The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1875, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1875. THE PINE TREE FLAG. HAIL COLUMBIA! THE DAY WE CELEBRATE} On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone. That memory may their deeds redeem When, like our sires, our sons are gone, Spirit that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and Thee. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept : Alike the conqueror silent sleeps ; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps, “Appealing to Heaven for the Jus- tice of Our Cause, We Deter- mine to Die or Be Free.” Freedom’s battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though bafiled oft, is ever won. “MY SUBJECTS IN AMERICA." WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Resistance -to Tyrants Is Obedience to God. ; “YANKEE DOODLE’ ‘We, therefore, the representatives of the Usrren Starrs or Asrenica, in Gexznat Con- @emss assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of ou intention, do, in the name and by the author- ity of the good people of these colonies, sol qmnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Furey asp Inperexpent States; that they are ab- solved from all allegiance to the Britis Crown, and that all political connection tween them and the Srarz or Great Barram fs and ought to be totally dissolved; and that, as Faxe axp Iwpzrrnpest Starts, the have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which Ixprprexp: Srares may of riget do. And, for the sup- port of this declaration, with o firm reliance on the protection of Drvmvz Provipence, wi mutually pledge to each other our lives, ou: fortunes and our sacred honor.” —Declaration @ Independence. CARMEN BELLICOSUM their ragged regimentals, Btood tbe old Continentals, Yieiding not When the grenadiers wore innging, ABG like hai (ell toe piaunging Canvon snot, Woen the piles O: the inion, From the smoxy oight enc wanner of the rampant Unicura, 404 grommer, grummer, grommer rolled the | rou of the drammer Through the morn, Thon witn eves to the front ail, aad with Binzed the Gres; @ As the roar On the shore Swept the stroug oattie breakers o'er the | green sortden acres Of the plain. AA londer, louder, «uger cracked the black gaupo if, Cracking amain! How like smiths at their jorges Worked the red st. George's Cannoniers. the * villanous sali petre”” Reng a ferce, discordant metre Round their cara Aa the swift Storm-driit ‘With bot sweeping anger, came the Horse Guards’ clangor On our fanks, ‘Then higher, higher, nigner, burned the old ‘ashioned fre, Through the ranks, ‘Then the old-\asbioned counel Gaioped \hrougs the white tn‘ernal Powder ciwoua, Add his broaasword waa swinging Ad bis brazeg throat was moging Trampet loud. Then the biue Bullets dew, 404 the trooper-inckets redden at the toucd @f tue jeadeo Rite breath, 6 rounder, round ION sx pounder fauriing death. rounder, reared the Mieieven o'clock crossed the Charles River, Pat Phips’ larm i Camb: MABoston, At sunrise the Bthem jor Pretreat, the provinciais clo already had occasion uf OLSNIa BLOODY BUTCHERY BY THE BRITISH, Being the particulars of the victorious battle fought at and near Concord, situated twenty miles trom Bo:ton, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, between 2000 regular troops belonging to his Britannic Majesty, and a few hundred provincial troops belonging to the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which lasted from; isunrise to sunset of the 19th of April, 1775, when it was decided greatly in favor of the ar UNAWAM OR THE RUNAWAY FIGHT OF THE REGULARS, | latter. (Part of which has never before been printed.) {Prom E, Russell's Salem Gazette, or Newbury and Marbievead Advertiser.) SaLem, Friday, April 21, 1775, On Tuesday evening. the 18th inst. a body of Bsoidiers, under the command o; Lieatenant Colonel f Smith, to the amount of aboureight hundrea wen, embarked from Barron's Loimt im Boston, about nuded ge and marcbed imme diately up to Lexington, pear twelve miles observing betwe thirty and forty whabitants exercising hear the meeting house, th: commanding oificer ordered them to lay down their arms aud disperse, whic Bnot being dire tly complied with te “damued » pack of rebels,” ordered his