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The forces were about equal, and neither had much advantage in ground. General Polk, the commanding general of the Rebels, was not on the ground until near the close of the action, and deserved no credit for the success of his men. General Pillow and Brigadiers Cheatham and McGown, were the efficient commanders that day.
I have done well to-day to get half way through my declaration of independence though he doesn't think that is what it is going to be to Polk. If I can just tell him how much I love him, before he makes love to me we can get on such a sensible footing with each other. I'll command the situation then.
L. Marcy, when he was secretary of war under President Polk, that inaugurated and generaled the movements that resulted in our securing possession of California by his expeditions, sent by sea and by land, of regular forces, followed by the volunteer regiment of one thousand men, under the command of Col. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, June 3, 1846.
In an elaborate letter of the latter, addressed to the Chevalier d'Argais on the 1st of September, 1841, the opinion is confidently maintained that the claim is unfounded. The Administration of President Polk took a different view of the matter.
President Polk appointed Kit Carson to a second lieutenancy and his official duty was to conduct the fifty soldiers under his command through the country of the Comanches, but for some reason the Senate refused to confirm the appointment, and he consequently had no connection with the regular army.
The Doctor looked very sharp at Mrs. Finley so sharp that she stooped down, pretending to pick something from the floor, that he needn't see her blush. "I don't know how I am to nurse a sick child," grumbled Mrs. Finley; "there's John Madison Harrison Polk, and Sarah Jenny Lind, and Malvina Cecelia Victoria, and Napoleon Bonaparte, four children of my own to look after. It's a hard case, Doctor."
"Well, she's going to, if the Morrell woman has her way," observed Ben Sansome dryly. Polk stretched his long legs, and smiled his desiccated little smile. "He's a pretty enterprising youngster more ways than one," said he. On the evening of the third day after his latest interview with Doctor Jones, Keith threw down his paper with a cry of triumph.
When men speculated as to whether Van Buren, General Cass, General Butler, or Senator Benton would be the standard bearer in 1844, they always asked what Jackson's edict on the subject would be; and the final selection of James K. Polk, while not fully dictated by the ex-President, was the result of a compromise in which his advice played a prominent part.
And it came to pass that man-servants set before us brewage; and Lucullus Polk spake unto me, relating the wherefores of his beleaguering the antechambers of the princes of the earth. "Did you ever hear of the S.A. & A.P. Railroad in Texas? Well, that don't stand for Samaritan Actor's Aid Philanthropy.
"Oh, they teach them to make things out of straw and toothpicks kind of a play place to keep them off the street." "There's one up on Sacramento Street, not far from Polk Street. I saw the sign." "I know where. Why, Selina used to play the piano there." "Does she play the piano?" "Oh, you ought to hear her. She plays fine. Selina's very accomplished. She paints, too."
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