The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-16
From he RaIeish Register.
Gen. Taylor and the Nerth Carolina
Volunteers.

We have hcen I'd % eapeei. from The
umnFs W. have heard on orr Streets l0r
Ihe last fortnight. llal deep scheme was
being coneocirL somewhere, By which an
endravor would be made 10 impuIe 10
Zen. Taylnr the use of language in refer
rnce TO the Nerih carplina Regiment Of
volunieers IN Mexico. which would cause
feeling Of indignation 10 b. raised among
our troops agaius, ihe old Hero. and very
naturally. among The people Of Inc siaiege,
nerally. iflhe vile expression said 10 be used
BY General Taylor should be proved 10 be
true. We published Fsrenlly, from ibe n.
d. " Bullelip," short article, denying in
the most positive terms. ihe truth Of The
accusation, From this. we learned that
Gen, Taylor was chsrged with saying
in relation 10 the mniiny tia, is said 10
have occurred in The N. Carolina Rrgi-
meni in August. 1877. that. aiilhe officers
should have been shot, and The Regiment
sent home IN disgrace !" This report WINS
circulated in New Orleans. while par,
ofour Regiment was ihare. awaiting trans
port vessels To conrey them hnms, and
when il rrached The EARS of cols. Bliss
and Bragg. they both, si once, . gart a
polluted denial 10 The siander,' BOT c"n-
tent with this. howeser. several gentlemen
called upon Gen. Taylor himself, aud APP
prised him of the report viii, b was in cir
culaiion, when the old Hero " denied Il
ia The mosf emphatic paanfr, and said i
was entirely desliiuie Of The leas, founda-
linn in truth !" This sci us Easy; for we
know thai the testimony Of three such
men as foIs. Bliss and bragg. aud Gen.
Taylor himself. could eiferiually silence
any Loco Foco SANDER that might DC sci
agning wiIhon, any given authority. We
consequently ailhhrld, Tor some future
occasion, evidence WHICH game into our
hands Immediately afler publishing the
above referred 10 article. which entirely
dIsproves The allegation there made, and
which we will give presently.
As We anticipated. The accusation has
appeared in the Loco Foco prints OF this
State. though considerably changed. We
are proud To STATE. however, that not SIN.
gle Editorial notice with the exception Of
the Standard" al Rsleigh) has been
made by our opponents. giving counlen'
snce 10 the calumny. But some Of them
have permitted Correspondents 70 do what
they were ashamed 10 do themselves. A
writer in The /" Wilmington Journal" says,
that Gen, Taylor declared IN the presenre
ofl.ieuts. Singleiary and Prn,leF, that {" The
Officers of the North Carolina Regiment
ought ALL 10 be dishonorably discharged,
and the Privates shot" IN The Petersburg
Republican" there is Communication
over the signature Of" rnih." purpnrilng
10 have been written by . The Officer
lieutenant Pen,ler.) IN whose presence
The expression is said to have been made
by Gen. Taylor. in which he expresses
aslnnishment aud regret iha. il had fonnd
It's way inIo the public prints. and iher
continues:
q but il having been published and coniradic
ted, consider il proper that should give the ex
act language used on that occasion by Gen. ray
Tor 10 me: That he, (tien. Taylor) had nevc
y found any difficulty in managing volunteers. be
fore the present volunteers. and that he had moth
Ing bu, trouble with those" And speaking NOR
particularly in reference to the difficulty in Oh,
North Carolina Regiment, used the folowinl
l.nguagc--' That ALL the Officers Of the Nortl
Carolina Regiment ought to have been dishonora
bly, discharged, and the privates shot This con
.ersa,ion happened about the last OF August
ls47."
The statement of the Correspondent o
the Wilmington Journal first above quo
sed, having been denied by the 'C"mmer
c,al,' upon the authority Of Lieuienan
Nixon White. who heard Gen. Tayl"
h'msclf discIain il. This Correspondent
procurtS ao.n Lieut.. peuder The follow