The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-03-22 00:00:00, page 2

We hear from Potzlam that his Pruffiin
Majesty is ever in close conference with the
Rolli m and Austrian Mioifters ; courier upon
courier are continually arririog from and fending
to, their trium’irate Courts . Upon the late de
feat o f <!ae Fuiks. two expr ffes came within
four hours of each other * when it was the next
day propagated at Berlin that a revolution was
daily cxp ^tcd at Conftantinop’c, and all the
Chtittian nrrebants were removing thsir effefts
with the utmost secrecy and expedition from
that cap tai. The rage of the Turks is so
great at this time agatuft thtChriftiaos and Jews,
that there is no walking the streets of Gonftan
tinop e lor fear of their fury TheGrand Sig
nior hourly contributes Urge sums of money a
moog his J»nifl*ties, to hinder their revolt ; but
without he marches in perfen at their head, and
leads them on to battle (which is what they cry
aloud for) all his temporifing will aril him no
thing.
Jan. 21 Lord Vifccunt Pitt, fan to the Ear!
of Ch tlum, is to embark next ®cnth forNcnh-
America, to make the tour of the British colo
nies on that continent.
amounting in all to 7000 foot, and 160 a Lcrfe,
with 12 weoty fam pounders 6 eighteen ditto,
add 24 field pieces, bcfiJes mortars, marched
out on the 15th of .aft month agaieft thcTuiks
io Romania Wiwar ; all the vo'onterrs wcot
in he service, and the command was given to
Major Generaluount de Swcarow.The next day
fa expeditious had we been onr batteries be
gan to play and were answered from fotec of
the enemy’s redoubts by fevereand i^ell served
fire, which killed and wounded several of cur
jnco Our cannonading continued till the 24th
at night when the whole town 1c med cn fire,
cccafiooed by red hot balls which we had fired ;
a large breach bei g made at the fame time,
and the Grc from the mod of the batteries of
the ermay ceafi g, our men entered, and drove
all before them to the cattle, where in about
half an hour the Turks capitulated, but were
allowed to march out with only one piece of
cannon. The fire was soon extinguished, and
all the forts &c. were immediately taken pof*
fcfGoo of by out General. The Turks loft
4200 men killed, and 5250 wounded ; our loss
amounted to 942 killed and 1700 wounded,
amongtt whom is the General. We found in
town upwards of aoo pieces es cannon, 3©
mortars, and vast quantities es amunition, &c.
I was immediately detached with 100 horfeto
give ao account at Jafly, and arrived on the sft
inflint.
By the Ship Richmond, arrived at Phi’ade'pbia,
I from London have the following Advices.
LONDON, Jan 14
Yetter fay Frederick Bull, Esq: Lord Msyor
of London took the oaths and his feat in >he
Heu e us Commons as a member for the city of
London
Jan 26 A letter from the Lower Elbe,
dated Jan 13 fays, “ The infurreSicn in Ruffit
is at present the topic of every convention.
It seems to hare happened io the mod critical
time, when frdh troops were greatly wan ed ;
but have been obliged to recal many regiments
that were upon their march for Moldavia ,* and
the troops which were cantoned about Warsaw
have received hidden orders to march far Peterf
burgh it is fufptfted that many ©f the princi
pal men in the empire will lay bold of this cp
por'uaity.ind that a total revolution will be the
cot.fcqucnce of it. In the mean t : me, couriers
so Vienna, Berlin,and Copenhagen from Petcrf
burgh, are more frequent than ever ; and the
current reports arc very difsgreeablc.”
Jan 27. One of the morning papers fays,
“ The c^ufc cf the late co? motions in Russia is
owing ro'he appe rsnee of the Czirina’s buf
band, real or pretended, wc know not, as that
Monarc wav Lid to have been degraded and
died in conSncmenf—-The report, however, is
credited at the well ecd of the town ”
By a priva’e letter just received from Paris,
we arc informed, that the French Ki g is Io ill
tha» his iife is defpairr J of.
It was cxfilcntly after ed at the H;gue,wbcH
the last letters came from theccs, that a new
[The above is the (übftar.ee of a letter from a
British Volunteer in the Ruffian armyf\
28 2774.
