The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1875, Page 21

| NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1875. ; THURSDA j PITCAIRN'S’ “PISTOLS. Y May 25. 1775. 2 $v [N° no. ] is A) IN g ‘The first shot fred on Lexington Common in the eariy morning of April 19, 1775, may not have > been the one whicn was “heard rowad the world,” SS a A E ‘T y R. It would not be well forany person to say now x 4 f 3 K ; : inat it was, for he would invite destruction from —-/ the hanus of the debaters Over the cause Oi that | pocuca: remark, You the stot fred af Lexington by Major Pitcairn, the Sritise r of murines, was the explosion whose sound, bounding on the air through the length New-Jerfey and Ouebee ana breadth oO: the American Colonies, startled the Cars ol every patriot and made them painfuhy acute jor the shriexs and groans of the minute men Who Were massacred on the green of the d .D V E R I S E R nice Maat a “nn i > Balied the massacre, and the massacre \ signatied the Revolution, Tue boi and brutal Pitcairn never dreamed that the brethren } D PRESS fronting Hanover Square aiies, coan ge hom bean | would very soon possess that litte arm . having frst wounded its proper owmer. When in | : Ps : the gloaming ou the grees, he said arrogantly to Affize of Busan,—Flour at 16s. per cwt. Hic Warner at New Yorx, this Week, \, € PRICE CURRENT; in New York. the sixty or seveaty. boys, and men standing ‘Wheat, pe Buel, | “Gorgas Tear pd g0 to 60s. | Fine Salt 3s. 6d. Coarse do. 28, od. | anxiously but without ri—Disperse, ye! wheaten Loaf of the finet Flour, to weigh 1 1b, | Thursday 57 min. after 6{ Monday 50 min, after 9 | Flour, y. Sr) 1, a6, Od, [Single 4 4s, 2d. | Indian Corn, per Buthel, 3s. to 38.64, | Villains, ye repels, | lay down: P 13 oz. for 4 coppers, Friday 45 min, after 7 | Tuefday 27 min, after 10 | Brown fread, i 43. od. | Molaffes, as, od. } Bills of Exchange, £165 | your arms,” he expected a sudden scamper- Saturday 33 min. after 8 | Wednefday 59 min, after xo | Welt Bidia Rum, 38- 4d. | Beef, per Barrel, 458. od. | Do, at Philadelphia, 155 | ine of scared provinciais. He was mad- Publifhed the 34 of April, 1775. Sunday 10 min, after 9 New-England do. 2s, 6d. | Pork, “er % 60 to 658. } Do. at Bofton, dened that not one of the villagers moved, | and, crying out “Why doa’s you lay down your = | arms ane aisperse,” he fred his pistol The , “ difperfe you rebels immediately” on which he bran= J —— candour and juftice with which Parliament has taken up | M@*sicre followed. To tue ordinary mau it is a | PHILADELPHIA, May 13. difhed his word over his head at “times: meanwhile EE ER IE X, May 16. this bufiness and at once declared to the colonies what | Peasant thought that it may have been one of the AFFIDAVITS and depofitions relative to the the fecond officer who was about two rods behind him, gia. Captain General, Governor and Commander ig, Will be ultimately expected from them. CcEnen the ee commencement of the late hoftilities in the prov- fired a piftol pointed at said militia, and the regulars chice Wall over thie Province of NEW- JERSEY It has been already obferved that the King entirely | (0 01" ‘weitae tee aah seme Sandel ge the re- inee of Maffachufetts-Bay; continued from our Lilt Rhea sen a ue Fe Senne hls Suotds and Territories thereon depending in America, Chan- eee his hance oes vpuls of Seen vad t Major Ditealiet At ali pao ‘paps me pe and when he had thus finifhed brandifhing his fword, he 4 A ve his Majetty’s commands to fay, that a compliance laft: pointed i down cowards fald eilits, and immediatly on “opt coum aauune pty tPtke fia ‘Biante, therewith by the General Aducably of New-Jurfoy,, will | Da CUDIDnients! nmcpcgeinted, she. plasai, with Lexington, April 25, 1775. which the {aid regulars fired a volley at thg militia, and Rp avened a’ Birltireton * be molt gracioufly confidered by his Majefty, not only as | ("nian NO DEAR the Bloody ay san ies Tress JOHN PARKER, of lawful then I ren off as faft as I could, while they continued Gentlemen of Whi Council, ond. , a teftimony of their reverence for Parliament, but alfo as | 10% 0! the holster eaerpng she. prises, Buaee age, and commander of the firingtill I got out of their reach. I further teftify, that Gentlemen of the Ganenat: Affembly. a mark of their duty and attachment to their Sovereign, Baga are now in Lied city 1a the Leer ot militia in Lexington, do teftify as foon as ever the officer cried ‘¢ difperfe you rebels” the HE fole occafion of my calling you together at this Who has no object nearer to his heart than the peace and a rs ae haley wae } and declare, that on the Igth faid company of militia difperfed every way as faft as time is to lay before you a refolution of the Houfe profperity of his fubjects in every part of his dominions. Sapa al