Washington telegraph., 1847-08-04
From m Ga.alis.

From ihe Gdseiif.
A. Sew Orleans. on ny way homa from
MeAieo, | saw iof the tifsl limr the lellef
OF eapi. Hunter Published in tho Banner
OF the 2lsl ull. Beiofe then, vas ignn.
rant hat il had been written.
! supposed lhG, he would before tbs
lime. hafe recalled everything contained
in Il. offensive To, or feilefiing On me, inas.
much is be, subsequently 10 writing it, alter
talking With me IN regard 10 the matter
spaken Of ia it, aud without my making the
slightest concession Ia respect lo what |
had written about il, agired 10 the entry
np1n he record of caitt OF Inquiry thai
all maliees IN dispute between my scli aud
The Regimen, were amieahly settled. lie
has nol done SO, aud tue necessity devolves
Oh me al answering il.
Ills leller was obviously written in
plzsiaa. anl be accordingly states Ms sls
ilziaa as facts. Liz alI men in q passion.
ha iii mi weigh whai be Nas writing
Il Is wholly Untrue ih4I ten. TAYLOR Va
IN ihe least degtre influenced by me, IN
issaing the order spoken Of. When the
killing ol the Poems loaa place, was n
Palomas. At least hirig miles from ten.
laYlaii anl never saw him until The dii
hsian The bl'lle, lons a.isf my letter wa
witirn never exchanged worl VIII
Gsa. Taylor about tie matter. nor wrote Ia
hIn areammunisalri viii him diieclI, ar
indirectly about the matter. In fact, until
alief NY letter was written never men
lianad ihf matter except 10 men uf my oWn
command.
GaR. Hunters tale ahaHt tho dnling Of
arms an clothing OF the volunteers among
the feous, tracing the muHieror's there.
AMI The ike, wa. tod Immediately after the
thing taak place; bm was e8nlnliclcd aad
baiI#eHi BY aojJiH The court ul Inquiry
ul which Cap, Hunter speaks was con
yHusl In inquire into The matter. never
saW iAeir proceedings. aud in fact never
hesei tat a cont baI safal ail, nnlil saw
hs lslef. But have since learned more
about i. Capt. Hunter say. they found
that uu'y four we're killed. his very likely
that thcy could not prorme criirnrf ha'
ny more w,rc killed, because they could
not get before them as witnesses those
who pclpetnrd the deed, anl could cou.
srqIrnl, lind oui bat ille about it. But
Capt. liunlcr knew perfectly well lha, the
n4mber killed was much larger for he told
me h.aK.it, some 10 days alier his letter
was written, that | hll made a mistake as
10 iHe NUMBER and that only scrtHiccn
were bl.l-d.
Ilis reference to this couit Of Inquiry was
exceedingly uniouuuI'c. Did II rHUnoraie
the mrnl II 50, why not publish tho fad.
ingl When Nc talked over the matter,
lul ] him that whether Geu. 'lay,ors order
was correct ur no, in TACT, il Was bound to
be- considered so. unless be- luuk steps TO
have the matter set Alright; aud that, us the
order spoke OF the perpetrators as simply
"a potion OF the Arkansas Cavalry" be
could moi blame me for clearing my men ol
The charge. lie said that lie could not
set lulIh al the ipc,s without crposing the
person, concerned. told him then, that
Il he chose 10 let the order sland unconlra.
d!cicd, il was his own fault and not mine.
Now, # his version is correct, the men
were jHiiiablo and there could be no ca
posnrc about IN Why have the names oi
the actor, been so sludiousy concealed--
why did he even allow his whole company
10 bc marched 10 the rear in Disgrace
rather han give up the names, if they were
justiliablel
Now Capt. Hunter well knows that the
court Of Inquiry did not justify the men.--
On the contrary, as ! am informed, (and it
viii be remembered that have no personal
knowledge OF the matIer,) and that by Jas.
McNicnr Quahermaster Sergeant Of the
Regiment, Mr.. Pcacoch, one .! the wines
Sos swore TO the killing OF one man who vas
on his knees, unarmcd, holding up his hands
and begging Tor his life. What the court
really found DO not know, bit after the
court raS orcr, and is finding returned 10
Gta. 1dyiOr, he issued his order, calling il
a coudrdiy murder. OF course therefore it
did not eGunorale the men. OF course,
say-because ifil had, that order would not
have been issued-and also because it it
had Capt. Hunter would have published the
lict.
The version OF the matter given by
Capt. Hunter never was believed by any
body, that know Of learn an Illinois
officer, in a publication in st. Louis pa.
per, gives the same account that did, and,
states that he interered to put stop to
the killing. A lew days aller it happened,
one ufthe men concerned in il was sent 10
mo as a lcamsicr 1t was upon his state.
ments, that wrote my letter. ! never
spoke to him about it, but the men said his
account was that they found the poor
wrctchcs unarmcd and drove them upin a
hudlle like sheep, aud shot them down.
II the net was iusliabc, why has not
the stain been removed from the Regiment