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From Haria'aC* Magazine,for August
ANDREW_JACKSON.
mr r. mdDLkr.
Continued from Juno 30.
Tlie war of 1812 opened with the cowardly
surrender of Hull, nt Detroit Instantly
the whole western country rose in
arms, to rcrengvthw*imuk and wipe out
\ the disgrace. An army of ten thousand
mW rtetQ orgftniatdi o>m1 nut under Genii
*mI ..A... rnn|.
ed by General Harrison. Jackson among
-other*, had volunteered bis services, aud
petitioned for the post which was assigned
to Winchester. Through the influence of
the member of Congress froiu that district,
f the former was preferred; and, taking
cotumand of his division, ended his short
campaign will) the massacre at the river
Kamti. llad Jackson commanded those
brave Kentuckian*, that massacre, which
clothed so many families in mourning,
would never have taken place ; and in all
probability, the wholo character of the
Northern war been changed. lie resolved,
however not to remain idle, aud issuing
a patriotic aud spirited address to the
young men of the State, he soon saw
twenty-live hundred volunteers flock to
his standard.
He immediately offered his services to
the General Government, which wero
thankfully accepted, aud he was ordered
to proceed down the Mississippi to defend
the southern frontier, then threatened by
the enemy. Asjgogp iw he could collect
his provisions, means of transportation, Ac.,
he set out It wan the middle of winter,
and a bitter cold day, when th's band of
volunteers embarked on the Ohio for Natchez.
? Gen Jackson started on bin Southern
expedition the 7th of January. The next
<Uy, Itcncral Winchester, lit* successful rival,
led his doomed column through the
anew-filled forte* toward" the ?iver Raisin,
where H was to sink forever in blood.
Not long after Jackson's arrival at Nat.ehex,
all danger of an attack in Uiat quarter
had dmppeared, and he roceiv??d orders
from the Secretary of War to disband
his troops, and deliver over the public
r I property to General Wilkinson, commanding
the regular army in that district.
At the time this order arrived ,there
p j were a hundred and fifty men on the
Ij nek list, nearly sixty of whom were conI
fined to their beds. Should the army I*
I disbanded, these would be left unearod for,
white many of the sound troops, being
f without money, eoald not possibly return
I home. This was known to Wilkinson,
! who evidently had induced this order from
. the ignorant, inefficient Secretary of War,
for t?e sole purpose of compelling those of
the volunteers who were without the means
of subsistence to enlist in the regular ariny.
Hut Ueneral Jackson was never known to
twort n man in distress; his whole nature
' awoke at the call of pity, and oonie what
would he resolved not to leave those sick
soldiers nor the destitute well ones, till ho
had seen them safe back to tho homes
from which he' BWT taken them. Trust;
rsJf" ??i " b?
10 ">?"> ?i?? ik?r k""h*r"
ti to hi. .t.Md.n), that h, woij wm
L
j desert them, they had cheerfully foll<
' him to the South, and to abandon than
destitute in that then remote region, would
be an act of barbarity unworthy of a commander
and of a roan.
Muny of the invalids were young men,sons
of his neighbors and friends, and they no
sooner heard of the order thnt had
received, than tliov sent for him, ?nf'
rising from their sick couches, praye<^?
with tears, not to forsake them. They ?
; minded him ofliis promises, undjropcah 1;
to his honor. This was not nm^b'd; h>s
' heart had already fixed his determination t'
those brave young man he would watch
| over and protect, oven though his act ?f
isobedience should bring 011 him tire
I'geanco of the Government. *
The field-pffioers coineid .^njtli birrtj
j?' w he made his resolution Known to
{the 111 ; hut at night they held a Bflprct
ykieh it -wa*^e.**01
fmonHtrato against the course lie was pu*suhur.
and recommend immiwtiai.i ?Knd;
cnce to tlic order of tlie Secretary of War.
lint Jackson was a man whom opposition
only fixed firmer in his resolution, and the
accumulation of difficulties and embarrassments
r >used to still higher exertions and
greater sacrifices. When this remonstrance
was read to him, he burst into a torrent
of indignation, charged home on the timorous
officers deceit ami duplicity, and heaped
reproaches on them for wishing to
leave the destitute sick soldiers to want,
while they themselves had horses and money
with which to return, lie told them,
in conclusion, that no power on earth could
alter his purpose, and bade tliem prepare
j at once to march. Irt the mean time, he
despatched to the Secretary a full and
| frank account of the matter, detailing all
: the circumstances and his own conduct.
