Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              LX-tiiiH ■'*' 1-r im JE-i — - ----- ' "'L~~L 'J — y i AND SUSQUEHANNA ur./)U ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. 315®rtkltj Jhto0po|itr--(l)ttniMi ta J-Stur®. literature, flit JMmtmtilr, mining, Bltrjiniriml, atitr agriralntal Snterat® of tlie .tfmmtrtj, Hitalrttrtion, Slmtwmttit, kt. )-Cmn Dollra fDtr Start®. VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 20. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1852. WHOLE NUMBER 124.! TBE PITTSTON GAZETTE, among the bushes quick as possible, while tlie Indian crawled stealthily'to a position somewhat more advanced, concealing him. self behind the trunk of a fallen tree. He had enjoined upon them not to fire or make any noise until thev should receive Irom him a certain signal. For some distance forward from where he lay, the woods were tolerably clear ol underbrush, and a kind of path which skirted the bai:k of the river, crossed the creek near its tnouih, ten rods from where the concealed soldiers were hid. From the position the Indian occupied, this path was in full view In order to cross the stream, anyone fjoing along that path had to dcscend about ten feet almost perpendicularly ; so that while he was in the bed of the brook, he eould not be seen by who should happen to be any distance behind. The soldiers had not remained in am bush long, when by a quick sign, the scout gavothetn to understand tha'.sorne one was approaching. They soon saw an Indj/ui coming at a rapid but silent pace along towards the crossing. He had but just got clearly in view, when at a distance of a. bout two rods behind, appeared unothor uud so on to the buiiiImw of seven. Tltvy were ail in war paint, and armed with ti- they finally beat a retreat and drew off into the woods again. The check was all (hat could have been desired. That force was- ftyt'aaghged during the'battle-of Phutoburg ; and afler learning the disastrous fate of the day, it made a precipitate .rctrfeal norlhwurd into Canada. - "If that's what you're arter," shouted Jack, tMishpathiog his big bowie, and springing bock over the counter, "here'tr what 'II give you a ladLq full." Myers stift kepi" the revolver presented, but his hartd sHook like a leaf in the tempett, aiiri hia very lips grew white with terror, and l.is very Jeet involuntarily retreatcd buckwards by short, quivering steps.— The two feelings, physical fear, and moral courage, were struggling for the mastery, lie was endeavoring to act bravely, but his nerves refused tlj'eir concurrence, and he remained, so to speak, in equipoise—totally incapable of acting at all. He was impotent to fight, and as powerless to fly. There was no stich hesitation in the conduct of Jack Warthawk. B-andishing his knife in his right Jiand. he seized tiie floiv. ing locks of Myers in his lett, arid roared at Clio top of hitt.lungs—'-Down, coward, down on your marrow boni s, or by the blue blazes, I'll cut J'0j»r tfiioat J" Incredible as i( rnjiy seem, Myers, still \ holding his dea'Iiv rnvolVcr, loaded with *i.\ rounds, cowertd to the floor like a beatefi l otrnd, and bfggtd most ptteouVly for Ilia !i|o»—». piaytfj which the mocking hull, bree'i] granted, on condition tiiat ho Mjould (real the crowd liDi a whole week. ing wi;h dark, yawning muzzles on the sftnd, in their hands. of dust rolling around their horses feet— the long line of flashing helmets and tho lorcst ol shaking sabres all over, gave them a most terrible aspect as they swept onward. The shock in the centre shook the field ; and the two parties ceased their firing lo witness the issue. The cannonier leaned 011 his gun. and the soldier stooped over his musket, absorbed in the spectacle; whjle in tho first rude meeting horses and riders, by scores and hundreds rolled on the plain. They commenced one of those fierce hand to hand fights so seldom witneased botween cavalry. In the first heavy shock one body or the other gives way, and in a few minutes decide which is the successful charge But here it was like two waves of equal strength, and volume, and velocity, meeting over each oilier as they struggle for the mastery. The sud- j Hon silencc that fell over the fields as the ! two armies ceased firing, added t) the ter- j ror of the scene. The sight wns new. even to these veteran troops. They were ; Accustomed to the tumult and uproar of j battle, where tho thunder of cannon, and j tho rutile of musketry, and tho shock of cavalry aro mingled in wild confusion.— But tliero was nothing heard but the clear ring of steel, save when their trumpets gave their blast. hundred oannon were wheeled around fho spot on which suoh destinies hung, and opened a steady fire upon the -approaching column. Macdonald immediately ordered a hundred oannon to precede him, and an. swer the Austrian batteries, that swept iv. ery inch of ground like a storm of slefet. The canoniers mounted their horses, and starting on * rapid trot with their hundred pieces, approached to within half rtinnou shot, and tliec opened on the enemy's ranks. The column head, belching forth fire, l8o some huge monster, steadily advanced.