Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-07-11
Miscellaneous.
THE GREAT BOUNDARY BATTLE.
Nuw tel us ali about tlr. wdr,
And what they sew each other fort

And what they Stew each other fort
Soutney'S DirIheim.
Il he author of the original Jack DOcn-
inr Letters has been u lale engaged III 4
CORES, ,Uutence from near the disputed
TERRITORY, with his hrolhrr officer Gen.
MurIs. of Z New urk Mirror, lhe most
o! winch, under the head ui "Leuers from
Johp smith. ui SniIlivillr, Dawn East, IN
the Stale of MaInr,' IS composed Oi epIS-
ties from his sou, a private III The border
army It. rIng the lare terrible coupaisn.
The following is the sketch OF dreadful
discharge Of n,nsketrv over the boundary
line, " hch must have carrie'i dismay mlo
every kingdom; III England. II Is told in
,nllahi\. ,enl,>l promise thar having
uulhins to do dearhmcnl 0i the man
arr. y. fred iI!I valor. determined To see
,he In uudar> Iimr Il Toe the SAME. Mr..
William VI Ig.llls cloulh IA tree to gel the
fir view.
..h hat upon earth, said Sargent john
son, ..is Billy arIrr nov ]!
~ squirrel, guess said |; "l'IIhe, a
I.nralo. BILLY has freed sqIrrrl.
v hrn wrsoI aluu- ur a little nearer,
S;lrnrn, JuIInsuu called uutl0 linn Ia know
hn. TIC Was doing up there.
"lm just il looking oil here 10 see if |
Zee the line" said blllv, Stretching his
read way To ast ward, and looking with
Mi The e\ es in his head.
"N ell, do you see III" said Sargent
Jnhn>nn.
"Sre il! no." said Billy; 81 don't see
nothing hui woods, and wUuds, as fur as |
can ser.r
Sargent Johnson told him he guessed
I,,. UmIt sec IL quicker il hr was On the
round, than he would up Ihr.e. 5" Bill.
iN come down again, ana vi logged along.
tame ~ We come To Il Tree that had snme
u ii marks and spots on TWO sides of it,
INA w looked a!uIrg. n"rlh and south "!
y i Tree, for Sargent johnson .a.d tire line
,:s ,lur murIh from Ihc nCuunemi, and
~, iorrd sunre more trees marked and
>,a,tte,I e>I like ii.
..Ah." says SargcnI Johnson. .!'wc've
und il. THIS is The houu,Inry line; we've
ii u III last. Now hook and >ee if you
I'm see rlc British on 'tuther side of II; and
Irl every man hoEd on ro his gun and be
- ;.ty 10 fire. II >ay lhr w"rd."
We lu,kr,i acr. IS The line. and Looked
q: locked, but We cuDidu'l SEE n0tlnn'
Eur trees and bushes. and woods aud
-wamps. We hoilerrd across 'h line as
:rd as We could hull,r, los, c if we could
rise any of lh' British, for We all felt as
FIVE Wanieh 10 have u brush. And we
tiuugil al Gr.t they answered us: but when
vi. come To hUller again. We found it WIS
-, v the cchn Ol our own voices. Iha come
back from the hills Il llIlr wn,s off'. SO
", marched along the line Two or three
lies, hui we couldn'l ser nor hear nOIhin'
tt nobody. AT last We sol down. and gOl
,r,r ,Icruals out of our knapsacks aud eat
uur dinners ami rested while. " hen
sc got ready Ia start again to g" back ~
~ fort. Sargent Johnson said we should
eve the British one hrnad>ide hrlnre We
iclt 'rnl. jest 10 let 'em knnw what The
Yankee boys are made of. SO he to'l US
10 see that our guns was all tight; anil then
ire or cred us to stand up all in a row,
aud Toe The line. faciue TO the British side;
"nd then we give us of the word
''Nlake ready! take ailn.--fre?''
"There," SAYS Sergeant Johnson, "now
can go home cOnienicd, war or no war;
for we'ue poured one good grist into their
territory. and they may help themselves If
ihry can"
Tbs accownl. which is doubtless from
u,. is tnr only record of battle during
the whole campaign.