The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-07-28 00:00:00, page 2

Major General Sullivan's division marched
from tills place la& Monday, for Peeks Kill.
The twenty fix fail of the enemy's fhip
p;ng, laid to be ip the Sound a few days ago
are arrived at Rhode Blind.
BOSTON J^ % 24
E^traA ts 4 b^ftffz ^ fithan is Psm My 27
•' Ai Eu% # ;iAcn©o fi^&f th:q#^Ox.s hr
•3 ^r^u^nd „nd w : hj wW carry hsa. Tey,
who ii<s zudar arbitrary pom, cb ^yn hdtfi ap
proraif i^ir and wfh for it. They a'^^ffi dafyir
of rec^S'i^ Vi^ Eu pn Ary fed tha s^~fa#i
oat cf on fe^r #c^°y ^N u:i mwiA tap^t;
aid umw ir< :a:h ^amtet e<er : .w^r# „h> <&fa 6 f
^ra'^ing 19 A ^^c% ^i htheir ftrniti^ a^d fma^e,
at f^rn^ pe^ a^d os> hU^,?^a%R<s fh^l be est.
btilv^d, that irn g-^^l, bribed #& shall ha^* a
pr^W' 9 ^ ^diir^ TA eq h; wealth and art#, Cam
th? iw^atb^s •! Eu opa, aad it it %ugi, that w
Lfr* ©r pfEv^t f ch emigrations the tymrisrifa
btoh^ there ^aft tJax and allow mara liberty to
&i«h ,^opla : He^ch i.h Icrams ohfurva i^n hare,
Ont our c at - ii the caet, of ail ratekiad, gad that
we itj fipUa. f:r tbd ib, risi is defending gw,
e>t% Tib if ri a, ofc ffig%4 ui by Providence
which ^u, I tra>l, fy l ^ as spirit and virtue iqaal to
it, a^d <#m at Uft c swe i^with fcc-fi."
Lift S^ dry * C^ier prifid threwgh this town,
sm hi? ^ar to PiTd^phi^, with, a picket, ful to
c^nod^X. f^ c^ of i^p?'%t*c%, f^^ the C^art of
F <M^ ( ^ivh arrived at Por f:a ©th bft Th^rftq
fir tha rl^^mhia 0# Rtfrefoiaiirsd of th& U.had
States of Ca'u ^ci fl
II A R T F OR D, Jol, 28.
Extras @f a rain frem 11 cfi.tr of diaindio* in
the ^^h+r* army, dated Jily 17^, 1777, at
Nhf^ Cte:k.
'' Th? ruralfr,m fittfdiroga will bi a AWfir e s f„-
riY^* ^ tl'c^^rfa and th accuw diftrw a^d^fa.
FIS H- KI LL, Jah 24.
Extras of a letter from A bany, July 2t.
* 6 The lass accounts from the northward
are, t^at Major Yates (of the firft New-
York regiment) With the troops under his
command, has abandoned Fort George, but
previous thereto, all the Scores, to the mi
huteß article, were removed from thence to
Fort Edward. Part of the enemy (till re
main tit Skeenfborddgh, whether they will
proceed on from thence and endeavor to pe
netrate the country, is vet uncertain; but
should they attempt it, there is reason to ex
pert they will meet with a warm reception.
: ' Co! Skeene (who is to be Governor of
Ticonderoga, Crown Point, &c.) is with a
body of the enemy at a place called Caftle
ton, about 18 miles this fide Mount Inde
pendence, where h, is employed by procla
mations, threats and flattering speeches to
endeavor to persuade the weaker fort, froth
their allegiance to the States, and to remain
idle fpeflators of the ruin and depredations
carried through their country, few of them
have yetj fined, and. there is reason toexpeft
few will, as Col. Warnerjs near him with a
body of troops, to oppose him in his designs.
" Gen. Nix in with about 1600 men Jies
at and about Fort Ann, to obftrud the pas
sages and inte cept the enemy's scouts, of
whom our people daily irfake pr foners :
The day before jeflerday five were taken
between Fort Ann and Skeenfborotigh ; three
ofthem appeared like Indians, and upon
being wafted, were found to be Tories, who
were gone over to the enemy from the neigh
bourhood of Fort E iward.
" Gen. Schu, hr continues his head quar
ters at Fort Edward, where he has a respec
table army of Continental coops and mili
tia, all in high spirits. The stand will be
made at Moles' C^eck, ab ut 4 mites on this
fide of Fort Edward, a place web formed
for defence.
