TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
g 2 OO per annujh, in advance—or
£2 50, if not paid; witluiV theycar. ,
Nosubscriptioutaken for a less term than six
months! and no discontinuance permitted until
"aUarrearaßosare paid; —A-fniiure-to r notify_a.
discontinuance at the expiration of a termi wi
be considered a new engagement.' ■ •
, Mvcrtisemenis— gl 6b per square, Tur-fto
first tfireq insertions, and twenty five , cents for,
subsequent one. . . -•* t **• ;■* :
.., Tallow, foap Fat fyAslics, •. (
WANTED at Gray’s Soap & Candle Fac-;
tory, for whiclr the highest prices will be
paid
ALSO, .
fnr sale, which may answer for early spring sow
ing,n few bushels of. piarrfbiTimotliy Sccd.,
.. ALSO, ■■■
several Casks 01. Wine £#Cider Vinegar, strong
anil fine havered; -which will be sold wholesale
orretaikariitoderate pric.es.. •' •* ■
Carlisle, February 18, 1841. '• •• 'it
' Entail of John Storri/, dic'd
NOTICES:
m' F.TTEKS of administration on the estate ol
■jjji.hn Storey, late of East iVnnsboro’ town
snip, Cumberland county, dec’ll., have: been is
sued to the subscribers,.- residing,-in the same
township: : All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment immediately;
and these having claims will present them w.nh
„ut delay to ;.
: . L JOHN bI’UUUT,
February 18. 1841. . ' Allan’s.
BOOT& SHOE
E^SFORIIJM..
nnHF,subsotibcr thankful for past favor? rcapcct-
JL fully announces to the citizens of Mechanics
burg nnd vicinity, that lie has on baml a large as
sortment dfllools & Slices— Ladies', Gentlemen's ,
Hull's, Mlsse4.fi Children's course anilTine, Leath
er and-Morocco, which ho will sell low forces//.
Tho public dre requested to call and examine (or
’V '■'tbcihsolvos. , . ' ,1,, ' ‘-'.AT™"' *
Mechaiiicsburg, Ja'hnnfy 7,181 Vi , ■
kmeofmiliaai Oillexpie, dec\l,_
th‘ jr IM'lilfS of administr .tion on the cstatcof
H-iWillhnn Gillespie, detdd. late ol Cedar Co.
j ,Territory have been issuetl to the subscri
ber residing in Fr.tnklonl township, Cumber
land county, l>. All nersons indebted to the
estate .will make payment, and" those having
"claims will present them lor settlement.
.5- JAMES Y. GILLESPIE, Adm’r. •
February <l, 1841.- -
— iVwtlitar’s -JVotiTer*
The subscriber appointed auditor by the Or
phans' Court of Cumberland county to marshall,
I lie assets in tiu? hands of Jacob Hitner, adxninis
tra(oro,f~Searigbt Kmnsey, dec'd, among 1 the cred
itors of'.6aid deceased, will sit for that purpose at
Ills olHcc? in Carlisle, on Saturday the ‘JOth inst,
at 10 o’clock, A. M
Carlisle,.Feb. It, 1811
NOTICE.
rpilE Stockholders ot ilie llariishurg, Carlisle
JL ami Chainhcrslairg Turnpike Road Com
pany, are liouljy notified iln.l in , pur.somirc ot
an act i'l tilt- Ci* tit ral Asm mhly, p-issi tl tin - 13th
tliy I.r Apri., A, 1), 18S6. aii'tleethn will he
lit-lil at lilt* puli if. In list- ni Simon Wunderlich,
K-t]. in tin* borough ol Carlisle, on M- mlay the
1,1 day ol M ,rch 1841, thou ami Hit re between
tin hours ol 3 & 5 o'clock I’. M., to elect 1 hree
M lungers lot said Company.
- - ■ ■ .IOIJN IRWIN, President,
Fetmmry 4, Ifdl.h 4t
Dissolution of ParhUMsliij).
r|l K partnership heretofore existing between
A Philip ArnohlpAnsel Arnold & Simon Arnold,
tinder the firm of Arnold &■ Co., was On the 21Hh
ult. dissolved by ■mutual, consent. Persons who
know flitinselvi's indebted to the iirni, tvill make
paVmenl to either, of lliti undersigned.
■PHILIP ARNOLD, Chamhershuig;
> ' ANSUL ARNOLD, Carlisle. ■
SI MON-ARNOLD* Meclmnicsbnrg.
• ; N. IJ. .'Jin* Beiiks of Arnold & Co. Carlisle,
must bfi settled immediately,- as the undersigned
intends leaving’this place within ttjp days. *
■. ■ “ ' ANSFL ARNOLD, .
• P. S. The store in MechanicsVurg will he q6n
tinue.d in the name of the subscriber, where great
bargains may be expected. , „
: b * SIMON ARNOLD..
Carlisle,’ feb/S, 18-11
■ ■; : ADAM' ; I>ILLJR,
• ■ :-IFBdM'XANXASTKRi''., ■' ' .