writer visited the office of Dr. feqjlinttant, in the morning, about — they could; and while they were difperfing, the regulars of Commons wifely and humanely calculated to open At the fame time, I mutt tell you, his Majefty confiders meee pe ane en snow ese one of the clock, being in- kept firing at them inceffantly, and further faith not. a door to the reftoration of that harmony between himfelf as bound by every tie to exert thofe means the : TAP PORE Pere | H{ formed that there was a num~ ‘Tnomas Fresenpen, Great-Britain and her American colonies on which their CMtitution has placed in his hands, for preferving that See ee icky GET aie outs | 2" ber of regular officers ridin, i conftitution entire, and to refit with fi . | bore and straight trigger pattern, about twelve de apy Ns id mutual welfare and ‘happiness {0 greatly depend. A ae firmness every at- | inenes in length irom stock to muzzle and most up and down the road, ttop~ Lincoln, April 23, 775. This refolutiol, having already appeared in the public tempt to violate the rights of Parliament, to diftress and | 1 ony chased with flligree designs. At that tim ping and infulting people as I, John Batemén, belonging to the fifty-fecond regis papers, and a great variety of interpretations put upon it, obftruct the lawful commerce: of his Subjects, | or to! en- they evidently were Paton red grees ons de Lu: : | ee eet, me paffed the road; and alfo ment, commanded by Colonel Jones, on Wednefday moftly according to the different views and difpofitions pec in his colonies es of independence inconfifieat | Joy as might fittingly ve ceras iP a cee ae pobre wrens er Sy Hes vas were on morning, on the nineteenth day of April inftant, was in by which men are aétuated and fearcely any having feen hee 5 sige peda hon poorene ihe A British officer. The ulstory of their descent ‘rom ) heed hpi inte eae Ms o ate take the Le teas the party marehing to Concord, being at Lexington, in it in its proper light, I think 1 cannot at this juncture A he ain wee ah 4 L Ntrarenehdyta ar and candid fate | on, possession of Major Pitcairn to that ot their eck wee tik ik Lise our mil nitisn Ata ai u Z the county of Middlefex, being nigh the meeting houfe better anfwer the gracious purpofes of his Majefty, nor P hits " Leary a bac capaci i Pps! and the present guardian may ve dei: ied as follows :— Nuria atin ne oo to con Lepiad at to - hr in faid Lexington, there was a fmall party of men do my country more effential fervice than to lay before fe arpa h i hes eth ay sa regis buc'whar | ‘On April 10, 1796, at the early hous of tio in the ie reculaeeonca dia mt eben ed mei “hed ae e ble gathered together in that place, when our faid troops you as fullan explanation of the occafion, purport and © of tttian ye Leet profeffed themfelves ready | porning, 196 militia men. of Lexifigtou wore ate tnfae pes (i Bests an silane Yi dae they marched by ;. and I teftify and declare, that I heard the intent of it as is im my power. By this means you, and 37° Wi a5 perform. A bri Affembly of this prov- assembied on the common, but when word was } | bli “i iG i es ae hs severly ay udden ap- — word of command given to the troops to fire, and fome the good people you reprefent, will be enabled to judge ‘0% In their Lory to the King in 1766, express brought that no troops were coming they sepa proach I immediately ordered our militia to difperfe and of faid troopsdid fire; and I faw one of faid party lie for yourfelves how far you ought or ought not to themfelves thas: “As no danger can approach Britain, | rated ¢o their homes, to return at the sound of motto ue db aye vend faid troops made their appears — gead on the ground nigh faid meeting houfe; and I acquiefce with the plan it contains, and what fteps it without giving us the moft fenfible alarm; fo your Ma- | tye qrum. At balfepast jour, by order of Captain ance and ruthed furioufly, fired upon and killed eight eftify that I never heard any of the inhabitants fire one will be prudent for you to take on this very important Jefty may be affured that with filial duty we thall ever | parxer, the signal was given of the approach of | of our party, without receiving any provocation therefor gun on faid troops. Jeet Barman, cease, be ready to afford all the affiftance in our power, and | 14 enemy. aghd tae awe eases Reece pie | Gom us. : oun Parker. —- You will fee in the King’s anfwer to:the joint address ftand or fall with that kingdom, from which our de- | roe3 company, some of whom wer fe We, Nathaniel Clarkhurft, Jonas Parker, John Mun- s 7 i fcent, and to which we are attached by the ftrongeft ties year are ae bola pay alee ed woe, juss John Winthlp, Solomon Pi ag Rae Lexington, April 23, 1775. of both Houfes of Parliament on the 7th of February, fd ? fade dad affection,” y & 8 minutes