The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1792-03-10 00:00:00, page 2

PnttrMifftmMUji) 4 provtfiona Ijtt cot fi £ '
Ctlr eft Itttirfrm Major Central Si- whether-1 Ought to conliJef the ab
VH uiurrm f r - fcnCe rf hi egttent f ora fhe field at
tlion a fortunate or otTs1 wifra 1
Incline to (hint it waXoitunrtei for 1
CUirtt He ficrtfn " ar
iwrut fwar- '
' “FoutFftalnetoib 9 l79’
Slit
"The retreat In rtiofe cl'Comilan
tit waiyouicay befui Verv Tit
Cipitaie Ore— 'it wa in faft a flight -
The tamp and the anil'rry 'a ben moitc-mnleie and the country
banJoted but that wat un 'Voidable - would have been jlitiifte of every
for not a h"rfe wat ieft alite io have '— t defence ' -
dilwnit off had If oiherwife been
piaflicible But the moMff
ful part of the bufineft 'be ft cat-
eft part of the tren ihewiway their
aitni and aVeoun enema Cven afiei ihe
puifuit which continue! abouUour
mile had'ceafad ‘
i found the road A-ewed wtih them
1 found the roaott'eweuwi TOt mer
for niany mile but 1 waa not able to furtherto Ve done and 't w“'b‘r “f
remedy It i tor having had allfnyhotf- iniaQ option that the add-ticn ol
ca killed and beingmoiin-ed upon ofie he fift regiment m A w did nrti put
that could not be piickeJ out oi a walk ihe iimyon to letreClable a footing la
1 could not eet fo wad A yfc-f i nd ft ai in the norm becufc a feat
the ordeti I fern fo ward ehher u? pan of it wnow una med -—that 1
haft ihe fiont or to peveni the men hadhcen then found unequal to the r k
from parting with theiraims weieuh emy and flvould they cone on which
attended to waa probable would be found fo a-
the rout continued quite to Fort- rain that the iroopa- could not be
lelTerfon twenty nine milr which thiown into the forr borti becaufe U
wasrearhed’a little after fun letting tral toofma’l and iha: there wal no
- Tii: aitlon began half an hour be piovifi-mt io it I that provifionl were
fan rife! and the- ieter wa'i at- known to be upon ihe road at the dsf-
terWbtcd a half an hoar nneo twice of oneor-atmoft twomarchea
clcSrl ’ thar therefore it would be pro-
I have not yet been able td get re- per to move whhout lofaof
inrniofrhe killed and woondeJJ butmeetihe ptoyiflqtt When the then
iBrniwi n J im ilic'fiancr an ODDOrlttmir
Major Oeneral: Butler Uuu Od
Oldham of the militia I Major ker
golin Major Hart and Majoi Cluke
are among the foim' Col SIen
By adjadent general I Lieut Colonel
Darke Lieut Col OibTon Major
Butler and the Vifcount Ma'et e
who fervedmea an aid decampaie
qmong ih latter nd I g'ea'num
'berafcaptrjia an I fu'mtern in bo-n
' have np w Sir finifVed my me
ftncholy tajo— laleihaiwtll befet
fenRhly felt bjf every one that ha fy m
paihv for prmintift efi or4or-pb
lie m-fto’tuse -I have nothing Sir
to lay to the charge of ihe troOp but
their want of dlcipline which freta
the ihort nme they had ben in fei vice
it was imppffibie they fhouidhaveac-
J l: aiwu ilil
might have iheT ioner in opportunity
of foWeiefrefttmen: and h a proper
detatchment might be fent back with
if tohaveufafeiy dejofited In the
fort ' :
Thla advice atcepted ind
the aidtv Wit -bur in motion again
at -and ten o'clock and narchcd all eight
the fucceediug day met withe
nmfli'tjf of flour :part of fr wal dnn
buted imniediarely part taken hack to
fupply the arhiy e thcthaich to Fort
Hamilton and the remamderj about
Fci!-Jctfe-f-n load ttnifoi waidLiP
The nest day a drove of
ca tlewa me with for the fame piece t
and -in 1 have infuimaiion that boih roj
The wounJed who had been left at ’
it was imppffloie tney ranuw ! -- that place wens 01 clc
ouired and which rendeiiJ it veydif- 'hCre by ihe retain of the hOifc
iteuit when they wee thrown in o con ' “I have laid Sir ina former part
"laeme -rtmim o or! of h lenrv to wewme Overjoy
aoJL one tesfon why the loft ha fa!- red by nuffihes h?vh '
u- fo heavy uj-on the officere who I have no oier evidence biu ihe
‘did every thing in their power to ef- weight of the fire which WatatnoftJ
a ! td: bwr moro vfttf nvfn iCftcr
It- Neirherweremy own er
(tons wanting but worn down wiifi
jAneft and fuffetlng uiidera painjul
