M^r Franklin L Rhoads, of Pekin, Illinois, desires the appointment to a Lieutenancy in the U.S. Army, as you perceive by the Petition, accompanying this–2 M^r Rhoads is a Whig; but of the fifteen persons who sign his Petition, I personally know five to be influential Democrats, five whigs, and the remaining five to be respectable men, though their politics are unknown to me– The M^r Jones, who writes the accompanying letter, addressed to me, has received a Military education, and was M^r Rhoads' Captain in the battle of Cerro Gordo–3 If the appointment could be confered on M^r Rhoads, I should be personally grateful for it–4