The North-Carolina standard., 1847-10-06

lance in the North Carolina Regiment oil " oi+
.,rs at Ruena' Vista" We do this, because
s article appears to be semi official IN us snuraS
-, being most probably fiom :he pea Pnet OF Gov
c.bam; because it processes to make a s'a1ement
fe,.,s and circumstances drawn frem an % au-
L.o,ic source ~; and because we are willing 10
noDd to Col. Paine an opportunity to have fair
IearinQ through our columns Our teeosts VIII
,lso f;nd on our first page, an ar'ete i rom tne
T.rborouoh Press and letter from Saltulo, which
-, their attention. This letter, says the
-. i :. from an honorable high-minded Vol
un,.er from Edgecombe County-a gentleman
vino is in a situation to know the facts, :" and
| those statements may be relied upon as true. i
We do not design, at present. to discuss the va
nus points in this unfortunate affair, nor indeed
"a censure either COL Paine or his Officers and
men. As the honor and the reputation Of the
Sale are 10 some extent concerned, and as we
:hOuld under any circumstances, approach so
uinful 4 matter with reluctance. and regret, we
ts that it will be time enough to form and express
,uopnion when all the facts on 6Oth Sides shall
hve been spread before the public, But, without
Rotating The rule here laid down, we may offer
some reflections of our own, and notice point or
Two in the article which we copy from the Register.
1t appears, from the letter in the Tarborough
Press that Col. Paine had procured a wooden
horse to ride his men upon, as punishment for
isobedience and the like that this horse /" excit
ed considerable curiosity among the men of the
different Regiments; and that finally, on the day
preceding the night on which the shooting by Col.
Paine took place, about Two hundred of the Viz
gnia Regiment came down into the North Caro-
lima camp, and after having great deal Of sport
Wer" the horse, they broke it all to pieces, and
\ hen ran of, saying that Col. Paine's horse was
dead" We quote from The letter: -...
The next night the men said they would have
Ae horses carcass, and about 6ty started up after
II, though Col. Paine had a guard OF eight men
around il /; and got TO the horse when Col.
PANE came out of his tent and ha lied them They
all turned and ran off towards their quarters. The
Colonel fired al them with a holster pistol, wound
ing TWO men one has died since of his wound"
The above is the statement of facts by the letter
writer from Salillo, going most clearly to show
that the men who broke" Col. PaInc's horse
~aIl to pieces" did not intend 10 injure him, but
] only wished 10 have some fun out of the horse;
and this inference is sustained by the fact, acknowl
edged on all hands, that soon as Col. Paine
made his appearance and hailed them, they scam
pered off towards their quarters But The article
in the Register leaves out of view entirely the
circumstances connected with the wooden horse,
knowledge of which would seem to be necessary
in order to form a correct opinion rs to the mo-
lives which influenced these men to visit the North
/ Carolina camp on the night the shooting took
lace; and not only lhis but that paper represents
4
earnest tone, e,"-Icaving the impression upon the
mind of the reader, that they were plotting mutiny
and arranging their plans for deeds of violence and
blood. Drummer Stubbs," il seems, got greatly
excited as soon as he discovered that " large
crowd Of soldiers from the other Regiments had
assembled near the tent of Col Fagg," and he
lost no time. in informing Col Paine that q he
feared they intended to harm him" And yet
lhese men, who appeared so terrible in the eyes
of - .ummcr Stubbs," and who occasional an in
slant call for twenty soldiers Of our Regiment to
dsperse them, instead of showing fight, or a dis
position to take the life of Col. Paine, ran off as
pOn as that Officer hailed them, aud disappeared
the darknessl If the Ieuer-writer in the Tar
borough Press is 10 be believed, they had missed
their fun with the remains of the wooden horse |
and, not wishing to be arrested nor to get into |
conflict with the guard Col Paine had ordered
out, they took to their heels and escaped. We
leave it with the reader to compare the statements
The one in the Register, and the other in the
Press-and make up his own opinion as TO this
point. .E>1y8 @z*-.
happears, from the article in the Register, that
two of the Officers Of The North Carolina Reg-
ment: who had been {" most prominen. in signing
a paper requesting Col. Paine to resign his COM
mission, have been dismissed from the service by
Gen. Wool. These Officers, it seems, are Lieu
;eOants Ponder and SingelLary; and good many
regrets have been expressed in this community,
where Lieutenant Singeltary is we'll known, that
he should have subjected himself to 'disbonora-
be" discharge Those who have been so pro-
fuse in such regrets would do we'll 10 reserve the
remainder Of the article which they may have on
hand for some future occasion, and until all the
facts shall have come to light 1t may turn out,
in due time, that Lieutenanls SingeItary and Pen
der are not so much to blame as others-at any
rate we have no doubt they will be heard from
in VindcaIion of their characters and in regard 10
The course they thought it their duty to pursue.
And SO far as their very summary discharge by
Gen. Wool is concerned, we have yet to learn
what right that officer had 70 break them of their
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