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D. \ 1 0!r LlTIIOORAPIIEnp, I'lJULISIIERS, ,*;;(,'., JAMES STREET, IIAMILTOX, CANADA xVllrT ai II- <-> mBS^SM Y™" SSbD-t) 1 :U^ li ji'N 1 ■? !^;^3 I i li I S X O It -2- OV TIIK F (J A N A D A . I puri)ose to write a history of the Fenian Invasion ol British America, from th.- intemlrd attempt at Camiu. iSello to the rotre.M.t of the invaders fi„m l'i^a>on Hill. I shall n-- count th."i.artieulars of all the combinaticms both military and civil that were formed, for the purpose of Miece.ssf.il !v opposing the designs of the enemy, and «hall minutely describe tfieir in- eept.on progress and ultiiiiate succes-s. I shall tra< .■ and ex- plain the different influences as exercised by an arm. .1 and hos- tile invasion of our shores upon a peai.eful, i^rosperouK and loyal population, ai;-i shall show how the peculiar and excellent institutions of an eminently free country arc calculated to with- stand all attempts at their overthrow. I t^hall describe the ef- fects produced by the developement of the Fenian organiza- tion upon the habits, temper and conventionalisms both social and political of the civilized world. I shall relate the causes, real and imaginary, that have contributed towards the successful formation of this huge league and covenant, hav- mg for its object the regeneration of mankind, and shall trace each successful step in the gradual progress of this hetc- rogeneous ma«s. Nor will it be less my duty faithfully to recorJ disasters mingled with triumphs, and great national follies and dis- graces far more humiliating than any disaster. It will \h^ seen how the unfortunate and unpardonable errors of some of those high in audiority exposed to imminent peril the proud .^atatafeag -fffifyBry , itUni(;iis ol' feeling not less disu'raci 1' ! tliaii ntrov.j ta- ble fact that it has existed a nuuxber of centuries, under various names and for various objects. A brief rcfer.n. -• to each of its numerous phases will b.- suflicient to answer al! i\n: puri)oses ol this luirrative. Tlic first cstkblishuM-nt of (In onrani/ation was ;d. ;i period antecedent to what is known as Noah's ijood—imh'.d us to an • ti'juity, it dates aljuost from the creation of n, mi. That till- widest son of Adam was a Fenian can no lou'jir be matter ol :.jubt— at any rate, th're is tin; stiongesl pr'.'sumptiv. evidenc in support of the beli(;f. After committing an a.t peculiarly, •mineutly Fenian in its character, ifiiRbcMl, th- ch.iract.ristics of tho Fenians of lli.' pr^.s^nt r found any tra- eoi-" liis whereabouts. It is then seen that in a remote district of the iiabitable Avorld of that time there arises to the notb'c of his- torians a class of people stn-ngcly ujid strikingly res.nd.linu- modern Fenians in many of their peculiarities. It is doing no violence therefore to reasonable conjectmc to put Cain «lown a.<3 the great original founder of the Fenian lirothcrhood. So far as wo can now determine they do not appear to have had any particular name, nor to have professed any particular object, until just before the Flood, when this class exhibited the most » i ■1it!MC*«''J •k • "WWilfe^ i \m lively desire 'to drink and be merry." They did drink and no doubt were merry until the Flood came and took them all away. It is mnch to be regretted that the early historians who treat of that time did not pay more attention to accuracy of detail. We are entirely at a loss to know to what point they were taken by the Flood and everything is again lost in specu- lation. Vrom the fact, however that they soon afterwards turned up under, indeed, different aspects, we are justified in conclud- ing that they were not taken far. It has been a question of considerable debate among learned philologists