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 440 MOOR. ing a snow storm from the N. E. and consisted of two false and two real attacks, one of which was led on by General Arnold, (who afterwards betrayed his country,) and the other by Montgomery in person. He led his men through a narrow defile, between two fires, with the greatest coolness and intrepidity; he passed the first bar rier, attended by a few of h i s bravest officers and men, and marched boldly a t the head o f the detachment t o attack the second, which was much stronger than the first, and where several cannon were planted, loaded with grape shot, and accompanied with a well directed discharge o f musketry. From one o f these, a fatal blow was given t o the hopes o f America i n the conquest o f Canada, b y the death o f the brave Montgomery his men, dispirited b y the death o f their commander, were driven back with great loss, and Arnold's division having met with the same fate, that officer, o n whom the command now devolved, con verted the siege into a blockade, which h e was compelled t o raise, i n the beginning o f May, b y the arrival o f rein forcements t o the British army. Montgomery was buried almost o n the spot where h e fell; but his remains have lately been reclaimed b y the Americans, and transferred t o Washington, where a n elegant monument has been erected t o him, a t the national expense. MICHAEL MOOR, A very learned divine o f the Roman Catholic persuasion, was born i n Dublin i n 1640. After remaining a t a grammar school for some time, h e was sent t o France, and received h i s first academical learning a t the college o f Nantz, whence h e removed t o Paris, and completed his studies i n philosophy and divinity, i n both which h e attained great reputation, a s h e did likewise for his critical skill i n the Greek language. He taught philosophy and rhetoric i n the Grassin college f o r some years: but a t length returning t o Ireland, was, with considerable reluctance, prevailed upon t o take priest's orders; and obtained some