dUeafv enaWe ehei to mount or d:f
mount a horft without ajfiftance they
were not fo gieata they oiheiwlfe
- a a t Kvua
were not To gieata tney einerwjic icnucu 'TV
would' and Jeihapi ought o have : yard in length waaehmelyfuiipunded
Z°vv - J and Btiackedoirall quarter-
"‘We were oerrwered by null :: 'The loft Sir-riye public hafuf
berlTbutlt is namore than juftice tinedby the fall °( fo B1"r
to observe that tbmieh cotpp°''J - asparticulaily Gen Butler and Major
femany different fPecfe of troops the uion ‘
wmoft harmony prevailed through the ttp7h'“ J 1 " rome mta-
Whole ai my during i he campaign aleviaie the mV ' “"n jj n(
At Fort Jtfferfon 1 found h fuiethaf ailof Acm fed noft
AiA tee'ment which had re’umed ly drvtng their duty I have ha e
from ihe ticih lud taw ' ir obis"”"'
U w'hot h Ih Ibeo H“ '“'XtMW
defene: or meeting tbe convoy of to none aoit taa bOCo L
neni ol defence - -
Tkkiog a view ot the fruition ol
oir biokeft -trOopt m- Furt Jtffe'
for end that the-ewe-eita prQvfi
rna hthe Fon Ixalltdonjhefie'IJ of
fice v:fc lieur Col Dke Malot
Jlrfrrw:k M3r Z'’er 4 '
theOoge'her with adiuiartt genera
Tot iheif advice whaj would bepvopet
deadiy one and generally delivered
fiamihe eiou“d few of’ihc enemy
(hewing ihemfeive a fdntexgept when
they were charged' and that in a fe
minute ea--tended pur whole camp wbuh
a'tove thrfcu'he’ndied and fifty
he fc! dlfcharged the virimia duties
of hia office with teal with exaamfs
and with intelligence and on all oc
crun affjided me every affiltance in
hi power which I hae :fo axwriw
enccd Tri(n niy aid-decamp Lieut
Denny and the Vfcouni Malertie
who le re J with me in the ftacion as
Volunteer ’
With every fcntlmenf of rerpect
and regaid I have the honor to be Sir
your mod obedient e'vant
ARTHUR ST- CLAIIL
Tki ken Mjer-Crttroi Knex
fitrturj War
- F S Some ordeiarhat had been
given ro Col Oldhrn over night and
which were of much onjequencfwcie
hot executed and feme very material
iipeliiechce wa communicated by Cap
S'oush to General Bui ler inihecouifc
of the night before the action Which
w n never imparted W aw hordidI
heat cf it tnttl after my arrival hde
SIR 1
' A Yew daft agd ckmg to hahde -
V paper of youncaoiaining I piece (
fabfcnbed Lile Bruiu and onpem
Rig it found the author in bet friend
io fljveryor inothe word an kpe-
mr rotharighiof human retire
H begn without-epolody to Corn-
Pi jbter or the pdbiia to imbiiffi a few
thought on the fubjeifc" by which the
people are io judge how for hf re
Pink are founded enjufticeindeeod "
policy and how far the pefent flave
huldeia arejuftiflabie tktn eihe in -
civil‘or religion point Of vew — y
How oarfoiO father acquired that
- property wbmh we flow hold 4i father
hard for us to determine but let u for
a moment fupuofe the Worft and thar
tberpoffeOed thcttfdlves of that p'O-
rfrty by lorcti yet 1 hold we are juf-
tillable m deiain'ngthat piorerty j tef
r taufe we ate not Bor indeed tin be an
frcrablefot ihit h)iiftlce s 4 itfitfayg
he)i i prtteipt of religion’' Doe our
uthef think he la wriimg t4 ptO le
t hit eliiaoiT eador that reidsnoiMrX
mil wnwy”- -
bit: newt-pa pert t Or wouMfceinika
the wold believe that the condurf
of flive-trtderk-ia loft In the Obiivf
on of pft gfl be: ae ®'"y
now living who have been eye wit-
ficffes to Ihl' horrid bufinefa F How
ever it it no mat'1 w “ hiw ou J
filbert came by ih property fo we
c'amehonefily by Itj if r fhe' h‘
Itolen a hotfe an! left it to me
no harm for me to keep that hoi fctho
1 know it to be a ftclen hoife ?&
know Who is iho right owner ITmT
forefather began' a wl t t nahaun
for me to continue that evil bccqgCa
I dd not begin It Thi ft a precept
of religion”
It it an axiom in politick Ah all
mankind ai equally leend jhat thi
freedom it an unalienable right? a right
founded in the law of nuewnCh i
r ior roail law but fomebody a great
while ago deprived a gieai number of
i thh human race of that ‘right it no
' haim for me now to keep them out of
that tight becaufe they hae beJ
kept out of it a long while abeady !
I donot knowwhowaiibefiiftgg-
for tbif it a pecept religion too ia
it not) This gentleman in order