The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-07
MKSCEELA NEOUS.
aBATTLE OF LEXINGTON"

The Anniversary of the Battle Of Lexington,
sixty four years having passed since that mem
cradle CONFERENCE.-The on theai9th OF April
This event which drew from American VEINS
the first blood that was shed in the cause OF CIV
Il liberty. which was so nobly asserted ana de-
aoIed Nv the actors of the american Reuotution
will he remembered and commencement "nle
the love of liberty shall ast,and the great Drama
If which this was the first act, shall hoia an non
orable and conspicuous place III '''o i''o'y "
the world and of man.
We have place.! below an account oil the Bdt-
40 of Te,.;npfon as we find it detailed in the Es-
Gov Gazette" published then, in this town, Dear
;nn the date of April Is, l775. We have thought
that this account, written with the iacts ana Ieel.
ines fresh and vivid, might prove Interesting at
,hSis t;me.-Salem Observer, .4prit 18th 1885.
From a file of The Essen Gazette, for Tvs.
SALEM, April 25, Tvs.
Con "Wednesday. the 18th of April, the troops
| of b;s Rr;to,nicE Majesty commenced nostiii,
Ties mon the People of this Province, attenued
viii, c;rcumstances Of Cruelty not less brutal
than what our venerable Ancestors reced nv
from the yiIest Savages of the Wilderness. ne
particulars relative to this Interesting Esen'' ny
| r,uh;ch we are involved in all the Horrors Oh
c;v;i War we have endeavored TO collect as
,nsil as the present confused State OF Affairs VIII
| admit. ,.hrert from the
army. consisting, it is said OF OF guy menoo,...
| manded by Lieut. COI. SmitLi, otho"' "
ho,,om Of the common in Boston, on board
number of boats, and landed at Phips farm,
little way up Charles River, from whence they
nroceeded with silence and expedition, on theh
wav 70 Concord, about 18 miles from BOSTON,
The people were soon alarmed, ana pegan -
assemble in several towns before daylight !.
order to watch the motion OF the troops. a.
| ex;noton. six miles below Concord, a company
If militia. of about 100 men mustered near t1e
meeting house the troops came IN slgh! u
them lust before sunrise ; and running wl.n'n
few rods of them, the commanding onioe. NJ o.
cos,ed the militia in words to this effect = D's
nsrse vo,s rebels-dm yo,, throao do'o'' your a'n
r,d disnerse Upon which the troops Lu z-'l
and Immediately one or two officers oisc eNs
,her n;s,ols. which were instantaneousiy lohow
ed Inv the firing Of four OF five OF the , soiIae,s
and then there seemed to be genera oiscnaise
from the whole body: Eight OF our men me at
.i,oa and nIne wounded. In few minutes al
ter this action, the enemy renewed tnelr nmas
for Concord; at which they destroyeu osf' a.
carriage wheels, and about 70 barrels OF nI Isr
ali beIoneing to the province. Here ABOUT ~
men going towards bridge, of when tiie ; 1he
mvIyvere in possession, the latter hred, anu h',,eI
| Of our men, who then returned the nre, an'
| obliged the enemy TO retreat back 10 49,,
where they met Lord Percy, with a 'aiH Tha an.
forcement and two pieces of cannon. ON nu . ON
envy now having body of about 1ooo m1 nd
made halt, picked up many of their dead, anu
took care of their wounded. AT Meho.IIS' -,
few of our men attacked party OF t~elso "