' - - . r mt trial. m rlbk4, aae wa,' 1 SALISBURY. C.....TUESI)AY, APRIL 1, 1828. VOL. VIJI.......NO. 408. Jb Z,0 rffTJC. The termt of the Western Carolinian are, R3 per annum op 1 50, iPM huut..bii : paymr nt in advance will be required from all iibacrihera at a distance, who are unknown to the Editor, unless tome responsible person- of hit acquaintance fuaranteea the payment. Ko paper discontinued, (eicept at the option , f Ik 9Jli until all srreamres are paid. AdwJae.iu. per aquare for the first week, ana tweuiy-nve r ents for each wee wereaiier. - . , - All letters addreMed to the Editor, must be wttfMUi they aaay not M atunora ..v. IIS SiX oMJLITI AU E&-. The followinr concise statement of the affair ' m -. .1 -r .1 ! .."J..! n IDe execution oi ww roiiiiia men, During the late war, for mutiny and desertion, on the . Atbjeet of which ao much abate bat been heaped Mi the head of Gen. Jackson, wu communicated for Dubhcation in the Baltimore Republican, by Mr. WickKOe, member of congress from Ken. tacky i ,. , Thote who have etteirpted, for politi cal effect, to abuse the public mind by misrepresentation, forgery and falsehood ia reference to the trial and execution of . these men, rnuit oe consciously inn time, of the folly and wickedneii of their conduct. An attentive examination of the evi sjence end document! will clearly prove, that Jackson is' no more to blttne than it the Judee who approves the verdict of a jury in capital xae, or the Governor of Mate, who executes ine uw upon me unfortunate offender , " 'The facts are" briefly that in the year 18 U, ..Willie; Blount, Governor of the State of Tennessee, ordered into the ser greesblv to law, 1000 militia of hit State. The v - were mustered end received into tbe-aewif e of : the . Coverpn)en.foraix. months, on. tbeLlQUi pf June, 18 1 4 ; con aeqoently " their "service ejrptred on "the Oth December I8H. These men were :ruod Pipkin, (of t he itete militia) "wire ' atatioh- ed in the forts erected in the Creek ne : tlon, which it was necessary to maintain, In order to keep that nation in check. About 200 of these men (including liar 7 ria and the other five who were ahot aa Che ringleaders) between 'the 15th and aOtb September 18 1 4, and before they bad served thrtt monlha, mutinied and deserted. The extent and agtcravsted Character of this mutiny, is not equalled by any thing of a similar character during the war. In boldneta and violence ii beggars description- Cot Pipkin look immediate steps to ar Jsl and bring to trial and punishment a portion of these men, and demanded of . jQen. Jaclion the organization of a .cour t - rnirtial for their trUL 1 Ger,! Jackson, at the djstinre of several hundred miles, or- - tiered a general court martial to be com-.-posed of the office rt of the Tennessee militia, of the same 'regiment to which ' these men belonged, except the Presi dent of the court, who was a tnilitia offi cer of the state of Mississippi. --Upon a full, fair, and ; impartial trial, these men were found guilty, and six of lb-Vta"Pi-Ulimt: &C. were; by sentence of a eourt rnartuV legally tM slituted, of the competent number of offi cer! of their own regiment, sentenced to be shot. Some were recommended for the pardon of the Commanding General. They were pardoned, and so were all the others, except Harris and the five ring leaders. These men were found guilty of mutiny and desertion, the highest crime known to and punished by the military law of the United States. They had, by the laws of the land in the opin ion of their own officers and fellow citi' zens of their own State, forfeited their lives they were not recommended to the mercy of the commanding officer. By the law, Gen. Jackson wat bound to ap prove or disapprove the sentence of the court martial. He could not disapprove it, for the law and the testimony were both with the judgment of the court. He was bound by his duty to hit country, hit oath at an officer to approve the sentence of the court martial, where, in his judg-'-.ment; the law and Jbo - lenience. : . . " ' ' " hate, who, under an .assumed and Counterfeit sympathy for the fate of