gl)c immcr's iltont!)ln Visitor. 



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Fiii'ilicr ii|) oil liiP other side in ;i ooiisideralile 

 IjcMil nt'ilii' rivf r is tlie I'ui'ni ol' C'>I.J<iliii Oiiiurii 

 sill (iT J^iiiii'l C.U'tci-, ;iri(l f;r;ili(L<>ii (iT L'|ilii';iiiii 

 (Jai ter, n first stiller of tlie Ion ii :iliil llii' liillier cit 

 till' iiiiiiieiDiis |iio;;piiy iit'lliiil iiiiiiie in this vicini- 

 ty. Not st'eiii^ the <ihl ireiilleiiitiii iihi niiil as we 

 li;;il hrpii uoiii,in oiic iit'iiiir riih'S lo rcj;:iiii the hist 

 li.allh (if hist Vear, weciillecl <it his rfsiiiciice "ii 

 llii; lOlh ol' ihe present iiioiith : that h.i|i|)eiie(l 

 lo he the ei^hij-filJh aiiiiiicr.-iirj <if' his liiilh : 

 h« re^relted vi.|y iinieh, heiii" r(ii|j|ih'iii, that he 

 %va:! iiiiMhhMi) lie ahrui.d v\iih his winknien in 

 the tielil, haviniras he said a slight loiicii o(" the 

 pont. J^iiiee oiir lir.st residence in town, this 

 fjculletiiaii hail |)itclie(l (hn-. ii ii|i(in and cleared, 

 iiineli ot' it with his nun hands, what new enii- 

 Miliites some lliii'e <ir hair iiinns on 'riirUey 

 river, hein^ ;'. part of \liat larjie valley Miid lev- 

 pi in the soiilli-uest imnidii ot' the town called 

 Ihe " (5reat Sivain|;." This he had dls|ioscd oi; 

 iind alter the demise of the late Col. f'aiil Rolle, 

 whose mother alti r his liirlli lierame the uileoj 

 the eelelirated Coiiiji Jiimifoid and on whose es- 

 tate that liiiiy ftreal man resided several \ears, 

 Col. Carter imrchased ot'ihat e.-tale some twenty- 

 five years a;:o, at the pi ice of lili^'cn linndred lini- 

 lars or ten dollars Ihe ae.e, a tract of one hnndied 

 and fil'ly aeii'S. Se^eniy-fiie acres ol this land lies 

 ill the lieiid of (he river, heiiii^ ti-nced l;v a sin;;le 

 side line ol' a Iiiaiiile hetween him and his in i:ili- 

 hiir. Col. (y'arler has heen too iinicli eni;af,'e(l in 

 fjeliins crops iVoiii iieiv lands to i.iUe the rijiiil 

 course in his cnliivaiion. Wiihont extra mamii in^, 

 he however continues to do much heller willi his 

 intervale pioimd than some oiliers hail done lor 

 hhii. Me said he had left the farm Hir t'vo or 

 three years, and the nccnpanl had aliii'osi eiilire- 

 ly run him out of hay: he was innv much in- 

 creasing ids hay cid|i hy sou inj; hay seed and 

 tmiimer tilliiii:. 



Our own experience of Ihe last eiulit years 

 indnci d us lo tell Cnl. Carter, ihat il' we coiihl 

 he [diiced in the J|o^ilioll of an iiidepi'iiilelit lar- 

 Dier of ihe town of (Joncord, we would in ei;ihi 

 }ears j^iiire do v'rand lhin;js uiili his seventy-five 

 acre inlervale liiiii. Give iis she means to inanii- 

 fiietlire m' pnrchase maniire to liei;iii v\ ilh, we 

 told our revfihitiiinary fiiend that we w mild in 

 ei^'hj years lime hiii; all our 'alior done, ji v all 

 e.xpenses in the prodnct of ihe land, and raise 

 tlie value of eveiy acre of the sevenly-five from 

 lorty I'ollar.s, ils preseiit hiiihcsl es'imr.led vahnt. 

 In one Inindri'd dollars Ihe acre ! 'J'his we would 

 d.) In the ii!;lit disposilion of fifty full loads ol 

 inaiiineto the acre — say iliirly tin' lirsl and twen- 

 ty Inads the second year — liy deep ploni;iiiii^', 

 and clean cnliivaiion. At the end of the eiohi 

 yi-ar.s, at the lowest price of produce, every .-uie 

 mi^'iit he madi; to ffive a full ten per cent, pioiii 

 on the price ol' one Inmdred dollar.s. We were 

 so sure of heinir rijjlit llaU we did nol hesilale to 

 speak Ihis in the face of a man of eii:hiy.(ive 

 years whose peisonal eX(ierieiice was ten limes as 

 liiiicli as our ow n : he seemed hy a nod ol" assent 

 to say th.at we mii;lil he rii;hl. 



