Butte record., 1854-10-28

SenSlDte ~ us supptttdt NUS f0F LII iN''
hours the servant brought to the artists
"a large eaithen vessel, commonly used
to contain oil, filed with ashes. II was
all that remained of his paintings.
MAJOR GENERAL STARK.
Maior-General John Stark was man
Of considerable note in the Revolution.
Upon authority We learn that he was
born in the town Of Londonderry, New
Hampshire, August 2S, 172S. In 1876,
the family removed TO Derryfeld, now
Manchester, where he resided till the
close of his life. He served in the French
war; and on hearing Of the battle Of Lex
inston. he repaired to Cambridge, and,
receiving Colonel's commission, he en-
listed the same day eight hundred men
He fought in the battle of Breeds Hill,
was engaged in the attack on Trenton,
and was III the battle Of Princeton. On
the invasion of Bhrgoyne in l777, he
received the command OF the New Iiamp-
shire militia to oppose him, and had the
honor by his skill and iutrepidity, Of
achieving the first step towards the cap
ture Of that General by the defeat of
Col. Baum ip the battle of Bennington.
la s ptember he enlisted new aud ar
ger force, and joined Gates, In 1878
ana 9 he served in Rhode Island, and
in 1850 in New jersey. In 1881 he
had the command of the Northern de-
pariment of Saratoga At the close of
the war he bid adieu to public enjoy
ment In 1918 Congress voted him a
pension of sixty dollars month. He
died May s, 1922, aged SO years. The
late Justice Woodbury. OF the Supreme
Court of the United States, in reply to
the toast of New Hampshire" >" spoke
of this General us follows: " Stark Lad
enjoyed more experience than any other
officer from New Hampshire, having
been engaged in the previous French
war, and in many Indian encouIieis.-
He was loohei up to most Tor advice and
skill, but not for courage above the rest,
whore ali were brave, and all true TO the
spirit of The times which tried men
souls.
General Stark had been hunter, and
an lndian fighter. a prisoner among the
French at Montreal, and reasoned by
New hampshire's sending public agent
for that purpose, whose journal, many
years ago, ! read with great interest in
manuscript. The glory he afterwards
acquired IN winning the battle of Ben.
nington, justified the nigh expectations
formed about him at Bunker Hill, Only
q few Years before his death, travelled
several miles to see and converse with
hm, and know how hero looked Pic
ture to yourself man unde. the middle
5 ze, with whitened locks, bent Shout
defs, on the verge of ninety, with a
voice, however, still firm and with OPT
mon very decisive, and conversation
tersc, and yoi can see all that was left
If one Of The most daring chieftains OF
the day. The heart and soul rather
than the stature, cons itute the essence
of such mn. 4 Controversy was then
going on as to who was leader or COM
mander in the battle here His mem
ory was considI Ired BY bis family as not
perfect, esprcialle about recent events
But he replied without hesitation, when
asked, that there was no commander oi
all the American troops on this hard
fought day, and that most Of the oficers
VINO conducted men there, all being
moved by one common impulse, and tC
one common end, fought the common
enemy as much as they deemed best
each acting pretty much on his owl
hook. The ashes of the noble veteran
nov sleep under column of granite
erected by flial gratitude, on his farm
on the banks of the Merrimac1, in sigh
of the falls of Amoskeag, where he spear
ed salmon in his youth, and near the
beautiful Mannaheseck, lake or pond
where he trapped beaver in mature
life Hiiand Hall
!
He who would enjoy the fruit, mus
l. q