— The Austrians fell back, and closed in on each other, knowing that the final struggle had come. At this crisis of the battle, nothing could exceed the sublimity and terror of the sccne. The whole interest of the battle was concentrated here, where the incessant and rapid roll'of capnon told how desperate was trie conflfct. Still Maodonald his numbers were diminishing, and the fierce battery at his head was gradually becoming silent. Enveloped in the fire of its antagonist, the guns had one by one been dismounted, and at the distance of a mile and a half from the spot where he had started on his awful mission, Macdonald found himself without a protecting battery, (ind the centre still unbroken. Marching over the wreck of his guns, and pushing the naked head of his column into the open liald, and into thede. vouring cross fire of the Austrian artille. ry, he continued to advance. The carnage then became terrible. At dVery discharge the head of tRat column appeared as If it sank into the earth, while the outer ranks, on either bide, melted away like snow wreaths on the river's brink. No pan can describe the intense anviety with which Napoleon Watched its progress. On just 6Uoh a charge rested his em pi lie at Waterloo, and in its failure his doom was Sealed. But all the lion in Macdonald's nature was aroused, and he had resolved to execute the dread task given him, or fall on the field. Still he towered unhurt amid his falling guard, and with hia eve fixed heavily on the enemy'a centra, moved sternly on. At the close and fierce discharges of these cross batteries on its mangled head, that column would sometimes stop and stag, ger back, like some strong ship whon smitten by a wave ; the n»xt moment the drums would beat their hurried charge, and the calm, steady voice of Macdonald ring back through his exhausted ranks nerving them to the desperate valor that filled his own spirit. Never before was such a charge made, and it seemed every moment that the torn and mangled mass must break and fly. The Austrian cannon are gradually | wheeled around, till they stretch away in i two parallel lines, like walla of fire,' On each side of this band of heroes, and hurl an incessant tempest of lead against their bosoms. But the stern warriors close in, and fill up the frightful gaps made at every discharge, and still press forward. Mactionald has communicated his own settled resolve to conquer or die, to his devoted .followers. There the excitemeut—-no enthusiasm, such as Murat was wont to infuse into his men, when pouring on the enemy his terrible cavalry. No criee CDf "Vive I'Emperrur f" are heard along the linesj but in their place ah unalterable resolution that nothing but annihilation can shake. The eyes of the srmy and of the world are on them, and they carry Napoleon's fate as they go. But human strength hath its limits, and human effort the spot where it ceases forever. No living man could have carried that column to where it stands but the iron hearted leader at its head. But now he halts and casts his eyo over his little surviving band that stands all alone in the midst of the enemy. He looks back on his path, and as far as the eye can reach, he sees the course of his heroes by the black swath of dead men that stretches like a huge serpent over the plain. Out of the sixteen thousand men with which he started, but fifteen hundred are left beside him. Ten out of every eleven have fallen, and here at length the tired hero pauses, and surveys with a stern and alixious eye lii-C few remaining followers. The heart of Napoleon-stops beating it the sight, and well it may, for his throne ia where Macdonald stands, tie bears the empire on hia single brave heart—he is the empire. Shall he turn at last, and sound the retreat ?— The fate of nations wavers to and fro, for, like a speck in the distance, Macdonald ia seen still to pause, while the cannon arc piling the dead in heaps around him.— "Will he turn and fly V is the secret and agonising question Napoleon puts to himself. No! he ia worthy of the mighty trust committed to him. The Empire stands or falls with him, but shall stand while he stands. Looking away to the spot where his Emperor aits, he seta the dark masses of the Old Guard in motion, and the shining helmets of the brave cuirassers sweeping to his relief. "Forward!" breaks from his iron lips. The roll of drums and the pealing sf trumpets answer the volley that smites that exhausted**.*!