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From the NEW-YORK JOURNAL
K%fa, 26th July, 1777.
ML HOLT,
Be pl^ftd togive the enclftd letter, übich I have fa, re
orot^frra Brigadier General St. Glair, a,lace it,Gier
r^' paper. With ibe cancer a%d ingexait, becoming a
fi^ ofhonour, be acquits Mfrr General S:hujler of having
orderedor be?n privy to the roarntion of Ticonderoga —a
cbargi, which it ferae has gained credit without ,„,f,
^4fused zealous advocates though unfeported b, truth.
I ata, Sir, ,exr bubble fervadt,
MO/s Creek, 2§tb, 1777.
SIR,
CORNER 1L SCHUYLER was good enough to read
" to in'e part of a letter received left night from you,
I c ,nnot recoiled that any of my officers ewer afad my
reasons for leaving Ticonderoga, but as I found the
measure ^as much decried, I have often expressed my
felfia that manner, " that as to myfelf l was p&fiaiy
teafy, Iwas confeioue of xh^ uprigatnefs ana propriety
of my c^ndud, and difpfed the vague confure of an
uninformed populace, “ but had an allufiori to orders
from General Sc' u,ler for my jollification, because
such ardors never existed.
The calumny that ha been thrown upon Schuyler,
upon account of that matter, has given me great unea
siness.- -liffare you, hr, there never was any thing
mere cruel or unjust, for he knew nothing of th# mat
ter until it w^s over, more than you did at Kingdom.
It was done in confequtnee of a confutation with the
other general e fficers, without the poffihiluy of Gene
ral Schuyler's concurrence ; and had the opinion of
the Council been contrary tn what it was, it would
neverthelvfs have taken place, at I knew it to be impof
fib e to defend the posts with our numbers.
In my let er to Coagrefa, from fort Edward, in which
I gave them an acc u^t of the retreat, is this paragraph
—" It was my original defig* to retire to this place,
that 1 might still be betwixt General Burgoyne and
the inhabitants, and that they might have Something
to coiled to--- It is now vff.a#d, and the militia are
coming in, so that I hare the most sanguine hopes that
the progress of the enemy will yet be checked, # and
that I may have the latisfa&ion to experience, that in
quitting a post, I have saved a State." Whether my
conjedure is right or not is uncertain ; but had our ar
my been made prisoners, which it certain y would have
been, t e State of New- York would have been much
more exposed at present.
I proposed to General Schyler, on my arrival at
Fort Edward, to have sent a little note to the Printer,
to riture the people th*t he had had no part in aban
do. ~ what they thou ht their strong holds He
thous it not so proper at that time, but it is no more
than 1 ?to truth and him, that he was totally un
acqum^ed with the matter; and I should be very
glad that this letter, or any part of it yon may think
proper to communicate, may convince th# unbeliev
ing —simple unbelief is easily and soon convinced,
but where malice or e^v, occasions it, it is needless to
attempt it. lam, Sr, your very humble
and met obedient fervent,
A. St. CLAIR.
Wb# H,n. John Ja,, Est;
fr& p rTVVe'r,
A S the Evacuation of Ticonderoga, Fort Indepeß-
A deuce &c was entirely unexpeded, and is a fub
jea of general surprise and aftoniihment, the public
are impatient to know the reasons upon which a mea
sure so important and unfortunate was pursued. They
are amazed, that in the latest accounts from Ticon
deroga, before it was abandoned, tiee were no inti
mations of the weaknafi of the garrifon,or thatfpeedy
reinforcements were necessary, to maintain it. On
the contrary, several letters gave assurances of the high
spirits of the troops, and that they were so fir from
Leading ths approach of the enemy, that they even
itemed to with for it. Tho left letter (a copy of
which I have seen) previous to the evacuation, from
General St. Clair himfelf, has these words — 64 My
" people are in the best difpoktion possible, and I
“ have no doubt about giving a good account of the
•' enemy, ihould the u think proper to attack us."
