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WAR SI 1-Iis torie V West Point bolds a peculiar place in thc affection of the American peo ple. One reason is that its name is inseparable interwoven with thc mili tary glory of the nation; West Point and the army arc almost synonymous. The association of the spot with the names of our great military leaders and heroes makes it a national shrine. But, loni? before it became a school for soldiers, West Point had illus trious iraditions as a >pot of peculiar sacredness to the American people. Within its vicinity were enacted some of the most celebrated events of the Revolutionary War. Thc history of West Point dates back to 1723, when a tract ?if land, comprising one thousand four hun dred and sixty-three acres, was grant ed Charles Congreve by thc English Crown, upon the coudition that with in three yearn bc or his heirs should settle aud cultivate at least three acres for every fifty described in thc grant. Early in the War of thc Revolution, the value of -his spot was known bo th to the Americans and the British. It was regarded as tho most important post in the colonies. Early in 1775, Congress passed a resolution ordering three forts to bc erected immediately ia the Highlands. Here were stored, as the safest place in tho colonies, large quantities of cannon aud other in litary supplies, as well as provis ions. Tha*. the British knew tho value of this point is shown by the instruc tions sent that same year by tho Prit ish Government to its officers, to got possion of tho Hudson and East Rivers, and thus to cut off all com munication between Now York sod Albany aud the provinces to thc north. Tho defenses of West Point and the vicinity were strengthened from time to time, but in 1777 Washington felt great uneasiness, for ho suspect ed that thc enemy were about to move up the river. Despite all his precau tions, in Ootobcr. of that year the British uuder General Clinton took all thc forts in the Highlands, de stroying works and stores to the value of a quarter of a million of dol lars. After an occupation of only twenty days, the news of the surrender of General Burgoyne caused them to re turn to Now York. Washington now ordered the utmost speed in refortify ing tho Hudson. Fort after fort was erected and strongly garrisoned. In April, 1778, a great ohain was stretch ed across the river from tho most eastern part of West Point to Consti tutional Island. The chain was placed on a boom made of logs sixteen fee t in length and pointed at the ends to ofter little resistance to currents. The whole chain weighed one hundred aud eighty-six tons, and some of the links weighed one hundred and thirty pounds eaoh. All this time, West Point was pri vate property, though its owner was petitioning Congress to purchase it. General Knox, the Secretary of War, in a report to Congress, dated July thirty-first, 1786, stated that: - "West Point is of the most decisive importance to tho defense of Hudson River, for tho following reasons: First, the distance across the river is only about fourteen hundred feet, a far less distance than at any other point. "Second, the peouliar bend, form ing an almost-reentering angle. ''Third, the high bank on eaoh aide of tho river, favorable for the con struction of formidable batteries. * 'Fourth, the demonstrated practi cability of fixing across a chain or chains at a spot where vessels, in turning the point, invariably lose their rapidity and force, by which a chain at any other part of the river would be likely tobe broken." No action was taken upon tho mat ter until in September, 1780, upon re commendation of General Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, Congress purchased the traot for a permanent military post for the sum of eleven thousand and eighty-five dollars. Additional purchases were made in 1824 and in 1829. West Point and its dependencies never again fell into the hands of the British, though, through thc treach ery of its commander, it waa onoe very nearly delivered to the enemy. Sir Henry Clinton felt that no price would be too great io pay for West Point and other forts in th- High lands, with their garrisons, . assois And stores. The capture of these povata would open the Hudson to the Br'tish, facilitate intercourse with tb - forces io Canada, and ont off oov....... iiicaiioa between the patriots ?f tht IIidd?e and tho Eastern States. !Bnt Vf?*? Point was so well garrison ed that, in order to caio tho prise, he needed u--**. stu non fruin within tho, Amelie an lines. ORIES. ? i i ^est X^oint. General Clinton at length found thc ally he needed in General Benedict Arnold, of the Continental Army. Arnold had an enviable reputation for bravery, ile had distinguished him self at Like Champlain, at Quebec, ami at .Saratoga, but ho had not re ceived from Congress the reward he expected. Arnold was extravagant and, while military governor of Phil adelphia, lie had been guilty of pecu lations and had bren suspected of treasonable connections. Tho patri ots cf Pennsylvania had asked for his removal, and on their charges he had been tried and sentenced to be repri manded by the commander-in-chief. A moid brooded over his real and fancied wrongs till he at length be came bent on revenge. Alrcdy be ? was in correspondence with thc Brit- J ish, und was receiving money for thc ? intelligence furnished them. Ile now | begun to offer to deliver West Point j to General Clinton in exchange for j military advancement and a large sum ' of money. In order to carry, out thc plan, Arnold made application for tho command of West Poiut, giving as a reason for his preference that his wounds would not admit of active service in the field. Washington t who was friendly to Arnold, granted the request, and, on August third, 1780, Arnold took command of West l'oint and all its dependencies, from Stony