The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-12-11 00:00:00, page 1

EXTRACTS of several Leftere brought by Capt. Robbin; in tie
Jebooner Two Siders, lately seized 6, an arffied vefa in the
Service of the United Colonies. Pub fad h, order of the Con
gress. - (Concluded from our last ),
"strati ofa letter to .in officer at Bofrm dated Toughail Aug, 20.
r TAKE the opportunity of a /loop going to Bogon, to aft you
£ how you goon. If I had known to time of her going/ I
mold have sent you famething acceptable, as I fuppole your
refeot fitoaticn requires many things to make it tolerate e. I
rat very happy to find yon were not of the detachment to Hun
cr's Hill ; never was fach a fl tighter ! I shudder at the rcco>
^dion ! so many of onr friends, but the other day parted, so
utehered ! We are preparing to fend you more help, five regi
tents to embark the beginning of September, I will feed you
smithing cr other by them. We wait with much impatience
,r the meeting of the Eoghih parliament. I cannot write to
on as fully as I would wish, as I imagine this will undergo io
section. If you can find time if you will write me one line
ow and then, be affared y-o will give very great pleasure to
person who sincerely regards you. According as I hear io
our next, if you thick! may venture politicks 1 will give them
, ,u very fuhy"
•strati oj a letter to an officer at Boflon, dated Fort Henry,
Aug „th,i7,fc
" NEVER was I so much fu'prized as to hear of the fiend
1: Americans have made agsinA his Maj.fly's troops. I must
wh my opinion was; that it they ever came to an a&ioo it
uld be of ne longer a duration than they could take to their
els and run away ; bat by the accounts how much have 1
sen mistaken io them ! and I believe most people that had served
I America w^e of my opirisn. 1 am fiucerely forty your army
ring blocked up in tie manner we hear you are ,• the degrees-
Icnefs of such a fruition I have experienced, but hope it will
at be aflonger duration than till the arrival of the next rein
>rccment of troops which are now near Cork. Our papers raco
on an army of 22000 men commanded by General Sir Jeffery
übarftj dong 9°° in ^ e Spring— but I hope the command will
X be taken from General Ho^e, for whom 1 haves very tin
:re regard, and with him success and others have offered to raise
giments at their own expence in this country, but none of them
believe have been accepted of as yet. Lord Bellamont was
>e of them, and he has now advertised that the Lord Lieute
tot has given him the infection of the recruiting parties of the
h, 33d, and 34th, which he (hall regularly attend to; what
s feheme by this is I cannot conceive."
xM^ of a letter to an officer in Boftan, dated Cerke, September
^1775.
“ PEOPLE are much divided in their fentimeota about the
usericans. Placemen, Pensioners, Tories, and Jacobites, with
me ftapid, ignorant, mercenary Whigs, are violent against them
at the bulk of the people of England and Ireland ftc ftroDgly
their interest. My brother so far retains the prejudices of his
te profeflion as to be a great enemy to them ; but I own lam
the number of those who think they are hardly used, and wish
ey may retain their liberties. I entirely coincide with Gene-
J Lee ; and can't help thinking that the declaration of the
ontinental Congress and their address to the people of England
aft convince every one who has the least panicle of judgment
'attention, of the justice of their cause. It is the general opi
ou, (and General Burgoyne's latter to Genera! Lee stems to
buntenance it) that had the ministry certainly forefeen the una
mity and firmnefs of the Americans, they would hardly have
:ntured on the steps they have t^keo. How this unnatural com
iftion will end, the Lord only knows : but one thing I know ;
at I wish you and my other friends were removed from a fer
ine, at once so disgraceful and so dangerous.— Never did the re
uiting parties meet with such ill success in every part of this
iogdom as at prefcnt ; so invincible is the diflikc of all ranks
Ipeople to the American service. The inhabitants of B^dou,
oanghall, Birr, and other towns, have entered into a refolotien
of to fuffer any among them to iolift for the purpose of cnfliving
teirAmerican brethren. There have been no less then five par
esat once ip Charlevil'e, and after flonoiog the town, God
nows how long, with their fifes and drums, they were able to
irk up on'y one recruit, who was under Mr Roberts's influence,
hough the principal Romanies in Cork and Limerick have form
-3 AfloeiMiecs and offered beauties to fach recruit! as &ili lift
the Connefticui Courant, and Hartford Weekly Intelligence:
MONDAY, Dxcsmbbr ll, 1,75.
cn this ocafion, yet have they very little success ; fir though
the heads of that communion are in the infers of government,
the lower class, who have not fagscity enough to mike proper
diftia&ions, are. to a man, attached to the Americans, and is,
olaioly, the Iri/h ought to follow their example. Even Lord
Kenmare, who on this occifion took the lead, had his rccruting
party severely beat in Tralee, and their drum broke to pieces.
