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PREFACE 
 
 TO THB 
 
 FENIAN EPISODE. 
 
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 *' Men are never so easily betrayed as when they are plotting to betray others." 
 
 The author has been cautiouS; before presenting this 
 work to the hands of an intelligent and discerning vorld, 
 in avoiding all exaggerated statements that would be 
 found to prejudice the feelings of an enlightened people, 
 which, in all probability, would throw a false impression 
 on the character of the work. He has been most assid- 
 uous in his endeavours through 1866, 7 and 8, to fid 
 out all realities emanating from every source since the 
 commencement of the Fenian conspiracy, and has not 
 failed in making himself acquainted with the leading 
 papers and periodicals published in Great Britain and 
 America, particularly the latter, which it appears, sup- 
 plied all the material for the Fenian conspirators. He 
 has not overlooked the terrible storms which swept vio- 
 lently over that part of Europe during the same period 
 — the beautiM description of which is truly astonishing, 
 all written in elegant verse; and lastly, his powerful 
 dialogue with a Fenian Matron, whom he met by chance, 
 and one who sang the feelings of the rebel country in a 
 mournful strain, she being a secret courier employed by 
 the Fenian Headcentres of America and Ireland. 
 
 As it appears, a correspondence was carried on be- 
 tween the conspirators of the new and the old world ; 
 the vigilance of the police had stopped all communication 
 
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 carried on by male passengers, and it then became ex- 
 pedient to the conspirators to employ this Matron^ who 
 could cross to and tro unsuspected and execute the busi- 
 ness of the secret service more efifectually, she havinji: 
 crossed the Atlantic s.jveral times and delivered all her 
 dispatches safely. She had, at numerous times, passed 
 under the most scrutinizing eye of the most vigilant de- 
 tectives, whose skill had failed in detecting the source 
 from which all conmiunication had been carried on ; and 
 having a perfect knowledge of all secrets emanating from 
 the several nocturnal camps in which she was conversant, 
 she spoke the Fenian sentiment in reality. The Bard 
 answers every question most respectfully, at the same 
 time enters fully into the origin of the Fenian Bubble, 
 proving to the manifestation of all that that seditious 
 scheme was concocted in America, at the termination of 
 the Southern War. It immediately occurred to him 
 that some accurate account should be written, holding 
 up to the public gaze the reality and fallacy of the cause^ 
 the result of which was the bringing out of this Fenian 
 Episode, which will be found true and most pleasing. 
 
 In conclusion, he pays a high tribute of bravery to the 
 Canadian volunteers, who nobly met and repulsed the 
 Fenian raid, they having invaded that Dominion in re- 
 venge for some imaginary wrong inflicted by England on 
 Ireland. 
 
 This brings to memory, the anecdote of an Irislmaan 
 in America, who met and beat his countryman to death ; 
 the neighbours actually saw the act committed, and were 
 in the act of lynching him first — asking why he did so, 
 he ejaculated and said, " because that very man's cousin 
 humbugged his old sister Nancy some fifty years ago." 
 
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 PREFACE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 AMERICAN REBELLION, 
 
 From ISei to 1805. 
 
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 Before issuing this volume to the view of a critical 
 world, the author has been more than ordinarily careful 
 in avoiding all over-estimated statements which he fre- 
 quently met with through the American journals and 
 many other influential papers, with respect to time and 
 date of the several actions. True, the treatment in- 
 flicted on prisoners in the prisons of both North and 
 South was inhuman, to all end and purpose, which ap- 
 pears had no equal, save the cruelties practiced by 
 semi-barbarians or Abyssinians. In the late war it took 
 Twenty millions of Northerners to subdue Three mil- 
 lions of Southerners, although aided by all the descend- 
 ants of the black race ; still, the South was not finally 
 subdued in accordance with the honors of warfare. At 
 last, a compromise was entered into between Lincoln 
 and Halloch on one side and General Lee on the other, 
 before the gates of Richmond ; aftei* this interview, the 
 fighting became a sham, when General Lee, the Southern 
 commander, retired from the battle field with all the 
 honors of war, retaining his sword ; the Southern dicta- 
 tor, Jefferson Davis, was permitted to skedaddle with 
 the loot and plunder of five years ; i,rue, he was brought 
 back and let out on bail, purporting a mock ti'ial, and 
 all bore the character of a compromise. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 Vll 
 
