The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-05-12 00:00:00, page 4

TIC LETS in the UNITED State Lottery.
_ ^ ^O3 i*!,ii.g by the flowing gentlemen, who
are appoi^ud amenta for that purpose, in the
St^e&fC'. tt&fy , viz Etyba Sbciahr, Esq; Litch
field,T&Zrh LmorgKcg frl&rrf .kq,9[ iiuj Hojfflrf,Efa;Mld
d^‘ ^SaMM£iGra,,R L qj Windham,Mr. Dafyidtum
bull, Lt\> ^on, Mr. Andrew Huntington, Norwich, Mr.
David Auftik, New. Haven, and Capt. Elijah Abel, at
Fairfield.
N. B e The public may be assured that the drawing
of the United States Lottery will commence in a very
few week#, therefore those perfeas who incline to be
come adventurers, are requested to be speedy in their
application for Tickets, to either of the above gentle
men, otherwise they may leofe their chance, as these
that remain unfold will be retarded to the manager#
of the Lottery at Philadelphia, before the drawing
bevies. April n, 1777.
pE^EkLED hvi# Capt. Champion's company,
Col. Wyllys's regiment, one Charles Wiempey,
btra in Farmington, in Ccnne&icut, 6 fat high,
strait and well proportioned, black long hair, Mack
eyes and dark complexion, wore away a homefpuu
coat and vest, leather breeches and a new felt hat.
Whoever fecuree Aid deserter, in any goal in this
State and gives information thereof or returns him to
Hartford flhall have 5 dollars reward and all neceffa
recharges paid, by Samuel Richars, Lieut.
^Hlb is to give notice toad whom it may concern,
to Lieu'. ,Jaba Bu:11, in Col. Darkey's regiment,
in particular, that on fand/.y the 13th instant I took
up a fallow, advwtifed in the Conueaicut Courant
of theyth of April ; he appears to be undoubtedly
the Lrae man, has every mark and all the deaths by
which he is described, the fear in the forehead ; I put
him under the care es two men, but he escaped in the
nightand fled ; bat for fear he would escape I took
all his moray and deaths from hirc; he had 30'. 16s.
and Bd. Amy -fficar thathae receipts foe taunt a
gainst laid fellow, may have the money, to the value
of what I have got, excep my own ceft, by applying
toEENjAMiN Read, ift Lieutenant es Capt Lake
Days company, in Cal. Aldens regiment, destined te
Pecks Kills.
Wiliia^lbergh, Maffichufettt Bay, ceunty of
Hampshire, April 24, 1777.
^AKEN up by the futferi'er in Litchfield feme
time b November la^,alight b own STEAR, 1
year old left fpaing, ma k'd with a crop off he near
ear, and a flit in the upperfide of the off. bth hiad
feet white. The owner is desired to prove his pro
perty pay charges and take him away.
Daniel Landon.
Litchfield, April 8, 1777.
Will cover tbisftafan at th# fable of tot fabjeriber is North-
Killingfaorth, the famous borfe called the
L E OP A R D,
▼TE is of the Narragaafet bleed, ere quo ter bloed
ed, sad is eq ^1 far beauty and ftresgth and
fwifmfs io any in Am rica without exception. The
price is one dal.ar the tingle leap, er three dollars the
ft fen. Oliver Parmerle.
K^h^pf^rth, Am'.llß h, 1777.
THE fubfoioe^^v:: g rod^ as Nawa carrier into
1 Lichfield coa„ and other places for near four
y^;:„ now earthly r&queft# all persons indebted to
him fx he Cw&neaicnt Courant to make immediate
pa^mm. H« hope^ asar .fhis kind cuftemm will
n^lsd complying wi'% this r<af<M able req est, a 8 he
is under an absolute nec?ffit, of m^ku^a large naymeut
tn th ffi . Printer. --Thm compliance wit? much oblige
their humble servant, Amos Alden.
