Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-06

her reputation. She would not commit such an
act even to save her greatest manufacturers
The Tsgass, hewever, says the blockade is not
everywhere e~fectuai. and reminds toe Washington
Government that only a real blockade VIII be
satisfactory.
Another says that. by another year. England
need not look farther than India for supplies Of
cotton.
Russell. in his last letter. asserts that England
and the United States were almost at war three
months since.
The Times points to the independent charac-
ter of the operations Of Missouri and Kentucky,
TO show the impracticable nature Of the war.
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From Washington.
WASHINGTON, November 3.-The Washington
Branch of the B. & o. r. r. daily delivers a
thousand tons Of Government freight.
1t is said arrangements have been made to lay
a doable track from Washington to Annapolis.
Sufficient quantities. Of forage for the Govern
ment are now forwarded from Baltimore.
The following letter from Lieut.. Gen. Scott
was received by the President ON Thursday after
noon:
HEADou ARTERs or THE ARMY,
WAsHiSeTToS, October 3lsf, l66ll
TO Hon. Stmoa Cameron, Secretary Of War:
SIR-For more than three years / have been
unable from a hurt, to mount a horse or walk
more than a few PAGES at a time and that with
much pain. Other and new infirmities, dropsy
and vertigo, admonish me that a repose Of mind
and bopy with the appliances of surgery and med
icine are necessary to add a little more to life al
ready prolonged much beyond the usual span of
man. Ii is under such circumstances, made
doubly painful by the unnatural and unjust re
bellion now raging in the Southern States of our
late prosperous and happy Union. that / am com
PEELED to reques. that my name be placed on the
list of army officers retiring from active service.
As this request is founded on an absolute right
granted by a recent act of Congress, / am en-
tirely at liberty to say that | withdraw in these
momentous times from the orders of a President
who has treated me with distinguished kindness
and courtesy, whom / know, upon much person
al intercourse, to be patriotic without sectional
partiality or prejudice, TO be highly conscientious
in the performance of every duty, of unrivalled
activity and perseverance,: and To YOU, Mr.. Sec
rotary. whom l now officially address for the last
time, l beg to acknowledge my many obligations
for the uniform high considerations | have re-
ceived at your hands, and have the honor to re
main, sir, with high respect,
Your obejient servant,
WINFIELD ScoTr.
A special Cabinet council was convened ON Fri
day morning at 3 o'clock, 10 take the subject in
to consideration. Ii was decided that Gen. SCOTS
request, under the circumstances of his advanced
= anu tlAuiL tIiCc Oufa iOt Dc tCIIt 1cI.
Mcclellan was tl,erenpon, with the unanimous
agreement of the Cabinet, notified that the com
mand OF the army would devolve upon him.
AT four O'Clock in the afternoon the Cabinet
again waited upon the President and attended him
to the residence of Gen. Scott On being seated
the President read to Gen. Scott the following
order.
On the LIST day Of November, 1861, upon his
application to the President of the United States,
Brevet Lieut.. Gen. Winfield Scott is ordered to
be pla, ed. and hereby is placed, upon the list of
retired officers of the army OF the United States,
without reduction in his current pay, subsistence
or allowances. The American people will hear
with sadness and deep emotions that Gen. Scott
has withdrawn from the active control of the ar
my, while the President and the unanimous Cabi-
net express their own and the nations sympathy
in his personal Affections, and their profound sense
of the important public services rendered by him
to his country during bis long and brilliant career,
among which will ever be gratefully distinguished
his faithful devotion to the Constitution, the
Union and the flag, when assailed by a fratricidal
rebellion.
(Signed.) ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Gen. Scott thereupon rose and addressed the
President and Cabinet, who had also risen, as
follows:
PREsIDEyT-This donor overwhelms me. II
overpays all the services l have attempted to
render my country. If I had any claims before
they are all obliterated by the expression of ap
prevail by the President with the unanimous sup
port of his Cabinet. If know the President and
the Cabinet well. / know that the country has
placed its interests, in this trying crisis, in safe
keeping, their counsels are wise, their labors are
untring as they are loyal and their cause the
right one. President, you must excuse me; ]
am unable to stand longer to give utterance to
tho faaifuoS of Urafifuda which onnroSS ma In
my retirements | shall offer up my prayers to God
fec the Administration and for my country. ]
shall pray for it with confidence in its success
over its enemies and that speedily.
The President teen took leave Of Gen. Scott,
saying he hoped to write him a private letter ex
pressive of his gratitude and affection. The
President added:
General you will naturally feel solicitude
about the gentlemen of your staff who have rem
dered you and their country such faithful servi
ces. | have taken that subject into considera-
ton. l understand that they go with you New
York. | shall desire them at their earliest con-
venience after their return, to make their wishes
known to me. / desire you, however, to be
satisfied that except the unavoidable privation OF
your counsel and society which they so long en-
joyed. The provisions which will be made for
them will be such as to render their situation as
agreeable hereafter as it has been heretofore.
Each member of the Administrator then gave
his hand to the veteran and retired in silence.
The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary
of War will accompany Gen. Scott to New York
TO morrow by the early train.
The following is the response of the Secretary
of War to the letter Of Gen. Scott:
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.
GENERAL: 1t is my duty TO lay before the Pres
ident your letter of yesterday asking to be releas-
ed under the recent act of Congress. In separa
ting from you, l can not refrain from expressing
nv deep regret that your health, shattered by
long service and repeated wounds received in
your c~ountry's defense, render it nece ssary for
you to retire from your high official position at
this momentous period of our history. Although
YOU are not to remain in active service, / vet
hope that while ] continue in charge of this De
partment over which / now preside / shall at
times be permitted to avail myself of the benefit
of your counsels and sage experience. 1t has
been my good fortune to enjoy a personal ac-
quaintance with you for ever thirty years, and
the pleasant relations of that long time have
been greatly strengthened by your cordial and
entire cooperation in all the great undertakings
which have occupied the Department and con-
vulsed the country for the last six months. In
parting from you | can only express the hope that
q merciful Providence, which has protected you
amidst SO man. trials, viii improve your health
and continue your life long after the people of the
country shall have been restored to their former
happiness and prosperity.
] am very sincerely
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