Afine account be bus given indeed ! This letter w^s to
General Schuyler, who doubtless ought to have been
informed of the real circumstances of the garrison,
which, from such an account, he would judge tu be in
no manner of danger, la another part of the fame
letter ( -hich was dated the 4th jnly) when he is
giving an account of the examination of two deserters,
he writes their report, " That the general opinion
among the soldiers, was, thattbey would attack eur
Fores at Ticonderoga and Independence, at the fame
rime, and eepe&sd we should only give them one vol
ley ad then run."
If this wv the enemy's expeaation, it seems, mo
derate as it w as our Generals have disappointed them,
and come -ff without giving them so much as one gun
atparting ! Bat Gen St. Claim's letter, gives Gen.
Schuylefnot the leaf! hint or cause of suspicion that
I the fort would be 0 acuated so eafi?y as the enemy
fu?pofvd. And yet if Gen. St. Clair himfelf was
then of the fame opinion, it farely wss a proper time
to mention i'. Our whole force a: Ticonderoga was
undoubtedly known to him, and yet this letter menti
ons no deficiency for th# necessary defence of the fart.
We must also presume that he knew there were large
reinforcements npon the way, and near at hand to join
him. However, if he knew the forts were untenable,
why were they not evacuated in time to fare the :ar
tillery, military floret, &c ? These a^.d other difficul
ties , the public anxioully wait a foluron of, the honor
of the General and army, require it, ths fafety of the
State demands it. T.
Ta the teas sf Favoeiti. HUNTING Song, f^^
b, Mr. Tyler.
Hi k ! Hark! thejy mlpiring Horn.
bathe Death of General MONTGOMERY,
GOME soldiers all in chores j^in
To pay that tribute at fie fhrinh;
Of brave Msntg ^r, ;
Which t^ the memory is duj #
Of him who fought and died that yew
Might Eve and ye b. fo^
With cheerful and u^dhuated miad
Dameftic happiness refiga'd
He with a chafta ba%d,
Thrs* defsrts wild with fil'd maul
Canada far to Conquer went,
Or pirifh fwerd in ht^d.
S : x week; before S . fohn's they Jay
While cauae* on them coaftAat P-^K
Is cold and marlhy ground,
When Prefect fenc'd at length to yield.
Aloud proclaim'd it in the field
Virtue a friend had t^und.
To Montreal he wing'd his wf,
Which feera'd impatient to üb#y
And open'd wide i s gate;
Convinc'd no force cekld e',r repel
Troops who had just behav'd fc well,
U^der so hard a fate.
With scarce owe third part &f hi, farce
Thea to Quebec he best his cotirfe,
'1 bat grave of harem slain,
Th# pride of France the great Montceta
Aad Wolf the ftreagth es Britain'# arm.
Both fill on Abraham's Plain.
Hiving no left of fame requir'd
There toe Montgomery expir'd
Wih coequal by his fide 3
Carlton tis said hi# cerfe convey'd
To earth ie all the grand parade
Of Military Pride.
PH I L~A DE LP HI A.
In CONGRESS, %#< 17, 1777.
TH E Committee appointed te ceakuer what
Heuours are due to the Memory of General
Weeft^r, brought i* a Report, which was t&u into
CeafitoatiuA ; whereupon Rfolded, that a Ment
mentbe ere&ed te the Memory of General Wooster,
with the following inferiptien :
In Honor ts
DAVID WOOSTER,
Brigadier General in the Arm, of ibe
United State# ;
in defending the Liberties of America,
'and bravel, reselling an bead of the Britifo
Troops, to Danbury, in Connffient,
be received a merle I *ofo,
on the 27th D, of Afrit, 1777,
and died on the nd of Lfs, following.
Tbe Congress of the United States,
As an Acknowledgment of bis Merit and Services,
have caused tbit M moment
to be ere&ed.
Refolded, That the executive Power of the State of
Cenne&icat barequefted to clay the foregoing Re
fn%tien iate Execution ; and that Five Hundred
Dellara be allowed for this Pu pofr.
Co, from the Journal's of Congress,
William Ch t ovston, D^p^S^t
ROKE out at gent at Litc&field, in Connec
ticut, three Tory prifesers, the night after the
28th erf July in*, said to belong to the Naw Hamp-
Ihire Gramts: Capt. Jehiel Hawley, Samuel Ander
son, and John Devove. Whoever tikes up said pri
fariers and conveys them to said goal, Ihall have thirty
dollars reward, or ten dollars far any one, and all
charges paid, by Samuel Sheather, Gaaler.
