Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-13
GENERALS SCOTT AND WORTH.
Correspondence of ,he n. Y. Courier 4 Enquirer.
Mlueo. Jan. %. 1913
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talion ol Gen Wpll-thoush am ap,azyd Al tho blum
3efng nlatuali,n Of thnse Who would represent thai
6enelal Scott Is leauus 81 him. Who bHlit up Grnonl
Worth but General Seott himself. from his very
Yhn1d2 Who but Gen, raj Scott has assisted linn
through all ms gmd,s aud held hun up To puhIe sdmra
non When general Scott arrived AT the Drazs and
ordered Worth from General Taylor. he showed his pre-
terence for HIM all Other Generals Al Vera Cuz
/ he gave him the advance. But dnfng the siege, Gen.
Worth began TINT IL conduct which Inns finally
separated them forever He very publicly opposed Gen
Seotfs views nj Vera Cruz. aud santh To bring them
iaia ndlculr. llrrcnAlktd lat, I'VE took Monterey
IA three days and here We vasna tlmr heito Vera
cruz, not 81 sfan. as Monterey Those afc his ne
else words Al phnael Rio. he culatrl-sed thu Gen
efa IN Chol ~ having ien Ia Gu ia positive disc
h#dieucoo nfatrs wtheu adequate supplies. ard thea
Mfote almost Il accspaetlnl npla hsran.r er
lccled tur the advance al terlo Condo Passing trrro
Gofdo he was sent traafd and occupied the ss of La
liya and took nnessed possession Of icror, these be
Ing the legitimate fruits nj touo Gordo. Then when
The Volunteers had u he discharged and supplies had To
he procured, General Worth was impatient 10 pun him
sell oni ." position by advancing 10 iueha, aud began 10
"fe ontnsIrely To General Scots harnuse allowed
ta do as he pleased. Nm, Gnnenl ". Thought only of
lHsahlr Ia mafeh etfla h'dY ot men h ocflain
palni, Nht GHarrU Se'lt WA ublged t. lol, beyond
the mere malth and eer Inv hlg alNaner be sup.
piled aud suppafted. Aflengh General Worth una seat
Ia fucl la, and alter all as have s1id, lr athef capt.
nafed 81 be rlfy thlu demanded its unconditional
render, and tnm the tne he tered the city his troops
scarcely had quiet nights rest account Of The
nua false alarms played III upon The General. To the
infinite annoy ance ii both eniccrs aud mon. These a.
arms continued until General Scott arrived Puchla.
from which day 10 the present moment, Of my writing.
we have never had anything like fl.e alarm, icchn
cally known in tho army "Stampcdc," word most
intimately associated with the name at Gcncfa Worth
snee the great Stampede al Sau9. which 10 npora-
MY recalled General Taylor lun bis march IN Veto
wish knew en- whal point. il any. you neearI "a.
plantations IN references Ia operations htlc. leel well
qnallird, assure You, IL answer almost any question
You might put To mc;-no only qualified by relly In
innate acquaintance with all that has passed here. but 10y
my position impartial witness General Pillow,
according The article send YOU is for keeping every
nan ''io his trade" yet he lei his country pcgging
ctlre IN the interior of Tennessee, and prrsumos
sder himself competent 10 direct the operations Of an
amy before he has had time To Learn the nnmes Of the
different corps essential 10 one -four enrincef aud ord
nance oil ers ignorant as hinstf aud he com
nand. hIs army would bell sud pisdcamrut. Bal he
d'spscs details aud wishes only reHceiu himself with
great operations, Nlh late combinations. hre Is M
fool III existence who dacs shelter himself from gu1
rance by pretend ng desrse what nthrIs know. Du
the great objection 10 Pillow is pot his ignorance. lie
was lgnHrant when aPphned, without any Iu Of hts
and cannot supply the deficiency nj this time of life.
