The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-29

rode up and ordered them 70 dispese. Soma say
be stgmatised them as id rebels" Not being
Insanity obey ed be dis hareed his pistol and or
he Americans fsl dead The militia retreaxa, ADD
tie Br,ish proceeded 10 Conc ord, end in part snc-
ceeded in destroying the stores. On THAR return,
however. they were sadly harrassed by the Ameri
can minute, WHO were gathering from ~ qgar-
ing the dsy, and would inevitably have been cns OIL
had they not been met, half mile east of the Com
mon, towards Boston, by o strong detachment of
artillery, under Lord Percy. The old house where
bears the mari Of British bayonets and bullets It
is now occupied by Jonas MuDroe, Esq, whose IA
ther, Ensign Robert MunIoe, then owned l.. "Unce
JONAS" a. he Ia Familiarity called relates the histo-
~ of the fight his father told it to him. and alao
shows to visitors pair of silver spurs, left
by British officer when Lori Percy commenced
bis sudden retreat The party suffered extremely
from the fire the Americans, who beset them from
buildings, trees, and fences leaving sxty i've killed
and one hundred and eighty wounded. or the Anne
ricans, fifty we're killed and thirty four wounded
The Tigers, marching through the village and
around the clmmol, passed the old monument, on
which ID the folio wing inscription
Sacred 10 the liberty and rights of mankind
The freedom and independence of America,
Sealed and defended with the blood Of her sons.
This monument is erected
BY the inhabitants of Lexington,
Under the patronage and at the expense of
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
To the memory of their fellow citizens
Ensign Robert Munroe, Messrs. Jonas Parker
Samuel Hadley, JONATHAN. Harrington Jun,
Isaac Muzzy Caleb Harrington, and John Brown,
OF Lexington, and Asahel Porter, of Woburn,
Who fell ON this field the first vict inns to the
Sword OF British tyranny and oppression,
On the morning Of the ever memorable
Nineteenth OF April An. Dom. 177o.
Lhc die was east
The blood Of these martyrs
In the cause of God and their country
Was the cement Of the union OF these States, then
Colonies and gave the spring to the spirit frmness
And pS0 Int ia Of air fal lnyv-r
They rose as one man to revenge their brethrens
Flood and ut the point Of the sword to assist and
Defend their native rights,
They nobly dared to be free
The contest was long, bloody and affecting
Righteous heaven approved the solemn appeal
Victory crowned their arms,
And the pcaccv liberty and Independence Of the Unite
States OF America was their glorious reward.
Built in the year 1893.
After short march. the Tigers reached tbs
Lexington House, one of the beat country hotels to
be found in New EngIand-we won't except even
the renowned inn of the Ancient Mariner, ut
Sp inRfeld. The landlord Of the Lexington House,
Col. Bigt low, had provided dinner. How the
hungry Tigers" fell to, and ate, and talked, ard
had an old fashioned re.uniO and how the baud
played sweet music, aud how. when the ,ur OF
ten arrived, they retired in ex client order aud
coDdition-the band playing HoDo vay's good old
" Wood up Quickstep'-and how Ri Glow and the
hxipgtonians let off fire works no " the conductor
cried out call aboard" and how half an hour
found them in the streets of Boston, and IL oc Ock
saw tie most savage "Tiger" of them ali peace
fully slumbering in the arms of Morpheus-I would
discourse more at length, did not time fail me.
II.