THE following pages are principally written by the pen of the hero of our age, that pure-hearted manthat devoted patriot, and noble, generous, and disinterested philanthropistthat spirited, undaunted, and indomitable warrior, whose splendid deeds have dazzled the world, and whose career, according to his own recent declaration, will be brought to its close by a final triumph, for which he is now preparing, to be gained early in the present year.