The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-12-08
(New York Express OF Ydjay afternoon.
Major General Scott.

This sab!e head Of our Army is now
in this city, at the City Hotel. en- route
for the South ana seat OF war. A report
IS current that he wall leave to-day in the
-Southerner, for Charleston but this, We
are assured, is a n s;az>.
Ofcourse nothing definite can be known
Of The orders nndec which Gen. Scoais t.
act, bat there seems &c be little doubt that
his destination is TamPico, and that the
reinforcenieni:ordere arc to ~. under iim
there, fer the purpose Off eneciing june
lion with Gen. Taylor at San Luis Poto-
81. The Government, we suspect, have
abandoned The idea Of an immediate march
from Monterey 10 San Luis Poiosi, not
only on account Of the distance (340
! miles, and the great difficulty Of obtaining
water on the roate, bat M account OF the
necessiiy, If il IS attempted, Of doubling
Or TRIPPING the force under T'aylor's com-
mand. Tampico, therefore, we presume
is to be the line Of operations, and Gen.
Scott, reinforced by regulars from Gen.
Tayior's division, and bv Gen. Wool,
viii probably advance, we believe, from
that poiat 70 san Luis Potosi, and meet
Santa Anna. On tins route there is an
abundance Of water from the river Panu-
co, and It's tributaries, and the distance
only $50 mics. Il is highly proper that
Gen. Scott, outranking Gen. Taylor and
Gen. Wool, should be put al the head Of
this expedition, inasInuch as the cooper
alton of the three distant divisions will be
necessary,--tut il is not understood that
he is to supersade Gen. Taylor though
he would ouirank him by seniority in the
same field Of operations. After the juno
tor at San Luis Potosi, and the probable
capture Of the city Of Vera Cruz, it is pro-
bahIe that if peace is not made, a serious
effort will be made upon the city OF MEX
leo.
A lew DAYS ago, it is stated, the Presi-
dent and War Secretary sent for General
Scott to consult with HIM and receive his
plan Of operations, under the present ext
gencies Of the war. lie detailed them, they
were accepted, and he was given a carfe
blanche Cor their execution, in person, if
he chose. The War Department, we
have every reason to believe, acknowl-
edges itself under the greatest oblig atoms
10 General Scott for the efficient services
nc has rendered, in the conduct Of the
war-the lines Of his march, TIC appor-
tlonment Of the troops, the points Of a.
tack, and the arrangement for supplies Of
the several delacllments OF the armv of
occupation and invasion. And il is said
TO be the express wish Of General Taylor
that Gen. Scott should take the command.
There is the most cordial good feeling
between the two officers. We are Gid
to see, even at this late day, that a plan
campaign is set for;h, which can
meet with some appreciation from the
country.
Persons acquainted with the entire sub
Jeci, are of opinion that despa!ching SO
many troops as were semi BY Government
10 Santa Re was wholly unnecessary ;
that 1t was needless 10 order Kearney a.
cross the mounisins and deserts to Califor-
ma that the expedition to Chihuahua has
no object, and can obtain no object Of the
least value; and finally, that pushing on TO
Monterey was equally unwise. Their
opinion is that one thousand men only
should have been sent to Santa Fe that
thousand should have been left to gar
the Rio Grande; and that the weight
Of our forces should have been concentra-
ted for a blow at the Mexican capital, Ell
through Tampico or Vera Cruz, and
probably by the last
Under such an arrangement, it is be-
ievcd that the war would by this time be
pretty nearly over, by a treaty enforced
rem Mexico and granting US all that we
ought to ash, or can reasonably or wisely