The Eastern troops were stigmatized as, generally, nothing else than a mass of speculating poltroons, for which, very often, there was abundant reason ; 3 and they, reciprocated the illfeeling of those from the Middle and Southern States, by branding them as " Aristocrats " and " Maccaronis "--the former of the two sobriquets in allusion to the distinctions of rank which were maintained among those troops, so different from the practice of the New Englahders ; the latter, in contemptuous reference to the Regiments, from the Middle and Southern States, who were uniformed, well-equipped,

1 Many of the troops were enlisted to serve only until the first of December ; and the terms of service of the greater portion of the remainder would expire on the last day of December, ensuing.-- (General Washington to the Pi-esident of the Congress, " Head-quarters, at Colonel "Morris's House, 18 September, 1776;" etc.)

2 General Washington to the Officers and Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Association, "Head-quarters, New- York, 8 August, 1776;" the same to the President of the Congress, '• New- York, 2 September, 1776 ; " General Schuyler to General Gates, " Saratoga, October 30, 1776 ; " etc.

8 The followiDg is a specimen of a multitude of such testimonials of the speculative propensities of the New England troops, in the Army of the Revolution, and of their too frequent dishonesty in their Operations, which are accessible to every one. Every careful student can command many such evidences ; but this, written by the Commissary-general of Provisions of the Continental Army, himself a Connecticutman, to his father, Jonathan Trumbull, who was, then, the Governor of Connecticut, will be sufficient, for the purposes under consideration.