Year: 1875

klnu 10 PROVIDE Kitchen for hel in
Alexandria, A or some other place of
safety elsewh here for her and my Pa
pers-


The people of this government have
obtained charter which they by no
meane deserved-their officers gene
rally speaking are the most Indifferent
Rind of people | ever saw. | have al
ready broke one col. and aud FIVE cap
tains for cOwardice, & for drawing
more pay d provisions than they had
men IN their ompanies, there is two
more coils. now under arrest, and 20 Ue
tried for the same offence.-In short
they are by no means such Troops, in
any respect, as you are led to believe of
them from the accts which are pub
lIshed, but l need not make myself
Enemies among them, by this declara-
ton, although it is consistent with
TRUTH dare say the men would fight
very well (if properly officered) al.
though they are all exceedingly dirty
q nasty people-had they been prop
erly conducted at Bunkers Hill ton
the 18th of June) or those that were
there properly supported, the Regu-
lars would have met with q shameful
defeat, d much more Considerable loss
NAoA IhSJ OANi "HiC4 10 HOW huOWu 10
be exactly ], ,O57.-kIlled q " Ounded.
1t was for their behavior on that Oc-
casion that the above officers were
broke, for l never spared one that was
accused of cOwaruice but brOt 'em to
immediate tryal.


Our Lines of Defence are now COM
pleted. as near so at least as can be
we now wish them to come out as
&c MI hsRE ;cI
the enemy discover no Inclination TO
quit their own Works of Defense, d
as It is almost impossible for US to get
to them, we do nothing but watch
each others motions all day at a dis
tance of about Il mile every now and
taen picking up straggler where we
can catch them without their Intrench-
ments in return they often attempt
to CInnOnade our Lines TO no other
purpose than the waste of a cOhsidefa-
bic quantity of Powder to themselves
which we should be very glad to get.
What does Doctor Cralk say to the
behavior of his COuntrynIen and
TOwnspeOple ?-remembe me kindly
to him q: tell him that sh0uld be very
glad to see him here if there was any
thing worth his acceptance but the
Massachusetts, people suffer nothing to
go by them that they can lay hands
upon


l wish the money could be had from
Hill d the Bills of Echange Except
Col. Fairfax's which ought to be sent
to him Immediately turned into cash;
you might then, | should think, be
able TO furnish Simpson with about
$500, but you are to recOllcct that
have got Clevelahd & the hired People
with him to pay also. l would not
have you buy single bushel of wheat
till you can sec with some kind Of cef-
trinity what Market the Flour is 10 90
tO-and if you cannot find sufficient
employment in repairing tile mill
works, d other things of this kind for
Mr. Robert and Thomas Afford, they
must be closely Employed i'll Making
CasG or working at the Carpenters or
other business otherwise they must be
discharged, for it is not reasonable, as
all mill business will probably he at an
end for awhile, that an able to Uay
them Gl00 year to be Idle.-I 5hDt!ld
think Roberts himself must see, Il be
sensible of the reasonableness cf this
request, as l believe few miilers VIII
find employment if our Ports are shut
up, u tie wheat kept in the straw; Ur
otherwise fnr greater security.


l will write To Mr.. Minor TO forward
yOu a good Country BUuIting Cloth for
Simpson, which rndeavor to have con
tried To him 10y him by the first safe
cOnvcyance-I wish you would quick
EN- Lapsh!re G Sears about the Dining
Room Chimney piece. 20 be executed
as tnetIttied in one of my last letters,
as ! U0uld wish TO have that end Of the
House completely finished before | re-
turn. l wish you had done the end of
the new Kitchen iieXt the Garden as
also the old Kitchen with with rusti-
Gated Boards however, as it is not,
would have the corners done so in the
manner OF our new church Chose two
especially wliibn Fronts the quarter
What lidVe you done with the well?-
Is that walled up?-have you any acct
hf tile painter?- how does he behave
at Fteaericksburg?-


| much approve of your sowing
Wheat in clear ground, although you
should be late in doing it, d if for
no other purpose than tryal-It is
growing, l find, as we'll as new prac-
tice, that of Overseers keeping Horses,
and for what purpose, unless 1t be to
make fat Horses at my expense, know
not, as it is no saving to my own Hor-
ses-I do not like the custom e wish
you would break it-but do as you
wish, as l cannot pretend to interfere
at this distance.


Remember me kindly to all the
Neighbors who enquire after


Yr Affectiont'e friend and Serv't


Go WASHINGTON.