Nevada national., 1859-02-12
The rharp..hooter.r, oc,r Grlssu-.

a British onic'r rho .ru. Ut ia tie battle
si New Orleans, said
'' 1t wa a strargr sight iha, louc rang
ofcCttOu bales--a usN material for breast
works iin the CROW i u' human Iaings &c
hind. their heads only visbl. above ih, line
Of iefouce. We could distinctly see tbcir
long rifles living over lhg bales. and The
battery OF Gen. Coffee directly Ia front with /.
its great mnIih gaping towards us aad the (
position OF Gen. Jackson. with his stat
around him-But what attracted our at,cn.
tion most. was the figuFc of a tall man stand.
ing on the hreastwoik- dressed in iuspy
woolsey. with buck-ain los5'a-s aud
broad brimmed felt hat. III lc,i arouu his
face, almost cuncealiug his fraturel II wac
standing In one Of those picturesque eui
graceful attitudes pecul ar 10 those natural
man dweilcr, 10 the forest. The body re,
ted on the icft leg. ami sway 4 withn our
we'd line upwards The rislt arm was cxl,a-
ded. the baud era.pirl tue r,an n.ar the
muzzlr. the hutt Of which rested uurr tie
toe OF his ,igh. foot. while sith h;- lasi be
raised thu rim Of his hat FROM li. eyc- ard
seemed gazing from beneath intensely upoa
our slyancag column. The cannon Of Gen.
Coffee had opened upon as. and tore through
our rarks with dreadful ,aughier; iut We
contnu j to advance. upwavrgiug and cool
as il no,hing threatened our progress.
The roaI Of cannon seemed to have no e.
fct uron lh" figure standing On the cotton
bales \ last he moved threw back his hat
rim over the crown vita BIS left hand. raised
the rifle 20 his shoulder and took aim at our
group Our eyes were rivctrd on him. Al
whom ted hc icyeiled hs piece, Bat tie
distance Wa So great that we looked a. each
other aud s.ui.d. ". saw the rifle flash
and my right hand companion as noble C.
looking fellow a, ever rode at the head 0l %
regiment !gll from hi saddle. The huut,r
paused for hw momen'- without moving
his guu from his shoulder. iAru .. loaded aud
resumed his former attitude. Throwing
the ha, rim over his ey aud ogaiH bold
ing up with biz left ha1t. he fixed his p re-
ing gaze upon us has if haatina out anoih,r :
victim.-Once more tie bat rim was thrown
hack, and the gun raised 10 bis shoulder.
This time We did not IN 'e lu: cast short
glance- NJ each other to -rr which of us must
die and when The ride again ,sshcd, anoih.
er OF us dropped to the earth. There was
something awiu! in thus marching on IN
certain death
Gen. CniIee's battery and thousands o
musket balls played upon our ranks We
cared not Tor thrn--iiere wa7 4 chance o
escaping unscathcd. Most of rs had walked
upon batteries hunlred times moro des,ruc
tive, without quailng hut to know that
every time that rife was leypled towards u'
and iis bnlet sprang from tie barrel, one ol
us must surely fall To soc the cleaning
ace it rest motionless as IL il poised upon a
rock, and know, when the hammer struck
the messenger 0f death drove unsriingy "a
it's goal to know this, aud still ma ch on
was awfal.
a. could see nothing ont tall figure
standing on the breastworks. He seemed
10 grow phantom Ike. taller aud taller a.
sumiag through the smoke the supernatural
appearance Of some great -p'rit. Again did
he reload end discharge his rife. with th'
same uLfailiug aim and IL was with indis
scrlbable pleasure that behcld. as we uca
I'd ,be American lines the sulphurons smoke
.sisrn ayotnd II aal AG' lha' -Tec,ra' tu1