< ieneral Wilkinson, hearingof Jackson's
determination, wrote him a letter of solemn
expostulation, in which he depicted
the awful consenucnees of disobeying the
General Government. The latter very
curtly replied that he knew what he was
about, and was willing to take the responsibility.
Anticipating tlie fulfillment of
the Secretary's order, the former had sent
officers to recruit from the volunteers the
moment they were disbanded. This was
reported to Jackson, who immediately issued
orders to arrest and place in confinement,
the first officer who entered the en
caiupincut for that purpose. In the mean
time, He directed the quartermaster to provide
wagons for the transportation of the
sick mid the baggage, llu? latter dared
not disohevj hut played the laggard so
well, tlmt not a team was sent in till the
night before the morning appointed to
march. Only eleven wagons then arrived,
and these were discharged at by the
quartermaster. Hut Jackson wo? a dsnrgcrons
man to play trick* upotr, and jxrcinptorily
ordering the unfaithful ollhlr
from his presence, lie seized the wagons
and cot n men ceil loading. The sick, one
after another wcro Itandeil out under his
personal inspection, and made as comfortable
as the means in his possession allowed.
At last all but one was stowed away,
whom the surgeon reported in a dying
j condition, and tix? far gone to be rei#)veil.
14 Not a man shall be left who has life in
him," replied Jaekson ; "bring him enroi
fully out." The voun_r man. apparently
just on the verge of dentil, and wholly
unconsc'nu* of what was pasting about
him, was lifted into tho wagon, and the
column turned its face homeward. Jackson
had given up his own horse to a foehlo
soldier ; and with his stern, fiery heart
heating with all a father's ntlcctinn for the
sick youths who had volunteered to tight
and die by his side, trudged on foot amid
the wagons containing the invalids, bestowing
words of comfort arid cheering up
the desponding wth the promise of soon
seeing home and friends. Ever and anon
he was seen failing back from the head of
the column, or hastening up from the rear
to the w agon containing the young soldier
who was supjtoscd to be dying. For a
long time the poor invalid lay insensible;
but being at length aroused by thu heavy
jolting of the wagon over the uneven road,
lie o|?eued his eyes, and gazing vaguely
about hiin, faintly murmured " Where am
11" Jackson who was watching with parental
interest the first dawning of reason,
replied in glad tones, "On your way hottv,
my good fellow." That word " hotne"
reached the sources of life, and from thnt
moment he began to improve; and nt
length tho kind hearted commander Had
the satisfaction of presenting hiin rostofed
to his family.
Jackson on foot, wadiiur throucrli the
swamps, aud day after day, toiling along
the miry roads, an example of heroism,
self-denial, and tenderness, seems mi entirely
ditferent inirson from Jackson in llic
tlimuler and carnage of battle. Hut, in
this re?j?e< t ho was like Marshal Ncy,poasesaing
a heart which the world in arms
could not shake, yet which the cry of an
infant could overcome. In both, there
was a deep seated tenderness, which lay
among their o titer and sterner qualities
like a green Alphine valley amid the gigantic
cliffs and glacier* that surrounded it.
The Spring opened gloomily for the
western and northorn frontier. Hie massacre
at Fort Kaisin had broke up Harrison's
campaign, and left Tecumaeh leisure
to travel South again, and rouse the In
dinns them to th? same hostilities which
had proved so successful at the North.
At this time, tho vast Me>literraiiiaiis
that stretch along our uorthcrn boundary
wcro embosomed iu a boundless forest.?
Only hero a fort and there a settlement
showod that the foot of civilization had
ever entered those almost limitless solitudes.
All through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
numerous and powerful tribes of Indians
roamed undisturbed, and hung, in
black and threatnhig war-clouds, on tho
borders of civilisation. The Rnglish had
ttccecded in inciting most of ifcaseto hos1
tilities against the settler. Their efforts I I
were aided in a masterly manner by Te- . <
cuimch, a Shawnee warrior, who had im- j
bihed a bitier, undying hostility to the 1 i
Americans. Brave, temperate, scorning , >
a lie, and despising the sjatils of war, he 1
fought to restore his race to their ancient j
rights and power. Unablo to cope with ' ]
the Americans alone, he gladly availed j
himself of our declaration of war to form t
an alliance with the British. Lifted by I i
native genius above the vices of savages, ]
lie also exhibited a greatness of intellect, t
and loftiness of character, which, in civili- i
aed life, would have led to the highest re- j i
nown. Despising the petty rivalries of 1 t
tribes and chiefs, he bccflMfr-^ilisorbcd in
t^?ygrnnd idea of uniting all the Indian
JMPMn one great te strtiggla
Kr mastery with the whites. lie had ?uc**frLalin
^nym out his seheino, to a .
