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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06

Ing from taking the commonest pre-
cautions against surprise He had re-
fused to heed the urgent representa-
tons of Won Dechow and other of his
high officers. Now his honor was at
stake; so he rashly made up his mind
to charge.
I'VE will retake the town. All who
are my grenadiers, forward he cried
intrepidly.
The men, with fixed bayonets, adj
vanced bravely, and he led them gal
lantly forward, sword in hand. The
Americans fired yolley. Forests bat
terry, which enfiladed them, poured in
deadly fire. Rail in the advance,
upon his horse, received a fatal wound
and fell to the ground. The Cont
nentals, cheering madly, charged for
ward with fixed bayonets. The Hes
slams stopped, hesitated, wavered.
Their chief was gone. The battle was
lost. They broke and fed! Disregard
ing the commands and appeals of their
officers, they turned quickly to the
right and ran off into the face of
Hands rifiemen who received them
with another volley. Many of them
fell A body of Virginia troops, led by
Talbot, now gained their left flank, the
Philadelphia city troop encircled their
rear. The helpless men stopped, COM
pletely bewildered, hudd1ed together In
confused mass. washington, seeing
imperfectly and thinking they were
forming again, ordered the guns from
Forests battery, which had been load
ed with canister, to be discharged upon
them at once.
'.Sir, they have struck cried Sey-
mour the keen eyed, preventing the
men from firing.
struck cried the general in sur
prise.
Eyes, sir Their colors are down"
80 they are" said Washington,
ciasping his hands and raising his eyes
to heaven. Then, putting spurs to his
horse he galloped over toward the
men, The firing had ceased in every
direction, and the day was his own.
The three regiments were surrendering
at discretion, two to him and the other
to Lord Stirling. As Major Wilkinson
galloped up from the lower division
for instructions Colonel Rail-, pale and
DieOuluS anu supported 5Uy Two ser
geants, presented his sword, which
Washington courteously declined to re-
ceive. The general then gave orders
that every care and assistance should
be afforded the unfortunate soldier,
who died the next day in room in
Potts tavern.
This is indeed a glorious day for our
country" said the general to Seymour.
1t was, in fact, the turning point in
the history Of the nation. The captives
numbered nearly 1000 men, with ! 200
stand of arms, six fieldpieces, twelve
drums and four colors, including the
gorgeous banner of the Anspachers,
the Won Lossburg regiment.
OF the Conn., falls only two were
killed and fou@- sounded, while up
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spirit that ia the excitement of the mo-
ment they rocked little OF the freez-
ing cold and the hardships Of their ter
rible march. The retreating army was
at last on the offensive. They were
about to attack now, and no attack is
SO dangerous as that delivered by men
from whom the compelling necessity
OF retreat has been suddenly removed.
It was about s o'clock in the morn
Ing when they came in sight OF the
town. The village of Trenton then con-
tained about 100 houses, mostly frame,
scattered along both sides Of two long
streets and chiefly located on the west
bank OF the Assunpink, which here
bent sharply to the north before 1t
flowed into the Delaware. The Assam
pink was fordable in places at low wa
ter, but it was spanned by a substan-
tal stone bridge, which gave on the
road followed by Sullivan, at the west
end Of the village. Washington came
down from the north and entered the
village from the other side. About half
a mile from the edee of the town the
column led By him came abreast Of an
old man chopping wood in a farmyard
by the roadside
Which is the way to the Hessian
picket?" said the general
Il don't know" replied the man sui
lenly.
you may tell" said Captain Forest,
riding near the general at the head Of
his battery, "for this is General Wash
ington."
The mans expression altered at once.
God bless and prosper you!" he
cried eagerly, raising his hands to
heaven. There! The picket Is In that
house yonder, and the sentry stands
near that tree"
The intense cold and heavy snow had
driven the twenty-five men who COM
posed the advance picket to shelter,
and they were huddled together In one
Of the rude huts which served as a
guardhouse. The snow deadened the
sound Of the American advance, and
the careless sentry did not perceive
them. No warning was given until the
lieutenant In commend Of the guard
stepped out Of the house by chance
and gave the alarm In great surprise.
The picket rushed out, and the men
lined up in the road in front OF the
column. the thick snow preventing
them from forming a correct idea of
the approaching force. The advance
guard Of the Continentals, led by Cap
tain William A. Washington and Lieu
tenant James Monroe, instantly swept
down upon them. After a scattered
volley, which hurt no one, they fed
precipitately back toward the village,
giving the alarm and rallying on the
main guard, posted nearer the center
OF the town, which had been speedily
drawn up, to the number of seventy
five men. Meanwhile Sullivan's men,
with Stark at the head, had routed the
piclzets on the other road in the same
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WATERBURY EvENTNG DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY. JULY G.

