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BEING THE FIRST AFTER BISSEXTILE OU LEAP i'EAR, AND THE SIXTY-FIFTH OF THE AMF.RIGAN IN DEVEN PENCE- ’HH $ ? s § o £ Ei E 5- ‘Z. rn CL, *1 P *-< zT a- 3 22 ‘< cl- <T> P Z* to p *< CLi *<l • . p 1 2 1) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 If) 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3L FEBRUARY, 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 20 27 MARCH, ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL, 1 ~ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 \i \V 1 2345 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 50 31 123 4 5 ft 7 8 9 D> U Li 13 14 15 Ki 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 t ULY 1 ? 3 Jlllf 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I -18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 30 31 .ttpitot 1 2 3 4 5 0 / AIG ’ 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2b 29 30 31 SEBTEMBER, fl ? | ® R 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 3a) j OCTOBER, _ r ~ l q 3456 t 8 and 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 s £ i? is s NOVEMBER* 1 2 9 t * 11 15 15 g J 21 22 23 24 25 26 2i 28 29 30 o , DECEMBER, 7 J 9 10 11 io 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2,) 26 27 28 29 30 31 ECLIPSES IN 1841. There will be six Eclipses this year, Jour of S^vofJanu „rv at llh 50m in the morning, invisible. ‘ ‘second—A total eclipse ot the Moon, „ , .. -•], beginning at 7h 10m, and end i b Tm? !:: Duration of total! 21st, at 01,10 m F^urth^Mlm V Su’>, e i“t 14 91 > in of .he Moon. . Aj£ m sS"h—Of tho Sou. August 16.1,, at 41, 22n, i r ,b! °- Fabruarv 21. Ash V\ ednesdav, Apr ;i (iood Friday, Aprjl 11. Easter Sunday, M av 30. Whit Sunday, From P.onecr, Jan. 7. | ulate the same—and are callad! Bank in the own vil!e . The ’I 10 m C I iers S wUI meet in this place, on Sat-j bt S°v h the 23d day of January, for the pur- j Urd p of 11 ikiirn such further arrangements as . P tv be found necessary. Persons m this 11 i the neighboring counties, desirous of ruiingtl,eu>o„erty into ,„,ut,o„. are invited to attend on that „, ./ 7U . We are glad to be able to Bankrupt E ()rlea „| /j m of the 13th ‘"Tttotle resolutions instruct!, ig our So. ““““,°urg yadoPt ’ cd by both House* ot tne L-o - 0 From the St. Augustine News. NOTES OF THE PASSAGE ACROSS THE EVERGLADES. Colonel Harney, 2d Dragoons, with Captain Davidson, Lieuts. Rankin and Ord. 3d Artil lery, Dr. Russell, and myself started from l ort Dallas with ninety men and sixteen ca noes. \V e left on the 4th of December, at •iifrht, atid proceeded up the left prong of the Miama Hirer. The night was very dark and rainy, and we met with considerable difficulty in ascending on account of the rapidity of the current and the shoal and rocky bed of the river. About a mile above the forks we came to a body of high raw grass , this continued for about a mile and a half, when we came in open view of the lirerglade.s , and the grass became more scattered. The pine barren was kept close on our left, until we came to a small island on our left, when our course be came more Westerly; thus we continued un til distant about eight miles from the mouth of the river when Capt. Davidson becoming separated from us we halted to the leeward of an island which was entirely overflowed, and waited until lie came up, where the night was passed in our open boats. It continued to rain nearly all night, and our situation was any tiling but comfortable. Dec. s.— By daylight this morning we were up and at it with our paddles; our course was generally West-South-West, but this we va ried according to the direction of the channels, and our depth of water, till about 1 o’clock; the men being very much fatigued, having had to pull their boats through the mud and grass a greater part of the way, we insisted on John , our guide, carrying us to some high land where Me might encamp, and give the men a little rest. The officers had almost lost con fidence in his knowledge of the country, as at one time lie could not tell us in which direc tion the sort rose; and as we concluded net to follow him in the direction he was going any longer, he insisted that he was right, and that his object was to carry us where he could find the greatest depth of water, and that he could carry us a nearer way, but that it was very shoal; which proved in the end to be correct, as lie had not gone more than a few miles when it was with tho greatest difficulty we could movd the boats. The Col. called to him to stop, as lie would go no further in that direction: but he insisted that the island was not more than a mile distant, and the Colonel suffered him to proceed. Sure enough, con trary to the expectation of all, he in a short time halted at a low tuft of bushes, about a half a mile in circumference, which seemed to us to be entirely llooded with water, but after penetrating about 300 vaids we came to a magnilicient little spot in its centre, about 150 yards in circumference. Here we found an old Indian camp which evidently had been deserted for some mouths. It was encircled by a number of shrubs of the wild Pappaw; and two large and curious wild fig trees, about ten feet apart, decorated its centre. This is a remarkable tree; it first makes its appearance as the creeper, and seizes on the largest tree it can find, continuing to encircle it iu its meshes until it deprives it of life when it feeds upon the decayed matter and becomes a beautiful tree. These had each attacked a palmetto, and one of them was dead, but the top of the other was still blooming >n the cen tre, although completely surrounded. We hailed, with a great deal of pleasure, the touch of dry laud, as we were wet to the skin; it having rained all day, and the wind blowing from the North. As soon as it be came dark, we