Jlffeat eWefiTTTlirotighnut th* ?C?.r4h ami !
west. Of erect, athletic frame, uohle,conimnnding
appearance, with the air of a
king, and the eloquence of a Demosthenes
when rousing the (Ireeks to arms against I
Philip, he went from trihe to tribe elee'ri- |
fying them with his appeals, and rousing j
them to madness by his fiery denunciations
against their oppressors. Ilis l?r?>ther,the |
prophet, accompanied him?a dark, subtle,
cunning impostor, to whose tricks Tocutnseh
submitted for a w hile, because they i
foiled the hatred and deceit of rival chiefs.
As he arose before his savage audiences,
his imposing manner created a feeling of
awe ; but when he kindled with his great
subject, he seemed like one inspired. Ilis 1
eye flashed fire, his sw arthy bosom heaved
and swelled with imprisoned passion, his
whole form dilated with excitement, and j'
his strong untutored soul poured forth in
eloquence, wild, headlong, and resistless as
the mountain torrent. Thoughts, imagerv
Inurtiul 4V, ? ?% hlo - ? 1
J ivwpM Iiwm nir? |||I> III lliu JIIIU I |
vividness that the stoicism of the Indian [ t
vanished before it, and his statue-like face ' *
gleamed with passion. The people he | t
always carried with him; but the chiefs, I <
who feared his power over their followeis, I \
often thwarted his plans. When not ad- '
dressing the clans, he was reserved, cold, \
and haughty. I lis withering sarcasm,
when Proctor proposed to retreat from I
Maiden ; his reply to theinterpreter, who, ?
offering him a chair in the presence of I
Harrison, said " Your father wishes you ji
to be seated ;M 44 My father! the sun is i
my father, and the earth my mother," its \
he stretched himself proudly on the ground, i
reveal a nature conscious of his greatness, '1
and scorning the distinctions which the t
white man arrogated to himself. I \
After the massacre at Frvnchtown, he j i
took his brother, and went South to the i
Creeks, to complete his plan of a general <
alliance- The journey of nearly a thou- I
sand miles through tho wildvrtHMMi of these i
two brotlfeis.?the discussion of their deep i
laid scheme at night around their solitary ]
camp-fire,?the day-dreams of Tecumsch, j
as gorgeous as ever tlitled through the ' I
imagination of a C'a*sar,?the savage empire
lie would form, and the greatness he <
wouiii restore i<> ni" despised race, would i
maken grand epic. Pathless mountains 'i
and gloomy swamps were traversed; deep j i
rivers swum, and weariness and toil en- ! t
dured by this savage chieftain, not for 11
sjK>ils or revenge, but to carry out a great .*
idea. There is a rude, Tuscan grandeur i
about him, as be thus moves through the j t
western wilderness impelled by a high t
purpose,?a barbaric splendour thrown j i
about even the merciless measures he | (
means to adopt, by the great moral j \
scheme to which they are to Ik; subject. ; \
His combinations exhibited the consuin- i
mate general. While England occupied <
us along the sea-coast, he was to sweep in ; (
one vast seini-circlo from Michilliinackinnc '
to Florida upon the scattered settlements, j <
Fires were to be kindled North, South and (
West, to burn towards the centre, while I
civilized warfare should d?solute the east- i
cm slope of the Allegbenies. Teeuinseh t
had seen Hull surrender, helped to cut to i
pieces a part of Harrison's army, and ' t
drive back the remainder. His prospects i
were brightening, and with this glorious i \
news to hack his burning eloquence, he j ;
had no douht of exciting the Southern t
tribes to war. The Chickasaws and
Choctaws in Mississippi numbered over <
thirty thousand; tlu; Creeks twenty-five I
thousand, while south of them dwelt the i I
largo and warlike tribe of the Sominoles. ' '
His chief mission was to the Creeks, from i
whom, ou his mother's side, he sprung. I
This |H?werful clan stretched front the I
southern Istrders of Tennessee to Florida, i <
The sun in his course looked on no fairer. | <
_1 1- i si a? . a a! i 11.
nriicr iaii<i uihii ui? couniry nicy |h*hi. | l
Sumo of them had learned the arts of ci i I
vi ligation, and, hitherto, had evinced a <
friendly disposition towards the whites.? i
Hut Hritish influence working through the !
