The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-07-21 00:00:00, page 3

BOSTON, (T&W) July i 7#
Copt. Pic r ce iff an ^tzed,>o, beleu„g to Barren in
the State of Rhode l,c,d bat taken and jent into afife
port to the futhw^rd, a large 'jawmcawGn, with about
500 6o,:,eedj offagar tfc.
The F^zfrights, said to be tab* b, Ca,t. Manh, vas.
nue learn by the czrm arrived at Portfmmb from Halifax,
retch* and carried /$ 9 that place.
Extras &f a ktm f^ MM ffice # af diHiaaiGa, dated
Moth er, July 9, 1777. ''
" I Laax just five u retHhete the receipt of ,rar obUgiH^
ht'er, cfm %o'hz't which catre^ to bared this &„/*<.
As the eva<*m% Ticcxdcrcga mt, have awmd th
ceuntr,, end vrifd&ir curifi, at the f.mt tim, ,er*4
fit.o gtie,tnjom account 'O, that matter, wi;b the r/^.
,:w that leveed sue iepfojc ft co ft ofo ^wal tfc.^
B OSTON fely ts
Velarde, arrived ^co&^r fre^ Sh«*,fcat, which
ih, Lift GM Saturday morris. The Skippsref which
informs, that Capt. MTN^ h^d pet in there from a
cruiz ,%ich a number es effic^n takan ca beard creef
the Burifh frigates called the F;x, of 32 g^nr, t^k^n
by him in cc j a&^n with Comm^d^e Mank, who
weald also hare tuba a 40 „.a lhip, had sh? ^et
baea relieved by a 54 gua flrip cem^ to her &ffi t.
a^ce. Commodate Manly with his prize way be f^oa
sxp@a^d,
By two American failers, who trade thsir efeape
from a Brit Ih traafpori, lyiag in Halifax hartoar,
and arrived in terrm lift Tuesday fora Mchi% wo
2^B iufsrmad,.-. tha: tw Briiffi pirate frigate# Milford
and Scarborough, lay iu Machias ha<b^r ; t^ey
carat with aa intention es comparing the inhabitants
13 -:a%a the b^h of allegiance to tiro tyraauic Ki^g
and Parliament ts B itai,> The Mi:f rd fc^t up
Michios rirrr a bo% with eae Lieawwit, o^e Mid
ihyra^ a^d Rime t^w^, wi^h o intent, it is the't
cf makia^ difegraries ; but they fid as a flog : The
Michies Arnies, aet ^fckrij proper to t^.n fach
x&ted li^-s worth, fca^ht , of er to fecCT them ;
and chefar* ^awc^fin^d ^ thit t^wn. Thafs two
men we o d^f^d from amrie^ a number of oilier
American p:rf^/% aa boa'd Jia above mc^riaod
tri A,cl, to min her ; fio^ vh^ce they icadc thrir
efts,#.-
L^ft Morada, arrived a! this port ffo brigantine Freedom,
of 12 guvs, ire de fervid of this State, 'fob# Chufox, E/q%
cra^uder, ia 40 sadfr^m Na&z --Caps. Clouflon fail'd
fro*M vbeb^adibe^tb of last March, and bus fide fa
ha 16 fail of v/ffls, 5 of which be burned, gave two
awa, for the fake of getting rid of tig prfairs, aid &f
charged 9 for port, three of which are arrived -adthe red
except cue ore umubi/d, retake* er if. The brieamine
cam# haded iucirri, <wdb ©Star, fares.
Wehave an account that C*,t Weeks, who carried Dr.
Franklin boCT, bad parchef* awi feted out at France a
faall cruizer, web era America* ri%„#^, which cess
serfs a veffil boundfrom E^gfod for & port ire Ger^ay,
with a large quantity of Cafo and other valuable articles,
in order to,a, the Prince ri Hff, £^c. fr the may far
feubtbt, have left ; the vcffl bail'd tie ersztr to &^w
who /be wet; the arefwer wax " A Sm% ghr," And
after a fujfaisrat number of the cruize,'/ bards bad get on
board, tbe, ima^ied her into a fort in France ^getter
the whole budget offref and new iutelbgexce from rs-m
ca ; cepes of which, we bear aseforwardsdto Co^refs.
