The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-12-31 00:00:00, page 3

I have said, Sir, in a farmer part of
this letter, that we were overpowered by
numbers^ of that, however, I have no
other evidence but the weight-of the fire,
which was always a most deadly one,and
generally delivered from the ground,few
of the enepiy Shewing themselves on. foot,
except when they were charged; & thjt
in a few minutes our whole camp,which
extended abov, three/ lfuoW and fifty
yards in length, was entirely furfounded'
and attacked on all quarters.
The loss, Sir, the public has foftained
by the fa|l of so many officers,par.icular
1, general Sutler and major Ferguson,
cannot be too much regretted—but it is
a cirpumflance that will alleviate the
misfortune iri some meagre, that all of
them fell,moftgallantly, doingtheir duty.
I have had very particular obligations to
many of them,as well as to the furvi
von, but to .none more,than to Cobacl
Sargent—He has difcharg ed the various
duties of his office with zeal, with ex
adnefs and with intelligence,and on all
occasions afforded me every assistance in
his power, which I have allo experienced
I have nothing,Sir, to lay to the charge
of the troops but their want of discipline
which, from the short time they had been
in service, it was impossible they Should
Lave acquired, & which rendered it very
difficult, when they were thrown into con
fafion/o reduce them again to order,
acd is one reason wty the loss has fallen
so heavy upon the officers, who did'every
thing in their power tefeffea it ; neither
were ray own exertions wanting, but
worn down with i.lnefs,and (offering un
der a painful disease : unable either to
mount, or dismount an horse, without af
fiance ; they were no:(o great as they
otherwise would, and perhaps; ought to
have been.—We were overpowered by
numbers ; but it is no more than justice
to observe, that though, composed of so
many different species of troop^, the ut
taoft harmony prevailed thro' the whole
army during The campaign. -
At fort Jefferfon, t found the firft re
giment, which had returned from the
service they had been tent upon, without
either overtaking the defertefs or meet
ing the convoys of provision. fam not
certain, Sir, whether I ought t^tonfider
,he absence of this regiment fromthe
field of action as fortunate,or otherwise—
I incline to fhink it fas fortunate ; for 1
very much doubt whether,had it been in
the action, the fortur.b oft the day had
been turned ; and, if it had noGjhe tri
amph of the enemy < ould have been
more complete, and the country •wook
bave been destitute of every means oi
defence."
Takingfa view of the fituariooof our
broken troops at Fort Jefferfon, and that
there was no provident in (he Fort, I
called upon the,field-officers,viz, Lieu
tenant Colonel bark, Major Hankramack,
M^jor Zeigler, and Major Gaither, to
gether with ffie Adjutant-General for
their advice; what would be proper fur
ther to be done, and it was their unani
mous opinion, that the addition of the
fri-regiment, unbroken as it was, did
not pot the army on so rtfpedable a foot
ing as it was in the moaning,secau fa a
great part of it was now unarmed—(hat
it had been then found unequal to 'the
enemy; and ffiouid they common, which
Was probable, would, be found so again—
That the froops cbafd not be t^rowpin
-4b the FotrfWuh because itfyas so final!
and tharthere were go prov^ons in it—
That prorifrora were known to be upon
the road; at the diflance of one, or.a.
snoft two marches,—That therefore it
would be proper to foove, without loss
of time so meet the provisions, when the
xnen might hare the sooner an opportu
nity effome refreshment, and that aproper
detachment might foe fatbick with it to,
have it J&ly depofite, in, the, fort.
This advice was accepted, and the army
put in motion again at io o'clock and
marched all night, and the succeeding
day met with a quantity of flour—partof
it was.diftributed immediately—part ta
ken back to fopply the army on the march
to Fort Hamilton, and the remainder(a
bot# fifty horse loads) sent forward toy
Fort Jefferfon—the next day a drove of
cattle was met with for the fame place,
and f have information that both got in:
The wounded who hrd been left at that
place, were ordered to he brought here
by the return horses..
fible by every one that has sympathy
for private distress, or for public mis
fortune.
