhiiiiis a:so ncrevitn comin'intcated, ior the teas mis therein assigned, informed tieiiefj oott that he was relieved from the command of the army, destined to prosecute the war ,ritnst Mex c , and thn he wo;ild remain in the difcharge of his duties

at V! at-htr.iTlon. I he command of the ar

.... . .- sr .

on i.e. rentier " uexico uas emce been , you his letter to me of ihe 21t

rank of tmjor genenl. recently conferred i 'OUr "ami,.'"" of that letter I received upon him. JAMKS K. POLK ' a"tcu,,ni changing Vonr previous Wahin :To!, June 8. 140. , "er3 and communicated it lo him ir my L'e iert a portmu of the correnond- f l,,e 25;n of May-

e;cc relating to Genetal W rjtield .SCotl 1 ""fine honor to be, with the reminder will be g'.ven on Mond.iv i Pecti "r obedient servant

the citizent w ho h

ave cee.i specially called

"h-"... ue iooi voinnteers. aided hv

ter .r.nspoitation, (believed to be impossiMe w ,;, ,e horse.) may, probably, reach

. ...v pwnus ior conimeucin

made

fartlier than thev . I .. r " -"'encing operations

pressed in these two letter,. I had no i,. i ne.Z; . DlU-if horse be Ration whatever that Tou.nlen l su" (d o

change, or ihn -hi of reconde,i- .t.. I . " " " nr-"!"hs, of ihe Mexican

orders to Cle.r,! s- .. "v a,.m "re naertood

Scott, comnntii, to! whii iiiiNi.. .. ... 1 1 . he saddle,,

: uiu lucre r-e

n r., : .i. .

nnnr.l.i C. ... . . . - " " ""IHHS Hlf

a3a.nst Mexico, ,,,,., 'nXm , " ollhehw"' Thisotight

..t. w.. J . "v ".' " cr 01 arransement. left in th.

. Aiier ci mmin. .. .r.L. .

, pei-iai army, as mrort the Mcxtcan fron.ier, near the heads of colum,,., or within easy corresponding! distance w tth most of them. The Dartic. i

great res-

Was Dki'art.uknt, June 8, H4G.

To the TiiEsiBEXT.

W. L. MA RCV.

Sin: In cempliance with your direction.

i i:ave me nonor to irarsmtl herewith 6uch , it Iter? and documents aa are in ihis depart-' IltAn i, . mt, to catle you to answer the reeoiu- v ,-Ql ARTERs 0F tie Army, lion of tiie Scate of the 5,b instant, re- s.- 1 i ashing ton, May 21, 181(5. nncHir.g iioormmiofi. First. i relation ' , rc,c,,ved "rders, as yet, to auiherized calis of volunteer and Mill- I 'C immediate command tia iet.a the service of the I'nitad Slates bv ' " army about to be raided to conouer

ny dm.HT oi me army, ;c. &cond, tho ' . , , , ""t wave been told

correspondence ret we n the Secretary o.

ar an! Jlajor teneral Scott, en the sua-

- s.iosiion ncre then recurs. O.n it,- companies subseonemlv rn.i,lu,i

horse regiment f.om rCentimi ,.l " rieatitlerl to , ' r' ' . . 1 ue

a: ..... t .. Ji i iic iiihs( . r; tici cute, snoula thev distant frflin M n. .(... . an ;. ' "cjr

- vi luov iroin i enn-' .nc n.

izens at large, that on the 10th instant the entire number of Volunteers called lor from Indiana, consisting of thirty companies or Infantry and Riflemen, had been reported to this office, and their service duly tendered and accepted for the existing War between the United Slates and

tne Kepublic or Mexico. II. There have been subsequently reported for the same service, seventeen idditional companies, (and 'a considerable number of others arestill expected,) whose service the Commander-in chief hat, with great regret, been compelled to decline, in consequence of the limited number call, ed for having already been supplied, as above stated. III. The companies subsequently reported, w ill, as they have already been informed by letter, be called on in the order in which they have been reported, to fill any vacancies occasioned by the failure of any accepted companies to match to the

piaceor rendezvous, irany ihere should be. lC"Should the commandant of any accepted company discover tha he will be unable lo inarch his company to the place of rendezvous, duly organized, with at least 77 officers and privates, by the 20;h inst., he will immediately report this expected inability to the undersigned, in order that the first subsequently reported companies may be promitly assigned to the vacancy, with the least possible delay. The absolute necessity for prompt attention to this rule must be manifest.

