Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-15
General rrim aud Marshal srrran..

TaeH Difficulty E6,m Mes;co and It's Con.
sequences.
Paris (Oct l5) correspondent of London Times
A letter from Madrid says the talk Of the day
in the absence Of the court, which continues ia
progress through tho sonth of Spain, is a lette,
addressed by General Prim TO Marshal Serrano
You are aware that there was a diff renee Of
o Union aud some clashing between these twu
officers with respect to the Mexican affair. Al
the Havana, where Serrano is Captain General
and where not a line can be published without
hi. pelmission, pamphlet appeared, dedicated
to him, written in spirit of exaggerated hostility
TO Prim, and containing n number Of extracts
from Mexican papers, already Of old date, often.
sive and abusive of the last named general. Not
content with amplyfying th,ss, and attacking
Prim personally, the pamphleter sried his wife.
a Mexican lady of high family and unblemshed
'reputaion, by giving an extract from scuirio GUS
Mexican print, in which she was compared to
Donna Marina, the mistress to Cores. Yet Ser.
rano was not ashamed to accept the dedication Of
this scandalus pamphlet Thereupon Prim
wrote to him rs follows:--
. SENIOR DUQUE DE LA TORRE-If in a coun.
try under my authority. some wretch has insult.
ed the Dntches de la Tore, would have chas.
tised him on the instant You have not thought
it your duty to act in the same manner with re.
spect to the Countess de Reus consequently ev.
cry speies of intercourse between us ceases, ex.
cept such as your rank of Marshal oblges a
Lieutenant General TO maintain in affairs Of ser.
vice. COUNT DE REUS.
Some time before this letter was published an
elic,r on the staff Of the expeditionary corps
sent 10 Mexico, Colonel Escal ,nte. addressed one
to a Havana paper, in which hs energeiically do.
f,nia1 hia Eanarat daeiraI hin. a,.,tth n.
draw it, he refused, and was lrought to court
martial, there being a regulation Of the Spanish
army which forbids military men from publish.
ing any thing in the papers without authorization
from their chiefs. The Judge ADVOCATE asked
for months imprisonment; but, to The surprise
of everybody, Serrano himself assumed the pres.
idency Of the court martial-a thing unpreceden.
ted in cases Of such small importance-and Es.
ca ante was condemned to four mouths imprison-
meDt All these circumstances are said to be
considered, at Madrid, completely justi6catory of
Prim letter and its publication--which under
less aggrsvaton might have beei thought IN i'll.
ADVISED step There can be little doubt what
view the army will take Of the matter. Prim,
who bears the reputation of the bravest soldier
and the most daslling officer In SPAIN is idolized
BY all who have served under him. In the un.
happy civil dscords Of his country, and in tho
late campaign in Morocco, he never lost an OPP
portunty OF courting danger and reaping distinc-
lion. 1ntolerant of delays and half measures,
and much more man OF the sword than Of the
pen, it is highly probable that were net he and
Serrano in different hemisphercs, he might have
preferred settling the matter by a duel The
course he has adopted, however, is perhaps the
more dignifed and juiicious. II would have
been an i'll example To the young officers Of
the army to sec two generals Of the highest rank
contending sword in hand
As u military man. Serrano has no grea. reputa.
ton. He is better known for his pa ace tonne for.
tune the benito ministro Of an e., rer period Of
the present reign. now some fifteen years ago or
more, aud as recruiting officer for the military
insurrection of Vicalvaro In Spain political in.
trigue aud boudoir influences sometimes serve a
soldier better than brilliant services 10 The field,
md thus only isit possioie 10 account for certain
'hnrisiny. s'. oAS' WIN scem sur