The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-04
GENERAL SCOTT AND GENERAL
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GENERAL SCOTT AND GENERAL
PILLOW,
General Scott has published another " Card, in
reply to General Pillow. The former turns bat
terry upon the latter, which is perfectly crushing
He says:
Gen. Pillow spsAks feslingly of the. great and
patriotic statesman who was lin ls46] Chief Mag
jstrate of the nation, his some time law partner,
who had made him major general; the same who,
early in the war, sent for me, and in the kindest
and most beseeching manner solicited my personal
sympathy as well as professional aid in conquefing
a peace, promising me his entire confidence and
support; the same who, before u had reached
Mexico, endeayored, first, to appoint a lieutenant
general to supersede me and, falling in that next
thought Of placing me under the same party, APP
pointed majcrgeneral, land Of course) my ju-
Nor; the same who, it turns out, appointed Gen.
Pillow SPY on the conduct of Mr.. Trist and mys
self; and the same great and patriotic statesman
who, having failed in nearly every promise he had
made me, finally, when the war had been ended,
released from arrest three officers who had been
engaged in conspiracy against me restored them,
with honor, TO duty; superseded me IN the com.
mand of the army in Mexico and, ordered the
three conspirators and myself equally before a
court of inquiry!n bcs ~ halips 1iasTg 8nisi 3of
In postscript, General $. notices the fact
that General Pillow. had quoted, to sustain him
sell, an extract from statement Of General Quit
man, and says: i.s N lE.i ms .Jslsss45 gs5 Il;
'With that quotation he Up. suddenly stops,
being, no doubt, appalled, with the following sem
tence in the same statement, in which General
Quitman continues: After some pause lin the
of waiting the arrival Of General Pierce, and ex.
pressed in detail, bis concurrence with the views
Of the GeneralinC Chief on the propriety of raising
and applying the money as proposed, pledging' his
influence as an officer and citizen TO sustain the
measured After this exhibition It probably viii
not be thought important by anybody whether
General Pillow has expressed any opinion at all,
or contrariety of opinions, on any given subject
whatever" ;Fs Ets ts.,.gg 5Hay 4H 6l5sntG3aq
To add anything to this, would only be staying
the slain; in mercy we refrain. 5a. ". '3' 81
The NORTHERN CENTRAL RAHRoAD.--The Sun
bury American states that, the work on the un-
finished portion of this road, between Sunbury and
Treverton bridge is progressing as rapidly ever
notwithstanding the financial troubles which have
stopped almost every other improvement Of the
kind. The whole line, excepting one light sec
ton, is in the hands of responsible contractors,
who win push forward the grading Of the road
much Of which is heavy work. as fast as the nature
of the work viii permit It is the intention of the
company to complete the road # possible BY the
first of July next. 81 1sitti ,a3as.l 2 6iiR-5gsii
A DIscoyERY.--M. Carteron, French Chemist
has invented q fre-proof paint from new salt dis
covered by him. An experiment has been made
at NeuiIly where small theatre was built Of woot
which had had this salt applied to it. The boxe.
on the inside and the scenery had also been paint
ed with It, In order to render the experiment
more conclusive, the wood was sprinkled ovel
with spirits of turpentine, A light was applied
and the whole place was soon In blaze, and burn
furiously, but when the flames had gone out, it wa
found that not single part to which the invention
had been applied was in the slightest way injured
Montague offers the following whimsical con
ISOLATION to those afflicted with gout rheumatism
gravel, &c. These, he says, are symptoms
Of long life, just as heat cold, rain, and hail arr
attendants on every long journey Rather ,
queer deduction of the French philosopher. s
WANrED.--By maiden lady, "local habita
ton and name" The real estate she is not parti
cular about, so that the title is good. The name
she wishes to hand down to posterity"a' Da7a'E
In Ischna, Cattaraugus county, N. Y, there Il
large family named Farewell, who, il is said, hav
not quarrelled for many years. Not long since
there was school in their district composed O
20 scholars, all cousins. and taught BY an aunt Il
all the children. Great district. that 'aG 5.a
The citizens Of Piqua, Ohio, held meeting OF
Friday last, tarred and feathered two blacks, and
ordered all the free negroes in the place to leav,
forthwith. ar7p' .aiaoefa tptsq sdE az
! A CERryIcArE.-One Of the certificates Of death
written by physician Of large practice re
ceived at the City Inspectors Office, New York
reads as follows: /" Mrs. Karolyne Johnson's daw
Their aged FIVE munths and ate days died with de-
fshensy oflife to-day under mi attendance"
Gen Nye says good thing now and then When
Mayor Wood nominated Simeon Draper TO fill the
vacancy in the police commission the other day
the General turned to the Mayor and said, 81 an
glad to see, sir that you have lucid intervals I"
v MISSIONARIES FOR MIoRosEsIA.-The ship lElizs
and Ella, which cleared yesterday for Honolulu,
takes out as passengers the Rev. E. p. Roberts and
wife, missionaries TO Micronesia
/! She that marries q man because he 10 a "good
match" must not be surprised II he turns out 9
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The ladies' Of the present day may, in one sense,
be compared to the lilies Of the field" They
toll not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in al
his glory was not arrayed like one Of these" So
says the Providence Post TISJI9lLDh ~
1855 W0N tBo1--AA 9+rTTN MVl
Sonny, i don't see anything growing about
here. What does your father raise on this land y
"Wall, dunow, he raises hackmatack, hop.
toads, grass-hoppes, tmblebugs, and some other
gar'n vegetables. Yesterday he raised double
breasted pig.pen right under the window, and
mother raised Cain" n2f7g
JOHN SCHMIDT IN FUsDs.--Jobn Schmidt is q
German Banker in Louisville. He suffered a run,
was compelled to suspend but did not close his
doors He simply stuck up a notice in high Dutch
that he was going to have some money pretty soon.
Two days after he took down the notice and put
up another stating that he had $l5,00oSon hand.
There was another run, and The 81 600 was soon
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