FOR\V\kmNG & COMMISSION MKRCir
. -AjiT,.;.. '
Miarliet Street,
■ TUBCEDOORS' '.Jirfoyi! EIGHTH,
. . v - v PIULJI I)ELPUIA; . '
—^licibbirbiSiness«Uru^^
Vended'to ’despatch.'.
TjJIXJiKH Salad Oil of very fine quidity, just
-Jprrixcivtd auditor sale. by SW.vciison & Din
lilt.
Fi-csUl)iugs^l>ledieiiies,fisC.
j'lie subscntß'l'sliavc jn st recci vttl a supply of
{Vusli UiUgs.Mfdicints,Clitiuiculls, Oils; Palms,
• Virnishes, . pyfcStttßiij Truitt, Bcc ;,' siip of which
will be sold! on reasnhpble terms byi ;
-. j ' V:,:; ;■ ; STBI'MJV'SOjVU DIXKI.e.
Oonts^v'
j ! American Cprn.t’lastcr stands unrivalled
n the iotVg list ofnx'rnediesfovthecuie of corns.
'AlVihat is necessary' In .order.'to test its virtues
s to mate trial ol the m ticl,i, .W.hsn its efficacy
5
Kconomy;, , :
by,Dr. WV
jC.'\ipPii?i ; soii, are; warranted siiperior to.
to any ."oilier preparation of the .kind now iiijuse
fortho.Temqval of all kindsof Grease,;; tar, Oil,
Paint,.from- ladies £#genllemen s:
Svearirigapparil. FnrsH)eiiiCiirliSlebV_j._.,
' :■ °r^/>sTEVJiNSaWWDIWKLE.
. . Qj taato Ketchup for sale byjst«;.veiis>on and
teibiired sbiile isiiita
* 'PI 0 seas oct ,^4t;ibeJetorcT AjftlJS
•' ■ .'•,; *.'. >J*" -
: July 3ft. 1810..
. v* \KEKS aha otUem thattnake use of gen
' ■fiuineN.N.'Orleans.mblasses.awjnlijrmed:
' that it is for sale by C. BABNIIZ.
BANK op THE UNITED STATES
.. . By PKMemon FhihifiC' ,
Not a soilnd was heard, save the Cashier’s wail,
As the last doubloon was counted,
Not a clerk discharged his tailor’s hill, ,
When he from his desk dismounted.
The Teller4pld his talc of woe,'
And X’aycrVefused to pay; V
The Attorney his back to go,'
And the Kunnor he fan away.
And short wire the,paths of lho : President;
Ashe finnlilcil amid the dross;
And'filling his pouch, as ho always meant,
He chaVgdd it profit and loss.
Not a single qualm disturbed his breast,' :■
On account oflho slight default;
He swept the board of all that was loft,
And locked up the empty vault. - .
Ho thought.as he heaped the shining pile,■
And rolled up the greasy notes, ; .
Ho had saved enough to last him awhile,
■And purchase a few more votes. . '
Yet little he reckoned that his rotten suit,
Would find but few espousers,
And less he thought (hat his cloven foot, -
. Stuck out beneath his
'Tis saiiraf nrg'bl'a-Vpariing trail, r” • ‘
‘And a'troubl’efl’ ghost ofaspccV-palc, 11 '' - "
■Disports in the Banking Ha 11.., _ ,
Atlinicsit will..'perch on the marble dome, ■
Or hide m the discount closet;
And oft and again in a solemn lone,
Clfaunl over the word “deposite.” ,
S. DUNLAP ADAIR.
i y> : v -
a—■—l ■ _ ■ ■■ ■■ _ - 1
BY GEO. SANDERSON.]
Who!e No. 13 87*
F rointho Spirit of the Times, ri ;; >
monody
ON THE THE-I'iENNSVkVANIA.
Dim is the light in the corniced room,
Where the Directors often sat,
And naught oiilivnns.the..tniiLday gloom,.
But the sports of the owl and bat.
'file aniplethrone, tvilli its linselry,
Of thc-fallen would be king, •
Is the scone of the spider’s tyranny,
And the hope of the creeping,thing.
Yet who can gave on the hydra form,-
When J.ho (juick’ning spark has fled,
And feel that the spirit of the storm,
Is slumbering with the dead.
The angry glare and defying scowl.
Lived lo llio latest breath,
And aVaricc sped in the parting howl.
Of the monster, strong in death.
The Sop fMnswer.
BY T. S'.- AUTHOR. ■
‘l’ll give bim law to his’bcavt’s content,
(be scoundrel!’ said ’Sir.; Singleton, walking
backward and , forward, in a state of angry
excitement.
•Don’t call liarsb names,' Tilr. Singleton,’
said Lawyer Trueman, looking up from tbc
mass of papers before him, and smiling in a
quiet, benevolent way, that, was peculiar to
him. , , ...
•Every man should be known by bis true
name.' 'Williams is, a scoundrel, and so ht;’
ought. io be called!’ responded the client
with increasing warmth. ’ ,
‘Did you ever do- a reasonable thing in
your life when ; you were angry?’ asked Mi-.
