ILE OF HEW ORLEANS. ITINUED FROM PAGE 2. SMAN AGAINST A GOLD LACE MAJOR. e rose to slay the British al'ard was the picture of a 1 rifleman. Six feet high, 1 built, smooth-shaven face, ires that looked as it one of nasters might have carved of marble, a mass of curly, stnut hair falling almost to lers, big, resolute blue eyes ied to look right through you. buff buckskin hunting shirt, fringed and braided on the iffs and in front with black lit gray homespun trousers t welts down the sides, heavy lots with elkskin leggings irly to the knees, and on his p of black squirrel skins, with four tails hanging for tassels left side. belt, knife sheath, bullet d flint holder were marvels r needlework on buckskin, re spoils of battle, taken by i the body of a Shawnee im he had slain in a skirmish aumee two years before. He (1815) about 28 years old, :e the war had studied law admitted to the bar. But een all through this war, be vith Tippecanoe and then p around the Lakes and on ada frontier with Harrison, nson and Green Clay. He in home less than three rhen Jackson called on Ken help defend New Orleans, as the very first to volunteer. IFLE THAT SET THE PACE, rifle was the finest in our ce; indeed, the finest I ever ras made in 1808 at Lancas or his father, who presented on his twenty-first birthday. 1 inches long in the barrel, s 8-square or octagonal in alibre 45 to the pound. It stocked with curley maple asely mounted with coin sil a Leman waterproof lock, er and weighed exac'ly 16 He had used it at Tippe :l in many other battles and s with the British and Indians inada frontier. But whatever been the previous exploits of this magnificent weapon, by far her greatest service to our country was when, in the hands of Morgan Ballard, she set Kentucky's pace at New Orleans ! "This shot was the signal. As it echoed Ben Hardin called out : 'Start the music, boys !' "No other orders were given so far as I heard during the rest of the battle. Captain Hardin fell into ranks with us and plied his old rifle as I industriously as any and, you can de- I pend on it, as effectively, because he r was one of "Boone's Originals" and ndt in the habit of wasting lead. The whole breastwork was now ablaze from end to end. The English line staggered, then stopped, then Hroke and fled in the wildest confus- B>n. ■ "The air was heavy and the smoke Hrailed low, which bothered us some. 'General Jackson saw this and prompt ly ordered the two cannon near the centre of the line to cease firing in order to abate the smoke nuisance as much as possible. "Still, notwithstanding the smoke, very few bullets actually missed. About tbe only lead wasted was when several balls hit the same red coat, when one would have been enough. We saw plenty of evidence ol this the next day under the flag of truse when we buried thgir dead within the 300- vard limit and carried their wounded 'u*o their lines. Many of them were hit in two or three places. In a few cases their dead weia found with two bullets through the head when they got closest to us !" "THE WRECK OF THE BRITISH COLUMN. Now let us see what the experience lof the other side was. Major Bur [ roughs, the British staff officer previ lously quoted, says in a narrative pub llished in the Royal Military Chronicle, LfeC : "When all was supposed to be ready and the fee began to lift a pro voking delay occurred. The parties detailed to carry the fascines and scaling-ladders had by some misunder standing been hailed in the rear. The rocket tubes which should have cover- Ie not up. - After ng General Pa ocket to be filed, of advance. In ig the rocket was > the river. Then Cured. h?d' rheumatism night. His hands tape and he did them. He could began taking and after the use right and is able MRS. A. L. a. e all liver ills. . I. Hood & Co., another wait. At last a verbal order from General Gibbs put the column in motion. The enemy at once open ed a galling fire from several pieces of artillery distributed admirably along his front, but our troops pressed on. No sign as yet irom the enemy's in fantry. "Suddenly, when the leading men of the Forty-fourth were about 150 yards from the nearest point on the American line, a single shot rang out and the major of that regiment fell. This was instantly followed by a crackling volley along the front cover ed by our formation, and this volley was quickly followed by another, Great confusion ensued in our line. The Forty-lourth Regiment had been practically annihilated and the next in columns was the Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers was broken and de moralized. MARKMANSHIP THAT FRIGHTENED EU ROPE. "Every mounted officer was down. All efforts to rally our first line failed. Never before had British troops re coiled in such a manner. They were deaf alike to orders, threats and en treaties. Meantime, the Americans kept up a steady fire, not now by volleys, but at will, and this was, if possible, more deadly than the volleys. No such execution bv small arms had ever been seen. On every side men reeled and fell with little jets of blood spurting from their heads ! I doubt if as many men were hit in the head in any one of the great battle of the Peninsula as here in the first charge. More than half of tbose who fell were dead or dying when they struck the ground. The American riflemen seem ed able to hit any part of the body they desired. Finding it utterly im possible to rally our men or restore order, and nearly all the officers, foot as well as mounted, having been killed or disabled, the retreat was sounded and the torn and bleeding remnants of what had been the finest corps in the British army recoiled to the bank of the little canal, confused