The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-09-08 00:00:00, page 2

PHIL± 0 EL^^tJ, fol 2 ^
Ltf S^-da, ^rkixg ,Lt ofth Ihri^A Arn, d.
totahiq to &sot tis &^&r<J msg, <witb Eis Axes lose,
Oxsr^l WaJb^jrt^ isf ;Lir head, maraud through ibis ci
ft ms# ia&didw, fero^^d aver she ri^r S&jlAil, M
thri-^a, ^ isfed to lie sa/hr* fare of Mir,tad, sobers
& t00,,'#,, bet? ixsb 6a*fax, £?s it is ti@,t mill
eah 4 L/cim Q^ ibet Sate, A%4pferdg rcrzixg Ce
tera! Nib's brigade es Natb Carrie fires, aid Crinal
Proper's fsgtezt es ArtiUer,, ,affJc6r%b ibis ciy, ^d
to far am to ,arfa 'be jam reais, is order to jsra w
teg illtfriw General.
Os tbs remiss jh't Rearing «ffßahimrs tbs difaff@d
inhabitants wre al : fczsd azdfm wader afrexg guard to
Frederick Ts^a.
Th following is BargoyaO panpoa# prac^rtutits,
uadar which waxy of cha craduiOK# hav@ left thair
fcJ.pt.
3,)& Bargayaa, Esq; liaucemt general of hh ma
jrt„ armies it Aasrica, colonel &f the qe# n% ra
giantof right draga®^#, guvaracr ef fm Willhq
ia Nmh Britain, oo $f th# roprefaatativa# es tha
C3^^^l *f Grw-B/im^ aad c^wmaading aa
arar atl H^atampljyal &a az axpaditfoa frea Ca
it da, &:, &;.
THE force, aatri&d ta my cearasad art dafiga
ad 19 ad in ca^cart, tad apoa a cam^a prix
cipl#, with thewumreaa armies and fl^ta which al
read, display iaevry quarter es America, the power,
the joftica, .ad, when preprl, f tight, the mercy of
the hieg.
The cause ia which the B iif: arm# era tha# ex^r
tad, applet to the me* affj&iag iataraft# es the hu-
Mim not ; aad ths military forvaan es the crew?,
atfi 1 ca led forth for the foie ,u pefe es revering the
right# of the csa^itariva, aow cum da# wi:h toe cf
their cavalry, aad daj to their favartign, the other
exm^vce^che^uu, which form a dee fa^fa es the
gamwal privileges es mankind. To the eyes pad ears
©f ^ %3?^&^ part &f th# pab&, azd to the breath
of fuforiag thoafiad#, ia the province#, be th# me-
I^ holy a,pW, whether the prefeat uia taral rahal
%i&R has net been rata as a ^a.iaa fir the cmpai^
fr^rn es tyrroy teat ever G)d, ia hi# difplaafuro,
fvffmd for a time to ba azarerfai ever a froward and
Zabb ,u ,*#rarim
Arbitrary i^priLamat, oeafifeatioa es property,
perfcati^ nd torture, aaprecedeatedia the iaqail
tiaai es thd Remiffi charch, are zmeag the palpable
emorai ienhit verify tee .£i arrive. Theft are ia
51&d by #ff#mb!ie# and cramittees, whs dare to pro
fri't forfeits# friead# to liberty, upon the mol qaht
fAj^, without difthaiea es age or fix, far the ,full
crime, ®fie^ far the sole fafpitiu, of having adhered
ia principle to tie gaveramrat under which they ware
bare, and 10 wk^ch by every tye, divide aad hamar,
the, awe allegiance. To ceaiumaate theft ihxki^g
proceeding# the prafaaafoa of religion id added to
th# m ,it pr^fTgat a yroiitwiiaa of cemAoa reafoa ; the
caafeienciet of ^< are let at noaght; tad maltium
a-4 centre i aet sal, to bear arms, but arf^ to swear
faljiaian to ga afarpatiea ths, abhor.
