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UY J. T. HKADl.KY.
(CoUtilllMMi.)
Till" slate of things, of COUtlM', could
u??L ia?l long, The noldicr* believed themselves
neglected by the SlHte for whose
eatcty tliey were fighting; else why thin
protracted refusal tosend them provisions?
The incipient discontent was fed nnd aggravated
by several of the officers, who
were getting tired of the campaign and
-wished to return home, till at last it broke
out into opeu revolt. The militia regiments,
en mane, had resolve*] to leave.?
Jackson received the communication with
grief aud indignation. He felt for his
j>oor, half-starved men, but all his passionate
nature was roused at thia deliberate
defiance of his authority. The railit. a,
however, did not regard his expostulations
or threats, and they fixed on a morning to
commence their march. But as they
-drew out to take their departure, they
found, to their astonishment, the volunteers
paraded across their path, with Jackaon
at their head. He ordered them to
return to their position, or they should answer
for their disobedience with their
lives. They obeyed; but the volunteers,
indignant that they hail been made the
instrument of quelling the revolt, and anxious
as the otners were to get awsy, resolved
next morning to depart themselves.
To their surprise, however, they saw the
militia drawn up in the samepoaition they
had occupied the day before, to arrest the
first forward movement that was made.
This was a dangerous game to play with
armed men, and would not bear a second
trial.
The cavalry, on tlie ground that the
country yielded no firragc for their horses,
were permute*; to retire Ur the neighborhood
of Hunuville, where they promised
to wait the orders of their comiu nder.
In the mean time, Jackson hearing that
provisions ware on the way, made an effort
to allay the excited, angry feelings
that existed in the army, ami so, on the
14th of November, incited all the field
and platoon officer*, to his quarters, nnd
after iiilhriiiiiiir (Ik-mi that abundant ?m>
plies were ciuae at hand, he tddrviMed
thero in a kind and sympathizing manner,
and told them how dveplv he felt for
their sufferings, ami eoneiu-led by promising,
if pnrvision* .|?d not arrive within
two days, to lead llwu back himself to
Tennessee. But this kind and conciliatory
speech produced no effact on a portion of
the army, and th? first regiment of volunteers
insisted on abandoning the fort.?
Permission to leave was granted, and
Jaekaea, with chagrin and anguish, saw
the men whom he rtfhaad to abandon at
Natebee, foraaU him ia the heart of the
forest, surrounded hv hostile savages.
The two day* exptriitfr wfthoat the nr.
rinl of pwwialoaa, he wae compelled to
fulfil bit prumire to the emit. mhI preparation*
were made for departure. Ia the
midst of the breaking up of the camp,
he eat down and wrote a letter to Cdoncl
Pope, the eontraitnr, which exhibit* how
deeply he felt, not meroly this abandon
ment of him, but the failure of the exj>e
dition. lie tutya in conclusion:
"1 cannot express the torture of my
feelings, when I reflect that a campaign
bo auspiciously begun, and which might
be ho Boon and so gloriously terminated,
is likely to be rendered abortive, for the
want of Buppliea. For God's, sake pre*
vent so great an evil."
As the baggage-wagons were loaded up,
and the men fell into marching order, the
palpable evidence of the failure of the
project on which he had so deeply set his
heart, and the disgrace that awaited his
army, became so painful, that he could
not endure the sight. and exclaimed in
mingled grief and shame.
Mlf only two men will remain with me,
I will never abandon the poet.'
MYou have one, Oencrair exclaimed
Captain Gordon, of the spies, who stood
beside him.
The gallant Captain immediately began
to beat up for volunteer*, and it was
not long before a hundred and nine brave
fellow* surrounded their General, swearing
to stand by him to the last.
The latter then put himself at the head
of the militia, telling them he should order
them back, if they met provisions near
by. They had gone but ten or twelve
miles, when they met a hundred and fifty
beeves on their way to the fort. The
men fell to, and in a short time were gorging
themselves with half-roasted meat.?
Invigorated by their gluttonous repast,
most of them consented to return.?
