The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-05-19
VOL p, No. A. Whole No, OlO.

|nold found liuls officially ~ driving oul lbc
m1ilin from Fort Irumbull and eutered New
London, which, was not on ilre-he himself
ascending 90 tho beliry Of Tho Presbyterian
/ church,and chncknR over The cOB0agrAlipu,
Fort GriswOld,nn the Other side Of HE ry-
rr VIVA y place Of some strength, anil was
commanded hy the brave hui unfortunate
/ Col LedyHrd, lli Ibis fort wAs David slulinu'
ed, will ihn company 90 which he belonged,
The BRUSH, under Major Monlg0mey,nd
yanced brayely up lho hill, bui we're driven
back with great slaughter 10y The fire from
the rninpnrlH Aguiu did they make des-
Purale charge. aud succeeded IN entering an
angle 0f The fpuibut body OfNnnkee wl,nle
men, accustomed 10 tho NE Of the hnrpouu
rushed upon them, with long pikes,nnd drove
Them back again
shot from Dayid'a old 'snap trigger kin
cd Major Montgomery, lhe Hritish cOnmnu-
der, Arnold, from his elevated position,
,s'ftes-+,l iltt. ,.itiHl H. sai,I sgsFa asgg ~
carry the Fort, IL half the RssdilnuIs were nae
rihced, The garrison had exhausted MI their
nmmnnilan, aud lhe British troops carried
The Fort
"Who commanded Ibis place. said Mniot
Crawford, HE lender Of tho British troops, ~
the American flag was hauled down,
~ did, but you do now, rir, snd Colonel
iN'lNIW NNNNiNllIEt NllN lNllIllk lllH hMhil
90 The officer, Tho latter took IL, aud ran
Lcdynrd through tie budy, eyclauniug
"Show no quarter, men! We took lhe place
10y storm, No revenge the death oly our com
ndcsn
Then cnsucd scene Of cruelty David
Ind been shot through the lhlgh, 4 few cRr;s
we're dmwnup on the edge Of tic fort Cited
with wounded,lle wns placed IN one Of hem
! lac soldiers then ran them uil the precipii-
Gus descent, Two hundred feet to Tie river
Down, down they went, suffering the mott
terrible agony, mud sunk into the waters,
When David recovered his senses, siN
weeks Ind come and gone. ilo was. lying
ou n bed, IN handsome room. and he zen.
ilc iufm Of Susan WIS lcpulur over HIM iu
her hnnd a cooling draughl. lie had been
drlirious. Rescued hy The humanity ofh
BRUSH officer, he had been lcn nj New Lon.
dom where hs friends soon found him Sis
months afterwards there was wedding, the
like of which was never seen ~ the quiet
village Of llR2rlfcld David Hawkins aud
his wiia nrc yet liyiug-hc hearty ~CTSon /.
of cighty.-iX years lie sent urssagc\p
few days ngn, TINT must como and visit hrN~
next summer mud lAll, az the past winter Ia.
dlcntcs plenty of Wild pigeons mud parlrldg- I.
~ IN shooting tlrrc. iiciliuks | see the obi
sohher now, when a storm Is brewing, he 1
feels NtWingc in his. wounded Imh, sinking
lis crulclt md rNclnimiug- -"'rhc -Aryi IL I
giving the soul ofthRt cursed iuiirf. Arnold, f.
M oSirn twill feel 1t IN my leg" May
The old mats days, with his grandchildren, /
be long in thc land.
FILLMoWr IS IhlrH.-Thc Nicksbny
Wing says thai short time before Gen
Taylor went to Washington ,.e ~ns about
10 visit a place where Ihc'chocr was raging
md WINS reminded Of the uutimcly death of
.ien. llnrrt-ot,, '1Ir,.t,- +.e-tpiekly replied.
Give Sourselves no uucasiuess, gentlemen,
Fillmore is uoia 7ylcr ~ 4
G}T'The Ououdogo New York sali spring
~ the state Reservation, Welded during the
ast year 49,, 52G bushels Of suit, being m
Increase of7e5,776 bushels upon the quantity
,roduPcd the previous ycnr.