New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-20

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Four bour before Paul Revere and Hhcnezcr DOT nau
left Lexington 10 rouse Ccncors and weIe toHl INe
tsken ty IN samucl Prescott Ct that town VINO San Dh
10 Lexington upOn % tender ograud BRUSH phu"'
captured Revere and Dofr hut Prescott eoped St'he
i'm thc morning Amos Melvin tc sentinel NJ ule Nouil
house rang the bell ami rrd ne town ie 5l''ng
nnndc q company at Iout,mrE am ahOlh,r ~ ,HWn
Point. While four 3rothcS OF Tue sale ,,y h ip
shed arc carved upon your soidler' monument MN
the bell rang the fret man that appeared WINS NiIalh
Emerson tho minister with his gun In his hgnd IL VIZ
Nh faith which his DESCENDANTS have Iiolisly cher
shou and illustrated before the world The miuutencn
h. nom tbci, homes scr;icd lie military stores. Mes
seugers we're sent the ucehh"ring Villages, apd the
peaceful town prepared for battle rho hhn9-'n "'
lieutenant was samuel lIcar. name not unknown IN
Biddcscx in Massaohusotts, and In ne comfy alg
wherever known sin houorcl ior The noblest qualities"
the mon of the Revolution had Joined the Concord n!lA
and minnie Wru. ana plr' ~ them had N ll1. N. ,c
Lexington road 10 ecmpoiier. Seeing tie billSh teF
C hl,k toward the h., ihc road a. Lo entrance o
the village, npon which stood the liberty polo
CONCOED.
II was now O'Clock. There were perhaps 200 men III
arms upon the hill Below Mom. upon the Lexington
road Quarter OF mile away, thok cloud OF dust
from which, amid proudly rolling drums 500 HltiNh
hayoncts flushed Ia The morning sun. Tho Americans
SAW that battle where they stood would ho mere but. heiy
aud ney cil gradually back tpa RISING ground nh21I =
mile oTt VI tle pectnghousc the spot upOn which we
are now assembled. TIC British troop oNl1'd ~ she!
when the Americans retired, the marines and gre-
G,r- marching bV the high IU1d, lnt pace WIS We"
known to the r-h oiceIs through Their spa, : ana 20.
smith battling before tAo Coni nousc, instantly song dc-
thnanif 10 hold tie two bridges and others to destroy
the Bat careiuiy had theN been secreic t
during the tbICo hours in which thcy were tnhn6e
iva ibe work the British murrly broke omen dDpd % ni
r,S OF 1our, hall o wnch was alterNaW F'N" Nn"cNu
on ,he tlunnous Of three cannon, bTn"h sittrth new
ti.ricr: they Threw some 500 pounds balls INTO the
pond and wells cut down tho lberipoe' aud hred the
The work wac hurielly done Tor Coz. smith veteran
soldi T, knew MS trL ie nag lValg' 10 ilos ~
f uf
around hint All Mddic,ex VS. moving. From Acion
ana Lincoln, from Wcsoid. Itioton ADD Chelmsford,
from Bedford aud Biicri,a, from SOW, Sudhify, ana
Carlisle the sons ~ indian h and Of soldiers az me
old French war poured along the ronds, shoudrng the
frelocls and ONmgpi .JCs and old kings aims lhlt mai
seen famous service Wi"n the carrier t"u' ~ i' syn,
against King Philip for the later cGlenSlS nag
marched under thc nag on which GEORGE Wt"heid h"a
written, M deSpeyrjdV0 crs'o ITce Never de"d!r
the Puitns had written their hearts A. me minute
men from The oti iowES ARM "a {sy ul9,H ,o lH,''
upon thc risu- ground u'2r The N3r'h biiu&e' "Ac.
they drawn into line ry Joseph Io>ner 0 concord.
gsS,nIblcd ara CONSULTATION " officers and chief eli:
Gems WAS held That group Of MiddescN iainars, hrt
rcs az that The d., and lis deeds wore to 80
tons group memorable a. The men o. Rum nn lne
INV con rontri the migtcst empire in The world in
,imib an land s,nreIc ON Tie sea- whose guns had Just
been heard in iOur continents "t once, gr& tAc tOD
W. osc rInorn tbry had slarrd-ihc land doai 10 their
hearts by a Thousand ties Of loye PRIDE aud reverence
They TOOK a sublime and T.ul responsibility. Lhey
noihhors Of Massachusetts, would Justify their action
There was rs yet lo Declaration OF Independence no
CtnUucutal army There WIS., indocd Genera: i,Cl.hS
that blow would De struck, bat 70 Ini.iabo tic
time the place the way might be 10 sacrifice The great
itself. and To ruin America But 'he'r ronscienc3
and their Judgment assured thcln thil the nof IHu
Tcpd the voyarI in Which their f,rra hers slept
guard or he Kings troops opposed their cnJIaLc 10 tcf
ing ti,rr homes, perhaps insulting their wives and
childrcn Already they saw tiic smoke as u burning
houses rising the and they resolved to march i0
me town ana TO hrT np'n 1e roo II i've! r
ie ,ilf o.
