Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-15

finn will not kaye the desired effect, coersioh
must. The want Of discipline and ODER VIII
inevitably produce spirit Of insubordi"a'
ton, as destructive to an army as coward
ice, and will certainly lead TO disasters anu
disgrace in The hour of battle; this, as you
regard your military repu,allan, and your
country's good, you must prevent impiar,
ing from Heaven blessing upon you ALL
bid you an affedionate adleu.
(SignedJ
ANDREW JACKSON.
Major General Commanding
the Division Of the South.
Attached to this Address isa note OF con-
siderable length, under date OF July sls'-
signed also bygen. Jackson; the oe)ec' OF
which Is TO cr,ticise passage in gen Browns
General Order, ajdlessed 10 the troops OF
the United States upon the new organize
ton of the Army. That passage relates 10
the fire quent deser,ion of the soldiers; ana
Gen. Jackson takes this occasion 10 COM
meut upon it. "This censure (sayS he IN
the note, } is 100 general to be just. Inc
time at which it is made, and the source
,,..v.ouo su,oIer. The part wnch 'tt,.4yerY
in degree to an undue severity, or to the
absence Of system in the conduct OF officers
towards their men the unexampled preva.
lence OF desertion in our army, so far as re-
latcs TO the Division o! the South DO un-
hes;atingly say is not founded in fact. Ii
is due 10 candor, and TO truth, 10 attribute
this evil 10 its real cause; ibis will be found
to exist in the want Of adequate punishment
Tor the crime Of desertion; that prescribed
By law. in state of peace, 'ranscends the
offence. and no otter certain punishme nj is
authorised" sc. &c.
The original matter in the present No. of
The Floridian is necessary small-but il
contains Poetical Address by Horalo Big
low, dedicated to Mr. John @. Adams, upon
the advantages Of he acquisition OF Florida
the Republic-"w which By rendering con-
tinuous and complete The line of its Sea-
coast, makes easier and safer the communi-
cation between remote parts OF its terrific
ries, and thus ends, whilst it increases the
whole, to compact and consolidate it,"
The following neat sqmib. too, by way of
Communication, will cost the author OF
Sketches, &c few twiEses:
Sketches Historical and Typographical
Of the Horidas, &c. by D. e. Forbes.
This work contains about two hundred |
pages, chiefly extracted from Bartram,
Romans, and Ellicot, the remainder eked |
out by the treaty with Spain; the act of |
congress relative to the Floridas, and some |
extracts from the treaty of 'S3, between
Spain and Great Britain. The book is |
with an engraved plan of the
town of Colinton, at the mouth Of Appala-
cha, or rather town that is to be; and the |
preface is chiefly devoted TO the praises of |
the tract of country called Forbes pur-
chase. of which the said town is to he the
We can of course discover
no private views, no squirting towards |
speculation, in this publication, and Ger
tainly we dot mean to accuse Mr. Forbes
of the sin of originality in his production.
He has been extremely successful in hunt
ing up and scraping together, the ac-
counts contained in old magaz ines and
gazetteers. We are convinced that Mr..
Forbes is not jesting when he declares
that 5rhathe has zcritten is from person
al obssDation! In proof Of this we shall
make short extract from his account of
Pensacola.
''This town is in the form of parallel
agram or oblong square, having regular
and wide streets of sand, srith side pare
'nents Of brick. meaning that such might
be made.I 1t is about thirty miles from
the sea, [meaning nine miles] having an
elegant stone hosse for the governor, arith
toscer, lmeaning that there is not q