"I wrote Mr. Newman ,e,erda,
accompanying the last letter 'of bis father
Samuel—whrfe death Ifacersl, lament.
PtfELON, Warren,Balch, arid Cobb,
from your quarter, fell li4,frave fellows.
= Major SarWent:,^ thrice wounded,
and like all. Mafactyetts Men, covered
with glory. Ourft&re arm, will be re
fpzaable in nunbefri ; I will never again
propose ibis chapel of death to a.faQ;
though. ItbinEwhen it is on fy ts
battle,it is fW m'of proper fop &fil&r."
,PORT-AU-PRINCE.
, Cap. PAiftCß, who arrived here,ef
ftrday, from Port-auPrince, confirms th
melancboll, tidings of th drfruaion of
that town, by fire, la our former account
quo did not mention that an, Jlaughter ot
btfilities proceeded or followed the confla
gration—fines then we have hen informed
that immediately,on the alarm being gran,
tbewbites aftmbled in arms; and facri
feedtbofe of th blacks and mulattos ,whom
ibgkfMfpeaed to have a band in th ruin— b
Wealfo learn, that the mulattos: were in
arms, and bad encamped about four miles
from the town• It is difficult to cobyeaare
th sue of this affair— emit,the Authors of
CT .deftruaion are net known, whether
whites or blacks.
Extractor a letter from a gentleman in,
- Bermuda, to his fritend in this city.
" Last week a Jmall yawl about 14 feet
keel, came in this harbour with the Ca,t.
and crew of a French Jhip which founder
ed andfunk about 1100 miles to the east
ward of this ifand.— They, in number 15,
with the Captain, took to this little boat,
with one small fail, did id A most wonder
fuhanner, wire preferred \ 3 days.during
which time they navigated at leaf 700,
miles on the "ocean, and were at last picked
up by an Englife brig from Novafcotia to
Grenada, and brought so near this iJland
that they again took so their boat, and ar
riving here evert treated with great huma
nity and tendernejs.""
DECEMBER 7.
Extras of a letter to a refp6Rable house
in Philadelphia, dated Newport,
November 17.
" Yeflerdqy arrived afrig in '3 days
from the Cepe ; before fee Jailed all, the
plantations about FortDaupbin were on fire;
toa,pearance that IJlaud will be ifetifo"
.NEWYORK, DEC. so '~'
THE samples of buttons from the mams
feaory in Conneaicut, which are ,reflated
for irfpeaion to the members of Congress,
afforded the fulleft evidence o,tbe pr&ai
cability of furnishing without importation.,
tha^ nectfar, article, upon the cbeapeft
terms, and of the left quality.
/ •!•< IT , --A =, , - —i.,. -; ... ,
RICHMOND^ [^% InOV. 2ft
AH EAR ,breaking. occurrence hasjuft,
transpired! Mr.; —— who had
been fame day's at -=_=., where, by a
fatal though ten common infatuation., be bad
at play involved bimfelf to more than the
amount of bit fortune, ^as on bit journe)
home, fsited With "fit of remorse which
terminated in pbrenfy,and the unhappyGen
tieman put a period to bit life. When his
remains arrtokd at basks; thefeock was tab
great foryz delicate woman to Jupport—bu
lovely lady fell—and death closed her eyes
for ever!
tROM PHILADELPHIA—dec. 15.
from my aid.de camp, lieutenant Denny,
and the Vifcgynt Malartie., who served
with me in the Ration as a volunteer.
With every tentiment of refpeft and
regard, ,1 have the honour to be,
fir, you most obedieakfervant,
- - - ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.
Major-General Knox,
Secretary of War. ; '
IS. Some orders that-Sad been giv
en to Colonel Oldham rarer migte, and
which were of much consequence; were
not executed ; and some very material
intelligence was 'communicated by Cap
tain Slough to General Butler, in the
course of the .night before. ,the action,
which was never imparted to me,nor»did"
1 hear of it until after my arrival here. .
