Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-21
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
HOW ARNoLD's TREAcHERY WAS
 RECEIVED

Before that fatal day it was flash ed across the country that Benedict Arnold had turned traitor and had bar gained with the British to turn over West Point to them, he possessed an enyiable reputation, and all Of his fel- loWmen were proud to do him honor in every way. Almost in a twinkle of an eye all this was changed and the day after the discovery of his treason he was being hung in effigy all over the country and his name was a by word on the lips of every one.
 The Arnold effigy parties were es- .pecially conducted on an elaborate scale in Philadelphia, Boston and Prov tdence, and in the latter city the fig ure was committed to the flames in sight of the famous Elm of Liberty The New Jersey Gazette on November 1, printed the following: SATAN AND ARNOLD
 Quoth Satan to Arnold, My worthy
 good fellow,
 l love you much better than ever
 did:
 You live like a prince, with Hal may
 get mellow,
 e But mind that you both do just as I bid"
 Quoth Arnold to Satan, My friend do
 AOt uOuDE me.
 will strictly adhere to all your great views;
 To you I'm devoted with all things
 You'll permit me I hope to die in my shoes.
 On October Arnold was carried | through New Milford, Conn, in ef- figy. He made his appearance sitting i on his coffin in a horse cart, hung
 round with several lanterns. Behind 1 the traitor stood the devil, who acted
 the part of being ashamed of so un-
 worthy a servant. The traitor wa: l dressed in uniform, pinioned and prop
 erly accoutred for the gallows Hav- | ing made the tour of the town, he wa. brought under strong guard to tn, place of execution, where in the view of some hundred spectators, he wa! formally hanged, cut down and buried On the heart of the traitor was fixet | a label expressive of his real charac ter, the justice Of his condemnation i and a bequest of his soul to the devil
 On the afternoon of September 30 tn
 people of Philadelphia and vicinit, made a demonstration unfavorable t
 Arnold by carting an effigy of the no
 torlous conspirator through the street
 of the city. The exhibition was a follows: There was a stage raised O , the cart on which an effigy of Ger Arnold was sitting. This was dresse in regimentals, had two faces, emblem atlc Of his traitorous conduct, a mas in his left hand and a letter in hi right from Beelzebub, telling him h . had done all the mischief he coul Q Edo and now he must hang himself. At the back of the General was f figure of the devil dressed in hIa z ? robes shaking a purse of money at tf t Generals left ear, and in his rigl e hand pitchfork, ready to drive hi e into the eternal regions as the r, j. ward for the many crimes which h e thirst for gold had made him con d init.
 e In the front of the stage, and befo ! Gen. Arnold, was placed a large lal e tern of transparent paper, on one sit n of which was Arnold on his knees h Il fore his Satanic Majesty, who is put l. ing him into the flames, and on t st other two figures hanging, inscribs IS The Traitors Reward" and writt ,o underneath: "The Adjutant General h the British Army and Joseph Sni l. the first hanged as & spy and t ic other as a traitor to his countr, e- There was a large procession whi ia followed the cart until the effigy "
 committed to the flames.
 On October 18th following the A 1e nold treachery the colonial Cover IT ment of nW York had issued pro y, lamation recommending to the inha S. ltants of that state to observe Thu, at day, the second day of November. an day of prayer and thanksgiving w Almighty God for the recent and l re markable deliverance wrought in IS half of the United States in gener nd and of his State in particular, by he discovery of the reasonable consp en acy for betraying the Notifications er the Highlands into the hands of e. enemy; to depracate his wrath for f is evils prevalent among us, and hu Ter vor and protection
 as The British however, took a diff to ent view of the matter. When Arn re- arrived in New York, following to hurried escape from West Point, nd sagacious great ones supposed f an upon paying particular attention lat the villain, they would lessen his cri eo- in the eyes of the world, and introd Tas him to the notice of their circles, wi lll out which they saw he must sink i m- obseurity and contempt. He was m cordingly caressed by all in power ks Gen. Robertson's house fixed for in residence. Whenever he chose to I it. the different aids in rotation atten nd him in his promenade, and many ot of honors were conferred upon him. ra-i (Monday-Our Celebration 5f Ind lreJ pendence DaY.G