whether or not Ham was a Fenian. Without entering into the merits of the discussion we may be permitted to state as our own belief that he was not. His habits and tastes were too ranch localized to fit him for a Fenian, and if we judge of his intelligence from that of his defendants we should say that his mind was of a much higli^r order than was usually to be found in the Brother- hood, a fact that would rcnd(^r his position in the organization one of extreme annoyance to himself and of perplexity to the others. From that time henceforth they have succeeded in keeping themselves together in a regularly organized body, with nu- merous and extensive ramifications in all parts of the civilized world. It is almost impossible to give anything approaching an accurate explanation of the one real purpose for which they pretended to exist, as they have been engaged in so many differ- ent objects and not one, apparently, having the remotest can ncction with any other. So far from this being cause for sur- prise, however, it is quite consistent with the peculiar instiucto of the modern organization. In our own day we find Ireland singularly blessed with their attentions, the climate, no doubt, proving marvelously well adapted to the nature of the race. For many years they have been operating in that country in a manner we cannot fail to recognise, and extending their la- I did drink and ;ook them all listoriatis who to accuracy of hat point they lost in specu- ^rwards turned ed in conclud- a question of whether or not merits of the wn belief that ch localized to clligence from nind was of a n the Brother - c organization rplexity to the ded in keeping ody, with nu- )f the civilized g approaching for which they so many dlfter- i remotcBt can cause for sur- niliar instincto re find Ireland nate, no doubt, of the race. :hat country in ending their la- m ^'^^mmmi '^**<'f^1¥'*fe **'*'■ "j"^ m "f;IS«*fe.*'-r: «w. bors to the United States of America.we are able to di^tover tli.^ precise character of their professions. More recently perform- ing all the offices and duties of sneak thieves, pickpockets bank robbers, public executioners, murderers, and newspawe-' correspondents, we are not only enabled to form a tolerably correct opinion of their numerical stror.gth but we can account as well for their extraordinary popularity among the Americans and the great consideration and importance attach.d to them on the other sideof the line. The members of this jolly fra ternity eventually became so numerous that a few of the leaders conceived the grand project of capturing Ireland and appro- ^ priating the whole of that beautiful island to purposes of theii • own. To effect this it was necessary first to invade the British ^orth American Trovinces, and although the first attempt has proved a failure and the leaders have been provokiugly reticent as to their plans of the campaign we think we are snfe in con- lecturing that their projected lin(. of march was an overland route through America, Asia, and Europe, crossing Behering's Straits and the channels about Jiritain by means of pontoon ^ bridges. Ihe cenception was brilliant and .such a. could emanate only from the brain of a sanguine Vmmn, but lioweve- brilliant, it would seem also to be impracticable. Sueh at any lute IS the convicticn forced upon our minds by the result o' the two attempts already made, first, at Campo Bello, and then at I' ort Erie and Pigeon Hill. I To give the history of which, is the object of these pa-^c leaving the reader to form his own opinion of what the Fc-nian, would do with Ireland had they succeeded: presuming onlv to suggest that their object could alone have been the establish'- ment of a huge menagerie of sneaks, pimps, New York journa-- ists, ctJioc