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py ■ • t nKf/ ORLEANS. f)\i\ llicliory’s BrilUaiit 31ovo- luent on tin* Ci-csf^nt City. ox I lie ciy. i^ie ci j SUBDUING THE INDIANS O. Drirlng Uie Forces of the British Before Eim to the Ser.. fkiillyin^ t’lP Soliiierx rSiarmir^ Kli J tl»« People-Terrific Fishting on the 1 ii.igar I'lains—A Famous Victory Won In Twenly-flve Minutes—Iloiv Lo-iisiMoa \Va< S«»vc«l to the I’nit. (1 Slulc-»—Tlie Lost Pi* J-tni! CJie AVar of jris. [Copyright.' Ihr xlio Ain.-ruMa Fr. ss A^?'viatioi:.' Tlie story of the di-fense of New Orleans in mir Inst war with fireut Britain, throws into piear light that remarkable fi^ ire in Ameri can hhrtor^, Oen. Amlrow Jack son. Th« brief canrvtign. fought hy Javlrvui between Jtoe. X), 1st I, an.l Ja!i. *>, 1S1.». sccuivd to the republie foruv.-r the state of L eiisiaaa, th<* key to the mighty empire of the valley of the Mississippi. F renew creo went up: ‘•Jaekson has eome!" ami there was magic In the news. It was enough. TJie unavoid- »Me formalities of liis res-eption over, enijrig » fen nioulhlu'sof hoini.iv- -he<•onel b.ar no ttroager lo'ti --n<-! e-t not a minute bet »ie ha eino'iTiO-d hi horse atul ro le out to review the unifoi me<l companies, consisting of a few tiundred men, the elite Cff New Orleans— 'n rehautB. lawyers, the sons cf planters, a few clerks and other*—well ^|uipf<csl and not \ little proud of their appearance and dis- ■ :dj»IiTie. The next morning Jackson started : -arly to examine with bis own eyes the con- i lition of the river below, and, visiting Lake j Ponteburtraiii and Bake Borgiie.returned w"Il | satisfied with the rondition of things. Lake * Penteliartraiii itseif i- jand locked, connected j hy a narrow stnu't with i/ike ilorgne. The water of the l itter is very shallow, so if the ?nerny cro od it o* ah it would have to ije in vliips’ tio.ats or other small craft. To this emergency Commodore Patterson had stationed a ll*-et of guntriats, •arrying tiventy-three guns and i s 2 men, mder the command of Bieut. Thomas i.'ao sf»v Jones, giving him orders to report {•romptly the coming of the British, while in t inch case he liim - li’ v.as to retire and draw i them on to the entranceof the strait that led into Lake Pontohartniin. So long aa tbe:a.< ves-scls could l«e sc-n eriising around on these •! engage d *A. . 4 lii-l- - 4 44. * 'A V'--V L’ o i i i J » • UJ> too much for the short rifles of the British in fantry, and as one Kngiish officer wrote, it was “a rough and tumble fight.’' the layr.net ar.l jut-ki.ii'e in a-dive op; aai'i' i andcloje quarter., au thi'nugb the struggle. Another Briton declared that tiic- "flying illumination en'-iT'. -iii,. him was sj siraugc, that hail he net pointed his t-.-ra oii to the front at the Be ginning of the fi.ru? he could not have told which w-as thepiopor front of The English MrldiejSj were often firing on one another, being frequently misled by the fact that friend and f«»e l»oth s.A.ke the same lan guage. v. new experience for men so lately the victors on French, German and Sjanish battle fields. At last the British fell back and took .shelter be hind the levee, more ready to lac* r-j - the shots of “ '■ " Carol inanstl bullets and knives of the Tcmiessee- ans. The l*'s- of the Americans in this night o!Ta■ r was tlld. The killed u u i.a b e re d t* f , wounded 11.1 and 74 prisoners, l. ltl iy nd r. u * i ia »s if the V, ir.n the v- C wateiM tin* inhabitants felt ••omjiarativelv afe. Siioiild Jones, however, lie attacked ind o\vr|r*were<l. nothing but the shallow waters and man-hy shores of the lake st-jod aM ER'CAH tNt*r*Z r ' — VlCNT InO' betwcH-n th. nud a fate than diath. while v he: . jieople wors<- Mean- ivcre AfCH/TH Of THE MISSISSIPPI MAP OK TUK Sr.AT OK W A It. During Hie summer of 1- K !'» the Indian:: oj Gisirgia and Alabama, incited By th<> British find Spanish authorities, ain! poiiscd into ac tion by ttic eloquenco of ELslrwafawa, ‘' t!io loud voic-.-,” and that of his brother, Ti*eum- sch, “the wild cat springing on hii prey,” Uj> arms. Oa the Ihth of Si'plcmlicr the iu*i\'s r^udieil J.-xckMtn in Nashyillc. 40Umi!i;-j dist:in.,Tind,•though (iisubh^l by SjHein's^, ba Is-gan the drill and preparation of a I'orce for tlie ailrance into a wiiderncss whero no sup plies wore to b" had. 'i’his is “ i he Hungry C.impiign.” His owq private stores, bought nml forwarded at l;is ic-vu expeiis 1 -, were ex- haustcil to relieve his mon, until he himself, (ts wcfl as his oflicei-s,' were coinpdleil to subsist on unse.o.so:ied trijs*, and ho was ivsluced to a few acorns, which ho took from bis ]socket with the words, “my best and only fare.” His vietorict at Talla dega and T-okopeka, the first with oiily fifteen killi*<l aui{ eighty-five wounded, Hin other writh flfty-flvn’ kilieil and thrico tliat plumber wonndo I, show the power of the man under a lVoi>«l citciiinstan'-os. The Indian iiioad w ro ci.uuted bj - hundreds: their bravo i-.iief, Weatherford, surrendered, and Fort •i ick -on established at the ooufluence of tiie t-'iK.na and Tallapoosa rivers to cut off eommnnicatiou with the India:i.s, the Eng- plisli and Spanish on the seaboard Jackson, a major general of the I'nitod Kiatea army nml conim''uider of the "eventh ru.Titary district, was on the way to Mobile Still intent o i a movement which won! i car ry him to the gulf. Through friendly In- jiiius he j earned thuS the Saunish iiuthoriti6s at Fnnsaoola, with their Usual duplicity, were in practical allinnco with the British and Indians. Col. Edward Nichols, the i-ommunder of nine British ships of war which lay at anchor in the harbor, was a welcome guest of Abo Bpanish governor. BUtTlSU IVr.VXTRY, lelMo. tho British and what were they doing? At Negril Bay, Jamaica, lay the Tohant. eighty guns; the Kuyul Oak, seventy-four guns: the Norge, the Bedford, th< Asia, the Raihilies. all se-vent 3-fours, with many othei's, all crowded with iPe iinest troops that England i*ouM raiir 1 . and oti the morning of the 2i'.th of November. 