The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-08-27

Col Baneh. m ms card sh'ch APPEARED
IN ule MrripPan Of the Och n'ir has 90
gr,-..y m,sfcpwsenlcd facts IN reference 90
one or two very material points connected
sitb ,bs aaaif a. Ch-deaas that am com
PEELED TO say that De has deliberately bed.
lie says. my Ql,) command was not ~
the battle Of the evening with the Lance's'
because they wefs on daiy at The steam
ship by Gen Lopezs orders Ny impress
sion is. that Col B. volunteered hs services
TO assist in unloading the vessel at least he
remained on board. or at the wharf from
about . O'Clock, 2. NJ, until he left the
vessel with the volunteers for the purpose
Of assisting Gen. Lopez aud the kentuc-
kians. In the meanwhile, | was placed IN
the Plaza with one company Of the MIssls-
sippi Battalion and Capt Mizels lndePen-
dent Company. Aoout 5 O'Clock, Gen.
Lopez, anticipating the attack which was
afterwards made, designing to support the
Kentuckians by a company Of Mississippi
Rifles. dispatched the Adjutan, Of the bat
talon Mr.. J. Collins. Of Adams county,
with m order TO Col Bench 10 send kS-
ward one Of those companies Of his baiial-
len. The Statement, made to NE By the
Adiu,aut was. thar CO.. Bunch neglected
doing 50. and afterwards said. in exr,auaiion
Of his conduct. that the General was going
back to New Orleans and ;ha, his men
were ssss On board aai ,ha. be intended
,ha, they sh5a'i 20 Il 10 others went,
Tbas was after !. had bssU made kucTn
,ha, the General .1ssniel 10 re-ema2r&.
General Lopez, psrSe,sns Ira. his order
lad n1. lvea vasys6 aasf waiting
asus TWO hours, commanded ne TO return
20 .he vessel with tire cc-gaszs under my
command abe a-,e Sc ,s-s-barAiug the
trgogs barring arrived and Intending, with.
o1s 5,a5s. that The hsasuekians should fol.
oya g soon o. the outgos.s should be re-
called
Colonel Burch, III his card, further says,
when the guns Of the battle Were heard, |,
without orders, marched the battalion to the
scene Of action aud joined ii in the street to
the left o fthe Louisiana Regiment These
are the facts / arrived at the wharf about
the time the firing commenced, with the
two companies under my command. In
the presence Of Capt. Hoy, Quartermastel
of the Kentucky Regiment, | requested Co!
I Bunch to order out his command to the re
lief of the Kentuckians this he declined t.
do. lie was then standing on the hurricane
deck of the Creole, ! on the wharf.
t At this juncture, the cable was cut. B,
whose order and for what purpose, Colone
Bunch should at least know. After til
= confusion which ensued on the cutting {
the cable, had subsidized, Col. Bunch cam
IS to the prov Of the vessel, when | agai
e urged my request that he would order OF
his command. His reply was, in effect, thu
he would not take the responsibility of
exposing the men under his comman
l Finding it impossible to induce him to giN
} the order, | remarked that |, being his S
= coordinate, could not command the men
follow me, but that ] would lead any wi
)? would volunteer to go to the relief OF o
r. friends. Upon making call, | was instar
r. ly joined by nearly every man on boar
Col. Bunth then said that he too would
b. with me. Although ny superior officer,
VI so doing he placed himself temporarily I
=. der my command in which position ,
!, remained, until we were met by Gen /
PEI on his return from the scene of actiC
,at although Col. Bunch may have, as he sa
lat reported to Colonel Bell.
IT. Having heard from reliable sources Il
9 Col. Bunch has threatened to call me to
count for remarks made about him, / ha
'u' deemed i it duty owed, rs well to'myself
~ to the public, to acquaint him with the 81
lance of those remarks.
Ia PETER SMITH
Late Major of the Mississippi Battalion, in
u" LibeTating Army Of Cuba.
Vef Woodville, Miss, Aug. goth, 1850.
On, 10 Mississippian please copy, and s.
VII bill to this office.
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From the N n pica vt,n.