Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-04
An Incident pf tEas Esaftle of gaty
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VI ISeW 1Iiealis' iheii1fulls HH itinideit ul
i thrilling stsanEeiiess, aud one very dasufils
i tive uf tile Western hunter, tnany uf whom,
nafel,ed to The deieties vf New Orleans.
j as volunteers III Ills army uudef tic III
i lowlletl Andfew jackson s,
i We marched. suid Tie efTeer. iii soli
j column OF twelvs thousand men, iil iitpet
line upon lie AitietieHn dafsness | be-
! longed 10 the staff; aiid as we advanced,
, We watched through our passes Tile posi.
lion aiid arrangements 0f our enemy viii,
that Intensity ah officer only feels wilet.
inafuilig into flo jaws of death, with tiis
assilfanes that, while lie thus oItefs hn.
!, self as a saeiifice TO Tie demands az his
country. eyery Heiieil, bs be s4ecsssful Or
otherwise, will be judged with tlis liiost
lisartless scrutiny
II was q stfanEs siglit, that long range
! Ut cotton bales=4a new inatefia fyf tfeas.
works. with the crowd Of human, beings
beliind, tlseif hehds only sisibe above tic
\ line Of defence. We could distinctly seq
Il thsifloag rifles lpyilig 0vsf lie bates. aud
the battery Of Gen. Coffee directly In front
4 with Its great mouth GapiDg tsNaids liz,
as they waited to deyous us, aid tie pe
siten Of Gen. jackson, with lis stuff
around bin. But what attracted or al.
tehtloti iiest, was The figure Of Ii toll man
standing Oh the st-wofhs, dressed iii
linseyswoolen. with bueAsEin isggins, snd
q broadsbrimeI felt hat, tllat fell around
the iaee, almost toiieeailIg his features.
1 lie WIS standing id one Of tIiose pie,ur.
es1ue, and graceful attitudes, peculiar to
those natural hen dsellers in tile forests,
Tie body rested oil tho leIt leg, aid sway.
ed With a sufyed line upwards; lie fight
aim was extended, Tie baud gfaspng lie
rifle ilear the ititlzzle, the butt Of which
rested near tl,e toe Of Ills fight foot, whils
with lis hHnd s faised the rim of tIly
lat FROM bis eyes, and seemed gaziDa
from banehtli Intensely upon oiif advanU.
| ing Goluttin The eanilou ef Gen. Colias
had opened urotn ns, and tore through our
raiiks with dreadful slaughter, bat va
e6nti1tied 10 advance, iiIIwavefing aud
doe as u neiiiiug threatened our pfogress.
Tie four Of cannon seemed TO leays no
effect npoii Tile figure standing OH lie cot.
i0Il liaas, but le sesned fixed and motion.
less as D statue. A. lost he ln1v 4. ilIrew
baek the llat rim over tho efoNU sssitIi Ills
| left hand, raised lie rife 10 lis Shoulder
aud took aim at our group. Our eyes
were flveted upon him. At whom lad
he leyelad his piege Bit tls distance
was so great that We looked ai r.isli other
and smiled. We saw tile ri1I fash. apl
my right-liafd companion. as lIobte look.
lug fellow as everfods III tiissliead ef bis
regiment fell from his saeltlie. sFI.e l,un.
TN puised few moments, without iDVys
Ing The gun ff0n his sliondet, then re-
l0adln1 nnd assumed his fofmsr attitude.
Throwing tile hat rim over bis eyes, aud
assalii holding itup with tbs lsf, hant, I,g
fixed bis piercing gaze upon lis as il Iiuute
lug ott another victim. Once moro tlta
bat rim was thrown back aud tiis etu
raised TO Tie shoulder. This time We ,ld
not smile, Int cast short glancss at eaetf
other 10 sec which of lis must dje aml
wien ugain the rifle flashed another of ps
dropped 10 the enrtIi Tlefe was some.
thing most awful III thus nlarcli.Dg On tv
certain JeaflI.
Gen. Coffse's battery, and thousands
OF mnskst balls playing upon onr ranks, W.
cared Dot ior--tIIsre was d chaUce of es~
Gaping unscratclled. Most 81 IL had waIk.
ed upon batteiies a hundred times mare
destructive without quaiIIng; but 10 know
that every time tiiat Tiile was leycleJ ts.
wards as aud the bullet spraug from the
barrel, Que 0f ~ must as surely fall te
see tie cleaning sun fasis as the sIeadly
iron came down. and see II resi- notion
lees, as II poised npon rock, aid know
when ilie hammer stfack and tie sparks
ilew % tile full prilned pm, ff,at lie p,es.
sen9er o. death drove uHsrrinaly 10 II.
goal ITO know this, and still iuafel, ou.
was awful.
could see nothing but sfs tniI figure
standing on The breasf- work. Ifc seeIued
70 grow pbahtcni.Iikes higher aid l,igbefs
assuming through shs smoke fl,e smpef.
natural appearaiiee u some great sglytf.
Again did lie rGIoud aud Iisefsarus Its rid.
With t''e sat1ie tialailiDg aim and il ysas
with l,,dsscribads pleasure that i belcld.
as we iicafed fbe Ansrcan lines, the sui.
plI0ous c'onI gathered around us. aud
slIut that fFectrsl htIier from NV aazs.
we Iost the battle ;aHd 20 my mind. ,lts
Kentucky rlAeman coniribaesa more To-
our defeat fhsa anything else for pl,i,e
iIe remained 70 Our sight, orr attention.
was drawn rom 0tf dnlics, and wien I'D
last We bscalne ehshfoaJed in eI,e smoke
tlse work was complete we we're III ii.
Ter confusion, aud nGabIe, Il, ti,e extfemi.
", 10 restore order sufficient to- make aug
successfaI attack
- long as thousands and thousands Of
rifles remain in the hands OF The people.
70 long az men come np from ll,eig child.
hood able, ere tile down appears on tbe
rllr, tOl,it the centre Of mark. og sfrtka
'he deer at 150 yards III ihe most snab
point 70 lobg ~ there ID i great propor
Ion q the Republic who live iree as ti,e
wild Indian, knowing 30 leader bot their
own nclioosiitg; knowing no law bnt that
Vt light. aud tI,e honorable observance og
friendly intercourse. America is uuco,,-
li'sfaisle; aisd alI the armies cf lie COM
bined world, tbouslf they might dive them
IFc1s the seslscast aud acfoss liie .1lIeal,a-
ny Mosnfs'ss. would not be aIdc 10 sul,-
1sse il'e kse~souIeJ lsbnfer amongst fhs
Itoam'sins ard great prairiss aud inlgIty
rivers Of Tie West
FoB OrYfcK SEEK.us - TIE HeraJF
sAvlng espoused the cause Of Pierce at,.s
kifIg, urges 40 q seasosI for tile supporf of
Is iavoriles, that young men who want ,a
commence pubiic. life III b good not 81 p;e