The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-12-23 00:00:00, page 2

'LINGTON, (N. jersey) Dec. to.
'ear that on Thursday night last, the
B^oY rmy began to march out of Phila
,d - > .a, and by Friday morning the whole
h got as far as Chefnut Hill, above Ger
romtown, in order to attack General Wash
ington ; in consequence whereof, several
+,. nmhesjiave happened between the pick
^ of the two armies. On Sunday Col.
Morgan's riflemen fell in with a large column
bi the enemy, near Jenkin's Town, on the
Cud York road, when a smart engagement
enfo d. A very heavy fire was kept up
<: m about ten o'clock in the morning till
tvelve.—At one they began, and sustained
: e whole fie from the enemy's column.till
dree in the afternoon, when it ceased for
, ar an hour; and about four, a flight fir
gcommenced, which continued till lunfet.
In the feve. al skirmishes we had abouttwenty
•n killed and wounded ; among the latter
is Major Morris, a brave officer, who is like
to do well.
in the skirmish on Friday, Brigadier-Ge
neral Irvine was wounded in the hand, thrown
from his horse, and taken prisoner.---In the
action on Sunday, General Reed had his
horse (hot under him, but the General es
caped unhurt.---And the day before yester
day the enemy returned to Philadelphia.
BOS TON, December 19.
Wednesday 7-Night a Plot was form'd by
some of the Prisoners on board one of the
Guard Ships in this Harbour, to destroy the
Guard, which was discovered a little Time
before it was to have been put into Executi
on. The Ring-leader was committed to
Goal next Day for Trial.
Same Night the Barracks on Cobble-Hill
were burnt dewn ; 'tis said they ,were de
signedly set on Fire by some of the Britilh
Prisoners ftatiomed there. We doubt not an
Enquiry will be made into this----A ffair.
FISH- KIL L, Dec. 18.
The following two letters which puffed between
Gen. ParfoK and Gen. Tryon,jhew the line of
conduct the enemy mean to pursue.---Some in
frullion may be learnt from the scope---it ex
hibits their determined intention --to,burn and
lay waste our habitations and imprison our per
sons. They will drive us to retaliate with e
qual feverdy, if they go on in this way.
Maroneck, Nov. 21, 1777.
SIR,
ADDING to the natural horrors of war, the
wof wanton deftrullion of property, is an all of
cruelty unknown to civilized nations and unaccuf
tamed in war, until the servants of the king of
Great- Britain,have convinced the impartial World
no all of humanity, no ftreteh of despotism, are too
great to exercise towards those they term rebels.
Had any apparent advantage been d^rivedfrom
burning the.houfes on Philips's Manor, last Mon
day, there would have been some reason to jiffy
Bid expence, and profit of any business are
matters to which all wife men pay fume at
tention ; and when they find any business
costs a great deal of labour and expence,
and affords but little profit, they will
leave it, and take to what will bring
them in more gain. Hence several mecha
nicks, and some farmers have left their pro
per occupation and become sharpers, rum
jockies and engroffers, because they can make
vadly greater gains by trafficking.
After all, I don't pretend that the farmers
are not to blame for rising so excessive high
io their demands: But this appears clear
that they were forced to it, and were neither
ringleaders nor promoters of extortion,
that their produce at present muff be high,
or they cannot live by their business, be-
Cause of the many difeouragements they la
bour under, especially from sharpers and
j)ckres. If the poor, if the army, if the af
mbly would rationally desire and hope for
r er times, let them all join, together, and
mrage industry and flop Sharping and
, ; to @ J- C^SAR.
The ruins from the conflagration of New-York,
by tbe emffaries ofyour party, last year, remain a
memorial of their tender regard for their fellow
beings, exposed tothe " severity of a cold night"
This is the firfl correspondence I have held
with the King's enemies, on my own part, in A
merica, and as lam immediately under the com
mand of Sir Henry Clinton, your future letters
dictated with decency, would be more properly
direfled to his Excellency. I am, Sir,
Your most obedient fervor,
(Copy) WILLIAM TRYON, Maj. Gen^
To Gen. Parsons.
This came out on Sunday the 23d, inst. and by
some means or other General Delaney's House, at
Bloomindall, on York IJland, took He, the aatb
at night.
N E W-L ONDO N, Dec, 19.
Last Friday, the powder mill in Wind
ham blew up ; by which accident the prin
cipal workman was so much hurt that his
life is defpared of.
