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.TTILLEDGEVICLE, GEORGIA, JVJTE1*. 1847.
[MO. 1.
17—J2m
Denslow <fc Webster’s
Agricultural and Seed Ware Ilonse,
AND
painters’ and Glaziers' Furnishing Store.
SAVANNAH, GA,
rnllANKFUL for the increased patronage from
L the int rior of the Slate, the subscribers take
method to inform Planters and Merchants in the
„ enor that they have made large additions to their
ssortment, and will conlinne to improve the
D'aim..*-'
.„ricultnral Implements, Tools, &c
nmtnon Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs. Nos. HI, 11, and
Agrici
A
Common
Common'Ya'nkeeCast Iron Ploughs, Nos. 12 20 and
treed for 2 horse. „ - „ ,
Common Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs, No. 0 Sub
Soil, for 1 horse.
Ryggles' Nuukse’s and Mason s—
Improved cast Ploughs,;A 1,6 inches, 7 in., and No.
Io for 1 horse
DR. CHAMPION’S
\ cgetablc ilgue Medicine.
A SAFE and certain cure for Chill and Fever.
in all its complicated fortRs. Al*o, an effectual
remedy for Fevers of every description,
j This Medicine lias been before the public for a
number of year*, and the l>e*ieticia! effects so fully de
veloped, that the demand for the Pills has increased
I to a very great extent. For although the Proprietor
| has manufactured near half million boxes, during the
! past year, he has not been able to supply many parts
of the country. This Medicine may be relied on in
\ all caees to cure the Chills and Fever the first day.
Bilious Fever, Typhus Fever, Winter Fever and
1 Scarlet Fevers, all \ield to the use of this Medicine,
and are cured by this system of practice, in a shorter
time, and with much more certainty than by any oth
er system that has been recommended. Each box
contains twenty-four pills, twelve of which will cure
any ordinary case of Chills and Fever. A Pamphlet
j accompanies each box giving full directions and mi-
! merous certificates of the efficacy of these Pills.—
j Price reduced to .^1 00 per Box.
ALSO,
DIE CHAMPIONS
Vegetable Anfi-ttilions, Anti-
Dyspeptic, Purifying and
Cathartic Pills,
Possessing tour important combined properties for
the cure of diseases, carefully and correctly combined
one article to assist the effect of another, for the ben
efit of the health of mankind.
The Proprietor asserts, and without fear of contra
diction, that the demand for these pills is not equalled
by any Medicine in the United States. He has in his
possession great numbers of certificates of the most
astonishing cures that have been effected by the use
of these pills.
They are recommended to the attention of those
afflicted with Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, Bilious
habits. Costiveness, Cholera Morbus. Rheumatism,
Scrofula.Foul Stomach, Depraved Appetite, Worms,
Jaundice, Headache and Sick Stomach, Palpitation
of the Heart. Diarrhoea, Nervous affections, obstruct
ed Monstu ration, Dysentaiy or Flux, Heart-burn.
White Swelling, and all those diseases arising from
impure blood.
Price twenty-five cents per box. A Pamphlet ac
companies each box with full directions and ample
testimonials of the good effects of these pills.
Belleville. Feb. 17, 1845.
We the undersigned citizens of Belleville, Illinois,
hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with
Dr. Champion of this place and have been for sever
al years, and have the utmost confidence in him as a
Physician. That he is in this community, and de
servedly so, a popular Physician.
We further certify that we have used his pills in
onr families for several years and find them to be a
*'* . r , Ploughs Nos. A. 3, 2 B, and Eagle, valuable, efficient and sate medicine for the cure of
Imp r ove< or ^ » diseases for which they are recommended, that they
for ~ t»or> •■ .| nff pi 0U ahs Eagle, No. 1, for are in high repute in this community, and of the
lroprov
1 hor:
| Richard Hay. Recorder St. Clair County;
James Mitchell, Pyst Master;
j 8 elfsharpening Ploughs. Eagle, No. 1, for I are in high repute in this community,
celebrity and good effects of these pills we have heard
. v ,?d self sharpening Ploughs, Eagle, Nos. 2 and much from this and the various other States, in which
11 ^for 2 horses. they are so extensively used. We think them wor-
-y/Jin Ploughs, Nos. 0 and A 1, for 1 & 2 horses. I ihy of hi»h recommendation.
o , h -nil D |nu °l,s Nos. 0, 1 and 2, for 1,2 and 4 j \V. F. Doyakin, Pastor of the Baptist Church;
horse* P ° T. Harrison, Minister Methodist Episcopal Church;
n"nWe Mould Board Ploughs, Nos. 1 and 2 for 1 John Reynolds, Ex Governor of Illinois;
° d > horses. 6 j W. McClintock, Clerk orthe County Corns.’ Court;
Cotton and Rice Trenching. Nos. 1 and 2 for 1 horse. ! W. C. Kinney, Clerk St. Clair county Circuit Court;
Y!en or lloe ploughs—Wrought Iron Ploughs, Nos. | John D. Hughes, Probate justice^
1,2,3 and 4. for 1 and 2 horses.
ilh guage wheel.
NeW oattern Corn and Cotton Ct „
will, nure wheel—very efficient instruments I feetli Catlm, Representative in State Senate;
ner.wun guogu wu j III, n.,i„«„oo Sto„.„ m;ii
ceding on old land!
“ ■ — -i .
This is to cerlify that we have used Dr. Champi
on’s Vegetable Ague Medicine, and also, his Vegeta
ble Anti-Bilious, Anti-Dyspeptic, Pyrifying and Ca
thartic pills, in our families for a number of years, and
have also, learned much of their celebrity Iroin great
numbers of persons who have used them in their fam
ilies. We do think them very efficient and valuable
medicines for the cure of diseases for which they are
recommended.