The grand difficulty with him his known and. u.s.
demonstrated mpudence aud fdschod in writing letters
for the newspapers. putting himself for deeds he never
performed, and llru denying al knowledge oil ,hc let
tiers, and finally, by eudng always which honorable
man would aei1r upon, ttallnN the Truth appear before
proper court some e1undfci has attempted 10 get up
idea that lhr rrGullr rlrcr,ara prosecuting hs
lenpfble sun q icuncssee, bus why do they Ier.e
cute Qutman and Shields. both ii whom volunteer
in the that Pillow Is, and vel Nhosa. word
10 their dsPnragomcni
Gen Pillow claims the credit ofhe fgh al Contro
r1s-ye he slept four miles from lhe blI'lc ground. il,
! San AUgGsiin and WIS pot mp in the morning
when the battle came oil He also claims the lon5rs OF
Chap"lt'r PFC exclusively and yet Qnmnu, in The judy
meni OF all here peformd nhlitey more than himself
at that very paln Ia say nathiu. oi what he did after
wnrds. Bot lpw, II Is sud, wounded al Ghapul-
teler and could do nothing Ace riding 10 lA
repHt, his leg wns ai'led aud h. continues 10 lump
along the slre8 H. ia day. lie a4lule~ 10 his wound,
IN hts official p9rl. in dozen places. but Capt.
Lee. of the engine Is fsaiy Ia p3ln oul te place
where lac s'ond VIII Wounded and IL shoN that lac was
entirely covered from the direct fine Of TIDE enemy. aud
could only he hi by ball glincng, possibly ltom tree
and then, agaln. Capt. Lee point out The place OF
perfect safety behln rock Ia which he carried at
! ot being wonndcd-all nph onouph-1ne wrong is IN
endravorlng 10 lie about IT, But the most remarkable
point in tins business is the fact that Ar Isf, no less
person than commissioner, was present When SAID
"slartcred' leg was irat examined by the surgeon
Nh ltsj furnished hc knife Which eut open the boot,
and he sstd It's removal and he dt ciares though
the Wound AIS sld 20 BE- dei above the auce that There
10 holr III The bud, WAS lora ptuer oi hond
either IN the bp1t, nor N any pant 81 Pillow dftsi
tla AT the ufno-t he could only hive received 5hlhl
blow OF some sarip 4-bly he struck h foot alcr
galisl projecting limb without knowing hai
General Sc,u actually hIlby spent bail at Ghuu
buscO bat NEVER made the least neniion OF IN his 70
ports To b. like the immortal Pillow, he should have
had himself, carried III Inter- aud should have limled
, II HIS day.
Perhaps ought 10 give you some account of the pre-
sent state 1t lnapS and prospects, bul d. not like 10
make spccnlatofs 10 tie future. NllhuH: knowing
mafc Of the people and TIT country. than yet
clam To knom.
The immediate cause u Wor's arrest WIS I'm this
wse;" Certain leoro came, printed, from The States,
written here, audHp eNtray agantl yone Pillow, the
| other, Worth. The General came out with severe
der the subject, calling attention To the regulation pro
hlbng ulcers from wung le ters papers for pint,
plainly that the prjte in til, two referred To,
probably he pHDer. Pillow is already proved to have
written the letter in his Ii signed "Leoui.
das - Duncan came Out al aud admitted his agen-
cy the ot aud thus relieved Worth ut The suspl-
sion ui direct aL'fcy ~ The matter his gave him
th!ng 10 60 JPN. lie addressed nac to general scott
The reply M beiag very satisfactory J, General Worth,
then, lusiead Of making out rna charges against Cen
Scott, which he had Iht 10 do, addressed letter 20
the Secretary oi W ar, saynI he Intended put charges
a9ans General Scott aud awaited imsefol the oppor
tuny 10 use certain vlttperave ephets, which, a. the
letter was forwarded through Gen. Scott, the General
construed into dsrespecl his superior and command
ing officer, and therefore ordered his arrest, and sen.
charges to " ashnston. Here the matter rests for the
pres nj.
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