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

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'it will mike the matter pretty certain
but the feafon is now fo far advanced
b chat I fear the inteired ae polls
which would indeeJ have been high
ly neceifarv it will be fmpoffibieioef
tablifli In ihar however I mult he
governed bv cifcumftarces of which
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Letter frtm Central Si ClairiateiFtrt
Wajblngtm OSebtr 61791
Sir
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Have now the faiisfaftion 10 Info’-fti
yoe that the army mevcd fionfi
Fort Hamilton (he name I have gfrei
the fort on the M'ami 01 the ttir at
eighr in the morhine under the com
snand of Gen Butler
' fny come ro meet us which firema to
’be expected and be difeomfited (here
trill be no diffieul’ies Sut If tljey ex
’ipeet at at the Miami villages the bu
finefs will wear ano'her face & the in
let mediate pods become mni ee (Ten rial
4 Since the quarter matter fias'MfciT
dious and becaufe defertidn continues
to prevail among the troops and the
fending final! patties to fuch a diftance
which you wu pteafed to give me of
him bis bufinefs feeins row to be
well arranged
n oidcL-ia jcmmanicat with
fomeoeee cf certainty with your
office I have dircAed Capt Buel
when he arrives to fend a fergemt
knd twelve men to a hnufe that has
been newly cefted hall way between
this place and Lexington to each o£
which two m'eq ate to be fentcif cn
eve y Monday morning to carry d!f
patches Thofe for the wav office or
iny other ptihlie letters to be nut into
the hands of Mr Charleflfilkfnst
merchant' of LXne'm who’ war en-
gaged tb forward all t htveoccifton
to fend regularly once a"
and ftonld you Sir think
hfe the fame rou for guy
they are font to his cate he will fQt take none along with them Received
ilrard them ro me IJiaveheeftledttf a letter from MrIIodgfon by expretif
prefer thia -channel of ctwmunieatfdrf -i3ooolbt of flour-will eriivc the
to thaepf the river becaufe it appear a afth i"": ’
to be rrher the more certain of the
two though it may be a little more te
(Ives great opportunity to effect it '
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“ The order of march and enemn
men 1 had regulated before and on
the third returned to thia place meet
op the militia They nmched vetter-
day & cnnfift ofbut about 303 menaa
you will fee by the indofel abftiaft
of the mufler I have reafun to be
lieve however that at lead an equal
number will be up here by thcio'h
and 1 have left orders lor their follow
Jne ut The monthly return Aould
have accompanied this letter but It
was not ready when I left camp and
hai not been forwarded fince I hive
hltherrofound it itfrwtfliblcto reduce
the officers commanding corps to punc
tuality with refpeA to their returns
hut they ire mending Our number
after deducing the gartifoni or iltt
placAnd Fort Hamtone about two
thoufandaexdufive of the militia
truftlAall find them fufficienr and
fiioutd rhe tell of the' miirt7aT6nieon7
s’ fortnight kent pretty eafy in camp uner the ex nd ihai I m gh wri'e id yon ' I am
ok proper tn' ' peAattonflf provjfinns arrivings they th sdiqpnfnferably rccoveied and
yofyou' if cannot begin 10 march in advance and hopo-rhaiit will turn ’cut what I
my being drawn but Since the army
' has haired the country around this
exitnined 'j lt i a country which had
we arrived a month fooner in ir and
with three rocs the number of api
mats they would all have been (at now
54 b Jf seed the fort j-ITeiftn
(it lies in lar 40 4 t2 N) and march
ed the fame Indian path feiving to
e'onduA us about fix 'miles and en
c imped on good gtourd and an exetf
lent pofi'jon-— t rivulet in front and
a very large praire which woclJ at
the proper feafnn afford forage for c
thoOfrnd hoifcson'the left -Spf U
' this day ’(ht 1 had much difficulty la
keeping with the amy
tjth' Veryu'hsrd sain laft night
had hung about mejor fome time
fome’iinss appealing as a billions cho
lic & focietlmrs as a rheumatic afth
na tomv great fatisfiA ion chance! to
1 gout in the left arm & hand leayiig
thebieatttttomch perfectly elieveJ
and he cr h w h iih had been excels
five ei ie v' gone This dry Mr”
E'tis with fixty militia From Krirue-
kv Joined the atmy and brought up
1 a quantity of- flour ahd beef j
“43d Two men taken in the aft