1M4. tlfly vessels, cari-v- Ing ijuio gmn-, nnd Uc o ly gn.ihiij men, ►et sail for New Orlcan:-. e?c|>ecfing « find it wholh - ! ao lefeiile-1. Bat ihe> had reckoi • cl without i th'f-ir liosl. though the odds wcio in their j favor. “Two half filled, newly mi • 1 ! regiments of regular troops, nunilier- j ing abo.it. Sd.l; Major Idanehe's high I spirited battalion of uniformed volun- | 5X); t vo reginient.s of state mil itia badly equipped, some armed with fowling ni's'o-, others with muskets, others again with rifles, and some without arms at all; a battalion of free nrai of color, tho whole urv•miring to about M/tOO men—this, Parb>n, ‘die historim, declares was the whole avail- ible force in tlr* city of New Orleans. Two vis-v -ls of war lav in the river, the Carolina md tiie Lmisiaiia. neither of them tnauned, and Gen. Coffee, with fib ) men of the army nf Pensacola, wa , ijoing all he could to mach ois bravo commander. But swollen stream: ind imoa.sable roads, with scant forage, rendered his progress iicissxarlla' slow. Gen. I■■iri-oll. of T'-i:neis.H.r liad raised H volunteer ri:gi!n“’it . but the slato had boon so stripped if arms that there was but one weapon to »ve*rv ten men. Provielcntnilly he overtook i boatload of musk Is, in his pa-sage down tlie river, which did good -.eryico ...terward. Vivo thou-'and Kentuckians under (ions. Thomas a : l Adair aveue also on their wav down the Mississippi, but without blankets, tents, or clothing, nnl.v a few rifles and one looking kettle for c. cry eighty men. No wonder (ion. Keano and Admiral Cordirane »xpe<’ted, nyt to couqucr Now Orleans, but to occupy it without a struggle. On tlie 10th the British fleet anchored wp-iosite the Ch:ind«lcur ►sland-s, near the ent rance of lyike Itorgue, »nd to ascend t.iiis lake was the plan agreed anon. As vet they knew nothing »•£ the ar.ations made to rweivo them. 'And it was hot until the Utb that thc3’ diseo%| with his gunboats. A flwt of si them «ith a d. -ndly -iro ou front and ank from his I jolt cries and from the Louistna. h 1 •arcs a l^xil passed over or fell short • t its mark, but all. asdiss'lcaoil in a British aec^Et, striking full in the mMist of the e oe«*asio?i*<l tenable havoc. The man witii ttieir ouiiiou.es, began to burn, maddcnefl w ith the scorching heat and L. ing smoke in the rear and the mnsketr front the'.- ceased their magnificent man order and yielded to confusion. Tho ii try were ordered to quit the path and into line in the fields, while the arri.l"n wais brought up to opixae that of the enemy. In half an hour two field pieces and one me tar were dismounted nnd many of the gun ^rs killed: the rest were compelled to retire, flie infantr}-, formed once more into line. ij. vanced under a heavy discharge of r> jr:d' and g-ape shot till they wetv checked IT a glance nt tl.o canal. They knew not,its depth, had no idea where it could befoied or what might lie concealed on the other‘Vh- of those iinniififnrv looking earthwefa, ; and after an onicretl lialt they hurried I to i the welcome shelter of a wet ditch with viler ! vf sufficncht depth to co\cr their k’lfc, T.oj.itig thus to escajie the bullets of Jack'ibiv ihiinwiiOviters, who never mL-rscl r man. (A ■ .Coes of i ,e It- •v aiding Keane on the right. As the mist of , the eventful morning of the Sth liogsn to ills- j parse, the dull rod line of the British l:jst be come visible, and Lieut. Spott-. in command of B ifcr?. No. 7. op*ncd one of his heavi guns upou if. To the left atvl to tit*' I'.gi : nvket-s •hot high in o the air: the Briii.-h line br>.ks' into columns: the buttle had con:-, mencrtl. yteadil.v and swiftly the column of Gen. m- Gibbs advance*! toward batteries six. seveu t rm, and eight, w liich sent their bulb aoRfietiineb with tcli'ng effect. As fast as gaps were made the}- were filled, until closer contact • cut great lanes through the ranks. On and j atiil on until they were within range of Car- ! roll’s Tennesseeans nnd Adair’s Kentuckians— ■ four lines of sharpshooters, one behind the other. Carroll held his men quiet till th ■ j eue.i!}- were only “00 } ariis di^fant. then gav. | the command "Firvl” The summit of tho embanln^eut was now u j lint* of 'sqiurtmg fire, naly broken i:ere nrd there bj- the broad :!a.'h :•! the raft* tv s. But still tb*j column advanced. (Jibbs at it- h/nd. A hundred .vards from the American lines the ranks halted, mid so threw the column against ‘J.AM Crl. ish. The latter lost about 4uJ in alt. That Gen. Keano had Ijeon sn- priso'l by Jackson there can be no doubt, and the iai-e state ments made to him b}- his American prisoners l-d tho ^ If ERICA X vn.MXTbETg 1 B; itish commander 181^-15. I to suppose that no lees than 3 ’,000 men were in front of hint and more in reserve. Gvercuijfi ; n prevented his advancing when lie had the advantage. The genius of j Jackson was signally displayed in this , l>o!d game of idui", by which he gained i vi hat was more valuable to him tken than : men in* rminilious, time: time to intrench J ami tim? to form tho troops th..t were on j hand and approaching. At 0;iW. a heavy fog coming <in. the conflict cease 1, the British rc- j tiring within their camp lino on Villerc’s , pluniation. Jackson leading his right division ' back t'j the main etitmeco of that own.-d b\- | I>e la Honde, while Coifoe encnnbMsl with his left near 1 >o in Kor.do’s gariiv,.!. Four miles below ilie city tin* Eoderigu:*/. canal, i.n old iniil race jiartlv liiied isj> ami grown over wit h gra.- s. cross -<1 the phiia off d.alinetlc at its narrowest parr, and t !:•• ilawn of the tMth found the main bo Iv <,f J.on’s armv in the rnuic jxisiiion tlait the right wing liadoc- ciipi; 1 at the beginning of llr• ;>r. vi a:; night attack, tl.e cam:! lying t;ef'.ve<-’i the.n ami the enein;.