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tjr | 0 ir inn were intent Jtm cutting dnv u ^yery*Vllcer whjMpftthey c.kiH j distiu^^h in I We JVtJdKpSle. W aim j a "i> of Uipmi discov&re Haeworfld J ojjteer y 'x lei at him," when two or three vjvonM fire*at the same laopMflU awEfji^uir ^oldiors ivere exeeWut mark izSBi ana rested tli^lr -jnu? iteta ! : over thfe Jfence^ jkifov werdsure w tlwSfr obje<c?^J An officer was iHscoverpd t*j mo'int near the . po*i?ttn of Csu. Howo, on tlie- Isft of llffe TBritfch line, and ride towards 3iir left ; which a column wask en eavarin^to turn. This was the Oal^jU oilker da horseback tluniu; the V and as he approached tin* v*il fence, X heard a nirobei'of ojt uien observe, " aec th.it QflScer, on hors?kaek,'? ? ^ let us lir:1," not yel," ? " wait until A geis ftpthat little knoll," ? * nwy"? when flrod and he infinity fell dead frtr.n liis hor^e. It proved to be jVlyef PitCiu 11 distinguished officer. ? The (Ire of thcencnfiy wasliadlv direct ed, 1 should pfcirjuw that foriy-niiic baljk out pt bux pasne4 from one to six feet ov&r oar heads, fori noticed an appfctuee, ?o!tie paces in the rear, whfch^vf scarcely a ball in jt from the ground as high as a rrtm'g head, while the trunlc and branches h1k>v? were literally cut to pieces. 1 commaudetV ^ full con1;winy in action and bad amy oirtl man killed and five wounded, which wu a full average of tbe loss we austiiaed, ex ccptihg those who fell while sally trig IfrgT.n the redoubt, when it was storm - cd by tlreJBritish coining , Our total loss uv killed was eii*hty eight, an J as a* t can recollect upward* O&two hundred wounded. Our jrt^otf officers carried fusees. Jrf Wc C^aw uf the action, after firing a wi j what ammunition 1 had, 1 walked do 'to the lii^tfer ground to tlie tijbt, in rear df the redfoubt, vrttU expectation <*f pro:winz from , wounded men tf bo lay then?', 11 supply : White in that situatkml saw at some distance a dead manlyinj nearasntattTocust tree. As lie appeared to he much better dressed than our nie.i general^ ly were, I asked a ra^ v;lw was passing me, if he knew whi*-it was. FKfeplted" it ij Doctor Warren." I did not personally know lluptor Warran, hi# was well acrju^ntet) with his public character. He had beau recently appointed a General in d ir service, but had not taken com raand. Ha m' Frosidefit of the Provincial Cowesa then sitting in WAtotfwn* and havmjhsard that *?&? *** action, !?<! cwnalft.alwrp ttAvliati?v^ynight happen, in the; character o? r V7. t t4?h.Riid littfortiraately killetf tlr * ^ k\*~. L. $ - I lia /lit'iiU iU'fla ,. Ilia death^Vas "??*"iSranl I i to Wis fVieru ?try/ PostetUy will gjirwcci.ite worth ftrtJ lairnMT to talrina.ao*^. , a pariah wjm rfwjuusV/ftinSf the defeucs of free <wih. >&?. TW filipAi^uf troops fnlfction near as I Wa?i attte to ascertain did not exceed fifteen hniidred. Tho force of at the coir meace tt$nt of tbs nctioty was i$ti* matrd-at about the oa.uti ourrth^r, but t'lay were ftecfueritly reinforced. tlad 6di ammunition held out, or had we Men supptie,d with tfnly fit teen or twenty r^tiuds ^ have n:> doubt but that weshroH have killed mid wo'indad the greater pvrt of their nr;ny, and oornpilled the remainder 1 1 have laid down th-.ir aims; for it Was with the greatest dt flc ilty that tliey, were brought up the I. ant ti ne'. O \v (lrtf was no deadly, p irticnlarly fo the o Ifcers, tint H would have been f:?i >oss*?Me to have* resisted rt, lmt for it* short tiarc hnr^rr. > I di J not HvMj rt mart qrtit Ins nost itnrm:; the Action, an I do not heliave a s\:j-le sal flier, * who wa<* bttn^ht ioto the tieM, flsd until tirs whole ar ny van oMi^\d toretrjat, for want of powder and hall. Tile loUl h?s^ of tli.