 The author has been very particular in giving day 
 and date of each battle, the time of action accurately, 
 also the generals and officers engaged through the whole 
 of this campaign, North and South, with their different 
 nationalities — their bravery and timidity. He considers 
 it unjust, to conclude this introduction without referring 
 to that all absorbing cause, the privateer Alabama. In 
 his belief, the principal point in agitation so long was 
 the contrivance of a subtle scheme, concocted by the Se- 
 cretary of State, Seward ; his view was principally based 
 on the coming election, which takes place in November, 
 1 868, and in truth, every effort is made to secure a large 
 vote from the foreign element which is largely represent- 
 ed in the Union. Now, any candidate hostile to Great 
 Britain would be most likely to secure such influence, 
 which in time of an Election would be somewhat import- 
 ant, and undoubtedly command the Fenian vote. Presi- 
 dent Johnston, through the influence of the Secretary of 
 State, in all probability, may resort to such means, to 
 enable him to obtain the Presidency ; as the latter hav- 
 ing always proved hostile to England, through whose 
 instrumentality of late, fifty thousand dollars was voted 
 by Congress, to be exclusively placed at the disposal of 
 the Fenians now agitating through England and Ireland. 
 
 Quarrelling with England over the Alabama case is 
 
 like the following : — 
 
 It reminds us of poor Crispan's wife 
 
 When the dillo had doubled her chat, 
 No matter what befell her tlu-ough life. 
 
 She blamed her poor Crispan for that. 
 'Tis much with the Yankee the same ; 
 
 Whenever they blow in a brawl, 
 Somebody is sure for to blame — 
 
 John Bull then is branded with all. 
 
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 THE AMERICAN REBELLION, 
 
 From 1801 to 1805. 
 
 The die of Republic was cast, 
 
 The defence was almost in vain, 
 The day of unanimity is past, 
 
 They will never as one meet again. 
 Virginia was the base of the war. 
 
 It ripened, grew strong in the land, 
 For which sympathy sounded afar — 
 
 Gained credence on every hand. 
 
 Vile hatred so fostered the soil 
 
 That cordiality could never unite ; 
 All fellowship seemed to recoil 
 
 And spite counterbalance spite. 
 Take the average of all, old and young : 
 
 Dare they honestly open their mouth, 
 Two-thirds of those speaking their tongue 
 
 Decidedly favored the South. 
 
 In Virginia, John Bull met defeat, 
 
 From a ^3luff on the brow of the river, 
 In the year seventeen ninety-eight, 
 
 Which sealed their independence forever. 
 True, England was at wars with the world, 
 
 Napoleon was right on the lee. 
 Whose banners over Europe unfurl'd 
 
 The insignia of Sovereignty. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The Yankee had revolted from Britain, 
 
 The Southerns just now done the same, 
 With the rod they had cut they were smitten, 
 
 No man would tax them with blame. 
 Republics are rotten to the heart — 
 
 Proved as such in ages before ; 
 The wealthy man suffers the smart 
 
 When relDcllion his country has tore. 
 
 Republics are ruled by a rabble — 
 
 A rowdie may be chief of the land ; 
 When felons in politics dabble 
 
 'Tis impossible for order to stand. 
 When culprits are dragged out of prison 
 
 To vote for some favorite clan, 
 When liberty to that summit is driven. 
 
 The law is powerless to man. 
 
 The rich by no means can find shelter, 
 
 He's plundered — ^he's burned on the spot ; 
 His family dispersed, helter-skelter. 
 
