The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-13

future This the substance Of his remarks Adding that
the party publishing this had distinctly reprobated the
practice and now this paper was published as appeared by
his own animadversions
the SeP1 bp ms to
court as motion to have the testimony tending toimpeach
not DISTINCTLY authorized by did not however.
into the On the rsay when the charges and speci-
Of them. refused. i would sooner have cut off my right
hand than have furnished of them for publication
don s unr i q Sfsse
a e sn I o the f Sa MAJ Gen
Worth was published was not even read yet was pub
s FS sfa eon
sdered direct contempt of the court and stated, that in
and asked for order to be taken i'll the This the
Gen. PNiosn-WI not the court take some action in the
as party before the conrt and establish rules
The Resident Of the court said if written complaint
made against the publisher the will consider ito
Gen. Pow-ln this, the publisher not in fault, but the
party furnishing the copy.
Le Dacis F3urtcenh Itaatry sworn for prosecution.
elias the witness heard Paymaser Burns make any
declaration with regard TO the authorship of certain letter
signed ieonda and SO, state what the declaration was
~ happened to Mai Burns shortly after the publ
cation Of the Leonidas letter the Mexico and after
found @ q ffs es nf
had not asked him whether he knew. He said he did
not That was the only conversation ever had with him
tie hsn that w Mbe h's sp
peaed in the New Orleans Pcaypne and American Star and
North American published in this city q
Odd witness understand Maj Burns. as aludng to that
~ understood him referring to the letter that had been
published over that signature.
IT. C9 i GA l, a sworn nj for , prosecution s 9
Agustn the 18Th OF August last with his regiment the
South GH9n and does the witness chance to
ano h G 1nS What dS e a,s nog of
| he nj he IN U1v1
IL think the regiment le, San Agustin between and
that he did dine at San Agustin the istexcept what
of the that had been engaged and around onteas
Ba s s % S aa Ans house a s% G
be ad to eaa @ Of chocolate OF requesting
the signal to fall in sounded and and joined
them H. then informed that he in company with Cen
Get ehoc9ate ard requested take commended
formed me that he had taken cup Of coffee and something
to eat-some refreshments.
Q-as the witness, Puebla ekewh here ever received
P H u,es E letter f. or letter. I from the aSdS Of MAJ
Delta other than the letter signed Leonidas and dated Au
Maj. Gen Pillow objected to the question Irrelevant
Gen Scott sustained the legality Of the question.
The also decided the question reference the pub
LEGATION in the morning paper (the Starr, follows
The court has seen with the publication, in the
newspapers of this city Of certain papers read TO the court
and rejected OF not permitted to be entered on its recoda
the parties publishing are warned that they calculated
prejudice the OF the publisher the opinion OF the court
indicate and highly improper"
pqn these decisions of the court being read Gen Scott
in reference the paper published this morning his Gen.
Scott paper had been entered upon the records IN reference
cson he had called the attention of the and had
has ID s Ss nn s s # s s to q
atlers before this court by arguments drawn from truth.
court had been wounded, and he through it.
The President of the court said that this court knows how
Cen. Scott replied that he, too knew wha. the dignity Of
ee a ms e ana made % this 'oS
IN reference to admitting the evidence OF Mr. L. FIeaner
and strong against this and unlead Of mode of pro-
ceedng He knew the modes of proceeding of the courts of
tess, he did not understand the rules. ~
w. C. ToBEy sworn for Defence: Q.-Winess will state
if he is now and has been since the established.
the editor of the North American?
A. am now and have been since it was established.
with the exception of about eight daysthe of eight
days has been within month OF this ne-l think the pres
9-sate aso if the letter signed Ieonda was published
IN the North American and Star and Il was published IN
those papers originally appeared In the New Orleans
lit was published in the North American since this
court commenced its session. and believe the copy
kep from the Star | 5 o sp s en 9s w my
paper my howedge has been since the sessions OF this
the time it was repubIished here by the Star
Q.-Stae if the letter, as It appeared IN the American
u l's' of tie ' 18th Of sepiember
having both papers before me, and comparing them
[The containing the Leonidas letter for and
the examination of the witness postponed until the paper
BTevet Lieut. Col DUNCAN called for Defence Estate
whether have prior to the of this court
had any conversation with Paymaster Burns relative the
authorship Of the Leonidas letter. If SO, state when and
81 Rave. few days after the arrest Of Gen. Pillow
the Main of the city, Maj Burns called to from the
opposite side of the street conversation ensaed IN relation
effect MAJ Buns re pa ,hat he beard that IN t
I,eOnIdaS letter. /
He said that having understood he had prepared
m the day %h spf
fne OF the de n s s ha5 Gsn f a
hls IniomalIon- might involve him IN dltcnltyIsaying
doubt would follow # i came 10 The knowledse Of the com
mandng General that he the author OF the letter That
q-Has the witness stated ali which was said in the
+ its Tie 6s1ee nd P Eee .od NOT ybso
id tine Of 10 ny % Either f s e ssea a
Q-sate if at the time Of the conversation with Major
of the two echoes, of which the Leonidas letter was
supposed to be one9
Crosselqmined By Ms ProseenterE1Was Or was not
the confidential Intimacy existing between witness Mai
Gen Pillow and SAID Burns also aware that there
fsls% sG answer hnL fiat must have
Ge1 P ls, the @ @ those
fened that his for speaking to me tor DO not
with him i have no means of knowing whether he was or
acquainted with my PERSONAL relations with Gen
Pillow. go,
the authorship OF the LeOndas letter, be-
come published known to the public at this place?
1.-THE first that knew OF myself by of the
last maiswitUn the last two weeks, tbnk-i saw an
avowa of the authorship of the letter of the
New Orleans papers (the Delta and Pcayune think
signature. do not remember either the date of the
paper the letter itself.
w. C. ToBEy recaIled-The papers shown the wit
ness with the request that he would compare the two and
5 if they Identical.
[Hee the court took 10 enable MIR Tobey to exam
inc the Leonidas letter in the Plcaynne' and American
Star which having been DONE the following question
put witness by defence.J
Q-Have YOU compared the printed copy of the " Plea
yune' with the copy published the Star - So
state if they are the same
IL have compared the copies of the letter signed
+" Leonidas, part of the New Orleans Picayune Of
Sept 10th, and the American STAR of Oct I'D, and find
that they substantially the There unlm:
portant dierences-typogfaphic euo-and the second
paragraph in altcs In the Pcaypne, in Roman IN the
= Star
Question By Proseeution-What does the witness know
OF the authorship OF article signed Warren published