The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-22
Benedict Arnold's Descendants.

The sins of the fathers are not always
visited upon their posterity, SO that the
visitation is apparent to the world. AT
least, this is the case with the descend
ants of Benedict Arnold. The Hon.
Isaac N. Arnold of Illinois, a namesake
of Benedict Arnold, and n distant con-
nection of the same family was recently
in England, and while there made the
acquaintance of several of the descend
ans of the traitor.
They are living in honor and album
dance, connected by marriage with lam
lilies of ''noble" rank, and cherish tho
conviction that their ancestor. in betray-
ing the great trust assigned him by his
country, was aetuated by the nobless
motives. Mr.. Arnold gives a highly i'm
teresting account Of his visits to them
in the Magazine of American History:
Benedict Arnold had four sons, nil Of
whom entered the British army as
officers. Some of the sons of these sons
also obtained commissions in the public
service, the army, the navy. or the
church, and several of them are still liv-
ing.
H.. Arnold, won great distinction in the
army, and seems to have been q man OF
amiable and elevated cnaracter. He
was a baby in arms when the family
went to England, after the war, and, at
twenty three, was a lieutenant serving
IN Surinam.
There be performed the net which
proved at nce how deeply he felt his
fathers infamy, and how much of his
fathers better nature he had inherited.
Volunteers being called for to head q
stornling party in the assault OF some
almost impregnable forts, Lieut.. Arnold
offered his services, and said to the.
commanding general
Il beg the privilege of guiding and
leading this a sault. You know the
history of my father, No drawer man
than he v lived; but he has been Bit
terly assailcd for the affair OF West Point.
Give me a chance, l beg of you, to re-
deem the name"
That shows what he thought of .'th-
affair of West Point" and, alsc
the British army though. Wtlas
honorable request W" ,y.r.a ,na Il
fel,, seysrely w" .n,si. aal ibe he saui Of Of
= lie recovered to enterupon
ereht career, ending with the rank Of
Lieutenant General. For his g~allantry
on this oceasiuhs the merchan s and
bankers of London presented him with
a magnificent sword. which was shown
to Mr.. Isaac N. Arnold.
a grandson of Benedict. Capt. w. L.
Arnold, fell in actIs..:. at Se%bastopol id
1860, and had distinguished mention
IN the dispatches of his general. Lord
kaglan. Another grandson ia now d
lieutenant In the British navy.
h present head OF the family in Eng.
lfud is Rev. Edward GIadwyn Arnold.
also q grandson of Benedict, who Il, rec.
tor of Great Massingham in the County
of Norfolk. His wife is Lady Charlotte.
a daughter of the Marquis Of Cholmon-
deley, known In America from the sim
gular difference be ween the spelling
n the pronunciation OF his name. Ii
is pronounced CHUNKY.
This clergyman, of whom nothing but
good is spoken, preserves the papers of
his grandfather, and gave his American
visitor q letter written bv Sir Henry
Clinton to him in 1772, in which Sir
Henry declares that, in surrounding
West Point, Benedict Arnold stipulated
for no reward. Sir Henry wrote,-
You never gave me reason to suppose
you expected anything more than an
decentralization. / thought 1t an act OF
Justice, as well as duty, to offer you sig
thougand pounds-not az an indennif-
cation for all your losses, for they had
not been ascertained, but I thought IL
was all | could give in that prudence
with which / wa obliged to temper
~liberality.H