The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-06-02 00:00:00, page 3

From tb< LONDO,,N GAZETTE.
Extr^a of & letter from G^ne/ai Sir Wi /jam Howe,
to L ,rd Gs^rge Grmaint, dated New-York^ D,-
C^mber 26 1776
ON the %yo isflarc in th rowing, apart, of the ones,
attacked an ew guardfrom th po, of / rent!*, where
Cel. Rall commixed with three battalions of Hessians, 50
ebaffiurs and 20 light dragoons, basing with them 6 field
pieces ; which party was beaten back. Qu tbe succeeding
forming, at 6 o'clock, the rebels appeared in force with
cannon, evident!, intending to attack tee ,0, Cel. Rail
having received intelligence of fair atfgn, bad the troops
fender arms, and detached bit own regiment tofu,pert an ad
vanced picket. Tbit picket being forced, andfalling bach
upon the regi&nt, threw it into fame difeder which' occa
fonedtbem to retire upon the other bafta ions ; no advan
tage being taken of this tbe, recovered tbsmfelves, and the
qybole formed in front of the village.
Toe rebels, tyrant advancing cannonaded then in this
fixation, Cel Rail moved forwardto attack then, with she
regiments of Lifeberg ana Rall; in which attack GA Rall
was wounded, and .$/ regiment wire male prifaers. The
rebels then advanced 0 the regiment oj Kn,pbanfen, and a/fq
fode that corps pri/oners,
The rebels re-Doffed ts river Delaware immediately
•with the troops and cannon that they bad taken. This
qnisforune feemsto bave proceeded from Col. Roll's quitting
bit,of and advancing to the attack infcan of defending
the village. Some few iff ere and about 200 men of the
brigade, with the cbaftus, and a part, ts dragoons , retreat
ed to Col. Dinop's carts at Btrfoton, 6 miles diriant.
Several ffrert were wounded, and abosit 40 men killed a%d,
wounded.
forced of a letter fora General Sir William H^we,
tv Lord Ge maiae, dated Neff-York January 5,
1777-'
IN ctnf^uence ts the advantage gained „ tbs enemy at
Trenton, on the %6<b of la# raatb. and the necoffi,
ts alteration in the cantonments, Lord Cornwallis defer
ring bis going to England by this op^ortuwj, went fa,
bonce to ,rfe, on tbe fir, infant and reached Princeton
that night, to which place General Grant bad advanced,
with a bad, of troops from B, un/wick and Htl'ijb,rough,
upon gaining intelligence that tbs ent,, on receiving retie
so from Kirgizia, Mir,land agd the Militia of
Pentfylvania bad repaffed the Delaware into fij.
On the zd Lord Cor^walis having receive' accounts of
fa rebel arm, being posed at Trenton advanced baht's
leaving the ^b brigade under the commasdof Lirut. Col.
Mibood at Princet %, and the id brigade with Brigadier
General Lfie at Maidenhead Qn she approach of rbe
Britife troops, the tut,'s forward poss were driven back
upon their arm,, which vias formed in a froug peftton,
behind a creek running tbrA Trenton. During the night
tftbe 24, the on, quitted this ftuation, and marched' b,
Ellen's Town, and from thence to Princeton, fell in, C
ybs merging of the 3d, with 17th send „tb regiments, on
their march to jrin Brigadier Gfiral L,:e at Maidex
had.
Lieutnant Chloral Mabtod wet being afptbetafve of
the enemy's frength, attacked and beat back the troops
that frf projected tbemjeives to him, but finding there at
length very /uperier to bine in numbers, be pufad witb the
17th regiment, and Joined Brigadier G,wdl Lfie. 7be
„tb regiment retired by the way of Fl lljbrougb to Brunf
wick, and the enemy proceeded immediately ,0 Priuceto,,
go 40'6 regiment afe retired to Bruifwicf
The loss upon this occasion 10 bis M j%'+ troops is 17
killed, and nearly 200 wounded ana m^'g ; Captain
fjlio of the 17th is among the few killed, and for farther
particulars 1 beg leave ts refer ,our Lordfoi, 10 tbs luclof
gd return. C,pt Philips of the 35/b grenadiers returning
from hence to join bis companj, was ibis da, beset between
Brunswick and Princeton by feme lurking villains, who
murdered him in a quo, barbarous manner ; wbicb is a
geode of war the eneg, fetm from ftvtral late infantes to
adept with a degree of barbarity that fanages could not
exceed.
It has not yet come to m, knowledge hew much the sure,
has fuffered, but it is certain tb „ were man, killed and
Qundrd and a^sag the former a General Merctr, froze
Virginia.