Trueman, whose age and respectability gave
him the license to speak thus freely Mils
ymin"- friend, for whom lie was endeavoring
!to arrange some business difficulty with a
former- partner. > :
‘I can’t say that-I ever did, Mr'. Trueman.
Hut now, 1 hive good reasons for being an
gry; and (hat the language 1 use in reference
to JVilliams is but the expression of a sober
and letiopal conviction,’ replied Singleton,
a 1 iule more calmly.,- : . :
‘Did you ipronounce: liim a scoundrel be,
forcybu received bis- reply,to .your lastdet
ter.’ askcd MivTrueman. ■,
I did not., But that letter confirmed
my previously formed impressions of Jiis
character.’’ - •
~ ‘But Tcannot find“in that Icttcr'ixny cyi
ilehce proving your late partner to be a dis
honest man. He will nofagree to your pro
posed inode of'settlement, because he docs
not see it to beTUci most proper way,’
•He won’t - agree to it, because it is an
'.honest anil- equitable, method of settlement,
that is all 1 He wants W'ovcr-reacU me, and
is deterininCd ; to do-so if be chil l’ responded
Mr. Singleton, still cxciteiT. ■ y. t-v.
' ‘There ybff-are'decidedly wrong,’ said the:
liiwycr.' ‘Yduliave both'allowed yourselves,
lo'bccome angryi and arc botli;unreasonable,
and, if I must speak plainly, I tbink| you
most unreasonable yi ’the present case. Two
angry men can- never settle any lhusinesp
properly. You have very intnccessafily' in
creased the'difficulties in the way ofm'spee
dy settlement, by writing Mr/'Williams an
angry lctter, which’he. lias responded to' in a
like unhappy tcynper. Now, if lam to sot
tle this busideßs for you- l must write all
. lettersthatpasstoMr.Williamsin* future!
:• *Biit how can you; properly express my
views and, feelings?’ «’;■‘
‘That 1 do not wish ..to do, if youf.bvicws
and .feelings areloremain hs they noW are;
for anytliing like an adjustment of the difii
consider hope!cBS,’’replied_ Mri^Trhcinaii.';
‘Well,.let me answer this letter, and after
: tiiijtrXpi^
: wny.’fj 'iXVw-XV
•’,? ‘No, I shall consent tifnb’suCh: thin'g. ;It
is the reply to
i thenb gbcigtion -Tor; b ;in , aucb;;a
■I wav as .do bri rig, success or failufej and !
! ''6afeW-td themreseut
statb of ybur«mind, tb.'wrlte such a obc iis
Carlisle, Pa. Tlkurstlay February .'3s, 184«.
will moat assuredly defeat ajv amicable ar
rangement.’ ' ■ ■ I,; . ,;1- . .f. -
Singleton, paused for some' time,- before
making a -reply* - He’ bad been:.forming -in
his, mind a most cutting amkbittcv.rejoinder,
to the letter just alluded to* and he was very
desirous that Mr* Wiliams should have the
benefit"of~ knowing that lie -thought, him’a
“tricky anddeliberatescoundrel,” with oth
er opinions of a similar character* Hu found
it, therefore, impossible to make up his mind
to let the unimpassioried’Mr. Trueman write
this most important epistle.
■‘lndeed 1 must■'■write this letter, Mr.
Trueman*’ he-said. ---‘There are some.things
that I want to say to him,, that 1 know you
won’t write. -You don’t'-seem- to consider
the position in wbicK be lias placed'me by
that letter, nor whathi obligatory .upon mo
as a than of bonori I never allow aiiy
to reflect Upon me,.directly, or-indirectlyT
without a prompt response;’ ■,
the Bible,’/said ,Mj\ True
man, ’a passage that.is peculiarly applicable
in tile present ‘case.; It is; this—;<? »o|l- on-,
itier iurnelh'uvitiy..wrath, but grievous
words stir up' ariger. - !• have found tins
precept, in a life tbat'.bas numbered more
than dopbleiyour years,’ tobo onethat may
be safely and hoiim ably adopted ityallcascs.
You blame Mr. Williams for writing you an
aiigi-y icUcp. and are indignant at certain
expressions detained therein.'/Now, is it
any more right* (hr you to write an angry
. letter, with, cutting epithets, than it is for
hinif’. ■ ;'■ .'■' ‘■“ -'
‘But, Mr. Trueman—’ -• . '
. Tdo assure youj my. young friend,’ said
the lawyer,'interrupting him, ‘that 1 am a,cl
ing in (his case for your benefit, and not for
my own; and, as your legal adviser, you
must submit ,to my judgment, or I canliot
consent to go on.’
lari^a^;"'wni r yfftfJ'i!tft'''''consehVto^efe»to«'
writc-lhc letter?’ urged (he client. '
‘You artd.l,. ini.the. present.state oTyour
mind, cunld'not. possibly come at the. same
conclusion in reference to what is harsh ami
what is mild,’.said Mr. Trueman, ‘therefore
I cannot consent that you shall write one
word of the proposed reply. I must write it.