“ Your steadiness and adUvity in the gloious
caufc of liberty has io laced me to address you,
without any apology upon a very ioterefting
matter in which the cause of American freedom
is deeply concerned,—l mean the Post Crfkc
eftablifament upon which every other usceifti
tutional all, has bten gtouadet'; as our tsme
fubm'lfioo ro it his cooflaD ly be n urged, by
the enemies ofeur coontry. as a precedent e
gainft us ; — and a? I am fully convinced of the
propriety and eligibi ity. of opposing it at pre
sent, and wc cannot fail of success, if the oppo
sition be made, with a teanly firmnefs, I am
determined to give the bearer, Mz Geddard,
every aid in my power, towards the execution
of his p ! an, which is so well calculated 10 serve
the caufc of liberty and relieve my ccun ry,
from such an arbitrary and uocotiftituticcai sft,
of the Bri.ifa leg iLture.
—I mud therefore earccftly requefi, that ycu
will, provided your fentimants (hould coincide
With mine, ufa all your it fluence io the town of
Batten, and gire him every aftiftance in your
power, to forward so great and neceflary an on
dertakiag ; and faould we facceed in this at
tempt of abs>l thing the Pott Office, cf which I
have not ‘he least Ihadow cf a doubt, I am con
vinced, it will put an intirc flop to their laying
any farther unconflitutknal burdens upsn os ;
tfpccially when they find, that we are determin
ed to make reprisals, npoo every fach oecrfion ;
and .that they wi'l bt reduced to the unfortunate
fi nation of the dog in the fable, who by gree
dily grafplng at the (hadow, loft the fubftancc.
As lam much indisposed at prefect, I cannot
enlarge upon the fubjeft ; nor do I think any
arguments oecefiary to convince you of th- pro
priety of the meafore or to induce ycu who
hsvc so cooftaotly exerted yourfclf ia the cause
of liberty, to afford it your fanftion & fapport.”
Exlrafl of a letter, of the fame date, from ano
ther Gentleman' at New York, to the before
mentioned here:
“ Our friend Mr. Goddzrd, the beater cf
this, is tokaye town, in a few hears for your
p’ace ; on a matter of the utmost importance to
the liberties of this country, viz an iotirc abo
li ionof the illegal nod epprtffive Pcft Office
aft : a provincial fabfeription post is already e
ftablifned between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
in Maryland, foppoited by the nioft emir ent
merch*nts and other gentlemen in ihofc p’aces
—our committee of Cdrrefponder.ee writes to
your committee, on the fubjrft reconimectling
in the ftroegeft terms the ptopofals which Mr.
Goddard has io make and our carneft dtfircs to
co apenta'whh you and the rest of the friends
of jufi government in carrying this gGriow p an
into immediate execution —from the ’nJormation
which Mr. Goddard w II gi>e you I hirk. you
will be convinced tha>, now or never, is the
tiaic at leafii that so favcurible in oppoitucity,
will hardly offer as the pnfent. The friends
of liberty io the Southern co or its pwicu ar’y
Pennfyhaoia. Maryland and Virginia, you may
depend will cflabl sh riders upon the rnnv plan
thrnughout these provinces, as soon as they ob
tain information of the concurrence and o[pro
bation of the town of Boston—and will do every
thing in th ir power to cx'end them to the meft
Eaftero co onics immediately. That it will
meet with the warmed approbation cf the truly
patrio ic Bcftooians, 1 cannot entertain the least
doubt.”
congre s was ippofated fcr tegcc’atirgi peace
between the Ruffian snd Tuiks.
By letters from Vienna, we learn that aosu
thentic account had been received there from
Marfa J Rcmsozow’s army that the Ruffians
made therr.felvcs nutters of Siliflria by afT^uit,
on the 17 b of November, wi h the lefts of
2700 men nod upwards of 3000 wounded ;
that a fine train of brass artillery, together with
several large magazines cf lloies, psorifioni &c.
and several thoufaud purses of I, quins far the
payment of the Gr^nd Vizier’s atmy, were
found there ; that 7000 of the Tu>ks were
made prisoners ol war, and several other great
advantages gained
BOSTON, March 17.
Extrafi of a letter Jrom a Gentleman at l\e>w
York to his friend in this town, dated Fib.
Wc hear a corfiderable fund is already raised
N E W- Y O R K, March 24.
'Extraft of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
March 17, J 774.
