From the most correct information I could obtain, their forces at the siege of Fort Meigs, consisting of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Indians, amounted to 5,000! From Malden I was taken across to Cleveland, and from there I pursued my journey towards the delightful regions of Kentucky, where I arrived in Montgomery county, in June, 1813. THE BATTLE OF RAISIN, ON THE 22D OF JANUARY, 1813. On Raisin darkness reigned around, And silent was the tented ground, Where weary soldiers slept profound, Far in the wintery wilderness. No danger did the sentry fear, No wakeful watch at midnight drear; But ah! the foe approaches near, Through forests frowning awfully. And ere the sun had risen bright, Fast flashing ’mid the stormy fight, The thundering cannon’s livid light Glared on the eye most frightfully. Then deadly flew the balls of lead! Then many of the foemen bled, And thrice their banded legion fled, Before Kentucky’s bravery. And long our heroes’ swords prevail: But hist! that deep and doleful wail-- Ah! freedom’s sons begin to fail, Oppressed by numbers battling. Rise! rise! ye volunteers, arise! Behold! your right hand column flies! And hark! yon shout which rends the skies! Where Indians yell tumultuously. Rush o’er the bloody field of fame, Drive back the savage whence he came! For glory ’waits the victor’s name, Returning home exultingly. ’Tis done. The dreadful fight is o’er; Thick clouds of smoke are seen no more-- The snowy plain is red with gore, Where fell the friends of liberty. CAMPBELL. FOOTNOTES: [A] To prove that this surrender was not in consequence of the want of ammunition and provisions, it is sufficient to state, upon the authority of official information, that there were thirty-three pieces of cannon, twenty-five of which were brass and eight iron, which were well manned and supplied with ammunition. For the muskets, seventy-five thousand cartridges were made up, besides twenty-four rounds in the cartouch-box of each man. In the magazine were sixty barrels of powder, and one hundred and fifty tons of lead. In the contractor’s store were at least twenty-five days’ provision; and in the adjacent country considerable supplies could have been had, besides three hundred head of cattle, under an escort commanded by Captain Brush, at the River Raisin. AN OHIO VOLUNTEER. [B] Colonel Allen stopped at St. Mary’s for the remaining part of the army. [C] He died in a few days. [D] Pronounced Rushdeboo. [E] We learned since, the British officer was Col. Elliott’s son, and was probably a Captain. [F] The French, who were looking at us when we started, were heard to say, we were not men enough.