The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-12
CHApARRAL

CRY OF Mexico, April 90, l848.
The proceedings of the Court for the last
W days have not been very interesting
Pillow has introduced two or three witnesses
to prove that he did kill that Mexican off,
Ger and in the manner set down by"Leonidas."
" here's Grant and Judge Walker! Wonder
what else he will endeavor to prove! One
of his witnesses must have hacked as hard a.
gainst the commandments Of God as Bullitt
says he did; for a friend Of mine told me yes
terddy that he (the witness who was brought
forward to prove that Pillow killed him) had
told him often that he himself had killed him.
1t it is all rich, rich, rich;and it will all tend to
give the " Modern Gideon,'' a notoriety
which he doubtless thinks a man had better
have than to have nothing. General Scott
said in the court yesterday that he had som
side-ish evidence to put in against similar evil
de1ce on the side of the defence, when the
| defence arose, and said he had more side-ish
evidence to bring in; and if they do this every
day, they are yet so far from an djaurnment
that it will be a long time ere you see them in
the white settlement.
The army, very generally, is pleased with
your on the Court, and there is lit
tie doubt in my mind that the whole conntty
will soon be so
/ received a letter from Quer6taro yester-
day which represents the ''Foreign Legion"
there as increasing very fast. The writer, who
IS a Frenchman, says they number between
800 and 1000; but all this [ cannot believe.
| know that we have lost a large number Of
men by desertion from the army; that a goodly
number of teamsters and Quartermasters' men
are missing, and a large party of the followers
Of the army are gone TO the interior; but |
cannot believe that SO large a number have
joined the enemy. Some who have left us are
we'll armed and good soldiers.
Unless something turns up in the interior,
Sewer and Clifford will most likely leave for
Quer6taro in the early part.of the week. The
| Quartermaster has orders to furnish the nee
ecssary transportation, Two companies OF
dragons will escort them,
Now for peace-a question, Of all others,
that | fear to speak Of. The sanguine friends
of the measure being c%onsumhated are few
and far between. The hardness of the mem
bors Of Congress every day lessons the hope
The members are fearful of the question, and
even Pena begins to despair. Some OF his
friends, who have heretofore despaired, ask the
question if our Commissioners would not treat
with Pena and his cabinet, should not the nee
essary members COM together, Pena, they
saw. il the Provisional Government, and, as
such. a treaty could be entered into under the
Constitution, and then presented to a future
Congress for ratification. Had this Congress
met three months ago, the time it should have
done under the Constitution, it would have
beensdissolved under the same instrument on
the 18th Of April, and it is a matter of ques'
ton whether the Congress have a right to
meet now. If they do not or cannot meet, no
new President can be elected; and Of course
Pena, the Judge Of the Supreme Court will still
have to exercise the executive powers-or I'M
til some one puts him down by force of arms.
[ believe a messenger has already been sent
to our Commissioner to extend tine time oil
ratification, as it will be impossible now to gel
tito Washington by the Cd ofJune.