Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-13

they left there, or had any thought OF coming
horne: nor did my father have any hand IN H.
or know Of II when i. was done.
Late in the year 1915, my brother james Ell,
rolled HIMSELF he was then l6 years old; ano
shortly aft pr our house " as burnt, and we NOV
ed on the Indian land, abou, eigh! miles from
where we lived, 10 salt pet?e cave, where Ia
Their ad furnace to make petre. NO, long AZ
rewards, James was drafted in his old compa-
ny. Father thinking him too young to go WIN
out protection, took the place OF Samuel shef'
rel, and went with him.
After they had served three months, my Ia
Their, believing their time was out, ana ge''lns
no satisfaction from his officers, came home,
not ssin open defiance ofthe Colonel, 6uf
after giving up has gun and l.jl'ns h'''e-
ceipf.
Soon after he got home, he learn, that Gen.
Jackson had ordered them back by express
He staid at home three or four days, and START
ed back ofhis o,ca Accord Many OF his neigh-
bours tried 20 prevail on him 10 keep out OF the
wav. and e.ery means was offered him to have
done so. ill the heat Of passion had subsldedj
but he refused, and frequently SAID, that he was
conscious that for what they had done they
could not be hurt, and that he feared nothing
even before the most pre- ludiced court martial,
excep, one thing: that was paper on which he
had taken down the names OF those that were
going home, though he had no fears from thai
il they would give him justice.
Col. Pipkin had told some OF the men, il
they would go home whether or not and would
give him thei- names, he would make proNI
sion for them TO diaw rations. III had any
confidence iu the Coloneps oath | would ask
him il he ever made any such statements or
hot. This is the paper above alluded TO.
When m, father started 10 trial, / went with
him ten or twelve miles We passed the house
of one Salmon, who said he had come back for
the men. My father stopped ard told him he
was going back; and Salmon told my father IL
he would wait day or two at Winchester,
which was about IA miles from there, they
would go together. My father waittd day.
Some Of his friends persuaded him 10 enlist;
but he refused, because he thought himself in
no danger. They then went on TO Fort Jack
son, when they gave up 10 Col. Hart. lhave
lAtely been Told that Salmon gave him up as
prisoner, which ! donCbeeve; but will be
able to stare explicitly before long. Col. Hart
was on parade, and about to march for Mobile
when they arrived. They went with Hart.
who, 10 add to the fatigue Of nv father, | am
told; had him handcufftd. In Two or three
days, as understand, they were taken of.
After they got to Mobile and had their trial,
and they knew the decree Of the court martial,
my father was advised TO write 10 Gen. Jack
soE himself, as he was acquainted with ,hc Ge-
neral, aud to state the circumstances under
which he wastricd,S the situation he left home:
ana pray him for pardon, or al lcas: a new
hearing. After he wrote his first letter To Gen.
Jackson, his friends wrote another, petitioLing
for reprieve.
Gen. Jackson, IT, the most unrelenting man
nrr, charges my father "of robbery and arson"
have previously disptoved this savage charge.
He audaciously asks "wLether this wolf in
Sleeps clothing was not lit subject Of exam>
pie - 81 did hope, that a liberal and generous
feeling the part of Gen Jackson would
show" the character OF nv deceased father, cat
least" as far as "those assaults which SANDER
and falsehood delight 10 infllct. In that have
been" eggregiously disappointed" My fa-
Their was al honest man, and kind and pro-
tec,ing father. which can be proved by many
of Jackson's friends; see certificate below;
and boldly saw, il he had justice, he would be
ga fl subject for example"
Jackson has the effionlery 10 state in the Tao e
OF the world that 'HArr,s, when condemned 10
die, acknow ledgtd the usrice Of his condem>
nation, and stated hr had 10 hope here, but he
had Of forgiveness hereafter" And in his let
ter 10 MIR. Owens Of XIV. that "this man Har-
ris) never wrote hut one letter TO me, tina: ev-
CT or heard of before this publication, aud
in that he acknowledge himself guilty Of The
enormous crimes charged against him, and
stated his willingness to meet the lust sen
tcnCe Of the court" 1t is inkumon to suppose
this to DC true; aud if so. why does he suppress
The letter? Ny brother James was with him
all the time, and Of course knew the secrets Of
his breast; aud he heard Of no such acknowledg-
ment nor saw any such letter,
Read The words fmy father in a farewell
letter TO my mother: Dear wife I1ake this OPP
portuni,y Of writing YOU for the last time, l
erpecf -. It'd not erpeCt TO hare hat
this 0w/uL ne,cS TO ,oriie to .y0u, but my
sentence is come, TO morrow by 10 o'clock,
which is an awful thing 10 think Of"
After | saw the statements Of Jackson, l
wrote to him, requesting him 10 give nae his
reasons for making them, and TO send me the
contents uf the letters addressed 10 him by my
father. As yet have received no answer or
SUBTRACTION. This seems TO be a "task" that
he is not "always ready 10 perform"
am II CITIZEN Of Connty Albania