-. I'i lcaxes, i.p^fii : hovel-, crow bar-. wire ibnrrov.s. car:, -e.ver.yfuing that couiJ dig, litt and cavrv- ear Ji—hau 1 r.-ea i»aat for, Jackson dis-larnsg; *• Here wc will plant our stakes ftad not n.liau-h'a them iniril w o drive tlu-s.- redcoat rascals into tUj river cr the S Vt !^.4.1! L it «• trv-ing position, tmlv-, for the hot'oes of r iP Feuiiisnra and the proud Ninhtv-third Hi landers Seven hours elapsed before t. were able to get away from their hid places, leaving many n brave fallow bohi them. Thus was it with tlv- left of the nrmv; t the right, under Gen. Gibbs, fared no ! ■ Their ojijjonent, Gotfee, with his Ten. *=.- scs.-ans, itood read}-to nieet them, and a •pa a vain etfort to penetrate the m t's>, was commanded to halt, mounted gims were carried o!f by a part'lof sailovs, and .'is so->n as this wnsaecomphshM. agehcrnl retreat was < rdor.sl, and *o:u Lv one the regiments found their wa v back, ilv- heartened at their repube. THE BLOODY 8TH Or -yvarv r -if r -..ru- d. ; - „ * * ? / . err <r- A~— ( S..T.- | j .1 t 'e-- t. v fHrrr.-i < - -• ’♦ ».c -V- .. c« .'.i sarsh. tf s. The Bs- JANUAFVE had seen tV S' ;V_X. This powder never vanes A marvel of purity. Mientth and wholesometio-s. More economica! than the onTtmiry kinds, and cannot he sold in cunt petition with tin- multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phoaphste powders. Sou» ontA (» ikiVal BAKING I’OWDfii; ( «).. i;ji3 V.>!! street. New York. For sale by COFUTNEY & CO„ Aiken. S. C. T\.r«.l. the finest nnd largest stock ? t iif iT.dlii ig for Full ami \Vinfer that has ever been in this city, not only ihe largest b it tin* most s*vli.-h (’lothing tor Men Bovs nod V”Utiis. Tiie Entp u'iut: is ths* only place for correct styles and fashionable goods. Every garment sou) is y is a ran teed as rcprc.sct ted. tins stocif i-omprlscs man.v rlitlerent sivles in make and material, tlj.o jijnst popular Sick suit will be ti.e Cheviots m snipes, y*.u will also !’.ml the Cheviots in lour hutton Cutaway’s; t s well ns cas^i- ineres. Whip.cord and Cos k-screu'. also a line of fanev worsteds. My line of I’rince Albert coats and vests have never hem equaled before, I have them in all shades and sizes and will guarantee you a perfect lit. I have a beautiful Jj.ne of ever-coats in ail weights and colors in whip-cord, .vorsted. Kersey, Cheviot, Chinchilla and Beavers. Pr:fmi?nal AIverticemcTits. D. c. iic..'»II. i'. lie!i*lerson BrollioiN, A’iTUUN KYii AT L.VVV, AlKKN, f5. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. . James Aliiuich >Valter Asolkt. ! 41ilneli & Ashley, ATTOHN KYS AT I.AW, AlKKN, S. C. Praetiee in tlie State and United . SLUes Courts fur South Carolina. 0. JORDAN, ATTORN KY-AT-bAW. AIKEN, S. C. 15®,v«€'8©|lsi!a G4® Go:i. Pa*, kculiaui Calling u council of ‘ncan lines, calling a council of v.m-. cioluded that the oniv wav to carry tri* •ricau jsjsition was to make regular 4- r THE FAMOUS TRENCHES. Fences wera torn a wav- in tf. keep the light soil and the rails driven from falling back: What next? American li Lp CO! Ameri proaehes to if, nnd fhe last three rtays of vear J'-li well) Extent in jirc;)aratio:is havifig ihi: ob. ( ct in view, while Ja -k-oa a*Lied i,ca batteries nnd new s - ivngi h to every j>ort;'j»n Of his line, commencing a new o:.e two iniks* neare: the -.•itv in case hi: forc-.-s on the rartil thuphi be ' overpowered. Maj. Latfair v.!^s cent across the ri-er tf* con ninu-t workstl: I.a case Gen. Packcnliam mightIlf to trail] 3 *rhis ojieiations’to that point, and Cap Honrv of the Carolina, fi.t.ii*'*! a bri*.] kiln diroctl}' or pasite tUo city. Ileav}’ guji from the Louisiana were placed on the rigli hank of t!ie river, opjiosito tiie R:io. so rs tl svveep tiie wb.ole plain in front whenever lh| Cr't:s!i saw fit to make another approaelj, i’t*c pritish, too wt-re active By the eve ing of the blst'thirty pieces of cannon hr been Lrouglit up from the fleet, and Is foije ihe morning of the 1st six hatteviJs liad been completed. To aecompliffii tins much earth was requin-.l, bit not lx ing forthcoming, t he Briti.'^i resorted t** ihc e*']xglient. pf -sing tho hoya 3ca<Js of Migai: With which the plantatioif: were well stored. So, where the Americans ‘ook cotton the invaders took sugar. In a bloody battle on New Year s nay thp British vv*.r*/repulsed. PATTI.E OF into di. 'U-<lcr, Gi’ I s XEW OK' LANS. shouting for them to re form and ndvan -o. There was no reforming under such a tiro. Or.ee checked the column .xjuld not but break nnd retreat in confu sion. P. B. SVI h i G HE BRITISH BREAK. Pnekenkan streve to restore thorn to order, spurring his horse to the very front amid a torrent of rid** ball? In a moment his right irm was shattered and fell jxiweilcss to his side, and t!: •' next his horse fell dead upon the field. Mounting another.'apparently u:i- •ouseioiis of ins dangling ar-n. !.c followed .he retreating men, co:;im.'Vid.ing and en treating thorn to halt nail reform. S. *nie few -hrew themselves into the ditch, plunged icross it. and fell scrambling up the sides <*f V/S, M Waps MaasfajtoPF Ilichlatpl Ave. :iml Pendleton ^t. AIKfcN, S. r. A This stock is the largest I have ever panic*!, giving thy cust oneis tin op portunity of a good selection of the many styles and pat'.crna. yoii will find a good select ion of Ktiee suits, ranging in sige Irmii i yrs yi's, aixl Ibiy’s lung pant otiils 12 vis to IS yrs, when yon vjsit do not fail to see tide stock. John Gary Evans, Ai TOUJC K Y-AT- L.V W. Will prtietice ill Bio Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. paid to lo fro ip here tyavilam! Stevenson, ATToUNpY AT Law, Aikkn, S. C. Special attention given to Collec tion. if ATS. LOT of second-hand buggies fha* ; have been tlmroughly repaired i ami repainted, ne rly as good as new . !io slip’KT.v para*: tween the two coin: rent regiment, the Ni tlO men, led Lv- for n telling I t. <11 the left, Gibbo About midway bo- stood that magnifi- nct}--third Highlar.ders, Gel. D:.le. And now :*-. Yv'ith Packonham <>n tho right, the High- ar.dors cam- marching up in solid phalanx to their support. Their bnv-onefs glittering in the sun like glistening diamonds made oubv too con.