"Articles of confederation and perpetual Union
between the States, having been published
by Congress ; which we learn are sent to the
several States for their approbation. Co
pies of laid articles are now printing and will
next week be sent to the several towns in
the meaferi ; fret when %& benefit whatever can
be proposed, by burning those buildings, and flrip
ing the women and children of necessary apparel to
cover them fr. m thefeverii, of a cold night ; and
when captivating and leading in triumph to your
lines, in the most Ignominious manner the heads of
those families. Iknow not what juflifable cause
to assign for those acts of cruelty ; nor can I con
ceive a necessity for your further order to defray
Tarry-town.•
You cannot be inffable; it is every day in my
power to destroy the boufes and buildings of Col.
Philips, and those belonging to tbefamily of De
laney, each, as near your lines, as those buildings
we v e to my guards ; and notwithstanding your ut
mf vigilance, yowcannot prevent the defruFion
of every house cn this fide King's- Bridge. It is
not fear, it is not want of opportunity, has pre
ferred those buildings ; but afenfe of the injustice
and savageness of Juch a line of conduit, has hi
therto fared them : And nothing but neceflity will
induce me to copy the examples of this fort, fre
quently set by your troops.
It is not my inclination, Sir, to w^r in ths
manner, against the inhabitants witkin your lines,
who suppose themfeives within your King's protect
tton. But necefoy will oblige me to retaliate in
kind upon your friends, to procure the exercise of
that justice, whiebhumanity used to dictate : un
lefsyour explicit difavowcl of the conduit of your
two Captains, Emmerick and Barns, Jhall con
vince me, those boufes were burned without your
knowledge and agairft your order. I am, Sir,
Four humble fervent,
(Copy) SAMUEL H. PARSONS.
Gen. Tryon,
King's-Bridge, Nov, 23, 1777.
€IR,
COULD I pefftUy conceive myflf accountable
to any revolted fubjett of the King of Great- Bri
tain, I might answer your letter, received by the
flag of truce yefierday, refpefling the conduit of
theparty, under Capt. Emmerick's command, upon
the taking of Peter and Corneliu^Van Taffell ; I
have, however, candor enough to afore you, as
much as I abhor every principle of inhumanity or
ungenerous conduit, Ifhould, were lin more au
thority, burn every Committee Mun's house with
in my reach, as I deem those agents the wicked
instruments of the continued calamities of this
country : And in order, the sooner to purge this
colony of them, lam willing to give Twenty Sil
ver Dollars, for every ading Committee Man,
who Jhall be delivered up to the King's troops ; I
guess before the end of next camp ign, they will
be torn to pieces by their own country men, whom
they have forceably draged, in oppoJition to their
principles and duty, (after fining them to the ex
tent of their property)to take up arms against their
lawful sovereign, and compelled them to exchange
their happy confitution fir paper, rags, anarchy,
and distress.
this State, that thefr epfrhon the ton my
be knowrt • '
A plan having been formed to bring off
or deltroy a magazine of military stores
which the enemy had at Shetocket on Long-
Ifland,-.-on Tuesday night of Lil week
part of two battalio s of troops embarked
from this State, under convoy of the sloop
Schuyler, and the Spy, and Mifflin schoon
ers :— Unfortunately the next morning, just
before light, the Faulkland, a British fri
gate, in her pafie from New-York to
Newport, came a'crofs the Schuyler and
two smaller vessels, ^hen the latter run a.
fliore upon t> e Island, but the former in at
tempting to get in wit! the land run on a
spit of land called the Old Man's, and was;
taken, with about sixty troops on borad,
among whom were the following officers,
viz. Colonels Ely and Webb, ( apt Buck-
land, Lieut. Riley, Enfi Mumford, Ad
jutant Hopkins, and Quartar-Mafter Starr,
of Webb's battalion, and Ensigns Nile ard
Abbot, and Adjutant Weft, of Ely's bat
talion. On 2 uelday a Party of men un
der Capt. Hart, marched to Southold, and
were very near making prisoners of Capt.
Ayfeough and upwards of 20 men belong
ing to the ship Swan, who were at a house
in Southold but they getting intelligence
of Capt, Flarts approach, hafted to their
boats--- they were closely purfu<d, and as
they were getting on board were fired upon,
when most of them were either killed or
wounded. Capt Ayfeough,it is tho't was killed.
Seven marines and seamen were made prison
ers. Our troops, after tarrying several days
on the Island, returned to the main, without
having opportunity to effect any thing
considerable, 9 tne Whipping having lift
Southold, and we learn the magazine at
Shetocket had been removed.
HARIFORD, December 23.
We learn that Congress have recommend
ed to the legislatures of the ieveral States,
the calling infive million of dolla s, by tax^
It is allo said they have proposed ftatin%
the prices of every article of life.
*** CAT. O's Essay will be continued in
our next.
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