Enfold, Anril 29, 1777.
w^ ^e /übJcibm b # ing appointed by the haner
" abb jal.e of probate for the aifirid of Sharon,
to examine the claims of the creditors te the estate
es E^ze- Jewett, late of Chatham, deceas'd,
tendered infobeat ; de hereby give notice te the cre
ditors re laid effete, that we ffiall attend upon the be.
fieefs es aar appointment on the fecund tuefday of
May aad firft injane next, at ore e'clock aftsraoon,
at .the house of Capt. Thomas Pardie in Sharon.
Thomas Pardie,)-,
David Downs, ” Cmwfi„„
N. B. No account will be allowed u^lefs properly
Attend. April 7, 1777.
^ALISB U rTFURNACE
vyANTED i^merT^T) for the purpof of casting
coanon for the ertirent, a large q entry of
coal, for which a most generous price will be given,
and cash paid on the delivery cf them at the furnace:
All gen lemen farmers and r there,w^luifa„ to the
grand caw'e es ribei,, that rill repai tsi Salifoury and
cut wood for said furnace, wib i^t ^ly render the
moftUTcatial fervor @ their country ; but fh&ll re _
ceive the gr^at pri^ of tw# foilings and fix peace
lawfu money,Lt ,oh c^rd they cut,end may if they
chufe receive part Hth^ pay in felt, fuger, moleffes,
&c. or all in cash, paid b, themtatters at said fur
nace.-- Rack nra muftn^d himfof with boarding,
ax *l^ b.nkab-Luf prickef birding 'tig presumed
won't exceed 3a^ dollar p^ w^k.
Benjamin Henshaw,?
William Whiting, , mana gers.
t'OUND in Hartford Well Division, abv^oQ;
[ middle £f April, a pair of fiddle bags, with a
piece of graven cloth. The owner may have them by
deferibi^g them, peviag charges and applying to
James Francies of New Britain.
April 24, 1777.
WILLIAM ELLERY,
HAS new on hand a general assortment es earthen,
glass, and china ware, which he would be glad
to diip&le es, by whelefale; any person inclining to
purchase the whole or past, may know the terms by
applying to him, at his fare near the Great Bridge,
Hanford.-.. He has likewise a quantity of choice IN
DIGO to dispose of at a reafenable price.
_Hartford, April 28th, 1777.
LISBON, red-pert, and iherry WINES, by the
calk or bottle ; also acaik of good ^g tebacce;
Indigo ; women's flays, and choice good chocolate,
to be fold by PETER VESTILLE, if applyed for
April 26, 1777^
JAMES HISKETT, who had leave of absence for
20 days from the Bth es March, is ordered^to join
his regiment immediately, on failure cf which he will
be returned as a deserter.
Elisha Hopkins, Adj.
Col. S. B. Webb's Regt.
Hertford, April 26, 1777.
J)UuERTED from Capt. Bernards company, in Col.
Wyllys's regiment, (fume time fines) one James
Mackeys, about 27 years es age, 5 feet 5 inches high,
well set, daik complexion, black hair, is a shoemaker.
Also one Richard Whaland, about 24 years es age, 5
feet 9 inches high, redifh brown hair, grey eyes, fay#
he belongs, to Beverly, in the M^fichufetts State.
Whoever will secure them, or return them to the fub
fcrioer atHariford,fhall have 5 dollars reward for each,
and ail necessary charges paid, by
JOHN BERNARD, Capt.
DESERTED t orn Caps. Bernard's company in
Col. W tiys's regiment, one John Slack, about
19 years sage, 5 feet 5 inches high, well set, lightifh
brew hair, greyiffi eyes, femething pitted with the
fmeil pex. Whoever fecuret said deserter er returns
him to the fubforiber shall have 5 dollars reward and
necessary charges paid, by
Charles Miller, Lieut.
Hartford, April 24, 17771
[DESERTED fr.w C ~. Bernard's company in
Col. Wyliys's reg meat, one John Bath, about
35 years of age, 5f e 4 inches high, well set, da>k
hair, had on a rig, brewn waistcoat one skirt torn off,
aid leather breech „ white listen fhht, and an eld
hat ; he fays he wy* a prisoner in Naw-Yeik and late
ly made his escape. Whoever will take up said de
farter and ietu . him te Hartford, or confine him and
give tafor nation to tka fur scriber, fhail have five dol
lars reward and nseeffary charges paid by
Aaron Butler, Eufiga.