Ybe Eritifo Ambafeder, we bear, demanded the cafo,
which however was not delivered *,, nor in ended to be,
when our le, advices came away,•
SI R, Borardearz, Ifb Mey, 1777.
" I arrived here the ioch iaft. &f.^r a ^aiom, And
tempefiu^s paffsga cf two &wat>s. In ou, p^ff^ge
we took tha brig Falmouth from Glafgaw, bo^d io
Quebec, with dr, goods, 190 tons burthen; ^ ftra±
after an hourand a half attack, &ed i fe^t to lbto.
" Two Bririffi ffiipeof the line are trans -g la the
by of Biscay, an the coat of Briuny, as thy exa.
mine all ^ff;^ fry meet with, which ei^ ^m
an&fi&efs to th? merchants : The French *c^rt° dis
patched four fifty w f Ju foe tg teq^iM tt^va wifi
taeir iatsari^^ on tha^ fabjed, t^c ^rpar; i^ an.
k^^a, usd w 2 wait rcth impatience fir their r*ter.
Since ray arrival h^e I perceive the F^ch i^ general
arc i*cii^d in f^ur of ue A^mcans, tend wiffi
them laccjfs as ^uch as if p^rfynall, concermd.
“ Aboat five weeks past failed frera thia port a fri
g::c, armed by the M^quri ds laF + cra, whs
has t^k^a ^ith him effims us difti^ftka and czpm.
arced eugiagers, who, through geacrofity, fly t.; the
tffife^eef ^ht A aarfeara,. Many veffeis have failed
from diff rent parts ia Frarcr, lpad d with re rchaa
dizes cf all fc M, and aa^a^itiea, for the U rited
S^CT of A^aeri^a ; and they ate pr^paria^ every
wh&a ta teed ^^u, well aracd, fa as & farce their
way, if difpu^.
'' Ever, tti^g, Sir, is in f?v~ur es the Amtri
tleans ; a^d rs vir is zot declared between France and
England, then is every appearance of v^y coatidera^
be ataea^cc of acc^ffiri^. Three armed vefl>x fr^m
Dur k.%% cder C,atir^&W c^m fliers, as priva
teers, cruifs eg^eft the En^llih ; they nave ak^a fe
viral pr c z% amea^ whicl iare two picket boats,
betted t® Ctomay, in which was 66 000. L flailing
i^ foeciv. It is *ot to b* doubted maa, others will
b? fitted cut; tu k3w Eagia, dwi 1 c&is uakßowa.
It is err ai^ Fa^o ha# ifar:y ftil of the lice ready fir
foe; and that i: has f^bid an, fail as leaving the
kingdom in merchant veffris withc^t 2 permit from
the C^raiffir, o' rhe port ; fc^ titles t^y give,
end often refufe. D*. Franklin end Mr. D^a era
well at Paris. M.Lee isgoae to Murid.
“ I bare tti? irlfletut that th^ 9th inf. 13 f il
of th # lino od 7 frig^tea feiiod fra Bast ; their def
ria&tia^ a^kn^n."
" The Garrifa cere,,ed of debt thirty three hundred
fitt*. of wb^ra two thofand and tight, wine of,, wer»fa
for duty, man, of tbfe mere bo,/, alcogels, incapable of
fu, aiming tbefauggn of a feldier, naked end ill armed,
not ab.ve one be,met to ever, tenth wax, the place atari,
invfied, and their bat tries compl/arid, a^d from the in
telligence of my ftits, the isrofiture ices to be c/mplcxtsd
on Sanda, la,, the day we If it, when ad ffflh/ht, of
retreat or fapport would be cut ff. The 1 h e,b;s et^,,
Jmal as ri is, was the ioro table ccyqu^cs, &ud no^d
have been a ver, greet mi/ftr^c, awebgreater, i* „ of
erica, than the If fthe f#, as tb.re w/rid &&^ b.'<#
*etb:ng If,er tbe militia to cslka to, in the quarter, to
fe, the ,'sgr/fi cf azenra,, f,h'd wrib cenq^Ji. I
therfore deternetted to attexpt a retreat, whiri st w*s
prabricable. but peviztf, conflt/dthe ethtrg^ .-A ffeers,
who were us&riM.uJl, 0, ootrien that it egft to no attempt
id without If ofrise. We eccerdirgbprfcr.d/.rit that
right, dad having, in the cenrf 0, tri nigt, e^h&hh r>s
Ktav, *, cuef/res and„owifcxs as ,#.bh march a ff at
break f cay. ffiefbeu^d have got f alt/getber u^af^uer
ed 6, the estm,, bad it zot lew,or eve acr.^ntal burning of
a bouje, and th deJerrim eftwomm, fibs er.illcr,. who
inter in r,, went f, with a small beat, to the ^fr
9 be rear four arm, evacuated Mouri Itoh,ldenos, as the
front efthe men, entered ric, exchanged a ,e^ sot, but
did net ffir tofourfa, which Iferine to thrir bet*,, the
Brurafux&rs that took f-fffor. A cotfrirribh body,
bowsver, mere fat up a creek that entersfme dfrntc in
to tbs c^wr,, who, nine warning, attacked car rear
guard; tb, dfevded tbrefekuss or, well, and,
ih:ugb fbliged to retreat, killed and weraneed a great may
of t^e cnso, ; face which we bowe fen rctbi.-g of them.
