Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-11-25

larIy, to Miss Louisa and Jenny,
and to your youngest son.
| / recommend to your kindness,
nv general, the Count de Sarceaux,
who will hand you my letter; he is
an officer of the old army, who in
tends to establish himself with all
his family in America. I am very
intimate with the family. He is as
vet undecided on the position to
which he will give the preference.
Having little money, he will, l be-
lieve, bury himself in the interior
of the country, in order to buy land
cheaper. What has become of Gal
lipolis? / am afraid that the In
dians trouble them much; were 1t
not for this, it would be an asylum
for me. If you see Colonel Sargent
and Denny, do not forget to SPEAK
of me to them. Adieu, my dear gen
eral, continue your friendship Tor
me, and be persuaded of all the SEN
timents with which | am your very
humble and very obedient servant,
Hypolite de Malartic.
The Sargent asked about was
Winthrop Sargent, secretary under
! st. Clair, and the Denny is our old
friend Major Denny. aide to ST
Clair, whose diary we have quoted
several times. St Clair must have
had some certain qualities that en-
couraged his friends to unburden
themselves when writing to him
While these letters have no bear
! ing whatever upon the history or
the Northwest Territory they are
of interest as human documents
and as showing to a certain extent
the character of both the writers
and St Clair.
John Paul Jones, famed for his
victories at sea, was one of the
/ friends of st. Clair, who wrote him
from Amsterdam on December 70
/ 1889. I will quote extracts from
this letter:
1.-The written documents from ms
friend, the Count de Segur, minister
plenipotentiary of France, at st
Petersburg, will show my rea'
son for leaving Russia, -. (and)
the dangers to which / have been
exposed by the mean subterfuge
and dark intrigues of Asiatic jeal"
ousy and malice Your friend
/ ship for me, will, 1 am certain, be
exerted !. for my justification.
in America. l wrote to the en-
press at Warsaw. (and) sent
copy of my journal. which Will
show she has been deceived.
shall remain silent until I know the
fate of my journal. :. Mr.. Jeffer~
son wrote me last March. | am
arrived here but few days ago.
You mentioned. 3. you could obtain
a letter in my favor from General
Washington. Such might be very
useful. shall be thankful to re-
ceive it. / intend to remain in
Europe till after the next campaign,
maybe longer. The empress may
invite me to return to Russia .
From the troubles in Brabant and
the steps now taken by the king OF
Prussia. peace is yet distant OBJ
ject the Baltic will witness |
warmer work than it has yet done....
I was called by the empress to COM
mand squadron in the Baltic.
This set the invention of all my en-
emies and rivals to work. (It)
proved the empress cannot always
do as she pleases. My address,
under cover, is----------.
St. Clair, in defending his friend
sent a letter to the press, dated al
Philadelphia, in January, 1890. Ii
said, in part: ." .. Articles calumi-
mating Admiral Paul Jones. in
serted in the English papers.
(have been) copied to those IN
l request you to pub
lish....a letter from the Count de
Seur, ,"''to Count de Montmorin, or
21st July, 1889, and the certifi-
cate. accompanying it....which has
been published in the Gazette Of
France (the official court paper) -. =
also certain other letters....re ,
ng that meritorious officer. which
may serve to silence his enemies in s
his country''.. Sin every climate, 9
envy and detraction will ever be the +
attendants on superior merit" T
De Segur wrote: 1.-The enemies
If Admiral jones'. (caused) reports
destitute of foundation. to be cir" /
,ulated.... The admiral has here G
sustained the reputation which his
bravery and his talents had acqulr-
ID him during the war;. The en- v
)ress wished to continue him in her
ervice.... The glorious marks or
he goodness of the king; and how 7
much he was satisfied with him, the t
,vidence he now bears. his attach
nent to France. (Which he served
lsefully. the right he has to pro-
ection from the kings Minister'S.
IS citizen. as admiral OF the b
United States. my personal friend b
hip for that distinguished Officer.
re motives which justify me in the Z
lin everything. concerning ii
i'm since he has been in Russia.
On July 25th the official Gazette S
t ST. Petersburg stated: "....Ad- c
niral Jones'. returning to France. 9
where personal affairs demand his
presence. had the honor to take
cave of Her Majesty....to be admit
ed to kiss Her Imperial Majesty's "
land.... That officer....so celebrated "
or his brilliant actions. called f
o the service Of Her Imperial n
(and) the command or
he troops stationed upon the Le~ v
nan during the campaign was con- n