V. Companies subsequently reported will perceive the necessity of holding themselves in momentary readiness to

answer any such exigencies as that just mentioned. VI. Should the honor or interests of the country occasion another and similar

... me 1,-mzen soioiers of Indiana, the

essee (sav 19 d

o rani! a i k i j . . ' l-'" i ,. . - ci iu ins numerous an- ! ..l-y i,,d " rmbered1) much PUoos for appointment, B9 surgeons.

men h.V a ,V ' SrPlenibeO befo.e ! surgeons, and other staff officers mentioned? I have lemn.,t n..,.n.n ! u .roncr tn ..r h... .i.. n . '

t . hold myself in readiness for lhat service l-rotnihat moment 1 hv ..

- 'vvnj.it-U IHJ-

icct of his taking the command of the armv ! self, inc?santly. wjln ,he Tasl preliminarv : siccaramsn on the frontiers of Texas, arrangements wh.ch can onlv be ,n,A J ore. And thir.a the correspondence be- ! vantageou.ly at th s Dce .h.n X J ., tween General Games and t!,e Government, resosiiv ,i.:-r! Ir J' ,h ouSh

irom the zealous and intelligent Adjutant General (Dudley) f Kentucky, thst the mos distant h ,rse regimt cannot be as se.nblcd (say) al Frankfort on the Bow-Httg-Hreeii. erl. ih., ,i.. i ..

w , . .. ,ur taiier part of

trm the let of June, to ttn present ti ne, cp- n the subject of volunteers or it.)'ii: ... I.r,l l.-i tl.a fmntia. f

.. . . ... .iv..iih in i CATS. ' f i - . . . .. . .,, ,,, r, villlTI 't'be information req-iested in the firs; 1 otanance surgeon general. 1 have

r,J iat branches ol tiie resolution, ia mainIv luruished by the correspondence here-

Jnn"

Ihencett wi.lbeebliged to mircb via Autonio de B.x.r, &c. a line of .ome 1200 L".'!?' JJrUt' o( -l.he Trnnesse, Ar-

.,uu ..iiBHiitiippi uorse will be

respective chiefs of the csneral sinrr.h-

autai.t general, quarter-master .Pnor.l

, gene.al of subsistence, chief! Pjely. s.y 400, 6t.0. and 700 mire, shor'

, uui ciei ((ie middle or lennesso horse regiment, cannot, allowing not a day for

, rendtzvouse. or on the

been much occupied also in the distribution of lhe quotas of volume.

intftruciion

w.th uSinittd between thi deDirtmnt I amonj Hie several Si!ic. n J rout reacQ the Km Grande. befur

a u l . . . J t- r liiiiu ; ninrriA nil . . . . -

. (i iiicstut v in ri.iiiA ! i i.A : j i . . --.-- .i r

Kl;J UflH ral t.wlint9. who is th nn t tf.

li- er cf the am y know n to have railed f. r i ol march and ... ' " . 1- Y '''T0"169 ol August

volunteers or m.iiJia wi.hout the periods ! several bodies or troops lo th. hJi V . t I,! Miderinj that we can hope s. ecied. The first authorized ca.'d k . th r,,. ??. ' V- besl P,,,l 10 hv mo' lhan StH) re.r on th

hat officer was made on the governor lhe 'u'" 'V". aie,,co5;n, ,hy or I Urende. no commander woyld be LonLsanaonth, l.rhof Ar,-t, 1,4, ,or n '"tenor, and the southern enter M,co w.tliout bath the two companies ef vo'unteer artillery!..." , 1 te Publlf; looktn2 to the IVTitucky and Tennessee reffiment. of

(about VC0 men.) which were mustered into ' T , ,rausP"rtauon on the Rio Grande ! nJ " l,,t hive been called from service on ihe'Jlst of that moM, and im- , a:,,J wyond lhat riverj in deiermininc j p'Dts n.er to t,,c field of exDected operamediately sent to Texas, to repnrt ti Gcu- I f epois f 6Vpplies of all sorts on Itit ! . ?'y novr ,ute fcl which seems

erai 1 uvlor att.'orpus Uhnsti. A s soon as I vt c. 1 .10 toe period best fort

As these matters are respenively set i v,, ,0perftions froiu nd bHed. orders and instructions L , llSl ! k Wr U" Ur"d-

! f.-- . ... . " . -"1 1 inio-matio.i that can t.A nl. .

