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9% following is copied from the Carlfle
Gazette, oftbefgtbffFeb. 1792.
CARLISLE, FEBRUARY 2/.
Mr. Kline,
Sir,
IT would have been a sweet ingredi
ent in the Bitter cup I have drank;
in the loss of Gen. Butler, had his
memory remained without any imp^
ration of blame in the campaign that
has led to his exit.—77lth relpeQ to
his having received intelligence not
communicated, the inclofed letters,
with which I am favoured, will con
tribute to elucidate.—l am told it is
farther faggefted, that the troops or
campaign was unaecefTarily delayed
by Gen. Butler, at Pittfoarg. —It
is forrowful to me he exists not—to
call for an enquiry into it—but can
not help thinking, if his correspon
dence with the Secretary at War is
produced, it will appear whether
any delays was or what was the cause:
As it cannot be denied that the Mi
nister at War received answers to his
- letters from Gen. Butler, by the
return of every post from Pittfbarg.
It has been a ferret struggle with
me to be willing to fend you the in
clofed, being under the niceffity to
nfe Mr.M^gds'j letter to me, as in
troducing it—and to letringit appear
it came to year paper from myfelf,
being the wife of the unfortunate,and
f) Gooofed partial to his memory.
/ 3 MARY BUTLER.
Princeton, February 15, 1792.
Dear Madam,! •
ON the g:h instant I did myfelf the
tenor to write a letter to the Secreta
ry at War, of which the inclofed is a
copy.
You are at liberty to make fach use
of i:as you think proper. 1
.I am with great refpc& and esteem,
Madam, Your moil obedient,
humble feryant,
JOHN MORGAN.
To Mrs. Mary Butler,
Spring Mills, mar Carlife.
Profpest,(N.]&,,)Feb.\gth, 179%*
Sir,?
THE gratitude I owe to one of the
belt and braved of men, who fell at
'< my fide in a charge on cheenemy,the
4th of last November, and whose con
ad<nce,nd friendship was most grate
ful to my heart,, hazing commanded
ray attentions tc the cars of those pe
culiarly dear to him whilst living, [
did not arrive in Philadelphia from
Fort-Wafhingten until Vednefday the
firft inland my anxiety to fee my pa
tents called me here without making
any unnecessary delay, in the city.
Since my arrival I ha% read with at
tention his Excellency Governor Br.
Clair's P. S. to his letter to you,
dated Fort-Wafhingron, Nov. 9th,
1791, and his explanation ofchat P.S.
by a letter to you, dated the 29th of
last month, and published in the Ga
zette of the United States of the 4th
ir. ft. both relating to information of
importance, said to be communicated
by Capt. Slough, to Gea. Butler
in the night preceeding the aftion,and
'ihot imparted by him to the Governor,
nor by any other person, until the
army got back to Fort-Washington.—
It is not my intention, Sir, to enter
into the views or design of his Excel
' lency in writing that P. S. nor to fay
that had Gen. Butler informed his
Excellency at the moment Captain
Slough is said to have made the re
port in queftion,his Excellency could
not have displayed his army in bet
'U order, than it was,to guard against
the attack, or to have prevented the
out of it ; but, Sir,it is my intention
Vthis letter to undeceive his Excel
& focy and you by offering myfelfas an
I evidence tp prove, so far is it is po'
I ibis to prove a negative, that the
! report in question was never made to
ll Gen. Butler, and that he therefore
b had it not in bis power to inform the
I Commander in Chief of it. —I not
I only offer myfelf as an evidence to
prore this, but likewise to prove po
■ lively, that the party font Pit an,er
under the immediate g&mmand of
General Butler ; neither was Cap
tain Slough, nor the party under
him, ordered one by General Bolder,
but by the Governor, and that wich
outGeaeral Butler being ever consul
ted thereupon, nor did Capt. Slough
receive his orders from General
Butler, as fpecified in his Excellen
cy's last letter co you mentioned. I
not only offer myfelf as an evidence
in this bufineL, but 1 conceive mylclf
authorized to make use of the names of
others, myfuperiours,for the fame pur
pose &it is well known.Sir>in the ar.
my,that from the moment the report
in question was firft mentioned atFort-
IVajhington, I coairadidcd it on the
spot to the ajutant General and to
ochers, and thatl have made it my
business to do 6 on every proper ac
cafian—lt is my pride as well as my
duty, thus to itep forth in jaftificati
on of my deceased friend,from whom
or from *hofe intern'd or connexions
I have not any thing to hope ; whose
name and character I only knew from
others until I was recommended to
him by officers I had served with and
under, and more pircicalraly by my
worthy and ever to be lamented de
ceased friend. Major Fergufoa.—l
have been indeed honoured in a par
ticular manner with General Butler's
friendfhip and confidence ;-under hira
every service to a man's country was
made agreeable to the officer and to
the private soldier.—Had he farvi- N
ved, Sir, neither this or ocher char
ges lately brought forward, and
which lalfo offer myfelf as an evi
dence to disprove; would either have
heen^ reported cr gained credit.