" Thee is nothing from the westward,
all is peace th&e. The Six Nations are
gone to h dd a conference with Butler and
Sir John Johnson; at Ofwego; after which,
they have lent us word by two Indians, they
will immediately come down, and hold a
conference with the commissioners at this
place.
" P. S. Thereafons assigned by the Coun
cil of War tor evacuating Ticonderoga, re
miin as yet a fcciet, and must continue so
till Congress thick proper to make it public."
H 8 Excellency Gen. Washington's army
are encamped in the Clove, about 18 miles
from this town.
fa, 4 ft? fa^ gfoal will timfn & <m, fabfe&r,
cwilhw doubt.
" We wot deceived wirb nfya to th fremgtb ts &
ezrav fo,sr fe# rri*fircra,nt\ ; Lexey have ferae•
ti^td a fact of fatfi <w^icb nar too uved axf^md tb:ir
ftur^fo ibe, bavifi c#u4u3id, tbit all bareL is tie Uti,td
State: Wirotd the, bad crawe theirfrat flora Cax^d^ to
theAwkward, a^d dfgued oil, to garrison tb&ir ^fo it
the noriberm world; the ccKfpu*c: of bis belief bat been
the ordering tight regivete adne^for Ticerder^a and its
euvfou to ?,eh kill nd little „{ ,so ba, J„^ paid to
tbit department ; the emernft fendil in Canada bm lien
rt,%ws^ as mifera A. cefofa fatted and fab', ; trie
teas been t, general opinion is cam, and c&tr,, &ndwwfi
tnaien bat been tb u?bt perfeßl,fafe.
' 9n r forco corflea of about 4 000 including the corps
ofartil erg and artificers who were dot armed; a coffer
able part of wHeb were mi'itia, vuc could briog abrat
JOOQ f fir du, reto the fitd ; G^ral Bu'gyue came
ag led Hi with abeg- SOO6 bed b, fptrited tioyt with
a lateforce cofft^g f ,brte fifty gux so ps, a cheder
mtn,tug tgbte aB as tweet, j.at peatdm two thirteen
inch onertar3 £ infor of Hmsih JrfDtfdl /fpe, run.
b^t^c ^c. J f 8
bei pr^g bbei+gfo ver, fyirior to ears obliged at
to ura^, fr fi^l and ,te bra erea ta terio al; ar^ui ui,
witecu btrcordtieg ajall, ; two b&.eri/t wri ereaed in
foet 0/ our h%& oxbgbergreud.bate cur's within bas
a mile on nr left the, b«d taken „# cu a ver, bgb bill 0-
^erlooLug al cur wwks our tight • su'd ,oe b&n cem
miad'd 1, tbotrfifptug and ba to its sbe, bad eroded an
t:e other fide the lake, tra : cur hets at 9 itonecrega would
have been fn o Jerwice sn# w, z:u, have itetofibi, ob^n
dorud tb^ ina few dye «fter tb^r batteries o,iatd Wicb
wgula hew be * the nent ra^u.xg. h"e then foulii bwe
ben hcefy utrd to rtire so ft i^d>,efado*ce ; the cotfe.
q r un eof tutneb 1 .encase nesud rave beta much werfe
t % m tb. mode aup rd: for he at,Hurts we bed h/t sT,me
drigtffri th, cjvlaje a be^ foi,, ng b, as &ud prevent
our c ^m^tcdu^iv b Sk^r.ftroUtyb 1 then the ff ave
arts to and fromf?tl^e^td-Kc? wsuld bave been ba
narrow nack fland lending fox the Mcunf to the Gr *ts ;
to this stick too, ban a x^x cat a read, a raj m,,0 tv uld
have com, sated it. rff wirco^sfattened at 'Ttcmdtfega
TV udbm:prtvsnod^u c.m.unicattora with lake Gorge,
leurralworfawuld av;beetagan, us. T^i fob,in,
v ala bavi dfl?,<dsee c>*neatn with S/tufaiugb ad
tbsir reais b,a, m^bt bavs been , a id 0^ to reck find,
who 6, a few w^ke wigM bnnproven ed all J, A.ee and
Tfr,rriev:eit ; a,, migb hove fa^d at tbs mnt as long
at our prevrfrs tie l^ havejbeporten ut, <we bag flurfo,
tb rt, oa,s and mtaJaffi^ew ex,for a week. U>der tleft
ureumfancns Georgi ft Ciasr tn the fixtb infant called
a rani of war, a^das e^rcrahou was anam&sJl agr^d
upon at the enl, a ean offavtng the arm, f'row caproit,.
