Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-15
CALIFORNIA CLAIMS-SCOTT, TRIST
AND MApnhr

CALIFORNIA CLAlMS-SCOTI, TRlSI
AND MARCY CORRESPONDENTS.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer
WASHINGTON, March 20, ls4s.
The California claims in the Senate do
not nearly excite as much interest as they
are entitled TO, from The singularity of their
origin, and the consequences to which they
are about 10 lead.
1t appears there, from the very terms of
the petition, that Col Fremont not only de.
sires the Government TO legalize his unlaw.
full act in aiding the people of California
in establishing their independence. before
the existence Of the ,car ,Das kno,cn, but also
to pay for it. And this is about to be done
it seems; for Lieut.. Col. Fremont, with one
or two more, will go out as Commissioners
with 100000 cash in hand, to pay for his
aid in making the Californians independ-
ent, before Mexico was known to he at
war with US, and 10 indemnify the citizens
of independent California for running up
the United States flag instead of that
of Independence. These proceedings
are novel, and may give rise to some refec.
tons; but forbear for the present.
To-day the long promised correspon.
dence between Gen. Scott and the War De-
partment was sent TO the House of Repre-.
sentatves, and the public, therefore, will
soon have the veil lifted from the strange
and unaccountable mystery which seems 10
hang over Gen. SCOTS recall and suspen.
sion.
The whole correspondence will fill five
or six hundred pages; but great deal of
it is entirely void of interest to the gener-
al reader; and but little bearing on the
questions which have excited so much at.
tention.
OF the letters bearing on the subject of
Mr.. Trist's mission, which it would appear,
Gen. Scott took very much to heart, con.
sidering it an insult and an improper inter-
ference with his duties and privileges as
Commander in Chief, the following only
are remarkable and necessary TO q proper
understanding of the subject:
LIST. Letter from Gen. Scott. dated Head
quarters of the Army, Jalapa, May It'll,
ls47, to the War Department, embracing
copy of letter to Mr.. Trist, Of the same
date.
I'd. Letter of Gen. Scott to the Secreta.
ry of War, dated May Goth, ls47.
LCttSl vi SCi. SSott w TIC SOSiOto-
ry of War, dated Headquarters of the Ar.
my, Puebla, 4th June, ls47, with enco.
sures 10 Mr.. Trist, dated Puebla, May Goth,
lS47.
And the Secretary's answers, viz:
LIST. Gov. Marcy's letter TO Gen. Scott,
Nav 81. ls47.
Cd. Gov Marcy's letter to Gen. Scott,
June 10, lS47.
Sd. Gov. Marcy's letter to Gen. Scott,
July l2, Is47.
| And his last letter dated January 18th,
lS4s. in regard to the institution of Court
of Inquiry to examine the charges brought
by Generals Worth and Pillow and Lieut..
Col. Duncan against Gen. Scott. The cor.
respondence between Generals Scott and
Worth, which led to the charges preferred
by the latter against the former. and 10
Gen. SCOTS demand of Court Martial to
try Gen. Worth, has already been pub.
lished.
The gist of the first part of this cores.
pondence consists in the grievance felt by
General Scott that a person of such small
standing as Mr.. Trist should have been sen,
down 10 Mexico, 10 interfere, as he imag,
ined, with his plan Of operations and pa
cifcations in Mexico. lie conceives Mr.
Trist utterly unfit for his task, and thanks
his stars that he is not degraded by being