The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-05-16

ty from his foes could disarm. Taking
the children from the calash, he affection
ately kissed them, and presenting his hand
to their mother, said pleasantly, "You
tremble madam I beg you not to be a.
fraid." She replied,-"Sir, your man.
ner emboldens me; am sure yOu must be
a husband and a father She soon found
that it was General Schuyler, and he after
wards had the happiness of entertaining
both her and General Reidesel, with La
dy Ackland, her husband, and Burgoyne
himself at his hospitable mansion in Alba
ny, mot as enemies" says the Baroness,
'bGt as friends" While thus entertained,
Burgoyne said one day to his host, you
show me much kindness, though l have
done you much harm" at was the for
tune of war" answered Schuyler; ''let us
say no mere on the subject" The au>
thor of "Hochelaga" adds the following
painful story, with reference to Colonel
Ackland. On public occasion in Eng
land, he heard person speak of the Amer
leans as towards. "He Indignantly re-
buked the libeller OF his gallant captors !:
duel ensued the next morning, and the
noble and grateful soldier was carried
home corpse"
OF poor General Burgoyne, we have
anticipated the subsequent history. His
military career closed with his defeat !;
and though, on his return to England, he
took seat in parliament, his chief bust
ness, as senator, appears to have been
his own defence against repeated assaults
from his enemies. Though he is said tc
have carried to his grave the appearance
of discouraged and broken man, he a
unused himself with literary pursuits, and
in l7S6 was the popular author of sue
cessful play, entitled 1.-THE Heiress." A.
bout six years later, he was privately COM
mitted to his grave, in Westminster Abb
hey.
At this distance Of time, l see no red>
son why the field of Saratoga may not be
regarded by EnglIshmen, as well as Amer
leans. with emotions as near akin To
pleasure as the horrors Of carnage will
allow. 1t is field from which something
of honor flows to all parties concerned,
and in the singular history of which our
holy religion, and the virtues of domestic
life, were nobIy illustrated. On the one
side was patriotism, OH the other loyalty !:
on both sides courtesy. If the figures Of
the picture are at first fierce and repul>
sive- the figures Of brethren armed a.
gainst brethren, mercenary Germans and
frantic savages, Canadian rangers and A.
merican ploughmen, all bristling togeth-
err with the horrid front of war-what a
charm of contrast is presented, when a.
mong these stern and forbidding groups
is beheld the form of Christian woman
moving to and fro, disarming every heart
Of every emotion but reverence, soitening
the misfortunes OF defeat, and checking
the citation of victory The American
may Justly tread that battle-ground with
veneration for the achievement which Sc
cured to his country place among the
nations ofthe world, but not without ho>
ly regard for the disasters, which were as
travail>throes of England, in giving her
daughter birth. And the Brton, acknowl>
edging the necessity of the separation, as
arising from the nature of things. may all
ways feel that it was happily effected at
Saratoga, where, if British fortune met
with a momentary reverse, British valour
was untarnished; and where History, if
she declines to add the name of new
field to the ancient catalogue of England's
victories, turns to a fairer page, and gives
richer glory than that of conquest to her
old renown, as she records the simple sto>
ny of female virtue, heroism, fidelity, and
piety, and inscribes the name of Lady
HARRIET ACKLAND.