Aairn^d by theficeafiderati&a#, at the head es
troop# ia the fell power# es health, difcipiiac and va
lour ; deienaiaed to Irike wher, amfffy, a:d anxi
ous ta spare ^hwe pmoia : I by a^fe prftri invite
and exort all perfea#, ia all placer where the prsgrnf#
efthham, my ,oMt,.-e^d b, th* bleffiag of Gad
I will ex audit fdr r --t# s^wei* f ch a coadua a#
mt^j^if, me ia pretexting their land#, habitation#,
pad ra^ii;#^ Theiatearaa of this addref# is to held
fof^h Gceritr, net dtp etaiee to the ceeatry- To
thjfa #h®A fyrit and principle may induce te partake
the forked :;& es redeeming their countrymen from
danger*, aad re i&olilhirg the bluffing# es legal
gev^xmat, I tff<r escovtagemrut aad employ,
nwat; &ad u?aa the firft ia:ebig:ac3&ftkair affocia
tha, I wlit had ^r<m? to affiff their undertakings.
%'>.# deontic, tWi^U^^ iaus, the infirm, and ever
the timid iahabha^u, I am difirtui to pre:ea, provi
ded fcher ra^aia quietly at their hsufe#, that they do
RM fuff^r their cattle to ba removed, nor their corn or
forage t? be f^c/ated or deftro,ed ; that they do not
bra^ u, their bridgra or reads ; wot by am, other &&#
oe^y oriadfr^y e&deavaer to eb^e& the opera
tic as the W%'i troipt, or fapply or affil thoA of
the enray.-
E<l fyci:3 of prerfoa, brought to my camp, will
L^ oaii for at an iqiitibh rata, cad ia firid ceia.
In ca^fdoafaaf# of chriAiaaity, ray royal mc&er'e
c'gmncy, sad ths h^uer of foldicrlhip, I have dwelt
u?s^ ihh iavitariem, mad wfhrd for mere perfective
lira# to give it impreffiau : Aad let uot people be led
ie dh'e%ard it, by copfideriag their difiaace from the
ta^udia^ fi uariea ts my camp -I have but to give
fretch to & Indian force# aider my dir:&kn, tad
thr, amount to th^uhuds, to overtake the hardened
ea^toef Great B itria and America. I ceufider
them the feu*, wherever the, may lurk.
If aswithft*sdieg thefs endeavours, and fizcert fa
c'i&^ri^i totffi& &sm, the ph?erz, of hoftiiit, Arnold
r^mix, I tru^ I shall fiend Stq dited ia the eye# of Ged
and m% ia denouncing and cxjcntiag the vengeance
of ths W^ agaiaft the witifuboatcafh.— The meflan
g#r, ofjaflic# and of wrath await them in the fi&d ;
and devaftarien, faaiuf, and ovary concomitant hei
ror, &tarsla&vt bur indifpeaftbl# „jfecnrioa es
military day mu% otetfiea, will bar ths way to th§ir
t^«,n. JOHN BURGOYNE,
CJ^ near Ticesdersga, J'", 2, 1777.
B, order es bis Exccllsxs, tbs Lieut. Gta<ral,
• Rcbekt Kingston, Secretary.
RINGS T O Nj'^pterjber t.
We are credibly informed that 6^^;^,
the chief and director of the King of Great-
Britain's band of thieveprobers, cut-throats,-
scalpers, and murderers of every denomina
tion, now intefting the northern and western
frontiers, of federal of the American United
States, has not only difeontinued the reward
he had offered and given to the fayage Tories,
Indians, Britons, Hessians, Brunfaickers, Wal
deckers, and other profligate feum of the hu
man race, now in his service, for the scalps
they brought him from the murdered, and
half murdered inhabitants, but has also
ftri&ly prohibited, for the futures under 2
severe penalty, the practice of fcalpmg. It
must not however be supposed, that this
chief of the ruffian band, was so weak as to
be in the least influenced to this prohibition
by any motives of companion or humanity---
His inducements were purely political. He
had found by experience, that his rewards
lessened the number of his emissaries---who
not only scalped some of his tory friends,
concealed among the inhabitants, but aifo
scalped one another ; and that a scalping
party, of aLieuteant, and about go men, he
lately sent out, with a larger number of In
dians, were by the latter, all killed & scalp
ed, none of the party having been since seen
or heard of, and the Lieutenant's hair, which
was remarkably full, bushy and red, being
known. We had intelligence by several per
sons, that Burgoyne had laid aside his usual
practice of scalping, and ftriftly forbid it for
the future-— but we did before know his rea
son for the prohibition. If is not improba
ble he might be apprehefive, that some of
the dexterous hands about him, might take
an opportunity, one time or other, and flip
off his own night-cap.
