Washington telegraph., 1848-05-03
Prom the y. OaBuHcfia.
MAJOR GEN.plLlOW.

surprised to see the clear and undOubled
manner in which II is brought home TO
him by the testimony OF Mr. ffeaner and
Mr.. Trist, tho former producing the oflgi.
nal first rough dfali Of tho letter, with IN.
terIinealions in The baud writing Of Gen.
| Pillow, The proof Of which was 50 clear and
overwhelming, that Gen. Pillow himself
acknowledged lhc fact, lbai some oi tho
words were iulefIIued by him, and the doc.
ument given by him 10 Nlr Frraner
Tie position oil Gen. Pillow before the
world, Is a most uurnyiabe one, moi only
a, regards tins letter, but also on other
points connected with bis conduct in MeIi.
co,
We presume that tho disclosures made
before the Court ol Inquiry, will oblige
him to quit his command aud return 10 the
United States.
We give thc following extracts, taken
from the Pieayune, Of the testimony Of MI
Inst
Ques,ion-By the Prosecuiion-Niil
the witness look oyef the two papers mark.
ed tbyihp courl) Nos. | and }, aud state
whether. according 10 his knowledge oi the
hand writing ul MAJOR Gen. Pillow, there
he, on the lace al No. 3, words in the saine
hand wiring Of that General
Answer have received many noles
lram Gen. Pillow, aud one yeiy important
one compared with The nieriInealions IN
No |. recognise IN No. paper with
which am familiar, aud believe the inter.
lineamen,s 10 ba in Gen. Pillows hand
writing. There are some others appear
Ia be IN the same hand writing. but | felt
les. condden, about the resemblance. In
the paper No. | see three inleflineatons
which | believe 10 be in tho same hand
writing,
d6en. Pillow had Acknowledged the in.
lerIinealions ia the paper No. |, which was
the rsueh draft olthe Leondas leIter)
Gen. Seou-Will the witness specify
the woflsl
A.--"N e,orious" in page 81 the word
"Genefal' in page 1; in page 3, tho words
.Gen. smith, there are some others that
appear 10 me to be in the same hand writ.
ing, but feel less confident about them
than about the oIher..
Q.--what knowledge has the witness,
If any, direct or crcumslanlial, respecting
the time, the manner, aud the channel IN
which the letter in question was transmit.
ted 10 the United States and by whom
The wilncs. went into a detail on the
subject of forwarding dispatches through
NJ Frcanrr aud then proceeded;
Answer conlinucd.-lt was on the 3lst
August, l-i7, that received from General
Pillow the note referred 10 in my reply To
the first question. which note will read.
The note /. marked on the back, "Pfiyate,
with hand pointing 10 that word, and reads
a. follows:
Endorsed on ouside-"Pfiyaie. Mr.,
Tist, 1acubaya.
On hs mside-"Miscoac, August 3ls',
lsi7.
"pyirg,s-Will Mr.. Trist dome the ia.
yor Of having the enclosed letters 60 by To.
morrow's courier. | have a direct interest
in their going. lfthcy cannot 60 return
them To me. Gp. j. Pillow.
but do send them If possible. They
are all for my benefit 6. J. 7.
To the best oimy recollection, the pack.
ages referred to in that note contained one
addressed to the editors Of the Delta. and
one addressed 10 the Union; and those let.
tcrs. so aras rccolIect and believe, were
forwarded in the manner above indicated
through Mr. freaner.
The following is from the cross eSamin.
alton Of Mr., Trsl;
Q.-Dld YOU not show the note that yor
have read, and did you not iuruish the paper
marked "l" to Gen. Scott
A.-This paper, mo. !, " was furnished
by me to Gen. Scott. That note (receiyed
from Gen. Pillow on the 3lst Of August
was either read to Gen. Scott or shown to
him-or | told him Of lis characters which
of these then happened do moi recoIlecl.
(Gen. ScoH-Thc witness read il to mo
Mr.. President
Q.-Do YOU entertain feelings Of hosi'i.
ly and prejudice against Gen. Pillow
The witness inquired Il the court wished
that question answered. The court replied
in the affirmative.
A.--Whh regard TO prejudice, the onl'
prejudice that cycrexisled in my mind with
regard 10 the person who puts the question
was prejudice in his iaoyr The only
feelings Of hostility which entertained
are those arising from studied attempt OF
his par, to avail himself of the position il
which had been placed towards him by
his friend, Mr.. Polk, 10 make Inc the accom-
plicc and tool in a scheme Of yillany an'
imposture-- Of imposnre towards the waol'
- country and viIlainy towards individual Off
GERS Of this army, the most audacious' b.
far, that have any knowledge Of
Gen. Pillow desired his quest @S answer
j. ed; the witness wandering from tn