The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-24

county were and are as much interested in
1t, as are the inhabitants of Bennington
for the event, so to speak, which had their
elimination there had their origin in this
county, and, for time, it was expected
that the decisive battle would be fought
here.
On the first day of July, 1777, General
Burgoyne, with an army of eight thousand
men, began the investment Of Ticonderoga,
and sent scout of three hundred men,
mostly Indians, to land at the mouth of
Otter Greek and annoy the frontiers OF
that state. On the second of July, Seth
Warner writes from Rutland to the conven-
ton which bad assembled at Windsor to
form state constitution, appealing for as
slstance, stating that Colonies Robinson
and Williams we're then at Hubbardton,
and that he with Colonel Bellows were just
mounting horse for Ticonderoga, adding
that the "lines are 30 much in want of men,
should be glad that a few hills of corn
unhoed should not be motive sufficient
"to detain men at home" The next day,
Joseph Bowker, of Rutland, president of
the convention, forwards Colonel Warmers
letter to the authorities of New Hampshire,
urging "that every prudent step ought to
"be Immediately taken" for the relief of
| Ticonderoga.
Ticonderoga was evacuated July 6, and,
as General st. Clair reports, the body of the
army reached Castleton the next even
Sing, thirty miles from Ticonderoga, and
" twelve from Scarborough but the
" rear guard, under Col. Warner, which
with the stragglers and infirm amounted
" to twelve hundred, stopped short of that
"place six miles, ard were next morning
" attacked by a strong detachment the
enemy had sent to hang on our rear and
" retard our march" Two regiments of
militia which he ordered to Warmers as
sistance, instead of obeying orders, joined
st. Clair at Castleton, and obliged change
sent to Warner 'to retreat to Rutland"
where he would find st. Clair to cover him.
This refers to the battle of Hubbardton.
Aubury, a British officer, in reference to
the same affair, states that the "grenadiers
" were ordered to form to prevent the
enemy's getting to the road that leads to
Castle-Town, which they were endeavor-
ing to do, and were repulsed, upon
which they attempted their retreat by q
very steep mountain to Pittsford;" but
"t that the grenadiers, first gaming the sum.
81 NIT of the mountain, dispersed them"
On the seventh of July, General st. Claii
writes from "Colo, Mead's, at Otter Creek,
to President Bowker, giving an account O.
the affair at Hubbardton, and the following
brief account of the so called battle of Gas
Teton: "We pursued our route to Castle
"ton, which we reached last night with tn,
"main body, having met on our way ,
"party of the enemy who had been collect
ing cattle in the country. They wer'
imnediatelV disneraadv .sNd .syaaYoJ,a-' an
Others ne Pennington, addressed circular
letter TO the militia commanders and tn,
councils of safety in Massachusetts anc
Connecticut, stating that sit is proposed t.
"make stand at Pawlet," and that unless
the enemy can be soon stopped the whole
country will fall into their hands and will
be reduced 'to the cleanness of teeth"
July 0, General st. Clair writes that the
Vermont militia are "to remain at Rutland
"tor the protection of the people" until the
convention should direct otherwise. July
10, Burgoyne issues proclamation to the
inhabitants OF Castleton, Hubbardton, Rut.
land, TiDmouth, Pawlet and Wells, direct
ing them to send Populations to meet Colo
mel Skeene at Castleron, July Is, to learn
the conditions upon which the persons
land properties of the disobedient may yet
"be spared" To this proclamation, Gen.
eral Schuyler issued counter one July 10.
l'f', In which he states that anyone meet
ing Skeene or taking British protection,
twill be considered and dealt with as
"traitors."
The Vermont council of safety, July Is,
wrote to the New Hampshire council that
between three and six thousand of the enc
my are fortifying at Castleton; and, July
IL, Colonel Warner writes: "There is
body of the enemy to the amount of
" three thousand at Castleton !" July 20,
that they number four thousaud, and 'are
supposed to march this day with can
non;" and again, July "a, to General
Stark that "ihere is not less than two thou
" sand at different places in Castleton and
Rutland," that he understands they are
about to march against Manchester, and
adds VI can by no means be able to make
a stand without assistance"
The Vermont council of safety write
July 2S, "that the enemy have evacuated
" Castleton for fear of devastation by our
troops who are gathering to pay them
yisit'-and the inhabitants of this coun-
ty, and those residing in the north part of
the state, who had fled on Burgoyne's APP
proach were invited to return to their
| homes.
We have not space, this morning, to con-
tinue this subject and have, by a refer
ence to the correspondence of the day,
merely intended to give mere skeleton
tending to show the condition of affairs in
Rutland county century ago, the general
feeling OF unrest which prevailed, and the
preparations which we're made In this ooun-
ty to meet and repel Burgoyne. These are,