N 'J d 'fo^^ to bans married to Srief.rough, but the
enem, bad get before me, wbnb elligea mo to change 9
route, aid bear this ma, &a account of prroifans, which I
fall be ctle to obtain to mor, ,u, when I fall proceed,
with ever, frffibb dfoteb tofin Gsn. Schuyler, at Fort
Reward, vhere I ^'p, *ce fbarifax have an arm, <f
force jrffiaent to jh, tbs progrf ff Mr. Burgejne.
deeforce fthe our, is fevsn Britijb regrrents, eight
foeige ones, end a number of Ltatos and C^diaus ; on
t^e whole, lthink mfif %%r, ba,p, to make xy retreat
jrcm unrir their nefe."
Extract of a letter fr,3 Mcccbftr, ful, 9
" Left Sue.day ^g^, abeat 12 v'cl&ck, myLient.
Cq came into my t±nt, and fiid I xnuft move the
r^^^^ff thegrated fertile whole arm, was march
ing acrefs &mount and we ffieald be left behind; I
irnffGiateif ,g^t ap and ordered all the regiment te
p c u up, friiko te^ta, and march to the place cf g%-
l^kfi% whirs: I f.und the whole array retiring. I
mucked in the r^r of the main aim, for two daysaad
nights without viane!, or drink, except brook water
• the tnzsh, coma up with fe^a cf the fintying part
cf ^3f:fi,, end £sd 2 feme engagement, in which
~°?°^ f^^ri vftote efficen, among when are,
C^. Fia^cs es this fate, Cei. Hale es New-Harp
£l -^K.d Captain W&!c4R, with e aumbii efother of
ti^s CTd foidfer? :who &!0 either flaia or taken prifo
^ $-}&;.:.y^ marched through the wilderaefs and
i^^t^za ^fe :et ^at &r bread and have made a
fmxi ^ e; if we cca git ar, thiag to subsist on, ,e
hi — ^ch ts meet & eneay ; Tic^adetega w*s
i w 6 #& u wt M fci.it ^ue L r&&frS , bat I cannot
cni& &,s.”
PROVIDENCE, Jriy 12.
Thurify E/^ing ^a Party of 38 M^, cf the
T Vta^tyfy ~ Q^ Sme, r^esff the Cemmaad
O L' ei. C&L ? WILLJAM Burton, cf this Tewn,
la^&pHj by M^jor A:^s, cf the Train, Capt.
P^^^i, L^ta* .so Petter &ad Bxberck, and Eufigas
'^ ',™ '^ Wifcwke, west fa fitfg T-.Ms from War
w:ck N^b wt % a V^w to take Uffrr-Gtfacral
'* ^ '°° ^ o^,^ %d^r h C\ief at the Brit ih
and tarciga T^op, qi , R;§&lili%f, wb*fs Head-
Qjmau,ae nth at aheafe aLiet Luz Miles fi&rn
N<%9ft. 7hs CJexei &ad hi» Party, after p^ffi^g
the E tray's Skips ad Gaard B:am, landed aboat
r^a ^ #i Nfgkt, &^d CT^ ''infinite Ad, refs and Gallen
"3 *w^ ifPiekuFs Quarters uauifeevered; A Cea
lu^ lu the Doer hailed, bn; was immediately secured.