The more jiralilyinir part of our visit lo Cnl. 

 Carter remains |i,|-a diirre.vsion. When we can»' 

 to Concord in IgO'J. Cnl. C. was a resilient and 

 inhahilanl of Bow, five miles out of this town, 

 where he had erected on a small stream rmiiiiii.u 

 into the Merrimack, mills, and onliivaied lands. 

 By tiie hye, we helieve he had erecied hehire 

 lliiit and owned extensive mills on the west side 

 ofGanio's liilU, within i!ie liniiis of Kow : the 

 first time we ever saw him was at the refiimen- 

 tal Hainieir of that year al ihe liearl of the mili- 

 tary inai ksmen, then ihe sole company <if liie 

 town of IJow — ^a company which in coma^e, 

 nerve and pairioii-^m woiiM have ecpiah'ed liie 

 followers of John Sunk when he lefi his saw- 

 mill al AmosUea;; falls to march for Lcxiii'iton, 

 ;uid which in a lew weeks afierwards did such 

 awful execiiiion on the Briiish ^/renailiers in 

 three times repnlsiiiH lliem at Bunker Hill. The 

 dress nl' Col. C. at the head of his company was 

 in tiie preci.-e imdin'm of ihe greater part of his 

 company — a military cap — a short deep hlne 

 coal am! panlaloons wilh inelal hnnons: hut f.ir 

 his sword and his rolnnd slaliire, he would nol 

 have heen recoirni/.ed as ihe leader of the hand. 



V'/e ini]iii;-ed ihe [lariicidars of his inililary 

 services, havin;,' recolleclcd as williin oiir owii 

 luiowleil;.'e his history in ihe war of 1812. lie 

 Faiil, imicl) to his retrei he was not old eiioii«li 

 to jjiiss muster lijr a suliiicr in ilie year 75, unil 



did not jro to Hunker Hill. TUe next year, 1776, 

 lie slielched up so as to pass for an enlisimenl 

 fm- eiiiht moiilhs: the lale Hnijaniin Emery ol' 

 ihis town was his captain— (iordon Hniehins 

 was his lienl. colonel; and Col. IJalduiii (he lie- 

 lieved of .Amhersl) was at the head of his refri- 

 meiir. His re;;iment marched to New 'Vork, and 

 arrived in season lo witiies.s the retreat of the 

 Aoiericans and eapliire of Loiii; Iitand hy the 

 Biitish: in a sliort lime afier he was in Ihe hat- 

 ile ol' White Plains. In 1777, he was airaiii eii:ht 

 monilis in the service nnder Capt. Marslon of 

 Deerlield. Ho went lo Rhode Island in a de- 

 lachment of (iiur companies commanded hy Li. 

 Col. Seiiler of (Venire Harhor. 'Ihe American 

 force ihal jear was engnircd in a friiiiless atlempt 

 lo drive Ihe Biiiish iidiii and uike possession of 

 Khode Island. The next year, 1778, lie en,^'a!;eil 

 ill a loiiiiiteer re-iimeiit "commanded hy John 

 Lamrdoii, wilh ihe late Nalhaniid Peahc'dy as 

 Ll. Col. and lOhenezer Wehsler ol" S^dishiiry (lii- 

 Iher of Daniel Wehsler) as Caplaiii. We were 

 not heline aware ihat, lo his numerous oiherser- 

 vii-es, Ihe lale (Jov. Laiiidoii juhled this impor- 

 tant iieni in his puhlic life, a liill history of which 

 no one has yei wiiiieii. These paliiolie volun- 

 teers went lo Rhode l.-land that jear lo "make 

 assurance dmilily sure" in llie Vapliire of the 

 I'.ritish oecupants, heiiif^ aideil at that lime hy 

 ihe apjiearance of a formidahle fli-et fdiii onV 

 new allier- oCFrance. 'J'lie French made a fruit- 

 less and as Coi. Cailer ihoiiirhl a foolish altack 

 upon Ihe Briiish fort near the eiilrance of the 

 ha rhor, where there could lie scarcely a prospect 

 of success; and soon afim-wards, lliis ftirmidahle 

 fieet, disahled hy a slorm, was olili^jed lo conless 

 ils inferiority to ilie Briiish, and retreat hefore 

 them. 