When his excellency the Prefiden:
and you (hall know that I can have
no expedition bat of disadvantage,
in thus stepping forward, jand that I
am fer/rile of "the confluences, I
hope you will do me the jaftice to
believe that 1 kh9# myfelf to be im
pelled by a bnfh of honour alone.
I fab.nit to you; fir, the publicati
on of this letter as jaftice di e toGen.
Butler's memory —to his faintly—<o
his friends—and to the publicki On
re-perusal of it, dealt it may be fap
pofed to intend a crimination ofGov.
St. Clair's veracity, permit me to
add, that is not my intention but to
undeceive him, yon and my country,
as to Mb imposed upon Him.; I
have indeed said, in opposition to Go
vernor Se. Clair's relation, that the
party under Captain Slough was not
Itaken or not intended to be taken
Ifrom1 from the right wing alone, and that it
I was not ordered out by General But-:
' ler, as the Governor Hates, but by
the 0 Governoar himfelf : I fay
" so, fir, became ttie order or . desire
came regularly to me as brigade ma-;
jot of the right wing, through the ;
proper officer, cirid without firft infor
ming dr confaltirig General Butler;
I complied fd far as was required of
the right wing, and made hid after
wards acquainted therewith, previous
to the departure of Captain Slough,
who I called into General Butler^s
tent to drifts a glats of wine ; there,
in the presence and hearing offevefal
gentlemen, Captain Slough asked
my advice in two or three particulars,
and General Butler,whofe knowledge
was infinitely superior to mine, an
fivered him, and gave Captain Slough
proper advice in fame other particu-
I jars unafed.
This fir, is the whole part General
•Butler bad or knew in the business.
—I find that one of General Butler's
friends long before my arrival in
Philadelphia, has addressed a letter
to the Governour, in the Federal
Gazette, No, ioii, on this fubjett,
and therein requested answers to seve
ral queftlons, necessary to the arri
ving at truth and dete&irig the con
trary. ——The Governour has an
fivered two of them, with his uTual
politeAefs and propriety, but left
two others unnoticed, which before
Captain Slough's command was not
taken nor intended to be ta
ken from the right wing alone,
which formed the front line, then
By a gentleman lately frem Port
au-Prince &e have a confirmation of
the melancholy " ate °' " e French
colony of St. Domingo. The account
which we at firft had of the indiferi
rainate daughter of men, women an 4
children, at the time of the fire, was
indeed exaggerated, as none but the
mulattos men were obje^s of ven
geance; the reason of which was this,
The day proceeding the fire was
the day on which peace was to have
been eftablilhed between them and
the whites ; bat a quarrel which bap.
pened between, a whiteman and a
'mulattoe occasioned the death of the
latter, on which both parties ±oo<
arms,& several were killed. At night
the mulattoes set fire to two buildings
;in different parts of the town as a
signal to their -brethren in other parts
l of the bay ; these fires were extin
guished before morning, when the
general fire began in the town,which
is supposed to have been caused by
other means. Ever since that time
thersAas been a mortal hatred be
tyeen the whites and the mulattoes ;
but t'he'formcr feern to be the moss
exasperated and implacable, having
frequently cut off the heads of the
others rind carried them about on
bayonets and poles, and of the arif
tocrates who join the mulattoes, they
have hung several and exercised the
most wanton barbarities on their bo
dies. In the quarter ot Leogane se
veral plantations have been destroyed
by the mulattoes and the planters
murdered ; but the negroes are ^not
fa dec ply concerned in the opposition
as in tie motherly part of the colony.
When our informant left the island,
about the middle of February^ no
more than 300 troops had arrived
from France. The- town is fortified
by intrenchments sod redoubts on
the land fide ; two mips °f war > ^^
a floating Battery are there, but th e
whole foroe of the whites is totally
General Butler's friends proceed in
toe investigation of this business, it is
of importance to them to be informed
of either b,a publication or by let
ter to me, viz, the hour of the night
in which Captain -Slough is said to
have made the report to General But
ler ; and zdly, in whose presence he
made it. 1 ' ''
£ have the honour to be with refpeft,
Sir, your moll obedient,
and mod humble servant, !
