The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-15
Incident Of the Battle OF New
Orleaua.


whom marched 10 he defense of that city
as volunteers under the renownsd An.
drew jackson.
1--WE marched said the officer. ain a
solid columns of twelve thouspnd men. in
direct line urun tho American deienscs
belonged to the staff; aud as we advanc
cd, watched through our glasses the posi-
tion aud arrangements of our enemy.
With that Intensity an officer only feels
when marching into the jaws OF death.
with the assurance that while he thus Of
erS himself as sacrifice In the demands
of his country, every action, he itsaccess.
iul or otherwise, Will be Judged with the
most heartlcSs scrutiny.
II was a strange sight. that long range
of cotton balcS-a new material for breast.
wOrks-with the crowd OF human beings
behind, their heads only. visible above
the line of defense. We could distinctly
see their long rifles laying over the bales
and the battery Of Gen. Coffee directly IN
front, with its great mouth gaping t,nvnTds
us, aud the position of Gen. Juckson,
with his staff around him. But what at.
tracicd our attention most, Was tho figure
of tall mau standing on the breastworks,
dressed ia linsey woolscy, with buekskin
lcggings, aud broad trimmed ielt hat
that fell around his face, almost eouceal.
ing his features. lie was standing in one
or those picturesque aud graceful atii-
tudcs. peculiar to those natural men dwell.
ers in the forest The body rested on
the left leg. aud swayed with curved
line upwards; the right arm was cxtcn.
ded. the hand grasping the rifle near the
muzzle. the butt Of which rested near the
toe OF his right foo', while with his hand
BIC raised the rim of his hat from his
Ieyes, aud seemed gazing from beneath in.
tensly upon our advancing column
The cannon Of Gen. Coffee had opened
upon u, and tore gaps through our ranks
with tremendous and heart sickening
slaughter; but We continued to advance.
unwaveriug aud eool. as if nothing had
occurred to threaten our progress.
The roar of cannon seemed 10 have no
:, effect upon the figure standing on the
cotton bales, but he seemed fixed aud no.
tionleSs a. u statue. At last he moved,
threw back his hat rim over the crown
with his lett hand, raised the rifle TO his
!. shoulder, aud took atm at our group.
Our eyes WeFe riyeted on him Al Shonl
had he levelcd his piece! But the distance
was 50 great that we looked al each other
and smiled. We saw the rifle fnsh, and
my right hand companion. as noble LOOK
ing Ii fellow az ever rode at the head of Il
regiment, fell fran hs saddle The hun.
ter paused few moments. without moving
his gun trnm his shoulder. then reloaded
and resumed his former attitude. Throw.
ing the hat rim oyer his eyes and again
holding il up With the LETT hand he fixed
his piercing gaze upon u as If hunting
out another victim. Once more the hal
rim was thrown back and the gun raised
to The shoulder This time We did not
: smile. but cast short elauccs a, ea~h other
To see which Of US hiust die; aud when
the rifle age u flashed. another of IT, DROP.
, ped to the eurh. There wis something
awful in thus marching un to certain
death.
Gen. ColFeo's battery aud thousands o
? musket balls played upon our ranks; We
cared not for them-therc was u chance oi
escaping unschalhed. Most uf us had
walked upon batteries hundred time
inore destructive without quailing; bui ,t
know that every time that rife was level
ed towards us. aud its bullet sprang from
,bc barrel, one Of us mus: as surely fall
To sec the cleaning sun fash upon it u,
the deadly iron caIDe down. and rec il res
motioness. a If posed upon rock. anG
know. when the hammer struck and th,
4spnrks flew TO the fuIiprimed pan. tha
the messenger of death drove nnerringI,
to its goal-to know this, and still malcl
on. was awful.
could see nothag but the tall fgur,
standing on the breast work Tie seemed
to grow. phantom like. taller and taller
assuming through the sIDnke the super
Datural appearance 0f some great spirit
Again aud again did he reload aud dis
charge his rifle with the same unfailina
aim; and il yas yitb indescribabe
pleasure that beheld, as we neared the
American lines, the sulpurous smoke gath.
er around Us and shut that spectral hunter
from my gage, We lost the battle; and
to my mind the Kentucky rifcmau con-
tributed more to our defeat than anything
else; for while he remained to our sight,
our attention Was drawn from our duties;
and when at last he became enshrouded
in the smoke the work was complete; we
were in utter confusion and unable in the
extremity to restore order sufficient to
make any successful attack.
So long as thousands and thousands of
rifles remain in the hands of the people.
so long as men come up from their child.
hood, able, ere the down appears on the
chin. to hit the centre of mark. or
strike the deer at one hundred and fifiy
yards in the most vital part, so long as
there is great proportion of the Repub-
lie who live as free as the wild Indian,
knowing no leader but of their own choos-
ing; knowing no law but that of right, aud
the honorable observance Of friendly in
tercourse, America is unconquerable; and
all the armies Of tho combined world,
though they might drive them from the
! sea coast and across the Allegheny
mountains, would not be ablo to subdue
the free-sonled hunter among the noun
tains. great prairies, aud mighty rivers Of
the West.
THE WAY TIE MONEY GoEs.-It is
estimated, says the Cincinnati CONNER
cial n Radical paper. that fit will require