Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-24
Interview OF the Prince with a Bun
ker Hill Veteran.
BosroN. Oct. Is. 1860.

By appointment, Ralph FarHham. the Rev
OlutiOnaTy veteran had an Interview with
the Prince this morning. The meeting va
very cordial. The Duke OF Newcastle, who.
with most of the suite, was present. asked
.he veteran if he saw BurgOyne when he sur
q. rendered, adding Y on rather had him there"
/ The old soldier then remarked, chucklingiy
that hearing so much said in praise of tn
Prince. he began 10 fear that the people were
. turning royalists. This and MF. FaTnham's
manner ELECTED much laughter, in which the
Prince Joined. The Prince then sent for pen
and ink and exchanged autographs with his
yisitor-One of the men who had stood be
fore British soldiers in I776 in a manner
and with bearing very different from thai
with which he received the Princes couTte<-
exchanged glances with the majors,
and guardsnen Of he suite this
Earnham speaks OF the interview
attest pleasure, and says he wished
boy and his soldiers that he b0r
IT old times The old man repre-
general feeling
ill within the last three months the Amzri-
can public were not aware that n survivor 81
one the bloodiesr aud most heroic and first
struggles of the Revolution il still "a mouu
ment of mercy" in our midst Like most
of the signers of the Declaration of hide
pendence, Ralph FGrnham. who is the only
survivor OF the Battle of Bunker Hill now
left of the gallant band who so nObly resist
ed the oyerpOWeTing efforts of the British
soldiery in that memorable struggle, ha>
been spared to good old age, having rec Mt
ly attained his 10Th year Nc. Farnham.
who has Just been introduced to the Prince
of Wales in Boston, was born at Milton Stills,
New Hampshire, on July Z. I756. His Iasi
birthday was celebrated at that place by
the firing of qua for every ysar the veteT-
an had attained. by a dinner, speeches, and
all the usual hOnors OF patriotic demon
STATIONS of like description. Since the
public we're apprised of the existence
among them of this time-houOred veteran be
has been flooded with visitors and letters
from persons DESTROYS of obtaining his auto
graph, OF who wish to inquire of him con
corning various matters connected with tn
Revolution, Of which they suppose he has
personal cOgDiZance and recollection. Fl
receives all his visitors couTtsOusly and kind
IL, readily replying to all their q1pSiionS
He relates anecdotes of Washington and Put
nam, the hero of Bunker Hill, and nih~r
leaders Of the newborn republic. OF Wash
ington he says, with truth. ne was IA Iiar
man." and with sad truth that sthere are no
such men as Washington living in these
days" He says of Putnam that she was
rough old fellow, but as brave as n lion. and
feared nothing nor anybody" After Bunker
Hill the venerable Ralph served in three
campaigns, during the years l775. I776 and
l777, aud in 1850 be settled in the village
where he has still resided. He was the first
settler in the place, which was then an i'm
mense forest wild" Astounding in fierce ami
mails and remote from civilized communities
He resided IN this ''desOlate place" for four
years, when he at length brought home
wife TO cheer bis loneliness His vile pre-
sented him with seven children. of whom
four still survive, and it is with one of them.
his second 500. john, the patriarchal yet.-an
of Bunker Hill now dwells. The old warri
or IL still vigorous. and does not seem near
30 old as he really is. BE observes regular
habits. going to rest at seven p. NJ. and rises
al Eve A. M. He eats heartily, steps firmly
and sleeps soundiy, and may yet live many
years and survive millions of bis cOtempOra-
ries of the present generation. He has been
a member of the Baptist persuasion for eighty
years, He spends much of bis time readin z
the Scriptures with a pair OF spectacles for
merry the property of his maternal ancestor.
and now 100 years old He possesses all his
faculties perfectly. excerpt bis hearing, which
is slightly defective. What must have been
the reflections Of the Prince during his inter-
view with this venerable man! Let the mu-
ses reply-C0r. N. 7. Herald.