 Ere night he is not worth a gToat. 
 Too much freedom is worse than the yoke — 
 
 The dose is too great for the stomach ; 
 When his property is all gone to smoke 
 
 He then cherishes the name of a monarch. 
 
 IX 
 
 Hark ! to the words of the prophet : 
 
 " I'll overturn that people, saith the Lord, 
 That nation I'll shake to its socket 
 
 That will not adhere to my word ; 
 I will raise up a foe in the land, 
 
 I will give him the buckle and shield. 
 Every captain, one by one lose command — 
 
 One by one in disgrace leave the field." 
 
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 The edict of his wrath had went forth, 
 
 The people had suffered for its sake ; 
 From the South to the uttermost North 
 
 Every State with convulsion did shake. 
 He poured down anathema from Heaven — 
 
 On those who did proudly blaspheme, 
 To and fro like chaff they were driven, 
 
 Because they dishonoured his name. 
 
 Five years this terrible storm 
 
 Blew fearfully over the land, — 
 Broke forth with such violent form. 
 
 Nothing seemed before it to stand. 
 The darkness that shadowed its way 
 
 Had augured its deplorable fate. 
 No statesman could ward off the day, 
 
 Till the purpose wi ^ carried complete. 
 
 The lightning had lit up the plain. 
 
 Threw the orb of the day in the shade, 
 When vulcan came forth in his train. 
 
 Whose ponderous power had swayed. 
 The Lord having signed the decree. 
 
 His voice was heard in the thunder, 
 Clear over the land and the sea 
 
 As far as fancy could wander. 
 
 The warning angel had passed 
 
 With an iron rod in his hand. 
 Pointing out to the cloud overcast. 
 
 Its vengence would fall on the land. 
 The vial of his wrath had poured out, 
 
 Which the angel had prophesied clear : 
 Every man could see without doubt 
 
 That a date of disaster was near. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 Deaf and blind the North went along, 
 
 With drafting to save the last shift ; 
 Mind the battle is not to the strong, 
 
 Nor the race at all times to the swift. 
 When David the Philistine slew. 
 
 And the giant lay dead at his feet ; 
 This solves the great problem true : 
 
 All tyrants in time meet defeat. 
 
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 Napoleon dare not interfere, — 
 
 Then, useless for England to try ; 
 With hatred it would be met there. 
 
 And under the tables would lie. 
 With commanders invariably changed, 
 
 And beaten inwards everywhere. 
 The machinery of war so deranged — 
 
 Verging on the brink of despair. 
 
 Oft the dream of proud fancy is blighted. 
 
 Although charmed by a prosperous gale j 
 That country must fall disunited, 
 
 No matter what wealth may prevail. 
 Where battles are fought at haphazard, 
 
 Few victories are gained by a chance. 
 Old Abe should have studied the wizard, 
 
 And learned his fate in advance. 
 
 It gave Wellington the greatest of labor, 
 
 The day before a battle was fought. 
 To manoeuvre his army on paper, 
 
 In triangular forms too wrought. 
 He never rested three hours in bed, 
 
 Still ordering despatches afar. 
 Napoleon the same principal lead 
 
 Throughont the Peninsula war. 
 
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 The great topographist studied 
 
 The triangular solids in style ; 
 When he entered^ a country much hurried, 
 
 He knew its length and breadth to a mile. 
 The ratio of its surface divided — 
 
 Accessible points kept in view ; 
 His generals with maps, too provided : 
 
 No army could cut them in two. 
 
 Poor Erin had suckled the man 
 
 That beat the first general on earth ; 
 So noble the course that he ran, 
 
 Peace followed the hero till death. 
 The good christian warrior died 
 
 In the eighty-third year of his age ; 
 'Tis well if his place is supplied 
 
 With an actor as sound on the stage. 
 
 
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THE TRENT AFFAIR. 
 
 Demand of Mason and Slidell in Boston Harbour, 
 
 THE VOICE OF THE BRITISH LION. 
 
