Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-06-06
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MISCELLANEOUS.
GREAT BOUNDARY BATTLE.
Now tell us all about the war,
And what they slew each other fort
Somheu'S BLenheim.

And what they slew eacn DINER lott
Il Somhey'S Blenheim.
" The author OF he original Jack Downing
n Letters has been Of late engaged in a cores
rondence from rear the disputed territory,
(, with his brother officer, Gen. Norris, Of the
New York Mirror, the most OF which, under the
4 head of Letters from John Smith Of Smlthvie,
Down East, in the State Of Malne," is comprl-
sed of epises from his son, private in the
border army during the late terrible campaign
4 The following is sketch of dreadful dis
\ charge of musketry over the boundary line
( which must have carried dismay into every
kingdom in England. 1t is told inimitaby.-
"A We must premise that having nothing TO do,
a detachment Of the Maine army, fired with
l yalor, determined to see the boundary line and
I toe the same. Mr.. Virgins clomb tree to get
the first view.
"What upon earth,'' said Sargent Johnson,
'is Billy arter nowF
IA squirrel, guess" said |, ''I'll bet pota-
Toe, Billy has trced squirrel"
When we got along up little nearer, Sar.
gent Johnson called out TO him to know what
he was doing there.
"I'm les! looking off here 10 see if can
see the line" said Billy, stretching his head
way to eastward, and looking with all the eyes
in his head
"Wen, do you see itG" said Sargent John
son.
"See it? no." said Billy, 81 don't see nothing
but woods, and woods, as fur as can See"
Sargent Johnson told him he guessed he
would see it quicker if he was on the ground,
than he would up there. So Billy came down
again, and we logged along Bine-by we came
to tree that had some old spots and marks on
both sides oft. And we looked along, north
and south of this tree, for Sargent johnson says
the line runs due north from the monument,
and we found some more trees marked and spot
ted jest like it.
"Ah," says Sargent Johnson, "wc've found I
il. This is the boundary line; we've got it at {
last. Now look and see if you can see the Brit
sh on t'other side Of it; and let every man hold g
On to his gun and be ready 10 fire, if say the d
word" S
We looked across the line and looked and ID
ooked, but we couldn't see nothin' but trees q
md bushes, and woods and swamps. We hol-
cred across the line as loud as we could hol. %
er, TO see il we could raise any Of the British, u
Dr. we all felt as if we waited to have a brush.
md we thought at first they answered US; but fr
'hen we come 10 boiler again, we found it was
My the echo of our own voices, that come back ly
'om the hills little ways off. So we march pc
along the line two or three miles, but we
ouId'nt sec nor hear nolhin' of nobody. At tn
st we sot down, and got the vctuals cut of on
If knapsacks and eat our dinners and rested Sc
while. When we got ready to start again to Ia
back TO our fort, Sargent Johnson soid we | {
lould give the British our broadside before we
# 'em, just to let 'em know what the Yankee Fl
'ys are made of. So he told us to see that wi
If guns was all right and then he ordered us di;
stand up all in row, and toe the mark, fG-
ng to the British side; and then he gave US hs
I the word n ,
snake ready! take am!--fre!"
"There," says Sargent Johnson, "now can "tI
home contented, war or no war; for we're
ured one good griSt into their territory, and bel
ey may help themselves if they can" ge,
This account, which is doubtless from life, is the
only record Of battle during the whole 8
mpaign. inc