The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-03-01

S''iA Nloh WILL ~ fd1lOUS Iuueb lOr
money. They had made advances
/, in the cause of tho colonies, and
Washington WIS always ready to
cash their calls. In support of thesa
facts we find in Washington's &C
counts, rs presented to the first
congress, tho following interesting
items
July 6, 1775.-To tho
account of Thomas Claf-
fin, Esq, for money
expended by him in tho
journey from Philadol-
phia to Cambridge, in
which tho expenses of
Gen. Lee, Col. Reed und
others were included. cl29 S 2
Sept. 7, l775.-To
Mr.. Sparhawks on
account. .............. Z2 l o
Oct. 80, 1775 To
Moses Fessentlcr. ..... coo
Oct. 80, 1775.-To
Josiah Fessender. ...... $40
Nov. s, 1775.-To
George Baylor. 394
Tho "Baron dc Woodlito appears
to have been often "short." We find
that Washington inserted his name
as follows in his accounts:
March 27, 1776.-To cash
the Baron de Woodlite. 49,. G3 IL 0
Tho accounts further show that
Thomas Patton, Mr.. Austen, VIM.
Hollingshead, John Stansbury,
Capt. Oakley, Majors C.rcy and
Harrison, Captain Gibbs, Colonel
Needham, Benjamin Henning md
others obtained various sums of
money from him, they not being
able to get paid for their services
from the Government.
Ono item ia worthy of special at-
tcntion. 1t shols light upon the
statosmanliko ability Of Washington
to conduct secret negotiations de-
signod to circumvent the enemy.
July Is, 1775.-To 1896 SO
given to -- to induce
him to go into the town
OF Boston to establish
secret correspondence,
for the purpose Of con-
veying intelligence Of
the enemy's movements
and designs. .,...... G100 @ O
A footnote marked thus says
Tho namos of those who are EN-
ploycd within the enemy's lines, and
who may fall within their power,
cannot be inserted"
Washington's payments to tonso
rial artists soem to have been pretty
liberal, as appears from tho follow
ing:
Dec. S, 1775.-To my bar
bor Mt suntlry times. ..... E6 10 0
March 81, 1776.-To my
DaIDGf. IL lU U
April 1,1776.- 70 expenses
on visiting several isl
ands in Boston Harbor
after the evacuation Of
tho town by the enemy GS Is 0
A CENTENNIAL CuRIosITY.
Washington, however, was not
able to cope with the enemy in the
disposition offunds. The friends of
King George wero snugly ensconced
in lucrative positions, rs we find
from the following article, which ap-
pesrod in tho Midtllescx Journai
of Jan II, 177G-onc hundred
years ago. CAS- Lord North has
owned in (tho British) Parliamest
that the (English} Ministry has been
mislcd and deceived by American
informers, it is but justice that tho
public should know them. Here
they are: Wentworth, Governor OF
New Hampshire Hutchinson, late
Governor of Bostcn, pcnsioncr on
ireland, fL000 n year Benz
Hallowoll, a Commissioner Of Gus
toms at Boston, 5000 n yoar Rug.
glea one of tho ouncil of Boston,
$500 ayenr, pension Mof1it, Custom
house officer at New London, t3OO
u year VIM, Smith, an attorney, Of
Now York, and q counselor (who got
many "rofcrcncos' from tho royal
judgps); James Delaney a captain
in the army John Watts, contrac
toH with Harley q Oliver Delaney
Stockton, nm attorney and counsel
lor at New Jersey; Franklyn, Gov-
ernor of Now Jersey, son Of Ben
jamin Martin, brother to Target.
Governor of North Carolina Jona-
than .Sowell, schoolmastcr, of
Boston Judge of the Admiralty,
5000 Il yoar and Anchmuty, a
priest. Anchmuty was rector of Trini-
ty Church, which was under Toryrulo
and Influences until the final defeat
of the British. We SEQ by the above
how King George used tho Custom
house against tho people,
A Vermont man returned home
the other day, after an absence of
eleven years, and found that neither
of Che three husbands his wife had
married and buried had fixed the
gate