 The Lion had growled in the distance, 
 
 The insult had bristled his mane ; 
 He said : I care not for resistance — 
 
 I will make you pay for that game. 
 You broke down the laws of neutrality, 
 
 Like jackals you entered my den, 
 And acted with savage brutality. 
 
 By the seizure of innocent men. 
 
 You know I'm not easily aroused ; 
 
 But when I am touched rather sore — 
 My warlike positions espoused — 
 
 The guilty then quakes at my roar. 
 To perfection I'm seen on that flag ; 
 
 My majesty none dare dispute. 
 To those most accustomed to brag, 
 
 Know I'm lord of the man and the brute. 
 
 India's Tiger, my native akin, 
 
 Had formed a league to rebel ; 
 True, before I could rightly begin, 
 
 Many a fine young lion had fell. 
 Having sworn to make them repent 
 
 For their dogged disobedience of law. 
 Great Jungler himself in the event 
 
 Was no more than a cat in my paw. 
 
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 There was Bruin, that great Russian bear, 
 
 Who unjustly pounced on the Turk ; 
 I, in the midst of danger, was there. 
 
 And made him pay dear for that woik. 
 When he heard of his lordship, the lion, 
 
 His terror could not be denied ; 
 He knew he would take no denial — 
 
 He foamed to apoplexy and died. 
 
 The dragon came next of the East, 
 
 Whose physiognomy any would shun j 
 He may be an imaginary beast, 
 
 But is worshipped by those of the sun. 
 Fifty-seven and sixty waged war — 
 
 All treaties and contracts broke through ; 
 The maritime law seemed, too, to jar 
 
 Like the one now similar in view. 
 
 All mediation was offered in vain. 
 
 To make them adhere to the law ; 
 Gave the lion an outi-barbarous name — 
 
 Insulted him up to his jaw. 
 They would yield to no treaty whatever. 
 
 Which augured the road to their doom ; 
 Old Yea* was transported forever. 
 
 And died on the shores of Rangoon. 
 
 The friends of the Emperor did mourn 
 
 His untimely death at Zubol — 
 That great kingdom itself round in turn 
 
 By the hands of the rebels will fall. 
 Five millions of money were paid 
 
 For that very same breach of the law; 
 A treaty was instantly made. 
 
 After feeling the weight of his paw. 
 
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 The next was that bird called the Eagle, 
 
 That raised such a scream in the land — 
 Endeavoured Napoleon to inveigle, 
 
 To aid against England's demand. 
 Old Winfield failed in his mission : 
 
 He got nothing on which to rely. 
 When the Emperor heard the condition, 
 
 'Twas impossible for him to comply. 
 
 The Fenians, the last upon earth, 
 
 Had concocted a murderous scheme ; 
 Far, far from the land of their birth. 
 
 Had indulged in a fabulous dream. 
 An Americanized rabble 'tis true 
 
 Had attempted the lion to awe j 
 Before they could rightly go through. 
 
 Were crushed by the weight of his paw. 
 
 King Solomon's wisdom was great, 
 
 All who read the gospel can tell ; 
 His glory had no equal to date — 
 
 His proverbs had no parallel. 
 Queen Sheba came there from the East, 
 
 And wintered in Solomon's tent. 
 It rests with tradition at least. 
 
 From which Theodore counts his descent. 
 
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 Should he deny his descent as a slave. 
 
 He must be something still worse. 
 The way lately he seemed to behave 
 
 Drew down on his country a curse. 
 The old lion went forth on his track. 
 
 To scourge him for his barbarous law. 
 All from Dan to Beersheba and back 
 
 Dare free him from the grasp of his paw. 
 
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 'Twas I drove Napoleon from Egypt, 
 
 Because he invaded my land — 
 Whose boundless ambition I used up 
 
 The moment he reached to the strand. 
 Theodore had no precedent to show 
 
 Why he should act so unjust ; 
 To the sands of Sahara* must go. 
 
 To perish with hunger and thirst. 
 
