The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-09-07
Once auring. the; fall q war shipasail,

Once during: the fall q war ship..sail.
Led around. Cape Cod to Connecticut
ana landed a body Of troops, who seized
q 1Qfk OF sheep and herd s.of. cattle,
and brought them to Boston, and THE
soldiers had a little freslsbeef and mutt
ton, and thatwas all: only9he wagssin
konden fanapooned Gen. Gage by7pnb4
lishingss gssDne verses :ssss .ts ~ seiuo
4 In days Of yore the British troops. re 80.
Have taken warlike kings in battle ''ss'
= But now alasi the valor droopsp Tlsss i-$.ss5
IS r or GaSe takes naught but harmless cattle,
+. Britons, with grief your bosoms strike.
four faded laurels letdfy weep; .1''ssEs s4
gshehold yegr heroes Qui xete like i al ..,s,
Driving a tinid flock of sheep.
There were some big shtl men iiiii the
AmericSh army, ssfid one of 'thern getaa a
!hand-bill prihtea. t<Aaonsf.taok scopy
When<he went out pnapiek = rsllea 10
stsne; up init, andE thfswsit TO the red,
.coa. The British. spldierpicked it up,
hnrolled IT, and read 1,ss ...-s, 80, =,
"a, u. AMERICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS. r., ~
7. Seven dollars a. .rnonth. 3aT 1afN %
II Fresh provisions'inp plenty. iS@t7sAsl
liza AeaithsfT III .a1s4 4psrlsesggg.sss7 asf
tn ,srn FREEDOM. sat .e case, aapenee, and good
tx .9@&1saS2 BRrTIsH soLDIERS. sss i3aob
aIa Three pehcesaadas. 81 dts aa s65
" R9ttenssa4t " taek.ss. oes 4ze,gs..ss
~. Slavery, svary, ,;and want. I. ssel-sssi
a aHhe red-coatsput fits,in his pocket;
butt he, next night a. British soldier
came into camp ! sthesnext night anoth-
er one came; and then they came half
dozen at a tine--so many of them that
Gen. Howe 'ordereds several who at
tempted TO desertrto sbe shot, but not
ifisa.large numbers had deserted. .set,.f
asThen camesa day of, greats rejoicing
in the army, for ans American vessel,
the Lee, seommanded by Capt. Manly,
captured The, British brig Nancy, and
took it into Marblehead. f'''A
On board the Nancy were 2, 200 mus
kets, 100000 gunaflints, 10000 cannon
shot, so tons of inusket-balls, and d
13-inch mortarass So az Iss8a sss.
The 'farmerssefsEssex County turned
out with their, ox-teams, and bropght
the whole to the army; When Gen.
Putnam saw the mortar, he seized q
a bottle Of rum, jumped upon it, chris
tened it I" the Congress, and the sol
diers shouted and hurrahed till they
were. hoarse. fssss as @A Fssss &sa agsssss:
80 A few days latter, Henry Knox, who
had been arbook-seller in Boston, came
INTO camp from the Nest with 40 OK
sleds, bringing nearly so cannon from
Ticonderoga, which were mounted in
the works which. the soldiers had
thrown up. s-@ = fsfAe s s'%'s3'
issW hilethis was going on, Gen. Thomas
set some of the soldiers 1indera himsaat
work making great baskets ofseldsrs,
called fasesnes. Abner Wilke worked
upon, them, wondering what the, Gen
eral Intended to do with. them. The
General got together all the empty pork
and beef barrels he could find in camp,
and 900 carts, with oxen and horses to
draw them. -sEs ssssfslss 1T ssss asa ssF4
March CAMERON >stife night of the
Sd, the eannons in the American Hines
were roaring al night long, sthosH in
Box bury ~ Camhyid g, on: Winter, Hill,
Cobb1e Hill, Inman Farm, and Other
places, all going at once, throwing SO
| nnany Shot and she'll into Boston THAI
the British soldiers and the citizens re-.
naaining there had very little sleep
The next night, the 4th, just after sun
set, an order came for the ragimentft tx
which .Abner., belonged to osparades. Al
once. Ahner seized ghisi gun. and pow
| der-horn, and fell into line. The Col
onel gave the order to. march, and the
regiment moved on, joining other regi
ments, making two thousand soldiers
in all. They turned south, ever 'tht
Dorchester hills,z then east, and camt
to the saltsmarsh. 2s..s1s a@r .ss..s
IA s"s.No talking in the ranks,' said thl
Colonel, and, they moved on In silence
The moon was shining. Abner. coult
/ see Boston in the northwest. Beyond
| it, in Cambridge, at Charlestown neck
on Winter Hill, land. in sRoxbury, th,
cannon were flashing sand Numbering
and the she were ,expl ploding:saYer sha
towp.si, ssess. :. a aesl II 10 sss9
Behind, the troqpss as they .passe!
oyer the marsh, were the three hnndre' hn
ox-teams, with the great baskets AM
empty pork barrels III them. The tean
stefs were not allowed TO speak awor,
toaIheir oxen. sEhe long procession ne
cended the hill on the eastseside sOfith
marsh,s and when the top was gained
Abner looked dQXp<apan a magnificen
scene. ~sg
sgBele~, in tfaesharbor, was the grea
fleetsofwar ships, pert-holes open,s ant
thesmuzzlHs OF the cannon thrust Out
lie, could hear thesbells on board strik
ing. and The sailors crying, .sElgh
beIfs. The tide. was flowing, and tn
Ships were swinging in the stream: &. h
nsHe had no time to gaze idly 'abou
him. however, but Selling "a shovel
went towork digging with an his might
Someaof the soldiers took the grea
baskets, set them ID rows, and .shovelet
earth into them.s Others took the perl
and beef barrels. filed them with stones