-picuous t mark for Lieut'. Crawley, ;? battery No. 4, with hi.; ihirty-two pounder. Loaded to the mar.vie with market balls i.c poured its charge at point blank range right into the head of the column, nnd LOO of them lay dead upon the field. Waving Lis hat with ids kit hand. Pnckenhiru cried out: “ilur- i-rhlv u-ga'(l.a.n 1 .ui» ^1 ickson now *letennine<l to takx.mattqrs. .ipj {•* mot ion to destroy thevj gunboats. ’•lore 1 Jones Mtj- barges, iA'UkI, were t precious Muir, which By in the river ready to sail, was s<it*u div**stetl of its cargo and made t<* pay its trihu*.* tovvar.l the American defenses At sunset a breastwork of three nr four fe**1 high lay along the v. hoi .* line one mile in cx:*'i:t. reaching troe.t the riverou their right to the <-ypress sw.amo on the*r left, and l e- fo:v night two smnli pieces of <-anuon (six pounder-) vvoro in positi*)ii on the l.igli road. Ti the uu-autiuic Latour, the chief engi neer, had cut the leveo 100 j-ar*Ls below the lines, in from of (Jhalmette’s plantation, in ord*-r to Ihjod the plain between the two ar- nii*'.s. but the water in the rivei being usually- low, the overflow only served.-the (>** euiy. tiding th*^^Auotddrya-.niais and bnyoui with sumeio^S^tPr to allow them tobrtni in -VheiTATeavy artiilay. Had the Missis sippi been as high as it often is at this tiin« of th * year, Jackson’s hope of isolating t!:« Rritish ipjon an island would have beta realized, for the **-!***lt*plai'i ’ivn'ii'i h.i "v ar.dtr water. Tho warehouses of tiK»*-i< y w ;•:* '-.:ua for «-lothing. and ever..- V ia, fi'p-iit-a gua v. j's jiut al work. G* :ii.i: i was l.y u-> me*;'.ns idl*. 1 . Tw<» more n-gimcais.thp s’eventh and For'.y-thire iufanfrv, l.Ttu strong, ii.idei- tii * Jol’-.i t.:i!u jerl, had arrived from Lngland iufiisin,: fr •ouiugs in(-) the disheartened British ihi'-ken'.’ain now determined to. njr.-'-s’o'.d to send part across; -.-ire Jackson's guns and to tur Vmericau luas, mid •anal t > be ihe bu own hand, and not wait for instructioni from Washington. Furnished with documentar y evidence by flovemor William C. C. Claiborne, of Ijouisiana, sent by tho notorious smuggler J.-xfltte, nnd consisting of friendly overtures to himself, Lafltte nad his band of Dari- t trians to join the Briti.-h j» their projected invasion, Jackson squarely accused Xlanre- r icz, the Spanish governor of Pensacola, of b id faith, nnd wrote: “In future I bog you I * withhold your insulting charges against ny B*)vemmc'it, for oae mare inclined to ) iU'u to shin ier than I am; nor consider mo nay more a diplo u itic character unices so piMC’.ainied from the mouth of my cannon.” Col. Robert Buthre was then voatup to Tcn- n swet* to beat up volunteers, with a view pf giving t ingihlc shape to tho last Flans*: of Jackson’s letter. No less than 2,*i00 of th s sturdy young man of that state re- j poondl’d to the call. Mobile, as J.u*ks >n had Kts|*eote l, was tho first point <>f attack: hut ! the British little know the man with whom they b.vl to deal. Four of tlvdr -v-n;s-*is. with | ninety-two |>i**ixvs of artillery ami l.TW in *u, i Vvi*re rt:pul.*vl by a garrison of IT) stationed j ,4t Fort Botv-tar. dti .'labile p' iut; end this victory not only lost theu* their In*ban nl- ; lies, who were afraid of Jackson, but also ! gavo on iin;<etus to volirntts-ring lor the <1**-j fen so of New Or- - VC'S-. 'S' vV GRV. c«:fkfk. I loans, threat<*ncd point, I where rich storey of cotton and lig ti- i were stored, ui:*l were already look ed upon by tho j British as theii j own. In the beginniii't of Novemlier Jaek- son inoveil on Pen- | saool.a. nn*l on the evening of the 6M, ' demanded tho surrender of the forts. Th** ] f ••lyLtcned governor m*'t lii::! willi a white | fl -g. promising him anything if he would only : t*-*are tho b> vn, while th” llrili ih abamioned : their priucioil fort, Fort Birin?is, and , aailoi away, lea: ing Ja‘-ksoii cnee more in.»s- j t-ro^ the situation. By the sudden flight of the British. Jack-j non was led t j suspect that ■Mobile might l** ftgain attacked, sv> ho retraenl his step.-*, and : i> i the 11th of November we find him once more In that eity, eagerly scanning the ur- p -nt letters of i roven:-. r Glaiivirue tv hasten : t-> the help of his defi-liLciess capital Neither the governmeiit oflicials nor Ult generality <>f the people h ‘liovei the. iJratn Ij-afitto’s statement with icgavd to tin movo- l't* , ttts of the British On New Orleans, but ! 4 ’!ail*orne air.l the eloqu-ut lawyer, I iving ' t.jon, llii* legal adviser of the smuggler, pul i nplicit (xiufidc-ieo in them, aa-J so .li*l Jack Fju. wh» knew that the British force whk'b 1. ul Ixsnl beaten off at Fort Bowyer. coulC . easily have scizeil the city, if the}- had knows • vactly where to hm*! and by what road t*; luurch. c.r.il by the force of overwhelming numbers, tf'er a combat of almost r.u hour, at the cost «.f otXi of their men, the British gained a complet es victory. But Jackson never faltered. Ins?,anti}- j prft-lainiing martial law, he proceele.l to ! fortify and strengthen every pas.;, or l :red a i jrrnnd review of al! the trooiis for th<* l.^rh i ef Dec-embor. ais^pttvl ihe Buriturians on the U*-gcn! roliiafiit ion of their chief, L-ilittc, as yoluuti.vys nivl New Orleans litcqm** -i huge military camp. Si,: phiilcd by ftiUifnl and etli'-ieni. aids, dispatching orders, receiving r<'ixirts, Jacksqn \vorke<l, noser resting anil v.-ip-ei}- eating. On Ihe nfbvnnun of tho S.'id vrer 1 ss-as brmight t.» his h-ei lipi-irters in Royal .