- umD, and the next instant it ia seen piercingthe Austrian centre. The dav is won —the Empire saved—and the whele Austrian army ia in full retreat. MHMkam Anthracite Journal rCBUSHSD WEEKLY BV m. M. RICtf ART 8 H. s. PHILLIPS. AND The spectators were much astonished at llie strong contrast exhibited by their appearance. Gen. Cole was an old, experi. enced duellist, who had shot his man before he was eighteen, and had often been engaged in affairs of the kind. M.. W—l nil of M*i» Street, teetnd Mny »/ (*« "Lent iir," ,/ Mixer «- W-i. It was noticed that as soon as the enven Hurons were slain, Stockbridge liauk seemed to tuko no further interest in the fray. Shortly alter the firing commenced, he disappeared and did not accompany the soldiers baek to the army. The next dny, however, ha appeared again "before the officer, accoutred as at the time of his arrival in (he camp, but with the addition of seven bloody scalps attached to his belt, and with the warpaint washed from his face. His mission seemed to he accomplished. D On the contrary, Myers was unacquainted with firearms, and had always hitherto been deemed an unmitigated poltroon. And yet, singular to record, the duellist stood up pale and agitated, almost trembling ; while the reputed coward was calm, firm, steady as a rock, with that appaliug smile on his lips, and a few scattered tear drops gleaming in the sunlight, on his cheek. TitKBSlilSSSU nSEhss * 8sr^ssL\ ? rK .«irrirrt Maurtmfnt of Jo. Ttjs, which wlll .n. iu«. .7n«u"in th. ueateit .vvlr, vr.ry variety of fxtntlnf.  POETRY. Gen. Cole'ssccond gave the word. Firo —one—two—three! He needed no!, however, to count's" many, for with the echo of the word''fire" Myers elevated his piece as quick as thought, and fired. There was a tremendous roar, and Gen. Cole, tlio duellist, fell dear!. His head was pierced w ith twenty buckshot. Froa the !,onl»vil!« Joornnl. THE EXCELLENCE OF LABOR, He was thanked for his and received promises of a liberal reward. To all that was said lie remained a silent listener, afid only pointed to the glorious tropities which (to wore seeming to signify thai they were suflkiient compensation, In truth like Huron was hik hereditary U"\ and lie had been lighting in8tiniftivi.lv (of the tradition of his fathers. BV M. tD. ». PIIINDI EIt ilk Ubgr«r ' heading o'et th; toll. With riroctl heart and motmoiiwl hf«" II,J wcrk tihotj-; IU»"« lurm«ll U Ml of iMtnilg, tvw nv"". No one ever agoin culled Myers « cowhi 'J iti Arknnsus—-no 011c oven I liov»j»lii of the term, a* his shadow gleamed by in the sunlight. lie had taken his degrees in the college ol desperation, and his diploma was written in blood. Cf i«»t not Hint M» 'hj fme to |i» Ubor hard tlij daily breed : tb, nkw «III mm the lium On *»tur«'a *t*ff ifio wiefireml. A f'ter thft second visit lib was never fleC and tomahawks. The soldiers were all attention to llic movements of their guide, expecting ev«:ry moment to receive again seen in the army. The stury of rtiis exploit was long the lulk and ttomiei of the camp. From that time \ho unfortunate Myers was subjected to every species of insult and outrage. Thn loafers would pull his nose Ibr mere uuinsciiicnl, the hull-breeds wou!d spit iri his face to mako hint treat, and Gen. Cole, when intoxicated, would strike hiit) with bis cane, to cure him ol bis cowardice, as'be f.nid. The poor grocery keeper bore all these indignities with tLr patience of a martyr, oni would sometimes meekly* remonstrate. '•Gentlemen, it is ungenerous to abuse me thus, lor I confess I have no courage —1 cannot light." This continued for a whole year,- when a .change occurred thut caused the irisulters to rue their ignoble persecutions. He hid n beautiful wife, whom he loved with the tenderest passion. One day, when the husband was absent, the hideous half-breed, Jack VVarhawk, instigated to the damning deed by the persuasion ofCen. Cole, wcd! to the grocery keeper's private residence and maltreated l is ladv in the must shameful It was not the noise of a battle-field but that of ten thousand anvils ringing under the fierce stroke of the hammer. The sun went down on the struggle, and hi# farewell rays glanced over swaying helmets and countless uabros crossing each other like lightning in the air. Twilight deepened over the field, and then it was one broad gleam of light above the Strugglirig host, as the fire flaw beneath their rapid stroke*. The stars came out upon the sky, but their rays were dimmed by the dazzling sparks, as swords crossed swords or glanced from steel armor—and at length the quiet moon came sailing io beauty up thejheavens and shed her reproving light on the strife. But nothing oould arrest the enraged combaiiant*. Fighting in the light of their own flashing steel, they saw neither moon nor stars. Thai nit mnet tnV"ii, *11 nwt D"•*. To Hami'l wrru »M wlw. deer-e. Ard *eru o»b J-CT • »C•« ■Hart brw» ? l or UlUmtmli uli-ery. lie became a politician of great notoriet—a leader in that section of the Stale; was repeatedly elected to the Legislature, where he acquired distinction by his talent and still more by his fearless daring ; and he is said yet to be in the progress of ascent.!