To the President Of the Democratic State Convel


ton, January g. l846. . Z
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~ The Baltimore Patriot" republshes an extract
of letter from Washington, October 2lst, which
appears in the " New YORK Commercial We
pass over the other idle specuations which this
writer has woven from his brain, and which are
as gossamer and as brittle as the spiders webs.
We will confne ourselves to the following assertion
in the letter, which is important, only because it
seems to ountenance the other idle fables, which
have already been thrown into circulation about
General Butler. A similar statement appears in the
New York Herald: a.. autG. z ...zs


a"A s23 "WAsHisGTos, October 81. II


'I learn, to-day, that there have been received by
Taylor, impeaching the courage and conduct of
General VIM o. Butler, OF the volunteer force, at
the battle Of Monterey. '''@ VI


"We have had various accounts in private letters,
which were very unfavorable to General Butler; and
also an account going to show that General Taylor
censured his conduct the spot, in excited man
ner. General William 0. Butler has been a great
favorite with the democratic party" &C., &c.


The statement about official advices having been
received, &c, is destitute of any of foundation.
We state positively that dispatches have been re-
ceived from General Taylor about the seige Of
Monterey since the 25th OF September; and that
every word which the Secretary Of War has re-
ceived the subject Of General Buffers conduct at
Monterey has been published in the "Union, p in
General Taylor's dispatches, which were brought
to this city by Captain Eaton, on the lith instant