genus omncs. Little need be said of the intended operations against Campo »c 10 as the movr.n,nt was evidently intended as a division only, and under the consummate management of B. Doraa ■ ^'^^^ylifi^T^M^ Ma^ ' VL^'Steste^ <^:Qi ■m mBmrrdfs^- i P 10 Killian it is gratifying to know that the object was most suc- • eBsfully uccoinplished. Indeed it is not too much to say tluit not only the Fenians, Americans and Trovincials were diverted, but the whole woiUl was divt-rted, so much so that it has not yet ceased laughing at the entertainment so considerately pro- vided for them hy old Dory. And the most amusing part ol the diversion was contributed by the American authotities in putting a summary stop to the diversion. The advantages thus gained were promptly followed up by a leader of another section of the Brotheriiood and in less than two months after the close of the campaign at Campo Bello, an army, of eight hundred thousand Fenians under command oi rol O'Neil ('rossed the Niagara lliver from Black Rock m a Gumtree canoe and after a stubborn rcsistence succeeded lu apturing Fort Erie. This was efiected eariy on the morning o! June ]st° and the advantag.'S of this success of the Fenians •rom a military point (,r view were of no ordinary conscpien* e Tile Canadians were somc^what unprepared for this second ..luidendiver.iou but lost uo time iu making every necessary .reparation for a vigorous resistance. Before the sun of that eventful day ha i set forever an army of volunteers to the num- oer of three hundred and fifty thousand had congregated ar Port Colboine under command of Lieut. Col. Booker. Thest forces . This latter force was upported by a battery of artillery consisting of two Armstroni: guns under command of Lieut. Col, Iloste, C.B. ~^ ra/*-- Detective Gates Diary Vol. ! P:ufe 17 and McLean's eurrcsj.u;i and 10 at Stevensville, and satisfied with the i>repamtionb- ■aade, they conhdently awaitf-d the developem.'nts of (he mov. ; J he morrow dawn-d calmlv, brautiriillv sneiie, as if tin ^ (.odot nature never int.-mled it t,. witness Die unnatural and I .evoJtmg spectacle ]>y whi.h rhristianitv was so soon to In- ..utinged under the ;ie.urs.(j iiani- of warfare.' As Col. llook'-r-^ ■onauandwasthe only one connected with the "vents of the lay we will liist follow him through tii- . nuauvn,ent and thf •ntKlents con.ji ;)0ssrssion of a noble steed that had se.-n service in thr (rimer and the lar Ei>st, and one that thorouhglv appreciated Ih-mosi ■■omplK^ated manu uvres of military ta-tics. Headed bv thi^^ steed with the not le.s.s gallant Col. on its la-k, the column look I ip a Imr ol march for St.vensville the pla'c appointed us ren- I le^vonsiorthe two armies. When within three mil..; of Kid- ^ .vay jx station on the Bulialo cV Lake Huron llailwav, ;. .1 tach :uentnisku-mishers belonging to tho <^u<-en\-, Own'.ame upmi ..lie advance guard of the enemy who hame shady tife, behind stuii)|>=< and fences, O' underthe more efleetive protection of neighbouring out-liouse.'^ Divested of all these, the gallant fellows who stood at the post of duty, stood ready too for every em«rgency, and began thci. work like brave iV'Hows as they were. 'i\)wards the beginning of the engagement and while thecom- laandiug oftirfT was quietly enjoying the flavor of a very ba<' cigar in a farm house, Major Gilmour, of the Queen's Own, rush- ed past the orderly in attendance, and, with his Held glass cock- ed to hise-ye, enquired, '-'Aw, I say Dookah. what do you think we had bettah do ?" " T don't know. Gilnioah," replied Booker, <' what do vo ; think? " Send a suppoi t to thos<> skirmishers, of course,"' promptly responded the orderly, who was himself a bronzed veteran. '•'Aw, Bookah, faintly shouted the incensed major, " wKr