The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-15

thing bids fair tor the imposing ceremonies OF
row and the day following s
OF REGRET
Many letters have been received dsting uished
invited guests expressing regret their inability be
present At the Bennington Centennial celebration.
send you those from the most noted abse utces =
FROM THE GovEnsoE GENERAL oS CANADA
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
OTTAWA, Canada July 20, 1877.
To His Excellency HORACE FAiRBASks, Governor Of
Vermont
SrR-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
OF your very communication Of the inst,
covering invitation TO from the President and
of he Ben nj ugton Battle Monument ssoca-
ton be present their guest at the centennial
ebration OF the Independence OF Vermont a State
and OF the battle OF Bennington But Tor my approach
ing visit to Manitoba should have been most happy
10 accept the hospitality oil Your Excellcncy and th
association of which you are President, aud trust
that you Will DO good enough while expressing To the
members of That association my extreme regrets that
being unable to avail myself OF their very kind nvi-
tatlon, TO wish Them al The Same time every
their centennial celebration OF the 18Th and 10TH OF
August next With regard the suggestion the
evont of my not being abe 10 be present the
above referred 10 some other person might
my representative, shall have much pleasure
sulting my Ministers on tho subject with the view OF
complying with the wishes OF the Bennington Battle
Monument Association. have the honor, to he, sir,
your most obedient servant, DCFFERIN.
PROM GOVERNOR HUBBARD OF CONNECTICUT,
HARTFORD, Conn, July 20, 1871
To the Hon. HoRAcE FAixBAxKs, President, &c -
DEAR Sx-l am IN receipt OF your kind Invitation
attend Inc coming % o. ,S o. Inc
nngIon. l have delayed lis acknowledgment until
now in the hope that | might ind myself able to
cept your courtesy and convey In person to the
citation you represent the greetings Of the sister State
Of Connecticut. ind however at last that shall he
compelled to b. absent, suffer me to present by a
single word, word Of homage TO the
commswopa,e A' an6 Of SITUATION to YOUR Y.l;.nl
Commonwealth, the younger sister OF the thirteen.
born and Graded the Revolution. Denied admission
I'm Ganfn Mi infp nIrh hag
scarcely parallel In history she erected herself into
sovereign State, and separate and alone declared her
independence not only Of Great Britain but OF sister
State which '.did, In violation Of the tenth command
ment, covet her lands; her blood aud treasure
kept her coasIancy and her loyalty to The common
cause, unseduced and unsnaken 10 the end. Honor
anu glory, then TO your noble State the Lone Star"
of the Revolution and to the heroic dead who sleep
her green bosom Ia blessings. The Slate OF Israel
Putnam and Jonathan Trumbull, which furnished To
your forefathers the great soldier Ethan Allen and
their first Governor, Thomas Chittenden, sends hon.
age to the memory oil the 'Grsen Mountain Boys' Of
the Renovation, aad centennial congratulations and
sistery greetings TO their sons and daughters. With
renewed Acknowledgements Tor your courtesy have
the honor " be- with the highest respect your ooed
ent servant X. II. HUBBARD.
PROM GENERAL SERBIAN
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIvIsioS MIssoURIl
CHICAGO Ill, July 81, 1871
Hon. hoRAcR FAIRBANKS, President of Bennington
Battle Monument Association aud Governor OF Ver-
DAAK slR-I have Just returned from i've woeks'
trip the Far West and among other letters awaiting
my action l find yours Of the "a inst, enclosing
copy OF . resolution OF the Monument Association,
ana also your cordial INVITATION 10 DO present
the 18th aud 18th August next at the centennial
celebration OF the independence Of Vermont anu tho
battle Of Bennington. am very sorry to be- obliged
TO decline the invitation; but, from present appear
ances, l shall be kept busy within my military d.
vision for some months to come. No man living has
higher appreciation Of the patriotism OF the sons of
The slres 1777 than have, and no Knows what
Tho descendants OF the Green Mountain Boys can do
upon hard fought heds better than do, and feel
that Is eminently dtting that VIC do everyt hing IN
o Ss Ke sa, pusus yoSr
ton worthy OF It's object, am, SIR with creas
'f>''' ''' ' P. H. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General United States Army.
THE QUAKER POET RESPONDS.
DANvRRs, Mass, August Z, 1877.
MY DEAR sIK-I regret deeply that cannot be
present a. the Vermont centennial celebration, 10
which the letter invites me inc state Of my health
will permit IT, and the same reason prevents
from attempting 10 embody in verse the spirit and
feeling Of the great occason The record Of Vermont
throughout the century OF her existence has been
OF which her sous hive every reason to DO proud.
Your SISTER States and the neRhborng provinces OF
the far DOMINION which stretches along your border,
will not Tail be represented your gathering; and
toe gratuatlons Of the Canadas will mngle with
those Of Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The
OF peace will BIO streng hened by such celc-
bration. 10 me, rs lie long opponent OF human
slavery, Vermont has been subject Of especial in
ana her were the nrst to oppose the encr0ach-
menis OF the detesable wrongs elsewhere With my
SUCCESS
JOHN G. WHITTIER
DR. LEONARD BAcoS's SENTIMENTS
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, August l, 1877.
To CHARLES N. BLISS, secretary
DEAR Sik-Th0 invitation addressed 10 me at New
Haven found me here. My hearty thanks are due TO
vlting partake with them the double celsbra-
ton Of The 18th and 10Th inst, bas tnd that il Will
near relation 20 The screen Mountain Boysn OF hun.
drcd years ago, remember that one OF my ancestors
aud Others OF my fathers kindred found homes aud
graves IN Vermont As q citiZen OF Connecticut am
proud TO road on the maps OF your State
SO many names of old towns Ike Windsor.
Hartford and New Haven, REMINDING US that what IS
now Vermont las ''Western reserve'' was
ut q later data) called Now Connecticut And as a
citizen OF tho United States give thanks God not
only Tor what Vermont anu was doing hundred
years ago. but also for all her hardy and heroic sons
have contributed peace and BY treless industry
pnosophic scholarship, by wise and faithful states
manshp, by the patriotic blood that has consccrated
service OF the Prince OF Peace. to The stability, the
wealth. the benefcence and the OF our national
Union. Respectfully and truly yours,
THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON AND ITS HERO.
One Of the bravcst actors in the great drama Of the
American Revolution John Stark, of New Hamp.
shire. Graded amid the mountains OF tie north
and accustomed from youth to tho tatigues Of hun.
ters nie his constitution partook OF tho hardwood of
his native hills, and inherting that hatred OF oppres-
sion which, in the reign OF James l., drove his
ancestors from Scotland, he we'll fitted to act the
part which the struggle Tor popular freedom America
demanded An officer in the celebrated corps of the
Rangers during the whole OF that sanguinary struggle
from 1854 TO 1850 in which England and France con.
tended for the mastery OF North America his courage
and military skill for him the confidence OF the
British commandera Espousng the cause OF liberty
from the earliest dawn OF British aggression, tho
tidings OF blood split at Lexington found him ready
to load hts countrymen TO tho Geld. The name of
Stark embazons the record OF the victory Of Ben.
nington which from Its date
nay we'll considered OF the greatest epocbs
OF tho Revolution
THE STARK FAMILY.
John Stark was a native OF Nut1eld-so called from
its numerous groves Of walnut and chestnut-uow
Londonderry, IN New Hampshire He was born
August IL, 1928. HIS father, Archibald Stark was
native of Glasgow, Scotland, and an early ace