Li chfi^d fu'y 29 1777
Forge, at Ueletr 6 ok Aug. Ift. 1777.
rART and WAGGON BOXES. IRON-DOGS or
' HAND IRONS, SMOTHING IRONS, to be
fold at this Place for Calh, by
JACOB.OGDEN
ROKE &othepa^a of the lubicum the 14 *
ink a dark brown MARE, 5 years eld, 14 hands
high,ring bone on her off fare feet; also a light farrel
2 years eld gelding COLT, feme white in his face,
branded with the letter Aon the left Iheulder. The
owners may have them again by paying charges and
applying to HEMAN BAKER.
Tolland, |n!v z§, 1777-
E th# fa ftibsu being by the hoLurdb a court
of prebate for the diftrid of Erst Haddam
appointed commiffUner# to receive and examine the
claims of the creditors to the estate of Ezekiel Wright
late es Hebron deceas'd, reprefanted invent; here
by give notice that we will attend said service at the
dwelling houfa rs Capt. Ichabod Phelps innholder in
H^brea, on th# third maudays of September and Oc
tober next, at two o'clock P. M.
Malachi Loviland,) Q^Q
Gad Talcott, J
Hrivon. July 9 1777-
mwf »w!-» ^wrame »■.■■ on— , M i, ~! wm lai" ■«'*- ^o
qT()IjEN from ;*« lubiciber an the nigui *1 the
13th instant, a bay HORSE, four years eld past,
with a star in bit forehead, a feip on the v^, his cff
hind Lot ^ite, a little white on the near fire fiet,
branfted C H on the left thigh, trots and goes a fm 11
travelling pace. Whoever tskes up Did hurfe and
returns kiwi tathe ONPer again, and secures the thief,
Ih^U h^ve ten dollars reward and ne^ffary charges
H, hy Cornelius Humfrey.
P K^tehoek, 14th July, 1777.
r^SERT^.)) from Nriv-Ikv^ tse^t ^2 if h off
' Ju^, f^ m Cap:. Juha B^ntoi'' Coupon,,- Calf
W^hj/r rtgi^e^t, Ine Frances Ruler a : ai^r© t,
F aece late, c,m#i&t, th# c,&a:r,.; a thfckfec fal,
Jew, 28 ,i&# of age, § fe^t 7 Lc/bh^b, very caifc
c ^pkxien ; had on when ht went aw^y a right br&w^
flat wi^ Sl* facings, very fe, barens a hat aim'd
ta/a gold lace, and a while ditto, tnufrVd so b&#cnw
along the <sft#?n ffiprr Also, Ti^ofy Mattock aa
Indin*, fallow fr^ Dnab,!,, about 40 years @ri s„^
feet 7 inches high, wyfe hrs hair; had ox 2 "£?'&
brown c^t and breeches, cm heed rih r^d. twofcAis
pn.his hh arm, one a little ab^ve the rilbsnd of hig
fh^i, very ranch feirred u* kis beli), : lays he was
ban in old Mitford in CsnnK&icnu Wh^yer will
yeturn said deserters to the regiment, er confine them
fin any of & Continental gcais, shall have eight del,
lari reward for each, and ail <*crfLr7 charges paid, b,
Jalv zj, 1777. John BERNARD. Cnpt.
nEdhßi ED n m say company few £ : „z^ burn,
of Haverhill, in tae State of N^ H mprturs.
Whoever will return fafid deGrter to his company at
Kagftawn on N^rth rivefy fhaß have five dollars re
wardand all nacefitty charges paid, by me, ,
Sasluel Paikz, C^pt,
N. B. If said Dem will return to hu duty lixe am
heveft feldinr, he (hall toe the reward tc hisefstf.
r.-iI'M —-w —ill BraiLis all— iciiiiiiwivr.-3tw<.» i mw---* ..i^r jrwini a* ->^-wa«» > le—tro
rpAKEN 4, b, the faLfcu^#. & dark braw # Maß^.
abou; if hands high, left kind foot white, a small
star in her forehead, on brand nor artificial muk t@
be farm, cripple in boh of her bid ln„.