kindled a large fire—dried ourselves—got a good supper, eat it with a good deal of gusto—talked over what we had undergone, and what we intended to do— stretching ourselves on our blankets, and slept soundly and sweetly, hill daylight warned us to be up and doing. Dec. 6. —After getting some hot coffee, again started on our course. The day has cleared oil’ beautifully, and we are moving slowly and silently along, in momentary ex pectation of falling in with some canoes. John can see from the top of a tree the field from which he escaped, and we will come up to it about 12 o’clock, lie says it is only one day’s row from that place to where all the Indians are encamped, and we expect to have a devil of a fight when we get there. No thing now presents itself to view except one boundless expanse of saw-grass and water occasionally interspersed with little islands, all of which are overdo ■ ed, but the trees are in a green and flourishing state. No country that I have - ever heard of bears any re~ein blauie to it; it seems like a vast sea, filled with grass and green trees, and expressly in tern'd as a retreat for the rascally Indians, from which the white man would never seek to drive them. We have - plenty of water at present and go along with a great deal of ease. We reached the island, as expected, about 13 o'clock. When we came in sight, the Colonel took four canoes? with Lieut Rankin, and went ahead, having first painted himself and inn so much line Indians, that they could scarcely, themselves, detect the imposition. He directed Lieutenant Ord to follow with the rest of the canoes, and Capt. Davidson, as he was unwell, to remain behind with the large boats. 1 wan in the next canoe to Lieutenant Ord, who as he was turning to give some or der to his men, lost his balance, and such a pretty somerset “1 never did see;” he carried boat, provisions, ammunition, and guns all with him. When his head appeared on the surface of the water he said to me, “go ahead with the boats,” l inserted my handkerchief in my mouth and evaporated. The order was to keep just in sight of the Colonel, and. in case he should not be able to manage the force on the island, to come to his assistance; but the delay threw me behind, and i soon lost sight of, and with the greatest difficulty found the island. We had to wade through mud and water three or four hundred yards, up to our waists, before we gained dry land; here we found a corn field of about an acre, and the richest land 1 have ever seen, being one black heap of soil of endless depth. This island is called from the Indian name of the wild fig. “ilo-co-mo-thlocco.” It being early we did not remain here long, but pushed on to an other island, about seven miles distant, the usual stopping place of the Indians, when tbev visit Sam Jones, or go from Ins camp to the* Spanish Indians; we arrived early in the evening, and had to wade 200 yards before we .mined'a footing; we found here signs of a few days old, where they had been cutting bushes’ I ascended the top of a fig tree with John, and he pointed out to me our course, and the direction of the different islands. We c mid see, far to the South, the pine barren skirting the Everglades, and the topsot the; p-mss and bushes burnt to make out the trad, j The’ island. 11-co-mo-thlocco, bears about J East-South-East from this, and the island where we go to-morrow, about South-West and bv South. This island is called “Eta nos-co'-chee,” from a dog having died which was left here, it contains about half an acre of cleared land, but has never been cultivated, and is used alone as a camp ground. . aim t - 1 . 1 ]) FC 7 Off amain; our course tor a short I di=tance was about north, then changed it to north-west, and continued in this direction until we reached another island which is cak ed Cochokeynehajo, from the name or an In dian who cleared and cultivated it. It n distant from Efaiioccocliee about six mi.es Iti i* coats? is about north-west Wc Irani •WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT .LL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1841. on this Island the figure of an Indian drawn on a tree, and the figures 8 and 9, which is the first indication of a white man’s being with them. Being early when we a’rived here, the Colonel, contrary to the opinion of the guide, determined not to remain here until night, but took Lieut. Ord ahead with him, and two canoes, to surprise the next island. Following on With the’ rest of the boats we had not gone more than a mile, when we lost the trail of their boats, and confined to wan- der to evdry point cf the compass until late in the evening - , when we made out to reach the Island from which we started about sun-set, and found John, who had returned for us. Considered ourselves very fortunate to reach this island again, as we could not follow with any certainty our trails for one hundred yards. To the westward of this Island, the main body of water seems to change its course, and flow with some current to the south-west, which induces us to think we are in tho cen tre of the Everglades. It was late at night when we reached the Island, where Lieut. Ord had gone. But notwithstanding the thou sand channels which flowed and wound in every direction, and although it was so dark that we could not distinguish land from water, John never once missed the track. Found on this Island, which is called by owner Intaska, a large hut built of cypress bark, and under it a bed made of boards, coming in play very timely and was quickly appropriated. It is the largest and richest Island we have yet seen, and had various vegetables growing on it, such as pumpkins, beans, corn, &c.; and deer tracks were very numerous. Its course from Cochokeynehajo, N. N. West. Dec. B.