...e despatch. In a short time the messenger returned with a note from the brave old major commanding the fort, stating that the order would be obeyed. I had scarcely got my despatch away when Captain Farmer , of Lowell, who had been scouting on his own hook, reported to me with his lantern, saying:-- General, I have been informed that this hill is mined and we shall all be blown up. Well, Capta...