‘Well, I suppose; then I shall have to sub
mit. When will it be ready?’
‘Come lUi?.ufteruouni and I will give you
the draft,'which-yoU-can-copy-atid-sign.’ -
‘ln the afternoon Mr. Singleton camp, imd
received the letter prepared by Mr. True
man. It ran thus, after the date and formal
address. .■',. ' . ..
‘I regret that my proposition did not meet
vour approval.- The mode of settlement
which l suggested was the.result of-a care
ful consideration of our mutual interests. —
Be to suggest to Mr. Trueman,
my lawye'r. iiny.plan which you think- will
lead to an early and amicable adjustment of
oaf business. You may rely oil my consent
to it, if it meets his approbation.’
‘ls it possible, Mr. Trueman, that you ex
pect me to sign such a cringing letter us that!’
said. Mr; Singleton, throwing it-down, and
walking backward and forward with great
irritation of manner. • ■
‘Well what is your.objection to it?’- re
plied Me Trueman,: mildly, for he was pre
pared for just such an ■exhibition of feelings.
‘Objection! How can you ask such, a
question? Am Tto go down on my knees
to him, and beghim to do me justice? , No !
—l’ll sacrifice every cent I’ve got: in the
world first, the scoundrel!?-' - ’
’ You wish to have your business settled,
do you nut?’, asked Mr. Trueman, looking
him steadily in the face. -
. ‘Of course 1 do I —Honorably settled
; ‘Well, let me hear what you mean by an
honorable - settlement.’ • ••
‘What I mean— ’ ‘ ; ‘
The young man hesitated; a moment, and
Mr. Trueman said, Y
‘You mean a settlement in which your in
terest shall be equally considered with that
of Mr. Williams?’ '
- ‘Ycspcertainly. - And that —’
‘And that;’ continued -Mr.’Trueman. ‘Mr.
Williams, in his settlement; shall; consider
and ti'cat:vou*hs a gcnllemanJ.; .- .- —— —
.‘Certainly I do, (But that is more than he
has done!’ : ••/ ■.■ -, ■ : r
•Well; never mind. ' Let what is past go
for as inUch as it is worth, "flic principal
point of action is in theqfl-esent.’ '
■ ‘But I’ll never scinTlliat wean cringing
i-ettewdiough/r-^-'d-"-^
' ‘You mistake its whole tenor, !do assure
you - , Mr. Singleton.-; You have allowed your
angry feelingsto blind you. You, certain ly,
carefulfy considered, before you adopted it,
the proposed basis ot a settlement, did. you
nut?.? r--; :v: -n -■ ;;■ *; •
- ‘Of course I did.’! ; ■
. ‘So the letter wbicbT.havci'prcparcd..for
voii states. ' Now, as lin honest and honora
ble inani you Ore, J am sure; Xvilling to grant
to hVm ' tlmfsame privilege! which you. asked
forvourBelf,:viz.:tliototpiopoaiiigaplanof
settlement* - not seem
to ploase him; now* it is; hut fair - that die;
should he-.i'nvitedcto state how'he wishes the;
s et'ttc me ut ;tt>j.Tb;c, iqad e.- And in', giving such;
tliSramdy daiiguage'fV .' V : ;. '
lie don’t dupirve to be treated like a
gentleman. : Tn fact he has no claim to the’
title, 1 ’ said the ybung man- . : s •
‘lf he has none, as you say, von profess, to
be a‘ gentleman, arid all; gentlemen should:
jli-ove by thei r actions and; their words that;
they arc GENTLETmen.’; ‘; :
: *1 can’t say that l anv conymocd by what
you say. but as you secni so holit on hayihg
it-'^nr^wn’.'wayi.-w^jrvhg^^-'^i'SgPylifeft'
thing'ahd’iignil^
deuly chan^ig;his|if^sieNin -'id;
; ‘Thcrcnb'V !’ lie added, passing acrrisV the
tahlmllie hrierletter cqpieil. H sup
•■*!SSS' r tfeiiiH-. --'Tetlow.
afterheg^
After it’s all oveii, I’ll' take good care to tell
iUdhttcmMj^
Mr-Trucmanishiiled.-iS&hu took the letter*
and ■'ivenTo'tfio fdl’d hf(a>difect-ifi*: ? ?.&*<■*
—■' ■ ! * ■ • ■ • ■ >
‘,‘orm cotrNTitv—nioiiT op wpoNa. ,r
/‘Gome to-morrow■afternoon,:anil,l think
we’ll have things.in a pretty; fair-tvay,’ he
said, looking up with liis usual pleasabtsmile,
asdic finished'the direction of the letter.
