Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-08-25
ne SIX MlLiriA. MEN.
Ro6e,tson's Springs. Juiy GO. iGl!

-0~' ~" P'h"S,S So" q <o' 49,
Dear Sr-Your letter of the 22d instant wa.
headed to Iie, late last enims, and hasten
'Wer the enquiries as requested, in regard to the
case OF Harris aud tho other five mi i,,S who
were executed at Mobile.
Ihercgiulent to which these unfortunate men he
fonged, wa5 received INFO service by the orders OF
The general gove,nment, was mustered for six
L. 9nth tour, and *as paid accordingly. Tor saj
vices as will appear by the muster and pay rolls
aud by Col. Pipkn's rcro,t to one. rne,c rolls
with Col. Pipkn's ,cp"r,, the proc erinas and
tencc of the conr. marital detail ed fem the trial,
AND all the circumstances connected yih the sub.
.}ect, are, or ought to be record at Washingto
City, where have no doubt MIR. Buckncr ma, had
q fu!l opportunity N examining thctn con lidcut
~ assert that they stamp the aIc,aticns OF Mr..
Bnckncr " h !aisehood.
The letter VIII ch Mr. Burkncr now make. use
q III order to injurc character is well ascertain
I'D TO bea forgery 1t MAS FIST published by Binns.
Gator OF The Democratic P,ess, purport,ns TO be
letter from the unIortuna Harris. Now ,his man
never wrote oui one letter TO me, that saw,
or heard OF before this publication, and in that he
acknowledge hmseifio be grily o; the enormous
crimes charged against him. and stated his willing
ness 10 meet te Just sentence OF the court. III Mr.
Buckncr was DESTROYS TO culI the truth from the
arci.ieves OF the nation, rs he is to pluck from
my hard earned reputation, he would have that
Gen. Winchester, who mmanded Mobile at
the time that this Bnns letter Is dated made
al communication, to me after that date and before
nc had any knowledge that the battle at New Or
leans ha, been fought Does not this circ umstaace
ledge at the time stated and s'F tina, lie could
have gained it in time to have m de sfound Of
application FOR mercy The letters OF Grn. Win
chester 20 me show that he did receive ntelli
gence OF the victory until the 18th Of January; this
forged letter gives the intelligence TO Mr. Harris
two days before. Strange indeed. that Mr.. Harris
closely confined Ia Jail shou ID be much earlier
Informed than the commandant Of that post.
II would give me great pleasure to send you pru
tcd copies from the documents in my possession
properly certified, pro wing what have here assert
ed, but It ,s impossible that this can tie done with
IN SO short pc, Tod as that requested trust, how
ever, that the statement he made vii be suIfci
emit, with all honourahie men, to connie, act the
false Impressions sought to be forced upon the free
men OF Kentucky by M Buckper As public
or private man, speaking oftrausactions which con
Germ the reputation and character OF Others, every
manly ceiling should remind him, that he ought to
be guided by established facts no, bv the heesau Of
a party and when he thus produces facts, or the
least plausible ground upon which to bottom such
charges as those whirh you have reci;ed, pledge
myself to be al all times ready him a. the
bar ofhis country
IL may be proper TO remark in conclu sion, that
the finding OF the prove, conciusiy ely that
those men were legally in service or, otherwise.
that they must have been acquitted approved O!
then condemnation, because they were the promo
tiers and ringleader- OF the nntiny and desertion
committed at reriod. when tho sa!rty Of our South
ern frontier was thr cate ned-at rcriod which cal.
led for the most enerGc'fy seisu'es and when eve
w nerve Of the government stretched in the de-
fence of our liberties When they violated the 10 "
IN such atrociou, manner the public demanded
their sacrifice Had they have done their duty as
faithful soldiers their country would have rdcd
them with its protection AMI gratitude
am Sir, your most obrdicnt srTvcnt:
ANDREW JACKSON.
WILLIAM OWENS.
T. 5 II will be recolccted i'm the Rev ontionary
war, at time OF great .ti.l. General Washin ston
ordered desertcrs to be shot without trial Csptsin
Reed under this order, ha wing arrested three hau
one shot without trial and his head brought to the
General; but he. General Washington, reprimand
cd Reed for not shooting the whole three Gen
Green near Rudgly's mill. South Carolina. says
<sordon's history, had eight men hung, pc lr
TO, deseriion-J ohnson's life of Green says FIVE
without court martial only approx cd OF the pro
reedings Of court composed of men who were
the friends and neighbours Of those to bc tried by
them Respectfully
ANDREW JACKSON
Nashville, July II. 1927.
], Robert w. Hart, Adiutsnt General Of the
first Brigade Of Tennessee Militia in the a,e South.
ern War. do certify that was al the Encampment,
within three miles of Mobile ia 1914. when Court
Martial, Of which Col Peter Pipkin was Pre- sidcnt
was organized for The t'ial of certain Gilii men,
who deserted from Fcrt Jack son under the com
mand OF Col PiPkin--that rem ~ ed at Mobile
and the nclghbcnrhood until thu business OF the
Court Martial was completed, and for some time
afterwards was present at the execution Of the
SIX 'mSteadefs adiudged to SUITES the sentence OF
death but do hereby certify that part ., the
tence OF the Court Martial ordering one ha ~ OF the
heads OF large number Of the offenders o be
shaved, and the offenders 10 be drummcd out OF
Camp, never was carried int effect, said deiin
auents having been pardoDcd by General Jack SON.
IN obedience to which pardon each and every one
was honorably discharged
ddj. Gen u. - Se,rice
CDD2Dkj,upUf TN C0n,uo,yore yporIer Tho