New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-10
,.r T.xIor and the Cbickeu-Thieves.

The recent attack on Gen. Taylor on behah on
certain soldiers in Col Curtiss Ohio Regimen
having been already noticed in our columns y
Washington correspondent, we may as wen sec J,
out The charge is that Gen. Taylor deiaineu ~'I'
swore at the said Ohio Regiment as a set " ".
cuse the hard words thieves aud co"aros "H0
81, ,,,eo, ont 70 ron and punder'- the Pro'oca,
49, hin, f.. the soldiers have III that one o.
them took chicken from oe'e'ser 80.
The Louisville Jounal responds Oh Oe""'' u 0''''
Taylor as follows r.. y.,,,.,,v, o,,,o.
! - s-,,,,op's SLASpEKERs,-The L0aisoAe Denao-
1EN' ,.iee from al Ohio paper, charging that
fo N@ 1870 a. =, The town Of Marin, IN Mexico, de-
zen. ~ advanced guard Of Col Curtiss ONO reg
i,neut as God damned thieves ana coy AZ - -
1890 n sotne Of the fellows Themselves are gwen as
e. "a The truth Of the charge. he OaaSn copies
hi whole affair II Is perfectly certain maj zen
Tsylors language upon the occasion 10 quesuon = ~
eSa,.iv rnisrepressnted for all who know him can
,,fv thar the words ascr.bed 70 him are not Ia keep
ing with his character. =,
7rbsf Gen. TAYLOR was not pleased, and could not
have been pleased with the conduct Of portion OF T
Curtss regiment is readily sd nitted On fnday Iasi
we had full conversation with an Accomplished ON
GER who accompanied Col &C regiment between une
sth and 10th Of March, 49, and from him we sl-ci
some extraordinary and revolving iscts. Oui l -
ant has no thought Of casting impUtations upon inc
whole regiment but from his statement mere y 10
doubt that the acts OF part OF II were ino7l s'O
rFH =
The march of the regiment from the la"less ehar-
sctey az some of those composing IL was everywhere
marked By deeds Of wanton violence ana cruey ons
the whole extent Of the march ranches weIe ps NJ
cattle we're shot hogs and poultry were killed ana even
net pigs were slaughtered at the very ieet OF tne
women and children that owned them Inc shoouhg
of cattle oentimes done IN utter wantobhess tns
Tnarauders either suffering them 10 ne JUST a. ncy S
or merely cutting out their and Leaving tner
csrcsses 10 rot thus showing that il was not the WANT
Of food that melted them 70 outrage Upon tneI sA
at Caraceta from which the Mexcans ned at ther ap
proach our informant after exploration IN company
with two or three other officers, reported that large
number of trunks and bsndboxes, containing ieina,e
apparel concealed in the chapparai ABOUT InHe
and half of The instant the annunciaton was maze
gang of fellows from Curtiss regiment darteo on lof
the chapparal if running for life shorty ai'er"arus
they were returning some Of them Win caps aug
bOunets their heads ana others wearing gO" us ai
other articles of wonan dress and when our informant
next passed the chapparal, he found mat genera
bonfire had been made OF the silks, muslhs ilooon'
slippers and all the little articles OF the female Toner
that the chivalrc male cOnquerors had not worn on
upon their own persons. These ourages were All
reported TO Gen Taylor before his arrival at Marin ana
can be substansted by Col. Fonteroy OF tne "a ara
goons Col Randolph of the Virginia volunteers, Col.
Relknap Inspector General Of the U. Army Patterson
of the Mississippi regiment and many o'hefS'
necessary. o.,
TAYLOR Is said 10 have been used the conduct OF the sd
vanced guard OF Col. Curs's regiment was marked
bv similar atrocities The night before the arrival oil
the Ohio regiment there Gen. Taylor had slept III tne
town had seen the acade had been the guest OF some
of the principal citizens had broken bread with them
and had promised them protection. But the advanced
guard of Curts's regiment entered the town ana IN
stsntly the work OF pillage robbery ana devasUtpn
was begun At least four houses were set on hre by
them Gen TAYLOR arrived upon the spot ana, refnem
berng what had been reported TO him as 10 the
perpetra,ed during the whole march, eNaspers'ed Dy
what was then passing before his very eyes and deeply
NAMED and mortified ut having been able 10 keep tue
pledge given 10 the men and women VINO hso hosPih
biz entertained him. he undoubtedly rebuked the guiy
miscreants in strong language II very poss9e mat
in the heat OF his burning Indignation al sucn ueeus o
atrocity and shame he did not measure his words win
the utmost nicely but he is ust man. and never even
in his anger, did he utter wholesale conaehauoh VI
the guilty and the innocent
IL IL not surprising that the thieves and house burn
ers who were thus rebuked by Gen. Taylor and ar
rested by him the midst of their career OF arocty
feel deep resentment against that stern and yruous
old chieftsn but it is strange indeed that with con
sciOusness of their crimes they have the impudence
the audaoy 10 revive the recollection OF their deeds
by publishing lying certificates of the language Whlch
Gen Taylor is alleged to have addressed to them
Almost any Ian guage the part Of Gen. Taylor Woun
have been pardonable under the circumstances but we
again say that be used the words imputed 10 Nun
All the moral portion OF the people OF ONO VIII WIN
their whole hearts thank Gen Tsy for rebukng and
far as possible srresDg the depredatons OF set OF
villains, who disgrace 10 the fair fame OF their
noble State And as for you, gallant hentuckisns, wiz
you not rally as around the glorious ola nero
whose election few infamous scoundres are attempt
ing 20 defeat because he would not counienhnce the
commission of crimes calculated to degrade the name oil
Americans to a level with that of Vandals
Ia this connection II is worth while 10 add that the
Ohio Statesman has lately Published statement OF one
Joseph Bennett of the % Ohio Volunteers, aiming to
convict Gen. Taylor Of unjust severity toward the
clckenthieres whereupon the Ohio State Journal eff
cciusy reorts upon the Statesman and its volunteer
witness by publishing Bal Of Indictment found by the
Grand Jury of Franklin County against this Joseph
Bennett for stealing ONE SWINE of the value of ten
dolarsCD The Journal says in concluding its article
lExpress.
1--WE give the Statesman JOY of his charge preferred
by the Cochocton chicken. thief against Gen Taylor,
aud OF his testimony adduced to support it, by the
Franklin hogthief"