The Arkansas banner., 1847-06-14


 the GnFrsneipled Arnold a traitor. The march of Arnold through the wilderness of Name, with his subsequent oaset upon Que bee, IS set down aS ans of he boldsS, achievements on military record. and bat for the treachery ol an indisn. lo sshosn be had entrusted letters. there is bat listle saoabt be would have succeeded tn surprising that important fortress. and thus have secsrcsi inc CsBadas 10 tie United States. Al the cap- tsre of Burgoyne, Mr Heaslley sepresertS Arnold as the principal actor. aud Gates. lhe nominal commander iu -chief. but irllle more than a ioaker-on After the slese of the war Arnold went to Eaglaaa. bpi, detrs,ed there for his 'seachefy removes, to $ Jaha,s. New BsgBswscx. and established Elnself as a merchant He rapidly scquired fortune; bui even there ke became so ,s4iass. lh4t tlsf, PenPie tarni him in eligy, which ,hey named tAe trsiter, When slse asr broke a.it between Eagland aad France. hs solicited sn apposasFrehs In sisx as1sg, isEs Tfss officers sfs~Jst. s@f..~laIs @@sosfsss wIth him- his request was denied He died n Tondtn iu lStl-sIxty-one years Of age
 Gen Stark was born n New Hampshire,
 
 French war as commander of company er Rangers. and was with Lord Howe before TIeon'leroga. This sor, of military eluca- uoa, uai,ed wisls hts en,hpstastic patriotism, probably induced Congress 10 make Gen efai of him. Al inc ba;tle oi Bennington he lmmor,aiixed his name. and Il was there he rallied his men with lhe exclamation -..Sec those men There are the reti coats Be fore night they are ours, or Molly Siafk's widow -
 Gen Schuyler was boraai Albany in I735. He also was with Lord Howe m his lll-tated expedition agslns. 1'icondesoea. The prep araiions for tle subiuga,ion of Burgoyne's army were all msde by Schss Ter. but, to give Gen, Gates influence and popularity. he was deprived of the command ius, before the battles near Saratoga, and Gen Gates reaacd ali the fruits Of his labor He died ln 1901, aged 7l Alex Hamilton was his son-in- law.
 Notwiihs landing Gen Gates, however. had resped the hopors of Burgoyne's surrender. and was therefore exalted m orier to sup plant Washington as commander-iu-chiei. he soon lost his reputation iu command cf the Southern army, and was himself superseded by Gen. Green He was an EagIshman by birth, aud served as all officer in the English army, affI having. after the close cf ,he old French war. settled in Berkely county, Va. his military >edncation pointed him ot.i as proper man to command III our armies A the hssiie> es- Bealiz, heights, according ,o Mir. Headiey. he kept himself ID camp and took no acpve part9n the bloody contents: but such was the eeiai attending the s8rren- der of Bu,govne. iha, he was selected to ie- lieye the falling fortunes of our couHgsvtnen Tn the South. where. however, Tn the battle of Camden. he was defeated and dlsgsaced Alter the war. he settied an his old estate n Virginia. but m l790 he remosed to New York. and was elecGed memher of the Legislature. He dled in lSe6,(77 wears of age
 Ba-on SleB5eu wss/one ot the most m isrestng characters among our military he roes. He was~fhe great drll-officer of the revoluiioD. and first taught OUT raw soldiers discipline, and SO prepared them for victories Hswas aid-de-camP to the King of Prussia. and learned the ari of war under ihe Great Frederic, but he finally resigned his military A Poin,nenis. and enJoying salary of about S2000 per annum. he sacrificed all, II seems, by ,he solicitation, and under some promises of the French Cont, to come lo the CaIied States. in order 70 teach Us the art oi war He first saw our army at Valley Forge. famlshed. half-naked, locking more like beg gars than soldiers, and fresh as he was from the well-fsd and well-disciplined corps of Europe. the contrast fnpst have been painful enough He, however, andiScoataget. be- gan his drills, and in the very next campaign. his soldiers began to retrieve the losses they had suffered as raw troops heretofore From that time on, our regulars were never beaten m fair fight, and subsequently. at Eu,aw Springs. some of his men. 10 the uIter amaze meni of ihe English troops. beai them with ibeis favorl,s weapon. ihe heyonei Ai the close of Ihs war, hs rr1ed IT Taii1 iie essssia4 from Congress fol6lneni of. Us contracts with him, sad only af,er seven years fr,ai. could he, through ihs instrumea,altv of Washington aad Hamilton. finally obtain pensfon of s2500 year. Ths New York Assembly vOIed him township of land near Utica, in that State. where he built log JasfsSs Gtfsts- ztA N 2s S4t ts- AfUss
 We have no room even 10 sbbresiats wha, is said of Gen Wayne. the hero of Stony Point, who died st the age Of 5l, soon sfer his successful expedition against the ind.ans m the then Western frontier For his life. and for the lives of the others. we must refer our readers 10 Mr Head;ey's book
 \ WAENISe To DRvNKARDs'--Dr Nou n one Of hIs recent lectures, gives an ac- count of young man who came b tsss death by spontaneous combustion The individual who perlshed Tn Ihis shocking manner had been d hablguai 1rlnker for many wears Dr No,i, was called to see him n great has.e oae evening. and f,nnd han literally roasted aiise hlacksmiih who resided near The residence of the deceased suddenly discover cd light tn his shop, and ran wilh great pgeciplAncs .o the bai!diag where he dis-