The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-03-24 00:00:00, page 1

CONNECTICUT
DESERTED frm Captain Champion's company,
" in Col. Wyllys's regiment, on the sth mil. ene
Jaffles Alexander ,^fcn, h, is about 40 years of age,
5 feet 6 inches high, light coloured hair, grey eyes,
middling size, walks upright, flowin speech, bad on a
light coloured broad cloth cent, a jacket of the 4 am%
and an old pair of leather breeches. Whoever will
take up fsid deferter/nd confine him, or return h^in to
the fubferiber at Hartford, shall have FIVE DOL
LARS reward and all necessary charges pid by
PREN TICE HOSMER, Efy.
March 15. 1777- -
CT oT EN or ° f J an# htf ? between
° Norfolk and landlord Dewey's, in Sheffield,^ pil
ler-cafe with seven yardsof cambist narrow stripes of
various colours, and 9 yards of striped werfted, purple,
green and yellow crossed with white in the fallen.
Whoever dull find said cloth and return it to the new
er shall be handsomely rewarded, by Mary Allen,
wife to Cal. Eathan Allien. _ ;
TAKEN up by the lublcriber, led J,'''
' brown ex, had on a poke, marked with a flit in
the undetfide of the right ear, and a fw&low t#u in
the left, is about 6or 7 years old. The owner is at
fired to pay charges and take him away.
* THOMAS PIER, jo.
Great Barington, M^rch 12.1777- _____
T&KEN uo by the luhicrio,, in October last, a
black STAG, three years old left fpriag, mark'd
with a crop off the left ear ; also a brown STEAR,
two years old pift, no mark. The owner is defiled
Cost and take them away.
GIDEON POST.
New Marlborough, March 14 1777.
ANTED immediately, a journeyman JOINER,
W ohsthat is maker of the trade, to whom go id
wage# will be given, and panaoal payment made, for
fix month, or a year. John Gilbert.
New Harifrrd, March 17. 1775.
ESERTID from Capt. John L^wu Ve^oul's
company, Col. Sheldon's regiment of Caval
ry, Nathaniel Stanly, who is so well known that he
requires no diferiprion. Allo, Joseph Harvey,who is
23 Years of age,well proportioned,light coloured h&ir,
and about 5 feet 6 inches high; it is supposed Did
Deserters have gone to Meffachuihtti State. Who
ever Shall secure th# said Stanley and Harvey, and re
turn them to Hartford, shall have Five Dollars for
each, necessary changes paid, by
THOMAS Y. SEYMOUR, Lieut.
March 24th, 1777.
*l* If silherof the above defirters will return to
their duty, within ten days, they full be received, &
no pnniihment h?fbasd
- ThT^ 7R TN ERSHI Pcf
DUTTON, ISHAM and DAY,
Is diffilved, all perft ns indebted to kid company are
one, more desired to fettle their lefpvdive accounts,
ei her by cash, produce, or notes of hand, and that im
mediately, or else their accounts will be put in an at
torney's hand ; alio those that owe said company by
note are defirid forthwith to make payment.
Toba^d, Feb. 14 1777
E NTirum the fubicriber of Farmington on
° f&urday night left, form the door of Mr Mrfes
Seymour, in Hartford, Weft-Divifipn, two HORSES
with & SLAY ; the one a sorrel horse, with a bb.z^ in
his face, about 14 hands high, ab^ut iz years old ; the
other a mare, about 5 years old 14 hands &half high,
colour and marks th# fame with the horse ; the fly
has good new box, painted red the iafide, the outside
blue. Whoever shall take up and return the above
horses and flay to the owner in Farmington, ffiall
have Three Dollars reward and all charges paid by
ELIJAH COWLES.
M^rch 3d, 1777-
fioUND'o^TuH to Southington, a bill cf Con
' n^fticut moaer. The owner may have it by prov
ing his property and paying charges, by applying to
WILLIAM BARNS, rf s_!2^ : _
JUST com^ hand, and to be fold by NATHA
NIEL PATTEN, trader the Printing Office
Hertford, choice good INDIGO, by large or fol
quantity.
Containing the Frelhtft ADVICES,
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PRiMTBa amd published by EBENEZER WATSON, MEAR THE GREAT BRIDGE.
AND
— NEW- J ER S E Y.
