Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-05-20
No. 10.
Correspondence of the N o. Bulletin.
WASHINGTON, April 20 1913.

The question whether upon the
exchange Of notifications Of a treaty ct
peace, General TAYLOR or Gen. SCoTr
should be Syopped fom the army list I'M
the net Of 1916, appointing a new Ma
Tor General and two additional Brigadier
Generals, it was provided that ut the end 81
the war, there should be but one Major
General retained in the service, and bit
two Brigadier Generals. The treaty may
be very soon obtained, and, upon the e1-
change Qualifications, the President must
discharge the odious and invidious duty Of
designating The Major General and tho
two Brigadier Generals who shall 60 out.
Worse than that, he must do this before
Congress shall have al opportunity OF
deciding whether to return to the old mill
tary peace establishment or not and,
should either General TAYLOR and Gen.
eraI KEARNY be dropped, or other estima-
bic officers be dismissed by the President,
under this law, the consequence may be
that some executive favorites may soon be
placed in the position that ya'of has so
lately won aud so brilliantly illustrated.
The Military Committee Of the House,
though a Wing Committee, was anxious
10 save the President himself from the
disaereeable task of designation, in this
case, and were still more anxious to save
The feelings of the country from the shock
which they would undergo, from the dis
missal o fapy Of the officers of the regular
army.
Thete was a hare.up on the part Of
some Of the Demoer = against the bill,
and they attempted to have II committed to
the tomb ofthe Capulcts-where It would
never be heard of again. The House
would not, however, listen to she motion 10
commit, and passed the bill 10 a third
reading.
II is a matter of much doubt here,
whether the regular army will be reduceC'
Some suppose that it must be increased.
The state ofthe world, and our own rela-
tons to the world. would seem TO require
that we should preserve something more
than the skeleton of an army. Some ff'
teen thousa nd men will be wanted, proba-
bly,, for the service, growing out ofour
acquisition Of Mexican territory. Bus no
one knows that we shall have any treaty
with Mexico. l have never believed that
we shall obtain one. Gen. Twiggs, who
is now here, has not much faith Ia IT. But
even FIVE have a treaty, we cannot with
draw the troops till next fall. Yucatan,
should the popular voice be listened to, or
the Presidents advice followed, must have
some aid from us.
The subject Of Yucafan was referred to,
in the debate in the House, to day, and the
opinion was expressed, that the United
States ought to afford aid to The Yuca-
tecos.
The people Of the South do moi well rel
ish the idea Of an Indian government in
Yncatan, instead ola white government.
The Indians will lraterDize with the ne
groes ofthc islands, and combinations must
then be in time formed, that will threaten
the SAT ty and peace of our States on the
Gulf Of Mexico.
The TAYLOR Convention Of Maryland
assembled to day in Baltimore. II is
we | ascettained that the majority ofthe
delegates 10 the Wing National Convcn-
ton from Maryland, are TAYLOR men.
INHALATION or ETHER roT A RECENT
DrscovERY.-In Middleton's Tragedy Of
" Women beuare Women published in
1857, there is the following passage
"Ill initiate the pities Of old surgeons
To this lost limb, who ere they show their
art,
Cast one asleep, then-eut the diseased
part"
A HARD CAsE.-A lawyer IN England,
transported, three years ago, for forgery,
has been found to be innocent, and sent
for. When convicted, he had q practice
worth $4,000 a year.
DR.. Holland says, "Tbat ifpersons are
always supposing tbattbey are liable to a
certain distemper, the nerves will so act on
the part that Il is very likely to come upon
them"
Why did The Administration permit San.
ia Anna to "Pass freely" into Mexico 7
That FACT is now Of record. What was
the mot,ve1 Was ii that he had agreed
to sell his country for spices Of silver r.
If 50, ''who is the dupe 2" If Mr.. Polk
bargained with Santa Anna to play the
traitor, can he blame him for playing the
cheat! Was it less or more ''peridious''
ia Santa Anna to cheat this country than
to betray his own ALBANY Journal.
TOAST.
, The ships of our navy.
And the ladies' Of our Iandl
Mayfhe former be well rigged2