him, and he had been defeated but he
had won his freedomi
For forty hours now that little band
of men had marched and fought. and
when It reached it's camp at midnight
the whole army was exhausted. The
only man among them all who pre-
served his even calmness and was APP
parently unaffected by the hardshiDs
Of the day was the commander himself
the iron man. Late into the night he
dictated and wrote letters and orders,
to be dispatched In every direction in
the morning. The successful issue of
his daring adventure entailed yet fur
Their responsibilities, and the, campaign
was only just begun. AS for himself,
the world now knew him for q soldier.
And a withered old man in the palace
Of the Sans Souci in Berlin, who had
himself known victories and defeats,
who had himself stood at bay, facing a
world in arms so successfully that men
called him 1.-THE Great" called this and
the subsequent campaign the finest
military exploit of the agei
(To Be Continued)
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06
MAN HUNT IN NEW JERSEY.
Negroes Suspected of Assault May BE
Lynched.

Negroes Suspected of Assault May BE
Lynched. 81
BURLINGTON, N. J., July 6.--With
her one-year-old babe by her side and
her husband away delivering milk,
Mrs. Elsie T. Biddle the young wife Of
Charles Biddle, a farmer living along
the Rancocas road, near here, was the
victim of criminal assault and robbery
By three negroes, and man hunt is in
progress throughout the surrounding
country. The outrage is one of the
worst that has ever occurred in this
section, and hundreds of men armed
with all sorts of weapons are in pur-
suit Of the perpetrators.
Mrs. Bldd1e recognized one of the
men as Aaron Timbers, who was re
Gently released from the Jamesburg
Reform school. The second man Is
said to be we'll known negro charac-
ter and the THIRD an unknown farm
hand. Pursuers caught up twice to the
negroes, and two of them are believed
to have been wounded
Two negro suspects have been
brought to the Burlington Jail. At the
lookup a large crowd had assembled
and threatened to lynch them. 1t WIS
with much difficulty that they were got
into the building safely. Both men de-
clare they are innocent.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06

ward OF hundred of the Hessians
were killed and wounded, among the
killed being Rail- and Won Dechow, the
first and second in command The
whole Of this brilliant affair scarcely
occupied an hour.
AS none of the other divisions had
got across, 1t was scarcely safe for
Washington to remain on the east side
Of the river In the presence Of the
vastly superior forces Of the enemy,
which would be concentrated upon him
without delay So, after giving the
men much needed rest, securing
their booty and burying the dead, the
evening found the little army. with its
prisoners, retracing its steps toward.
the ford and its former camping
ground.
But with what different feelings the
hungry, WORKOUT, tattered mass Of
men marched along in the bitter night!
The contrast between the well clothed
and well fed Hessians and their cap
tors was surprising but not less stril1-
ing than that between their going out
and coming in. Little rocked the fro
zen men Of the hardships Of the way.
They had shown the world that they
possessed other capabilities than facil-
1ty in retreattng, and no American ar
my, however small or feeble, would
ever again be despised by any foe.
The return passage was made with
out incident, save that just on the crest
Of the hills leading down to the ford
the general, who was in advance
again, noticed a suspicious looking,
snow covered mound by the roadside.
Riding up to it, one Of his aids dis
mounted and uncovered the body of
man, a Continental soldier, frozen to
death. The cold weapon was grasped
tightly in the colder hand A little
farther on there was another body
asleep in the snow-another soldier!
The last was that man of the head
quarters guard who had spoken OF his
little children at home on Christmas
day. They would wait a long time be-
fore they saw him again. He had been
willing to fight the whole English
army All, we'll sterner foe than
any who marched beneath the red
flag of Great Britain had grappled with
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06

taking the longer or inland road, called
the Pennington road, which entered
the hown from the northeast, while
Sull1van's column followed the lower
road. which entered the town from the
west by way of a bridge over the AS
sunpink creek. AS Greene had long
detour to make, Sullivan had orders to
wait where the crossroad from How
lands Ferry tntersected his line OF
march until the first column had time
to effect the longer circuit. so that the
two attacks might be delivered togeth-
er. General Washington himself rode
In front OF the first column It was
still frightfuiIy cold.
About daybreak the general spied an
officer on horseback toiling through
the snowdr4fts toward him. AS the
horsemen drew nearer he recognized
young Martin.
What is 1t now, sir?'
General Sullivan says that the
storm has rendered many OF his mus
kets useless by wetting the printing
and powder. He wishes TO know what
Is to be done. sir"
Return Instantly and tell him he
must use the bayOnet- When he hears
the fishing he 10 TO advance and charge
immediately. The town must be TAX
en-, and intend to take It"
Very good, SIR" said the young
man, saluting.
"Can you get through the snow In
timer
Yes, STR" he replied promptly. IL
can get through anything IL your ex-
cellency will give the order.'
The general smiled approvingiy. It
| was evident that young mans first les
son had been a good one. His emphR-
sis, he was glad to sea, had not been
migapplied.
When Martin netoined Snllivan's col
! umn, which had bean halted at the
crossroads, the men who had witnessed
his departure were eagerly waiting
his return. AS he repeated the gener-
ais reply they began slipping the bayo-
nets over the muzzles of their guns
| without orders. So eager were they to
advance that Sullivan had dif1culty in
restraining them until the signal was
given, Such were their temper and
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06
NORGE WRECK
Seventeen Survivors Brought Into
Aberdeen by TrRwIcr.
(To Be Continued.)

