The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 June 1827 — Page 2

Vi«h(r K-ntuckian. had HM but it is equally true, that, "obtaining a correct .account of the cir distance, attending the tr,n«ac„on with his usual magnanimity, ac '*m-tted them ol' the chars* of a

:^i"ro«r»«f

i'„,

declarations tlieT unhesitating

ess their belief, that no prejudice KSre«r eiUted in the mind ol genera, •^kson against hi, Wtow e. .«•«».

state in the Union- H.s k.iouu .'" Unanimity forhids the support,on dfais fearless independence "•"u nevfr SW permitted him to concea su a jftrei udice. had it ensted. The Cum

it Cebelieve

that no man coulu be se-

Vlected to fill the Presidential Chair. rtfflil- "i-e less ~rti.l-.tr, .prejudice. an4 in^e sromi feeling to he

Citizens of every section ot -lie Lnited "States, than would gen A. Jac*!-'"V In the above remarks. tlioCummitt .^ihave not had in »ie«v "5™P'''

TOen

of any personal or selfish objects, •end if, in performing what they cmceive to be a luty. they should come -in collision with those vho entertain -,'iirerent opinions, and have espous a iiSereot side of the g-e.» que'

ii fie rent sine in

,cVnnW."of

T-q-iires of them a firm and

.-•(the Committee deem none

taulituUna-

ieuanre of the trust committed to t.iem. In the execution of this truU in the de nee of the character and fame ol ^••jAndrew J»cksnn—which are ici com

lathe hands of hiseneni.^. JOHN ON Kill '), Chairman of the Jacksoil

prnc-edin^s of the General Couf Mama! held at Mb lebj virtue ol the following order®

P,v Command,

1 hft VjPuCiai WtH

Gjetieral icav assign for that nurjxjsc ^-r M- A HPL v,K Lh, JLt. iol Commanding.

The Coflrt*T,-nt,jiurauand to the preediig o.der.

H-+

'v.,

anl

and expressed li.s ent.re

satisfaction with the sentence of the .'Court Martial which acquitted the commander. From the long and inti mate knowledge which

th,s

possess of the opinions of -"era a so

Tnon prop,-1 ty of the »»"™. "to ,he SiOth of Septem,ni,e only instrument a«i

othcr men

sary, and would rejoi that the prisoner did not appear to

Commift

The following extracts are taken If n. the procaine? «f the Court Martia^ which tried tne militia men erUerx.ci to be shot at Mobile, with a view ahowinsit* orrr»nization, the mannc/ ol it% proceeding", the nature of ti' crimes with wliich the prisoners were -charged,and th- sen^nceof the Court:

Mobile 5th Ike 1814.

Jl'fjutant General's OJJice. uvemb'r J21, 1814.

4Jead Quarter?. 7th Military District AFTER GP.NERAL ORDERS. A General Court Martial, to consist of five members and two supemumearies, will convene at Mobile, at «uch ime L'eutenant Culonel Arbu. kw» ^hall direct, ior the trial ol such tni'i tia prisoners as ma? be brought beluu it. Colonel P- Pe'kins hereby ap •pointed P.t-sidcnt of the .urt,anU

Lieutenant W Hobeson, of the od Infantry, ill act as Judge Advocate Colonel Pi kin uf the l«t R.-Kniieuf \V. T. Mi' a, will detail the men hers from the S?&te troops at and near Fort

!ontg(wnerj

—order on all the wi- ne*

necessnry for ihe trial tl the pru OMers of h:i raiment at th'n pla a'-io, to fwahl. hpvcilic charges again l-.pjfi and lastly, vill r,.»tily LieuMi ant Colonel A. fickle ot the probajh tirrie tlvey will roach this point, 'o «-n ttble him to relate the hour ot bif

ROBER' BU I LH.lv, JaJ Gen f-i* jR D£Rd' The General Cour' Martial, of \yj»k

present: -it. V*'~\

!.V« J/put.Col P. Perkins, T)r^si(1«nt.

