Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-25
STEALING A GENERAL
Story OF tho Capture OF Pompous
Old General Prescott

Old General Prescott
Some Of the British officers who
served in the revolutionary war h1d a
very happy talent for making them
selves hated By the American people.
and few succeeded better in this than
Brgadier-GeaeraI Richard Prescott.
COmmaniaut Of Montreal in Iva Il
vas his brutal treatment OF Ethan
Allen which first made him odiou<
That popular hero. elated b. his easy
capture % TJconderoga. and misled by
tai~s Information. attempted to take
Montreal By \ sudden dash xith 4 baad
OF tAIrty Americans and eighty Cana
ca1s- The Canadians promptly ran
away ard Colonel Allen soon found
himself a prisoner of war. face 70 t1rs
with Gen-rz Prescott. in the ba--ac<
yard Of the Montreal troops
The twO men presented 4 striking
cOntrlsG Pr=essI in hs stIr reg-
meutals and SITTER manners. Al officer
Of The Old school in every sense. saw
heto-e him a figure as little Ike a mill
tary oIlcer a. be had ever seen IN his
He Allel WIS dressed in the hunting
shirt Of the period. a loose. double
b-~easted-tacke. Of deer-sxia- His rest
and oreeches we're OF cOarsc WOODEN
stuf. and he had on his head a red
worSted cap In spite OF Appearances.
hoWeTer. he VA commissioned osicer
in the servies Of the United C0Iouie.
rot yet independent States
Are you that Allen who took Il
e~01derOgas asked General Prescott
Il an the very man" replied Allen
Upon hearing this. Prescott burst
into great fury. called him a rebel.
and other Opp-obriOus names He also
Esud his cans IN 4 menzciny war.
Upon seeing this. Allen shook his 6.
and said
This = the beetle OF mortality for
you Il you o9er TO strike
TOs shall brace a halter Al Tyburn.-
replied the British General
Nor w1s This n unueanin- threat =;
tia. period for is had n9; ye; entered
ia-o the British mind 20 regard the
American czptives Es prisoners Of war.
Aliens comrades were haudcured to-
Eether IN pairs and seut on board the
British transports anchored in the St
Lawrence Colonel Allen was chained
with leg-irOns OF thirty pounds weigh.
with a heavy bar appended to them.
eight feet long The irons cIaspssi his
anxies - tight that he could no. lie
doSa except upon his back In this
condition he was placed in the hold of
\ vessel and conveyed to England.
where he was confined in Pendeunis
Castle. In Cornwall. and treated with
= -igOr extraordinary even for tha.
tina
Il Was in September. HIS. when Al
len xas captured Two months after.
General Prescott was himself ,akeu
prisoner By the gallant Montgomery.
j; happened that just before this pleas
ing essnt General Washington had re-
eeiveS a letter from Levi Allen. brother
OF Ehan. inciOsinS afi1avIts proving
the crusity 30 which the hero OF Ticou-
derpga Eas Subjected. and announcing
hts pr09st Of going - Eng and. rails
ing 4 mob in Loadon. and 80 deliver
tng MS brother from captivity.
-Ihe- ysu- EIeze1-y sI e~santrua--ru ~
r2@ 91 E1ste- more shAz o1e huza--i
poaz1& ny 9~n Dru party. saAu regard sv~n4
NJ Tat 70 mere tAKz ere e5pps- Ys1r II
eeAe1ey uzss kzaw thzs AHen vas ror oulx .
brother bat a raj frsezt tzz- srickesA closer
As1 4 oroehec
General Washington. Of course. dis
eourageG this wud project but urged
upon Congress 10 treat General Pres
c0tt exactly IS the British Gorerureu.
treating Colonel Ethan Allen
Congress complied in part with tai.
suggestion As o as Prescott reach
ed Philadelphia he vas placed in soIi-
tary confinement in the jail. He VA.
not put i 4 iroEs. and soon after. on th@
plea OF ul-health. he was released up.oa
parole A there were many tory fam
lies then residing in Philadelphia. be
was made a British lion Beside.
lodging in the best hotel OF the city.
he Wa frequently invited to dine with
families Of distinction. which did no,
tend TO diminish The odium in which he
wa held
In q few weeks Prescott was az
changed and vas appointed 0 after
to command the British forces in Rhode
Island
COlonel Allen. too. was delivered
from his shackles and treated With An
approach TO decency. He vas ex-
changed also. and returned 20 America
his popularity greatly increased BIZ his
experience in Great Britain
In Rhode Island. General Prescott
continued 70 make himself dkazre-
able to the people within his jurisdic-
ton Among the American t-ooos
raised in Rhode Island for the pat-io,
cause there was a ~resOluts aud enter
prising young officer. Lieutsnznt-COl-
ocel William Bartoe. thirty-shree years
Of age. born and reared on the Rhode
Island coast Like most Of the Rhode
Island bOys OF that time. he vas as
much a. home In \ boat as . Western
cowboy i upon his mustang pony. and
hs had already distinguished himself