Spanish authorities in Florida,had already I
prepared them for Tecumseh'a visit. An i
alliance, offensive and defensive, had been i
formed between England and Spain ; and ]
the armies of the former were then in the i
Peninsula endeavoring to wrest the throne I
from Honaparte. The latter, therefore,was i
bound to assist her ally on this continent,
and lend their aid to exciting the Southern
Indians to hostility. Hut for this, i
Teeumseh, with all his eloquence, might i
have failed. Co-operating with the Hritish
agents in Florida, as he had done with <
Hrock and Proctor in Canada, he at
length s iw his great scheme about to he
fulfilled. The old and more peaceful,? i
those who had settled in well-huilt towns,
with their schools, and flocks, and farms,?
opposed the war which should devastate
their land, and drive Uiem back to barbarism.
Hut the eloquence of Tocumseh, as
lie spoke of the multiplied wrongs of the
Indians, their humiliation, described the
glory to he won, and paiiited in glowing
colours tho victories ho had gained at the
North, kindled into a blaze tho warlike
feelings of the young ; and soon ominous
idings came from the bosom of th^^il-^
lemess that stretched along the Coosa
md Talapoosa rivers." Anxiety and flarm j
iproad among the white settlers, arid the l
scattered families sought shelter in the |
nearest forflf. Twenty-four had th?s congregated
at Fort Mimms, a mcro.hl<xklouse,
situated 011 the Alabama, ifcar the !
miction of the Toinbigbee. Ifcw;* garritoned
by a bundled and forty roc?, cornnaiuU>d
by Major Beaselv, aftd, >Wth pro- !
>er care, could have r?*sistedjte attack of
lie savages. Kilt the rumuuAof a rising '
unong the Indians were discredited. A |
legro who stated ho had seeif them in
lie vicinity, was chastised for spreading a
'also ahmft. The night preceding tlio '
nassacre, the dogs growled and barked, i
ihowing that they scented Indians in tho
rtr. Ullf nil tlurcn u/oi-??li?oro I 1
notion, and at eight in the evening >
vac-lied Hnntsville, making the thirty-two t
nilcs in eleven hours. Finding here that t
he rumour was without foundation, ho f
>roceeded leisurely to I htto's Landing, 1
vhere (-olonel Coffee with his regiment 1 j,
mis cncam|>cd. Here lie paused to wait j j
or supplies, and survey his position. j c
With promptness on the part of those ! j
o-operating with him, lie saw that the ] 1
hostile Creeks could be crushed'with one 11
blow; for on the west of their settlements j c
were six hundred Mississippi volunteers 1 f
and the third regiment of regular infan- I
try, six hundred strong, under Colonel j c
Uusscll; on the cast were twenty-five hun 11
Irsvl (icorgia militia, conunanded by <Jen- 11
i*ral Floyd; while from the north five i
thousand volunteers and militia; twenty It
live hundred from Last Tennessee, under j i
Lrcnerals Cocke and White, and the same
number from the western section of the j i
State, were moving down on the devoted j i
tribes. This arniv of five thousand Ten- .?
nesseans was under the command of Jack- <
mil, the western half of which he led in ?
person. There were, besides this formida- '
bio array, a few |>oftts held by small de- j \
Laclimcuts, and a few hundred friendly In- |1
dians, most of them Chcrokees. When i <
these separate armies should close around i
the hostile settlements, encircling them in i
a girdle of fire, it w as universally believed f
that the war would lie over. <
Wh'lo Jackson remained at I >itto's Lan- 1
ding, waiting anxiously for tlio supplies \
which Generals Cocke and White had i
promised to forward, he dispatched Gen- I
eral Cotfcc, with six hundred picked men, I
to destroy Hlackwarrior town, a hundred I
milee south. I
At length, l>cing urged hy the earnest i
appeals of friendly Indians, who were in i
daily danger of being cut off by the Creeks I
he, on the 10th started for Thompson's I
Creek, where he hail ordered tho provi- i
sions. whirli ho ?ut,ni?uv! were near at '
hand, to bo stopped. Cutting his way
through the heavy forests ami dragging <
his artillery over steep mountains, ho at i
.... '..? ? v.ivov " Ultimo nvivvmux* ' I
led, when suddenly, in broad , >
invades, Koine scvcTUliimdrcd Btrong,inado ' ?
heir appearance before the Fort, and with-'t
n thirty feet of it, before they were dis- f
overcd. The gate was open, and with t
>nc terrific yell they dashed through into (
heouter enclosure,driving tlie panie-strick- 't
mi soldiers into the houses within. Monti- ' <
:ing these they set them on lire, and shot , ?