The braver, and conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Masood,
and toe behaviour of the regiments unde- bps commam',
particular/, the 17th are bigbl, commended by Lord Corn
wallis . Hf Lordfeip finding the enemy bad made this
TOvemant, ana having beard the fee Occafioued 6, Col.
Mabood'^ artatk, returned immediately fem Trenton ; the
cuera, being fame hours march in front, and keeping this
advantage by an immediate departure frow Princetc,, re
pressed by Kings Town, breaking down iht hidge behind
jbem, and crifa the mill,oct river at a bridge undir
Rock, rlid to throw tbemfelves into a frong country.
Lord Cornwel/h jesing it could not aufwer any jurpofe to
continue bis pufuit, returned with bis whole forces to
Bru-fwick and she treos upon t,t right being affmbled
at E'ifabetb Town, Mjor General faugbau bay tbs
covamand.
Recoin of the killed, wounded and miffing, of the
following corp# of his Maj fly'sfrees in & J^fr
„;#, F Idav, January th^ 3, 1777.
17th Regiment. I Captain 12 rank a%d file, killed ;
^ Captain, I Lieutenant, I fnfgn, 4 ferjeants, 16 rauf
and file wounded ; I fojeant, 4 drumper, 35 rank area
jilsmifog.
'p,tb Regiment. I Lieutenant wounded; I ,*,gn,
ferfoants, 1 drummer v rank and file, mifag
- „'b Regiment, I ferjeant, 4. rank and file killed ;
1 Efo, 1 fujtant, 2 rank and file, wounded; 1 Cap
tain,! Lieutenant I E*fig'n, 1 ferfaant, 2 drummers, §£
rank and file, miffing.
Total 1 Captain, 1 ferjeant, 19 rank andfile, killed ;
^ Captain, 2 Lieutenats, 2 £#fgns, 3/trjeapts, 48 rant
aO%, woun^d; 1 &ptalu, 1 Logoff; @ &'fg«; §
ferjeauts, 4 drummers, 18,7 rank and file, messing.
- 1 W^QWE.
Hen. Captain Lrfa, of the 17th regiment of foot
killed.
Captain Phillips, of the gyh grenadiers, killed on bis
wa, tejoin the battalion.
N. B. Since the above return nan, of the men miffing
have joined their corps.
It appears b, the Mu,er Ma,or General, Sir George
Osborn's return of the Hffan tryeps, after the affair of the
297 b of December, at Ironton, that tbepriJousrs and mif
fing amounted to about 700.
BOST O N, May 29
Yesterday the General Assembly of ths St&te con
vened at the State-Hoafe in this Town. The fol
lading gentlemen were chofin CbuT^lloru w§i of the
£rft eighteen, when the house adj ain^d.
Hoe. James Bewdoin, Efa; Artam&t Ward, Efy
Benjamin Gr eileaf Esq; Caleb Qufoi^g, Ei'q; Ri
chard Darby, Biq; John Whitcomb, Eq; Smeal
Hollen, Esq; Jo^z F.iher, ^fq; Mefar Gill, Esq;
Be jamin W it,, Eq; Jafeph Palmer, Esq; Benjamin
Aaltia, Esq; Danish H> pkirs, Esq;
HA R T FQ R D, June 2.
By advices from Peek's Kill, we learn, that on Menda,
la,, Gen Wajhiogton left Morris Town, to go to Bound
Brook, upon which a heavy Fire began, which continued
all Day ; the next Merging by Break f Day, \be Eire
was renewed and lefed the whole of the Day, & Event
<we have not yet heard.
On Teofday the 20th of My died at Middletown
U>ptr Ffoufes of a very short illness, D•. Samuel
Hulbert, in the 30th par of his age; his deaih is
greatly lamented.'
We bearthat Congress have ordered that an elegant
bofe, priori, caparisoned, by procured and presented to
Major General Arnold for bis gallant behaviour again,
the enemy in their late expedition to Danbury, wherein be
bad .n< of hit borfes killed and another wounded.
Ex rad of a letter from Albany dated, Ma,26@
" Ao^nt 560 lediaria; of the d ffe int tribes efth.
Six N moms aft uow in town, ho ding a inference
with ihe camm : fcners. They hare jest opened the
treaty; thereto ecanmot give a particular detail of
their bufimefs. Bat this, from what I can learn, is
their determined reflation to raintain a Arid nee
traliy—all we w^t."
fatraft 9 fa Letter f-om Mmt Independence (epp,-
6^ Ticonderoga) dated 13th May, 1777.
