Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-13

Ihlrtoen guns, says thc programme. TO he
fired at daybrcak. One for each of the origi-
nal States. Hark -
One gun. That i, for the oldest Of all.
Massachusetts, Bay. As the little cloud of
s,"el.e r"eho- ant tho iron month Of tho ton
pound-er. and slowly spreads over the land
scape, memory calls up a hundred images as
dim as if seen through the haze. The
Indians throwing the tca-chests overheard
into Boston IIarbor. Major Pitcairn calling
on his men to shoot down dozen half-armed
and homcspun-dre sscd " rebels,' drawn ur
in line at Lexington The long, low, claycy
embankment and ditch hat blaze with fire,
and drive the scattered regulars down
Bunker Hill. In the rear smoke the ruins
of Charlestown There is PUTNAM an iron
faced old farmer, with a cooked nat and grey
horse, and there is the hastily constructed lit
ter which is carrying WARREN to his death bed
Another gun. That is for New IIamp-
shire. Those long, lank fellows. in loggins,
that you see the dim outline Of, are the
" Sharpshouters. As the war did not
come up to them, they came down to the
war. They say General Knyphausen, who
was stout and fat, as Dutchman should be,
had an especial dislike to seeing those rifles
CLEAN through the mist in this way.
Another gun. That is for Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations. Newport-the
thriving, busting old sea port town with its
narrow wharves and gaunt brick warehouses
looms up before US White sails dot the
offing. Those belong to the French Fleet
londer waves the pennant of RoCHAMBEAU
and la FAYE1TE. Welcome sails those are,
and they have come just in the nick of time.
That vessel yonder-W hif the wind has
blown them all away.
Another gun. That is for Old Connecti-
,f I huk, nd tIn Pm, Ii
Pie. There are the old Pulpits that rcsound-
ed with texts about the Illttites and sword
of the Lord and Gideon. There is the prim,
stern congregation, to whom fighting and
praying both came by nature, and both came
equally natural, Where you see that ill-fa-
vored red-cOat officer riding through the
smoke with detachment of Dragons, plum
dering houses, burning barns, numbering old
men, shricking women and helpless children
is New Haven. Well you've ended in smoke
at last, General TRYoN.
Another gun. That is for little Jersey "
Sec how the smoke curls up into fleecy snow
banks and jagged ice. The Delaware looks
black enough though as it runs swiftly by
the dark forms that are hustling and shOv-
ing into the boats with their muskets ant
cannon. That tall figure on the bank wrap
| ped in horseman's cloak is the Commander
this cniI n;rbt - % oT''5 Sn V ,ba Uos.iana
Anothor That 10 a. VI rb,
ocLnas roi, ,', - r.L ~. ;f ,ho ,,,,in'
Laal. =; W ~ ~ "o u Wv 1ou''ue, 1t
and ,ha 1ont;na,tol r",Si,, "a ,b,.,
is the finest army that the American sun cvel
shono upon, marching disarmed and down
cast into Saratoga, between long lines of ra !,
ged and barefoot fellows, who are chuckllnI
r. eat nd ;1"o ''H Hoooh
,Iro ; "ni l"','s "V ''o ,ue" VI eHC" ',"f
tndor,a,, - .i uIIe. ' .,taI '.
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,lana J., - pas,i'5 "r5"r
The Wilma 80 '"' tS ancIdr IN tia I'M 1m
SON Far,b,r an ,,Ii.tsn. ,Ls ,rhi,o ,,n,,,s
Of the VuItnra ond ali her consor,s os thn
set sail f,r ,bn i1st lima rr,,n ,ho R,t,or,,,
The crowd cbonr Fran, Tho sbora 10 ,,loa,
nnt tn ,votcb tbat cIond NJ srnnto en,t Irace
rnIlv Of p
Anotber Tint ia f,r psrsvlyoni,
There tbev sir IN tL. sombro oId RTi,L Hal
Filty.sjx determined men n ID trun ,ignin,
The Pnner itsolf md not nm nnstsady 1cn {
the crowd Thc Lusincss Iike I,okinI con-
tl.man in tho chair i Iioncock S1nn
Jefferson sits here hv the tnhIe Thcre ,
erect. grcv.ha;rrd ola S,vrr1 ANUS TIN
Committeeman hnldinu thr draft in his han
is our ALBANY rerresentatiye puuIp Iry
INGsroN. And there is Ions An,vs saving
" 1t ought 10 be solemnized with Mann,
shoms. gan,e,. smart. guY,. HEN. han fires ~,
,Y,nnip1t;on, rpov oxr r>n. or rur roxr,xrx
TO THE OTHER "
Another. That is far Del,,vore Tho al
fashioned littla C,r,v Town is Wilmin,ton
whose hastily enrolled troops are mnrchin
out. That raddish Iool,ing strcom - m
Brandvwine Creek II viii be redder yc, n
morrow, and with pelrware blood
Another. That is for MARYLAND Diml