proper to say, that the Governor Hop.

not possess the power of making anv such appointments. By the law of Indiana, the proper Colonel appoints the regimental staff, but most probably a bill has by this tune received the sanction of Congress, conferring that power upon the

t resiuem, so lar as surgeons and assislaat surgeons are concerned, j VIII. The Commander-in-Chief will ! repair to the place of rendezvous by the 1 2?lh tnslant, at fanherest, for the purpose I of aiding in the final organization of the

roops mere assembled; of taking eirly steps for fining the place of any company u-hij.li r.. I. r . '

- ...v.. louna ansent on lhat day; of making early arrangements for supply, ingsuchof the voluuteers with suitable clothing as may require it; and generally of consulting their comfort and welfaie In the meantime, all military correspondence must be addressed to the undersin-

Gen. Winfield ScotL

- v vu.uiiiH is o part 01 a long anticipated correspondence between General Scott and the War Department. Deep, daik, and treacherous schemes hive been laid by this administration to crush this welltrieJ veterin inJ truj friend of his country. The President and the Secretary at War go personally to Gen. Scott, and inform him that he is to held the campaign against Mexico that they trust all the arrancements, preparations and prosecution

of the war into his hands. He sets about the herculean task, in examining the best routes to transport the armies ihe kind and number of troops needed at each point the probable lime they could be collected on the frontier making arrangements for their pay, clothing; ordering the requisite aims, cannon, ammunition and biggije waggons; and whilst in the midst of

this important preparation, is beset on all j I. .1 . . I . . . . I

anus uy (nose w no are determined to crush him. The friends of the administration in Congress ire abusing him; a bill is introduced providing for the President to appoint two more Major Generals ind four Brigadier Generals, and at the c.'ose dismiss that number from the whole number of Major Generals and Brigadier Generals, thereby giving the Presid enl the power te

dismiss Gen. Scott entirely from the army at the close of the Mexican war. This was boldly proclaimed by some of their unguarded friends. In the midst of all this the

Secretary at War, goes to Scott, and insultingly asks why he is not off to Mexico? Why he was delaying there? Was he afraid to go7 Under all the aggravating circumstances, Gen. Scott writes his letter of the 21st of May. Scott knows and feels that the administration is determined to crush him, and he writes, as he fight", with

boldneis. His pen or iword falls heavily upon his enemies, But if they should succeed by all the immense power of the Government, in placing Gen. Scott in a false position before

tne people, they need not flatter them

selves that they can crush the whig spirit

in this land, or all the distinguished Whig leaders. When it is fully known the conntry will see that Gen. Scott has been uied shamefully. But if they can break down Gen. Scott, how would they like lo conteit thecanvasain 1848 with ' Old Rough and Ready," the Hero of Palo Alio and Resaca de la Palma. He is a true wh ig of the genuine Kentucky school. We shall give the balance of the correspondence between Scott and the Department next week.

1

' .earn vrrhia't r

tha ihr IT J , . 3

- . . ' - vaLco a.ei m iri.

ernor of New IlamnshirP Thi. i- .i,- ,i I 7:ri'?.C.. amvea at Cm,

1 1 - hi ((. uipi j illii, h jiij

j wh:g Governor there his been in New j Hampshire for 18 years. The House al;so elected John P. Hale to the U. Sistes

! senate. He is of the

j school. He was a democrat, but having op

posed Hie Southern schemes of the Democratic party in Congress, he was thrown

ItWK n frit K a . ! - .

fth and 9th ult. CarowastoU 1 rom the Mexicans, though it ,s thoughuh src?kirtdereai,n,sht Ti.. t:..- - . ....

antt annexation j . ; "J , ., " la'""?P" nd Falmouth had block.

-u .uC -( .01 vera Cruz. Ordrs Li-

L .. " . lcans w eve Vera Cru? by the 2-Ub ,nst. Mr. Ulaino, lhe r.Z

out of their party. He is now elected by t'l" S. vels'l ?J1 n b,?rd of one

" . . iv wsm rrpno-

j illy thought that the American vessels left 1 in port fthe barn.ia f : ;.. j .. . 1

T,,r;n n.,.. ai-i.: ni (i-. I ,7 -" tne on2

.,,y nigs nave neia a cau-1 -" -"ciieuuj would be seized bv

CUS to SPleel canAiAf r... t :.i-. -Mexicans.

iv.i .iic Licj;isiaiure

l hey nominated

the whiga and Hale men united.

for the Senate. Gen. R.