the (levil is that impertinent fellah ?'' "I'm a soldier, sir," replied the undaunted and dis^justet; t «>w. lappy negli- he fact tha< luent movc- r the iiccom- lomy, before les ot'tV-nsivp a number ol ra, diarrhoa, :h, and a few r their corn- 's, who Tipon the liehl o; iid hasten to allani^e oir. • names, thai II the wliole itious (if th*: i fu'hls, aiK^ cr the invit- I'l feiites, O' ■ out-hou^^fF 1 at the post bi'L;aii thei. lilc the com - a very bai- s Own, ru^]l- 1 i^hiss c()( k- o yuu tliinl-. ,'hat do yo ; ,"' promptly veteran. iinjor, " wliC id disijustet; r. t } a '•/'I -■i**^^ vmm.**" V -5i 1^. I f^. .^ 1 .•*P«t»«^ t .-Viiasf^^^tv .-«^»t^j*'fffW*^" r orderly, " and nnless tlioso skirmisht-rs suf supporkd at on..' tUcy will be cut to pieces." They were uot Hupportod, and f.^rtnnatoly they were not . u* to pieces, although th.-y were forced to retire. Tiie conduct <<: ihofie two oificerrt during the morning of the en^'agement ami more particularly In the retreat which ultimately provd inevit- able was ♦lie theme of universal prai,<<'. But we will uot antn. i- pate, to use a peculiarly original phrase. The decision ai whidi the two officerri arrived in the abov<' runferenr,^ to carry out this brilliant piece of strategy, and wiih a shout ol iicpe, encouragement and deliance they went forth to do it ,Vnd they did it. in spite of tiie ui'ite rtinonstiances of (ol. Booker's steed which evidently enterlained a different opinion of the situation from that<»f its muster, thi-y went forth and did it. The poor horse prancfd impatiently and despairingly a* what it considered an unhappy V»hmdrr on the part of^ the l.lave Col. butthfCol , unfortunately, was in commaiKl and iK.t the horse had It ]^-<'n— but why add to ilir bitter oui), already 'uU? The battb' had waged tterctly for about an hour, ourbt)y.•^ -radually, but surely, advane no doubt that the enemy at once determined to obtain the prize so recklessly exposed to the possibility of capture. Having no colors of their own and an eye to plunder, with a faint hope that the blootly stan- dard could be metamorphosed into a tlaunting green, they threw f r I \^-' 18 '1 Ik i -n th.-uiH.-ly.'K .limn the li^dit arul ioUKlit lik.-.nn.ged sLrop Or, uravcfdlowsnt first wavorcd, broke and foil back, bit the' boon rallied and r.tiirnod to the oncountcr lik« men resolved *- win or run For a time it was iinpoHsihle to eonjecturo the i .nilt as both sides fongbt with singnlnr determinHtion T' rtihapi.y color-sergeant wlioso i>o.st rendered liim 'x.ns,!' -lor, was three tunes shot down, but as often recovered him I'f still rctainini-hohlofthe i)reciows colors. XunuMons inKtan.'o.s o- persona darin,:; and pnnliyious achievements sirnalizcd " thi desperute encounter and more than un.> F.'iiian for onr-c ii tli'ir lives had ( ui^e to reyrct the existenee of greenbacks. Fortune at last decided what valor was unable to achieve Maio Gihiiour, who n.>w for the first time was seen bvany of his met. by some inr.xphcablc concatenation of ciicunistanMs allowed inrasell o be carried int(, 11,,. very thickest of the fvAii Dohv mount- d he of cours.. attracted the notice of the enemv and in,' mediately became tl,e maik A.ra hundred .sharpshooters IJe. lore h(M (.u!,U.xtri( ate himselnVr.n, a position the last in tli world ho Gventy-fivc thousand mo.s.iuitoesb.ing left dead onlhc field Iron. = u;{ccid on by smoke ami fii-ht ;it the uneaithiv yells of tlu n-a'?c combatants.' " Th.,, enem> l,u(i n..i retirerrcir .when thev wer.' heard to giv. a shout ot rage and disappointmtnt caused by the discovery that ihe colors lor which they had fought .so longand gallantly con- ui a jramiLv mop wiiich had been picked up" in ; isted • Vide Cul. BookerV Rei. 01', r ' -not;" I himsfli still infstnncos (>• gnalizcd thi I for oneo ii: cnbacks. ficl)ievc',MajOi ly of liis meii UK cs allowcil tii'M. ]!cing U'liiy niid iiji- hooters ]]v- (' last in tli' L'\ni;ui hiilh • liinnif;, " I'm ht'i' folh:)Wri ;• tlie trf)Opit li sweat and thrust at th' spatchi (I foi Mas (lurin- h.ad* r order- [ih'si; (1 yell V( r from tbi -id doprived ni WHS ovei retiring in )t less thuij he lield froni veils of tlu eard to ^i\( seovery that Ihiutly con- ;e(f up in ; -^ f r Hil ^% ^.