The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-02-14

sons, viz: Benedict, Richard and Henry.
Benedict, the Oldest, was All officer of ar
) tiiiery in the British army, and, it is be-
l,eved, was compelled to quit the service.
he died young in the West Indies. Hen
ry entered the Kings service after his faith.
ser's detection, and was lieutenant of
cavalry in the American Legion. lie nc.
companied his father 10 st. John, and
was employed in his business. He slept
in the ware .ouse near the Lower Cove in
|, that city, and lodged there the nigh. the
building was burned. He lived after
wards at Troy, NeS York, with his aunt
Hannah, and was engaged in mercantile
pursuits. Al a subsequent period he re-
moved to Canada, whore ne is now man
of property. lie received half pay and a
grant of lands from the British Govern
ment. Richard In 1892 he was also
n lieutenant Of cavalry in The American
Legion, commanded by his father. In
most every particular his history is iden-
teal with that OF his brother uenrv.-
Persons are still living at St. John, who
resided there when Gen. Arnold's store
. was burned. The impression was at the
moment, and still is, that the fire was
caused by design, and for the purpose of
defranding company in England, that
had mler written upon the merchandise
which ii Contained, to an amount far cX.
ceee,!ing its worth. These persons differ
y, 10 the fact, whether Arnold himself
w's i'll st. SUhn, or absent in England, at
tho time Of the fire; and hence the degree
SNF hn ~
two sous may be uncertain. That both
Henry aud Richard slept in the store on
the night of the conflagration, and that
neither could give a satisfactory account
of its cause, seems, however, tv be GER
tain.
James Robertson, whose recent death
Is mentioned above, was the only one Of
the four children which the traitors sec
ond wife bore him, that was born in A.
merlca. AT the time OF the treason he
was child. and had just reached West
Point from PhiladeI phia, with his mother.
lie entered the British army in 1898, and
rose to the rank Of Colonel Of Engineers
He was stationed at Bermuda from 1916
to 1918, and from the last named year
until 1928 was at Halifax, and the com
mandmg officer OF engineers in Nova Sco-
tia and New Brunswick. While thus in
command he was at st. Johns and on 90
ing into the house built 10y his father, in
king-street (which IS still standrng,) he
wept like child. BE was a small man,
his eyes were Of remarkable sharpness,
and in features bore striking resemblance
to his father. A gentleman who has been
in service with him, and was intimately
acquainted with him, speaks of him in
terms ofhigh commentator, and relates
that hehas often heard him express a
strong desire to visit the United States.
Since the accession of Queen Victoria he
has been one of Her Majesty's aids. de-
camp. In ls4l he was transferred from
sthe engineer corps, and appointed Major
General, and Knight of the Royal Han
overian Guelphic Order.
Edward, the mex! son, was some years
ago in banking house in England
George, in 1916, was an ohiSer Of dra
goons. Sophia-of her fate nothing is
known. 1t may be added, that the fist
General Arnolds mother had six children
o! whom he and his sister Hannah alone
lived to the years Of maturity. This sis.
sr adhered to her brother Benedict
throughout his eventful and guilty career,
AID was true to him in the darkest per-
DDS Of his history. She died at Montague
in Upper Canada, in 1903, and was, as is
uniformly stated, a lady of excellent quail.
tiles of character.