The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-04-12

Lieut. lof. Duncan; l,Ie desirsd tlssss
Officer, aboye oil others, should ia pras.
ent. He also wiahed To- rs Sin foyusoa bvj
the; coun, whether any officer. separate
from himself, Mai. Gen.s Pillow, and sLt.
Col. Duncsnr weTe embraced ii, ti,s order, =,
fesd by the Judge Advocate, 40 accused
parties. Gen. 81 did not have the siiRhtys
est desire % embarrass Or retard the pro: !:
ceedinga Of the court; he said iss would:
rnaterialIy enlightsn his path IN Tie conrse
he should deem proper: TO pursue, II: lto !;
could Be informed 81, the impression 81 tho
court In that particular. ~ rs stis5 5
The court wishing time for Sdclibef fa. [
tion, the room was cleared for the space
of half an hour, and upon being Sre.o open
ed, the following decision was Jender-S
ed: -, ..i., Il ~ .ss
That the conduct Of Mai. Gen. Pillow. !
and Brevet 1t. Col. Duncan, will, under
the order, be investigated, as far, as their
conduct is involved, In the charges pre-.
ferIed against them by Maj. Gen. Scott,
and also the court. will examine into The
merits of the, complaint of Breyes Mai.
Gen. Worth against Maj. Gen. Scott:
and no other parties ars before the court
under any order known to the court.
The court also informed Major Gen.
Scott that oil the parties to which the or.
der referred would be present in court
Tomorrow morning, at the regular hour
Of meeting. =
Gen. Scott here rose and said: That
the court might well conceive how much,
how deeply, he had been wounded BY the
information just communicated. Far dis.
tant from his country. his home, and his
family, he found himself but Z prisoner
at large in the capital Of the Mexican
Republic; struck down by the supreme
military power from e high command
command Of some considerable elevation,
of some considerable glory-,he highest,
perhaps, in view Of the numbers, the val
or and progress Of the army, held by, an
American soldier since the days Of WASH
ington. Nor was this all. He found
himself placed as the chief criminal be-
fore the court, and was informed that one
of the parties against whom . specific
charge had been preferred by him, has.
been acquitted ond rewarded before trial
by the highes, constitutional military au-
thority Of our country. The accused had,
now become the accuser, the Judge the
criminal. Deeply wounded as am,
continued the general, pause, but not
for ideas-:hey crowd upon me; not 6r,
want Of feeling--my feelings arstoo deep
for utteIance; but wish, Mr. President.
4 to keep ia order--and II these remarks
are not, bowl Difference TO the decis.E
ion Of the court. sss l;3,
TSHhE p Radiant e., rr,r,1>, ~ &S,d ~ II.
|. remarks were infringing upon the rules
Of order, and Gen. Scott, Immediately re-
sumcd his seat. Whereupon the Pres;-
dent declared the court adjourned until
tomorrow morning.
We find in the Ell Monitor Repub-
licano, Of the 18th, one days's later pro.
ceedings; which we translate, as they are
Of Importance g
COURT OF lNvRsTIGAT1ON.--Yest esterday
morning, at ten o'clock, the members Of
the Court Martial again assembled, being
present Gen. Scott, with his Staff, Gen.
erals Worth and Pillow, COL. Duncan,
and many other officers Of the army. The
judges, after having been constituted ac.
cording to regulation, expressed their
readiness TO investigate the charges of
General Wort against Gen. Scott. The
latter rose, and stated thath was there
to listen TO what had been alledged against
him. He then produced q letter, which,
by permission Of the Court, he read, hay.
ing reference to the arrest Of Ii. Col.
Duncan, stating that he did not consider
the court tribunal to examine and de.
oide upon any or all the charges that had
been brought against him. AT this point
he was interrupted by the judge advocate,
who read the following letters
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FiRsr DIvisioN,
Tacubaya, (Mexico,) March IA, le4e. !,
Sir--.In the matter Of my appeal against
Gen. Scott, the commander -in.chief Of the
army, the President has rendered me full
and ample Justice. For the welfare and
harmony ofthe service, wish, therefore,
to withdraw the accusations made in my
appeal against Major Gen. Scott.
have the honorto be your most ob't SER
want,
w. J. WoaTH.
To Gen. N. TowsoN, Pres. Court Inyes.
tigation.
After this letter had been perused by
oil, the doors Of the court were closed.
When the court re-opened the Judge Ad.
vocate announced that he had determined
to suspend proceedings for the moment,
and that if the parties had no objection he
would fix motions, rules, &c. Gen. Scot,
opposed this decision, on account OF the
trouble which the taking down In writing
Of the interlocutory questions that might
be started in the sequel Of thelnyestigs'