Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-09-18
TTE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
71II1,,,voToN, N. G.. FRIDAY, SEPT. is. 1851

TTNIe 10 a United States Senator to be CHOSEN Hon
Tennessee, to ELI the place of Hon. 1onn DELL hn0
Democrats will have the majority IN the lenheSSe" Leg
;1+o ord of course the election OF Senator FOR |
DIT o;+; +bare are many candidates among the rest
C,o Ardroyv Johnson, A. o. P. Nicholson, formerly
IF the Washington Union VIM. A Polk, and Gen. Gideon
T Pillow. Which will be elected is more than we can
cav but it would seem to outsider, that Andrew
johnson stands the best chance.
The contest has produced letter from Gen. Pillow
containing some queer pieces OF secret history bearing
upon the Mexican We say nothing about the
taste or proprety of the pursued by Gen. Pillow
In making an electioneering card out OF tlls anaH
or in asking the United States oenatorShlP w
cause of his services in Mexico We leave that to the
Legislature of Tennessee to judge Of But this letter OF
Gen Pillow gives form and substance to already exist
inc rrmors of queer arrangements between Generals
Scott and Santa Anna in which Scott most eyre
giousy taken in by him of the wooden ne deServ-
ed to be.
Divested of all its details the matter amounts to this
That the President Mr. Polk was not authorized to APP
point diplomat with sufficient rank or pay to induce
any statesman of ability to accept the position of Com
missioner to accompany Gen Scotts army. That IrSt
was the best thing that could be got at the time, but
suit Pillow in all cases. who the confidential officer
of the administration while Trist the osensbe one
At Puebla a consultation was held-present, Scott,
Trist and Pillow Trist there brought forward his ar
rangement with Santa Anna which to this effect
that Santa Anna was to receive $4,000 In hand-that
q battle was to be fought before the city of Mexico
that if eCo, then armStce was TO be concluded
and Santa Anna was to come to terms condition of
getting million of dollars Pillow objected to this as
dishonorabe and without precedent or authority Scott
approved of it. Said it all right and proper-that
half million had been secretly expended for the settle
ment of the North-Easten Boundary under President
Tyler probably for the purpose of subsdlsng the press
of the State of Maine Gen Scott added that no re-
pugnance need be felt on account of the danger of cor
rupting Santa Anna, for he already corrupt as
he could be- Gen Scott also stated that he had paid
the Mexican chief the $4,000 advance Pillow said no
more at that sitting but went away silent and not salts
fed. Next day. however he sent written protest to
Gen. Scott. He also wrote to the President statement
of the matter urging his objections against the arrange
ment as dangerous and dishonorabe. This letter he
showed to Trst Well the first battles in the valley of
Mexico were fought, and the Americans Won Then
come the concerted amsce, the duration of which was
sufficient to enable Santa Anna reOrganze his force
and bring it up to the number of twenty thousand
so that when the amstice terminated peace followed,
but the boodiest battles of the had to be fought to
place the Americans in good position that they
occupied before the armistice At the StOrmng of Che
pultepec, Pillow severely wounded The city of
Mexico fell after loss of nearly two thousand lives,
which would have been spared had not the unfortunate
armistice given the Mexicans time to rally
Up to this time the relations between Scott and Pill
low had been friendly and even cordial, and Scott
evinccd his confidence in Pillow by committing to his
command the most important and critical operations
But now the state of things changed The Presi
dent did not approve of Trsts doings He did not ap
prove of the bride or the armistce, and he recalled
Trst who was angry at Pillow, to whom he attributed
his recall and accused of intermeddng Pillow defends
himself from this latter charge by referring to his
known relations to the Executive recognised by Trist
himself Trist then worked upon Scots jealousy by
leading him to believe that the other officers Pillow
especially, were endeavourng to Supplant him. Then
Scott had several of the Generals arrested suspended
who, on subsequent investigation, triumphantly
acquitted.
1t is queer history, and shows amount of gula-
blity and petulance the part of big men hardly be
evabe by the world at large 1t demands explanation
at the hands of Scott and Trst whoever this last named
important parsonage may be- or wherever his present
quarters may be located for he has sunk full forty
fathom Deep into the sea of oblivion. It also calls for
some explanation from exPresident Tyler of the charge
of having used half million of dollars to buy up the
Press of the State of Maine.
That General Pillow very much and very unjust
y vifed by the partizan press and by the parzn let
terwriters in the confidence of and in communication
with, Gen. Scott, the cOmmandern-chief, have al
ways thought and have long known But, after all, we
cannot the proprety of making these revelations the
basis of electioneering bid for the Senaorshp,
do think that Pillows prospects will be- ought to
be, helped by the movement
FIRE-Last night about 10 o'clock, the Guard dis
covered trash fire in the shed on Mr. Blossoms
naval store wharf at the foot of Mulberry Street The