bugles was heard, announcing his success at another point. Its effect upon the Indians was almost electrical; they gave a horrible yell, and fled in every direction.

The whole force, being now landed and collected, was again formed and led on by General Pike, in person, to attack the enemy's works.They advanced through the woods, and after carrying one battery by assault, in the most gallant manner, moved on in columns towards the main work. The fire of the enemy was soon silenced by our artillery, and a flag of surrender was expected, when a terrible explosion suddenly took place from the British magazine, which had been previously prepared for this purpose. Pike, after aiding in removing a wounded man with his own hands, had sat down on the stump of a tree with a British serjeant, who had been taken, and was employed with Captain Nicholson and one of his aids in examining the prisoner. The explosion was tremendous; an immense quantity of large stones were thrown in every direction with terrible force, and scattered destruction and confusion around among our troops. The General, his aid, Captain Nicholson, and the prisoner, fell together, all, except the aid, mortally wounded. General Pike had been struck on the breast by a heavy stone. Shortly after he received the blow, he said to his wounded aid, "I am mortally wounded-write to my friend Duane, and tell him what you know of the battle, and to comfort my wife." In the same broken manner, he afterwards added several other requests relating to his private affairs.

The command devolved on Colonel Pearce, of the 16th regiment of infantry, who sent a flag to the enemy, demanding an immediate surrender at

discretion. The stipulation that private property should be respected, was the only condition asked, which was unhesitatingly granted. The British General and a part of his troops previously escaped.

The troops were instantly formed again; as a body of them passed by their wounded general, he said, "Push on, brave fellows, and avenge your General." While the surgeons were carrying him out of the field, a tumultuous huzza was heard from our troops; Pike turned his head with an anxious look of inquiry; he was told by a serjeant, "The British union jack is coming down, General-the stars are going up." He heaved a heavy sigh, and smiled. He was then carried on board the commodore's ship, where he lingered for a few hours. Just before he breathed his last, the British standard was brought to him; he made a sign to have it placed under his head, and expired without a groan.

His death was a great public misfortune.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL

LEONARD COVINGTON.

THIS gentleman was born in the State of Maryland, about the 26th of October, 1768. His ancestry was highly respectable, and handed down to their posterity, a valuable landed estate, which devolved, at the decease of his father, on young Covington. His father's name was Levin, and the subject of this memoir was the elder of two sons. In his native State, he received an el

egant english and mathematical, and partial latin education. His pursuit in life, after the death of his father, was designed by his mother to be husbandry, on his patrimonial estate. But his inclination led him to a far different pursuit- the science of war. Defensive warfare is both just and honorable; the study of the art is equally patriotic and useful, when pursued for noble purposes: but he who makes it a profession through life, regardless of the welfare of his country, is the passive slave of tyranny. No such ignoble feelings animated Covington's breast.

He entered the army with a Cornet's commission in the cavalry, shortly after the defeat of General St. Clair, by the Indians, in 1791, near the Miami villages. In the action with the savages near Fort Recovery, his bravery was put to the severest trial. His horse was shot under him. For his conduct and bravery in the severe action on the Miami, which followed, he won the admiration and esteem of his brethren in arms, and the plaudits of his general. After General Wayne had reduced the savages to submission, Covington resigned his post in the army, and retired to his farm, occupying himself with useful pursuits of civic life. The high estimation in which he was held by his fellow-citizens, is best tested by the various stations to which their suffrages elevated him. He was elected to a seat in the Senate of Maryland; a member of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and one of the electors of President and Vice President of the U. S. Being attached firmly to republican principles, his votes and influence was not lost in the elevation of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidential chair.

In the year 1809, when the injuries which Great Britain was heaping upon his country gave rise to the Embargo law, he accepted a LieutenantColonel's commission of the regiment of dragoons, then the only one in the U. S. army. In consequence of his station in Louisiana, he formed an attachment to that newly acquired section of the United States, purchased a plantation on the banks of the Mississippi, not far from Natchez, to which he removed his family.

In the increase of the army, after the commencement of hostilities between the U. S. and Great Britain, in 1812, he was promoted from a Colonel of horse, to the rank of Brigadier-General, and commanded at the Natchez when an invasion was expected in that section of the Union. When the storm had blown over, he repaired to the North ern frontier, where his services were more imme→ diately wanted. With his brigade, he set out with General Wilkinson in his expedition against Montreal, in the autumn of 1813, the failure of which resulted from the conduct of General Hampton, who evaded the consequences by an early resignation.

In the battle of Williamsburg, General Coving ton with his brigade, was ordered, in conjunction with General Swartwout, to out-flank the British if possible, and capture his artillery. Covington, while voluntarily leading a detachment of his brigade to a charge, was mortally wounded, and died in three days afterwards, and was buried with military honours at French Mills, at a place now called Mount Covington, regretted, beloved, and esteemed, by the whole army.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

JOHN CHRYSTIE.

Was the third son of Major James Chrystie, of the Pennsylvania line, who held a high military reputation for his conduct during the revolutionary war, soon after the conclusion of which, the subject of this biographical sketch was born in the city of New-York.

Colonel Chrystie received his academic, and part of his collegiate education at Princeton College, (New-Jersey,) from which he was removed to Columbia College, (New-York,) where he graduated in 1805 or 6. He began then the study of the law, which he relinquished in 1808, for the commission of Lieutenant of Artillery, in the additional troops then to be raised. He was attached to Colonel Simmon's regiment, and was stationed at Oswego, on Lake Ontario, in the State of New-York. There, he commanded a whole winter. The spring following, he was ordered to New-Orleans. From the amiableness of his manners, and the respectability of his talents, he soon attracted the attention of General Wilkinson, who took him into his military family, as his aid. He stood high in the confidence of the principal officers of the army. In the year 1811, finding no prospest of active service, he resigned his commission and re-commenced his legal studies in his native city.

In the commencement of hostilities with Great Britain in 1812, he again entered the service, with the commission of Lieutenant-Colonel of the 13th regiment, Colonel Schuyler, in the army of 25,000, just ordered to be raised by Congress,