. , ‘Good afternoon, Mr. Singleton,’Jie said,
ns that gentleman entered his office on the
succeeding day. r: ', : ’*
_> .‘Good: afternoon,’ responded the young
man, 'Well, have you heard from that mi)k
and'water loiter of yours? I can’t call it
mine.’ • ■ : ■ ■
‘Yes here is the answer; Take a scat,
and L will read it to you,’ said the old gen
tleman.’; ■ ; ; ‘/
? Well; lei’shcnr it.’.. - : ' ■ '
' ‘Dear Ghohoe—l have your rkmd. rca:-
snnableand gentlemanly yesterday,
in.reply to my harsh, unreasonable, and un
gcntlemanly one; of the day before. We
nave both been playing the fool; but ypu are
ahead of inc in.becoming sane. I have ex
amined, since! got your note,-more care
fully, ; the tenor of your, proposition fob a;
settlement,’ ami*! t meets my Views prccjsfely.
My foolisli bvhger kept me • from seeing' it, be
forci- Let bur mutual friend, Mr; Trueman;
arrange tbp matter, according to the plan
mentioned, and I shall most heartily acqui
esce. Yours, &c.’
‘_Hc never wrote that letter in the world."
exclaimed Sihgletdu, starting Ip his feet. :
' ‘ You Know his hand, writing, I presume,?,
said Mr. Trueman,.hhiiding him the letter.
‘U’s Thomas Williams’, own handy as I
live!’ ejaculated Singleton,, on glancing at
the letter. ‘My old friend, Thomas Wil
liams'; the best natured fellow in the world?’
he continued; his feelings undergoing-a sud
den and entire revolution* ‘Wlvat.a foul I
have been!’ ... » •
tAndwhatafool I have been!’ said i nom
as'' Williams,' ad vancing'from an adjoining
room, at the same timer extending his hand
■torbamo.SingletOn.r:-;vr > -V;
-.-Si
Singleton,-grasping-his.liand. ‘Why what
has been.;the .matter with us- both
‘ ‘My young friends,’ said old Mr. True
man, one of the kindest hearted men in the
world, rising and advancing toward them.
‘I have known you long, and have always
esteemed you both’. Tins pleasant meeting'
and reconciliation, you perceive is of my ar
rangement. Now let me giveyou a precept
that will both make friends, and keep friends;
; !t_has hcen-my motto_throughJifc; and I
don’t know that I have an enemy -in'the
world. It is ■-- ■' • : ■:: - ’
•A soft answer turnelh away wrath, but
grievous words stir up anger’
From thc N. V. Evening Post, Jan., 8.
! To-day is.the anniversary of it battle well
fought 'and gloriously' - won by our country
men—the battle of 'New : Orleans. We can.
present nothing more seasonable, or which
they'will read with-more interest, than the
following picturesque and' animatediiarra
tivc from.an eye-witness of the engagement:
Itattle of the Slh of January.
TJie aspect of our political relations to
wards Great Britain, no less than the date
of our paper, makes it seasonable to publish,
on this auspicious, day, .the following nurra
tivc of the memorable battle which, to ; use
Napoleon’s-words, closed our ..second war
for independence of foreign, dictation,, ‘‘by
a clap of thunder!”- ;I£ is now more oppor
tune,than lit has ever-beeni to revive in the
midst of . Americans, .the ennobling remem
brance of that unparalleled, triumph of their
arms, since/ during the excitement of . the
last-election, attempts have ; been made to
divest that glorious anniversary of the grate
ful associationsjwhich; should .ever connect
its commemoration with the fame of .Demo
cratic cliieftains who achieved that 'great
victory. ~' •••'
Jackson’s lines (for .thus.has history dcs-
Vnated the breastwork bclowiNew Orleans,);
were only a“parapet hastily., thrown,‘up on
the left bank.of a canal, formerly used-as a
mill race, and defended by-eight batteries
mounting sixteen guns, ol various calibre,
from; thirty (two to MX pounders—a defci.i
fiive positiun ailoiirably choscn.: . Gen, Jack
aoii.whilconhisniarclito altack.Gen/Kccn,
saw.at one .glapcei.aU.ihe advantages of this
I spot. . ■ ■ ' -
The strip, of high land between the river
and the woods is narrower there than any
| where else .near- the city, aiid even- then,
while, his mind was buoyed up with the hope.
ofTeutiing4>ff-Gen.. )Rccn?a-whole detach
.ment. he determined,.if he failed in this, to
.lake that posi.tion.and/furtify it. ;>
~ up- hastily
by die several Sjompahics, each on, the front
it occupied, along the,bunk of the canal, and
Ibhttcrics successively established on it at
irregular intervals .from':.the/..river -to the’
woods.- '.'l’he pbrtion of the parapet that rah
through these to impassable prairies, or sha*
king marshes, as they,.are' termed in Louis
iana, (from their tremulous motion;, when
trodden upbn,unountihg:iiO:guim. as no ar
tillery could be brought to bear iigaAistSjt;
General, (Jackson liiuibeen.awarcsincethe
OtKofJaniiarytliatGeneralPnckenlmnirin
tended tu Carry bis wofks by a vigorous as
sault. The distance at which, the enemy
was encamped did not conceal his ‘move
ments altogether;from;.the vigilant eyelet
our commander, ,' On the 7th he spent the.
greater part.of the day on the top ot. n house,
, where’diCi had ;his /liead, Thence
witli a good telescope lie discovered the
Whole British afmy,aeitinycnc;imped. Up
on the river to the, wood, through, (which,/if
kept up its'coinnvunieation with the neet.—
He sawdisfincflyacanal he wlybug,; through
4he fieldsi.anddeading to- the/’MissiSMpplTr:
Along the.bahks of this.' large bodies of men
wereiobscVycd bending forward ns,men tow-.
