Administration,  The :  its  Treatment  of  General
Scott,  (Hon.  Daniel  D.  Barnard,)  553.  The
employees  of  President  Polk,  and  their  treat-
ment, indicative  of  the  character  of  his  Ad-
ministration, 553 ;  letter  of  the  Secretaiy  of
War  in  reply  to  Gen.  Scott's  complaints,
655 ;  history  of  these  complaints,  ib. ;  their
substance,  556 ;  commencement  of  the  war,
ib. ;  Gen.  Scott^s  plan  of  the  campaign  ap-
proved by  Government,  557 ;  his  preliminary
occupations  at  Washington,  ib. ;  pretended
impatience  of  the  Administration  at  his  de-
lay, 558 ;  sinister  motives  therefor,  ib. ;  bill
for  the  appointment  of  new  and  unprofession-
al officers  to  the  command  of  the  army,  559;
why  Gen.  Scott  was  to  be  kept  at  home,  ib. ;
his  "  hasty  "  letter  of  the  Slst  May,  560 ;  the
Secretary's  reply,  561 ;  embarrassments  of
the  Administration,  562 ;  jealous  of  Gen.
Taylor,  ib. ;  Scott  notified  to  take  the  field,
563 ;  vacillations  of  the  government,  564 ;
Mr.  Benton's  plan  for  the  conduct  of  the  war,
565;  treachery  of  the  Executive  to  Gen.
Scott,  566;  a  few  plain  questions  to  the
Secretary  of  War,  567 ;  petty  annoyances  of
Gen.  Scott,  568 ;  intermeddling  with  his  pre-
scriptive rights,  569 ;  failure  of  the  Govern-
ment to  fulfil  its  promise  of  supplies,  ib. ;  fall
of  Vera  Cruz,  570 ;  new  recruits  sent  where
not  wanted,  ib. ;  Mr.  Trist  sent  to  negotiate,
671 ;  Gen.  Scott  dismissed  from  command,
and  subjected  to  inquisition,  ib. ;  his  treat-
ment compared  with  that  of  other  successful
Generals,  ib.
Adventures  and  Conquests  of  the  Normans  in
Italy,  during  the  Dark  Ages,  (Prof.  Adolphus
L.  koeppen,)  616.
Adventures  in  Mexico,  review,  (G.  W.  Peck,)
307.