Maj. james Pearson, Twiggs County, Georgia.
IraDurfee. M. D. do do do
J. Matleck, merchant, Blakely, do
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines, do
| W. H. Rawson, merchant, Lumpkin, do
Robert Ware, M- D. Columbus, do
W. S. Middlebrooks, Planter, Jones, do
Alex. Lowery. M. D., Jefferson, do
A. C. Holbert. J. P.. Doreville, Mississippi.
Maj J. McGuffee, Cayuga, do
J. 1. Louis, Aubrem, do
Col. VV. F. Dillon. Oakley, do
S. B Simmons. Planter, Roselaune, do
C. Stancill, merchant. Carrol ton, do
Judge Carbry. Coffeevillc, do
B B. Arnold, Planter, Graball, do
J. B. Meek, merchant, Louisville, do
James Lowry, merchant, Raleigh, do
D. F. N. Turner. P. M., Monticello, do
Samuel Jayne, P. M.. Brookhaven, do
F. B. Taylor, merchant, Gallatin, do
E. D. Ward, Druggist, Canton. do
W. C. Cayce. merchant, Sharon, do
W. Anderson, P. M., Sumter county, Alabama.
G. II. Sheldon, merchant. Gaston, do
W. M. Gilmore. Planter, Pickens co., do
It. Long. Planter, do do do
This is to certify, that we the undersigned citizens
of Illinois, have used Dr. Champion’s Vegetable Ague
Medicine, and also, his Vegetable Anti billions Anti-
Dyspeptic. Purifying and Carthartic Pills, in onr fam
ilies for a number of years, and we take pleasure in
saving that we have found them to be a sale, valuable
and effectual medicines for the cure of Fevers and
other diseases for which they are recommended—they
are in general use throughout the community—and
that they stand very high far excelling that of any oth
er medicine.
J. M. Cunningham, Sheriff of Williamson co. Illinois,
J. B. Hall. Representative in Legislature, Jackson co
J. H. Mulkey, M. D. Marion, Williamson county.
John Mulkey, M. D. do do do
II. Caver, merchant, Jonesboro’ do do
Col. H. E. Robinson, Jackson county,
Benjamin J. Duncan. Williamson county,
Philip Aadyr, Hamilton county,
Alexander Colville, merchant. Hamilton county,
Wm. Baldwin, Gallatin county.
S3 3 For sale by WM. G. LITTLE, and JOHN
TREANOR; also, in nearly all the Towns and Vil-
I lages. and by numerous country Agents in all the
1 Southern and Western States.
June 2. 1847. 51 3m
lloes.
AXES, various Brands. NAILS
Tr ice Chains, light and heavy, straight and ftv.sted.
Ox and Log Chains.
Grind Slones, best blue Grit, and common.
Rost Morticing Axes. Turpentine Axes and 1 ools.
A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF CARPENTERS,
TOOLS FOR PLANTATION USE.
Machines.
Corn Shelters for h .nd, a strong, good Article.
do with Separaler and Cleaner, lor hand
or horse Power. ....
Corn and Col) Crushers, for hand or horse power.
Grant’s celebiated Patent Fan Mills. Common do.
Spual Knife, Strav and Fodder Cutters, 4 sizes, for
hand or horse power. These are the most approv
ed cutters in use,and have given satislaciion vvtiere-
Coiiiiuoii Lever Straw and Fodder Cutters.
Patent Cylinder Churns, 4 sizes,
and Curn Mills, V kinds.
Ve«eiab\e Cutters, for cutting turnips and potatoes
(Sr feeding slock. A valuable machine.
Seed Sowers, for Garden seeds, peas, Deans, <Slc.
Corn Planters. , . ,, . ■
Improved Iron Cylinder Spike 1 hresbing Machines.
Threshing Machines with straw Carrier.
Spring-beater Threshing Machines.
Roller Cotton Gins. ,
Folding Harrows, sleel pomted Teeth. Common do
Sundries.
Ground Angers, (netv
pattern.)
Dirt Scrapers
Ox Yokes, complete,
Swingle Trees,
Improved Grain Cradles.
Talent Scythes,
Grass and Bush Scythes,
Briar Hooks,
Reap Hooks, or Sickles,
Frues.
Iron Wedges,
Garden Implements,
Cottonand Store Trucks.
Wheel Barrows.
Shovels and Spades,
Manure and Hay Forks,
Cast Iron Segments for
Gin Gear, &c.. &c.,
&c., dtc ,
Seeds.
A complete assortment ot Garden Seeds, in btiik
and in papers, lor relail trade.
Works on Agriculture, raising of stock, &c.
Agents for the Sale of
Fitzgerald's Patent Burr Store portable.
Mills for grinding Corn, Wheat, dec. several of
which are now in use in different parts ofthis State.
Price $75, and warranted.
Fairbank s Platform Scales, which, for dura
bility and accuracy, are superior to any in use. For
sale at .New York and Boston prices.
Goodyear's Metalic Gum-Elastic Machine
Belting, which, for all purposes, except light cross
belting, is superior to leather, as it does not stret.h or
elide on the pully— 2, 4,51,64/7,9, 10 and 12 inches,
on hand at Buston prices.
Planters can resi assured that for all ploughs sold
bv us. they can procure any part of the cast iron woik
il wanted for repair. No pains will be spared to
procure new and improved implenientsaiid machines.
For sale at reasonable prices ~ ’ - L -~
received and promptly attended to.
Feb. 23, 1847.
