Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-02-18
M I 8 G e L I. A ~ Y.
AMERICAN WoMEN.-The zeal wit

( the war of the revolution, has often
been mentioned with admiration and
praise. The following anecdotes will
forcibly illustrate the strength and ex-
tent of this patriotic feeling -
! To Mrs. Pinckney, the wife of Col.
Charles Pinckney, a British officer
once said, Ii is impossible not to ad-
mire the intrepid frmness of the ladies
of your country. Had your men but
halftheir resolution, we might give up
the contest-America would be irwin
cible."
Mrs. Daniel Hall having obtained
permission to pay visit to her mother
on Johns Island, was on the point of
embarking, when an officer stepped
forward, in the most authoritative man.
ner and demanded the key Of her
trunk.
What do you expect to find there
asked the lady.
81 seek for treason, was the reply.
You may save yourself the trouble
of search, then, said Mrs. Hall ); you
may find plenty of it at my tongues
end
An officer, distinguished by his in
humanity and constant oppression of
the unfortunate, meeting Mrs. Charles
Elliot in a garden adorned with
great variety of flowers, asked the
name of the camomile, which appeared
to flourish with peculiar luxurlance.
The rebel fower,' she replied.
sWhy was that name given to 1t,
asked the officer.
Because rejoined the lady, it
thrives most when trampled upon
So much were the ladies attached to
the whig interest, habituated to inju-
ries, and so resolute in supporting them
that they would loosely speak of mis-
fortunes, though at the moment severe
ly suffering under their pressure. Mrs.
Sabina Elliot, having witnessed the ac-
tivity of an officer who had ordered
the plundering OF her poultry houses,
finding an old muscovy drake, which
had escaped the general search, still
straying about the premises, had him
caught, and mounting servant on a
horse, ordered him to follow and deliv-
er the bird to the officer, with her COM
pliments, as she concluded that in the
hurry of departure it had been lie # alto
gether by accident.
The contrivances adopted by the la
dies to carry from the British garrison
supplies to the gallant defenders of
their country, We're highly creditable
to their ingenuity and of infinite SER
vice to their friends. The cloth Of
many q military coat concealed with
art, and not unlrequcntly made an APP
pendage of female attire, has escaped
the vigilance of the guards expressly
stationed to prevent smuggling, and
speedily been converted into regimen
tai shape, and worn triumphantly in
battle. Boots have in many instances
been relinquished by the delicate wear
er to the active partizan. | have seen
a horseman helmet concealed by
we'll arranged head dress, and epauletts
delivered from the simple folds of the
cap ola matron. Feathers and cock.
AIDES were much in demand, and so
cunnlngly hid, and SO handsomely pre-
scented, that he could have been no
true knight, who did not feel the obliga-
ton to defend them to the last extre-
NIFTY.
In the indulgence of wanton aspori.
ties towards the patriotic fair, the ag-
gressors were not unirequently answer
ed with keenness of repartee, that
left them little cause for triumph. The
naughty Tarltor, Wanting his teats of
gallantry to the great disparagement
of the officers of the continental caval-
ry, said TO a lady at Wilmington, |
have a very earnest desire to see your
far famed hero, Colonel Washington
Your wish, Colonel, might have
been fully gratifed,' she promptly re-
piled, chad you ventured to look be.
hind you at the battle ofthe @ Gpens.'
1t was III this battle that washington
had wounded Tarlton in the hand,
which gave rise to a still more point
ed retort. Conversing with Mrs. VIII.
ley Jones, Col. Tarlton observed, you
appear to think very highly ofColonel
Washington and yet | have been
told that he is so ignorant that he can
hardly write his own name.
All that may be the case, she read
lily replied, but no man better than
yourself, Colonel, can testify that he
knows how to make his mark.-BoS-
ton Herald.
Gallileo, the most profound philoso-
e L., LIZ