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

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uEIT. PENDER AT HOME.
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LIEUT.. FENDER IN MEXICO.
On Saturday. Ilue 22d nllimo. re Re.
reivrd FIRM =. J. Foster. Esq.. . native
of Franklin county in this Stale. once =
resident 0f this CITY. and more recently
editor Il he Jackson Miss. 'Souihrrner.'
The following correspondence. which ne
have preserved unlil me accusation should
come lram some responsible quarter
That srral having ncenned. We now pro-
coed 10 lay u bflnIe our readers. - fol.
lows:
SeE Orleaks. July 9. ls4s.
Maj n,TTIr-D er Sir. Z am surprised 70 end
disposition among the n. Carolina volunteers
70 complain srTionsly % Gen. Taylar. Who. thsy
state. has spoken very hardly 81 them on some
particular OCCASION in MeKieo. Ths expressions
attributed 10 Gen. Taylor conflict opalp@biy with
the general prudence and discreiiOn which marks
his inieFcouTsc with men, and are 50 unlike him.
that am 10th 70 helisve The report Please lsl
me know such facts ynu posses. relative 10 ths
complaint As you were counsel Cor the deience
h~Garr the Court of Inquiry. You doubtless have
Il in your poNrr 10 throw al light necessary up
On The matter. With many friendly rseOlleeiiOh.,
'-p' NJ Ed FOSTER.
Maj. Battle replied rs f'Ilows:
~. chsHcs Hotel. July Q, rs.
Dear Sir. In rPly 10 the inquiry IS 10 the re-
marks which l.ieut. Fender. Of The n, q. Rrgi-
mens Volunteers, i reported 70 have testified 10,
"a made hy Gen. TsylE. in relation 70 the dis
turhancrs in said regiment in August last, have
70 rrily. BY simply furnishing you with trans
ertpt d that part 81 Lieut.. Penders testimony, A.
taken berGre the Court Of Inquiry which sal In
ssltillo. IN feSgusry and March last, which Is as
folloss;
- Afterwards went down TO Monterey and
made Ihis statement 10 Gen. Taylor, and request
eJ that se migii, be permitted. at least. TO have
Court Martial. lie replied, that be had had
good deal To do with volunteers. and had never
had any difficulty with any except the present,
lp,eaning The North Carolina,) and that they had
heen nothing but source Of trouble and aggra-
yation 10 him. That the Officers CONCERNED
~ THE OUTRAGE ought 70 he jishonorably
discharged, and the Pnyaies shot"
The above were Lieut. Pender's words, - |
noted them down Al the time, as his COUNSEL in
the case. Very truly yopr friend,
C. e. BATTLE, Maj. n. c. vols
We have now, we believe, narrated all
the circumstances aud rsciled The differ
eni statements IN rlaiinn 10 this matter,
and We lrinpphandy submit the evidence
in The ease. 10 candid and impartial pub
lie. But will il not strike every reader.
,hai the memory ol I,irui. Fender must
be very 0blisious, when they come 10
compare The sarieh statements which he
has made, And. in,letd. il does no, ap.
pear thai Gen. Taylor spoke exclusively
of the N. e. Regiment. admitting that the
statement of I.ieui. Fender, before the
coari OF Inquiry is the correct one. He
spoke of the Dtlicers and privates con-
eerned IL the outrage" and no one else !!
Well, there were others concerned in the
Outrage beside The N. q. Regiment, and
&c conrse they also we're included,
But The mos, disrepulable and disgrace.
ful part OF The Whole affair is, that now an
aiiemptis made 10 create the impression,
that G,n, Taylor said that "aLL The Obi,
GERS Of the Amih Carolina Regiment. +"
wi,hon, discrimination. '.should have been
dishnnnrsbly discharged. and The Prisaies,
without exception. every one) should
have been shotw Is there man in Anne.
rira who believes Gen. Taylor ever said
any such Thing. We do not believe there is
one. Gen. L. always and on all occasions.
spoke in the highest terms Of the North
Garulina Regiment Of Volunteers. and il
he ever said any thing disparagingly Of
any pnrlionofonr Regiment, twas IN strict
r. lrreme 10 lhese few, and those few only,
engaged in the muiiny Of August. l647.
Blu, when il is remembered that this esi.
lencc was given by Ii. Fender before the
Coun of Inquiry. af;er he had been dis.
hnnorahly discharged by Gen. Wool, and
whose decision had been sanctioned by
Gen. Taylor. is il not natural 10 conclude
that he held great luminosity towards Cen
r.. or al leasi. was 80 prejudirtd against
him, as 10 have warped his own impress
sion. in February ar March last, IS TO the
real obser, a,ioLs OF Gen. I. in August
1917. .......- -
At all events, Gen. TAYLOR denies il IN
the mos, emphatic manner, and says i i
entirely destitute of the least founda tior
in truth Co.'s. Bliss and Bragg. boil
.aiye pointed denial 10 the Islander ]!
The language a,lrihuled 10 Gen. T. is en-
,irely at variance with his whole character
aud we believe il will be universally al
Judged 10 be malicious calumny ant
SANDER.
A Sensible AnsWer--A lady VIII,