New Castle, historic and picturesque . ture of the fort, thesubsequent service of the powder in the first battle of the Revo-lution, and its final peaceful report in the Madbury woods, takentogether do make a suggestive and poetic story. There is also acomic aspect in poor Capt. Cochran and his five soldiers (two ofthem being recruited for this occasion) at the mercy of fourhundred men; and the humorous is furnished by the countersignof the Sons of Liberty while preparing the attack: We are going to take a glass of wineWith Captain Cockerine, Cockerine.* Nor is this all the history; there is m
New Castle, historic and picturesque . ture of the fort, thesubsequent service of the powder in the first battle of the Revo-lution, and its final peaceful report in the Madbury woods, takentogether do make a suggestive and poetic story. There is also acomic aspect in poor Capt. Cochran and his five soldiers (two ofthem being recruited for this occasion) at the mercy of fourhundred men; and the humorous is furnished by the countersignof the Sons of Liberty while preparing the attack: We are going to take a glass of wineWith Captain Cockerine, Cockerine.* Nor is this all the history; there is much more incident, toomuch for this place. Suffice it to say, that this same powdereflectually blew up the royal administration of Gov. John Went-worth at Portsmouth and throughout the Province of New Hamp-shire; so that he had to report to his superiors in the samelanguage of his predecessor, Capt. Walter Neale, concerning the * There are many MS. letters of Cochran in the New Hampshire archives. SYegive the signature of one of T?n^r^ 24 NEW CASTLE Lacoiiian Utopia— non est inventa provincia. The last scenesin the official career of Gov. Wentworth take us to New Castle;and his star linally sets at the Isles of Shoals. In fear of his life,he fled to Fort William and INIary, now for a brief period underthe protection of tlie British men-of-war, the Scarborough andCanceaux, from whence he attempted to exercise his oflice, invain. Soon he sails for Boston; and not long after ventures toreturn, but no nearer than the Isles of Slioals, where, on Septem-ber 24th, 1775, he issues his last proclamation to the rebels ofNew Hampshire. It was while the British ships, just alluded to, were at anchorin the harbor and Mere supposed to be about to destroy NewCastle and Portsmouth, that tlie fascinating Mary Sparhawk,the Tory belle of Kitter}-, captivated the heart of the Canceauxcommander, Capt. Mowatt, and changed his fell purpose. Shethought Portland would do just as w^ell to sack
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