a Heath'.s Meoi. p. 62. h Ibid. C3

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passed by de Lance}-'s mills to the neighborhood of Morrisania, v/her-.- they took twelve or fourteen prisoners, some stock, &c. The enomv collected, a skirmish ensued, in which the enemy had a number ofmen killed and wounded; our loss, two killed and two wounded."'^ The frequency of these attacks compelled De Lancey to shift his quarters under the British guns of Fort No. S, in Fordham. The dwellings at Morrisania were burnt on the same day with the Westchester court house.

In St. Anne's churchyard repose the remains of Brevet Brigadier- General W. W. Morris, U. S. A., a member of the Morris family, whom, it will be remembered, was the first military ofHcer who, during the late Civil "War, refused to obey a wait of habeas ccrpics, while in command of P'ort McHenr}-, at Baltimore, Md. At first public indignation was aroused against him, and it was at one time proposed by the Government to deprive him of his commission. Upon sober second thought, the Government concluded that his act, though high-handed, was justified by the emergency. Following is the correspondence upon the subject: --

IIeadquaetees, Fop.t MoHeset, Md., May Stet, 18G1. Colonel: -- "I wish most respectfully to inform the Lieutenant-General Cornmantling, that during the past week a writ of Habeas Corpus was is.'ucd by the Hon. Judge Giles, of the United States District Court, for the District of Maryland, cominanding me to produce the body of Jolin G. ^rullen, a recruit of the United States Army, on the alleged ground that said Mullen was a minor at the time of his enlistment.