®! having recently obtained the commission of Major General in „the militia. We may expect l«fore* long to see his name in the roll of Members of Congross. Nature made him a coward ; love for his insulted wife rendered him brave; and braverv has conferred honor. the signal to fire To their surprise, how ever, they saw him lay down his gun, and | draw frorq beneath the log a long and pow. i erful bow, and a bundle of flint-headed, ' sharp pointed arrows. He then turned him; self about under the log, until he faced the ' pass in the :reek. The Aikansas Coward •ay ta thiD rich man li»|Dpy. "ho, ThoMgii frtiiryim every et»ae. To ■MlaM'a Itollcai I** utitrw. i-pend* alt hi« Itfe In ili'tutrlww V The beautiful little town of \ .in Burr.ii, on the Arkansas river, near the Cherokee line, during its early history, was lamjus fur the number and ferocity of ils dgspcrii. does; being the principal meridian tind focuh of adventurers who had found it necessary kD change their domicil from latirl.s governed under the (.dministration of a rig. id arimlnal code. The hall-breed ''braves" from the Cherokee nation also flocked to the same site to drink, carouse, take n Imnd at cards, and exhibit their powers in sin. guinarv "set-tos"' with pistols and long Univps. Such a state of society may be imagined—it cannit be described. Not a sun performed its circuit that did not wit. ness some dreadful single combat with or without murderous weapons, while now and then dozens at a time by mutual agreemem marched from the runt *hop to the public square, and there engaged hi in Drtal strTfe, g«*e uj»on hli ctro-w«.rn fac*-, Ao(l caicli *yc to cold ai»CJ dim ; diMimtcTi'i'd fc-iur# iriuv, And («U lut If jrou envy him 1 The strange Indians appeared to move ; forward without the least hesitation or susj picion. The foremost of them on coming : to the creek, dropped at once down lo cross It. At this moment the guide wasobserv. ! ed to draw in his bow wiih a quick and powerful effort; and so rapidly as almost i lo eludo the sight, an arrow was HDod on : its mission of death. The stranger was seen to drop in the middle of the brook, ! and not a cry issued from his mouth.— ' Quick as lightning the Mohican adjusted an arrow to hi* bow, so that as soon at the second Il'iron had dropped down to cros* [ the 3tream, he'too was observed to reel and fall without n groan. S*'u t no' lhC-y ouly can tw bl«»t Who pMlmrily whtto here th.j «!•»,» FuUtltiHg IltAveii'* high Toil p#U«ii!t) from day to day. * Then labw (in ttwd fil.'.ld of IoU t Work art t. it. y hs uJ»—hy bet J- .hy t«i Maa'a glut ion* dmtlAy fulfill, lit purcat wi u» Un« impart. fiU.t what tath mniwj hwir ehuJ C**«. Oh: with whtt antltoyed deltjht Mayi't thou lUjr p»M«fal hen^ And a. -niily sWkp :ho ttvilong night. Vat, U'.nac Utot ftna to rait Wk*» aillhtr IraaUh nur f ff»ar aan glrc ihe par#, tte qutet braaal. tasi natuu'a belt re«toi»t!v^. All hall to Mm trko nndemtndi Aal iMt tka»«k fcaiwlato da ; but «oa to ion? who fbtd thstr hand* - Tc Z j4 o»d to llu nirelvai untr.ic t Cavalry Action at Eckmuhl The battle at Eckmuhl, where Davoust earned the title of Prince, was distinguished by one cf the fiercest cavalry actions on record, and as described by Stintenheim, Pelet and others, must have been a magnificent spectacle. At length the ringing strokes grew fainter and fainter, and that dark mass canopied with fire of its own making, seemed to waver to and fro in the gloom ; and then the heavy tramp of rushing stpeds was heard. The Austrian* after leaving twothird® of their entire number stretched on the plain broke and flpd, and horses and liders lay piled together in heaps on the rent and trodden plain. Latines who had rtcently arrived from Spain, took command of two of his divisions, and with two such leaders, the renowned caips could not well fail of victoiy. Coming from Landshut, where he had been victorious the day before, Davoust and his brave troops ascended the slope whose summit looked down on the villages ol Lckmuhl and Laichfing. It was a spring noon, and that green valley lay smiling before thein as if fresh from the hands of its Creator. Embosomed in trees, and gardens, and winding streams, it seemed too sncred to be trampled by the hoof of war. But though no olangor of trumpets broke its repose, und the trees shook their green tops in the passing breeze, and the meadows spread away like carpets from the banks of the streams, and here and there the quiet herds were cropping the fresh herbage or reclining under the cool shade ; yet there was an omnious stillnes* iu the fields. No husbandman, was driving his plow, and no groups of peasants were seen going to their toil; but