The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-16

Miami lands in the State of Indiana who by their ser
vices in the war; entitled TO bounty lands, the prvi-
ege OF applying their land scrip to the payment for their
pre-empton lands, at dollar and quarter per acre.
was reported by Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on
Public Lands, read three times, and passed
The joint resolution for the relief OF J. l.. Gss and
others passed and the remainder of the day was
occupied, in Committee of the Whole House, (Alr
Morse in the cha) with the discussion of the claim OF
Mrs Meade; and without coming any conclusion the
committee rose, and the House adjourned till Monday
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The New York Courier and Enquircr-Its falsehoOds
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The New York Courier and Enquirer Of Thursday last
long and abored article Enthusiastically false and
rufanly has attempted, by way Of screening its own
gross and unbushng fasehoods of last summer in rea-
ton to Mr.. Trsts mission to Mexico to an issue
of veracy with us and, though aware that VIC
tory in such issue such antagonist is no real
triumph for any respectable Journal yet the evidence
I of the Couriers falsehood is now matter of published
record, think it worth while to produce it at some
length
The misrepresentation which the Courier published in
the referred to is in the following words, which will
be found in the editorial columns of that journal of July
8, lsi7:
'And them to ax the seal to this long catalogue
injustice and outsrp, by single act the accumulated
baseness of the whole they 1.-The administration attempted
place both the General and his army under the supreme
command of clerk from Vasington Although they knew
hat in its condition, delay might be ruin the whole
army, Mr. Trist had pooer to conclude amistice Al
though Gen. Scott responsible for the safety of his
force he instructed to obey The orders of Mr. Tist, if
they the orders of the President himself"
The correspondence recently published in columns
between the State Department and Mr.. Trst, and be-
tween the War Department and Gen. Scott has already
abundantly demonstrated to all the readers of it that
the alcised lines in the above extract contain three dis
tnet and specific alsehoods, published by the Courier
positively and unquafedly matters of fact But the
Courier by content with single instance
of Justification in the premises, comprehensive was
Three four days afterwards its hand again. The
following paragraph appears in the Financial Com
mercia and General Summary of the New York Courier
and Enquirer for Europe" for the Boston of
July l6:
"Qpon the whole, the prospect either of peace Of a
prompt and effective prosecution of hosities is
couagng Mr. Irist sent to Mertco ,oih poer
ciude arnisce should the government consent; Gen
Scott very promptly put veto upon this attempt
ride and virtually supesede him, by refusing recognise
any such action The attempt has since been abandoned
and the negotiation transferred to the General HIMSELF
Having thus published in than one of its num-
bers these three utter fasehoods:
lst That the administration attempted TO place both
the General Sco and his army under the supreme COM
mand of a clerk from Washington"
I'd. That "Mr Trst had power to conclude an arms-
tice;'
And 3d. That "Gen Scott was instructed to obey the
orders of Mr. Trist if they were the orders of the
President himself the Courier, we say, having made
these publications, found its whole series Of false asser.
TONS above quoted, met by positive denial in the
following terms:
From the Union July H.
'THE ADMINISTRATION GEN. SCorr.-Several OF the
more violent of the wing journals, taking their
New York Courier and Enquirer, which processes have
received special Information the subject from south
em correspondents are charging Mr. TRrsr HAS
BEEN SENT TO MEXICO ON MISSION INTERFERING
MILITARY AUTHORITY GEN ScoTT. The repe
ton OF these charges in other journals has led make
careful inquiry into this matter and positiueiy
that all these accusations ADMINISTRATIONS
GIVING Mr. TRsT INTERFERE any FORM
the slightest degree, Uih Gen SCOTS military
are ABSOLUTELY and TOTALLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION"
1t will be perceived that here stated the accusation
which meant to deny tits the accusation "t that the
administration gave Mr. Trist any authority to inter
fere any form any degree wih Gen SCOTS mill
tary command" This general charge evidently covers
and includes all the Couriers specifications above
quoted and this whole charge pronounced to be a6-
solutely and totally aothom foundation"
But meantime, the Courer's southern corespon-
dents" had evidently given details, almost unac-
countably minute, of General SCOTS quarrel with Mr.
Trist and during the whole of the month of July
when publishing, in variety of forms, its three
false charges against the administration as we have
above quoted Them it found time mix up with them
the various unauthorized proceedings of Mr.. Trist,
which the administration dsauorced and disapprored
Just as soon it learned them and which, as being his
unauthorized and disapproved acts have nothing
whatever TO do with the position assumed by the admin
istration in the premises towards General Scott Here
specimen of the in which the Courier jumbled
together the taken by the administration in its
instructions to Mr. Trist, and the Unauthorized
proceedings of that gentleman, had ,cithout any
in his Instructions and any ,oay, sanctioned
by the administration, but, the contrary,
expressly disapproucd and dsacorced as being in direct
opposition to all its purposes and intentions We copy
from the Couers article in reply to above cited of
July llth
From the Courier and Enquirer.
We have hesitation in repeating first assertions in
regard to this matter, and in reafrming their essential
truth Mr. Trist did enclose to Gen Scott dsspatch from
the Department of Var, giving him Trist) po,oer to con-
ude an armsicc ith the Merican government and Gen.
Scott reply informed Mr. Trst that from the perusa OF
that despatch evidently the Intention Of the depart