The renowned Capt. Harlequin, whole luccefs in this town left
war has encouraged him to renew his antic tricks here now,finds
himfclf, with ail his buffoonry, sadly disappointed, and federal of
those he had trepanned have already deserted Many of the
draughts that are come here to fill the reg meets ordered abroad,
swear they will richer draw a trigger ag&ofl the Americans ; a-
Bong whom they have all relations. And mod of the Ergliffi
and Irish feldiers that left this last April ,td M^y expressed fa
much repugnance to the service they were ordered 00, that ft
am fully persuaded, if year army was not (but up in Sefton, it
must fuffer exceedingly by defection..
" But though I write thus freely, I would hare yen very
guarded, for all the letters from year fide are opened ; and yet,
there are many letters in tl is town which give us a mod tragical
account of your prefect fi nation, ,The carnage on Bunker's
Hill is to every human bread (hocking beyond expreffion"'
EstraO of a Letter to Lieutenant fonts, of the 63d regiment ^
dated at Corke,Sest 5, 1775.
'' THEY * will be scourged severely, and it is the opinion
the feldiers will have the forfeitures. I wiffi ycwall health toil
that you may finifh as glorioefly as you have begun, the fet
jeants give one guinea to every man befidea the King's sooty *
these people &re to be formed into companies additional to each
regiment to recruit it. We have taftn it into our beach here
that the Admiral & his fleet has not been as active as they IhcaM
be, and are told he is lent for home.
R. GORDON.
* Americans.
Extras of a Letter from Capt. Gardner, Aid de Camp to Gm.
ral Burgoyne, at Boston, dated Cork, Sept, 10 177§
" I ARRIVED here this day #nd crer was mortal more bh^-
tied than lam at prefcnt, but a Yankee fchoorcrjoft agoing te
leave this for Boston's great tranfap, I ought 001 to let ftp the
opportunity.
" I enclose in this a letter to Col. Pigot, which when yog
have read seal it and deliver it to bcm. If you have any fnt&eft
with him you will emp'oy it in my favor, for you must know,there
is a demoed fircog Scotch party in onr regiment, which would be
glad te deprive me of the paymafterffiip I should have been
a Major before this, if it bad not been for this curled icbelfon,
but every thing is for the best ; perhaps ( may soon get flat rank
without porcbafe if I efespe the blazing irons of the Saints, for
am eldefl Captain in the regiment, except Major Gray. Gen.
Burgoyne's letter to him*, is deservedly much a mired, and thu'
fliort I believe has made men converts to fouhd policy 'han any
other production that has appeared upon the lobjtfl — TheKing'i
ptochmantion has greatly confounded the turbulent mifcallcd pa
triots.
'' Strife eff their penfns, by the fetling fun,
" All England, if not Eurepe, is undone.
" Some of my old acquaintances, the Skiragathtys, (hon'd be
let flip upon the back fett'ements ,• lam convinced they would
not defile better fp&rt, and likewise convinced, that nothing
would sooner bring th^fe liberty m^ gentry to reason
prefcnt fouatioo must be very difagrccabie to be cooped up by
such a set of dirty riggamuffios, as I know they are ; however,
thia may comfort you, the fiddle is inning for them, and earl,
next Spring, they will have such dance, at I hope will bring
them to themfaves. Believe me, de^ Harry
To he ass aionafely yeur's.
V. GARDNER.
'' P.S. The transports fcr the 17 h. and our regiment fail
ed for this the 2^h of Aug^ft You may depend that we
(hall have early next Spring 20,000 Ruffians.
Adieu, laurels and life to yod."
* General Lee.
Extract of a letter to an officer at Befton, adted Qrk Septette
14% 1775.
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(Number 572)