INDIAN SPRING HOTEL.
jmeiitsand machines. ; DILLON having in connection with
. Orders thankfully AUGUSTUS CAKGILE, resumed the i
37—tf.
MILLEOBEVILLE
FLttALL ACADEMY.
HUE Exercises ofthis Institution will be resumed
perintendence for the present season of this well
known Hotel, at the Indian Spring, for many years
kept by him heretofore, informs his friends and the
public generally, that it is now open and ready for
their accommodation. Repairs of buildings and fur-
niture have been made to render all comfortable who
may favor them with their patronage. The united
Monday the sccenth day of June. On which and assiduous attention of the Proprietors will be
diy it is hoped that patrons will cause their daughters j given to ensure general satisfaction Their rooms
ot wards to he present, that the School may be or- j shall be neatly kept, well furnished, and attended by
gar.ized at once, and no lime of the session he lost. ; good and faithful servants; their table bountifully sup-
Oiie week recess will be given, durnig the warm- j plied with the best to be procured, which shall be well
e« Weather of the Summer. I prepared to suit the appetite of all. Newandcom-
II. J OSBORNE, Principal. j inodinu? stables have been completed on the premises
Milledgeville, May 24,1847. 5U—4t for the accommodation of horses.
Terms mod: rate and reasonable.
All who visit this celebrated watering place for
health or recreation, are invited to give them a call.
This Hotel is conveniently situated, near the Miner
al Spring, the waters of which are superior to any
in the country for many diseases.
Those who desire the benefit of Bathing, will find
Jay nos’ Hair Tonic.
W E know Dr. Quigley personally, and there is
no man in the country whose opinion is enti
tled to more respect. He is on all subjects honest
and sincere, andhiw high character as a physician can I the accommodations at this Spring equafto any in
be alter ed by the first medical men in the city.- , he s „ nd the efficacy of the water thus used,
Philadelphia Sun. unsurpassed by any.
n «• V P er Hire of me wheih r I h ^ j From the Macon and Western Railroad at For-
Dear S, r Y ou enqntre of me whether,I have used th , 16 miles from the Spring, four horse Stage, will
your Hair Tonic, and with what effect rnn daily to and from the Spring, after the first of
Several years ago my hair began to fall rapidly | JlIne and horses and cnrribe f„ rnis hed for
from the scalp, and I had the prospec 0 P, , *™' ure I the conveyance of those desiring conveyance from
S dness. At length a friend recomniended yonr , (hp Spri ’ to otlier phce5 dllri ,f the 8e ^ on .
Hair Tonic. I used three or four bottles, according Butts co., Ga. June 1. ° 52
to tlie printed directions, and at the end of six months,
my hair was thick set, and since, its tendency to turn
grey was arrested.
I have never before given a certificate, recommend-
*ng patent medicines which indiscriminately used,
a>they often are, do much Injury; but in a case like
the present, where I know the article to be beneficial,
and that it can do no harm. 1 have no scruples insta
ting facts within my knowledge.
Your’s, &.C.,
.. ^ JOHN QUIGLEY, M. D.
v U ' Philadelphia,
fo b. had at Milledgeville, and Talbotton.
May 4. 1847 W. G LITTLE:
Jackson Hall*
£ ncle Sam not dead yet !!
forty years on the same lot. and
still glories in Democracy yet. wishes to let his friends
and public know he shall have his house open at the
Conventions. And also for the reception of all who
may favor him w’ith a call and hopes to give satisfac
tion as usual with moderate charges and strict atten
dance.
SAM. BUFFINGTON, Sr.
AMilledgevtlle, March 30. 1847. tf—42
A ©IE n CD JL L
CORN DOINGS.—RECIPES.
We copy from the Goshen Democrat the
followino recipes for making Corn Biead,
Cakes, &c., for the benefit of our female lea
ders, to whom some of them may be new.
They were published in England Ly Elihu
Burrett, the Learned Blacksmith, (now on
a visit to that country,) with a view of initia
ting the English housewives into the art and
mystery of converting Indian meal into hu
man food. We have not much faith that it
will ever he generally used in England; so
far as we are acquainted with John Bull’s
tastes, we should conclude that he will pre
fer his wheat bread and roast beef,and plum
pudding to any of our much vaunted “corn
doings.'4 We have never yet seen an En
glishman who is partial to corn bread, nor do
we think the English will ever be persua
ded to eat cum meal as a luxury, or from
choice—the opinions and predictions of our
cotemporaries to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
There are, however, many of the poorer
classes who will doubtless, use it through
economy, if it can be purchased cheaper
than wheat flour, and an extensive market
may thus be opened for this great western
staple. The publication of these recipes ot)
the other side of the Atlantic may not,
therefore, be entirely without advantage.
[ Fort Wayne Sentinel.
AN OLIVE LEAF
From the Housewives of America to the
Houseuircs of Great Britain and Ireland:
or. Recipes for making various Articles oC
Food of Indian Corn Meal.
Common Journey or Jonny Cake.—Into
one quart of meal, stir one pint of boiling
water, with salt, spread it on a board an
inch thick, and bake it over the fire, or oth
erwise on an iron over the fire.
Superior Jonny-Cake.—Take one pint of
cream, half a pint ofmeal, two table spoons
ful of wheat flour, half a tea spoonful of car
bonate of soda, and salt to suit the taste.—
Bake in a hot oven.
The above recipe was furnished by the
Rev. Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, with the
remark, “Try it, and tell Lord Morpeth to
do the same.”
