The New York herald., 1871-03-08

Carrolrs claim ana accompanied the report with
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rate with the service"
say "that this plan as suggested, was adopted. We
Scott then ASS stant Secretary OF War;
Hon. JACOB NJ. HowArD, United States Senate
On or about the su,h November 1851, Miss Carroll.
Of War and suggested the poprety Of abandoning the
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PntLADELrHIA, June "a, 1870
The report Of tho committee goes on to say:--
The adayit Of Hon Lemael Evans, of Marshall Texas,
sca y our S with mission m s to the
Army OF the southwest the success Or his mission
depsrtmcnt became ns business obtain accurate
ome Mh @s ns in IT T
tha, Miss Carroll S. Louis October and November
e Of The Union that he held conversations with her
Ing IN same hote with MISS Carroll Mrs Scott. lady
w well n n a. to what hat ssn on
one o the transports in the expedition designed to descend
"A few days after the battle OF Belmont Mr. Scott
came TO the notci, when Miss Carr0i sought and OBJ
tanned an interview through his wife, and becoming
she requested deponent to JOIN tie Interview and
TO lnterrogate Mr. Scott, which he did at great
and CumDerianl rivers; and IN reply he stated that
It his opinlon-n which all the pilots connected
with the expedition Concurred-that 1t would be
next to impossible 20 open the Mississippi with the
gunboats. He mentioned one pilot VINO mad been
familiar with those waters Tor forty years. He stated
that 1t was entirely practicable for the gunboats to
ascend, at favorable stages OF water. the Cum
neriend to Nashville, ana, at all stages, Ine
Carroll requested Mr. Scott TO write down for her
s gi h q Sis iS M Is ai a2
during his connection with the expedition, to DO
which he at nrst Declined, on the ground of detective
education, as he alleged, but he finally consented
On Miss Carros return flom the West she prepared
and submitted to deponens for his opinion the plan
OF the tennessee river expedition as set forth ia her
memorial. Being nanve and resident or that Sec
uon ana intimately acquainted with lts geography
and particularly With the Tennessee river, deponent
was convinced OF the vast military Importance OF
her paper, and advised her to lose no time in laying
the same before the War Department, which she did
on or about the 30Lh OF November, 1Sol.,
On the 9th OF January 1882, Miss Carroll addressed
Hon. A. Scott again on the importance OF the plan
says:-"aaving gwen you my views OF the Tennessee
river on my return from the West, showing that this
river Is the true strategical key to overcome the
rebels IN the Southwest, beg again to recur to the
Importance Of its adoption. This river Is never
impedcd By ice in the coolest winter as the Missis
sippi and Cumberland sometimes are. ascer-
taiEed when in st. Louis that the gunboats then lit
ting ouL could not retreat against the current OF
THESE Western waters, and so stated TO you. Be-
and VIII not be very eflcient against an
to dene a gan o
If they anchored by the stern they would
lose the advantage OF motion, which will prevent
the enemy from getting their range. Our gunb0ats
at anchor would be target which the enemy Will
not be slow to improve and benefit thereby. The
above CAIRO, after leaving The Ohio, runs across
south southeast, rather than through Kentucky and
Tennessee, until 1t reaches the Mississippi line. d.
rectly west OF Florence and Tuscumbla, which lies
nifty miles east and Memphis l25 miles west with
the Charleston and Memphis isailroad eight mi'es
yehg TINS sa - at AMY Time ~ he ae
than in the Ohio. II you Will look on q
map Of the Western States you will see in what
position Buckner would be placed by strong ad-
vance up the Tennessee river. dc would be obliged
to back out OF kentucky, II he did our force
could take Nashville IL mis- rear and compel him 10
lay down h.s arlns.o
OLD BEN WADE GOES FOR THE FAIR CARROLL
'.Hon. B. +. Wade, ex.United States Senator ana
War states nat he had aways understood that Int t
was through this cause that the mississippi river
expedition was abandoned and the Tennessee river
adopted In Its stead; that copy or Miss Carroils
paper shown him Immediately alter the
success success OF Of the campaign by the late Hon.
how highly President Lincoln ana Mr. stanton ap-
able to impart during the entire struggle and has
heard them both say that she ought to be literally
Congress, as her services were most beneficial; that
her claim is just and he hopes VIII be Literally re-
Miss Carroll says that here is at least settled IN
contestably d fact IN the history OF our late war
which had more real significance upon the final ter
mination OF the struggle than all others combined.
AT THAT PERIOD she says, the North had no adequate
conception OF The magntude and completeness OF The
reDelhon Tor the South was, In fact vast military
camp. Her prophetic opinion was that England
ana France understood Tar better than how
unequal the military strength OF the TWO sections
then was, and they stood ready upon the first great
military disaster after the battle OF Bull Rum to
cognlze the independence OF the South, and had
our forces gone down the Mississippi. was
designed, that recognition by foreign Powers would
IA Our naons fe IL sayea the nnoa and
insured from that moment the death Of the Southern
IonIederacy. she contends that these truths are
Ing men OF both sections; for 1t seems that the
South had conceded the necessity OF the
as mad our own authorities, and to its
diversion from tnat river to the Tennessee they
knew their doom was sealed. The war was then
costing our government upwards OF three millions
was shortened, or how many thousands Of lives
were saved from useless slaughter by the change
can never be estmated and, in connection with the
preservation OF the Union can never be ascertatned
by any mode OF Calculation known to man. 1t IS
altogether too big for from that period the end OF
the struggle was mere question OF time: the enc
mies' lines were cut in two. The people were then
ready to rush TO arms, and the whole civilized world
comprehended that the government OF the Union
With reference toMiss Carros services at the in
ception OF the rebellion the committee In their re-
port say
From the high social position of this lady, established
ability writer and thinker she prepared ut
the Of the rebellion TO exercise strong influence
in behalf Of liberty and Union Tha. was fe and re-
history there be question. Her publications through
out the struggle were eoQuenty and ably written widely
and DID much 70 arouse and nvigorae the sent
much that they among the very ables
publications. OF the time and exerted powerful influence
upon the hearts OF the people,
Some Of these pqblcAtions were prepared under the
auspices OF the War Department. Mss Carroll
Claim to reimburse her for the incurred
in their publication which ought to have been paid and
evidence OF this suboin the following the
Assistant Secretary OF War;
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 2s 1853.
All my interviews with Miss Carroll were In my official ca
pacty as Assistant Secretary OF War The pamphlets pub
ishcd to certain extent general authority
then exercised by in the discharge public
sistant Secretary OF War No price fixed, but
derstood ,hat the government would treat her with sufficient
lberay TO compensate her fer service she might