to die, took their posts near the | py eke rah rte Ane eae Sata ts We, John Hoar, John Whitehead, Abraham Gare how much attention his Majefty was gtacioufly pleased 01 CUtYs Pane yee ae ane ina fubfequent | ouarcn, When the British appeared, Major Pit. | ads So pagay 7 aes ie (Pe art Hace, Samuel f¢ld, Benjamin Munroe, Ifaac Parks, William Hofmer, to give to the affurance held out in that address, of the ena jill nila Resi a fae tiehe Daihe cairn commanding, that officer was on horseback. | Gatidustua: Matensals Canines agit Teka Se tedg f Lex. John Adams, Gregory Stone, all of Lincoln in the readiness of Parliament to afford every juit and reafon~ | y w peat 2 py ki y (the 3 arlia~ | Fe shouted an order to the Americans to lay down race capiringesin MP tie . De C county of Middlefex, Maffachufetts-Bay, all of lawful able indulgence to the colonies whenever they thould Barnet) ral ee lependence on the kingdom of Great | their arms and disperse. This order producing no | rr aachuubiite Barsie sd Ganland: ee tL af hewfi age, do teftify and fay, that on Wednefday laft we were ™ake a proper application on the ground of any real re ttkes In thet . Geir and HR the eens of | emect, ne drew his pistol and fired it, at tue same scan ey peeig® eivioles ee gata Br ee s ~. affembled at Concord, in the morning of faid day, in grievance they might have to complain of, This e fe ee itieg le polis cog! abe ds your Royal | time giving to bis soldiers the command to fire. poke of April ink Ghar aesnot won" hd es i eonfequence of information received, that a brigade of address was accordingly foon followed by the refolution i his rage Pur Ragpnate Gee 5 — therefore to | ne events that followed form the familiar history lebiconad ied acaba Ghee ts hed ies regular troops were on their march to the faid town of of the Houfe of Commons now laid before you, A circum- Son as thefe connexions, and to ftrengt! ee fettle- | ofthe War of Independence. The Britisy, having iia at ands dee etek yea Pawo ‘night CoRcord, who had killed fix men at the town of Lexing- ftance which afforded his Majefty great fatisfaction, as it si wat pies aed janes duty, and delight, compeliea the retirement of the militia after many } Me ted adits facca nix ind aonate 5 at night con; about an hour afterwards we faw them approaching Ve room to hope for a happy effect, and would, at all imilar declarations have been repeatedly made in | naq been killed or wounded, went to Concord; tne pall rad A tae Mothinae pid ye ic seni a ms aid bp to the number, as we apprehended, of about twelve events, ever remain an evidence of their juftice and other colonies. The following vote was paffed is the | news of the morning’s work spread over the sur- mg gat beled alfa py nes ad fear thao va pa Y hundred, on which we retreated to a hill about eighty ™oderation and manifeft the temper which has accom- aieaty ot P roils many years ago, to wit, “The | rounding country; the minute men rusued to the ng ap oe ih fom wie, ba-onde oT it Ps ods back, and the faid troops then took poffeffion of the panied their deliberations upon that queftiom which has fi sgesd yates br sadie sion ssi the many taxes their | scone of action; and Wuen the Britisa, at noon faid) to take the colony ftores tine descent ae pies hill where we were firft pofted; prefently after this we fete i pea fo much difquiet to the King’s bead fp eines the egies ob th Gone rah decirlag began their retura march to Boston, they were in in chi, faw other troops moving towards the North-bridge, about fubjeéts in Ame: ; » the midst of anenemy’s country and every in- sen Ws roe ae ied rues a ae Soe is ute aa cite (i he fa, aT Geucced secligtheeh, a His Majefty, ardently withing to fee a reconciliation the neceffary 8 eee charges of government, and | navitant am armed soldier, Major Pitcairn’s fy Cantatas Dakar tare comune bie vd deat then immediately went before them, and paffed the Of the unhappy differences by every means through big a rags fidelity, loyalty and affection | norse was wounded, and with bis equipments fell yes Gagged: Beige eomrverd = ha wee bridge juft before a party of them, to the number of Which it may be obtained without ae eg to the just of the inna” see yaw spr to our gracious Sove- | nio tne hands of the Americans. Confusion drums und actordingly the company went ince howfes bout two hundred arrived; they there left about one authority of Parliament, which his Majefty will never [8% by bearing a fhare of the burden of our fellow | spread through thelr ranks. pels t ap pe a We Vorther test rag 3 rs half of their two hundred at the bridge, and proceeded with _fuffer to be violated, has approved the refolution of his fubjects, ni egg le to our circumftances, do, there- | major Pitcairn was wounded and unhorsed. Tht that frets five oak in the