Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-01-21

Wi thin fIlp Sf0ckade. but HOld Mitch"
was too wary. He reasoned that neu-
tralitv was the safest plan for him to
adoDt. so he flattened himself beside a
aav-rick. where he Law in mortal ter
rors and never recovered his ebony
solor which that October day was blued
with fright. ssBus lordy. massy,' he
used "a exclaim. when in after days
ha was asked fo relate his experience
II that dreadful time. eah guess an
buck as al canum hall cum ploughin'
.one+ do eroI,n, and f1ingin, de sand IL
nah faoe. Al, after daf casuum bowed
n al tought fen half an hour All was
1ead weder or nor, He referred To
Id buretiro If i g,,n within Fort Mers
~. 7nh;eh Ala ,,,e,.o tayy, e tba amor.
cans fsfan lid the combined forca q
80 I5oss;ane IN et,o,.a and petition yes
sals IS tba river. and the American
o s.Sss,r ba;ng fourteen killed and
mo1ndad. that If tbe Rrit-
isb was 30f killed. If whom fifteen
were officers. and MANY wounded. 100
dvino within three DAYS some we're
i,,t . on fha WhitaI MACE south Of
sba stoolxade aud MANY were buried
IN the Strangers, Ground on Delaware
street woodbury.. New Jersey.
After repeated rennlses the Hessians
retreated in wild confusion. dropping
their wounded along the. route to Had
donfeld. They left their disabled lead
sr. Count Donor. in the trenches; he
who SO insolenfly had demanded sur
render, with the warning that if the
Americans stood battle they could ex-
Dect no quarter That night when
Mauduit du Plessis found him nearly
smothered, and with broken hip, he
called to those Rhode Island nefroes
who tenderly lifted him out from the
eneumbering carcasses. DonOp expect
ed no quarter then, and he was so ever
come by their kind treatment that ne
exclaimed: i die content; die IN the
hands OF nonor iIseH.
They carried MIN 10 the Wnitali
house, but Mrs. Wnltall ADVISED MS re-
moyal to Gibbs, tnree-quafters OF
mile down the river where there
would pc more room ana 1888 cohiu-
sion.
Wnen Coionei Gfeene noss'u oue y
the Wnldan mousse inlo ene loie ~
Octoper IL Ann Wnilall MenS .oySl
with neF son Jop, shs at 9nce ueeiqeu
TO stay anu put THINGS " flssn.s. Joy
lnsisted lhat she ougnt at isasta " ~
70 the nearest neignbor lol sai5sy.
But she was opoura.e ana aleowe9 tna Id.
II the LORD called neI, ne Wouiu nlu
her at nome; ana Win Deausilui lsi. ~
reminded Hef son lnaI LUG Loiu =
strong anu inlsney anu iiS VIII pio7
tect me.
On tndI ldeeiui WeunSsudy, 49,.
beF ~, lass, altei See.l1s n0l nouoe :,
as gooo order as possinie, anu e llsl sne
might prepare neiseil ~ "u 800
God Dreamed, AIN ooope1 Wnleal'
TOOK her spinning Wneel TO tne sou.n,
east room. AS that wnee, wnlileu
round, the guns OF the BRUSH lrlsales
Augusta and Merlin doomed gamus
OF threats-those OF tne nearby iole
roared aenant answers ana .nS m ,1n
kerry OF peslessfs anu psslsssu, H.,
gieu Win ene screams " snS
ept up an incessanels no.laos1 ~ 49, IN, :.
lG was #eerIlpie: on0 lT0lose e.. aa.4i -
puise " esen ioon nol =. !" - ~,
ING hersell Will tns enou5aas . l:.s, -
aDslalnihg sne was pSai lns -. sA---N
TO FTlends annorfence y va,
linen one u Tue pans iloz. ~ 4a -
gusta Went Wloe q lIs am ~ ~ ~ "a !
the north gaple just pelow !. =. " an :,
as II seeking the GU iauy II elosneu
the norIneasl fooln-.onen si.e -
ana INTO the soutnsdsl Ioolh ~ WAao !
Ann WhltalI SAT SPINNING -
fell-inert. what II more snouia Io ,r
low? she remembered tna1 FIosluehee
fayors those VINO alu themselves y
hall!-of-n! what an ugly hole lna'
ball made!-doWn tne open slailway !, ,
speedily reaching the celiaF oooI anu
made quick descent 70 the eool uep.u
OF the southeast corner 11sre sue
continued to SPIN until the tunlui'
ceased and the battie was over.
And the battle continued ABOUT nan
IN hour, ana the residue llaue lneli
escape and fed,
Now the beil0wings of the destroy
ling. engines were heard afar OF, and
the shouting of the men Of war re-
al from ch0rn IN shore and from