" No.king new berk, except 15 teries have been fat
to this placfwitbin tb-ee days pa, from Otter Creek, arid
ab,ut Crown feint who bad inlifing orders from General
Carlson, and were recruiting men and making for Canada.
Five muftis have been taken from them that were ,olen
fre^ -, bmpra ofsv trg^,s wh%, on&fr %rck tbroug
tyefyant;f^ll,lface."
fortT^ ufd&, 'Winiem Stone, a traitor and fpy 4
@ad wto was ikewife confided of having a cammiffi ?n
from Gr^w Hwe, and endeavoring to inlift men to
serve in the m^friel army, was executed in this
place purfunat to the tenteace of a court martial.
Lift Wedneffty ab u 90 prifeners taken at Long-
Igxxd ^ mentioned ip our lad, were brought to t&
town, tha greater part of which w re committed to
clc.fi prise.
nlß^j/ED from .^ ow±*r >tH^nluid, near the
° G,<& B irige, a Milch COW, red colour, abo^t
6 yers old, hardly middling size, was bred at New
inflea, wag owned sane tirae by Mr. Butl,r efWe
ther field. Whoever will inform the Printer wher,
foe is (hell be handfemely rewarded,
H^rifo'd, Mav 2i, 1777.
SrkAYHDTdYti the ftf j'fc,We"'i* S^utf^d, on th,
third dhy of Mty instant, a black M RE, with &
ft^r in her forehead, v^y l@ag tail, flendir built,
ab^at fourteen hands high, flhod all round, natural
trotar, though foe will pace and faster when rede.
Whoever will take up laid M^RE, and return her,
or fend word so that I may hive her again fciil re
ceive FIVE DOLLARS raw,rd, and all yeafanabls
charges paid, tyLe '
* ABITAH M'EUEN.
'ifi ,'^idn lat fibiberr bßivg a,„ftmrby'lhi nd
,y nourabie Court cf Probate for the didri& of
Hertford, coram^anars &n the effete cf GEORGE
KJ^B&RN, late of Weather,field, deceased, repre
feozed if .viMt to exttriae the claims of th, cre
diton of fiid efate, ^0 hereby notify laid creditors,
that we will attend (aid bufinft on the Mondays it
Nivemb'r next, at the dwelling house of ABIGAIL
KILBORN, iu fdd Wti&hehfieid, so two o'eieck in
the afternoon, on fajd Mondays- Na account will
be allowed bit what is ptyperl, attylled to, and none
after fiid day's.
SAMUEL MAY, ) &
ELISHA BAXIER, f G^mraro.
rt^*** ^BreraC7 _r3 —uKar.-.-cty-■■ay,j»i<«-litnr'ii ■■Jim ■ ■ iia I I ten— VM—■»aw, w>>i«w ■.>., wSMUW|W
qTRaYED Or ft rieu scathe fabfcribCT, living in
Y Sharon, a light Chefaut Sorrel MARE, three year
old p,ft, with a final crooked white ft ip* in her face,
and a whit, spot in her nose, with SHARON brand-)
ed on her left shoulder, het been miffing near a fcrt
"jghfc Whoever will take up Aid' beast end rttyn
her, or fend word whe^e fee is, (hall be honourably
r,warded, an^ all zeceffary charges paid, by "
' SARAH 'CHApPEL.
Sharon, May 20, 1777.
UTB'dth fubferibers being appointed by the kos,
court of probate for the diftfi& cf Farmin&t^n,
to examine the claims cf the creditors to the e^'te of
Josiah Hurlburt, late of New Hartford, deceare^ '•-
: prefoted infolveat , do hereby give notice th" we
&zl| 4^^ fil^ b^feefs em A& fo^ &M feeoad am
days in June, at one o'clock oa ack if faiQ <ls)P, ^
the dwelling hWe t s Mr.'fohn Q;,%^ to&&r
Aid Naw. Hartford.
T AEOD O RE G ILR , Rr , so
Eliphalet Richards.,
New Hertford. M?v 29 1777
O/HEREas Etiwara Wikis, J ha "'Blatchford;
Y Josiah Woodworth, William tfyomliifon, Eli
jah Parks ana Wil iam Bennet, Dragoons, belonging
io Col. Sheldon's regiment, fame time fin 93 obtained
a furlough from Capt. Verarj ul, and the period of
their foiling their cerps long fiac, has elipfid." Thia
may notify them that unless they immediately repair
to Wethersfield the place of their fondezn £ or in
case as fick'nefs, forthwith transmit their Captain a
Certificate from under th, hand of a reputable physi
cian ard a mlgifiaateof the town §0 which they ref
,naively belong, they &U bi deemed s2d treated As
DESERTERS.