Hartford, April 26, 1777.
DEBERrFJ)s77Zn^orß^dfl&'s company in
Csi Swifts Tegim&A2, on or about the 25th of
March, one Ezra Prindle, late es Woodbury, about
40 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, dark Brown
hair, grey eyes, some grey hairs, pitted with the
final! p&x, bine outside jacket cent, old leather
breaches. Also deferred, one Stephen Hag, as he
called himfelf, butit is supposed his name is Fowler,
belonging to the Mafichufetts State, about 22 years
es age, about 6 feet high, fhert dark brown hair, light
complexion, had on a light coloured brown coat faced
with blue, walk# upright, it is supposed that he is
gone toward# Buftoe. Also oneSarauel Sturdi
vant, belonging to Reading, in the Statu of Con
neaicut, about twenty-five years of age, well set,
black hair, black eyes. Also one William Jemmet
fun, a Scotchman, belonging to the State of Connec
ticut, about 24 years of age, about 5 feet 5 inches
high, black lung hair. Whoever will secure said
deserter. in any goal, or bring them to New Milford,
to Lieut. Col. Serr, fe that they may jein their
regiment, shall have twenty dollars reward, or five
dollars for each deserter and all charges paid, by
James Barns, Lieut.
New-Futfield, April 9th, 1777.
DESERTED from Capt. Mattocks's company, in
Col. Chandler's regiment, one William Jones,
bel ^ ging to Stockbridge,about 26 years if age,; feet
12 inches nigh, Aim built, had on a blue outside jack
et, leather breeches, and a beaver hat. Whoever
will secure said deserter and give information thereof
to the fubferiber, shall have five dollars reward and
nsceffary charges paid, by
Tho's O'Bryan, Lieut.
Fhrtfod, April 121 1777.
T)E^ER TED-fom Capt. Beardfl 0# empany in
Cal. Swift's regiment, one Wm. Boftwick, an
Eughlhman, 24 year# of age, 5 feet 9 inches high,
light complexion, black hair, light coloured eyes,
had on a round brim'd hat with a red and blue cock
ade, a pepper-and salt coat, a red and white flowered
vest, good leather breaches, gray flockings, flowered
silver shoe buckels. Whoever takes up said deserter
secures him so that he may come to justice, ffiall re
ceive five dollars reward and all necessary charge#
paid, by Phineas Beardsley, Capt.
>}wjW:fie!d, April 24, 1777
C T OLEN from Elijah Yeoman#, of Hadley, a
quantity of Silver, in bullion, feme cash, and se
veral other article# ; tee thief is one John Morris, a
clock-maker, and is well known in Hartford, Mid
dletown and Norwich.-,Whoever will take up said
thief, and secure him i&geal and fend me word, shall
have four dollars reward and necessary charge# paid,
by Elijah Yeomans.
Hadley, April 10, 17^7.
% m jb INDIGO,
OF THE BXST KIND, TO EK SOLD,
J 9, M O SE S SMITH,
At his house, a few rods weft of the Great. Bag
Martfed,
L°" "' '^* R ight of tire i^h mfl&uft tyverw'^;
China fact, black silk chain, heaped seal, s, kty,
eut fid# case not made for the infida woik, m kw ; ;
name Balch, Newbury. Port. Whoever ffiall fed
said watch and will leave it %ith the Printer hereof,
or Lemuel Wood, a soldier in thecentinental army?
ihfll ARVS fix dollars reward.
RAN away from thefui^cffl^&^^^
Carfar upwards of five feet higb,&bsut 23 rears
•f W, teok with him, one brawn coat, ta/ bfo,
ditto, one brown waiftecoat, three pair of flocking,,
four ffiirte, two pair cf Ihors, & pair of fiver ft@
birckles, two pair of leather breeches, two woolier
blankets, and one felt hat, alfe a Bible and Wattle
Pfaims &nd Hyenas. Whoever will fec^re and return
said fervent to his Mader, fhdl have SIX DOLLARS
reward, and all necessary charges paid, by
JAPHET CHAPIN.
Springfield, April 16, 1777.
