The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07

from thar imprisonment IN log housss without
doors or windows. Col. Theodore Bland. Jr.,
VIII commanded the guard, did all In his power
for them, but their situation was FAR from agree
able. Tho British ofloer, Lieut. Anbury, whose
account Of the AFFAIR was published. dwells with
JUNCTION upon the deprcdations worked among
tho stan by ian abominable liquor Of Char
lottesville called peach brandy in which. ito
keep out the cold" they had INDUCED too freely
upon arrival. THE inhabitants must sotusfr
have thought MS mad" says Anbury. "for. in
the course OF three or four days, thero were no
less than Ave or six duels fought" Gen. Phil
lips, whom Jefferson called the proudest man
OF the proudest nation upon earth" was quar-
tered at Blenheim, q seat belonging TO Col. Ed
ward Carter. and the Baron and Baroness Reidc-
sci occupied Gallo, the homo OF JefYerson's
Italian friend, Philip Mazzei. the scientist,
who fought for America In the Revolution.
and was captured by tho British. From
Monticello Mr.. Jefferson extended many cour-
tcsies to the ~captives, threw open his library to
them. and won from them q sincere regard. Tho
Baroness, who was the wife Of the Brunswick
General. had already CONC through so many
rougher experiences since her arrival In America
to share her husbands campaign. that these
must have seemed comparatively light 1t was
she who, before they had reached Saratoga, was
shut up for six days and nights with her chill
dren, and with other women, in Q cellar near
Fort Edward, and, during the nrc Of the Amcr1-
can army on all sides, had gone out alone TO the
river to fetch water TO the wounded Britishers
crowded In their retreat. This had been done
repeatedly, the American Ore being suspended
while a woman was within range. A diary kept
by the Baroness records that the Convention
Troops" In Albemarle county went bravely to
work after the first annoyances OF arrival, TO
make a neat little town OF log houses, with trim
gardens, and inclosed places for poultry In the
rear. The British troops remained there until
October, 1850. the Germans till 1881. When
Virginia became the scat Of war they were scat
tered, some to winchester, In the Shenandoah
valley, others into Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The writer OF these lines remembers many
happy hours spent. long ago, In q stately old
stone house in Clarke county. Virginia, near
Wildwood, built for Gen. Daniel Morgan by the
Hessian prisoners, and named by him Sara
toga. in memory Of the triumph Of American
arms, whore they had been surrendered. This
house was afterward the homo OF the accom-.
plished historian, John Esten Cooke.
Some OF the captured Germans remained
where they were, prefcrring to become American
~citizens. After Gen. Phillips was exchanged.
he held command OF the British invasion Of
Virginia in 1881. On April 25 he issued an
order that the property Of Col. Theodoric Bland.
Sr., In Prince Georges county, should DO in no
way injured. This was his return for tho kind
ness extended by Col. Bland. Jr., to the Con
vcntion Troops" at Charlottesville Notwith-
standing this order. Col. BANDS residence was
plundcred, his furniture and crockery broken,
his crops and stock destroyed. and his negroes
carried OF. Phillips was lying Ill Of foyer at the
"Bollingbrook house in Petersburg while the
town was cannonaded by young Major Gen.
Lafayette, ntat %, from across tho river.
Anbury relates that Phillips cried out. my
Godi It's cruel; they will not let me die in peace"
He died three days later, and Is buried In old
Blandford churchyard in Virginia. IN elabor-
ate memoir Of Phillips's campaign in Virginia
Ia In preparation by Mr.. F. r. Lassiter. late
United States District Attorney at Petersburg.