, Wi»dfar fr J.b 28 1777. Samuel Rvssvl.
W B . ifes iubtenb~;s being appeiau c b, ue ^n.
jadge ts probate for the difri& of H-rfid, com
miffioner^ 10 adjust the claims of the credits to 6^
estate of Ephraim Bidwell, late cf GlaPinbwy /c,
ceased repreftated insolvent : do fceby give notice
fa said creditors that wafhall sitend on said business a#
the dwelling htufs es Mr. E'eazer Wright inzh^ce^
in said Glaftfabury, on the fecund menday &f Aeg ft
next, at one &f the clock P. M. and on the fir# axd n^
middays of September next, at one often clock P M.
J OSZ , H Mosely, |c ra .sfo.
Thomas Kimberly,J
tyhEREAS -ft. stibimbei as u^.a Ule.v. ^ pub
lic ata distance from his family at Middietow,^
and having many affair# which he is definite# to fettle
as speedily arpeffibie ; propefes to fond fame time
at home from and after the firft day vs September
next. He therefore begs all indebted re him either
by book or note would pay him f^eudi!,, or he thill
put their accounts and obligations irto tie hards off
an attorney to be said at the next November peurt,
He likewise defines all that havt any jut demands an
him that they would bring them in and they thill ha
paid. He pife calle in like manner •> all pe fm in
debsed to the estates of Dr. Thomas Walker, Mr,
Daniel Jehdußot and Capt. Justus Tayler, M^ cb#<i#,
and Mr. Benjamin Bail, Ship Carpenter, all ts Md
dletewn, deceased, te pay immediately their rupee
tive balances te him, as exciter to the left rill And
teftawent of Did Walker, and #dmieiftrate| on the.e
ftate of the others, or they will be food withe# fur
ther notice. linjamin Henshaw.
24. 1777.
A Num f ge i- — POTS IEAK^I Ilb,
A PIE PAN., SPIDERS, SK LLETS, BATONS,
and HAND IRONS ^ be tx^hu^g-d for Country
Produce er Continental Bills, by Ju£l H
BLaKELY, under th, PiMis^Ofr Ha ferd.
r f AKEN up a lira,, andM win te aftady if she
fubferiber, ^ brindle MILCH COW, 3 or 4
years eld, white in the face, no artificial mark.
Josiph Strong.
Simfaw, 36 Jd<, 17-7
^TO"HEkEA& RA-Hkjuh wife <f m& ue fubferi
" bar ka.h left me, and behaved in a ve y unbe
coming manner, and I are apprtheafive ihe will do
all in her p war to injure me. Th e ie therefore to
forbid all persons crediting her on my acc< uxt, as I
mean to break rff all cenne&ien with her and will pay
no debt centred d by her after this date.
Simon Witcomb.
Dutches County. July ro 1777
YV^ iubf.ritos mag a rF ui ed cesu^ffi ..,#,
" by the ken. court of probate for Lirchfird dif
tria, to receive and examine the claima of 4, credi
tors to the estate of Lieut. Jonathan Mafen, late of
Litchfield deceased, re,refined insolvent ; do hereby
give notice, that we thalt attend on said bufinsf at the
dwelling house es Mr. Eduard Phelps of said Litch
field, on the fourth i,ef ay of Augad, and the fi.ft,
second, end third tnefdays &f Separate nxt, from
two te seven o'clock in therf naan, on mh cf said
days, Edward Phelps, jut.l
Benjamin Webster, < Cerraiflicn&e.
Nathan Garnsey, )
Litchfield, July 28, 1777.
N B. Al perfoM indebted te the effete afarefsid,
are liquefied te m I: 4 'imEediste payment to
Susanna Mason, Administratrix.
Samuel Lyman, A'mrittetar.
ALL pariahs hsv^ accou..~ u uuiec. with cl
." da cos C pt. Elifhi Phelps, late of Siaffiucy de.
ce-ftd, reprefeated ißfolveat,are dsfi ei to m&k# im
mediate settlement as the fame with the fubicritm.
Noah Pheips, 7
Rosetta Phelps,j heaters.
S; r fb^-v Ja^ 29. 1777.
a Q^an^itf tLIVER OIL® be
1 miah Street, es Famiagtan.,