The life of Arnold was prolonged twenty years beyond this date. But although the king and a few others in office felt compelled to notice him for a time, yet they, at length, were willing to forget him, while others despised and shunned him. Colonel Gardiner says, that when a petition for a bill authorizing a negotiation of peace was presented to the king, Arnold was standing near the throne. Lauderdale is reported to have declared, on his return to the House of Commons, that, however gracious the language he had heard from the throne, his indignation could not but be highly excited at beholding, as he had done, his majesty supported by a traitor. And on another occasion, Lord Surrey, rising to speak in the House of Commons, and perceiving Arnold in the gallery, immediately sat down, exclaiming: "I will not speak while that man (pointing to him) is in the house." Not long after the war, Arnold removed to St. John's, in New Brunswick, where he engaged for a time in the West India trade. Subsequently, he returned to England, where he resided to the time of his death, which occurred in London, June 14th, 1804. [Illustration] FOOTNOTE: [50] The term _Cow-boys_ was given to Americans attached to the British cause, who resided within their lines, but who frequently plundered the Americans on the other side of their cattle, which they drove to New York. _Skinners_ were those who lived within the American lines, and professed attachment to their cause; but they were even more unprincipled than the former, often committing their depredations on friends as well as foes. XIII. CONCLUDING SCENES OF THE REVOLUTION. THEATRE of War changed to the South--Siege of Savannah--Siege of Charleston--Battle of Camden--Battle of Cowpens--Retreat--Subsequent Movements--Battles of Guilford, Kobkirk's hill, Ninety-Six, and Eutaw Springs--Battle of Yorktown--Treaty of Peace--Cessation of Hostilities--Army disbanded--Departure of the British Army--Final Interview between Washington and his Officers--Resigns his Commission--Retires to Mount Vernon. We must hasten to the closing scenes of the long and sanguinary contest between Great Britain and America.