low n every soul that attempted to escape. |t
seeing, at once, their inevitable doom, the j t
toldiers fought with the energy of despair. J t
lushing madly on their destroyers, they t
jave blow for blow, and laidsixU of tlieui j t
iround the burning buildings before they i
vere completely overpowered. At last, a I I
,'ell of savage triumph rose over the crack- a
ing of tlaines, and cries and shrieks of ter- .1
ified women and children. Then follow- a
d a scene which may not be described. 't
flic wholesale butchery?the ghastly spec- ) s
aele of nearly three hundred mutilated v
?odies, hewed and hacked into fragments, i t
vere nothing to the inhuman indignities t
crpotrated on the women. Children were u
ipped from the maternal wonih, and s
wuiig as war-chilis against the head of t
he mothers, and till those horrible excess- t
>s, which seem the offspring of demons, s
vere committed on the dead and dying.? e
lot more than twenty or thirty of the a
\liole, escaped. t'
iivi IHMC* ui 11113 iriiitNV 'I1M1M1T II
rokc, like a sudden thunder-clap on the ft
icighboriiig States. Georgia, Tennessee, <i
S'orth ami South Carolina flew at once to e
irms. On the 1 7tli of September a mass 1
licet i ng assembled at Nashi ille, whieh,
vitli one voire, nominated Jnrkson com- I v
nander-in-cliicf of the troops of the State, s
I'eti days after, the nomination was con- v
iniled hy the Legislature, and $200,000 a
oted to earryiou the war. Jackfeon im- c
liediately issued a stirring nnix.nl to the t"
K-oj.le. in whieh, after describing lite state I
if tilings, he urged them to as.?,cftlWo to j
lis standard with all speed, sayh'g,. ".Alsj t
? ??dy .iti'lwrge Is sites uTUim
marching to your border?, yttfc I
[ling-knives unsheathed to butcher yourjf
women and children: time is^ot to he j
lost. We must hasten to the frontier, or I
we shall lind it drenched iu tlic blood of
jur citizens." At this time lie was auftcrng
from the arm which had bccrfVnutilaed
in his encounter with l*enton, And was I
mnble to be present at Kayettcvillo, the
ende/.vous, on the 4th of Octol>er; hut lie i
lOiit an address to bo read to the troops,
ind rules regulating the police of the camp. '
Vllhough too feeble to take the field, he,
Jirec days after, with liis aim in a sling,
?ut himself at the head of the army, 'flic I
text evening', a despatch arrived from Col. j
'oifee, who had Keen previously sent for- j
vard with a large detachment to Hunts- j
ille, thirty-two miles distant, stating that
i body of nearly a thousand Indians were j
ui their way to ravage the frontiers of '
ieorgia, and another party approaching [
l'eniiest>ee. 'l he day alter came a second ,
xpress confirming the report. Hy nine .
'clock the following mottling, Jackson put
lis army of twenty-live hundred men in !
ength, after a painful inarch of two days,
cached the place of depot,but no provisions
lad arrived. Instead of supplies, came a
ettertrem General White, who was at
Lookout Mountain in the Cherokee conn
ry, stating that no flour could be spared
rom that post. His position was now becoming
painful and critical. Standing in
lie Centre of tlm \vililernpvs mill i.ti ! /?
xmlere of the cncmic's country, with his
ittle hand around him, he saw no alternaive
but to retreat, unless he ran the risk
>f starving his army in the forest. But
o abandon his design would leave the
riendly Indians at the mercy of their enunics,
an act not only cruel in the extreme,
ind utterly repugnant to his nature, but
vhieh would furnish a fatal example to the
riendly tribes, whose alliance it was of the
lighest importance to secure. Prudence
vuuld have dictated 4 retreat, buk Jackion
had never yet turned his Lack volunarily
on "a foe, and lie resolved, at all haztnls,
to proceed. Sending ott expresses
0 General Cocke and White, and to the
iovernors of Tennessee and Georgia, and
he American agents in the Choctaw and
Jherokec nations, he issued a stirring adlress
to his troops, in which ho promised
hem that the " order to charge would be
he signal for victory." In urging on them
he importance of coolness, and presence
>f mind, in every emergency, even in ''rerout,"
he adds,
" Your General laments that lie has
con compelled, even incidentally, to hint
t a retreat, when speaking to freemen
nd to soldiers. Never, until you forget
11 that is due to yourselves ami yourcounrv.
will you have any practical undertanding
of that word. Shall an encinv,
1 holly imaefpiainted with military evoluions,
and who rely more for victory on
heir grim visages, and hideous yells,than
pen their bravery or their weapons?
hall such an enemy ever drive before
hem the well-trained youths of our ooiinrv,
whose bosoms pant for glory, and a doire
to avenge the wrongs they have reeeivd?
