The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-29

NCUou suppose fcduuts Cttto ~ ~" 49, 49,
the details Of the trials Of distinguished military
men in Mexico, nor need we do more than give
results '''e4=ss-aas 'asell
Gen. Pillow is proved to have written, or
caused to be written, extravagant puhs Of him.
self This will hardly be denied by any one
He will have 10 pay dearly for his vanity, and
this, we suppose. viii be the end it
The LEoSIDAs letter, published in the Delta,
has caused all the trouble.
1t appears. says the Baltimore American, that
Immediately after the battles Of COntreras and
CharubuscO, written paper was handed by
Gen. Pillow to Mr.. FKEINER, the correspondent
ofthe New Orleans Delta, with request that
he would use itin his account Of the battles, or
forward Il as a separate letter for publication in
the Delta. Mr.. FREANTR retained the paper,
but upon perusing Il, declined to DO either. The
Delta giving an account Of the manner in which
the letter found place in its columns, says:
ain the mean time, however, the real Leon
ldas letter, which had been copied from the ORR
ginal before il went into the hands Of Mr.. Frea-
| ner, and was intended for the Union, by some
hOcus pOeus got into the package Of our cores
pondent, and was sent oil by our special courier.
posed impriaaatHr Of our correspondent, who had
never before misled or deceived us, that this let
ter got into our paper. When read IL the
next morning, We were so dissatisfied and ois-
gusted with its tenor that we wrote 10 our cor
respondent blaming him for transmitting TO us
such Objectionable documents.
"Mr. Freaner naturally felt indignant that,
after his refusal to forward this letter, copy oil
il should have been Struggled into his package,
81 .,aa fha rnlr nl r--ate
which was no doubt heightened by the gross i'm
Justice done in this letter TO the rsal hero OF
Contreras, Persifor F. Smith. In his own de-
fence, therefore, Mr.. FreanOr showed the origi-
raj letter 10 several officers, and denounced in
strong terms the deception which hal been per-
petrated in his name The denial OF Gen fil-
low of any connsKion with the affair, raised an
issue Of yeracity between Gen. Pillow and MIR.
| Freaner-an issue which the latter is not the
D nan TO be unprepared TO meet. To sustain his
| position, he was, therefore, compelled 10 pre-
| serve carefully ghe original letter received by
him from the hands Of Gen. Pillow. Those who
| remember the Circumstances under which Mr..
Freaner performed his unparalleled journey
d from the city Of Mexico to Washington, in six
: teen days, will not inquire why ne should leave
p his papers with Mr.. 1rst.
"iThe issue of veracity being raised between
Gen. Pillow and Mr.. Freaner, the latter very
. -operly and prudently declined giving TO the
L f.rmer the evidence upon which he relied Tor
4 his justification. There was nothing at all dis-
:, creditable" in the manner in which Mr. Frea-
ner got possession Of this letter. IL was given
+ 10 him by General Pillow, and, after being read
$ | was laid away amongst his papers which ne
carefully preserved. Had not the question Of
veracity arisen, il would never, perhaps, have
seen the light. The letter Of Leonidas, which
n we had preserved, was given TO MI Freaner a
!: an essential part of his defence. and under the
/. belief that its production before the Court o.
Inquiry would do Gen. Pillow no harm. We
do not think this letter was written or interim
: ed by Gen. Pillow. Ii is not at all improbable
II that he was ignorant of its transmission TO us
n. That was the work of MAJOR Barns"
n The National Intelligencer, in note uPor
this statement, remarks thaia letter Of identca
character with the Leonidss letter appeared il
the Washington Union on the 23rd of OStober
J. under the signature of " Tsritas"
The way in which the Leonidas letter 60
into Mr.. Freaner's package is pretty we'll ex
al planned by Mr.. Trist. This gentleman, in hi
10 testimony before the Court, states that he wa
s. in the habit of using Mr.. Freaner's courier 10
the transmission Of letters TO the United States
Dc that the letters so transmitted were put up /
one package addressed to the office Of the Dets
and that Gen. Pillow, with whom he was the
ig upon good terms, did, on various occasions, oh
Is tain through Mr.. Trist the transmission of lei
4 tiers by the same channel. The statement pro
es ceeds:
D. IL was on the 3lst Of August, 1881, that | re
is ceiyed from Gen Pillow the note referred to /
my reply TO the irst question, which note wi
read. The note is marked on the back "PH
vate," with hand pointing to that word, an
reads as follows:
Endorsed on outsde-"Prvate. Mr.. iris
Tacubaya."
81 On the inside--ss MiscOac, August 3lst, lS4I
"Private--Will Mr.. Trist do me the favor
having the enclosed letters go by the morrow
courier. have a direct interest In their goinl
IL they cannot go return them 10 me.
81 "GID. J. Pillow.
= "But do send them if possible. They are a
W for my benefit Sc. J. r."
- To the best Of my recollection, the packag
90 referred to in that note contained one addresse
az TO the editor Of the Delta, and ere addressed
- the Union, and those letters, 50 far as reco
- lect and believe, were forwarded in the nlanns
= above indieated---thrOugh Mr.. Fr,sner. Som,
% time after the appearance of 'Leonidas,' | res
- letter addressed to Mr. Freaner, from the prir
% cipal editor Of the Delta.
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