An Excellent Jonny-Cake.—Take one
quart of milk, three eggs, one tea spoonful
of carbonate of soda, one teacup of wheat
flour, and Indian meal sufficient to make a
batter of the consistency of pancakes. Bake
quick in pans previously battered, and eat it
with buttet or milk.
Indian Pound Cake.—Eight eggs, the
weight of the eggs in sugar, the weight of
six of them in milk; half a pound of meal;
half a pound butter, and one large nutmeg.
Indian Cake.—One pint of sour milk, one
tea spoonful of carbonate of soda, one table
spoonful of butter, one egg, salt, and with
meal make it stiff'enough to pour.
Butter Cakes, No. 1.—Prepare a thick
batter by wetting sifted meal with cold wa
ter, and then stirring it into that which is
boiling. Salt, and when it is luke-warm,
add yeast; when risen, bake in thin cakes,
over the fire.
No 2.—Take sour milk, correct its acidi
ty with carbonate of soda, add salt and meal
to make a thick batter, and cook as before.
No. 3.—Stir a quart of boiling water into
the same quantity of meal, add a little salt
and two eggs well beaten; cook as before.
Ginger Cake.—One quart of sour milk
with carbonate of soda, one quart of meal
one pint of flour, one gill of molasses, add
salt and ginger to your taste.
A Corn Meal Cake.—For one pint of
ineal take one teacup of sweet milk, one
cup of sour cream, half a cup of molasses or
trencle, one egg well beaten, one lea-
spoonful carbonate of soda, half a teaspoon
ful of salt, ciunamon, nutmeg, or other spi
ces may he used to suit the taste.
Corn Dodgers.—To one quart of meal
pour boiling water till thoroughly wet; add
two tabic spoonsful of flour, a teaspoonful
of salt, mix it well; spread it smooth in a
skillet or pan; first beat and oil the pan well,
then set it on the coals till you can run a
knife under and turn il round, then-set it up
before the fire to roast.
Iloe Cake.—Three table spoonsful of su
gar; three of cream, three eggs, one teacup
of bultermdk. Stir in the meal till it is a
little thicker than batter, and salt and spice
to your liking.
Corn Muffins.—Take one quart of but
termilk, three or four eggs well beaten, a
small quantity of flour; mix them together
and then make il quite thick with corn
meal; add a lablespoonful of melted butter,
and 6alt to suit the taste; butter the pan in
which it is baked.
Corn and Flour Bread.—Prepare a thin
batter by wetting sifted meal in cold water
and then stirring it into that which is boil
ing; salt, and when it is lukewarm, add
yi ast, and as much flour as there is corn
meal, bake in deep dishes in an oven when
risen.
Yankee Brown Bread.—To two quarts
of corn meal, pour one quart of boiliug
water, stir yeast into two quarts of rye
rneal, and kneed together with two quails
of lukewarm water. Add, if you please,
one gill of molasses or treacle.
Corn Bread.—To one quart of sifted
meal, add one teacup of cream, three eggs,
one teaspoolful of carbonate of soda dis
solved in water, buttermilk to make it quite
soft: stir il well, and bake it iu a cake ket
tle or oven.
Brown Bread Biscuit.—Two quarts of
Indian meal, one pint and a half of rye
meal; one teacup of flour, two spoonsful
of molasses. Add a little carbonate of so
da to the yeast, and let it rise over-night.
Indian Dumpling.—To one pint of sour
milk with carbonate of soda, add one quart
of meal, and a large spoonful of flour; roll
out with flour and put in an apple, and cook
as before.
Green Corn Pudding.—Take eighteen
ears of green corn, split the kernels length
wise of the ears with a sharp knife, then
with a case knife scrape the corn from the
cob; mix it with three or four pints of rich
sweet milk; add four eggs well beateu, two
table spoonsful of sugar, salt to the taste,
bake it three hours. To be eaten hot with
butler.
Homony.—This article is considered a
great delicacy throughout the Southern
States, and is seen on almost every break
fast table. It is prepared thus: The corn
must be ground not quite into meal. Let
the broken grains be about the size of a
pin’s head. Next shake the grains in the
seive, so as to make the hulls or bran come
to the top, when they can be removed with
the hand. The grains must then be wash
ed in several waters, and the light articles
which rise to the surface poured off with
the water through the fingers so as to pre
vent the escape of the grains. Have s pot
or boiler ready on the fire with water in it,
add the grains at the rate of one point to
two pints of water. Boil it briskly about
twenty minutes, taking off the scum, and
occasionally stirring it. When the homony
has thoroughly soaked up the water, take
the boiler off the fire, cover it and place it
near, or on a less healed part of the fire,
and allow it to soak ihero about ten min
utes. It may be eaten with milk, butter,
treacle or sugar. The flour or meal sifted
out can he used to make bread or cake.
The editor of the Philadelphia Citizen,
who contributed this recipe, remarks at the
close of his note, “1 know the English peo
ple will love America the more for the
sake of homony.”
Hasty Pudding.—Put in three pints of
water and a tahlespoonful of salt, and when
it begins to boil, stir in ineal until it is thick
enough for the table. Add, if you choose,
some apples chopped. Cook for twenty
or thirty minutes. Eaten with milk, but
ter or treacle.
Fried Hasty Pudding.—Cut cold pud
ding into smooth slices, and fry brown in a
little butter or pork fat.
Hasty Pudding Bread.— Prepare the
pudding [as before: when lukewarm add
yeast; and after rising, bake in a deep dish,
in a hot oven.
Curn Meal Pudding.—Scald four quarts
of milk, stir into it one quart of sifted
meal, one cup of molasses, a tablespoonful
of salt, a little spice of any kind you like;
bake it three or four hours'in a pretty hot
oven.