When Ihe clarion of war v.'as sounded, pre\i- 

 oiis to .(line, I8I9, Capl. Carler was in ihe prime 

 of lii"e lo eiiler llie service. As soon as he had 

 an oppiiriunily, he at once eidisied a company 

 of volunteers in a i*-j;iment vviiiidi was inviled 

 hyan act of Com:ress. By idioici ol'ihe oftiiji^rs, 

 havin;; ileeliiiefl ihe command in fivorof ihe lali- 

 Gen. Atpiila H.ivis, he received llie .■ippoiiilmenl 

 of Lieiii. Colonel— he went to ihe frontier and 

 remained in the service one year, resi{:nin>r his 

 coinrnission when llie New li'ampsliire re^iinenl 

 was coiisilidaled wilh anolher volimieer re;;i- 

 ment of Mai^p, over whom was placed ilio lale 

 Cnl. Deimy i\!'(-ol)h. 



Col. (Warier, al the age of einhty-llve, is quick 

 ol" si'.jlit .■mil heariiiir as many men of fiftv : his 

 usual weiuh! is somewhere "alioutS.50 pounds. 

 His trreaiesi siilU'rim; from sickness has heen 

 horn the poison of <li);.rwood and ivv laken into 

 ihe iilood wiihin ihe lasiti-iv years while >vorkin^; 

 in ihe clearinjr of hnriit land. 



]n the- vein ol' lookiii!.' lip ihe very few men 

 of the revolntion that remain in the town, on the 

 alteinooji of .fiiiie 10, ihe sami- day thtit we saw 

 Col. Carier, v. iili our horse ;ind wa;.'j:on, we sii ay- 

 ed over the hills nl' Pendiroke hy a way and ina 

 paj-l mwhich till iheii we had lnr-en an niier straiiir- 

 er, .Slime six or eiiilit miles, hack inio Concord hy 

 ihe way of the Porlsmonili Imiipike, iiiilil we 

 ci iDi! Ill tlie himihle dwiiliny wliiidi we had 

 ki OMi for Ihiriy-five years as the residence of 

 anolher &nhlier of ihe revolnlioii liin;r an inv.alid 

 pensioner on ihe homity of his cmmtrv. Tliriui- 

 as il.iyiies (heller known iiiider the soiiriipiet of 

 Hohlier Ha\ lies') will he 84 _\ears of a;re on the 

 4ih ol July next : at the ajreoT ]4 years he was 

 in the halile of Blinker Hill, am! w'as as of ser- 

 vice five years in ifie war of the revolntion. The 

 esi-apes and siifferiiifrs lliroiijjh which he passed 

 would to us he incrcdihle, if we had not ocu- 

 lar demonsiraiion of ilieir Irnlli in lii.^ person. 

 He was al ihe haitleof lluhhartnn on llie reireat 

 <if the Americans het'oTe the adv.ance of Bur- 

 i;oyne, in wiiieh ihe eallant Col. John Francis of 

 Beverly (lalher oC Ehenezer Fiancis of Boslon) 

 ivas shoi tliroii;.di the head. Foil oC animalion 

 Soldier Hayncs lells Ihe story of Ids rencontre 

 alone on this occasion wilh some twenty or ihir- 

 iy Indians, havinL' done ihe work for two of i hem 

 III snceession wilh his own hand, inrned a Koni- 

 ersci ovi'r a hi^li lo:; fence, and n^ceiviiifr in his 

 reiieat one shot in his hody direcily under his 

 arm, aimther in his Icl', and another upon the 

 kni^e, ihe mtirks of some of which slill remain. 

 i!e was dressed mi ihisoccasinii ina woollen stri- 

 ped irock ; and the old soldier assured iisihal an 

 oSiccr Ol" hisL-oiii|iany, (ihe kite Lieut. Tlioin])- 



son, a hrave man of this town, maiiv years known 

 lo ns)olieii told the sloiy ihat after" h'is eseapi; he 

 coiinled in liis (Haynes') frock nineteen huMet 

 holes ! 