FISH-KILL, Sept. 4.
Extrad ofa letter from Albany, Sept. 1.
" Ourtroops at Fort Schuyler have taken
from the enemy four royals, their gun-car
riages, waggons, ammunition, a number of
tents, camp equipage, &c. The enemy's
flight has been ve y precipitate, for a num
ber of foldiersand Indians were taken in their
camp, and a larger number flill ftrollmg
inthe woods, the greatest part of them will
also fall into our hands, or perish for want
of necessaries of life—from all appearance
they must have buried their cannon.
" General St. Ledger must have been
fluffed with the expectation of an easy re
duaion of the fort, for in a letter (which has
fallen into our hands) to one Lieutenant
Bird, who commanded the party, that firft
invent'd the Fort, be tells Brd, that his in
tention is to carry the garrison by siege, and
that he is only to dispose of his troops ac
cordingly. Poor man, he was afraid Lieut.
Bird would crown himfelf with laurels, which
he with his whole force, after 11 days siege
was not able to obtain.
“ Nothing new from the Northward, but
every appearance indicaiesour army's advanc
ing."
Extract of a letter fremWilmington,Aug. 26.
“ The enemy have landed about 2000
men and are within four miles of the head
of Elk, they ad with great caution even to
timidity.
" His Excellency is gone out to recon
noitre the country near them, with three re
giments of horse, to-morrow we shall take
cur station, so as to ad against them; their
horses are dying faft, nine have floated on
shore within the space ofa mile.
" The militia are colleding, and in three
days, we shall have 30,000 men round them,
we a p e afraid they will not leave the river,
but keep posse ffion of a neck of land called
Turkey Point."
B O SY O N &,rabsr 1.
We tax ral, give cur readers a 0:7 hriffuraer, of
«wto it c^aird ia 4 Lerc/c*,a„r es tie zotb fuae. cad
dumber rs L^dsn J^e 27.
B) th ft Facers it c„sars that Lord Clatb^ end sade
tie ttin <whicb Lred.n ferissts bros aid us be i^raded,
Wkat tbit rotis* wag &fe ,u„n de retail us ; it lifers
latte fhM. th bih fCt^Ws r,db ^ %so fc4,
test ibs j^j^ of st «w, & ra&.'i^iia visa ds^a.
The Duki r^ldd to Lord Grasr, wb, lad tiffed, t@
the Copies cied a ii.d^reaexce frm tes bg<&i^ of tie
dfab. H< dfarro^ this cfotta is & tear &.dfe
glut ff^sar ; parties arl, fam . ibs caaxhatic* rfGrafrr
Pet* ityM e^b ffcre the FL^fo of Lords, Rubs carried
ever th p^fo fCcngrfs, '' Frm th by (fathe
" Dhs fG^ftH, tb.itp^ita /, fill of fi t j fa ,g„
" if^a to Lit M,jf, eid the Pariia&nt, ,©s, rft^#d
•' mib ce&CTfe^'ibs btoeh mpg of th rtecK farJbhg
" Cfsits beard mitb dijd-iu frea that da, 1 date t^4
" mfcai sf tlis Qitu. I ftraiulats mj Qd Cb
<# tb^ta, tbs fitye, and tbs quail nation uta th f^
'• ^fabfc^rw^te bn led 'ba: Lrdi, tah; it Llthe
46 jul.^js f Lis hath for crexts the ettQd th
<' Hitfl apoe ths scerfad^nfraad that do ,&s,h
66 bans *itfrg^trt tbs ebbgattras th; rafic* art ix&r /,
66 a cQ^bJs recall atbs hl^ I him tbs ^ am, ,f
“ frying & ,rra hfruLi^. ,He c^dhed b,fa, g
“& Q &sy legs c„z /fort at here; 0 fog 0 & ,
" /'*/" c^ti^e %vitb © and I &s aft to CT/rys xy
“ regard to , ceautr, I null courfo, ^ ever, %-
" cafa like the „fct, te bf t to, to cfyre „ w
" Le r fl, to eras feedi, to jrae mtazf es feceitceliatire
" vote America, <wkicd aLwe con divert that i^w&m
" ruin which <nw 'b-eceas us ex Llfits,"
HARTFOR D, September 8.
