The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-08-17

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scs.s; wh.le some slill more determined, bad
aiken or their shirts, and, with nothing but
|Ianixekhicf tied around the Wristbands Of
.ihcf o,gsc.z, fought Ike heroes ! also
..'ssuedp boy named Cooper, stationed al
Han some distance fom the magazine. lie
'<..aIo aud fro on the foil run, and appear
81 Is Be- as amerry as cricket" The Bird
iica.cnani ciseeTed him along, occasionally
ny saying, swell done, my boy, you are worth
yoIg wcightin gold"
flisve often been asked what were my feel
ir~s Curing this fight. ! felt pretty much as
i-sspp.,se al Do at such time. That men
rf without thought when they stand amid
tAt dying and toe dead, is too absurd an idea
r - entertained moment. We all ap-
- 1tSi.eerful, b..i Know that many Sc
ron thought ran ihroughmy mind ;siiil, what
fTi1 sc do but keep semblance, al least
~ imaiiohi To run from our quarters
- ~ have been certain death ffom the hand
d OIL oficers; to give way 10 gloom, or TO
sA,.g fear, would do no good, and might
bu03 Us with thename Of towards, aud en-
sare certain defeat. Our only true philoso-
10. therefore, was 10 make The best OF cur
) zation, by fighting bnvely aud cheenulIy.
1 isoughi great deal, however Of the other
void; every groan, every falling man, told
nc nat the next instant / might be before
The Judge Of all the earth. For this, felt
ac.separed; but being without any par'icu-
- knowledge Of religious truth, satisfied
myself by repeating again and again the. Lords
pr ser, and promising if spared 70 be more
Attentive ioreligious duties than ever before.
Tbs promise / had 20 doubt, at The time, Of
kz.siss. but have leaned since, that il is
ei.'er 20 make promise amidst the roar Of
tn oaiilesthundrcdso or in the horrors ofship-
week, than 20 keep them when danger is al
seai, and safety smiles upon our pata.
While these Thoughts sacfeuya gilaieim IN,
bosom, tho din Of baltlc continued. Gmtle
81 canister shot were pouring through our
!r-i holes, Ike leader rain, cluyiug death IN
fi Trail. The large shot came against the
.ps side like iron bail shaking Der 10 Use
- = keel, o. passing through ITO iin,bors,
r s1 scateung terrific spliniefs, which al
isr1e appalling work than even tEcis own
as.ih-g.sing blows. The reader may form
s0 IDEA Of tie effect of cape and canister,
= Ga he IS tod thai grape shol IS formed by
7 seven o. eight balls confined q al iron tied
u cloth. These balls are scattered b. the
e 9.osion % the powder. Canister shot is
& Ia 6i'irg powder canister with balls:
~ alas al.ll.1r - ..ll.- e Al ...i,.a
discharged. What thea witt. splinicrs, can
non balls, grape and canister. poured inces-
sanity upon Us, the reader may be assured
slat TIE work Of death We On in a manner
which must have been sitisf story even 10 The
I NnQ Of Terrors himself
Suddenly The raiiling q tht iron hal ce8s-
Cd We were ordered 10 Geese firing
s p'oiouud silence ensuoi, broken onlg 81
an s'iied 1soln3 0Iihe brave su1trcss below.
Il was soon ascouaincd that the enemy bad
shot ahead 20 repair damages, i7r sue vas not
50 disabled bot she could sail without Il n
Gully; while we were so cut up that we lay
utterly helpless. Our head braces we're slot
away; The fore and main iopmas: were scae
the mizzcn mast hung over the stem, having
carried over several men IN its fll; NO were
ia a state Of complete week.
a council was now held among the officers
laAhe garter deck, Our condition was per
ilous 10 the extreme; victory or escape was
alike hopeless. Our slip was disabled;
many Of ouT bravesi men were killed, and
many more wounded. The enemy would
without doubt bear down uron Us in few
moments, and, as she could now choose her
own position, would without doubt rake US
fore and ali. Any further resistance was
therefore, folly. So IN spite cfthe hoi-brain-
cd Lieutenant, Mr.. Hope, who advised them
not 20 strike bul TO sink along side, is was de-
!cmined TO strike our bunting. This was
done by the hands ola fellnw named Watson,
whose saddened brow told how severely il
panied his lion heart TO do il. To me il was
a pleasing sight, for | had seen fighting e.
nopgh for one Sabbath; more than wished
- - a gain on a Sunday. His Britannia
Mlcsiy's fngaie Macedonian was now the
.pne Ofthe American frgate United States.
TRIBUTE TO THEMEMoRY OF GEN
ERAL HARRlSON.-The' following inter-
estins occurrence related in the ST. Louis
Republican oil the 26ih Of July:-
The steamers Republic and Nodway arrived
here yesterday having on board the Tribe of
Nyandots, consisting Of $40 men, women
end children, moving fom Lower Sandusky,
in the State Of Ohio, 10 iheirnew home which
thoy have selected on the Konsas river, near
ihogwoslem iIOniier OF the State. They are
in good health, and appear cheerful
Aany Of the braves were with Gen. Har-
rison during the last var, and boast OF their
powers Al the battle ~ Fort Meigs.. They
cnieHainfor,be memory ofthe "Whte Chief
the highest. generation, as is eyincei BY the
following affecting incident, which was rela-
ed 70 Us by Capt. Cloghorn, Of the Nodaway:
before tho boat reached North Bend, the