Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-05
COrrsspondnos qf Baltimore San.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1846. | Gen. Scott has left here for New York; whence he will go Vest then Southwest, and al la.t South southwest, to take comnapd of the army of occupa- lon. After the bungliug before AIvarsdo. and the marauding expedition to Tobasco Il Is lo be hoped that something better will be undertaken on the coast of the Gulf Indeed feel sure of t; for the administration, impelled by patriotic ardor md sa gac,ty, cannot but perceive that the men whom Il has thus far honored with it's confidence have either been slgnally unfortunate or not quite equal to the emergency. l mean cast no cenAu'e on any de partment Hon. Judge Mason has, no doubt, done his duty bul he has not yet come to the terminus al his official career. and nere is consequently room 10 do more. He must make proper appointments il the Gulf, and lhe in that quarter, will soon as- sume different aspect. The country expects tho navy to do it's duty and the navy has not vet had a far chance of doing it.
 This being thanksgiving day, politics and strife are husbed or chOaked with turkey and madeira.- The secretaries. nevertheless, keep driving heir qus Tn making ont their reports; and the opening nt the concluding session of Congress-, will show an amount of administrative talent scarcely if ever equalled by any previous administration. IL must not be forgotten that the position of the present ad- mnsIraion is one unparalleled in the history of the country. It had 10 close the last unsettled ac count between Great Britain and her former colo nies; il had 10 defy the meddesome interference of the States of Europe the affairs of our continent and 1t had 10 yindcate the national honor, and de- lend the territory of the Union against the assaults oI an oyerbearing and insolent foe And. in the midst of these foreign transactions which by them selves would have marked and signalised every oher administration, il attempted greater internal reforms than any administration preceding il. II is impossible that all these should have given equal satisfaction 10 the whole people; bu il would be unfair and unjust to prejndge what il has done before the consequences are fully akcerlaned, and an honorable peace conquered from the Mexi- cans.
 The appointment of Gen. Scott has given rise to various comments, Itis admitted that il is the best appointment which could be made under the cir. cumstances and with a view to a speedy settlement of tho Mexican difficulty. On the other hand, ihe politicians not quite satisfied with it; alleging that is giving new shsfe the cards and calls for new deal "Is it quite sure," they ask, "that Judge Mclean of Ono is going to he the Whig candidate for the Presrdency?" "May not, alter ali Gan. Sentt come forward, in hdste, and, while driving the enemy of the country before him, open
 fire in the upon the yerlte candidate of Ohio?"
 Nothing is now wanting but that Commodore Stewart should be called 10 the command of the Gulf Squadron to make the measure of Judic ious appointments compleie; and l venture To predict, that before another month "Old lronsides" will take peep al ''ihat Castle down there ["