The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-16
GEN. rAYLons sLANnERERs.

The Louisville Democrat had an article
from an Ohio paper. charging that Gen.
Taylor, ~ the iown Of Marin, IN Mexico.
denounced The advanced guard Of Col.
Curiis's Ohio Regimen, as -l;od damned
thieves and towards" The cerii6saies
81 some of the fellows themselves. are
given as proof Of The truth of the charge.
{ The " Unioa" copies This while affair,
Il is perfectly ceriAIn that Gen. Tsylar's
language. upon the occasion in question,
is UNANIMOUSLY lnisreprssenled, Cor sll who
know him can testify that the words IA,
fcribed To him are mol In keeping with his
character.
That Gen. Taylor was MT pleased and
could moi have bern pleased with the con-
duct Of porii"n of col. cnriis's reri,
mrni IS readily admitted. On Friday Of
last week we had foil conversation with
an accomplished officer. who accompanied
Col. C.is regiment between the slh and
the 10Th Of Marrh. 1917. and from him
We gather soIne extraordinary aud revolt.
Ing facts. dur informant has no though,
of casing impuiaiions upon the whole re-
gims NJ, but, from his statement there Is No
doubt that the acts OF . part Of il wcro
most aiFOcious, such as would have dis.
grared even lorlc Of sasages.
The march of The regiment. from The
lauless character Of some of those com.
posing Il. was every where marked by
deeds OF wanion violence aud rrnely.
Along the whole extent Of The march,
Ianch,s were burned. cattle were shot.
hogs and poultry were killed. and even
pet pigs were slaughtered ~ The very feet
Of The women and children that owned
them. The shooting 81 cattle was often
times done in hitter wantonness, the ma.
rau,lers either suffering them to lie JUS, ss
they fell or merely cutting out their tongues
and leaving the carcasses 10 rot, thus show.
ing thai II was not the want of food that
melted Them TO outrage. Upon their ar-
rival at Caraceta, from which The Mexi.
cans had fed al their approach. our infor.
mani. alter an exploration in company
with two or three other officers, reported
that large number Of trunks and band
boxes containing female apparel were con-
cealed IN the chapparal about a mile and
half oil. The instant the annunciaiion
was made. gang Of fellows from Curiis's
regiment darled OF for the chapparal as if
running for life. Shortly afterwards they
were seen returning. some Of them with
caps and honnets upon their heads, and
others wearing gowns and other articles
Of womens dress. and when our inform-
ant next passed The chapparal. he found
that Q general bonfire had been made Of
The silks, aud muslins. ribbons. slippers,
and all the lille articles of The female TOT.
let that The chivalric male conqnerors had
not worn off upon their own persons.
These nnirages were oil reported 10 Gen.
Taylor before his arrival at Marin and
can be suhsianiiaied by Col. Faun,leroy
81 The "a dragoons, Col. Randolph Of the
Virginia Volunteers, cnl. Beiknap. In
inspector General Of The u. =. army,
Lieut.. Patterson Of tile Mississippi regi.
nent, and many others. if necessary.
Al Marin itself. where the severe Ian
guage OF Gen. Taylor is SAID to have been
used, the conduct Of The advanced quad
Of Cpl. Curlis's regiment was marked by
similar at,ocites. The night before the
arrival Of the OHM regiment there, Gen.
Taylor had slept in the tnwn, had seen
the alcadr. had been The guest OF some Of
The principal citizen-. had broken bread
with them. and had promised them pro-
lection. Bur tie advanced guard u Chr.
tlss !esiAem! ealSged the own, and n