New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-10

! reeHforcements. He did 20 by making the following
extraordinary speech:
Friends and FeiIow Soldiers: You have for n
number of years past been a scourge and terror
to arbitrary power. Your valOr has been famed
abroad, and acknowledged, as appears by the advice
and orders TO me from the General Assembly of Con-
nectcut to surprise and take the garrison now be-
fore us. InOw propose 10 advance before You, and
in person conduct you through the wicket gate for
must this morning either quit our pretensions to
valor or possess ourselves of this fortress in few
minutes and, inasmuch it is desperate attempt,
which none but the bravest of men dare undertake,
! do not urge il any one, contrary 10 his viii.
You that viii undertake voluntarily, pOise our fire.
locksw
Every frelock was poised Allen ordered his men
to face TO the right and himself at the head of the
center file marched them TO the wicket-gate atore-
said The sentry posted there snapped his musket NJ
Allen, who advanced upon him so boldly that the
man retreated through the covered way into the pa
rade within the garrison, gave halloo, and ran
under bomb-prOof. The assalng party marched
into the fort and paraded so as to face the two bar
racks. The poor unsuspectng occupants were
asleen ave gave three huzzas," says Allen,
(which greatly surprised them" sentry, who
made pass at one of the American officers. was
lent slightly on the head" the only wound, we
believe, received during the transaction. This
sentry, becoming more complainant. showed
Allen pair of stairs leading to the quarters of Capt
De Ia Place to which Allen repaired, and ordered
the Captain to come out instantly, or he would
sacrifice the whole garrison" This Is summons
which has been mitigated and polished to suit the
dignity of history. What Allen really did say, ac-
cording to another account, was, Come ont, yOu
white-vered wretch, and surrender" and this
form, garnshed plentifully with profanity, we sus-
pect to be the authentic one. However called, ont
came the bewildered Capt. De Ia Place, with his
breeches in his hand" and with the frightened
face of his pretty wife peering over his
shoulder So, in the gray of the morn
ing he was ordered TO deliver Fort Ticonder
oga instantly. by what authority :" asked
the Captain. Then came the answer which has be-
come historical: "In the name of the Great
Jehovah and the Continental Congress" That Con-
gress was to begin its deliberations upon that very
morning in far away Philadelphia! The Commander
of Ticonderoga understood little of the authority OF
the Continental Congress, and proposed to parley
little longer But Allen, all the lion reused in him,
had no wish for prolonged negotiations. Flounshing
his sword above the Captains head he again de-
manded the immediate surrender OF the garrison;
and then De. la Place ordered his men to parade
without arms, as Re had surrendered. Allen sums
up his capture and spoils rs follows: "Ihe Com
gunner, two sergeants, and Al rank and file;
about 100 pieces of cannon one 13-inch mortar, aud
a number of swivels."
MORAL EFFECT OF THE CONQCE>r
And this was the capture of TiconderoGa.
Well might Allen afterward write in his mar
rative: "The sun seemed to rise that morning with
superior luster; and Tconderoga and its dependent
ces smiled to its cOnquerOrs, who tossed about the
flowing bowl, and wished success to Congress and
the liberty and freedom of Americans" So was won
the fortress so disgracefuy evacuated On the 9th of
July. 1777, when John Adams wrote: We shall
never be able to defend post until We shoot
General
The garrison captured by Allen was dispatched.
prisoners of war, 20 Hartford Conn. Crown FONT
surrendered on the 18th of May without firing
gun Capt. Seth Warner having been sent against H.
the whole garrison turning out to be "a sergeant and
II men. Here were taken upward of 100 cannon.
Subsequent operations were of considerable impor-
tance Arnold very positively insisted on his r lit
10 command the captured fortress being as he sad
the only officer invested with legal authority. But
it was not the habit of Ethan Allen 20 yield tie
fell back as he had right to do, upon his commits
sion from the Connecticut committee which had ac-
companied the expedition, and which invested him
with the command of the fortress ami It's Dependent
ces until orders should be received from the Connec
ticut Legislature or the Continental Congress Ar
mold could only appeal to the Massachusetts Con
gress. But new projects soon occupied the restless
mind of the shopkeeper turned soldier. The detach-
ment sent to Skenesboro' had arrived with
several batteaux. Allen and Arnold concerted a
plan for surprising st. john the SOrel River the
frontier post of Canada. The vessel was armed
with ammunition from the fort Arnold took
command of her; st. John was captured, with
garrison of u men; kings slOOp was taken with
two brass sx-pounders and men, and four batteanx
were also seized. The command of Lakes George
and Champlain was secured, and the great highway
to Canada was thrown open. Swift messengers car
RED the good tidngs to the Continental Congress.
There was announcement resolution, hope IL the
intelligence: and there was also the assurance OF
material for the prosecution of the siege of Boston.
Warren wrote from the Massachusetts Congress-
"a war has begun but hope, after full conviction
both of our ability and resolution to maintain our
rights. Britain will act with necessary wisdom this
most heartily WISH as feel warm affection SUI
for the parent State The hope was cherished ia
vain The war was yet to go on.
A few words will narTate the subsequent fortunes
of Ticonderoga 1t was invested by Burgoyne, as
we have stated in 1777, and evacuated; IN Septem-
her Of the same year Gen. Lincoln made an attack
upon IT, and though taking Mts. Hope and Defiance,
releasing 100 American prisoners and capturing a
large body of the enemy he did not secure the Tort
After the defeat of BurgOyne the garrison retTeated
down Lake Champlan. The fort was occupied IN
1850 by Gen. Haldeman with a company of British
soldiers. At the conclusion of the it was aban-
doned. and as a military post has remained 80.
4 SIMPLE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
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