Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-04-26
THE corRr OF mol BY.

We have the proceedings Of the Court ot
Inquiry sitting ia the city Of Mexico. Up tc
the 31.h uit
Cap Naylorvas examined ou ME c6th in
rylatou to General Pillow latwssdin. le,ter,
frhim.
On ihe 9Th, thelOth dsy Of the session Of
the court. gen. Scott requested permission TO
read d motion which he bod to submit To the
Court in writing, General Scott then read
a.foilows:
Mr.. Prcsidsnf and cenfiemen Of The
/ Court.
1 have already, declared nv intention 10 i'm
4 prach and utterly discrrdt The testimony at
Paymasier A. w. Burns. witness Tor the
defence Ia the case before the the Court
who--since that declaration anj clear pur-
pose, manifested ina cross eXa,riuati0nnga
all precedent. under The circumstances-wa
permitted the morning Of the 25th inst. the
last session Of the court. after nights re-
Election. aud perhaps cousults tisn. to come
in aud altered his testimony in matter affec-
ting his credbiiity. Notwithstanding thai
advantage, The cross examination has album
dainty suuWn iu more than twenty instances
that the witness had almost total want of
memory 0n one side OF the case. even in mat
t.rs OF no little iuteTes, and importance: and
on the other powerful aud minute memory
-gras ping and retaining incidents, which, al
the lime they occurred, must have appeared
to any one else wholly unworthy OF being
treasured. The Court; no doubt Will, at the
proper time, look closely 10 the peculiality OF
memory, without my specifying the numerous
instances, in this place. Some scattered proof
| viii, however, here glance 81, and only be-
cause they are dl-tautiy separated on The re-
corts and files % The Court.
The witness saws la his testimony. that
though he was present al the operations on
18Th OF August he was not with The operating
force. the following day. aud therefore did not
see them carry the eutrenched camp OF Con-
ireras-the church and bridge OF Cheruhuscu.
Yet in the letter Leouidas which b. swesrs
vas written by himself, aud not bv Mai. Gen.
Pillow, he asserts 10 the public that "the fore
going account Of this victory, meaning
The events OF the 10Th oil Aagust) was my
sell an eve witness 100, and will vouch for
its correctness. The witness then notwith-
standing his oath, cannot be the author OF Le-
onidas. So, at HE end OF the last paragraph
but one OF Leouldas-immedlate preceding
The quotation jest giyen-ihe writer, speaking
! nt the heroic Batter Colonel OF the South
Carolina regiment, says" No one laments bis
death more than the writer OF this communi-
cation. who eat with him the last meal he
took prior 10 his death" Now | snail show
by witnesses, at present in the United States,
that the lanented Col. Butler, who fell at
Churubusco, early in the day August the 10th
took his last meal at San Angel, near the field
where be glorinusly fell, and but little while
before, where Pa, master Burns-as, indeed
he hImself sWears- was not.
Tie Court here interrupted Gen Scott in
reading his motion, and remarked that the
Court could rot permit him 10 read an argu-
meut-that il he had a motion to propose, he
must read il by itself, and the Court would
then determine whether the motion conld be
entertained.
After some conversation the examination
was renewed and Capt. Hooker, DR. Heistand,
Gen Scott, Capt. Huser Capt r. Lee, Capt
Merrill, Lieut.. Davis, James l.. Freaner ire
examined Col Duncan, w. S. Benied, Capt
II L Scott, Capt J X Banding, Lieut. Will
lians, were severally examined.
The Court then adjourned to next day, the
3Ist ult.