Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-11

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three ~fchoonere. and five gondolas, was
prepared Of which Arnold took the con-
rnand, and was afterwards reinforced 10y
three gallies ard three gondclas; and with
this force be engaged "a much i~upSvior force
Of the Engliih on the 18th, whom he
checked, but on the 18th found himieli
obliged to4iy, and n mcft of his fleet on
hore, to faveslhe men from being made
prtoners. Arnold here alto gained much
applauie for his bravery, but was centred
as having made a bad difpoi,ion of his
force. With the rank OF general, next
year, he feryed at Danbury, and oppef-
ed general Iryon, who was fent to de-
In an action AT Redsfe.d he had his
horfe fhot under him, & favcd himleif from
being run through the body with a bayo- |
net,by hooting The Engim folder wi."at-
tempted it. His conduct here vast 70 much
aprlauded that the Congre;s preiented
him with another horlc in the room of that
he loft in the action. This was in r777,
and fine fame campaign he relieved Fort
Schuyler, attacked by col. St. Legar ard
Sir William Johnlon.- This was the me-
morable year in which Burgoyne met his
difgracesul fate. In the at,emp, made to
form his intrenchments, Arnold COM
manded part OF the army here again he
affirmed extraordinary courage. and was
wounded in the thigh, of which ne ever at
ter felt the consequences, having one limb
ihorter than the. other. When the. Bril-
tilh troops evacuated Philadelphia, in
1878, Arnold was appointed to command
the American garrifon. Here he lived in
an e1Penfye fyle far beyond his income /;
and TO support it engaged both in trade &
prlva-eering, in both of which he was un-
iuccelsfui. lie then fet up a claim againH
the American government, which was diff
allowed by the commifioners appointed
70 examine it. This led him into in
temperate conduct and expreEions, for
which he was tried by a court-martial, &
ientenced to receive a rcprimand. From
this moment he feems to have harboured
the dei,gn of quitting the American fer
vice. He accordingly opened a corref-
pondencc, 1850, with Sir Henry Clinton,
wirh whom he contracted to deliver up
W~ct-Point, the place which he command
ed. To lettle all matters, the u%niortu-
nate Andre was fent up the river, in the
Vuiture Hoop, to confer with Arnold
His detection and fate are we'll known.
Arnold was more fortunate, and finding
his tcheine detected, got fate on board the
Vultrre. 1t was afterwards known, that
as the price of the ~treafcn, Arnold
was TO receive s,oool. and the rank of
hrigadler general, and pay of c%olone. in
the Engliih lervice.-General Wahing-
ton wiihed to fave Andre and exchange
him for Arnold, and we cannot help think
ing general Clinton ought to have acced-
ed to thefe terms. Arnold, in his new
fervice, fought by his activity to render
himtclf acceptable to his new matters, and
in 1884,, was fent, with 1900 men, and
a few light horGc, for the CheGapeak.-
he landed at Richmond, defroyed al the
flores ne could meet with, and afterwards
proceeded to Portfnoutla. A plan was
laid by General Warrington to catch him
and his army, but failed; Arnold was
loon after Joined by gen. Philips, wto
took the command. Arnold, however,
was fill active in the war of havoc and
deitruttion then carried on.
When lord CORVALLIS. joined, he diff
Peried with Arnold's preface, who re-
turned TO N. YORK, and was fortunately
faved from being with the army when it
capitulated. We find him engaging in
one piece more of active i~ervice, which
was an enterprise sgainf N. London,
when he defroyed ~ieveral v%eiIels, fxty
dwelling houfes, and eighty flores. 1t
was a mater of frprife that Englifh Of
6cers fhould Roop TO act under the COM |