The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
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Then, after telling them to make
their peace with God. he uttered
the terrible words: "You shall be
carried to the gaol of Frederick
town and be hanged therein; you
shall he cut down to the earth
alive and your entrails shall he
taken out and burnt while you
are yet alive, your heads shall be
cut off. your body shall be divided
into four parts and your heads
and quarters shall be placed
where His Excellency, the Gov
ernor. shall appoint. So the Lord
have mercy on your poor souls"
Four were pardoned, the other
three suffered the full vigor of the
law. The tribunal which tried
these was a special court of oyer
and terminer, called to try Tories.
Many others were fined and i'm
prisOned. A month after the
trial, on August II, 1881, a meet
ing of the citizens was called to
determine what should be done
with three men who refused to
take the new paper money. They
were excused on apologiziug, and
promising for the future to re-
ceive paper money at par with
silver and gold; but, that there
might be no mistake as to the at
titude of the county, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously
adopted: "That we will exert our
utmost endeavors in supporting
the credit and circulation of the
said new paper money at par and
we will punish. by tarring and
feathering and expulsion from the
county, any person who shall
hereafter be so hardy as to act
contrary" to these resolves. The
purpose here was commendable,
the proposition diSgraceful. This
resolve is the one blot on the rev.
dictionary history of Frederick
county, and it is to be hoped that
its lawless intention was never
carried out. Every other act of
the Frederick county men was
done decently and in order.
AT last the war ended. In
March, 1888, the first news of the
peace came to Frederick town.
There was great rejoicing among
the citizens that the long strug-
gle was over, among the prisoners
that they soon would be released.
On April %, General Lincoln,
who was commanding in Fred
erick at the time, made official
proclamation of peace, and a pa
triotic demonstration of day and
night followed. The fireworks
for the nights display were pre-
pared by Bayreuth captain and
his men, while the German must
clans played at the ball given in
honor of the occasion. There was
general fraternizing and many of
the German officers were guests
at all the festivities. The only
shadow on the sun of Joy was that
an excitable French captain had
his men charge the prisoners who
cheered for King George. In this
unfortunate occurrence, four Ger
man soldiers were mOrtally
wounded.
Throughout the county there
was rejoicing. At Israel's creek,
after listening to Gan excellent
sermon much to the purpose, the
people enjoyed a most elegant en-
tertainment, "drank thirteen
toasts, fired solute of thirteen
platOons and gave thirteen cheers.
The evening saw an illumination
and bonfires and the whole was
concluded with propriety and de-
corum." In May the German
prisoners were released and one
of them put down in his diary,
"that the people, and especially
the women, were very sorry to bid
them good bye"
The quiet mountain town and
the rich country around it, the
western settlements in the ALLIE.
ghanies, the more level plains of
Montgomery, saw no more of
martial array nor heard any more
rumors of war for nearly eighty
years. They had done nobly in
their country's cause, they had
been steadfast in the struggle for
independence, they had believed |
in the triumph of the new nation
and they had their reward. In
considering the history of war
we often think to exclusively of |
the armies in the field and forget |
the people from whom the army |
was recruited and by whose sup
port it was maintained. But in
whatever line of patriotic service
we test the conduct of Western
Maryland during the Revolution,
the whole country has reason to
be grateful for vigilant perform
ance of duty.
THE END.