Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-04-07

Genl Scott; and no o'nIl Pe IL oourt >"
the court under any order known 10 me cJu Scott
"The court also informed Wa]or zen raferred
that all the parties 10 winch Tue olu morning
would be present IN court to-motlo"
~ he regular hour of meeting.
"' 81 ,H ca Scott here rose and said: mat the
,rt might we'll conceive how much' now
iooniv. he had been wounded by the ln1orma-
..o, inst communicated Far distant from MS
w" his home, and his family, he found
t;n,spIf hut a prisoner at large IN the capital
~ the Mexican Republic struck down by the
o,nrpme military power from high command
= command of some considerable elevation
If some considerable glory-the highest per-
hans in view of the numbers, the yaIor ana
nr6wess of the army. held by an American
Colder since the days of Washington. NOT
+vas this all. He found himself placed as the
chief criminal before the court, and was IN
formed that one of the parties against wnom
snocifc charge was preferred by him, mas
bonn acouitted and rewarded before trial, by
tbo b;o hest constitutional military authority
af ouT country. The accused had no" DE-
come the accuser, the Judge the crlmlnaI'-
Deeply wounded as am, continued the zen.
eraI. / pause, but not for ideas-they crowd
mon me; not for want of feellng-my 1eel-
ings are too deep for utterance; but wlsh'
Mr.. President, to keep in order--lt these re-
marks are not, bow in Difference to the decl-
sion of the court.
The President in reply stated that the re-
marks were infringing upon the rules of
order. and Gen'l Scott Immediately resumed
his seat. Whereupon, the President declared
the Court adjourned until tomorrow morning
81. NJ j."
We find in Ell Monitor Republican,, of the
I7th one days later proceedings:
Court of Llvest'gdt'on.- Yesterday NOR
ming, at ten o'clock, the members of the Court
Martial again assembled, being present Gen'l
Scott, with his staff, Genls Worth and Pillow,
Col. Duncan, and many other officers of the
army. The judges, after having been consti-
tuted according 10 regulation, expressed their
readiness to investigate the charges of Gen'l
Worth against Gen'l Scott The latter rose,
and stated that he was there to listen to what
had been alleged against him. He then pro-
duced letter, which, by permission of the
Court, he read, having reference to the arrest
Of It. Col Duncan, stating that he did not
consider the court tribunal to examine and
decide upon any or all the charges that had
been brought against him. At this point he
was interrupted by the Judge Advocate, who
"HEADoUARTRRs THE FIRST DIVISION,
"Tacubaya, (MeKicO,) March a. l649.
Sir-In the matter of my appeal against
Gen'l Scott the commander-in-Chiefo of the ar
my, the President has rendered me full and
ample Justice For the welfare and harmony
Of the service, wish, therefore, 10 withdraw
The accusations made in my appeal against
Major General Scott
II have the honor to be your most ob't SER
yant w. J. WORTH.
ITO Gen. N. Towson, Pres. Court of Investi-
CATION
after this letter had been perused by all,
the doors of the court were closed. When
the court re-opened the Judge Advocate an
nounced that he had determined to suspend
proceedings for the moment and that if the
parties had no objection he would fix motions,
rules, &c. Gen'l Scott opposed this decision,
on account of the trouble which the taking
down i'll writing of the interocutory questions
that might be started in the sequel of the in
YestigatlOn would occasion, when the Court
proposed that the case should be suspended,
and that it should proceed to that of General
Pillow. General Scott then requested that
the court should take down some of his obser-
Tations, that they might appear on the record,
as well as some others which he was about to
make, which the court refused. He then de-
manded Of the court, i'll order to save time, to
proceed with the case of Lieut.. Col. Duncan,
for which he was prepared After some re-
marks made by the court, Gen. Scott repeated
that his object in pressing the matter was to
save time. The court was then organized TO
investigate solely the case of Gen. Scott, and
not TO take cognizance of that of Col. Duncan,
for which it was not specially prepared. Gen.
Scott insisted upon reading document rela-
ting the charges against Col. Duncan, which
the court refused to admit.
Gen Pillow rose and demanded that he
should be allowed to vindicate himself, and
that he was the more anxious as there was
every probability of peace being established
that he entered the service by virtue of a law
which in case of peace would require his i'm
mediate departure, and that if his defence were
put off it might be extended to longer peri
cd than he would wish to remain in his pres
ent position; he hoped the court would not pro-
coed with the case of Col. Duncan.
The court ordered that the case of Gen'l
Scott should be deferred until the following
day, and decided 10 go on with the case of Col
Duncan. Thereupon General Scott proceeded
to make two charges:
lst-A violation of the army regulations,
which prohibit the publication of letters OF
dispatches not published by authority relating
10 military operations.
"2d-Some fact asserted by Col. Duncan
in the letter and the answer OF that officer &c
The charges.
Having concluded, Gen. Scott withdrew
bis accusation against Col. Duncan and die
the same with regard to Gen'l Pillow, but this
general stated he would, notwithstanding re-
ply to the accusation made by General Scott
that he had liberated an officer placed unde
arrest by Gen. Scott previous TO his having
been tried"
GEN'L TwIGcs.-The Augusta (Gal Con.
Sttuhonalist learns that this distinguished