American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-07-08

cd down The middle borough marsh Iane mot then
snardsd nv soldiers.) and went into the country
but as he was necessarily obliged 10 go OFT WITHOUT
anv bundle tina, would excite suspicion, ne was
weak enough to return few days alter, with re-
l,t;nn who came to town with his wagon, ana tnen
narrowlv escaped detection. One Of the wounded
soldiers with whom had become acquainted oo
serving me about to put bundle into the wagon
insisted positively that there was rye snue -
that bundle, belonging to my orolher, anu h; ~
staid few minutes they would seize ana hahB ''',
I'm in the market house, where " short rope "ou'o
do for him. Several Of the houses IN the Town
were then occupied as hospitals tor WOUNDED sol
diers-and among them the one that stood IN INC
nlace now occupied by William Richardss store,
IN High street, between Shipley and Market streets
A few days after this stopped at the upper Ites
byterian Meeting House, which iounu nau o: :e.
converted into prison Tor some OF my feow GU
zens, who looked really miserable presume mat
l,bey had few comforts either OF food OF ioog'hs'
and they guarded by soldiers.
| Some DAYS after the British took possession OF
this town. their wounded were brought from inc
battle ground in wagons-there were a large mum
Der of them, and it was distressing circumstance
to MANY to see their looks OF anguish ana 10 near
their eroans and cries, as the carriages rumo'eo
over he stones A relation Of mine who was stand
inc near Brandywine as the wounded passed, could
not, or did not avoid the expression oil his sympathy
when the wounded americans came by-tnougn nc
had said nothing as the Britsh wounded passed
Tor this expression OF sympathy Tor kebeis1 nc
was harshy reproved by Scotch officer vino sa'u
that he had ga mind 10 make him ieel Tor his mis-
placed compassion
There was want on the part OF some persons ~
not communicating Information OF Inc approach on
the British troops 10 the Town-in consequence Of
which our Governor and some other citizens were
made prisoners. On the other hand we had some
who Joined with the enemy at this place and acted
as spies; but they were few, and OF little consr'
uuence nor was it in their power 10 10 much ms
chief Some of these went off with the British
troops to Nova Scotia. One returned alter tue war
was al an end and others would have reIoiced could
they have done the same; but lhey were airaiu'
and preferred the sacrifice Of their property to the
risk Of life which they supposed that they would
incur by returning and exhibiting their traitor iaces
among their rritaled wing fellow citizens. There
was one person who said alter the British lett US
an old German, who was induced to accept an IN
ferior Office among his countrymen, the Hessians'
He wa, supposed to have been the means OF throw
, ing some OF our townsmen into difficulty, anu
mock trial and mock execution Of this man were
; proposed, when The American General Smallwood
with his regiment, afterwards took possession OF lie
. Town but it was abandoned for TWO reasons per-
: haps-the troops were soon ordered away, and the
general character Of Dutch Peter" was SO inoffen
: sive that he was not troubled lie went away VIII
the British but soon returned and laid his bones
among us, leaving old widow who was wei
known by the name of Dutch Dolly" Among
: the wounded who we're brought into our Town wa:
: an officer of high rank, who died in front room
: of the house in which the I" Watchman" is printed
. 1t so happened that Joseph West and my iathe
had TWO wounded officers of the Queens Rangers
= They were Americans who had joined the British
and from what l now remember Of them, |. RAJ
. them very low indeed as to real courage or torl
. tude. The one at my fathers was wounded IN th'
: hip joint by ball-and II Is doubtful whether ~
ever recovered. | remember the boyish reflection
y that had in his room where Witnessed his pain
and the i'll temper that he exhibited to almost ever.
= person who was with him, and particularly to hi
= servant, another bastard American, whom he wou
: order 10 his bed side and beat him with his cane
- and still the servant preferred this TO performing ri
:. duty in the line The wounded officer at JOSEPH
- Vests Qhen living at the N E. corner OF Broa
and Shipley streets) mad his left badly shatter
I ed by musket ball. That it was at times ex
- tremely painful, l cannot doubts and especial
! from what remember of the temper of the mar
. He used to walk about the street with cane IN hi
" hand 10 guard his wounded arm. and threatene
:, every person who came nearer to him than ne chos
- to consider safe. At David Ferriss's (where M
thanel Richards now ves,) were three young Eng
:, lish wounded officers. l found these men yer
- pleasant and kind to me, and believe that the
"a were agreeable in the family.
#. There was Hospital for Wounded Soldiers
IA, the house now occupied by John Rumford-ai
n, other further down street and the heed quartet
er Of the Doctors was what is the La Fayette II
he tel in Market street, The head quarters OF the Scott
en- Colonel who commanded, was in the house now b.
mo- longing to the estate of Mathew Grips, in Mark
Je street, above the Academy.
= AS the American troops continued to hover rour
,rs the Town and the sennels were sometimes fired
a we had one night some agitation arising from Il
in following circumstance. The wounded soldiers
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