these Unfortunate men, for political and party purposes, have essayed to misrepresent this transaction, do not reflect, and if they do, Ihey wickedly disregard the lasting nd vital injury they inflict upon the in Witutiona of their. country. In time of wlr, we must. rely upon the militia aa Our " ' " chief iupprt when in the service- f-t.be United. Sutei, r-med by -the rules th1 artidcsot wtrby a- iinf hjfelloverh:awi:v lates the conduct of every soldier. If it ... thai) be imprf tied upon the minds of the American people 'that in .time of war,' militia men have right to mutinv. and desert, and they are not liable to punish ment, that strong arm 6f bur' national de fence will be paralyzed. I have the honor . to be Tcurvvitb respect, ; 1 . . P. VVlCKLUW'fih t REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Milita ry Affairs, to which the subject had been refer red. made the followinr renort i ' (The Committee on Military AflYira, to whom were referref tie documents communicated by he fieeretary or-VVar, in obedience to the call or inn iiotise, oi me loin oi January, relative to the nroceeuingt of a Court Martial, which com ioencedtteaitiinif It ojr,ne'f Jtobyeion the 5th Uecemner, 1814, lor the trial of certain l ennet- aefr Milrtiarnen, toretber with the. eorrepon denee between the Governor of that 8tate and th Seeretarr of War, respecting the lenrtb of .,r.f : .L.r,.ii . . acnrice w muuia antiia. oi inai siaie. ounnc .waiir .wywiffnyp!:jj8,!w8 ;f wfrr - That, by: the reference of these papers to your Committee, they have been una ble to place any other construction on your order, than, that It was the intention of the House, that they should examine the tame, and determine whether all the document had been communicated, or were on file in the Department, necet sary to a true understanding of the case to which the call for these documents is applicable; and, if any were wanting, to ascertain In what manner the deficient papert could he supplied ; and, in repor ting upon the nature of transactions, which these papers disclose, to determine whether the legislative interference of Congress be necessnry, as to any amend ment, either of the Rules and Articles of War, or the laws governing the militia of the United States. In the discharge of thia duty, your Committee will proceed aoceinttly - to state to- the House, the character, of the documents transmitted by the Depart ment of Wi .-ho "twirlodaniLe venHL.il which they are applicable ; the law and public exigency under which the Govern- or of -1 envieasee, during: J he lttwrr or dried out the militia drafts of that State, for the conimon'ilefence of our cdiintVy ; UndJ!tfy4bejtrimes and offences com- milieu oy.a portion oi lire mu:ua oralis so ordered out, which produced a neces sity for the examples which were made, and which are disclosed in the proceed ingt of the Court Martial, convened at or near Mobile, on the Sib of December, 1814. The first' criticism to which the corres pondence transmitted, in obedience to Uie order of this House, by the Department of Wr, is liable, is the numerical cUssi ficttion, made by that Department, of the letters composing this correspondence The Secretary of iar has transmitted twelve letters, which passed between the then Secretary, General Armstrong, and Governor Blount. Instead of commen cing the aeries with the letter first in date, by whlch ihe Inducement would be shown Tor the reply i this order is inver ted, and the series commences with a let ler from the Secretary of War, of the 3d of January, 1814, marked.No. I ; and his letters are continued to No.