 The truculent look of the Panther, 
 
 As he sprang from his secret lair, 
 To the world his master did banter : 
 
 The lion would rue coming there. 
 The Panthers, the Leopards, the Tigers, 
 
 Came fawning, the lion to greet j 
 Like a crowd of cowardly beggars. 
 
 Crouching down at his majesty's feet. 
 
 True, cubs overgrown will contend, 
 And sometimes all order will mar ; 
 
 At my grim countenance will bend; 
 And directly desist from a war. 
 
 The Tiger, the Bear and the Dragon, 
 With terror did recently mourn ; 
 
 Too, the Eagle, the Yankee did brag on- 
 Cowered down to the Lion in turn. 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 POETICAL SERIES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RUSSIAN, PERSIAN AND CHINA WARS, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 THE REBELLION OF BRITISH INDIA. 
 
 In submitting this poetical volume to the full inspec- 
 tion of a religious and enlighteded people, I have studi- 
 ously evaded all superfluity which I have often met with, 
 both written and oral, during that sanguinary period. 
 I have, therefore, considered it most expedient to divide 
 the work into four periods, embracing the wars of Rus- 
 sia, China, Persia, and lastly, the rebellion of British 
 India, which I have minutely entered into with unremit- 
 ting assiduity, pointing out the cause, the consequence, 
 their struggles and overthrow. * 
 
 It is absolutely true, I have neither spared cost nor 
 time in making myself acquainted with all realities eman- 
 ating from the different seats of war. Day after day 
 have I traced with assiduity the columns of the London 
 TtmeSf where I have found a great many well written 
 articles, principally emanating from Russell, its most 
 able correspondent, who had been ordered to attend the 
 battle-field and give a fair and impartial narrative of the 
 passing events then struggling in the different contests 
 of the field. I must also acknowledge to be greatly in- 
 debted to other papers, largely circulated through these 
 
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 loyal colonio:^, (now tlie Dominion of Canada); for in- 
 stance, tlic Illustrated London JVews, tlie Dublin War- 
 derj and the wide-spread Belfast Weekly, in whoso 
 columns I have found a jrreat many well-written letters 
 from officers and correspondents, who in reality had 
 mingled through the ordeal of the scene. I must say, 
 from those brilliant fountains I received that information 
 which induced me to enter on so perilous a work. True, 
 I acknowledge to having embellished it with a small por- 
 tion of nature's poetical fancy. So strange were the 
 contrivances of men and rulers during that period, that, 
 had it not licen for the government press and the differ- 
 ent emissaries issued to the many suspicious courts, 
 through whose vigilance the necessary information was 
 immediately forwarded to the powerful press of Britain, 
 before whose thunder the guilty crouch and tyrants 
 tremble, and which had in many respects the desired 
 eflfect to frustrate many a well laid scheme, it would, in 
 all probability, have terminated in some deadly struggle 
 of which we have had no conception. 
 
 I, therefore, have every confidence that this work will 
 be found pleasing to all those who may be disposed to 
 give its pages a perusal. The reader will find a great 
 many well executed portraits of Grcnerals, Officers and 
 Subordinates, who have figured conspicuously and stood 
 most prominent in many a hard fought battle. 
 
 I have traced and reviewed over and over again, the 
 origin and termination of those deadly struggles which 
 cost so much and lasted so long, in which, during the 
 period of ten years, England had been unremittingly en- 
 gaged. With or without an ally, she had been enabled, 
 through the interposition of Divine Providence, continu- 
 ally to come out victorious. Had any other nation been 
 engaged single-handed as she was, it was doomed to des- 
 truction, or buried in oblivion for one hundred years to 
 come. But what do we find ? We find Russia, Persia, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
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 China and India, completely subjuj^ted in their turn, 
 liaving no other alternative left but to conic begging for 
 arbitration to save their future destiny. 
 
