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of War in which he was charged both dated the 8th In:st. The circumstances under which you addressed the letter to me in answer to one from Col. Millard arose from matters extraneous from and entirely foreign to the objects of my orders to him and which appears by the correspondence as laid before me and the report of Col. ~lillard to [torn] have been amicably settled and your excellency expresses the hope in a note to Col. Millard that it would be entirely satisfactory I must however express to your Excellency my opinion that some of the powers conceded to the Commanding General of the Army interfere with the powers of the Secretary of War and of the Navy. 1 have in all my official acts studied a strict obedience to the civil authority of the Republick (except in the solitary case of General Woll) and must now decline the exercise of powers not expressly granted by the constitution of the country with that part of the correspondence which relates to orders [torn] iction &c I have nothing to do I have the honor to be with great respect
Your obedient servant Thos. J. Rusk Brig. Gen. Comg.
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[TOBY to BURNET]
New Orleans July 31, 1836
To his Excellency D. G. Burnett President Dr Sir,
The Shenandoah sailed for Velasco 28 Inst-by Some mis- management the number of Volunteers intended for her did not get on board-We shall dispatch about 50 men under the command of Captain Soverign-The Julius Ceasar will be the next vessel & we expect to sent 50 to 100 Volunteers by her- Our last advised you of the Report that the Mexicans had p~ailed upon the Indians to Join them & from information since there is not doubt but it is the case, as you will notice by the Bulletin of this morning- The last accounts from Vera Cruz & Tampico will go to shew that there is not much probability of the Mexicans taking up their line of march before fall-If the 3000 men at Matamoras
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