Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-09

POST, our Cot'OnS nau the EnyliSi mar
keis almost TO themselves bui their hirb
price has caused great influx of The East
india cotions, and the competition has
lowered the price very considerably.
The reaction ofihese prices is oil course
fell heartily in our markets a, home.
In fact, there Is sreai pressure gene
rally upon the commercial world. The
losses we have sustained abroad, added
10 he curiailnent of our banks, &c. are
sensbiy felt by our merchants. and in 4
81. edalmost all classes of ci,ize,,s al home
] he banls here are curiailing, the State
Banks 10 per cent-the II. ). Bank i25
HIS curtallmeIt being dictated at li,s
season OF the year, (Ahcu lie East India
Ships are fitting OUT bv tie demand of
silver for that trade. The Eas, India
dealers press the banks for specie: the
hanhs IN i.ier turn press their customers
by heavy cnriailnienis. I'm fact, most. if
not all the distress in The comm erclal
weird, proceeds from system Of orer-
oo"sfng. Time aud Judgment must arrest
his primitive source of AN over dealing
Misrepresentation or, rs long rs i, lasts,
VIZ Shaii i'aVeto rue the consequences.
lie yeomanry OF our country. ,hos,.
fortunate men Gf they know their own
iniercsss) who can feed and clotbe them
selves out OF The produce of their own
farms, must take these facts seriously in
ioconsidera!ion,and Judge for themselves.
iheg 100 have I'D too many instances
Deen BETRAYED ihtO all extravaganza of cx-
penditure, by the hope of ex0rbtan, pri-
ces on their crops. fihey are Wise. ,hev
VIII learn 10 be content with smaller gains
and smaller eNpcncs s. They will prac
Use frugalily as well as industry: and
sinn that ficnd, Debt, as The deadlirst
ioeto their peace and independence. How
many generous, but fortunate men in our
large towns, have their pillow al this mo-
meni disturbed by The fell monster!
CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN GENE
RAILS JACKSON AND SCOTT.
we could have wished that the u;,,unbIet
printed in This city containing this much
,aiNed OF correspondence, had not found il,
way INTO the newspapers. " had determined
not 10 he tie first To publish ii--but AS
we md that IL is iepubIlslied in the Peters
nurS inteiiiseucer, the New York Evening
10, oSs, lhat copies OF II have been received by
me New YORK National Advocate s. the Phila
neiphia Press, which rlak c copioas eAttayts
from 1t, and by the Aurora which promises In
Iunhsil IL entire, we feel ourselves at liberty
u, ,.; ,ay IL D.iore or readers, We publish it
WIN sentiment of profound regret, tia, any
coniesiion should ever have arisen bctwe.:,
these two distinguished men,
From the Petersburg Iuteuigencerl
Wehave received from a,orrespondeut.
a pamphlet entitled Correspondence BE-
f'reeH 6lajor General Jackson, and Brepe,
M"J0r General Scott, on the subject of an.
order, bearing Gate tie 22iid april, 1917,
paohShed 6y the former, to tie troops Of has
d'r'Saom. and printed about tie same time in
most Of t@e public papers"-a copy OF which
we lay btioie our readers Without hest
taton.
no THE pI1pyJC
ihaS Correspondence as offered IL, Mann
script, st'idsT tie foliowins circumstances:
Onthe 2lsi Off bruary, 1918, the War
Department issued IN orders, "a rtgu,ation
IN these words =" Ali publications rela-
i've 10 transactions between officers ola
private and personal nature, are prohi-
DHed. Any newspaper publication or
hand-blii, OF such a character, will be
cause for the arrest OF an officer aud The
foundation OF charge against him. 1t is
made tie duty OF all officers, having the
power, TO arr, 81 and prefer evidence FOX
charge ON such publication, and when
ever such charge is preferred, one speci-
hcaflon OF which, will be The violation
OF this regulation, the proper authority
will bring the officer To trial before a
General Court Martial"
Up 10 tins moment, G neral Scott has
not violated this regulation either in lis
letter or spirit. Indeed he had no incli-
nation 10 obsirude on the public, his diff
ference with Gen. Jackson, until the
latter had, particularly during his recent
tour between Nashville aad New York.
widely circulated gaibleu" manuscripico-
pies OF the correspondence, and caused
illusions to be made to il in certain pub
Inc papers III similar spirit Of maleyo-
lenceaD Misrepresentation.
These facts having come 10 the know
ledge OF General Scott, he, on the 22nd
uliino, called the attention of The Secre-
tary OF War 10 the above regulation not
lor The purpose oil Invoking lie AID ostlIe
Government, but TO ask for permission 10
defend himself. by fair publication.
IN pamphlet form, as that mode seemed
10 stand precisely on lie ,ame ground
with a public alton in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
being expressly prohibited.
HE Secretary said, IN reply, that the
Department was moi in possession efevi-
dence 10 the fact of the violation Of lis
order, and even II such evidence were
furnished, that would rather be a Feasoa
tor enforcing the penalty against tie
gE'hy, than a motive FOR relaxation in re
speci 10 the other party.
Without deciding in his own mind,
whether Inns ccatd or COuM be done, in
respect 10 General Jackson, Gen. Scott
on The StII instant, furnished The Secreta.
ry with the most unequivocal evidence
OF the garfield publication before asserted;
leaving II TO him, as The CONSERVATION ofthe
discipline Of the Army, 10 say, whetbeR
his regulation was violated or not, and TO
ACT or acqulesce as io might think pros
per. But feeling al Tie same time, that
whatever might be the result Of his con-
iroversy with General Jackson, vindi~
cation OF his character before The public,