Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-01-25

Anniversary OF the Battle of New OrIeans
Forty-one years ago this day was fought II.
memorable battle of New Orleans, and althopob =.
annual observance has fallen into partial disuse
is nevertheless worthy of such commemoralion as
brief paragraph may give. On this occasion tba
American forces under General Jackson consis,;us
chiefly Of volunteers from the Western States s
only successfully resisted an attack of yetsrs U'
troops crowned with tho laures gained in the oraa
Napoleonic wars, but compelled them to seek safol
by retreat to their vessels OF war, with the lose ~
General Packenham, their commander, and list "
killed and wounded numbering in the aoprnt
three thousand men The loss on the mart of I've
Americans was only seven men killed and |
wounded
1t has been made question of late wears wbotbo.
General Jackson formed his defences Of cotton hall.
or not. One writeI in giving the substance of
conversation which he alleged to have been held h.
tween himself and General Jackson, made the Iane.
emphatically deny that the cotton bales so often ~
ferred to in subsequent histories, constituted M nne
whatever of his deences, which Were merely t Ir
breastworks of alIuva SOIL capable of being or oW
leaped at all points by any ordinary horseman.
One of our morning contemporaries also assumoa
not long since, that the story of the cotton bales h
no foundation in truth, and the statement thus may
was extensively copied into the journals of the dav
We have reason to believe that both partie. we
incorrect, that General Jackson must have uuaifnS
his denial by restricting the breast work of coo
bales to part of his line of defence, and that on
neighbor has assumed the absence of this novel Qra
cies of material for defensive purposes, without S,
~ examining into the truth of the incident as handed
down to In the historical accounts of the last va,
and in local publications.
! Recently a work has appeared, which in our onin
ion confirms the original statement
In the autobiography of Vincent Nolte ccmms,
cial agent of several large European houses, and
particularly of the famous bankers, the Homes Of
Amsterdam, the writer, then engaged in business in
New Orleans, expressly states that only did COT
ton bales form part of Jacksons line of defence
against the British attack, but that of the cotor
bales used, two hundred and forty-five bales BE-
longed to the aforesaid Nolte, and about sixty bales
were the property of Fernando Altar, a Spanari
resident at new Orleans, the whole forming the car
go Of the bark Pallas, then lying in the stream not
far from the American Camp. The entire narrative
of Nole, which bears the title OF Fifty Years in
Both Hemispheres, is replete with interest and adven
ture, and sheds considerable light upon social and
commercial life at the South during the earlier years
of the present century.-Bdl1imore Patriot, 8h inst
DISMISSAL OF Mr. CHAMPION AND THE BR1TsB
CoNsULs.-The New York Tribune has the following
dispatch from Washington
A decisive step has been taken relative to British
enlistments. The long correspondence on this sub.
Ject between the two 90 Rrnments has been closed
by an elaborate and conclusive dispatch to Mr.. Blu
chanan, sent last Saturday, requiring the British
government TO recall Mr.. Champion, or leaving the
alternative of the administration giving him his pass
ports here.
The same paper signifies distinctly the revocation Of
the exequators of Consuls Barclay at New York
Mathew at Philadelphia and Raycr at Cincinnati
who were implicated in the enlistments England il
Indirectly prepared for this contingency by previous
negotiations, but still the present demand may exct
temporary feeling, and lead to some difficulty in TIKI
recognition of Mr.. Buchanans successor it may ais
embarrass Lord Palmerstons official tenure. From
positive developments this is inevitable, and
must be sustained If England makes it the cause
of exceptions in settling the Central American ques
ton the responsibility will be her own.
| A CENTENNARIAN INDIAN CH1EF-His Excellence
: OBrien Skandogh, chief of the Six Nations, VIII
: was born in l752, in this city yesterday. Thi
aged chief, now lO4 years of age sent to Franc
to be educated, previous to the Revolution. He re
turned to this country after going through the medl
cal school in Paris, in company with the young Mar
quis de Lafayette, whom he followed through tn
o of the American Revolution, and did service il
that campaign. He was at the battle of Brandywine
o where he attended upon Gen. Lafayette, binding u
; his wounds, received in the affair During the wa
he suffered bayonet wound in the right lung, whic
J. even causes him uneasiness in case he takes
4 cold. Although than century has passed ov
his head he is still hale and strong, erect and of 10
ty port. His Masonic brethren greeted the age
n chieftah and contributed 10 his necessities for
though old he has not been all the time accumuIf
% ting gain. He was for many years at the head
II the Six Nations, and chief of great influence.
t, Rochester Democrat, January 9.
MARRIED