New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-06

In confusion this afternoon on account OF sh o"es
ment between ye Roebuck, manofwar' anu 20 oo''
delows." Lead was now being sought ior poho',
fact which explains the following entry OF june ~,
l77e 1.-TWO or three called TO look AT our "nuo"
weights-found them to be of iron'-anh 20 no'
s.rv,c.abe pv JuIv 1e things had reached high
pitch, for on that day the journal reeorus- ro"us
Westinghouse at MArketst. corner broken OPEN W
We America an soldiers where they have taheh NY mon
abode" In January, 1777, I'VE nSa Nv. Connc1
soldiers Quartered upon US, by Oruer Vi ~ o0u"O
Of safetys but Il seems that they did not stay very
long perhaps finding the surroundings 100 qu'e''
Then popular sentiment began to resent Ae a'''.uu'
of the Friends and many Of the latter were
In February of this year Mrs DrinKer set Gown
visit paid by some friends 10 Marx Miner anu
p.dmap VINO are conhned In the jail, for rea0lng
a testimony from the meeting for Sunerinss' a"u ~
refusing to take the Test proposed to 'I'u
test beinR formal remuneration Of allegiance 10 inc
$3.50 C,oyr and a declaration Of loyalty to the
Ar.rcan government This test had been Moptea
nv the Pennsylvania Assembly, and The yearly "eo-
inc NJ tho Friends at Philadelphia had rosoNeo a'
they could not consistently with 'heir "i,so" pr"
ctples comply with the requisiilohs Oh '"oso i
We catch dim glimpses Of the war 10 MIS- piinAor
short and unsympathetic entries one seaio0' uNo.
comments upon the events recorded by her pen mus
III A 1777 has this note "The Town Illuminated
nd . ereat number OF windows broken, on ye ANN
versarv OF Independence and Freedom though pos
sbIy there Is a gentle irony concealed mere. w uouD
the Quakers this trying time werc suo'eot ~ o"'l
tolcrably hirh-handed proceedings Henry D1hNer nu
eevcral others were seized and mprsoneu' anu uie
DOOR wife, going to the 1al to see nor h"sosuu' oauI
va nrisoners finishing Protest against the tyranncA
-. q, w nresent wicked rules" IL ala them no
- that nrotest for in a day or two the captives
wore sent of TO their place Of hanishneht, 1us' ao
this separation from her husband-Sep'oihDor -,
sbe writas perhaps not altogether "lthou' e"'''i"
tion mart of Washngtons army mas Doeh lo"'ou'
and have been coming into Town IN great hunioeiS :
We parculars Of ye Battle have not at,ohuou ~ 20
Slain is said to DO very hundreds Oh 'neir
s'1s,,o,s laying in We road-whch those that made
~ have thrown down. As q rule Tho ruinors OF
reat losses moved false that the dafst oi'eh nan
to correct her original record few DAY iar' 9 "
the details Of the military movements sho ho'0, h"V
ANYTHING nor seems to have cared enough " ind,'''
Clearly the whole situation shocked her gehio 9ua"or
soul and she only devoted herself The thoio
10 her children and home because OF the pioVaiins
disturbances. .o,,n,, p.uo-
when the English are said 10 be approaching fhlia'
dolnba and there was general exodus from the ciV'
Mrs Drfnker goes about her daily worn a. We
ever and only writes h io Know not what to be-
iieye Ye sign over ye way OF o. ,a af We cy
taken down this afternoon RS gavs I aeT she %tcs
here are ys English in earnest spou Without op
came in through second '' psnderns on 20
p pOo side or We other" After all the go0a
bousewife seems not to have suneIea gre ,o,s
F ,tbcr ~ the combatants though quisitons were
rlontv Her husband was welltodo ana sharp maj
of business who took full advantage OF ms obpnnv
lies They made money and ptospercq; r i ,t
thew bought country house, and Mrs Drhker 5 SS,
ses 10 her great content therein she drops , muS
Banyans "Pilrlm's Progress" notwthstatuls t she
MANY OF her friends see nausht VI the Soos
Was n wboesome minded, pious, tender ana s1eSuo
ate woman beyond doubt and her loulna, aU ~ ~
many curious views Of old-fashoned Quaker ne, IL ~
t,c np knowledge
;,onary enoch such as It Is Il was well worm PRINT
ing and Phladclphans must find special i 'd d.
its local amsons and It's musing chronicle OF oa fen
svIvania families The editors work appears 10 nave
been performed with judgment