The sun., 1919-07-20
Hamlet's History Is
Rich in Stirring
Incidents of Revo-
, tionary War
and Deeds of De )
perate Bands
Plunderers and
Smugglers

were aroused to indignation by IS
murder An investigation was Or
dered and proof found of the inno-
cence of Capt. Hubby OF Philip
Whites death Washington wrote
to Clinton demanding that the MUIR
dercrs be given up for punishment,
but Sir Henry refused. Instead
court-martial trial was held on Capt
Lippincott, who had connived at
Huddy's hanging, and 1t was showr.
that Lippincott had carried out thu
orders received from the President o.
the Board of Associated Roy alist .
(Tories). Sir Guy Carleton, who ha.
succeeded Clinton in command, w, nj a
a letter of explanation and regret 4
Washington and stated that he i.a -
disbanded this board One of the lead.
ing members in it was a resident, "a.
stated by rumor, OF Chapel Hill.
Plunderers Harry Both FactIonat
At this period, 1852, Chapel Hill Ia"
at its lowest gasp and IL was ques.
tionable IL the settlement would en-
dure. Both sides of the warri.:g COM
batants were awaiting the signing OF
| a dehnitive treaty of peace, war opera
tons had ceased. but the lawless
elements of Jersey had grown holder
and more desperate. High Point was
frequently raided in 1888 by the light
troops OF both armies. 1rresponsibl,
bands trampled over their fields e.
took from the poor settlers whate
they had. The former scenes Of In
dian harry ana destruction were al
most weekly repeated. If the loyalists
now came out and proclaimed what
they had previously hidden it awaited
them nothing. There was then no
control, either civil or military. Several
OF the Tory families fled to New York,
but marauders from the Navesink did
not bother. II there was anything to
be stolen, to inquire into the politics'
opinions of their victims, but plui
dered wherever there was plumber 4
sight.
The view from the tower OF Chapel
Hill Light commands the long strip
OF Sandy Hook, the lower and upper
bays, Manhattan and Brooklyn, and in
the other direction ,the vast Atlantic
and miles Of the Jersey shore. As
Miss Hagamen "a lineal descendant
gravely and truthfully said: 1T would
be hard to find q handsomer view, no
matter where in the world you went"
To any one interested in tracing the
scenes of fiction he may from this
vantage point see or think that lie
sees the coves and estuaries where
Fenimore Cooper alternately hid and
displayed the beautiful little vessel
Wing and Wing. Tho point known
as Water Witch, likewise visible from
this altitude was named from Coop
er's novel OF the same name. While
writing this book he lived In a cottage
near the point.
An old cemetery lies at the foot of
the lighthouse, where many of the
former owners OF these thirteen houses
now sleep quietly. Capt. George Por-
ter, who for many years tended the
light in the tower. is buried there. He
was with Farrugut as signal boy IN tho
Battle OF Mobile Bay.
Quaint Epitaphs Seen.
Quaint epitaphs are to be read with
difficulty ON the decaying tombstones,
| for the Atlantic salt is destructive TO
the graver's art. One of them bids
Stranger, these humble graves ndorn.
You too may fall and ask a tear"
! But loyal as the inhabitants Of
| Chapel Hill may be to the memory OF
J their dead, as well they NAV re, for
every living soul in the place is con-
! nected more or less intimately with
every dead one. still II 10 them selves,
their continuance, their Interchangeable
! ness-that make Its interest They
are just what they were "in Bill and
Hosfords time" Ga common phrase in
Chapel Hill that no one living seems
TO be able to intcrrreD; they love
the place and are glad to return to
it after a visit 10 some far away cousin
| in M!ddletown or Freehold. They
keep up the old associations, the cd
speech, the old manners, and they
J even sing old Continental songs. A
quavering voice was chanting one sA
the visitors went back TO their auto.
and they paused to listen. Dear, naive
old song It was, flttiag climax of a
Colonial visit. sweet with the fresh
ness Of the simple Revolutionary days.
| How many mothers and sisters wept
over its primitive pathos as they
knitted or spun and thought of their
men hungry and shoeless in WASH
ington's army.
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