Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-23

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hortalion, and sworn your officers In tlei
presence 10 fall Or conquer, may your onso
with the baynnet and your own glory, III.
honor Of our arms, and the integrity Of the mn
ton will be inquired"
In the mean time, tho Rpaniurds fell bacl
to the bayou Pierre, where they fortified
themselves. At thia iuncfura, tho Major
General rsachsd Nairhitochea, Xnd the troopi
from the Mississippi Territory and about fotil
hundred Louisiana militia were eaeerl,
pressed on, expecting 10 attack the spaniaras
and then plant tho American Eagle on the
banks Of The Rio Grande. On the 9th SCI.
TENDER, tho S;paniards, for n reason never We
satisfactorily explained, abandoned their re.
trencLmants on the Bayou Pierre. and on the
10Th, took up a strong pasltion on thr west
bank OF The Sabine, near what is now known
as Chimes ferrg..xgen. Wilkinsen's move.
fnents appear dilatNgAlht Il rJuat be remerp
bered, that his Antagonist had a vast superior.
ity Of force, and the arc ont lustre Of their
arms had never bsen djmin'd by the anglo.
Saxon sword. On tho 25ih October, Gen
Wilkinson iseued from the Camp In piedra,
rs miles wcst Of Natchitoches. an order whjc,
seems 10 Indicate the espeetat on of a general
and immediate attack. But no battle was ever
fought /; the Mifsissippi troops we're ordered
back, cbagrined ond disappointed flags OF
truce were exchanged, and negotiations tonk
place which resulted on the one and, in the
withdrawal Of the Spanish army, and ON the
other, in impntatlons on the honor of the
American General. We will, at n future
day, be able 10 produce now testimony on this
point, In andcavotine to place before the
country a full development, Of tho designs and
connections Of Aaron Burr. Il was al Match.
%itocheH, while collecting forces for his march
to the sabine, that Gen. Wilkinson received,
on the 9Th October. the celebrated letter from
Col. Burr, in cipher, by the hands of Mr..
Swartwout, since becou q 80 notorious in New
York.
The old town remained comparatively qui.
ct after this until 1s1D-ll. when the ~revolu-
tionaty s%birit, which finally eventuated 80
glerionaly in tho establishment Of the Texan
republic, srst bsgan TO aglfata its streets and
coffee-houscs. The expedition Of Gen. T'ole-
do, its first success and disastrous termination,
is well remembered. hut belongs rather 10 the
history of Texaa. In lsfl-12. large parties
Of adventures assembled between the Aryova
tlondo and the Sabine, Chen eallei the neu-
trail groupd,) many Of them wera from this
vicinity, but they were dispersed By the mill
tary authorities at Natchitoches, aud their
huta burned down. From similar materials.
and animated by a similar spirit, was formed
the army that ~tsigJnyhea On the ever nscrgora.
ble field Of San jarin;o.
Thus It will be Feer, that IN point Of age,
this venerable town oatranks Nov Orleans.
IN hlstofIc interest, it is scarcely inferior.
Far buried in the depths Of the richest luv'al
region on the continent. il was visited by the
boldest and earliest a%dventurers Of the new
world. and f@ed upon by rival ~nations, az a
point not only Of traffic, but Of empire, Nu-
merous and powerful tribes. OF a mysterious
and melancholy race, once surrounded il,
whose hostility is soo,hed and whose sub,Ie,y
baftied, for a long term Of years, by the mimi
table address of q few Frenchmen--habi,uaIly
az courteous in a forest lodge az in the salons
OF Paris. That these traditions and reminis-
cences have moi all beer lost, we shall one
day show. That many things connected with
the history of the place and with the aborigi-
nes OF Red River, whole nations Of which are
cow extinct, have been preserved, we have
reason to believe. At a very early day, two
brothers, of great cnterprize and liberal at
tainmonts. settled in the west. They were
the friends and correspondents of Mr.. Jefcr-
son. We have, ourselves, several long and
end interesting letters addressed by them 10
a very near relative Of ours, now no more.
One of them was, for many years, Indian
Agent on the confines of Missouri, and knew
intimately every tribe between the salt plains
on the head waters of the Arkansas and Red
Rivers, and the great lakes of the north:
The other, DR.. SIBLEY, lived at Natchitoches,
and was more familiar with the early story O.
Louisiana and New Spain, than any man liv-
ing. A few years ago, we were arranging to
visit him, when the intelligence reached Us,
that his well spent and honored pilgrimage
was over. We hope, however, that he left
memorials behind, that will one day be given
to the public.
AUSTRALIA, THE LAND OF C~oHTRAsTs.-
The north breeze is the hot wind, and south
the cool; the westerly the most unhealthy,
and the east the most ,salubrious it il sum-
rIer with tn colonists when it is winter at
home. and the barometer In CONSIDERED TO rise
before bad weather, al d fall before good the
swans are black and the eagles are white ;
the mole lays eggs, and has a ducks bill
the Kangaroo IAN animal betxeen the deer
and the squirre!) has FIVE claws on its fore
three tallons on its hind legs, like a
bird. and yet hops on its tail. There is a
bird (melliphiga) which has a brooal in it's
mouth instead OF a tongue /; a fish, one half
belonging to the genus raia, and the ether to
of Squalls. The cod il found in the riy-
ers, and the perch in the sea the valleys are
cold and the mountain tops warm /; the nettle
is a lofty tree, and the poplar ia a dwarfeh
the pears are wood, with the stocks
at The broad end !; the cherry grows with the
stones outside the fields are fenced with
mahogany ; The humblest house is fitted I'D
cedar and the myrtle plants are burnt
far fu ; the trees are without fruit, the flow
ers without scent, and the birds without song.
in New South Wales dishonesty is
the best policy. and the greatest rogue is
converted into the most useful citizen. Such
is Terre Australia,
To MAKE HENS LAY FERPETUALLY.I ne
yer allow ROSTERS to run with my hens, ex-
cept when 1 want to raise chickens. Hens
will lay eggs perpetuallg, if treated ia the fol
manner. Keep no ROSTERS /: give the
hens fresh meet, chopped fne like sausage
once a day, a very small portion, say
half an ounce a day to sach hen, during win
or from the time insects disappear in the
fall, till they appear again in the spring.
Never allow any eggs to remain in the nest,
for what is called rest eggs. Wien the rocs-
do not faf out with the hens, and so nest |
eggs are left in the nest, the hens will not
cease laying after the production of ten or !
g as they always DO wnsa ROSTERS !
and nest eggs are allowed but eentInns lay.
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