The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-11
oourS Of Inquiry in the Oass Of General

Wa1ness &C., Dc.
on Pssxy HorsL Fort Monroe Ausust a lsss
The cour met this day at l0k o'clock Several ladjes
present The pvinepa feature Of attraction to-day
yes ne presence Of Col Payne, from the seat Of wsf
before The Court He Is nne military looking man Of
strong Muscular and we'll built frame apparently about
he'd regular features and frssh complexion sspdinr
shout ave feet eleven inches and sd In the same
R.sscs AZ Il palma sIso WITH sss ."rs rs0 Alto and
him on thoss nsmoesble days Having received \ wound
on he hip 10 sensrslly known. from muskst ball.
which has net a. yet been extracted. he uses oruch
ard has been made an object OF general since
srriv hsrs Ne possesses aPpsrsnu, great muscular
power. and has One military appearance.
UxsssAI oAisss. after the reading Of the minutes
sad tnst before Col Payne took the stand he wished
resk Cor him his oaeisl letter TO the War Department
dated Juss isas written by him on receipt Of the in.
sslnsenes that Court Of Inquiry ordered to cit
~. case Iss latte, wa. dated Washington June s,d
And acknowledged the receipt Of the letter OF the
s7nd June from the Department informing him that he
~n be brought before Court Of Inquiry. and that
expressed Gen osrgr., being thus suddenly called
on duty a. he ~ss unwilling to eat tho bread Of idle
With the enemy oniisr II requested that y the
President deemed investigation into the fac ana cir
"ss :. his 'n % cas-: .a:i =. :.
consist Of thirteen ofcsn be taken from Gen Taylors
the re nss and s. s.m ,ns wSsnsv De
The duties Of such officers would permit Of their proceed
ing With the ipvssts .ticn The letter procssded-he
vsrpmsnt Department in Of his sxsrions to
supply Gen Taylor with sccmased horses aud acclima-
ted esd that he should have occasion for the sst
IRONY of cen Taylor and many Of HE ofcsr. BY such
step neither Gen Taylor or his o1css would he taken
o.s osn.. = ss.. sf an stack Would ss ready to a.
siss 10 the hattie hsd with his sword his rhe
ca esrsr In ssmmsnd-pei a. an olcsr Of rank bnt a.
rel sensation In Court In appreciation Of the patriotic
sentiments expressed ~ che veteran herol TIE letter
proceed without tsnsh psss the psitry intrigue which
has marked the character Of courts hitherto Po
lcsi intrigue plant rarely 10 bs found nsurishirg In
the Aeld o battle the camp msnacsd by the brave
II fourhes only In corrupt saloons In public bureaus
ssin green houss' The letter next contained
tract from the sosty second article Of follows
Bu' 90 Courts Of Inquiry be perverted dishon-
orsbs purposes and may be considered as engines Of
envieu. nssan they are hereby prohibited unless
directed ~ the President OF tho United States do
read Tsinr ibis q sound law showing The 20
OF President Jefferson. when this law passed deem
no. cn,sssonshls to comply with the dsmsnd Of the
accused thst trial " any deemed necessary should
thirteen members. on the banks OF the Rio 0rands,
attendance within two wsssss osn Sere rs%srs.i r.
win remark that st the time shi, could not
pose this Court am sars III Ssd know was TO con.
hard knocks and bloody nosss-snd my friend Cen.
Brook; who vas enssEed With me for ~ days, when
whose character stands high. and whom / have long
known 70 be strictly correct In his duty say had
knoxn the Court wa. 70 consist Of ths:s gentlemen.
insisted on general Court Marsis because my
not secret-ihey are open-i reported every thins-I
the evidence Of General Taylor and IN ofn~srs who
commanded ss the battles Of the 9Th and 9th Of May and
your wounds for your presence here this dsy
The questions that to be propcunded to YOU are the
same as those propounded Captains Montgomery and
Hawkins want ascertain the comparative strength
o. General Tsylors army and that Of the Mexican
this subject that II s the duty Of military men 10 r,Iy
Tor succe" upon their own strength General Taylor
was not the man In any such to call
orderedt to 30 to Mexico, will undertake say for him.
that he would have done He wsud not cs for addi
es for he did, he know there were certain presses
and political demsgo9ues in the nation who would take
some vile intriguing political dem sgogues who have in
huenced the heads Of the department this case Every
,ics think !, q crime vile offence to do 90 !, ill IN
military man As military man, I prohibited
sihsre does the compass to he magnetic
IU xsa THIS rS S.' n oIy : age while wa.hnsten still.
90 swear that viii bear true allegiance TO the U
Army, and serve them honorsbiy and faithfully against
their enemies and oppose whomsoevsr they opposed
ofihe U s. and officers me- sccordns 10 the rules
Of the articles Of war. help God" say that no
omcer can dabbe In politics. without violating that oath
That Is my opionion promised by that oath 10 serve
my country but never 70 serve party; End never can
hsps is one Of my sres, miios,anss MIND
so con,rscsd that cam avail myself Of Iibert, to
. dsoo's !, IN party politics have snnoancsss this nsn
been where have been called upon for sentiment and
Il Is almost and will say thss single par
stand sleef from party politics my duty a. IN the lam
susgs Of Washington. "rsps nvsson in ..r and in
the under which the ~ Ions vo,u n..rs
were called out General % continues I'll desired the
regard to rank but hesitssd before would consent 10
be dragged before some tribunal like the Spanish Inqu
Were 70 be dragged before select cour, under III.
melgn influence OF politicians on this side Of the Rio
0rande would ,. condemned right or wrong. Bn,
need hardly repeat that when wrote this had no
idea that General Brady and General Brook nv old and
valued friends and Colonel Crane, would have to rv
me Two ofhcers considered, would he easily found
to condemn me right or wrong but hope that there il
but officer in the United that would condo mn
right or wrong The documents before the court viii
tell whether have not bsen right or wrong
and twenty times denounced insane % hsbitual
Snsndsr and IN certain presses too before got hear
by this court the deep impression under as TO the
importance Of the testimony Of General Taylor and
GLIDING portion Of the letter with which he con.
msnced. and which merely reiterated the demand
10, %r, q court martial on the Rio 0nDds. General
Colonel PArSs hsrsupon swsrn, and sxsm,nsd by
Inspector General in General Tsylors army on the 9Th
and 9th Of May About the latter part Of April the rela
Mexican iorcs was vsrousiy reported When we srIi
we'd on the Rio 0rands opposite Masamoras a was re-
ported tho they had in the, city between three and Eve
thousand men The day after arrival they com.
menced throwing up held works In four places
Anpudia was reported to b approaching Ms,amoras
with force Of not less than six thousand He did ar
rive and the force brought by him never estimated
ct less than three thousand He remained there Tor some
hme and sent communication to General Taylor stat
Ing that ii ne did not retire beyond the Nuecss he
would consider his presence there declaration OF war
Arsia sun,equ:ntly arrived consider that there
In the battle OF the Pso Alto tho part the Me
not less than between six and seven thousand men II
was reported that Ampudis reinforced Asta the bat
tie Of the 9th, with what force cannot say General
Tsylors army, as far numbers conc erncd was
in imminent periln described IN the letter Of in
structon from the President and have no doubt but
the President himself under the circumstances Of
case, would have called Tor or ordered additional aid
such that implied in the letter referred TO- The army
however did not consider them an danger but felt
they would be fully able to beat the Mexican force Is
timatng the army OF tho Mexicans between sx and
seven thousand, did not disposition maniere cd
among the American troops 10 have fresh forces aye
they felt confidence that they would be fully able 10