The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-09
1he News from Washington.


The News from Washington.
Neither house OF Congress sat yesterday ct
Washington, but our private and special cores
pondence by telegraph, is rather interesting.
Rub your specs aud go on.
We have no further confirmation oil the ru-
NOR regarding the probability of peace with
Mexico, than what We have given bur after due
reflection, we are very much disposed to believe
that the statements gave are correct in all
material points. We are not SO sure that it viii
be eff ctu H. or that we are any nearer TO peace
than we have been. If the most recent rumor
from Mexico, by way of New Orleans, be cor
rect, that General Scott has sent expedition
to Queretaro where the Mexican Congress is
reported to be sitting, such fact does not look
much like peace.
The other matters of interest from Washing
ton, refer to the Presidential movements. The
difficulty and trouble among the wings, between
General Taylo and Mr. Clay, are not greater or
deeper in Washington than they are among the
wing committees in this city. These troubles
must increase, SO as to produce, before long,
terrible disruption in the whig ranks, unless, as
is intmated by our correspondent, Mr.. Clay
should resign. The wings, throughout the
country, will be entirely disorgan ised, and the
next question VIII ut easily
mayed BY the democracy. In fact, the excitement,
and turmoil, and trouble, and passion, and anger,
and sublimity, and folly, in reference to making
Presidents, are only beginning, both in Wash
ington and New York, and they will soon
spread to the capitals of the different States, as
soon as their several legislatures shall have
sembled. For six months TO come, the whole
country will be in state of uproar and confu-
sion on these points
In the meantime, if the war should go on, and
more money be required, the trouble will spread,
and affect all our merchants, our banks, our
fnanciers and our traders, at the same time that
the political factions are disorganzed and demo
lshed. We hope the sun and moon may rise
reguarly-and that the winds may blow usual.
If they continue, all is not lost.
MORE COURT MARTrALs.-WhenA Alexander the
Great had conquered Persia, and died, in conse-
ouence of debauch, suddenly, his generals
quarrelled among themselves about the success
sion and tore each other TO pieces, tor the hopes
of the empire left by the Macedonian conqueror.
Mr. Polk and his generals, exhibit little speci-
men of the same kind of game, on small scale
Mr. Polk has conquered Mexico ; and, like
Alexander in Babylon, when he died there so
is Mr. Polk now in Washngon-a dead cock IN
a pt-as dead as Alexander, and his generals
are beginning TO quarrel about the succession to
the empire
But the field of battle will be transferred
from Mexico TO Washington, where these gene
rails will fight il out courts martial. Such is al
least the rumour, and begin TO put great
deal of faith III the statement that General Scott
and three or four general officers, will all Ire
ordered from Mexico, if they are not already, IN
order to get up magnificent court marital at
Washington City, TO last during the present win
ter and the coming spring and summer.
Mexico has been conquered; but the honor Of
the conquest does not seem TO rebound TO Mr.
Polk. Now, a magnificent court martial al
Washington, ia which all the great generals will
be exhibited and shown up to the country, en-
gagged in little petty quarrels among each other,
will bring about revulsion in the public mind
calculated to dim the glory of these military
men, and put them, IN public estimation, little
peg lower than the politicians and civilians. In
fact il will ruin them and instead of 'hasty
plate of SOUP" this great court martial would be
awhole kettle full of SOUP, such as we have seen
in the case of the Fremont court martial, which
has turned out nothing but hasty plate of con-
tempt and dersiou, to the respectable parties on
both sides, concerned in it, Another such a
court martial among our military chiefs from
Mexico would have similar results and would
work well in favor of some parties at the COM
ing presidential election.
We, therefore, have iull faith in the report
that court martial will be called, and we fully
expect that General Scott, and other high Off
GERS, will soon be in Washington, to take a
hasty plate Of soup.
PosT-OFFICE REFoRMs.-We are glad to see
that the House Of Representatives at Washing
ton is determined TO 90 into an investigation of
the conduct of the Postmaster General.