Bakad Pudding.—To two quarts of milk
add one quait of meal, a little salt, and a
cup of sugar. Prepare by healing the milk
over the fire, stirring it occasionally to
keep it from burning; when it scarcely
boils remove it, put in the salt and sugar,
and scatter in the meal, stirring rapidly to
prevent ils collecting into lumps, put in the
nutmeg and turn itito a deep pail. Bake
immediately or otherwise, as may be con
venient, in a hot oven three hours. When
it has baked an hour or more pour over
the pudding one gill or gill and a half of
milk, this will soften the crust and form a
delicious whey.
Boiled Pudding.—Into two quarts of
meal, stir three pints of boiling water, some
salt and a gill of molasses or treacle; spice
or not as you choose. Tie up in a strong
cloth or pudding boiler, put in boiling wa
ter, and cook over a steady fire for three
hours.
Superior Boiled Pudding.—To one quart
of Indian meal, add three pints of hot milk,
half a pint of molasses or treacle, a desert
spoonful of salt, an ounce or more of beef
suet shred fine. Stir the materials well to
gether, lie them in a cloth, allowing room
for the pudding to swell one-eighth larger,
and boil it six or eight hours. The longer
it boils the better. It may be made with
out suet.
Buck Wheat Cakes.—This cheap article
of food is considered a luxury in most of
the American States from the first of Oc
tober to the first of April. During this pe
riod it is found everywhere for breakfast on
the most frugal and on the most sumptuous
tables. When eaten warm, with butter,
sugar, molasses or treacle, it possesses a
flavor that cannot be equalled by any grid
dle cake whatever. The buckwheat flour,
put up in small casks in Philadelphia, is the
best that can be procured in America.
E. B.
Recipe.—Mix the flour with cold water,
put in n cup of yeast and a little salt; set it
in a warm place over night. If it should
be sour in the morning put in a little car
bonate of soda, fry them the same as any
griddle cake. Leave enough of the batter
to leaven the next mess. To be eaton with
butter, molasses or sugar.
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Battle of Valcour Island.
BV J. T. HEADLEY.
Washington had planned the invasion of
Canada. He had formed the strikingly bold
resolution to send an army, with provisions
and artillery, through the forests of Maine
and New Hampshire to Quebec. “Know
ing the energy, daring and indomitable will
ol Arnold, he appointed him commander-in-
chief of the forces.” This expedition of
eleven hundred men, with all the equipage
necessary, in conjunction with Montgome
ry's, to slorrn that strong citadel, was to as
cend the Kennebec, strike across to the
Dead River, follow up this stream through
the vast forest, among swamps and constant
waterfalls, cross glens and steep mountains
to the Chaudiere, and thence down through
still deeper forests to the St. Lawrence—
two hundred miles of “blank wilderness.”
Climbing mountains, treading dark ravines,
wading through streams filled with ice,
drenched wit.i rain and sleet, their whole
encampment swept away in the darkness
by a sudden flood rising eight feet through
the forest, losing boats, arms, provisions, a-
mong torrents and roaring waterfalls, till
they roasted their miserable dogs and boil
ed their moose skin moccasins, to allay the
rage of hunger—through all this that body
of a thousand men was carried by the skill
and unconquerable energy of Arnold, and
finally drawn up on the shores of the St.
Lawrence, opposite Quebec. We do not
know that we would say with Mr. Headley,
that “Bonaparte’s passage of San Bernard
with twenty thousand men will not com
pare with it”—though he gives very good
reasons for it; but we will assert with him,
that it is “one of the most remarkable
marches on record.”
The fate of the expedition is well known.
Montgomery foil, and the command devolv
ed upon Arnold. He passed the severe
Canadian winter with his army in huts, 8nd
fortifications of ice, and in the spring con
ducted a masterly retreat from the Canadas,
by way of Lake Champlain. On that lake
Arnold fought so singular and desperate a
battle, yet one which has never been much
noticed, or had even a name till Mr. Head-
ley gave it one, that we extract it entire:
BATTLE OF VALCOUR ISLAND.
“The British, in pursuing their advan
tage, had constructed a fleet at St. Johns'
with which to advance on Crown Point and
Ti conderoga. Every effort was made to
repel this armament, and at length, after
the greatest exertion, one sloop, three
schooners, and .five galleys were manned
and placed under the command of Arnold.
With these he set sail in the middle of Au
gust, 1776, designing to take his station at
the Isle-aux-Tetes, but finding the Island in
the possession of the enemy, he stopped at
Windmill Point. On examination he found
this position disadvantageous, so retreated
the rising sun. Arnold’s galley, together
with the Washington and four gondolas,
were so disabled that they had fallen astern
dating the night, while the rest of the fleet,
now hardly discernable in the distance, was
crowding all sail for Crown Point. On
these disabled vessels the whole force of
from him be shall beg the life of his sob,
and my father shall not die.”
“ Nay! nay, my Grizel,” returned he,
“ be not deceived—there is no hope—al
ready my doom is sealed—already the Kins
has signed the order for my execution, ana
the messenger of death is now on the way.”
“ Yet ray father shall not—shall not die!”
she repeated, emphatically, and clasping
her hands together. “ Heaven speed a
daughter's purpose !” she exclaimed ; and
turning to her father, said calmly—“we part
now, but we shall meet again.”
“ What would my child 1” inquired be
eagerly, gazing anxiously on her face.
“ Ask not now,” she replied, “ my fa
ther—ask not now , but pray for me, and
bless me—but not with thy last blessing.”
He a^gain pressed lier to his heart, and
wept upon her neck. In a few moments
the jailor entered, and they were torn from
the arms of each other.
