The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-12-18

New Orleans yet preserves and VEN
crates in its Faubourg st. Louis an an
cient Spanish plaza, frowned upon by
a massive cathedral of Moorish architec-
ture and thereabouts in the Advent week
before Christmas. Jackson reviewed and
addressed the state militia and it's uni
formed flank companies, Il few regulars.
Kentucky rifle corps, one company of
marines. aud two artillery companies;
composed of Barratrarian alleged pi-
rates, under Lafltte. His own veterans
from the brief Alabama and Florida
| campaigns We're also in line, and before
nlghtfall the panic ceased, and on the
succeeding day-when the veteran Cen
eral Coffee arrived with 500 picturesque
| ly clad Kentucky marksmcn, llnicmpt
in hair and unshorn, after Il forced
| march OF seventy miles in twenty -four
hours, and regiment Of Mississippi
dragons followed to meet Tennessee
| 1lotilla, manned by Tcnncssceuns under
General Carrol-Jlckson and the cili
zens began to feel that victory was at
hand. notwithstanding the great up-
| parent odds
AT once all the brigadcs and hattalions
wcro assigned to positions behind in the
mnd-works. They numbered ..lG7 in al
The city for Il short-but only for short
-tlmo again came to the verge of Il
| panic, especially among the women.
PrOSilRDrn n In ni Il n1 H., inl
| ana jackson, for the advancing British
! malor-scncral, Kcanc by name and keen
by nature, captured Il Munchnuscn of a
l0ulslnnian picket, who gave the British
commander a nice yarn about the I'M
prcginhlity of the Rodriguez works ana
tho immense number of troops that the
wonderful Andrew Jackson the same
who had thrashcd the British at Mobile
and frightened them AWAY from pcnsu-
coEl-+hnd under his command General
Kcanc, within two hours march OF Now
Orleans, ordered II halt aud Il council
lie, perhaps, made II mistake of hcEl-
fancy similar to that made by General
BeallrcGard Immediately after Bull Run
Jackson. upon coming within sight OF
the British lines ordered night attack
III ,he open upon them With clever flank
IN. movements. At this sudden u,,Iri,
tho British had the worst of II; mrtlc-
ulnrly as jackson lind dropped down
from New Orleans Il couple of armed
sloops that all night long poured shot
INTO what WIS believed to be the British
camp and quarters
Saturday and Christmas lIvc came
without military Incidents. each std,
making preparations for assault. or de-
I fensc. while ut The Identical time (wIih-
out a Bennett & Maclny Cnl)lo i'm exist
cnrc) peace had actually been signed at
| Ghcnt between England and tho Renublic
| commission.
On Dec. 2S Jackson, from his wIu,Inw
| or observation, believed that the u,lacl,
was impending, and ordered all his men
to places of defense. while tho IIttlo
sloop Louisiana, sheltered behind n
| curve of !hc river from gunncry ul,srrya
ton, and continually shifting position.
| was ordGrcd to be ready to fire her s,,irv
long-ranGe gun. On came the BrItisi,
| III marching column as if ON parade, and
! upon them mcrcilcssly played Jnckaou'n
| artillery, everyone in charge "a marks
man. This advance, however, proved 20
| be only Il reconnaissance in rorcc-~a sort
OF military bluff and 1t certainly looked
| imposing to such OF .Jacka0n'H trnops
who were raw. The British columns
appeared TO inspect the ditch. depth ln-
| known. They g;lZcd at the curious look
| ing rnnlparts and finally broke into
| Hight when the American guns. on the
H'ITposition that an attack was intended
were fired, and the plain was covered
| with dead.
Inactivity marked tho British during
the three concluding days of DECEMBER.
excepting dcsultory artillery firing from
both Sides Also tho first five days OF
the new year, which Jackson improved
III providing two other adjacent lines OF
defense nearer the city. Packcnham
was observed to be busted with his sol
uicih III tIlc CONSTRUCTION or a cHInl, con-
Meeting Il bayou of the lake w.u.. tho
river, SO as to carry troops in bonts To
the west bank. in order To capture the
American guns there and turn them on
their old cllstodianB. On Saturday nlln.
January Z. 500 British soldiers set ont to
| cross to that west side Jackaon's s,,arn
| eyes and ears saw and heard prcpara-
| t1ons on all sides of the British camp for
| speedy notion. He especially noticed
| scaling ladders being made and bundles
OF sngar-canc being prepared with which
to fill up bitches and 80 provide rough
| flooring for passage of troops over th;.
| ditch. Jackson Therefore prepared his
men for Sunday morning. the &th, and
manned his eight batteries, which cx-
| tended from river to swamp, and selected
his marksncn ut posts behind the mud
| embankmcnts in most localities 8 fect
high and 20 thick. on top of which was IL
banqucttc or shelf. upon which the rifle
men could stand and shoot.
"Do not pull trigger until you see the
whites Of their eyes," was Jackson'.,
laconic order. A brave general from