-inglieni!Vboats^laigd : pieccsof-ai;Ullcry.lay
in- Variousprnces^andtbc‘;track 9 onwhic'i
.tlihy Were^tbibc
'\vaeftnimat\on.intbatpartbMlie;fleldfiont
•K«rclin«l.'^^
marked ciigngcd in mak.ilg fascines with su
ckr caticsf while others prepared scaling
ladd'crk. ; Officers hif liolscback were dcs
‘ "'-v'c*-;- . • ■
iIW : ’
fAT TWO DOLLARS TER;ANNUM.- ,v
New Series—Vok 5, No. 37,
bribed filling about the. fields, stopping some
| time at.difi’crcnt posts, as.ifr fo give orders
land mark -positions. . Nor .waa tlie night,
I dark andrainy f as it proved?" without its
signs and indicaUonsJ .tol: the practised eye.
and quick ear. of the veteran chief of our
Indian; wars; lie. .watched and? listened for
thehi ih every light that glared on tile sur
rounding glooui, in every breeze, that Avail
ed: sound through the .air. The, first some*'
Times borne rapidly along, and then: becom
ing stationary,/and again, movihg on quick
ly, pointed out from where the dif
loreiitlic'ads of' columns'would take their
direction. -The-lattcr sometimes produced
by blows of the hammer, sometimes, by.the
stroke of, the whip, urging bn stubborn mules
oriwcaried oxenj told plainly enough that
platforms were erecting, and tho capnon
slowly advancing,to bo placed bi) them. ,
BeingViow,satisfied by all he had observ
ed that ah attack would be made on our
'linesearly in":thc morning, and- probably a
little ,befurgday light, Jackson walked alpng
t!ic[wltole;liue,stoppingoftcntoco_nverse
with :thc soldiers. Avho sat around their fires
drinking coffee; for.no brandy, was: used to
keep up the spirits of thatpatripticarmy.—
JleLtuld .thciu_that' the, battle they so often
Iwishedfpc would be fought in.lhc mornjngl
that he believed the,enemy would come to
it in good earnest tins, time; that he had done
•his' part as' their general —-placed thenp 1 11
,tho best position , that soldiers could„?yishi
their fianks secured, one by, a mighty river,
tho other by. an impassable morass: that What
remained to downs their own taskf and,would
soon begin—heentreated-them to be,'on the
morrow,'the nVgn he'had seen them in Flor
ida, to receive (bo onset of their foe as ma
ny did 6'n the 23d and 28lh December, and
oh thc-tst.of this year,‘.which they ushered
in by a glorious victory. ,
Theso-ivliinihg,words made; the hearts of
'lisicnfngt^oMJ-jrffio’
There was something inexpressibly affecting
■in this ' familiar conversation -between - ' the
chief and the soldiers; there;-was ease, fa
miliarity, but no liccntous forgetfulness, of
tho high rank of _ Some of the.
veterans of Napoleon, who witnessed these
endearing' communications; exclaimed that
Jackson-reminded' them of the little corpor
al-s walks among his troops on the eve of
some of ills great battles.. . . . - . . c
llKlf.of the troops speht.the night at the
breastwork, attentively-witching to discover
fhe approach of tliechemy, should theyhave
determined; on'a night attack, the companies
relieving.'each'.otheroccasionally, so that all-,
should have had some rest previous/ to the.
coming day.;;.
. It was ye't half, an r hour before daylight
when./our out-posts came in; they had noise
lessly receded TcfonTlhc enemy,',, who they
said was advancing very slowly and in great
force. At last, just as'day was dimly dawn
ing through a thick mist that hung over the
field, we indistinctly the British
army spread over two-thirds ;of the’ ground
1 between the Mississippi nnd the. forcst. A
corigreve rocket rose from the skirts;of the
1 wood; it was fpllowed by one ascending from
the centre, and by another agnimblazing li
ver the ,iight. These Wvere ; the , signals of
attack, ' To this we responded by a.shn'l
from a twclye pbUnder, fired from our left;
Tlie two armies, as ,if roused at once by the
sound, gave; tln-ee spontaneous cheers; to the
chceringi ; bn;pur side.wn4 joinciT the-music
of a'i'ull 'tond;.jil9y>j»jf,.^aiI > ;Colpihbsa qnd,
tlie hlarscillaise—thoseexching hymns of'
American ami French >jafners.
