New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-16
Furthermore, the General sends to the Secretar.
from the Army headquarters in Gotham the follow
ing, dated Aug. 6, 1856:

from the Army headquarters in Gotham the follow
ing dated Aug. g. 1856:
sR: have received note from you dated the "a instant.
which you seem desire consider unofficial. shall
comply with that singular fancy as you can have no le
irgy shall treat comnuncson whether designed az
md eSa. 5 O T:s m h@
which ought to be lost and shall not be my fault If do
render part Of this correspondence memorable exam
pie to be stunned by your successors'
And under date of Sept. Z, 1856, the Secretary
raps the General thus:
Nor am 20 be at all deferred from full exposure of the
gouEdsne' of your charges by the threats you make
rendering this correspondence example
to be Stunned by This the meTes oravado
in enc who himself affords the memorable example
the records Of this Department OF vain conroversAst de-
no lark TO the character of this
on except believe to be without precedent 10 the his
and in nv opinion the money be refunded Although
the above mentioned made ups 81 per cent your
DID bur which all hsd claimed
,hee before presenting the account to you amended oy
enIsrns the charge OF commission per cent ana 'na
the provisions Of law extended only to authorize 70
py draft the Treasury you enesvo to put the claim in
this position BY giving to Capt Cais IN tne
.nbGtons receipt for that sum the undertaking. how
that be should not pay you the money unless zoe
iice communicated officer and the ouar'ermaster
General my d,spprovd Of the Transaction go 80, -, .,
however that this decision has shifted the charge OF
your trips Washington Asy lum business from hs PUBL
essuy TO fs on class able to bear it, understand
from the fun set spart the support OF old and crippled
soldiers the accounts Of which fund do not come before TINS
THE Instructions of April H. 1885, under which you con.
Quoted the removal Of the Cheroises were from the
direct You particular in stating that they were drawn by
yourself the Secretary of War being sick GO not see ~hy
y this but since the authorship thus disclosed 1.
explains the in those Instructions Of clause which
became the basis Of claim for csn
osnsn yoG to be allowed aud ps
Secretary during the din "a b
Instructions had be content with their bare pay but even II
due to them to say 10 believe they would have
made tbe mse.yes penny the richer By IT,"
The combat deepens-on, ye brave. and so we
90 until General Scott deals from the Headquarters
On Sept 90 1865, the following to the Secretary Of
War:
.ory assistance hand you hav by toll Of than 1--WE
weeks On What to your nature mus. have been aSor oil
pages the full measure Of your spleen and ysnsesnc The
y prompt az although short was abundany racy-hst is
and cnrrous Bnt the venom now
oS . 9GuS tss nSu a.
forced TO borrow the exclamation:
And ii. rot done' the attempt aud not the deed
You evidently the public Hence the multiplicity
Of ipsnuaious snd charges enyeoped, without proofs Ia
and arsunen-s managed with such consumnste art to
deceive any but attentive esder Swimming
tricks of controversy which you justly
pride yourself"
This letter closes thus:
A. to your boasted charity and orbearance toward
the rs,snce.-ach outisg-have necessarily been
posed nd shAstised n ess pages that hope .oon 10 De do
ers without single exception
On Dec. 20, 1855, the Secretary of War sends the
following compliment Of the season to the Lieut.
General:
~.
feature i. the case The money saved the Hospital by Dr.
s,ttere the conhscs.ed debt collected BY Lieut. Lay the
The City Of Mexico By Gen snth- these items you carried
ito your account and SAsTssd commission upon them
which, IL aowed 10 one, was due to those who actually
not indeed entirely deaf to the claims your
brother officers scknovedged them only extent
bS to STP9 With e
III tie haI Is Of committee of distinguished ocer, the
wL bad t.n IL the battles while you, without in
committee put more than three that sum int9
your pocket Two thousand dollars 70 al the widow" and
ORPHAN. Lad lost husband father protector aud e'
NJ, cann, with the spoil which you had thus gathered
after your Washington claimed N ias conyenont
shape bs snee due you. an additional sum Of 81 io9
e1,rn.c value attached TO rarity AID il can PROBABLY never
porfAnce BY the Juxspon 10 which i IS ioand WITH your
duplication percentage. You did well 70 omit from
s1 .s 'iSa ssa
informed that praise rus bestowed the Clet a.z'trse
'r,prs.eu;sious Of benehcLArie. and syc0phAnts.'"
The Lleuten ant General lets out az follows:
"NEw-YoRK Jan. II, 1856.
81 eastily glanced your December litter, and
ANN |, sc- disgust reiec:ing within Jay tyo,
tia YOU h suddenly throw upon the public toe whole or
Of this ndence Including your s o<scn
of does and personalities tmostly ePetons "aicn
up.t .wsrec might be admitted have determined 10
.tuALe such OF them OF present al aspect Of
novelty 1T,
the face Of facts like these that you tra heay
through pages homy the duties OF O.1ea IA ol-ei
mixed your wont, with sard0nc eers and 1oes a1os
sraspisg sysee and fsrh Such lAnzuase nay e.ea
the Of The goundipgs whom you Gieet, out W. o.
spurred BY al honorable ADt yog arr true l'eri
Why not brg the herce principle ie nearer home In ana
about the WarOrce there gallant chiefs OF lAy
bureaus and soae dozen gallant assistants. ~ho receive r.
pectysly rom hAf cOga 10 less than nn oi Jott s~y
These the very officers whom recently eontr.s VIZ
much 20 my cisparlS. Dert, aud who ctr@ihy arc 81
upsTioI in capacity sno~-dss WORK aud ehsiaeet Ny
your pay Into hotchP0f with the paJ OF lH''
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To this-'he fDal g decisive charge" having CON-
menced-the Secretary At War writes on Feb. -
1856:
Ano,her instance Of your capacity IN The sane o..o 70
heg symp,ihy and utter SANDER your Aec1ssoI ts.
srdesvoTed 20 provoke duel wiz old soldier
IN both write with dn,euty AZ -