One company, however, quietly resumed
its journey homew ard. When Jackson
was informed of it, he sprung into his sad
die, and galloping a quarter of a mile
ahead, where General Coffee with hisstatf
and a few soldiers had halted, ordered
them to form across the road, and fire on
the first man that attempted to pass. As
the mutineers came up and saw that living
Iwrrier In-fore them, and in front of it
the Stern and decided ftu-e of tlioir *?om.
mamier, they wheeled about, and retraced
their steps. Jackson then dismounted
and lie^an to mix among the men, to allay
their excitement, und conciliate their
feelings. While he was thus endeavour
ing to reduce to cheerful obedience, this
refractorv company, he was told, to his
utter amazement, that die other portion
of the army had changed their mind, and
the whole brigade was drawn up in
column, and* on the point of marching
homeward. He immediately walked up
in front of the column, snatched a musket
from die hands of a soldier, and resting it
across die neck of his horse, swore lie
would shoot the first man who attempted
to n ove. The soldiers stood and looked
in sullen silence at that resolute face, undecided
whether to advance or not, when
General Coffee and his s afi" gallojail up.
These, together with the faithful companies,
Jackson ordered to form behind liim,
and fire when he did. Not a word was
uttered for some dine, as the two parties
?l.,.o ? i -i ? ?
a Otuuu IIKV W ll?r, HI1U giltttl UU t'ilCIl |
other. At lenght a murmur ran along the
column,?rebellion wan crushed, and the
mutineers consented to return. Discontent,
however, prevailed, and the volunteers
looked anxiously forward to the lQth
of Decemlarr, the time when they supposed
their term of enlistment expired.?
They luid originally enlisted for twelve
months, and counting in the time they
had remained disbanded, after their return
from Natchez, the year would be
completed on that date. But Jackson
refused to allow the time they were not in
actual service. Letters passed between
the officers and himself, and every effort
was made on his part, to allay the excitement,
and convince the troops of the justice
of his demands, lie appealed to their
patriotism, their courage, and honour, and
finally told them if the General Government
gave |>enniasiot) for their discharge,
he would discharge them, otherwise they
should walk over his dead body, before
they stirred a foot, until the twelve months'
actual service was accomplished. Anticipating
trouble, he wrote home for reinforcements,
and sent off officers for recruits.
In the meau time, the 10th of December
drew near, and every heart was tilled
with anxiety for the result A portion of
the army was resolved to take their discharge,
whether granted or not It was
not a sudden impulse, created by want
I ...at?:? i--. - ii
< < awucnng, out a weu-consujered and
settled determination, grounded on what
they considered their rights. The thing
had been long discussed, and many of
Uiw officer# had given then decided opinion
that the time of the men actually expired
on the 10th. Jackson knew that
his troops were brave, and when Iwckcd
by the consciousness of right. Would be
resolute and firm. But he had made up
bis mind to prevent mutiny, though he
was compelled to sacrifice a whole regiment
in doing it
At length, on the evening of the 0th,
(ieners! fl?!! entered th# (?nt n* Jaxtux
Mid inform**! him that hia whole brigade
wa* iu m state of revolt. Hie latter immediately
issued nii order stating the fact,
and calling on all the officer* to aid in
quelling it. He then directed the two
puna he had with him, to be placed, one
in front and the other in the rear, and the
militia on the rieing ground in advance, to
check any movement in that direction,
and waited the reault. The brigade aaaembled,
and were aoon in marching order.
Jackson then rode tlowly along the
line, and addreaaed the aoldiers. Ho reminded
them of their former good conduct,
apoke of the love and esteem he had
always bore them, of the reinforcements
on the way, saying, also, that he expected
i every day, the decision of the government,
on the qucetion of their discharge, and
wound up by telHnp them emphatically,
that he h id done with entreaty,?go they
I should not, hdS if they persisted, he would j
settle the matter in a very few minutes, i
lie demanded au immediate aud explicit
answer. They persisted, lie repeated i
his demand, and still receiving no answer,
he ordered the artillerists to prepare their
matches, and at the word 44 tire,M to pour ! <
their volleys of grape-shot into the closely |
crowded ranks. There ho sat. iraxincr t
' O* & I
sternly down the lino, while the few mo- i.
mcnts of grace allowed them, were pas- 11
aing rapidly away. The men knew it ; <
was no idle threat. Ho had never been
kuowu to break his word, and that soon- 1
er than swerve one hair from his pur]>oso, i
he would drench that field in blood.?
