Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-06
From the National Journal

Martial at Mobile were laid Oh the tables OF the
Members Of Go, gress yesterday. Trere are
between thirty and forty tabular statements,
comprising ,h- muster and pay rolls OF the
Militia.
We have made the following extract from
them, containing The proceedings 1t The Court
Martial, containing the charges preferred IA
gainst John Harris and tie evidence ana srn>
,ence OF the Court. Upon looking into he
statement, we are entirely at a loss TO discover
on wha, ground he defenders Of Gen. Jack
sons condnc, in the affir imputed to Harris,
III. commission Of such outrag's as breaking
into the military stores, and various other acts
Of Violence. There IS nothing OF this ki"d on
the face Of the testimony. 1t is much 10 be re
prclred ,hattht friends OF the General deemed
it necessary to bring in The aid OF misreprcsen-
ta,ion lorthe white washing ofthe candidate.
II is 10 be regretted that, not oontenleG WIN
sssailing the living, they mus b'ark'n the re-.
puta'ion or the d, al, 20 promote the views ard
purposes OF is ambition.
I, appears from the ties imony, that Harris
was a man Of irreproachab,e conduc'np 10 the
dav of his quitting The ARMY that on h" 18TH
of September, the last dav OF h. term of tn &c
months, " hich he considered h'mselfb'und to
serve he took down the names OF such as in.
bu, solicited none to lpavr: on he contrary, he
advised some who were inclined 10 go hone,
to remain, that the pos, might not be l'tt With
out defence. He is not charged with ior'ihly
taking any stores, but merely with receiving
his share Of provision ou' Of stores which were
said 10 be forri5y taken. There was not the
sieh,es, shade of as gravarion in his Fl nee
eveh if il was an uffrnce.--on The c"nUary, hr
| ,hrn M as
cious tina, he W S doing nothing in violation OF
law or Of good faith. Surrendrrng his arms
TO he proper officer, he took receipt for hem
and quietly went his way; for il will be seen
that hr sentence expressly acquirs him of yell
ling or fling hts gun.
Wei might the Committee on Military Al
fairs. composr as It was ofthe fri"ods Of Gen.
Jackson, fear the effects which would he pro-
ducrd upon a sagat4pus and sensitive people,
by suf ring such atemrnt OF fats IN 20
forth wi hout a cnntemporaneou> expression TO
soften down the ,ahguinary compt Kiln oil lhc
whole transaction.
For the presen we content nurst Ives with
submitting To our readers the following extract
| without further comment:
Jous HAnnIs private of Captain Strother's Company
CHARGE lst- .Hufiny
Speci a,ion. In this: b.twsen the 10th and
goth S'pt. 1914, he went about o"gh the
camps to get signers 10 81 home, on the ooh
Sept. 1914, AMI stated that he would soon
have larger COMPANY than CAPTAIN KiIpa-
| trick: and OH the morning of the 10Th Sept. hr
| received his prorortonahlr part OF the beef a d
Sour tina, wa, fcroibiy taken, cook, d it, ana on
the morning # The Goth September, 1914, at
| the end Of tie rr,eiI!ie beat, marched off yell
| ling, and firing his gur and, after arriving in
the neieh5orhood of Fort STROLLER, he stated
that he would rt take those who had been ia
| ken by Captain Bl.ckmorc.
| CH,uGs 2nl-Conniping at Mating:
Specification. In this: no, Iepoitm those
who wert Of the muiinous party, as required
| by The Rules aud Articles Of War.
| To which charg,s AID specifications the
prisoner plead Guilty.
Lieut. Noah Bennett, a witness in behalf oil
the prosecution, being sworn, states: That he
saw The prisoner, On the l9'h SEPTEMBER, ISL
with paper containing good many names
ahd the prisoner informed him he only SCI
down such mems names as directed him TO dc
| SO: that those no were present said II was a
is, OF mems names 10 draw provisions, to 60
home on the 2oth: that the prisoner WIS one o
The mu,inous parry who marched Oh on the
morning Of the ooh: that he belonged to tile
same company, aud believes the prisoner never