The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-08

II
~. yesterday received the following note
l correspondent ri ibis city
I5sor Of ~ Dispatea. ohaesve thats
40 ma,,,a,,si article 10 s,tnrday's LfTafch, Ton
sscrIbe the ~x pres.'on, "sa.sn W.. M, az,
h.ye seen Il aso asc ibed 70 Frederick the Great
.,'h whose character It seems much more aecrrd-
an. ,ban n does with fkat Of -Napcic>n.. Wtnsus
nretepding 10 assign thn authorship, however, l
viii merely remark, that IL vas certanly used NJ
0eaersl Charles Ice, as long ago - LID. when
fNapoIeon vss Bat ssx years old. On the 10Th page
OF the "a volume Of Irving's Life Of Washington.
IL the following paragraph Che writer spessfns
Of the strict decipliDe introduced into tne Amert-
icau army around b sston:ft ~ ~
Lee was supposed TO have been at the bottom
Of this rigid discipliae-,he rebuilt Of his expert.
ence 10 European campaigning Hts notions Of
military authority were acquired 10 the armies OF
the North. Quite a sensation was, on one occasion,
produced IN camp, by his threatening TO cane an
oicer for unsoIdieriy conduct His iaxity In other
matters occasioned almost eqral ecandai lie
scofYsd, we are told. "with his usual profanencss
At resolution Of Congress appointing day oil
upon their canse. "Hearsa," he observed, ''icdS
erer found farorable 10 strong battdlions"
II we have sinned in this instance, it has
been in very good company. John Ran
dolph was accustomed to say that all the
bastard wit of the country had been faith
cred upon him. II is certain that great
many strong sayings Of other men fell upon
the great Emperor. For instance, he has
been charged with giving utterance to the
famous apothegm, ''giveme men and VIII
have money; give me money and ! Will
have men," II was said by Julius Cesar.
The saying of Cromwell with regard to men
of large noses-that they had good wind
and large brain-has also been attributed
to Napoleon. Every age seems to have
some one man upon whom they pack all the
| wit and smartness Of the generation.
Apropos of General Charles Lee. 1t
seems pretty we'll established that he was a
| traitor, as we'll as an intermeddler and mu-
,ineer. The following extract from Phil
adelphia paper places the matter beyond a
| doubt The extract is an outline OF a lee
ture delivered by Mr.. George Henry Moore
before the Pennsylvania Historical Society
Mr.. Moore is the librarian of the New York
Historical Society and man of unexception'
able character, in every respect. The testl'
mony he adduces against General Lee is, II
our opinion, perfectly decisive OF the quess,
ton. The future historians OF America VII
have to put Lee and Arnold in the same
category. The strange conduct OF the form
er in the battle Of Monmouth is now fully
explained. He did not wish the retreat Of
the English to be endangered.
From Philadelphia journal.]
Gen Lee WAS born ia Eugland, and it is said en-
tered the British army at the age Of eleven. Al
ter serving there for a plumber of years be entered
the Polish service, and was appointed aid-oe-caml
| to the Polish King. He afterwards re-entefes
the English service; but becoming Disguised WIN
- L.z nf ~ q
Of his military genius, embarked to America IL
| l173 1t has always been known that cen Lee
was rash, arrogant t, conceited, and too mach ots
posed TO sacrifice great interes to hts own vanity
bnt Mr. Moore, from official documents wh1ct
have come iHto his possession, depicts him IN still
darker colors 1t was Lees ambition to be com
mander-in.cbief OF the American army; and al
though thi position could not be given MIN, ye'
| 40 high and generous was the appreciation OF MI
learning and military science that be was creatte
| the second Msior General In the service, beiDe
ranked only by Washington and Gen. ward.
In no respect really did Lee, come up to the mgr
| expectations formed Of him. He constantly de-
| preciated Washington. aud was ever attempting
by letters to the New England Governors and &C
the parties in Congress, to place himself IN the
position Of Washington. After the surrender o
Fort Washington, bis whole career was marked oy
disobedience of orders, until he was taken prisoner
| by q detachment of British Dragons under Col
| Hsrconrt. having been that very day engaged II
writing a letter of abuse to General Gates agains
Washington, fac simile of which WAS exhi6
| tied by the lecturer. Being taken to New Yurl
aud lodged in the City Hall, in mortal fear o
being pu, to death as . deserter from the Bri
fish army or rebel sgainst the British Govern
| ment, he penned document, addressed T.
| Lord and General Howe, containing plan be
traying the American cause to the British Gov
| ernmeut. The identical paper, in Gen. Lees owi
| handwriting, and endorsed by Mr.. Streachey, tn
| Secretary of the British Commissioners. "Mr
Lees plan, December 90, Ill.," was exhibited 4
1 MIA hat
! while the bulk Of the British army should marcl
on to Philadelphia, division should be posted a
| Alexandria, Virginia, and another at Annapolis
| Maryland. His theory vas, Pennsylvania taken
Annapolis would induce Maryland to lay dow,
| her arms that the division at Alexandria woDl
| most effectually separate Virginia from Pennsyl
vapia; that the German counties might be defache
from the rest of the State; and that Pennsyivani
| would thus be crushed between these divisions
| Alexandris, Annapolis, and Philadelphia; the Con
| press itself be captured, and, as he himself ex
presses 1t, "the last spark of war be extinguished.
1t has been known in history that the remark
| able movements of Sir William Howe, by whtc
he abandoned his direct march in Phiadelphi
through the Jerseys, giving up his co operation
with BurgoyDe TO sail up the Chesapeake an
land at the head Of the Elk, was disapproved b
almost all his officers, and that its motives wer
entirely unknown to the British Government. A
| the time of this movement corresponds with th
| abatement of this remarkable plan of Gen. Lex
aud ss the plan IN most respects was one OF gres
ingenuity, Mr.. Moore considered 1t possible,
not probable, that the British General. In th
plau of operations which he adopted, was follow
ing out the suggestions of Lee. 1t IL now know
also that General Lee corrasponded with Genera
Burgoyne, and that whatever else he revealed
him, il 10 certain that he made known the Dege
, tiations between the American and French Gov
eruments
Subseq uently to this correspondence with Bur
COY and after this plan had been laid before tn
British Commissioners, Lee, taking advantage {
American generosity. again received command
our army only to Disgrace himself at the battle
Monmouth. He died, 1t 10 we'll known, withot
his treason being discovered. He was followed
} his grave at Christ church by all that was mo-
iuguished, both civil and military, then
Philadelphia. He was buried with the honors
war; aod the French Ambassador followed him
the tomb; but tho traitor, like the murderer, Get
not rest ia peace. The treason has strangely COZ
to light.
Lees plan il not signed, but is recognizable
, his style aud handwriting. The endorsement
Mr. Streachey's chiregraphy, and Nr n. receive
the documents through the family Of that gentle
/ man.