disorgan ized and as nearly cowed as British soldiers can be. "No time was to be lost. The die had been cast. We were in for it, and nothing remained but to try it again. General Pakenham in person brought up the Ninety-third Suther land Highlanders formed to head a new column. Colonel Mullen, who had escaped the tragedy of the first charge with nothing worse than a flesh wound on the side of the neck, said as he looked at the splendid High landers : 'What a pity. Must they be numbered too ?' THE ROUT OF ENGLAND'S FINEST. "Except straggling shots the Ameri can fire had ceased. The marksman ] behind the breastwork were simply | cleaning their rifles. It was their j habit at home when not pressed to | wipe their rifles after each shot, but here most of them had fired from ' three to half a dozen rounds without ( cleaning. Colonel Mullen, who knew j them well, said their silence was omi- j nous ; that it meant a new deluge of death the moment our advauce reach ed their point blank range. "The formation being completed General Pakenham rode to the front [ of the Ninety-third, waved his hat and called to the Lieutenant Colonel, j Mackenzie Wallace, 'Come on with 1 the tartan.' "This time the advance was at, quickstep. For the first hundred 1 yards there was no sign from the j enemy ; neither cannon shot, nor rifle fire. Then a single shot as be fore, and General Pakenham leaned forward in his saddle with bowed head and grasping the mane of his horse. He was helped oft, and found to be mortally wounded by a bullet through the abdomen. Then the American line blazed again. The Ninety-third, as if by instinct, halted, standing fast while the pitiless lead tore through their unshaken ranks. They did not break or tall back, but they couldn't be induced to advance. They simply stood stock still while the American riflemen murdered them in detail. At last Generals Pakenham, Gibbs and Keane, dead or dyintr, and more than half the entire command stretched on the ground, Colonel Lambert himself desperately wounded, ordered a gen eral retreat, and the enemy at once ceased firing." A BATTLE OF MODEST DETAIL. I have never seen any description of the battle from our side equal to this one from the British side, for cold, accurate detail of the nature and effect of the resistance offered by the Americans. The British official reports of the battle of New Orleans were very meagre, though not more so than those of Jackson and his lieutenants. In later life Jackson, Coffee and Adair made some amends for the HEART SCEPTICS ARE CONWNCED IN 30 MINUTES.— Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives relief in 30 minutes io most acute cases of heart disease. One dose is all that is needed to con \ ince the most sceptical. Thousands of lives have been saved through its timely use. It is one of the wonders of modern medical science.—6l. Sold by C. A. Kleim. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. brevity of their reports by details given mostly in private correspond ence, which ultimately found its way into print. The force which Pakenham formed for the actual assault on the morning of January 8, 1815, was officially stated at 5250, and comprised six battalions of infantry, two field batter ies, one rocket battery, a battery of howitzers manned from the fleet, and a detachment of marines. This force was all more or less engaged. But besides these General Pakenham had three battalions of infantry, another field battery and a small siege train which remained at Laronde's planta tion and took no part in the action, except to furnish details tor a small demonstration on the other bank of the river; also two more infantry battalions holding the road to Lake Borgue and the landing place. The British infantry regiments en gaged in the main attacks were as follows : In the first attack the Forty-fourth Essex, the Twenty first Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Fourth King's Own, in column order as named. In the second attack the Ninety-third Sutherland Highlanders, the Seventh Royal Fusiliers and the Forty-third Monmouth Light Infantry, in order as named. EVERY BULLET TOOK A LIFE. The Essex Regiment led the first attack, going in with 804 of all ranks and losing 614, of whom 306 were killed. The Royal Scots Fusiliers fol lowed the Essex with 776 ot all ranks and lost 382, of whom 196 were kill ed. The King's Own brought up the rear of this column, with 760 of all i ranks, and though not so much ex posed as the others, lost 257, of whom 129 were killed. It is thus seen that the first attack was 2340 strong, or about equal to Jackson's entire lorce. According to Richard Oglesby, of the Kentucky line, the column "was not I actually under fire more than filteen or twenty minutes !" But it lost 1283 officers and men, of whom 631 were killed. The second attack was led bv the Sutherland Highlanders, with SS6 of j all ranks, of whom 322 were killed I and 360 wounded. The Royal Fusil- ! iers followed the Highlanders, 812 strong, and lost 198 killed and 236 ! wounded. The Monmouth Light In-! fantry brought up the rear of the sec- j ond attack, with Sl4 of all /ranks. I They would probably have escaped ■ with comparatively small loss had ' they kept their place in the column; I but when the Highlanders and the Royal Fusiliers halted General Gibbs | tried to oblique the Monmouth Regi-1 rnent past their flank to the front, j This maneuver cost General Gibbs j his life and the "butcher's bill" of the regiment was 232 killed and 276 wounded. Thus we see that the second attack was 2512 strong, and that it lost 752 killed and 872 wound- | ed, or 1624 in all. The total infantry force employed in