Mobile register and journal., 1845-08-21
THE nIn MIssIisIPPI WARRIOR.

THE OLD MISSISSIPPI WARRIOR.
 To the Editor ef Inc Free 1radu-Dear Sn-l have not observed in yuur paper any notice of the death uf our veteran friend, Gen. SAMUEL DALE. He died at his residence, Daleville, LaHder- dale county on the 23l ult with lhe iorlitude of soldier. and the resignation ot Christ ian. On his dying bed he repeated, aS am inform ed, request, which he made last summer, that should make a memoir of his liie, most of the pari- culars of winch, had nemorandumed from his lips design visiting Landerdale, m il few weeks, To ohtaln all the materials that remain Few men have run so full of benevolent actions, and romantic adventure; and no man was ever better adapted to the country and the porlo1 Tn which he llted- country the irOnuers of Georgla, F lori da, and the (hcn) Mississippi Territory, embracing all the present State Ol Alabama; the period Includ- ing nearly all that bloody interval between the close of the Revolution, and the termination o the last war. With the story of these tmes-the dreadful massacre al Fort Mhnms-lhe battle oi the Holy Gronnd-Gen. Jackson's Semirole campa gns-i,nG ihe earlier events of the Georgia frontier, Gen. Dale was closely connected The most affecting of these scenes of nurder and conagralion are yet, unwri,leO, and I've only in he fading memorials of bordrr tradition. In preparing the life of Gen. Dale, shall seei 10 put many Of them on record.- As scout piDt 10 the en gi iants w,,u blazed the first path throughhe Creek nation, from Georgia 10 the Tomblgbee with arms in their hands; and subsequently, as aspy among the Spanards at Pen BacOIii, ana hs d hfttSAn OiHG.r uurinb me most sanguinary epochsoi lhe late war-preseut al every bnchery-remarkbe for 'hair breadtl, escapes; . for caution and co lness in desperate emergencies; for exhibitions oi ggantc personal strength, and nn- doubted moral coUage-his story is studded oger with spirit stirring gincidents, unsurpassed by any thing in legend oriistory. His celebrated CANOE FIGHT, where, in he middle of the Alabama, then | m it's spring flood, he fought warriors with clubbed rifles and killed lem all, and rowed to shore with ihe corse ot hs nst antagonist under
 his feet, would be thought fabulous, If il had no, been witnessed bytweniy soldiers standing ar the | bank who not hasng boat, could render him no assistance. Som years before, he was attacked | by two warriors, tho shouted their war-hoop he 1 was kneeliAg dow to drink, and made at him with | their t0ualawks. He kn,ied them both, and though bleeding from five ynunds, he retraced their trail
 nine mirs, crepl seaihIly 10 iher camp, brained three sleeping warriors and cut the thongs Of a ie-
 male prisoner wht lay by their sIde. While in this act, however, Il fouth sprang upon him from be-
 hind log. Takeat such Il disadvantage, and ex-
 hausted by the iossof blood, he sauk under the peat grasp of the svage, who, with yell Of tri- | umph, drew his knie, and in a lew moments wonlri | have closed the conest. At that instant, however,
 the woman drove atomahawk deep into the head of the Indian, and hus preserved the life of her de- | liyerer
 Shortly after tho treaty of Dancing Rabbit, our deceased friend sailed in what IS now known as | Lauderdae couUy; and il is worthy of remark, ! tidt al tlle III NAooo3 "heh hc
 was chosen to tle Leg stature, but len were cast. NoD the county could probably poll 1000, and
 in every dlrect its heecy heds, it's line flour mlls 1 its school houses and churches, indicate thriving, enlightened andmorai population.
 1 One anecdou of the old Geneia s so similar 10 an event in kUnan history that cannot iorbear re- 1 latng it. The Consul Acqulims returning from d campaign, wasallowed a triumph but shortly alter wards was arriigned for some mIsdemean"r com matted during hls foreign service he called nc eXcuipalny eWdence, nor deIged to court the iaV0i oi his uiges but when about to receive his sentence
 he tore open AIS vest and displayed tlie wounds he | had received in the service oi his Country. sud
 den enO. lon oi pity eizcd the c0urt unixe,i iie l resolution ~hCh,a few momens be9re, they had 1 taken t1 comiemn the accused Some riIne ago, l Ge" u-le, being In Mobile, was held |" baI as en dorS0 upon The debt was in the hands of a arangr. AGconipanied by an officer, he sought the | creditor. aud found hIm m the saloon of Cuum' 1 a, Iamed :tei "Sir." Said lle General, "l have no none, pay tbs debt; the principal has proper | t,; make hun pa, 1t, or let nc g. home, and work
 Il oul." The Shyiock hesiiaied. |" Very ,vel, said
 the veteran, m tU'es iiai rang indignantly througl
 the apartment. "Fery ,ceH, sri Look at my scars! / wiH march 10 jail dovn MAIN STREET, and al
 1ksbis shall UtaeSs tte tenneat of an old soldier '
 These sIlpe words leil like eiecuicity u.ion ihat | high-ioned people. In half an hour dozen of the
 brightest names oi lie city were on bond, and he 1 fore mora me deht was paid and full discharge handed To he GeIeia. l have seen the manly tears chaSiag down his cheek, as the aged warrior dwell
 pn these recolieclions oi the generous citizens Iu 1 person, Gen Dale w.,s tall, erect, and raw .Boned ma muscular. In mauy respects, phS steal and .no. al l hc eseuled hs anIas ousts of the woods. He had
 he square lorehrai, he high cheek bones, the com. pressed lips, and u fact the physIognomy of an In- | dian, re ie,e however, by fine, brneY Saxon | eye Like the Red man too lis foot fell lightly up
 on the ground, and lurned neither he right left | he was habiiually laci.mn; his face grave; spoke slowly and in low tones, and seldom laughed. l ob- served of hun vh,i have oien noted peculiar to border men of high utlrihutes-he entertained the strongest attachment for ri',, lndians exoed their courage; their se of country; and many of their do
 mestic qualities and have often seen the wretchei remnant of the Cloctaws camped around his panta- | ,on and subsising his crops. In peace, they fell for him the strongest yeneraton; he had been the friend, both of the Tecumse aud Weatherford; and m war, the naae oi "Big Sam' fell on the ear of the Seminole Ike that of Marus the h0rdes of | the Cimbri. Very respectfully, your friend, JOHN F. II. CLAIBORNE. .i-e.