men tom ‘dre upon them, and Killed eight men on the spor, besiues wounding several more. proceedea to Concord, drew up on parade near Biue meeting house, during which time the Inhab- Mitauts irom the ueigbboring towns collected and touk possession Of the adjacent hilis, Avouteleven lo’c.ock the Dring vegan on both sides, which iasted Dear un hour, Waen the regular troops began to ely pursuing ther to a distance, Which the regulars ec. They then renewed tne fire, stil retreated, Aud the provincials pursued tiem down io Lexington, where tue regulars, avout three o'clock iu the aiternoon, mer With a rein-| yorcement of about twelve hundred men, corm-| manded by Percy, with two brass tieia| pieces. They then renewed the attack upon the provincials, but soon thouget proper to surtherg] retreat toward weir heasquarters, the provin- ciais pursuing uuti they reacied an advanta, gecus post on bunker’s Mili, wuen tbe provin-& Bciails now discontinued tne pursunt, ‘The 18s on itber sil@ We have Net yet Veen abie to asce cain; but itis said about ‘one huudred regus were kilied and Rity Wounded, among which several officers. Two officers and a number oO. lsold.ers were taken pri-oners. On the part oi the province we hear that thirty-five were slain laud several wounded, ‘Tue above is as pacticular lan account Oi the Chgagement as cun at tis Lime be eoliected im the preseut coniused state of the province. We hear an officer and his servant, with twogy pair of pistols, were yesterday taken and secured uy our people at Koxoury, on tie way to Castle Witham, Saem, April 25, Last Wednescay, the 19th of April. the troops olf Mis Uritannic Majesty commenced nositities upon, tue people of this province, attended with circum stances of cruelty not less brutal than what our Venerabe ancestors received irom tue vilest sav. ages vi tbe wilderness. ‘The particulars reiative ro this interesting event, by which we are involved: ho ail the horrors of @ civil war, we fave eudesy- d (o collect as Well asthe present couiuse tace Of aMuirs Will admit. On Tuescay evening a detachment from the; Tmy, cousisting, 1¢ ls said, of eigot or mine hun-% dred men, commanded vy Lieitenaut Colonel Smith, embarked at the bottom ol tae Common) 2 Bosion on board of a number oi boats, anu handed a¢ Phips’ tutm, @ little way up the Cosrles; Maver, from waence they proceeded with silence; nd expedition on their Way to Concord, abou eighteen wiles irom Boston. The people were fsuoD giarmed aid began to axse ble la several) owns beiore daylight, io, order to bo the Mes At iow Concord, a company r near the mi i nt ol them just rise, aud, runing witwn a few rous of them, the} MMaudivg ollicer accosted the miliia in words which tie troops hurr’d: or two officers discharged ,their pisto’ instan ly followed by the firing 0 and then th e ko be @ xeueral discharge from tne whole bouy.| Eight of our men were killed and wine wounded, Hu alew minutes ater this action the enemy re- for Concord, at which place and carriage} wheels, and avout twenty barrels of four, aji be- lougims to the province. dred men going toward a bridge, oi which the lenemy were in posscssion, (he latter Gred and Killed two of our men, who then return fire and obliged the enemy to retreat b Lexington, where they wet Lord ler large retulorcement with two pieces of cannon. Here abour one lnu-BaLie The enemy, now having a body of about 1,800 men,’ made a ha cked up many of their dead and took care of their wounded, The euemy, haviog halted one or two hours at Lexington, found it. necessary to make a second retreat—carrying with them many of their dead ana wounded, who} they putin chwises and on horses that they found! Psiaudivg ou the read, They continued their re- treat irom Lexington to Charlestown with great, precipitation. Notwithstanding their fleld pieces, continued the pursuit—Oring at them uuu! they got to Charlestown Neck (which they reached a litvie after sunset), over which tne fenemy passed proceeded up Bunker bill, and soon, Maiter went inio towa under the protection of the, Somerset man-ol-war of seventy-lour gup&. At Menotomy @ few of our iwen, belonging to the detachment Irom Lynn End, attacked & party of twelve of the enemy (carrying stores and pro- ong to the troops), killed two of