Hax.vi; for the House, Samuel Harding, Dr. Wm. Moore, and Samuel Vance Burr N'oel. In politics that County is nearly divided, and it w ill be a close contest.

a luminous s,rk fr.. S, """JJ owoahi. return home."-o. rrccZ " ' ""d " Or to use a more appropriate illustration if not so chaste, he, like a snoiled mack.

relbTmonnli.ln 'a . U.V " '-niu." cosse ''"mediately from

. .....,, ollu linKSi ana iroogniseu. and ordering all Ameri-

...I. 0,,cr. e;nopethecornctibsl. v,"cu" 10 emoark or retire into the i

are ill safe along the u luminous streak."

the

rar

1 lie contractor of supplies for the Anier can squadron has been forbidden by tl. era Cruz authorities to furnish them win, more. The Thajtns was boareded off the barborof era Cruz by the U. 8 ship Falmouih, ind took a letter bag from her. We have been permitted to make thefo". lowing extracts from a letter received by a highly respectable Mexican hauso ia th i city. VEaRA CrIZ- yUy 13 154B- . ,, A circular has bsen issuej by the government, staring th.i .ti .1..

Paris C. Dunning, the Democr;

tic

Oregon-The Ultimatum. The President sent a confidential Messge to the Senate on the 10th instant, communicating the proposition of the British Government to settle the Oregon question and an extended correspondence, and asking the advice of the Senate ii the premises. The Senate went immediately into secret session, and discusied the matter until 9 o'clock at night without taking a vote. The following mtement of the substance of the British proposition is from the Bal-1 timore Sun. Cm. Gaz.

Washington, June 10, 9 P. M. ' Thf Kprvita .! 4 . 1 - .3 i

um-u wieir executive session to-day about 5 P. M. The President's message, which was under discussion, transmits the proposal of Great Britain, for a settlement or the Oregon difficulties on the 49lh parallel, w ith the whole of Vancouver's Island, and the free navigation of the Columbia river by the Hudson's Bay Company, until the expiration of their charter; the British government apprehending that it might otherwise be compelled to pay that Company too large an indeminly The free navigation of the Straits of Fnca, and lhe free use of the Bay, and Inlets OI Vlnpnn.Ari. T i j

. . ietttnu lo oe allowed to us for the same period, and some other 'nri.i.

i3K h"!l"fre ,',iciP'te1 lhe named

oftheSena.; rre8,Ue",aSkS,he"dvi"

wunin eight days. The U. S. s.

ma a?:-.- -

..iiaalbBlpp, yesterday ordered off

'"Kl 'rom tue port, but she

require

if an attack

in

Gorernor and

Com-f

information of ti:is cil was made known to tLe deparii-.icnt, General Gaines was re ui:nied, 13 a coiiimuuicatio'i addressed lo him, that authority to make such call was ves 'ed r'tly in the f'roti len,- and lhat "the rmrrn-ency which wou'd tolerate er excuse the assumption of this authority by a militia cliioer in command at a distance from th seat of government, in anticipation o! the Prej-i-ientV actio:., mu-t be one ind catirg great andem nent peril to the country; a t-Tii 50 reit and so eminent as to leave

r. j ics-c: al,;- livnbt tl)at the President, from y oj thn muc

By order of the mander in Chief.

DAVID REYNOLDS

Adjutant General I. M. I

candidate for Lieut. Governor, was

Brookville on Friday last, and il is rumor

ed that he made a speech, but we have

not yet been able to find any person that

heard it. Dunning was not of much ac

count when he belonged to the whi nar-

ty, and no person would presume thai his

desertion of principles bad improved him any. Why is it, that all the men that leave the wbt party are generally the most

noisy and prominent members of the dem-

ocritw party? It is easily answered.

They are generally a set of heartless, clamorous office-seekers, who could not prosper in lhe whig party, when it 1. necessary lo have something besides froth and demagoguism to succeed. Hence they leive us, and soon find favor in ioii more congenial to their growth. Whitcomb, could not succeed with his cold hearted self esteem, and calculating adroitness, when he was a whi,?. Pr , ;t

no-n, vthitconiband Dunning were both ."bigs not many years since.