thut bright valley seemed holding its breath in expectation of some fearful catastrophe. Banners were silently fluttering in the breeze ; and in tlio opening ol the, woods, glittering bayonets und helmets, for the Archduke charles was there with his army, waiting the approach of the enemy. Napoleon gazed long and anxiously on the scene, and then issued his orders for the attack. Davoust came fiercely down on the left while Lannes, with two divisions of his corps, assailed the village in front. In a moment all was uproar and confusion. The roar of artillery, the rolling fire of the infantry ; and the heavy shock of cavalry, made that village tremble as if on the breast of a volcano. In a few minutes the shouts of Davoust's column were heard over the noise of the battle as they drove the enemy before them. I lis success and that of Lannes together, had so completely turned the "Archduke's" left that tie was compelled to order a retreat. The streets of Echmuhl were strewn with the dead, and the green meadows plowed up by the artillery, were red with flowing blood. manner Mvein returned home to find his beloved one drowned, as it were, in tears. Me heard the harrow igg talc without external manifestations of linger or emotion. His face, it betumo somewhat pale— his lip* quivered an iuslupt, and then settled into an expression rigid as a mouth of ir.Dn, and his wild black eye, it may be, shot a few more beams of pc-tietrutihg fire; but he did not mutter curses. He spoke not a whisper of menace; he did not console or even sympathize with his afllioled wife, lie only urined himself w ith a bowie knife, fourteen inches in the blade, from hilt to point, and started for the village. Iii the same manner was the third and the fourth, and the fiflh Huron pierced as lie leaped into th* fatal ditch. They were so close to each other and the whole scenc passed w iih such miraculous .silence and rapidity, 'hat neither of them had observed the fate of his comrades until ho met his own. Ti.e sixth Indian, however, being a little more behind than the others, seemed to be somewhut surprised that he did not see them in view on the opposite bank.— For this reason he descended into the gully irith a little morn hesitation. He was immediately awaro ol the horrible fate that had arrested their steps and silenced their tongues, lie endeavored to recoil, but it was already t(/o late. A fatal missive was also 011 the wing for him. He was struck like the rest, but not with immediate death, and,lie had time to raise into the depths of the forestsono of those appalling yells ol warning and of rage w hich announces among the people of his race, the pres. enco of the mortal danger*- • At this peiiod Thomas A. Mjt.ks C n,ii. grated to Arltansas,™and opened a large grocery store in Van Huren, acting himself as keeper and retailer. Such an occupation ut that time required a man of th» most determined courage, as the store had always a back roomor;died attached,-especially appropriated to gambling, both by day and by uiglft, and where the player* were supplied with toe choicest liquors ut the bar, and would be suro to buliy the grocer out of' his rifhsoimble charge*, unless restrained by fear. am incident, IS THE WAR OF 1SH The next day tha victorious army was al the gates ol Ratsibon Head ley. At the battle of Plat»«Burg. in 1512, durintf the 4ifD end uproar of the henry can DOnftd* oa Iftks and land, there appeared before the commanding officer nn unknown Indian, e!«d In the wildest snvajp costume, covered with war point, and tinned to '.lie teeth, wtjo gave information of the approach ihrough the woods on the south bank ol the S;iranae, oi a con.siderahle body of the British, accompanied by a small band ol Hurons, or Canada Indians, who acted ns guides and scoots. It if well knoivn that tine column of the British nnnv. under command of General fliistyme. had approached from the west along the Beekmantown roud, to the north of theSaranac. The American army was now entrenched on the sotnh bank, in the nwHe formed by the river and lake. It will, therelore be readily understood that the approach of this new force would place the Americans in a position sufficiently critical, to say nothing of the dangers to which they were already exposed. The information brought by the savage was too important lobe wholly slighted; and yet caine in too suspicious a manner to bo wholly trusted. The officer, therefore, thought it be»t to interrogate the mesgenger.