theu,| wounded several, took six prisoners, shot five horses and took possession of ail their arms, provi Among tenunt who Went with tne provisions for bis rec- Teation and to view the countr¥—the officer off the guard, whe generally atuend’ on such occa. ing Only & sergeani, H At Lexington the enemy set fire to Deacon Joseph Loring’s house ang varn, Mulliken’s nouse apa shop and Mr. Joshua Bon house ana’ shop, Wulcn were ail consumed. They also 5 ‘ire. to several other houses, sUnguished the flames. ery house they pussed by, breaking apd de- stro) ing aoors, Windows, glasses, &c., and carry ing of clothing and other Valuable effect ‘ appeared to be their design to burn and destroy Jali before them, and notuin but Our Vigorous pur, Suit prevented their iuseroal purposes irom veimg put inexccution. But the savage barbarity exer- ised vpon the bodies of our unloriunute oretnren| who feil is almost increaible, Not coutent with) shooting down the uuarmed, aged and infirm,’ they disregarded tue cries of the Wounded, kilug thet with ut mercy and Manghog their bodies tu: tue most shocking maauer. We have the plewsure to Say that, notwithstand ing the bighest provecations given by the epemy, nOt Ove tustance of cruelty (hat we have beard vu); was commitied by our Vic orious mina; but, list- leuing to (ue wercliul dictates Of tie Chrisitan re- ligioo, they “breathed higher sentiments of hu- wmanity."”’ By &b account of the joss of the enem: Inave come from an officer of oue of it Qppears that sixty-three of the regular forty-nine marines were billed, and 103 01! both wounded—ia «li 215. Lieutenant Gold, of the! Fourth regime Potter, of the marines, aod aoeut tweive soldiers,| are prisoucrs. Mr. James Howard and one of th charged their pieces at the same instant and eac! killed the othe she pudlic Most Kincerely sy i-| pathise with cue friends and relations of our de-+ eased brethren who gloriously sacrificed tnei: aves io Oyitia. the liveries Of their country, By their noble, intrepid conduct in belping to de-] Baieat the orces of an ungrate(u) tyrant hey have endtared teir wemories to the present genera tion, and Will transmit tueir names to posterity with the higi.est honor. ‘fhe above accout is the dest we have been lable to obtain. We can add that the town or Bo: ton 18 DOW Iinvestes by an army of our brave countrymen, Who have fowa to Our assistance from all quarters. God gravt them assistance in) the extirpation of our crue: and unnatural enc- z bys SaLem, May 5. On the 10ch of April were killed, among otners, by the British troops, at Menotomy, as he w ourageousiy Geieuding bis CcounLr,’s rights, ¢ pious aus frendiy Mr. Dae! lowusend,| a8 8 CONSTANT and ready intend! loi those WHO Were oUt Of the Way. 8 Was & irlevd to is country, a biessing to soc and am ornament to tue church of which he w member, He bas leit an amiable consort and av 'souug children to Lewail the loss, jant Townsend, in the peaceful shades We) ‘ortal honors mingle with thy dust. What tho’ thy body struggicd tu the goret sy did thy Saviour's body long Leture. And as Le rais’d lis own by power divine, Imo the same lower shatl also quiccen thine, And im eternal glory mayst thou shive Reproduction of the Salem Gazette, an Extra Sheet, Issued as ENGLISH ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE. (From ©. Stedman's History of @ americaa War, pabiisted in London in 17v4} In‘ormation baving teen brought to Boston that & Considcrabie quautity of wailitary stores were deposited at Concord—a town which, as we bave to mention, was sbout t ty miles from Beston—Goenerai Gage, on ibe night between the 1st aud ivth of April, de- bed the grenadiers and light tniantry of his army, under the command of Lieutenant Colonci Smith, of the Veath regiment of foot, and Major Pitcairn, of the marines, with orders proceed to Concord and destroy those stores, aud tre Jol lowing Morning another detechment, consisting Of #ixXieen COMpanies Of fuot, With some marine was ordered to wareh under (he command vu! Earl Percy, to sustein the Ors The devacoment undet Lieatenant Colonel Smith, having em- bareea in boats, wos conveyed cp Charies River a jar as & place called Pnipps’ Farm. Reing landed there in the nivat, the troops proceeded on their | maren so Concord, every