- BiiIImIi was ubivit twelve tv?t vlred: trpwarifc of f?ve h'twlred kilU-d ftifl l*ei\vcen si\ n?)d s^ve.u 1? in l.v 1 \v?? n 1 vl.* |,ir* ^ i'i-'ii fu.Vd *.t Vxiw\ *n >4 -tev, llj ly; they Came into actiou five hun dred str-m** 4I14I all were killed or wotuided Irk ti^ity-thive. 1 wilt memion an extraordinary circiimstirict* to 'show bow far tne -teiopdrmty r^uiaUon of % man may .affect the uuitds of all classes of so ciety. * ? - General Putnam lml 'eniyged our army at the commencement of tlr: r e-i volu'iatiary war, witii sack an nai- N verbal popularity as can scarcely now lie co>h*A5tved, even by those w ho t;w,i felt the .whale force of it, aiifl no one can at this time oTtr ai^ sa ^isfjiclory -reasons why he was l*dd Id sucIl e^uuialitKi^ __ In the bailie of Hunker Hill he look post uu tat dt'ciieity tjtcards Cltarlejhtcn J\*ecb, where i saw hint. -0:1 horseback -as we glassed m 4a Breed'* ilill, with Col. Qoriah by his siiie* J heard tiie gallant Col. Pr&tc*?ll (ulio coalman ded in the ro donbi) observe, afier the war, at the table of his Kxci llctwy Juuies Jiow d>rin, then Governor of this Coaiuum weajlb, %i that he seift three messen gers during the battle to Gfcn- JPut~ nam, requystinij; him to coiiie forward and take the com maud, tliere being it 6 ?enei\;l oiUcer present, and thvi <rj5lfttivh rank of tlie Colonel not hav ing been fitted; , hut that lie received no answer, and his wliole conduct was such, both during the actiou and the retreat; 'that he ou^nt to have been shot" He remained at or near the top of Bunker llill until the re treat, with Colonel Gerriah by his side; I saw them together when we retreated. He nut only continued at that distance himself during the whole oF.ihe action, bid bad a foive With him nearly as larjpws tlUt en gaged* No reinforcement of nied of ammunition was sent to our assist ance; and, instead of attempting ^to ! cover the retreat of these who ex pended their last shot in the$ice of the eiittny be reireateji in company with Colonel G^rriahy jmddiis whole force, Without dischl|^^3 a single musket; but what is siifrtuore nston is?tiinj57 Colonel (xewiik was aiYesfc ed for Coiotirdice, tried}* cashiered (Arid uhiwrsillij execrated; while not a .Word was said against the conduct of General whose exir:u>r~ i Unary popularity* alone snved him jiot only* from trial, but- even ven - sure: Col. Gen ?isfi commanded a jfegimfnt, ami should have been at its head, llis reginrent Wtis* not in ? action, although ordered? *but aA h<r was in the suit of fchie General, and appeared to Se in the aifoaticm of ?<l jtdant ceneral, why was be not di- ! rented by Pal nam to join it, brthc regiment sent into action mkler the *n{5|r oilker present with ft ? , WkenO^n. Piitiiu:ny9 ephemeral a?Til unaccountable popularity suh z\i\p\\ or ftukd away, and iiio minds of the i>eopL? wore joaU/unI from the ahackles of a ileluaivu trance t*ie cir cumstance* relating td tiauket' Ilill were vigsced and Uxiked of in a eery iiferentJighty and the selection of (he unfortunate Col. G&viA as a aCaoe gaat considered fUyttlarioti9 and uhexjdicttMfi eMiit. 