•Who are you, my friend V said he. Macdonald's Charge at Wagram* EY J. T. HEADLV Early in the morning the Anstrians, taking advantage of their success the day befort-, commenced the attack, and the thuiider of their guns at daylighj brought Napoleon to the saddle. The field was again alive with charging squadrons and covered with the smoke ol battle. From daylight till near noon had the conflict raged without a moment's cessation. Every where except against the Austrian's left the French were defeated. From the steeples ol Vienna the people gazed on the progress of the doubtful fight, till they heard the cheers of their "countrymen above the roar of canon, driving the flying enemy before thein, when they shouted in joy, and bilieved the victory gained. But Napoleon galloped up, and restoring order in the disordered lines, ordered Davoust to make a circuit, and ascending the plateau of VVagram, carrv Neusidel. While waiting the result of this movement on the success of which depended all his future operations, the French lines under Napoleon's immediate charge were exposed to a most scourging fire from the enemy's artiillerv which tore them into fragments.— Unable to advance, and too distant to re. turn the fire, they were compelled to stand as idle spectators, 6nd see the canonshot plougn through them. Whole battalions, driven frantic by this inaction in the midst of such fearful carnage and fled— But everything depended on I he iufantry holding firmly their position till the effect ot Davous.'s assault was seen. Yet nothing but Napoleon's heroic bravery kept them steady. Mounted on his milk.white charger,'Euphrates, given him by the king of Persia, he slowly rodo backward and forward before the lines, while the cannon balls whistled and rattled like hail stones about him—casting ever and anon an anxious look toward the spot where Davoust was expected to appear with his fifty thousand brave followers. For a whole hour, he thus rode in front of his men, and though they expected every moment to see him shattered by a cannon ball, he moved unscathed amid the storm. At length Davoust was seen charging like fire over the plateau of Wagram, and finally appear with his cannon on the farther side ol Nejj. siedel. In a moment the plateau was covered with smoke, as he opened with his artillery on the exposed ranks of the enemy. A smite lighted up Napoleon's countenance, and the brow that nad been kuit like iron during the deadly strife of the two hours before, as woro was constantly brought him of his successive losses, and the steady progress of the Austt ians, cleared up, and he ordered Macdonald, with eight battalions, to march straight on the enemy's centre and pierce it. For o while, however, Myers succeeded nJntirablv. The half-breeds, loafers, and •'chartered fighters," us they called themselvps, held a caucus and unanimously voted that the new comer was a dangerous su!.jC ct, and bud better be let alone. This verdict was altogether owing to the stranrr. er's personal appearance, which was as military as might well be conceived. Tall, manly and symmetrical in shape, with great endowments, both in strength ami ability, ho would have had few eqiirtls iu the arms of naked nature. But by tlio cunning Inventions ol art, iron, steel, and lead—ihc thundei and lightning of gunpowder are made to fight lor the feeblest bosom ;■ and thus dwarfs and giants, provi. ded they are alike the heirs ol true courage, now stand on the same dead level. It was believed also that Myers possessed the resolute will to handle these awful engines of destruction where life and death hung on the touch of a trigger. Ilis countenance betokened the perfection ol bravery. Hi* face wore generally a slern expression, and when it melted into a smile, the smile seemed sterner still. His eyes were exceedingly black, wild, penetrating, and restless, and had tliat cold, gleaming, metallic look which niay be regarded as the surest sign of desperation. Besides, he carried an appaling supply of pistols, and a howie knife fourteen inches in the blade. Hence, everybody was respectful and obliging to the ostensible hero for a period ol several weeks, during which an unusual calm reigned in the village. At length a terrible aflray'occurrcd ut Myers' grocery. Half a dozen firearms exploded in quick succession, and the dealening roar so frightened the keeper thai he took to his heels and fled from his own establishment. This fact settled public opinion as to his character. He came in sight of his enemy, then promenading the public square, and boasting ot lii.s villainous achievement. At this \iaiqn, Myers' lip curled into a horrid sinile, and hit,- dark eyes molted in u flood of tears. Ho approached till he stood nearly touching the half-breed, and then said, in a hissing whisper— ••Wretch! bo quick, draw ! for by Saint Paul, one of us must die !" The soldiers looked upon this fearful scene in astonished silence, entrance.! by the murderous magic which look place before them. When the stillness and the spell were brokep by that warning cry, they expected to see the wood swarming with hostile savages. None, however, ap. pearcd ; and when the echo had died awnv they looked in vain for the seventh and the last of the Ilurons. He