morning we attended rg the reft towards Colonel Barrett's, about two miles above faithful Commons, oy has commanded it to be tranf- foe eg ‘ ray at he pag, . heel bape Sone Save ee eee i beat of our drum and were formed .on the parade—we the faid bridge; we then feeing feveral fires in the town, mitted to bikes ee arta, Soemenntae hei "aad Faces fore, ote ay slied vaya lke om ihe eg CAPTURED BY ONE OF THE MINUTE MEN were faced towards the regulars then miei thought the houfes of Concord were in danger, and that this happy difpofition to comply with every juft and pot Wit oe ‘a di id ae o “4 tl a I CP FO, lesa Gempasiecrmaadie Herta llaaas- thie: in that reafonable with of the King's fubjects in Amesica will his royal wifdom, hall think fit to direct and appoine.* | and taken lyck to Concord. ‘Tne animal and the and fome of our company were cothing to the parade ; ob ue 5 Ce COE, ee iss ats Mae of duty and affection on their And the faid three thoufand pounds were afterwards | accoutremer{s were subsequently sold in that with their backs towards the troops; and others on the pox sag por te wer sage marched part as will lead to _* iffue of the prefent dispute, Paid into his Majefty’s Exchequer, by the Agent ofthe’) town at auction. Captain Nathan Barrett, who parade began to difperfe when the regulars fired on the back over the bridge, and then took up fome of the Pall tt WI Ma pple llity on Province accoraingly. commanded one of the militia companies of Con- company, before a gun was fired by any of our company pms we en donlpees oct Siecehy, commads. te thofe of equity, juitice 1d moderation which Nor can I avoid mentioning what was done in the | cord at the oid Norta Bridge, purcnased the hots. on them; they killed eight of our company, and ges and when we. had, get~ near the bridge they ta een on holds feeth convention of committees from ny county in Pennfyl- | ters and pistols, and offered them to General wounded feveral, and continued the fire until we had all ork pod yn gga ey pried evn e a ‘What hae given the King the greater fatiffaetion in vania, who met in July laft for the express purpofe of | Washington, then in command of the provinoials wade our efcape. je foe 5 dex ot * this refolution, and the greater confidence in the good giving inftructions to their Reprefentatives in Affembly | around Boston. He declined them. Captain Bar. igned by each of the above Depofers, aving orders from) o@F commending Olicers hot to a i i on this very fubject, Several of thefe inftructions mani- | rett then presented them to General Israel Put / effects of it, is his having feen that, amidét all the in- : - o a, — —— ve till we were fired upon) we fired upon the regulars fenlous. of thele tik: fet fuch a candour and liberality of fentiment, fuch jui Lexington, April 23, 1775. and they retreated, On their retreat through the town temperance into which a people, jealous per ideas of the importance of our connexion with Great- Siteteae ini aus hes Won poneenta the ereuse 1 Timothy Smith, of Lexington, in the county of of Lexington to Charleftowa, they ravaged and deftroyed iss, have been satomanstely soir ape Pca Britain, and point out fo rational a method to be purfued | War and oad ‘been made a brigadier geueral at a Middlefex, and colony of Ma(fachufetts-Bay, in New property, and burnt three houfes, one barn and one thop, theless avowed the jafiice, the equity, sad the propriety for obtainii pa for the fuppofed trata ce- | Special mecting of the Connections Legisiatare, England, being of lawful age, do teftify and p fae thae Signed by each of the above Depofers. of fubjecta of the fame State contributing, according to °° itr Sa tterfipt to diftress the teade of that len - | Fone aatobes wise white we wid oumhing oad on the morning of the nineceenth Apt int, bel their abiltes and easton, to the public burdens» and 1° Thy greatly to be regretted thatthe conduct of | Fode om Norseuack txty-ave meg! oue fay te tad 5 rsegiepesevarn bee ‘ami i this refolution, it is thought, holds no propofition beyond dom) that it is greatly to be regretted that the conduct of | Col Mice, Muss, and put bimself immediately xington-common as a Spectator, I faw a large body of We, Benjamin Tidd of Lexington, and Jofeph Abbot that . America, in a matter of fuch vaft importance to its | into contact with the American ieaders. To Lim regular troops marching up towards the Lexington com- _of Lincoln, in the county of Middlefex, and colony of It would probably be deemed unjuit to fuppofe, that future welfare, had not been regulated by the principles | was assigned the command of the militia, and vig pany then difperfing, and likewife faw the regular troops © Maflachufetts-Bay, in New England, of lawful age, do at thi htaa’s foiess ta the ane to MUPPONEs that and advice they suggeted, In