Washington telegraph., 1847-07-28

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PROCEEDINGS OF \ COURT MARTIAL
Coarened a ".H1aPo Ciaro, for fha iria.
Of 6eAnlls searr and TAitoR. upa
eharses preferred By General SANTA
ANN4.
The coufl was organized with ha1I
PoqHf as president, and Sciguor .umoale
as Judge advocate, with the following mem.
hers. l.. Gen. Benton, Warrior Marcy,
kaye Johnson. Admiral Mason, Muisl
Richie, Sausage Sawyer Ministerial WI.
sng Shannon, ani Sucker lirkiiu.
chWge-pnoaGnlrNcr on ORpras.
Spfei1raioa.-rmi, whereas. the alnfe.
said Santa Anna did leave the Island n
Cuba Al the instance and upon the invita-.
ton el iheir superior officer, to wit: the
eemmaalanl ai all Duck river aud is de.
penieneies. At m immense sacrifice oI
cneks, eliis. anl .la-hcrs. abandoning a
itsofiie bet, valued by all cock ipcke,s al
one thousand dpuhloons, upon the follow.
ing safeguard. which they, The sad Scott
and Haylur, disrcgarlrd, TO lhe manifest
injury Of all the Cbotalirrs d'lnIu.lfie oI
Havana, and scandal Of their superior ai
Duck liver and is dependencies Aforesaid
(llere the Judge advocate read the pass:l
TO al jack Iars Greeting, Ii the
ioresNofn refugee hero OF san Jaeinln
COMES Your way, you needn't see him, a.
| an playing game with him, aai gaa
mud'Hi disiarb ie gdmc.
Signed. kNos r, o. RIO Dacl.
10 all Of which the prisoners plead
qa'ea slle.
The evidence having closed, Mason ross
aud said hc wished tue court and tue conn
try 10 bear Ia mind, that the Duck river
pass bad been duly respected by the navy.
aud subsequently, dishonorrd by the pris.
oners, at Bucnn Vista and Corro Gorio.
The Lieut.. General deprecated insidious
comparisons between those Two arms OF
our national defence, aud hoped the court
would iruan down all subjects calculated
10 make breaches between them.
This brought Marcy to hi, ieot. lie
wished 10 know II Bullion bad any allusion
to him, by lhc word brccchcsl
The Lieut.. General dscaimel any IN.
tcniion to attack the head Of the War De.
paHmenI IN 30 sensitive point: he fully
agreed with the hero o. lundy Lane,
that rcarwarl attacks wcro decidedly On.
comfortable. Bot hc would take occasion
to say Iha. things were no, going ON as
well as they would, it hc had been per.
millel 10 sacrifice himself into picnipo.
General. lie was inr pcaec-an honora.
bic poacc--which mean, a large piece;
aud had tho warrio plcnipo sdcriicc been
cousummaied, be would have such piece,
and liol mere patch Of the bottom o.
Here Marcy again ro,e, aud demanded
whether "palch" had any reference 10 himil
Bullion explained. he meant patch Of tho
bottom Of the Rio Grandc. Ilc hoped be-
would not be interrupted again Tho War
Department should restrain IL. impcluosiiy.
There was no occasion for il lo bursl ils
breachcs-
Marcy again jumped up, but Kayo claim.
ed the floor, and sought To throw oil upon
the waters Of discord. lie implored the
court moi 10 permit itself 10 DO riycn aud
rent to pieces ike
Marcy in extreme ire, demanded un cx.
PLANTATION Of tho word "rcul.n
Great confusion ensucd. Bullion ap.
pcaled TO the president, who, after whisper.
ing with the judge advocate, decided that
the War Department was fundamentally
Out OF order.
Marcy lose in great wrath, aud said be
had been Invited there To condemn the
prisoners, not to have his brooches con.
linnally thrown in his teeth. lIc was the
head Of the War Department, aud proper
respect Tor that department required that
he should fight or retire; hc hoped the
court would spread upon the journals that
he retired, not relrea,cd. lIcrcupon be
left prccpilalely. having oblqucd to tho
door; but as he squared rouui to pass out,
a small patch was visible on the seat Of
honor, which Ritchic said was a crescent,
selected, no doubt, as a coai-ofnrms from
his ancestors, (haHing been crusadcrs,) but
old matler.o'hct Sausage sworc il looked
like linsny half dollar.
The court then resumed business; and
Bullion, with a modest blush, again ad.
yanccd. lie begged that tho court would
not consider any time consumed by him as
misspcnli in iaci, lis was the sacrifice;
he was speaking Tor the veal Of mankind,
and not us usual, lor his 81 por diem; be.
sides, he was negleclng a Treatise on
Algebra, particularly adapted to the com.
pulalion Of mileage. Indeed, both the
court and country had a very inadequate
idea of bis Importance: true, ho did not
consider them very much to blame, a it
was extremely difficult to comprehend him