The Morning herald., 1877-04-16

ashe city tos sPenda - CAsisms holidays,
h famous D6ee ksse i Market ssrse4
IPhihdelphia. ~ without , iagle oneei
ihs- usnal hahitues ipon. the night Of Dsc.
4 18Th LII, Sbrcips. Castain Rodney 70
beat up companion or two 10 join him in
: bowl Of punch. This oes TACT j. painfully
descriptive of the utter despair of the peo.
Ipaes s'"a"'--""''-- --'@-s '.'4-"'- :"
There runs ,hrsnsa aAe journal warm
vein Of manly selfreliant hope, the out
growth Of Lofty selEsacri6cing courage
The Red Lion thirteen miles from Phila-
delphia is mentioned as the halti1g place
On the night of the 18th, this inn is sill =
favorite res, for those who travel the Bris-
.ol pike, and is one Of the very few, which
have stood mp against the chanse resulting
from Railroad travel,
Bristol is reached and sundry iil,s With
mastering officers and comm;ssaries where
in Captain Rodney shows that be would
stand no imposition, the gallant company
becomes part Of the little army which
vas to save the Republic. A letter II
Cesar A. Rodney II this period is incident
ally mentioned, which confirms Us in the
opinion, long entertained, ,ha, Gen Read
intended 10 make terms with the English,
ii the victories al Trenton and Princeton,
had not taken away his reason for 50 dcing
There is in The journal great deal Of
original bossonl-iscs Information, upon the
movements Of Count Dcnon the attack.
upon Burlington and Bordensovn, and the
preliminary maneuvreing preparatory 10
the great emprise OF Chrissnas night,
| ll.7e.
A letter of General John CadxAl Allader
vas read, which ii unknoxu to his decend-
ents in Philadelphia, they would feel p.oad
10 have copy. Another letter from =
Ken, county xhig was also read, wherein
he recommends the Delaware boys to
slaughter the bsrbarians, there is no half
or hesiiancy in the advice, the Kent pat
riot meant il, and meaning il advised NO
quarter to the British or HexianA whom
he believed were barbarians.
The swim current of the Delaware, the
floating crunchipg ice cakes. the intense
Id, are lucidly pictured in the journal:-
bat the all premea,ing pa,riosism, alike
scornfully defiant OF natural, ard human
obstacles. p<rmea,ing the soul Of every
American, irom Washington 10 Mar. Nsl-
lis lifts the aalhor up toa descriptive power,
which erysaliaes, words and actions into
picture. one can almost call Up, into visi-
bic being before The eyes, although cen,-
uary, wa6ens a great gap between then
and now.
So signally had Rednevs company
shown The qualities Of true soldiers that
it Was selected TO lead the van, in The
nsrch 10 Morrisown January Sid. We
pass over the scss OF the company upon
the eveattul daEs slready mentioned, and
| leave them 10 he resd in The journa, it.
sell. seven Delaware companies were Sc
leaed IS special guard OF Washington a,
Manis'osn On January 9Th, Csp. Rodney
at this point more fully and clearly re-
!atss the sad story Of General Mitt.in's
covsrsice urea that day-lh.u is to he
found IN any Of our histories. Tie term
OF service Of The company expired on tie
li'h, and The company returned home. Ii
scarcely ever iell TO the lot of 20 small
body o! men TO have been soldiers in such
sufnlly Eomen1oas fights a. those in which
Rnners company Was engsged-si leas.
whe.e shs time was limited .s month.
Cesar A. Rodney wss heard CT OF the l6.h
Of January uaarchpg icrv.ri, :. sss ss
possible, 81 The head @: .he Delaware ui-
vsssaa Of Militia, rssshins Pr;DAssa oa
!he alss- Cf.aa the ee4sh lhs asss oi CD.
John Hasas9s sho ieli ii Prsnexs.s uu5n
'ae Srd INST vxs forwarded TO his sdo,sss;
s.S.e- Tie Ss1snai eseses sisa q s.sxc,s
risk to the Fisbtrs in Pails5Afflss, vas
srs %. qa.'e ~ s1bilxr. xas- TrsEc ID
P,ircs-oo.
In any cshes Safe b9i Delaware. n. -,
vairshis paper IS the .po1raxl a CAPS Es-
peE, would hare long kiacs been ras5s
known by ais paaaicassn 70 erers hsaari-
cal sccie.y in CArisiesaasn. Wsas il ,ae
cas' OF i's publication, canFarea 70 sAe
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