Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-12-02

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stances related by the Fredericksburgh
Record, as having taken place after the
battle New Orleans, is strikingly charae-
teris,c of the lamented Hero:
In the year 1924 eur informant met, at
the the table of Sir George A,trey, many
distinguished Englshmen, then in P.ris.
The conversation turned on the then PEN
ding Presidential election. and fears wsrs
expressed that. should Gen. Jackson be
elected, the amicable relation between the
two countries nigh be endangered, in con
sequence of his high handed exercise Of
power, as eyinccd during his command ae
New Orleans. The necessity. on the part
of our informant OF replying to these OBJ
servatons. was suspended 10y the prompt
and generous outbreak of one Of the guests
Col. Thornton, of the Goth, an officer wall
known for his gallant character, and whose
regiment suffered severely in the attack Of
the 9Th Of January.
He testified in the handsomess terms 10
the conduct Of Gen. jackson, as an ami
able and faithful commander on that &C.
casion,. and declared, that had he no. used
the powercon6ded to- him in the highhanded
way alluded TO, New Orleans would in 70.
iibly have been captured. As to the
charge of implacable hostility, Col.
Thornton declared. that in all the inter.
course by flag and otherwise, between the
hostile commanders, Gen. Jackson had
been peculiarly courteous and humane,
and proceeded TO state, that the day after
the battle, the British were permitted 10
bury their desd lying beyond certain
line hundred yards 10 advance Of Gen.
Jackson's embankments-all within that
line being buried by the Americans !hem-
selves.
Assoon as tho melancholy duty was
performed, the British General was sur
prised al receiving flag, with the swords.
epaue,tes and watches Of the officers who
has fallen. and note from Gen Jackson,
couched in the most courteous language,
sying that one pair Of epaulettes was
missing, blu, that dligent search was ma.
king. and when found they should be sent
in. These articles always considered
fair objects Of plnuder-were rescued BY
| Gen Jackson, and thus handed over with
a request that they might be transmitted
TO the relatives Of the gallant officers TO
whom they had belonged. This anecdots,
and the flank so,dier-like manner in which
| II was given, turned the whole current Of
| feeling in favor of The General, and drew
forth an expression of applause from all
parts of the table. .For myself" said
our informant. IL felt flush on ny cheek,
and thrill OF pride through my bosom,
and in my heart | thanked the old'General
for proving by this chivaroas net, that the
defendants of our country weIe above tho
sordid feelings of mel cenory warfare"
PoLITlcAL AND NATURAL COMMISSIONS.
1t is remarked in an English journal.
that very frequently political and natural
changes and commissions take place and In
the order of series, together, and cites
several instances 10 prove the truth Of the
statement During Lord George Gordon's
riot, in England, the aurora borealis was
remarkably visible, and during the reign
Of terror il France, the atmospheric phe-
nomcnon, presenting the appearance of NE
mics in the sky, wheeling about in all dir.
ectjons, performing every kind of evolu
lion, and meeting face 10 face, seemingly
-for the purpose Of attack, was seen and
commenced upon very generally. If We
reason therefore upon, and deduce from
SIMILAR causes, we may be led to the con-
cusion, lhatin the political world sems-
thing strange and extraordinary is about
to happen. Vesuvius, which has COM
parauyey stu rbered for some time, has
given indications Of an eruption Of no
common kind, and families are now hur-
rying TO Naples, in order SO be in time
TO witness this expected splendid opera
ton of nature.
Another natural phenomenon has taken
place in one of the Orkney Isles, which
was visedwith shower of dust from tho
northwest, and it was decided TO have
been Of volcanic origin and no doubt was
entertained that il was blown over by O
storm from Mount Ii celia; and strange TO
say information subsequently, received,
confirmed the supposiiion; accounts from
Copenhagen, dated Oct. 6, states that
abou, the time in question, the crew Of an
English vessel when about eighteen
miles from the Iceland shore, distinctly
observed flames issuing from that quarter.
Othet accounts state that several iremen-
duous earthquakes have recently occurred
in The islands, and that an eruption took
plnce on the I'd al September. more re-
markab,c than any that has occurred for
sixty years.
By The combination Of the two ideas OF
natural and political commissions, il is ra.
marked, that the political world now or.
hibts unusual indications Of connexions
and wars. The northwest coast Of India
is threatened by the Russians and Per.
slams Circassia is in state Of perpetual
conflict by the inroads and wars Of the FOR
mer; Algeria ard the circumjaceniidislricis
are in fearful agitation thro' the incursions
Of the French; everything is alarm and
agitation among The South American Re-
publ:cs in the neighbornood Of the Plate
River, and war is actually begun in tho
seizure of the Argentine feet, by the
combined operations Of The English and
French.
The United States and England are
showing their teeth, and indicating what
they can do, If driven to ex,remeties. -
Madagascar may probably be considered
as bellgerent at this moment, besides
many other parts which might be referred
to. as manifesting the incipient movement
within which is the indication Of final con-
WILSON'S. Such being the undoub,ed
I T.. 1850. n,,r H., II