precaution being taken by | securing such persons as they met with, 'o prevent people of the country trom ovtaining any intelll. gence of their marco. But notwithstanding this precaution toey had advancea offiya few miles when it was porceived, by the Uring of guns and he ringing ©: del larmed, covery |zcutenant Uoionel suith companies of igat ia/autry to . (Nat tbe country wa @ irom -oncord, and ou the omer side OF it. These companies reached Lex. jogton, @ town fiiteen miies from Boston, about tive in body 0! men assembled. under a: adjoining to tbe ruad, Upon the uear on @ green pprouch of the Britivn troops, Who questioned them ae to the | cause Of thelr Leiby SO assemuied nd ordered them to disperse, wey retired ia som Coulumon, Bat as they went olf several vans were tirea upon the King’s troops iom behind # s:oue wall and from some adjoming houses, which wounded one man and shot Major Pitcaru’s horse im two piaeces. sbe Britis troops pow returned the fre, by which some of the people anger arme wer Kiled and others wounded, aud tie reat deperses fhe light intantry having unexpecie! encounter, we e Krenadier® anG the Whole delachmenut warohod ated 16 Loneurd, approach to that place another body of Srived wen, vr Illitit, Was seen Assewuled UF & lili, Rear (OE Entrance oF Lhe tOWh, Anu LHe | Osan ty were ordered tu Gisperne (helu, Whe Loe @ieuauiers marched Gu Vy ine direct road tw Con cord. As (he igs wiantry ascended the bill Lue | mihtia retreated toware Concord and pasnod over O} the Uriigesx on ine oCner Bde ul Ih Which Wasiumediatery (2keo powsermou oO bY (ne ligne injaniry, to oe Meantiue the wrenadiers ware eXeCULINGg TLO pArYpuse vi the expediiion vy de ebroving the military stores ound al Uonrord, Woe this was J the Mate Who Had retroated over (he brioge appeared again te the nawoer of 200 OF 400, ANG, BAVRLODE UP lo tt Ba Li Hey Means to pits, Were Bred upou by We Britian twoupa, | cans like sucep. be moroing and as toey advanced saw a | On Thursday, the twentieth p: the bodies otgy eleven of the unfortunate persons who fell in bat tle were collected together and buried at Mediord, ‘And on Friday the bodies of Messieurs Heury; Jaco; samuel Cook, Ebenezer Goldthwatt, George Southwick, Benjamin Daland, Jun., Jo-%g itham Webv and Perley Putnam, 0! Danvers, who; were likewise slain fighting in the glorious cause § of liverty and their country, on the 19h of April, were respectiuily interred among their irienus@ in the differen! parishes belonging to that towa, their corpses beiny attended to the place of im terment by two companies Of Minute wen iromy Tas place and @ large conccurse of people rom this and the neighvoring towns. Previous to their ay land Daniel Tvompson, of Woburn, who also jelly victttus to tyranny, were decently imterred,. very suitable sermon gud prayer was delivered by; the Rey. Mr. Sherman, Thomas Knight, of the Fuith regiment, died ut Boston the next day after tne engagement im jo bis wounds he received iu battle. He was: jareatly regretted, being esteemed one of the best lowicers among the King’s troops. Lieutenant Hull, of the regulars, diced of mis Wounds on| Wednesday last at the provincial hospital. His: remaius Were nex: day conveyeu Lo Charlestowa,| attended by a company Oo! province and several joMicers of distinction, uud there delivered to t joraer of General Gaze. ‘Twenty-turee svidiers lavely died In the castle. Lieutenant Hawkshaw was wounded In the chee! and it 18 thougot will not recover, Lieucenant®™ jaw Was Wounded in tie arm, About twelve jotoer olicers are wounded, We can assure the puvite, from the best author. ity, that our brethren o1 ull the colonies which weg can yet bave heard from, are firm and uusuuken® in their attachment to the commun cause of; America, and they are now ready with their live and Jorcubes to assist ns in deleating tue cruel d signs O1 Our implacable euemics. ® Ve have received nu particulars of the transac- ‘of Boston. s livered up tveir arms. Very lew oi them have, however, been permitted to leave the town, uot withstanding the promise ol tue General. : The jolowiog 18 @ list Of we provincials who, were killed and wouoded ‘ BELONGING 10. LExinGron.—Killed —*1. Robert souroe; ©2. Air, Jonas Parker; *3. Mr.’ samuel Hadley; 4. Mr. Jovathan Harrington ‘% Mr. Caleb . 