On the evening of the second day after
the interview we have mentioned, a way
faring man crossed the drawbridge at Ber
wick, from the north, and, proceeding down
Marygate, sat down to i^st upon a bench
by the door of an hosterly on the south side
to the Isle la Motte, and finally to Valcour the enemy now advanceJ. At the first ]
Island, where be determined to make a ; broadside, the Washington shamefully j
stand. He had received some reinforce- i struck, and Arnold, in his riddled galley, i
ments, so that his little fleet now consisted with only four gondolas, was left to meet i
ot three schooners, two sloops, three gal- ! t),e shock alone. To fight seemed utterly i
leys, and eight gondolas as they were cal- j useless, nay, madness itself; but he had '
led, carrying in all seventy guns, many of never yet learned the word surrender, and j
them eighteen pounders. Valcour Island j so gathered his few boats around him and . , c -. , . ,
lies somewhat parallel to the shore, and so opened the battle. A ship of eighteen guns, ° f tho f ront,n £ 1 , w " e * e ' vhat
nearly connected with it at the northern ex- j two schooners—one of fourteen, and anolh- ! ^ as ? alled Uie Mam-guard then stood,
tremity, that it is difficult to pass between j er of twelve, making in all fourty-four guns, d,d not en!er ** ,nD j . lt f ?' a . S V?'?
even in small vessels. Thus a deep chan- poured at once their concentrated and des- apparent condition, being that which
nel is formed between it and the main land, j tructive fire upon his single vessel. Shat-
openittg towards the South. In the upper j tered so dreadfully from its former engage-
end of this Arnold moored his fleet, and ment, and enveloped in such a destructive
hence was entirely concealed from the ene- ; fire, that poor galley seemed hardly worth
my until they had passed beyond him up : a hope. But its brave commander cast a
the lake. He had completely shut himself j look of stern defiance on his foe as the first
in, so that when the British closed upon
him, there would be no getting away but
through their ships. He thus secured two
objects—first, the co-operation of every one
of his vessels, and secondly, prevented him
self from being outflanked, for his line of
battle extended from the Islandtothe shore.
He had not waited long in this position be
fore the British fleet hove in sight, sailing
down before the wind. As it rounded the
southern point of the Island, Arnold’s boats
were discovered, when hauling close to the
wind, it bore up and hemmed him com
pletely in. The fleet consisted of one ship,
two schooners, two gondolas, twenty gun
boats, four long boats, and forty-four small
broadside thundered over the water; then
pointing his own guns, closed fiercely in
with him. Nothing could exceed the ex
citement of the conflict at this moment.
That single galley, too crippled to fly,
and too proud to surrender, enveloped
by her foes, keeping her flag flying amid
the smoke and carnage, was one of the sub- J
limest sights the eye ever rested upon. Be
neath those heavy and concentrated broad- |
sides, she trembled from stem to stern, and
reeled and rocked on the water; but when
Oliver Cromwell had made his head quar
ters a few years before, and where at some
earlier period, James the Sixth had taken
up his residence when on his way to enter
on the sovereignty of England. The trav
eller wore a coarse jerkin, fastened around
his body by a leathern girdle, and over a
small cloak, composed of equally plain ma
terials. He was evidently a young man,
but his beaver was drawn down, so as al
most to conceal his features. In one band
he carried a small bundle, and in the other
a pilgrim’s staff. Having called for a glass
of wine, he took a crust of bread from his
bundle, and after resting a few minutes,
rose to depart. The shades of night were
settling in, and it threateued to be a night
of storms. Tbe Heavens were gathering
black, the clouds rushing from the sea, sud-
er boats, containing in all seven hundred : fii m> an j the splinters of the shivered tira-
chosen seamen, and carrying ninety-three | bers flying through the air on every side,
guns, some of them ofbeavy calibre. Over j yethestill maintained tbe fight. Thus hour
seventy vessels and boats in all, gathered after hour he struggled in this unequal con-
the smoke .feed there still floated the flag, den of wind we re'moauing along the
and oeneath.its folds stood Arnold the im- streets> „ anied by heavy drops ot rai(lt
personation of calm courage and herotc and the face of the Tweed was troubled,
daring. The planks were splitting about I Heaven he , p theC( if lhou i nt endest to
travel far in such a night as this,” said the
like birds of prey around the mouth ofthis
channel. Arnold saw at a glance that noth
ing but determined bravery could overcome
this immense superiority of force; indeed it
seemed that nothing but a miracle could
save him.
It was®he eleventh of October, one of
those sweet autumnal days, when the gen
tle wind creeps over the water, just stirring
it into dimples. Arnold determined to take
advantage of the wind, and attack some of
the foremost boats, before the larger ves
sels could beat up to their aid. Ordering
the schooner Royal Savage and three gal
leys to get under way, he advanced and
opened his fire', but was gradually forced
back by the superior strength of the enemy,
and returned to the line. In this manoeuvre
the Royal Savage went ashore and was a-
bandoned. At noon, the British having
brought one schooner and all their gun boats
within musket shot of the Americans, the
battle became general. Arnold, in the
Congress galley, anchored himself in the
hottest part of the fire, and never left his
position. A large body of Indians on shore,
kept up a constant blaze with their rifles,
while between the Island and main-land
were two parallel lines of fire. The peace
ful lake trembled like a heightened thing to
the tremendous explosions, as nearly a hun
dred and sixty cannon thundered at once
over the water. The deafening roar was
heard even at Ticonderoga, filling the hearts
of the garrison with anxious forebodings.