But this feat was hut a circmrislance to what 

 look place afierwards. 'i"he old soldier, who was 

 horn at Hamplon near the Lillle Boars' lEc ad, he- 

 loiifred to Cilley's rei;iniciil, and recolleels well 

 ihe moimiiiiL'of the cannon prior lo the lialile of 

 Siillwaieron ihe lOlh Septemher 1777: he was 

 with Cilley three years and in ihe service five 

 jear.s. Al Ihe time he was wcninded lie was [ler- 

 soiially wilh the hrave and iiolile Seaminell at 

 Ihe lakin:;- and ret.ikius: of a piece of arlillery 

 several limes in ihe course of a hard fought scuf- 

 fle f"or ihe ascendency; the piece was Inrned, 

 chai-iied and di.-cliai!;ed hy parlies on either side 

 compelled to reireat as soon as llie work was ac- 

 complished. What wo i re ahonl lo stale we 

 could not helieve if wo had not seen ihe evi- 

 dence (if ils induhil.-ihle irnlli. While he was 

 stamlin'.' on a side position cliaraiiij; liisgim near 

 till! close ol" ihe aclion, the old soldier received 

 a Diiisket hall nuiler his IcI"! ear, which passed in 

 the diieclion ol' his jaw, cnlliii;; the toii<riie very 

 nearly ofl^, and taking in its way eleven of a gooij 

 set of leelli in his head, passine ihrongli and coin- 

 iiifj out on ihe ri;jhl sirle in ihe upper jaw nearly 

 even wilh the nose where il joins with ih.e up- 

 per li|). As might he well Mip|iosed the soldier 

 lidl as a dead nam, and was left upon theiiionnd 

 .■is such. In tliis condiilon he remained all lint 

 insensihli! lor ihreedays ami three iiiglii?, none 

 bill Ihe deail, as was snpj)iised,liein:; leii iip.in ihe 

 :;ronnd. In ihe course o!" lluit lime ihe Anaui- 

 iMiis having Iriiiniphed, pl.iccs were dug for the 

 hiirial of ihe dead, and ihe field was scoured. 

 When his hody was ahoiit lo he disposed of, tak- 

 en hold ol" hy 'the late Lt. Rohert B. Wilkins ( well 

 known to hundreds of revolutionary men of this 

 Slate) Ihe latter rieclnred that ihe iirealh of life 

 was slill in him, and llial he must nut lis huiied 

 yet.- Under this severe umiiid full ihirieen 

 monllis of hospital service transpired hefore Mr. 

 HaMieswas alile to walk. Of all the miracii- " 

 Ions lives of men we have ever known this case 

 has no riv.d. It will he sixiy-seveii years on 

 ihe nineteenth day of ie;xt Scpiemiier since 

 this vvoiiu.i was inflicted — longer ihan the 

 ordinary iige of man. We c;mnot douht the 

 characti'r and nature of the wound hecaiiseon the 

 lower and upperside of the fice are the plaeesof 

 ihe liuHei's entrance and iis exit. In tin; mouth 

 is the furrow across ihe tongue of the size of a 

 large queen's arm hiillet, and the mi;liiateil tooth- 

 less jaws prove heyond q-ieslion that tlie eleven 

 leelli wen; extracted at one operalion, and that 

 ihis slory is no e.vaggeralion of Ihe irnlli. Gra- 

 cious Heaven ! who would dream that any man 

 cnulil have remained as living tesiimouy ihat he 

 laifl lliree days dead .-is ii wi-ve iip'ali ihe field six- 

 ty-seven years ago aCteruards to enjoy ilie hininty 

 of his country a coniiniied term of more llian half 

 a ceiitmv ? 



(To be cnnthuiid.) 



Frosty. — We had a ("rost at Coiii'urd on the 

 morning of liie 12lh of June, which Ironhled 

 the corn leaves on mir iniervale upon the hank 

 of the Merrimack. In a sick room we waiclied 

 fin- this frosi, knowinif it would fijljiiw the cold 

 iiortii-wesi wind, which lilew ii gale fir t':etwo 

 previous days. 'I'lie frnsl came, and we saw the 

 tiig rise from the river over our corn fielil. Next 

 day (Hir workmen hoeing in that field informed 

 ns ihat the corn had heen lonched and some 

 stalks entirely w ilhered. I(" this he so, with tlie 

 redeeming fiig upon the river mirapprelicnsioii 

 was that upon the higher pine plains where no 

 liig ciime, the fiost must ha<'e cut down the corn 

 lo tlie ground. It was not so — !"or so liir as onr 

 ohservation exlcnded the frost did not touch ihe 

 •rrowiiig young corn upon the plains at all. In 

 18.?3, We hlid a ])iiic-philn coriifiidd entirely cut 

 down hy host on the 1st day of June: then iha 

 river foi; preserved tho corii upon the inlervale. 

 In Ihe year 5813, hi two nights hetween the (iili 

 and 12ili of June, we. had another pine plain Held, 

 eniirely cut diiwii at two <)|icralions ; here too 

 the river fo^s saveil the intervale corn. In hoih 

 fields cut down, the corn spronieir and yidih d 

 loli'rahlo crops. It is oleasaiit lo aiilioiaice to 

 the liiriiiers of cold New Hampshire, that tho 

 (io.-t of Ihe 12lh Jiiim injured crops more sev- 

 eral degrees south than in this colder latitude. 