Your Gon'l w ill not live to behold such
spectacle; rather would lie rush into the
liii kest of the enemy, and submit himself
i? their scalping-knifes; but be has no
ar of such u result. He knows the valur
of the men he commands, and how
crtaiuly tint valour, regulated as it v ill
>e, will lead to victory.''
Cut off from supplies, locked up in the
rilderncss, through which swarmed tliouands
of savages, eagerly watchingliis adance,
with only six days'rations of meat
nd two of flour, ho i&stt d this hold and
onltdent address, and then gave orders
or the army to march. Arriving at Ten
sland, he erected )*"oit Strother us a de>ot,
and to cover his retreat. In a letter
o Governor Blount, from tlua place he
ays: i v v
Indeed, sir, *e liave'bceu wretchedly
implied,?scarcely two rations in succoslion,
have Wen regularly drawn, yet we
ire not despdydont. While we can proHire
an ear of corn apiece, or anything
hat will answer as a substitute for it, we
hall eontinuc our exertions to accomplish
he object for which we were sent."
llere, being informed that Gen. White
vas only twenty-five miles distant tip the
iver, lie sent him a despatch to hasten,at
nice, to the Fort. In the mean time, Geleral
Coffee, w ho had returned successful
rom his southern expedition, was sent t<>
ttaek a large body of Indians at Talluslatelu
e, same thirty miles distant. With
line hundred men, this gallant officer adanced,
and succeeded in completely surounding
them, and though the savages
ought desperately to the last, hut few escaped.
A hundred and eighty warriors
ay stretched around the ashes of their
lwcllings. Among the slain, was a 1110lier,
on whose bosom her infant hoy still
ay, struggling in vain to draw nourishnent
from the lifeless breast. When lie
vas brought to camp, Jackson endeavour
u 10 persuade some or me it'inaic capives
to take care of liim, but tliey all resaying,
" His relations are all dead,
oil him too." lie then ordered some su(ar
to be given him, and sent him to
luntsville, where he conld be properly
:ared for. He afterwards adopted him,
jave him a good education, and placed
inn at a saddler's to learn a trade. The
atter was accustomed to spend every Sunla)*
at the Hermitage, with his adopted
ather, who w as strongly attached to him.
tut he always pined for the free, wild lite
>f his race. The close air of the shop and
he drudgery of an apprentice did not
igree with him, and he soon after sickened.
He was then taken home to the Hernitage,
where ho lingered some time and
lied.
This care and solicitude for an Indian
nfiint, in the midst of the troubles and
>erils that surrounded him, remind one of
i similar net of Marshall Nov, when his
loomed army was fast sinking in the
mow-drifts of Russia. At length, on the
< tli of November, an Indian runner arrived
in Camp, stating that Fort Talladega,
ibout thirty miles distant, was surrouud}d
by the hostile Ued-sticks, and if lie did
lot hurry to it* relief, the friendly Indiana,
who had taken refuge in it, must be mas acroed.
The runner had scarcely finished
his message when the order to march
was issued, and in a few minutes the columns
were in motion. It was midnight,
tnd through the dim cathedrals of nature,
lighted only by thestars of heaven,Jackson
led his two thousand men towards the Talladega.
Kight hundred of these were mounted
riflemen, who presented a picturesque
sppcarance as tlicy wound slowly alonjj
the rough forest path underneath the autumnal
woods, each with unceasing watchfulness,
piercing the surrounding glooir
and every hand grasping a trusty rifle.?
Their hoavy tramp frightened the wilt
beasts from their lairs, and awoke ntrang<
echoes in the solitude. Now straining uj1
itecp ascents, and now swimming deep n
vers, tlic fearless and gallant band pressed
foiward. In three columns, so as to prevent
the confusion that might arise from
a sudden surprise, it forced its difficult
way through the forest, and at night arrived
within six miles of the besieged fort.
I Here Jackson halted, and sent forward
two friendly Indians and a white man to
reconnoitre. About eleven o'clock they
returned and reported the enemy in great
force and within a quarter of a mile of
the fort. No time was to be lost, an<l
though the troops had been without sleep,
and constantly on the strain for twenty
four hours, another night, and a battle,lay
between them and repose.