^d the P^rty i^ftz^dy broakYg tha Daor% and enter
ing ^Fl^fQ^^^g G%rr&li Bd. His Aid-de
C*m, lty&4 h w m a Window ia hit Shirt, and attemp
er. '" ""P" ^ wu taken a few Reds frem the Henfe.
I^ Party fuon after returned t^ their Beats, with the
Prif^e-s, and fwg Tirae after the, had put off, the
linem, fired Rackets fora thuir fever#! P^fr, as Sig
aals far &.q Alarm, bat too late^tbeEird bad fad. Ths
P^if^rs were ftfirfy landed about D»y- br^ak 10 War
wick Neck. On receiving the Intelligence here, a
Of&h was immediate!, len;, erd the General, with
his Aid de C«mp, artinded by Cal. Berten and feme
OKh& Officers, arrived ia T,%n at Twelve o'Cleck.
1 hit baui and imiorw&t Emterpriz, raeft refi^a the
h^ghafi How 0* CoJ. Ba-tan and ri# fifth Party.---.
A Li^nt Col. of Hoife, wiih at I^l 70 Light Dra
rs, o± Maj^GvatoL - ( < : ,u^ by a Tory)
fiv. -Jkiues from &i, Treep# A Lfu^^^t Colonel
of Feat, with onlyjß Private# aa. < 6 Cffic*r ? , has ta
ken a Chief C^ KCT er, when al^&ri encircled b, an
A 'y and Nav;.
* See Howe's Letter to the Britif M^rifir,, relative to
the Capture ts Gsucral LEE.
FISH KIL L, jify 17.
Extras of & l^ft,from Aiba*,, dated foil] 14, l,„.
'" cw ^q&^c# of &uc%^i©foa ^f a conn
c^ri^ar. Gem. Sinclair wish hi# a v m, on Surfay
&-•.^ 7 ^6 ^ iatl evacuated Tico^defogz. P^t
arm .rep r ^rae b, the way cf 9±emfb)wtigh, a^d
the .e„.ri;^d, by thews, cf Caffe Town, a^d f)
t^recg: r<.< G mats. ThoG that came by ;h* way if
Sk^uE..ju®h, were pa-said b, th# cne^'t sis,-
ph§ irJ ftveral co^pa^ies ts ri, : ^r^ ^Y
la%d#d alra^ft % f^.r^ &# o^r no., x; b.^• - - ^f:
parties fam fkirmiffiiag ^f^d with imr k^ .. e a
that fid#. Our pe^p^e retired to F i Avn. a^g ^&^
on the Taeftay fdliowi^ ^i^forc^d b ferns militia,,
undo? th, c^-ta ^d of Lieut. Col. H^ry B Via
R^fe^r., Up^ Urania; at dm puff, .ke coru
^n^i^f, ffi^ erewed £ few men toge ii; ftanhef
a b^%.y ; ^ha of not b^ g^o? ab^v# i§ -Haute#
b^f^reth^, ware stubbed by a party if < # u; I§%
*>d :r. v^ comraaxdofa C&puh M ^g ^e y, upon
v- ^th#co^armdiug ffic+rftatC X^ ff> £tzwick
loo^ailitis to retafurce them. R>ff,tor Idea camo
a, ^i^ them ; upon which the wg^ga^cM ft, r3 _
A wed with fpi ft, on boxh sides, f,r a ie^ minute#,
whet the stymy g^vo v^y, sue were purfurd S two;
m':% who unluckily P^ffitor was wetted tkr/
^ thigh. H^drwtt^h happened, the whole 'part,'
if hxe%crny weald har? filler intotur hard#. This
i., uoufiffM by C^pt. M^hrm^r, and £ Sur„en,
who were uksm pilfjsera. Ntver did ra^ bshiva
1 * 3, t^ax <ar miii rix hid. T @y deed the e^m,'#
fare with the uteoL cco'& % end lulled wa with the
grarteft Intrepidity. I^ch&d, Sir, never wetc men ix
beue p ffirits th^a the miSJa ^rv.
