Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-27

gen. 81. Ni6h d'i N""N
dcne by the legislature OF Penn,y'Va"l7'.
He now SIDES in a small hut. power
t.. or a n,nuutair IN The into ior ot Penn
s,Iyauia. Let those vino have witness.
ed the prodigaliv with which riches ana
honors have been bestowed upnn he "ti'
GERS WHO have been lVriui,Cusly elevated
during the late war, read the io'0"!HS'
and drop tear over tie fate 81 81. IIa".
FROM wILKINsoa's MEN IRIS.
"He had been introduced at an early
age into the Royal American CT oo'h
British regiment, and dnring the seven
years war, had seen great deal OF &C
tive service under distinguished cOinman-
ders. He served at the ,aking OF Luals.
burgh under gen. hmhci st, and the next
campaign carried :pair OF Colours on tae
plains Of Abraham, the day gen. VOL!
bartered lis life for dea HESS r'anopn.--
The native ingenuity, liberal education,
literary taste, and polished address OF
ensign St. Clair, could not escape the OBJ
servation of the conqueroT Of Canada, 2
his able ccadlutors Monkton, Townshend.
and Murray and the circumstance oil
their attention enlarged his sphere of in.
formation, and gave scope to his genius
and dispositions. After the peace of
1868, he sold out and entered into trade,
for which the generosity of his nature ut
terly disqualified him he Of course soon
became Disguised with prUfi,les, nur
suit and having married after several vi
oissitudes Of iortune, lie located himself
in Ligonier valley west of tie Allegheny
mountain, and near the ancient route
from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. In thi
situation the American revolution found
him. surrounded by rising family. in
the enjoyment of ease and independence,
with the tairest prospects of sflaent Tor.
tune, the fourdaticn of which had been
already established by his intelligence.
industry and enterprise. From th.
peaceful alb de, these sweet domestic en-
ioyments and the Hattcting prospects
which accompanied them, lie was drawn
by the claims Of a troubled country A
man known to haze been a military OIL
GER, and distinguished for knowledge and
integrity, could not, in those times, be
concealed even by his fayorite mountains,
and therefore, without application or ex-
pcctatian on his part, be received the
commission of a colonel in the month Of
December, 1776, together with letter
from president Hancock. pressing him to
repair Immediately to Philadelphia. He
obeyed the summons; and took leave no
only OF his wife and children, but in e.
feet of his fortune, to embark in the cause
of liberty and the united colonies. In
six weeks he completed the levy of re
gimcnt of $50 men; six companies OF
which marched in season to join our troops
before Quebec he followed with the other
four in May, and alter the unlucky affair
at Three Rivers, by his counsel to gen.
Sullivan at SOrel, lie saved Tie army we
had in Canada. Subsequently to these
events he rose to. the rank Of major gen.
and was hOn3red with the confidence and
friendship Of gen. Washington to the day
of his death. at Trenton he saved tie
armv nv the flank movements to The
r;rht. which he recommended ir council
on the night Of the ed Jan. ny :; and At
Ticonderoga, in the same year, behcid
him rising superior TO the selfish obliga.
tons which fctter mankind I; and by pTe.
fcrring the safety of thesrmy confiied to
his charge, to the BLOODY honoys which
were within his reach, he voluniarily
plunged himself into the gulf of popular
detraction. We'll do remember his re-
ply 20 me. when depIorinp The necessity
Of our retreat. g II nust he :, mn hon.
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