The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-10-16 00:00:00, page 3

CAMBRIDGE, October 12,
Lift Tuesday one of our Privateers from Beverly, having been
on a Cruize in the Bay was followed, 00 her Rein iota Fort, by
tbeNautilus Man of War The Privateer run aground in a Cove
A lettle withou: B^erlyHarbour, where the Peop e fpeediy tffem
b'cd, Gripped her, and carried her Guss, &c. ashore The Mao
of War was fooo within Gao that, when (he afo got agreuod ;
(tie however let go an Anchor, and bringing her B oacfide to b^ar,
began to fre upon the Privateer. The Peop e&f Sato and Be
verly soon retorted the Compliment from a Number of Cannon oh
Shore, keeping up a warm and well directed Fire on the Mao es
War for 2 or 3 Houri, and it is supposed did her considerable
Damage, and probably killed and wounded some of the Men ; but
b:fore they ecu d buara her, which' they +ere preparing to do the
Tide arose about 8 o'clock io the Evening, when (he cut her Ca
ble, and gotoff. Some of her .hot flruck one or two Baldings in
Beverly ; but no Lives were loft on our Side, and the Privacer da
maged very little, if acy.
The following is a Copy of a Letter from a principle Officer of
the New Hampshire Troops
Cutop near St. John's 23d September, 1775.
Gentlemen,
WE arc now encamp'd within a mile of St J he's, the enemy
every day throwing fnel!s or balls at uor intrci chmects bar with
out success. We (nai have oar batteries rerdy to pay upon them
to morrow, or the next day at ftrthc& Our men arc all io good
fp rit,. We arrived at th: iff:aux Noix the 16 h, and the next
day we came within a mile add half of the enemy, who fa'u<ed 0$
with (hells ; no damage w^ done ; we lay np„ cur arns all night,
and io the morning I was detached with a Party of 400 men 10
reinforce M jor Br^wn who had taken 8 waggons torn th? ene
my, loaded with floret B fore we cou'd get up to him he was
engaged, and obliged to repeat but laved his bco?y They up
co our appro tchfalutcd us very wvrm with grape (hot ; we dd
not lose one man ; what the enemy loft I cannot fell, but we found
some blood on the ground ; they retreated to the fort, and we
keep p.ff ffino of the ground aqd have got g conti cradle ionnch
mint. Major Brown has took twelve waggons m/re loaded with
wine rum p rk, &c. Every thing (corns to prefer well, I
have nothing more particular, cniy a party was fired en at Capt.
Haze's hcufe. We had three Canadians wourded.
I have the command of the Green Mountain Rpys, and a De
tachment of Cal. Henman's Regiment. I am.&c T. B.
NEW-LON DO N, October 13
Lift Monday was brought in here by an armed Schooner in the
Service of this Colony, a large Ship. —— Barton, Matter, which
she met wi h near Stonington. The Ship h;d 00 Board 8000
Bushels of Wheat, which she took in at Baltimore, and cheated
out from New-York for Filmou hin England, but on the 10 h
of Sept in Lat. 38 Long 6g met wiha Gale of Wind, in
which she was overfet and loft her Main mast ; after which, it is
supposed she intended for Newport, but meeting wi<h head
Winds, they put into Stonington She is owned by Chriftop+'er
Champlin, iu Newport, and is said te be the Lme Vrff:l and Mas
ter w^ich fame months since cleared from Baltimore for Ireland,
with a Load of Flour, and was taken by fom:of ^he King's Ships
on this Station, and carried into Newport. She is gone, with her
Cargo co Norwich 9
HARTFORD O^ober 16
Last 1 hurfda, the General Affembl, of this Colon, diet at New-
Haven. Roll of Representatives is not yet come to Hartd.
We are informed from undoubted authority, that Loid Willi
am Campbell, Governor of Sodth Carolina tas fled with utmost
Precipitation, on bo?rd the Mao of,War in the H&rb<ur. The
Committee of Charleftown have very fortunately difeoverrd that
his ExceHency had employed one Cameron, an Indian Commifs
fary in the interior Parts of that Province, to engage the Indians
io the Min Serial Service who had actually irlifleJ 6©o of them,
and furnished them with every Necr ffary in cider to Butcher the
back Inhabitants This Plan was difeoverco by a Gentleman who
seized the Express on his Way from Lid Cameron to the Gover
nor, whom he knew to be difaffeded to the American Cause, and
conveyed the Difpatehes to the Provincial Committee The above
Gentleman difgufed himfelf io a Drover's Hatit, rod attended
the Express to the Governor's Hou'e. and heard the Conv6rfati°
on between them, and then difeevered the whole Plot to the
Committee.
Job Whitcomb, Ezekiel Carrington, Barzill i Lewis, and
Charles Ledyard of Farmington, Alexander Fairchild, Tho
mas Fairchild and Ebenezer Leech of New-Fairfield, Samuel
Hitchcock of Sharon, and Samuel Squire of Willington, hav
ing been severally convided before the Committees cflnfpec
tion, of various breaches of the Continental affociatiori, have,
by their several confeffions; given such fatiafadion as to be re
commended to the favour of their countrymen.