4 I have jtoivate feelings to tify tiy miking ttri* statement in re lation to iireti* fV *U nam, a* I hev^r had any interrroiirse with him, tad vvai only in the army wliere he mhx% present, for a few months : ImUat this late period, J rimufttve it a dwy tn give a fair and impartial, account of one of tlie1 most important battle* j during the war of iodepcndeiK^ irtnl j all the cireu ?v,t uicm connected wfth it, mo far a< I had the means of be ing correctly informed, . It is a fluty I owe t;; posterity, audi the character of those brave Utfher# ^ . who bore a slure in tire h.U(M)i|M of the revolution; ' * No4hiii? li!*e discipline had enter^ ed our fcruiy at tn*t ^ time. lien. fVu rif then cowmriodertn chief, re* mvnedat his qmrt4r*ih Cambridge, aftd apparently took ifo interest pcirP'ui the transactions of tht day. TS ? j^eixthil officer, except Puthdmj appeared hi #i$ht. nor ttht any. offi cer ass.ime c^;niain:l or Undertake to f ?rin the troops or give any or- | i.i tir: c ? inc of t)ve action, it | I heard, except Col. fpUuL , who ili i retted hi* regiment to * ft^erve llivir I tire oil the rotceat of the enemy until they advanced a^iin. livery ylii Uki?t officer was cagftgetl in dis r cluir&ui-; I us own uiusket, and left his meuio flee as they pleased, bui never without a sine a'nuiU souie> particular o^H?LjAy!iick \ras more jdc^lrucuve than auy , in ode which : con id have beeaaw^rted with trumps who were not iuured to disciplinc'Rutl never had In^m in battle, buP^were still &;*uil&l^P?tb the u-e of nnns from boyhood aMitl each having his peculiar maimer of loading and siring, vftildi h:nl be e a practiced upou lor ;? years, with the sauie gtin, . auy at tempt to coiitrcnil tliea^by umfonu! ty ami system, would have rendered Uk4i* iU*e-ii?aoiu!,ly.le?s faUi to tlie enemy. JNot an omcejgpor soldier of the continental troops^P^^,^^ i:i uniform, but were in t Aic "plain mid ordinary dress of citizens ; nor was there auoiliceron horseback. (binned) a. OEMUiOUX. Gtn. Putnam and Geiu Dearborn . After the ccssatioo of hostilities on the 2d of June. 17*33, Gen. Wa&lfingt on wrote Gen. Putnam a letter, from w,.itii the fol^ , lowing passage* at%? extracted ; " Dear Str% /'Yo* favour of the 20ih of May I re ..ceived with much pleasure k>r I atwiiro you that amung the many worthy St. meritorious office 1*8 vwth whom I have had the hap pi ncss to be connected in service through the cbu se of thi^jjpar, and irom whose cheer* ^flrt aisistauce m tl>e various and trjingTiei situdes of a complicated contesU. T H R NAME OF PUTNAM lb NOTFOK ."GOTTliN nor will** it be but with that*, stroke of Time which shall obliterate from :my mind the remembrance of alT those | .toils and fatigues through which we have struggled tor the preservation and establish ment* -of the rights, liberties, at.d indepen dence of our country. ? ? . . 44 Your congratulations on the happy prosper of peace an:V independent securi ty, with their attendant blc-ssi.igs to the United States, I receivo with great satis faction and be% that you will accept ft re^ turn of cor. y;\ amotions to you on th(| auspiciouS event, nn event, in which, greaP ? * ? * n ' ? * ? " ? ' as it is itself, and ^l?