8; 2 Mr. Joba Lida 3. Mr. Sulomnon Pierce; 4. Mr. Thomas Wins 5, Mr. Nathan Farmer; 6 Mr. Joseph Cume Mr. Rbenezer Mooroe; 8. M ‘Prince Kasterooois, 4 beyro wan. MzkNOTOMY.—Killed—11, Mr. Jason Ra air, Jabez Wyman; 1s. Mr. Jasoa Winship. pog— sipposed to Le op one of the men-Ol-war—| Mir, Sumuel Frost; Mr. Seta Russell, Scuppury.—Killed—M, Deacon Haynes; 15, Ure —Killed-16, Captain James Miles, Captain Jonathan Wilson. in Lane. Captain Davis; 19 Mr, — Mr. James Kowara, si. Mr. Azael Potter; 22 oundeg—1l. Mr. Georges Reed; 12, Jacuy #; le G UHAKLESTOWN.—Kiled—23, Mr. James Miller; 24, Captain William Barver’: Isaac Gardner, Esq. 20. Mr. Joun Hicks. Mxprouy.—Kiled—27. Mr. Heury Putnam. Wounded—I3. Mr. William Polly, 4 LYNN.—Killed—23. Mr. Avednego Ramsdell ; 2v. Daniel Townsend; 30, Mr. Williau bunt; 31,] Thomas Madiey, Wounded—l4& Mr. Joshua Punt; 15, Mr. jimotny Monroe. Danvers.—Killed—o2, a Mr. Benjamin Vulaua, Jr.; 33, Mr. ‘3 Mr. Ebenezer Goldtiwalt; 3 ; 87. Mr. Jotnam Wevo; ‘. ey Putuam. Wounded—1l0. Mr, Nathan Putnam; Mr. Dennts Wiis, Killed—39, Mr, Benjamin Plerc BEVERLY.—Killed—40, = Mir, —— Ki Mr. Samuel Woodvury ea ‘TON.—Wounded—20, Mr. Hemmens- ‘2 wose distinguished with this mark (*) were! ikilled by tae Grst fire of the enemy, was returned, and a sharp contest ensued the river, in Which severa] vu voth sides killed and wounded. But the purpose o the expedition being now accowpusned, the hght imiautry posted ut the bridge rece: or to anu the Woole detachment ni vack to Boston, The whole country was by this time alarmed, The minute men, Yoiunteers aud ia @ sombiec from all quarters, aod posted themselves among the trves, [n Wouses and behind (he Wal fiong the road throago which the Briuish ‘reope Were to pass, whhe the militia, WhO had been en. gaged ut the D>ridge, reimiorcea with others hourly coming in from the country, Were ready to press upon tueir rear. Such was tne route by which the British troops had to pass, [aligued und exhausted as they were oy constant exertion /rom the preceding evening. As6o Das they Legon their retreat ao incessant, though irregular fre commenced, wuich was kept bp durigg the Whole O1 (neir march oack to Lex. ington, 10 Which they Were driven before the Ameri- Al that piace they were met by detachment under Lord Ferev, w pieces of cannon, The two detachments rested on toeir arms, und received some reiresu: Lord square party, Woo Were so macu exhausted with (atigue that they were ovil to he down jor rest on ti groand, their tongues hanging out of their moutu: like those 0! dogs after @ chase. lord Percy, alter reiresuing the troops, Moved Ob \oWard Boston, | harassed the whole of the way by the Americans, who, irom beliind stone walis and other piaces of soe io of Gp on our med an incessant fire on eit jank ae well es in iroat and rear, This Ore it would not ha ved any purpose to return, ag ihe Americuns Were couceaied and kept ran- ibe irom iront to dank snd (rom Sank to rear, loading ‘heir pieced at ooe place and discharging them at anoth mea the united detachments arrived et Boston iver, try people concerning the most proper place jor Crossing it, But Dad we loriowed the advice be ro- ceived, hia troops, in passng the river, most have been cut to pieces, Muving ® weneral kuowleago of the country, ne was Jed to suspect their mtcill- gence aud pavsed ‘he troops at » diferent piace, Whore the Auericans Could NOt With Bulely lolUW Dia in war there is nothing so much avatiaas secrecy | Of demgn and celerity o execution; nor, on ihe contrary, so burcui a unnecessary vpenuess aud procrastination. Ue ai Gage, Ou the eveuing of The 18th April, \ola Lord Percy that inten ‘eo wt Concord end @ delachinent to reise the stor aud to give the knew t aa bo gO, OUt NOL Wie 1t to be @ secret expedition and Legged of Lord Porcy to keep it a profound Aa this no bieman Was paxsing row Geuoral’ home (0 lis OF, perceiving eht oF ovnversiag towerier on ti to them, Whet owe of the Men said “Toe Britian troops bave marched; bas sey | Will ones coeir am." “What aut Aaid Lord Perey, Why,” the ian repied, “nd cannon st Con- ord. ‘4 Porcy immediately returned on bis steps Ainled General Gage, Wot Without marks bad prise aud Gieeppredaven, OF What le had just beard, ibe