It was four o'clock of a cool November
morning, when the three columns again
moved forward. Advancing with the utmost
caution and quietness to within a
?i.- i- i*_. . .1 ?
nut: ui me iiiuian encampment, tiiey halted
and forn.,?d in Older of Rattle. H'sfa
linmlred and fifty of tlie cavalry, under
Col. 1 >yer, were left in tlie roar of tlie centre
to act as a reserve, while the remaining
four hundred and fifty were ordered
to push on to the right and left on either
side, until the heads of their columns met
beyond the hostile encampment, and thus
completely encircle it. The two brigades
of Ilall and Roberts, occupying the right
and left, were directed to advance, while
the ring of cavalry was steadily to contract,
so as to shut in every savage and
prevent their escape. At eight o'clock,
Colonel Carroll boldly charged the js>sition
in front of him, and carried it; lie
then retreated, in order to draw the Indians
in pui-suit. They charged after with
I such territlc whoops and infernal screams,
! that a portion of Cencral Robert's brigade,
on which they were rushing with uplifted
tomahawks, broke and tied. This made
a chasm in the line, which .lackson immediately
ordered Colonel Rrndley- to lill
with his regiment, that for some reason, <
known only to the commander, had lagI
god behind, to the great detriment of the 1
order of lxittle. Rut not only had be proved
a laggard in the approach, but he re- i
1 fused to till the chasm, as ordered by his
I commander, and the latter was compelled
' to dismount his reserve and hurry them
I forward. As these steadilV mill Hrinlv n/1
j vnnml, jiiu.1 pourod in their volleys, the
' panic-stricken militia recovered their cour|
age and resumed their places in the line, i
) In the mean time, the encircling cavalry i
! came gallopping, with loud hurrahs, to- i
J wards the centre, 'l'he next moment the i
I forest rang with the sharp reports of their <
ritlos. In fifteen minutes the battle was <
over, ami the terrified savages were wild- ]
I ly skirting the inner edge of this circle of i
of lire, seeking, in vain, an avenue, to
the upon forest beyond. Turned back at
very step they foil like the autumn leaves
which tbw w aroWtm them. At
length they discovorfd n gHp, made hv the
neglect of Colonel Bradley, and the delay
of a portion of the cavalry, which had taken
too wide a circuit, and poured like a
torrent that has suddenly found vent
through it. The mounted riflemen wheelj
ed and streamed after; and the quick,
sharp reports of their pieces, and the receding
yells rising from the forest, told how
fiercely they pressed on the living traces
of the foe. The savages made straight
| for the mountains, three 111'les distant,
| fighting as they went. The moment they I
j hounded up the stoop acclivity they were \
i safe, and the wearied horsemen turned !
[ again to the camp. Their way back was
easily tracked by the swarthy forms that
lay stretched on the leaves, show ing where
the (light and pursuit had swept. Of the
thousand and more who had composed j
j the force of the enemy, more than half ,
were killed or wounded. Three hundred I
were left dead on the spot where they had I
fimt fought. The loss of the Americans, I
! i.:ii...i i 1- i ^ i
in aiiicu hum uuuuuen, whh iuiuny-nvc.
i The friendly Indians, who had l?een so
J long shut up without a drop of water, in
j momentary cx]>ectation of being mnssnI
creed, listened to the uproar witliout, with
I beating hearts; but when the battle was
] over, they rushed forth w ith the most
frantic cries of joy, and leaped and shou;
ted around their deliverers in all the wild-1
! ness of savage delight. They crowded j
j around Jackson as if lie had Ihh-ii their!
deity, towards whom they could not show }
; too much reverence.
The refusal of General White to march
to Fort Strother, left the feeble garrison
' of the latter in a perilous state. If it !
j should fall, Jackson's whole line of retreat!
j would be cut off; and he, therefore, with !
j deep pain, was compelled to stop in his
! victorious progress and return to the fort, j
| < >n his arrival, he found that no supplies
I had reached it, and that the soldiers, half- j
! starved, were bordering on mutiny. Gen.
, Cocke, from the lirst, seemed resolved to j
w ithhold all aid from Jackson, lest he him-)
| self should be eclipsed in the campaign.
xi ie latter, however, endeavored to keep
j alive the spirits ami courage of his troops, j
, and distributed all bis private stores to the I
feeble and wounded. Having nothing
I loft for himself and staff, he lepaired to the
| bulloek pen, and from the offals cut tripe,
| on which he and they lived several days,
in the vain hope of receiving the lotigpromised
supplies. One day, as he sat at
the foot of a tree, thinking of the hard
condition of his men, anda planning howhe
might find some relief from the increas,
ing difficulties that pressed so hard upon
him, one of the soldiers, ol>?erving that he
I was eating something, approached, and
! asked for a poition. Jackson looked up
i with a pleasant smile and said, 441 will,
; most cheerfully, divide with you what I
have ;w and taking some acorns frotr. his
pocket, he handed them to the astonished
i and mortified soldier. His solicitude for
- tho army did not expend itself in words,
1 for he shared with the meanest soldier
> his privations and his wants, while many
> of his suliordinnte officers possessed abun
dance, lie let the latter onjoy the rations
to which they were legally entitled, but
himself scorned to sit down to a well-supplied
table, while the army was perishing
with want.