It was neAfa, o.l,otbit our rere& Jbeuld be ,„ct,i ate, as
the commziccatton was alvoScat off aid th, «v.ted,eo3 b;
a,, %# ty car define. It was te<tf'>re determined to fend
the bagger area fid in boats ,0 Stiforougb, ardfor the
arm, (, marct sb, la±d,rom she Mount to Sfyea^o @ugb bi,
% f )ri J titles ;at the deux of aa, we Ift fort i&atfcud
tn 0 and I: arret fa, the march was coA&ua«d <wi b the
greased regularity ; the font wht:b was the me^ body
marchedtdirt, „. es to splice celled Cafle-rown abent 12
ral'u, to t Sdtcncfb.roughs ; sfo mtlitta ^altd three snilos ire
rsor of th /root, one ide rear guard commanded be CoLxel
Francis bftftei b, Cornels firmer end Ha 0 bal rd at
Hubbert town, ao.u' a milt aid 4 tap in rear of tbs mid•
tia, as the morcb was jovert these bit of tbs orm, bad
fallen tn th? rear aid torrid 4 ar & b rt town ivstb the
rearguard. This b*d, tur er mtget co fy of noir a thod
feed met Before 1 pro edju rbn it tea be no< for, to
give,on the fom,% dtf.fitons aft^r th, were advfed f
our retreat; a largs bed, at est tuo d, find wee ft
Cached to purjut par main bed' a^dbrrafi .&« rear nd she
gun bias did feme of choir foipra ^rcfeu tfg r our l u g.
gagea.dcame up wtb ta Sir fb ^Q ^ led 1. th
nimb regiment cmm -ded b. Laexht Col. Hsls was
ordered to tun down £ nth Bay, aid land and march a by,
# r?36 to fo+t Ann, aid tail that before <&, r r,v,, c?uld reach
it ; the reHaindrcf ^a „, vow r 3 to Ske<nfb j^b esc
ct, agarrfa ^ <t.uder % a 7 , bod, ,/ t&eQ?n, Zerf
to barrafs opr re % r coks up with it tbsnx mrnieg at Hub
^rt town, weseb va r&ei cemmanred b, Cel Warner C,
TAcxsrtions of the ffe^ our It le arm, formed a±d gv
them battle wb.cb c.^ttu 4 about t v#ut, j@e rr-u'ei cor,
Jvere, when .ur party w, , r c uet,owtr,4 with num art and
gave way, the 10 on both fids was c^fderahlt as our e
,le took to tb. weeds and are past curing i#, i i, mfflb/e
to afarfadonr left ; Cel Francis a wsrb, brave fr.r,
9&rfgneliz ng bintjef was fat through and x ited in
fanti, ; Col Halt is nssg. I is ta ual to ft why
was not Cel. Warner reinforced? Let me tell you or
tors were for to Cri , whs tmnaQd ths militia
to go to the off farce of the r.a gu rd but bfo ?e the, nr
rived the aa.cn was over ard our peep e dfiefd Ou#
•nil bed, hiag now twelve mas from Skeenfartugb. and
bearing that 4 f&go bod, of tie encxj 'were arrived there,
aid how ng that a large sod, we ein ear rear, the ge
neral imagined if w: pur seed our rout, that we must <*grge
both infant and rear under great dfadvaetage, and to, ur.
fit bis ,1m i^jirf retreating, which was to Lave the ar
my be thought prudent to file iff to the Ift, and before we
eesebri Hudjew'j river we marched 150 ra iln ;in this
msreb we picked u, about 30,rifaere, 'part Britifo part
WAdeckers and part Canadians; the part, of our m.n who
were at Skenfisrongh retreated to fat Aon, tee, were
twice nt'ackid by the ninth reg mint and both times repufed
there The, to ha Captain Mixtgo&r, so a D&r, and
would prebabl, have taken the whole regiment had their
ammunition held out. This is a candid fate of fals and
for this foufl we are told, our coisn r, cells ns either knaves
or cowards, 1 conceive they ought to be grateful to our Centr
al /or bad weftaid we ver, certainl, fauld have been tek
% ana fan no tr@ to havefeedbflwttn the ,%% fy
Mr. Warfon,
For the Benefit of the People of this as well
asthe 6th© States, I think the following
Copy of the Report of a Mailer of a Fag
of Truce, this Day made to me. on, he
tu be published in all the News-Papers ;
and hope you will pablifh it in your's, as
well as the Copy of Lord Hope's Or
ders relpedmg Flags to Long.lflafyfc-
The Originals are in my Hands.