General said that his confivonce Rad been betrayed, ior tut ne ad comma: Bicatec his Gegign to one person only vesides His Lordship. as On ne the tn HeteOemente alter w Lord Percy a#kea in.ormation of the coun- | common, he made up | Junction, resumed their march, they were again @nuoyed by the proviucials, postea as belore, | Who kept up & continual iinme until ine | Britis? § troops reached Boston, about sun set, quite spent avd worn down with fatigue, The detachments together amounted to some: More taan 1,800 men, and the whole loss d during the lupg Herassi.g march on the part Of the Bilis Was 55 kilied, 136 woundea id 49 missing. Several Of Siato's party wor SAlped vy the Americaus, The joss 0! the pro- VIDCiilf, AB G8timalcu LY thomscives, Ainounted to 60 men, two-thirds Of Whom Were kilied. The conduct of Colouel Smita in this dolortunate | expedition was generaliy censurev; out Lord | Perey wained of this occasion wnat be alterwards unilormly sustained. great reputation us an active. brave, intelligens: OMcer. Such were the events of the day vn Wiich biodd was first sued in tue con. test between Great Britain und her Uclonies, THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. BY OLIVER WEXDELL TOLMER, Siowly the mist o’er the meacow was creoping, Bright on the Gewy buds glistened the sun, When from bis couch, while bis obiidren were sleeping, Rose the bold rede! ana shouldered his gun, | Waving her goiden vell Over the silent dale, looked the moraiag on cottage and spire; Busted was bis partiog sigh, Wahule from bis noble eye Piashed the last sparkle of iiberty" On the smooth green where tue fresh lea/ is spring. ing, Calmiy the first corn of glory have mot; Hark! the death volley aronod them ts ringing Loox! With thoir lite-biood the young grace in | wel: Faint is the fechie breath, Murmoring low tn deata, “Tell to our sons how their fathers have died,” Nerveloss the iron hand, | Rais’d for its native land, Lies by the weapon that gleams at its side, Over the hillside the wild knell is volling, Frbm their far bamieta the yeomanry come; Af through the storm clouds tho thunderdurst rolling, Circiea the beat of the mu Past on tho soldions path * Darkeo the waves of wrath, Long have they gathorod, and loud siall thoy fall; } Wed giares the more flasn, fre. i | | } | | drum, —QUADRUPLE SHEET, A FUNERAL ELEGY TO THE (ORTAL MEMORY OF THOSE WORTHIES WHO WERE SLAIN IN THE BATTLE OF CONCORD, arrit 19, 1775. Aid me, ye Nine—my Muse, assist Asad tale to relate, When such a number of brave men Met their unhappy fs At Lexington they met their foe, Completely al: equipp’d; Thelr guns and swords made glitt’ring show, But tueir base schemes were nipp’d. Americans, go drop a tear Where your siain brethren lay; Oh, mourn and sympathize for them, loud cali On, weep this very day. What shall we say to tn From tue Almighty sent? It surely bids botn great and smal Seek God’s lace and repent. Words can’t express the guastly acene ‘Toat here presents to view, When forty of our brave countrymen Sure vids their filends adieu; To think how awiul it mus; seem fo hear the widows relent Their husbands and their children Who to tue grave were sent! The tendec baves—nuy, taose unborn— Oh, dismal, cruel Death— To suatch their iondest parents dear, And leave them thus bereit! Ob, Lexington! your loss is great— Alas! too great to tell; But justice bids me to relate What to you bag vclell: ‘Ten o( your hardy, bravest sons, Some in their prime, did ial; May We uo more hear the noise of guns ‘Yo terruy Us all! Let's not lorget the Danvers race, So late in battle slain— Their couroge and taeir valor shown Upon the crimson’d plain, Sev'n oi your youtniui, sprightly sons In toe flerce fight «ere siain; Ob! may your joss be all made up, Aud prove @ lasting gain! Cambridge and Mediord’s loss 13 grea ‘Yhough not like Acton’s tuwn, bats! Where toree flerce military sous Met tocir untimely doom, Menvtomy and Charlestown met A sore and hy In losing Bve o: Woo ieil by toe ty: Unhappy Lyan and Your loss I do bemoa: Five of your or. Bedtord, Woburn, Sudoury, ail Have sufer’d most severe. You miss ve of your chvicest chores On them let's drop a tear. Concord. sour Captain's jate rehearse; His 103s 1a telt severe; Come, brethren, join me in a verse— His