—We shall remain on Intaska until 4 o’clock this evening, when we will proceed to another Island, which bears north 10 de grees west from this, where we expect to sur prise some Indians, as we can now see a large smoke in that direction. When we visit this, our course will then change to the southward, and we will make for their strong holds on the sea board. Dec. 9.—Yesterday about 12 o’clock, when some were asleep and silent, awaiting the time of starting, the Colonel called out from the top of a tree, that two canoes were ap proaching the Island on the south side. In a moment, all were up with their guns in hand; the boats were silently approaching, and we being on the north side, Lieut. Rankin was immediately ordered to man four canoes, and move slowly along to meet them. The grass was so high that the Indians did not discover him until within a few hundred yards, when they immediately wheeled their canoes and made off with all their strength. But there was no eluding our snake-like boats, and our tried soldiers. They made the boats fairly jump out of the water. When Within a short distance, and seeing the Indians approaching a deep body of saw-grass, our soldiers com menced a running fire and soon disabled one of ihe men and overhauled him. The boats halted at the saw-grass and the Indians leaped out; but our men were as quick as they were, and pursued them through it for some distance to a pond, where they disabled another, and accidentally wounded a squaw, who was en deavoring to escape with her child on her back. In another direction, they overhauled a squaw With a girl about 12 years old, and two shial! children; making in all, eight per sons. None of them were killed; and as soon as we could get them through the mud to the boats, we returned. Col. Harney was looking on at the race from the top of a tree, and made Ihe Island ring with his cheering. As soon as Lieut. Rankin started, I got a ca noe and followed on and joined in the pursuit, hut did not get up before they got into the grass. When we returned to the Island, the Colonel ordered rope to be made ready, and swung the two warriors to the top of a tall tree, where they now hang, “darkly painted on the crimson sky.” The Indians reported that Chakika is on an Island five miles from this with a strong force, and we will s’ art about dark to’ attack him. Captain Davidson has been sick ever since we started, and he is now so ill that it is feared we will have to return on his account.- Dec. 19th.—The squaw is dead; she died about 12 o’clock, and we buried her on the Is land. Shortly after, the other squaw report ed that another party was coming on the same track that they came. The Colonel sent out Lieuts. Rankin end Ord, (1 accompanying,j to intercept them, but after waiting until nearly sun-set, we had to return without meeting any of them. As soon as the sun went down, the camp was broken up, and we were again on the water. The night was very dark and rainy, and the guide Could, with the greatest difficulty, keep in the trail. W! en we were within a lew miles of the Island, the Colonel sent Lieuts. Rankin and Ord ahead to surprise the Island. They did not reach it inti} some time after sunrise; but such was the confi- deuce of the Indivns in their own security, that our party were not discovered until they had crept up to their, campand bogan firing. One warrior was shot, dead, and two warriors? one boy, and five squaws and children taken prisoners. Chakika, who was chopping wood, threw down his and ran off howling; but his hour had come; notwithstanding his hercu lean sireng’ li, he could not escape. _ Hall, one of the Dragoons, yursued him alone when all the men were exhausted, fired and killed him, took his scalp, and returned. Two warriors escaped, and Lieut. Ord dievovering their trail pursued them to another Island, about four miles distant, where there a number of squaws and three or four warriors. On his approach the Indians hoisted a white flag, and called to John to corns up and talk; but while lie was approaching with Lieut. Ord, he was shot through the thigh, and at the same time one of the Dragoons was dangerously wounded in the th gh, and Turner in the leg. A great number ot balls were fired at Lieut. Ord, but none struck him. In approaching, the men had to wade about two miles in water and mud up to their hips; and when they came up, were so much exhausted and their guns near ly all wet, that they had to retire under the cover of a small scrub, about 100 yards dis tant. When Colonel Ilarney heard the firing, he sent Lieut. Rankin and myself with two canoes to lits assistance? and when we got within a mile ot Lieut. Ord, we met John all bloody, who reported that one man was killed, and that they were firing rapidly, and that we could not approach wi h our canoes. We immediately jumped out and hastened forward as rapid as we could through the deep muu and water. When we got up, Lieut. Rankin attempted to charge with his men, but urree 1 of them, were wounded at the first fire, and he was forced to retire and await the arrival of Colonel Harney. the bads fiew th.ck around our heads, and the Indians behaved with a good deal of coolness. I heir object o. lirino- was to give the squws time to escape. When Colonel Harnev came up, we charged the Island, but they had all escaped from the back part, and taken off most of their plunder. The circumstance was very unfortunate tor the expedition, as the Indians who escaped communicated the inteli gence to other Is lands, and put them on their guard. Short ly after our return to Chakika s Island, a ca noe was seen approaching with two Indians m it. ;*}The Colonel immediately despatched Lieut. Rankin with two canoes, to pursue them; but before he got up they had approach ed and taken an Indian or Spaniard, who was concealed in the high grass, and hastened off Lieut. Rankin pursued them closely for