Alarmed, they begnn to whisper to one <
another, " Let us go back." The conta- j
gion of fear spread, and soon the officers i
advanced, and promised, on behalt of the 1
men, that tliey wou'd return to their ,
quarters. 11
As if to try this resolute man to the :
utmost, and drive him to despair, 110 sooner
was one evil averted than another overtook
him. Ho had, by his boldness,
quelled the mutiny; but he now began
again to feel the horrors of uimine. Supplies
did not arrive; or in such scanty
proportion, that he was compelled, at last, i
to discharge tiie troops,and, notw ithstand- <
ing all the distressing scenes through i
which he hud passed to retain them, sec i
them take up their line of march for i
home, leaving him, with only a hundred
devoted followers, shut up in the forrest. s
Here he remained till the middle of Janu- [ 1
nry, wnen lie was gladdened by the arri- i
vnl of eight hundred recruits. Not deem- i
ing these, however, sufficient to penetrate <
into the heart of the Creek country, he re- I
solved to make a diversion in favor of >
Gun. Floyd, who was advancing from tin* i
east. Hearing that a large number of I
Indians were encamped on the Kmuekfaw
Creek, where it empties into the Talla- 1
poosa River, he marched thither, and <>n 1
the evening of the 21st of January, arrived
w ithin a short distance of their encamp
ment. The Indians were aware of his <
approach, atid tvwilvcd to anticipate his <
attack. To prevent a surprise, however, *
Jackson had crdcred a circle of watch- <
tires to be built around his little hand.? I
The men stood to their arms all night; t
and just In-fore daylight, a short, wild,un- |
earthly yell, which always pr<-cedes an
attack, went up from the tbrrest, and the 1
next moment the savages charged down i
on the camp. Hut the instant light of the i
watch-fires fell on their tawny lashes they i
were swept with such a destructive volley, 1
that they again t?*>k shelter in the darkness.
At length, daylight appeared,when
General Coffee ordered a charge, which
cleared the field, lie was then directed
to advance on the encampment and carry
it by storm. On his approach, however,
he found it too strong for his force, and
lie retired. Jackson, attacked in return,
was com|M'llc<l to charge repeatedly, beforc
the savages finally took to flight.?
Many of their bravest warriors fell in this
short conflict; while, on the American side,
several valuable officers ware badly
wounded, among them General Cotf'ee,
who, from the commencement to the
close, was in the thickest of the tight.
Notwithstanding his victory, Jackson
prudently determined ton-treat. He had
trained his nhi.w?t f.,i- In .In... !.... -
0 _ J , l.|C i.lU-ntion
of the Indians to his own force, Inhad
diverted it from that under General
Floyd. besides, his horses had been with
out forage for two days, and would soon
break down. lie, therefore, buried the
dead on the field where they had fallen ;
and on the 2nd began to retrace his footsteps.
Judging from the quietness of the
Indians since the battle, lie suspected
they were lurking in ambush abend. Remembering
also what an excellent place
there was for a surprise at the ford of F.notnchopeo,
be seut men in advance to reconnoitre,
who discovered another ford I
some six hundred yards farther down the
stream. Reaching it just at evening, h.?
encamped there all night, and the next
morning commenced crossing. He expected
nn attack while in the middle of the
stream, and, therefore, had his rear formed
in order of battle. His anticipations
proved correct; for no sooner had a part
of the army reached the opposite bank,
than an alarm-gun was heard in the rear.
In an instant, all was in commotion. The
next moment, the forest resounded with
the war-whoop and yells of the savages,
as tl?ey came rushing on in great number*.
As they crowded 011 the militia,
the latter, with their officers, gavo way in
affright, and poured pell-inell down the
bank* Jackson was standing on the
shore superintending the crossing of his
two pieces of artillery, when his broken
ranks came tumbling atiout him. Fore
most among the fugitives was Captain
Htump; and Jackson, enraged at the
shameful disorder, aimed a des|>erate blow
at him with his sword, fully intending to
cut him down. One glance of his eye revealed
the whole extenl.yf the danger.
But for Genera! Carroll, who, with Captain
Quarles and twenty-five men, stood
nobly at bay, heating back with their deliberate
volleys the hordes of savages, the
entire reai of the annv would have I>een
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Jackson's voice raug clear and steady oh
a bugle-note, an lie rapidly issued bia order*.
