The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-08-28 00:00:00, page 4

ff, m & NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
To THE PRIN TER,
I^'T gave MS much Pleasure to read in your Gazet
-1 tee, General LEE's Letter to General BUR
&OYNE, and his Answer thereto.---The former
Gentleman writes like st Roman Senator, for while
he express the greatest Sympathy for his Friend,
in the most eafj rand polite Strain of Diftio^he fup
poMaat the fame Time the Justice of his Ca&fe,witk
the most conclusive Arguments, and with a Spirit of
Firmness and Maalinefs, ever the Attendants on
great Minus. General Burgoyne's Answer is very
polite and friendly, and difeovers him to be a well
bred Gentleman, altho' of opposite Principles, in
Politick's to General Lee: What a melancholy
Configuration does this Difference of Sentiments
produce. Here we fee twoGentlemcn profeffing the
meft intire Friendship,for each <. her tv day, ready to
embrace, and perhaps before the Morrow's Sun, has
finifhed its diurnal Round, one may lay breathless
at the others Feet, by the Uncertain Fate of War.
And for what? Mr. LEE tells you, That his Mo
tive to take up Arms is-in Defence of the charter'd
Rights of the Americans, invaded by Administrati
on. Mr. BURGOYNE lays, he is ccnfcienteoujl,
bound to protest the Supremacy ts P#rh@nt, over
the Colonies,againft which he supposes AMERICA
resists : If we examine the Principles of these Gen
tlemen, without prejadi e and impartially, %c fhdl
soon be able to judge, who has the most Justice on
h< fide, aad $f Coafequtnce can belt Ltisfy his
C^nfance. Mr. LEE Ewell acquainted with the
Intrigues of a Court and of a Mrnifter and his
Sycophants ;he wi'cy Judges that the foie Sup
port of MiGU^al Maules, depends upon tie En-
Crease of Revenue, to multiply Dependants, and to
procure a Mei irity in Jac H ---e of C s, with
which he is always fare of Indemnification, a Regu
lar Plan has b^m laid to filch a Rev nue from Ame
rica, aad a sett of tie mod mifereant Wretches, has
been found, of her own Sons, who have been so base
asnot only to plan her Ruin, but even to carry such
Plans into Execution ; they have sordidly, meanly,
and iefamoufly accepted cf Pensions and Places as
the Returns of their Villainy and th# Price of their
Biorl. They implied upon the Nation, and even
Adm'niftration itfelf, with their vile Mifreprufenta
tioui, agaiuft the Americans in lb many flagrant la
fcaccyhat vuing but P^fi^y conceals them from
tdP.^pie in E .grand whose Delufim is the only
Security to such iVr&iches Lives.---The Sons of A
rae^ ica are attainted of Rebellion againii their leige
Sovereign, only for a manty Refinance to Measures
taken in C»nf queuce of the Advise bf their known,
open and avowed Enemies, M^afurti subversive not
only to the A nericau Constitution, but which will
eventually involve the whole British Nation in one
great Defolatiou : Lords Chatham and Cambden,
thole great and good Men, have warmed Britain of
her Fate, can we nipple that France and Spain
doa't improve by the Sentiments of these great Po
liticians --whole Councils have formerly fa afflicted
those Nations ? Yes! we may be affared they look
on them as the CONiCRIPU FATHERS of Bri
tain, and will avail themfdres of their Direction.
When we can cite those & many other Great Lords,
as th^ Supporters of American Redftluce, as even
TO REJOICE AT I f, we need door fay no more
to prove the Judice of ourCaufe or bring any great
er Authority to support it.
Mr. BURGOYNE does not attempt to juftify the
Coadu&of Administration, but tacitly winks out of
Sight the Severity of their Measures, with one gene
ral Cha-ge and Supposition, that America is aiming
at hde,snd?nc,.---By this artful Stroke he introduces
a System of Policy adapted to his own Conceptions
of the Supremacy of the British Parliament, and ve
ry roundly supposes Legillation and Taxation in
feperable ; but yet condefcendently admits that Bri
tain will never attempt to tax America after this E
xperiment. Such Reasoning is not Argummtum ad
Komine,n,fsr altho' Britain ma, not tax America again,
yet that does not amount to a total Surrender of the
Rightof doing it. We are not furprized that Mr.
B fh?ir!d entertain an Idea of American indepen
dency, because we are not certain that he has not
yet a thorough Knowledge of his People, and he has
too implicitly believed the Mifreprelentatiun of A
mericao Paricido, by whom he has been trepanned.
We believe Mere are scarcely ten in America who
wifti anladefend^ncy'or an unconzeftien with Grea
t : The very Idea of such aState is amazingly
absurd, and so ve-y incompatible with her Itftereft,
that fae c^rm^t e.%id without filch a Connection, un
-IcL Ihe is forced to ^<m another with fom# other
State, which is equally abhorrent but thro' the Ex
tr^ity of the Trines : The Sovereignity of the
King nat never beep denied, but repeatedly recog
nized; and what greater Hold would Britain have ?
than an ackao/eagment that her King and his Re
presentatives stall contronl all the municipal Laws
of the Colonies,and make one Branch of the Legisla
ture. This is aa eff< aualßafof Independency, & will
always ^er^^ ^ such. betides if te bean always
WATERTOWN, Aaguk to.