had vanished as if swallowed up in the earth. of him was visible—no sound of retreating foot steps was audible. The Mohican, however, still kept his position behind the log itself, but with his fiery eves bent in quick and searching glances in almost every direction at once. He was obviously at fault, as well as the rest. No one dared to more or speak above his breath. There was something awful in the my slcrious and sudden disappearance. And lie waited tiU the other should be reaily for llio strife on equal terms. [Ie did not have to wait long, for Jack, understanding the'cold, glittering*, snaky smile, and those hot, gushing tears, as the certain tokens of murderous madness, immediately unsheathed his weapon nt the same moment with his adversary, and they began the furious combat, which was  ded. Myers parried the furious blows  iIiq hateful half breed, and then, grasping his foe's clothing with his left hand, with the other plunged his knife up to the hill in his ljeart. The Cherokee expired without a groan. ' Mohican,' was the laconic reply 'What is your lumei' And now the inward and terrible passions of Myers found vent in appalling explosions. His curses were fearful to hear —ho spurned his fallen enemy with his foot, and wished aloud that he had a hundred lives, so thai ho might enjoy the pleasure of killii.g him a hundred times over, [lis wrath then changed for his other insuiters. He (lew at the loafer Bill Green, and lore out his soap locks by handfuls.— He sprang upon Gen. Cole, and pulled his nose till it was flattened between his fingers—all the while with that gory knife dripping with blood in his right hand. His enemies were so taken by surprise, terrorstricken, stupefied, that for a space they seemed utterly incapable of voluntary motion.' Stockbridge Hank,' answered the stran ger. *' Where did you come from, and why are you here V pursued the officer. « Indian came from the Dutch rivers.' replied he. The silencc continued for some ten min. utes, when the sharp crack of a ride was heard, and the Mohican sprang to his feet with the blood streaming down one side ol his face. His only exclamation was an emphatic "Ugh!*" In an instant the fatal bow and arrow wire again in requisition, and his face toward the Indian, he sent another arrow on its mortal minion. The soldiers heard a alight scrabbling overhead, and on looking up they saw the Huron falling through the limbs of a neighboring tree. Into this he»had the address to swing himself up, unseen by his enemies, during the momentary confusion occasioned by the warning cry of his companion. From tha' perch he had soon discovered the lurking place of the Mohican, and, bpnt upon vengeance, had immediately fired at him, without considering, and perhaps without caring, whether or not enemies were near. The imprudence cost him his life : and withal, he had only succeeded in inflicting upon the Mohican a slight wound in the temple. ' Bu t why are you here, I say V ' Why are the Minfcoes in the woods? can the captain tell me that V replied the savage, his eyes flashing fire. Napoleon then directed an advance of the whole line. The Archduke retired behind Egloisheim, where he had plunted powerful batteries, curtained in front by twelve sqiudrons of heavy armed cuirassiers and a cloud of hussars. The French infantry, in hot pursuit, paused as they saw this living wall rise before tliein.— Napoleon then ordered up his own cavalry to fall upon them. The hussars on both sides charged first while the cuirassiers looked on. After witnessing charge after charge, leaving victory io the hands of neither party, the Austrian curiassiers put themselves in motion. The trumpets sounded the charge—thousands of helmets rose and f«!l nt the blast—the plain shook with ihe mulHed tread of the advancing host, am! the next moment they burst with the sound of thunder on the French hussars—scattering them like pebbles from their feet; and sweeping in one broad resistless wave over the field, bore down with their terrible front on the French infanty. But there was a counterblast of trumpets, and 'ueforo the startling echoes had died away, Napoleon's resistless cuirassiers emerged into view. Spurring their steeds into a trot, and then into a headlong gallop, with their plumes and banners floating back in tho breezu, they swept forward to lh? shock. The spectacle was 6Ublime, and ench army held its breath in awe as these warlike hosts went rushiog on each other. Thyir dark maweu looked like two thunder-cluuds riding oppoaita hurricanes, oni meeting in mid henvpn. Tho  'Does anybody know this person?' asked the officer, turning to the bystanders; but no one replied, for no one knew him. ' What do you want me to do then V said the officer to the Indian still suspicious.'Take four, seven, ten soldiers,' replied the ravage, holding up both hands, and spreading