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&he Jarlington JRfUJ*. Tharsday, Dec. iJ, 1891. 10 VICTORY OR DEATH. fttNEDICT ARNOLD’S RIDE ON HIS BLACK WAR HORSE. tl« Turned the Scale at the Hattie of Saratoga bj Heroic Exposure of Ills Person and Stirring Appeals to the Sol diery. (Copyright by Antericau Press Association ] AD Arnold died in harness at Sar- at'W* one dark pa^e of American aquaIm trould not have appeared. He was too great a man to be ignored in awarding the honors of history to lievolutionary heroes, and that very greatness lifts into impor tnnoe. the pitiful ' fiasco on the Hud son that blasted his brilliant ta n?er. The 7th of Octo her, 1777, seale<l the doom of Brit ish domination in the colonies. Oi. that day Burgoyne set out to crush the Revolutionists on his front, and crown his victorious inarch from Canada to the iute rior by attaining Alimny and a Junction with Gen. Clinton, who was making equal ly successful progress up the Hudson. No foreign power had as yet recognized Anier ican independence, and the eyes of the world were literally turned upon militar events then passing on the line of the Hud son and the little lakes. Burgoyne was a leader fitted for his task, and had the How er of British regulars and German auxil iarirs. His opponent, Gates, had the stipe rior force In numbers, hut many of hit* troops were militia and volunteers for the campaign—fair weather soldiers,whose efii ciency depended upon their being kept at a white heat of enthusiasm. Burgoyne moved a column forward to flank Gates on the left, but the attempt was discovered in the American camp, and was foiled by sharp tactics and by a coun ter attack. Arnold was in his tent, a gen eral without a command. Gates had de prived him of his soldiers by detaching the division he had previously commanded, sc as to bring it iMider Gen. Lincoln, ami without displacing Arnold by positive or dors had ignored his presence in camp in n manner to indicate that the commanding general would gladly lie rid of him. When the liattUi began in earnest Arnold said to his aid* “No man shall keep me in uiy tout today. If I am without a com mand 1 will fight in the ranks; but the soldiers, God bless them! will follow my lead. Come on, victory or death!*’ Then leaping into bis aaddle on the back of hi> black war horse Warren, named for Ih* hero of Bunker Hill, be galloped, or rath>~# flew, on his thoroughbred steed across u field to the post of danger. Gates nuf riedly dispatched an aid after the im|>etii oils soldier, with a peremptory order for him to return to camp. “He might d< some rash tiling,” was the explanation ac companying the order. Arnold saw the aid approaching him across the field, and giving Warren the rein he sped on out oi reach and found one of his own brigades. The soldiers received him with wild cheers, another Marudou on the field of Floddeu, and he immediately dashed against tin British center. In the forefront of Lh< fight he rode erect, brandishing his sword, shouting orders and appealing to men, and so rapid were his movements and changes of positiou that Gates’ aid was unable to get within speaking distance and order the inspired war god back to his tont. Fortunately for the cause of American freedom, no other aid hod butler luck, and Arnold and his black horse kept in the van of the Americans the remainder of the day. The foes in front of Arnold were the Uussuois under liiusede.l and British regu Urs under Phillips. Burgoyne’s right and left flanks hud been broken, but his ceutei was made firm by a line of his liesl Genua; troops under able commander*. Arno!- was repulsed in his first charge and wen at it again, riding at the very front of hi mow. This is a commonplace sayii^ am often moan* nothing, but in Arnold's cum it was literally true. This was Arnold’.' way on many occasions, and especially uj»oi this one. Some time before that he hub Sid out hn a battlefield, saying, “You will hear of my being victorious or no more His conduct at Saratoga has been called “rash,” “frantic,” “mad,” “frenzied,’ "furious” nod “drunken”—this lost fron Galas, who was not upon the field at all And Arnold was not alone in his high valoi at Saratoga. Across the lines, in Bur goyne's camp, there was another war god incarnate iu the j>crson of Gen. Fraser, t man t*) lead picked companies, forlon hopes and desperate enterprises. nis cononet at tins time nas nad no many ' chroniclers among actual participant* that the record Is filled with his notable exploit*. His ringing voice animated the men, and spurring his black steed into every peril he made himself a part of every event of the oonflict. At one time he hailed a march ing regiment, and found that it contained some Norwich and Loudon soldiers. "I am glad to ace you,” he exclaimed with a wel come. “Now, comq on, boys; if the day is long enough we'll have them all in be fore night.” Arnold failed in his attack on Balcarras, his first and only complete repulse of the day. Between Balcarras and the German hill redoubt there was a curtain formed of low breastworks and a couple of stockades, into which Burgoyne had hastily throw n a force of Canadian ami Tory volunteers. As Arnold turned away front Balcarras’ impregnable position he saw’ the old bri gade (learned’s), part of his division that hail fought with him before the British re treat. Without a halt he led this force against the stockades, broke through the line, and thus cut off the Germans on the hill. Neither did this success satisfy or give excuse for a halt. Leaving the freshly gained works to the men who had entered them, Arnold galloped off to the left to ward the hill, ami in so doing passed be tween the fire of the contending troops. In front of the hill he found two willing regiments and Morgan’s riflemen, and in structing their leaders to make an attack on the direct front, led in person a single regiment around under the shelter of the hill, between the Germans and the Can adians and Tories, whom he hod just "DON’T HURT HIM!” routed in their stockades. From this point Im rushed for the roar of the Hessian strong hold, it seems to t>e a fact that Arnold’s