•Vff^^W' ^^f^-'--mm 21 '.Min-yAvd on the way to iho ii-.M of l.aulc. iacv wcu'c .soiu.- ■.vhiit'compensatfd for the (lisupr.ointinent huw(;yer, by tin (.Messiti('.s(.fth(iirg»;noval, whouppropiiated the oUl i(«l .ran , . 1 Hhirt, oi' which hwa^ uvMh-, to (.over his nakcanebs. Wliih' thifi was taking place tho onictr.s and mm of the l;Jtl, j;attalion were scarcely less active and from the Hleu(hn( rs auc iMCcisionoi- their fire were KVfvduidly driving the enemy h:-lor.^ them Nothint,- of special ci.n.setiuonce occurred to wariaut sarlicular mention until tho keen penetration of the command- ing otlicer discovered a movement towards tlio right o[ uu >'nemy which he was not slow in concluding was a strong bodx of reinforcements. A retreat was immediately sounded ano very reluctantly obeyed by those whose success up to this time had convinced them of the certiiinty of ultimate and glorious victory. The disappointment, regret, and conseciuent embai- vassraent caused by this order were materially increased by mother of still more alarming import and which tollowea closeU upon the lirst. It was nothing less than to prepare to receive Cavalry. Owing to the extremely irregular nature oi the ground, and which besides was cumbered with logs, stumps, trees snake fence and every other possible or imaginary obsta- cle that could contribute towards rendering the order as un- ueccessaryas its perfoimance was dllicult, the troops found n almost impossible to get together. Jiefore a square could l)e formed the cry of "Cavalry" was raised and spread like the mca- >els from one end of the division to the other. This completeu .he confusion and tho men at once began a precipitate ana promiscuous retr.at. The alarm was not without ioundation lor two or three mounted Fenians were seen decending tlie lull tothesummitof which thev had retired before the iire oi oui men. at a rate of speed that would soon bring them into tli^' midstof our men. b'pon a nearer approacli it was seen that these daring cavalrymen were mounted on milch cows that hau Iieen found browsing in the underbrush\ A body of cavalry so ^'ew in numbrr and so poorly mounted was not calculated to iuuke a formidable iii»pearauce nor to striki: terror into the hearts of the bravo bovs against whom they were charging, and betore the retreat had assumed anv worse name the rear compans N'o. .^ of the 13th received orders to '-lialt, right about turn lorm square and pr.)pare to receive cavalry. These orders wei- readily obeyed and a linn and steady front was presented t. * Vi'lc ."Spectator correspendcnoc of Juno H!' . I 1/ W' m ■i^mmMi^^'t ^ i li2 the ad valuing troopers. In the moautimo (he fri^^hten, .! Fer ims who had ],u>tinted three novel chnrgors fur tlie i.urno.so (,' affording some amiisem,.nt to a party oi th.ir connados whon' supply ot whiskey wrh exhai.Hted, and who were uphraidin. t^ieirofiieerH for not ke('ping the promiRe made them that xh, tintish(-rs .should ]>e lor.H d to provide them ahundantlv with the crathur so dear to their tastes ,ind so nccrssarv t(> tliei courage were using every posKsbl,. means to stay the unlutnov brutes now as mudi friglitened as themselves from rusl*;. - so madly upon certain destruction. It was of no avail (m, they came faster, if possible than ever, their tails lioatin-- in thi' oreeze