The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-22

September last respectively and if So state the substance
Pillow to Chapuiepee some nen time evs in
with bm a 1 osf
the building on the end next to the CITY, was p9hng 3u'
on the north side of the Castle also the direction in which
the enemy etreaed from Chapuepec towards the city and
5t sa and Put il s1srq sso
ppT b %
he had proposed another PLAN think tod him was not
General Scott had poposed-I think he used the words am
advance by the Taen6aya road General Pillow, with his
s we a TO e ao ban at of the
Toadpass on to the CITY, and make Chaputepec feel Its
The Genera remarked that he and think in conjunction
with Others beng IN opposed leaving in their rear as
the Generals, Gen Scott had been prevented from leaving
Sa s did %S by sn
Scott, but that it was mere proposition; 1t made i'm
something Of indecson the part Of the Commandef-n
& at s ' tn the Fl nsy
carried in the presence OF other officers and their hear
thing about his having been in favor of the attack
place Chapuepec do not think he said anything about
but when determined to attack thai point
that he had Offered suggestions the detail and had
planned the execution OF It, as to the mode IN which was
oEThe witness speaks of a council of war-to what
Al do 7 know that 1 could state; heard there were
two or three held and suppose must have been the one
ever, he referred to council that held at Tacubaya.
am that Gen o s STATED ach o a at Sn
am doubt whether heard it from Gen; Pillow; and IN
! not know that that was the referred to.
QDd witness chance to see or kn9w any thing Of per
Mexican officer soldier during any OF the battles fought on
Capt Lee was recalled, and testified that &c the
| e Il, tbo Of ham
substantially the one contemplated by Maj Gen.
| Scott, at the time of the meeting at Piedad.'
Al ecolect distinctly that Gen. Scott proposed that
north western side of Chapuepec. the object which
Chapntepec passing through the 5le foot Of the hill
To- this R OF M division Cen sn pow da , Ge sh
attack upon the Castle of Chaputepec with his whole Vi
disonwa eearasd as he could only Be- viii brigade
he could not Gen Scott then asened that he should make
tween Generals Scott and Pillow was that the former con
the desired both As have stated before i Dc mot re-
Pillow and Quitman to pass around Chapultepec.
At the end of Capt Lees examination, the Court
adjourned to Monday.
TWENTY-SECOND DAY-.7prR 10Th.
COL Riley Called by Detence.-Witness was
present at the battle of Contreras on the 10Th
August last. On that day. Gen. Pillow gave him
several orders, to move to the right or to the left
or both, and finally to move forward and cross the
Pedregal, and to turn the enemy's left. Witness
saw Gen. Pillow no more that day.
QWhen witness first reminded that he had received
W he s and s Under what @ ] as remind
statement of his revised recoliecons?
Alt his house in the city. don remember when
but was shortly after entered the CITY, think was
for by Gen, Pillow his house. time der-uO
that occasion He proposed some questions to me in
Q-From all that witness knew, of the subject,
was or not the plan OF operations executed on aenelas
that given by Gen. Pillow. the same the in
structions from headquarters!
Gen. Pillow objected. Gen. Scott replied to the
objections decided to admit the question.
A.-Gen Pillow gave any instructions at all re-
speeding the attack the camp therefore cannot say
whether they came from him or was his s plan for
and order coming from headquarters has bearing
ing from headquarters farther than have already stated
Odd the witness have an interview with Cen Pillow at
s the ana sad
be woud w Or had written to mn witness po for
A.-Not at the time, he did mott time before had
in reference to it. which he had written It. was not RECON-.
a-To whom was the letter Gen. Pillow read addressed
commsnder Of Brigade and as Worthy Of Brevet
not se4 he ba pa Wa Ta e @ To-
% Psa0 % sns Ia eo o s % That s n I
I date from aas ceiro GOs D's'e Tile
Q-Was the witness at the time under the command of
other general officer 'pp '"'''
The President said he objected such questions being put
to the witness they did not bear the case,
Gen Scott requested that it might be inserted on the
the question and prepared to the applicability OF
The court did not consider this necessary.
Q.-ADou what tune elapsed between the two interviews
with Gen Pillow Mention that relating the bevet and
been for both occasions and did the witness at
Al do know Whether was sent for or not at the
time Of mentioning the bre,et f., for at the time the
had elapsed between the two interviews do not belong to
Gen Pillows division .s,o. 81
been carried that witness Gen. Pillow that camp
ABetween half an h9nr and an hour after the camp had
a.-on meeting with Gen Pillow, after the camp had
have the plan Of attack, which had been
fully executed?
Q-By whose order the witness brigade put in march
from the captured camp and again from Coy to sup
vent? '.',''' ','N
Q-At the time When Gen. Pillow showed you passage
in his letter reference to the date of the beye if any were
about the orders above deaiIedeor whether that time
Gen. Pillow had any, difficulty with Gen. Scott
eonversaea between Gem Pillow and myself there 'f had
been no at the 1 with Ge1 s s8 n There was
Q-Was the passage in Cen Pillows letter to which you
have referred simple reference to the oil Col Riley
at Cero Godo as found by the court of inquiry which sat
Pueba 1-was there any recommendation that should
be brevetted, and was it at your request!
Alt my request; and there nothing in that
letter but what have already stated No other part Of the
letter read to but that part wherein Gen. Pillow
thought my brevet should be dated from the events of Ceno
Gordo upon my own statement to him. and my reasons to
prove that ought to be bevetted from that time, If bre
veted at all.
Q-Wl witness state whether he absent towards
the distance when Gen Pillow reached the
entrenehed camp! Was Gen Pillow in the work when wit
ness first him
A He was in the work when first saw him had been