mem’ry hence revere, Ou! Squire Gardu Aad sympatitc Let's drop & tear w And view bis hapless urn, mourn; We sore regret pour Pierce's death— A stroke (0 Saiom’s towu, Where tearé did dow from ev'ry brow When the sad tidings come, ‘DB Would melt ‘he sioutest sou: Ob! bow tt strikes toro’ ev'ry vein— My flesh aud vlood runs coid, May ail prepare to meet tacir fate ‘At Gou’a trivanal bar, And may War's terrible alarm For deatn us bow prep: Your country calis yor America’ Your hela ‘The Lord His suic.d will keep if We would wiu tue prize, v7 a Broadside, Announcing the Result of the Battle of Lexington. Sharp ring’s the rife’s crash, Blazing and clanging trom thicket and wai. Gayly the plume of the horseman was dancing, Never to shadow his cold brow aga the war steed was prancing; Reeting and panting he droops on the rein; rroudly at mornin Pale is the lip of scorn, Voiceican the trampet horn, Torn ia thi Many @ belted breast Low on the tart shail rest, Bre (6 dark hanters the herd have passed by, Snow-gilded crags where the hoarse wind is ray. tng, Rocks wh Reoled with th Far as the tempest thriiis, Over the darkenod hilis, #ar as the sunshine stroams over the plain, Roused vy the tyrant bana, Wore ail the mighty jaad, Girded for battle, from mountain to main. Green be the graves where her martyrs are lying! Shrouded and tombiess they sunk to theit rest— Try told dying thoy roused from her While o'er tieir ashes the Wraps the proud eagi nest. Borne on her Northern pine, Long o'er the foaming brine Spread her broad bauner to storm and to sun; Heaven koop her ever free, Wide as o'er land and sea Floats the /air emblem her heroes have won, SHADOWS OF THE PAST. (From the Hoston Traveller.) Ta fome portion or the sestiviti the nation’s centennial epoch at Concord next 208 in aust a Wao late were in their bloom, ene deata we feol, a tt will tell, ‘oans of the Wounded, dying men: iL jer and your spear own arm how tuk : 8 irom al ‘Tho’ (uousands ‘against ua pr plead His backler we must sure put on fprmiea and sold vy E. Russell, Salem, N. E., Silken-iringed red oross on Bb: the weary foods murntur and wali, Wiids whore the fern by the farrow is waving, echoes that rode on the gale; conseerating me nignt, avout qitroops, in a very secret manner, embarked om board @ number of boa! ‘Common, and wont up Cambridge River, and THE STARS AND STRIPES. . FREEDOMS REVEILLE! #Marathon, Thermopylae, Lexington. @II SHOT GOES ROUND THE WORLD, Couriers to all Parts of America. THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM. ‘How the News is Received in London. THE OFFICIAL BRITISH REPORTS. The News in France, Holland and Great Britain. The news of Lexington battle travelled fast, being sont by swilt messengers on horseback fmirom colony to colony, creating everywhere the minteusest excitement and sympathy. BsuMced to bring the news to Philadelphia, and gon the 26th of April, 1775, we find the sollowing in the Pennsylvania Gazette, containing the freshest Madvices, loreign and «domestic, a journal printed by Hall & Sellers, successors toBenjamiu Frank- Hin aud Dr, Hall, 64 which 13 a folio of twelve coiumns, contained two @postscripts, each printed in the form of a broad. side, ana juli of matter relating to the active fai movements in the colonies, Six days This number of the Gazette, (Extract of a letter trom Hoston, April 19, 1775,] “1 have taken up my pen to iniorm you that last ven o'clock, 1,000 of the very best at the bottom of the janded. (in the meantime they stopped every person going over the neck or any ferry; how. er, We soon found @ way to get some men to arm the country.) Krom thence they marched tc Lexingvon, where they saw a number lof men exercising; they ordered them to disperse and immediateiy fred on them, killed eight mem on the spot, and then marched to Concord, Tha ‘alarmed the country so that it seemed as if mea came down from the clouds. This news coming te town, the Genera) sent out another 1,000 men, with ja large train o! artiliory. In the meantime those troops at Concord had set fire to the Court House there. We tnen bad our men collected, 60 that an engagement immediately ensued, andthe King’s troops retreated very jast tili they were rein- forced with the last 1,000 that the Genera! sent; but