and warriors collected along the line of the shore one lay in some rifle by the mouth of the they were commanded by and with this party probably as the most to was the war correspondent john of english birth but american this gentleman had been for some time representing the new york affairs of and world in a very effective manner always in the front living in the field with the and in all of weather toiling to and fro with his his wisdom was per not equal to his energy he made himself conspicuous going about armed to the teeth in a boat under the stars and and on one occasion when he supposed himself fired upon by the had the to empty his revolver in the direction of their camp by the light of the moon which was then nearly down this party observed the two boats and the which they describe as almost sinking with men the boats keeping well out towards the the at the moment apparently heading for the shore an extreme agitation seems to have reigned in the rifle what were the what was their errand were they or had they a mind to attack the was hailed in and did not answer it was proposed to fire upon her ere she draw near and at last whether on his own suggestion or that of hailed her in english and in terms of l o eight years of trouble in unnecessary do not try to land here he cried if you do your blood will be upon your head who had never the least intention to touch at the put up the head of the to her true course and continued to move up the with an of some seventy or eighty yards along all the and of the beach across the mouth of the and through the startled village of and seven or eight others to keep up spreading the alarm and rousing re as they went presently a man on horseback made his appearance on the opposite beach of and the natives distinctly saw him signal with a lantern which is the more strange as the captain plantation manager of had never a lantern to signal with the kept in many men in white were seen to stand up step overboard and to shore at the same time the eye of panic a of foreign stones brick upon the beach are prepared to day to swear to its existence i believe affairs of and although no such thing was ever made or ever intended in that place the hour is doubtful it was the hour when the streak of dawn is seen the hour known in the warfare of heathen times as the hour of the night attack says the official account a native whom i met on the field declared it was at captain on the other hand is sure it was long before the day it was dark at least and the moon down darkness made the bold uncertainty as to the composition and purpose of the landing party made them desperate fire was opened on the one of whom was here killed the returned it and effected a on the beach and the died again to silence it was at this time if not earlier that returned to here then were and the ninety men of the landed on the beach in no very posture the woods in front filled with enemies but for the time successful meanwhile and the boats had gone outside the and were to land on the other side of the at io eight years of trouble in by the buildings of the plantation it was part to go and meet them his way led straight into the woods and through the midst of the who had but now ceased firing he went in the saddle and at a foot s pace feeling speed and concealment to be equally helpless and that if he were to fall at all he had best fall with dignity not a shot was fired at him no effort made to arrest him on his errand as he went he spoke and even with the and they answered in good part one fellow was leaping yelling and tossing his axe in the air after the way of an excited f go it said and the fellow laughed and his exertions as soon as the boats entered the fire was again opened from the woods the fifty blue jumped overboard down the boats to be a shield and dragged them towards the landing place in this way their and what was more unfortunate some of their miserable provision of forty rounds got but the men came to shore and the plantation house without a meanwhile the sound of affairs of and the firing from immediately renewed the at the on shore decided that must be at once guided to the house and the accepted the dangerous errand like he was suffered to pass without question through the midst of these enemies he found some way inland on a engaged the woods around him filled with who were re enforced in three successive charges cheering as they ran the blue burst through their scattered and made good their with four men only remained upon the field the other wounded being helped by their comrades or dragging themselves painfully along the force was now concentrated in the house and its immediate patch of garden their rear to the was but on three sides they were on the left the occupied and fired from some of the plantation offices in front a long rising crest of land in the commanded the house and was lined with the and eight years of trouble in on the right the hedge of the same afforded them a dangerous cover it was in this place that a sharp was knocked over by with his own hand the 