The gallant and intrepid Coffee,
roused by the tumult, raised himself from
the litter on which he lay woundeil, and
casting one glance on the | anic, and another
upon the little hand that stood like
a rock embedded iy t|^ batik, leaped to
tlie ground, and with one bound landed
in hi* aaddle. The next moment, hi* about
of encouragement broke on the ear* of
hi* companion* a* be djuthed forward to
the conflict. Jackson looked up in surprise
m that pale face gatloped up Uiu
Lank, and then bis rage at the cowardice
of the men gave way to the joy of lb"
wue ucro wnon anoincr nero movw to bi* |
wide, and lie shouted, "We shall whip
thetn yet, my men! the dead have risen,
(ind rorne to aid us.n The company of
nrtillery followed, leaving Lieutcuant
Armstrong and a few men to drag up the
cannon. When one of the guns, at length,
reached the top of the bank, the rammer
and picker were nowhere to be found.?
A man instantly wronched the bayonet
from his musket, and rammed home the
catridge with the stock, and picked it
with the ramrod. Lieutenant Armstrong
fell beside his piece; but as he lay upon
the ground, he cried out, "My brave fellows,
some of you must fall; but save the
c&unon." Such heroism is always contagious;
and the men soon rallied, and
ch:iririii<r lmm.. tt.?. mivuu... in. I
- t*yti "v,"v _ fr>' "?
them in Might ou every side.
After burying liis dead and earing for
lite wounded, Jackson resumed his mart h;
and, four days after, reach Fort Strother
in safety. Nearly one eighth of his little
army had been killed or wounded since
lie left the post, and lie now dismissed the
remainder, who claimed that tin-time of
their enlistment was expired, and (piietly
waited till sntlicieut reinforcements should
arrive for him to undertake a tlmrougc
campaign into the Creek country. They
mon began to come iu; tor his bravery
and success awakened confidence, and
stimulated the ambition of thousands,
who were sure to win distlhetion under
such a leader, and, by March, lie found
himself at the head of four thousand
militia and volunteers, mid a regiment of
regular troops, together with scleral hundred
friendly Indians. While preparing
to advance, mutinv again broke out in the
camp, lie determind this time to make
imexample which should deter others iu
future; and a private, heing trie.', and coiirieted,
was shot. The spectaele was not
lost on the soldiers, and nothing more was
lie .rd of a revolt.
Having completed all his arrangements,
Jackson, with four thousand men. advaneI'd,
on tin* Kith of March, into the Creek
country. At the. junction of the Cedar
[Jreek with the Coosa River, lie established
Fort Williams, and left a garrison,
then continued his march,with some two
thousand five hundred men, towards his
previous battle-ground at Eminkfaw.?
Al?out five miles Itelow it, ill the bend of
the Tallapoosa, the Indians, a thousand
strong, had entrenched themselves, determined
to give battle. They were on sacred
ground; for all that tract between tic
Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers known as
the "hickory ground," their prophets had
told them the white iuau could never counter.
This bend ertnfniiiotl uliniil ? Imn
ilred ai res, around which the river wrapped
itself in the form of n horse-shoe,
from whence it derived its name. Across
the neck lending to tiiis open plain, the
Indians hail erected a breastwork of logs,
seven or eight feet high, and pierced it
with a double row of port-holes. Behind
it, the ground ro?c into an elevation; while
still farther back, along the shore, lav the
village, in which were the women and
children. Early in 'he morning of the
2.5th. Jackson ordered Ben. Coffee to take
the mounted riflemen and the friendly Indians
and cross the river at a ford below,
and stretch around the bend, on the opposite
hank from the village, so as to prevent
the fugitives from escaping, llo
then- advanced in front, and took up his
position, and opened on the breastwork
with his light artillery. The cannonade
was kept up for two hours without producing
any effect. In the meati time, the
friendly Indians, attached to (Jen. Coffee's
command had swam the river and loosenon
a large number of canoes, whieh they
brought back. Captain IJusselPs company
of spies immediately leaped into
them, and, with the friendly Indians, cross
ed over and set the village on fire, and
w ith loud shouts nresscd t< >w ards the rear
of the encampment. The Indians returned
the shout of defiance, and, with a
courage ami steadiness they seldom exhibited,
repelled every eli>>rt to advance.
The troops under Jackson heard the
din of the conflict within, and clamoured
loudly to fie led to the assault. He, however,
held them back, and stood and listened.
1 >i*covering at length, by the incessant
tiring in a single place, that the
Americans were making no progress, he
ordered the bllgles to sound the charge.