thefe intructions, fpeak- | dash, daring and sxul, as displayed at Bauker fire on the Lexington company, before the latter fired teftify and declare, that on the morning of the nineteenth sg ea * rig lente they have received from the ing of the powers Parliament had claimed and lately ex- | sazos in the eariy history Of Waar tat. "ds tas vere again; I immediately ran, and a volley was difcharged of April inftant, about five o'clock being on Lexington 7 re diéey dge that it is to her etcifed, the Convention fay, “We are thoroughly con- proper that the pis'ols Which belonged to Major at me, which put me in imminent danger of lofing my Common and mounted on horfe we faw a body of regular ee ee +s miele fh : blood and Vinced they will prove unfailing and plentiful fources of tealrn suould be committed to pis hands, life; I foon returned to the common and faw eight of the troops marching up to the Lexington company, which oS or neg hd arg rds eB ga iTenti Mother country and to thefe colonies, Els qrendien wae Jr, Jone ie Eaiseats 6 atade if i . "aie aifucitie ne pany» treafure, that they principally owe that fecurity which 4iffentions to our Mot! ry » | ate of Williains College, Massachusetts, ‘a citizen Lexington men who were killed, and lay bleeding at a was then difperfing, foon after the regulars fired firita few 4. said them to their prefent ftate of opulence and unless fome expedients can be adopted to render her | of Cambridge, Wasnington onnaty, N.Y., which confiderable diftance from each other; and feveral were guns, which we took to be piftols from fome of the regu- iat wena) ‘In this Soution therefore, juitice requires fecure of receiving from us every emolument that can in hc eg ry EE oy wounded, and further faith not. Timotay Smita. lars who were mounted on horfes, and then the faid rege tar Keald, fa seven, conteibass according to their jultice and reason be expected, and fecure us in our lives, great culture ana worth, and a very special iriend —— ulars fired a volley or two, before any guns were fired by a : ae roperties and an equitable fhare of commerce. Mourn- | of my chiidnood. He hdd in his possession, and i i ‘ i A re{pective abilities, in common defence ; and their own Prop oe ‘ ey . received irom his tather and grandiatner, General eg ae April 25, 1775. the Lexington company, our horfes immediately ftarted welfare and interet demands that their civil eftablish- fully revolving in our minds the calamities, that, arifing | pithim.a brace of pistuis, which he preserved We, Levy Mead and Levy Harrington, both of Lex- and we rode off, and further fay not. ment thould be fupported with a becoming dignity. from thefe diffenfions, will most probably fall on us and | wict the greatest care and extibited to his iriends ington, in the county of Middlefex, and colony of the Benjamin Tidd, Fofeph Abbot, te hes b hi PPO 4 it fe the firm d ination Ur children, we will now lay before you the particular | 48 1nteresting rotics of the Revolutionary war. Maifichufetts-Bay, in New England, and of lawfal a assistance eed oe te cies cone ont amend | il tof If pomible wo be | 9. 5hey Ste Bow tae Beoperss of Ue. Prime ae ; iid 1 oan 28% of Parliament, to fee that both thefe ends are anfwered, Points we requeft of you to procure, if possible to she has very Kindly acceded to Dr. Prime’s re- do teftify and declare, that on the morning of the nine- of Lexington, April 25, 1775. and their wifdom and moderation have fuggetted the finally decided: and the meafures that appear to us moft | quest to permit Luein to go to Lexington to be ex- teenth of April, being on Lexington common as fpecta- _ Simon Winftfp of Lexington, in’ the county of Mid- Propriety of leaving to each colony to, judge of the ways likely to produce fuch a defirable period of our dittreffes | Tet" ora unaouoteuiy approaching Centennial. tors, we faw a large body of regular troops marching up dlefex, and province of Maffachufetts-Bay, New-Eng- and means of making due provifion for thefe purpofes, and dangers.” ‘Then, after enumerating the particular | pitcairn in giving the command to the Bricso towards the Lexington company, and fome of the Jand, being of lawful age, teftifieth and faith, that on referving to themfelves a diicretionary power of approv- 2¢t8 of Parliament which they confider as grievances, and | soldiers to fire upon the Americans om the morn- regulars on horfes, whom we took to be officers, fired a the nineteenth of April inftant, about four o'clock in the ing what thall be offered. defire to have repealed, they add, ‘In cafe of obtain- | 104 Ce | th: ee eee ge gape piftol or two on the Lexington company, which was morning, a he was paffing the public road in faid Lex- "The refolution neither points out what the civil eftab- ing thefe terms, it is our opinion, that