- J. - It to .hap pens, that the first letter in date, is as low down a No. 6. Gov. Blount's of the 10th of. December, 1813; and the second letter In date, is No. 7 .Governor Blount's, of the 24th of December, 1813; to both of which- the letter of the 3J of January 1814, of the Secretary of War, it an an- twer. Your Committee believe that this ar rangement of the correspondence, is cal culated to lead to serious misapprehen sion ; that a reader, not very attentive to a comparison of dates, would suppose that the letter of the 3d of January, 1814, re ferred to such militia drafts as were to be made in that year, when it is exclusively applicable to the drafts which had been made in 1813, for the prosecution of the Creek war, and which were admitted to have been executed but for three months. The injustice which, by a confusion of dates, would be done, even by possibility, to the parties concerned in the transac tions of the militia drafts of Tennessee, which were made for six months in 1814, by applying the letter of the Secretary of War, of the 3d of January, 1814, to sub sequent drafts for tlx months, instead of those which were made in 1812, for three months, ha induced your. Committee, so to arrange the correspondence, that the leading fetter, in the seriesi should come out first, and the subseqUeM letters foh low in the natural order of their respec tive dates. Thia obviously just classifi cation being observed, L will.be pej-ceiy:. ed, that the letter of the 3d of January, 181, has no bearing upon the drafts of militia, which were afterwards made lor six months, in. the progress of that year, by the Governor of ,Tennesee,.of whic h t he re glmeht uride r the command of Col. , fip'kfoop recited, of the muster Volls of the-different companies -of Col. Pipkin's regiment, and the proceedings of the Court Martial which was convened "It Mobile, on the 5th of December, 18 14r for the trial of certain Tennessee militiamen," present upon their f-ce (he following inquiries t . 1st. Whether the Governor of Tennes teit Mip(Mt9 ,rt6r out dciackV t State for a six Sdly. Whether Col. Pbkin'i regiment was so ordered out, tni with iucb authority f 3dly. Whether the'aodSert of this re giment, who were ajraicd for certain Crimea and offences before 11 a Court Martiaf, which convened at Btotiile on the 5tb December, rl4,M were1egsfff tried; and whether the commanding General, approving: the. proceeding pi.,tbl Court, properly exercised the power and discre iicdM:Mi.t.te Id relation to the Srst branch of the inquiry, it. will be proper to' premise, that on the 10th April, 181?, in anticipation of the war about to taM place, Congress passed an act, which vill be found in the 4th vol. of the Laws of the United States, page 406, which authorizes the President "to require the diffecnt Executives of the States, to organic their respective proportions of 100,OOCmtli:ia, and to call into service the whole) or a part, of these quotas: which detainments were not compelled to serve loiger than 6 months, after they arrived at tie place of rendes voua." This act waa an enlargement of the act of 1795, whtcl restricted the ser of the militia, when oiled out by the au thority of the United States, to three months. The act of the 10th of April, 1813, ex pired by its own limitation on, the 10th of April, 1814. On the, Ulh of January, 1814, whilst, however, this law was in full force, Ih then Secretary of Wtr, Gen AjTnstrongiwrote the leRer numb red a " ! sT V'-"wi : - m in the documents, to Gov. Blount,- which authorizes him M to supply, by tnilitia drafts. orby. volunteertV-SW deficiebfy wiiicn may arise in ine muuia division under the command -of Major.: General. Jackson, and without rtfemng, on thit hra&lo thit DffiarlmeM J. andnmheT In forms Governor Blount lhat M it tnay be well that your Excellency consult Gener al Pinckney on such occasions, as he can best judge of the whole number necessary to the attainment of the public objects." I his letter, in the opinion of your Committee, vested plenary power in Governor Blount, until it was revoked, either by express orders, or by peace, to call out such militia drafts as, in his dis cretion, he might think' necessary "for the attainment of the public objects, un der the existing laws. T be ctntinueJ, TUl PRESIDENCY. Some of the friends of Mr. Adams still flatter themselves, that he will be re elec J ted. How any man of ordinary capacity, arid who has access to the public journals of the country, can entertain such an opin ion, is to us most astonishinc?. -To at tempt to argue the friends of Mr. Adams out of their opinions, or ta remove-their wilful