The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-27

| private history OF the movements OF Mr.. Folk
Major Lewis has now published the following cor
respondence in relation to his AFFAIR."
WAsHINeroS, sth May, lS45.
SIR IL learn from private source that you have init
mated that my removal from office rendered neces
ssry because the position occupied was dangerous ts
partinformaton to foreign power to the disadvantage
of my own country. s,g +.
hope there is some mistake in ths-you had the righ
to take my office from me, but not my reputation beg
therefore, to be informed whether you have made the
Your obedient servant,
(sgned) WI b. LEWIS
To JAMES X. POLK Esq, Mae
President of the United States.
WAsHIScToN. 10th May, ls45.
2 Sin II wrote you a note few days ago, which
who informed me that you assured him il should be at
tended to the same day. AS has yet been
ceivel though two days have elapsed have thought
possibly may have escaped your recollection. My OBJ
ect therefore, in addressing this note to you again to
ask attention TO the matter and to say you that
an early reply Is desired am anxious to leave for
Tennessee, and this is all that detans me. al
low me at the same time say to you sir that my
charf ster is involved in this affair unwilling to
leave Washington, however anxious may be to do SO,
until apprsed Of your determination in relation to my
note handed you by Mr. Eaton, as stated above.
am. sir your obedient servant,
(Signed) $3.50 r. w B. LEWIS.
To JAMES X POLK Esq, HMf
President United States.
WAsHiScroN, 10th May. 1916.
Sin Having waited week and received no reply to
my note, am authorized to believe that you have de-
cided not to answer It, frJm which infer that tho init.
nations therein referred to- having been made by YOU
true you would have avaied yourself of the op
portunity thus afforded you to dIsavow them. think
proper therefore, to inform you that purpose leaving
tomorrow morning for Tennessee and shall there deter
mine upon the time and mode Of vndcating my chsrac.
ter against the aspersions which you have attempted
cast npont am, sir, your obedent servant,
(Signed) W.B LEWIS.
To JAMES X. Polk, Esq,
President United States.
FROM GEN. JACKSON TO MAJoR LEWIS.
HERMITAGE, April 10th, ls45.
My Dean MAJoR-Yours of the slst and postscript Of
the LIST instant just received and the information
therein contained THAT President Polk consulted with
on the subject Of your removal from Office and that
positively false and the shadow of shade Of
truth to support it. The first notice had that you were
removed or would be, was from letter
which was shown to the 4t instant by directions
of Colonel Polk with long list Of grievances against
you for years, and Of the danger position you
inhat he of my friendship for YOU and that
your dismissal would be unpleasant to me, &C. This,
the Attn inst was the first inmaton ever had that Col
Polk designed to dismiss you from Office. In my conf
dental letter to him of the 4th of April another sub
ject OF which had been writing, took occasion to
lionel that in your his fears groundless and in
them the great injustice he had done you to my own
knowledge-that you were too much Of patriot to do
ian INJURY or suffer your country to be injured by TO-
reign Government by either Withholding information
that might be beneficial, mpartng it to the foreign
Power-that my relations of friendship with you Of
the greatest intimacy and confdenccthat was sincere
y your friend but that my friendship for officers of the
those who obnoxious to him in whom he had no
confidence 1t appears from your letter he had COM
missoned General McCala the alst of March to take
charge Of your office on the first of April His confden
tal letter was shown the 4th instant, four
days after your removal My dear Major regret your
the mlgnanimity of Colonel Polk would prevent him
from the removal of any officer without giving him
ice thereof-that the officer might make arrangements
to hand the office over to his successor You know, Ma
or that neither beg for myself friends and il had
been in the habit, it was too late-you removed.
My dear Major, am very sick, and my disease has
days, none but my God can determine Nothing but the
request your letter. and justice due to myself you
letter. II kind Providence will permit me to live to
shake you more by the hand at the Hermitage,
all your friends and will greet you as such always
and all join me in our kindnest sauations. Your sin.
ccre friend, ASpREw JAcK
The substance of this correspondence has already
been given in our Washington letters It shows
distinctly that Mr.. Polk is determined to give a
different direction to the administration of the gov
eminent from that which was desired by Genera,
Jackson. The object of Major Lewis in making
this publication in Tennessee is doubtless, to injure
Mr.. Polk in that region; but we doubt whether the
effort will succeed 1t is only SO much evidence in
favor of Mr.. Folks independence, even of General
Jackson; and the question as to whether personal
and private feelings entered into his conduct towards
Major Lewis is Of little consequence, when viewed
in connection with the general act of removing the
leading members of the Kitchen Cabinet, thereby
showing that he determined to get up one Of his
own
All these secret movements homecoming out have
tendency to show the course of events in the
democratic party and the efforts making by various
clques, for position relative to the succession
Every thing looks forward to the succession, and il
to be viewed and explained in connection with thai
point.
CULTIVATION OF THE VINE.-We have learned
with good deal of interest, that Mr. Lester. ou
Consul at Geneva, who is now on leave of absenc,
from his poet, has brought with him 10 this countr,
kind Of grapevine never introduced before, and
most valuable description, for fruit and for wine
We have tasted some of the wine. II is similar /,
Champagne, but in more natural state, and no on
doubt, after tastngst, that it is genuine jnic
of very rich grape. Indeed nothing but the rich
and substance of the wine could have preserved
1t on long voyage at sea.
In reading over circular published by Frankll,
Il Son, who are to sell these vines at auction Of
Tuesday next at ii o'clock, at 10 Broad street. w
see that they were taken from the coolest parts q
Piedmont and Savoy, under the Alps, where tn
cold in winter is extreme indeed, they wer
buried in snow when taken up; and we conclud
there can be no doubt that they will stand GU
winters in the open field.
For fruit for the table, or for wine, they are re
gardcd as superior to any in Italy, and they have al
rived in perfect state of preservation and if proper
ly taken care of and set soon we doubt not ina
some Of them will yield fruit this fall. Nearly al
of them are brought with their entire roots, and w
know not why they should not succeed.
We look upon this sale, to take place next Tues
day, really one of the most important of the kin,
that has ever taken place in this country If thes
vines can he at once introduced into our garden
and vineyards, we augur the happiest results SCI
what has been done by few horticulturists witt
the Isabella and Caaisba grapes, which are, w
conclude, inferior in every respect to these from Sa
voy. Why, single gentleman in New York sol,
la th1sixUud <loIure