New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

respSShoenWSg W,SisM % HENRY SMITH. vols svo. pp.
COO 649 Cincinnau Robert Clarke " Co' ioo-'
II is ouite natural that the period lmmed'ateS
following the Revolutionary Wat should have peeh
comparatively neglected by historians Inc SUI
zinc events of the heroic days invested with an
;rterest which appeals to the dullest Imagination
and they ovcrshadow the more tame and Guiet
scenes which present themselves in the times which
next ensue To the careful student. however, 'he
process of organizing the new Republic ana es'ao-
fishing the foundations of its Government mas
profound interest, while the patient seii-coh'ro oi
fhe peope and the political sagacity oil the ieaus
men of the time are fully as aomuaole 40 wv
courage and soldierly skill which wres'eu 'lu'oi9
from the trained and tried armies Oh tno Nus
The chief value of this work is tha' IL ii'.".
substantial addition to tho meagre recoiuS VI '''
time The papers cover it is true the eh.''e poiou
of General s. Clairs public services. but the war
correspondence proper WHO oon'","" -
letters from the principahactors in the struggle
a1a r,ue IN what was already known or easily
aoooss;ble From the date of the passage OF the
o,dipance of 1857 the papers are rich Win new
o,orial as would naturally be expected OF
tho CORRESPONDENCE of a man OF such Ma
,ional consequence as the last President Oh
the Continental Congress and the hfst "oNc'noi
of the Northwestern Territory. Ihis worh IL ',io
authorized publication of the papers wnicn 'no
Iecisloture of Ohio had the rare good sense 10 Pui
chase from General ST. Glars descendants 10
the last volume which is devoted exclusively W
CORRESPONDENCE relating to the establishment ol INC
Territorial Government the Editor mas auue"" '''
nable Appendx with much other Illustrative maV'ci
which has hitherto been buried III nahuSclip'.
Arthnr St Clair was born OF a noble family IN the
town Of Tbnrso. Caithness. Scotland, in the year
1894. He studied at the University OF Ldlhoursh
os nreparatlon for professional life. and was lnueh
+,rod to the famous physician, William Hunter Oh
Iopdon Rnt he had inherited the martial temper
of his race and mt twenty-three he apahuon'u
madeleine for an ensigns commission III Tue h'' 81
American Regiment of Foot He was WIN Aiihc'S'
ot louisburg. where he won by his gaIlahtIy pro-
motion TO the rank of lieutenant. ana undeT "oio
,he following year he carried the BrtlSh ooIois y"
the Plains OF Abraham. After the siege OF Queocc
he married a daughter of the Bayarus OF bosto",
who brought him a dowry of @l4,Ooo lhherltc"
from her maternal grandfather, James Bowdon.
In 17G4 he removed with his Young wlio TO a n"e
landed estate in the picturesque Ligoner valley OF
yrostorr pennsylvania. where several Scotch
families of consequence had already settled Here
be filed n number of prominent civil positions ana
tooL an active part in the boundary disputes DE-
tween PENNSYLVANIA and Virginia man ike o''
Clair with n military reputation ana uh'h
cuisbed in civil life could not long remain III
obscnity as the spirit of resistance against 'le
mother country gathered head IN the colohles' anu
in December, 1775 he resigned his civil oihces' 'ook
leave of his wife and children and as the event
nroyed of his fortune, and repaired TO fhladeiPnIa
on simmons from President Hancock. In Jan
nary he raised a regiment and IN May he reacleu
Onebec at critical time and covered the retreat Oh
tbo ;mnerill,d army. Through the disastrous days
which, followed Colonel st. Clair rendered eihceht
scrvice until the wearied weakened. plague
s,pi,ten and demoralized forces were brought INTO
camp on the banks of Lake Chanpla!n On the 'th
of August 1776. st. Clair was made Brlgadier-
General by Congress, and later III the year was
ordered n leave the Northern Department and JOIN
Washington in the Jerseys. During the triaiS anu
bardships of the dark winter which followed, wheh
the genius of Washington shone out so brlghtIy al
last St Clair was one of the faithful and trusted
odvisers of the Commander-in-Chief and took a
.n;ororo mart in the operations which were
oroyped with trinmph at Trenton and Princeton
II was in recognition of his distinguished services
In this campaign that he was commissioned a
Major General in February, and assigned once moro
to command in the North. On the lzth OF juno
he took command of TicOnderoga, and was SUD-
iected TO much cruel censuTc for abandoning that
most twenty four days later when his wcrks were
commanded bv the guns of the enemy nearly o'ooo
strong against less than half that number Oh MS
pwn ill-eQuipped ana wolse-aIIheu .'0P' NV
,LiIfnl retreat from Ticonderoga was followed as
natural sequence by the decisive victory at Sara
toca and St. Clair although suspended Tor time
from command. became a member of Washington s
military family He participated in the battle OF
Rrandvwine shared the suherlngs at ' alley forse'
was a member of the court martial whlch uled
Andre and the closing days of the war 1onhd MN
marching to the support of Greene IN South Caio-
lima. Equally efficient in civil and military me- he
was elected President of Congress ana Governor OF
the Northwestern Territory, post which nc hei'
for fourteen years. and under his administrative
control the broad foundations of coming States
were securely laid and established IN the freedom
and education guaranteed by the great charter. he
,v,s remoyed in 1902 by President Madison ana
returned to Pennsylvania in his old age to ina ms
fortunes wasted, while the Government which he
had served pleaded the statute OF limitations u
escape 1eimbursng him for money advanced 10
prevent WashingtOns army IRON melting away
He had become responsible whlle administering
Indian affairs for certain supplies, and THIS amount
was also refused, at first on the grcuhu OF an III
formaity i'm his accounts. and when this was rec''
fed the statute was pleaded once more Ills prop
erty, a valuable one for those tlmes' was nhanS
forced TO a SALE and the old soldier and his family
were reduced to want In log house on pieaR
ridge by the side of the old State road from Bedford
m pttsburc and almost in sight of the broad acres
which once were his Lewis Cass found nm at th'
age of four-score supporting his family by selling
ssupplies" to the wagoners who travelled that high
way. One day in August, 1915 when elghty-lou'
old he was discovered lying insensiDle by th'
side of rough and lonely road, where he ha'
fallen from his wagon while on the way 10 a neigh
boring town TO procure some Hour and other hcces
,,,;es He never rallied from the shock, and died
on the last day of summer.
Throughout his long hfe from early manhood
almost TO the time Ct his tragic death, ST. CAR wa
intimately connected with enterprises OF moment
nf or oil Aarlal