it | American Revolution. The folowing certificate then difperfing. ‘Thefe were the firit guns that were ington, peaceably and unarmed, about two miles anda jigment ihould be nor demands any fpecifie fum in aid Will be reafonable for the colonies to engage their obe- | by Joon P. Patnam Fecites the Taos and ihe oy fired, and they were immediately followed by feveral half diftant from the meeting-houfe in faid Lexing- of the public burdens. In both thefe refpects it leaves dience to the acts of Parliament, commonly called the ence ee ac Haare oa ar eente vollies from the regulars, by which eight men belonging ton, he was met by a body of the King’s regular fy) fcope to that juftice and liberality, which may be cts of navigation,‘and to any other acts of Parliament CERFIPICATE. to the faid company were killed, and feveral wounded. troops, and being ftopt by fome officers of faid regular expected from colonies, chat, under all these prejudices, declared to have force, at this time, in thefe colonies, | | Tam p grand of the inte, Major General Ts Levy Hanuincton, Levy Mean. troops was commanded to difmount; upon asking why have never been wanting in expreffions of affectionate other than thofe above mentioned, and to confirm fuch | inore man sixtv-three years. | My frst, recogmition ay Fee : he muit difmount, he was obliged by force to quit his attachment to the mother country, and a zealous regard —tatutes by acts of the feveral Assemblies. It is alfo our | Coin) ne aantbugae ws the graves they were tach the aes Lexington, April 25, 1775: horfe, and ordered to march in the midit of the body, for the general welfare of the Britith empire, and there- opinion, that taking example trom our mother country of my faiher—a gt Pt, .his,tather--and have 1, William Draper, of lawfui age, and an inhabitant ang being examined whether he had been warning the fore the King truits that the provifion they will engage in abolifhing the courts of ward and liveries, tenures in | Goyvus ned, ta she posssation of may y of Colrain, in the county of Hampshire, and colony of minute men, he anfwered no, but had been out and was to make for the fupport of civil government will be capite, and by Knight's fervice and purveyance, it will pirom ay sncles, Colonel Tyrael Fatnam {224 Colonel Matfachufetts-Bay, in New England, do teitify and then returning to his father’s. Said Winship further teftifies adequate to the rank and ftation of every neceffary be reafonable for the colonies, in caie of obtaining the ‘a),and irom my faiier, 1 have often heard the feclare, that being on the parade of faid Lexington April thar he marched with faid troops until he came within ofiicer, and that the fum to be given in contribution to terms before mentioned, to ‘ettle a certain annual reve- | Moot itSihe war ol wae kinerienn Hevolunon, these tgthinitant about half an hour before funrife the King’s ghout half a quarter of a mile of {aid meeting-houie, the common defence will be offered on fuch terma, and nue on his Majefty, his heirs and fuccetfors, fubject to | pisiois wore the property of Major, Pitcairn, of the regular troops appeared at the meeting houfe of Lexing- where an officer commanded the troops to halt, and then propofed in fuch a way, as to increafe or diminith, ac- the controul of Parliament, and to fatisfy all damages Peete rey oston, ou the 1h of ADFL, 1775, his bores cord on ee be igen 4 who were drawn 4p 9 prime and load; this being done the fad troops cording as the public burdens of Great-Britain are from done to the Eaft India Company. This our idea of fec- | was slot under him, aud 1elt nett & pay oj, pursuing hid phe na prea heir pe tong ane oben is marched on till they came within a few rods of Captain time to time augmeated or reduced, in fo far as thofe tling a revenue, arifes from a fenfe of duty to our Sov- | jeaving bis vorse and equipage tnat bis pursuery siripped on ape ty ‘on ng ri cir efcape by, difperfing, in the Parker's company, who were partly collected on the burdens confift of taxes and duties which are not a ereign, and of efteem for our mother country. We | the heme ot his furniture, of Which these pistols to mean time, the regular troops made an huaza and ran place of parade; when faid Winthip obferved an officer fecurity for the nations! debe. know, and have felt the benefits of a subordinate con- BROVONT THEM 1x70 ‘owards Captain Parker's company, who weredifperfings a+ the head of iaid troops flourithing his fword, and with By {uch a mode of contribution the colonies will havé nexion with her. We neither are fo ftupid as to be and 0 Rey Care orate ee Oe, ind immediately after the huzza was made the com- i fi i i pF war ignorant of them, nor fo unjuit as to deny them. We | fie residue of his active service in said war.” i fi f (aid ppeerdion roe loud