The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-07-19

BATTLE GROUNDS or SARATOGA.
sARATooA, N, y, July T.

lection Of some Of the most stirring events, Ia
that slime which, tried meas souls" and the
very mention Of which, al this day, will bring
the 1ush Of health 10 the cheek Of the droop-
| ing invalid, and cause the heart Of any belle
| In the Union 10 hutter, as she muses. upon the
balls, parties, and love adventures, 10 BIO met
with, al the justly celebrated watering place,
during "the season" Prompted by musing
upon these things, and by the pleasing reeol,
lection, that sin my youths summer" look
ed upon you a. one Of my best and dearest
friends. have taken the liberty to intrude
upon you.
/ walked 10 old Saratoga, (so called To
distinguish Il from Saratoga springs) and o.
yer the battle grouEl. where on the nine
teenth Of September, 1870, Benedict Arnold
then without the stain Of treason on hia
soul, and probably ~ true, aud oertaiUly a.
brave, patriot ~ ever lived on American
soil, ---performed such prodigies Of valor, and
gained for the American people the battle Of
Saratoga, and As looked around me, and
saw nooght bat ''ihe rich plantations Of the
EasliHg corn, and holds green, Ia al the
beauty Of summer, asked myself, can IL be,
that ON this beAuteous field, men once dyed
their hands in bloodi But knew that this
was ''the dark and bloody ground" And
then, felt myself carried back scyenty.6ye
years, standing on that spot saw Arnold
] ride UP 10 Gates, dozen PAGES ff0n whore
stood. with all the impeipoaiy Of his fiery
nature, aided by 'theinyisble spiritof wine,''
saying, The British are reinforced and We
must have more men" heard the proud
aud naughty Gates, with that cold ciyiity
Which rouccaici the deepest hatred. and joai.
ousy, tell him, "take them sir" saw him
ride back at the head Of those men, n1aming
them by his words and example, and with
his mighty arm doing those deeds which scrv-
ed only the more 10 iniia,ae Gates towards
him. then saw Gates writing 10 the Cont
mental Congress, telling them that the "battlo
was fought by detsehnents Of the army for
bearing 10 mention the name Of Arnold then
J ] saw him deprive Arnold Of his command
| saw Arnold on the seventh Of October, mad.
dcned by repeated wrongs, rush from the
camp TO the batrle field with bue a handful OF
men, and without authority charge the centre
Of the British army. saw him with his ca
! gle eye watch the movements Of Gen. Frazier
| saw him take ono Of "Morgan's men" aside
and heard him say TO him, THAT man is Gen
/ Frazier, | admire and respect him, but IL Is
necessary he should die, take your station in
that cluster Of bushes aud do your duty
] Essa 4 a Il
& gallNntFrazier fall MORALLY wounded And
while Gates sat safely in his tent, Arnold took
the whole command, and having instillcd in
! 10 his men the same reckless daring which
actuatcd himself I saw him break like a
wounded tiger into tho camp Of Lord Barra-
cas-, and encountering the British troops at
the point OF the bayonet, deal death dcsiric-
I ton around him Then the last exploit on
which 10 great degree hung the fate Of A.
merica, I saw him drive the HcSsians- from
their cucampment, and thinking Of what that
man did then, and what he did af(erwaId, !
was lel 10 ia.laiss, &c these -Ras-g.ei some
cause for his future action, never as yet AZ
signed. But discussion Of Arnold's career
is not my object.
saw on the: ground, bullets, fattcncd by
having been fred by the Americans against
the English works But :he old guide told
me must not carry ANYTHING away, and he
treated me so kindly, could not find the
heart, TO purloin even a relic Of the hardest
fought battle Of the Revolution, The loss of
the Americans was about one hundred and
Ep,. sitea aNd a., ~, so,,th - ,,.o,. - a. %
fort, fattening the soil, lay most of those mar.
tyred to the cause of American Liberty; and
unless the gratitude Of the American people
should prompt them to erect some monument
to their memory, in a few years no man will
live to point out the spot where sleep some
of the nations noblest sons
then left the battle ground, and proceed
cd to the grave of the heroic Frazier; whc
was buried the evening of the eighth, accord
ing TO his own expressed desire, ain the grea
rrroubt on the hiil, +" and like Sir John MeeFe
> "They buried him darby At dead OF nigNA"
within reach Of the American guns, ball
=, from which, scattered dust in the face of tn,
!, officiating Chaplain; small marble slal
marks the spot where the hero was buried.
AS turned away from that spot, coulC
hardly repress tear, to think that one 81
good, so noble and so brave, should leave al
he held dear in his native land, to assist il
"riveting more firmly" the chains upon an op
$ pressed nation. But he loved his king, a
= does every true Englishman.
The walls Of the sold -edoubt" are still
. strong and high and think even now, Aftc
= the rain ofAges has washed them, they woulc
4 shelter an army to good advantage.
: Leaving this interesting, and almost hal
. lowed spot, took up the same line of marcel
Z as did Burgoyne after the battle of Saratoga
o toward the spot where the General-who sal,
g "this army must never IS;=eat"--delivered u,
. his sword, and where that army, conquered
g by "flock of Yankees, stacked their armsi
c description of which place will give you il
: my next. Yours, Truly,