Seventeen Survivors Brought Into
Aberdeen by TrRwIcr.
LONDON, July 6.-Seventeen sur
viyors Of the wrecked Norge were, land
ed at Aberdeen last night by the steam
trawler Largo Bay. They were picked
UP from one of the boats of the Norge.
Six hundred and twenty-seven souls
are still missing
The contingent now being cared for
at Aberdeen consists of twelve passen-
gers, the third mate of the Norge, the
quartermaster, steward, a lamp trim
Nmer and one Of the crew
They drifted at the mercy of the At
lantic for six days. When both water
and food were gone and when the oc-
cupants were almost too exhausted
even to hope the trawler hove in sight,
when the boat was about thirty miles
off ST Kilda.
Those rescued had eked out an exist
ence on two biscuits per day. When
they started from the i'll fated ship
there was only one small cask of fresh
water in the boat. Before the Largo
Bay fell in with them this and the bis
cults had been finished, and the pangs
of thirst and hunger had set in. They
weathered a gale and continued as
best they might, striving to reach the
coast of Scotland against the heavy
seas. From strips Of life belts they
constructed crude SAIL The men had
scarcely strength enough to hold the
oars
When the survivors were dra gged on
board the trawler the fishermen were
obliged to forcibly prevent them from
eating and drinking too much.
The third mate states that three 9TH
er boats started with that rescued by
the Largo Bay. One of those contained
thirty-two persons, including several
women and children. Another boat had
fifteen men, with the second mate in
charge The third boat had ten men on
board. The survivors parted company
with the three boats on July 3.
The Danish government and the
steamship company have sent out a
steamship to search the seas for the
boats, and the vessel will visit all the
islands within possible radius, but
the rescued at Grimsby and Storno-
way, who have gone through terri
BILE experience, believe that there is
now little ground for hope unless an
outgoing vessel should have picked up
one or more of the boats or unless the
survivors have landed at ST. Kilda and
Flannan islands.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for the construction
of a public comfort station in the
basement of the City Hall building,
City of Waterbury, in accordance with
plans and specifications prepared by
Griggs and Hunt, architects, at whose
office at the corner of Center and
LeaYenWorth streets. Waterbury, said
plans and specifications may be seen
and such information given as shall
be desired, will be received at the of
flee Of the Clerk of the Board of Com
missioners of Public Works, City Hall
building, until 8 O'clock p. M. July 10,
59t4.
The City reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
A certified check of 10 per cent of
the amount Of the proposal, said
check made payable to the order OF
the Comptroller of the City OF Water
bury, must accompany each proposal
as a guarantee that the successful bid
der will enter into n contract accord
ing to the terms of his proposal, with
in five 90 days after the award is
made to him.
The successful bidder shall furnish
the City of Waterbury a bond Of
some approved surety company to the
amount of 30 per cent of the amount
of his contract. conditioned upon the
execution of his contract, in accord
ance with the plans end specifications
I pertaining thereto. in a proper, Ell
cient and workmanlike manner
Said proposals shall be addressed to
| the Board of Commissioners of Pub
| lie Works, and marked CONSTRUCTION
of Public Comfort Station"
BY order Of the Board of Commits.
| sioners of Public Works
G. T.. HOLMES,
Il. f. JACKSON,
I 7-75-2 Committee.
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Money To E1oau.

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To he a Greater Berlin.

BERLIN, July 6.--With view to the
creation Of a Greater Berlin, with a
population approaching that of Greater
New York the Prussian minister of the
interior, Baron Won Hammerstein, is GO
Ing to London to study the administra-
ton Of that CITY.
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After that Tor three miles or so 1t
) wound In and out between the bills
and through forests OF ash and black
oak, which afforded some little shelter
The storm ragged with undated fury,
and the progress of the little army was
very. slow. The men were IN good
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