The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27

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aassssas e sasA " TIE s 81 ~ sa 6%aSss sRSs
Of b British pursuit. he had trusted
chiefly to British and German count
tnn latter got yet translated.
Inere mad been of late q sort of revival
Of interest In Washington. We, who had
rne = Of q broader and clearer
perspeetive could see what the men Of
MS day did not. that even in his defeats
Washington made manifest, and that,
tnough at times the great cause for
which ne strove seemed well-nigh lost,
his calm, abiding faith, his wise counseIs
ms sagaeio'iS strategy. tended ever to the
final triumph, and not a moment sooner
for 1t.
Mr.. Nelson briefly referred to the Bat
tie OF Long Island, followed by the re-
treat OF the American Army to New York
CITY, thenee TO Westchesters county: the
Baltle OF White Plains. where fought
the New Hampshire troops 1.-THE great
great-grandfather Of Vice Presidenf-elect
Carrot A. Hobart, of New Jersey. Their
came the fall of Fort Washington. on
November l6, 1776, which opened the way
for the British invasion Of New Jersey,
Which was accomplished by Lord Corn
wallis on he night of November 10,
moyemnls of the American Army to
Hackensaek, Acquackanonk, Belleville.
Newark and New Brunswick. Having
AS y tiAC - AiCdlk k1Itly OuIEO &tnH
way and delivered its subsequent adven-
lures In the ensuing month into the hands
q General Stryker. as he said. Mr.. Nelson
OF the British and Hessian troops in pur-
suit of Washington. Here, he said, he not
OILY nag inc contemporary ccoun Of
the Brltlsh and German officers in COM
mand, but what was even more sight
Meant and full of information, he had the
accounts OF the depredations committed
Washington, and from the data Of f''t these
depredations, knowing Just where the
various victims lived at the time,he could
tel usha exactly what roads the army took,
made each day Of the pursuit.
Rouse after house was pitilessly ran
Of everything Of value. Il has and be pllia c;sl
tomary 70 lay he brunt of this offending
on me Hessian m~ercenaries, but Mr.. Nell
from the records he had examined that
the HesSians were by no means the onIy
plunderers in the hostile army, but that
s shs sT nf soldiers carried off their
~ would seem that 1t was not until the
army s reached Newark that the men-and
s snnie Of me oficers-gave full vent TO
neipiess inhabitants. without. regard to
9 sex or condition, to the most shock
ing and n n brutalities., The Amerl-
earEnd on El tSg to Newark. broke camp
and mad barely left Newark when Corn
guard. To expedite the retreat WISE
lngton marched from Newark in two col
Wmns an one goddg yis FL zabe1htowp, Ftah.
Springfield and Quibbletown, both reach sba
1ng New Brunswick about the same time
ION Paine accompanied the Americans
on tne retreat from Fort Lee to Trenton.
ana T was with the memory Of that marcn
pavid IN his mind. and with the knowi-
eSge OF me shocking d~epredations Of
I0e Hrpr -
penned the first number of "The Crjsis y
beginning with the famous serstenea
.Ihese are the times that try mems
This IS the merest outline of AZ very
interesting paper which elected a vote az
thanhs to. the author, with a request for
~ = eopy 81 me paper for publication in
the Society's Proceedings. The paper. If
Is SAID, was an abstract of a Chapter on
Revolut1onary events in the present coun-
" OF Passaic. from Mr.. Nelson's forth
sale County,,
The Committee on New Library Build
ing, py s'harles Bradley, chairman, re-
ported that the society now owned 400
mated to be worth about $26. 5000 which
was OBTAINED by the committee since Jam
vary, dosl, and at a cost for stationery
ana postage of $50. The committee rec
Commended its own continuance. as If he
Heved it the most feasible plan to GET
the library building for its home, espe-
ciaily as considerable stock will be- given
70 the society in the near future. This
Cyrus Peck, Francis M. Tiohenor, Ernest
=. Coe, William r. Weeks and william
TIL membership of the Historical So
the city should purchase the Park street
property, the society would nave a fund
OF about $4,000, the income of which
would put It in a fourishing condition,
and mako If nf prrno ~ xrn LIS. -
torian.
The following are to be elected life
members for donation of Newark Library
STOCK to the society:-James e. Harrison.
Mrs. James s. Higbie, Madison AIling,
Albert FL. Baldwin, of Newark; E. F. G.
Young, Allan L. McDermott and John
of Jersey City.
For resident members the following are
phonso N. Towne, Wallace M. Hill of
Newark, Frank Marsh, Mrs. Frederick A.
Brown, CHARLES D.. Plat of MorristoWn.
Addison Ely of Rutherford, Frederick HI.
Harris Of Montclair, Miss Rachel q. ALI
son OF Yardville, William H. Taylor,
Ranlefs Eoperts OF Someryilles A. H. Hes
Murray ofsNew Brunswick.
Mr.. 8. H. Pennington addressed a letter
to the society asking to be relieved from
the presidency on account of his adj
The following officers were elected
President, Genera William S. Strycker.
Trentons Vice Presidents, the Rev.
George 8. Mott, Newark; Jonathan W.
Roberts. Morris Plains; James Nelson
New Brunswick; Corresponding Secretary
Nelson, Paterson; Recording Sec.
rotary, Ernest G. Coe, Newark; Treasurer
n Librarian, Frederick w. Ricord:
Executive Committee, Robert H.. BALKAN
tine, Newark; John J. Blair, Blairstown:
Nathaniel Niles, Madison G.. w. ID.
Vroom, Trenton, and Francis M. Tiche-
nor, Charles Bradley James n Houya11
and Cyrus Peck of Newark, and DR., ]. a.
Coles, Scotch Plains - I.I 49,