Tbf^Hontrabh
BOSTON DEC. 2&
American Advices.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman it
fa Larger Maser's department, da
"' ''" "’n^ington, Nov. 8, 1791,
to bis friend in this town.,
,' My last informed you of the mo
tions, ferogrefs, and ftuation of the ar
my to a certain period,fince which they
.recommenced their march,and proceed
ed ^btyt 29 smiles, where they arrived
, on the evening of the gdJnfond it be
ftd ! m ß ra<ftl cable, 'from eir.
cumftancei, for the army to progress a
ny farther this season, the General's in
''"f^ 9 ^ '° "' a 3 garrison. It was
one vhry pteafant fituatido—on i rising
ground — fail a beautiful stream of wa
.,' * n "°4§ ofth& encampment, fuppo
-44 to .b& ^.branch of the St. Mary's
??,' '"4i Within 1§ or^o miles of the
Indian towns. :
' "Th;firft United, States Regiment
was detached by the. General for fon^e
particular flufe of other, to. reconnoitre
in the ,W&r („nfequentl,iwas not in
the bwteßauring the night of thejd,
'the Indians made frequent inroads, and
were tired upon by the ccßtinc& . At
sunrise, a confuted kind of noise was
heard, some foppofed it was the hpw|.
fog of wolves, others that of pack horse
bells,, and some tho' few, deemed it to
be the war-yell of the Indians—this
conj^gre was right— for the army was
attacked by the whole force of the ene-
m Y> generally thought, to beepwards of
a thousand strong. The engagement
lai^d three , hours— our army is totally
defeated. From the best accounts we
mast have loft 500 non-commiffipa^d of
ficers and privaiefr that of the dneny
supposed to be abou( 100— -this iq mere
ly ton^eaural —as fall fl chai df thejr
strength; +'.';-.. r:
" We have loft our tenttyjbaggage,
and eight pieces of cannon—many of
our friends you may find in the cata
logue of unfortunate victims— among
,hem let me call your attention to a
Pbelon, Newman, Wafrety Balch and
Cobh ; long May remembrance, jnipript
their worth Th our fainds, whilq trail
frien< lfh ; p % calls forth the fydtyrthefc,
tear.—Thty diriinguifhed ,themfeLes
like heroes, they faugh|, bled, and 'no
bly died /jh the cauTe &ey mutually
were engaged in.
" The Indians fought like bell bound;,
our brave men received their fires, „-
tinned thM, advanced, charged, t&
charged, «nd at leng§jQat obliged to
yield life ground to savage foes.
" Many of our wounded men were
left,on thf §^> *hd have fallen tiabhs
to favagftcruelty ;. federal were /seen
burning in the fire, after being toma
hawked ,nd falped.
" The brave Capt. Newman, was pre
ferred Until lhe retreat-rupon which he
was ihot.—Lieut. Greaton, who is like."
ly to get well of his Bounds, will be bet
ter enabled to do justice to his friends'
yalour, tbarVmyfelf, for he fought and
bled by their,fide.
" Every officer of the artilleryis kil
led, except Capt. Ford, who is badly
wounded, and Lieut. Ingersoll, of Bas
,% who was at this garrilon at the
time.'.
Every particular refpeding the adion
ht the Westward,is eagerly fought after .
In the following letter from Kentucky,
some new circufaftances may be found,
" An express this moment arrived, and'
confirm, th, melancholy news of she'd#-'
feat Qf our arm,. I have.received .let
ters from feyeral fright who were in the
,g4g,meni : They f a y thit General
ST.CLAIR was on horfcb,ck during all
the a&ioQas seen where his presence
was, most Mcrtß % ^d deliv^d his
fy Tft, etaffl viamed coon.
fitaoL '^'awf"^" " laves,wtid
mf^ J^rc uri ° us and. debate
.'> our troops fol ab% e
|X: ^"'H in & wbi f h time the ml-'
1y loft 'tooli,* q 1 l'"?" "inmate.
