At Delancey's farm the body of a beautiful young lady, which had been buried for two years, was taken out of the ground and exposed for five days in a most indecent manner ; many more instances could be mentioned, but my heart sickens at the recollection of such inhumanity. Some persons try to believe that it is only the Hessians who perpetrate these things, but I have good authority to say that the British vie with, and even exceed the auxiliary troops in licentiousness. After such treatment can it be possible for any persons seriously to wish for a reconciliation with Great Britain ? l

Wo left General Howe on the 6th of November at Dobbs Ferry, to which point he had fallen back after abandoning on the 4th his position before Washington's lines on the Heights of North Castle. His object in this move was made perfectly plain a few days later by the concentration of all his forces for the reduction of Fort Washington. But his reasons for so abruptly retiring from in front of Washington at North Castle, where he seemed to have established himself with the serious intent of attacking him sooner or later, remained none the less shrouded in mystery; and indeed for more than a hundred years historical writers, in commenting on this phase, were quite at a loss to reasonably account for his conduct -- although the subject was made a peculiarly inviting one for curious inquirers by a remarkable statement of General Howe's during the investigation of his American career by the committee of the House of Commons. " Sir," said he on that occasion, " an assault upon the i Freeman's