A loud and thrilling shout rolled along
the American line,and, with levelled bayonets,
the excited ranks precipitated themselves
oil the breastwork. A withering
tire received them, the rifle-balls sweeping,
like a sudden gust of sleet, in their vcrv
faces. Not an Indian tliuclicd, and many
were pierced through the port-holes; while,
in several instances, the enemy's bullets
were welded to the American bayonets.
TIm? swarthy warriors looked grimly
through the openings, as though impervious
to death. This, however, was of
short duration, and soon the breastwork
was black with men, as they streamed up
the sides. Major Montgomery was the
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r?v tv in/ 1'ianini ill* mum uii iii?? mil
h? had aearrely waved hi* nwonl in triumph
alx>ve hi* head, when ho fell bock
U|H?n his companions, dead. A cry of
vengeance swelled up from his followers,
and the next moment the troops rolled
like a sudden inundation over the harrier.
It then becante a hand-to-hand tight; the
savage* refused to yield, and with gleaming
kiuvc* and tomahawks, and cluhlied
rin?"* and muskets, tile battle raged tiirough
the encampment. High and wild over
me inccwant rattle ol musketry ami clash
of armal, nrnne the ahnuta of tho prophets,
an dancing frantically around th?ir blazing
dwelling*,they oevtiuued their strange
inciuitationa, atiU crying victory. At
length, on. wait shot in the inouili, aa if
to gi\o the lio to hia declaration* I*rea?**!
in front and rear, many at laat turned
ami fled. Hut the unerring rifle dropped
Utem along the ahoTc; while those who
endeavored to save themselves by swim -1
ming, slink in mid-stream under tin; dead-1
ly tire of Ggtfee's mounted nieu. The!
greater i>ari, however, fought and fell, I
I laco to face, with their foes. It was a ,
long aud desperate struggle; not a soul >
asked for quarter, but turned, with a last
look of hate and defiance, on his con- j
queror. As the ranks became thinned, it I
ceased to he a tight and became a butch- j
ery. Driven at last from the breastwork, j
the few surviving warriors took refuge in
the bush aud timber on the hill. Wishing
to spare their lives, Jackson sent an
interpreter to them, ottering them pardon; \
but they proudly refused it, and fired on 1
the messenger, lie then turned his cannon
on the spot, hut failing to dislodge
them, ordered the grass and brush to ho
fired, Driven out by the flames, they
ran for the river, hut most of them fell
before they reached the water. On every
side, the crack of the rifle told how many
eyes were on the fugitives. Darkness at
last dosed the scene, and still night, brok,
en only by the cries of the wounded, fell
' on the forest and river. Nearly eight
hundred of the Indians had fallen, five
, hundred and fifty-seven of whom lay
stark and stiff around and in that encampI
meiit. The loss of the Americans, in
killed and wounded, was about two hundred.
An incident oeeurred after the battle,
which presented, ill striking contrast, the
two opposite natures of Jackson.
An Indian warrior, severely wounded,
I was brought to him, whom he placed at
i once in the hands of a surgeon. While
under th<'operation, the hold, athletic warI
rior looked up, and asked Jackson in br ?k!
en Knglish, "Cure 'im, kill 'im agaii <"?
The latter replied, "No; on the contrary,
he should he well taken care of." He
I recovered. Mild Jackson, nli'nsml witli lnu
I iiuhle hcairing, sent him to liis own house
j in Tennessee, ami afterward haul liim
tauight a trade in Naishville, where ho
i eventually married aitul settled down in
I business. When that terrible ferocity,
I wliieii took entire possession <>t' tlii.s
strange, indomitable mailt in battle, sub|
sided away, the most gentle and tender
emotions usurped its plaice. The tiger
J and the lamb united in his single person.
The tioil soldiers slept on the field of
| slaughter, around the smouldering tires
of the Indian dwellings. The next morning
they sunk the deaid bodies of their
companion* in the river, to save them
I from the scadping-knives of the saivatges,
land then took np their haekwaird tnareh
to fcurt William.