>rious as it Will proba bly be in its coiwcquLncjs, youliave a ri^bt to participate WITgv\y,Jroni the dU t in gvls h ed fi&rt you have , cou: rib utr:l tovjctrdu its Oituinmcnt. 'r * h. " . V . , * ^ I .. L 4* Btit; Clitic I rontcMplalc thts greatness ' rf the object for Which wc have contended, and felicitate 3*6 it on the happy ii>suc of our toils and labours Much have terminated I with such Kcugjal satisfaction, I lament that you should feel the ungrateful return* of a country, in whose service )eu have r exhausted yow? bodHy stripy thi ex pended the vigour of a youthful constitu tion. I wish however that your ex pecta tiotisof returning liberality may be verified* 1 have t hope they may, but should they not, your case will not be a ?in$ular one. Ingratitude ha* been exfxnricnttd in all \ find J? FJPJJfiJ.ICH, in ^urtlcular^ j have fan rve? famed fvr the excrcite of that it natural and sordid \4ice M ft Most be apparsntW tilery pcrtou, that# Ms & newspaper attielc like thi*, it is jm* -? possible to detail the various import tun cldcnts of a' Wo dUtiof^iishcd in everj^s^f* vke in which1 h.i powicssoivwas engaged, and particularly so in th* wfr of lnrfepcmM cntfc. It wilL however* lie suflBctenf for* tlx- present ffbVpoae to tay? tljafMt- charge* brought 6 gain*! General Jrutrttim- by Gck. JLf* j* ? ' ' * * Dearborn t'rft altogether t?6n itf* tfon mi * tifl/t o rted a** crtion ? an^ W? ciitttrariict- j ?d by the uniform leilbr-of OeneAl Put nam's rondner, in scenes oT the ?r?at?bt j hardship, enttrprfee, And danger, not on- | ljrthfWurof 1755, hut through thewhple pftriod of bis aervice in the *ar of imte pciulenco? ' by the fact, that his conduct in tfio Wttle of Hunker'rf f lilt ivai always spoken of in high terms of approbation and applause ?aw! by the wwp decisive fact, that, from t lie moment General Wotflringw tot) took the command of the army, totho jrtar 1779, when <?en. Putnam was rendered inc&pablc of aervicc by the diaeasc which eleven yeaf* after terminated hit life* he enjoyed that gjreat man's entire friendships and cwfidtnfrt It will require stronger proof than t 1m.? naked declaration of dene-' ral Dearborn t > support ifutf foul slwlder against tl>c' of evidvrfce abnvemon iKinoil If there -wn<* any oir cju'alhy of (Veaeral Vutnan/* mind whre.h v.K% more rfmsoicVlot's thrvn Ml others, itvW(Xyi/' 11 a urm ?; w'Mii.ntcA j.u wt> Vnal iicvci shrunk, gr HeutaU.dv ai llffTL ^cx:?tencu oJ danger, cvt-n ol ihe u.o t Uucalcugp^ and tormiu*b*e kc d. ? u toui U9> ?cUrt^t -and pci^vjr ^Siice," *ay;> tuTbJ^rajiher, u vy^e tn -' ? ctiuiinLlci i^ics of hib ilium." ii:d rai L? ?s! jy 4 r ^ N ?* ? * L JX&f^)Ot*u 11 4 lie r Li ntoetiL thai, In* u nug/it. uj vCcAut'UVicr Waa aUiiiwidiC to pefcuade iue people oi ti.iS C^U.Ai V, jUlal LttfiCfal l/uvn <vcr uj cutijtUcH0c til ti t'OW~ f ?, (/ ? //;af //<- de*/vt:v^' ///* y#%5/i</oA tfi u/.v'i L u fluUrif on Oa: uid he iuuiiLuu Uu,i i. c I yy*** ^ ^ cji( troyed the nieinei t< 5, tJJ^w|?}K. into ut f vion;tuc wuoic ^,vni ration ui inu^ \v..u weifbb the st.