SPEECHofA„Fzrc//m<, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON,
Efqutre, Governor, Captain General and Commander in
chief of the State of New %rfy, and the territories
thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the fame.
To the H nourable the Council, and the General
Assembly of the said State.
Gentlemen,
HAVING already laid before the Affsmbly, by
messages, the several matters that have occur
red to me, as more particuU-'y demanding their at
tention, during the prefect fefifon; it may seem left
nectffary to address you, in the more ceremonious
farm of a fpsech. But conceiving it my duty to the
State, to deliver my sentiments on the prefect fitu^ti
on of affairs ; and the eventful contest between Great-
Britaia and America ; which could not, with any pro
priety, be conveyed in occasional raeffages, yen will
excuse my giving you the trouble of attending for that
purpefe.
After deploring with you the defohtien spread
through part of this State, by an unrelenting enemy,
who have indeed marked their progrsfs, with & df
vacation unknown to civilized nations; and evincive
01 the raoft implacable vengeance; I heartily congra
tulate you, on that subsequent series of success, where
with it hath pleased th# Almighty to crown the Ame
rican arms; and particularly on the important er.ter
pfizs egaiaft the enemy at Trenton ; and the signal
victory gained over them aiPriaceton, by the gallant
troops under the command of his Excellency General
Mr. Watson,
Many fesrfons in the American arm, being effi^cd ^itb she
yellow jaundice,joe may do them, as woellas the public,
an accepibleforvice by ,üblijhing the following rscei„
for the cure thereof.--- It has ,rowed tffi&uai %vben all
other remedies have failed
TAKE a large handful of the inside bark of black
-1 alder, infufe it in a quartos well wraught cyder,
let it simmer over a fire 'till cue quarter is evapora
ted, take a glass or gill of it in ths morning, faffleg,
and three or four times a day, drink no wine or any
fpiritr, live on a very low light diet, eat sparingly even
of that, let what other drink you may require be two
milk whey, that is, sweet milk turned with butter
milk, or some such dilating drink; a gentle vomit
ttken before th# life of the above will be proper.---If
any medicine will effeft a cure this will.
I are yours and the public's hnroble fervent, A. B.
Wafniagtoßd
Callipering the contemptible figure they make at
prefect; and the disgust they have given to many of
their own confederates amongst us, by their more thru
Gothic ravages ; (for thus doth the Great Difpoflr if
events often deduce gocd out cf evil) their irruption
into our dominion, will probably redound to the pub
lic benefit. It has certainly enabled us the mere ef
feftually to diflinguilh car friends from our enemies.
It has winnowed the chafffiom the grain. It has dis
criminated the temporizing politician, who on the
firft appearance of danger, was determined to secure
his idol—property at tbe hazard cf the general wed ;
from the persevering patriot, who having embanked
his all in the common cause, chooses rather to rifque,
rather to lose that all fer the preservation of the more
estimable tenure LIBERTY ; than to peffirfs it (en
joy it he could not) upon the ignominious terms of
tamely refigring his country and poflerity to perpetual
fervitade. It has, in a word, opened ths eyes of
these, who were made to believe, that their impious
merit in abetting our pmficutors, wch'd exempt them
from being involved im the common calamity. 1^ as
the rapacity es the enemy was bru^dkfs, their rapine
was indifciimihate, and their barbarity unparalleled.
They have plundered friends and foes. Effefts capa
ble of division, they have divided. Such as w^re
not, the, have destroyed. They have warred UTon
decripid age; warred upon dtfence ! efs you h. They
havs committed hoftilitivs agrinft th# profeffors cf i
teature , and the miniftsrs of religion : Agsinft pub
lic records ; and private monuments ; and backs of
improveffi^Bt; and papers cf curifity; and against
the arts and frirncer. They have butchered the
wounded asking for quarter ; mangled the dying wel
teringin their bleed ; refuting to ?e dead the rites of
fepuhure ; fuffered prifonetsto perish for want of fuf
unamet; violated the duftity of women ; disfigured
W/ ^ oA" Wf
INTELLIGENCER.
co UKA N T,
private dwellings of taste and elegance ; and in tW
rage es impiety and b^rbarifm, profaned edifices de
dicated to Almighty God.