afoul three miles; and gained on them so clesey that a rifle was fired by the Indians, and lh* ball passed very near Lieut. R. Unfortunate ly the boat dipped and the guns all got wet. and tire pursuit was discontinued. We arc now laying here to give the men rest as they have almost all given out, having been in hot pursuit for several days. Col. Harney went out about half an hour ago after Chakika’s body, and discovered a sail approaching; he hid his canoes in the grass until they came up, and captured one warrior and six squaws and children— which make our whole number of killed and captured, twenty-five. We have now crossed the long fabled and unknown Everglades at least as far as we can go in this direction. A large cypress swamp extends lor many miles along the border, running north-east and south-west—the great resort for the Indians, where they build their ca noes. This evening, the Colonel had our two pris oners exalted to the top of one of the look-out trees, with the body of Chakika by their side. We found in Chakika’s camp a large quantity of plunder, consisting of cloth, linens, calicoes, ready made clothing, all kinds of tools, pow der, &c. &c.; and had au auction of them, which amounted to upwards of S2OO. The articles were stolen from Indian Key at the time ol the massacre. We also got a fine barge, and a great quantity of conti. Dec. 11.—Our tent or shed was pitched last night within a short distance of the tree on which Chakika was suspended. The night was beautiful, and the bright rising moon dis played to my view as I lay on my bed, the gi gantic proportions of this once great, and much dreaded warrior. He is said to have been the largest Indian in Florida, and the sound of his very name to have been a terror to his tribe. We have among the captives his mother, sister and Wife. Left Chakika’s is land about 10 o’clock this morning, and are now returning as far as Intaska, in a south easterly direction, when we will change our course to the south-nv.sY and make for the sea. Dec. 12.—We continued our course to the South-east until we passed Intaska, when we changed our direction one point to the West of South, and encamped, at sunset, on an isl and of about three acres in extent. Met with nothing here except an innumerable host of mosquitoes. The sister of Chakika informed us that there were three Spaniards in the Everglades, who supplied the Indians with salt and ammunition; one of them, Domingo, advised them to attack Indian Key, and insur ed their success. Started about 11 o’clock this morning in a South-West direction, and had not gone more than five miles, when we approached a small island, on which we had no idea that there were Indians, but on coining up we found a large yawl boat, killed two In dian men, and took one old squaw and seven children prisoners. Lieuts. Rankin and Ord hurried on to an island about two miles dis tant, where they found a great number of pal metto huts very well thatched, and a number of plantains and banana trees, but the Indians had gone some time before. The squaw could talk English very well, and informed us that 4 women had gone to an island, a short distance oIF to dig potatoes, and the Cos), sent, a Sergeant with a few men after them, but could not find them. We remained until 4 o’clock in the evening; we saw a boy approach ing-, who had been fishing; the boats laid in the grass until he came near when they came out and took him without any resistance. Left a sergeant, with two boats, at this island, to wait until the women came up, and we are now on our way to the next island, which is four or five miles distant. The island has turned out to be the town Lieutenant Rankin visited this morning, and not more than two miles distant. Dec. 13th.—This morning has come, and the Serjeant returned without finding the squaw. The Colonel sent Lts. Rankin and Ord ahead this morning, to an island which is almost in our course, and we are now following in a southerly direction. The day is rainy and disagreeable. We arrived this evening at another, where we encamped, and also p ssed another on our way. Dec. 14th. We have started again on our journey, and expect to reach the head of Shark river to-day, and to-morrow get a sight of the big water. Thank God! we wont have to wade to another island, although there are several in our way. The Indians may assault and give us a crack, before we get out, which would annoy us very much in our present in cumbered stale. This is the prettie'stday we have had since starting. I forgot to notice the death of poor Alien, who was wounded—he died on the evening of the 11th, and on the morning of the 12th was buried, on Chakika’s island, with the honors of war. He is the only one of our party we have left in the glades as yet. Dec. 15th. We reached the head of the river tire Indians call Poncln, about 4 o’clock yesterday evening, and haded it with three cheers. We have now accomplished what has never been done by white men. The head of the river was at first choked up with cone and weeds, but we had not gone more than a mile when it opened out most beauti fully into a broad and navigable river. Con tinued down it till late at night, but the guide losing his way we went ashore on a high bluff and got our breakfast. We shall roach the sea by 12. We have been twelve days and twelve nights crossing. Reached the mouth of the river about half after 12. Its course was about West, and empties into the sea by two or three mouths. The bars are very shal low, and not navigable for steamboats. This is the only outlet of the waters of the ever glades on this side of the Peninsula. We did not remain long at the mouth, but rigged our sails, and went on about sixteen miles, and encamped on a point of the beach; here we caught a great number of opossums, which seemed to be the only inhabitants. The