*^e oi tiielu I/T5 plct him accytnu lor a niisterulj^c attempt, at the eud of near liaii a cento Yjf, tojtespc'n , Owe ul" the ruu.,^ Vil uiot?Tiiij;h*rtUl;aec, ' and natriotic iritwis of his covlfiiry, oi hi* | h*u vicarncd, tnoivljh unsullied* reputation. * cw ponwtts Win envv hun tne 6ati>tactiun oi riaeucia** ti; O lie lllAji Wiio pOSiKSScU, Ail bo * *.' i * s - r^v eminent a octree, his country s reapei* ana gi attitude ? and wAoiie numc tl'u*fun? ?Vvi J* J UUl J Wgst. . ] ' - ifc'j * it Genera* uearbom flattered that l no wholejacc <ft u\vil%ho iW?S?. i* tneir country's service in 17 fs, be. ki(u tut.ucijy weie extiuci, Uc UJiui^Uive:^ Obo d.biiii^uiiiied ofticer, then On i&Vice, --?} kuk aw* in '-iit; Aciion, but j^a vcv/ ?J?o? t dit. lance iioui it? J<^i I ruiiibuii, uitu - \,at-U< ^U-de-campu>Uu.craI Waiiimgiun^ anil 1U6 pcitotml actjuait uauce and friend v; General i'utnam ? li wcil lo be u ivsuii-itt in mis clt)% ItnmedlHtely upon ivading the article in flic Port-Folio, whircti ionutfine subject of these romai^, |\o -wrote aicuer lo one oi uie ?on^o 1 Cjenct al Putnam, an extract ii oni winch \*u* iitciy turiushed lor Uie pve^nt ocumoou, . ^ " MrSp? has shewn rae the Port-Folia ol'iasi inonih, conuiiiung sui^c count of Uie buu.c of bunker** Ulii, written, it ^liouid tteeni) for the purine ol iiitix>4ufc?ig ? n.^t unju^tiliablc aiuck u\>un the memo )sAir excellent Father.^ nicu cannot be centered with ti*ir honest khare of lain t , ; ideuact^qm tfiai Of <i atteinpi* wiiich have been ibh Uie imuiorial rotation ^ ^ , jlhail be aui J||i ii> in M ho i-opiue, at naviiabie aiundaut on hniuan j^reat* ** la all case* like flXn> perhaps the most unqutislionabk li tba^ whichi is givenHfi|j^i? -cHP^ v " 1 bccailic acquainted, iu ' ' it ' ~" ' "A K * I ? Col. Jem* bnuii, ol Utf who iik tne battle end tVom him I had the fo, ?? C oK Small had served Uord Ami** rat, *r.d had^^?^.. v^k nffil sI^incarfyKpeat hia word* ? Looking at lUc picture ol the [hM* o? Jhmkc'rJ HUT, which 1 had thei j&inpkted?_he wj|pja^j3U> not Fvig'*i \Vc a' " ? ' a army !Ml?C<U>tt:t i p under > .-?.?? *a" A ?* position of my aid you have not done him j.? would alter it, 8c introduce which really happened^ *never foiuct---Wb f < ' >- 4i?k ? > - . v anccd the officers, was in front of the line, to^M^ur* age the nic%. W*j?l ^^dyanced,, very near the undlstttfbed wlify an irre^u joiy waft poured in ? - Thc IWV* fell harL ; ui^ wl,(w I looked to the tight tndlel't^ saw not an officer standing.? 1 plant ed my eye to t lie enemy, and saw ^ieteral young men level their peace* at nje I Knew their excellence a? marksmen, awt| Considered fa) self a? gone.f At this mo* tnettt my old friend t Putnam rushed for ward, and striking up the inu^ffifcof their pieees whH'hif sj?ord, ?ried OUtr-** For OodN Make my lads do r?ol fire a?ttmt man ?1 love him as I do my brothcr.-'-^W y were so near earh other that \ heatd bU -words distinctly. 1 bowed-^^thanked him and retired." u Tlie other anecdote relates to the death of Gen. Warren t * i V* % 'Ml / , ( v* At the moment W^wceede^ in carry* ing the redoubt, and tli$ Americans Were in full rctfe/rt, Geh. Howe (whq had been huit by a spent bell which bruised hfc? All ele) was leehiHg on toy arm. He called suddenly to mcH* do yoti sec that elegant young matt' who has jost fallen-? do you know him?" I looked ' towards the* *j>ot he pointed to? 44 Oood ftod, Sir, I believe it h my frierd WAHKKN." ? u Leave nic instantly? ??said he? rtm-kfte^ off the troops himI save him if possible." 1 f]?tv totho snot?1 " M>* d< 3r friend, I ?,a;d to him, I l.ipe >'om " He ri^aed