The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-06-18

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The annals Of Roman or Grecan history will
hardly furnish reply to equal, in grandeur and
sublimity, this of The unlltored Indian.--JMer-
camille Journal.
THE GREAT BOUNDARY BATTLE.
Now tell us all about the war;
And what they slew each other for.
.... SouTHEy's BLENHEIM.
The author Of the original Jack Do,oning's
Letters has been Of late engaged in cores
poudence from the disputed territory, with
his brother officer, Gen. Morris, of the New Y.
Mirror, the most Of which, under the head of
Letters from John Smith, of Smithviile, Down
East in the State of Maine,' is composed Of g.
pistles from his son, private in the border ar
my during the late terrible campaign
The following is the sketch Of n dreadful dis
charge of inusketry the boundary line,
which must have carried dismay into every
kingdom in Europe 1t is told inimitably. We
must premise that having nothing to do, de-
tachment of the main army, fred with valor, de-
termined to see the boundary line and toe the
same Mr. William Virgins .clomb n tree to
get the first view.
sWhat upon EARTH, said Sargent johnson, lis
Billy arer now%
"A squirrel, guess said I; in bet potato,
Billy has freed squirrel
When got along up little nearer, Sargent
Johnson called out to him to know what he was
doing up there.
"Pm jest a looking off here to see if I can
see the line,' said Billy, stretching his head way
eastward, and looking with all the eyes in his
head.
well, do you see it ?? said Sargent Johnson.
See it ? no. said Billy Il 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 on the ground,
than he would up there. So Billy came down
again, and we logged along. Bime by we come
to n tree that had some old marks and spots ON
wv sides Of tit md looked north and
south of this tree, for Sargent Johnson said the
line runs due north from the monument, and
we found some more trees marked and spotted
jest like il.
'Ah,' says Sargent johnson, we've found it.
This is the boundary line we've got it at last.
Now look and see if you the British on
'tother side of it and let every man hold OH to
his gun and be ready to fire, if say the word.
We looked across the line, and looked and
looked, but couldn't nothin' but trees'and
bushes, and woods and swamps. We holIered
across the line as hard as could hollcr, to see
if we could raise any of the British for we all
felt as il we wanted to have brush. And we
thought at first they answered us but when we
come to holler again, we found il was only the
echo of our own voices, that come back from
the hills little ways off. So marched a
long the line two three miles, but we couldn't
see nor hear noihin of nobody. AT last we sot
down. and got the victuals out of our knapsacks
and eat our dinners and rested while. When
we got ready to start again TO go back our fort,
Sargent Johnson said we should give the British
one broadside before we left, to let 'em know
what the Yankee boys made of. So he told
us to that guns all right and then
he ordered us 10 stand up all in row, and toe
the line, facing to the British side and then he
give us off the word
Make ready ! take aim fire =
There says Sargent Johnson, now can 20
home contented, war war for aoe've pour
ed one good grist into their territo,y,and they may
help themselves IF they cam
This account, which is doubtless from life, Is
the only record of battle during the whole