had been offered IN tue colonies AZ every
heart beat tiuo To the music OF tie SiaFrh ep.'"iA III
the graveyard that O}oihunE the io"n:
"God vii, ~ free; man wills rs sayoe;
Isaac Davis o. Acton drew his sword. turned toward
his company. ana said IL haven't man That AFRAID 70
go" COL. tl1c,t of Concord gave the order to march,
/ IN double file and with tr,cd arms lhc III II moved
"hnS B 5m o GancSr1 cat aac avis " Acton
and Lieut. Col john Robertson Of WcsfoId, leading the
Withdrew across II AM hogan TO take up the Tanka
Major ButIick ordered his men to hasten thcr march,
! TIE r. VOLUIION BEGUN.
As they within 10 or ID rods % tho bridge shot
WAS ared b. the British which wounded Jonas Brown.
one of the Concord mnute-mcn. and Luther Blanchard
nfer OF the Acton company British volley followed,
ANA Davis Of Acton, making way for bis country
SHOT through tie heart BY Ibis side fell his flcnd and
ncghbOr. AhHcr HoSmer, youth OF D. o"olnS Them
TALL Major ButtlCh "a Ied 10 MS mon a!' ld'hH hi3 ";
hand, cried Fire. tcOw-soidcra! FOR God SAKE hc'
JoHn 'n'rck gave the word Lne ciy Tu Tns ''G ny,
here. Lot Us put of he sHCes from OF oa rect Tor tAo
"
One o. tho British Was killed several were WOunuGd,
aud they rctreated IN confusion Owar the ner 0l The
village The engagement MAS doubtless seen by saith
and Pitcairn rom lhc graveyard hill that overlooked the
town. and the suOts were heard 10y all tho searching
der Col SDlta instantly prepared 20 retire, and at noon,
100 years ago this !Dut the British columns marched
ont Of Wonder square TH and thorG began the retreat
of British power from the American colonies Through
seven weary and wasting ~ continued. lrGm Bun
kcr Hill TO Long Island; from Princeton Trenton ana
Saratoga from the Brandy wine, Monmouth, and Kings
Mumtan through the bloody snow al f"Icy Forge
p.i.lIf la
cabas aud doubt. ana poverty ana despair hut sitad!
urged by great heart th strengthened TIC Continent
the heart OF George Washinst9nIthe british Ic.ca.
the plains OF YORKTOWN and the Kings acknowledgment
OF American Independence
THE RETREAT.
or the beginning of this retreat, OF that terrible march
of the exhausted troops from this square to Boston have
no time fifty 60 tell the tale Almost IA il began
all Massachusetts was in motion william Prescott
tered his regiment Of mnntemen az Pcpporen. aud
Timothy Pickering at Salem ard Marbiehead Delhanl
lrf no man bennd between the ages OF sixteen aud
seventy. The minutemcn OF Worcester marched out of
tho way tho news went ont the OthcT aud.
hyng the mountains sent Bershire to Bunker Hal
Meanwhile the OF Concord and the nciShbOIhood,
following the British the bridge, ran along the
Nights above Che l. XngtOu road and pasted 10
await the enemy. TIo IetTeating British cnnnn, with
widesWcepng hanhcTs, advanced steadily ana slowly.
No drum beat, no lfo blew. There tho husled
silence o intense expectation. As the troops passed Mur
RAMS Conner, llttC OcyOn1 Concord ana tnc HhnK
guard was ca led in. they turned SUI cny ami fired upon
the Americans The innIte-men and militia Instantly
turned the ire and the battle began that lasted u sun
When Col Smith ordered the retreat. although lie and
his officers may have bad some mlsSiNings. they had
probably lost them In tho contempt Of regulars Tor tao
militia But tbr moment OF The firing AZ MorrIuns
Corner they were undet cNcd. he landscape WAS awe
with armed II. 1bcy swarmed through ovory Wood
path and byway across the pastures ana over me mus
Some in UrGer along the roads as ron Reading
and Bieiic,, from East sudbury and BEDFORD, aud Jonn
larkUr's company from Lexington walled IN - woody
dedlo 10 avcug; toe death OF their comrades. Tue Brit
isI column marched steadily on, wAU trees, TOChs
al fan ttNu III ann al