The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-19

musket ball grazec tie nalr 81 warren,
whose neart Deat 70 ar o. !, that ne was ever IN
the place 81 greatest anger. Inc British became
more anu more "eAz sperated.' aud INDUCED
themselves IN savage .rGeiu. In one mouse they
found two aged. nepless unarmel uen. ana
butchcred them Dotn wltnout mercy, staouIng
tnem breaking their q ulls ana dashing out their
brains. hannah Auanls VIE OF aeon Joseph
or a week old but was forced 70 crawl win her
infant ia ner arms ana almost naked 70 corn
sled while the soldiers set her mouse On ire. At
Cambridge, an idiot, Ds.rshed o. a ience 10 gaze
OF the regular army, VAS wantunly rhOt AZ ana
Eilleu. Oi tue AnerIs .ns there were never more
tnan 400 togetaer a. any one tune; oui as some
grew tgreu or used up inelr Ammunition Oihefs
Zoos their places and though there was
NOT nucn concert discipline aud no attack
wltn masses, TIE puls at never aagged.
Below West Cam otldge we militia rom DOT.
chester, RoNbury and Brookline came up. Or
these isaac GardntI, VI the latter place, Que on
wnom the cVloay 1sted many ho2rs. eel ABOUT .
gan u lose her terror. 80 that tie Americans
pressed uDon tue rear y the uguyes. whose &c.
treat could not DeC o me more lrecptate. Had u
been DELAYED hal hOur longer, Ur aad Pickering,
win AIs die reg nnrnt nom salem aud AarUe-
ia ron, u was thOlignt that worn DOWN as they
were " fatigue aid exhausted 90 ammunition,
tuey must nave attrrendereu. but Mite after
sunset me sarviysp escaped across IhaIlesloWn
Neck.
Tie troops or Pcr,y had marched thriy miles ~
ten noufs. rue aity q sulltn. IN SIX nou,s had
war and menace to Durn the town oi Charles
town savcu theln rom annoyance during tier
across Charles RIVER.
on tnaI day loriy-nlne Americans were Killed,
thng-lour UOunCe1 anu i've missing. Inc loss q
the BrItsn ~ KILLED, wCunaed and missing was
273 area er than r. the battle before quebec, where
Woife lelL amo az the wounded were naAy ON.
GERS smith was nurt severely. Many more were
disabled ~ iattg a..
Al the following night toe men Of Massachusetts
streamsd 10 front scores o. miles around, OLD meu
as wcA as Young. lney nad scarce a semUiQnce
OF artillery or wArnke stores; az powder, nor or.
gauizatlon, nor provisions; but there taey were,
tne nDerie. o. tnelr country. ssfne nIght proceed.
log tue outrages At Lexington tnere were not
MY peOD.e IN he whole colony mat ever expec ed
any Uood wolnd Ne shed IN the cOntest;n the
night after the kIng's governor aud tue kings
army found themselves closely beleaguefed IN
Boston.
"lhe next news from England must be concila.
tory, or tue connection between W ends,n SAID
warren. "fnls moutn,n 80 William Emerson VI
congress, chronicles IN bank leaf
From the 1854 u ApriI l7I5n saiu Cark. OF lex.
inelon, % ~ nrst anniversary viii De dated INC
In reply 70 tne invitation OF tns committee 70
participate "a the celebration on Monday next,
Mr.. Bancroft said he aad addressed tue following
letter to Hon. lockwood Hoar and otner mem.
bers q tho Committee q Inyuations;--
WAsHtXGTos - e., April o. 1875
My DEAR SHs-l regret | cannot he present at
the centennial annlvcrsdry Of the battles OF Lex.
ington ana Concord. The occasion uas every ee.
ment Of nationI festiva.
The encounter was not accldentIl, but the
result 81 tine principles and character OF tho
people, transmittsd rom gen ration to genera
ION. II was as much tae lowering out OF At
succession o. ages a. the lllsd Of homer or tns
Cologne Cathedral Il mlgh. have happened 10
other villages q New England al 10 could nave
happened only ia a New England country town.
II IL said that wien the Romans invaded Ger.
many an aged mItron met them wi. the com.
mana. go back n The word Oi command given