The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-29
roL-,.AsKELls REPLY 10 CHS Pillow
TO THE PUBLIC.

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While on my way from my residence IN
Jackson 10 this city, which | was visiting !
on private business, met at Huntingdon
With the reply OF Gen. Pillow TO the CON-
municaion Of my self and officers, published
in The New Orleans Plcayune OF the 29lh
Of Nav last, IN relation 10 the operations ct
Gen. Pillows brigade al the recent action
OF Cerro Gofdo.
In reJpInEg 10 the reply Of Gen. Pillow,
shall eudeavor 10 do SO with that dignity
Of manner aud temperatures OF tone bsht.
ting the columns OF pubic journal; for,
however provoking the language OF Gen.
Pillow may be to me, aud however much
tnigIi be justified 10 the employment OF
harsher terms Than shall use. slIll, IN the ,
absence OF Gen. Pillow, should suffer IN
my own esteem II Ill temper betrayed NE
10 the use oil stronger words than such as
arc necessary simply 10 convey NY mean
ing. Besides, have a high public duty
to perform and although Gen Pillow pro-
esses 10 treat he communication OF my self
dIB Niti@Gfs Dc 1piitsi- VIZ iN''' So ""'
endea,ois o divert the pubic mlnd from
contemplation Of his own misconduct by
max NJ this controversy purely personal
bctN,en us, still cannot bIlng myself 20
believe that the pages OF u newspaper,
Nhle The parties are separated from each
other by the distance Of two thousand miles,
are the proper places for the use OF person.
Allies or tie settlement OF personal sllilts.
Following The order IN which the Gen
ersl has arranged ms reply, notice hrsi,
us attempt at special pleading and mys,tf.
cation 10 reference 10 the eaemy's position
and number Of batteries. In the COMM.
, aicauun Of ms sell aud officers the eHemy )
line Of works is described IN Tie following
language " The night o! the enemy eN.
lendrd from the left oi The Jalapa road 10
the gorge 10 the mountains, through which
lie nNer Howe. Along this hne the enc.
my had established himself on three differ.
eug Leights, divided from each other by al
most ,mpassable rasines. Each OF these
!. htishts were strengthened by admirably
+ constructed 6esdSotks, known 10 our en-
g,neers as Nos. ! >, aud 3, commencing q
! The gorge tbs description The Genera
denies 70 20 correct, and says hat, 10
stead Of three works in tins iloe o. works
as these gentlemen say, there we're know
10 Jc four besure lae balte battery No, !
! situated on tie river huff aud No. > at III
Q extreme Of lie snem}'s line u 6reasiwuk
and net nearer y tue point assaulted Ihat
+ iour huadred 10 SIX hundred yards, and bat
: teiiss Nos. 8 and 4 were sui further e
y wards the National road the place assaul,
s ed made The filth battery" FMS singula
s. description o. The eneTy's work IS oppose
! by Gen. Pillow etlh0u, eny particle c
proof 10 the combined testimony Of my
, aud slAlc, n ol my officers. These counle
; statements uskg direct issue Of fact be
G tween myself aud Cen Pillow. low y
y e. ss4sst tatl,4~a 90 Tar, tue wctuht
10 tesuacGy Is atth me, aud u Gen PHO
y desires 10 relieve himself from the GpnenI
" aoee Of having cndcaiuTcd to mis.ead ii
y public mtai y nfonsfuiIy describing Ties
Z "oshs, ieI h.m produce a map drawn by a
! intelligent officer Of lie engineer corps y b
examined lie ground ard II he does,
: wlii psose llal he vas cot only auomn, 4
p The ground before the halie, bot that q
. has learned aosLing abou, it vet; uni tia
u be had rs W0fk 70 DO over a sccuu
u TINE. be would DO It rs biuudeingb ns b
= dad Il before. Tie truth Is thu, here scr
tui four lis.lrei Ge.d works 90 Tie Who'll
a al,,l field al Eeffo Gctd1. CamucCc.n,
On lhc eneut ,ht, they stand 10 the ful
> loving order. No, | situated on he d.
immediately above he gorge h ou.h wbicj
he river iigs- aud totally discUnncc,c.
I from No b. deep and almost impassa
! bic raFsrc-leaving space Of sDu.c bun
bred yatds OF more where there was Nc
wall or works cf any kind, Tins WORN
mOuftcd some Eve or six guns No. 2
next on the lei lf No. / WIS divided IRON,
Ne. 3 by a siil deeper raylne, and dlscon.
cied rom It BY sui greater sp2cc-say
40 hundred yafdsor mofe--eacb elevation
having Is separate battery aud rofnhcallou.
tbs work lad seven guns on IL rfont hne,
three Or four on IS rcdoubl, and two more
on "haI General Pillow calls " rclifcd
llae." No. contained about .lS or seven
guns. Tbs ~atk extended from tie ton of
The height "hcre the guns were placed,
along tie slda Il tie mountain and nearly
parallel viii The National road, to The MONT
where ii struck The road yearly opposite Tho
height Of Ccrfo Gofdo. Al tins point IN
the road, where tbls f.Id.work terminated,
there was a battery Of SIX large bras. gun..
crii'adlUg he road. The next and last
held-"ork was that winch cucircled the
height Of Ceffo Gord3, which rose ON the
right OF the road. Ga the height there
acre sir guns, all mounted on carriages.
Higher up the Jalapa road, at or near the
headquarters Of Santa Anna, thcro were
some i've or six bfass guns, bu. no field
works. II vas tho second Of these works
no. p which my regiment was ordered to
attack aud ono OF thu strangest aud most
reckless declarations which General Pillow
has made Is, that | sas not ordered IN
assault battery No 2, nor was tia, battery
erer assaulted " In the sane plragfsuL .
winch contains this extraordinary misstale. =
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