Sir:

The Bearer, Mr. Alexander, an inhabitant of Rowan, Solicits permission to accompany the next flag or convey thereby the Inclosed Letter into the British Camp, in order to obtain his Negros and one of Mrs. Steele's which Joined the Enemy at Charlotte. Mr. Alexander has been singularly zealous & active in the Cause of his Country, and is in some Measure disabled by a wound received in the beginning of the War, which makes the Negros an important Object.