Washington telegraph., 1847-08-04
From The Banner.
CAnr ENcANrAnA, Ainxleo, !

hEtta am ltAAlinha lhGluHhl 10 sul'
dlrrs life. vas Influenced lay but one
prompting malise, AMI that va 10 eon'rib
n'e whai might be within IA, IHnwcr. 10 the
success ol our arms, aud tho triumph Of NY
counify's banner, liule thinking that il
would, for The ffsl time in my lie. become
necessary iaf ne 10 engage ia a delMse,
alike Of myself the character ui the coiIIa.
ny which command, aud the reputation Of
the State ol which an proud 10 own my
scll nalRe. iellhc happening Of events,
aud the conduct Of certain men, has made
this dul} imperative.
The Arkansas Democrat Of u Of April
contains a lellef wrllei by Capt. Pike, ia
which lellef, aside from o,hef hase false.
huods, loaldzame self commentator, aud
sspcrsioh= d the whole Regimsat, is con
tanned i4lss libel upon the two companies,
commanded by Cap, c. {. Danlr5 lnow
u pfisoneal aad ngse.G
Capt. fIku states III substance, That the
men from the q two companies went luth.
almost a pfaitai, aud shushIsIui twenty.
seven iuuuesnI, unulloudmg, aul hatm,rs,
Mexican lahurrrs, and IN eunueoliun with
this statement he paIades beiafe tie world
the uujnsl aud harsh order ai ten. fayIor,
which ~. provoked by Tie m'zf#pHes n'a
iions aud a.saaaol, OF Capt. fils anl other
kindicd .Hfils. Bot which ~ promptly
Iesciuded ven lhe tue slate o. tie ac's
was laid hHIafe hin, in pam aal Invar.
nished sl1 :, BY Col. ROans through Gen.
WOOL.
As lh. aiiai. has gone IA iHs world in
the lightsi las, deem Il a d4lb Ia ny sell
as Wei. a. 10 llase Nlo have udiT Sc rec
ted me ia eomnauI them, an aare ihln
all 10 tue sale, whose fepu aiian i dear
10 me as ble, 10 sci the pubic IIgal touch.
ing the PROMISES. At ihe iine mn ioael
ltg regiment VI. all absent esseH my
company aud Capt. dane :. There
was maa b. the ulma ol GaglIt caught
some few bunIri ,arls ilom oat elan of
senlinels aud most iuhuu.an'y murdered
mulilaled aud ted up to a bush - lIiIl we
might mol mistake the death bJ which be
died. The perpeinlnr. Of This brutal
deed were traced To the moun'hl,, and
there found 10 be concealed in cave to.
gelhcr with some hundred. ofolhers--,nmo
dressed IN the coiLing Of our men-lhr
murdered man n,l being the iif,l by some
twenty who had shared the same lie-n0l
all ifom our regiment. Olhers having
their arms, and other things, which lrll nu
doubt as To heir bting Ihe murlcnr- ol
Culquiu were demanded aud r'iI,rd.-
They were hrcd upon and some & l.rI.
The cougi ul trqliry, convened u lnycs
iigaie the affair, stated lour-Capl. Pike
says twen'y y.srycn-as near the tru h rs be
oyel gets. I'hrn there was lour He'd IN,
stead oi twenty aud they were rob.
brrs, thieves, muricrers, who had taken
shelter IN The yigmil nl our camp 10 steal,
rol, and muricr, aud Lol tie innocent un.
Oft nding creaturcs--honcst hard, working
men. the Captain would have the world
believe.
In proof Of the fact that the oricr was
Issued under in.sc representation ol facts,
when Gen. 'rayiur was folly nd,i ed oi
the premises, aud htd got without the reac-i
o such mrn as Pike, he rcscinGod the or.
der, aud restored the two companies 10
their honorable standing in the Regiment.
Why does no, Capt Pike menliun thisl 1t
would be the truth commodity he never
deals in. Capt Pike processes to have
given this affair la the world, in orlcr lhll
they Us he says, who deserve the shame
may bcaril. II this was his motive why
did he not tell the trulhi Because he
thought it would afford him a prrlckl to
libel, aud blachcn the reputation, in the es.
OF the world, OF Regiment that
wuull not disgrace itself by selecting him
10 command it.
Capt. Pike-the knight Of the quill, thus
leads oil in his layorlIc strain Of self com.
mendalion, ".uy Squadron was thirty
miles OIL" This is true, aud il is alike
true that, the distance was considerable
between il and the Mcxicans on the day Of
the baule-wilhout the range Of gun shot
The Capt. states that his men neyer mo.
lest the property or persons ol MeSlcans.
Perhaps this may account for the great dis
lance, at all times during the fight, pre-.
served by the squadron, and furnishes the
reason why mol a man in the squadron fired
a gun during the whole battle.
Yet this man has attempted TO cast II
Stigma upon the regiment, aud has actually
written letters stating that his was The only
squadron that did the lighting lor Arkansas.
II such is the fact, produce your list OF killed
aud wounded, where are lheyl
| am done with Capt. Pike. | trust
that have shown that the men killed were
not unarmed, unolIending laborers, but
band Of robbers who had for months been
hanging round our camp, killing the men
aud stealing our hor.es--l'hat Gen. ray.
lor was deceived by the lalschoods Of Capt.
Pike and others, when he issued the order,
and that he rescinled il Immediately ON be.
Ing put in possession Of tho true state ol
the facts.