JOHN LEWIS DE VERNEJOUL,
C^ph of American ^QUS.
Wethersfield, May 29 >777-''% a
= fi'A IN 01. L
TO BE SOLD, '
Br EBENEZER SAGE. in Middht^.
C TRA YEp away from th, paliure of Aft Wil,
?liam Ellery in Flartferd on the ,37th &f infant
May, a bfr,„ colour'd HQRSR, about § year's ^dj
with a far in the forehead, hair worn effendi fids ty
traces, branded with tha letter Son the near fie,'L
d,r. Any person taking up said horse and will brings
him to the fubferiber boarding at Did I„e„WfeUl
be handfqmely rewarded and all reafokable ce&e P&@.
by',' JOHN HALT, jun.'"
r^rm-n.u peiiiyi, —PZCMQCI „__,_——; __CTQ_fo ey|;^ryq
Af E (ne lubfcribars being appoin ad bnns hoy.
court of prebath for the dinna of Harts rg to
examine the claims of the c^ditczs to the aka# of
Z^ydet Backly, late of Wsthersfieid deceased; ¥
prefsA ted infclyent ; do hereby giy, aerice^ ih® cre
ditors to said estate, that fee Shall at^nd'faW s&fofy
at the h^fe of David Beckley, inholder in fai, Wo^
therafield, on the third tuefdaysof J^ne, July, Sep
tember and Q&oher next, M^ of ibt'dQck 9, n^a
of said days. :
CARLIS creyft, Ico^ m iffi o %
Benjamin Beckley, t
Wsthereheld, Mat 2^ >777-
,"° a,counts will W,lla,d unleft prege!y
ApHEcam^iffi^aws ppomed io tevt&an&-adj Aft'he
claims of the creditors to the estate of Abijah
Eaftoa, late of Hartford, deceas'd, r*prefeate^:afol
vest ; hereby give notice to said creditors, that' the^
Shall attend on the bufikefs of their appointment or
fels,otyy ia July, and tyg ^faf , 4T$
next, at z o'clock atterneon,
TiMO7HV Williams,) rff
William Warren, J C 0?,%
N. B. No account will b, allowed unlefo properly
Sttefted ; and dta rtehfedifotffoid "p^ ^^^fi
Hertford, Jhue 3, 1777.
THE tubfcriber having rede as port t® cart, th,
CQ^neaicut Courant for feme time pift, would
in this publ c manner return his thanks fog the rare
pneroifo a^d ,K%,e&ed encowtagsumu fan hafy;
drived from the public. H, would like* ife 'with
g atitudi acknowledge the favours of thofi of his kind
tyftomers who have been pun&ual in making hi^
payment for his fervigei; —And as the^ ar, gill 1
f<w whe are in arrears for the Courant fo' well is the
Conneaicut Gazette ; he ^ouid effete it a? ,4 addi
tional fiver cf filch if they would ^ kind plough to
make him payment, either in perf n or by leaving the
money where their papers have ufuaTy been iaff
,fyi<h will greyly oblige thfy humble f„%s t , — f
June 2 1777. - -
qpAKEN PP ink CU I^ ' nd, Ma^nbout 12 h&adii
high, fad all feu^, ,wh tv freak in fc r fo r g;
head, branded with F upon her pght Shoulder, aa
rurli trotter. Whoever will prove his j| iperty and
pay ,hprge. Shall h^ve k©r ty appling to'
Seth Portbr.
Farmirgton. Mav 31. 1777
AWAKEN tip ^ihVlebTlnber in WffihtiQan
4 chestnut colour'd Horse, about 6 years of age, g
bh„ in the face, thi/then hands and a half high e
trots and pace , lh,d all ^ou^d. The owner is defir^
,d to p@y foW? 4A d take hip away, "
Jonathan — ckl,y o
Worthington, May 31, 1777. <fr>,
State of }
Co^ecticutJ Nw&r u , Joe ~ i 77 7.
Brigadier-General Parsons orders
all ike troops railed in thia State immsdia'ely te re
pair to Peekskill, without lass of tin,. Those wfy
are not able to march, their names and places ' rs alodo
for, 'to be left with in officer cf eaQ regiment', who
will march them on when (hey are recovered :—No
pretence whatever will be admitted fee dairying th,
march of any onerecnm who is will. '™'
TH, officers of g Battalion out on the rpcfuiti,g fernico®
are immediately tofe@d i% to tbp place, ever, man the,
have inlifted---likewife theft that have bet, hired and
drafted, if anjfatb have keen ordered to join them. Na
excuse can be admitted for delay.
SAMUEL B.WEB^Q
Wethersfield, tffune, 1777. 7 ^%