they did not stand long beiore the whole body ygave way and retr kept up at their heels, joading and Gring, till they Bgot to Chariestown, where our wen thougat it not ed very iast, andour men ny ‘urtver, fearing the ships of war would be ordered to fire on Bostoa and Charlestown, They have gaineda complete vio- tory, and, by the best information I can get, most of the oflicers and soldiei e cut of.” LETTERS OF YANKEE PATRIOTS APSR LEXINGTON. Many private letters ‘rom American soidiers ‘and others appear inthe newspapers of the day. @ give a 1ew brie: samples, exuioiting tne spirit Kor the times. | Extract of a lotter from Salem, April 24 “By (he same conveyance that this comes to you you will Dave ap account of @ skirmish between a = part of General Gaye's army and the provinciais ‘On the 19th inst. Bo assured that the ili beuavior regulars have determined many peuple te declare ior the cause of liberty that were ocfore Belukewarm. General Gage is Dy this time, | veieve, Made sensible of our fixed resolution to dofen@ ‘our liberties; and let me teil you, the sense of the people bere is that we are supporting the 1verties of Engiand in contending ior the rights of Amor ca.’ Another letter from Roxbury, Mass., April 28 1776, Das the following :— “You have oo doadt been informed of the affair of Wednesday, tue 19th, Is it not truly amazing that such @ body of regulars, so thoroughly ap pointed, with artillery, &o, should be deieated and put to fight by a handful of men, undisciplined peasants? We lost but forty-one, ana but jew, Dot exceeding ten, Wounded; they have neat 900 killed, wounded and missing. Our country: men swarm to our defence from all quarcers. We are busily organizing our troops, and shall soos have a Well constructed army in the field of 90,00 meno, What lolly could have induced General Gage 10 act partso jatal to Britain? it is alt over with them; their withered laurels will soon be plucked from their brows by tue rapacious Bours bon.” AS exhibiting tue Intensity of teeling whion burned in all patriotic breasts the woek aiter Lexington bavile, take toe following levter from the Committee of Safety to tho several towns is Massachusette:— CAMBRIDGE, April 28, 1775, “GENTLEMEN—TOe Darbarous murders commit ted on our innocent brethren on Wednesday, tue 19th instant, have made it absolutoly necessary that we immediately rame an army tw do jend our Wives and children (rom the butch ering hands of an inhuman soidiery, who incensed at the obstacies they met With in thelr vioody progress, and, enraged at botog repulsed irom toe feild of siaugnter, will, witnout doabt take the Orat opportanity in their power to rai Venge this devoted country with fre and sword We conjare you, therefore, by all that is dear, by ali that is sacred, taut you give ali assistance posal. ble, informing the army Our Gil te at stake. Deatr 4nd devasiation are the certain consqeuences o de@iay; every moment is infloitely precious; ar hour lost may deluge your country ta blood ant entail perpetual slavery upon tne jew of your pus terity woo may survive the carnage, We beg entreat, as you will answer it to yoor couniry, u your own consciences, and, above all, to God Him fell, that you w.ll hasten aad encourage, by a) possible means, the enlistment of men tu form tm week will appear personations—or perhaps they | army, and send them forward to teadquartera » toay he better styied rep: people of Americ only i soucenirs Dewnel OF The day 1h sHCiety, aua LoriGal @oaracrers themae jag \eatore, entations—of noted | Cambridge, with that expedition, Whica the vas n Revolutionary day stance, Mr, ond Mrs, Jonu Hancoo ‘he 194108 OF The Fick Clase oO! Opt Ib & portion of the identical garments, Wilh the Juwelry, enatooxkes, alvu many ithe # to (he publ. dress abd ti eaily Worn OY these his. aa. We jorvear to tell be gh de! Srtingarened persona 008, Las Howe be Curried ul Wich i SOUgNt Lo Oe 1D thie Feward, is wii be joyous and bart importanos and instant urg?noy of the afuir ae mendas Wo aro,” &o, The nows of the Lexington battle wae forty Gays, Of veariy MX Weeks, in reaching Great Britain, AS waaal, the firat intoligonce cume from American ANd Dot Aritish avurces. Jn the London Chronicle o: May 20, 1176, appoared [OONTINUED ON THIRTEENTH PAGE.)