Gl&eral Sinclair wai s)f@ pu fried by £ bzdy of ths
fß^nr '&infantry, ,<r^ rim, Canadian end Indian#,
( b?dy far fiap^r „to ear rear guard) who fell sport
(u/rorgu:d w °ck c^fi^ed ©f aotut 1000 men.
Bnwee, ^ ^f; ^ fp^fr. cat s^fucd, which lifted
a^K^w^ &:s, whoa the earmy retired, Their infs
or this ecc^fisn exceed* 500 moa ; fcr Lieut. C^kanl
Raed, who walked over x^c i^id after the engagement'
painted his sward tc §0 red caati ar he walked atog.
He adds, that he far^ vast lumbar lying areaad iff
the bufc,. O^r kfi wpsi? thi, oecefiqa, and in the
retreat, data not exceed 300. I. ma, csfil, be sap.
p^fed th^t the rar^j ^.„: way mia, wham their
cluif^ truopt, fu^eri^ is number) to ear#, retired
without nay rcbf^rcs^viuri arriving to the tffifa^c#
&scar troops. Nrvvr did terran treops behave bt#
tor than sera did ran thh 3cc%fi a. W? bowrx&r b*
firao breve officers ; Ame^g wh^m is Cal. Frociir
fro^ Miffachufetts. Thi^ gentleman behaved 1 kna
hero, and fa did & rest of the officers in general.
General Schuyler is now at Fart Edward, with the
main bed, of oar army, and M jvr Yatee with about
ioog at Fart George. We have fired foty odd p'e
ca of cannoe, a large quantity of powder, &:. medi
cines, military chefs, &c.
" General Sinclair to. k 24 prifeaer,, who will be
in to-day ; as also tr*fe -km by R^ff&ter's party.' 7
HARTFORD, July 21.
Extras of a Letter from an Officer of Note§
dated Peck's Kill, July 14, 1777.
" We are yet in health and quiet---Ti^
conderoga is gone with the Stores, &c.
The particulars have mot received—No mo
tions up the river yet. By persons from
New-York we learn, that a packet arrived
there Thursday befere last, which brought
advice that the East-India Company had de
clared themselves independent of Great-
Britain-.-That a number of transports have
failed up the east river, and 40 transports
under convoy of a man of war and fix fri
gates have fell down to the hook.---Twenty
pecesof cannon arrived at Fifn-Kill yester
day. People may fuffer their spirits to fink
on the ill success of our arms to the north-
ward ; I believe that Providence by a series
of events will reform many evils, lay open
many secret villainies, and induce the ene
my to take steps which will prove destruc
tive to them, and convince the excellent of
the earth in^Amcrica, for many such I doubt
not there are, that the multitude of an hod
and strong bulwarks are not theonly means
of fafety."
We h^ar that seen tf^er eur army hid retreated te
Fsrt Aan, they were attacked by a large B^y of the
Enemy, and after an oh^wroro E^gageram which con
tituod feme time, th© Esem, were obliged to retreat
lesvieg abeat 300 of cheir Neabvr dexd on the Field.
The Geaeiar ,Affably of this State de net raeetra
this place ea Thu f ay next, as mentieaed in ear left
---that paragraph was ,üblilh,d by wrong iftformatioa.
Lull Friday a Praffian Msjir and federal French
Officers cams te To^ f om Softer, and the next da,
proceeded on their Way to H&ad Quarters.
Wo hear car Arm, bare quitted Fort Ann, after defray
ing the fame, and baruing she barracks, and gone over to
Fort Edward.
We b^r Gov. Sk/cas, late & prifasr in this town, is with
the tnem, at ths northward.
L^ week died at the hefpital in this place, of the
fmatl pex Mr. S-ephen Turner, ^^62.
r\NE Lundies ae& thirty baffieu cf SALT to bs
^xchaaged fir P^k. Flear, Rye, Indian CeQ
B^n*r or C^ fi, era board the Sloop Dora, lying at
th% F*rrv fi Hertford.
qrAKEN ^p by th? fabferibar artei*c nrind ^COvV
~ i^&fedtj hi thr^ years old, raarkad with 3
h^criri ths right ear. Thefowner is defied to take
h^r without farther cpa. Amos Cow>xs.
F^^i^c^, foly 12, 1777.