Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-01-01


ltary marches and operations are frequently mis-.
chievous in design, and always disgracefal 10 the
army They are, therefore, strictly forbidden
and any officer found guilty of making such re.
port for publication, without special permission
or for placing the writing beyond his control, so
that it finds its way to the press within one month
after the termination of the campaign to which
BY command Of Maj Gen. Scott. --"
: tSienedl WM. G. FEENAN,
~ Foes .ae-r Asst Adj. General.
GxsrnAL ORpERs-No. $40.
..s HEApQuARTsRs or THE Army. s
Mexico, Nov. l2, ls47.
The attention of certain officers Of this army is
recalled to the foregoing regulation, which the
general in.chief is resolved TO enforce so far as
it may be in his power.
As yet but two echoes from home Of the bril-.
liant operations OF our arms in this basin have
reached us the first in New Orleans, and the
Second through Tampico newspaper.
It requires not little charity 10 believe that
the principal heroes of the scandalous letters al.
uded to did not write them, or specially procure
them TO be written, and the intelligent can be at
no loss IN conjecturing the authors-chiefs, part-
sans, and pet famiiars. To the honor Of the
s-rvice, the disssse-pruriency Of fame, not ear.
ned--cannot have seized upon half dozen off.
GERS (present,) all Of whom it 10 believed belong
to the same two coteries.
False credit may, no doubt, be obtained at
home, by such despicable self puffings and ma
lisnant exclusion Of others; but at the expense
Of the Just esteem and consideration of all honor.
BILE officers who love their country. their profes.
sion, and the truth of history. The indignation
of the great number of the latter class cannot
cail, in the eud, to bring down the coneeited ana
the envous to their proper level.
BY command Of Maj Gen. Scott.
II. l.. Sco1r. A. A. A. G.
The letters alluded to by Gen. Scott a. "the
echoes from home" arc cvidentlyths "Lsonidas'
letter. and the o'hor letter which appeared FRS,
in the Pittsburg Post, was thence transferred to
the Union. whence we copied it on the sth Octo
her, with some Introductory remarks, and the
whole then appeared in . Tampieo paper, in
which Gen. Scott 6rst saw the letter. Upon the
publication of Gen. Scott's orders, given above
Lieut.. Col. Duncan came out promptly ia To,
North American with the following frank avow
al Of his connection with the "Tampico letter,
so called. According to the North American
the "Tsnpico letter. was "compiled from TIVE
letters written BY officers Of the army in Msxic.
TO brother officer in Pittsburg. for bis eye
lone" But read what Col Duncan has to say
MrxIco. Nov. Is, l6a7.
To the Editor of the North American-Sir-
herewith present . copy Of the 'Tsmpieo let
'sr.' characterized ss 'scsndslous.' 'eespicabIe
Malignant Sc. in general orders No. $40. pub
lished in The American Star Of this morning.
To the end that the true character Of this let
ter may be known. desire that you republisl
in your paper. and that none Of my brothe
ntficers may innocently suffer for 4 psblicatiol
10 obnoxious, hereby publicly acknowledg
myself to be its su,hor. The substance of it
communicated from Tscubaya, soon after tn
battles. in private letter to friend in Pitts
bnrg.
The statements in the letter are known b
s"ry many officers Of this army to be true, sn
eau bat think that the publication OF truth
less likely to do violence to individua's or IN
service than the suppression or perverson of j
Justice To Gen. Worth, (who is evidentl
me Of the heroes painted at in order No. $40
requires me to state that he knew nothing wha
ever Of my purpose to write the letter 10 que,
ION, nor that it had been written ill we'll o
'ts way to it's destination he never aw. no
lid he know. directly or indirectly. even III
support OF one line, word or syllable Of It till
,aw it in print, and he is equally ignorant {
my design TO make this declaration, which
do. rs I wrote the letter, unprompted and o
my own responsibility.
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
JAMES DuScAN. Bre. 1t. Col, U. 8. A.
Aaer the Publication Of this letter. Col. Dur
can ives placed under arrest, and subsequent
General Pillow was arrested, und next Gel
Worth. The North American is of opnio
that Gen. Pillow was not arrested on sccoui
:" The 'Leonidas' letter, but on the folowin
grounds:
There has been another arrest, that Of Gei
PILLOW. one OF the chiefs siorenamed, but nc