- tree: tliat 1 hroo gentlemen s'-jsh* d to s**c him. “Show them iu.” T. ey w re stained with mud an<l brciitlile- s with excitement an*l rapid riding. •■Y.'h it i the news, gentlemen “The British hast lauded nine milosbelow the city, ami are i*ncanipcd there. Hero is M ij. \'illei-c, s\ h*j sv:us captured l.y them, but (ins escaped.” “By tho 1’fernal! they shall not sleep on St;r soil.” Thcti t-o his aides: ‘ Geiitleiiicn, ' ihe British are lx*low; wo must fight them fo- aight.” j 1 ho troops were widely scattered, but all * > - , | received the same rimnlc orders—to advance j as far as the Roderiguez canal, six miles be- ' low the city nnd two miles above the Viilere * plantation, there to half nud wait for ordem I to dose with the enemy. Tlie guns of the Carolina were to give, tlie signal for the at- tri'-k. Galling for liix dinner, Jackson ate a ' few spoonfuls of rice, laydown on a sofa in i bis (.flic;* ami dozed for a short time, and at fl I o’clock rode to the lower part of the city, whore then stood Fort St. Gharlre, and ; watched from there the movements c.f the j j Carolina. Half pas? 7. anil the guns (pen. ! , The first broadside Iroc: the Carolina, [ ! followed by seven others, 'sent a hundred ; : British soldiers to the ground. For ten ] minutes the litt le schooner was loft to fight . tho combat .alone. Then came the command: “Forward: March!’’ and the right, under 1 Jackson, composed of l he regulars—Planclic'.s i and D'Aquin's brigades. Me Rea’s artillery nnd some marinis—moved down the road along the levee, while the left, under the brave* officer wh*> ha* l j-ief arrived, emu pose* t of his brigade, Hind's dragoons and Beale’s rifles, skirted the edge of (h-i cypres; swamp for the purpose of cutting off oonimunien- lious of tho invaders with Lake IJiiruue. The •ilarm and confusion in the British camp, caused by the attack of the Carolina, had scarcely been checked when they were startled by the crack of musketry in the di rection of their out ]ics;s. The Eighty-fifth J and Ninety-fifth regiments, British, hastened j to the support of the pickets, and the Fourth. ! VK) stj-ong, was posted on Yiilore’s canal, ! near Gen. Keane’s hoadquarter*. The first | we*« roet bv a reschrte tolumu under Jack- 1 y-jrs r EMI. ORLEANS rahl brave Highlander;!" when a mass of •riv.po shot stnu-.i: i !h> group of which bo was 1 he center 1 figure, tore open his thigh and killed his horse. Ilis aid caught his falling leader and was support Ing hfhi v.-hen a a-cotnl fliot etruck him in the groin, an l lie became ituconscious. After a fe-.v gaspings l;e c:c- iire; 1. Bhorlly after Gibbs, to j, received s. mortal wound, w hile Xoanchad to Lc carried co the roar, disabled, imd Dulo fell at the i head of his regiment. And vet these* Lrav l’0;t KA ‘*1-1 MXS’GA f’HMAi*. \V:ig iris, roml carts ami all kinds of vehicles built to order nr repaiidnl on KJ:.\so.\\\i»L7<; Horse shoeing and al! kinds of lilncksinitliiiig n>!<l wheel wriuht work 1 ilotiein iiisf-ilnys style at living prices, j P. !I. MA'ITII v.WS, augfi 1y WI.UX AIKEX, you— r. A»JT TO BU ?Y In all i!)i* latest styles and shapes, tlie DUIn LA P S lh I-F nnd SILK HATS. b*r which 1 n ti <ole ngent, you will find tunny other makes of still ami soft Hats in nil sizes, also a Hue assortment of Hoy’s and children's Huts. O ak ks.N, (lenl’s fine shoes in nl! tlie lending .•tyl* s nnd makes am ng the mauu- fucltirn-.snip the eelei.vuted Jhiumes't-r Shoes, nl ;o the Doiiein-s warranted iS.f.fl Hhoe for Men ami the ^2.00 Shot for hoy ’s Call and examine my stock when in thi* eity, y*>n will (iind it interest ing as well as profitable lo you, I will lake pleasure insliowingyou through. 1 am Hesbectfuliv. 31. L. KINAIID, Coluinbiii, S’ C. I)r. J. H. Biivnett, Dentist. «Ki;iCK AT Qranitsville, 4i^en County, S. 0. Dr. W 15 CouHney, Dentist. tlFKlfK rin\v:t!:e, (iiass ware Jewelry, Speetaeies, >pooi Knives anil Foilts, Cpsubs, Hi-pslies, llaskels, li.i’Ss, \ a-:.*s an*! every olher tunio- the J Vw 7 Lamps, Ibu-kets, in fact U.oekery Laurens street, Aiken, S, 0. Over Deckman’ Bank. Dr. K. A. Smitli IHLUTICINCl PHYSICIAN, AUCLUSE, - - - S. C. j^Otf.ee iicar Depot. liiee lor vo i lo go to is j? fA * !- i> V is u si v-*“ gk4 1 s?._ ^ i 1 y 3 Zuii" ^ . 5, !0 & 15 Cls. Store, cirri*xs£i?£c*% i IOX OF TirE TROOPS. placed, and wlicn* cotton had been it.; place j-*as tilled up with the soft slippery mud of i the delta. On tl:e edge of the river a redoubt I was thrown up and mount :.! with cannon, so j as to cnfila le the dif.-h in fr(>nt of tho A:i:cr- 516 Broad Street ;to u i . I J? I’V‘1 (Ct fl AA v; f -r -p ift -J s* f V? .. L ■ b . -W -3 m & 3 l* -va* * ) - *: fc u > CP.ANITEVILLE, - S. C. When I say Ctmr I do not mean merely to stn?> ihem tor a time,'and tlien have tl:em re turn a train I mkas A KADiCAL CURE. I have made the disease of 5’ITS, SPILiSPSlT cr FALLING SICKNESS, a life Ions study. I warrant my remedy to (’innc the worst cases, been use others have failed is no reason for not now receiving.a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Fkek Hotter pf my Inf*.t.i.iHLF. Kk.meuv. Give Express ami Post Otjlee.' It costs you nothing for a trial, end it will cure you. Address H.C. K027. WJ.C. ir,3PE*rLST.,KEWY0Rl{ PARK AVENUE HOTEL. Mbs. N. E. SENN, Proprietress. AIKEN, S. 0. Open all thv year round. Rooms i large, muniy ..nd well ventilated. The Hofei is situated on Park Av- enu •* iu front of the Passenger dejtot. T;i 1 1? furuislied with the best. Large sample rooms for travelling men ami every attention shown lo guests. Terms }2 per day; special rates for famili'.'s. Nov. 8. llii il firo r i i •BMALF.P. IN— UCS, GHI’Af](JAPS PEKFF.M ERTES, TOIJiET SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHE*S AND CKlA.kS. Augusta, - - Georgia. HE ST 3AOO UOUHI-l IN THE SOUTif. headquarters for Commercial Men The Stock is fiv so that they are puMitly rcplepishcd always fresh. Out hr o! i Centrally located nearR. R. Crossing. FOR TORPID LIVER, L . E. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor, are reasonable, and we will only to serve our friends ville, but of the entire sur rounding Country. J l. Stotiiart. A torpid iixer deranges tlie wholes}^, tem, ami proiluces Sick Meadaclie 9 Dyspepsia, Gostiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these coin in on diseases than Tutt’s I.iver l*iUs, as u ti-iut wTU prove. I»rlce, a3c. | Formerly of Tontine Hotel, New Horen, Conn. Al*o, HY*/ Kv<i Hotel, Long Urunch, X.J. Wright s Hotel! . / C-r.- -;-- 1 Sold Every where; , a:i'l eight batteries ut proper c'.i.;- J •ui each other, composed of thirteen , KEW ORLEANS UATTJ.E KILl.n. The Carolina had reiuained at her naehor- ago gron’.i*! in the river o;i;x*ait« t!i« ik-itisl: lines, aiid, with the Louisiana, She latter in r.n wlvantagMus position about amil:*lur- tbor up tlie river, by a wcil directed lire, kept the enemy at bay, for 11,1 column eould Ih* formed upon groend constantly torn up by ran non bills. Seldom had an army been so completely paralw.ed, or the punioscs of , . , ,. . . . . - - * 1 ,, I army into two divisions, tnv rigtit com- ican lint tances fr guns earrving from six to tkirty-tv o pound r iialls, a howitzer and a can-onadc, while * wross the river stood Patter:marine i battery. The Louisiana lay out of harm’s ^ v.-ay, ready to take her par? in the drama - bout to begin. Coffee with WXI nvui held .'.u* extreme left of the line ou the edge of the ■•w.imp. The whole foixv on the New Or leans side of tho river on the evening of the 7ih was r.lxnit f>,0:K) strong, nud of t hes * only J.CiX) w« rc at his line. He, too. foimed l)is its geiierrd defeated. Keane found himself ! actual 1} l*esc-iged, and as on? English oilieer JACKS0N IN NEW ORLEANS. On tho morning of Dec. 2, ISH. a party of gentlcnien i _ja»t>'ii:ted, numbering flvu -^OT six, an* gathered iil*out a reitinrkalile I.xidor on a new s**ene. The leader is no other than Andrew Jackson, who, in this unosten tatious manner, has entered the city Lc comes to protect. He is here to protect il flora an J A. X I ! 5*S G /V _ Jt? . wrote, “Alt thing-; bad turned out dia metrically cppOMto to what we ex peeled. ’ Keano was afterward rau*-h censured by sonic of his brother officers for giving Jacks**n time to throw up his breast- vvorlcs: but. believing as he did, that the Lit ter had a large* body of men at liis command, while his own soldiers could do nothing but skull: behind huts or lie low in ditches to avoid the balis of Jackson’s vi ss -ls, lie could not be honestly blamed. ‘•The whole of tin* ip*:h was passed in much the sumo way. t-u* Americans work ing at their defenses, deepening the trenohe iu front of them. Jackson seeming f* l>e inr.l. j*laces at once, us he rode up and do**.:: t‘.ie line, giving a word of ci* -oiirageni'-iit. lie.v and <*1 c intion il.eiv; wild-* 1L0 1 *; .ti -■:. stopped in their career of expected ti-'aniii?i, anxion: !y await Maj. Gen. Sir Edward I’a*-!:- enham, l*ioilicr-in-law of the Duke ;*f Yv’cli- ingUi-i. h*'roof Salamanca and tb.eid*’*! of tlie Engl:- .i army. With him, at length came Maj. t<cn. Saniucl Gibbs, be; id** rev era 1 stall'officers of exjioriuuv and distinction. T*> blow ti’.f Candina out of the w:;t - was Packcnham’s first resolve, and nine field pic es, two howitzers, one mortar, a furnace for heating balls with. ;ij- t the requisit. am munition l.-ad been brought fi-ian .the ships int'j the British camp. tine half hour's eaitnoundg the next morn ing, am! 1 the alternate chrersof Loth a;.*rjes. as a well dire tel s!;*>t was hoar<l by one and the ot’vr. wiffiee I t*i dispose of the faffu ' sel. < ' t. lleiivt. her c*jmm.i:HL-r, fi.i ffng tkr.l red Lot ;’.ot were passing th rough her cabin a.gl filling room, ordered his crew to abandon her. which was done with the les; m but one man killed and six men worn, Jed. But tl-.e L*»uis ana was s j j j there and aga:iu?t li'T the enemy now turned their gjus lied hot bulls, hissing iu the water whet*' the.* reachi-d it. PH thick and fast, biit the boats were uaoiu—1 and luJ men w ere reen tugging al the oars, in order to tow her up the stream Jackson watched every stroke with his old tele-scorn*. The Garcjina liad done much fnrhim,tl:c Lou is .ana thus s;iv<;**l by the bravery other galla:<t erf:’.v was destined to do ijuite :<■ much. Had the Laigiisii directed tb* d-fir*- ills ihe eoge j uiandoil by CoL Ross, tho left by i Gens. Coffee and Carroll, and a in do | and a half in the roar of ; mein ime the weaker portion of • n-:ry was ctatipned with guns and pick | \ third lino v.as arranged at rh ■ l-ovcr 1 of tlr* city. On the opposite side of the river G ;*. M' .ycan jireprred to defend lilt; Jim with | on!. SfKi )iir*:i. nil militia, poorly : , .ru*. * L ().*i Mils !. ft ‘-ere t-.v<> six potinflcrs i;; charge of Adit. Nixon, of the Louiciana miliGa. an 1 a tv*.!-.» n- aider n.nler Lieut. I'i.ii:! * ri, of Ui ' l'aK*-.-sici's battery conM render , M . ;a i ao sit 5 gun:; being so tnrncs i as : * i-'.uainud i.i.e plain of Giialmette, in ' i ron r f .laehsonV line. i’e-'ac.,':f-i resolved to sard over on the i otia-:-si'’..* of tic* river l.ov ? infantry, with ’horuloi*. who, under cover of the niclif, 1 att.-c f: Morgan, crrrv nnd occupy the :. a d if su there orliiadr J ih.*. i.vaia army was eng latter consisted ritis’i relilu-i.-: lor M tO f ! i< , i Laud t*> 1 Mil ! <*0:i- • •mis, overpov *( VO i 1 i y he plank k-a. liiTJ 1 Vi 1 % J 0 the lines, :i ;vl t f C* 1. woiil W o! while mg iff I the line :t ... -ksonV line gaged storm- <<( Itl.OOO of JACKSON CHOTV-NED VICTOR OF NEW pRI.fcAXS. Highlanders stootl firm until Lit had fallen, and then tkoy*s addenlv broke and fled. d this was on the left, the weakest part of Jackson’.; line;. How did tho Urithd) far..