St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-27
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
Efom BIZ rot's Estor' cfMs Jnttsi StGtcs,
H. III
Tffsc's Of the Dav of Lexington and Con
c9~i:' TIE Alarm.

Darkacss closed upnu Il. country and upon
a." ,w:, !rit il Va, M ,:.t fr sleep. Her
nd. nu sy.i.: r...,.s Z! horses transmitted tie
MAR rnc,sa.. {. "a hanl t. hand, ill village
rel, a;cG il - f!iiagc tar sea Il tie back
w1stla; tEc plaiu, 10 the highlands; and il
was never suffered 10 drop, :i!i II had been
born rorih ara south, aud east and west
t'.rprcn"rt tll~ lu.d. J. srrca.i over tie BAYS
ih:t rc...'vc t., Slco AMI n, P"1,hs'pt II.
loud r"v.l!',r :"kc tie ret uf t..c :farpcrs oi
View IIau;.,,Ifr, IN: r.n-;n2 liz" nu-lc-uotcs
fr,r peas I" ',tk. ovcr,capt the Green Noun
tsln,. swept ~ 70 !"utrcaI. apl descended the
oroau river Ill INC resp n5-' we're ccnucd from
tie r.i:i~ of Qr"h'c.
ii. All', alo,,- tie Hudson tlh tn onc ann-
tier tie tai. ~ 'hc <r:r.u,.r.s hurried - tie
Sob. !: wIs OH. day ~ New I"rf: III nmc
n.,-t IN Philadelphia; tie next it lighted .
wal,Efr" 1t Baltimore. thence il v'ake,i ~ an
seer ~ Anaapr'j> Crossing tle l'nfmnac ncar
Mount N.rl.cu il was s,ut forward wtitont :.
iall - Williamsburg. 1t trivcr~rd the Dis
r,.l Swami, {, harscm nd. al,ng the route of
ttc Gr>t ,mi"rtuts (" Nrr:h Clruliua II moved
r,,.r,'s aui I'll! onwaris through hprndcss
grove, f cycr.ccn t" Ncwh,rn and t. VIII
mirgt,a. For Gods SAKE, f,rwln, il Is
,icht u.d lev day. wrote Cornelius Harnct bv
Patriots nE South Carolina caught up is tones
e: tbs hor,l,r. and dispatched it to Charleston.
Frd through pin"s aud rai.nettoes and la"ss-
c,ld live oaks, stll further to tie south till il
rc+,unLcd among the New England settlements
l,vuud the Savannah, I!il>horough and the
Mcchlcnburg district "f North Carolina rr.e in
triumph. now that their w"lrisnne unrcr'liHlv
= a is end TIE Blue Ridge took up the voice
aud made ;; hcirl from one .nl - The ether
0f the valley Of Virginia. The Ai;cghan.S as
thcv i:>te;.cl. u;,crcd their barriers that the
lead CALI might pass Through to the hardy
r,ilrnc.i on tie N"!ston, the Wa'auga, auG the
Tr,rci: Broad Ever renewing ,S strength
powerful enough even - create y common
wCa,;h, i bcatEcd is inspiring word to the firs,
settlers nf kcntucFv; 50 tha. hu:.trrs VII,
ma" tlcir'h III the rla:chlcss va'l,.~ e thu
I.lhhorn, conlnlcn"ratcd the rin.tcerth day OF
Arri. ~ naming their entamEi"cnt Lcxiaa-
ton.
With orc impulse tn colonies sprung (,
arms: viz: on" spirit they pied god Themselves
- each other "to BE- ready iJr the extreme
event. With one hear: the continent cried
Liberty or Death"
Tie first measure &c the Massachusetts com
rnt;ce %! safety after tie dawn Of the twentieth
cf April. was l!rculay {" tie several towns il
"bv all that Is dear, BY a'l that is sacred; W.
hc,; AMI cu rat. : won will answer it to your
county, q Your couScicnccs. and ah,ve all. e
Goi himself. that You Wi: hasten and encour-
age by al possible means the enlistment OF
rIrn Ia firm the amy, and scn7i them forward
20 headquarters AZ Cambridge. with ;lat cx-
peiition wl'ich the vast Importance and instant
urgency Ct tie affair demand
Tic rcrpic oi Massachusetts, lad not waited
fr tie call. The country people. as soon as
they heard the rrv @: innocent blood frum the
ground, snatclct their lirclocks from the walls:
End wives. and m"thcrs. and sisters took part
in preparing the Inen Of their households to 90
forth 10 tic war. The farmers rushed to ''the
camp of liberty" often with nothing hut tire
clothes on their backs, without days provis-
ions, and many without f;Irthing in their pock-
cts. Their country was in danger; their breth-
Tcn were slaughtered; their arrIs alone en-
ployod their attention. On their way. the in
Eabitarts gladly opened their hospitable doors
and all things were in common. For the first
night OF tie scigc. Prescott Of Pcpperell with
liz M;dIlGseX minute men kept the watch over
the entrance 10 Boston, and while Gage was
driven fnr safety TO fortify the town at all
points, the Americans already talked of moth
ing but driving him and his regiments into the
Sca.
At the same time the committee bv letter
gave tie story Of the preceding t!av to New
Hampshire and Connecticut. whose assistance
they en,rcated. I'VE shall be glad,' thev
wro;c, that our brethren who ccme to orr aid,
may be supplied with military stores and pre-
visions; as we have none of either. more than is
absolutely necessary for ourselves" And with
out stores, or cannon. or supplies even Of pow
der OF Of money, Massachusetts, BY its Con-
grcss, Oh Ihe twenty second Of April, resolved
unanimously that a New England army Of
thirty Thousand men should lie raised, ard cs-
tablished its own proportion at thirteen ttuus-
ard six hundred. Tie term of enlistment was
fxod fg the last day OF DecemLcr. ,
LGnG. before this summons the ferries over
fhe Hgsr;nac We're crewGed by men from New
Hampshire. ave Co." said thcy, "to the as
sistance Of our brethrrn."- By one O'Clock uf
TIE acknowledgements Of sixty men Of Noting
BAN Ssksmbled,at the meeting house with arms
~Esi. ean:FFserfs. un6er Ci'Iey and Dsarb"u