1 The 1 firs&sliot fired fi;pm; the; British bat
teries passed through the room lyhere Jack
son,was sitting by the fire drinking a clip of
warm coffee; hejiad-been unwell the prece
ding day' and. the wllole night, but the noise
bf the cannon, the sound of tlie martial mu
sic,, seemed' at once' to'arouse him to the full
vigor of ■ liealth.' Grasping his-: ‘sword that
laul om a chair by him—“.We shall have a
warm day,” said lib “conic on—but stop, sec
to Chau lard, lam ’ afraid he is badly wound -
ed.” A brick struck from tlie jviill by the
cannonbal Iliad
tratc ou.tlie ground; but it was’only a.Sev
vefe.contusion'; lie promptly rose and 'fol
lowed us to the Uuc. . - . , / : V
• A light breeze, IWlje^-we^cli^HWjpa.r^
npot, sweeping the inist from tile field,. sliovy;
cd us tlie British army formed into columns
ofsixtv nieh in front, advancing in fine br-,
deriii*dircclion.of4)ur-,leftrniaiiy.af-the.sm
diers carried fasciiies,.-ahd.others bore-along
scalingTaddOys. .All their .giins and'Ton-.
greve batteries poured ,in ; advance^bf-their
column, a shower of grape and
Tliisrffrc was returned by ail bim batteries;,
not with so. iiicessant a roar, but with a
dcadlieV certainty of aim, as. was, visible by
this frightful gaps pur shots and grapes made
in the advancing coiumps;: and yet. these
could not be Checked; they, still, rushed on.
their steps less Vapid, yet still borne onward
by the first impetus; but at last limy i qachc.b
tlie ini pervious though invisible .jfeW&Vi'ft'
breasted our lines, tlie iron and k»d ««pge
ot'shaLpoui'eiLiilces6an.tly.byyH e .,^P n £®f. ec
and! Kentucky-riflemenl “•p.'
ciplihe could JT^SS
o( f destruction sb-ccrtai;w,, T !•«
officer l4::its-maglc.:effccL- r the :*ll of
.wfnmaml ; was‘di.ssflvcfc- tlie
turebrokc asunder the shackles, of J'akitual
Vbediehce-f theyolqmni stopped .short.! wa
vered a nibment/and'.thcn, bieaking m wild
(lisorder. dispersed, eveiy niati obcying on-
Ivtlie dictate ofself-preseiyation. And yet,
such-was the vigor of British discipline, such,
tbbVthb nbtive-yalor of the, Saxon rncei that
.theiraoparairieil-'again'assoon.as-.thcy-Jre
ce'dcdyrbm the full, force hnd effect of our ,
-muskeliy,, and forming, a rine,:: iiistead 'of j
colurans.' bcgan that eonsfant rolling fire
whose .tremendous noise was . heard ui the
city like.rattling peals of dtstaht.thuiutec.—
The presence of GenV-^ackctjharoi/WiOjga.i'
lantly rode, in,,front of tlie tfqbps.
tiicni again to advance; the advanre o! (icn.
Gibbs.wliomavcliqdallhchradof.arcgir
meut; of; jSen, j|epp, r who } oil. that occasion
AGENTS.-
John Moore, Esq. Newvill
Joseph M; MKAtfs.Esq. Hopewell township.
John Wunderlich, Esq. Snippensbqrg.-
■William M.-Matker, Esq. Lee’sHoads.
John Mehaffy., Dickinson township.
Jobs Clesdknik, Jr. Esq., Hogestown, '
Geoßge F.-’Cain, Esq. Mcchanicsliurg
Frederick Wonderlich,.' do.- ’
James Elliott, Esq. Springfield. , i
Daniel- Kbvsreh, Eyp Charchtown,
Jacob X-ongnecker, Jlsq. Worhilpysburg.
George Ernest, Cedar Spring, Aden tp.
Martin G. HupiyEsq. Shiremanstowrt. -
showed the.same gallantry that hail saved
the British army, oh the,,23d ofDecember,
sustained for some time longer the courage
pf (he, tropps- against; (|io-.'most...deadly, firo--
ever witnessed by, the.vetcrans of. Tuiavera
andßadajos; but when Packenham fell from
his horse mortally wbunded--when Gibbs ex- -
pi red in tire arms'of the soldiers \vho were
carrying him from the field; when Keen, ,pi
so severely woiindcdby a rifle ball, was o
bliged to leayef-the field, that column finally
dispersed in irremediable confusion. ■. >..
- It was now the turn of the other two col
umns to make an effort to retrieve the day.
