The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-06

W tIc nVNeTTOfs OIL the Aims house tnNt
portion Of Wards Island recently transferred from
the House ofRoiugo to the Corporation comprising
ten acres place Of burial for the poor, which is
to be designated the City Cemetery, was concurrcd
in. Another resolution was referred to the Com
mittec of Public Health, to report upon the best
method Of preventing the slaughter Of sckly and
diseased animals Municipality cows, and upon the pro-
pricty Of appointing an inspector therefor Ne
other business ofany importance was transacted.
The Europa is due, with three days later European
intelligence.
The Mexican lynr--(;en. ScotCs Diplomacy
I Secret History OF Santa Annals Oncrs,t co
Bay UP and Sell Out.
! Weinyito the attention Of readers to eertsin
articles which spread before them this morning,
in reference to the military operations and the d-
plomacy Of Con. Scott, during the Mexican war.
The first extract is FROM the National Hiatgcace
embracing the material portion Of speech lately
delivered by Hon, John NJ. Clayton, in Delaware.
in which great credit is awarded to Gen. Scott for
refusing 10 sell himself to the Mcxicans, even for
the enormous, astonishing, and extraordinary sum
| of million and quarter Of dollars. Tie Sc
oond article is from the AashrWc Iatoa, covering n
| general review of the military operations Of both
the main columns of our army in Mexico, aud par
| ticulaly detailing the services of ten. Pillow III
that series Of splendid triumhs of Gen. Scott, from
| Vera Cruz to the Mexican capital This review, it
will also be observed, rejects rather ponedly upon
the quarres between the General in-Chof and some
OF his subordinate officers aad involves certain in
timaticns concerning his diplomacy with Santa
Anna, suggestive of great deal still behind the
curtain Having nothing TO do with the merits OF
domerits Of Gen. Pillow, we publish this review a'
n matter of history, having direct bearing upon
the campaign of -, and upon Gen. Scott, the in
eyitablc whig candidate fYr the p, =. -.
~ s,oo.l SAayton, however, iad his pa
OF the recent discovery Of Gen. SCOTS refusal
to turn traitor for 81 100000 we do not intend
10 pass over without first throwing little more
light upon the subject. There has always been
some degree of mystery attached to the arms.ice
with Santa Anna, OF August oath. 1917, whereby
hosties were suspended till the sth OF September,
after the enemy had been defeated in several ioci-
siNe battles, and when, by forward movement, the
city would probably have fallen. an easy conquest,
into the possession Of the American army. Tho of
fetal correspondence upon this agmistice was duly
published-a fair made ont for this su.pcn-
sion cf aciyo crations upon the very threshold Of
complete success but still there has always appeared
TO be something yet unisclosod, and necessary 10
=" NA'"A uh"Vieb'shiiS va nv vast .Noh- VIZ apHc-
hend We have the clue to this mystery: and if we
are mistaken, only ask to BE- set right. After tho
ridiculous style in which this offer and relsal of over
million Of dollars has been thrust before the pub
lie for It's APPRECIATION, ii becomes necessary that all
tho facts in the matter should be made known.
Mr. Clayton boastiully proclaims the fact, as an
additional feather in the lofty plume Of Gen. Scott,
that after liz victories in the valley Of Mexico he
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hundred and ay thousand dollars 70 accept the FRESH
dency OF the republic; and that notwithstanding
his shameful treatment BY President Polk and Sec-
rotary Marcy, lie refused. The tempting bait to be-
come traitor. The poorest volunteer in the ranks
woald have refused it with scora, and would pro-
badly have said nothing more about H. But from the
confident tone in which the fact is stated by Mr..
Clayton, il is6oabtfa whether Gen. Scott has been
equally discreet Or from whom ill Dir. CLAYTON de-
rive lis authority for Tie statement Doubtless Ia
made il upon the best authority. inan occupying
the position Of the late Secretary Of state L not ia
the habit Of making important statements :; "a.
upon secondhand testimony. We take Il, therefore,
to lie true that Con Scott was offered , million AZ
quarter TO acoop; the Presidency 81 Mexico and ~
fused it, and tia, The fact has leaked on, through
The General himself Bat Why not tell the whole
story J We shali accordingly, 10 The cxtcn, at our
information, Proceed TO I'll up the blanks in tie all.
rupi and unsatisfactory statement OF Mr. Clayto,
AZ we understand IL, Mr.. Nicholas T.. Trist va
sent down TO accompany the army &c Con- scott,
and seize upon the inst ami syOry favorable opper-
tunty for closing the war - treaty oil pescc
Scott wa 10 fight and Tris was 10 treat Al III.
city Of Mexico Cen. Pillow was taken in Z, aid a
tho work Of dipomacy-Sccti, Jri.s ,oJ PILLOW
forming n sor, Of confidential trumsif,ts il tho
secret negotiations which terminated Ia the arms,
tice Of the 9th of August. Aud in these aoro tin
tions the secret compact entered into with Sanl,
Anna by Gen. Scott, involved a sam Of n million
and quarter Of dollars, more or less 81 the price
upon which Santa Anna agreed Il Surrender the
Mexican capital 10 the American army. II was pr.
derstood, also. that, to save appearances, Sants
Anna should make sham fight OF two aud tbon
abandon the city, and leave the county TO is fate
And We are informed, that as an earnest Of a
bona fdC arrangement, ten thousand dollars wero
paid over TO Santa Anna, by order OF Gen Scott. /
whom the bargain was closed. Wha. was tho r.. I
sultl The armistice lasted from the 9th Of
August to the sth Of September; and during tki,
interval OF two weeks, Santa Anna, with all The
energy and activity for which he was 20 remarkable
In great emergency WAS employing The ten
thousand dollars received from Scott, and all other
resources, IN patching his dsivnces the Do Jss