Holly Springs gazette., 1849-07-13
: VOLUME. VIII---NUMBER AZ

rel Resolved, That the President be re
u qucstcd to communicate to the House q
Representatives, all the correspondence
J. with Gen. Taylor since the Commence
y mcnt Of hostiites with Mc&ico, whicI
II has not yet been published, and the pub
: Iication of which may not Be dedmo,
+ detrimental to the public service. AIS,
c the correspondence of the 0uartcr Mas
ter General, in relation to trahsportati6I
: for Gen. 1aylor's army" e.
!, Now it will be remembered, that a ye,,
few days previous to that time the lcttc,
Of Gen. Taylor to Gen Gaines, dated
! Monterey, Mexico, November oh, 1876
! had been published, in which Cen Tay.
lor among othcrt things, said: -
"ln regard 10 the armisticc, which
: woAld have expired by Limitation in !
few days, we lost nothing ~ it, MS, we
could not move, even now, had the enc
my continued to occupy Saltilc; for
strange to say, the first wagon which has
reached me since tie declaration of war
was on the 2nd inst, the Same dav on
which received from Washington, an
acknowledgment Of my despatch: an
nouncing the taking Of Monterey; and
then | received only orc hundred and
thirty-fivc; so that | have been since Nav
last, completely crippled and am still SO,
for want of transportation. ~
"Attor ra&ing md scraping the country
Tor miles arounl Camargo, collecting
every pack. k.mult and OTHER means Of
transportation, could only bring here
10000 rationS (fltecn days supply with
u "o"Gr"ttastk:-- = a. nalInance. ammu-
lnhon, nc 10 do which, all the corps
h;ad to lc,vc behind a portion of their
camp equpage, necessary for their com
Tort and n some instances 'among the
Foiuntcck, their personal baggage. /
moved insuch way and With such lin.
red means, that had not succeeded.
should no doubt have been severely rem.
l1mandcdi if nothing worse. / did so TO
Sustain the Administration"
, 1t IS bat proper to remark, that this ~,
vas private letter to a relation and old
'ro'her soldier, and was published with t
ut Gen. Taylors consent or knowledge.
u will be remembered also, that upon
ne appearance of this letter in the pub =
c'newspapers, the following old obso-
tie order was exhumed from the grave,
nd published, for what purpose, none !
IN doubt:
lat parhgraph GO or lie Ccn1TrY -
Ianons ct the army, established on tho "
At Idnrch, 1880 arf not included a,no". a.. n !,
lose published .Ihluary 25th, 1871 De +
oW repubhshed, and that its observance
part ot the General Regulations be y
r'e'ly cnioined upon the Army. By or b,
IF of the President" - =;
W, L. MARCY, Sec. of fWar. n,
"t3o' Private letters or reports rcIa- m
We to marches and operations, are fire.. w W.
'cntly miscieyous in design and always "
5groceiul to ,he amy. They are there. NJ
re strictly f'rbidden, and any officer m ~
ahd guilty Of making such report or ~
without special permission Ia,
,h" ., n,aT1eS one SmontG 16s Sicr the termination
,he campaign to Witch it relates, shall at
. dismissed from thescrYice. tn
Rv order, VIZ. FREEMAN, al
Assistant Atiudant General. p
Under the very irrItatchtate ofieelngs y
It Washington, which tho foregoing pa y
,crs produced, in coinectios with the re-, s. s.
,olnton Of thanks to Gen. Taylor, which q
Mr., Thompson says was blow at the "
Administration; did he introduce the a a
shove Rcsols,E7, ,talSng Tor tho CORES n u
pondcncc. ,,.I;.
A political faend Of Mr.. Thompson. Mr.. l.
Scddcn, of Va, called upon him publicly a
in the House, and begged that he would y
omit that portion Of his resolution witch
says, "and disqualification of which, may !
not be deemed detrimental to the public !
for ihe reason that justice to 7.
Gen. Taylor, demands the whole OF the' ,,
corrcsp ondenc. should be unequivocally
called Tor, or none. -,
Mr.. Thompsn refused to strike outa any t
portion, and.ii was passed. Thereby !
putting Gen. Taylor at the mercy OF an
Administration who had already disap
proved of one Important act "t HIS q y, nc |
Capitalization am armistice) ana pupllSh
ed an order airrd directly at him lie
ADMINISTRATORS not disposed, or was
afraid to avail themselves of the advan-
tagc offered 50 that Mr.. ThompsonS
arrows of attack wholly failed to reach
their mark.
SANTA ANNA'S PASS.
Mr.. Ashmun, of Mass, offered in the
House during the last session, the toliow-
ing Resolution: (See House Journnl)
"Resolved, that the Presldentoi OF fAe u,
s., be requested to inform the ilouso II
any officer, or agent of the u. S'ateS'was
sent by him, or his direction to Havana
to advise, procure, or in any way pro-
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