N. B. All officers in thearmy aad all other per
foas are cautioned not to encourage said Carfare ab
fince from bit Master.
gTRAYED frem the lubferiber ^ft jane, two
one year old creatures, one a lightilh red for,
mask'd with a halfpenny the sere tide of the right
ear, the other a pide heifer, of the fame mark. Who
ever has taken up said creatures, and will fend me
word so that I may have them again, ihali be hand,
femely rewarded, and all necessary charges ptid, by
Jesse Doolittle.
New-Hartford, April 14, 1777.
r [HE fubfciber hrs in his peffiffi&n, a reTZITa
STEAR, mark'd with a flit the upper fide of &
near ear, two year eld. Ths owner is desired to prove
his property, pay charges, nnd tb him awa,'.
Southamten, Aprils, 1777. AbnorClap.
N. B. Said Steer came here left fpr ng with a heifer
which dried left fuamer.
gTOLENaway from the feeble of
in Worcester, on the evening of the tenth indent,
a dark lorrel mare, four years old, fourteen hands &
a half high, trots and paces handy, feme white hair,
a white foot upon the end of her loot, tail, h^ mere
cut shortish, carries her head and tail well, and a for
ward nose. Whoever will take up said thief ^efo mere
and bring them to the fithferiber, shall receive TEN
DOLLARS reward and necessary charges paid, by
Taunton, April 11, 1777. Nathan Swan.
pESERTED from V^sUh,4d, ; h^ 141 inst 0^ John
Murray of Capt. Slayton's campany, and Col.
Shepard's regiment, about thirty five or fere# year#
of age, dark completion, much pitted with the small
pox, wearaa tied wigg and cock'd hat, or etherwaya
a white linnen cap, had on when he went away a gray
furteut coat, a very good sky coloured death coat un
der, has lived feme time in Scuthamton, is an Irish
man, walk, very strait, is a good taylor by trade, a
bout 5 feet 6 inches high, he formerly lived at He
bron, in Conneaicut. Whoever will apprehend said
deserter and return him to the fubferiber at Weflfidd,
or confine him in any of the goals in this State, Ihalf
have g dollars reward, paid by Wm. Shepard, Col.
April z 1777.
DESERTED from my company, in Cel. She^wd^
° regiment, in the continental army, one George
Norton, a soldier, about twenty years of age, 5 stat
6 or 7 inches high, sandy hair, light complexion, gray
eyes, something pitted with the freall pox, ftp h#
was born in Pennsylvania, very apt to get intoxicated
with firing liquor, had on an old blue coat with buff
or white faceings, other cloaths not known, ts& of
his pea. Whoever will take up fa : d defrter ard re
turn him t@ his regiment, at Peck Kiil, or to Enfigu
Samael Chapin, at Weftfield, in the State of Maffa
chufetU-Bay, or confine him in any of the goals in the
thirteen United States, and fend word to Col. Shep
ard, or the fubferibor, shall have five dollar# reward
and all necessary charges paid, by
Job Alvard, Capt.
Weflfield, March 30, 1777.
T N the C+w^aicut Ctur^t, March 17th, 1777, Jeme#
' Taylor was fe ungenerous, uahamane audabufive
as to advertrfe Deborah his wife as a defertor from
his bad and board, which is so abusive to the unfortu
nate Deborah as to obligeher to declare to the public,
that James Taylor never did provide neither bed er
board for his wife or family, but was far meft part of
his time absent, but for what purpose I cannot far ;
he brought nothing heme but abusive language for
my comfort and the fappert of hb children ; and fine#
this unhappy war, he has been inlift«d as a soldier,
and went to Canada, from whence he deserted, and
his unusual return, on the account of the Lafon of the
year, he was fufpeaed for a deferrer, was the reason I
would not find him any longer bed or board, and am
new under the neceffityof applying to my friends fe,
necessary fubiftance far myfelf led children.
Deborah Taylor.
East Wiadfor, April 16, 17,77.
W' ANTED immediately, by the printer bebeaf,
as an apprentice to the printing bufinafs, a
healthy, good matur'd, naive BOY, about 14 years of
age ; one rather font of his age would be meft ac
capable, to E«WAi3OH b