Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-02

the militia men. IN that short production
designed as his justification before The nations
and commencing with the pompous hoarlAh,
hat "tru,h is mighty & shall prevaif.-there are
no less than six departures from the fafts, as tney
appear in the official documents, anc IN his
"yindica,ionn, by the Committee oil supervision
and guardianship established for HIM al Nash-
Vile. Most Of these alterations nave aireauy
been pointed out by our correspondent RUTH
Ito whom, BY the way, we owe an apo'osy,
for having SO long withheld his last commuhi-
cation-but there are Others which seem 10 nave
escaped his notice.
First departure from the facts.
"The case you alIude to, might as wei DC as
cribed TO the President Of the United States as
commander in chief Of the land and naval ior'
ces, as 10 me-.
Did the General forget that he directed coi, .
onel Pipkin 10 have the men arrested lof ''ia':
that he ordered the Court?-that ne approx,
ed the proceedings?-and that he commanded
the execution? And did he also Jorgei' tnat 'ne
Pre- sident never heard ofthe case until ai'er lhe
sentence was executed, and the whoie ma''e'
beyond prevention or remedy, and that he never
ala olive any opinion about il? "The case,"
then, could not "be ascribed TO the President,
Inn, w.s nronerly "ascribed" 10 General Jack
son.
Second departure from the jac.s.
"At the head Of this mutiny, was a Mr.. liar
ris, preacher, and, as my memory now serves
me, Of the Baptist profession. lie broke open
the commissary stores, knocked OUT tue
heads of the -four barrels, taking what he want
ed. and destroying what he pleased-proceeded
then TO the bakehouse, and set il on hire, anc
marched off in open defiance of the Colonel |,
leaving he garrison without provisions, and SO
weakened w desertion, that il might have fallen
sacrifice to the Indians"
The guardians have published the record Of
the evidence and trial 10 Uindicaie their "ward
and that record shows no particle Of testimo ny
to prove that Harris committed any OF these al
legged crimes. If they were all true, it would
be no justification fer the shooting, under the
trial and conviction, as gwen General jack
son could not &c beyond the record, legally
! we know he has method of doing these things
practically, without much regard to 'aw.
Third departure from The facts. q
"The ring leaders, Harris al their head alter
some time, were apprehended, aud brought to
! Mobile in irons, after had left there for New
Orleans, and had charged Gen. Wnachesier, nth
the communal Of hat section Of The country
vember, 1914, and is signed by the AdJulnt
| General, Butler. On the goth November, Gen.
Jackson wrote thus to the Secretary OF War
from MoJiie-"i leave this for New Orleans on
| the 2ad instant" s.''It is with regret do
this before the arrval of General Winchester,' sc.
| sc. SC. and then proceeds to INFORM the Secre-
,ary, that he had appointed Ii Colonel Arbuck6 10
| command until the arrival Of GentralNVinches-
Ter, and gives his reasonsf for so doing, III which
il may be readily shown, that he violated the
law, as there was BrigaeleE General g1 m1l.
mand. In Ea,on's Life Of Jackson, il is stated
| tina. he left Mobile on the 22d November IN
letter from The General, dated I'd December,
| he says, that Brigadier General Winchester
| reached Fort St. Stephens OIL The 2lst ulfmo,
and visited the troops OH the Alabama, near
Pearce's stockade, on the 22d-Of this, Gen.
Jackson was of course ignorant, wher he wrote
his letter of the goth, at Mobile. The cunning
introduction, the, of General Winchester's
name, shows slip of The memory. He had not
arrived at Mobile when General Jackson left it
Of course he was not charged with the COM
mand Of that section Of the country"
Fourth departure from The facts.
"They were tried by Court Martial, and
condemned to die-.Gve were shot, and the BAL
ance pardoned."
According to the record sir were condemn
ed TO die''-sir were actually sho., and not one
was pardoned who had been condemned 10 die.
Where blood was not 10 be shed, pardon was in
some cases extended. Where the sentence was
death, it was executed promptly, and without re-
morse One would have thought, that shedding
the blood of fellow citizen and soldier, had in
it something sufficiently affecting to fasten it,
self even upon such a memory as General Jack
sons If six buhiocks had been shot, he would
probably have remembered the number with
accuracy. His friend, Col. Pipkin, at least, can
tell exactly how many 6eaces were "shot down."
and how many made their escape.
Fifth departure from the jacts.
"The others who had deserted, before they
reached home, became alarmed at their situa-
zion, returned before Harris and his party were
arrested, joined me, and ,Uere forgiven; uere with
me rhsn Imarched TO Pensacola IN 1874; followed
me thence 10 NtW Orleans, where they regained
their former good character by their valorous
and sodierly conduct, and ,sere honora6iy dis
charged"
In he official en,,,,,o nj tho Ceneral'c