personality alone won the hill from the Germans. This height completely domi uatod Burgoyue’s camp, and was placed in good hands for defense, the German regu Ian* under Gen Bre.yman. Arnold’s conspicuous figure on his foam ing black horse h;ui attracted the alien lion of the opposing soldiery at various (Miriods of the conflict, and his sudden ap (lennutce In the rear of t heir fortress—for he gained the sally port—spread dismay in their ranks, and tiring one wild volley they fled the other way, only to be received in . h a direction by the troops Arnold had r » deevd to act in concert on the front. In !.he face of that parting volley Arnold went down, shot through the same leg that had tssm disabled at Quebec, and ids horse fell • lend the same lust ant. The contest ritg»*l on for a few minutes, the German leader attempting to hold out, and losing his life in Lite effort. It whs nightfall, tin [Mtint. was gained, and although the space iutiM-vening lx*twoen the height and thi- miUii line where Balcarras commanded was ii‘oovert:d by the British after Arnold quit the scentt on the heels of the first sue cess, the Americans clung to the hill and Burgoyne evacuated his iutrenchments iu the darkness. He knew that the key was tost and hi* fortified ground was untenable. After shifting from ixdnt to point without twit tie he surrendered at the end of a week, Two months later France mode a treaty acknowledging the independence of the United Slates. Spain and Holland pood followed the example set by the Bourbons, and foreign fleets and troops certainly gave heart, if not actual strength, to the revolu lionisiH. For the victory at Saratoga con gr»*Ks passed a vote of thanks to Gens Gates, Lincoln ami Arnold. Lincoln was sarond in comnmad, but like his chief be •.hfctained from appearing on the battle field that <lay. Congress also granted right for which Arnold had long sued in vain—a recognition of his proper rank among the major generals of the army Saratoga was Arnold’s last battle for free dom, and his last moments there were the grandest of his lifa. When Ids noble war horse Warren fell, carrying him down with a bullet through his thigh Ixme, he turned to the men who followed with the final exhortation, “Hush on, my brave boys, rush on!” Heretofore it had been “Come on!” But Arnold could no longei lead. The German soldier who shot Arnold bad been “spotted” by some one in thi American ranks and wounded, and auothei soldier, maddened at the picture of hh- fallen chief, drew up to plunge bis bayonet through the unfortunate Hessian. Arnolo saw the movement, and par ly rising fron, his position and leaning upon the body o. his horse, he motioned the angry patriot to stop. “Don’t hurt him,” said he. “He is a fine fellow.” Says the latest biographer of Arnold (Isaac N. Arnold): “Ho who could thus save the life of a helpless enemy, while writhing from a wound just inflicted by that enemy, could not I wive bee u wauling iu generosity. This was the hour for lien edict Arnold to have died.” Yes, death coming at that hour, in tin excitement of a glorious victory won b) his valor, and with that chivalrous bene diction upon his lips, would h ive made tin name of Arnold one of “fame’s few bu; immortal ones,” instead of what it now i- r —a synonym for political infamy. Gkorok L. ICilmhj “TO VICTORY OU DEATH!*’ What Arnold became to the Ainericam the moment he appeared on the field Fraser had been during the whole fight tc the British. When Arnold broke the Hessian lines in his second impetuom charge, and sent them reeling bock in wile disorder. Fraser rallied the men, and b) voice and example brought them to a state and saved them from rout. He rode ai iron gray horse, and was as conspicuous ii* the British front as Arnold was in tin American. Seeing this, Arnold called th< attuutiou of Col. Daniel Morgan, who led a select body of riflemen, to Fraser’s per eon, and said: “That officer upon the gru\ horse is himself a host and m ist be dis posed of. Direct the attention of some of th* sharpshooters among your riflemen t« trial.” Morgan stationed a file of men in aclum^ of busiies with orders to pick off tiie mat; ou the gray horse. In a few minutes tin gallant Briton full, refusing to fly when it became evident that he was being mail; a special target. The mortal wounding of Fraser was i turning point iu the battle. The ftgbtini bud thua far been in open field, midway bo tween the h*i»ii}e cutups, where the collis ion had boeu accidental. That is, Bur goyue’s attack on the American flunk had been anticipated, and detachments of Gates’ army had issued from their iatr* r.cl.incuts and fallen upen the movable British col umn. Arnold’s impetuous assaults, end ing in the disablin'.' of Burgoyne’* chief lieutenant, threw the enemy’s line into a panic, followed by a hasty retreat to the iutrcTv-hmrnu. A rapid pursuit led the Amrn an* .'g.q.i.st t.h* right flank of the British ’.rorks. and under the exci of the l our—-excitenj'-nt which, thanks to Arnold's valor, w:w not allowed to flag — IIku Nuccesx was pus he* 1 to the extreme. Tlw; British r»>;ht was protected by in 'trenchmci.ra shotted like u horseshoe, ter- luiu.sriiig in m str*»Dt; redoi !>t, all held by the Germans. These were located ou a hill, and a ravine separated them from the main lin*- of trendies and redoubts that stretched to the river in the form of an ir regular m*:. Tlie right of the main line was heM by British light infantry, under Earl Balcarras, and Arnold led portions of brigade* against the works at that point, carrying the outer line by a bayonet charge. HIS FIRST CAMPAISN in northern mission of tion. 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The practice must tie stopped and each and every tax payer will be required to appear be fore the respective County Auditors either by themselves, their agents, or assigns, guardians, trustees, adminis trators, etc , and answer the various questions as appea: upon the returns. And tlie County Auditors will put these questions categ rieally to eaeli and every person making a return personal property. 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