The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

southward to the field. where a pyra- mid of shells now marks the spot on which Mercer fell. Here Washington came to the relief of hls advance. and. assuming command. drove the English Tn wild flight. the greater part crossing tne brook and heading for Trenton; put portion turned toward Princeton. ana were accounted for later Mercer was carried to the house of Thomas Clark, where he died ten days later. after intense suffering. What are said to be his bloodstains on the floor or the room where he was first laid aTs still shown to visitors. The house is now the property of Mir. Hale.
 The. fight in which General Mercer fell occurred with the lines of the op- posing detachments drawn dlagunaily across the present line of the new turnpike---Mercer Street-which did not then exist. The route of the main body Of the Americans was northeastward along farm road, which, roughly speaking. followed the direction which Mercer Street now takes Some of the wounded were carried to the house of Thomas Olden, on the old turnpikc. This house is now the aviary of Drumthwacket, the residence of M. Iaylor Pynes While men were recent iy making some repairs to the grounds, cannon ball and several grapeshot
 
 possession of MT. Pyne.
 Soldiers In old North.
 About half 4 mile father east, in a raVlne south of Mercer street, occurred second engagement Here fragments or the 10th and 55th regiments, hay. ing escaped from the rout at stony Brook. rallied and opposed the Ameri- can advance under General Sullivan The scene of this action was just 4 little southwest of the present semi nary grounds. The stand made by the English, was only momentary in a few moments Sullivan scattered them. the major portion fleeing over the fields to the New Brunswick road, while about 200 of the 10th took refuge in the college Old North. A tew shots were fired into the building, and the English surrendered The Americans proceeded eastward along Nassau street, and their rear was pass ing Queenstown. when the head of Cofnwallis's main column reached Mer- eers battle-ground, two miles to tho west. When they reached Princeton, a field piece mounted in q small en- trenchn1ent opposite the present site of the inn, was fired by some strae- glers and Cornwallis halted for an hour or so to reconnoitre, thus mak- ing possible Washington's escape. Re- sisting the temptation to risk hIs dwindling force by march on New Brunswick, where Cornwallis's stores and military chest offered a tempting bait, the American commander turned off at Kingston on the Millstone road. and thence proceeded with his men to the hills around Morristown.
 The Battle of Princeton does not comprise the entire Revolutionary his- tory of the town. Morven, on stockton street, next the inn. was pillaged hy the English early in December, 177e. and was at one time General Howe's headquarters. The house was built very early in the eighteesith century, by John Stockton, and has remained ip the family ever since. In 1776 it waa the residence of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The residence of an other ''signer" is on Witherspoon street about a mile north of the town, where President John Witherspoon built a residence in 1773. Tusculum. as 1t was called. was also used as British head quarters in 1776-7, and in 17s9 Wash. ington spentsa night in the house en route to New York to take the oath as President.
 "The Barracks" an old stone house on Edgehill street. Is the oldest build ing in Princeton. It is supposed to be the original Stockton mansion. 1t was used for soldiers quarters both in the 1 French war and in the Revolution. hence it's name. | The old Cannon.
 The Deans house. on Nassau Street l east of the First Presbyterian Church, was built simultaneously with Old l North, and was the Presidents house | from Burr to McCosh. Here Jonathan | died in 175s, after only a l incumbeney of the office of I President The biz cannon which | stands on the campus back of Nassau | Hall Is q relic of the battle. It was | abandoned owing to broken carriage. | After various wanderings 1t was plant pd in it's present location in lS40. "The | Cannon" is the great undergraduate in- stitution: from the first fresh fire" to | fhe final classday exeroises much of the | college life centres around the old gun.
 "Old North" or Nassau Hall. Is the | most interesting of all the buildings in | the neiehborhood. There are, in fact, not many buildings in the United States 1 ! bout which SO many historical memo