Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-18

take that deadly effect which desired and ser
battery in advanced position with the determnaion
advancing my whole line BY this movement should nc
only be nearer the enemy but cud also bring compan
extreme left completely into action as the bro,
Of hill mpeded their fire. BY the enemys FIRE
muskety and the raking FIRE Of b and grape shot Of In
battery posted my lett flank bad become terrible AM
my infantry instead Of advancing, rs was INTENDED re
gre to retired IN disorder from their position
Notwithstanding my own and the efforts Of my OF
opreyent them Abouthe the remen and ca
yaly she mountain retired the plain below. The Ar
cavalry who had been posted by your orders my
the foot OF the mountain, nigh
requre also left their position the whole making retro
grade movement along plain towards
time Of the Illinois not undeymy comsnd bu
stationed sose distance in the the right of posi-
tion, also retised to the
"These troops the Of them, Immediately rallied and
fought during The whole day like veterans A few the
regret to say did not return to the field at ain
"The men under my command actually discharged eighty
rounds and ninety rounds of cartridges at the
daring the day. The Cd regiment under nv command Which
opened the ba in such gallant style, deserves passing
remark shall attempt to make no apology for the retreat
tor their duty stand and die until ehey received
overs retire Nut desire cat your attention to one
fact With this affair." They in their posi-.
ton in line, receiving the fire Of three four thousand n-
try exposed destructive raking fire from the enemy
battery posted within point blank shot, until they deb
eraey discharged twenty rounds Of caridges tie enemy
"3ome may be found for those who retired for
few minutes and then rallied, and fought during
unless they hasten to retrieve their reputation disgrace
forever hang around the of those who refused
and there few from nearly every volun-
| teer cesps engaged"
Here is all that said IN relation to he conduct of the Cd
Indiana regiment in thea battle either BY Gen. Taylsr
| myself "
The from Gem Tsyors report forth truly by
Gen. Lame in his publication. In speaking Of this part
battle Gen. Taylor says sin order bring his within
"eftctve range, Gen Lane the artillery and I'd
Indiana regiment forward" In the actual report made by
Gen. Lane Gen. Taylor the 25h Of February, ls47
he says My infantry, INSTEAD Of advancing,
DERED, regret to say retired In some disorder But in
the copy given by Gen. Lane in his publication in which he
nf ho
and instead Of ordred the word in his report he inserts
"intndsd making the passage read infantry, instead
OF advancing. as was INTENDED, regret 10 ictired
&c. Here Gen. Lane adducss against Gen. Taylor record
evdence-he copy of public document he.cefes to the
truth Of It and he copies il falsely This asifcation Of the
passage in important particular II Gen Lane did not
report that his ordered to ADVANCE and Gen. Taylor
had reported that they were would indeed have been de-
parue from the truth it before him, unless other
officer having command Of those troops reported to him.
Now why this alteration Of the record The easy
would convict Gen. Taylor, Inspections Of false
statement to,he prejudice of the second Indiana regiment
This not word which Gen. Lane could have inserted
by mistake His mind had been and upon the very
word He changed ordered for intended, in supplemental
report made long after the report Of February 25h, which
he petends to copy and long after Gen. had dispatch
ed his report to Washington
This Justification of the report not in matter which
ates to property II it had been, and the written paper ev
dencng the right of party had been altered to his injury,
it would have been high crime but here it amounts TO
thing, for s only the reputation Of victorious General that
II is intended to sacsfce. If in judicial proceeding Gen.
Lane had sworn to the truth Of this copy Of his report
would have also been high crime but is only stated
upon the veracy Of the an and the honor Of the soldier it.
such thing do know how gentlemen the other
side will characterize it, There much at stake, less
than the most important Office the face Of the earth and
as Gen. Taylor canddate and his rested
his fair and honorable ame which he had earned by long
life in the service Of bis country was important that that
fair fame should be- if possible basteda least Gen. Lane
appears TO have thought and acted upon that opinion sd
if it could be done by the alteration Of single word in sin
gle record, il would have been mighty object easily achieved
1t was no difficult tssk-"it easy lying"
Again Gen. Lane says in his publication, in the extract
which have read to the Senate
"There two material facts, known every upon
that ied-knoys Gen. Taylor .1en he made his reps's
and which embodied in my report-which facts Gen.
Taylor does not alude first, that the reg
msnt Immediately rallied and next that they fought all
Facts embodied in his report "that the regiment imme-
diatey rallied" Now, after careful examination of that
report can say that my comprehension, there such
fact embodied in it. 1t is there There is sngulay
confused and unnlelgib passage in his report from which
he intended when he made the publication to have
such statement inferred but it contains such thing d
recty and admits Of such inference Here is the pas
sage t%... "a. sa. "..a
By this time the enemys fire of musketry and the rakng
flank had become TERRIBLE and my infantry instead OF advance
ing ORDERED, retired in disorder
from their position, Notwithstanding and the severe
efforts of my officers prevent them About the time
the remen and cavalry the mountain retired to the plain
below The Arkansas cavalry who had been posted by
orders my rear the foot Of the mountan act cir
might requre also lett their position, the whole
making retrogade along the plain towards the
at the time the Illinois regiment not under my
command but stationed distance in the the right
OF position also retired to the These troops the
them Immediately rallied and fought during the whole
day like few Of them, regret say, did not
return the field at al''
In this clause if any where in his report the statement
that the I'd Indiana regiment Immediately rallied must be
found but look for it in vain. And any suppose
that Gen. Lane knew that this regiment rallied and undertook
it. he would have told the story that it
could be understood He tells their retreat plain terms
could he tell his commanding general plain language
that they rallied and fought He groups together with them
in this paragraph the rAemen and cavalry the mountain
he says made reogade movement but Of them imme-
dately rallied and fought all day. That is enough The
emen and cavalry the mountain rallied and fought the
Arkansas cavalry rallied and ought did the Illinois reg-
rally and fghmakiDg most of all the troops he had
grouped together but he does that report
the I'd Indiana regiment rallied and fought II he could
said so he did great injustice that regiment that he did
say it in ineligible If he had said in direct
that of that regiment rallied immediately the
would have been distinctly understood and JUSTICE what
that be- would have been done them the spot
But understand from military who the ground,
that the Illinois regiment and the other troops named by Gen.
Lane did not ALL but simply changed their position
ordered by Gen. Wool That when the Indiana regiment
etreaed he directed the other troops change their posi-
ton, and form what is called in military phrase the refuse
my so that, if my information be right Cen Lane was
Mistaken and there really all Of troops
they merely took new position where they ordered
Aaain Gen Lane having presented the above extracts,