Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-06-10

1URSDAY, JUNE 10, 1853.
| first settlers of Kentucky; 50 that hunter
who made their halt in the matchless vale,
of the Elkhorn, ,commemorated the nineteentl
day Of April by naming their encampmen
Lexington.
4 With one impulse the colonies sprung t.
arms: with one spirit they pied ged them
selves to each other ''to be ready for the ex
treme event" With one heart the cont
nent cried, Liberty or Death"
+ The first measure of the Massachusetts
committee of safety after the dawn of the
twentieth of April, was circular to the
several towns in Massachusetts. *'We con.
jure, they wrote, ''by all that is dear, by
lall that is sacred; we beg and entreat, as yor
will answer it to your country, to your con
licences, and above all, to God himself, thai
you will hasten and encourage by all posi-
BILE means the enlistment of men to form the
army, and send them forward to head-quar-
ters at Cambridge, with that expedition
(which the vast Importance and instant ur-
1gency of the affair demand
/ The people of Massachusetts had not wait
Led for the CALL The country people, as
soon as they heard the cry of innocent blood
from the ground, snatched their frelocks
from the walls; and wives, and mothers,
and sisters took part in preparing the men
of their households to go forth to the war
The farmers rushed to ''the camp of liberty, u
often with nothing but the clothes on their
backs, without days provisions. and many
without farthing in their pockets. Their
country was in danger their brethren were
slaug htered; their arms alone employed
their attention. On their way, the inhabi-
tants gladly opened their hospitable doors
and all things were in common. For the
first night of the seige, Prescott of Pepper
Iell with his Middlesex minute men kept the
watch over the entrance to Boston land while
Gage was driven for safety to fortify the
town at all points, the Americans already
talked of nothing but driving him and his
regiments into the sea.
At the same time the committee by letter
gave the story of the preceding day to
New Hampshire and Connecticut, whose
assistance they entreated. 'sWe shall be
glad, they wrote, "that our bretheren who
come to our aid, may be supplied with mil
.itary stores and provisions, as we have none
for yourselves" And without stores, or can
non, or supplies even of powder or of mon
ey, Massachusetts by its Congress, on the
twenty second of April, resolved unanimous
ly that New England army of thirty thou
sand men should be raised land established It's
own proportion at thirteen thousand and six
hundred. The term of enlistment was fix
ed for the last day of December.
Long before this summons the ferries over
the Merrimac were crowded by men from
New HAMPSHIRE ''We CO." said they,
''to the assistance of cur bretheren." By
one o'clock Of the twentieth upwards Of six
ty men of Nottingham assembled at the
meeting house with arms and equipments,
under Cilley and Dearbon; before two they
were joined by bands from Deerfeld and
Epson and they set out together for Cam
bridge. At dusk they reached Haverhill
ferry, distance of twenty seven miles, hav-
ing run rather than marched; they halted
in Andover only for refreshments, and ira
versing fifty-fv miles in less than twenty
hours, by sun rise of the twenty-frst, parad-
ed on Cambridge common.
The veteran, John Stark, skilled in the
ways of the Indian, the English, and his
IcountrymeQ, able to take his rest on bear
skin with roll of snow for pillow, frank
and humane, eccentric but true, famed for
coolness, and courage, and integrity, had no
rival in the confidence of his neighbors, and
was chosen Colonel of their regiment by
their unanimous vote. He rode in haste to
the scene of action, on the way encourag-
ing the volunteers to rendezvous at Medford.
So many followed, that on the morning of
the twenty-second, he was detached with
three hundred to take post at Chelsea, where
his. battalion, which was one of the fullest in
the besieging army, became model for its
discipline.
By the twenty-third, there were already
about two thousand men from the interior
parts of New Hampshire, desirous mot to
return before the work was DONE" Many
who remained near the upper Connecticut
threw up the civil and military commission
held from the king, for said they, ''The
king has forfeited his crown, and all COM
missions from him are therefore vacated of
course"
In Connecticut, Trumbull, the governor,
sent out writs to convene the legislature of
the colony at Hartford on the Wednesday
following the battle. Meantime the people
could not be restrained. On the morning
of the twentieth, Isreal Putnam, of Pom
fret. in leather frock and apron, was assis-
ting hired men to build stone wall on his
farm, when he heard the cry from Lexing
ton. Leaving them to continue their task,
be set off Instantly to rouse the militia officers
of the nearest towns. On his return, he
found hundreds who had mustered and cho-
sen him their leader. Issuing orders for
them to follow, he himself pushed forward