% loft ?tog,ty WJikthe ft% e s and bag
^^™ d i^ b r^
^ ?' h 7 f reported to be,
from the place of U&ion to Fort Wd&
ft, or cooped up in Qe garrifohs
"f'rt °" ''"> ire not tobe defcrib
-?™ "'• however, fufficiently
felt here to rouse numbers to their as-
Ijfance— -My exertions shall be naive,
and I hope that, in three daysjiooo or
'^°, w '" be io moti^ far their
relief,"
^befall of Brethren, lend a pitying ear.
ENOUGH for those, inur'd to hardy
feenes., , .
Who brave the front of danger to indulge
The deep emotion of humanity,
enough that their indignant bicaftsfhould
=burn ™.^.:^ . ,
Relentless, for revenge. But for the eye,
The tender eye of sorrow, ro fend forth ■
A meftenger of grief, when fellow men
Mefl with disastrous fate, is innocent,
Humane nnd pitiful. The olive branch,,
That fain would flourish ia-ihe weftern
clime, t. „o.y.
Tor, by <# ruthlcG, savage hand, mote'
ft:" droops }. i.v.~'
Dgnaedfa^d inMfes the kindred powers
To bind its wotu&.g fafpira frefh nen-
Enliv ninp and its injuries requite,
Ye veteran Hero; ofout country rife!.
Let not the sword that wakes'to cfpoufe
:=the.mght& ;
Os man, fleepiaQ iheath, when jsbry~ - -
bleed,/ '
Who, in imagination's ere can view,: #
Miama s plain's, drown'd in a crimfen
Beftrow'd with mangled corfes of our
friends—,.
And not be fir'd with furious pafiion ?
Worth
And injur d honour recbmpence demand.
The dear relation weeps,diftoafolare
Friends sadly sympathize—our Country
feels
The loss.—The, foagh^they fell!—they'
.. , bravely fought—
They noblyfell; for 't'was in glory's caufo!
Then guardian Seraphs, miffion'd from
% the Ikies., rt
Hover'd around; ar.d caught their fpirits'
)ifleet; ' d .
And gently bore them to Elifanfcenes,
> FAVONIUS.I )
— — =^~_—^
ALLifabris to^g de
' ri'"' °° ^ e f'ete Os $T EPHEN
i^tl^^^
f e"" r =,<B Waul <0
e%% te ,4fe ffepefyfe fefafap *
Dec, 2ff r7„,fr ^ rf e . ; ' ; '"
^L L ^fe& basing a„r ~
claims qairiff the Egale
ts JOHN DUDLEY, late of
Brintwood, in the count, of
Rockirigbam,gentleman,deceaf
el are desired to exhibit the
feme to tbe Jubfer^^^
trator, to laid eflate—and alt
fterfons indebted to /aid fflate
are requeued to fatle the fame •
immediately, :
,J3enj. Dearborn.
Exeter, Dec, 27, 1791.
'' The Rate of affairs here is true),
deplorable ; and unless we have fpee<
d, fupplie# of moment—fay oftrcopa
&c. there is no faying where it will end;
The mulattoes, in the quarter of Fort
Dauphin, have re.vof(e<T. The whites
who could escape, have red .to town,and
the country almost entirely* laid watte.
We hope these fellows may 'be brought'
to reafon,b, treaty,and unanimity'togh
among the whites might be easily effeft-'
ed.—Thenegrots could tbeibc fcbdued
unless fometbing coercive is fpeedily'
put in fierce, we are fearful the revolt,.
and the depredations will be feeoerah
The best of the island is now - laid waste.
BuGnefais very 'dull." , : °'
: -pjEßi—At KenfiQgcon, on Ttiefr
day, the 20th raft. Mr. CWleb Shaw,'
Aged so v/ ;^ : \t^ . -.
A POETICAL ADDRESS.
EXETER^Saturd.) Dec.3l2
FROM CAPE-FRANCOIS-uov. 24.
Ye generous ^ons offenfibilitj !
When ye perafe the bandbill that recounts