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the advancing and retiring of the enemy
(the HessIans): paI'uies or armed men
s r9dely u snte mede f the td 5Dwn ana dl ~ tbe
gondola gentry broke into and piiaged
Rd Smiths house on the (riyer) bank.
About noon this day lDec. l6l q very
to town, and now actually to be seen on
Gallows Hill-my incautaous son CATER
ward DIR. John Morris) caught up q spy,
glass. and was running toward the mill
to look at them. told him 1T would
be liable to misconstruotion, but he pre-
vailed on me to allow him to gratify his
curfosity-he WENT, butt returned much
dissatisfied. for no troops could he see
as he came pack poor Dick (another son
Richard Hill Morris) took the glass. and
resting lit against a tree, took a view OF
the heet-bobh of these were observed by
the people on board, who suspected Il
was an enemy that was Watchlng rnelT
sent her on shore-1a loud knocking at
my door brought mo to it'll was a little
futtered, and kept locking and unlocklng
that l might get my rufneq Lace nd q I haIf
a dozen men, all armed, demanded une
key of the empty house. asked what
they wanted wan sd,, there Meo g SaS b sala s 20 Issra at
tory so near my own door, seriously
alarmed me, for a poor refugee dlgnilieQ
my roof, and was ait that time conceaaed
IKE a thief in an auger hole. rung
The bell violently, the signal agrees ere &c on NJ ~
had crept INTO the hole. ] put on a Gerry
simple look, and cried out, Bless me, 1
hope you are not Hessians. 20 We iook
". Indeed, 1 don't know, DID you
ever see a Hessian?' No, never IN my
life: but they are men, and you are men;
and may be a ao witb v for in ahytce olesneI
son at the, mill; he is but a boy and
meant no harm-he wanted to see tn nj
them, opened the door, and searched
every place, but we could find no tory
strange where he could pc. we resu rad
to t MoRE my NE SSasy GREAT NEWesl
More news! great news! very gr Tt
Holly! Guards of militia placed at York
and London bridges-gondola men IN
arms patrolling the streets, and d1llgent
search making for firearms, ammunition
The excitement in all that section OF
Jersey around Burlington and NJ; H p,lty
nam Was reported to be coming with
LOCO to 1900 men to do battle with the
Hessians. The Continental boatmen now
retire to their boats and have strict or
ders not to put a foot on shore. Mrs;
Morris's Oldest son is a yenturesome dao
and all his mothers fond solicitude can
not keep spa him rigas indoor ado into H The m9nnss a
l1Oio liz INV oo%
"December 1S-This morning gives us
hope of a quiet day, but my mind still
anxious about my son, not yet returned
Our refugee-the one who: as told aboye
escaped capture through. Mrs. Morris de.
laying the Co~ntinentals by talking Whlle
he hid himself more securely-on TO-DAY
out of reach of gondolas and Tory nun
tiers; much talk of the enemy; two Hes
SLAMS had the assurance to appear II
town today. They asked if there were
any rebels in town, and asked to bt
| shown the men of war-what a burlesqut
on men of war! My son returned to-
night, and to his modification saw no
one Hessian light horse, or anythine
worth seeing, but had the consolation. OF
a little adventure at York bridge. being
| made to give an account of himself as ht
went out yesterday, his horse detained
and he ordered to walk back to town ant
get a pass from General Reed. This he
readily agreed to, but instead OF a pas;
| Colonel Cox accompanied him back to thu
bridge, and Don Quixote Jr. mounted
| his horse and rode through their ranks
in triumph. Two field pieces said to bt
mounted at Bristol"
Mrs. Morris slurring comments on thu
Continental galleys and %gondolas, calling
them men of war, is amusing today II
the light of history n in a way the goo(
woman never dreamed of. Those very
linen of war; were to prove of tremen
dous Importance, and had not the Hes
slams been so ready to despise everything
their enemies did, they might have cap
Those very galleys n gondolas were il
a few days to ferry Washington and hi
army across the Delaware to Trenton OF
4 that ev~er-memorabIe Christmas