Odd FeUows' Celebration. As we have not been able to procure any account of the Odd Fellows' celebration at Laurel, we copy the following notice of it from the State SentinelJ it being an extract of. leiter fro... one of the editors of that paper, who was preient: OddpIn''eJ,Bl,Lr,relonlheeve f e Odd Fellow, celebration held on the 4th Kd:er'"!d !" il W oe'. There u ere

. j , meir procession. Man v attended from Brookville, Centrevi e ?,

menage city. The deletion r,m .C

a .. .. me was ICCOmnaniarl

latter place

bevy of bdie. rti ' nne

j ii- .' "P'rii: an remarkably good Ic-ok.ng ,n every respect, and at leas, four of them especially interesting If had been asmgle man, I doubt if I should now be here. I think I should have h,d a ".udden call" at Cambridge city The weather was nnDIeaMnt-..;:".T: lhe

and plenty of mud of couVse T Z w verv nnr,..in.... .... " "IB "as

..a.c lortneiadies; but thev I ifh;0 ra",er r,ed ,he ffleilt" wS all the bravery of Texan. ,r.n

. n . a c. . - .. j "ii.cr VOI-

services wero

and yet unfinished Method k" "! "eW

(hirl....i, --oiiuii-il. OiU-

bridap p ul Dands; one frm Cambridge. Prayer bv the Maiv.;..

- . ""at prracner

" usuiei. nn .li.H.Li.

whose name I , V"" ufoie raan'

forirnfi-. ... " B ulls moment

nX ; 'i, ."-M Aaarss fey e Re

twiv; Cincinnati.

a

rimn in A,.

, 1 , - - w I a u J -

hi"-. ' 1 lu ",r0Vln5 l'e port to ba hlockaued, at least 10 national vesselsstp which has materialiy compromised ti e American vessel i ib8 harbor, and 'e are very much afraid that we shall not be allowed to despatch the Thtctus. The Government is making every eff.rt to carry out the war ith success, and has replenished thetreasury by carry ingihrounh some very strong measures The Castle "of San Juan de Ulua and this :ity are in a bril-

..ni. oiaie qi ae.ence, and would

very strong force to be sent wer? meditated.

The Republicanrj oftho city of Mexico contains an article against the gjvernmeat' in which it animadveris upon the aciu state of the country attacked as it is by a foreign enemy, and with a prospect of a local revolution. That paper avers tbat incase of any revolution thetroaunj engaged in repelling the enemy wUjld b9 ordered to act in support of either one party or the othor, claiming a local ia. premacy. Asa proof of the discipline and manner in which the Mexican soldiers are treated by their officers, we will mention the esse of a soldier named Pablo Garcia, who for some dereliction cf duty was most cruelly whipped, and then sent to a dungeon under ground, where from the nature of his wounds gangrened .n the absence of medical cure, he died in six days afterwards His body was in such a mangled state that he died on his knees, not beinr able to lie. down. 0

uon Jose Maria he Iriiraveu Las bocn

governor of Cuihuateia.

In the Department of Sonora.tiie Apache Indiani had atticked the town of UpuM, where they killed 32 Mexicans, the Indians stealing every thing they could hy their hands on. Theso Apaches are uniformed in blue cloth frock coats with red fjc ngi and pantaloons of the same stuff, with caps, and they are armed with rifles. Ths whole department wis in a dreadful slate ofmisery and consternation. Several robberies on a lar scale have been lately committed in thu city of Mexico and its neighborhood. In speaking of the American Army, a despatch from the Mexican commandint of Engineers, at Matair.oros, says that "the American Army is not more tUn 40UU strong and is in a state of demoralisation. There is no union anion? tLem

V. Sir

This, it aDDParod In

season nr.

(io drande. begins iUh '

, - . j -

1 " ier coiivevanoo. ........1 ... .. I ..... ...j. ... . -

. , - 1 '"(tiiirr wun trie "". "ou icrminaics about the 1st of S

.

..Vned' i t.m

Legislation to Malamora. Th. ifo....i

! of Kepresentaiives, with . proper apprecZ

I1' "nne courtesy due to th. ..n.J.

"1' iGen.TnvW I,,.. . " ,a'l

hoot ,,. : rVV 6J,CU . ' c'mtn.iie

-- iavrii in 1 11 ia . I' i-.a .