sun set on the sea most beautifully, and threw its variegated rays over the dense forest of man grove which bound the whole coast. Dec. 16th. We remained here until about 13 to-day? and I amused myself collecting the beautiful shells which cover the beach. We reached Cape Sable, the most Southern point of the Territory, about 5 o’clock, and the men are busied in building fires and forming thc cairip. . . Dec. I7ih. Here at Cape Sablg is the site of old Fort Poinsett, established by Surgeon General Lawson. The breastworks are made of sand. The prospect is very pretty, as you can see a number of keys to the Southward.! Chakika’s wife informs me that this used to i be the great resort of the Indians when on their fishing and turtle excursions, as well as among the neighboring keys. We have been laying here all day in the sand; tire day has been very warm. Dec. 18. Lts. Oru and Rankin went to an island yesterday, about seven miles distant, and they have not yet returned. The officers have returned, and’ we let! tire Caps this eve ning (16th.) and travelled on until late? when we anchored under the lee of some nameless key. and fastened on to an old turtle crawl. We spent here the most disagreeable night we have had since starting —having to sleep iu the open boats, piled up with squaws and children, and the wind blowing very colJ from the Northwest. However, we weathered it out, and started very early on the 19fh, and at night encamped on Matacumbria, in sight of Indian Key, where we are now encamped. On starting from the camp, Lts. Rankin and Ord were sent ahead wi Ji the small canoes on a nearer track. We iiear they have reached Indian Key, as the Colonel sent a boat there last night. He has now gone up himself to •.barter a vessel, or make some other arrange ment for our conveyance to Key Biseayne. ’he labors of our expedition, I think, are wer; and we will soon have accomplished the nost arduous, dangerous and successful ex pedition that has ever been undertaken in Florida. Every thing seemed to operate fa vorably towards us. We invariably had a dan night to aid us, whenever we intended to s irprise an Indian camp. Dec. 20th. We are now on board the sloop Reform; on our way to Key Biseayne. From the New York Evening Post, Jan. S. To-day is the anniversary of a battle well fought and gloriously won by our countrymen —the battle of New Orleans. We can pre sent our readers with nothing more seasona ble, or which they will read with more inter est, than the following picturesque and ani mated narrative from an eye-witness of the engagement; BATTLE OF THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. The 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 narrative of the memorable battle which, to use Napoleon’s words, closed our second war for independence ot foreign dictation, “by a clap of thunder!” It is now more opportune than it has ever been, to revive in the minds of Americans, the ennobling remembrance of that unpar alleled triumph of their arms;since during the excitement ot the last election, attempts have been made to divest that glorious anniversary ol tne grateful associations which should ever connect its commemoration witli the fame of Democratic chieftains who achieved that great victory. Jackson’s lines (for thus has history desig nated the breastwork below New Orleans,) were only a pai'apet hastily thrown up on the left bank of a canal, formerly used as a mill race, and defended by eight batteries mount ing sixteen guns, of various calibre, from thir ty-two to six pounders-— >a defensive position admirably chosen. Gen. Jackson,- while on his march to attack Gen. Keen, saw at one glance, all the advantages of this spot. The strip ot high land between the river and the woods is narrower there than any where else near the city, and even then, while Ins mind was buoyed up with the hope ot cutting off Gen. Keen’s whole detachment, he determined, if he failed in this, to take that position and fortify it. The breastwork was thrown up hastily by the several companies, each on the front it occupied along the hank of the canal, and batteries successively established on it at ir regular intervals from the river to the woods., The portion of the parapet that ran through : these to impassable prairies, or shaking marsh es, as they are termed in Louisiana, from their tremulous motion when trodden upon, mount ed no guns, as no artillery could he brought to bear against if- Goneral Jackson had been aware since the 6th of January that General Packenham intended to carry his works by a vigorous assault. The distance at which the enemy was encamped did not conceal his movements altogether from the vigilant eye of our commander. On the 7th lie spent the greater part of the day on the top of house where he had his head quarters. Thence with a good telescope he discovered the whole British army, as it lay encamped upon the river to the wood, through which it kept up its communication with the fleet. lie saw distinctly a canal newly dug, through tho fields and leading to the Mississippi. Along the banks of this; large bodies of men were observed bending forward as men towing heavy boats—large pieces of artillery lay in various places; and the tr'acks on which they were to tie wheeled were visible. All was animation m that part of the field fronting oul lines. Groups of soldiers were remarked engaged in making fascines with sugar canes, wliile others prepared scaling ladders. Offi cers on horseback were described riding about the fields* stopping some time at diilerent posts, as it to give orders and mark positions. Nor was the night, dark and rainy as it prov ed, without its signs and indications to the practised eye and quick ear of the veteran chief of our Indian wars; he watched and listened for them in every light that glared on the