Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21


men were ordered to unload. Afte
n surprising camp of the rebels, consist
le ing of about 1, 500 men, we took cir
h cult in dead silence. About one in tn
e morning we fell in with a vidette o
e horse centinel, was challenged thre'
times and fired he was pursued, but
y escaped. Soon after two foot soldiers
y challenged and fired these escaped
also. We then marched on briskly, but
e silently ; our company was advanced
g Immediately preceding company of
, rifemen, who always are in the front.
+ A picket fired on us at the distance Of
fifteen yards, but miraeulously without
, effect. This guard was Immediately
dispatched by the rifemen's swords.
We marched on through thick woods
and received smart fire from another
picket, who was also massacred. We
then saw the wigwams or huts, partly
by the almost extinguished fires, and
partly by the stars, and the frightened
wretches tried to form. We then
charged. For two miles we drove
them, they, now and then, firing scat
teringly from behind fences and trees.
The flashes of the pieces had a fine
effect in the night. The light dragons
came on, sword in hand, then shrieks,
groans, shoutings and imprecations, the
dashing Of swords and bayonets. No
firing from us, and little from them,
was more expressive of horror than all
the thunders Of artillery on the day of
action" This same General Charles
Grey who conducted'' this massacre
also superintended the bayoneting of
sixty-nine unarmed men of Baylor's
regiment, near Tappan, N. Y, to whom
he ordered "no quarters to be given,"
though they begged for their lives on
bended knees. No wonder that Re-
member Paoli'' became the watchword
and steeled the hearts Of the soldiers
when such barbarities were the rule,
not the exception. Some reflected on
General Wayne for not preventing this
affair, but like a true soldier he de- !
manded an immediate inquiry by court |
martial, and in his able and eloquent |
address, he concludes with these char
acteristic words: 81 rest my honor
and character, which to me are more
dear than life, in the hands of gentle
men who, when deciding on my honor,
will not forget their own.'' He was
unanimously acquitted Of the charge
with the highest honor and Washington
approved the sentence. Through my
hosts kindness l had the pleasure of
calling on Captain Wayne, a great
grandson Of Antony Wayne, who re-
sides on the farm, and in the same
house, where General Antony Wayne ,
was born and lived during the revolu- /
tion. found Captain Wayne to be a {
polished, cultivated gentlemen of com 8
mandfng appearance and not unlike the {
General. He showed US many relics !
of his ancestor. The house in which |
he resides is substantial structure of i
irregular stones, with wide hall run /
ming through the centre, and remains I
the same, with but little altering in h
one of the parlors, as when Gen. Wayne a
lived. The parlor on the right of the f
hall contains the same furniture as !,
when he lived there one hundred years n
ago. The carpet is a heavy English n
Of set pattern. which was q
clearly defined, in spite of over cen II
5ury's wear. The tables, chairs, stands +,
ind sofa showed the then carved legs +,
md clawed feet, of the last century d
ityle the sofa heavy and roomy, and Il
he open fire place contained the brass
Indirons, tenders, shovel and tongs, n
md the mantel above held the solid q
liver snuffers, candlesticks and waiter, ir
IS bright as if just from the silver tc
NTH. Over the mantel was an oil nj
ortrait of General Wayne, but we SC
we're shown a much finer one in the te
amily parlor, by Peel, and fine mez- P
otint engraving Of the same picture by
amuel Sartain. In the library of the
resent Captain Wayne was the old
lock. in most excellent order, whose :.
Ongue rang out the time in as melodi- - -
US tone as it did one hundred years
60. We were also shown a coat which =
Ieneral Wayne had worn. 1t was of S0
ark blue cloth, lined with buff, =
trimmed with brass buttons. It was =
/ most perfect state of preservation. ~ ~
he curtains at the windows were of =, =
ome heavy, stiff material, buff in color, -
nd were put up when Lafayette Yisi- J.
ID here in 1926. 1t seemed to be no ~
,ouble to Captain Wayne to show these - -
9lics, though he displayed no ostenta- i i
on, but couldsee by the brighteningo ~
is eyes, he felt an honest pride in being - -
le owner of these treasures and the -
of so great and brave a man !" "
J General Wayne. A visit to Radnor, =
here Wayne is buried, seemed but a o "P
atural completion of this sketch, SO g. g.
le next day found us at the old church y
lrd which also contains the church
here he worshipped. The church is 4, a.
lied st. Davids, is Episcopal, and was 'a :,
lilt in 1715. 1t is pretty little stone M M
hiding, plain and neat, suggestive of Ia
If eountry's early days. 1t is in a Per- 0oa
ct condition. One popularity of it is ~
le entrance to the gallery, which is noi
'vered stone stairway on the outside on'
I'd was planned by Gen. Wayne. The ~ ~
ken planks of the upper steps are as 10: nal
arp as if just from the saw mill, :"
hist the lower ones of stone are worn M li'''
nsiderably. This church was occu- @ no
ed at one time by the British as - -
rraek. In the grave yard we found Din
nrry oId Ao,oIDoAoy,aa n,.o doAs,,-. hr,1 Jul