And yet there are amonft us, whs either from am
bitious or lucrative motives ;--- or intimidated by
the terror of their arms ; -- or from from a partial
fondness far the British constitution ;-- or deluded b,
iwfidious propositions ;---are secretly abutting, or 0-
pinly aiding their machinations to deprive es of thag
Liberty, without which, man is a beast, had govern
ment a curse.
Besides the inexprrtible baseness of wishing to rife
on the ruiafr of cur country ; or acquire riches at the
exptace of the liberties & fortunes of our fellow citi-
Z£RS ; hew soon would those delusive dreams, upatf
the conquest of America, be turned into difippomt
ment ? For where is tn# fund to recompence those rc^
tainers to the Britlh array ; those intentional pension
ers ©fa bankrupt nation ? Wss ever, estate in Ame
rica to be cenfifeated, and eonkprted into caffi, th 3
product would not satiate the avidity of thsir oWm
creatures, nor furnifh an adequate repast for the keen
appetites of their own miniherial beneficiaries. la
ftsad of gratuities and promotion, theft unhappy ac
complices in their tyranny,would meet with fuperciii^
ous rooks, and cold disdain; and after tedious alien
dance, be finally told by their haughty matters, thug
they indeed approved of ih^ treason, but difpifed the
tailor. Infuitid in fine, by their pretended protic
tots but real betrayers ; and goaded with the filnge
cf their ow^ confeience, they would remain th & fright
ful monuments of human contempt, and divine indty
nation, and linger out the rett cf their days - in felf
coudemnation and remorse ; and in weeping over ths
ruins of their country, which themfrlves bad been in
flrumentai in inducing to d^folaticn and bgmcage.
Others thereare,who terrified at the power of Britain,
have perfeded themfrives, that Iha is not only formi
dable, but irr&fiftabic.---That her power is g'eat, is
Deyond question. That it is not to be difpifed, th^
dictate of common prudence. But then we ought to
also coaftder her, as weak in council, and groining
with debt: Reduced in her trade , reduced ^ her re
venue .• Immlrfed in pleasure ; enervated with lux
ury ;<.d in dffyation and venality, furpaffiag all
Europe. We ought to eonktier hares hated by a po
tent rival her natural enemy ; and particularly exaspe
rated at her imperious conduct in the 1&B war, as well
as her provi king manner in commencing it : And
thneteinfiamec with refcAtment; and only watching a
favourable jun&uie for cpen&fLliri#; We cu^fa
to consider the amazing exprnceTkd d faculty cf tranfi
porting troops and provisions above thre^ thousand
miles; with the imptffibility of fruiting their are,
at a left diliance, lave only with such recreants, ^&N
confeious guilt, mutt, on the fi ft approach es danger,
appal the ftoutaft heart.---Thels infapeiable obftechs,
are known and acknowledged by every virtuous and
imper ial mm in the nation. Even the author of this
horrid war, is incapable of coactalirg his own confu
fion and diftrefi. Too gr^at to be waully fupprtffed,
it faqu^ntly difcovars itfelf in th# couife ofhis fptgchi
A fpsecb terrible in word : and fraught with coatra
dittion, Breathing threatkings; snd betraying ter
ror: A motly mixture of magnanimity and conilen&
tian ; cfgrandeur and abafemeut. With troops in
vincible, he dreads a defeat; and wants re referee
ra nts. Victorious in America, and triumphant ora
the oce^n, he is an humble dependent on a pe^t,
prince ; aag apprehends an attack upon his cwn me
tropolis : Aird with full confidence ia the fritudfhip
and alliancxof France, he trembles upon his throne,
at her secret designs, and open preparations.
With all this, we ought to coktraft the numeroue
and hardy Sensei America, earned to toil; seasoned
alike to hear and cold , hale , tobuft ; patient of f&-
tigue , and from an ardent love cf Liberty, reedy to
face danger and death. The immense extent cf cor=
tinent, which ourinfatuated enemies have undertaken
to subjugate. The remarkable unanimity of its inha
bitaats, notwith Handing the exception of a few apef
tates and ceferters. Their unfliaken jefolution to
maintain their Freedcra, or perish in the at^rapt.
The fertility of our foil, in all kinds cf protifion, ne
ceff&ry for the support of war. Our ineahsi&ble in
ternal refaptces for military fores and xavai armt^
inputs. Our comparative cu^aomy in public &y&cs;
Both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
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