surrounding gloom, in every breeze that wafted sound through the air. The first sometimes borne rapidly along, and then be coming stationary, and again moving on quick ly, pointed out clearly from where the differ ent heads of columns would take their direc tion. The latter sometimes produced by blows of 1 he hammer, sometimes by the stroke of the whip, urging- on stubborn mules or wearied oxen, told plainly enough that plat forms were erecting, and the cannon slowly advancing to be placed on them. Being now satisfied by all he had observed that an attack would he made on our lines early in the morning, and probably a little before day light, Jackson walked along the whole line, stopping often to converse with the soldiers, who sat around their fires drink ing coffee; for no brandy was used to keep up the sprits of that patriotic army. He told them that the battle they so often wished for would be fought in the morning; that ho be lieved the enemy would come to it in good earnest this time; that lie had done his part as their general—placed them in the best po sition that soldiers could wish, their flanks secured, one by a mighty river, the other by an impassable morass: that what remained to do was their own task and would soon begin— he entreated them to be, on the morrow, the men he had seen them in Florida, to receive the onset of their foe as many did on the 23d and 23;h December, and on the Ist of this year, which they ushered in by a glorious vic tory. These winning words made the hearts of the brave to palpitate. Every man, while listening, looked at the priming of his rifle, i There was something inexpressibly affecting !in this familiar conversation between the [chief and the soldiers; there was ease, fa miliarity, but no licentious forgetfulness of the iiigli rank of their leader. Some of the veterans of Napoleon, who witnessed these 1 endearing communications, exclaimed that | Jackson reminded them of the little corporal’s j works among his troops on the eve of some : of his great battles. Half of the troop? spent the night at the breastwork, attentively watching to discover the approach of the enemy,• should they have determined on a night attack, the companies I relieving each other occasionally, so that all ! should have had some rest previous to the coming day. Jt was yet half an horn’ before daylight when our out-posts came in; they had noise lessly receded before the enemy, who they said was advancing very slowly and in great force. At last, just as day was dimly dawning through a thick mist I hat hung over the field, we Indistinctly perceived tiie Brd'.sh army spread over two-thirds of the ground between the Mississippi and the forest. A congreye rocket rose from the skirts of the wood; it was followed by one ascending’ from the cen tre, and by another again blazing over the right. These were the signals of attack. To this we responded by a shot from a twelve pounder, fired from our left. The two armies, as if roused at once by the sound, gave three spontaneous cheers; to the cheertugs on cur side was joined the music of a full band, play ing Hail Columbia and the Marseillaise— those exciting hymns of American and French warriors. The first shot fired from the British batteries passed t hrough the rooin whe re Jackson was sit ting by the’ fire drinkinga cup of warm coffee; lie had been unwell the preceding day and the whole night, but the noise of the cannon, the sound of the martial music, seemed at once to arouse him to the full vigor of health. Grasp ing his sword that laid on a chair by him— “We shad have a warm day,” said he “come on—but stop, see to Chautard,* I am afraid lie is badly wounded.” A brick struck from the wall by the cannon ball had laid that brave officer prostrate on the ground; but it was on ly a severe contusion; he promptly rose and followed us to the line. A light breeze, when we reached the para pet, sweeping the mist from the field, showed ■ us the British army formed into columns of sixty men in front, advancing in fine order in direction of our left; many of the soldiers car ried fascines, and oi hers bore along seal ing lad ders. All their guns and congrcve batteries poured in advance of their column a shower ot grape and rockets. This lire was returned by all our batteries, not with so incessant a roar, but with a deadlier certainty of aim, as was visible by tire frightful gaps our shots and grapes made in the advancingcolumns; and yet. these could not he checked; they still rushed on, their steps less rapid, yet still borne on ward by the first impetus; but at last they reached tho impervious though invisible gir dle that breasted our lines, the iron and lead deluge of shot poured incessantly by the Ten nessee and Kentucky riflemen! No power of discipline could make men advance in the face of destruction so certain. The voice of the officer lost its magic effect—’’the spell of com mand was dissolved —the instinct of nature broke asunder the shackles of habitual obedi ence—the column stopped short, wavered a moment, and then, breaking in wild disorder, dispersed, every man obeying only the dictate of self-preservation. And yet, such was ihe vigor of British discipline, such, too, ihe na tive valor of the 3axon race, that the troops rallied again as soon as they receded from the full force and effect of our musketry, and for ming in line; instead of columns, began that constant rolling fire whose tremendous noise was heard in the city like rattling peals of distant thunder. The presence of Gen. Pack enham, who gallantly rode in front of the troops, urging them again to advance; the ad vance of Gen. Gibbs, who marched at the head of a regiment; of Gen. Keen, who on that occasion showed the same gallantry that had saved the British army on the 23d of Decem- I her, sustained for some time longer the