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Show 176 ·U .FE OF GEN. JACKSON. CHAP. to Tennessee, where I shall discharge them: after ~which, I shall no longer consider myself accountable 1814. for the manner in which the posts may be defended, or the line of communication kept open ;-happy that the time for which I offered my services to my government, and the duties they assigned me to perform, will have terminated together." The army proceeded on its march, and crossing Tennessee river, reached Camp Blount, near Fayetteville, where they were discharged from further service. Johnston, who had previously fallen in, had destroyed some of the enemy's towns; but had learned nothing of a force being any where embodied along the route he had taken. On parting from his troops, the general again brought before them the recollection he retained of their faithful and gallant conduct, and the patience with which they had borne the privations and hardships of war. On his retum, wherever he passed, the plaudits of the people were liberally bestowed. The ardent zeal he had manifested· in the service of his country, the difficulties he had surmoqnted, and the favourable issue, which, by his exertions, had been given to a contest, that had kept alive the anxieties and fears of the frontier settlers, excited a general gratitude and ad· miration; all were ready to evince the high sense they entertained, of the success with which every effort had been crowned, and with one accord united in reverence for him, who, by his zealous exertions, and able ma· nagement, had so greatly contributed to the safety of the country. --- ~-- ~-- |