We bear the means of giving an eff.Elual
check to tbs exorbitant prices of goods,and vs eita
biAsing, end increafag th value ts paper cur.
rency, is now under contemp alien ct the Cungref,
at l biadelphta"*, it is b ped that an e^q^tr,
will be ma e into the i ^ireD praflices of sb fe 9
who tbrougbemnit) to the common cauje of Ame
rica, or an avaricious design of pre,mg upon &
necefoies of tbei fellow creatures, b^e been the
chief means of depreciating the value of paper
currency, and rai/Tg goods to their prefect ex, ra
vagant prices ; and that the guilt, persons qU
be properly punijbed, and made to refund tieift
ill gotten, unlawful gains.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
0^ the 17th ult. at East Hartford, lul
led from the Lyon Tavern and ns
Deper danctes, a Corps of Female Infamr,,
of 20 Rank and File, with a Flank Guad
of three choleo Spirits of the male Line ;
and marching weft ward about one M le, in
martial array and excellent order, fading
stride and gabble, there attac ed aid carri
ed without Opposition from Powder, Law
or Conference, Mr. Fuke's Store, in which
was lodged a Quantity of Sugar defh&d
for the Army, or which they plundered and
bore away in Triumph 281ib. A tra
velling Gentleman falling in with their Rear,
who they mistook for the O&ner or the
Spoils, was attacked and drove with great
Fury; but being wed moused made hs
Efca,e. The whole was cempteated in two
Hours, and without Loss of Blcod; except
from a few accidental Scratches of Side
Arms under-flung without Scabberds.
That so unexampled a Spirit cf Heroinifin
may not want due Notice and Encourage
ment, it is proposed that this Corps be aug
mented by voluntary Inliftment to a Bat
talion, for the ranging Service in the Nor
thern Department—to be in the Uniforms
of Rifle-Frocks, and the, frug Scotch Kilt,
and allowed besides Perquisites and Plunder,
a generous Bouncy on Scalps, and a fire
new Standard, with an elegant Device of a
Lady inverted, and to be commanded by the
celebrated Maddame de la Moll Hore-
Grog-Scratch.
September 4th, 1777.
lx C 0 N ixk xi #o, M&^&X 6 1777.
T-HE e^^h^j #f Trof”, %rt, Taagthv
h&re renfarred wi^h & Mnufortf th# Sfa#
Lauery, atd fi d that a omfidwrible naral#: cf Ti±
91# reiatia wafrid in tae k&nd# of & Ma^rg% <3
well aiefmir agoabin ttaft v#ra l Swat; tG%fi;m
th# prefab oare *f:be Lottery. a%d tie atta.©.^,
es h@ 9^sß, j iataaria^s, tka Cjraraioee i^c^^&^Ld
ib# drawing t® be paipsaad till tka s:%h D^y of
N^varabar next; and that a farther qqax.it, @f
Tickets ba tza^feritted ta the freve^i fa@, ^^ & $
it ba racoraraaadad to t^fr rafy&vs cx^cai^a pow
ars, (@ ^iva mil th# affifaxa# th;, c^ , 1© expedite
th i la: thereof.
Rfti<u:d, TH? Co^ftfi evacar with this ra^rs,
and di?6& the Bj&rd @f T e^^rv £0 <,%'* th* fiae
to ba ca^ad i^ + ffia. a, f,,„, ,b, sys
WALI %M C HOUSTON, D „. S^fo.
O A^€t*tli t. the fasptftg <sfo@€she Tickro mhrb
•wfrcf.alsd u, ea t4s 16'b if App are again trfo &
crtit&e to hi fid b, Ca,L jriFCbiw'uard **/ Rsfoic
Lwwr^i efH&rfw 3'.