 Having taken a general synopsis of those terrible 
 struggles, I have found one thing decidedly needful, — 
 that all those defeats and victoiies, assaults, sorties, 
 battles and sieges re(juired to be condensed into two 
 volumes, and carried through from period to period, 
 keeping time aud date ; which I have endeavc'n-ed to ex- 
 ecute with justice and fidelity, irrespective of nat'onality 
 or creed, to all those engaged through the different 
 struggles of that long and sanguinary period. 
 
 Placed as I was, far remote from the seat of war, (in 
 New Brunswick, a Biitish colony, now called the Do- 
 minion of Canada,) I have been most powerfully aided 
 by a great many indefatigable papers and journals, large- 
 ly circulated through this loyal dominion, whose united 
 opinion will be found favourable towards this work. In 
 conclusion, allow me to address a few consoling words 
 before I yield this volume into the hands of a discern- 
 ing world : — 
 
 Exalted should the immaculate name of the great Je- 
 hovah be, who has placed us under the protection of that 
 munificent and boundless British flag, whose incompar- 
 able cross travels, as it were, over the living Hemisphere ; 
 fails not to greet the rising rays of Phoebus as he darts 
 forth from the antipodes of the Eastern world ; continu- 
 ally keeps floating under, as that great luminary rolls 
 through the zodiac of heaven ; and finally waves that 
 proud pennant over the last flickering ray of that eternal 
 sphere as he gradually descends to the West. 
 
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 PREFACE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 FALL OF REPUBLICS. 
 
 " Hasty climbers have sudden falls." 
 
 The Romans the Republic had tried — 
 
 The most sapient nation on earth ; 
 For a time it breathed, lived and died, 
 
 But reaped an untimely death. 
 With their Biblical reason reverse 
 
 To the order or novelty of things ; 
 God's ordinance no more nor no less 
 
 Carried out in succession by kings. 
 
 In France it was planted with skill, 
 
 But failed in producing the fruit ; 
 Napoleon, to work out his will. 
 
 Would never permit it to root. 
 All the red Republic had done 
 
 Was to change one king for another 5 
 And before the election was run 
 
 Napoleon was there without bother. 
 
 The Republic was tried under Cromwell, 
 
 Before Charley fell from the throne ; 
 After Oliver himself got a tumble. 
 
 The Commonwealth fell like a stone. 
 That useful usurper had showed 
 
 The Reformation had headed all things; 
 The safest guarantee on the road 
 
 Was the descendants of liberal kings. 
 
PRE FACE. 
 
 XXI 
 
 Let us see the great western world, 
 
 Where freedom once muttered a call ; 
 The Stars and the Stripes were unfurled^ 
 
 Desij^ned as a model for alL 
 Now passing the nursery of freedom, 
 
 Where the cradle of liberty's rocked ; 
 Thinking nothing on earth could exceed them : 
 
 Still freedom in reality is mocked. 
 
 This was the land and this was the people 
 
 That offered to Europe such peace. 
 That Republic that now is so feeble 
 
 Had offered all bondsmen release ; 
 Was a model designed for the world — 
 
 An eden for all upon earth ; 
 In the air like a vapour was hurled, 
 
 In misery, in slaughter, in death. 
 
 Twenty-five hundred millions of dollars 
 
 Hang over the skulls of the poor ; 
 With the future taxation that follows, 
 
 That burden they cannot endure. 
 That wild imposition above 
 
 Has had no parallel upon earth. 
 Not a cent will they ever remove. 
 
 Not even to the day of their death. 
 
 In Mexico it was opposed to the chui'ch, 
 
 About which some battles were fought. 
 That very same party was left in the lurch, 
 
 And poor Maximilian was shot. 
 The Yankees had aided Juarez, 
 
 And winked at the Emperor's death. 
 This seemed the Republic to please, 
 
 And food for cousin Jonathan's mirth. 
 
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 XXll PREFACE. 
 
 Still, the church had sold Maximilian — 
 
 Was betrayed by a son of that creed. 
 Napoleon first gave that opinion, 
 
 After hearing that treacherous deed. 
 He's the worst character on earth, 
 
 Who'd sell his fellow-man for a fee. 
 Tliat party concocting the death 
 
 Was neither christian, republic, nor free. 
 
