man nor officer in the army that does
not hate the sight of him; we all believe that he came very
near betraying us, only that the General [Washington] found
him out in time. We all remember Valley Forge last winter.
Before the battle began, I myself heard Gen. Washington
whisper to General Greene and Wayne, to keep a sharp eye upon
Reed's movements, and if he made any suspicious attempt, to
order him under arrest, and shoot him if he resisted. During
the whole battle, I never saw him; but after the last gun was
fired, and when it was almost dark, General Reed suddenly made
his appearance from the rear, and gave out that he had just
had a horse shot in two under him, and asked for two men to go
and remove his saddle and holsters. I was one of them; we
examined the horse very carefully, and found him to be without
hurt or scratch; and he had plain enough died from mere heat,
which killed several horses and a number of men during the
day. The story has got wind--some laugh, but others shake
their heads about it. Jim Maris heard General Washington say
to General Wayne in the evening, that he abhorred the very
sight of Reed, and could never again put the least faith in
him. This is not the first time that General Reed has showed
the white feather. He pretended to have a horse killed under
him, in the same way at the Battle of Brandywine, and had two
men put in irons for talking about it. I am afraid my leg is
going to give me a good deal of trouble again It is very much
swollen, and discharges continually. They have me on the sick
list. My best love to Sarah and Ann.

"Your dutitful[TN] son,
(Signed) "ANDREW KEMP."

Having given the testimony of Sergeant Kemp, I will now have the pleasure
of introducing to the notice of Mr. William B. Reed a letter from Col.
Samuel Smith, to his old friend in arms, Colonel ----, by whom I have been
so kindly supplied with much of the reminiscences which I have given to the
readers of the Journal, and who had addressed to Col. Smith a letter, the
nature and object of which will best be explained by the following reply:

_"Senate Chamber, Washington, Feb. 15th, 1832._

"MY DEAR FRIEND,--Yours of the 9th was received yesterday,
having been forwarded to me by my family from Baltimore