odge, of Michigan, is
appointed major of the battalion, and I have seen the names of the
captains, but I do not know where to address them. I am afraid that
the report from this place in respect to cholera may seriously
retard the raising of this force.

"'I wish, therefore, that your Excellency would give publicity to
the measures I have adopted to prevent the spread of the disease,
and of my determination not to allow any junction or communication
between uninfected and infected troops.

"'The war is not at an end, and may not be brought to a close for
some time. The rangers may reach the theatre of operations in time
to give the final blow. As they approach this place I shall take
care of their health and general wants.

"'I write in great haste, and may not have time to cause my letter
to be copied. It will be put in some post office to be forthwith
forwarded. I have the honor to be

"'Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

"'WINFIELD SCOTT.

"'_His Excellency_, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS.'"

_From the Richmond Enquirer, October 12, 1832._

"In laying the following article before our readers, our own personal
feelings, as well as a just sense of gratitude to a meritorious
officer, prompts us to add that we have known Winfield Scott long and
have known him intimately, and that the conduct here attributed to
him is precisely such as we should have expected, from his ardent
patriotism, his humane disposition, and his distinguished
intelligence."

_From the Illinois Galenian, September 12, 1832._

"GENERAL SCOTT.--Perhaps on no former occasion has a more
arduous and responsible duty been confided to any officer of our
Government than that with which this gentleman has been clothed, in
prosecuting to final issue the savage war upon our borders. And we
hesitate not to say that in our estimation a better selection could
not have been made.

"It might suffice, in justification of this assertion, to instance the
promptitude of his movements to the scene of action, the ease with
which he overcame space, and the facility with which he surmounted all
obstacles opposed to the accomplishment of his object.

"But he had an enemy to encounter far more terrible than Black Hawk
and his adherents--an enemy that bid defiance to military prowess and
baffled all the skill of the tactician.

"That loathsome epidemic, the direful scourge of the Easte