HalOr General Pillow.
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No officer, says the Philadelphia Ledger. has had his conduct more severely criticised than Gen. Pil-

 low. Shafts Of wit, and every species of detracton which could gall soldier and make him appear con- temptible before @ community, have been freely showercd upon him from the moment of his ap- pointment up to the period of his gallant assault upon Contreras and Chapultepec. His isincompctency was predicted by hordes of newspaper scrbes, who mented on his military skill without having been

 initiated Into the frst principles of strategy, and condemned his operation before they knew the nature of tho circumstances which were necessary to explain them. They scarcely ventured to charge him with cowardfce, for that is q quality which does not usually enter into an Americans compo- sition--but tho sneers at his wouuds received at Cerro Cordo which, fortunately, were not as severe at first supposed, proved that they were ready even to heap upon him this ealnmny, If there were the slightest circumstance 10 justify 1t. We'll, Gen. Pillow has since bern tried, and ample opportunity given him to prove his vaIor and his skil and noby has he redeemed the opinion thatsome of his friends had formed of him. so different from the general app precaton that detrac,ion and partisan prejudice had produced. He has not only proved himself to Dc one of the brayest of tho brave, but the military talents displayed at Contreras, where he had com mand of all the forces engaged attracted the especial notice of the Commander-ln-C hief, and induced him to select Gen. Pillow 10 storm Chapultepec sfeT the armistiee was broken.