The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-01-01
worth. Duncan and Pillow.

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Ia our last we stated it as a rumor that these
officers had been arrested by General Scott
is now no doubt Of the fact. The
cause Of 1t. Col. Duncan's arrest is said to be
a violation of the general order prohibiting the
publication Of private letters or reports by
officers, relative TO military marches and oPe-
ratiOns. The following from the %Picayune
contains all the other reliable information we
have. ssts1 asW. 14s 8s sHp tas.
aaaa Mexico, Nov. 10, l847.
70 the Editor Of The North american:
siRiI herewith present a copy of the Tam-
pico letter. characterized as 'scandalOus,' 'des-
picable,' malignant,i &c, in general orders No.
$40, and published in the American Star OF
this morning. 28i g saHo sa'
TO the end that the true character Of this
letter may be known, l desire that you repub'
lish it in yonr paperi and that none aot my
brother officers may innocently suffer for a
publication so obnoxious, l hereby acknowl-
edge myself to be its author. The substance
Of il / communicated from Tacubaya soon al
ter the battle, in a private letter to afrlend in
Pittsburg. assess
The IN the letter are known by
yery many officers Of this army to be true,
and / can but think that the publication of
truth 10 less likely to do violence to indiyi-
duals or the service than the suppression or
perversion of it. Jsag atsaa san 3se3
Justice to Gen. Worth, (who is evidently
one of the 'heroes' pointed at inorder No. 349,)
requires me to state that he knew nothing
whatever Of my purpose to write the letter in
question, nor that it had been written till well
on its way TO its destination; he never saw,
nor did he know, directly or indirectly, even
the purport Of oneline, word or syllable of il
till he saw it in print, and he is equally ignor'
ant Of my design to make this declaration
which 1 do, as lawrote the letter, unprompteC
and on my own responsibility, l a9
Very respectfully, your obd't serv't, .a.
aif JAMES DUNCAN,
.a Brevet Lieut.. Col. u. S.. A
After the publication Of this letter, Colone
Duncan was placed under arrest, and subse
%quently Gen. Pillow was arrested, and mex
Gen.Worth. The North American is Of opin
ion that Gen. Pillow was not arrested on &C
count Of the sLeonidas' letter, but on the fol
lowing grounds: s9 no
There has been another arrest, that of Gen
Pillow, one Of the chiefs aforenamed, but not
as appears, on account Of the letters Of which
he is a hero. We hear, generally, that tn,
cause was this: Gen. Pillow, ha4ing taken ex
captions to the finding Of a court Of inquiry,
which finding had been approved by General
Scots, addressed a paper relating TO the matte
to the Secretary Of War, through the comman
der-in-chief, preserving a copy which he avow'
cd in a letter accompanying, he had sent (o
would send) directly to The Secretary at Wash
ingtOn. This transaction is judged to be Z
contempt, and for the 50 judged contempt Gen
Pillow is arrested. Not understanding The
technioalities Of the case we are not advised
whether part or the whole transaction is 70.
garded as the cOntempt-but that is inmate
rial. 500 faIQ 81
Gen. Worth's arrest is thus noticed in III,
North American Of the 26th alt; Aa
The last arrest occurred yesterday-that o
Brevet Maj. Gen. Worth, and the charge is, W,
believe, contempt towards the commandment
chief. Without a full knowledge of all III,
facts we do not propose to lengthen this articl
BY any remarks upon this proceeding.