2l8j

Member?

,t. Mad man. liieut. avid •WUcittU, SuperKn^. Jas. Mi

Wains.} uutii'fi.

The Couit having been regularly

P' constituted, and no person appearing beforethein for trial, adjourned uuti. to-morrow,. 10 o^clock *i The Court met, pursuant ^o adjournment, Present, the Presnleni and Members,-and having beeo tiualid, in p- '-enceot the accused, who br-mg previously asked it they had any objection to anr of the members, and iving an&*ered in the negative, pioded to the trial, &c "of John ll-irris, a private ot Cap'.ain Strothui'^ company.'7

CHARGE 1st—Matiny.

^Specification. 1 this: Betw«M th I9lh and 20th of September 1814, he ent about through the camp to get assignors to {jo home on the 20th ol Sep timber, lttl4. o«d htated that he wouh! soon have a larger company than Cap'tain fcjlpatrick, and on the moroiugol &the J&th he received the proportionable iart «f the beef and Sour that wa§ to ciblv taken, cot.ked it, and on the morn i,..r «f the 20th Septeiftber, 1814, about the eud of the rewiliee beat,

w.t the eud ot the rewiuee oeat, rem marched off veiling Mid firingM. g«n pecttbikty »nl information, conceived iu th«-e«|jlitM»rb»oo ii. Uim of iervise liwl eipiteil—re

by Capt. ttlackmore. CHARGE Conniving at Mav: .1 tiny"

Snecilication. In this: Not report-

8ULLVuter.antN..ab

Benneit. a witness

in behalf of the prosecution, bein0 Estates, that he-aw the prisoner on the 19th of September, 1814,, a paper containing a good iinaly im ss.

names to draw provisions to go home on the 20th of September—that the prisoner ivai one of the mutinous party, Cho nv.rcHed olf on the the 20th-that he bplonacd tolhe same comnanv, and believes the piiwmer never reported any of the mutinous Mrtv

homej an

are

required by the Uules and

Utiles of V' ar—that the prisoner was under |,i, immtdW. »1 the iHlhof September and lii hared himc'l »«ua n-M, in.il he evening, when he saw linn with th«- paper as decri^d heretofore.

Julin H. Ho-an, a witness in behalf of the prosecution, being sworn, states that he saw the prisoner with a paper,

the setting down such men's names a» in

Ceslt wiMbe h'th-n, matter of .e tended drawing pro*.lor u.a pu. I ious r'erret bul justice to themselv-e.. of ^UneraUa-kso,,, and to the People,

Leiiucu »'«»'"fi nose of goins

°nL

morn*

in- of the 20th of ptember, he saw ihS prisoner, march off with the mitinou^ nartv.

John Ihi^bands, a private in Captain Kitpatrick's company, a witness in behalf of the defendant, being: sworn,

prisoner, some

a r_ se(ting

'vT

narae

down such

as intended going home

WICIl —that the prisonrr did appear to be u«iing any persuasion, and stated rir,t it wis ri»ht tliat some should re* nain at the Fort—that he would soon have a larger company than Captain ttilpifrirk's, and believes that the prisuer did march oft with the mutinous ^arty

?he

morning ol the 20th.

John Johnson, a private of Captain MiKaj's company, a witness in belalf o( the prosecution, being sworn, •itates, that while at Fort Jackson, in the month ot August, he heard the prisoner say that there «vas uo law to compel the men to stay in service longer than three months—that he was a man of spirit, and would not stay ion2er~that a confidcrable number ol the men would go then, and one that would refuse he could see bayonetted about six inches—that they would go up to the liig or Great man, and shiver their muskets over his head, but not strike so hard (ts to kill him."

The Court aojourued until to-mor-row 9 o'clock The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present, the President and Members and proceeded to the further elimination ot the witnesses.