of deferring to the enemy and one
for (booting another foldter ft th' cat
enlngto k'il in officerV'w re hanged
upon the grand piraderthr who'e ar
Cetera! Butler Infoims ms that ns left
than twenty-one went r ft the night
tefnre ’he aitrv moved Torn Fort
Himhon I am tty momenr fitting'
out for the amy wh-cn 1 hope to1
overtake to 'm-trow evening and will
wr ite to you again as fjon afer as may
he ’ i
— With great reeard anlcefreftt—
' I have 1 he honor 10 he Si'
“Your verv humble fenanr
ARTHUR St CLAIR
7 hi ftun 1fi Jar Central Kntxi
end ditrided The Virg'uis battalion
n 1
‘ sfiih A party of raili tia fent to
reconnoitre fell in with five Ind-ana
end fuffered them jo flip through their
fingers' In their camp articles to hc
valutfbf twenty-two dollars wet efounJ
A Utltr fiim General St Clair iatei
Cersfl tig Sly nt miles advanced rf
Ftt ir'a'iirginf Xcvetobtr 1 1 jgi
"Sir
$mce I had the honor to wri‘e to
you on iheatft ult noth-ng very n
terial hs happened and Indeed am '
at preHent fo unwell and have bed
fo for fnme tinie raft 'that I Could til
derail r if it hid hardened j nst that
that fpacc of time bar been entirely
barren of incident but as few of ahem
have been of the agreeable kind 1 bed
yU to accept a f art of journal account
of thcmyrhich will be the tailed for
me'
On the si J the indifpo'liionihat
obliged io hsicto dfi9 on account cf cd to give he toad or ten an oppnr
proyifioni for (fib ihefoldien uiiybe unity of gening lone diftance a heJ'
Jtetetary at ar
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him and bid him welcome j but en'er
ed on no bufinefs Confiderab'e df
fatisfsAion among (he levies about
ihe:r enitttment
"8h- Some dost htrg fert for
to (oil WaAmgton for the reemits
arrived was begun to he difiiihu’cd
and will have a good cffeA but en '
Ml tig the levies does not tree wih
that encouragement shat mchf have
been expeftedvlt is not oyer ly com
— plained of by the officers bur Is cer
tainly privately by fome of hvh nrk
add the meafuieof tcmiuirg them with
warm chirhmg condemned &Ir '
Hodufon witter me haihe ia fenairg
forward a tjuantiiy of woollen over
alls and focki by Gen Butler's oiders
Ihiveoideedihemobedepcfi edac
foil Jcffet fun Jtne few Indians about
us piobably tnVe which thwmifttia
fell in wjgji a fep tY R° rwo of
lha levies wie died upon about three
m lea off ore killed two of the mil'tia
likewife -One of them got In end
the ocher m (fing fuppofed to be taken
xpth Piamingo and his peop'e
accempsa ed ly Capt Spaiksardfour
goodi'iBenTcn song ona fcout They “
“ dorbtprdpc'fi lo reiuin finder ten
dsvsr un'efs they foonet fuccecd in
taking pi ifonecs - 7 '
30'h The army moved a bone
p o’clotk ard wt h much'll ffilVty
' piade fevr r miles having left a cor fi
de able part of the tents by the tray
the pioyifidn made by tfiequairet
m fier for shat purpofe vis not ade- '
— quate-Mthree days flour' iffued io-ihe7
meno add the hotfea'rhar carried it ' ’
-ftiil to his anangements the Indian road
with us— tbecoutfc ths day N
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V This morning about fixtr v
f of'he
fs malting down very Lft' notwlrh
(landing the promifei of the men to the
officers Thirteen have been di&harg-
ed by Col Darke today
-“17th Gave orders for en'iftinf
the levlef with the condition of fer v
ins -F&mingo but their time in the piefent corps
arrived inmpwith his war
riots- -1- was fo unwell could only fee' —
flft vxeAedt 10 he a ftierdly fit of
thegoute tnc to relieve me fami every
other coropUintTT V '
Yeftesday 1 was favoured with
yours of the 2S:h and 29th Septem
ber have ebcioted my communica
tions with she old and new conttae-’
tors and ihcfr ahfwers - My orde s
lot the pell to them are not yet de
fialtive bat they wilT bcv"cf yfjoaT
milina deft ted it was si fl ft’
repotted tha: one bdf of them hJ
gone off and that it was their dcfi£n
to plunderthe" convoys which were
uponiho road 1 detached the E:tt
reimeotin puifuit cf them with or-
dcs to ftbj FlamMmck 10 feed afVffi
C ea guad backwuh Berham (acorn
m fiary ) whenyver hemet with him
and follow them about 35 miles below
fort jcffericn or until he met a record 1
convoy and ‘hen return and Join the
a my Berham arrived lift eight and "
so day November i the a my Is full
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