The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 17, 1895, Page 2

t { Siipaaaaeaa A AT NEW “ORLEANS iow General Andrew Jackson! Conquered the British in Louisiana. Oveds of Heroism by the Raw Ameri- can Troops and vy the Veterans who Fought against Wellington BY GEORGE W. FERKEL. Taken in all ite aspects and viewed | from every point, the repulse of the British atthe battle of New Orleans | On the eighth of January, 1815, was ibe most important event iu Ameri | ¢au history It not only solidified Awerican sentiment aud encouraged American patriotism, at that time, when English predowivance was su preme over Nepoleon, but when tbe €nglish ministry and soldiery had the utmost contempt of things Awerican. The Union was then iacoherent aud weak. There was dissension be tween the republican and federal parties. The South and New Eug- ‘aud were separated. There were wie slanders and campaign docu- ments galore being circulated dyainst James Madison's adwuinistra- tion. The war so far bad prowd a divmal und disastrous failure in the aorth. The British bad captured and burnt Washington City. The fate of the Union hung in the bal- auce It all depended on the result tn the south Next Tuesday the avniversary of the battle of New Orleans will be celebrated, and in view of this cir- cumstance the following sketch of ihe affair is given. GENERAL JACKSON'S ARRIVAL. Along the main highway leading from Fort St. Jubn, six miles from New Orleans, a party of gentlemen rode, on the morning of December 2, 4814, at a brisk trot. The air was foggy and chilly and damp. The travelers were devoid of all military display, even lackiug the ordinary equipments of soldiers. The chief of the party, which was composed of five or six persous, was a tall, gaunt man of erect carriage, with a counte- sauce full of stern decigiou and fear {exe inquiry, but furrowed with care and anxiety. His complexion was sallow and unhealthy; bis hair was iron grey, and his body thin and emaciated. His eye was hawk like, bright and glaring His dress wax simple and nearly threadbare. A 4mall leather cap protected his head anda short Spanish blue cloak his body, while his feet aud legs were en- cased in high dragon boots, without pohsh or dlacking He appeared to be about forty five vears old. The Others of the party were younger mev. Arriving at an old Spanish gilla, the travelers threw their bri dles to some grinning negro boys at the gate, dismounted and entered the house. They were received in a - ost cordial and courteous manner, by J. Kelly Smith, Esq , then a lead- ing New Orleans mercbant. Usher- ing them into a magnificent marble paved hall, Mr. Smith soon made bis unexpected guests comfortable. Shortly a savory and sumptuous breakfast was announced, and while the party was enjoying it, the host was called out by a servant, when he entered the ante-room an excited Creole lady, who bad kindly consent ed to superintend the preparations n Mr. Smith's bachelor establish- ment for the rece} tion of some dis: tinguiehed strangers. ‘Ab! Mr. Smith,” exclaimed the deceived and indignant lady, “how could you play such a trick on me? You asked me to get your house in order to receive a great general I did so, and now I find all my labor thrown away on acommon old Kentucky flat boat man.” She refused to be pacified. Later in the day General Jackson was formally received into the city, which he had come to defend against invasion, by state and mu- nicipal dignitaries and other citi- zens. He and his etaff took up their headquarters in the elegant resi- dence of Daniel Clark, Louisiana's first representative in the Congress of the United States. PREPARATION FOR THE DEFENSE Without the loss of many more hands in ceremonials, and after a grand review of what troops were then in the city, General Jackson began extensive preparations for de- fending the fair southern city. He aeummoned all the resident eagineers \to his headquarters and the vulnera- | ble points aud practicable approach jes were fully explained aud freely discussed. Every bayou couuecting | the city with the adjacent bays, and | through them with the Gulf of Mex | jieo, was ordered to be by earth and obstructed sunken logs, and a |guard to be posted at its mouth to! give of an | proach. | warhing euemy's ap- The veighboriuy planters the Various works by gaugs ot slaves With bix jchief uid de camp, the brilliant aud \celebrated Etward Livingston, be | Were invited to aid in | set out in a bape to see for himself | the lower part of the river He vis- jited Lake Ponchartrain, Lake Borgne aud every bayou aud fortiti- cation. After this thorough survey be expressed satisfaction at che ait- uation. The fore+s for defeuse cou sisted of a fleet of six yun boats on Lake Pouchartrain; two vessels-of war that lay in the river; and a mot- ly lot of Creoles and a battahon of of free men of cvlor, uumberiny in all two thousand men But the vet- eran aud gallant General Coff-e and the uo less indomitable Geueral Carroll were on their way with Ten- nessee troops; and General Adair was marching from Kentucky with two thousand troops All, however, were poorly armed aud badly clothed All or these—those on the ground and those en route—uumbered some six thousaud men; besides these was a emall garrison of regulars at Fort St. Philip, and another between the two lakes. Such was general Jach- Son's situativn—such the posture of affairs