As Glendower could call spirits from the vasty deep, so they, with like success, sought to call soldiers from the earth in the midst of defeat, and in the teeth of a North American winter.

Washington, baffling pursuit and flying from town to town, left nothing undone.

North and south went letters and appeals for men, money, and supplies.

Vain, very vain, it all was, for the most part, but still it was done in a tenacious spirit.

Lee would not come, the Jersey militia would not turn out, thousands began to accept Howe's amnesty, and signs of wavering were apparent in some of the Middle States.