Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-31
[Wh hole No. 1878.

these mtowunste men are tightly understood.
nothing viii he found 10 them to warrant
contrary snprosi'iog These facts are on re-.
cord " the wsf Department, and in the Office
Of the late sai't General of the Southern ni-
vision, and are briefly these, W will appear
from the suhioiaed statement Of Col Ptpktn
and the certified cony Of the trial ~ Inn Harris.
one Of the principle ringleade-s Of the mutinv.
These men were drafted and mustered into.
the service of the tinted States for the tern,
OF SIX nomths-~a large number Of them while az
Fort Jackson in The Greek Naion, mutinfess--.
ioieihly released prisoner undtr srrest--hroks
open the Comm fssery's store -house having FIRST
forced the gusrd stationed there for its nra.
tection--and finally deserted. after committing
numerous other disorders NJ an equally A9graea.
ted nature. For these offences they were ar.
rested, tried By Court Marital composed
whoIls IT militia ogiicers---found 2uiIiy~-ana
va " them, out Of two hundred SHOT With
the exception ef the appointment of the Press.
dent OF the Court, and Judge Advocate, the
former NJ whom, vas hssbmindsd man, and
eommanee the NsNasippl militia then in the
service Of the tinted States, Gen. jackson
had nothing 10 do with the proceedings. the
other members OF he Court Marital having
been De ,i'ed bf Col ripkln. the commanding
officer ot tie dcnGaenss. lie was hnt within
300 niles Of the Court during he whole OF it,
session, Tor il is vel known thst he arrived nc
New Orleans on tie ii,st slay ef December snd
thai thu court WIS NOT orgaYliz d until the ssh
Of the sane month The Mntinous nary.
headed by tlle SIX unfortunate men thst were
Afterwards shot. left Cti Pipkn without .
competent garrison, N Tie midst Of the Creek
isstion, whish wasfhen excited to the commits.
81 N o. acts uf hostility by British Agents, nc
TIE very periad too. when tar more formi.
a.
preparing e invade tsa lover country. so re-
daced was The natoher Of the trops by this
diasefiiau, thst IN n malnder was necessarily
crp'inta - the sarrisan winch Circumstance
oecasiontd the loss of many palaabsr hprs-
This consideration alone. apart from the alarus~
ing example presented by The mniiny, would
seem tn Justify the sentence If the Court
The Committee will close their remsrks on
this head, by observing, that Harris. one u
the principle Fingleaders OF Tive matiny. sfer
conviction. acknowledged the justice Ut the
sentence.
Equally supported by evidence. and foreign
FROM truth, stands the second OF the charges
above enumerated The accounts OF 6enrral
jackson against The Gtyernmeet could casily
have ben obtained Wby lhsn we're they not
protlHced} u II Incumbent on bis lends 10
prove Tie eees1ise Of ev n question tina may A.
rise during the runtfnyersl Hut the committee
wilnet content thems=lses with positive and
percmptory denial III the allegations in the SO.
cord Charge and @ish Achslisngv for the pro-
dncllGn af reaal 10 suhs aatfats tssem-~shep
viii ~ va fifti,ef--shrN Wiil shew thar the la-
cinnamon, a htv .nllpseK ,die md inAxslse ss
home STEER tie tf9san.sua "a the isst var
and Copying hs utssre "a Msjur General ~ .
siHrers. II tibfl 81 sis psalllc services, ard
indicative IL TIE mesf egteylous ignorance in
tiuse who rigke og relieve il.
Whether there Is atly truth in the assertion
thai be TeHianea AZ kqme. viiappear from tho
following fic,s'--lss May. 1874, Gen JseksrD
re'urne3 from he Crrek campsign, and ii. J,n.c
following received ffse appointment Of NJ jor
6eaera'. with orders to proceedto the south.
Tie Fecsivea tIle sabTssion 81 The Creek in
1915. SD ucser saw his family Until The Gloss
al Tie sF II October. 1915 hav ng reached
Nasslta4s the May preceding, worm duwn w,lh
pfSgaii7p asl fatigue, lr proceeded 10 tho
Gly # ~ ssbsagten wheee he ~ss called ~
the dafes &c hs commando. Wislst there h0
was dangerously indsposea, bnt he returned in
february, 1916 and 10 few Gays aler, see
Out Tor the South s1r tie purpose Of sulvs e
and xng personal examination of he Coast
with view to select proper s,fts fer The er~c-
ton Of For hratious. 4 bout this period, ha
attention was required on our North Weseen
frontier. which uss menaced BY the lnd ans,
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and he was engaged II preparing means for 10
defence until Settcus6er, 1916, when he wis
appointed commissioners To treat with tho
ghiekasAw, Creek ard Cherokee Indlsns
This duty being performed he was ,mmedi-
ateiy ordered to select On he Southern hoand~
AIRY OF Tennessee. ard have surveyed . proper
site Tor Foundry ard Arsensl soon alter ho
received orders 20 csnse the milisary road
leading from Nashville 10 New Orleans, 10 be-
ztYFe se1a ~A al nal
man. active and important seryices General
Jackson might, with great propfiety. have de-
mandsti from the Government short respisc
from the more iaSorous duties oil Ills divisions
but be made no such r. qnssifion fer in the sal1
of the year 1877 we hnd him canciudil z
another treaty with tie Cherokee IHdlans.--s
Scarcely vas this treaty brought 10 close
when he received orders To proceed 10 Fort
Scott, take co piDanA II the troops n person
ssd Put speedy terlniSaiop % the Seminols
war. From their knowledge Of this campaign
the coinnflit-e fee ns hesitation in saying shak
il was ore of the most ahnrieus ever performed
ny General Jackson. bis life was N iminens
danger from brvstons, sickness and fatigue
tew Of his friends yrptaeed 70 indulge hop0
that he would ever again return 70 The bosom u
his family. Contrary. however 10 ali expect -
ton. he dld RETURN and 10 tie fal OF the yesrs
associated with the veeersble and patriosiG
shelby. held treaty with the chiekasaus. By
the provisions If which the states Kenipeky
snd Tennessee extended their Jurisdiction 10
the Mississippi river. These ard many oiher
Important services Gen Jackson peFiorsne sfter
the close Of the war from the time ne enter.
ed lnso the service cf bis country. Until tba
day o. his resignation, his life was me continue
ed scene Of active and lahorlous duties, and
yet this man is nov accused of STAYING az hosHs
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sinec.refs
Ihe Committee ,,ill rn,A r,soreed - anlfeN