with heads braced and horns prcparer the bayonets, shakoes and every- thing right into the very heart of the square. The others stop- ped suddenly in front of the steel barrieade, causing the hah aead l^eniaa to bob unconsciously down l)ctwcen its horns Where he was eaught, and the cow rec(>iving this new lifrht wheeled directly an.l took across country in th,> direction of the Lana . It is unfortunate to have to relate that neither oi the poor brutes has been seen since, and it is feared they both shared the same fate in the dark and filthy waters of the Wel- and Canal. For the cow we can drop a sym])athetic tear, and deplore the calamity that brought it to so untimely an endi-for the tenianwe can too feel pity, but thank Go<'it;ii'; ill tlii' any (inngor. iices, stiinipn, ht a<,'ainsi tho n^ hearts and iSts and witl> ow. Two 01 K and evcry- 3 others stop- ^'m>^ the hah en its liorns is now light direction of it neither ol ed tliey both 1 of the Wel- etic tear, and an end — for • died in his th© position Solicitous ot featy iu con- nieu of No. xtraordinary leu it wasde- I'hole troo]). he first Ser- ai Iking pailK Lhe Company Fn's Report to m , .' ^vere cxt( ..Hppoiir t( ;)lc to tel SlU'CCSSfl ';.! the cc ,f the til liice was ;oo \uu'(i at discri Tliey w< iivvaitirij What h( , Acrythi \.o theii Dinii (.stahlis maud V whih; t same p' and bei seemed tliat th appear and til for fori follow with C( They i: that tl delay i The lor th portic which and w feast < by th to 8te ior a tardy 10^<*i*i-''. -^ ■ .' ' \mf$g^^ 25 vtPn.U-d into II hollow s.iuarc oned.f p to guard a-ainst tho "'■'' nfth in •! iVl victiniK. Th.-8.' Hrrungemcnts dul not ' "•■''''' Jn , t iV i^d.'as of the F.nia.is-or cows, it was nnpoBSi- ^H>« was iKT-nm "' V!'"''.''''.," , v. w. ■ to.'' to .urau.lci .,„oum..,.al,una ultm,aoy ,. ov -n^^ i,t disneti.>n arul wcm.^ wnt '"'",'''., „.,„.,.„ ,,„.„ „ow lie Tl.uv wcru altm«av.l» .""'^y''',' ,„:'.•; uial J ,n»nl,T. .o their fate. .eomecl grea.Ij. again. Fu, an. tl_ ^l^^^^^^.^^^ ^,.^, _^^^ ddayand"^^^^ as pcsihlcand thither they went. Tho Fenians on the other hand, made directly for Fort Erie, for he ob^ec? it capturing it the second time, and recovermga ror ion'oftheir sup\>lieB, left tnerc the ^^^iZ^i:^^^ ^vhich consisted of a limited ^^^''^"^l^nttT an^l en^ be^ana ■ind whiskey They were successful in both, and tuen '»^i.»" "- feast opeeMngs and a flow of bowl that could be enJoTtJ ^^^X teasioi prwi^ %_;_.., ..„*.>.,.„o ,vhn had crossed over the Niagara to steal chickens and rob churches. There we will leave them lor Itime to bring up Col. Peacocke who seems somewhat tartly in his movements. i -S-.:,„;spte«f-- i iwk hr receive I ?• ,. • ; ' ^ '""- ' '"' "'■«^* ^^"'1 ''"^'Jv )«orni. l)arations wei o ma o 1 ' 'y^nj, Cms of diarrhaa*) ,>r«- properly ox(.cu 'd Thi. m . ' ''l'^ ^^^tlnvith ami vc,v 'IV (JorWon JJnnvii. " "" '"' '"'"'"i^vol a .^liorL Oiiiniai^'i. i C ^ ^-^ .■■i''.'n«8;«g^ii''' r^SSR'* -'iiP- s- ('lli];j),'V , , >i" which H <■ <'nr!y inorni;. ilnrally f];ii '. linviiiq- iicvi fgrai )})(■(! (.'(, ho. volunh' f ' 29 lilid iho missinj,' souvenir. It ])r(.vc(l lrnitlrf;«< until tiio lii,^'KnX-; ,-noray of the troops was stiuiulat'.d by the proiniM' of a lilwral OAvard when one Ijnx-t'ytd volunteer found it about two miles in ihe rear,bHsliiul and blushini; at the bottom of a dfep^u-on track. On returning it to the (.'ol.hc was henrd to expbun tliat "lie didn't ( arc so mueh for the tlower, but he wanted t(» know where the blocdy thing went to." How yatisfaetory to know that this laudable curiosity of the Col's, was gratilied. By this time the morning was far advanced, and the heat be- coming more and more oppressive. It was (knided, thendore, that the troops should lie over until the cool of the evening, and joyously did the men set about making their stay as fiu.aiIy m fa 'mi J ^;'PP^'^va to Fort Eric a reudor r,,iin)unao, o ^^'"'*''* ^? *''*^ Atlantic would only th .!h 1 f "•^'^"'""s Hud rontrmptibl... Tlu' more .nauifost eaMron U, J ^..S^' 'rC'''?''r"''' '"f" "''• interVIc^?i^h "5.