Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-01-05

turing the author-chefs, partlsans, ana
pet families. To the honor Of the service,
the diseaso- pruriency Of fame, net earned
cannot have seized upon halfa dozen Of
feers (presen, all Of whom,iif is believed,
he.ong tothe same coteries. -
r False credit may, no doubt be obtained
fat home, by such despicable ser-puffings
| and malignant exclusion of others; but at
the expense Of the Just es' eem5 and conside-
ration ofan honorable officers who love
| t!'eir country, their profession andAhe truth
Of history. -.---,...------..---
The indignation Of the great number Of
the latter class cannot fail, in the end, to
bring down the conceted and the envious
to their proper level.
BY command of Maj Gen. Scott
Fl. L. ScoTr, A. A, A G.
The letters alluded to by Gen Scott as
'the echoes from home," are evidently the
"Leonidas'' letter, and the other letter
| which appeared first in the Pittsburgh p Post,
was thence transferred to the Union, and
the whole then appeared in Tampico
paper. in which Gen Scott saw first the
letter. Upon the publication Of Gen. Scott 3
orders. given above, Lieut. Col Duncan
Sltftc ouI lNOItu NHISIiCdU
with the following frank avowal Of his con-
nection with the "'Tanpico letter." so call
ed. According to the North American the
"Tampico letter. was s:compiled from two
letters written by officers of the army in.
Mexico to d brother officer in Pittsburgh,
for his eve alone But read what Col.
Duncan has TO say ofit.s
.. tIs 50 MEx1co, Nov. 10, l847.
To the Editor offhe North .9meriican
Sir: herewith present copy Of the
"Tampico letter." characterized as s'scan-
dalous, /" s'despicable,' s'malignant," &C.,
in general orders No. $40, published in.
the American Star Of this morning. .at
To the end that the true character of
this letter may be known, desire that you
re-publish it in your paper, and that none
of my brother officers may innocently suf.
fer for publication so obnoxious, here.
by publicly acknowledge myself to be its
author. The substance Of: it communi-
Gated from Tacubaya soon after the battles,
in a private letter to a friend in Pittsburgh.
The statements in the letter are known
by very many officers in the army to be
true, and cannot think that the publica-
ton of truth is less likely to do violence to
individuals or the service than the suppress
sion or perversion oft. -s-ssEo.s s-.issa
Justice to Gen. Worth (whe is evident.
lv one of the ''heroes" pointed at in order
No. $40, requires me to state that he
knew nothing whatever ofmy purpose to
write the letter in question, nor that it had
been written till we'll on It's way to its des-
tination; he never saw, nor did he know,
directly or indirectly, the purport Of one
line, word or syllable of it, till he saw it
in print, ana he is equally ignorant Of my
design to make this declaration, which /
do, as wrote the letter, unprompted and
on my own responsibility.
Very respectful, your obedient servant,
JAMES DUNCAN, bal.
Brevet Lieut.. Col. U. S. A.
After the publication OF this letter Col |
Duncan wasplaced under arrest, and sub.
Gen. Pillow was arrested, and
next len. w orth.s The North American
IS of opinion that Gen. Pillow was not ar.
rrested on account Of the "Leonidas' let
er, but on the following grounds: s7a /
There has been another arrest, that Of
Gen. Pillow, one Of the chiefs aforenamed,
put not, rs appears, on account of the let
ers of which he is the hero. We hear
that the cause was this: Gen.
Pillow, having taken exceptions to the find
ng Of a court of inquiry, which finding had |
,een approved by Gen. Scott, addressed a
PAPER relating 10 the matter to the Seereta-
" Of War, through the commander in chief,
preserving copy, which he avowed, in a
etter accompanying. he had sent, Tor
would send) directly to the Secretary al
This transaction is judged
o be contempt, and for the SO judged con
empt Gen. Pillow is arrested. Not un
the technicalities Of the case,
we are not advised whether part Of or the
whole transaction is regarded rs the con-
but that is immaterial. rs\ '
Gen. Worth's arrest is thus noticed in the
North American of the 25th ult. .s G-a-
The latest arrest occurred yesterday
that Of Brevet Maj. Gen. Worth-and the
charge is, we believe, contempt towards the
in chief. Withou, a knowl.
edge of oil the facts we do not purpose to
lengthen this article by any remarks upon
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