The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-24

with Inscriptions. rolled siong BY The
Wings Of conesrd. shieh formsd qaiss
eonspiciogs OBJECT.
In Charleslown. srross The Warren
Asenue. > beautiful iriamphsl arch vas
erected. beneath which The procession
marched.
The Americas ensign and psnnanis
we're seen iying 10 every direeIIon-ex
tended across The streets of Boston and
Chsrleslawn. waving from DAG stalls cree
ted Tor The 0eeasion-and in some cases
from The tops Of trees.
Testimony OF GEN. Gaines.
In The 81. Louis New Era ol Sept. 3.
we ind lester from Gen. z. j.. Games.
addressed 10 Gov. CanaOn. ex-Gorernor
&c The state Of Tennessee. under da.e Of
81. Louis. Aug. rs. The main purpose
Of this le;ier appears 10 hare been 10 Win
dictate The General's plan Of q system OF
National Defence, by means Of aoaiing
stesm-bsllrries and national railroads.
suggested by universal introduction d
steam power in contrast with the old ex
pensive system Of defence by permanent
notifications and sanding armies. Alter
concluding what be had 10 say 10 Gov.
Cannon on that subject, be iskes occa-
sion 10 give The follo~ing testimony. val
liable as coming from On experienced sol
der, in relation 10 The merits af General
Harrison: MAJ. Intelligence.
.Hasing disposed Of The subject Of
nv system 81 national defence unnl The
meeting of The next Congress. ! viii now
proceed 10 notice the efforts made BY
some Of the party facficians. sappers. and
miners. 10 misrepresent my sieSs IN res
peci TO Majar Genersl William Henry
Harrison. and, without attempting u re.
pea, my answers 70 numerous questions
asked me in reference 10 that distinguish
cd individual. will here state such facts
as. according TO the lest Of my recollec-
ZION. will afford an accurate outline oI
what | have said in nv apswers,
III served under The orders Of General
Harrison in the Northwestern army dn-
ring The principal part af the summer and
autumn Of the year 1919. during . pari
II which time | held The appointment,
OF Adjuiani General, which brought
me into daily and often hourly inter-
course with him. and though never with
him 10 battle. ! had many opportunities
OF witnessing his vigilance and deso'ion
10 the service. and Of sdmiring The ener-
getic simplicity and systematic accuracy
or his views, and the zeal and prompt.
Jude with which he marched 10 and from
Fort Meigs. through the deep swamps,
from post 10 post. when momently ex
pecting 10 enter combined savage and
British aabuscadc Of from four TO FIVE
thousand rcd and white savages; from
whose cannon. rife. and tomahswk Gen.
Harrison wac often projected and escort
ed By fewer men Than the Life Guards
shs sssss Ss saE aissesaIshsa GeR
the year 1918, while The force opposed
10 him was mol half as great as thai with
which Harrison was mensced. With an
equal knowledge Of Jackson and IIarri.
son. | should be unjust TO both. and false
TO my country. il | did not declare thai,
upon the occasions here alluded 90. more
trying To the real soldier than any thing
the field Of batlle often presents. / have
never known Gen. Jackson, whose mill.
iary bonors are beyond all dispute. To
erince more cheerfulncss under The pri.
yaiions OF food and rest. or more intre.
pidily Of purpose in d,nger, than Hari-
son uniformly exhibited. AMI. although
had the deep modification to be unable
10 accompany him from Detroit in the
pursuit of Tecumsch aud Proctor, which
terminated in the battle of the Thames,
October 5. 1919. ye, | was assured by
Gov. Shelby aud Comm. Perry, Than
whom there never bres,heJ nuerIor more
spirits. that Harrison proved
himself 10 be an able General. "wilhout
lear and without reproach."
." is irGe that. in the early partn The
ssr-in The fall and winter Of ISl2-'I3
Il felt. and expressed freely the sppre. |
'snsion. tia, Harrison possessed too
much caution in his movements, for an
Efficient United States Commander in. |
Chief. ] was strongly inclined to blame |
hin for M: sustaining The gallant army |
Iesded BY our esteemed Winchester, de |
Gated at the river Raisin: and for M. |
'optrolling aud saving the Grave Dudley |
nd his regiment on the 9Th Of May, al |
Fort Meigs, But careful investigation |
u tie circumstances that surrounded him |
onvincrd me that his discipline. though |
nild and psiernal, was strictly conform |
BILE TO our military Law: and that with
ut great canlinn, such as put il out Of his
lowsr 10 reinforce Winchester or TO save
dudley. the principal part Of his di'po.
able force would probably have been ss-
rliied in these or in other unavailing ef-
oris 10 bring the war in the Northwest
speedy termination BY grea, bat
=, when, a, any time before Perry's
Ictory. great battle LOST by General
lsrrison would have exposed To almost
ertain massacre hundreds Of families, on
nndreds Of miles Of frontier more diff