The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-24

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iirisn. lie dos n0I sren - have eteE
lad Inc neu6deDre of sisirr his offlcerE
nr men. IN lie hssiie a. GeIto 6onda,
+ il appeAFs he Fecrixed sight H0and n
/ bis arm. Whlrhrzuso3 him sIonre 10 iraEt
fE Tena~sser, IN oNdeE 70 ErpOrl his mar
lial deafs 10 Mrs. Gmndy. and he oihrI
I'd iadsesof lie Stale Nhieh gave Plk
10 the nation. and = hero IN ihe wsFs. Ae.
eordsng % bis ewn aceOunl a he STAIR.
uPun himssh IS they advanced ii ihe
heads 81 HE columns upon The blazing
batteries 0f he Mexieans. MAS lsuly ter
nhe - nearly eansing away his sHonl
arm. and dealing death and deslTsrlisn on
all sides. MhelkeT On he recommends
ion Of Lieutenant General Benton. ne
pretend moi IA say. but the Presidens.
who had totally disreganled Ghe services
II sHlh men ~ IellersoR Davis. a. onre
made the heroic Pillow Major General.
Iiui ssliile - he hlusi,ing honors are Vel
irrsh EP"n him" truth has been fully de-
whipped. IL appears that llie wound IN
his sword arm vas = comparative seTairh.
and that lhe baii whirh did surh terrible
execution Was salsIy ladged in HE bItech-
Is pocket; while tie lieTse assault which
he bo1sied having headed. acconling In
the published statement al his own OIL
GERS - he neither led nor followed" This
statement is published in the New Orleans
papers, and l. signed by ail the surviving
effects Of the I'd Tennessee Regiment.
II seems 10 have clearly established these
facts:
/ !. That Gen. Pillow deceived General
Scott in pretending 10 have made recon.
noisanee. which he either could not have
made al all, or the results Of which he re.
ported incorrectly.
2. That he represented the three Mex.
lean batteries as bui slightly manned and
containing buI one cannon. whereas ihey
were defended by ~ pieces aud 5000
men.
4 3. This; instead of leading the assault, a.
is pretended. le did not even follow nj q
respectful distance. hut cautiously remain.
cd like a prudent General oW Of harms
: way.
!, 4. That he displayed the most profound
: ignorance and inrompeiency, having chan
, ged the relative position Of the regiment
; a. the moment of going into action, an,
} having entirely failed to support one u
, the advancing columns. which caused i
To lose one fourth Of IFS number in killed
; and wounded.
q 8. That he neglected altogether 10 give
orders TO The PENNSYLVANIA Regiment IL
, advance TO the assault, though he had ex
pressly ordered them not TO move wiihou
such orders.
I These statements, made as they are by
the officers Of one Of the best regiments
in the service, will Of course elicit an in.
vesiiga,ion Of the whole affair, when, If the
facts should be found TO vary from tie a.
hove, We will cheerfully give place 10 ITEM
The very temperate lancuage used by The
I ~ --.--..- S.,sslanaa .af H. .ussStt
iiess oil their facts; and besides, the mos
respectable papers in New Orleans open
: ly declare that The statements which the,
make are abundanily confirmed by cola
teral testimony. sa~h rs the material ou
Of which Mr.. Polk has been making Ma
! jor Generals TO command such men n
Wool and Doniphan and Chids and Dun
. can and Mcintosh, and scores OF other
who have grown grey in the service!
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