The following perfidious Advertifenient (tho' of so ear
ly a Date) we have but juit receded, and (hall
insert it verbatim, leaving it for the Reader to make
his own Comment.
B, the GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.
^HERE cl S, natiuitbfanding tie repeated assur
ances of the Selectmen and others, that aE the inha
bitants of the town Bo#on, bad bona Fide delivered
their Fire ©ms unto the PerJims appointed to receive them,
tbd 1 bad advices at the Jame time cf :be contra?,, and
, whereas I hiveface hadj^ proof that man, have been
peffi lions in this rejp el, and ba U6jeercted great Numbers;
^ iTve thought it to iffae this ProclanuG&a to
X require of all perfens who have yet fire arms in
their p>T^^u, ira media ely to farrender them at
the cenrt house, to such perforu as Uiali be authoriz
ed to receive them ; and hereby to deciare that all
persons in whofc pch/ffion any fire arras may here
after be found, will be deemed enemies to his ma
jeft.ri gov^rpmimt.
GIVEN at Bofen, the nineteenth da, of fume, 1775,
in ?be fifteenth ,ea of the reign of ourfccreign Lord,
George the third, by the Grdee of Gid cf Great Bri
tain, France, and Ireland, Ning, dejmder of the
faith, Csc.
T H C% GAGE,
By his Excellencyri command
Thomas Flucker, Seerstar,,
GOD fare tht K I N G.
f rHE fubfenbers beg leave to inform u 4 s puuriw
thal they carry jn the business of
CHAISE-MAKING,
in all it's branches, at their Ihop near Mr. Buyer's
tavern in Hartford, where any gentleman may be
furnished with a carriage of any kind, on the molt
reasonable terms for calh or produce in hand, by
Burt & Phillips.
ON Satuiday the „h ink. wa 3 left with David
^all es Hartford, a lightish brown HORSE,
with a white face & three white feet, about fourteen
hands high, a hunting saddle with leather houfen,
and a curb bridle, alffloft new---the horse was left
by a transient perlon, who said the owner would call
for hira the next day, but as he has hitherto neglect
ed, he is now requeued to take him away and pay
charges, to David Bull.
Hartford, August 12th, 177;.
" Jamies tiley. '
conceded on the Fart of America, that no Laws fiall
be made by her incompatible or incongruous with
the Adj of the British Parliament, but if Parliament
Oil centroui the Legislatures cf the American Co
lonies,--- then Legiriatioo in them ought to be at an
End, for the Subject ought not to be governed by
two diftinft Codes of Laws, especially when they
militate with each other, as in many instances they
are known to do; That there is a Want of an Ame
rican Constitution we do not deny, but let the Ame
ricans have tlieir Share in the proposal of the Plan,
but to be DRAGOONED into a Compliance with
any arbitrary Schemes, evidently tending to Slave
ry, tiey never will consent till power overcomes
Right, and Death is fwailowcd up of Vidory.
COLON!.
(Afsw rods E&f of the Court IFuJe in the Street leading
to the Ferr), in Hartford.J
TTAS a few Nests of Crucibles f^ Sale, and a
nice Assortment of Silver, Gold, and Stone
Work. An,. 7. 1775.
/<'AKEN up, by .thefubllmnr, aco;; brown
horse, about 7 reais old, i + haac 4 3 inches
high natural pacer, his neat nind foot wi<% &d
before, taken up abort 3 weeks iince. The owner
may have him, on paying charges, by a, pi ng to
John : # T^£L.
Weft. Hartford, Aug^l 12, 1775,
^AKEN up, a nay mare abe.t ^an h^f
hands high, about 12 years old, branded on the
near shoulder, with f) join'd together, a Rar in her
forehead, and a white ihipe on her nose, shod be
fore, paces well. The owner is d fired to pay the
cost and take her awav. Jam,s Olcott.
DANIEL ALLEN,
T)ESIRES all Persons indebted to him to make
immediate Payment.
#A good Aihrtment of English Goods to be Sold
ch^, forC^ only by D. ALLIN.
Peter Vandervoort,
HAVING removed his goods tern New-York,
takes thiz method to inform hit good cuft®m
ers in'particular and the public in general, That he
to just opened at his flare epp@fite tho Printing-
Office in Hartford, a universal atirirtraent oflren
mongery and Cutlery Ware, which he will fell ®R
as lew terms as ufuai, by V%!®iale only.
Hartford, July 1.3, 17.75.
IHOMAS GREEN,
From NEWPORT,
TAKES this method to notify the public, that he
has taken a (hop (of Mr. Ward's) opposite the
Town-House in Middletown, where he has to fedl,
CHEAP for CASH,
A good affertment of Enghfh, India, Weft-India,
and Homemade GOODS, whereof the following
particulars arc a part, viz.
