Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-08


ders ever issued from the President to
extend the time of service of the Tennessee
Militia: that they entered the service on
the Goth of June, and of course were entitled
to their discharge on the Goth September.
Upon the question whether or not these
men could be held in service after the Goth
September rests the merits of this case. 1t
seems to us that this question should have
been settled upon the trial of the deserters.
1t does not appear that they were denied
any means of defence. They entered the
simple plea that they had served three
months, and conceived from the best infor-
nation they could get that their term of
service had expired: and that they acre qf-
ter,cords convinced Of their errour, and re-
turned accordingly. So all those who pleaded
guilty stated that they were credulous
enough to believe that they were bound by
no law to continue more than three months
in the service, erred through ignorance, and
sincerely lamented their conduct. Is not
this evidence that the plea which is now
brought forward in defence of their conduct
would not at that time have been considered
sound one? Upon the evidence submitted
to him, Gen. Jackson, in his official capacity,
was called upon to act, either to approve or
disapprove the proceedings of the Court
Martial. It is well known that military
laws must be promptly executed, and that
the preservation of the army, the good Of
the country, indeed, in times of danger, i'm
peratively requires the severest punishment
for desertion. We are rather disposed to
regard this Court Martial as unnecessarily
summary Units justice, but it is impossible
that at this day we can Judge rightly of what
at that time the exigency of circumstances
might have required.
We repeat that we are no partisans of
Gen. jackson. Whatever the truth may be,
let it appear, and no more. We profess to
have examined this subject candidly and
impartially, and cannot resist the conclusion
that under the circumstances in which Gen.
Jackson approved of the condemnation of
these SIX militia men, almost any other man
would have pursued the same course.
The GREEKS. The recent return of DR..
Howe from Greece, h~s s--~%ea -eel
in favour of this oppressed and suffering peo-
pie. Meetings have been held in New
York, Boston, Salem, Hartford, and other
places, at which spirited measures have been
adopted towards procuring subscriptions of
money, clothing, food, &c. to be forwarded
to Greece. DR.. Howe is soon to publish an
account of the present state of Greece,
task for which, itispresumed, his opportuni-
ties of observation have peculiarly fitted
him. He is now about taking journey up
the Hudson River, with the intention of WIS.,
iting the principal villages through the State
of New York, and attempting to awaken the
sympathy of the people in behalf of Greece.
The Worcester Yeoman, of Saturday, ap-
peared in new and improved dress, under
an arrangement which the editor has made
to publish it in connection with Messrs.
Spooner & Merriam. This paper Justly
ranks among the most respectable newspa-
pers of the country.
Doc Power. The Troy, N. Y, Sentinel
states that an ingenious mechanic ofthat city
has in operation mill for saving timber for
sashes and blinds, driven by DOG
POWER. The dogs are worked, two at
time, for about Is minutes, when the team
is taken of, and relay of two other dogs
put to labour. They travel on the circum-
ference of the inside of wheel of IL or Is
feet in diameter, giving motion to the ma
chinery, which drives circular saw with
great velocity.
This may be set down among the eviden-
ces that every generation grows wiser and
wiser" and especially, that the present is
emphatically the age of Improvement" Dogs
have hitherto been considered as adapted
only to hunting-save here and there one
who is kept to grace my lady's lap, and a
few who have been taught to run of errands;
an office which many of them have sustained
with faithfnlness which might be pro6tably
initiated by some ours Of a more dignified
nature. See, by way Of illustration, an
anecdote under our foreign head to-day.
The Kamtschaldales, it is well known,
make use of dogs for purposes of labour and
draft; but the perfection to which they are
trained in the northwestern part Of our own
country may be matter of news to some Of
our readers. In the neighbourhood of Lake
Superior the traders travel all over the will
derness with them. over unbeaten snow,