 When freedom is based upon murder, 
 
 'Tis not likely it ever will stand ; 
 Foul murder will out, and no wonder — 
 
 Its scourge will wither the land. 
 I think life should never be taken. 
 
 For vengeance is mine, saith the Lord. 
 Oft justice by perjury is shaken — 
 
 The innocent pays the reward. 
 
 The reign of republics is short — 
 
 It seems like a shuffling game ; 
 The people get tired of that sort 
 
 When 'tis manoeuvred for gain. 
 All grasping republics are fooled — 
 
 Dwindled down like things of the past; 
 For want of being equally ruled, 
 
 Revert into kingdoms at last. 
 
 We must follow the republics through 
 
 Buenos Ayres and the Spanish Brazil, 
 With Colombia, Chili and Peru, 
 
 Pointing out their good and their ill. 
 They were once held in bondage by Spain- 
 
 Plundejred by them night and day ; 
 But they nobly unshackled the chain, 
 
 And drove the rude bigots away. 
 
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 An incas* had ruled them for years, 
 
 Until their invasion by Spain, 
 And up to that time it appears 
 
 They never had reason to complain. 
 After they the Republic embraced, 
 
 True, state after state fell away ; 
 The bandits in office were placed, 
 
 Like vultures had gorged on the prey. 
 
 With a countrv and climate the best 
 
 That ever attracted the sun. 
 Every man by adoption was blest 
 
 Until the Republics begun. 
 If ruled by a limited monarchy — 
 
 All Republics blended in one, — 
 It would shackle the arm of anarchy, 
 
 Whicli now has the country o'errun. 
 
 The impeachment of Johnston for drinking, 
 
 Paints out the Republic in style : 
 The successor of President Lincoln, 
 
 In whom it was said was no guile. 
 Was he like Napoleon or Cromwell, 
 
 He would make them tame as a mouse ; 
 JJcfore he would crouch, fawn or humble, 
 
 Would sweep every soul in the house. 
 
 Lincoln's vaults were pregnant with brandy — 
 
 All indulged in the sap of the vine ; 
 Still they impeached simple Andy 
 
 For enjoying his flagon of wine. 
 On the eve that Abe Lincoln was shot, 
 
 And Seward was colloped in bed, 
 Old Andy was swigging his pot. 
 
 Quite innocent of what was ahead. 
 
 *A King, a Sovereign. 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 THK ALLIED W^^^^H BUSSTA. 
 
 FIRST 
 
 Voetical lntvo<luction. 
 Origin of the War. 
 Rattle of the OUcntiza. 
 mstmct^onofSynope. 
 
 Battle of Citato. 
 Siege oi Sehstia. 
 
 F^"Sl^"^::,,''u:{Eupatoria. 
 
 VlUcs invade Balaclava. 
 
 Snttlo of Balaclava. 
 Sut Cavalry Charge. 
 
 iMsastrous «i""' 
 Battle ol lnk«;;»';;a i^and. 
 
 Arties at the Troche.. 
 
 •j,t^r>:»a«..t. 
 
 Death of the Czar. 
 • Battle of EuPi^tom. 
 Palmerston's Ministry. 
 Valliant Guards. 
 
 ^r of tie' Mainolen and White 
 
 X^JcrSalattaclconthoMala. 
 koof and Redan. 
 
 PERIOD. 
 
 Destruction of Sweaborg. 
 Battle of Tracter Bridge 
 Queen Victoria s vi8it to 
 Vail of Sabastopool. 
 
 o™"^?^:?£ran» 
 
 Destruction ot "^VP"^' __g 
 Allies in Winter Quarters. 
 
 Battle of the Ingour, 
 
 Williams. , ^x^ 
 
 Destruction of property b> the 
 
 fleet. 
 Swedish Alliance. 
 
 lollowing up R^t^f *: ,,tria 
 ik^gotiation throng lAu^ 
 The Power of Englana. 
 I Conference of laris. 
 1 \n Heir to France born. 
 
