Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

MS uooPs, anu ne EXTENDED lndulgences 10
them of trifing but pleasing kind, in
issuing allowances of tobacco from the
Mexican stock captured.
AT general court martial, convened on
the goth, amongst others, were tried Ser
gean, James Bannan and Corporal Edward
Hill, of the 9Th Infantry, charged with
mutinous conduct and drunkenness on guard.
After fair and impartial investigation of
the facts, they were found guilty of the
charges preferred and both sentenced TO
be shot. The Star, from which we learn
the facts, says that Gen. Worth and all
the officers of the 9Th Infantry signed a
request for the pardon of these men, and
that the sentence was suspended. There
are reports of several trials for minor Of
fences in the Star, but we cannot find room
for them.
A statement is made in the STAR win.
dicaiing Gen. Scott from the complaints
we presume TO have been made by the
Mexican prisoners in his hands, of hard.
ship and i'll treatment. 1t is shown conclu.
sively that these prisoners have only their
own government to blame, for it twice re-.
fused to entertain ovcrtures made by Gen.
eral Scott, to effect an arrangement by
which the situation of the prisoners might
be rendered as little irksomc as possible.
Gen. Scott holds the Mexican officers on
parole strictly TO their pledge of honor,
although the Mexican government has en-.
couragcd them to violate it. He moreover
requires the Mexicans to furnish accessories
for all his prisoners. and allows them to
furnish as many lururies as they please.
The folc wing orders of Gen. Scott point
to danger by which he is beset. The
order is eminently characteristic of his high
spirit, his humanity and care for his troops:
GENERAL oRDERs--No. 296.
HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Mexico, Sept. 22d, ls47.
The general-in.chiefhas received, through
many kind sources, Mexican and others,
undoubted information that an extensive
conspiracy is on foot about us, TO surprise
10y means of an insurrection) our guards
and quarters, and 10 murder our officers
and men.
Mexican officers and soldiers, in disguise,
VINO had not the courage to defend their
capital. are the leaders of this conspiracy,
aided by some fifteen hundred thieves and
murderers who were turned loose for that
purpose and to prey upon the peaceable
inhabitants, the night before the triumphal
entry of the American army into this city.
The conspira,ors have also the services
OF several false priests who dishonor the
holy religion which they only profess for
the special occasion.
Until ready for the Instruction, the dis
gulsed villains hope to do us much harm
in detail. Their plan is to assassinate
straggers, particularly drunken men; to
enlice individuals or small parties into
shops, to drink, and to stab them when in
their cups; to en,ice our gallant Roman
Catholic soldiers who have done so much
honor to our colors, to desert, under
promise of lands in California, which our
arms have already conquered, and which,
forever will remain a part of the United
States.
Let all our soldiers, Protestant and Cath.
ole, remember the fate of the deserters
taken at Churubusco. These deluded
wretches were also promised money and
land; but the Mexican Government, by
every sort of i'll usage, drove them TO take
up arms against the country and flag they
had voluntarily sworn to support, and next
placed them in front of the battle-in po-
si,ions from which they could not possibly
escape the conquering valor of our glo-
rious ranks. After every effort of the
genera-in.chief to save, by iudicious dis
elimination, as many Of those miserable
convicts as possible, fifty of them have
paid for their treachery by an ignominious
death on the gallows!
Again the general.in.chief calls on his
brethren in arms, of all grades, to be con-
stantly on the alert, by day as by night;
never to appear in the streets without side
arms; to walk out only in parties of twos,
threes or more, and to avoid all obscure
places-particularly treacherous dram shops
and liquor stores.
By command of Mai Gen. Scott
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G..
The following orders will show how So
licitous Gen. Scott is that the religious
sentiments of the Mexicans should be re-
spected by his troops. All tolerant and
good men we think will approve:
GENERAL oHDERs-No 297.
HEADQRs OF THE ARMY,
Mexico, Sept. "a, ls47.
/. Here, as in all Roman Catholic coun.
tries, there are frequent religious process
sions in the streets as well as in churches,
such as the elevation Of the host, the uiati-
cum, funerals, &c.
The interruption of such professions has
already been prohibited in orders, and as
no civilized person will ever wantonly do
any act to hurt the religious feelings of
others, it is earnestly requested of all Prot
eslant Americans either 10 keep out of the