The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-19
Old HISTORY.
Sale of Manuscripts Relating to
the Revolution.

One OF the most important sales o
books and papeTe OF modern time,
recently took place in London, wher
the papers and documents of Sil
Henry Clinton, while in chief COM
mand Of the British forces il
America, were sold at auction. These
notes throw important light upon
events and affairs of the time, ane
reopen some historical questions thai
have been long laid ct rest. There
we're some very important manu-
! scripts relating to Clinton's military
operstiops in America.
PRIVATE INTELLIGENCE"
Private Intelligence" beginning
January 20, 1881, and Information
OF Deserteys and Otoers not Included
III Private Intelligence" The first
consisted OF $50 pages OF closely writ
ten matter on small folio paper, and
the second about l0U pages in q
volume OF the same size. A pencil
DuIe written by one OF the Clinton
family says in reference to each OF
these manuscripts Il thir K Sir O..
Bee kwith's hand" Whether this
be tse casa or not, the writing bears
indisputsble evidence of having been
written fr> N day to day, as iniormA-
ton came into headquarters through
the agency of spies. deserters, or
friends of the B.itish, whose
| Damee, ID some instances, are
attached to the entries. Taking one
or two of these days at random occur
the following in the volume marked,
"PriVste Intelligence" January 90,
1881. Page 1: "Gould came in this
morning at ten O'Clock from Eliza
beth town. On Sunday morning the
Jersey Brigade, part of which lay at
Pompton, mutiDied and seized two
field pieces. and joined the rest of the
brigade ct Chatham. He saw some
Of them, whose complaints were
about pay, etc. They told him they
we're determined. unless they got
redress. to join the British. One
Grant. Sergeaut-Msior and q de-
serter from the British army, COM
mands them. They said they would
come to Elizabeth town. The mill
tia are turned out to oppose them,
end this morning he heard very
heavy firing and some cannon, and
afterwards passing shots towards
Elizabeth town by Springfield. A
violent storm prevented his coming
in before.
- Woodruff says the same. A
cousin of his. one Nichols, is second
IN command"
SAD CONDITION OF THE ''MUTINEERs.
Goth. Mr.. Potts.-"The mutinee !s
ere at Trenton. Three regiments
are discharged and gone home to
Peupsy lvsnia. One condition insist
ed on is that only three officers
retain their rank and commend
General Wayne, Colonies Stewart
and Butler. The committee of
Congress consists of Sullivan,
Mathews, Withersp0on. and Attey.
They sic at T. Barclays tavern on
the Pennsylvania side of the Della
ware. The two men delivered to
Wayne by the mutineers were
hanged on Friday morning. Wash
iDgton is at n. Windsor. The mill
tia are collected throughout the
Jerseys.
General Arnold has taken Rich
mond 10 Virginia. Ito which the
rebel officers of Government had
removed from Wilismsburg), and
is on his march Tor Petersburg. Part
of General Leslie's detachment is
said to be landed at Edenton, in
North Carolina"
'MR. WASHINGTON. T"
Page 8. "Mr. Washington has
about 500 men with him. Head.
quarters at n. Windsor. The Hsmp-
shire Brigade are at West Point. The
New YORK Brigade is s:atieBed st
Albany. All the sixmonths' men
are Going home except few who are
employed in threshing out wheat
about Goshen. Forage is exceed
ipgly scarce indeed. They have no
magazines; they live from day to
day. Ali their expectations from
France haze ;urned out nothing.
He Captain g. OF one OF the
Massachusetts regiments) heard the
French were going to quit the con-
tipent. A Mr.. r. Morris told this to
a gentleman of his acquaintance.
The mildnees of the season has pre-
vented the expedition to Canada,
which is given up. By the best
accounts Ethan Allen has not yet
Joined though much disconnected.
The Pennsylvania officers cay
they will not serve with such rascais
as their soldiers. The revolters have
agreed to receive their arrears of pay
with the depreciation. and their rears
OF clothing, which has been promised |
them.
Congress leave oIt all the officers
who are prisoners. in the new reei-
ments.
"Mr. Adams has orders not to
exchange any militia for British
prisoners"
TROUBLE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Information from Captain Sulli
van, July 4, 1881: He arrived from
Philadelphia the 18th of June,
w'ited upon his brother. General |