The, troops .composing them were seen form
ing behind a ditch; laying down their knap
sacks that (hey might rush bn to the assault
with greater speed. •, This was an awful mo-,
ment forlbotlv armies.- :;Jackson, followed
by his staff, went along,the whole line. To'
(ho Americans by birth, he sajd that they ,•
must not prove themselves the . degenerate
sons of-their,ancestors, whq . had .defeated - ' ,
(lie same enemy that now: confronted them;
to (heJFrench, lie recalled the high deeds of
their armies under.Napoleqnj ta. Uie-Span
iards,>h'e invoked the remembrance of their
cities given up to plunder by these very. ar
mies in the ivar of thc Pcninsulaj to the men
of color,, ho said they must show themselves
worthy" of the confidence’placed in, their
he nut arms in their hands; to
the artillensts, ho said . they , must depress
their guns a,little, and not hurry their fi
ring. Wherever the .General appeared, the
loud cheers of tl)e troops.proclaimed;'his
presence. There, fras no, timo.',for words; T
deeds responded ,to his animated address. -
The’ last onset .was the. most vichrous that
we had: yet sustained. Some platoons of
the Scotch regiment advanced to the very
edge p£ the ditch, before the tvoops that had
attacked our left dispersed,and sought she!-,
tcr-a'mong the bushes,oliTtheir right, or reti -
columns'df"atfafck; about Bix.h.hudfea.yarpß_
from our lines. .. . . .
. Our right, arid the greater portion of our
centre,' bad as yet sustained iho.effbrt.of- the
enemy. ■ The.corps destined fur-this attack
had been kept out of view, under the shel
ter ol'somc large buildings neartliq road. —
TheSe troops,, in order to avoid the. fire of
the Louisiana, whose guns swep.t_ the higli-
Avay,,seized a: moment wlieh a thick smoke
hang-over the - river, to,, efeep-unperceived
between thc.baiik arid the water line, until
theyhadgotVery hear:our extreme right;
and ihen’rushirig, with resistless impetuosi
ty-Jo the, unfinished redoubt, they leaped
into the ditch, amh. entered it through the
embrasures, putting to the sword, all who
attempted to resist. ■>
When iii possession of ‘ that bastion, to
their utter dismay, tlicy. perceived that it
was distinct from rind unconnected Withthe
inain breastwork, which, in the rear of itran
into the river itself,, where it was more than
five feet deep. The captured work was o*
pen on the water side, and Commodore Pat'
terson, as soon as he saw the British wefo
there, poured into jhe bastion .a. heavy and
destructive fire. ' Several , daring officers, ,
though already wounded, were seen cheer
ing their men to another, assault , against the
intervening,parapet; .and Col.Tience had al
ready begun to mount the breastwork, when
oW.of the volunteer riflemen, under Col.
Beale shot that valiant officer, through the
head. Depiivcdof their leader, these brave
suUlicrs cried for quarters, and laid- down
(heir arms. -The.: American batteries neaiv
estthe river kept upj all the while, so dead
ly a fire oh the rest of the column that it
(ell back in-, the greatest, disorder, leaving
I the road, the dyke; and the ground near the
river,, oyer 'which it had/advanced and', now.
fretreated, strewed with heaps.of the slain;
This was the last, efibi't-made by the one
my; nothing remained dnithe-ground of the
formidable host wbich in the morning march
ed to the attack with all the pageantaud
steadiness of '■veteran-' discipline, except -a
confused mass,of fugitive's throwing away
their -linns-and' endeavoring to escape by "
flight from the frightful slaughter of that
bloody field. l -Phe noise of the musketry
had now ceased, biit jibe roar of the cannon,
however, continued long after. V Our batter
ies,' now. free to.act against those.ot the en
emy; winch ! they hail, allowed to, pithy- on
(hem while they made deep gaps in the at
tacking, columns;.in less than two hours for
ced 'the artillerists to abandon their, dis
mpunt ed guns. —’A’lii tie- before-pi nc-in-the - - -
morning; the firing : having entirely, ceased
oil both sides,' and, the smoke no longer ob
scuring the field bfliattle, a spectacle winch,
tlWßiatihavo beheld it, will never forget,
was presented to per sight. fhe ivViqlo
plain in front of our left, and ofourcxlremc
light ip the Vroter edge, was covered -with
■tbe dead find fiying. '‘lirsome parts’of the
field; nearest to the wood, I have, seen five
bodies heaped, one over-lhe- other; Iclose -to .
that spbfi a spaceuf two bundled! and fifty
yards in length by more than .two bun- ■
dred in breadth, was [completely covered ’
with the bodies of men, cither dead or des
perately-wounded; ;
Our artillery until two in the afternoon,
fireifon the enemy wh/cfieyerthey attewptvd
to rise from the diteh ilr wiiicb tli’ey had lain s
dtiwn forjdieUor.; ' The reserve; a corps o
two.thousand ineii, \vho had-not-hcen,enga
ged; wiive'sceii -drawn'upyn the ditches m
Several lines; and ; wooiided- men with; their
arms in’slings. Were distinctly observed re
turning from,the camp where-their wounds
had been dressed; to'Joiit their eoitfpanies,-to
swell, no doubt/ the number of, mpu-under
'arms.andidsojoaddlolheirappearaiiceof
Wmifflw"7TlTeße precautions fibovved <bat
‘ the Commanding General feared lest the A
mcfican army should attack him in his very
camp before the troops bad - recovered-from
the panic of their recent defeat. . This; the
■ Hcatf-long impetudsity, of 'American; yalor
; wiiiild sbon liaVe done, but that the prudence,
1 of Jackson forbid this dangerous tynpting of
' fortune;;- after we had already received' at
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