Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-04-27
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FFom The Pltlsburgh Gazette.
To CsaFi sf Inquiry In altrIea.

ron me fitisourgh Gazette.
Tic CcgFt Of Inquiry in Mtxleo.
We give below the result Of lhe inyesiiga-
ton OF he Coun Of Inquiry al ihe eily Of Mex
ieo, on the 2ed nj The day was occupied
wuh evidences ia reference 70 Gen. Pillow. and
mainly 10 the examination Of Mr.. Trisl. The
case Is one Of qeas inieresl, and deserving the
oliention Of every reader. In all these devel
opemenIs, lhe yeniIy and sefshness Of Gen.
Pillow Is made mos ConspicuoUs, and whatever
The verdicl Of lhe Court, enough is known and
proved 10 dFas upon him the contempt Of all
who have observed his course.
The public press Of The country, Wing. Neu.
tral, and occasionally Democratic, is indignant
asIhe facts which this COuu Of Inquiry has de.
ve.oPed in regard to General Scott. They re-.
gard, as do all the American People, such an ar
raignmeni of brave soldier, as mean, selfish
and cowardly. That General Worth, who de-
serted from the post Of duty, at the very COM
mencement of the War should be pre-acquiued
when charged with misdcmeanor-lh he
should become The pet Of the Administration,
and suffered 10 lord il over one who had seen
such severe service, aud Who had acted always
with an eye singly TO the public good, d,-IhaI he
should be made the mark for a wound from
those higher in authority, and struck down in
the midst Of victory, aud in the CAPITAL Of the
country he had conquered all this seems too
much 10 believe, aud yet il is rue, painfully
true, that the hero Of many battles, beloved by
the Army, admired by The country, Opplauded by
The world, has been made the loot ball of the
Cennal POWcr-m Washington. Shame upon
such treatment. and uudying shame upon hs au.
'hOrs. The Administration seeks To dishonor
General Scot. but just in proportion as he is
wroGgrd by The parry in power he is esteemed
by the People.
The couu being opened, Gen. Pillow addres.
scd the court, making complaint sgainsl the re.
PorI that appeared this morning in The "Sur"
newspaper.
Gen. Scott also reminded the court Of the
notice he had taken yesterday Of paper pub
lshed in the "Slur," signed "W. J. Worth"
&c. Alier some further conversation on this
subject the couu proceeded TO business. The
rirsI witness called, was Mr.. Trsl, who was
sworn.
Queslon-By the Proseculion.-Wil the
witness look over the TWO papers marked (by the
cour) Nos | aud 3, and slate whether, accord.
iag 10 his knowledge OF the handwriting of Mai.
Gen. Pillow, there be, on the Iuce OF No. 8,
words in the sumo hand writing Of that Gener.
all
Answer have received manv notes from
Gen. Pillow, and one very important one COM
pared with The nlt trlineallons in No. !. ] re-
cogLize in No. pnpcr with which am IA
inilur. and believe The inlerncaIionS TO be in
Gen. Pillows handwriting. There are some
others thai appear 10 be in the sumo hundwri.
ting. bu, feel less confident about resemblance.
In the paper No. g. | see three inlcrlineaions
which believe 10 be in the same handwriting.
General Scolt-WIII the witness specify The
wordsl
A.-"ViclorioUs," in page 3; the word "Gen.
era," in poge,.4, in page 3, the words "Gen.
Smlh;" there are some Others that nppeur to me
10 be- in the same handwriting, but feel less
conhdenl about lhcm ihan about the others.
Q.-Whai knowledge has the witness, it any,
direct or crcumslHncIal, respecting the time,
the manner, and the channel in which the letter
in question was transmitted 10 the Unied States,
and by whom!
A.-The knowledge was purely crcumsRn.
tial. will state the facts: by the President Of
lhc Unued States, or by the person occupying
"
II Was placed upon very intimate personal re-
lalions with Gen. Pillow aud formed very la
vorubIe opinion OF him--had great confidence
in him--lrom that cause | did not hesitate to
comply with his request TO transmit letters for
him by the same channel through which trans.
milled my dispatches. That channel was chief.
ly jas. l.. Freaner, correspondent Of The n. o.
Delta; having good reason to believe that ii was
the safest | could possibly command. The
mode used by me in transmitting letters by him,
will describe; il is fact which connects scIl
with others. Knowing that parcel directed 10
tue editors Of The Della would puss through Mex.
ican hands, where anything else would have
been opened, that fell nIo The same hands, got
Mr.. FTeuncr 10 call on me always during the
last moments previous 10 The departure Of his
courier, aud then everything that | had to send
by him wus put up within his own puckuge--in
his own rough printers why. lnlhal way, chiel.
Iy, did send whatever letters have sent To the
United Slutes nnI every letter putnlo my hands
by Gen. Pillow, either by his own hands or by
messenger was forwarded by me ON the first op
pouuniiy, except on one single instance which
happened ul Tacubaya. On that occasion re.
celyed from Gen. Pillow several letters, which
we're reulned 10 him in consequence Of my not
being able TO send them by the means he wished
them TO 90, among the letters received by mo
from Gen. Pillow recolccl distinctly one OF
more letters addressed to The editors Of the Del.
IA, one OF more TO the editors of the Union,
Washington, aad one or moro addressed TO Iwu
other newspapers in the United States, one
think, was in Tennessee, aud The other in Ala.
bama.
Gen. Pillow raised point Of order.
= The Coun directed The witness 10 confino his
answer strictly TO the question propounded.
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