The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-11

have 10 request that information on this pnint
should be furnished without DELAY.
"Ano.hcr point on which the department
dcs"rs information IL, whas anoun, Or M ans
OF sr"n'p'r ION for rrch an expedition CT be
quarter. '""s
"The expcnze Of procuring trar,,o,,, T.. M
ih' Atlantic cities will be- EXHIBIT nj rrs,sLf
Is very high, and most Of the good Ye..cls
are rngagsd tor the ord nary purpose If eu,,,-a
mefcr" ft' =
II is important TO bear in Mid tina, Won A..
ID letter on ypur irst arrival at New b l~ans.
In writing to me from that place, Dec mber q.
yen Observe u have . en- your lett I'm the
lands of l.irntenart Colonel Hunt, n ,he o..
,,rmas'er Grnersl, dated the ll,h." Y,n conia
moi nstake its "bcc', b, cause it was clea rlv .,.
pressed ! asked dis'inctly what means 4
transportation fr the rxped,t,on can b, furn.,'
ed at New Orleans, &C., and ref, : ed to the
expense ard difficulty procuring ira spor q
from III. Atlantic Giles You could mol. there
fore, but know that my Course az 20 scnd;nr
ships in ballast from Inc North would BE- recu-
Int. d by the Quarter.nas.rr Generals reply -
While waiting FOR his information and in order
to prevent d. lay, and be sure not 10 deserve tn.
impuinion ynn nov cast upon mr., 1 issued th,.
order Of the 18th December, to which y.u refer.
knowing 'hlt il could b. modified and confirm.
ed 10 ths cxgencirs OF the service, acc riding l.,
the answer which shr ud receive from General
Jesup. Hsreplyis dated the 9Th o.. December,
and m j, he says:
"Tr1rspdSsstos can be pror,ded herr for all
the troops thai may be dramn from the army.
| under the command Of Gtnerai Taylor, and E,r
all the ordnance, ordnance stores aud other
| supplies, which may be drawn either fr, IN this
| depot Che Braza.) or from New Orleans The
pnb'ic transports mean thos. owned by The
United Satek-tLat can be spared for the con-
t"nplafed operations, it is estimated, will carry
hrer thousand men with all their supplies
pesais eaa be chartered on taporatfe terns fer
1 any additional transportation that may be re-
qnjrsd This letter was submitted u and n al,
BY yen, as appear. from your endorsem. n,
| thereon.
Alter referring 10 some other matters in the
letter, you conclude your enlargement as fol-
lows: recommend that Rleve, Maj. Grncrai
| Jrsnp's suggestions be adopted This fac.-
shows that the litter received your particular
attention. When this letter (Which You knew
was forwarded To the depar men,) was here
MISUNDERSTANDING that you arpreil-nd.d diff.
Guilty IN draining sufficient transportation at he
..'ulh was nnfnunded, and that It could be pro-
vd'd in that quarter in grca. abundance en-
nv"rab'e terms order If he 18th December.
81 tar, and only $" far as it related To sending
| "nt vessels in b1llas', WIS snuneTmandrd Z,
is strange, indeed, that, after you were mste
acquainted with The otj, CT Of my inquiries and
Gen. Jesup's letter in rrpy TO hem. you should
have lo"krd for tran sport vessels Ia ballast iron,
the A'lantic c,t'es, and still more strange tIat
their n m arrival should be the proof yau relv ON
T.. nvct me # having ncglrc ed INV duty in
this ius ance. If, in truth, y u d, layed the ex.
pediti"n nearly two mon lis tor these transports.
! am h'ame.ess; the resp. visibility is in ano her
iaIter. II cannot b" said that this staten nj
a. '" the sutfic"ncy OF transports TO BE- obtained
at the south hid an Implied rel. renee To VIA,
;iad "rdr d from The laptc cities, for my order
| vas then unknown {, yourself ard the Quarter.
master General You first received a cnpy oft
several days a. er The date Of Gen. Jesups letter
I" me, and Of your endorsement thereon. rSrc
your le,t'r 10 me Of the 18th january Re .st.
| ID as y"u were by "head Winds, envck,p~d in
''irish ul nor hers" and opprc.s. with en-
plcated and e picking duties in arranging aud
P-epar ng The expedition against Vera Cruz.
some tempo, airy bew sideru~nt may b. excused:
but, 10 charge the War Department, with your
own misapprehensons and lnistakes, sin. xcus.