blindness, we know would be utter folly . But If there is a friend of Jackson, who yet doubts the racceps of his cause, we ' refer him to ihe subjoined table, which exhibits the lowest possible num JbecjoI.Koiei thtllhc GencftLwillreteivt Y New York at least 20, bjit say 12 Pennsylvsnia, i 28 Maryland, 7 certain, but say 6 Virginia, i, 24 North Carolina, 15 South Carolina 1 1 Georgia, 9 Alabama, 5 Tennessee, 1 1 Mississippi, 3 Indiana, 5 Louisiana, 5 ...... Making 134 Three more than tbe requisite number, withou; making any calculation upon New Jersey, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Mis souri, o: Illinois. Old Dominion. Vote of Pennsylvania. The Gen eral Committee of Correspondence. appointed at the Democratic Conven tron of -PenaayVvama held OfarnS- burg, on the 8th of January last, hare nbhiwtwtatemrtf-e-crobablc. result of the vote of that State at the next Presidential election, which gives Gen-. Jackson a majority . .of .forty three thousand four hundred votes over Mr. Adams. waaBawaw" ' " ' From a Northern Paper. The Emperor of Chin ta now in h 46th year. . In early life he was nmiSD'attir sea, arcnery;hb increase his muscular atrength, he took" medicinal preparations, called strengthening pills,' which occa sioned the loss of his teethr lle "is tail, lack, hollow-cheeked, b!ackvisa- ged. toothless, and consequently pro- miiKntMrfliexJv menta of the miliilaof tl months' tour of service r REMOVAL. , BOOTS AND 8TIOES. TUB Mibacriber hat removed hit shop from the house be lately occupied, opposite th Wk i . m .... nanx, o me jioum oi i nomas Aiiiaon, on soum side of Main street, third house from the Court House i where he hopes hit former customers. and otbera wbo want -. Boot$ and Shoes , mad aid wpalfrwin ro : with a calk i nose, wna pay caw aowa.ior . vorsv ami .upn i Ltve to be dunned and warranted before they pay shall have adaductioa made from the uwal prices i and tnoae who have been punctual in nivinr mut hcrrtnfniv. mkv meet a VMtonahlc indu1renebeKanrj.r'AU who owe tVaubscrlr. ber, are again aked to pay. Eli EN. DICKSON. Salitbury,Martk7th,B28. 05 MANSION HOTEL, " SALISBURY, JVORTU CAROLINA, BT KIR A ALLBMOXO. rpHlS elegant establishment, situated J. at the north corner of the Court- House, has been recently repaired and itted up in a new and superior style, lor the re- ception of Company, lite greatest pains hare been taken to procure for this ettablinhment new furniture of every description, tiecewary for the comfort of Travellers i the moit ap proved servants have been' selected with great care i the bar stocked with choice liquors, and tbe stables attended by obliging and attentive hostlers. The convenience of this situation is equal to any in the place. Tbe house contains a number of private rooms, and out-houses, well calculated for tbe accommodation of Travellers and Boarders. Attached to which, there ia a Dry Goods and Book Store. To thoe who may please to call on bim, he assures them that no pains will be spared to render their stay comfortable and pleasing...,; .. EZRA ALLEMONG. CARD. X.WILLEJ & CO C At the Sign f the "Mortar iinJFetile.'J York, a jarge supply of Brufrt, Paints; which, together with their former stock, make their present assortment replete with the most valuable Medicinti sold in our country. As they are determined to make this establishment worthy of public patronage, they now offer for sale. Wholesale ami Retail, the above Medicinti, Ue. on the most- reasonable terms. Phyiiciani in this section of the country, as well as thoe to the westward, who, heretofore, have been in the habit of supplying themselves with Medicines from the north, ami elsewhere, will find it for their inirreti to encouraee the ef. fortf of the pre?f nt , proprietors, in making thia a useful and permanent srantL N. B. Ordert carefully and punctually put up, srreeablf to directions i and on the shortett no tice, iiautbury, Auv. Mln, low . . w STAGE. LINE FROM RALEIGH tO SALISBURY":- THE subscriber having . purchased thia route of Mr John Moreing, Jun. respectful! v Informs the public tliat no r ierfions in his power Shan be