| Show the descendants of benedict arnold arnold was married twice onca ode one in new haven ct where he d many years as a merchant and dealer in horses with thie west indies the house in which he lived still remains and the sign BENEDICT ARNOLD which he had placed over his hib business bubines office is in possession of a gintle gentleman man of that city llis liis ills ilia second wife was miss shippen daughter of judge 5 wilo wiio was citizen of philadelphia ashile arnold was in command there the house lie he occupied may still be seen at the corner of second and walnut et at beets and was once the house of that great and g od oel man william penn after arnolds thearon was d and he had bad gone on board of a british ship lying in the hudson river he bie was active in brutal and boody boddy bloody assaults by the tile british army upon his hib countrymen specially at ak new london ct but the officers while they rejoiced cd at the treason de despised the traitor and refused fellowship lows hip with him although holding a commission alyea by the british government he soon after went ta W england angland 6 but ut nowhere being received rec rived e isidia ityl ity ia i in n a moment of indignation he resigned in a few weeks beje turned to st john new brunswick kand nd resumed his trade with the west indies r not many years since a venerable lady was living in northampton abass who knew arnold and his wife bif e intimate intimately y while resident at new brunswick brun Bruc swick she recollected many interesting g inci incidents deLts in his hi hastoy stoy and among 0 her things she possessed a note written to her by mrs arnold during the trial of her husband as a suspected incendiary she als alb I 1 had a copy of a placard printed with most j primitive typography which was circulated by the trie excited people while they were burning him in effigy it appears on arnolds kr return to john th athe leased a large lare warehouse and filled it with pretended merchandise he effected ak ah eaby insurance upon it and boon doon after it was mysteriously destroyed by ge gere the ibe company refused to ray ra y a and nd ar arnold 11 0 d sued for damages and was defeated in great disgust soon after his trial and the defeat which followed he gave up his big business busine s and sailed galled for london where for tor some years he lived in 0 obscurity his death occurred suddenly in 1801 aged 61 years mrs A died three deais afterward at the age of 43 Litt little littie lebas has been krown of the descendants of oe benedict arnold although he left three children no public record of 0 their cond conduct ct or posit position i 0 n exists and yet two of them were officers of merit in the british army iry sy a fortunate fori fort circumstance the writer is able in a degretto degre eto supply this deficiency and tore to redeem arnolds arnold descendants from the infamy to which his name and character were consigned jn in a recent visit to En england gand he was waa gratified by an accidental meeting witha grandson of an arh old bis bib only living male heir rev kev edward arn am ld id is rector of an established church in Hertford shire some twenty miles west of london he is about 35 yearb years of age of medium bize dize and dark complexion with an expressive and benevolent face young A is a man of great decision and in his hig profession exhibits much ability and ener goof character he vo made ade knodt known n his relationship and while he uh unhesitatingly sit bit stingly condemned the conduct of his grandfather he thought that some bome acts of ingratitude f not i sti goon poon the part ot of the government government should be allowed as extenuating circumstances conceded the great crime crim of treason but buthe he clainie claimed d there was vas wrt rg on both sides an invitation to visit h hib his is beautiful vear kear rector j where hospitality wab was ab most cordially extended enabled me to gather some interesting facts which must be pec peculiarly interesting to americans tivo tiyo of agnoli esons died in the army andone andoni of ot his bis grandsons brother of rev rey R edward daward abell bravely fight fighting at theW thestil thes tit til of his company before ohe af 0 o his sens sons reach dhigh rank in the service where he was an officer during neary neaily leary hait half a century before bedore his death somi bome some three years since hd be received man many y marks mark ii df distinction ti from th the british government N numerous u toker of high professional aare dare preserver by his nephew among them are many medilia medals and a hundred guinea siota swo awo a splendid testimonial for wisdom in council courage in ih the mid field fong long lon service and nemi eminent neLt devotion to his bis country A A pair of pistols used by arnold in a du I 1 in Lond london are also in in possession of his grands on he felt insult ansha ed by the remark of bf a d gentleman lord sw rey and the traitor chal edged him arnold fired without effect but his bis antagonist withheld his shot turn ng his bis back on arrold arhold arri Arii old oid with the contemptuous remark 1 I leave yc you yoa a to the hangman man 11 toe the british government gave benedict arnold large tracts of land in canada as the pecuniary reward for his treason some of it was r rear gar brockport bronk Brock port on the st lawrence il ii er B t a large coition of it acres is near to onto between een that city and lake simcoe chist pro er ery cry y was owned for a long series of yeam by arnolds eldest son but being in the be arm army y in the east indies he knew little about it except such as an occa occasional siona slona I 1 brief letter ietter from the canadian agent furnished upon his death som eyears since it reverted revert fd to rev ed edward A ard arnold the only living male heir and he be begu began a series of inquiries about the property no reliable or satisfactory sats factory intelligence could be obtained and hel hee feared the land was wan comparatively valueless he was assured by the agents that much of the soil was poor and swampy scarcely elc exceeding eding 2 per acre in value but mr A way wai toi tol tolu by less interested parties that it was in the fhe vicinity of toronto Tor ont the property was vastly more valuable and he be mas vay advised to waid wat further developments development 3 subsequent investigations gat actions lons long at the re request 4 lest iest of mr arnold hav have discovered land laid discovered the land to be am ng the mot most viiu vilu valuable able abie in canada the acres now BOW owned by him but formerly he property pro property t f benedict endi ct arnold has bein beia f found locati located together in the finest ap icu acu tural reg iely lely and in the immediate v cikity t of the rail rall railway ray vay kellu ilu elu ge aglan bay in L ke huron 1 in toronto Compe pe ent ent edt judges pronounce it worth from foa 50 to sib 75 per acre thus this young and therit meritorious orious cle cie gyman has suddenly been bein placed ill in possession of aln an estate valued at nearly which a month before from the representations of faithless ag agents ento he would gladly have sold for tor rev edward arnold married the daughter of an english 0 earl aid ard ultimately wig inherit I 1 a large larga f fortune but bat his bis canadian property now in the hand hands of more moe compe ent sent aud and faithful agents U wili ull lii iii at once yield him wiard abare income the practical fruits fruita of the reward for iris ilis ta a treachery NY N yov Observer flener |