Edward Stephens, a Sergeant in Captain kilpatrick's company, a witness in behalf of the defendant, being worn, states, that he saw the prisoner with a paper, wetting down such ai®n's names as were going home, and l^id that iic would take down n»ne but such as directed him to do so, and the prisoner matched oil witn tne mutinous parly on the 20th of Septem' er

James'Alexander, Seargeant Major, a witness in behalf of the defendant, being sworn, sta-tes, that, on the l9th of beptember, he saw the prisoner when the proviMons were \«sued-r-he believe* he received his propoi tiotiable part, anil on the mottling of the #0th, march-

fr'ontl PffkiR. I.as oeeu oil with the mutinous party-lb. President, will convene at 11 o'clock, the prisoner told lit.n lie had supposed the 5lh«ist»n-, at suck Quarter" »f the list which he had of the men'si names

Assintaot Deputy Qu.rterraa.ter was improper, as it was to he handed f.: 4t,,» to the Colonel—that Ihe prisoner gave up his gun to Capt Kiipatrick, and t.Mnk* he demanded ami received a receipt which he had given for the gun, or the.Captain wrote one for that purpose.

Ensign David Kelly, a witness in behalf of the defendant, being sworn, siates, that the prisoner belonged to the same company, and was frequently near him during August and the begin ning of September—that he generally behaved himself well,and was obedient ro orders. 2

James Smith,a private of Lieutenant Mitchell's detachment, a witness in behalf of the defendant, beingsworn, ilites, that the prisoner advised him not to go home with the mutinous par tv, and believes went himself ou the 20th of S»fjmember.

James Nelson, a private in Captain Mebane'i ampany» a witness in behalf of the defendant, being swora, states, that

heard General Washington, of

Tennessee, say to the members of .the Court Martrnl, that he did not know whether the men were ordered out loi a tour of three or six months^— that he had wrote to the Governor, but had reeived no answer to his letter on that s*oject.

The prisoner states, in his defencc, that he wa« totally unacquainted with the nature of militia »ervice-*-that he »#d frequently heard his officers sa) iey knew no law compelling mili&a t-inain longer than three months, and rom the opinion of other men of res-

'J*

turned hi. gun

t"^1SupCt\PeSrencei'pt'

.t ^,rit .nd departed fromKor had given for it, a I jjacharge. Jackson conscious oi havin„u.

"'VlrCourt, .R«-

m?t.Ur~

*tion on the ewdence a ucC"

prisoner guilt* a*

corf.ec''y

/"find'tli

"{jjg Court, which w"'r

J^Tn'^handlt'col/.^rtBu. er, late AdjutantGeneral of the Sout orn Division, when lie moved Irom tinState lo Florida, abo.t t-o v^rs a^.

ANDREW DOJVELS()l N The Committee di.l not deem it necessary to publish than one of the leaders of the mutiny, as from that, and the certificate Col. Pipkin, a correct idea may bt formed of the whole transaction. CERTIFICATE OF COI^. PIPKIN.

Believing that the six men alluded to re re 1 it duty I owe to General Jackson, as wel a* the community at large, to make lull statement of the facts and circum stances connected with their arrest and execution. The regiment which I commanded was mustered into service, under an act of Congress, for a term of six months duty, on tne 20'h June, 1 8 4 a re to a is on if ferent posts in the Creek Nation In the latter end of August, or the first of September, I discovered a mutinous disposition in my regiment, as well at Fort Jackson, where I had established iny head-quarters, as at other posts but I had no proof that would justify my preferring charges, until a soldier. by the name of Hunt, made a public declaration that he would go home, at the expiration of three months, or die in the attempt I then wrote «.o gen Jackson, at Mobile, and requested him to order a Court Martial, for the trial of said Hunt, which he did, but the order did not come to hand, until after the mutinous part of my regiment had released- him from under guard, who, with him, deserted on the 20th September, 1814. A short tunc previous to this, the same party demolished the bake house, destroyed the oven, and did many other disorderly and mutinous acts. The day previous to their desertion, a large number paraded, armed, and marched towards, the com inissary stores. lordeted (hem to disperse, but my orders was disregarded, and they forced the guard statiop^d for the protection of the Stores. The Commissary, aaticipating their design, closed and locked the door but that did not restrain them for one of the men (who was afterwards shot by sentence of the court martial) immediately snatched up a pick axe, and cut the door oft' the hinges. They then entered the house, and took out eleven barrels of flour, and made public proclamation to all who intendedjjeing home, to come forward and draw rations, which »hev did. They afterwards proceeded to the bullock pen, and shutdown two beeves, and the balance taking fright, broke the pen, and ran som1* distance, where they killed a third. They then returned to the Fort, and completed their arrangements to start home, as before stated, to the number of about two hundred. I immediately reported to general Jackson the situation of my command, and the man ner of iny proceeding. Shortly after, I received orders from the General, directing me, that if 1 had not already arrested them, to use every exertion in my power to do so, aud have them brought back for trial. A part of them were arrestvd, and a court martial or dered to be convened for their trial, by Lt Col. Arbuckle, acting under the orders of general Jackson, at NJubile* and to consist of five members, and two supernumeraries. Lt. Col. Perkins, of the Mississippi Militia, was appointed President of the Court, and Lieutenant Kobeaon Judge Advocate. I was ordered to detail the balance of the Court from the militia troops of the State of Tennessee, and to order on the witnesses, for the trial of the prisoners of my regiment, to Mobile, also, to make out-charges and specifications against them, which I did. On the 4th ot December, I received notice from Col. Perkins, that the Court Martial was organized. J| commenced with the trial of Captain Strother, and continued from day to, day until all the prisoners were tried*

In all this busine&s, Mr. Chairman^ general Jackson had but little more to do than you had. it ia true, that at my request, he ordered a Court Martial, and appointed the President and Judge Advocate, who were both very respectable and intelligent men but the balance of the Court wera detailed iy me. Nor was general Jackson present, or even in Mobile, at the time when the prisoners were tried or ex* ?cut*d fori have alwaymadcritood

vas orgamied., whereati

firing his g«"

,ate to ^h^orglnUation of the Cour Mart'ial.'and The trial of John H--

\he 1e"an?i'of "December, the ten On the 20t'i o* o.nired. a«» ,f service of

•"elof

best of his

April 16,.1927

Daar Sir have b.een informed that Messrs. Huckner and Frank Johnson, late members of Congress, have erroneously charged (General Jackson with having sit nnliiia men tried and executed, without necessity, aud loi crimes committed aAer their tune service had expired.

we to0

2fnarch

up th

for Tennessee,

and

loQtt as.we arrivetlj^yj^^^i^^pi^^^^

,*« r.

Jv Stale of Tennessee, Jfavidson County. 5

F#?.on.Hv ap^U

know,®,u2leLlp 1IPKIV.

quhl.rribed a.™1

swarn thlfl

April, LSir, LEWIS,J. P.

From the -Vat

20t'

r,nf-W"*}T.

VVe oonv, «n the preceding page, .. Cir«U "-WHhH bv a the oersonal and political f.ieodsol \C„ Jack»n, at N«h«iHe, for the purpo« of vindicating him Iro.n several of fh. objection, which haw been nndhis election to.the I residency. do this that our readers may know

they have never yet been in

ormed of through our columns) tht ^rounds of objection to G-neral JackJ.nNpolitical elevation, and thegrou.-.d faken bv his friends in his d^euf e.^

We copy the aiticle a'so tor another -•ca^on, a' throwing some li^lit on a part of th* histor* of the late war, vhich we have hereto'o had some, ru mors, but never bef.ne any po tion a a 1 a .It ii now Rrkn'iwlertg"d. and yst»fi ed. that six-militia men were shot, during the late w.ir, atone time, ford«erti»n. under circumstances wnico, it appears to «is, ought certain tohau pared their lives Hi?y were dttai' ed, itseeins, for a si* month# tour dutv, but took up an imp e-ion th: three months was the term beyond which they were not obli-ed u» s-rve. and that the attempt to keep them em bodied longer was an unauthorized ac and of coqrse, an usurpation of thet. ri»hts Exactly at the expiration of the three months, thev marched fT in a body, as it is stated by Co]. Pipkin, of at least two hundred men, hal'ooiog and tiring oft* their guns, as militia-men are very apt tp do at the close of a term of service, or even at the end gf a da?'8 mustering1. Of these men, number were alterw irds taken, and Brought to trial Where they are taken, is not stated in the |e»timoney in the former rumor of the particu'arnf thu case, which .we cojiid not tlv=ji bring oui selves t» believe, it was stated that these very men, becoming sensible of their error, had returned, or were returning, to camp, at the time of then apprehension] Six of them were deliberat- ly condemned to be shot, by a court martial held three months after wards, whose proceeding* in one of thcasefc are now published.

The pjrt wliich General Jacksonharr in this transactiun, and the control which he exercised over it, was in hi* approving the finding of the Court, and directing the sentence to be carried into execution This he must have done if we read aright, according to the Rules and Articles of War, or these men could not have bceu eiecuted. Although this material tact l* overlooked by the Committee, it presumed it will not be denied

The partv in favor ot general Jackson's election to the Presidency has proscribed us as the enem'j% of that distinguished warrioi, because we mnot join in their combinations, 'llie imputation is false. We are bin friends —more truly so than those who seek to force him, against the whole bent nf his mind, into the highest civil office under the Government But we caunot approve of every thing that he has ever done. We did not approve the manner of the trial and execution of Arbuibuot and Auib-ister. Hut much less can we approve of the deliberately shooting half a dov.en militia-men at time, tor insubordination, manifested under the belief of their rights being invaded. In strict law, this sanguinary pu iishineitt was justifiable, if the detachment for six months* service was then legal. We »ay 1/, because there was a time when thru months was the legal limit to the service of drafted militia We are not satisfied with rite account ot the proceedings as published. hat was the defence ol the prisoner, or et any of his fellownuflcrers If any defence was made by them, yve request its publication, that we, in common with our telluwcitizens generally, may have a view of (he whole ground. The refusal of the

New-Yoi militia to cross the line to Canada, under the influence of constitutionai scruple*,^was quite as worthy of summary punishment a» rtie determination to go home, on the part of those militia who were shot yet .wedonot recollect that any of them were put to death

In short, we are altogether opposed to shooting militia men, unlets to extreme cases. We are not yet ourselves exempt by age from militia duty, and have no idea ot any four or five of our militia officers being allowed to dispose ot our livea at pleaaure, for not recognizing any construction which it may please them to put on our ^lut% or oo theiri. We Mim, ii irue,

•hat cases miv ®ccu» for the on of martial \i ^Vin all it8 mbodied militia But itiified that the ease of lia

fay Ifest The ^ast

are,

is associates was »»ch a a«e, I col lections of tht- Colonel of jT-cted He iiment ax e, no doubt f, jlly stated, acenrdi to hi?

npressions. His test: rnony, of no sort ot value iti determj11 he question as to the necessity^ •cuting those men No.'hin^'^ vidence and proceedings on thef •an settle that question. Jt

us to be incumbent on the frien«b .7.neral Jackson, to publish

an ej

'ranscript of the record in

liese «ix cases, since it has brought bv them into the public ie, Cn etpeessing this oppjrii,,^ nfluenced by a desire to ascertjj ecisely whert the security of »t a citizen ends, anii where the •if a court martial to d^p)seofit ins. If similar infliction* have dace under other com'iiauders. •ngthe late war, let them be unveil^ .Ve des'we to make no discriinimtjj. or will we.

The Brig Bravo, (one nf Com! p,| ter's sqnadron,) Capt. IV. )Vyse 2 spoken 1st inst. ne ir Greit Hp.p.V 23 days out from Key H'cst She captured, Resides the Brio from vhich had on bourd the Spanish 4 sloop and a brig with cargoes of tie value. Tiie sloop was liberated v10 i.rj.r

was Sept

the !'ri prisoners.

to ..Havana with

arc.

JS'at mr.

Florida

FJefl

•ild intimates th'^t an illicit trafic |J heen on it Key West 'IVsub )ect i*»only briefly mentioned, & cirmc tHires ire rather hinted utthandeti -(I W«* are assured, however, tin? some disclosures have been made,

afe

iclosesecresy, which induced thenar. 4ul to visit about sixty individuakl' The business was very Iucrative-co*! missions on sales often amounting t| '000 dollnrs a day. An alFray alp litely occurrcd there, betweea one{ Porter'* men and an American wbit'j 'vas adjusted by a territorial justice, wbi lined tiie Meii.an fifty dollars.

Ib'

Mr Carter, of the New-York Statesman. proposes to collect, revise id publish in two volumes, such parts i? iiis letters from Europe as he thinijf worthy of preservation. About oaf third of the proposed work has nerul been given to tiie public in any form, fjr

The number of emigrants at-vstvi &{*/< Quebec, up to ihe third inst is abos, 500, and pre pactions both ia Irel: .ind Scotland ^ere making at the co mpneement of April, ^or the emburfc tion of thousands at the expense off emigrant hirpselt Indeed from we have heard, we might a'most that lbs large number of the po manufacturers in Glasgow and l^hlf are only prevented from m!ng o'itbj the want of means. From Ire. thousands **re coming out on tlieir account Government has given formation that lf»,00 /ivi I be hum :\tely sent out at its expense W"e4 pose that »5 (M)'J miznint* will arni here, this season ((wbec, .z*

Fnm the Kentucky Commentator Unfiling—The Grand Jury ol coui\t^ of S aitison. in thi.- state, li^'i we understand found trua bill a^'h,s:| i. Smith of Tennessee for nuird chained to have been committed byki iug Mr Brank, also ot ennessep. lael, i-i that country, about the *'3d Mnrrh 1 he Kxecwtivc ot has demanded the .said Sni'th ot ecutivo of Tennessee^ to be biaugJt'1'--cr for trial. 8*- The same Grand Jury hatfb.iW nre informed, lound true bill Suui wl Uowt'Hi for shotting, intent to kil'i wbich by t' Uffi oJ state is a fehmy, puaishable wila prisonment in the penitentiary, shooting, in this case, is said to been done in a duel with Gen The Executive of this sUte has, demanded Geu Houston ot the ^xeC(, tivo of Tennessee, to be broug) ,3iinf^oagOUiitv £r trial,

Jhnericrrn Colonization We are happy to learn, that a reo.u -passed the Bnltimoreannual coiilir*D*v of the Methodist Ivpiseopnl Chore its late sitting, approving of the of the American (Colonization

atteo

{i.

0CI^(

und enjoining on the preachers tom collections on the sabbath Pre( or-tbesahbath succeet^ns: the

Hl)lU'

ry of American lodependence, places as may be deemed advisa^

aid the funds of said society. A ilar resolution was passed by

Ute

sg}

ginia annual conference, at 3-ya I sion We hope th^e laudabie pies will be followed by ail our a Conferences.—Christian

*Tli. Buffalo Journal »r'. "'f. |[i| tical efl'ects of the new natura

Dill are beginning to be felt in Several families passed thi»oug Jo laatweek from the pruyinc® feelings must.be, strong i^'ac* will impel to an aUnJouir^"1 and friends and all their ^ome of them were old is!)!?1*40