Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-19

tone, Of the discovery she had made att
the same time. saying aloud will call
the guard This alarmed the secreted
warrior, and hearing the servant tread
'npon loose board in another hall, and
fearing that the household had become
alarmed, he hastily decamped
After the snrYoader 81 sBuRgovne, the
tories, sinarting under the bitter disap
pointment occasioned Us that event. and
more highly incenscd than ever at Gen.
Schuyler in whom they recognized one
OF the prominent causes d their defeat.
determined upon his capture or destruc
ton. To attain one or the other Of these
objects. they made selection Of two in
dividuals-an Indian and a white man
The former had been frequently IN the
habit of hunting and fishing on the zen
erals.place. and knew every part of the
grounds, and the most likely spots to meet
him in his usual ORGANIZATIONS. He was
| q powerfully made fellow, strong, robust,
Land active, and q dangerous opponent
under any circumstances. The other was
q weak,minded Irishman, who had re.
ceived many favors at the hands Of the
general, and was even then In his employ;
notwithstanding which he could OF re
sistI the tempting bl2lseg which were Of
fered him, and consented to imbrue his
handel ~ ~ sator's blood for a
Ipriee. Their piyss wefe duly concerted,
and on the afternoon of certain day
| they hid themselves in leafy copse near
/ where they knew the general must pass
i in his accustomed rides about his place.
i The place Of concealment was artfully
lcontrived, and the conspirators sat them
i selves down to await, with what patience
! they could muster, the arrival of their
Hoe. 1t was not long ere they discerned
\ bis approach on horseback, and they pre-.
i pared to shoot him down as he approach
ed their lair. The general had been
made fully aware, by the abduction OF
many of his neighbors and friends, who
| had been dragged from their homes and
!, carried off to Caaa6a-there to be re-
tanned as prisoners until exchanged as
well as by the many attempts to seize his
Town person, that he was in constant jeop-
ardy of being seized but he did not i'm
agine that his enemies would descend to
use the assassin's knife, and stab or kill
in cold blood one who had been SO active
for the welfare of his State as himself ;
much less did he fear that such blow
would come from the hands of those whom
he had befriended-w had eaten Of his
bread and been nonrished by his bounty.
| His was one OF those open, frank, and
generous natures, which, devoid of guilt
themselves, are unwilling to impute it to
others. But civil war brushes and de-
stroys all ties, sewers all bonds and
areuses the most vindictive of man S pas.
sions-arrasing neighbor against neigh
Dor, friend against friend, and breaking
up even the ties of consanguity.. Con
! science will, however, at times assert her
sway, and admonish US with power
which it is Impossible to gainsay. She
reminded Indian savage as he was,
Iunlettered nd untutored in the finer
feelings pman nature-of the many
Ifayors heASN received ali the hands OF
the man W u he was about to destroy
and even bis eye glanced along the
barrel VII. Vas aimed at the breast Of
his benefactor, he repented OF his lnten-
ton, and with point and impulse which
did credit to his heart, he struck up the
gun in the hands of his comrade, saying
l-"I cannot kill him; I've eat his bread
too often Y The general rode by, all un-
conscious that his life had hung upon the
slender thread by which an Indians con-
science is strung and his would ibe assas-
sins skunk away into the deep recesses Of
the surrounding groves.