Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-26

Paul Revere THE same who escaped
the Tigilance Of HoWess guards four
months later, and spread the news
aisng the read from Boston 20 Lex
inRlOn Of Pitcairn's intended mareh)
rode up % SalliEans house in Oar
ham. One Of The survivors Of S1lii-
rams company died only some thirty
years ago, and from his lips, shortly
before bis death, Was obtained the
story Of what hsppened that Day
ReveEe's horse, be said. was nearly
done when pulled up af Sullisan's
d0oy. The rider had been dispatch
ed with al speed frsm Boston the
day before with messages from the
Massachusetts, Committee Of Safety
that ''the King in council had prohi-
bited the importation Of arms or
military stores into the colonies. " and
that two regiments were forthwith 70
march from Boston % occupy Ports
mouth and the fort IN It's harbor.
After batting his weaFied beast,
Revere rode on to Portsmouth.
In Sullivan's mind the hour had
evidently arrived for decisive action.
The story Of what followed Is briefly
told By Eleazer Bennett, the Survivor
before mentioned Il was working
for Major Sullivan, be said, when
Micah Davis came up and told nae
MaieF Sullivan wanted me to 90 20
Portsmouth. and 70 get all the men /
could 10 90 with him. The men who
went, IS tar IS can remember, were
Major John Sullivan, Captain Win
born Adams, Ebenezer Thompson,
John Demeritk Alpheus and iona
than Cheeley, John Spencer, Micah
Davis, Isaac and BENJAMIN Small, of
Durham; Ebenezer Sullivan, Cap
tain Langdon, and Thomas Pickering,
Of Portsmouth; John Griffin, James
Underwood, and Alexander Scam.
mel. We took q eondela belonging
to Benjamin Mathes, who was too
old to 60, and went down the river
70 Portsmouth. Il was q cold, clear
moonlight night We sailed down
70 the fort at The mouth Of Piscatqus
HaFb0r. The water was 50 shallow
that we could not bring the boat to
within q rod of shore. We Waded
Through the water In perfect silence,
mounted the fort, surprised the gar.
Fison, and bound the captain. Inthe
fort we found one hundred casks Of
powder and one hundred small arms,
which we brought down 70 the beat.
| In wading through tho water II frozt
upon us "
| What q simple story Of heroisml
/ The men took otf their boots thai
| they might not make q n0isein mount
ing the rampaTls, and after getting
back 10 the boat Il Is of record thai
they again took them of, '.lesk I
spark from the iron nailed sole
might ignite the powder And thiI
I was 10 December, Ia the severe win
ter Of Northern New England.
The neutrality-suspicious. b.
the natives guadolo, with the aceeni
on the first syllable-is an unwieldll
! sloop-rigged vessel still In use In TIL
shollcw waters Of the New England
coast The '.gundolon sailed quietly
down with the tide to q dock IN Ports
. month town nine miles below. Their
: perhaps half q dozen men were laker
on board, including Captain Lang
don, afterSafd first President of III
. United States Senate and GoveFno
of New Hampshire. From Governo
Wentworth's correspondence with
the Earl Of Da9tmouth Il would up
pear that be warned Captain Coch
ran, IN command lat the fort, Of th,
intended attack; but Il Is q tradition
Ia Durham that the garrison wal
awakened from sleep as the paFs1
mounted the ramparts. No blood
was shed on either side. In his let
ter TO Lord Dartmouth, Sir Johr
(GoVern0fl Wentworth gives somi
further details. News was brought
10 me, be says, that q drum Wa,
beating about the town 10 call III
populace together in order 70 take
away the gunpowder and dismanilI
The fort / sent the Chief Justice "a
them 70 warn them from engaging In
such an attempt He went 70 them,
told them II was not short Of rebel
lion, and entreated them 10 deslsl
from Il aud disperse. But all 10 nc
purpose. They went 10 the island.
They forced an entrance In spite 81
Captain Cochran, who defended Il g.
long Is he could. They secured the
captain, ItFiumphantly gave thres
huzxas, and hauled down the Kings
fcolors.n Captain Cochran made biz
report. II told them, he wrote, ssoE
their peril not 10 enter. They 70
piled they would. | Immediately or
dered three fouF-poundeFs 70 be firet
on them, and then the small arms
and before We could be ready 70 IRE
again we were stoFmed on ell quar-
tiers. and immediately they secured
me and my men, and kept as pEis.
oners about an hour and q half, dur
ing which time they broke open the
powder house, and took ell the pow
der away except one barrel"
The powder being loaded aboard
the ''gundolo. = the vessel was saileC
back 10 Durham on the food tide,
arriving in the early morning. TIT
larger part Of the powder was buried
under the pulpit Of the old meeting
house" IN front Of Major Sulilvan's
residence-undeT the pulpit from
which venerable PArson Adams hae
for years back been incuIcating les.
sons Of patriotism. Two or three
mounds Sill exist 70 show where the
foundations Of this church were laid
Over against the now vacant space,
and In q little plot adIoining Sulll
vans former residence, . plata mar
Die slab gives token thai the remains
Of Che soldier-statesman were buried
there.
| TIE captured powder. as before in
/ timAted. played a. important part a
the battle Of BnnkeT Hill. In Tia
Continental army gathered aboul
Boston there was q terrible lack o
ammufioa. 1T Is 3 fact, : says Ban
croft. referring 70 the day befors
Prescott occupied Breeds Hin. ''thal
the Ameficana after collecting al
the ammunition north Of the Della,
ware, had IN their magazine, for az
i arm as,rpa 80 n a efarSn anA eRor.nr