The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-28

mexico.
rhe frivolous pretex. on which Scott yat Worth |
IN der arrest, ana eaAea for court martial, Vas.
sgidenty, net The true motive for stis indigary,
Az. tha contained il the General Order $40, acove
quoted. His zeal provoestlOn srtS out u . letter
Worth addressed 10 hm, some sSEs before which
estopp<d the Generalin-Ctief in an effort be mace
e appreciate hs service aSo success in the taking
the city OF Mexico, nd previously a. Moino del
Rey-EoItb's letter and General S<ot.'s sndcrse-
latu. lragea nothing for eonansnt.-
l6er wor.h's Letter.
Uiry os xESlcc. Dee. 20, lS47.
sRTn sha Official Of tbe capture q sbs city or
Mexico, dated September is. aoJ! repahisbed IN Inc
Star newspaper and vhish had an Opportunity d
seeing yesterday 70. the Ie time the following pNs-
srs ph Within those dgaroshe6 sofka found
roopf engaged il street tight against the sneUy
posted IN gerdsDs at windows sod on house ope s st,
Win parsusfe Worth ordered forward the mouu5ed
hovitxeo OF Cscwlladsrs brigade, PRECEDED BY skinso
trs pieneer snd pioEaxes force win
doFs and doors 20 burtow through walls, The assaii
ID equality OF position fatal to the ene
NV By oeoek IN me evening Worth 1sd clrrisd swo
hate-iee the suburbs According my instrue lions
he posed gngds and sehtuus sna placed his troops
under shelts- TO- the might Tnere ~as ou one more 90
stase the San Cceme gate custpn hopse bet seeD him
ard the gTeas In front o. the cathodf and pasce
the hsart ne city and that barrier SC kno#n
could not by dayhgh resist scge guns thirty nii
nutes bad gone caos 10 the loot Of Cnaputeree the
point from which the TWO sqneoncs bsgtn 10 dvsrge
hours ensler IN order 70 be he depot and 10
esty Dmunio aiion wi Qulilaan and twggs well as
With WORTH beg leave to brDg TO notice oil he general
in.ous b. has entirely maoocceiysd the facts 81 the
Passing by Tor The present several errors In the
port PROCEED tic his atts alton 20 The marked enteR
Trey read shE =: by eight O'Clock ID tue evening,
Worth bad earned two batteries IN the suAu:os "Ae
eoraine ing Instructions, H. here isha. H. IN toe
fubulbsl potet guards and stn'lneis, AMI placed hs
troops unar shslter for the night "snocc vss Ont
ore tncIe l%ce-tio san Cosms gate. custom house
be'veer hE and the gi"a; sqn4rv in from Of ne "a
hedsl and raiscs " Ca the sentenced marked IL The
gt,oted printed paragraph have obssrge:
lst- THAT my command YEAS nor hated snG eheltered
for :he night IN tho suburb did receive ntruc
tions to that effect,
- That teiof, thrae O'Clock my eommAl bad carried
Ghe gate or custom houss Of SAD Co me c,prured the
which defended III. and a fiyiue
81 That one o. NJ brasdes quartersd that night
seVersl hnndred yaros Within Us. gate. snd ay bead
quarters with IL Tic pcAets and pssi bling advanced
church voere tbe Sixth Infantry quaste
than DAFT way FROM the sas san coso to che Alamsds;
the other ana Rdgey brigade, qaas.eGed, for coGrsn-
epce, at and by the este.
lnowiedge II two officers Of general head quar-
tiers stan; sna AZ lie, or NS7, within the know
ledge 81 other of,oers If the staE that, By eight
oc,cok heavy guns mortar ami sssDty -FOUR Pnuudsr
tom the ar sud before nine opened
on The great sat guns beng N battery at san
Come gaze, the 6rng OF snina brought OUT as was
nytrrsd by them at The time the com isoners Who
reached my MIG hi quarters two hun red yards with
IN thst lone more obstacle at bali past one H. and
IL vas from hense passed thsm, III charge OF officer
81 my stall to the General in Chief whom supposed to
be Chepultepec bat who was found 1T Tacnbaya
that the picture referred to IN ths Official
gives wrong position to nv troops Aside from my
staff could have convicted the picture Of error Very
w. j. WORTH Brevet Major-Gen.
