Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-15
From Mexico.

Gems. Worth and Pillow are arrested,
sure enough. Our readers will learn more
about it by reading the following advices'
HEapsuARTERs OF THE ARMY,
Mexico, Nov. II, lo4f. }
Tbe attention of certain officers OF tllls
army is recalled to the foregoing resuna
t;ons which the General-in-chleI Is fesoi'eu
70 enforce so far as may be IN ms po"e' H.
A. Vol hnt two echoes from home OF ,he
hr;,l;ant onerations of our army II, TINS ga
-, have reached as; the first IN a New y, UT
ions naner. and the second through am
pico newspaper. ,;,,Ie charity 70 believe
10. ,he principal heroes OF the scandaious
, a,ae olIuded to did not write them, or
ie''eis No ,,roctre them to be written, and
specian aIl;gent can be at no loss in conjectur-
. .lie me aIthors-chiefs, partlzans, and pet
my ;G To the honor of the service, the
iE;.I,aaase-pruriency of fame, not earned
sannot have seized upon half dozen OFF,
cers (present, all of whom, It Is believed,
halopS 10 the same two coterles.
False credit may, no doubt, be obtained
>, home. by such despicable self-puffings
and malignant exclusion of others, but at
The exnense of the just esteem and conside-
ration of all honorable officers who love
their country, their profession and the truth
or history. The Indignation of the great
Number of the latter class cannot fail, in the
anJ 70 bring down the conceited and the
enyious to their proper level.
Nv command of Maj. Gen. ScoTT.
ii. l.. SCOTT.
.Relative to writing letters from the ar
my. -,
Upon the publication of this order Col.
Duncan wrote letter to the ssNorth Amer
icano at the city of Mexico, in which he
avowed himself the author of one of the
letters alluded to, but exculpating General
Worth.
After the publication of this letter, Col.
Duncan was placed under arrest, and sub
seauently Gen. Pillow was arrested, and
next Gen. Worth. The North American is
of opinion that Gen. Pillow was not arrest
ed on account of the 'sLeonidas" letter, but
ON the following grounds:
There has been another arrest, that of
Gen. Pillow, one of the chiefs aforenamed
but not, as appears, on account of the let
tiers of which he is the hero. We hear,
generally, that the cause was this: Gen.
Pillow, having taken exceptions to the find
ing of court of inquiry, which finding has
been approved by Gen. Scott, addressed a
paper relative to the matter to the Secre-
tary of War, through the comlnander-in-
chief, preserving copy which he avowed
in letter accompanying, he had sent (or
would send) directly to the Secretary at
Washington. This transaction is judged
to be contempt, and for the so judged con-
tempt, Gen. Pillow is arrested. Not under
standing the techncalities of the case, we
are not advised whether part or the whole
transaction is regarded as the contempt
but that is immaterial."
Gen. Worth's arrest is thus noticed in
the North American of the Goth ult:
3" The last arrest occurred yesterday-that
of Breyet Major General Worth, and the
charge is, we believe, contempt towards the
ommander-in-chief. Without full knowl-
ege of all the facts, we do not purpose to
lengthen this article by any remarks upon
this proceeding"