(Hi. iuuit' ii monah 1 l uis x .in " n ni iha i ' .1 i

vicr coiivt r,. . w . . . 1 JV . L'.DC,ns about ation

TSfi i r S";lfl,e,,f every descriptiou.j le,"oer; hat during that seaon, ths

vfiiiinii.ifMi A.ai t-a. 1. - vi tuu uorse a:ti nm a hA .A.naA

known commanders of volunteers whose i (t',0"Sh sbo,!) diuaaed so ai to disable ! . fJ Toled lo h,,n bT !eSta-e, and

ii.es are 10 De accepted. In the mi.Ut of ihese m-iliitodinous and il..pensab, OCCttniJi I l,a- 1

wii

I i- .r ,i. ..i " 's l ... : -.rvv" "ervicea

.,. seaain, ana for """"Ji " "i-n u.e e"M ato Siima araxtia I.... .t .. .. . .:.u 1 'ai(U

the animal lor travel md work.

of th late

.1 ... .. . -

Again; ,t j t,,c resolutions expiessive of his

n iu country, w

. mipatier.ee is alrtalv

some weeks uter, that in ,he northern w,lh acclamation, passed. The com mi X' provinces of .Uexie

he th, bo, ch,,,of;Vp,;7Tri;krg ; u.

fHAXKLiaj Guards. Thi n

under the command of Capt. M'C.rty left'

p.-c on monday morning l,st, for ew Albany, the place of render vous,prepar.tory to iheir being mustered into lb t inted States servke. On leaving they were escorted to lhe csnal boat by nearly a'l our citizens, and a. the boat was about lo start, l hey were bid farewell by Mr John-on, in behalf of our, own and Coty n a short and appropriate speech. When they reached Harrison, they were presen

HiattoHn. Cy l ,? ;es ot

11 rr. r-iu mmrns r .

, ,(. in Mil V lTfiA1 An;.. . t . -

.a.eno,roomtoPar,SrQn wn?eSh l8ree ' Vhe Church Sir which snpported th r.i, .:u. vi lr

floor n... .11 ' vuuuers o me

alarm k u V e waJ'. nd created much alarm, but by the admirable coolness and !TTce k mind onhe Ma: of "he d " the dlsturbance wa, soon quieted PeT-' haps you w.ll find a more particular and better account of thi, celebration in tne ediatrteheedi,t3r M Ur frie" eaitn, the editor, was

,oulddothe,uectbe;;7u,,90ne a.1 pPped 81 aern just commenced by ftlr. Pierce, a very accommodating gentleS .Whr VC"n Mfe,y eoo.met?d a a Ijood landlord; but as the house was in lhe irrT fniy 1 .va;d SdShoup! PrUff-dh-Piyofour LifrerheCe!ebration Hook the canal JoatforCmc.nnati. Like all caual boats, TZrlT. when you"

A4 mile r tL"! , l 0n t. ! 0f blood avoiJeJ, and jn ,uch V tiht

mure, 1 witnessed tLat I look forward for a favorable rcailt,

union among

without any desire for glory. Its offi;eri are good, but then there are many of them who have come to fight against their wii;.. If we have no local revolution, this American Army will either ciptiulate or be entirely defeated within 20 days." The Diando of the 9th and 13th hints that the lamet.ted Colonel Cross came to his death by tbe hands of a Mexican laborer. It avers tbat tbe Colonel was in the habit of visiting the laborer's hut, where he

paid very significant attentions to the latter's wife The latter fouud it necessary.

adds the Diarido, to throw tbe Colonel into the river with a weight attached, si as to make him sink to the bo'.lom. The .Mexican then crossed the river with Lis wife, and took the watch, arms, and other trinkets belonging to the Colonel. W give this for whit it is worth, without plac ing the 6ligtest reliance cn iu veracity. Several of the papers in the city of Mexico recommended the Bishop of MicLoacan, as the fittest person to fill the vacant archbishoprick of Mexico. General Arista's despatch to tie .Minis.

ter of War dated at Matamoros, April the 2Glh, contains the following passages relative to the first outbreak and defeat cf

Captain Thorton's company:

The prisoners will be brought to Mata-

moro9 this day. They shall be treated ac

cording to the laws of war, until they can besenitothe interior. Your E.vcaJiency may rest assured that my conduct toward

these unfortunate beings, will prove to these usurpers tbat the Mexicans are liberally eadowed with the feelings of humanity.,, "It is likely that General Taylor will open his batteries on our city to-day. If he do. I shall in tbe same manner reply to him, firing, however, as many shot as may be necessary to sustain the national honor. This ia not tLe kind of fighting I like, with the river flowing between us. I wish to meet the enemy 011 open ground. It is in such a firht that an unner.faiirv pT"i'smn