The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-22

ate, on the bull providing tor the surviving officers of the revolution. The situation of the revolutionary soldiers is thus describ- ed:
 It was my fortune, said Gen. H., to be associated, in the early period of my mili- tarv service, in the North Western Army, under the commands of Generals St. Clair and Wayne, with many of those who had served in the revolutionary army. From those veterans have often heard minute particulars of their situation, known doubt less to the Commander in chief, but could not we'll enter into his official letters.- What think you, sir, of mess consisting of or officers, unable to furnish, from their common wardrobe, decent suit to a comrade, who was to mount the honorary guard of their beloved commander One tolerable shirt alone, the property of the mess, and that performing the round of service to them all. The first captain un- der whom I served. the late Col. Kings bury, of Connecticut-than whom Sparta nor Rome never produced better soldier informed me, ,that he joined Gen. Washing tons army with clothing, which, becoming the common property of his brother officers was soon so reduced that the portmanteau was dispensed with, and the remains of his wardrobe stuffed in stocking, and carried in the knapsack of soldier It must be remarked however, that all of the officers were not in this destitute condition. Some of them were men of fortune, others had wealthy relations, who furnished them with every necessary. And this made those who were destitute of resources, ,much more discontented with their condition. At the very time when the officers of the high est grades were disputing for rank, the el- ovation of captain to the rank of field of ficer, was in many instances, no longer re- garded as an advantage, because it brought with it demand for additional expenses and equipments which he was called on to procure, and which he had not the means to supply, without exhausting the sole re- sources upon which his family depended. The young officers, upon whom the glow and glitter of military life, the pomp and circumstance of war, make so strong an im- press, shrunk from the gaze ofthe stranger or even of his brother officers, as, tatter- ed garments he slowly and mournfully took his post for the grand parade-a scene on which the accomplished officer delights to exhibit himself, and which in all armies, twill present true picture of it's discipline and efficiency. This degrading state of the of fcers of our army became known to the enemy, and was theme of their ridicule. In little poem which have once seen, and which is attributed to British officer, celebrated for his accomplishments, but more so for his tragical end, and the sym pathy which he excited among his enemies the baggage found or supposed to be found upon bat horse, the property of one of our most distinguished generals is thus des- cribed: His horse that carries all his prog
 His military speeches. His cornstalk whiskey and his grog--
 Blue stockings and brown brooches.
 This could not have been true descrip- ton of the wardrobe of the distinguished officer named in the poem, who was man offortune and amply provided with every thing suitable for his rank but I do not doubt that the blue stockings and brown brooches were to be found in the portman- teaus of many others.
 Affecting Ineident.-In the British West In- dia Islands, the children of slaves by Europ cans, although near to the colour of the faith sers, are still slaves, and SO on for several gen erations. Mark the consequences that some times result from this law At the hour of sale, Marly entered the vendue room, when his attention was directed towards three well dressed. genteel young females. exposed for sale in one lot. They were sisters, of the cast denominated Mustees, their mother having been Quadroon, and their father white man. Their handsome forms, the apparent cultivation of their manners, the soft and plea sing faces, wholly European, even fairer than numbers of our countrywomen.andt the neat ness, nay elegance, of their dress aided by faint vermillion tinge, which their unfortunate and publick exposure to all eyes forced into their countenances. caused them to form an interesting group. There were few in the room who did not feel for their lamentable fate; and it is probable that the sensations of these unfortunate girls were such as to bafile description. Their father had been very respectable gentleman, ,and they were his fam fly, by brown or nlolatto woman, who had been slave of his own. He had brought them up in genteel manner as his recognis' ed family and they had been educated simi- ilarly to the free ladies of the island, their ia ther never having considered them in the light