Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-06-08

on the Tippecanoe battle ground, James
Brooks, ESQ. of this city, was entrusted
by the survivors Of that memorable engage
ment with the flag " that was in the midst
and thlckest of the strife," with instruc-
lions to bring il to this city as an emblem
OF the valor Of their old commander, Gen.
Harrison, and after he should be elected
PRESIDENT, then to convey it to Washing
ton and request him, in the name Of his
fellow soldiers, to deposit it among the
trophies of the Republic. Before Mr..
Brooks had fulfilled this last part of his
instructions President Harrison was re-
moved by death. Mr. Brooks therefore
forwarded the flag TO President Tyler, de-
string him TO dispose Of it agreeably 10 the
request oil the survivors OF the battle. The
President replied in an appropriate note,
acknowledging the receipt Of the flag, and
stating that it would be placed by him
among the honored trophies Of the Repub-
lie. The National lntelligencer, IN pub
fishing the correspondence, says:--
The bearer of the flag at Tippccanoe,
alluded TO in the above reply of the Prcs-
dent, some OF our readers may not recol-
lect, was ensign Upton, Tenesseean by
birth, who started from home with only
his axe Tor Patrimony, and who subse-
quently became Senator in the Congress
OF The United States and one Of the most
distinguished men in Indiana. OF him the
aneedote is narrated, we have seen in the
public journals, where Gen. Harrison is
represented as riding up in the heat ofthe
battle, inquiring Of the Young Tipton,
"Where is your captains" dead sir"
" Your lieutenant2" dead sir" :" Your
second lieutenant!" "Deod SIR" "Your
ensign?" "He stands before you where
Upton then stood, holding and defending
this very flag, butso covered and besmear-
cd with blood that General Harrison
scarcely knew him. "Hold on" said
Harrison, for GO q moment longer; will
reinforce you;" and he rode off and led
up there the company Of Capt Robb; by
which time, or soon after, of the seventy
five men under Capt Spence. there were
only ten or twelve left, not killed or woun-
ded' in this company was this flag.
"Pa, what is file."
" A triangular shaped piece Of ragged
edged steel, my dear, about SO long, or
longer" "
Does soldiers use files, pa?"
"No my love, they use swords and guns"
g Yes, but this 'ere paper SAYS that the
soldiers filed off, and | guess they couldn't
file off without files"
"o--but then, my child, a file of
soldiers is not like file Of steel. at all.n
well pa, you men is great fools then.
mats all, tor hang me if | can find out
what you mean by your nasty words.''
ia, what are sky-ligh:s?o
!" Sky-lghts, my dear, are the stars in
The hrmnment, that you see at night.v
Well, pa, never seed no CRACKED
child" ~ 00 '"'N'
"toollsh thunder don't this ere paper
say that the hail cracked great manv
sky-Iights?"
"Oh ah! hem! Reach me the tongs.
my dear"
Attack on castle Roake.-Welearn from
Captain Roake, keeper of the light house at
lhomas's Point, that in the height Of a
heavy gust Of wind which occurred several
hours before day on the Goth uIt. a very
numerous flock of birds, embracing many
varieties, attracted by the light flew against
the lantern and building with so much vio-
lence as instantly 10 kill and stun hundreds
of Them. The captain and his band thus
taken unawares, were for moment no
little astonshed, but quickly perceivng the
cause OK their surprise, recovered their pres
once Of mind, and proceeded deliberately to
select from amongst the dead and disabled
assalants, such as they knew, from expe-
rience would make a good broil,o could be
converted into delectable pies. The flock
consists OF wood cocks, red birds. yellow
birds. Indian hens, swallows, owls, and
other kind unknown to our informant.
annapolis Rep.
SPeed.-A gentleman started from this
city with two horse barouche on Saturday
evening, April Oath, at half-past four
O'Clock, and arrived at Hazel Bridge
Howard CO. twenty minutes after one o.
clock 7. M, on the next Tucsday-being
three hours and twenty minutes less than
three days!-Distance one hundred and
eighty miles. And what is more singular
there was no change of horses. Talk
about steamboat speed!-it's all fudge
compared to this.-iS. Louis BuHnttn. /,
american AmuSementS in Pdris.-Col