The original des?gn of having the
three armies from Tennessee, (ieorgia,
and Mississippi, meet ita the centre of the
Creek nation, and thus crush it with one
united effort, laud never been carried out,
and Jackson now resolved alone to overrun
and subdue the country. Issuing a j
noble address to his troops, lie, on the 7th
of April, set out for the Indian village of
! Iloithlewalle. ]tnt he met with no oppoI
sition; the haittle of Tohopekai had completely
prostraited the trils*, and the war
was virtaadly at an end. He, however,
scoured the country, the Indians every(where
fleeing before the terror of his
! name. On his march, he sent order to I
Col. Milton, who, with a strong force, was
j also atdvaucing into the Creek country, to
send him provisions. The latter retiirn<><l
a cavalier refusal. Jackson then sent a
peremptory order, not only to forward
j nrovisions, but to join liim at onco with
his (roojts. Col. Milt' a, alter reading the
' order, asked the bearer what sort of a man
!>laeksoti was. "t 'tie," he replied, "who j
intends, when he gives an order, to Irave j
'it obeyed." The Colonel Concluded to
' obey, ami rooii otl'eeted a junction with
his troops. Jackson then resumed his
inarch alongtlte banks of the Tallapoosa;
! hut lie had hardly Ret the leading column '
in motion, when word w is brought him
1 that < o|. Milton's brigade could not follow,
! as the wagon-horses had strayed away
during the night and could not be found. I
.Jackson immediately sent liim word to
detail twenty men to each wagon. The
astonished Colonel soon found horses
1 sullieieiit to draw the wagons.
The enemy, however, did not make a
stand, ami either tied or came in voluntarily
to tender their submission. The
latter part of April, (ieiieral I'inekney arI
rived at Fort Jackson and assumed the j
J command, ami (ieneral Jackson returned i
i to Tennessee, greeted with acclamations !
| and covered witli honours. In a few
, months jwace was restored with all the
Southern tribes, and tin' maciiiiiations of
Kngland in that quarter completely frustrated.
.
There is nothing in the history of our
i country more remarkable than thiscam1
paign, and nothing illustrates the genius
| of this nation more than it and the man
i who carried it triumphantly through.?
Ilising front a sick couch, he called to the
young men of every profession to rally to
the defence of their country. Placing
' himself at the head of' the hrnve hut tin*
I disciplined hands that gathered at his call,
i he boldly plunge*] into tho untrodden
i wilderness. Unskilled in the art of war,
; never having witnessed a battle since lie
i was a boy, he did not hesitato to assume
mi i-Miiiiiiniiii mi an army witnout UISCII
pliue mid without a knowledge of the
I toils ami difficulties before it. Yet with
it he crossed broad rivers, climbed pathless
mountains, and p? netrated almost impassable
swamps filled with crafty savages.
' Store subtle and more tirelesA than his foes,
| lie thwarted all their schemes. With
famine on one side and an army in open
i mutiny on tho other, he scorned to yield
| to discouragement, and would not t>e
', forced by the apparently insurmountable
> ol*tneles that opposed his progress from
his purpma. lty his constancy ami more
than ltoman fortitude, compelling adverjsity
at length to relent, and qnclling his
?
rebellious troops by the terror of his presence
and his indomitable will, he at last,
with a smile of triumph, saw his column
wiuding over the consecrated grounds of
the savages. Soon his battle-shout was
heard rising over the crackling of burning
villages. Kings, prophets, and chieftains
fell under his strokes; and crushing towns,
villages, and fortresses under his feet, he
at last, with one terrible blow, paralysed
the nation for ever.
Indian warfare presents none of the
pomp and grandeur of great battle-fields,
yet it calls out cruelly striking qualities,
and often requires more promptness and
self-possession and greater mental resources
in a commander. Especially with
such an army as Jackson had under him,
llie task lie accomplished was Herculean,
and reveals a character of vast .strength
and cxccutiveness. That single man,
standing up alone in the heart of the wilderness,
and boldly facing his faminestruck
and rebellious army, presents a
scene partaking far more of the moral
sublime than Cromwell seizing a rebel from
the very midstof his murmuring band.
His gloomy isolation for a wholo winter,
with only a few devoted followers, reveals
a fixedness of purpose and grandeur
of character that no circumstances could
affect. Inferior to the contagion of fear,
unaffected by general discouragement,
erjual in himself to every emergency, he
moves before us in this campaign the embodiment
of the noblest <jualities that disinguish
the American race.
( To be continual.)
Awful Tragedy.
an advkntckr in a iiauiiell's phot.
In lite month of October, 18'20, my
vessel was lying at Mobile. I went
ashore one bright morning, to do some
business with the house to which I was
consigned, and as I passed along the street
it ix-eurred to me that I might as well
have a beard of a week's grow th reaped,
before 1 presented myself at the counting
room, I stepped into a barber's shop and
told the barlier to proceed.
lie was a bright mulatto, a good-looking
young fellow, not more than two and
twenty years of age, it appeared. Ilis
eyes were largo, black and unusually lustrous.