 The Guards return home. 
 The Last Surrender. 
 
 Theratrioticl'?""- 
 War's Lamentation. 
 
 THE BRITISH WAU WITH PERSIA. 
 
 S "^-^ ° ^Bombay Cavalry Charge. 
 
 SttlVof the Dutch Fort. l,^„j ..f SeT^d Ether.ay. 
 Fall of Bushire. Death of btaiKtrai 
 
 General Ferrier's Account. | ^^^^^y ^y pcrouk Khan. 
 Battle of BarazJoon. 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 THE CHINA WAR. 
 
 THIRD PERIOD. 
 
 Origin of the War. 
 Bombardment of Canton. 
 Falmerston's Ministry. 
 Dissolution of same. 
 Emperor of China's Proclamation. 
 Foianing case at Hong-kong. 
 Lord Elgin despatched to China. 
 Bombardment and fall of Canton. 
 Filth of Canton city. 
 Governor Yea made a prisoner . 
 Fort Pieho .taken. 
 Treaty of Tien-Tien. 
 
 Free Trade — no Uestriction. 
 A peep at Jeddo, by Lord Elgin. 
 The Pieho affair in China. 
 Assault on batteries Pieho. 
 Assault and failure. 
 Crawling preferred to fighting. 
 The fall of Austria by Napoleon. 
 Battle ot the Bow Bridge near 
 Battle and fall ot Takue. [Peekin. 
 Cavalry Charge near Peekin. 
 Luting of the Royal Palace. 
 
 REBELLION OF BRITISH INDIA. 
 
 FOURTH PERIOD. 
 
 Origin of the Mutiny. 
 
 Revolt and its cause. 
 
 City of Delhi. 
 
 Brigadier H. Havelock. 
 
 Murder at Cawnpore. 
 
 Storming of Delhi. 
 
 Capture of Delhi. ^ [Wife. 
 
 The old King, Heir and favourite 
 
 First Relief of Lucknow. 
 
 Jessie Brown's Dream. 
 
 Battle of Agra. 
 
 The last relief of Lucknow. 
 
 Battle of Lucknow. 
 
 General Windham's defeat. 
 
 General Windham's dispatch. 
 
 Rebels defeated at Allegur. 
 
 Rebels defeated at the Allunbagh. 
 
 Lord Derby's Ministry. - 
 
 Faithful Jung Behadoor. 
 
 Fall of the City of Lucknow. 
 
 Plunder of Lucknow. 
 
 Siege of Jansi raised by Gen Rose. 
 
 Battle and fall of Kotah. 
 
 Capture of Baricelly. 
 
 Battle of Calpre. 
 
 Battle of Moorar. [Gen. Rose. 
 
 Fall of the Queen of Jansi by 
 
 Fall of the Queen of Gualior. 
 
 Mooltan ^Muti ny . 
 
 Lord Clyde's Campaign. 
 
 Tantia Topee defeated. 
 
 Assault and fall of Ramporc. 
 
 Assault and fall of Simeree. 
 
 Forts and Chiefs surrendered. 
 
 Battle of the Koondry. 
 
 Battle of Dunda Kera. 
 
 Battle of Oodipoor. 
 
 Storming the Heights of Biswa. 
 
 Fall and execution of Tantia To- 
 
 Destruction of Delhi. [pee- 
 
 Periodical Rains of India. 
 
 Lord Canning,Gov.-GeB. of India. 
 
 Fall of TipooSultanMysere(1798) 
 
 L'd Hastings' war in the Punjaub. 
 
 The Nana Sahib still at large. 
 
 Governor General's reception at 
 
 Lucknow. 
 The Wagheers of the Dwarka. 
 Fort Wasser deserted. 
 Gorka Campaign, (1859.) 
 The Durbar, or Court of India. 
 The last Charge at Lucknow. 
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