The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-04
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

These twentysix gentlemen were the only elective
members They served In tho campaign OF 1916. to The
ton took . DuLiber OF prisoners, ana returnsd hons
with the above honorable discharge from General
Washington.
LIEUTENANT BuBDEs TO 0Es EgAL wAsHSGroS.
TRssroS, June 20, 1880.
sR--I an 70 inform your Exceliency tnst tbs Phus.
eeIphA Troop OF Light horss consst,ng OF thirty esh
are this lar advanced, by order OF his Esceency Pres
dent Read IN Consequence q the late alarm slvsa
vbs c.tmy's movement N this s+sss. % my way 20
and Piachcmin In the msa antine, according to nv
orcsrs have despatched sergeant OF tho troop sih
TO signify Jour pleasure, ~ which shalt BE- entirely
And hsv. the honor to BE- with th. creates. respect
JAMES BupDES.
His Exceisncy General wAsmsGroS.
0nSBRAL wAsninGroN TO LIEUTENANT BusDES
HEADQUARTERS, June 2s, 1850.
sTrI favored yesterday evening with your latter
Of the 2Sth. advising Of the arrival OF your troop at
phis Light Horse havs discovered this occasion 10
sucb as 10 deserve my best thanks should have
happy in their rvices had tho enemy continued in the
Jerseys bat as they have evacuatsd this STATE aad
the necessity IL which called them out ron viii be
pcassd to return TO Phiadslphis Indeed Though. to
Csops Moylan Who vas gsing that way after ,as sas
my rstrsated, to countsrmand ths order for bringing
you TO camp am, sir, your oeedlent serya.,,
GBoRGH WASHINGTON.
Lieutenant BrDDKs.
PhiladclphiA claim tho credit OF having hal he
first chime Of bells used In this country They
brought in the MyrrhA, by Captain Baddsn r.,-
tive Of Lieutenant Budden, whose sc-urs in the
above correspondence They purchased In Losioa
in the year l754 at cost Of $500 sterling The whole
weight Of the bell, o4o lbs tn, largest weighing
2,o40 lbs These bells hung In Christ church,
PHILADELPHIA and chimed sundays and holidays,
and upon such othsr times requested On the zrSsst
bell 10 the following inscription
Chris, Church, Philadelphia This bsl and the ~
the peal BY Lester and PACK Of tbs
Bell Foundry London fjt fseast At sas dry
lr35
An old PhiadeIpbis religious pspsr contains tss si
living
The chime of bells belonging 10 Christ chareh In this
city, VAS brought from EnSAnd by Captain Grddss,
without charge Of freight Bns tho fret sss of bells TIA,
reached this connry they attracted great attention and
whss pat into the seple for tins. TO the
Frathcsoa of the natives la sisr 20 sasrd the
people opportunity Of hearing these ~onierfa squads
agrssd have the bells aad the svsnn, proceed
ing market days and cr3wds of the country olk ~0ui
TO the church order % Ntnes the 0psrs,On Of
Heinr curiosity which the took to turr
~ old and highly respectable etzsp that Captain Bad
den became 50 Important psr.orag from being the
Of The bells hstth were uni'srsaJ ruas wbsnsrv his
vess.i arrived In part.
We are informed BY Dr. Client worth, os this city
grandson OF Captain Baddsn, Ito whom Indebted
for the corresponi.nes abovs svsn that when any
the family of the ptsin did when his ships ar
rived In port, the bells also tolsd This done
he hai refused any compensation for his tros 10
bripa the bells to this country and merely re 8asd
bst AZ his death they should Be nued without ch,rs.