The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-20

know. They have just one hour and
half recreation day, except We'd
ncsdays and Saturdays, when they
have six hours. They are called at
$50 in the morning and breakfast at 6
in the summer, and in the winter they
are called at & and breakfast at 6. 30;
and their day is divided into tasks
that continue until taps is sounded
at 10 o'clock at night and all lights
must 60 out.
Benedict Arnold was in command
at West Point during the Rcvolu-
tionary war and from here conducted
his correspondence with John Ander-
son, the nom de gucrrc Of John Andre,
adjutant general Of the British army.
The Robinson house, where they met,
still stands in the highlands, two miles
below, and belongs to the family Of
the late Hamilton Fish, who restored
it and kept it in its original condition.
At the time of the Revolution it was
owned by Beverly Robinson, an early
friend of Washington, whose father
was Speaker Of the Virginia Legisla-
ture, but who sympathized with the
British, chiefly because Of the inAu-
ence Of his wife, one Of the Philipse
girls and sister of the young woman
who Tilted Washington. Their father,
Frederick Philipse, was wealthy
merchant, who had beautiful estate
on the banks of the Hudson near
West Point, and aftet the DIa1dock
campaign Washington paid him visit
with Beverly Robinson and other army
officers. He fell in love with Miss
Mary and proposed to her before the
end Of his visit.
Frederick Philipse returned to Eu-
rope after the occupation OF the valley
of the Hudson by the Revolutionary
troops and is buried in the beautiful
cathedral at Chester, England. His
epitaph reads:
"Frederick Philipse, late of the
province of New York. Firmly at
tached to his sovereign and the British
Constitution, he opposed, at the haz-
ard of his life, the late rebellion in
North America, and for this faithful
discharge Of his duty to his King and
his country he was prescribed, and
his estate, one of the largest in New
York, was confscatcd and usurped by
the Legislature of the province. When
the British troops were Withdrawn
from New York in 1882 he Quilted a
province to which he had always been
an ornament and benefactor, and came
to England, leaving all his possessions
behind him, which reverse of fortune
he bore With tbs calmness, fortitude
and dignity which had distinguished
him through every former stage Of
life, and he died in 1885 at the age of
IS years"
Over the Philipse tomb in the Ches-
ter cathedral are two tattered flags
bearing the label to inform visitors
that they were carried by the Cheshire
troops at the battle of Bunker 8
Hill" They arc the only mementoes
of the war of the American Revolu-
tion and the only trophies Of any Of
Great Britain's conflicts with the
United States that / have ever seen
in England
Benedict Arnold was breakfasting
with Washington at the Robinson
house when he received a note from
the officer of the day informing him
OF the capture of andre. lie pre-
served his presence Of mind, excused
himself from the table, saying that he
was called to West Point, mounted
his horse, which stood saddled at the
gateway, dashed down the trail to the
river, which is still known as car
mold path, and secured boatman
to take him down the river to the
British ship Vulture, where he was
cordially received, and on which he
made his way to New York. Andre
was confined at West Point and was
executed near by.
The West Point military reserva-
ton, which contains 2,l05 acres, was
purchased by the Government from
Stephen Moore for $l1 ,O85 in Sep
tember, 1890. A revolutionary vet
eran named Hugh Mcclellan lived on
the point in small house and cult
vated garden, which he rented from
Moore. When the property was pur-
chased by the Government Gen. Knox,
then Secretary Of War, allowed Nc
Clellan to remain without the pay
mcnt Of rental, and his widow after