Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-11


,ow Eel, that time was come when prompt measures
must be adopted Ia meet the impending danger Ai'ef 'i-
LIMO all the necessary arrangements his power ior NE
defence Mobile and fer The security Of that part Z" Tue
roun,rr he commenced his Journey New Orleans, ana
cached that city on the lst OF December 1914,
,hic nnriod Louisiana drfeuceess il was
x,n.cd Both In The personnel aid mattricl there was
an onpling deficiency Of the means for The ul
tmae safety Of The country. nc "a under his command
hut the rest of his force were militia drawn from
The invaded district, from Mississippi tennessee aad Ken
lucky. ,-,o Generally the suonv ,yoo
uhcly inadequate the esgcncy. quantity mud been
some lime before demanded ard ordered pu io E nh I
n;nis,rntye error these yet slowly decch'nS "c oiJ
~ h Inwest stage of It's water and In fact did not Tcnc
heir mace Of destination till the struggle was oVsri tiIu
~, h,op i,, The nroydent foresight oi Iencihi S'i'
nor into his boats part Of these equipments
which ne accideny passed. the whole keniacNy leoce
mon, would nave been weapUncss III Tic way ., i t'
NV T. u,s nu less than from twelve TO fifteen lundrcd OF
- r mrr, spcctatoIs the combat, net beng able 10
mir" ale in for The want OF arms. AS anocf example OF
he defective state ol the military suprts IL may &c re,
arkrd that General Jackson IN Iepo't 10 le 'eGieay u
W. -. Ebrrary 1915 informs that iunclionaTy that when
The enemy landed had Hat except what was pro-
cured rom the Baratasans.'"
9Th, enemy was upon the Mississippi, and Their ntiedi-
no J,-ns were unknown As snoa rs General JACKSON
rnnnossance Of their position ard 20 arrange his plan Of
o,tt The light Of their fires enabled him 10 ascertain
,,r,,. h.y wtro Stationed ard 10 perceive that Icy eX
ndrd from the river the plain and that pcque; guards
v. uos,rd al intervals between their right flank and the
swami which Is here about mile and hall i:om The Mis-
sissnn Although the usual routine o military Guiies We're
observed in the general disposition Of the troops and IN The
OF The guards there was stu an cYident IN
preston among the British troops that they bad ie To APP
pchcnd from enemy. The men were apparently ENJOY
Inc themselves by full indulgence in The grod hlnGs
which fortune had given thems:c, cpys oe OF Them "a
hams fowls and wines OF various descriptions and The
light of their fires rendered distinctly visible their whole ar
| ranaement and operations.
"I;snera Jack sons plan was Instantly formed aud com
uunca,d TO his officers. His right Hank rested on the
river and his line extended into the PAIN wan uenern
Coffee and his command upon the extreme Mt ma ON!
Ger was drectcG "nGcavor 10 iGTn the ght aN I'll Tue
british and to attack re The rest o! Ic line
under General Jacks0ns imncdlin c'imran vie to ID
c in tron,. and IA order. had previously been semt 10
Coone, s.crsnn who stationed be'w vita ad.':ch-
men, Of about h@ntret and fly men To Cooperate IN
The a,fack Il hoped he ':"-' - M" I" attain .er
rear and thus succeed in ntcfcspi!n2 ne coma;7htio"
viii, The Bayou enYrnue. Gen. Coffee ':ds 10 Commence
INC attack but tins inenoa waa frustrated b TIE ht+rSen
tnn Of large double di, which las noTc could not cross
| d uhorc he was cn,npted leave them. liz the mn2G
time The armed brig Caroline ah been ordered by General
10 drop slowly du"n the frrr aat 10 snch" "n
size the British camp. When The HnI ai!acN G"lnnchccH
she WI 10 open cT 5raadsi!u upon the c':c!ny"
III Is nj I'll times difficult graphically To descnr me "-
,,plioIs OF battle 70 I!ate IN c"ihnAtH6 q! !e move
u.nrs 10 es.n; 70 III. readers dieithciy III; ohnc"l HI
,oyinr incidents MARI :e agTnGi!oha o. "!va anu
l,,s; and above ali 10 arG!d Tie ccnlas!on 80 closely
nncr,,d with an alt.rI ua!fa,e III aEccsjs'on, cir
crmsnnces occurring simultaneously Ana III" TASK Is st
more Encouraging when the conflict IS 10 !e HisI!' ~.
uhcn the opposing forces are mnga: IN Ws.se se'd -
ttlr OprIllDHs hGtt""'t ~ P'''-N's'~
n life vata. We sl merely G!'e uir textures oi thls
irregular but spirited conflict ana pass on 90 ' progress
and result Of the campaign ,,. r.,..,.
nIhu battle thus fought ind ended saved Ne" Orleans
No, hv ia eti.cts upon The sees Of military opr
a,,on. but by its moral influence upon lie ""ade'" ana
II is evident In taking retrospective we" 81 'e
tanIs of thai period that the British army made lis de.