* at tiie strongest part, the right? Qnotin?' Parton, again, he srys: ’ Go!. Uenn.i-: of K'-one’s dlvisi.in. when he -aw li-.e ! ! signal rocket ascend pressed on tho j:tt-e. k [ ^ with su*-h nai'.idity that the Amerienn ort- ! - posts had to run for \< — Rennie’.-; vanguard ; 1 elosoat their heels.” 11 re it will i e remei i- t , b red stood on theeilgo «*f the river, an ;;o- i la'.ed redoubt, r.nd as t.lio “le.st tit ti:e Amcr- ■ ii.-ans leaped down, mount its ; i*l.*s." A fiiet and tlie Amei numbers, fil'd acrosf ■ from the redoubt i , soon in safety. In loss time than ii look ii'* :u to take it they were < 1 eared o;i?, while Huini.'hr**}- and I’afterson from t!- ■ o si*le brought their l:''-.*vy guns i-> t ear ■ the foe. Beede’s New (.?;-le:s:;s .-h.-ii-;*.!io; , just then fired n volley, and G* !. Rennk , Gapi. ijonry C!*d -»I;:j. i. :;:g, w It*.* I.a reached the siiniruit of the i-i • fell headlong into tlie ditch.. T:ia‘. vo.; y en<l—U;e i ilmnn bn !:c a:.*! ff .1. v. li’i!*- i' t* rsoii's pains played on tiicm wit’a tei:-; e.T -ct. T!ie day was won. nnd Ih*: whole ! tie had t;ik*ai but twenty-.iw min i.et.! '] v. ty-live minutes to strev. iff-,: plain - o t;,;*- with tho <lea*i th:.: tor a *; i vt. r of m, I tile from one eould h: of the kiilisl a;: 1 disn On Jackson’s ivtni-n to New Oi-Ioe.nsl met ii! the sub;:r!.s by aimos. ti.e ealii-v ulation, r.nd wki!.* parsing un-li-i-a • riumphtil arch a civic crown of laurel was placed upon -! S. L, WEIGHT it SOH, Prop’rs., Ami ]ic]>ain:itf, lilies fur sn in*. itnii<jrs an*! Also, nil Mnciiinery, iJoiier, >li-y, Llncksinnii, (Steel work prunij) MOOD MEN :tm of maieii r I!. . r -’ll :s ave 1 • ip Geo. Above IV s.-engei I 1 - -.0. t .r: Ai ff AA'J* iSfiSbA i •'is*., . aii sil i .1 ti..' ; o r.: i.iaj. i re f.|- .?/.■■■;'.‘■•7,.1f r-:- <a.t «*Ge** r [ i t.re.re;.. v s i . n *it iiltu-e. a*;*l «v ev.n ••?* r laid !■...**.'» . 1 I'-.S |ii:*e |Ii*oi l:i*..c HU.**!*' i;i>*> j li .1 *■ i ".O’, • < V ■( ■* i. i .eob/ /. ii! el* * ! 1 Wi* ;i<l*. iso R’* •<» I rUMlt j ' ></ < * ! r!! 13T Rates reasonable. hatnl.s i-iiijiiuyci!. E. Lombard & Co., Fcpot, Near YGalor ELECTRIC BELLS. ■* yyeg,r . A- n '. c-*.**-.*1 v ^v.*- .0. OriHJtr.c J'tJ-.nl Uf;i*v-, H a>ViM»',-l*rM. X* *. j : Ilouan 'rc>*b ami e-ioan tlmnigliont. ad :r:, 4 an ;• : ) Works Tower. AUGr.’SI'A, - - (iEO.iOIA. LL3IEABLE OOTTa A AJ, \ at ^ KO ^ y a IE • * w C(l. il! in-d L’.-: I.A V B K N g, 1. jcbi.a n;> u a , vi:. ac;L> T-: 1 GO . »>*- J I firet wjion th-* I^iuisiana. both vcs-.L mig'ht > a [JHIP or W4B OF 1S12. foet the mighty Napoleon i victim; an enemy at whose lisposal tho peewit treaty of Paris had i thousands < f the 1 test trained troops iu [the world, and who looked upon New Or- I leans as an easy prey. So easy did the game Appear to the ibvaders that many of th.? iadies of ’the British officers bad come with their husbands, prepared to have a gay win- unuig toe fascinauiig Spanish and OEV. ANDREW JACKSOX. ton himself, who ha*! made the Roderiguez canal the base of bis operations. Seeing that a deyrerate attempt was being made 10 seize the guns of his artillerists iw hastened to the spot, and amidst a shower of bullets called out: “Save the guns, my boys, at any sacrifice.” In the meantime Goa. Coffee, who had just arrived, had ad vanced in the direction of the Viilere planta tion, and wheeling toward the river, marched in a widely extended line, each man fighting “Indian fashion” on his own account. The have been destroyed. On the fisrh the British resolved to have a look, at lexst, of their wary and active foe. ■ "Forward they came,” says the author of : “Jackson and Ne-.v Oi leans,” “in solid | columns, as compact and orderly as if on parade, under cover cf a shower of roeke and a continual lire from their artillery iu 1 front and their batteries on the levee. Their ! muskets catching the rays of the morning ! sun, nearly bluuic i the beholder with their ! Lrightm-os, w hile their gay a::d various uni forms—red. gray, green and tnrtan—afforded a pleasing rebel to the winter clad field and ' Use .somber objects around.” They had scarcely gotten within good view, and to do this they were obliged to ! pass some houses, which Jackson unknown I to them had filled to the roof with com- ; bust 1 hie matter, w icu Jacksor opened in*on soldi rs anywhere to I <• found, ' under the reanmai-.d of Gens. Lambert. Gibbs j and Keane (inly enough ; case!.; had arrived to ’ carry oue-Imlf m’Thornlou’.-i *livision over the river when the hour cume for sailing. ■ Unwilling to wait ! longer lest delay ! i-iight mcxr.'l the whole cut ci- (■! ;•.• |*c* I dismissed the ether •’ half au*l cm’iKirked j with a flotilla com- iuandc'l by C’apt. j RiJx-rts, of the royal navy. An- , other impediment now arose, for the j .M Usissfippi was 1 *?o-.i i:ig witii a quiet \ but ]*<iwcriid <-ur- i i-i-nt. and having j iniide ii** provision : for overcoming t ULs unexpiv-ied ob- staele the troo: lauded at least a mile and a half' below the jmnn, desigmsl for the de barkation. Before all left the Wats tho day dawned, j 45- j t .ff;> ’ j 'A A X I) \ q:\FlmvsYAi DKALKK IX ■ k\’VCg A j •jr v Xv'C , ’'.a ! /\ A\ i -- M } « * re 1 iX^Wj-k:;CS-s >r. ■' GrCCSkcs. xoliasi —b- -—r. -- '--CI-Jn't a ,‘ ! .-.v—, |—, _ v V- ■ *:.*' f i A " ill kot*i» con If I • ! ' - c: - Ll I Fresh Brend. <'nk<s ^ rf ; 1 ' f ! ‘.V—'—f so Emit nnd V* getn 1/^ b-yNb''' ‘ AAs A./ , t. -aw. - ’ /, . f. . ' v.„ v 1V *■ / CJ-a . VVG - •- ioliaoco asi t.-ini I v r::i Ii:imi1 and Pies a ml ;t! nhica v. li:.' ii I w ill [sell at reasomitdc !*|-jees. 'A snare* of jibe j):ti-'i:Mg<* of tin* Ai!:c*n pu'.lic is res pee 11 u i I v 0 »| i <• > t ei 1. E. A. SOMMER. L.U IfriNi* Si .