wanting to render it as expeditious, safe and comfortsble a it has hitherto been under the superintendence of its former indefatigable and wonny pwncr. . ... There will be no chaneesin the route. The m.m nuial. illj!uatiniie.tanin.froin Rsleiirh to Hali?burv, mc PittsboroiiBh and Asbboroiighi ..a w. a f?l J once a wecx. It leaves iwieign every ri at 2 o'clotr. tl4. and arrives at Salisbury on Monday at 10 o'clock, a. w. Price of passage from Raleigh to Salisbury, 7 dollara, and at the same rate for any distance on the route. All trunks and other baggage taken into the Stage, shall be delivered at the place -to which they are directed, on the responsibility of the sub scriber. The subscriber hazard' nothing in saying that thia it the nearest, cheapest and most agreeable route from Kalcigh to Salisbury j ami he. therefore, with the greater confidence solicits public patronage. GEORGE WILLIAMS, Jr. January 8. t828. 3mtl4 YOUNG SIR ARCHIE, BT OLD MR A 'if-HIE, OF ROAXOKE, T1TI LI, stand the . ensuing f f season, at the store of Rurtn U Clayton, at Beaty's Pnrd. within 18 miles of Lin- cointon, and 23 of Charlotte ; and will be let to Mares st the very moderate price f $8 the sea v. o id. .inert. nd 9115 the insurance. the money for insurance will be claimed as toon as the mare is discoverd to re with fosl, or the property changed, . .... . - Srft Aacnia is- a beautiful dark bayr j t,ars old neat spring, upards of 16 bands high, Of great power actionjind vigor s and, in point of blood, is inferior to noTioithhr Smitherti etnt. .. will Ka sen bv the followinr certifi. cate from Judge Cameron and Mr. Bennehan, of Orangewhich luiiy esiaousnes nit peuiKree i - yv e ceniiv, ihv nc u nui'v Sir Archie, sold in August last to Mr. Alfred M. Burton, of Lincoln county, was raised by .... ik.i i a.. mt hv Old Sir Archie, hit dam by Eagle, hit gran Jam by the imported horse Druid, his great, great om, uy ". He was sii years old list springs Jannaty 334 1828.:-::...,.; DUNCAN CAMERON, '-;.-- THOMAS Jk-Jiaaiisaiaysi; ..I."-'fn"i'mn!ivhr''tfl-"lat f- on the 1st of Ausrust rood will hf furniihed gratis, and eram at the market price, if fequiredi care will be la ken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no h- b litv J0r eitner. auulu n. wv.i. . Vorkville Pioneer wilt publish the abwa i thne and forward fi accounts to nre p i JOHN YOUNG'S ESTATE, l ' TflE undersigned liaving qualified, at Ttbny try sessions of Knwan count v eourt, a ad minittrator on tbe estate of John Young, dee'iL requests all person indebted to said estate to make paymant, and all parson having cUima -against the tame,,to present them for payment, ' withia tha time ptecrilitd by lw, nr this notice will be plead in oar. v. M. H Odd,, 19A.182S. . 3mtl5 f ititi dw bom a: ine cmin-nouti on-1 uv- T V . day, the 15th dsy of Apnl next, the loU mrimr kxv m name m tow owM.Miisaun.,, or to much thereof as will be sufficient to aatisty (be Commissionera Taxes due thereon, from tb -t -L-sl 7" ya 1820, to the year 1828.towit i ir'ji The house and lot formerly owned by SaDy , Abbot, deceaaed, now by Abraham Jaeobt. Lots formerly owned by B. P. Pearson, now by John McClelland.' J- Houses and lota belonging to Barnabas K ri der's ertate. House and lot belonging to Francis Coupee a estate. . -- House snd lot now owned and occupied by Sarah Yarbrough. nouses and lota occupied by John Trexler. House and lot formerly owned by Thomaa Holmes, now by Samuel Jones. House and lot owned by Rarpn Keitler. - House and lot formerly owned by MartLav Watson, now by Mrs. West. House and lot beloncrine to tbe estate of thw late Mr, Smethers. I " House and lot belonirint- to tbe estate of the late Thomaa Todd Also, lota numbers S3, 24, 31, 32, 3S, and ST, the West Square t lota numbers 38, 39, 4A in and 47, ia the fcaat 8quara of said town. All of which will be actually struck off to too last bidder on that day, if tbe lasts due tbereoo - aye nor previously paia. t WIUJAM. HOWABQ, CT.T. March i'K 1828. 6(9 : BOOrBINDING. THE subscriber respectfully informs the eit isena of Salisbury, and the aurrouiulisiv country, that he has estsbl'isbed a Bock Bindery I In vaid town.