, 1841-06-05

the Americans. and would scalp and strip
those rascally English for them like as many
wild cats. sHow do you do prof. (meaning
brother) said one, and How do you dorcon-
tinued another; and so they went about
shaking hands with the Sergeant and his
twelve men.
They went off at last and the sergeant.
having marched on a mile or two haulted his
men aud addressed them thus: my brave
fellows, we must use all possible caution or
before morning we shall all of us bRadead
men. You are amazed; but depend upon
me, those Indians have tried to put out suspi,
cion. You will see more by and by
They concluded finally TO adopt the fol-
lowing scheme for defence. They encamp.
ed for the night near a stream of water.
which protected them from behind. A large
oak tree was felIed and a brilliant fire kin.
died. Each man cut n log of wood about the
size Of his body, rolled it up nicely in a blan'
ke, and put his hat on the end of it, and laid
it before the fire, that the enemy might take
it for a man.
Thirteen logs were fitted out in this man
ner, representing the sergeant and his twelve
men. They then placed themselves with
The loaded guns, behind the ALLEN tree. by
this time it was dark but the fire was KEEP
burning until midnight. The sergeant knew
that if they ever would come, they would
come now.
A tall Indian was seen through the. glim
mering of the fire. which was getting low,
He moved towards them skulklng rs an In
dian always does. He seemed at first thai
a guard might be watching. but seeing none
he counted the thirteen men, sleeping rs he
supposed ty the fire.
He counted them again. and retired
Another came up and did the same. Tier
the whole sixteen in number, came up anC
cIared silently at the logs. till they seem sat
isfed that they were fast asleep. Presently
thew took aim, fired the whole number o
guns upon the logs, yelled the war whooi
! and rushed forward Ia murder and scalp ,hrI
supposed victims. They were fired upon b.
the sergeant and his party and not one q
the Indians. was left to tell the story of tina
night. The sergeant and his party reaches
he amy in safety.
PHoscnIprIoN PRoscRrBEn. "-kendail'
| IyNTnlSltDT ttUldiu> III CNliit''I 81 'Ciltl h'i
BrnneitSville. Alabama, which states lha
Geo. Holloway. NJ that place. not havIn
hpen dismissed. has dismissed HE department
The letter SAYS: AT The close of Decrmber
he informed the Department that he woul
not, hold office under a Wing Administrative
he has received no notice nt the Appoint
ment Of a successor, and now he has ni"rn
ed the Department that he will not open IN
mail after the expiration Of sixty days!-
This is truly a singular case. Either th
letter must have miscarried. or this is one
the "un:mportan, Offices which the JouIn;
mentioned the other day, which thus tar ha
escaped Mr.. Changers notice. What in III
world could have made the Abolition Pos
master General so careless as TO keep an IL
dependent Democratic Postmaster in othC
so long. is a mystery. The fact is, he III
been so busy in "~reforming' Democrats o,
of the more important Offices, and huntin
up pipe-layers TO fill their places, that he h;
had no time to attend TO the case Of the in
rudent Locoioco in Alabama. Never MIN
Mr.. Holloway, your turn will soon con
the s.huge bosom of REFORM" rs Pcnfi
saws, is coming down upon you 'Ilke II
/ rushing of many waters and you WI shor
ly be ,wirled into retirement so suddenly
TO make Your head swim.
, p. S. 1t may be that Mr.. Granger is at
|, stand because he can find no pipe-layers
:. Alabama on whom TO bestow his appoin
1 mepts. If Mr.. Holloway is in such 4 hu
nv to be superseded, let linn advertise f'
=. the greatest Federal rogue and swindIer
r be found, and when he gets a first rate app
, cation, send his name and a particular list
[. his qualifications to Mr.. Granger, and Il
very suifirst mail that comes TO Alaban
will bring the necessary "docrments." U
ri he can do that. let him forhear his pr
scriptive course of policy against the Pc:
office Department.