Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-11-15

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him and the spectators, for my anger was
very great. / heard one say, d---n him.
can he eatiron? Afterthat small pad.
lock was fixed to the handcuff instead oil
the nail and as they were mean-spirited
in their treatment to me, so it appeared
to me that they were equally fimorous
and cowardly.
was sent with the prisoners taken
to an armed vessel in the river, which
lay off against Quebec, under the CON-
mand of Capt. M'Cloud of the British,
who treated me in very generous and
obliging manner, and according to my
rank; in about twenty four hours bade
him farewell with regret; but my good
fortune still continued. The name Of the
Captain of the vessel l was put on board,
was Littlejohn who with his officers,
behaved in a polite, generous, and friend
ly manner. lived with them in the cab
in and Jared on the best; my irons hav-
ing been taken off contrary to the orders
he had received from the commanding
officer; but Capt. Littlejohn swore that
a brave man should not be used as ras-
cal on board his ship.
When detachment of Gen. Anold's
little army appeared on Point Levy, op-
posite Quebec, who had performed an ex-
traordinary march through wilderness
country, with design to have surprised
the capital of Canada, was then taken
on board a vessel called the Adamant,
together with the prisoners taken with
me, and put under the power Of an En-
glish merchant from London, whose name
was Brook Watson-a man of malicious
and cruel disposition.
! A small place in the vessel, enclosed
with white oak plank, was assigned for
the prisoners, and for me among the rest
should imagine that it was not more
than twenty feet one way, and twenty two
the other. Into this place we were all,
to the number of thirty flour, thrust and
handcufed, two prisoners more being ad-
ded to our number, and were provided
with two excrement tubs. 1t this room
we were obliged to remain during the
voyage to England; and were insulted
by every blackgu srd sailor and tory on
board, in the cruellest manner but what
is the most surprising is, that none of us
died in the passage.
WhenI was first ordered to go into the
filthy enclosure, through small sort Of
door, / positively refused. and endeavor-
ed to reason the before named Brook
Watson out of a conduct so derogatory
to every sentiment Of honor and human
ty, but all to no purpose; my men being
forced in the den already and the rascal
who had charge of the prisoners, COM
manded me to 60 Immediately in among
the rest.
When the prisoners were landed, null
titudes of the citizens of Falmouth, excl
ted by curiosity, crowded together to see
US. I saw numbers of people on the top
of houses, and the rising adjacent ground
was covered with them of both sexes.
The throng was so great that the Kings
officers were obliged to draw their swords
and force passage to Pendennis castle,
which was near mile from the town
where we were closely confined, in con-
sequence of orders from Gen. Carlton,
who then commanded in Canada.
My personal treatment by Lieut.. Hamil>
ton, who commanded the castle was very
generous, he sent me every day fine break
fast and dinner from his own table, and a
hottie of good wine. Another aged gen.
tleman, whose name cannot recollect, sent
nae good supper. But there was no dis,
tinction in public support between me ant
the priva,es-we all lodged on a sort Of
Dutch bunk, in one common apartment,
and were allowed straw. The privates
were well supplied with fresh provisions,
and with me took effectual measures to rid
ourselves of lice.
Among the great number Of people who
came 10 see the prisoners, some gentlemen
told me that they had come fifty miles on
purpose to see me, and desired to ask me
number Of questions, and 10 make free with
me in conversation. gave for answer
that chose freedom in every sense Of the
word. Then one Of them asked me what
my occupation in life had been; answer
ed him. that in my younger days had
studied divinity, but was conjurer by pro-
tession. He replied that conjured wrong
Al the time was taken; and / was obliged
TO own il that time, but had conjured
them out of Ticonderoga. This was
place af great notoriety in England, so that
the joke seemed TO 60 in my favor,
The prisoners were landed at Falmouth
q few days before Christmas, and ordered
on board the Solebay frigate, Capt. Sy>
monds, the eighth day Of January l776,
when our hand irons were taken of The
Solebay, with sundry other men of war, and
about forty transport, rendezvoussd at the
cove Of Cork in Ireland, 10 take provisions
and water.
"TOO LATE"-PERHAPS.