Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-29

YOU blishf n 6lIs pap 1efsS Q nd 81 bat
iiione6 ffIy Hrot ce s. i1nose1is
lys suffer: fora pub alton 50 obloxionssss
hereby publicly aeknolsle1 1se d ysssssfstos
belts auieor. The, snbsla aIce OF f3itS Eyeonts
sl1ninnnicaied from 7 Tasubaya a soon ;Safters She
zbatlles.in sa private lelier "a fIisndsins
Pil,sburs 81 ,:54s:ss +s55s
sThes esalements inlhe letter known
by eryiimany officers Of this army SO be
true, aud F3can;bu think that The pnblica-3
lion oftr1ih;is much, less likely to do ssyio,,
|. .lenee 10 individuals or the service than
the; suppression or perversion .olTt. ~
Justice 10 Cen Worth, (who is evident.
~ one dflhe '.hcroes pointed lin nsora
der No. 349, requires me 10 stateSthat
he eskneWnottiins whatever zoftny purpose
10 write the letter 10 question, nor thattit;
had been written, I'LL; well on lis destlnaT;
lion; he never saw, nor did he know di-.
rectyoI indirectly, eyenthe purport of
one Iiney word. or syllable oft I'LL 6he: saw.
if in print, and hesis equally ignoraftso,f Of
my design so make this declaration,
which$E do, as wrote 1.-The letter, 6un:-
prompted aud on my own responsibility.
Very respectfully, your obetlieDt servant,.
- AMES5DUNCANI,
Brevet. Lieut.. Col. u. 5. "a. S{ss
AltersLhe publication Of this letter Coll;
Dudcan was placed under arrest, and:
subsequently Gen, Pillow was sledsandi
next Gen. Worth The North Ameri-:
can is,ot opinion that Cen Pillow Was not
arrested on accouGt oflhe ..Leonadas'''
letrer, but on the following grounds: s
There has been another arrest, that;of
General Pillow, one of The chiefs afore-
named. shutnot as appears. IN account sof
which he is The hero. Weiheary gene rally,S
that the cause was this:s Gsn4P ilIow, Shav4s
ing taken exceptions 10 the indingof court
of inquiry, which. finding has 6edn ap-.
proved by Gent Scalr, addressed apaper
relating to the matter TO The Secretary Of
War, through the commander:in :chlef,
5precerving a copy which he avowedin.ihe,
letter accompanying lie had sent Tor would.
send directly 70 the Secretary attHdsh-i
ton. This transaction.is judged 40 he a,
contempt, and for lbe.so jndged contempt
6 ell. Pillow is arrested NOT underslan:.
ding the technicalities Of the case we are
not advised whether part or the whole.
transaction is resuarded as The contempt
but !hatis imnaIerial. i5:.4: s.;:.4.
Gen. Worttl's arrest is thus noticed In
The North American Of the 26th uli;i i..sss' s
The arrest occurred yesterday of
Brevet Mai. Gen. Worth, and The charge
is, we believe, contempt towards lheSc i
mander-in,c chief Without a full knowledge
of.allihe facts we do not purpose 10 lerfgtt-s
en- this article by any remarks upon this.
proceeding. ,::;rl s;;,.s =.
Acorrespondent Of Ell Monitor. wiring
from Querlaro, says lhattha greater part
oflhe Governors of Ihefdife:ent States
were present at the seat Of governments aud
that willlo1e exception Qhb governor Of
San Louis they were inlous in favor
ofpeace, The sessions were soon To COM:
tnence, and President Anay proposes thai
no line Of Iholicy:on e,suhjee should be.
followed ,eSpecrsuch as the. sitalcs 50 gg.Sest,
in urder 10 gel at; once at The sna,lonal
will. 80, ~. s x. 8 |: