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groused the .wheel* of ilie car about halfway*
ilit* usual stopping place for that purpose,
ami then continueil their way to the platform.
-—The lime occupied was about 30 minutes—
tiie whole distance, however, (8 miles) has
been travelled in twenty-five minutes.
No riding can possibly he compared to “rid
ing on rails"— and nodung improve* the rel
ish for this mode of conveyance so much as
a view of the velocity of the train, without
Month Chunk Kailco.ui—The very ge
neral interest taken in the .subject of railroads,
leads us to believe that we cannot occupy a
column nunc to tiic satisfaction of our rea
ders than with the description oftheMuudi
Chunk liadoad, as contained in a letter fiom
a correspondent to the Editor of the Baltimore
Gazette*' The description is hi plain, intel
ligible language, free from those technical ex
pressions which are so generally used by the,- - —~ r , .
scientific writer; and die information it con- j discovering the “invisible” power by which
tain ; relative lo the couv.ruciiun oftliq road, you seem to be propelled at so wonderful
the form of the cirs and iltuir operation, can- a ten?.
not at this time he otherway* than accetable The cars are made of strong, timbers, and
to tho reader. | planked up on three sides, with a swinging
The letter is dated at Munch Chunk in j door in the rear. Some' new ones, however,
Pennsylvania, vvhcli place is distant <J0 miles 1 have lately been constructed in which stout
west from Now-Yoik, and 70 N. \V. of I sheet iron has been substituted for plank,
Philadelphia it w.i* written during the past j They are (i feet 4 inches lung, 3 feet, wide at
month, and is here annexed;— 1 ' ‘ “ ‘
1 arrived here (Maurh Chunk) oil Monday
afternoon, and proceeded n'iicctlv lo the plat
form whence die roid cars are let down to die
s oie-hotoe on die margin of he Lehigh liver.
Th s| Inform, from whence the cars descend,'’on
a double ra.I-w.'V of *50 feet in length, a con- from slipping olf
jideruble part of which ii of an d.itu le of nvj-pe in lien ly five
top and 2 feet at botiom, and about 3 feet in
depdi, resting on wheels with cast iron rims
or fellies 2 feel rn diamoietyoite inch th ; ck,
and about 4 inches in’bread ill, with a strong
edge or flange, one inch in thicknoss, and
about two inches wide, which prevents them
he ri.ls. The wheels ire
to die ixps, wli clt lai rr
least 45 degrees, is 200 feet pm-peml cular a- J revolve m solid brass castings. The spokes
buye the level of the Lehigh. The c irs are of dm wheels fieri n number) are in ido of
let down bv a strong rope, wound round a re- ! wrought .roil, 1-4 of m inch thick and two
volin:; cv! rider or drum, ofabou 6 feet in di- inches wide, on which the run ml hub ace
anicter ;>.:•! 15 feet lour: oil one extremity of j ®»s** and ate tints very strongly forms* '. Three
which ar e solid o ;k timbers, of circular for nj new cars have been made with v. heels nearly
iiiid grc.it sireng.h, |a«'enod length wise, and j three feet in di inmter I'm experiment, and
girted hv two large iron Iran Is, which are 1 appear to answer the purpose very well, so
epera'ed upon, ami m >v In* drawn close by j far as they have been tested,
powerful lovers, 10 rtyuii'e the velocity of the | Each is provided with a strong lever, about
descent. A full car descends whilst an emp y j 6 feet long,’with winch s double bear
one ascends, and iliu time occupied is about | c i-t iron, I iced with woe
ait IIVRIM 'O of o t - and fen scan Is. \ when occasion requires,
of
Iron Iv pressed,
i Instil wheels |
The Joors of die car* move on hinges fas- | communication if 1 made to him, was formed
teaed on the upper part, and are latched on I Horn an .acquaintance w ilt .he man, and h.s
each sale below by iron bars, p.ojeeting six i conduct during the canvas*. And I lolt willing,
ore ehi inches l.eyoml the wheels, winch are or rather yielded, df-n Mf, Buchanan, who was
operated upon hv a semicircular projection, thep, and has ever since been. Ins friend i.nd
funned on tho mil-way noai the end of tho 'efficient supporter, should satisfy Inmselfof the
.chute, and immediately over die sioio-house, General’s course, by a conversation w.lh him;
by wliibli die door
en d emptied.
i* thrown open.
and tho
and l had hut Ii dc curiosity to know what the
result ot i. w is: nor has one word passed Itc-
twecu M;. Buchan in anti ttfysolf about i from
that day to this, thai I now remember. I was,
however, told a few days after in very general
terms, by Thomas Claiborne, Esq, formerly a
member of Congress from this State, anil then
at \V shington, that Mi. Buchanan had inform
VKV*S lDUJVTML.
JUDGE ISAAC’S LETTER.
Spirt , Ten. 3tn September, 1827.
Sm— I find in jour paper of the 1st ins.ant, ed ihe General of some intriguing that was gu-
a comment upon die mu .ers lately unde pub- ing on; and that so far as he coutd, he had
lie by the comtmiiucadous of General Jackson put an end to if7 From which I took it for
and Mr. Buchanan; and in behalf of my constit- granted, that the conversation had taken place
ueitis an inquiry iherem made of me, fir what- and resulted as I anticipated. This is tho only
ever 1 may know on thai subject As well ou definite ovenure coni ng within my knowledge,
iccuuni of the i elutions existing between the connected with the President! d elec ion, wh.lct
people of this districi and myself; and die lie- it was pending before die House of Reprosen-
i|uent mention winch I have made during the tatives; and these are die material facts in re
last two years of the material fact* disclosed card to the m .inter of its communication, to
by those'-communications, as the allusion made which I was pr vy.
to me in that alfnir-by odier prims; I cannot These conversations, which I have now giv-
obj‘‘%m the propriety of the inquiry. The en, bo h with M-. Marklev and Mr. Buchanan
ii nnespjf tlie persons concerned being already —and the remarks which follow die latier, is
before the public, here remain no considera- a hterd extrict from a correct copy\tf it letter
lions of del e .cv solTi -ent o forbid die answer wrutenbv me to a friend on the lOift August
W.i.ch I ii ivo te ni <Ke to your Call. las’, m answer o one received from him on
In the winter of 1324—5. after it was known 1 this subject. Since then, I have re ni M-. Ii’.-.
dm 41. Elay had mn irevived a sufficient lei or of die 8 b of die s-'me month, in winch
number of electoral woes lo bring him before 1 find he is aide satisfactorily of hint-elf, if>
the House of Represent.uives as a candidate fix ihe date of his conversation writ General
for Piesiden ; and before 1 had heard of any Jackson,on the30 h of December, 1824, from
indications lie.ng given by him and his iricuds cert tin data. I have none that enables me lo
of the course which they ul imaiely took in the state the prec se time; except for the dates re-
lectmn; I met with M.. M rktey of Peunsyl- ferrod to by M . R. which I presume are cor-
' * h-j,
itued dpt' the
t 1 of ond side of the car, io real ne tin velocity, I vania, in the lobby of the House of Repre- | rect, I should have thought it might have been
which, by us friction, stop.
I was howpve
been let tl.i.vn ii thirty scan h. The two) . . . . ,
hands on which die levers opernto are ve.y j b’W seconds,' I'ltose are sein circul ir, and
esscnt'al, in *’ase of unv uco'd ,> n , as well is ; e uhracij i • i 1 1 » inches 4 ihe su ' ice of the
on accout of their becoming so betted by tint i wheels, When trains descend, ono person
friction, ns to render it necessary to use'them hitting on the car, wi lt a rope attached to
nlte'ttutelv, \fia or six of these levers, regulates their
Wo w tiiesse.l tho descent of several trains, vel-.ioiiy aud stops diem wall groat ease.—
or divers of cars, from tho su limit of It" j F vo and s.x emiy car* in a train ire drawn
mountain, in the course of die evenin'.: thevj'ip horailway bv two lioses tv males, which, . ,
pass with ere it velocity, and are heard at n| on being disengijed from the cars, are turned ! ed that General Jackson, if elected, ought to
considerable distance, accouipan'od hv a rum-! loose and return to he linked t o o'hcrs. As ; appoint .1Ir. Clay Secretary of St- te, and
bling no’so not tnilike distant thunder. They some delay takes pi ice about die middle of urged tame the necessity of having the thing
die car in n ! seutatives in the morning a little before lie
| ineoiiug of the House, we were sitting on ra sofa
! In the right wing from the door. Mr. M irkley
intruducted the subject of the approach.(tg Pre-
shleiri.d election, and spoke encouragingly of
General Jackson’s prospect of success, to
wlt.ch I very readily assented. Mr. Markley
however proceeded further, and with more
than ordinary parties ness (as I thought) insist-
dccend in two divisions (at suitable distance) | tho distance, to permit_ a train of full cars to
of eleven cos each linked together, carrying j descend, the lime occupied in ascending is
1-2 tons of coal each; and the whole number j about three hours. •
descending in a dav, is six double sections, I The rad 10 id s of very simple construc-
or divisions.of eleven, making 132 cars, car. j]lion, and of course easily repaired, in case of
rving in the whole IDS inns or 3316 Itudielv j injury, in a very few minutes, timber* of, va-
of coni, to the place of delivery. Arrange- rious descrip iuns as well as implements, he-
tnefits are making wth a view of increasing ing placed in c uiveii'ent stations on the whole
the* quantity to 230 ton
All our enquiries were promptly gratified;
and we were tint .a little surprised to learn,
th it the summit level ot die m mitt tin from
tho platform, was ~<>S fi*"t; and from thence
200 feet, making in nil 963 above the level
of ihe river.
On the following mortvng, im nediutolv af
ter two divisions (41 cars) had descended, we
wok our seats in ihe pleasure cars, w't ch had
been hell in re tin ess, and commence I our
journey.—Tiie cars are no illy and comfort
ably in ide, so n twli it like oar Dearborn,
Mv'.nging on springs, of which four were link
ed togelher, carrying 26 grown persons and
drawn liv two horses. They li tvo six, which
carry 40 passengers, and aro drawn by three
horses. The time of ascent could not be as
certained with any precision, in consequence
of the necessity of halting about midway,
ndier • a lateral roul is constructed for the.enip-
ty cars to remain until tho full ones pass.
The first mile howovor, was passed over in
nine minutes of time, without any great exer
tion oil tho part of our horses,
It is eight m los to the summit of die moun
tain, and from thence less than a mile down
to the coal mountain. My pen is too feobld
to give you a description of tho wonderful
scene which is there presented to the astonish
ed spectator. In intirr mount tin of co d,
from tin surf ice of which it w s only neces
sary, in. the first plica', to remove from there
to sit or right fern of the soil Th s had beer
dono so far as to present an area of thou
S50 l>v 450 foot, in and about which 100 men
were busily engaged in tho various duties of
breaking the coal from the bed, with picks
and crowbars—loading the cars and conduct’
ihg diem in the various lateral roads, made
on tho coal bank, and thence to the summi
of tho mauntain.- to be linked together in trains
of cloven cars each, from whence they are
conducted by out person tn the platform. The
full bhr is drawn up to the snmmit by horse
power, one horse drawing a single car and
sometimes two horses drawing two car*.
A blast was made while we were there,
on the top of the bank, from which the earth
find recently been taken aw-ay, and which loo
sened a largo body of the coal without any
further effoct than jarring tho immediate vi
cinity:
We observed in ottr ascent' the spot where
a tunnel is digging through another extensive
mountain of coal, distnnee about a quarter of
a mile from the main rail road, and from
whence a lateral road is to be made far ihe
facility of bringing them also to the landing
place at the river.
After taking n view of this astonishing phe
nomena of nature, and without having time
to visit several other coal banks, we were sum
moned, hy sound of trumpet, to resume our
$eats in the car, and ascend to the top of the
mountain, where our horses were relieved
from the drudgery of drawing us to our desii
nation. Hcii w» were obliged to wait the
Kintioii of n double train of cars in our front,
and 'thought proper to obtain some refresh
ments at n hotel located on the right of our
vehicles, until again summonod for the pur
pose of ascending the valley. All was silent
—tho lever was moved and n very trifling
power applied to the vehicles hy the hand of
our pilot, set our train in motion, which, as
wo descended, increased with great velocity.
The first mile was accomplished in five mf
The void is, with a few exceptions,
no exceeding one-eighth of the whole distance,
ami none of greater exien 1 than 200 yards,
serpentine, beautifully wimlitTg, both right and
left, up the mountain—cut down and graduat
ed to the desired elev ition, wlrch is about 20
Inches average in u -hundred feet, and sun-'
ported on the descending part of the hill
hy a strong wall, of vur ous heights, according
to the declivity, and where it crosses a stream,
made of strong timber and well supported.
On this road or bed of earth large timbers
are liul transversely, about 4 feet apart, wall
notches cut in oil both ’ sides, in which the
rails, consisting of yellow pine scantling, a*
hoot 4 inches hy 6, ire laid and well secured
with strong wedges on tho outside, which are
examined and tightened when ne-
cossary. These are covered with bar iron,
also well secured, about 3-3 of an inch in
thickness, 2 3-4 wiflo, aqd of lengths varying
from 7 to 12 feet.' The iron is easily taken
off—'he wedges knocked out, when necessary,
and other rads substituted m a very short lime.
The clear distance between tho rails is 3 feet
7Jnches, anil is filled tip with earth and stone,
to form a road for the horses and mules to tra
vel upon, in aseendng with the empty cars.
Boys super'n'ond the rood to remove nnv ob
structions th it in' rht endanger the descent of
the cars, bv eyui ng in contact with the flmgr
of the wheels, and the cars, by having a liar
of iron pi tend di igonallv in front of the wheels,
netrlv touching the rid, removing any thing
•hit either hv accident or design might he
placed on them.
At eveay band or curve it is necessor y to
divert the car from its inclinations to follow
a *!»<■,hi line, by elevating the rail on one
silo f-oin 3 to 9 .aches, in proportion to ihe
form of a circle which the curve describes,
and securing the elevated side by strong sheets
out* de, to res st die increised pressure which
the ri l has to sns ain in that direction.
The railwiy is easily crossed, by forming
a permalien bridge of plank over it, elevat
ed only an inch or two over the rail and
leaving ii vacancy for the wheels of the cars
io pass-along. There tie several of those
crossing, but they do not appear to bo much
used. ■*
Lateral roads there are many, nnd tho cars
are readily guided into any of them. Full cars
descending from the mountian naturally in
cline to the outer path, and it is only necessary,
as a precaution to lesson 'heir speed in such
places.—Where lateral roads intersect, the
rails arc curved anil mule of cast iron, with
grooves, into which tho flanges of the wheels
pass, nud where the roads form a right angle,
as at the schme .and coal hank, circular plat
forms are made, sufficiently largo to hold a
car, which move on a pivot, in the centre,
and have a catch at each angle,, into which
a strong latch, or lever bar fits; on this bar
one of the workmen treads, to raise it out
of the catch, whilst with the aid of two men,
the car is turned and describes one fourth
of tho circle and is again secured by the latch.
Thu pcrpondicultr elevation of tharail-wav,
from the platform to the I Hiding place being
200 feel, (and 750 feet long) is suppor ed hv
long timbers of great strength, on abutment*
of inasunry, ami secured in the most efficient
maimer. It is straight nntil it approaches
within 30 or 40 feet of the store house, where
a cuive has been made siuco the late accident,
so understood; and said that he wished to see
Mr. Eaton ahnutit. In answer to 'hat, 1 spoke
of my own high regard for Mr. Clay; hut told
him that as from General J ickson I could say
no’hing. 1 did not know what his intentions
were upon the contingency mentioned, and con-
soqiienily had no authority to communicate any
thing. My object was to let ihe matter pre
sented by this part of the conversation rest just
whore I found i»; and that the proposi 'on
made should neither become of more or less
weigh; from any th ng I might s tv, for I knew
nothing that would enable me to inclne if ei
ther way; and I sought to he so understood.—
Hero the conversation ended. The words
used in it I have not attempted to give, hut
the ir import was what I have sta'ed.
After the adjournment of :he Houso on the
same day, I me' with Mr. Buchanan, of Penn
sylvania, on the Way to our lodgings, about
where we passed the enclosure that surrounds
the Capitol, wet wdketl together about half a
mile, taking the pavement on the left side of
Pennsylvania Avenue. The points on which
our conversation tiirned, I wdl relate as I now
recoiled them. Upon our filing in together,
Mr. Buchanan lei me know that Mr. Marklev
had linen talking with him, and hid pressed
him for imformaiion on the subject of Cabinet
appointments, 'n tho event of Gen. Juskson’s
election.- I soon discovered from Mr. Burh-
nmn'sconvois tion, thai the proposition 'ohim
had been vqr’ed from thn' made o me hi the
morning, at least presented in anothet v'wv.—
Tho information which seemed to bo sotiodit
through Mr. Buchanan, was an assurance to be
roped on, that Mr. Adams would not he rontin
week or two latter—hut Could not from mem
ory, have fixed upon the exact' time with cer-
laintv.
I will only add, that when Mr. Olav asked
for an investigation of h : s conduct, upon the
mailers contained n Mr. Kremer’s letter, at an
early period of the debate, I unde some gene
ral . remarks n favor of it, and voted for the
proposition, both generally, and with special
instruc ion throughout. I wished the uffdr,
then, to have been taken up and traced to its
origin, hy a scrutiny mnie likely to be effectu d,
in disclosing the ex ent and character of the
transaction, and the guilt or innocence of the
persons implicated, than that which the pre
sent investigation affords. After ail, ii must
he admitted thai public op nion is the great
urbi'er here, and that is, or will he formed, up
on the evidence of facts anil circumstances be
fore it. I have no reason to distrust ii; mv
the inclination, much less the ability, to direct
it.
I have said, that In tho conversation with
Mr. Marklev, I speke ofilly own high regard
for Mr. Clay, ami I now ray tb it I did so w’th
entire sincerity. True I was the personal
and political friend of General Jackson, anil
had throughout ’lie c mvnss, if not sufficiently,
at least heartily, supported his election; vet it
was known to my acquaintance, both of Ten
nessee and at Washington, that (at least down
to the period of that conversation,) next to
General Jackson, I should h ive preferred Mr.
Clay for ihe Piesolcncy. This mortify ng
change, which my opinion of that gentleman
soon iif.er underwent,' may bp of no other ;t-
vuil, than to teach me how much I had misun-
dersiuod him. . J. C. 15ACK8.
Editor of the Spurt i Rrricw.
From the Louisville Public A lrertinr.
SIX MILITIA MEN.
A full and au lientic investigation of the
case of ihe six Tennessee M Ilia men, is em
braced in ihe following extracts of loiters which
recently passed between .Major A. L. C inip-
hell, near this place, and Colonel G llicri C.
Russell, of die ihe Un. ed States’ army. Col.
uedin the State Dep rtment. " We talked a-! K,lssfil1 superintended ihe execution of the s x
bout these propositions and dte'r probable 1 ,n *l"ia men referred to, uud is now umong tim
bournes on 'he elec ion. I expressed the full- j ‘lec ded friends ot Mr. Adanis.
est conviction that General Jackson would j Extract of a letter from Major A. 1. Campbell to
g'vH no assurance hs to who would, or who ; Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, dated July 23, 1827.
would no!, lie appointed, and that his frends
could not say any thing on the subject. Mr.
Buchanan suggested that he thought the subject
ought to he well considered—That .an answer
1st. D.d you not command the third Re
gintent of Uuned Slams’ Infintry, at Mob le,
ill 1815, and as commanding officer at ihe
lime, d d you not cause ho sentence of ihe
would he expected. These l understood to he Court Martial lo lie executed on ibis celebrated
his npprehenH'ons—If nothing was rommunica- follow, Harris, wnh four o;her militia men, and
ted on which Mr. C. and his friends could rely one tegular soldier!
that Mr, Adams wrtuld have a min'fest advan- 2d. D d or did not the laws of the country
tago over Goneral Jackson in the contest—be- authorize tho draft of those men for die term
cause it had already been vumored, that if elect- of six months, and were ■ hey not actually draf -
e l, General Jackson would con'nue Mr. Ad- ®d and musteied :ivo service for' that lentil
ams ui tvs ('then present office, and this would 3d- Was not th s celebrated Harris, and it-
lie turned to the account of the 1 alter—on ihe no.her one of those five, actually hired subs’ -
oiher hand, the elect on of M . Adams would Hues, paid or contracted w h hv those who
necessarily lea ve the Department of State vn- employed them for 'he full term of six mouths?
cant. And he insisted that the effect of hese 1 4th, Could any of those cotiv'cted prson-
circumstiinces ought to be counteracted. That ers have written to General Jackson, suing for
General Jackson ought to he informed of these 'heir lives, without your having a knowledge
matters, nnd mprtfioned Mv. Eaton or myself thereof?
aspnos: suitable to make the communication to 5th. D d Harris writo and send to General
him. I perceived and admitted the effect Jackson, the letter attributed to hint, which Ins
wh ch these circumstances might have on'ho been published : n many of the public journals
'if such means were to be used and re- of our country?
event, (if
garded.)
I spoke of the supposition respect
ing Mr. Adams being continued ia the State
Department as wholly unauthorized by Gener
al Jackson or. his friends, so far as I know.—
Thai as to myself, I was so well apprised of
the General’s .determination to remain silent
upon ill subjects calculated to give direction to
« 31
6th. What w.as the general and special
character of iliis fellow, Harris?
7th. Wh it wa* the magnitude of the crimos
those men were charged with?
8th. - What was the strength of the evidenco
that supported those charges?
< f) Ii. If any, what were the extenuating cir-
the progress pf the election, till it was over, cumstanens in favor of those wicked, oral
that I could not with propriety lay the subject i least deluded men?
before him; but s-iid that if lie (Mr. B.) thought | 10 h. What wa* the relative situations of
it indispensable, to go himself and talk with our military force and country, with regard to
Jackson; the sitnie delicacy which would pie-1 the opposing force of the enemy at the rexpec-
vent me, would not apply to him. I don’t! tive times, of she iniriny, trial and execution
know whether Mr. Buchanan had concluded to of those ll-fited men?
goo urn, when our conversation was broken
off by being joined by Mr. CLy, who had o-
vertaken us. We walked iogether bui a short
dis unce afterphis, till I took leave nnd crossed
the Avunuc in the direction towards mv hoard-
lltli. Were herejtot others, (and if so,
how many) convicted at the same time, and
for die sumi offence of those six?
12 h. Were no all ihe others recommend
ed by the Court Man.nl to the mercy of ibo
by the breaking of the rope; with a view, in —
nutes precisely, and in placet tvhero the i case of a similar occnrrence, of throwing tho from ihe Capitol.
toad was tolerably straight, we sped at the I car off, and preventing any injury to tho My op n on of the ch iracier of the answer
rate of one mite us three minutes. . They workmen. * which General Jackson would givo to such a
ing house, (Mu Fie cher’s) having gone beyond Comm aiding General?
the crov street, leading most directly there 13th. Dal not General Jackson pardon e
' very one so recumaiondud?
14-h. Could Geiieial Jackson, by any cor
rect and intelligent principle of humanity, rnor-
cy, or imlitity d seipl ne hive pardoiti
six e: ill.o ls ihit wore execu t' d
15di. - Did not .Getter d P ucknov w i
year or two before the time n te-j<-«('■<*
det tho execution of three soldi,),, i' u , I Uw '
or perhaps minor crimes, to those .
by the six referred io? ' ll! ' *4
l6tb. And did you ever hear an , ll(l .i|-
aiid lione-t man, ei'her in military 0 c k f' 1 !
reproach him therefore? ‘ 1 ‘41
a. l. Campbell
Extract of a letter from Colonel C,i||. crt r „ I
to Major A. L. Campbell, dated July
“Your letter of yesterday’*',);, te , ' ^ I
me to answer sixteen interrogatories ( . t
tory of the mutiny, dosortion, tri.fl,- com T
and execution of some mditia, jq i3jf C ? a |
was received last uiglit, and shall :.o.« V( .r ,■ '|
in the order in which you have pm ,|, um
To the 1st, I answer that 1 tvtVthe Ctil
of tiie third Regiment of Infantry at ,J Ql
the six militia and one regular sold.er* *
shot, near Mobile, in 1815^ pursuant, U |L
sentence of ii court mar ial, approve.) !,v p
oral Jackson, lipn at New Orleans, v jj ll( .L*
greeablv to his order, was fjiriied '.nioefi *
under my superintendence, in presence of
tlto troops then off duty; bu; M .jor
M'lntodt, of the Georgia militia, w„ J
minding officer of hit wing of dtej,, t( ,
tier General Jackson’s orders, and no |
moiig the men who were executed, thtr'e »*'
a man u..med il u't is.
2'l. It was said and believed that JJ,
ami one or two o.hers of the six tint iriwT
were hired substitutes-, for the ,orm | UI
the regiment hud been drafted and mustered
and ill it was six unmihs.
4:h and 5th. Wli.le he prisoners tr,‘.o 0l
fined, they might have wriitei'i without
knowledge of any but ihe guard. Tin- , „
lege of writ ing, I believe, never was dcu-edu
men n 'heii siiuatiott. it is, however, mil J
Iv tint Harris or any of the others midres*
General Jackson io spire his nr their law
for .hey did not know wh.it The result of thei
rial was, before the promulgation of ihi ^
lence, which was accompanied by an » V,
be carried into effect in a few days aftertv ri
so that a letter could not have reached (ii
ei d J ickson from'!) oris Itefine die iii|| Cj
pouned for Ins execution. .Bin to allowi
Harris did write to the General, 'o hive pa
my attention to it, would have betrayed)
weakness and indecision in lint, dim ini
then posit ion of aflaits, might have been m
duciive of filial consequences; for we In j*
knowledge of a trea.y of peace havingl
s.gned at Ghent, till more than a mi.ntlt a
lie upprov d of the sentence, and fifeeu'c
wenty days after its execution. At such
lime, the least relaxation in discipline migh
have proved ruinous to ho country.
G It. Harris was a sort of a preacher of tin
deuioinin ition called BuptKt. lie was n pro
lession a sain - , and hi reality (utttler such 1
garb of suiicdty, with groat pretension I
learning and knowledge,) a misrli-cvw nr.
enough among more ignorant people than bid
self.
7dt. 'tlntiny m I desertion -ire.tlie h ghi
crimes known to the law, for the gov-mu
of the army.
8di. The evidence In support of the rim
gos against the-militia vv. s positive, niifiij
from a shadow of dottb'. They rtnirW
the offence in broad day light in- the |fl
'Cure of dm troops that rem hned fd liful, I
tgonts of the contractor, and every b >ly«
he ground.
9th. They were without jus-ifirn’ion or«|
cuse, though so long as hov hepei for I
duty alleged us an excuse, tlu-i t>ceti !*'
lief that no i ivv existed to hold neat lit ml
more th in three months, in vvliirli dr*'
been siista ned hv the op irons of some of
officers. However, before their cur*
they abandoned ihisoxcnsej ns they knew
or—and said that those oflicBrs wlm ''W
ed them to the fatal deed, ought to deal
' ts they,
tOtb. When the mutiny and desertion t«
pi ice at Fort Jackson, I believe that il
tish force, afterwards repulsed by die C
on Mobile Point, in the attack on ihn phj
ii ul showed -themselves in the than Si 1 ' 111
htrborol Pensacola; altd prohdtly Last*!
Colonel N icholls had issued It s g.iscotro
jirocl ittiation io the people of Luu.-i aw
elsewhere; and at that tiine u thc regul<r n
in M.ssissippi nnd Louisiana coitsisiC'l ol
second, third, seventh ahr} eighth H''- ™
of infantry, (none of theib bin la le
It df full, and some not that)) div icIimeoJ
he full i wan ty-four ill tad fody-Hni' l‘* *™
few comp aitijts of ail tilery, and he •»»•'*'
le Pipkin, tiiwhom ilto mmiuears beloitge
At he tune Of 'lie rial, tlmpnteiidea m tai
of ihecouqi.y confided io mecire»i b*
Jackson, Was known, and Mich nto'sa.'-S
4te state of the n moil’s resources, ha |ul1
requisition to oppose it; and at the , ' l0e
men weie shot, the British forces, in'
been driven from before Netv Orleiii'i
taken he fort at Mobile Po nt, h"l iei : c ‘.
leitil'orcemnit of twelve or tiltooo la"
Ition, under Colonel Bell, and every 1:1 ^
icadiit -ss to come ti(t. Nodting i 1
them, but adverse winds, winch con ii[" w
lil the treaty of peace was received.
vent advan age or surprise, a system »
anco was adopted suited to die occc ol1 ^
vve were us well pre|tared as it was jw _
wi lt our men and menus to oppose i" I
Tins was the precise state of the ,
ces, when Hums, and five move 1 ' ,
leaders of the mutiny anil desertions *
regular soldier, [who slept on hi'
shot. Frum what I saw of the w"'* A
on Diupliio Inla id and the Pouij 0
.where 1 vv us sent with a flag ol ||U ,’[^
force was more nuinerous than ®j u ’' | (||l
consisted of eld troops, oar’s mo*").
from Georgia, Tennessee auu .
with bu lew reguftr infantry and arn --a
six or seven hundred Ch.ckasaws*
anil Creeks. ,
llth, I2dt, and I3tb. At ‘*! e , jbt
Hums and tho other five priuepa* f
were tried and, firuifl guihy,
drod and niuety^two more werocou' 1