Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-10-07
The suljOined are the letters rsaredb ADORE.

Inc SuJ0ned are me HffeTs rqerTedfO oo0re.
"PHILADELpHn, APRIL 10, 1885.
"Mr DEAN MADAM: Il is with uncgned regret that do
not find among my papers memorandum Of the anecdote
communicated TO by DR.. RUsH in regard your father
Gen. HUI, and without such guild, cannot repeat it
TO make il fit for introduction into q authentic account Of
his life. The substance this:
"Your father, understood, with Gen. Sr CLAIR at
Tconderoga The evacuation Of that post by Gen. Sr
CLAIR, upon the approach Of Gen. BuRGorSE the
cason Of almost universal surprise the country, and Of
bitter repfoaches against Gen. ST. Cum. The feeling
tended even to Gen. WAsHSsros, his letters now dis
Close though his great prudence prevented him from mpa
ing il any but persons worthy OF csndence The excite
ment learned from DIR. RusH, wa greater than in the af
fair Of Detroit.
eft was as the army under st. c,rs command was re.
firing, that Gen. Hull seen, during halt, writing
letter the stump Of tres, and being asked by
friend upon what be employed, he replied Il am wr
ting paragraph for newspaper TO arrest the progress Of
uniounded censue, already begun against brave officer
who has done his duty, and TO whom the placed
at bis disposition by the country, and the character Of the
works he had to Defend lett alternative but to retire.
cannot be happy until have contributed my mite TO defend
and the honor OF brave AMI accomplished officer
who has been unable do what his country wished and
thought without reason that he had he OF etecng
"Ths was the substance Of DR.. Iush's communication
Il may be interesting TO you TO hear Il, as was TO me-
particularly from the coincidence between your fathers sus-
plon and that Of Gen. St. Clair, and tho beauty Of such
incident in the life Of who doomed to experience
the injustice which he lsbored avert from his commander
:" am, dear madam, your faithful friend,
"Mrs. CAMPBELL. H0R. BINNEY."
"WAsHISoTos, ArRrL is, lsis
"MY DEaR SIR have read the voume which you sent
to me- containing the Lie Of Gen. William Hull and The
History Of the Campaign Of 1872, and in compliance with
your request proceed to state to you the impressions with
which have risen from its perusal.
81 mu say in advance that did no require the evidence
which this volume abundanly affords Of the eminent patriot
ism and snguished gslantry which universally
corded TO Gen. Hun, from the to the conclu-
sion Of the Revolutionary From 10Y Father to whom
he personally known, and who served with him, had
learned consider him Of prise, Of great per-
sona bravery, with degree Of intelligence and proficiency
in his profession which enabled him anvil himself Of every
occasion for the display Of those qualities Several OF the
cidens which detailed in this volume already ami-
liar to me, and derived from the which have
referred know, too from conversations with my father
after the surrender Of Detroit that his opinion of Gen. HuILs
bravery and patriotism unchanged.
"My opinion this subject be comparatively unm-
portant but you have right to ask and do hesitate to
express IT, The lal affection which has prompted this effort
Fathers memory from undeseryed eproach com