both attacks was 4852, and the total loss was 2907, of whom 1383 were killed outright. The remainder of the British force actually on the field, consisting of ar- I tillery and some seamen and marines from the fleet, did not suffer so much, though their loss must have brought the total up to 3000. FOUR HUNDRED SHOT IN THE HEAD. Major Burroughs, who was acting assistant inspector general, says in his narrative: "It was my painful duty to go over the nominal lists of casualties and compile them for the general return. In these ghastly documents I count ed more than 400 cases where the location of the wound was stated to be the head. Nearly all the other wounds were of the abdomen or breast, comparatively few being re corded as of the limbs." The American loss was officially reported as seven killed and six wounded ; two of the former by acci dental discharge of their own or a comrade's rifle. Naturally, when men accomplish such things as they did, the reader of history desires to know of what stuff they were made. Let one of their number describe them. In 1828, when Jackson was run ning for the Presidency, Judge Ball ard, of Kentucky, published a pamph let entitled "Kentucky at New Orleans." This was the same Ballard previously mentioned. He was a young lawyer when he volunteered, but in 1828 had risen to the dignity of Judge. Ballard says : INDIAN VENGEANCE ON THE RED COATS. "Apart from the ordinary impulses of patriotism actuating men who de fend their country's soil against an in vader, there was in the heart of hearts A Perfect Uatkartic Is one which does not wrench the system or leave it weak and exhausted. A perfect cathartic is found in Hood's Pills. They are praised everywhere, and after once being tried they soon permanently take the place of the old fashioned drastic pills, such as "our grandfatheis used." Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla and they greatly aid that medicine in its cleansing and purify ing work. of these men a deeper feeling almost akin to fanaticism. Most of them had been born while yet the shadow oi the Indian tomahawk hung over Kentucky. Their baby eyes had seen the glare of burning cabins, their young ears had heard the savage war-whoop, and not a few of them had gazed upon the mutilated remains of fathers, mothers, brothers or sisters slain and scalped at their own thresholds. "They knew that all through the dark and bloody infancy of their be loved State British instigation had been at the back of the red demons who wrought all those horrors, and for this they held the British Govern ment responsible. The red coats they now saw in front of them represented that Government. They had had many chances at the savages whom the British instigated, but this was the first chance they had ever had at the British instigators! So here they trans ferred to the serried ranks before them all the deadly hate, all the piti less revenge and all the mortal ani mosity which had been burned into their souls toward the Indians. MEN TRAINED TO SHOOT. "Now consider that men so actuated were marksmen among whom it was considered infra dig to shoot at a deer standing still; who lost caste among their fellows if they hit a wild turkey anywhere in the body or broke the skin on a squirrel in "barking" him off a limb. Consider, further, that men so actuated and so endowed with skill in use of deadly weapons were not mere ly brave, but that courage was their instinct, congenital, imbibed with mother's milk ; that in their code no allowance was made for cowardice, even as a remote possibility, and brave.ry was considered a matter of course, involving no particular merit whatever ; that the imminent presence of danger or of death itself never shook their tortitude, disturbed their equani mity, impaired their judgment nor affected their caltn deliberation in the slightest degree. One must take ac count of all these facts before a fair idea can be formed of the character of the obstacle which stood between the British army and its objective point the Bth day of January, 1815. These men were not merely soldiers. They were not soldiers at all in the regular or technical sense of the term. They were not enlisted, not paid, not clothed, not even armed, and not al together fed or munitioned by any Government. "They were not organized as that term is understood in the military sense. The oniy approach to such organization was a grouping in com panies, independent of each other, composed of neighbors, and command ed by officers holding no commissions other than the admiration and respect of their men. There were no regula tions and no discipline except that of common consent among themselves, based upon the principles of honor and the tenets of manhood. THE MASTER HAND OF JACKSON. "Yet the world never saw so order ly and obedient a body of men assem bled for warlike purpose. And the world never saw, nor probably ever will see again, such a helpless and pitiable wreck as they, in a few minutes, made of a force more than double their number ; the pick and flower of a veteran army hitherto victorious in all la_nds, irresistible and invincible everywhere!" When Jackson died Judge Ballard, then a citizen of Texas, pronounced a eulogy at Houston, of which the peroration was as follows: "The great commander and greater comrade is gone. The men who stood with hint are scattered. The current history of our new West, which he and they defended, tells you daily where they are. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana have claimed many of theni as their own, for they are of the breed that creates States and builds empires. 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