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The record Of our war for independence has
not yet been thoroughly examined By masters
Of military strategy qualified to discern and
graduate the blundsrs committed on both
sides. Indeed. 10 is only OF late years That stu
dents hnvo been at palms to collect and print
materials sufficiently Ruthe ntic and exhaustive
for criticism Of this Kind. Especially welcome
shSaiA be original docaments reiAtina to that
most crtidnl period Of ths Revolu tionAyy saTug-
sls. which. happily for tho colonlst. endsd with
the failure for Bursoynss CAMPAIGN. The plan
whose execution WAS intrusted to that 0enaral
was brilliant in conception. and In tho hands Of
man whom tho British Government then had
at It's dlsposal-we refer. Of course. TO Sir Guy
Carleton-would hsve had many chances OF
success. Even . commander 20 incom-
potent ~ Durgoyns proved when tested
might have carried out the purpose Of
dividing New England from the other
colonies. bat tor the tnexcusabls neglect
Of Lord George Gsrmalns then Secretary for
War. to forward tho expected order for CON.
csrted movement on the part Of Sir William
Howe. 1t may be. too that In the absence OF
an advance norihward by the British troops
stationed on the Hudson River. Burgoyne
might have cut his way through TO Albany had
able prompttude. Whatever may DO thought
Of these ecnjseturss. We cannot help rsgasdin9
with peculiar interest any fresh testimony
amanatinG from eve witnesses OF what Bar
soyns actually did or failed to do. Suoh evil
denca Ia now offered US In the Journal aud Or
dsrlu Books of Lieutenant Hadden. published.
with copious explanatory notes and appendl-
cas-. by Gen. HoRAT1o RoGERs ALBANY Joel
Munselrs Sonsl.
1t must be owned that the exterior proof OF
the authenticity OF these documents is to some
extent. defective. The manuscripts hero print
I'd were purchased by the editor Ia 1875 OF Mr..
J. W. Bouahton. who had just received them
from IT. Henry Stevens Of London. The latter
had bought them two years previously OF y Mr..
Pringle. who 1t seems has failed to make any
reply to = request for Information bearing on
the history OF the papers. 1t Is certain how
ever. that Lieut. Haiden served In Bur-
goyne's expedition. and Intelligent readers will
concur in the editors opiuion. that the Jour-
nal itself contains Inherent proof III gsnuine-
moss. AZ all events. here It IN printed In full aud
accom- panied with tho original maps. and In.
cludlnv FAC. similo specimens Of the hand writ
Ing which hns bsea found to correspond exact.
~ with Lieut.. Hadtlen's signature to the Cam
bridge Parole. While tha published journal.
however. is precise reproduction OF tho man
uscript. only such parts OF the Lleutenant's
orderly books are printed as arc not con-
tanned In the well-known orderly books
Of Burgoyne which purports to have been
printed from the original document. but which.
as Gen. Rogers gives Us reasOns for believing.
reUescnts an imperfect and lnterpolnted copy.
To the excised orderly books. which occupy
large pnrt Of this volume. We shall not now re-
fer; but We think the reader will be glad to sec
some extracts from the journal. which Ia writ
ten with the utmost candor and simplicity. and
was doubtless meant only for the eye OF some
relative or intimate friend.
The editor has industriously cleaned all the
facts concerning tho previous career and sub
segment experiences OF tho British officer
whose psrs onai observations and opinions will
probably BIZ ranked hereafter among tho most
valuable materials for the study Of Burgoyns's
campaign. james Murray Haddsn. the writer
OF the journal before Us. was q son Of Captain
In the royal marines. He entered the Military
Academy at Woolwich as Il cadet In April. It'll.
and three years later WAS commissioned IA
Second Lieutenant In the royal regiment OF
artillery. While holding this rank he en-
barked In March. 1776. for Quebec which place.
II Is worth noting he did not reach till four
months aftervard. In Octob,,r Of that year he
commanded gunboat on Lake ChamplRin in
tho action which ended In the destruction OF Ar.
nold's fiotiIla. The next spring he participated
In Burgoyne's campaign. which hs describes
infinitely down to Sept. 10. his journal closing.
for some reason unknown to US. with an nc
count OF the bittle Of Frceman's Farm. That
he WAS exchanged after the surrender OF Sara
toga ind continued to serve In the colonies. Is
proved by tho fact that his name ia registered
In 1889 in the brigade OF artillery under Sir
Henry Clinton. He can have had no interest ut
the Horse Guards. for. although he WAS clearly
an officer Of great merit. his promotion was