His manner at lirst w as quiet and
respectful. I thought he was a long while
lathering my face, and I told him he must
have bought his soap at wholesale price.
Laughing, he replied that mine was a long
I beard, und that ho knew what lie wits
about.
44 Arc jk?u tlie boss bore, my, man," 1
i-_i
44 Yes," he answered, 44 my master set
me up, nn<l I pay liim twenty dollars a
month for mv time."
" That is a good interest on the capital
invested," I remarked; "can von pay your
rent and live on the balance of your savings
r
"Oh, yes ! au?l lay up something besides.
Sometimes I receive thirty bits a
day."
"Then I suppose you will buy your
freedom one of tln'se days,"
" As for that," he replied, 441 care but
little. I bave all the liberty I want and
enjoy myself as I go along."
By this time he had laid down the
brush, and commenced running bis razor
over the strop, looking at the blade every
time lie drew it across the leather, llis
hand trembled a little, and his eyes absolutely
burned like coals of lire. 1 did not
feel uneasy, but I could not avoid watching
him closely.
At last he commenced shaving me. My
head being thrown back, 1 was able to
keep my eyes fixed directly on his own.?
Why I did so I cannot tell; certainly I
1 I I . ?l 4 1 f * ?
appreuenueu noiumg, nui i am noi remove
my gaze for a single instant while
the razor was passing o -or my neck and
throat. He seemed to grow more and
more uneasy ; his eyes were as bright,
hut not so steady as when 1 first observed
them, lie eould not meet my fixed and
deliberate look. As he commenced shaving
my chin he said abruptly?
"Harbors handle a deadly weapon, sir.1'
44 True enough, my man," I replied, "but
you handle yours skillfully, although 1
notice that your hands shake a little."
44 That's nothing?I can shave just as
well. My hand shakes because I did not
have much sleep last night. Hut I was
thinking just now," he added, with a
laugh, "how easy it would be to cut your
throat."
* \ ory likely," l replied, laughing in
return, but looking sternly at liiui?"very
likely, yet I would not advise you to try
the experiment."
Nothing more was said. lie soon finj
ished, and 1 arose from the chair just an
an elderly gentleman was entering the
shop. 'Hie last comer divested himself oi
his coat and cravet, and took the seal I
I had vacated.
I went to the glass, which did not rej
flirt the chair, to arrungc my collar. Cer
I tainly 1 had not stood before it a sinftle
moment, when I heard something
ike a suppressed shriek, a gurgling, horrible
sound, that made my blood run cold,
I turned?there sat the unfortunate gentleman,
covered with blood, his throat cut
from ear to car, and the barber, a raving
maniac,dashing the razor with tremendous
violence in the mangled neck.
On the instant the man's eye canght
mine, the razor dropped from his hand,
l \ . r ti J ? - f.i T -"-V-l ' ~
niiu no ion ui"?? i" '? i iwireu inwards
Uio door and called for amUUnco.
Tho unfortunate man waa dead before
wo could reach tho chair.
We nocond tho barber, who I buImoquontly
learned, had been drinking deeply
tho night before, and w an laboring under
roinii n-pntN. 11m fate I never hoard
CorrcsjtonJcnce of the Xcio York Tribune.
Mr. Clay's Family?His Slaves?His
last Resting Place.
Lkxingtos, Kv., July 11, 1852.
Mrs. Clay is now 71 years of age, and
although her health is feeble, has the appearance
of a ladv of 50. Her name was
biuret in Jlart, and her native place Lexington.
Mr. Clay married her short!) after
he eaiue to Lexington from his native
State, Virginia. 15y her he has had eleven
children, thrcee of whom died in childhood.
Eliza Clay died suddenly in 1824,while
on her way to Washington in company
with her father. Her age was about sixteen.
Another daughter, Mrs. I titrable,
of New Orleans, died about the same time.
In 1835, another and the only remaining
daughter, the wife of Jas. Erwin, of New
Orleans, died also.
Of the eleven children, only four now
live, Henry Clay, jr., having fallen at the
battle of ltucna Vista. Ilis body is inter
mi in un.* i.iiihiv tot nt l.exingto?.