-on Main ree Tew :dbor swtB?--- of the Court-House where b win be thankful fo receive anv kliwf of wnrkTn Ru'Tmnrhnbn.' ' jJaw From. a.ntt(njjUr4ofjeaav in Europe and America, he feels confident of being able t gW entire atitfwctincM0 all thoaa who may IV vor him with any description of Bintanj.-'- - Blank Bkt made to order, after any pattern furnished, on short notice, and at prices which no one can complain of. Old Bok Rebound, either plain or ornamen tal, on the most moderte terms. All order from a-disf anee, faithfully attended to. Tbe pat. . ronage of tbe public ia repectfully solicited, by their obt servt JOHN H. DE CAHTKRET. Sahihnru, April 29th. 1827. . 62 Slate ofXorth Carolina, Hturford ctvnfy r COURT of pleas and quarter session. January sessions, 1828. Chsrles Alien. Mary Hicka, Sarah Hooker, and William M. Rooker,tw. Solo, mon'and Ffiaabeth Ttbar, Thomas and Susanna Walls i petition for partition. It appearing to the satisfaction of this court, that the defendants in this case are not inhabitanta of thia state, on. dered, therefore, that publication bt.madc la tbe Western Carolinian for aix weeks, that the defendants, . Solomon: and Enzabeth 'aber, Thomas and Suzana Walk, do appear before the justices of our next court of pleas and quarter sessions to be holden for tbe county of Kutb erford. at the court-house in Kutherfordton, on the 3d Monday after the 4th Monday in. March next, then and there plead, answer or detmir, or judgment will be entered up againat them, agreeably to the prayer of the etitinnectv-'-'' - 6tll Attest : ISAAC CRAtON, C. C, Slate of Worth Carolina, Rutherford county t. eOt'.B.l..q 'pleas, sndmisr" session, Janoary term. A. D. 1828 : Banitlii LedbtteJihB", Searcy in right of his wife Sarah, and Norman Williams in -right of bis te -Nancy, r. Gabriel Wilmoih, and Wm. Vt'hitesidts, and .Moses Whilesides, adm'r. of John Lvdbftter, dee'd. and others : Petition for distributive share. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that Gabriel Wilmoth, one of tbe defendanta in this cause, is not an inhabitant of this' state, it is or dered by the court that publication be made for aix weeka in tbe Western Carolinian for tbe defendant to appear before the justices of our court of pleas and quarter sessions to be holden for the county of Rutherford, at the court-house in Rutherfordton, on the 3d Monday after tbe 4th Monday in March next, then and there to plead, answer or demur, or judgment will be entered up against him agreeably to tbe prayer of tbe petitioners- 6tll Attest: ISAAC CRATON, C. C. Alow of North Carolina, Rutherford county'.- COURT of pleas sud quarter aersiuns, January sessions, 1828: Muses Simmon, vs. Joaepa Hsles and wife Rebecca, heirs of Edward Ivy, deceased : petition for partition. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defen- dant Joseph Hales snd wife Rebecca, are not inhabitanta of thia slate, ordered, therefore, that imblication be made in the Western Carolinian of ill wetks, that I ha defendants Joseph. Halea . and wife Rebec, appear before the justices of our next court of pleas and quarter aeteiont to be holden toe the xouhtjf cjutberford,: tJhe; court-house in Ruthrrfnrdton, on the 3d Monday after the 4th Monday in March next, then and there plead, answer or demur, or judgment will be entered up apmiost them, agreeably to- tbe prayer of the petitioner. 6t 1 1 Attest I ISAAC C KATUN. C. V. Stale of North-Candita, Iredell County : StiHKHIOR Court of Law, Fall Term, 1833" Sally Deaton vo. Jamet Uraton i Petition for IMVorcer ln this ease H -is vrdcrad.by that , Court that notice be given fur three Hionthaln the Weste CaroliiiMn; printed in Saiwbury j tiiir?:ilrc;t defendant James Beaton, -appear as next Sunerior Court of Law to be held for the Coun ty of Iredell, at the Court House k. Stiteavilh?, on tbe fifth Monday al ter the fourth Monday in March next, then and there to plead to, or an wer the' ne'titioti of Sally Deaton, or that the same will be 'taken pro confeno, and will Do JJtv i est,, i Aa. wifBtj-l f .s iria -rf t I . .. 4; . J- - 1 .J ;)r