New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-16
REVOLUTTOyARY MANI
SCRIPTS.

NJ. C. Il. Norton of thi, city has recently ob.sned
pesies.ion Ct an .nsve aud very curious collection
of letters chiefly Ct the year 1871, which hsve never
been published pparenly even examined by auY o.
teIuuercus writers the history Of the Revolution.
Ibey throw much new light thetrI saotions Of tla
period, ard, in sone particulars, have 40 impor ant
bearing Upon coutroveIted poiLts Of our revolutionary
annals. Thee letters which are bound ia two largo
folio vcuu es comprise tte pubic and private CORE
sponjeuoe fr two three years Of tue Revolution of
William Lvine.ton the fcst Republican Governor of
NswJ.Isey who. for fourteen years, saa successvey
elected to th,t tiice, and who has In reputation
s.cord to rote in the St.fe for sblty, probty and
p,tio,ism The It mate and confidential rslstoas
which be bore TO the leading men Of the Revelation
are ,irkngly exhibited in this correspondence
TIE total Lumber Of these letters /, 763. Among
them are twenty from General Wa hinl tom FIVE OF
SIX from Lord Stuling, relative TO military movements,
provisions spice tee credit of tho country; exeen
or seventeen fom DR.. WitSe'spooni a letter fiom
Baron vapderkepeen Of Hol md, expressing great IN
tere,t in American affairs AID oforog osn and, in
sho,t, letters from really all tue prominent Reyou-
dptaiy leaders including Greene, Dc KAb, S,suben,
Heath, Lincoln, Romsep, Hamilton, Brr, Cnarss
Thomson, Peterson. rumbul, Bland, HSper Re d,
Samuel Hurtcetop, Boudino! Robert Morris, knox,
DuaIe, Tilgtman, Head, Joseph Reed, Pickering,
DickireoD, &c.
T6is ction Of letters promises to be OF great valus
TO ibe Revolutionary history OF Nor.Jersey, aud
should by ell be secured for the archives Of the
Safe. They offer foil TO the researches Of the
b5oerspher and toran, and should be kept together
in their present form Already, unie stand, large
ffers ave been made to Sir. Norton FOR separate lot
teIs on seooutt of tbei; value as autographs. The
Dispersion Of the collection into private hacds ID greatly
TO be deprecated ard il not purchases 10y the State
Of New.Jersey, it ought TO be promptly secured by
some pubic library.
We suhjon letter from an officer Of tico. Greene's
army to Governor Livingston, giving an account oil
TuE BATTLE Of srRISGFTELD.
"JLRsET GASP, SCAR SPRISorIeLD,
" lith June, 1880. !
"DBAR GovERSOE: You vii Gud by the iucosed
that had Wi ten 20 your EIcelleucy on the 9th inst
Toe ptr,Cn who was TO have delivered Il hsl;ed at
Eizai etbtown, 6Ld before daylight was alarmed.
We were ala - alec by ~ O'Clock, ard bad marched
resr your bOuse when Intelligence was received that
tie enemy were landing in force, vi h artillery Gnd
dragoons and that their number would be at least
) go. Thought EIizabethto~n would % an improper
place for me- | therefore retired toward Connecticut
FaIms where Col Dayton joined nae vita his reg-
meut. | ordered few small parties 10 defend the de-
file near the Farm MeetT House, where they were
Joined end assisted the defep-e by some small bodies
q militia The main body OF the brigade had 70 watc1
tho eueu CD the road eadiog to tie right ADD loft
toward Spin, field, thst they might not cot OF oar
co1mur catiou with bis ENoelercy General Washing
ton. Our paries II Continental troops and mt a NJ
the De he performed wonders Alter tt)ppog the al
vance Of The enemy near three hours. they crossed
over the de and drove them 10 the tavern tnat va,
Jer mhh snith's bot the enemy we're OF that time ro
eb4ced with ct least 800 man, aud our people were
driven in their tUrn ovor tho deEe, and obliged TO Out
il. J. with the wGoe brigade and miltis, was formed
10 attack them, shortly after they had crossed the
d.fle but Il was tho't imprudsIt the ground wis
.I,-ar md thp
We retired slowly toward the Lg nts toward Spriog
Geld, harasing item on their right and lit, they
came with tueir advance to David MtehG.Ts hoise,
where they though proper TO hst Shortly after the
whole brigade, With the Ill tls, advanced thesi HSht
left ard 'front.' With the greatest RAPIDLY, ana drove
their advance 10 the main body, We we're 10 oar
torn obliged 10 retire after tue closest action have
seen this war. We wore then pushed over tue
bridge at Springfield, where We posted some troops,
aud With the assistance of q 6eh piece, COMMANDED
by the mitie, the eLemy were again driven back 10
her form or station, and si farther before night
Never did troops, either DLlnen'a or miIf, OeIE.e
batter than old. Every one that had an opPoru'
iity (which they mostly al haG1 We'd 9th eaoh o;ner
wLO could serve the uLtTy nost la the latter pai
Of tie dsy tie militia aocked from al qusrers aud
gave the eDsy respite til the DAY closed tue scene
At the middle Of the nigh, the enemy tueaked or ana
put their barksides 10 the sooud near LUZ thethoWa
Our Ices ensign XII led, and three lieutenants
urded, Prvates killed, tSeDtJ-ei5ht woQGced
ard five missing. The Iniihis lost several AMI had
nnu b-r 9opnd,d. We have coed reason 10 believe,
iom IL number Of dead lsf, the ground, ana from
the itornstor Of many the inhabitants where tosy
had their dead ard wounded, that they ost three TINES
the ruuber We DID Gen. S'riog il snoog their
wounded ard thought TO be dangerous, with Count
Dolop x lid a son or nephew VI the General WOO
me; Il came fate at Red Bark. 1 credibly in-
ormtd tba, Il Of the enemy dead were uod the snt
day scattered through the wcots sud 6sds, bes;de
tho, HON they themselves had bnried and carried
of Il q fist day. The body Of The eneulv nov
occupy the ground by tie old point and DE H.Ft's
tcoss. Their advanced parties are as far as the
| ElzAbe.htOEa Bncge.
lem, WITH lsEea iespec. and esteem,
"WyL MAXINE ELL
"l5b.-N. B-Yor EIcensncys family was all
well day OF two ago and bsd received Jrry from
! tie enemy. Ioor sen William WA with Is ali me
day az the acton.