Tlieo. Wythe Clay, wlio lias 1 icon a lunatic
since his boyhood, is nearly fifty
years of age, being the eldest son. His
recovery is hopeless. His lunaey is characterized
by melancholy, with oceaskmal
fits of \ iohaiee.
Thos. Hart Clay is the proprietor of
Mansfield, a fine estate near Lexington,
and devotes himself for the most part to
the cultivation ol hemp. His age is 42.
.las. 15. Clay, aged 30. is also a farmer,
and owns a large estate near St. Louis,Mo.
where he has a large dairy, and is engaged
extensively in rearing stock.
John Clay the youngest, is 2R years of
age, and resides at home, managing thy
farm, ami devoting a portion of his time
to the profession of the law. In appearance
he resembles his father more than
any of the other sons. His features are
similar, his hair has the same dry, sandy
appearance; and hangs about bis features
in the same careless manner.
Of the 35 slaves owned by Mr. Clay,
Abraham, the groomsman,is the oldest,
Wing near sixty. Adams, the gardener,
if 55 years of age. Thornton Mr. Clay's
body servant, received from the hands
of his master his free himk
.... ...... W..I I.CM-I
| left liim, even after death, until the
corpse was placed in the totnb.
The. remains will not rest permanently
in the vault where tliey were placed
yesterday, but will he removed to the
(Mhv family lot in the same cemetry,
as soon as preparations have been made
by the people of Ix>xington to lay the foundation
of the monument to his memory.
This event will take place some time next
Fall, when 1 >aniel Webster is expected to
deliver the oration.
Learning to Spell.
Had spelling is discreditable. Every
young man should Ik> master of his nativo
tongue. He that will not learn to spell
the language that is 011 his tongue and
before his eyes ever? hour, shows nogreat
aptitude for the duties of an intelligent,
observing man. Had spelling therefore is
an unavoidable indication. It indicates a
blundering man?a man that cannot seo
with his eyes open. Accordingly we have
i known the application of more than one
I young man, made with great display of
i penmanship and parade of references, rejected
for his Ihh/ xjulllvii.
Had spelling is a very conspicuous bad
indication, lie who runs may read it. A
hnghl school-boy, utterly incapable <?t* nj>preciftling
your stores of science, art ami
1 literature, can see your bad spelling at a
glance, and crow over it. Von will find it,
hard to inspire that boy with any great
respect for your attainments. Had spel1
ling is therefore a very mortifying and inj
convenient defect. AVc have known men
| thrown into prominent po-itions so
ashamed of their deficiency in this respect,
j that they never ventured to send a letter
I till it had been revised hv a friend. This
1 was, to say no more, sufficiently inconvc|
nient.
I say again, learn to sjh.11, young man.
! Keej> your eyes open when you read, and
1 if any word is sj>elt different from your
; mode, ascertain which is right. Keep
I your dictionary by you ; and in w riting,
| whenever you have the least misgiving
ahnut the spelling of the wordjook it out
at oner, ami remember it. I>o not let
your laziness get the better of yon.
| H in Of..-- To make a beautiful oil
j for the hair, take a pint of olive oil and
bring it up to 200 degrees of heat in a
; clean pan (not iron) ami add half an
ounce of pearlash. Stir w ell for about ten
I ..... v-l-- ?'
"'iim.ko, <?ki- iv on ana men set it to
cool; a Pediment will be found at theboti
ton-. I'onr off tlie clear through a cotton
clotli, and put it up in a Lottie for use.
The pearlash combines with the margarin
acid in tho oil, leaving the olein ; this will
} not get thick, and w ill be froo from odor.
j Hair oils should bo clear and nearly color
losa. Iiy oxpostog the ol'rc oil, refined
as described, to the sun, in well corked
; bottles, it will soon becomo colorless,limpid
aa'watcr, and exceedingly beautiful. Any
, person can thus prepare bis own hair oil.
?Scientific Anurican.
44 I Pilll ItAQP ^ talil o ?o<T 14 f
?-? > nam ii nuucrur, i
can bear the squealing of a pip, the roaring
of thunder, or the squall of ten thousand
cats, but the voice of a dun is like the
crack of doom, and when I hear a dun, I
am done out and out."
it#" "The tire ingoing out, Miw hib
kin*."
" I know it, Mr. (Jrecn; and if you would
act wisely you would follow its example."
It's unnecessary to add that (ircen ne.
ver "axed" t > sit up u ith that gal agaiu.