! able
My reply to your accusations forces ne 10 ex.
pose some Of your misstatemen,s OF fact. You
| alrge that the expedition, for the want If the
ten vessels, was delayed from the 18Th Of
january to the 9th of March You certainly
mean to be- understood, that n the 18th Of Jan
nary your troops were ready to embark, and
| were oriayro Tor want ~ these tran>p ITS. But.
| this was not 90 and am indebted t. ycu for
most abundant pr"nftn establish your inac cura,y
The great body of your troops for the exp. dtion
was drawn from Gen. Taylnr's command at
Monterey and in the interior Of Mexic ;, and n,
p,rt OF them had reached either the Brazos or
Ia'upic"--the points Of emba rcatinn-on the
Is h # January. II your letter Il the I2 h of
that month to General Brooke, at New Orleans,
y'u said ~ have now 10 state that il is prob
l l, Ia, sh.t
| Iay!nrs immediate command To embark here
(the D az - and at Tampico, will net rench
those points ill late IN the presen, month, Jan
ury,) say about the 25th." In letter to me ef
the 2oh OF January, you remark that Grn Bnt.
1 Ter resp 'ndrd t. your call Tor he troops y. Ii tho
utmost pr"mp'tude, and that Grnr,al w. rth
made an admirable movement "The h ad o:
MS divisi N arrived with him at the mou b Of the
kio Grandr the day before yesterday (24th
january When The remainder came up, Is n
STATED yet one ii your "naked hist rcl
| facts places the whole ,Inma nd al the points
OF IN 'afca ion waitny for the s!en VI s,eis at
asst nm days before the actual aria of any
part Ut them. But If they La been there why
should they have been detained for lhesr yes.
sells In the same letter-w it,, bu, two DAYS
after the arrival al he head Of The frs div 8 on
aud probably before thu other trooi~ lad cntl,e
| nP-y"u say that "the quart rmaster g. neral,
1 S.D
ind, has taken all proper measures " ith judg.
ment and prn,npttude to provide ever, thing d.
nd NJ OH his department FIR the despatch ard
SUCCESS ut my exprd,ti. n If m0r- was want.d,
cumulative proof mi. Int be drawn Fl I'm tie same
| s'urce-y"nr own correspondence, Ito show not
only that this charge against me has no tounda.
lon in trntl'. but that you can have no apology
| f,r hiving preferred il.
| After showing how unfortunate = on hive been
Inn cna I
nre, th"s- OF general and sweeping character
with less particular detail of proofs to oh W the
"Reminiscences
! Though The stem v,ssels' were not, for the
very sufficient reasons hav. assigned, sent out
| in ballast from the Al an'ic Cites; vet a very
| large number were sent thence with stores, SUI.
les, and troops, TO CO operate in the cxprd on
In Genrrai Jrsnps letter to me # the II h
nsi., copy Of which is sent here with, h. states
that fifty three ships, barqnrs, iy-, and schaon
ers were sent from the north, and The drpsrt-
men, actually furnished at N w Orleans, Brazos,
aud TamP.co, FIR ihs army, before it % / up the
line OF m rch into thu in.er.sr, on hundred and
| sixty three vessels.
l. hav- all I'd {, tn. l,-ye nlln',er OF surf
boats and The great d fl uly OF pr"cu. ing them,
AZ the cams. OF delay in their arrival. lave
,lso a similar reason T. IF in reply TO your
comp amt for not hlvng sa."n,bly recrivd
lay is 10 be ascr.bed tn the enornt u " large
'u,h' you required. fit was nee .ssary, and
despatch was need in procuring II, no one IL in
fault. IL 700 large, you rtainiy should not
regard as reprrnensibIe delay thu time n
sar iy taken up in preparing i. To show that
Il was larg', and qun much tin I. pr Gu .
:, VIII select f. IN many single item. You
drm,nd ID from eighty To one hundr, thu usand
"n:inch shells, aud torty or hty ,n,Ftlss .: tx
calibr". Thsen nous qulnilty Of .helis--
ab"u Fur th u and tons mostly t,be
N '"uiactur"d after you left Washington.
Ali .e furnaces in q Q country, willing To-
'ng#g" IN ti'c business, were set I" work; bn,.
wi the m IS. dill !ence and despatch, thu sup
ply of IN $ one article, or even twc.ihirds OF y,
nnving TO be manufac urrd and transported t.,
the sraboard from the furnaces, (located in moss
instances in the Interior ot the coIntry,) sta
ason e The year when water cnnmunics . ions
were obsiructd by ICE, could not be ready -
be sent forward to Won in MANY months after