voice giving the word fire, fire, which was in- full ‘fecurity chat they can never be required to tax 18 ¢ omy oe ay And Ido further certity that, tu tne year 1827, man are hg re vrdhhsts. xf vot haat m) gave the Aancly followed by a difcharge of arms from {aid regular themfelves without Parliaments taxing the fubjects of have alfo experienced the pleafures of gratitude and love, | g short season at Lexington, ‘had these pistol ie?! A ef A sech eg rg x ‘fire! fire! damn you troong; and said Winship is posfitive, and in the moft Great-Britain in a far greater proportion, and it may be 98 well a8 advantages from that connexion. The im~ fod wee snare intronoesd 1s three of the ig he nd race a hy wh fired espe of Cap- foiemn manner declares, that there was no difcharge of elie upon that any propotition of this nature made by preilions are not yet erased. We confider her circum- | by'the nritish forces at that piace, and that one of them, iat “n of ed bnrpadictionert heen. ed \in three Of arms of either fide till the word fire was given by any of the colonies, and accompanied by. fuch a ftate of stances with tender concern, We have not been want- | *,Mt Montoe.,1 Tinh. Sear sual in thelr construction yurrods of faid regular croops ; ok er es not. faid officer as above. Simon Winsuir. their faculties and ability as may evince the equity of the 178, when conftitutionally called upon, to aflist her to that he saw one, of thess ugintedt Tha anerward mas yeeenand a propofal, will be received with every poffible indulgence 5 the utmoft of our abilities; infomuch that the has | {armed was Major Pitcairn, and saw bint discharge i Lesingtou, April 24 177 Concord, April 23, 1775. provided it be accompanied with any declarations, and judged it reafonable to make us recompenfe for our | before any other shot w fired at sad COMPRDY au, I, Thomas Feffenden, of Dent het oui LA 1, James Marr, of lawful age, teftity and fay that in unmixed with any claims which will make it imposible overitrained vonate te : gr we yr pee rae Ware Ones, 8. Y., Dee. § 1858 declare, that being in a paflure near the meeting houte the evening of the eighteenth inttant, I received orders for the King, confittently with his own dignity, or for Nett gag than we be fala . a Ga ee b er £ cert Ea ioe taneien Gok Balt of meok at faid Lexington, on Wednefday lait, at about half an ftom George Hutchinion, adjutant of the fourth regi- Parliament, ‘confiftently with their conftitutional rights, burthens. + Mie Ad I 3 ‘hile § of thefe propofals on mounted pistols iow in possession of MF, Zonn F Fat: hour before Candia; § ew 6 tenaber of regular troops pass. Ment of the regular troups, ftationed at Boston, to pres to receive it, But it is not fupposed that any of the either fide of the Atlantic, this is nota time either for | nam. and this piso hich were carried taal used by fpeedily by faid meeting houfe, on their way towards a pareand march, to which order I attended, and marched Colonies will, after this example of the temper and timidity or rathness. We perfectly know that the great Major General larael Farnam in tue war of tae Devote company of militia of fald Lexington, who were aifem- %0 Concord, where I was ordered by an officer with about moderation of Parliament, adopt fuch aconduct; on the caule ar agitated is to be conducted to a happy conclue | S00 elite lonen saw sald pistove 0 Dis posession. d to the mamber of about one hundred tn one hundred men co guard a certain bridge theres contrary, the pieafing hope is cherished that the public fion, only by that well tempered compofition of counfel dervenees 0, - the dittance of eighteen of twenty rods from While attending that fervice, a number of peo» peace will be reitored ahd that the colonies will enter which firmness, prudence, loyalty to our Sovereign, 1 Witness prevent, Atrtannen 8, Torture. j houfe; and atter they had palfed by ple came along as [ suppose to cross said bridge; at into the confideration of the refolution of the | Houfe of fpect to our parent State, and affection to our native Not the leas: bert of fh or meeting houfe, 'T Caw thees offleers on hovie back, advance Which time a number of the regular troops fir fired Commons with that calmness and deliberation which md pe mg oe fall unten : and willing | Hiburel by gue cocument bearing the signature he front of {aid regulars, « of them upon them, James Mara, the importance of it demands, and with that goodwill emerge! ey ta ah o Be ready and willihS | of aaron Burr, whton 0 paper was ex: z rods of ¢ f t [ 7» de concluded in our next.) and inclination to a reconcilation which are due tothe 0 contribute all aids within our power, | hipited to the writer by » a ————————————[—$—$_$_$_{_{_ ———————————————— ———— —e 7 " me With mind resolved and steadiast power. routes, to give