Callicoes ; Chintzes ; Patches
and printed Cottons; Stamped Linnens and Da
-11! Plus's for Waistcoats ; Wiltons ; Jeans and Fuf
tiaas ; corded, figur'd and plain Dimoties and Dia
pers ; Denmark Table Cloths ; Peneafcoes and Ben
galis ; Bedlicks ; Corduroys; Breeches Patterns ;
Striped Cottons and Cotton Hollands. A Va
riety of Silks for Gowns, viz. Persians ; India Taf
faties of all Colours ; Serge-de-fays for Men's wear ;
Ducapes ; Black and white plain & flower'd Modes ;
Women's Silk Velvets; Lufeftrings, Padufays and
figur'd Sattins ; Plain Sattins; Belongs and Sarbib
nets of all Colours. A Variety of flowered Lawns
and Apron Patterns ; Sprig'd and bock Muzlins;
Plain Lawns and Cambrick; Long Lawns ; Irilh
Hollands ; Laces & Gimps ; Checks, Scotch Plaids ;
Brollies ; Horn and Ivory Combs; Ivory, Bone and
Coco. , plain and Silver mounted Fans. A Variety
of figur'd and stain Ribbons; Black and white
plain Gauzes ; Silk, Linen and Gauze Handker
ehiefs; B#^48 # ^4 Cloths; Plains and German Serges;
Velvets & Veiyeretrs of all Kinds; L: # • ^gs ; Shal
loons ; Tammies; Durants; Cambists ; Crapes;
Stofii; Calla nance's ; Silk Gloves and Mitts ;
Necklaces ; Thread, and cotte 1 Stockings. All
Surts of common SJoJ Beaks; Watts' Psalms and
Hymns ; Cans Bibles with marginal Note# ; Groen
and scarlet Pluffi, and Trimmings for Saddles ;
Looking Glasses; Cutlery ; Ilabe;dalhnry ; thick
Woollens ; Bazes ; Wool and Cotton Cords. Ho low
Iron Ware ;\Sqythe§, Womens & Girls StuffS hees
and Q%s; Fek'and Coffer Hats ; Aflrimeut of
Nails; Pepper; Spices of all Sorts; F^fkßaifins;
Starch ; Bed Cords ; Wr&ers Slays ; Allum ; Cop
peras ; Redwood ; Logood ; b^* Indigo; Coffee ;
Chocolate ; Rum ; and Brawn Sugir ;
Molaff's ; Rice ; Pipes ; -Nova-Scotia Grindifonee,
&c. &c &c. go
A Genteel new CHAISE to be kdd cheap. Bn
quireof - The PRINTS.
WHEREAS Abigail my wife, has without any
cause or provocation deferred my bed and
board, and has and rtill doth refufe to return and
live with me ; I do therefore ftriQly forbid all and
every person or persons harbouring, or in any way
entertaining or detaining her, or crediting her on
my account, or having any deal whatfcevGr with
her : And I do now stand ready to receive her if ffic
will return, and provide for her to the utineft es my
abilities, and in every refyeft treat her as a kind and
tender husband. Timothy Hubbard, juru
Wethersfield, July 3, 1775,
Wethersfield, Aug. 10, 1775. #
HEREAS my husband, Timothy Hubbard,
has advertized me in the public prints, and
forewarned all persons entertaining me, &c Al
- 'tis very difagrfable to expoA to public view,
the miseries and (.^amities of a diftraded family,
yet felf-detence obliges me to tell the world, That
about three years iince, I was married to a certain
Timothy Hubbard ; the whole of which time since
I have fuMered intolerable abase and cruelty from
him, mostly in secret-— have been in constant fear
cf luring mylife ; threatning to have it destroyed by
violence has been common. About fix months since
(my patience being spent) I applied te the civil au
thority cf this town for direction ; diuy sent for
him, when, before two Justices, he confeffed all I
laid to his charge, and most faithfully promised re
formation--! was advised to raake tryal a fecund
time---! accordingly made a fufici^ut trial, and
found I must either quit my life or my aufbind I
made my choice, which produced the foregoing ad
vertisement, and in which he premises fair, indeed !
---he always was excellent at promising, but very
forgetful to perform. He invites me to return and
live with hnn---if h* has perform'd his engagement
to his country, I mud go to the camp before Refton
to doit, but should not be surprised to find him as
perfidious to his officers as to me. He has left no
house or estate to return to, to which he has any ti
tle---this inconvenience I have been ne Granger to
since my marriage. 'Tis not possible for me to involve
him in debt, where he is known. I hope he will
difgorgeail his thirst for bleed in the eaufe of his
cpuntiy,a@ return home ahuman creature, which
would greatly lejoice his much injured wife, who
would then be willing to live with and maintain
him, or (The should choose) would give ary con
feat that any person should harbour, entertain, de
tain or credit him, that was willing fa to do.
Abigail Hubbard.