Gilbert J. Hunt

“ THE whole host of the people of Columbia, who bad been trained to war, being numbered, was about seven thousand fighting men. 2 Neither were they assembled together ; but they were extended from the north to the south, about three thousand miles. 3 But the husbandmen, who lived under their own fig-trees, and lifted the arm in defence of their own homes, were more than seven hundred thousand, all mighty men of valor. 4 Now the armies of the king of Britain, are they not numbered and written in the book of Hume, the scribe ? is not their name a terror to all nations ? ”

“ If thou wilt give unto me two score and ten thousand pieces of silver, then will I unfold unto thee the witchcraft of Britain, that thereby thy nation may not be caught in her snares. 4 And James said unto him, Verily, for the good of my country I will do this thing. 5 And immediately the man Henry opened his mouth, a second time, and said, 6 Lo ! the lords and counsellors of Britain have made a covenant with me, and have promised me many pieces of gold if I would make a league with the provinces of the east that they might favour the king ”

“ Capture and hunting of Ogdensburgh by the British.
ON these days the war against Columbia was waged -with great violence, 2 And the fur-clad savages prowled in secret places and fell upon the helpless. 3 They hid themselves in the wilderness ; they couched down as a lion; and, as a young lion, they watched for their prey. 4 The tall and leafless trees of the forest bent to the -Strong winds of the north ; and the sound thereof was as the roaring of mighty waters. ”

“ Is not Britain the " bulwark of our religion ?" 24 Therefore, I command that ye go not out to battle, but every man remain in his own house. 25 And all the governors of the east listened unto the voice of Caleb. 26 Moreover, the angel of the Lord whispered into the ear of Caleb, and spake unto him, saying, 27 If, peradventure, thou dost refuse to obey the laws of the land, the thing will not be pleasant in the sight of the Lord ; 28 Inasmuch as it may cause the people to rise up one against another, and spill the blood of their own children ”

“ Moreover, Samuel was a man well stricken in years, and he had many brave captains under him, even Strieker, and Stansbury, aud Winder were with trim. 16 Now it was somewhat after the mid-day when the engines of destruction began their roaring noises : 17 And the fire and smoke were vomited forth out of their mouths, so that the light of the sun was hidden by the moans of the black clouds 'that filled the air, 18 And their rockets, and all their instruments of death, which the sons of men have employed their understandings to invent, were used abundantly. ”

“ Plan of attack on Montreal defeated.
THE frailty of man speaketh volumes ; one man accuseth another ; but where is he who is perfect ? 2 Man deviseth mighty plans in his own mind, but he accomplished them not. 3 He is wise in his own conceit, but his wisdom faileth him : he seeth folly in others, but perceiveth not his own ; he is as a reed shaken with the wind. 4 Now the country of Columbia was assailed on every side by the enemies of freedom. ”

“ There is a feast today : go thou and partake thereof, and refresh thyself, and we will watch ; 23 He answered and said unto them, Nay, shall I go and riot, whilst the warriors of Columbia die on the frozen ground ? 24 No, their fate shall be my fate ; and their glory shall be my glory. 25 So he wrapped himself in his cloak, and lay down in his own tent. 26 And the husbandmen of Kentucky were led on by their valiant governor, whose name was Shelby, and he was a man well stricken in years ; even at the age of threescore did he go out against the enemies of Columbia ”

“ Hampton sent one of his captains, whose name was Atkinson, to Wilkinson, with the tidings that he had declined to meet him, and was returning to his camp on the lake. 22 Now when the army of Wilkinson beard those things, they were discouraged; and all the plans that had been devised by Armstrong, the chief captain, and scribe of the great Sanhedrim, were of no avail. 23 So the array of Wilkinson crossed the river again and came into the land of Columbia, at French Mills, near St. Regis; where they went into winter quarters. ”

“ Steam-boats--Fulton--torpedoes--attempt to blow up the Plantagenet--kidnapping Joshua Penny.
NOW, it happened that, in the land of Columbia, there arose up wise and learned men, whose cunning had contrived and invented many useful things. 2 Among these there appeared one whose ingenuity was exceedingly great inasmuch as it astonished all the inhabitants of the earth : 3 Now the name of this man was Robert, sir-named Fulton ”

“ Capture of the U. S. sloop of war Frolic, by the British frigate Orpheus--capture of the British sloop of war L" Epervier, by the Peacock. Cant. Warrington--capture of the Reindeer, by the Wasp, Capt Blukely--the Avon captured and sunk--U. S. vessels Syren and Rattlesnake captured--Admiral Cochrane declares the whole American coast in a state of blockade. ”

“ NOW when Ross and Cockburn returned from their burning and pillaging, and all the barbarities they committed at Washington, the chief city, and the neighborhood thereof; 2 Emboldened by the success of their unrighteous deeds, they gathered together their army and their navy, and essayed to go against the city of Baltimore, which lieth in the state of Maryland ; 3 That they might commit the like wickedness, in which they .had taken so much pleasure at Hampton, Havre-de-grace, and Washington. 4 But they had a mightier place than Washington to go against ”

“ Lawrence until they came to Barnheart's near Cornwall, where they met the valiant Brown. 20 Now this place lieth on the north side of the river, and on the other side lieth St. Regis, where Wilkinson, the chief captain, expected to be joined by the army of Hampton, from Champlain. ”