in the Crescent City on the fourteenth uf December, 1814. Cei- tainly the outlook was most ominous for the little band of patriots, and yrt the confidencs iu their command- er's ability to pull through was scarcely shaken for a single moment. THE BRITISH FLEET. At the western extremity of the island of Jamaica, in the broad and beautiful Negril bay, was the reu- dezvous of the British fleet designed for the capture of New Orleans. Here on December 24 it was to re ceive its final review and inspection previous to its departure for Lake Borgne. A fleet of fifty armed ves- sels, many of them of the firet mag- nitude, covered the waters of the bay.. There lay the huge Tonnant of eighty guns, one of Lord Nelson's prizes at the battle of the Nile, now floating the pennant of Sir Alexan- der Cockrane, the admiral in com- mand. Rear-Adwiral Sir Edward Codrington was also on board the Tonnant, a name renowned in Eng- lish naval annals. There was the Royal Gak, a sev- enty four, the ship of Rear Adwirsl Lalcohn. Four other seventy-fours, the Norge, the Bedford, the Asia, the Ramilies, formed part of the fleet: the last named in command of Sir Thomas Hardy, the beloved of Nelson, to whom the dying herv gasped those immortal words, “kiss me, Hardy; 1 die content.” There, too, were the dictator of fifty guns: the Gorgon of forty four, the Annide of thirty-eight, commanded by the famous Sir Thomas Nowbridge; the Deacon Bios. & Co. HARDWARE AND IRON, CUTLERY AND) GUNs, BUGGIES AND IMPLEMENTS GROCERIES. We Divide Protits with our customers; we dou’t want it all. Take your share. Compass your ends with our com passes. Other tools of precision at popular prices Hark! Listen to ur! We bave several kinds of binges, all good but slightly out of date, but good, all the same; they consist of 8.10 and 12 inch Providence Ali will go at 10 cta. per pair,with hinge nails to put them on with. Our stock of GARDEN SEEDS. Mays’ of St, Paul, Minnesota, has just come in, all northern seeds—they are reliable 1 Gen. led by General Gibbs The right = commanded by General Keane. A heavy reserve was commanded by ans weit: daway betore the rifles of | G-n. Carroll's Acoor’s he Trunesseeans and tuckians. They re- faltered under the ternble fire. Just | then Pakeubau gailoped up to the | Heusbaw. who juwped up aud went | bead of the c-lumu. He strove to jrally the flyiug suitiers, ‘For shame’ he cried bitterly, “recollect that you ae Brust soldiers. This is tue road you vugut to take!” pointing to the flashing aud roariug hell in front. | Riding on, be was s.on met by Gen eral Gibbs, who said: *I am sorry to bave to report to you that the truops will not obey we = Couey will uot fol Taking off bis bat, Pakec ham spurred bis borse to the very frout of the wavering column, amid a torrent of rifl- bails, cheering on the troops. At that moment a ball shat tered bis right aru, aud it fell pow low me.” The Majestic Steel Range, ‘The best cooking apparatus in the world, They cost some what more than a cast stove, to be sure butthink how much better they bake, how much longer they last; still we sell them $20 less than traveling peddiers, who have not as good a range WE ALWAYS PAY The top ofthe market for Butter, Eggs and Farm Produce. DEACON BROS. & CO. Low Price Hardware and Grocery House. LT ERT with him General Gibbs ard General Lambert, distinguished soldiers witb ahost of true and tried veterans from the bloody fields of Spain. It will thus be seen that England had across the seas the very flower of her army aud navy to ouce more at- tempt the subjugation of the young American republic THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. I shall vot detain the reader with an account of the bloody engage- ments, the heroic exertious of the Americans, in fortifying their post- tion a few miles from New Orleans, the declaration of martial law in the city. the arrival of Tennessee, Mis- sissippi and Kentucky troops, the terror and dread suspense of those December days aud all the hurly- burly preceding the ever memorable day which has made the victors and the vanquished alike gloriously im- sea horse of thirty five, under Cap- tain James Alexander Gordon, late the terror of the Potomac; the Belle Poule of thirty-eight, a ship of fame. Nine other ships, mounting thirty- eight, thirty six and thirty two guns; five smaller vessels, each carrying sixteen guns, three bomb craft and eleven transports completed the for- midable catalogue. Moreover, two other great fleets were on their way from England to join this one. The troops on board this fleet in Negril Bay, counting the sailors and the land forces, were nearly 20,000 strong, perfectly appointed and com- manded by General Keane, who, | with his army, was fresh from the Peninsula campaign under the Duke of Wellington. A part of these troops had also taken part iu the capture and destruction of Washing- ton City and had supreme contempt for the Americans. Major-general Jobo Keane, was an Irishman, who, beginning the career of arms in Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercor- ombe, advanced rapidly and deserv- edly in his profession during the Nepoleonic wars. He was a hand- some dashing officer in the prime of life. But General Keane was only in temporary chief command, for there was hourly expected General Bir Edward Pakenham, a brother-in- law of the Duke of Wellington; and mortal on the scroll of