Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-16

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~ and evidently authentic expositons. of the |
conduct of Gen. Worth and Gen. Pillow. We
have room TODAY only for what he says of Pill !
low. Read the following aud see If the disgrace
of that contemplate pup ofthe Administration
IS not consumTn4ted:
But the great objection to Pillow is rot his |
ignorance. He wasignorant when appointed, |
without any fault of his, and cannot supply |
the deficiency at this time of life. The grand |
difficulty with him is his known and, to lis, |
demonstrated impudence and falsehood in
writing letters for the newspapers, pulling HIM
self tor deeds he never performed, and then de-
nylng all knowlege ofthe letters, and, finally, |
by GLIDING all ways which an honorable man
would seize upon to allow the truth to appear
before proper court. Some scoundTel has at
tempted to get up an idea that the regular Off |
GERS are prosecuting this contemplate son of
Tennessee; but why do they not persecute |
Qmtman and Shields, both of whom are vol
unteers in the same sense that Pillow is and |
yet who says word to their disparagement-l
Gen. Pillow claims the credit of the fight at !
Contreras-yet he slept four miles from the
battle ground, IN San Augustin, and was not
even up IN the morning when the battle came
OFT! He also claims the honors of Chapultepecl
exclusively, and yet Quitman in the judgmentI
OF all here, performed infinitely more thanhim-
sell at that very point. to say nothing of what
he did afterwards. But Pillow, ii is said was
wounded at Chapultepec and could do nothing
more. According to his own report his leg
was shattered, and he continues to limp along
The streets to this day. He alludes to his
wound, IL his official report, in some dozen
places But Capt. Lee, of the engineers, is
ready to point out the place where he stood
when wounded, andt 10 show that he was en-
.tlrely covered from the direct fire of the enc
my and could only be hit by ball glancing,
possibly from a tree-and then, again, Capt
Lee can point out the place of perfect safety be-
hind rock, to which he was carried after be-
ing Younded-all right enough-the wrong is
in endeavoring to lie about it. But the most
remarkable point in this business is the fact that
MIR. Trlst no less person than our commits
sloner, was present when the said shattered"
leg was first examined by the surgeon. Mr..
Trist furnished the knife which cut open the
boot and he witnessed its removal and he de-
clares, though the wound was said to be Just
above the ANGLE, that there was no hole in the
boot nor was there particle of blood either in
the boot orOn any part of Pillows dress; 50
that, at the utmost, he could only have slight
blow Of some sort-possibly he struck his foot
or ANGLE against some projecting limb without
knowing what it was. Gen. Scott was actual
~ hit by spent ball at Churubusco, but never
made the least mention of it In his reports To
be like the immortal Pillow, he should have
had himself carried in litter and should have
limped to this day.
But Pillow is in arrest! He is so, and
charges running through several sheets of pa
per have beensent to Washington and they re-
present him in such an odious light, that one
cannot think of him but with disgust He is
charged with lying, and with duplicty and
treachery; in fact his character is utterly pros
trate here.
/ have told you that Pillow claims credit for
the Contreras fight. There are three persons
here who are ready to swear that on the even
ing of the 18th of August, (the evening before
the fght,1 he expressed his doubts of the opera
lions upon Contreras. and ne particularly de-
sired MIR. Trist to bear in mind that he had
nothing to do with the plan of attack suggest
ed by Gen. Smith and approved, in Pillow S
presence, by Gen. Scott. The plan was report
ed TO Gen. Scott by Capt. Lee late in the even
ing of the the 18th. Gen. Pillow and Mr. Trist
Were present, as were some others. The plan,
with single modification. was approved by
Gen. Scott and ordered to be executed When
Mr.. Trist left the room, Gen. Pillow followed
him, and after expressing hisdoabt ofthe result.
desired Mr.. [. torenember that he had so ex-
pressed himself. He had then left his diYis-
ion IN the field, IN the presence of the enemy,
and was at San Augustin. four or FIVE miles
distant Gen. Twi5gs was also present when
Gen. Scott approved of the plan, and as Lee
about to carry orders for the execution oil
the plan, Gen. Twiggs arose, and Gen. Scott
as matter of civility, only, invited both
Twiggs and Pillow to remain during the night
Twiggs said that his division was in the field
and that his place was with it. Pillow saii
nothing, but he remained all night, and unit
after the battle was fought on the morning o
the both of August He now claims the cred
of that battle-that is, he insists that the plar
was his, though ne admits he was not present
at the fight lie has been so hardly pushed il
this matter, that though he had not the manli
ness to do justice to Gen. Smith in his officia
report, in which he says that his orders were
carried out, he now admits, verbally, that Gen
Smith conceived the plan Of battle independent
", still insisting in defiance of truth and hono
that 1t was his plan.
He Is equally unfoFtuna; e In his claim tina
he instigated Gen. Scott to attack Chapultepec
The precise contrary is the truth. Gen. Pillow
was most anxious that the attack should b,
made at the Piedad, and he made himsel
perfectly ridiculous to his own officers by ex
pressing his crude notions on the subject,
Finally, when Gen Scott had decided TO at
tack Chapuitepec, he had long interview will
Gen. Pillow, IN the presence of Capt. Lee, il
which Gen. p. raised every objection he coulc
invent, and expressed himself SO despondipgl,
that Gen. Scott himself after Pillow left, said
IN allusion to Pillows Difficulties, that he (Gen
Yo"J lldu SOulO -tllc OI1iy llloldilC'
in which he expressed the shade of a doubt a
to the results Of his operations in this BASIN
You see, then, that, instead Of Gen. Pillow
urging Gen. Scott to the attack on Chapultepet
Gen. S. had on the contrary to nerve Pillow ul
to the conflict, and had some s.misgiyings
simply because Pillow, who was to execut
the Order had no heart for the business, ant
sgent to it reluctantly. What tell you cal
be proved,
It really sad thing to be obliged 10 writ
these truths The operations in this vale
have been glorious to the American arms, an
ifeach one would be content with his prope
share there would be enough for all, and eac
one engaged in the fights, ii he were to live t
the age of Methuselah, might sstand on tiptoe
at the mention of the battles of Mexico. Pill
low was unfortunate at CeTo Gordo, and ha
been no doubt impelled by bis controversy wit
Haskell about it, to make great efforts to rein
state himself. He was unfortunate at Cerr
Gorlo from two causes. the first the nature {