“The light clouds Hooping over the sky;
the quiet nook in which the fleet lay at an
chor, the embosoming forest—the crowds
of shoutiug, swarthy savages on the shore,
all added strange interest to the scene, and
that October sun, as it rolled towards the
Western hills, looked down on as brave a
Untile as ever was fought. The smoke,
lifted up by -the North wind, rolled slug
gishly up the lake, leaving open and unob
scured the contending fleets, as they thus
lay and vomited forth fire on each other.—
The Congress and Washington galleys re
ceived the weight of the shock. Arnold, in
the former, with two eighteen pounders,
two twelve and six sixes, fought like a des
perado. Seeing the dreadful odds against
him, and maddened at the thought of de
feat, he seemed to scoff at death. Cheer
ing on his men l>y his thrilling words, and
still more by his fierce courage, he main
tained the fight hour after hour, with a te
nacity that nothing seemed able to shake.—
With his vessel riddled through and through,
and filled with the dead, he still maintain
ed his ground. • Having no good engineers,
he pointed his own guns, and multiplied
himself with the dangers that encompassed
him. Now casting his stern eye along his
line of shattered boats, and now along his
heated cannon, to make the shots tell—
blackened with powder anti smoke, he bore
up for five mortal hours in the driving tem
pest. The water was churned into foam
around him by the raining balls—his main
mast had been struck twice, his rigging was
cut into fragments—he had received seven
shots between wind and water, and been hull
ed twelve times; yet still he refused-to stir,
and seemed resolved to sink at his anchors.
A more gallaut crew never rallied around
a brave commander; and though thinned
and wasted, stood ready to go down at their
post.
“But night coming on, the British with
drew their forces, and after dark stretched
their vessels in one line from the island to
the shore, to prevent the retreat of the A-
mericans, whom they now considered com
pletely iu their power. Arnold, however,
had no thought of surrendering, and after a
short consultation with his officers, resolved
to pass through the enemy’s fleet, and sail
for Crown Point. So, after dark, he got
his crippled vessels, that is, all that were
left, one schooner and one gCfndola being
wrecked, and set sail. The wind had luck
ily changed, and each vessel, with a single
light in the stern to guide the one that fol
lowed, passed in silent succession through
the British line without being discovered.
It was skilfully, bravely done, anti the re
leased little fleet bore steadily away up the
lake till it reached Schuyler’s Island, where
it was compelled to lay at anchor half a day
in order to stop leaks and repair damages.
Two of the goudolas being found too much
crippled to proceed, were here sunk. In
the afternoon they again weighed anchor,
but the wind had now changed to the South,
and they could make but little headway.—
The next morning a dense fog lay on the
lake, blotting even the shores from view,
but as the sun rose, it lilted and rolled gen
tly away before the morning breeze, re
vealing the whole British fleet within a few
miles of them. In a few moments a cloud
of canvass was moving slowly down upon
them, presenting a beautiful appearance in
test, until at length other boats of tbe ene
my arrived, and advanced to the attack.—
With seven vessels around him, hemming
him in and pouringin broadside after broad
side, he still disdained to surrender. In the
very centre of this fleet, covering him with
a cloud of canvass, and drawing their circle
of fire nearer and nearer every moment, he
stood like a tiger at bay.
For four terrible hours he had continued
this unequal combat, and now a perfect
wreck, he saw his vessel must inevitably be
lost. But scorning to fall into the hands of
the enemy, he put forth one of those great
and desperate efforts for which he was re
markable, and breaking fiercely through
the ships, run his galley and four gondolas
ashore in a small creek and set fire to them.
He then ordered the marines to leap over
board, musket in hand, and wade to the
beach, and there fire on the small boats, if
they ventured to approach. For himself
he remained all alone aboard his burning
galley, with his flags flying over bis head.—
Enveloped in smoke, he stood and watched
the fierce flames as they gained on the ves
sel, until they had advanced too far to be
extinguished, and then sprung into the wa
ter and joined his men on shore. There
never was a more gallant achievement per
formed than this, or a nobler exhibition of
courage and daring.”
Grizel Cochrane.
A TALE OF TWEEDMOUTH MOOR. !
When the tyranny and bigotry of tbe !
last James drove bis subjects to take up
arms against him, one of the most formida- I
ble enemies to his usurpations was Sir John
Cochrane, ancestor to the present Earl j
Dundonald. He was one of the most i
prominent actors in Argyle’s rebellion, and 1
for ages a settled gloom seemed to have
hung over tlie house of Campbell, envelop- |
tng in a common ruin all who united their [
fortunes in the cause of its chieftains.
The same doom encompassed Sir John
Cochrane. He was surrounded by the
king’s troops—long, deadly and desperate
was his resistance, but at length, over
powered by numbers, he was taken pris
oner, tried and condemned to die upon the
scaffold. He had but a few days to live,
and bis jailor waited but the arrival of bis
death-warrant to lead him forth to execu
tion. His family and his friends had visit
ed him in prison, and exchanged with him
the last, the long, the heart-yearning fare
well. But there was one who came not
with the rest to receive his blessing—one
who was the pride of his eye, and of bis
house,—even Grizel, the daughter of his :
love. T wilight was casting a deeper gloom ;
over the gratings of his prison-house ; he
was mourning for a last look of his favorite
child, and his head was pressed against the
cold damp walls of bis cell to cool the fe
verish pulsations that shot through it like
stings of fire, when the door of the apart
ment turned slowly on its unwieldly hinges,
and his keeper entered followed by a young
and beautiful lady. Her person was tall
and commanding, her eyes dark, bright and
tearless ;—but their very brightness spoke
of sorrow—of sorrow too deep to be wept
away—and her raven tresses were parted
over an open brow, clear and pure as the
polished marble. The unhappy captive
raised his head as they entered :
“My child! my own Grizel!” he ex
claimed, and she fell upon his bosom.
