Show GEX WEST correspondence from F Foit oi t Win Wingate gati N M dated the of M march arch which appears in the contra costa Oa gazette zette says it may chance that some of your readers readers may have known gen west 1 I think he was editor of the shipping gazette gazelle san francisco who until lately was commanding the district arizona gen west left california californi t colonel Co Ionel of infantry C V was appointed colonel upon tile the promotion of carleton then colonel and soon after brigadier general ile he has won the high esteem of all experienced military men and conducted the affairs of liis his district with so go much wisdom and excusable strictness that it will be difficult to replace him in order properly to estimate the difficulties of his position it must be remembered that the mesilla valley is close to el paso which being in old mexico is naturally a safe retreat from justice justic th not only of the vagabondism which the rule of such a man as west would naturally disturb but also of those fierce secession spirits the natural product of texan frontier life yet strangely enough little difficulty has been experienced from these parties they either admired the vigor of bests actions the fearlessness with which ho be visited their retreats ar or else the alicy y anticipated that if they made the necessity west would to uell bell the cat in other words to seize them found it is from other sources that sufficient difficulty lias has arisen to cause cause gen west to bo be relieved of ins his com mand in jn order that ile he may ma y meet the charges preferred against t him by one judge knapp who ii having attempted at a time when the district was in a h highly i 6 lily troublesome condition to prevent v quit the alio action of bf a military commission and being forcibly prevented pic vented ted by west vast from so doing lias has put a string 01 Z charges wid and specifications of S A most foi character to those who shall attempt tile the herculean task of reading ali them rn ais same judge napp has bas been in ill trouble with the military authorities fron from the time of his entering the department until now low in III santa banta fe ile he was twice conf confined ined in the guardhouse guard house fi first for refusing to report himself jie ile being t i a stranger fi esh from den denver var at the p provost mar 11 ar s office and dd second for di disorderly ly conduct ill in the streets his career at other towns down the river was of a similar character and alid being a nian man of some ability lie seeks the reputation reputation ofa martyr to civil liberty through the medium of ilis his political friends friends and nd tile the pages of the jour nala sa of N c T yolk ya who are only too gladdo fona find 1 hole in tile co it of a un joll general As I 1 hear nothing othin ff moro about gen gc goi going n to washington tOD it allay be 0 that the rumor arose in A couse quence of geri gen bests being ordered c tacio 01 C west lias has turned over ove r tile the com coin mand iria of ahe district to col bowie rosie of tile II 11 ath infanta infantry y califor california nia volunteers ato M D |