Joseph Peafe, of Suffield, being cited to appeal before the
Committee of Infpe&ion for that town, charged with various
breaches of the affociaticn of the Continental Congress, ac
4 cordingly appeared, but refuting to give the fatisfa&ion in
quired, the Committee refolded, " i'hat said Fcafe ought to
inake suitable reoa^ion ch&efyr."
O Thafmall size of our pap^r,forbids cur inferring the a
bove matters at full length.
# * # Silvanas Griswold's second vindication of his conduct
for labouring on the late Continental Fast, cannot find a place
- in t}is paper till he has firft obtained Libert, for that purpose,
of the Committee of lufpe&ion for the town of Windsor.
J The (übfciiber, having (poke difrrJpcafully of the CorgreGj
and being now convinced it is a fiult, do acknowledge myfe^f
hcarti y forty for the fame, and aft their pardon,end that of tbeir
cenftitcents ; anddo hereby engage for the future to concur with
them in all ihtir medores for the defence of the country, and to
assist st all times in the fame to the utmost of my ability. And I
do engage to deliver my arms at a rcsfonabl c apptdement, to
the Committee of the Frecicd where hive, tor the use of the
continental forces ; arid 1 confcot that this be inferred io the pub
lic prints. John M' Alpine.
Dutchefs Codety, New-York Government, iß,h Rog. 1775.
*d * The Paper Mill erecting in Town (it is expected) will do
Business within g or 6 Weeks, when the Printer truss bis Paper will
again appear in a more refpe&able Light. He has no Opinion of its
present Appearance, and has ujed ever, reasonable Method to prevent
it. But we live in a crooked world, and through the monopolizing
Spirit of the Times, Things are often Times sassed out of their proper
Channel, b, which Means it is reduced to its present awful and dis
tressed Situation.
A WORD to the WLE ie fufficirnt.
Mr. PRINTER,
^HE pub ic have bad frequent accounts through the channel oj
your paper, of per/ffis bal’d over the coals for their non corn
pliar.ee with the advice of the grand Continental Congre/s ; but
r^, in the name of wonder, are we not mere general and unifornt
in our practice in reference to their wife, wholjone and interefling
aavie ? Wb, are others that are as criminal, gui:tf, and per
haps more jo, neglefied, anofentl, puffed over ? Their crimes,
Jure, to jay no worje of them are equal!, as attroclous, and on
ever, account as injurious to the public as /bo/e that have been pru
denty noticed and conjured. Cur traders of all forts efesje w^b
impunit> , no animadverfons are mode on their cendufi, tbo it is
general, believed that they have, dirccT, contrary to continental
advice, advanced upon their goods and artic'es of J^le, at leafl
25 per cent Tbefe conjcienticus gerfAnen. as they would wtl
lingl, be thought reu eto fell to an invalids,or a hankering lad,,
the support of the human species, an ounce of tea, without a permit,
leaf? the, Jho*,d srefpafs upon continental regtrotions yet in ever,
yard of cloth as weA as every other a>tic ? e, the, prejurie upon a
violation. Strange confess e^f! L ,unification of their ecncuH,
it is pretended that theirgnas an #/ wares were purchased 1, then
at a nearer rate than heretofore . But if th merchant of whom
the, meant to [urctaje was Juna to have raised upon his goods
me wares why was be net informed against as an a £g re fa> an ^
held up to public view as a breaker oj continental regulations, and
therefore avoided as an enemy to bis country ? Shad the public be
imposed upon 6, such vain pretenders to patriflifm ?
Another recent n<gk£l and contempt of centinerta! neafurei, it
that of nt intifing Minute Men in ever, town A vey falutd
r, and prudent measure, beyond all doubt, as it has a ten
dency to prevent public e^pehce in a time of general cHarm and
greatly expecite the rejeue of an invaded place. ™Tbe expedient has
been adopted in man, peaces, to their perpetual bm*rbe it ft>&n.
Why is it not mere general, c:me into ? Who are the Jeu typerfons
in this affair ? Does not the blame la, at the door of the chief offi
cers of our mi ilia ? And, ij so, let them forthwith be held up to
public vieto and feel that vengeance dueto them for iheir neg el?.
Brirg them to a reckoning without fav ter or ofcft.cn Spare
none- If p ffife get them coffered, as unfriend, to their coun.
try, ij, without delay, they de rot &xtrt tberfe ves in so noble and
important a aeJign. Never be luffei irts feusity and indiff rence
b, their p,mp u> pro/tf^j of patriotism while tb(, t ntg;e& to ex
ert tbernfelves in ever, public advijeable method, for the cemmirt
good He that prefers bis ea/e, or bis perfenat interef to the ptah
tie fafet,. rieferves to be branded an enemy to bis country, and
hooted at fy every one be meets.
ROUSE my countrymen, to IMPARTIALITY.
Freeton gib Mjfff 177§ .
BEST Buck ano Doc okio BREEUHE), to be luoey Wiliam
Smith of Hartford, cheap fa, Crfh, a few rods North of the
goal Otto'er 16, 1775.
r~N'D~ I g a
A Small quantity of excellent good INDIGO to be disposed
of if app ied for in the coorfe of ten , days, at the Widow 1
COHyers tear the court house in Hartford oa, 14 1775.
Gun Locks of the best Kind
to be fold under the Printing Office in Hartford.