The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-17

Ia VI, laam rode ia days of Yofe but he afterwards produce ea charges oi more grave character,-uniortunat however Tor tie C'otoas} he could not find 8 stngte witness ateould eaztan single sPeeiseaiiou of Lis charges. Seon after fny arriYa It the Head Guar tars ot what was now swced into the p8mpoQs tile addressed the following communication to tue Gen eral that he might longer have excuse for ig noranco of the facts see the substance oi the cAIr e referred to in appendix, letter 5.
 ''Eort CHsor December 90 ls28
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 Having learned from rumor, and believing t Co be etrue from the fact s your exercising powers which yau sometime since declined, that y0a are in con- mand oftha Western Department permit to laf before yoa copies of the charges against Captains Howell ana kayanaugh, Lieut.. Simpson. and Scrgt aaHisoa, forwarded on the 2-tll utimo to haj Gen. Gaines.
 Capt. Howell was arrested on the 24tb of f0ctober for the offences specified IS having been committed prior to that date. Ile charges would have been forwarded earer but for the fact of his breaking its arrest and absenting himself from the service. At tae Gmo ofhis arrest he was, and had been up to that time acting IS taDfoia. and acknowledged me q sVrljHg to be bis Commanding Gtdcef. His ettaf signed by his own aaad IS now tnuy posse6acn. The illegal and void commission issued, ors&d have been issued, (tor never snW t) by tsoY. Conaag, never to tis hand until dierhe had 6Yoke tis .rFess ad lie been aotifed that con1nias ior would be issued; Tor lad learned tllat tcas issued aI- though one oi tav contradictions to You hastily written may bear tlat eonstfaetieD. Gov Conway baa informed me that he would ia3ce one bGt still doubted it. even atteri had returned to my command he ewing that upon mature reflection he would n5st prove Himself capabe of an act unsasained by the acts of SoDgress or the laws of hjs own Stata and upon which knew some of his most intelligent friends differed with him, aad that the Governor himself had entertained different opinion
 Captain kayanaugh acted under me US q CaBta:a without complaint as far IS kne~, because he had expressed 10 me his entire willingness to do so up to ta9 tlals o his arrest signed all his olsal acts as Captain; aHa aitsr arrested eiaiIaed higher rank his lettars to will sho@--in them, he acknoW- ls1gcs as his commanding officer, and himself as a eap pttttt in arrest.
 i s to tie rank Of captain and leueaaa, which the General in his order, applies to Simpson and yanli- son, they entirely new to me. These men acted under me- the former tjeate8aat and the latter gefge ea8t and were not known by rna to claim aEy ] ligler rank. They were the ostensbe leaders Of te ma.H#, Whi&h but for the manly intervention of an officer of different corps, Wo4ld in short time have closed the accounts of the mutneers, psrhups i my own, and mary g&llcut men who now placed under tile lead of those, With HAom when at home they would to associate as equals. .4fer the muLing, Simpson submitted amy orders as Lieaten- ant, and Jamison sergeant.
 | he above is brief statement iii relation ta the arrests. ] contend that they all legally made; and for offences which should &iFqualify officer command. And f q court will be ordered t9r that 1 purpose and the witnesses now living can be pre- cured pledge mysef US officer and to sustain the charges the principal part of them, ill all the cases, by evidence of unimpeachable charac ] tsr l am therefore compelled from of duty to myself and the Bataluon, to ask that you place them arain in arrest, and order Court Martial to try them for their cflmes, forward the charges the proper authority, should you entertain doubts of your own.
 As to the charges which may be preferred against ma, regard them not--they vindietiFe in their
 al. ,.,s,, conscious, and proudly conscious ot having doue my duty, and that will be sustained let the ordea be presented in whatever form 1t may. And claim to be restored to my command.
 In a few days, if necessary, design laying be- fore YOU an extended view Of the facts, and the law applying to them. Fhis is simply to inform you of the nature of the a1fes and the charges. Truth in this case needs some defence fer she has been most egregiously outraged: and to the disgrace of the service, fnd even here about ths garrison and in the camps emmissaries-eyen who bear com rnssions-busiiy disseminating false eedttc nypfe- i judice
 Other charges will be made against Captain How ell, of gross misconduct, ignorance, disregdrd of der and duty, and of corruption i o8cc since Ire has been in command of the battalion under your order. The latter fact, can be established by testimony of 1 the highest order.
 1 am jed, sir, to believe, from the high opinion entertained of your justice, that the order wrestling from me my command unustlv was pre- dictated upon false statements made to you from inter- ested men belonging to the corps and men in Arsan- sas. personally inimcal to me- have to ask of you, then as matter of right well offayor, copy of all communications made to you this subject, or an inspection of the originals, that may be able in y application for redress of grievances to meet the subject as it stands before yoa vel n it's true colors
 ] an sir,
 Very Respectfully, I oGr most obt. seryt.
 X. FOWLER, Llcaa. Col.
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