Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-05-13

Paul Revere arrived at the residenc,
of the Rev. Jonas Clark, where Han
cock and Adams were visiting, i'm Lex
ington, about midnight. Revere wa
refused admittance, as the family die
not wish to be disturbed by any noise
Noise :" exclaimed he. you'll have
noise enough before long; the regulars
are coming !" He requested to see Mr.
Hancock, Mr.. Clark said he must re.
fuse to admit strangers ut that time oi
right, but Hancock recognized Re.
vere's voice, and called out, "Come in,
Revere; we are not afraid OF you" p
+ Ebenszer sDorr, in his tapped hat.
made his appearance soon after, with
the annexed dispatch from General
Warren: 10 i'''s .-' -9s
"a large body of the kings troops i(sup-
posed to be brigade of about one thousand
and two hundred to one thousand and five
hundred) were embarked in boats from BOs-
ton, and gone over to land on Mechmere's
Point (so-called) in Cambridge; and that il
was shrewdly suspected that they were order
ed to seize and destroy the stores belonging to
the colony deposited at Concord"
Hancock Immediately gave the
alarm, and the village echurch-bell peal
ed forth It5warning notes; and long be-
fore the dawn Of the 18th one hundred
and thirty or forty Inhabitants of that
town and neighborhood had collected
ON the couimon. Among the excited
patriots was Jonathan Harrington, the
tifer. About one O'Clock his mother
reused him from his sleep. Jonathan,
you must get up; the regulars are COM
ing; something must be donew Han
cock was fullof resolution and activity.
Adams was calm and placid and hap
py. Hancock occupied much of his
time in cleaning his gun and sword,
and putting his accoutrements in order,
with the determination to act with the
militia. 1t was with difficulty that he
WAS dissuaded from this purpose. Ad.
ans clapped him ON his shoulder, and
said, "Hancock, this is not our bust.
ness; We belong to the cabinet" 1t was
nearly the break of day before he WAS
persuaded not to throw himself into
the hands of the enemy. 1t was mani
fest that one Of the objects OF the sxpe-
ditiOn was the capture of Adsms and
himself. Indeed, the inquiries on the
road of the officers who had preceded
the mai:, body of the enemy satisfied
him OF this fact. They were anxious
to find "Clark's TAVERN" as they called
the Rev. Mr.. Clark's house, where the
two patriots were visiting, with Mrs.
Thomas Hancock, an aunt, and Miss
Dorothy Quincy, fa'cee Of John
Hancock.
.Smooth square for head, with uprolled hair.
Lips that lover has never kissed,
Taper fingers and slender waist,
Hanging sleeves of stiff orocade--
SO they painted the little maid.
"Hold up the canvas full In view;
Look there's q rent the light shines through,
Dark with century's fringe Of dust
That was q redcoats rapier thrust,
Such Is the tale the lady old.
Dorothy's daughters daughter told"
To insure the safety of these rebel
statesmen shey were conducted to the
house of James Reed, in Burlington, q
small neighbOring town, and 1t was
while on their way thither that Adams,
on hearing the volleys OF firearms OF
the the British, and beholding the ris-
ing sun, exclaimed to Hancock, "Oh,
what a glorious morning is this "-
[Harper's Magazine.