The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-26

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Baker accepted tas aH and awie
min ard mte .aHd aen Wttlf
Amiis 4 M silse of E#st Arlington
These s. ght bfsi mills NORTH q Ne
ningtoa fa oasilprah}r tIebri'Y 90
place. an eare Ga iaaaesmfni 81 many
settlers ia eah 10 she ueinitv AZ th
I organisa' 81 tIr town, (sbeat lstsl ,.
was elected l0va cle,k
He was apooe lbc sarly and ariise &C
sslans o. he atsgmnls 81 Nce lofk oi.i-
cials to exercise jurisdiction ever The Nea
Hampshire Grants When armed resi-
hrc was resolved upon, he joined Che
military assaciaiunr ui which Ethan Al.
len was uas Colonel, aua ia that he
made Captain. IN company With E'han
Alien and Seth Warner he be cad the a's
hnetion of being outlawcd BY proolama
iion Of Gov, Tryon and Of having re
ward Of sixty pounds offered to any per
son who sould deliver him. either alive or
dead, TO the New York authorities. In
spired by The desire Of obtaining this -.
I wlFd, o. potion Of Il. one Bliss with p
party q men TO 20 IN advance and recon.
nai,er lie enemys position. When he
had arrived within few miles Of ~
Johns, be sccreted the boat with which
he had approached, and marched some
distance down the river Sorel. In bis alb
scnoe Willougby communicated 10 Johr
Munroe, a notorious Yorker, such iaior-
nation regarding The residence and hab
iis q Baker ss enabled Munroe TO attempt
his seizure and abduction, Munroe lived
near Arlington, and had commission rs
Justice Of the Peace under authority Of
| New York
About day.break ON the morning Of the
2lsi (or 22) OF January 1874, Munroc, nc
comp pinied by Benjamin Stevens, q con-
stable, and ten or twelve others surround
ed Bakers honse and assaulted the door.
summoDing him to surrender and threat
ening 70 bnrn the house and all that was
in IT, Mrs. Baker bravely defened the
door with an axe, lill one of the assalanls.
Edward Mcdonald by name, wounded
her in the right arm with sword, SO So
verely ae to cripple the arm for lile.--
Baker IN the mean time had stationed
1
termined 10 sell his life or libcrtyas dear
| y as possible. But finding the assailauts
so numerous and fearing that resistance
might occasion greater violence 10 hia wife
and children, be attempted TO escape by
bursting q board OF the end or the house
and leaping 10 the ground. lie was inn
mediatelY seized by The constable's dog,
which so higdered him that he soon fell
into the hands Of his pursuers. The same
man who bad wounded his wife made sew
era blows Al him with the sword, by one
Of which one Of his thumbs was nearly
cut Oft and his wrist 20 badly injured aa
to be quite disabled.
In This condition, wounded, bleeding
and nearly naked, he was bound fast and
forced into sleigh, being silenced with
the threat Of immediate death ifhe should
attempt to give the alarm. Two Of his
neighbors, however Cabel Henderson and
John Winston, had been aroused, and
had armed themselves for the purpose Of
rescuing him. But they were oyorpow
ed and Winston was taken prisoner, while
| Henderson escaped and FASTENED 10 Benz
nington o give tie alara. BY noon u
| party oi lesolute mens were mounted and
IN hot pursuit Of tie kidnarpers. Mess
engers were also sent northwardly as far
as Pittsiorl. TO request the inhabitants TO
arm and hasten TO the rescue. The pur.
suers took different road from the cap
ors,hopins TO intercept them at the Troy
ferry, and with such speed did they 20
that they reached the ferry at three o'cl'k.
having travelled thirty miles in three
hours, over very bad roads.
Baker and his captors had not arrived.
and the party went out several miles 10
NEE them. He had been carried sixteen
or seventeen miles before his wounds
were dressed, and had well nigh pershed
with cold and the loss Of blood When
the rescuing party approached, he revived,
and with his uninjured hand did what he
could 10 hinder the progress of bis eAptors
But their courage failed them when they
found themselves confronted by body Of
the Green Mountain Boys, and, with the
exception Of Munroe and The constable,
they all sought safety each for himself.-
Munroe attempted now to accomplish by
intimidation hat he could not do by force, =
and threaeded the vengeance Of New
York upon any who should impede its Of.
fcers in the execution Of their duty. lie
was himself taken back, TO preven. him
from ralIying his force or raising another
Bakers wounds were NOW well cared FOR,
and be was mounted on horse with a man
10 support him but be was TOO weak 10
ride in that way, and il was found neeess.
AIRY to put him on a bed in the sleigh, and
thus carry him slowly bomeward, The
party arrived at Lieut.. Breckenridge
in Bennington, about two o'clock On tlle
following morning, to the great joy of all
the people,
Baker al length rented bis mills 10 Ar
ington, and went nortbwardly. lie ex.
plored what il nos Cbiitenden county, ani
bought large tracts Of land on tbs Onion
river, including the lower falls, where be
made preparations to build mils. Bot
tie continued troubles with New York,
and the breaking oul Of The Revolutionary
War pai an end TO all bis peaceful pgr.
suils and purposes. Soon after "the Wee
minister mrssacre,7 l3 March l775, he
spent about twelve days 10 Cumberland
county, assisting in tie pacifeati3n q DE-
neonle Al the q tfnf0euce neut of tie