cour ! age of the troops against tho most deadly lire 1 ever witnessed by the veterans of Talavera Badajos; but when Packenham fell from his horse mortally wounded—when GiLbs expired in the arms of the soldiers who were carrying him team tiio riol.l, when Kccii, also severely wounded by a rifle hall, was obliged to leave the field, that column finally dispersed in ir remediable 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,lay ing down tbeir knapsacks that they might rush on to the assault with greater speed. This was an awful moment for both armies. Jackson, followed by his staff went along the whole line. To the Ameri cans by birth, he said that they must not prove themselves the degenerate sons of their an cestors, who had defeated the same enemy that now confronted them; to the French, lie recalled the high deeds of their armies under Napoleon; to the Spaniards, lie invoked the remembrance of their cities given up to plun der by these very armies in the war of the i eninsula; to the men of color, he said they must show themselves worthy of the confi dence placed in their valor, when he put arms in their hands; to the artillerists, he said they must depress their guns a little, and not hurry their firing. Wherever the General appear ed, ‘he loud cheers of the troops proclaimed his presence. There was no time for words; deeds responded to his animated address. The last onset was tho most vigorous that we had yet sustained. Some platoons of ihe Scotch regiments advanced to the very edge of the ditch, before the troops that had attack ed our left dispersed, and nought shelter among the bushes on their right, or retired to the ditch where they had formed the columns of attack, about six hundred yards from our lines. Our right, and the greater portion of our centre, had as yet sustained no effort of the enemy. The corps destined for this attack had been kept out of view, under the shelter of some large buildings near the road. These troops, in order to avoid the fire of the Louisi ana, whose guns swept the highway, seized a moment when a thick smoke hung over the river, to creep unperceived between the bank and the water line, until they had got very near our extreme right; and then rushing, with resistless impetuosity,- to the unfinished redoubt, they leaped into the ditch, and entered it through the embrasures, putting to the sword ail who attempted to resist. When in possession of that bastion; to their utter dismay, they perceived that it was dis tinct from and unconnected with the main breastwork, which in the rear of it ran into lire river itself, where it was more than five feet deep. The captured work was open on the water side, and Commodore Patterson, as soon as lie saw the British were I hero, poured into the bastion a heavy and destructive fire. Several daring officers, though already wound ed, were seen cheering their men to another assault against the intervening parapet; and Col. Renee had already begun to mount the breastwork, when one of the volunteer rifle men under Col. Beale shot that valiant officer through the head. Deprived of their leader,- these brave soldiers called for quarters, ar.d lad down their arms. The American batte ries nearest the river kept up, all the while, so deadly a fire on the rest oi the column that it fell back in the greatest disorder, leaving the road, the dyke, and the ground near the river, over which it had advanced and now retreat ed,- strewed with heap*- of the slain. This was the las* eflk-rt made by the enemy; nothing remained on the ground of the formi dable host which in the morning marched to the attack with all the pageant and stea uness ‘ of veteran discipline, except a confused mass j of fugitives, throwing away their arms and en- • deavoring to escape by flight from the fright - ; ful slaughter of that bloody field. The uoi-e ‘ of the musketry had now ceased, but the roai* of the cannon, however, continued long after. Our batteries, now free to'act again?!, those of the enemy, which they Iran allowed to play on 1 them while they made deep gaps in the attack ; ing columns, in le’ss the n two hours forced i the artillerists to abandon their dismounted ! guns. A little before nine in the morning, i the firing having entirely ceased on both sides, ; and the smoke no longer obscuring the field ’ of battle, a spectacle wfueh, they “that have beheld it, “itill never forget, was presented to our Eight; .Che whole plain in front of our leit, aim of our extreme right to the water edge, was covers** with the dead and dying. In seine parts of the held, nearest to the wood, l have seen five bodies heaped one over the other; close to tunt spot, a space of two hun dted and fifty yards in length by no more than two ivatic!red in breadth; was completely cov ered with tae bodies of men, either dead or desperately wounded. . Jr art hery until two in the afternoon, hied on the enemy whenever they attempted to rise from the ditch in which they had lain j“ J 1 lor tiielrer. I lie reserve, a corps of two thousand men, who had not been engaged, ’: ere geen drawn op in the ditches in several lines; and wounded men with their arms in songs, were distinctly observed returning u-om the camp where their wounds had been dressed, to j< in their companies, to swell, no doubt, ins number of men under arms, and to add to their appearance of strength.