crnt on Louisiana with high perhaps not 100 heh conn
ienec in It's proves but win thorough cocpI io
~ ,dy,,,arcA 'rlcy forgot the cautious maxim, NOT 10
5rroc our opponen,s The author G The Anhaitefn III
America who officer in liz expedition, says: We
held lhem The Americans IN 100 f'"Gn "'""! ~ .sa,
h. Attack Another journalist, an Once! ~ .ic Ns
my Observes that upon this intelligence our "o"'cd con
.dsn.s returned and bcook ourselves 10 our ioir oc
nmn,ons e,aarsng that the Americans had never YET
go y, aitack there IL no great rDhiby OF their dolng
~ nm tho nrcscnt occasion. and Captain .-uuSe alter
v Inning con amore at the rich merchandl!e o ,cw
Orleans suhjuns in the OF his narrative ms re-
mork OF which he thinks the result OF the Campaign iufns
Cd nractica Ilustreon tina. Insignificant objects are not
be despised, and iet 10 Dc c"I.sa a. NC !" ~ hon
selves no in New Orleans Gk"n position Ito" me
civ and awaited the Of the invaders IN tc ordinary
course OF events skill discipline and experience must nave
innc their work and sealed the tate ot The county !hc
great object therefore, u the American genera was 10
a, ,a adversary caution and Tatai his advance,
Will. his own troops might gradually acquire 2on1!thcc IN
and their icader That the plan was ccess u!
s eyi tent from fact that during lolr previous days be-
wecn lie 23d and the 2Sh, the BRUSH army S' "ihih
heir lines and were employed In the necessary coum"!ca-
ons with their llcc whence heavy guns %sie tpa-h "
destroy OF drive oil the Iitiic brig, WHEN c'h"uCu ammo!
them vii. IL iron messengers.
ssn ii killed wourdcd ani prisoners, and Id Ter states
that the baa official report acknowledges oss9t hIec
hundred and five. The have 40. 3e2i.'
"For few days subsequent 10 this
neriod both parties were busy engaged in their respective
for attack and Defence IL vas obv:IlG tha
some decisive would bring the canpaga 10
close elnforcemcn!s received by cach {" me 'on
ans Without entering into numerical details, ltt sa'l'-
factory to the general rclic content ourselves WIN sta
np az the best estimate oc-n able To mhkt from
The data within reach that The brits ann; 'as mary
lIsd IN about nine thousand men the lett bank CT The
,h,,h Tho nfnhp a a
army was before stated four thousand TWO hundred ana
sxly four The official returns, which are annexed 10 ,s
article, furnish al! necessary information on ''c su'Ie :"
the defensive force"
HOn the 81 OF January General Jackson informed ne De-
cre;ary Of War that had then arrived They were
vet upon the river having left ittsbrg the preceding au
tumn He sdds Hardy third oi the Kentucky troops
long expected are armed and me arms ey nave arc not
fit for use r,
fcrior administration should have left nna!mcd large poi
ton of The force assembled NJ this point from 50 great
distance and acquired by such mpcrons circumstances
But So il was and the anxousr expected army dld hn' ~
rive ill the BriisE driven discounted tom The aiicA
I'VE shall not stop dwell npon ilc other detective u
Engagements for supplies particularly OF proper Gl'yl "
which The iatant militia almost destitute. lirfas>!H
indeed we're The circumstances 10 the troops ana rrFFA
inc to their leader but they ~ not like tie want OF ati
moi fight suffering aud prj:aI@ ;hey could cl'e am
myetc9mr And they Jill THIS duly dos" - Then
like an inheritance from Their revolutionary i'eT ara Vs."
was Il reformed.
wa : Battle Of tie sth January
"Captan Cooke has portrayed with much feeling his IN.
nressons upon this eYentfu night and whether his hoash
took their hue from the circumstances a:1Gnd Ein, or he
latter from the fomef certain it is, iscm his description
that sIns, Ter augury natural in Itself as II proved
in the end 10 be He states that he WANDERED
through the camp, contemplating the scenes around and
comparing the confusion al the headquarters ana the noise
ard rcclTy and a: the ne with The silence and oFdef
which appeared 10 p!.Ta J.. INC American ts'! W o''
sides OF the river.
sThe whole scene, with lis association: Ga"e been
snpuary impressive EngI-haai !" native q the /
older world who had never the work. Of Nature spread
out in that magnifcCncc whcl marks her Operations upoE
this continent, Before hun is thar mighty river, OF which
he had heard from his infancy rolling liz endless N1cis ~
The ocra end seeking is supply IN te fountains o. me
North; rravrrsin- regions c boGmdess Forests an perpetual
s.liu;r ovcttGppu. t!a f.ch hut narrow plain which
man had gained from lis domni"E High nP On ~ rnnE
and ,rbniaes those. RnaIes wander, whose Origin il
;ny.ery-w0se llon, habits institutions, AID history
ha We aesir. the attention Of Chi:enicm, since the vel
hich insulated them their world has been withdrawn
uosc fierce PASSIONS have always been grat" in the
blood friend and fnc who have been Etnonafy not III ?J
.t,on but in improvement while everything ntoIn 'tn
hns been changing an whose destiny re haze pleasure
IN anticipating Aro%i,d him Is til" p'ims"1 'arcs o:dnR
defiance lie slow %: human Industry shown and
scarcely show in the little cttiic as taken
Il. Ispr ' ,lr "a,