Poiut to Fishkill. It was perhaps the gloomiest time in our history. The army numbered only three thousand men, and these were in rags aud almost starving, while General Clinton's force in and about New York city amounted to moro than twelve thousand. Not only New York city, but tho Virginia coast, most of Georgia, and the Caro linas were held by the British. The States were rent by factions. They had almost no public credit. Alto gether, the prospect was most dis heartening. Washington himself con fessed in r\ letter of May twenty-third, 1780, "I havo almost ceased to hope." i j Washington felt that a decisive j blow must be strmk. He planned a combined attack of tho Kreuch and American forces upon New York. The Frcnoh were to reach the city by way of Long Island; thc Americans, by crossing Kingsbridge, abovo New York. Ou September eighteenth, Wash ington started for Hartford, where ho was to hold a conference with the Frenoh officers. Arnold felt that the time was propitious for his treach ery, and, on tho evening of tho eigh teenth, he sent to General Clinton, asking him to send John Andre to treat with him about tho surrender of West Point. Andre, who was adjutant general, had long been aware of the proposed treason. Indeed, the corre spondence with General Clinton had been conducted through him. Andre left New York on the twen tieth, in the sloop Vulture, having re ceived from his chief strict orders not to chango his dress, nor to receive papers, nor in any way to act as a spy. Ile did not meut Arnold on the Vulture, as General Clinton had ex pected, for Arnold chose a rendez vous which involved less risk to him, but moro to Andre. The plotters met in a wood a little below Haver straw. So long did the interview last, for Arnold was greedy and demanded a larger price than Andre was empow ered to pay, that day began to break. Arnold persuaded Andre to go with him to a farmhouse a few miles dis tant, and to romain there till the fol lowing night, when he would be taken to the Vulture. Andre did not know, till it was too late to go back, that this house was within American lines. The plotting went on through tho day. Arnold was to weaken tho gar rison by dividing the troops into small detachments and sending them to various redoubts in thc neighborhood. Under pr?teuse of neoded repaii, he was to remove a portiou from the great boom which was stretched across tho river. The British, who were already embarked on the Hudson, were to pro ceed to West Point. Arnold was to seud to Washington for aid, but was to sur render his post before Washington could arrive. The British fleet was in command of Rodney, but Clinton himself would intercept Washington and his reinforcements and rut thom off. Arnold would plead a weak gar rison as au ozouse for his surrender, and after a little he would join tho British and reap tho reward cf his treachery. At sunrise, firing from one of the forts drove the Vulture down the river. Hope of escape by water was now out off, and at nightfall Andre, wearing citizen's dress, crossed the river, and started OD horsoback for White Plains. He bore a pass from 'Arnold, made out to Mr. John An derson. In his stockings were several . .. ... papers describing the condition of West Point, all in Arnold's writing. All went well until thc following morning, when Andre was stopped by three patriots, named John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams, who demanded his business and des tination. Andre replied that ho was a British officer upon urgent business. Then, seeing his mistake, he said ho was on business for General Arnold and then showed his pass. The patriots were not hatis?ed; they insisted upon searching bim, when they found Ar nold's papers. Andre offered his cap tors large bribes for his freedom, but tiiey took him to the nearest military post and delivered him up. Washington returned from Hart foid on the evening of the twenty fourth, earlier thau Arnold had ex pected him. The general spent the night al Fishkill, and carly thc next morning sent word to Arnold thai bc and his suite would breakfast wi'.h him. Washington and Lafayette ve maincd on the west side of the river to examine some rec oubts, but the aids-decamp went on to Arnold's headquarters. Whil? at breakfast a letter was handed Arnold. He ex pected to read that thc British were on their way up the river, hut found, instead, that Andre was captured, and that the papers found on him were on their way to Washington. Arnold excused himself, called his wife from tho breakfast room, and bade her a hurried farewell, then, dashing dowu a steep path to the river, now known as Traitor's Path, ho made his escape to tho Vulture, which was still awaiting Andre, and reached New York that evening. Andre was tried hy court-martial at Washington's headquarters at Tappan, and sentenced to be hanged as a spy. Ho was executed on the second day of October, calling on those present to witness that he died like a brave man. The patriots who captured Andre were rewarded hy Congress with medals aod pensions. Monuments have been e?;:cted iu honor of Pauld ing and Va i Wart. But. for the hon esty aud patriotism of these three humble men, our history might read differently. West Poiut to-day attracts many visitors. Besides being of historic interest, it is the site of the United States Military Academy. West Point is fifty one miles from New York, situa ted on a bold, sheltering plateau in the midst of impressive sceuory. It is reached by a steep and winding road along tho river bank. Storm King, Crow's Nest, and Break Neck Moun tain are plainly visible. Tho Military Academy, established by an act of Congress in 1802, is situ ated more than one hundred and fifty feet abovo tho river. The remains of Fort Putnam are still to seen, and there are some links of the great chain. Here is a mortar taken