fame. At one o'clock on the morning of the eighth of Jauuary, on a couch in the McCarty mansion house, General Andrew Jackson lay asleep in his worn uniform. Several of his aids slept on the floor in the same apart- ment, equipped for the field. A solitary sentinel paced the adjacent passage. Off only a few miles, dreaming of their Scottish hille and homes, theiy English fields and friends, were the brave Britons in their cold and wet bivouac. Pres. lently a messenger was announced at ‘American headquarters and was or dered admitted. He bore the tidings \that Sir Edward Pakenham. who had now come up, and his hosts were about to move forward. Jack- son roused and looked at his watch. It was half past one. “Gentlemen,” said he to his dozing aids, “we have slept enough. Rise, the enemy will! be upon us in a few minutes. I must go and see Coffee.” The order was obeyed promptly. Three hours later | along the whole line of works, every man was in his place. Not long after the hour when the American general had been aroused from his couch, General Pakenham, who bad slept an hour or two at the Vallere man- sion, rose and rede immediately to the field. By four o'clock the Brit- ish troops were ready, too. The him instantly of couscivusuess. erless to bis sd+. The next,bis horse fell dead under bim His aid, Cap tain McDougal, dismounted from bi black creole pouy, aud Paken ham wounted again, and again attempted ty stem the tide of defeat Finally be succeeded and he and Gibbs advanced ouce wore Just then the Americaus poured in auoth- er volley of giape shot and nmfle balls and the slaughter was frybiful. One of the shots tore open the gen eral’s thigh aud killed bis pony -aptain McDougal caught the hero in bis arms aud was bearivg him off, when another sbot struck the wounded wan in the groin, depriving He was carried to the rear aud placed in the shade ef au old live oak, and there he gaspingly yielded up bis Infe. Gibbs lingered in great agony until the morrow. A few minutes later General was mortally wounded and ln atother part of the fi ld General Keane was desperately wounded To all intents and pur- poses, the battie was over. The proud British hosts which had wade so magnificent an advauce, were now shattered to pieces, seven hundred deud lay ou the field, and uearly two The Am- ericans had lost only eight killed thousaud were wounded. and fourteen wounded. The retreat to the ships was conducted by Gen- eral Lambert, who did it so success- fully that he was Kuighted. | main column of attack, consisting of | three thousand m+n, ou the left. was Shet Ry Barglars. Indianapolis, Iud., Jan 10.— Rev W. E. Heusbaw, aged 30 years. a Methodist minister ving at ville. Ind, sixteeu miles west of this | Georral Jobn Lanbert. At suurise, city co the Vandalia road, aod bis jas a beavy mist was clearing away, youug wife were fatally assaulted ia single red rocke:, which burst bigh! by burglars at av early bour this jin the air and stowered down its morning. The wife was awakened fiery frag neut-, was the sigual for by burglars who bad entered the Briti-h advance, aud the heavy through the kitchen As they turn colons moved forward across the/ed to leave Mrs. Henshaw jumped ipa Gibbs’ three thousand veter | out of bed and grappled with one jof the men Mrs. Henshaw was drag- | ged to the poreh, where the burg | }lars shot ber through the bead with | forwed and subi advar ced but agaim/a revolver and she fell mortally | | wounded. Tue voise awakened Mr. \for the other thief. The latter was lorabbed by Mr. Henshaw justas be! was going out of the back door | The two weu fought clear into the | middle of the road, where the burg- lar overpowered the after shooting bim through the hip stabbed him no less toan 20 times witha dirk kuife. There is great excitement in the neighbor bvod and crowds are scouriog the country iv search of the robbers. The police of this city Lave been enlisted in the search and bluodaounds of S-ymour, Tud., buve been sent to the scene. The tunatt, O., chamber of commerce has appoi-ted » commit tee of tive, of which WoT. Perkins 18 ecbaintman, to ree-ive c ontributions apd distribute rehef te ‘16 starving miners 1b the Hocking Valley Skin Eruptions and similar annoyances are caused by an impure blood, which will result in a more dreaded disease. Unless removed, slight impurities will develop into Screfula, Ecze~ ma, Salt Rheum and other serious results of Bad Blood S$ with the most wonderful results S.S. Am qaioving the fax health I ever knew, ave gains! twenty pounds and my friends never saw me as well. lam > tesa cutie like a new man. IOHN S. EDELIN, Cine I have for some time been a sufferer from a severe Government Hinde ‘Washington, D.C. Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed tied to at address. RETURN OF THE VICTOBS. Some days after the great battle of the Eighth, Jackson and his vic torious troops returned to New Orleans the city was in gala attire. There were triumphant arches, beautiful women strewed flowers in the pathway of the marching col- umne, music, laudation and laurels were on every hand. The names of the heroes are immortal. Andrew Jackson is to be the next president of the United States. Money and experience cannot produce a bet- ter family medicine than Dr Sawyer’s Family Cure. It cures difficulties of the stomach and liver. Sold by H. 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