Litchfield enquirer., 1848-08-17
GEN. TAYLoR's sLANDERERs.

The reviiets of General Taylor are already
 at their dirty work!' The same game which
 she locofocos played in the Harrison campaign
 in 1slO, is now being attempted by class of
 miserable politicians wh" do the bidding oi
 Cass and his tools. The Ohio Statesman calls
 the hero of Buena Vista '' weak .mi:,ded and
 cowardiyp' while other sheets. equally pious
 and magnanmous I'll are getting up affidavits
 from a gang of drunken and rosvay soldiers, [.
 show that on certain occasion Gen Taylo
 usen profane language to certain soldiers ofth'
 Ohio regiment, who, (as the locof,co papers
 have it.) "took chicken from deserted ran
 cho." The subjcined article from the Louis . vile Journal sets the history of the whole sf
 fair in its true light. We commend it to thu
 special attention of our readers, inasmuch a,
 the lying affidavifs m question have been in. adus,riously circulated through this county.
 Men who will rob hen roosts and wontonly
 burn down the dwellings even oftheir enemies,
 will not hesitate to commit perjury for pur- poses of revenge.
 The bare word of such man ss the Rev. MT. Lamb, is worth more tI.an the oaths of scores of cllicken:thieves. He affirms. after five years intinate acquaintance ~i'h the hero as his chaplain, that he is not swearer--but in that respect IS San honorable exception to the general custom" among officers in the ar. my.
 The Louisville Democrat had an article ftom an Ohio paper, charging that GeBeraI Taylor, at the town of Marin, in Mexico, denounced the advanced guard of Col. Cur. ais Ohio Iegiment,as "God>damDed thieves and towards" The certificates of some of the fellows themselves are given as proofs l of the truth of the charge. The Union | copies the whole afair.] It is perfectly | certain that Gen. Taylor's language upon the occasion in question is infamously mis. 1 represented, for ali who knoe him can tes. tify that the words acsribed to him are not in keeping with his character.
 That Gen. Taylor was not pleased, and | could not have been pleased with the con- duct of portion of Col Curtis regiment, is readily admitted. On Friday last, we had full conversation with an accomplish. ed officer who accompanied Col C.'s regi- nent between tue Sth and l6th of March, lS46, and from him we gather some extras ordinary and resolting facts. Our inform ant has no thought of casting imputations upon the whole regiment, hut, from his ] statement, there is no doubt that the acts of part of it were most atrocious, such as would have disgraced even horde Of savagss. ahtF
 The march of the regiment, from the Iawless character of some of those compo- sing it, was everywhere marked hy deeds of wanton violence and cruelty Albng the whole extent ot the march ranch0s were burned: cattle were shot, hogs and poultry were kliled' ana evea pet pigs were slaugh- tered at the very feet of the women and i children that owned them. The shooting ot cattle was oftentimes done in utter van. sonness, the maraaders either suffering them 10 lie just as they fell. or merely cu,- tiag out their tongues and leaving their | caTcasses to rot, thus showing that it was 1 not the want of food that melted them to | outrage. Upon their arrival ., Caraceta. from which the Mexicans ded .aa xheir ap- pr0aeh. our iHformant, sfssr sn explovasiun I in company witbltwo 0v three other nficsrs, reported that large number Of Manks and bspdboxes. cnntaining female aapaiel, were \ cs2acease<l tR the. .Chappafai. ab0ut mile aa6 \ half ofF. The 'instantths a nnuhcia- lion was made, gang of fellows from Cur lis, regimcn,. dag.ed oG inr the charaEal as If running for life. Shortly afterwards ,fhev were heen returUing, some of them ,vi9h easss and boHiscts oi their lheads, snd diners svearing g1wns and other articles saf v,s, v,en;s dress. and when eur iDformant nexs passet the eliapaSa9, he found that geseEAI DonaFe had Dsea made of the silks,