JOHN MORGAN, Ensign,
ill: U. S. Reg. late Brigade-Major
to General Richaid Butler, decealed.
Hon. Henry Knox Esq.
Secretary of IVar.
From the FEDERAL GAZETTE.
•
I HAVE just seen a letter addressed
to the Secretary at War, by En
figrt John Morgan, of the ift United
States regiment, in which (after pay
ing himielf forne pretty little com
pliments) he, oilers himfelf as an
evidence tc prove that I did not re
ceive my orders from General Butler
on the evening previous to the defeat
of our army ; andthaf I did not on
my return to camp, make my report
to him. ——Merely to contradift this
would anfiver no purpose, but I flatter
myfelf that the affidavits of a number
of the officers and gentlemen, of the
army, directly coatadi&ing what he
ha& asserted, and explaining the whole
of the bufiaefs, will convince the pub
lick,that I did my duty like an honest
man and a soldier, and what he fays
he will prove, is falfe. L Some of the
gentlemen whose evidence in this case
I (hall want ilve at a distance, Fmuft
therefore beg the publick to suspend
their opinion on the fubjeft, until
they can be interrogated, &c.
Jam the publick's
Moll humble servant,
JACOB SLOUGH,„
late Captain 3d United States regi
rnont of levies. 3d March.
: PORT-AU-PRINCE.
Boston, march 17.
TO THE PUBLTCK.
We hear that one Mr. John Taylor,
(supposed tc be one of the cell weavers
in this State) in passing over the
great bay, the ice l^ing thin, proved
too weak to fopport the pressure, by
which he unfortunately plunged thro';
and though every exertion possible was
fifed by his fori, who was then with,
him, to prevent him from finking,
all were abortive, and the unhappy
youth was obliged to behold a tender
parent finking into the arms of death,
unable to effed the nifhed for refeue
4^^G>G><> s%►ty@o Q>^^><r+
WE the fubferibers being
appointed, by the Honorable
Judge of Probate for the County of
Rockingham# to receive audexamine
the claims of the several creditors to
the Estate of ABIGAIL ODLIN,late
of Exeter, in said county, O'idow, de
ceased, represented infolvent —hereby
give notice that we will attend upon
that business at the house of Dr. Will
iam Parser, on the last Monday of this
and the five following months, from
3 to 6 o'Clock, P. M.
JOHN HAVEN.
SAMUEL TENNEY,
WILLIAM PARKER,jr.
Exeter, March 20, 1791- _
inefficient for the defence of the
place if the mulattoes were deter
mined and desperate, which it was
expected would prove to be the case,
unlefi a very large force should fpec
dily arrive from France.
TO BE SOLD,
By the fabferiber, by Public
fluaion, at the bmfe of Col. Eliphs
let Giddinge, in Exeter, on Wednfc
day the z^tb inf. at 3 o'clock, P. M.
A VALUABLE piece of
Pasture & wood Land in Exeter,
containing about 36 Acres, adjoining
toland occupied by Mr. Lakeman, and
to land owned by Mr. Benja. Lamfon,
v ^lfo,s Acres of Land in
Canterbury, Lot N°° 68 in the 4th
Division. ;
^;Aljo, one undivided Right
efLand in the Township of Grafton,
in the county of Grafton.
AlJo,a well finished Store,
with a quatity of Rocks under the
fame,Landing near the house of Jojeph
Pearson, Esq. in Exeter, being the
property of Mrs. MehitabelGiD,
DINGE.
g Conditions of Sale to he kno-um at
time and place of Sale.
Ephraim Robinson.
Exeter, March 16, 1792.
Public^4u6lion
THE Commissioners, ap
pointed by the Hon. Oliver
Peabody, Esq. Judge of the Probate
of Wills for the County of Rocking
ham, to receive and-examine the
claims of the Creditors to the estate of
DUDLEY BECKETT, of Exeter,
cordwainer deceased, represented in
folyent—Give notice that they.will
attend that business at the house of
Col. ELIPHALET GIDDINOE, 01
the last Monday of the present and
four following Months,from two to fix
o'clock in the afternoon of said days.
Exeter, March 1 79^___
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B, the printer hereof, and to he fold at
his office, a fra copies of
ARTICLES
IN ADDITION TO AND A MEND &Pn T
OF THE ,-
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
State of Newhapmshire;,
AGREED TO BY THE CONVENTS
ON OF SAID STATE, AND SUB
MITTED TO THE PEOPLE
THEREOF FOR THEIR
lapprobatoin#
EXETER, March 21.