The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-04-27

was resumed but we nave room only fof the
following portion Of the report;
Gen, S. Win the witness read with atten-
ton paper No, l, and having SO read it, state
if it is net absolutely identical in certain para
graphs-and if not So in what words it differs
from his Ieonidas letter.
A. I find them identical, with the exception
of the word "now for " them," on the
second page" Col" before Riley and
General" before =" Cadwalader,' and most
before "gallantly," and the words killing
and wounding in the general engagement 9,
600 or 1900 g" instead of 900 or 500 Of the
enemy" In No. l, "Gen Pillow moved -
In Leonidas, 4" zen. Pillow then moved
In Leonidas the word " triumphant is erased
and " victorious interlined in No. | the
word " triumphant" occurs in No. l, "rear'
in Ieonidas, " in the rear;" in No. |, Santa
Martha in Leonidas, " Churubusco !" IN
No. l, Gen. Scott had now assumed com
mand in Leondas, " Gen. Scott LOW as
sumed command for the first time" in No. /,
" he ordered Gen. Pillow, with Cadwalader' S
brigade, to assault TIE enemy upon the left .
in Leondas, enery's right at Churubusco;
in No. l. got entangled in some wide bitches,
waist deep in mud in Leonidas, (which
they did in great order p in No. l, which
they nooly did p in No, I, " General is in
terlined before " Worth; > in No. l, ''in con.
junction - is interlined.
Gen. S. How does the witness account for
that remarkable coincidence Was this part
of witnesses report composed or copied from
the memorandum or report found by the
witness on Gen. Pillows table at Miscoaoe
A. l cannot account for the coincidence /;
I have already said that l copied from a
memorandum found in Gen. Pillows's Office !;
l may have made mistakes in my copy; !
have never seen the paper No. l before COM
ing to this court
Gen. S. If this portion Of witnesses letter
was composed by himself, how did it find its
way into paper No, / :? s Witness intimacy
with DR.. Hiestend, Gen. Pillows clerk, so
great as to warrant the suppositon that he
took the same Liberty wish the Leonidas letter
which witness took With Major Gen. Pillows
paper?
A. l cannot account for the article finding
its way into paper No. I :; I never knew that
DR., Hiestend took any liberties with the Leoni-
das letter l never showed it 10 him.
Gen. S. Among the interlineations in paper
No. are the following: ''Major General !"
after mud and water" State, if the wit
ness memory admits, whether the same
words were interlined in the memorandum
which witness referred to when asked the
question from whence he obtained the order
or arrangement of the Leonidas letter?
A. / do not recollect, it has been so long
since I took my copy from that paper.
Gen. S. The remaining interineations con-
tanned in the paper No. are the following :
battery" General" before Worth, 3" in
conjunction" are not found in the Leonidas
letter, State whether those interlineations
were in the paper trom which witness took
his copy
A. l do not recolect.
Gen s. Upon being asked by Major Gen.
Pillow, witness replied that he had taken a
rough copy Of the paper or memorandum
What has become Of that paper:
A. destroyed It.
Gen. S. What does witness mean by par
tial copy'
A. took notes and copied parts of it.
Gen. S. Read again the paper No. I, and
state whether it is not identical with the pa
per from which the witness took a copy.
A. I cannot say that it is identical; it re-
sembles it in some respects.