The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-09


representatives of thirteen states, viz: Mas
sachusetts, having five; Connecticut, four
New Hampshire, three Rhode Island, two
New York, four; New Jersey, five; PennsvI
vanIa, nine; Delaware, three; Maryland
four Virginia, seven North Carolina three
South Carolina, four; and Georgia, three
representatives. Total number of signers
fifty six. The country contained S15,6I5
square miles.
August 27.-Battle of Long Island.
August Washington, with his army.
retreated from Long Island
September 5.-WashingtOn took posses
sion of New York CITY.
November 16.-Fort Washington, on Man
haitian island, surrendered to the British
November 1S.-FOrt Lee, on the Hudson
riveg, evacuated by the Americans.
December s. Washington crossed the
Delaware river.
December Washington recrossed the
Delaware.
December 26.-Gen. Washington surprised
the British army at Trenton, n. J.
1777.
January Battle of Princeton, n J.
April 25.-MarqUis Gilbert MOttier Lafay-
cite arrived at Charleston, S. c., from France
June 14.-AdOptiOn of the American Aag
by congress.
August 16.-Battle of Bennington, Vt.
September 11.-Battle of Brandywine.
September 27.-PhiladeIphia occupied by
the British.
October battle of Germantown, Pa.
October battle of Saratoga, n. Y.
October Livingston, n. Y, burned by
the British
October I7.-General Burgoyne surren-
dered at Saratoga.
December I5-The American army retired
into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pa.
177S.
During this year the American army en-
sence of all the necessaries that contribute to
comfort.
January 9.-Battle of Sunbury. Ga
February 6.-EranCe acknowledged Amer
lean independence and treaty was ratified.
June lS.-British army evacuated Phila-
delphia.
June 27.-BattIe of Monmouth, n. y.
June 3-WyOming massacre.
July S.-Articles Of confederation adopted
unanimously.
June 1.-THE French Admiral d'Estaing
arrived at Newport, Va.
September Il Benjamin Franklin ap-
pointed first minister to France.
November I2.-MaSSacre at Cherry Valley,
NY.
December 9-Savannah, Ga, captured by
the British.
May.-The British burned Norfolk, Ports
mouth Suffolk and GOsport, in Virginia.
July.-The British destroyed New Haven,
Fairfield, NorwaIk and Greenwich, in Con
necticut.
July 15.-Gen. Wayne captured Stony
Point.
August I3.-BattIe of Penobscot, Me.
October 3.-The Americans attempted to
retake Savannah, but were unsuccessful.
CtOber 11.-JOseph Pulaski died, having
been wounded in the attack on Savannah.
October 26.-British Withdrew from Rhode
Island.
November 1O.-Joseph Hewes, Of North
Carolina, one of the signers of the decIara-
ton of independence, died, aged fifty.
1870.
May 11-CharIeston, 5. c., surrendered to
the British.
June 23.-Battle of Springfield, n. J.
August 16.-BattIe of Camden.
August I9.-BarOn De Kalb, an American
brigadier-geueral in the war of the revOiu-
ton, died of wounds received at the battle of
Camden, aged forty-eight.
September benedict Arnold'S treason
discovered.
September 2S.-Maior Andre was captured
by three militiamen named John Padding
David Williams and Isaac Van Wart.
October Major John Andre, an adiu-
tant-general in the British army, was hanged
rs a spy at Tappan, on the Hudson river,
n. Y.
October Battle OF Kings mountain,
S. c.
1881.
January The militia of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania revolt.
january 17.-Battle of CowPens, :. {.
February 2S.-Richard Stockton, one of
the signers of the declaration Of independ-
ence, died, ed tifty-threc.
February 22.-George Taylor, of Pennsyl-
vania one of the signers of the declaration
of independence, died, aged sixty-fve.
New London burned; Fort GriswOld, on
the opposite side of Thames river, taken and
a number of people maSsaCTed by British
soldiers, under the command of the traitor,
Benedict Arnold. New London was Arnold's
native county.
Lyman Hall, Of Georgia, one of the signers
of the declaration of independence, died,
aged sixty.
June 5.-Augusta, Ca, capituIated to the
Americans.
August 2S.-Gen. CORVALLIS, commander
Of the British army, entered Yorktown, Va.
September S.-Battle of EUtaw Springs,
:. c.
October Surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS,
with his whole army, at Yorktown.
I7S2.
February American independence ac-
knowledged by Sweden.
February 25.-AmeTican independence ac-
knowledged by Denmark.
March 2i.-American independence ac-
knowledged by Spain.
April S.-The United States vessel Hyder
Ally, carrying sixteen guns, captured by the
British ship Gen. Monk, with twcnty-nHe
guns.
April 10 American independence ac-
knowledged by Holland.
JuIy.-American independence acknowl-
edged by Russia.
October S.-Treaty formed with Holland.
1888.
january 2O.-PreIiminary articles Of peace
signed by British and American commission
ers at Versailles, France.
March l5.-The American army disbanded
at NewbUrgh, \. Y
September 3.-Iohn Jay, John Adams and
benjamin FranklinE negotiated a final treaty
of peace with England at Paris.
November 25.-New York city evacuated
10y the British.
December 23.-George Washington re-
signed his commission as majOr-general Of
the United States into the hands Of congress
at Annapolis, Md.
During the war the English employed
to aid them in the sUbiectiOn OF the
country over 1900 Indians, whose
mode of warfare was to take scalp ps, not
prisoners, and to massacre women and
children. As an evidence Of this fact,
Captain GerTish, of the New England
militia, captured on the frontier of Can
ada eight packages of scalps, properly
cured and dried which were to be sent
to England a. a present from tine Seneca
Indians to George III. The packages
contained 43 scalPs of soldiers, 1913 of
farmers, So Of women, 100 Of boys, 21l
of girls, - of infants and 122 assorted,
making total Of 973 scalps.
THEY tell of an ancient lady in Cali
iornia who was disappointed in love
several years ago, and then pledged her
self to never cut her toe-nails again.
Her toe-nails are now 80 long that she
can not wear shoes, and she is sorry she
vowed. We suspect it has never oc-
CURED to her to bite them off; or she