-.n Aftrr Forty yoars* e.tporionre in tho l*i eparnticn of more than One Hundre«l Tlionsapd applications for patents iu tho United States and Foreign co«n- tticH, tho pnh!islicrd of the Scientitio American ccntimio to act us af*licit«)r» for piitents, cr.veMs. trBdo-marks,copy- _ rights, etc., f >r tho L’rited Suites, and to obtain pntenES ii (’anada, 1'ngirnd, France, (vennany, and all oih'T cr»mtri* s Their ciperi- e.ioo is unt'iuaied and their fiiciiitio^ aro uneur- pawed. «. Drawings and srecifications prepared and filed in tho I**Lent OPico on short notice. Terms very foasonnhlo. >o charge for examination of modeiJ or drawings Advire by mail free Patents obtained tl.roG^n mnnoticed inthe Sf IK'. I IS Mf AI(*.VV, wliich ha* tlie 1 ar*'*:~>l circnialion and is tii» m l inftnentiat newspaper of its Lind pildi-died in the world. Tho advantages of .such a notice every patentee undersrnnds. 'J h*s IjirK** ood yp’oriGid.’y ilbistrated newspaper Is published \Y #0XIvI«\ nt -ST Wn year, end i* admitted to hr* th:* best paper de\-'.tod to scionce xnoehanict. riventions, enffineerinif works, and other depai t men! ; of industrial j rojri .-s, pub- iis -ed in any country. Jr contain* the names of ail pateiiteec AndtituMif everv invention t*atented cro’u week. Try it, f *ur moiuhs tor one doliar. Sold by all newsdealers. If yo’i have r.u invention to paten* writ© to Mu.no A i o., ru.nli- -urs o» .i.neruihc American, Zol liro.'ul’vf.y, Nu v York Ha idbook about patent s mailod freo. -PRIVATE- Soardin-T-House! AD -IJY- •I 1 ; A 7. Tin* C( Iff-.T. mnliee !-.!!■:.(' l ii;* t: :i:rip!-(;! 1 AHEEICAN INFANTRY, lsi-J-15. and the roar of cannon was heard on tho plain cf Chalni'-tte. While Thornton was j battling with the curront, Kean-.* and Gibbs’ i division were standing within 4-VJ yards of 1 011 Jackson’s lines, anxiously awaiting the boom- i ; ing of Thornton’s guns in his attack on Mor- * gan. Paoker.ham would not wait, but forth with ordered Gen. Gibbs, with the Forty- J fourth. Twenty-first and Fourth regiments, | to storm Jackson’s lines on the left, where it was thought he might be the weakest, whila G.-il Keane, with tho Ninety-third, Ninety- fifth and two light companies of the Seventh and Forty-third, with some West Indies JACKSON E.- .I-OI his head. Lkivv and shafts toward bini. ! :if «!i<‘i-<.*. I)-.*|-ing Li.: liuu-F.al s?y m ::,c of hostilities hi* was guil.v "i conte! court through ii!Mi!-.sl!<*i:ee. < ! a s:: After peace \v: il* cl .r* <11 ii- ‘•o:.o 1 ::* rn: went lx*foie tin* outiv.grei coi.i-i ] $1,000 fine without preGst. f.*x...*,:*,n I*. i:*ru ; v- t I’ i 'J .<*:):% ■ ia-ix .id a THE WH.ELESS STAMP -PRESS CO- 743 REYNOLD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA, Agent* Wanted! Catalogue FKKE! RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, and rorty-unru. «utn some west i “ ,Uo * J BADC ES. C HEGKS. STAMCJLS, troops, should threaten the American right} VA JA. _ _ . o n sufficient to draw their fire and then rush • ST£EL S 1 AIV1. o, CtC. upon them with the bayonet. At the samsf '-^. Sole ilami'.'.icturers of TneWheless Self-Inking Rubbei Stamp Printing Press. time the two IwUteries on the levee were to l*e rebuilt, weil mounto*! am! em’Move.l tr. Rn A III ■ K ! ,\.v:> A v 1; n. s. r. Valsalile Farai Ff-r Saia. a IB ACRIAS OX f 51iE T.EV- ELS. nml <,nc of 1 i 10 bos! fnniis in tills vicioity mil* s fro**! Aiki'ii. The re:ii 111 cotton Ibis sea son ha* paid nhonl.jIsOO. bosidis m.-ik- 1 na 11 large anioiiut for file p.* 11 vvorkiiig it. laminin* of F. OIT, l>nl Est. Agt. Oct. Co. 1>,87. G. Bart 3c Go. Importers nml Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Fruitf. Applen, OrangcB, Bttnatuw, Cocoamits, Lemons, Peanuts, Pine Apples, Potatoes, Ouions, Cab'vitfe . «5?e. •V>. r,7. .lO Mark* ! St. f*!.ni^-sio?i. S. SEND “ r c“ r !l!i:!titii CATfilOGUE \eg table. Flower, Field <CJ rff kx* nO tlcm’is. >y in.* 11 on appl'C-ailon. FianTs. Bulbs linnlem’is. FREE bo n't neglect writing tor IL HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. ROCHESTER. N. Y. CHICAGO. ILL. 322-325 £. Vtiit Ci. 12-11 IT. Clark Ct. II. A. 8MYSER, ! 10!!. JOHN & WALKER STS SU Al HER VILLE, NEAR AUGUSTA. OEOROIA. 1 TO REf’JT. A very df*«irable collage on York strcci near Park avenue. A L S O A Dwelling of nine rooms Hinl good garden lot Kershaw street. ALSO T.vo store* in Curve street at very lo v liitcs. Aj p y i<» AngflO K J. C. WOOD. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM 'leana*^ and b*-autini*» the hair. l'romolepaiuzuiia:itf’*-o»ali- m Never Fail* to Beatore Gray Hair to ita Youthful Color. Cureaaca'pdlrcR-i-Aon*! hair Ciudt.K .vv «t r*" --.-:ri PARKER'S CiNC£R TON 1C A waliuibia for Coughs, Colds, Inward Pains, Exhaustion. PMELESS CSILPBIRTe Y DO YOU WANT A DOG If ro. Mod for BOG BUYERS’ (>U1UF, containing colored platoa, IOO ccurruvinga at different tresds. pririrs thay *ie worth, and where to bay tiiesn. Ihrections for Training I)ogn and Breeding Ferret*. Koilod lot Id Ceuta. Also Cats of Uog Fnrninking Cfoods of nil fc4 * v “ A RE: Y OU iNTErttS TED 1N PO ULTRY , Then rend lot Prncticnl PQL'C* jTUY BOOK. IOo paaieiq b«u»- i Uful rnlnrei' j ot nriurly oil ite| t-ent-qviugs cf for la; deaenp- ; hovr to ceponiza; , _oabea: infurmation •bout incLbat- rt; and w hero lo buy 7m Ed w.J. Dickerson, ATTquNKY-at-Law, Aikrn, 8. C. Will praetiee in all the .Courts of this State I . SM - AS - ' a . «?*> - €( PAVILION' HOTEL. Charleston. 8. C f li(> i » / ;: f | • I ',*•*11 f J» ft» ji*>11i!y tV»s* .i:'t uir:;** fl- r.suid 'off*uK ! i “sb.m’.'aoMv Vvy '* j PASHEKGER ELEVATOR AND lov-.n, Kii:*j lo rTT'-f T-t-i’rrwtarv.-vt7-Tw1.y-rt*. | ' • ..**■■“* “*- i ‘ ■ • Nj ' .‘A !.*■_'* .. *. Table l*e;t El th** ps*\ith. Pavilion Transfer (’on'-hes h.id Wagonsatull trainsRiid Tio.ats. Hates ledueeii. Beware of giving your Cheek to 0*1 >- 040 *»n Train. Rates $2 00 <g $2 50. .-J CfWr.Shin0**r?f^rd i*’»ai»!L E.-ndierocr burm. dnnd ttump for i>ftkkug«. a i*lrr«» aa ?t*o**. ■ iLuimur. iTtoaunonli r birds, for p and tb*dr cure. ASSOCIATED FANOICKS, 23Ig»aUi highth mreot, Philndnlphin, fn. . .. ... Ase . ^aigf... a-.. re