Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-07-20
no. %.

Mrs Cochran was ten years the Junior uf
! her husband. She was tall and slender
! graceful ia figure. with rather deep set aud
| exceedingly expressive eyes and g,ud hu
NOR and hcnrvolence pervadiug her ~ hole
| countenance She told me of much of her
home life at Albany. of the eminent per
sons She had met there iu her childhoo1 and
| young Wpmauhood. of the domestic char
acter Of her father. aud Of the sweet face
and ahounding goodness Of her mother TO
| ward everybody whose mniden name i'm
| full-Catharine Van Rensselaer, Cochran
! she bore. These seemed to constitute her
happiest memories She spoke with enthu.
siasm Of the broad Christian charity and
! kindly hospitality Of her father displayed
| toward friends and enemies during the war,
| which she knew only 10y testimony from the
| lips of others. for she was born i'm l1Si.
| She spoke Of his answering patriotism un
| der cruel prosecutions and grave afTronts.
and Of his forttude and patience while tor.
tured with hereditary gout when in the
military service and Of the perils which
surrounded him at times from the Tories.
who, stimulated 10y the prospect of great
rewards. sou u.ht To carry him of prisoner
to the British at New York city
/ told Mrs Cochran in brief the story /
had recently heard Of the attempt Of Wal
ter Meyer 30 abduct her father and the
narrow escape from death Of the rescued
baby. | observed that her countenance
heamed with an amused expression while |
related the incident. and when | concluded
the narrative her smile developed into
hearty laughter as she exclaimed
why, am that rescued baby :"
was silenced.
Yes, she said, 81 am that rescued ha
by. 1t was | who was sleeping in that
| cradle in the nursery when Sister Peggy
snatched me from 1t and ran up stairs with
me. She was Sister Margaret, who mar
| ried the Patr,on Van Rensselaer,. II You
/ ever visit my fathers house at Albany-and
l hope YOU will-you may see the scar If
the wound which the Indiana tomahawk in
! fiicted on the stair rail
Il have something curious to tell YOU
about the silver plate which was carried of
/ at that time, said Major Cochran. II have
] been Informed that Lieutenant Colonel Bar
! ry st. Leger. whose headquarters were at
| Montreal at that time and who was carving
| on a sort Of guerrilla warfare, received an
| intimatiOn from Governor Haldimand that
/ the seizure Of General Schuyler was very
| desirable. st. Leger proposed plan which
| the Governor sanctioned He sent out
scout ON pretense Of making observations,
but with secret instructions to penetrate to
-AIp"n! anI at'einPt the ABDUCTION "i ten
eral 0chuyier' \ portion OF the scout was
a nahd oI Torres led 10y Walter Meyer and
20 MN was ihtruSted the task ui Selling the
'Tehera. re attempted 1t with motley
gang Win the result winch You have re
lated.
'feneral schuyler afterwari wrote
courteous letter to st. Leger. complaining
of the plumber Of hi, house by troop, under
his command. and asking for IA return Of
the plate. st Ieser replied ao courteously,
and assured General Schuyler that the cir
cnm'tance had mortified him. and that the
moment he heard Of 1t he did everything in
ms power tn rescue 1t from the hands of
Scoundrelly Sllv"r~mlth. what had escaped