without appearing to have observed whence she
brought the cheeses for him. After many expres-
sions of thankfulness, that be had been supplied
with such an excellent article, he returned to the
camp; but the result was, that, next day, a party of
armed soldiers came to the house, and, after forci-
bly taking the money which the officer had paid the
day before, they went to the room where the
cheese was kept, and carried the whole out, with-
out paying any thing for it. Such is the morality
of war!

2d Month, 23d.

We rode to W. J.'s house,
at West Grove

, to breakfast; and after attending
their meeting, spent the afternoon at his house, in
pleasant conversation with himself and his wife,
who is an agreeable cheerful woman. W. J. gave
me a little history of the emigration of his family
into this country, from Ireland:--Being in very
low circumstances, they were glad to put up with
what way then considered the worst lot of land in
that part; and on their first coming here they were
visited by a friend who was already settled, and
had got his house built, and his land in a state of
cultivation. This friend being touched with com-
passion, went home and told his own family how
deeply he felt for the poor Irish family, who, he
feared would never be able to get bread to sup-
port themselves, the land was so very indifferent;
and taking out a bushel of malt, sent it to them to