— x precautions showed that the Command mg Cj oner a! feared lest the American army should attach him in his very camp before the troops had recovered from the panic of their leceiit defeat. This, the head-long impetuos ity of American valor would soon have done, but that the prudence of Jackson forbid this dangerous tempting of fortune, after we had already received at her hand far mi re than the most sanguine had ever hoped. f lie result of this battle, even with respect to she actual loss of the vanquished army, is unpieceti tiled in the annals of modern warfare. It exceeded greatly the number of men which tneir adversary had under arms in the field, lne best informed from among the British of ficers v. itl-i whom we conversed when we met during the truce for burying their dead, com puted their loss in the battle to four thousand men. Our whole army at the lines never ex ceeded that number, and on the morning of tlie eighth, detatchments sent to guard the canai 1 lernas, to v. atch the skirts of the woods li(>m the city to the camp, and to reinforce General Morgan’s command on t ho oilier side oi the river, had reduced it to 3,200 men. . J'be American arinv, on that day, only 3,- 200 strong, was attacked by fourteen thou sand veteran troops, trained to war during the iong and bloody war of the Peninsula, togeth ei with two thousand sailors and marines, be hind a breastwork hastily thrown up, and run ning almost in a straight line. It repelled their several assaults, made prisoners of all Who entered the works, and killed, wounded, and took prisoners, eight hundred ’more men than their own number in the battle. That Englishman should wish the memory of so glorious a victory to pass away from the mind ot the nation whose annals it ennobles, we can easily conceive; but that the madness of party feeling should have attempted to filch irom the hero of that day the fame of his high deed, astonishes cotemporaries, and will scarcely be believed by posterity. In tiiis hasty sketch, I could not inscribe the names of the valiant lieutenants of Jack son. ( ofleo, the daring, the unassuming, the soldier without fear, and without reproach, lives only in history. Adair died riot many moths since, but Carrol lives, faithful to friend ship and to principles. I have not allu flf-ul 4.1.-0 ttt/tJou Ull riie right bank of the river. It was a distinct engagement. The enemy, though lie suc ceeded in driving General Morgan from lines ill chosen and feebly defended, failed to ob tain the end they had in view'—to cause Ge neral Jackson th weaken his forces, by send ing reinforcements to his lieutenant. Jackson, born as it were with the genius of war, did not, like his adversary, violate this great maxim o! war, “Ne pas faire de detatch ment ala veille d’une Bataille.” The few men he sent to Morgan were ill armed and in efficient. Packcnham, on the contrary, de prived himself, on the Bth of January, of twelve hundred excellent soldiers, as well as o! the services of one of his best officers.— Jackson, in spite of that demonstration, know ing that a British General would not place such a river as the Mississipjfi, (when it was commanded, too, by his adversary,) between bis army and Ins line of communication with his fleet, remained quiet and as insensible to this initiative of his antagonist to change the seat of operations. The firmness of his attitude, the indiffer ence with which he viewed the show of suc cess exhibited on the right bank of the Mis sissippi, by the victorious detatchrnent under the command of Thornton, convinced General Lambert that the designs of ids predecessor had not worked the end expected from its ex ecution* Aware of the danger of leaving a corps thus isolated, and with such precarious means of transportation as it possessed in the lew boats it hoe at its disposition, this expe rienced chief, eagerly seizing the advantage of a dark night, had their troops brought back to their original position. CONVICTION. A man named John Riley, who has made himself quite notorious by the novelty and dangerous doetrmes which he preaches and practices, was, on Thursday last, convicted in the Court of Quarter Sesßions of this county ol the crime of adultery, and sentenced by his honor Judge Hepburn to one year’s imprison ment, to pay a fine of one hundred and thirty dollars, with costs of prosecution, &.c. At the same time a woman named Mussulman, his paramour and dupe, was convicted of the same ofFmce, and sentenced to six months’ irnpr son merit, and fined one hundred dollars. Riley has been some years an itinerant preacher, and lit s been attached to several de nominations of Christians. lie has been “ driven about by every wind of doctrine,” un til he has at length adopted the monstrous opinions of Theophilus R. Gates, ot Philadel phia,- and lias been engaged for the last six months or so preaching up the doctrine of Christians holding all things in common, even to a promiscuous intercourse of ihe sexes. Strange as it may seem, Riley soon succeeded, even in tins county, in obtaining followers, some of whom were respectable and in good Circumstances. He has already done much rn sclnef by propagating his pestilential doc trines; and as he arrogates to himself some thingof the character and sanctity of a prbphel; and believes himself invulnerable from the attacks ot man, the ignorant and cr dulous; ever ready to embrace any new opinion, were easily deceived by this shallow pretender. The strong arm of the law h- f,- ! i never, interfered, and prevented, wo hope, forever, this deceiver, from doing fm ther harm.— Carlisle (.Pa.) Her ald and idxvositor. From the Charleston Courier. 7’/'” TV n,:,:nglon Adre-rtiser, of Thursday 1-u says — ‘Hue I lon.- Wm: C. Rives has been mooted L. S?. Senator from the State of Virginia, by 0 majority/* Urink us l irgxiua.—Tji. Beockenbeough, Was,-on the 10th inst., re-elected President of this institution by the board of Directors—the vote stood 5 to 3. j Bulwer s new play, called “Money,” has j been produced at the Tremor.t Theatre, Bos - ton, lor the first time in this country. The population of the St. Charles Hotel, | (New Or e n:~,) by a census taken last, week, i was ear 700 inhabitants; enough to stock a j good-sized country vdiage and make considers ’ able of a show at that. fNO. 50.