his fingers. ' Me take 'em and w4it for Mingoes in the woods." The cownrd had suddenly become the bravest ol the biuve. The equipoise of opposite feeling was destroyed forever ; the sheer power of pure will had conquered physical fear. "What a chicken-hearted coward, tC\ run from his own castle," exclaimed General Cole, the Napoleon of frontier duellests and gamblers. ' He's right, by Jove!' exclaimed the officer. ' The men are too few to have an ambueb laid far them, and we need a picket of that kind. The red skin must be friendly, a.'ter all. Let nine picked men, headed by a corporal, go with him ; but lei them be watchful and keep on their {ruard, and lei me be informed of the first approach of any enemy in that direction." The officer turned away. The men were quickly detailed, and euided by the Indian they took their silent wav in the wnoris, up the south bank of the Saranac, down which the new hostile force was re. ported to be coming. They moved forward rapidly for about half an hour, when th® Indian bpjDan to proceed with more Cau. tion, and to listen for every unusual sound that disturbed the forest. At last putting his ear close to the ground, he limened for a moment, and then quickly rising up, he made a rapid sign for the soldiers to betake themselves to a neighboring thicket which bordered • small creek flowing into the ri. Y*r. The men concealed themselves "Why, he hasn't the spunk of n dead possum!" lisped Bill Green, the dandy loafer, combing his soap locks with his long rosy nails. Does uny one doubt this strange story ? Let him address a letter of inquiry to the Hon. G. VV. Pachbl, of Van I3uren, late Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and the fullest confirmation can be obtained."Let's drink liis liquor, and smoke his cigars, and not pay for 'em, 'cause ax how he's a coward !" said Jack VVarhawk, a huge half; breed ; and having enunuiutud this enythemene of genuine Cherokee logic, Jack leaped over the counter, and began ip fill glasses and hand outcigars, cry. '»£—'.'Toast to the world has chickens of the while leather." On the srnne evening Gen. Cole called a special council of his friends, to consult on the course ho should pursue. There was but one opinion—that as he had bD'en insulted by a direct and gross public indignity, he must call his foe to the field of honor. Accordingly, on tlje, following day a challenge was despatched, which Myers promptly accepted, aud fixed lh« time ft noon of the same day—the weapons to bo double-barreled shot guns—distance, ten paces. The scene, however, now rapidly changed. Shortly after the report of the rifle, the distant heavy tramp of a body of regular troops was heard approaching through the woods. They, too, plunged into the fatal pass, and met with a like buf not equally bloodless reception, by the soldiers in ambush. This time it was the rifle that did the business. The advancing column, however, was composed of veterans who for a few moments seemed to push forward into the abyss where their comrades and guides were lying wounded and dead ; but as they were ignorant of the strength of the concealed enemy, and could hardly even tell from what direction the dsngrr cnmr. Sucli was the battle of Wagram, and such the charge of McDonald. 1 know of nothing equal to it, except Ney'a charge at Waterloo, and that was not equal, to. cause he failed. The firing in the grocery having censed for more than an hour, being replaced by a din of the most boisterous inirth, Myers, by v great effort, mustered the spirit to return. He found the customers helping themselves with a vengeance, nod thought lo overcome them by the assumption of heroic airs. He snatched his revolver from his pocket, and pointing it at Warhaw k's breast, siornlv ordered him to lenvo tho On riding ove/ the victorious field, Bonaparte came where McDonald stood amid his troops. As hi* eye fell on the calm and colleeted hero, he stopped, And holding out his hand, said, " Shake hands, McDonal—no more hatrrf between us—toe mutt henceforth be friends, aD«d as a pledge of my sincerity, I will send your Marshal s staff, iehicii you have so gloriously earned." The franknasa tod kindness of Napoleon- effected whntsU his neglect oldritw hsd ! Thii formed the crisis of the battle, and no sooner did the Archduke see the movement of this terrible column of eight battalions, composed of sixteen thousand men upon hi* centre, than he knew that the hour of Europe's destiny and of his own army had arrived. He immediately doubled his lines at the threatened point, and brought up thCD f«*«rvo cavalry,  ———■— ■—■ —— -- The parties met on tho sand bench, upon the bank of the river, above the village ; and hundreds collected to - ituess the issue. Tho mortaj belligerents were placed in position by thvir scconils, and tho death-dealing gnns- ciprntgy doulD!o turrets—ra*t- ho.lSt;