(To be co"'inucd.)
?? ? - ?
How to Grow Rich.
Hunt, in the last number of his Magazine,
says:?"\\ hen man takes more pleasure
in acquiring money than expending
it, he has taken the first step towards
wealth. A farmer will receive a few
grains of an improve! species of com,
which lie will not cat. hut w ill plant them,
and replant the product from year to year,
till his few grains will become hundreds
of bushels Money is incrcaseable by
analogous processes, and success is within
the power of any man who shall aM">u
to ordinary longevity. ' Jf a uutn a| ijl
age of 20 years can savelfrom Ms earrtiN^H W
twenty-six cents every working day, mmt
annually invest the aggregate at compound **
legal 7 per cent,interest lie will at the ago
of seventy, possess $32,000. Many men
who resort to life insurj#ce, can save
several times twenty-six cents daily, and
thus accumulate several times the above
sum, long before the nge of seventy. Nearly
all large fortunes are the result of such
accumulations*, hence the men who amass
great fortunes are usually those only who
live long. The last few yeafs of Girard's
and Aster's lives increased their wealth
more than scores of early years. To he in
haste to become rich l>y a few great operations,is
a direct road to eventual poverty.
We cannot, however, command long,,
life, but we can opproxiiunte thereto btf
commencing early the process of accumulation?an
elongation by extending backwar
being as cllicacious as an elogation
forward.?Every hundred dollars expended
by a man of the age of twenty years,
isan expendure of what at our legal rato
of interest, would, by compounding it
anually, become $3000, should be live to
the ago of seventy. This lesson is taught
practically by savings batiks, and well
counteracts the fatal notion of the young,.
mat oiu age is tno period lor aceuinu1
ition, nnd youth the period for expenditure.
By Jike principles, a young man
who pays annually a premium for life
insurance, loses not the prcmiiQftS only,
hut the immense increase which the money
would produce, should lfc forest
t at compound interest, and live to the
ordinary limit of man's lifo. . )?xtrenily
?hl men, who have no length of- life in
prospect, are the only persons, if any, who,
should insure their lives, for the expense
of their insurance would be hut little tnoro
than the annual premiums. The true
principles of the road to wealth ? first
the desirc~"*"lo gain, and tlnf second, (o
hftcomn y~???- v--1 ^ l ^
man who really desire to become fich,
may do so, if governed by these feelings
and actions; and it is just as ccitain
that every person who takes more pleasure
in spending than lie does in seeing
his pile of treasure grow, will die poor.
Important to Tobacco Chewers.
We find the following going the rounds
of our exchanges:
"A sensible contemporary says : The
women ought to make a pledge not to
kiss a man who uses toltucco, and it would,
break up the practice. A friend of ours
says, they ought also to pledge themselves
to kiss every man that don't line it,?wo
go for that too."
Wo go for making tho pledge still
stronger, and limiting the reward to every
man that never has used it. We hope
our tobacco-loving friends will seo tho
propriety of the suggestion. Kissing
should never be allowed to become so
common, dear fribnds, that any of you
can join in it?if yon chews.
Askino too Mircii.?A young couple
wore sitting together in a romantic spot,
with birds and flowers about tliem, when
the following dialogue ensued :
44 My dear, if the sacrifice of my life
woidd please thee, most gladly would I
lay it at thy feet."
"Oh, sir, you are too kind ! But it just
reminds me that I wish you'd stop using
tobaoco."
"Can't tliink of it. It's a habit to.
which 1 am wedded."
" Very well, sir, since this is the way
you lay down your life for me, and as you
are already wedded to tobacco, I'll take
good cant you are never wedded to ine, as
it would be bigamy.
IIow to Stop a Paokii.?Tho only
honest way to stop a paper, when not
wanted, is to pay into the hands of the
Postmaster whatever you owe for it, if it
be only two numbers, and seo. that luc
Postmaster writes an order to have it
TliOfn iu no no . in oon/lino? '?
the publishers letters or pa]K>rs, with postage
unpaid. If you fail to do this do not
complain if the publishers continue to
send you the paper.
Xkw Jkrhy KriaooPAi. Convention.?
This body has adopted a series of resolutions
sustaining the report of the investigating
committee, exculpating Bishop
I >oanc from the charges against him, expressing
confidence in him, ?kc., and ap(tointing
a committee of seven to present
the report to the House of Bishops, accompanied
with representations, the design
of which is to intimate to the Bishops
I tliat a further trial will be unnecessary,
ami not conducive to the interests of the
Dioceao and the Church.