^* ^^ J''' P^'^^^^'^ contiuffeucy would h jmeiRic ^MtlJ the success of any aspirin-^ Milit-uv Pl.w.f 'r\ Ivesetmyhfe upon a cast,aud damnee if I stand the haS \\ ;-.wgS^;»?.^-'. .•v^_^gA .' ~'?3^?^^^** 31 'itiitiop.. It PcJKockc ;i( - >ily of firmed Fort Erie ii iilu;',in(J('('(ii\K- ('ofastoni.sh- Hl t'ol. I'ca- hcmost l)ii!- nnd tlu; fa- antic wouUl :>til)lc. Tlie 1' frtlUf WilS it we must with Coi. ;af(jty of two And when tliiii weary vnds of the .('knovvlodge lufiusiiroablc '■ foimd tli;tf sent in Jiis unbounded a generou.s imbitiou ot How others d found so 13 made the e wlu'U an ;'t Colbjrno. ried to thi' Haiuilton y would h Chief. To sOon as he I at the de- ■«'he*uentlv stion iooiu d told that le roared, the hazard ol the die." \"/%«.'/t7M.-t inortiu$ hnnkei/ (lnre>j' murmured tlie aa- tr»nit!hed « ffleial and quietly walked nwny. TIh' alftrm proved to bf unfoandfd and in a f<'w houif; after- wards the escape of the Fenians w»5f; known in tho .amp at Port Colbornc. It was then that Col. Hooker ex. -rtcd himsflf to p;etr.^- invtal.'d irjto the command he had voluntarily resigneortant ixr.son hoped to Imd a lonimatidim; ofticer every v.-ay suited to tb(>ii tastes and ;in»bition. I'.otli (b'U Napier and Co!, i'.ooker w.re so struck with tiie fonc of the ar'^ument used that further at- tempts a( reinstatement were immediately aliaiuloned. The Col. is now at bonn' <'UJoyin;r the blessings of retiniuent in th'' i'o^ora di bis sbirt. Col. Feacc.cke is Mill at Fort Frie and it is to W iiopcd that he will alwavs stay there, for another march from Chippewa nould kill him outritrht, and he might lo.se bis unns into th'* iijivirain. i'.efore closing the lirst part of a work to which I have con- se( rated the labors of a lifetime 1 desire in all earnestness and truth to lay at the; leet of the brave Volunteers who took part in the action at IJidgeway nnd more particularly the gallant fellows of tin' Thirteenth Hattalion my humble tribute of ad- miration and sympathy. It is perhaps ditticult to decide to w);i.-.h 15attalion belongs the greater credit for bravery and devo- Ik Pi " '.tW^M ' - i^5gg,t«:^^a^j&^'-. 32 '1 m i with imm. spirit a.Hl u-soUHum tha.i did th.-V.^l •. s • .i; .' tlu'v letirt'd with .,Mcat nlu.tan..., ont.aiN to the ;idvi(c ill'' ilK'XpIic;!- Of their own jud^imnKs and confnsod l.^ ''''' 'Ki ure oi an order so un..N}MM,t,.d and so disasirous - Ih.'s," arc thr men who uru to Im- branded •. ■ 'i«fili. «^ 7>ward.^whc. have already been .1.1;; " t ;beh l^h ^ K ;::|v emonjhzed ,n ord.r to ex.ulpate one n.,n Iron. U^Vrl :;^.. -lilt, of his own dis-ra. rful and erimi) a! blundnin-. V . ih..mtolerabhMnjustiee has reeentiv bee .e'' ^-1 d'b; n insult ollered by our Kovernnient it.eiiin a pp: hi! '^th ! J .(.: " n.i\ ahmnUni can^c for dissatislaetb.ii. but ri-ht >Vin t.-nn-.l, and soon they wiil he uruicrstood and admin I e I •" 1 ' ; ;:;n.dry, a. they ar- now the pn-. and boas, of tl::!r rdbn; •Sie TiJANSiT IIVOEIHOIUW ECCS HOMO. T' i-eomph'ted in one hundred and seventv-nin, voi'ii/j..' KM) OK VOL ^ ^ I I h is iU'cuitloil iirc iinlulitiHl wlio iiof oulv [►pareutly tbi oil" is should i lost ICpMtH- 'luudivd and I'"' iis sju tod llCli iUlv.UliC ats iit Ifidye- kvitli ji cojili •s (»:' th.' ('11- oundttl, and tlio advice '• iii('.\|»!ic;i- ilisnslious. — l(* !e>.s than M' li(iiHh':isly 10. roHpoiisi- ''lint;. Ami at('(l !i) an ;■ tlu' wretch - his preseiii ii r-attalion i-ii triiiuiidi. the wlioii heir I'.'Wdw V(.)|!;ia^ 5