“My father! my dear father!” sobbed
the miserable maiden, and she dashed away
the tear that accompanied the words.
“Your interview must be Bhort; very
short,” said the jailor, as he turned and left
them fora few minutes together.
“God help and comfort thee, my daugh
ter !” added the unhappy father, as he held
her to his breast, and imprinted a kiss upon
her brow.
“ I feared that I should die without be
stowing my blessing upon the head of my
own child, and that stung me more than
death but thou art come, my love—tbou
art come! and the last blessing of thy
wretched father ’’
“Nay! forbare !” she exclaimed; “not
thy last blessing !—not thy last! My father j
shall not die.”
“Be calm! be calm! my child !” re- I
turned he; “ would to heaven that I could j
comfort thee—my own ! my own ! But :
there is no hope—within three days, thou ;
and all my little ones shall be ” father- 1
less he would have said, but the words died father should not die.”
on his tongue. The fourteen days were not yet passed,
“ Three days !” repeated she, raising when the prison door flew open, and the
her head from his breast, but eagerly pres- old Earl of Dundonald rushed to the arms
sing his hand “my father shall live! Is: of his son. His intercession with the con-
not’rny grand father the friend of Father ; fessor had been at length successful; and,
Petre, the confessor and master of the King; i after twice signing the warrant for the exe-
sentinel at the English gate, as tbe traveller
passed him and proceeded to cross the
bridge.
In a few minutes he was upon the bor
ders of the wide, desolate, and dreary moor
of Tweedmouth, which for miles, presented
a desert of whjns, fern, stunted heath, with
here and there a dingle covered with thick
. brushwood. He slowly toiled over the deep
hill, braving the storm which now raged in
its wildest fury. The rain fell in torrents,
and the wind howled as a legion of famished
wolves, hurling its doleful and angry echoes
over the heath. Still the stranger pushed
onward, until he proceeded two or three
miles from Berwick, when, as if unable
longer to brave the storm, he sought shelter
amidst crab and bramble bushes by the
way-side. Nearly an hour had passed since
he sought this imperfect refuge, and the
darkness of the night and the storm had in
creased together, when the sound of a
horse’s feet was heard splashing along tbe
road. The rider bent his head to the blast.
Suddenly hisjhorse was grasped by the bri
dle—the rider raised his head, and the
traveller stood before him, holding a pistol
to his breast.
“ Dismount!” cried tbe stranger, sternly-
Tbe horseman, benumbed, and striken
with fear, made an effort to reach his arms;
but, in a moment, the hand of tbe robber
quitted tbe bridle, grasped the breast of tbe
rider, and dragged him to the ground. He
fell heavily on his face, and for several min
utes remained senseless. The stranger seiz
ed the leathern bag which contained the
mail for the north, and flinging it on his
shoulder, rushed across the heath.
Early on the following morning, the in
habitants of Berwick were seen hurrying in
groups to the spot where the robbery bad
been committed, but no trace of the rob
bery could be obtained.
Three days had passed, and Sir John
Cochrane yet lived. The mail which con
tained his death-warrant had been robbed,
and before another order for his execution
could be given, the intercession of his fa
ther, the Earl of Dundonald, the king’s con
fessor, might be successful. Grizel now
became almost his constant companion in
prison, and spoke to him words of comfort.
Nearly fourteen days had passed since the
protracted hope in the bosom of the prisoner
became more bitter than his first despair.
But even that hope, bitter as it was, per
ished. The intercession of his father had
been unsuccessful—and a second time tbe
bigoted, and would be despotic monarch,
signed the warrant for his death, and in a
little more than auother day that warrant
would reach his prison.
“ The will of Heaven be done;” groaned
the captive.
“ Amen !” returned Grizel, with wild
vehemence, “but my father shall not die!”
Again the rider with the mail had reached
the moor of Tweedmouth, and a second
time he bore with him the doom of Coch
rane. He spurred his horse to bis utmost
speed ; he looked cautiously before, behind,
and around him ; and in his right band he
carried a pistol ready to defend himself.
The moon shed a ghostly light across the
heath, rendering desolation visible, and giv
ing a spiritual embodiment to every shrub.
He was turning the angle of a straggling
copse, when his horse reared at the report
of a pistol, the fire of which seemed to dash
into its very eyes. At the same moment
his own pistol flashed, and the horse reared
more violently, and he was driven from the
saddle. In a moment, the foot of tbe rob
ber was upon his breast, who bending over
him, and brandishing a short dagger in his
hand, said—“ Give me thine iros or die!”
The heart of the king’s servant failed
within him, and without venturing to reply,
be did as he was commanded.
“Now,’go thy way,” cried the robber
sternly “ but leave with me thy horse, and
leave with me the mail—lest a worse thing
come upon thee.”
The man therefore arose, and prpceeded
towards Berwick, trembling ; and the rob
ber, mounting the horse which be had left,
rode rapidly across the heath.
Preparations were making for the execu
tion of Sir John Cochrane—the officers of
the law waited only the arrival of the mail
with his second death-wat rant, to lead him
to the scaffold, and tbe tidings arrived that
the mail bad again been robbed. For yet
fourteen days and the life of tbe prisoner
would be prolonged. He again fell on tbe
neck of his daughter, and wept, and said—
“ It is good the hand of Heaven is in this.”
“ Said I not,” replied the maiden, and
for the first time she wept aloud—“that my