from the Brit ish by Mad Anthony Wayne, and smaller ones from Saratoga, as well as guns taken in the war with Mixice. By Adelaide L. Rouse, in Forward. Railroad Men During the War. While columns ' and pages have been written about the deeds of hero ism and daring of officers and soldiers in tho eivil war, there is not a great deal on reoord about the splendid ser vice that was performed by the rail road men almost from the begining to the end of that remarkable struggle. As a matter of faot, the story of the part that the railroad men played would fill many interesting volumes. These observations are suggested by au incident related by Mr: Edward Thomas, of Sharon, well-known throughout this section as an old-time locomotive runner and master meehan TSRED OUT. There's many a farmer's wife sits on the porch in the growing shadows of a sum mer eveuing.knowing to the full what it is to feel tired out ; as if there was not another ounce of effort left in her. But che knows how sound her slum ber will be and how refreshed the morning will findl?,r. That's the tiredness of a healthy woman. But it's another thing for the sick woman to feel tired out. Rest only seems to increase her suffering. Just as in profound silence a discord jars the ear more forcibly, so now that she has stopped moving about, this tired woman feels more acutely the aching back and throbbing nerves. Sick women, hundreds of thousands of them, have been made well by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It establishes regularity, dries weakening draina, heals inflammation and ulcera tion and cures female weakness. "Words cannot tell what I suffered for thir teen years with uterine trouble and dragging down patna through my hips and back," writes Mrs. John Diexaon, of Grenfell. AssinlboU DUu, N. W. Ter. "I can't describe the mber" lt was to be on my feet long at a time. X coa* not eat nor sleep. Often I wished to die. Tb* v I saw Dr. Pierce's medicines, advertised and thought I would try tbs tn. Had not taken one bottle tut X was feeling well. After I had taken fire bottles of 'Favorite Prescription' and one of 'Ooldea Medical Discovery ' I waa like a new woman. Gould eat and sleep and do oil my own work.* The Common Sense Medical Adviser, I ia sent fire* on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Sena ax one ? cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or xx stamps for the volume bound in cloth. Address Dr. Fierce, Buffalo, N.v ic of rare abilities. Mr. Thomas is a Welshman, and came to the United States about 1852. He worked for awhile on the Atlantio Coast Line and other roads; but for nearly forty years was connected in various capaci ties with the road from Chester to Lenoir, now known as the Carolina and North-Western; but when he first became connected with it was known as the King's Mountain railroad. He was the first superintendent after the change of gauge. Mr. Thomas was in Yorkville last Friday evening attend* ing a meeting of the Masonic Lodge, and somehow some of his friends got him to talking about thc war. Ile was in thc Confederate service as an engi neer, and although his first and most important duty was to pull trains of soldiers, when not so engaged, he was employed in carrying cotton to tue co.-st and exchanging it with the blockade runners for bacon, Hour, arms and ammunition, at first from New York and later from England. He was his own conductor, and frequent ly reported directly to General Leo himself. Ile ran into Petersburg just about the time the Yankees were investing the city, and fearing prob able capture, he was anxious to get away with his engine. "I went to General Lee," said Mr. Thomas, '.and told him I wanted to take my engine out. He wanted to know whether the Yankees had not destroy ed the bridge. I told him I had walked over it during the day and found it all right. Ile then asked me whether they had shot at me, and I told him yes; but being a small man, they bad not hit me. The old gen eral smiled at this and wanted to know whether I was not afraid I would be hurt in crossing the bridge, if the Yankees should weaken it from be low. I told him that wartime was no time to think of getting hurt; but if anything should happen, I would not fall any further than the bottom of the river. This seemed to please him aud he told me he would give me a pass if I would take ono of his big guns with me. I said all light, that if I went through the gun would go with me. The gun was loaded ott a car, and the next night I started out slip ping along as noiselessly as possible without any lights. As I approached the bridge, lights suddenly flashed from a large house on the side of thc railroad, and a moment or two after ward big shells came screeching ovei me. My fireman was almost frighten ed to death, and I did not like it much either. On the other side of the river waa a big cut, and when I got into that I stopped, thinking they would not reach me; but after a iittie the mortar shells commenced drop ping around me and I saw I would have to get out of that. I opened the the throttle as far as it would go, and away I went with the shells, buzzing all around me. But they did not hit OB, and after a time I got down to Rich mond, hauled my engine through the streets with a team of mules, got it on another track and used it for a long time afterward. That, I reokon, was about one of the narrowest escapes I had during th? war." In the Nation's Dark Days. America, we hope, will never again know a civil war, but it is well for tho young people of to-day to under stand how terrible was the great war when State fought against State, neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, and father against soo. Mr. John Uri Lloyd tells, in Frank Leslie's Monthly, the story of a Kentucky village in war time. 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