4
respectfully forwsrdod.--l mig.t aninladsert justly
and s,ecy upon the tone Of the within and upon
raj q its assertions but Will uuder the circumstances
say that committed ap error in saying in report,
that the gate Of San Como not passed by Worths
gate the battery carried by tina DIVISION and
gave The division credit for having passed two.
January. 1915 WINFIELD sCorr.
II would extend this docum .atary memoir to-
much, to introduce all the yindietive feuds which
| General Scott provoked with tho oif,ers of the
, Mexican campaign. General Jesup, General lar
shall Colonel Harvey, Captain Montgomery, aud
| multitudeof subordnaes ora involved in the gene
raj letter of crimnation q. the close OF the wnr,
leyeled at the President and Secretary; aud it is
made grevous offence in tkem that they did not
give way to the violent and oppressive temper,
which required General Taylor 10 be stripped Of the
| remnant OF the officers left with him TO confront
| Santa Anna, 70 form court maItisls, 10 try those
| IN Scots army with whom he had quarrelled. Me-
Marcy. in reply 20 the complaint justly says, ia bis
/ last letter 10 General S3ott-"SGosegaent eycnts
| have lrovCd, thai il was most fortunatc the Pres
| dtIt Old not comply with ycGr request. ior had
| &c done 90, some Of the officers highest ~
| rapk, and most cons picn0us ~ PueDa Vista,
| might al that critical coniuuc.ure have been
| separated from their commands and eng lgsi in y
court o. distarce from that glorious seine OF ac-
ton IRE Secretary concludes his remarks Tins
ptint ~ observing 10 General Scott, that : no
man has more reason thln yourself TO rejoice that
po order cniana'ed from Washington, though re-
qussred ny YOU, aich Foud have turtle. imE, sired
TIC efficiency vi cen. Ilyl0fs command IL The cfsis
that then awaited bim"-and tbs matter sh I'll
vcGld have made General Scott particularly an
swtrabo tor the absence Of the officers, IS previously
given IN these words: " Had the court been co u
POSED Of ofcsrs taken from General Taylor's CON.
mard i would Sill further have weakened bis con.
diton, already weak in consequence o. the very
large force which you tGsn. Scott) had withdrawn
that what General Taylor had attributed 70 tbe 60
vernment in regard to stripping him of such large
force. was SCOTS, not the cabinets act.
This whole letter, ard hat of Scott containing his
hfuan oft hn na nsnt -o.in ~. IL,
read now By the na!ion-Scott's was prepared for
TINS very occasion. II is an attempt throughout to
oerogate from the democratic government which
waged the war-to appropriate TO himself all the
results OF the mighty risk which the democratic
party encountered in declaring it-of the blood
which lis citizen soldiers poured ont to maintain
in II the cause Of their c1unty-and carry
all with him into the ranks Of the wings, in
yoking them, as return, to crown him with the
Presidency. lie hrs succeeded fisr as 10 put
down Fillmore, Webster. and Cristenden-the
men OF ability and Ienown. party leaders.
| They were opposed TO the declaration of the war
| Scott begged and pressed himself into it--and
now, by the utmost bitterness and vndic.veness
/ against those who INDUCED his participation, he
gets, with bis own party, the advantage Of those
eminent men who ha2afded everythiug ~ rn,iutpin
its policy, while he bstrEyed II. Hayingprof,cd by
| the employment solicited from democratic admin
istration he batpys that tooories out that h9 is
erecuted man efter II has given him ali he asked
or could wish aud With eflr0r ery, vel exrosed
10y Mr. Marcy, charges upon i BIZ osn misconduct
u rs service, and even dsuouncgs i f1r colctdnr
TO him VIA, b. proposed ia bis lwu behalf M4rcy's
reply % SCOTS accusations we're 50 overwhelming
that ne never attempted ~ controvert either is
statements o. arguments THIS correspondence has
been largely cfluisted r,caht,y. II j. barely no
ctsssry 10 rtferto y r. par. u >sJtgs le rcsjrisd
ly hil own pen
Such has been Scots carer A. 4 public msn-qn
cheer IN the army ipr osty-ve years lis military
life has rotlnE uit IKE thai 81 W,ghf-gs0n Jl9t.
son, o. Ianisou. Ggeo wrr rtaw ~ and E-trs
sSGucat6a among citizens and cqugls--sg0t. began