The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-04


NJ. John BlnDs. In his autobiography,
tells us, IN an animated manner, how the
news Of JacksOn's brilliant victory at New
Orleans wAN received a Philadelphia
" There had been . heavy fall Of SNOW"
says Binns, and there Was that evening
from nine tn twelve inches Of snow on the
ground. That, however, did not prevent
men, women and children from parading
the streets, and delighting their eyes by
looking ut the Examinations and illnmi-
mated transparencies, which. made the
principal streets Of our city as light as
day. Ny transparency represented Gen
eral Jackson on horseback at the head Of
his staff, in pursuit Of the enemy, with
the motto, This day shall ne'er go by,
from this day to the ending Of the world,
but He, in it, shall be remembered. -
After the lapse Of nearly half century,
it thrills the heart with delight to read an
account Of that glorious victory, and the
day should eEer be commemorated by
the American people.
Parton, in his life Of Jackson, says:-
AT one o'clock on the morning of this
memorable day, on = couch in room of
the MCarty mansion house, Gen. Jack.
son lay asleep, ia his war. uniform. Sew.
eral Of his aids slept upon the floor in the
same apartment, all equipped for the field"
a messenger from General Morgan, Mr..
Shepherd, aroused General jackson. He
looked at his watch. II was past one.
Gentlemen" said he. to bis doing aids,
"we have slept enough. Rise. The en-
envy will be upon US in few minutes.
| must 60 and see Gen. Coffee" The
order was Obeyed very promptly, and in
few minutes the party were ready to
begin the duties Of the day. "By four
O'Clock in the morning, along the whole
line of works, every man was in his place
and everything was ready"
"The lines in the swamp were defend
ed by the Tennesseians of Gen. Coffee
and Gen. Carroll, all Of whom were CON-
PEELED, for many days and nights, to lead
the lives ofamphibious creatures. Though
constantly living and even sleeping in the
mire, they never uttered a complaint, nor
showed the least symptom Of discomfort
or impotence. Those brave men sup
ported all their hardships with rcsigna.
ton, and even with alacrity."
ION the night of the seventh there was
much silent and rather grim preparation
in JacksOn's camp; cleaning of arms, a
counting out Ofcartridges, and adjustment
of flints, and careful loading Of musketS
and rifles. jackson walks slowly along
the lines just before dark. lie, too, is
grim, but confident. He wears the look
of a man whose mind is wholly made up
He stops occasionally to see that the stack.
ed nuskets are all loaded, and says to
Planche's men:
"Don't fire till you see the whites Of
their eyes, and If you want to sleep, sleep
on your arms"
At half an hour before dawn, General
Packenham gave the signal to begin the
assault. About six O'Clock both columns
were advancing at the steady, solid, Brit
ish pace to the attack. They were cover
ed by fog; the fog lifted, and soon "reveal-
cd both the divisions, which, with their
detached companies, seemed to cover two
thirds Of the plain, and gave the Ameri-
cans a repetition of that splendid military
spectacle which they had witnessed on
the 2sth Of December. Three cheers from
CAROLS men. Three cheers from the
Kentuckians behind them"
"Steadily and fast the column Of Gen.
Gibbs marched toward the batteries, which
played DpOnsl; TOmUsjmcS shSowiDg 06se
right into its midst, and causing it to reel
and pause for moment. Promptly were
the gaps filled up; bravely the column
came on. AS they neared the lines the
well aimed shot made more dreadful hav-
oc, cutting great lanes in the column
from front to rear, and tossing men and
parts of men aloft, or hurting them far on
'6R1sia& At lea,s i:., -. IN SAtoS' tt,,
came within range of the small arms, the
rifles of CarrOll's Tennesseians, the mus
kets of Adairs Kentuckians, four lines of
sharpshooters, one" behind the other
Gen. Carroll, cOOlly wailIng for the right
moment, held his FIRE till the enemy were
within two hundred yards, and then gave
the word
"FIRE!"
"At first with a certain deliberation,
afterwards, in hottest haste, always with
deadly effect, the ri6emen piled their
terrible weapons. The summit of the EN-
bankment was line squirting fire. The
noise was peculiar, and altogether indie
scribable; q rolling, bursting, echoing
noise. Along the whole line it blazed and
rolled. Imagine it. Ask no one to de-
scribe it. The column of General Gibbs
still advanced, in the face of that murder
GUS, slaughtering fire. But this could not
last. With half its number fallen, and
all its commanding officers disabled ex-
cept the General, its pathway strewed
with dead and wounded, and the men
falling ever faster and faster, the column
wavered and reeled like ship on tenn
pestuOus sea.
"Just as thetroops began to falter, Gen.
eral Packenham rode up from his post in
the rear towards the head Of the column.
O-.I Glib. .on0rtod IN him that the