the alarm that the King’s troopa | rapidly, capturing every ono that he met or ove orders were disregarded. A scene of oom APRIL 19, 1875. Pty ele Bp nh cry But not in arms be our devence; wore sctuaiiy sallying forth. ‘Tne mossengers | took, Withins milo and » haifof Lexington, | iusion ensued, with firing on both sidory CY JULIA WARD HOWE. Give us the strength of innocence, got out of Boston juss vesore the order of | however, a horseman was too quick on the spur whieh party commenced it hae been a matter 6 One hundred years the world natu s Since, bristling on these meado ‘The British foeman mocked our By New-armed beside tneir household Grea, Tho troops were Daatening irom the town To hold the country for the Crowng Bat throagh the iand the ready thrill Of patriot hearts ran awiiter sill, Our Fathors met ot oreak of dawa, From mavy a peaceful haunt they comes From Lomely task aod rustic care, Mavrenaied by iaith, upheld by prayer. ‘They knew Hot that their ransomed land ‘To frag the vassal’! Farth should stand; ‘That Thou, throagh ail teeir toi) and pain, A bome Oo} HAtions diust ordain, Upon this fold of Lextnwton We Deli the mighty car.quost won, May peacefai generations tarn Tu where these ancient glories buro ANG not @ jesson Of that time (orime, Fado trom men's thoughts through wrong aad The winter's wheat was in the ground, Waiting toe April zephyr's sound; But over growth these felda abould bear When War's wild summons rent the ait, Here owed the sacrificial biood, Here sprang the bond of Brotuernood; Here rose, resolved lor good oF th, The Nation's majesty of with On, Thou who Victor dost remaia Above the siayer and the sata, Not iii we deem that in Thy might, That day, our Fathers bela coer rigaw 0 he hearth lot freemen etl ‘The will to work, the heart to dare, Por Truth’ #o may ano lo what we have and what we give; Ada the great boons we hold from shee Turn to enrich hamanity, WASHINGTON IRVING ON THE FIGHT. In view of the controversy that has arson among the several towns in Massachusetts more | | the troops had to wado through water. ov lows connected With the honor of havi; ‘sted the drat shot that wae beard around tho word," at the b ning of the American Revolution, it may be toteresting to refer to contemporaneous history touching wpou the suoject. For oxample, tn ivving's “Lise of Washington," vok 1, pp, 480-431, of the i0th Of Aprli, 1175, Dr. if wo Goneral Guge went into effect to prevent any one from leaving the town, About the same time & lantern Was bung out ofan upper window of the North Church im the direction of Coaricatown, Tois Was & predoncerted signal to the patriots of that piace, Who instantly despatched swift mes ere (oO rouse the country. in the meantime Smith, the British commander, aet out on his Docturaal march from nmere Point by an unirequented path across marshes, whero at times He bad proceodea but a few miles When alarm guns, boom villawe bells showed that the new was travelling before him and the people were reing., He now sent back to General Gaye for a reimiordoment, While Major Pitcairn was de tached With six companies to pr forward and sen@ers, bY Gitorent | secure thé bridaé OF Coneord, Pitcairn advanced | that the redeoats were coming, for bim, and galloping to the village gave tho aiarm Drams were beaten, guus fired, By the time that Pitcsiro entered tho villa out seventy Or eighty of the yeomanry, in military array, were mustered on the green, near toe churon, It was & part of the “Constitutional Army,' pledged tO resist by force any open hostility of British @ there were a number of lookers-on armed and unarmed. The sound of hostii@ demonstration, ritoairn outed hia men Within @ sbOrt distance Of the church, and ordered | your arma, ye fovela, sad disperse)’ them to prime and joad, double quick twme, the Major Wding torward and ordering whe rebeiw, as he termed them, to dis peree, Other oMieere echoed his Words as they Qdvonoed, “Disperse, ye Villains!’ “Lay down the drum and the array of mea io arms indicated @ | Theyghen advanced at | | dispute, Pitcairn always maintainet thas Anding the militia Would not disperse, he ‘ny to order bia men to draw out and surroor« When he saw 6 fiagh ia the pan from the gar Man posted behind @ wall, anu 9 ae the report of two or thtee Gurnee, he supposed to be from the Amer oiny 9) bis borse Was wounded, a8 was also | » ¢iose by him, His troops runked on and nous fire took place, though, aa be dec. ba Made repeated signals wita his sy his men to forbear. The firing Ametivans Was irregular = and vitae much effoot; that of the Britis was more eight o| the patriota were killed and tem wed. © And the whole pat to Mimat, The vietora tors + on the Common, fred a volley, ond gave tarot oheers for one most ingiorioN# ab) eos tous triumphs ever aguieved Ly UFitwo by 8