“ Cspt Love arrived here, left London the
19th of January, and the Ilk of Wight the j©th..
We hive a few papers, one ns late as the 27.fi'
of January—} i-t recounts of the dtftrtfticn of
the tea at 8 « arc pubh’faed in the papers of
the 22d of January , and our tea (hip, thcPol’y,
Captain A F-ftL arrived off Dover the 25th cf
J.nasty ; oo remarks in the p?pcrs abcut ci'her.
The paper of the 20th of January fays the afo
fairs of America will not be uktn up by Par h
ment tiil tbekffions ii pretty far advanced. By
the papers, there k?’ been a great tEfonefticn at'
Fa’ e fburg but cannot find cut particu'ars• The
Ruffian tro >ps are ordered cut of Poland, and
saary reg meats from the”grand army, on the
Turkith frontiers, are going for Petcrfburg ; tba
remainder of the Ruffim troops arc gone to
wither quarters, and a letter from Paris, dated
the I7>h of January, fays, it is pefaive'y aftsr
ted that orders are given to all our regiments to
hold shemfclvcs in readioefs to take the field
cpso the ear irft notice, and that an army cf
100 000 men wit be affjmbled on the Rhine
in the fprirg. Our London ships were to fail
about the ao h of Febmary and yours the be
ginning of March. Not ooe arrival from your
port.
A Gentleman in Euglsad, writes b's Friend
in Philadelphia “ The warlike preparation^
of the French I imagine will alarm all Europe 5
whai their Dcfigns are, Time mutt bring forth f
The Infarreftion at Petcifourg, we imagine is
set on Foot by them, and that his Pruflhn Ma
jetty is at the Bottom of Scheme. We expeft
soon to hear of the fitting cut Fleets and fend
ing Armies to different Parts, as wc ccrufalf
will not be tameSpvftatfeeg.”
for the fapport cf cjw Pcfl« a' Phi'idr'pl h
Baltimore, acd the citizens at New Ymk ere de
termined to open fabferipften her ks for the like
perpefe as soon as the town cf Boson his gives
a fscllHcta to the espied Ctfign of annihilate,g
tlat fitel ptccedcnt sga-eft ur-the POST
OFFICE.
B O S f 0 N, March 24.
The committee of C cnefpcEidcncc m this
town bare received vesy fpiiittd and judid
ous letters from the rtfpeftive committees is
several of the neighbouring colonies ; par.ico
larly thufe of Newport and Providerce, eo
the subj ft cf establishing r:etv and ccnfUtutional
post eftkes throughout Englilh America ; in ;
(Lad of inconffenty encouraging andjupponing
a parliamentary cfUbl fhment, that hath been
the foundation of, and precedent for a Stamp
Aft declarative lan» for binoirg the colonies
in all cajei wbotjoever ; a Tea Duty and Othec
attempts to extort our money from us, and
infringe on cur rights and privileges. The im
portance of the design. the eligibi ity of the
p an, and the propriety of of co operating with
eur.brcthren on this grand enterprize, seems to
be so univcifally acknowledged by the inhabi
tants of this town aod neighbouthood, that it
is not doub’ed but such measures will be adopt
ed by the friends of their ccuitry, the guar
dians of cur liberies, as will eifeftually an
swer the pmpufe, fotbfy the just cxpcftaticns
of our patriotic countrymen, to the fourhward,
and a muni of ftjcng h:ning the growing uni
cn of the colonies, on which oct freedom and
happiceh eflentially depends, and which it is
the wish of our enemies to ceftroy, who arg
now exerting their utmeft endeavours to DI
VIDE that they may TYRANNIZE.
Wc hear that Mr. Goddard purposes felting'
out forjSalem, Newbury and Ponfmootli, in a
few days, io ord*r to lay the plan for eftab
lifaing cor*ftitutiooal Pcft Offices throughout
the colonies, before the inhabitants of tbofe
great commercial towns, and to follicit their
immediate affiflaece for the fortherance of the
important defigu, in which he must, uddeubted
ly receive the chearful aid cf every fecfiblc
clear lighted and real foo of liberty
Extrc.fi es a Letter from London, Dec s©«
41 The people here who arc friends to Ame
rica, spprsvc much of your merchants cooduft
refpeftiog the tea, which you expefted from
London, and are in great Lopes that it will aft
be sent back’.”