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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.
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A’iTUUN KYii AT L.VVV, AlKKN, f5. C.
Will practice in the State and
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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Special attention given to Collec
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if ATS.
LOT of second-hand buggies fha* ;
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ami repainted, ne
rly
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. !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
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Hue assortment of Hoy’s and children's
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Coluinbiii, S’ C.
I)r. J. H. Biivnett, Dentist.
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Over Deckman’ Bank.
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IHLUTICINCl PHYSICIAN,
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j as to cnfila le the dif.-h in fr(>nt of tho A:i:cr-
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Sick Meadaclie 9
Dyspepsia, Gostiveness, Rheu
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Formerly of Tontine Hotel, New
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Hotel, Long Urunch, X.J.
Wright s Hotel!
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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
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lor
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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
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Ami ]ic]>ain:itf,
lilies fur sn in*.
itnii<jrs an*!
Also, nil
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[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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Valsalile Farai Ff-r Saia.
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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.
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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.
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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
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PAVILION' HOTEL.
Charleston. 8. C
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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*. |
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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.
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CfWr.Shin0**r?f^rd i*’»ai»!L E.-ndierocr burm.
dnnd ttump for i>ftkkug«. a i*lrr«» aa ?t*o**.
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iTtoaunonli
r birds, for p
and tb*dr cure.
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