G. Selleck Silliman.
Fahfield, July 23, 1777.
CAPT. Elipbalct Tb^rp declares and fays.
1 bat the last Sabbath Day he foiled from
Fair,eld with a Flag of Truce, ^ Order to
transport Mrs. Hannah and Miss Brown, Wife
and Daughter of Nicholas Brown, to Hemfted,
on Long J,and, and arrived there on Monday,
and was there informed by an Officer and a Jus
tice of the Peace, that they bad so Orders not
to permit any Flag to be received an, where on
the Island, and advifedme to proceed to the Scor
pion Man of hpar, which lay at New City-fond,
which I accordingly did, and when Jgot onßoar'd
of her, Capt. B<own, the Captain of her, told
me that I must immediately return back and car
ry the HLm^ with me, for that he could not
receive them : And be then gave me a C^py of
Lord Howe's Orders refyethrg F ags of Pryce,
and furiber added, that if any m ,re came, he
fhouldfoze and feat them as Spies. Upon which
Iwas immediately obliged to 'return and bring
back the kEsmen. As P/itnefs my Hand fit Fair
fields this 23d Day of July, 1777.
FLIPHALEL 7 HOR P
Sc^r^, ( 6N^ C , 111-. ) w, 23 , „
NO Flags of Truce are in Future to ?a j s
between the Colon, of Con^eElicut and
L^ng-IJland, without the special Licence of the
General commanding Fs Majesty's Forces, nor
any Correspondence by Letter, or otberwife per
fitted, but under the above Reftriflicn. 'Fl a „
ofTruce are to be consigned in future to New-
York only, Matters regarding the Naval De
partment excepted.
By Order of the Fifeount Howe. Vice Admi
ral and. Commander in Chief of hisMafdfs
Ships in North - America,'
Philip Brown, Captain of bis Maiefob
Sloop Scorpion.
Ex raS of a letter dated Peek's Kill jn'l, %3
“ I have only time totell you that I have
just returned from a fcouc down to the ferry,
called King's. We went with about 200 men'
one 12 pounder and 2 brass & pounders to
watch the motions of a 20 gun(hip, a small
schooner and two row tallies. They eame
up as far as Haveiftraw-bay on Wedoefday
forenoon, and went down the river again
this morning. They came so near us as to
tempt us to fend them one /hot only, and
that was ineffectual. We have not as yet
learned the enemy s defigri, and retrain in
fufpence where we ftull next proceed."
Li, of Makers of Er,As on boand the Prince erf
IVales Prison Ship in New York, JAy 20,
1777.
Benjamin Rogers, Newbury-Port, Abra
ham fappan, ditto, Thomas Jackson and
Will am Langsford, Providence, Daniel
Jdckfon, Plcitaway, Benjamin Weeks, Phi
ladelphia, C^barous, Martinico, Wil
liam Read, Norwich, Uriah Aikio s , 'Cape-
Cod, Simon Elliot, Beverly, Benjamin Cox
Salem, Joseph Hatch, Cape Cod, llaac Tay
lor, Eastern Shore, Zebulon Babfon, Cape-
Ann, Benjamin Harris, Tounton, Freeborn
Graves, Beverly, Noah Mdler Ly me, Wil
liam P^oby, North Carolina, John 'Buck
man, S.lem, Elias Ha< key, Do by, Nathan
Coffin, Nantucket, Joseph Walden, Norwich.
Last week My Gen. Prefcot lately taken
pnfoner at Anode Iflind; was brought under
guard to East-Windsor, where he n Ration
ed, under the care oi &pt. Ebenezer Grant.
Since Gen. Prefcot, was made aPr for er,
the command of the Troops at Rhode lfland
has devolved on General Smith.
&cono% ^ affaire nra are vet dfomhtbit parts,,
as At, w^d certain/, have bin ; we hove ne,rfc fog
George audits appendages and foal fan be able' 1 % /fl
CT.aks bead %ai»fl cur enemies as we are garifo, hitepi
tend rec ihaing ourfelwes."'