The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-21


no less sstopished ID Witnessing such
fiood-tide OF immigration into the terri
tories OF their master wtthpnt his lnH
Thus impeded vitae waters and con.
fronted by the soldiers OF Rforeign mon.
arch, the I'm tiligran boil were driven 10
choose betweef1 the swo ''horns Of "a df.
lemma !. whether thev should fsprsad
out and occupy, possess, spdl cultivate
iis s n VIII ts the spapis,i ~ aaehoflties u
whether they should take hhe bsoktsaok
to the old settlement, where they had
sold out homes and goods and chattels
preparatory to ef1igrHUfof1. Having no
homes behind them. tolfall back to, they
resolved to remain With theirr wives and
little ones, and face ti u dangers amid
which destiny had tAFowh ftheh f5re-
solved alike 10 bhttle with the Span
iardB who claimed! the dOmaih aanuF the
wild beasts who held IL In actual posses
aasnt co sSaFss shs aa II tta
claimingssthea iurisdictignSe who had
never ceased 10 watch their, motions
with d Jealous eye, Since they discov-
cred them rlssu0R iaiiexp ectsf numbers
CD the shores of the1akes. = 'aFs'as's 81
In the summer q. sI6D1,s hopeless Of
help from any quarter, these sfnigfants
few to arms from All parts at tha small
Territory, and entered s6outly upon Che
endeavor to fiRhtlthetf own wrongs. To
the number Of about 400. mounted ON
sembled in the vicinity Of the Spanish
garrison at Baton Rouge, and extern
porized an organization Of their little
army by the y electiOn OF Philemon
Thomas, planter IA ERst baton Rouge,
rs enthusiastically and DR. VIII.
Hams, fat practioing physioian of Fee
liciana, as CHIEF. surgeon. both Ken,
tlckians, believe, neither possessing
any especial qualifications for his new
responsibility, except strong native In
tellectual power and an Intense hatred
this small Forces wholly destitute
Of infantry =. and arMllery, pre-
scented itself before the ramparts of the
Spanish fortress and summoned 1t to
surrender, the RESPONSE was q derisive
and scornful re usal.da The military
annals OF Spain furnished no precedent
for the capture or 10 fort by cavaIry
alonel a=7reminiscence which, while 1t
encouraged feeling OF security among
the Hpaniards, had u depressing infiu-'
ence upon the besiegers: but, having
sors, they stilIheld to their, deterrniHat
ton. After having endured the jeers
and insulting gestures Of those within
the fort during the day, and with mo-
matured plans for further operations,
with many misgivings Of the event OF
their expedition. while gloomily pre-
pairing for the evening meal, to their
great joy they discovered the. sat
tie, which had been feeding on the COM
mon opposite che siteysof Tthe Tort,
where the patriotDforce had Vcamped.
lnfc Il Il -
the embankment' Into the fort. In the
homelys phrase Of my Informant, He
knowed that wbar them lows had
as siin Oh feIs eTen pre essS
whole patriot force had i died isto TIE TIE
fort by the neglected COW path. 50
quietly had this been effected that long
after the parade ground inside was
crowded with mounted and armed set
tiers, the shrflt "ates'ta" Of the Spanish
ing the river and the patriot encamp-
ment. Awaiting silently the approach
the work IN hand. "a -
Astoulded at SO gross arviolation Of
the recognized rules Of warfare as the
capture of a fort by cavalry alone. The
Spaniards seem to have been as badly
demoralized as were the Roman legions
by their first encounter with the ele-
plants OF Pyrrhus. and by the time the
sun appeared iaboveethe tree tops the
terms OF capitulation were all arranged.
They asked to be permitted to with
draw unmolested from the Baton Rouge
district, with all the subjects OF Spain
and with all the emblenls Of Spanish
authority, civil and military, which was
promptly acceded ,tosr and as promptly
carried into execution. Before noon on
the same day the exodus began, and
soldiers and officers, FRegidors, Aicafdes
and Algua2tlaI FORMING Rtprocession Of
several huddreds ouls, took up the line OF
march for the eastern frontier. OF the
Territory to tannounce its surrender 70
the fortified posts OF Spain at Spring
field and at Msnchao. n .TACisr, egTNl
Don Carlos de Grandpfe. the Spanish
Viceroy, and Gen. Philemon Thomas,
Commander-in-C Chief or y the patriot
forces, met on the, parade ground in
full view OF their cofntnads, f6r the pur-
pose of interchanging the last formal |
ties of the surrender. each intent on
filling a page Of history with credit to |
himself and his country Thomas with
a praiseworthy ambition to bring, the |
closing 81 ectacle fully up 20 the level
OF Washington and Corvallis at York I
town; Grandpre ma tatally DESTROYS that
the closing spectacle OF, an am bilious |
career, humiliating az beat. might be |
relieved OF some Of It's vulgar. common
place surroundings ta Seeing no one
present to imperscnate his, fanciful |
creations OF Whas 4. cavalry. COM
mander ought to pe, he called for that
officer, to whom be contemplated a |
graceful and fottnh surrender of his |
sword. Perhaps he pictured Ia that !
parsonage u goidoa-crested.. naughty,
proud warrior, prauoiag on Ills gallant
could yield almost gladly. and feel re-
lieved OF half his load OF degradation.
How keen must haye been his disap. |
Dointment When d otAGy man In plain !
clothes. in appearance, half Psnnsylvs-
MIA Dutch farmer. hsif Kentucky horse-1
trader, rode up on . pony not muoh /
larger than a tuii-eined sheep, and an