New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12

s,,seantibIe of proof. The well established fact
shat Jones had sent Robert Ayres tiatherln-laW
of Ransom Cook, Esq, now hEng al S&y@V9Ga Is1.
Springs, with a letter to Miss McCrea, asking hef
t6 visit the British encampment, and accompany
its commanderin-chief, with his lady guests; on
an excursion to Lake George, clearly SHOWS HoM
She charge against Jones had crept INTO wing
accusation concerning supposed mtsconduct and
meanness and the dialogue taso Wen authehtt
oated) between two OF her eaptOrs, IN relatloh W
the comparative value of living white squaW--
estimated at barrel of runl-and her sealp'loGk,
accounts, perhaps, for the story of the pretended
proheredrewarG "a barrel ofrun) alleged 10 nave |
caused the quarrel among the Indians when re,
suited in the supposed catastrophe. All VINO hiso M
been ACQUAINTED with David Jones knew that ne
was incapable of such conduct, and SO expressed
themselves at the time.
The rumor, also which is slightly confirmed in
Burgoyne's letter to Gates, that Miss McCfea was
on her way to an appointed marriage ceremony
/ originated in Joness admission that ne haa NJ
/ tended on the arrival of his betrothed at Skeens
borough (Whitehal) to solicit her consent 10 teit
/ Immediate nuptials Chaplain Brudenell ohclauhg
| Blt Jones explicitly denied having ntmated such
desire in his letter to Miss McCrea, or otherWlse
Sueh,n he added, was, without reference 10
my own sense of propriety, my dear Janets sen
i sibility that the indecacy of this supposed pro-
4 posal would, even under peculiar circumstances,
have thwarted it, Indeed, this question was
often a topic of conversation between Gehefal
Frazer and Mrs, MacNeal, who. with MISS Hunter c
(afterward Mrs TearseJ, accompanied MN from
Saratoga to saltwater and on his decease re-
turned to Fort Edward, after witnessing tne sur
, render of the British general, Jones frankly az
mtted to his friends that, IN consequence Oh Ille
proximity of the sayages to Fort EdWara, ne tso t
engaged several chiefs who had been at the
! | Bouquet encampment to keep an eye upon the
; fiercer Ottawas, and persuade them not to cross
: the Hudson; but if they could not be deferred
from SO doing, his employees were to watch over
the safety of his mothers residence, and, also,
"a that of Colonel McCrea. For all which, and IN
! order the better to secure their fidelity, Jones
promised suitable but unspeciied dreWard-mean
: ing thereby such trinkets and weapons as were
q fitted for indian traffic, and usually bestowed up
y On the aborginalS, whether in peace OF war.
: But the partisanshp was then extremely bitter
= and eagerly seized the opportunity thus presentec
! Of magnifying slight rumor into veritaole 1acI
- | which was used most successfully i'll stirring III
- the fires of hatred against lOyallsts III general
q and the family Of Jones in particular. The eN
II periences of the last few years afford ffesh nus
- trations of how little of partisan asseYeraton /
II reliable; and there is so much OF the terrlDAe Il
civil war which is indsputably true, that u Is no
= difficult nor does it require habItual credulltY,
= give currency to ialseh0od. One who hundre
y wears hence should write a history oil the lat
~ rebellion, based upon the thousand rumofs, news
:. paDeT stories statements OF " Southern loyalsVs.
1 southern ire-eaters, fierce politicians on one
y another side, would run great flah oL iuahlAi
i, serious misstatements.
~ l' The more private documents are brought
N Light the clearer they reyea! simlaf thoug
= mare intensified, state of feeling between II
g. Tories and the Wings during the era OF the rev
Se |ntion, Great caution is therefore, necessary
n Incorporating in history any accounts, as tact
- which seem to have been the result OF person
~ ~ hatred or malice No briancy Of style will con
II pensate for historical inacCuracy. Il Mr, Bancro
IL has been as unguarded in other items OF hlstol
- - us in this his work remains to be rewritten by
'S % more careful and thorough historian. But W&ea
~ only speak for those subjects with which
Ill happen to have been acquainted.