Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-02-20

selfish enough to congratulate ourselves
on our comfortable quarters. J.M.h.
(Pos,.markcd "Old Point Comfort,
Va.D -....-..-.-.....-
Extracts from Vol. |. of Frank Moorc's "D'ary o'
the American Er,oiu'ion."
So VERY PARTICULAR.-Gaines' Ne'o
Ilorl; Mercury, of July "a, l.'9, gives
the following as tho instructions given to
recruiting officers of the Massachusetts
Bay service, by Horatio Gates, adjutant
| General under Washington
"You are not to enlist any deser'er from
the ministerial army nor any stroller ,neyro'
puJ,Gond, or persons suspected of being an
enemy to the liberty Of America, nor any
uaJcr eighteen years Of age.
/ You ara not to enlist any person who Is
not an Americrn born, unless such per-
son has rife and family, and is a set''ef
resident in this country. The persons
you enlist must be provided with good
and complete arms"
/ 1t appears, that, at the commencement
of hos,ilities, our fathers were very select
in their choice. Necessarily, the flower
of the country was obtained. But, alter
time, they were glad to do as necessity
compelled-accep. all the fighting ma'erl'
al they could muster, withou, regard to
moral character, birth, color, or habits, ii
only reliable.
In August, 1775, Gen. Washington
wrote, awe broke a Colonel Gerish, yes
tcrday, for cowardics on Bunker's HILL
the 18th of June"
The Virginia Gazette, OF Nov 20
l775, says, "Lopg have tho Americans,
moved by compassion, and ac'u1ted by
sound policy, endeavcr to stop he progress
! Of Slure'y. but their hun'ane
intentions have been as often frustrated
by the cruelty and covetousness OF set OF
English marchants, who prevailed upon
the King to repeal our kind aud merc'tuI
Act. little indeed to the credi; of his hu-
maui,y. Their present masters
pity their condition and
would willingly, were it in their power
or were they permitted, not only prevent
any more negroes from losing their free
dom. but restore 1t to such rs hare unhdp
pyly lost it."-"Lord Dunmore will give
up the offending negroes to the rigor OF
laws they have broken, or sell me" l" M'
West Lndies, where every year they sci
MANY thousands of these miserable breth
, rcu, to perish, either by the inclemency o
, the weather, or the cruelty Of barbarou
, masters"
Nov. 1l,h, tho British surprised ar
American "sentinel, who was drunk and
asleep upon his post"
, The PhHad Zee. Post, Jan. e, l716
says, "The regulars (alias Mipisterlal's's'.
have q particular spite against meeting
houses" having torn one down, in Boston
, for f.ewood, turned one into barracks
: and another into a riding school.
Tue Nep T9rL; Packet, Jan. IS, state
that the word IIhiy is derived from tn
Scottish uhey, or sour milk, aud was ap
piled to those who were more in favor o
republican rule and religions liberty
Il Tory means Irish hylpay robbers, ant
was borne BY aristocrass and religious CO
- ercions,s.
The london Packet, Jan. 80, says
"Mrs Washington, being warm loyal
lists, has separated from her husband sinc
: the commencement Of the present troubles
9 and lives, very much respected, in tn
:, city of New York"
;. A British writer argued that so man
A German regiments would be sent to tn
-. then four New England States, (N. ii
. Mass, X. l., and CT, that, being yer
prolific, "they, and their descendants
:. would probably number million Of PEE
A pie by the year 1900"
,. The above show many coincidence
r in the struggles for Legal Liberty-la1
aud 1868. READER.