The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-03

The sentinel thought he was being test
ed, and remained obstinate. ha aiiaies W
could not pass without the counterslgn.
Suddenly he recognized boy TO WON ~ he
had given the magic word, SO bnao Ut
could play within and withou6 Gne oa n1,a!l
and entered. But his forgetfulness was
the source of endless jokes by Catherlne
Schuyler, who was strongly attached TO
young Hamilton, and not long aiUer COZ
daily welcomed him as her son-ln.law.
After Gen. Schuyler gave up MS posi-.
tion he resided at Albany, ana was OF
great use to Washington IN many ways.
At that time there was a dlsposlglon on
the part of many of the Tories to kidnap
prominent Wings and send them as pris-
oners to Canada, and Philip Schuyler
was to be one of the Victims For week
or more the miscreants kept watch on his
place, but the General had been warned
and was on his guard. But at last the
band made quick onslaught one even
General standing by one of the windows
and firing at the rascals below. In a
moment the house was filled with the
ruffians, but the plate in the dining room
was their first object. Suddenly Cathe-
rine Schuyler thought OF her baby, left in
the room below, each member of the
family thinking some other had brought
u,
forgetful of herself, started to go below
and rescue her baby, but the generous,
sturdy hand interposed. 1t would be
death for her and the child too. But her
grown daughter, Margaret, slipped by
them both, and in moment brought
the infant, still sleeping, in safety to the
room above, and had frightened away the
miscreants, who had mistaken her for a
servant, by declaring that armed men
were then on the way from Albany
At the time when Burgoyne sur
rendered he and his staff were received
at the home of Gen. Schuyler by his wife.
She entertained them as if they were
guests. Burgoyne himself, Overcome by
her kindness, when he thought of the de-
struction of their country place which
had been done by his order, tried to MUIR
rine Schuyler graciously passed his words
| by. When he repeated them to the Gen
| eral he was told that "such was the for
tune of war; Twenty covers daily were
laid for the guests, and after their re-
turn to England they sung the praises of
Philip Schuyler and his wife to all One
| of the guests was a Hessian, and his child
speaking in German to his mother one
day asked: "Is this the house Papa was
| to have when we came to America" His
mother flushed as she saw that Mrs.
| Schuyler understood the language, and
tried to apologize, but again the perfect
| lady showed her breeding, and the guest
was made to feel at home.
The Tory papers made great sport OF
Mrs. Schuyler for her loyalty to the colo
MES, one paper declaring that she even
insisted upon thirteen hairs being left up
on her husbands bald pate, SO that she
could twist them into one, as the thirteen
colonies were to be. But Catherine
Schuyler was content. She could afford
to look down and be benignant.
She died before her husband, and her
loss and that Of his son-in-law, Alexander
Hamilton, in his tragic affair with Burr,
so wore upon his heart that Gen. Schuy-
Ter soon followed his wife, who is still re-
mempered as the gentlewoman of the
Revolution, for hers was the gentleness
of power.
EVERETT T. TOMLINSON.