The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-09-08 00:00:00, page 1

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CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
CONNECTICUT.
At 4 Graril Afreb'g of :h G^verur end Com,ca, of Ag
State .fCrouaicat, bride* at Hartfad, i, facial Or
dir es bit Exctlkxc, tb; Geverur, ex the iyb Daj of
AugaJl, X D *777- ,
Am ACT in farther Addition to the Law of thia State,
e^tit^d, A, A 6 tfar ths dimetan of Liftars in their
Office and Duty.
T7,HERE4S all ,rfc% 6, law rateable, egght to be
taxulfer t^ fa,,*rt of geveramflit, and tbe comma
deface, in „e„rtioo te the ufaht eftbrir tfate n«d ex
38x1 incrati. fir which further prwuf.a is acefor, to be
Made.
BEit cxt&d 1,0! Grower, Council cud Re,rfata
rivet, in Gmral Court offsbW, ^/ bj the htbo.
tit, of the fame, T^at &'th@ f&aie the civil au^&ri
„ aad f^d ma, in the rufy^aive toss% or a her
psrGns fpauiall, applaud by th* tow# fir that par
pufa, ar the mfor pm es thum, fcj.l be affirm,
whu, together with the lifters, lh.il, according to
their bed julpam, : & B>^ all trades tradufman,
artificm, xuarniai mt lew, phy£;ians, furgeans, n
vert keepers, ©warn of mills, iron works, ware
hanha, wark-haafts, graziers, drovers and ethers,
by law rateable f^r their faculty, at the amount &f
rieir claar annual profits, and add the fame to their
lid ^f polls and rateable efate, at the times appetae'd
by la# ; any law, afige, er camera te the ceanary
agtwKh&nnding.
Aad all perils ffisU b* fit i> the lift, at ths rate
of fix per quit, fr tax manias des to ^h^ ©A inter
im, or good security, deda&iflg what they pay ia;^
oft for, if may be.
Tuas cattle and flirop let out ex Iharas, or on lean,
Ihall be far ia the .41 as the owner, at the rat# cf fix
per cent, on their ja^ riles.
Aad parfans whe mice a bafi^fs of baying a^d
filling tike ntc^fim^ or canvani^cies of liX; and
b, eagroffiag th# fam#, or ether artzfimk mu&ids,
enhance tae prices thereof, aid thereby make great
gains to themfalv^, the leak dealer in tha; way Ch 41
ba fut in the lift Fifty Ponad#, and a^n la I*3 ,ra
portiin, eccarding tss&ir ^im
A true Co,, sf Record exraidd b,
GEORGE WYLLYS, Shc'ry.
$ a General Affrabl, cf tbe Grocr^or sad Com,an, of the
Sa , of Cen^Hicut, bol 'etc at Hartford, b, fecial or
dir of bit Exiellfuc, tee Governor, on tbe \ da, of
A^uf, A D 1777.
An ACT tw fovam ^ dialing cf Brandy, or other
fairirens Liqisrs fc.m Cyder.
^THEREA^ it it jufll, Qretaded that the dfli'l^g
B'aidy from C,dtr will octfix a farci, of that
driak,ft comfortable, and uffu! ia ;b : e State, and is a
great wafag deprive the it%)?ta*% ffytci&Uj tie fewer
fort, of tn benefit and ufc of C,der.
BE 4 tn&aed b, the Governor, Council end Ryrt&a
rivet, in General Court affribied, and b, the A&bo
™,tfthe fame That as p^fva ^r „>&* w^atwa^r,
Within tits State, Iha!l d'ail any B^ady, or fpiiuai
liqsOTsfan, kind from cyder, at any time bsfare the
rifiig of «hu a£mbly ia MA, a, r, on penalty that
the p&fi, or p^rf,n, wte fhc4 br yul^, of the
breach of this n&, & daily coavi&ed thereof before nay
cruft pux, to try th,fame, ihaU forfeit fiw6<d the
Y^laa of sash cyder fa dililhd fro^n^f u ihc ttua
frrer as& town whmla the «sne# AtUl he commit
ted, and the other half t 3 the psrf^n, if a crawls in
farmer, who /hall ptefyce%s the firns to iff &: And
all informing %ffi »r# are hereby' dirgfyd to m%k^ cut
prefanta9.it es nittaachds of this ^, ia which c^fe
the while forfeiture Bull be paid ilia the tew&lrfr
firry.
,Provided num'thebfs, That i: ih^l be l^fd fa
the civil n^bari',, and fs'ea ^a es the ftvjr&l
tew,t, to great Hc*^^ ^ writing, ruder their h^sr,
to'hs inhaoitati tp diffil, or pmare to be 4Milind,
f sail q notifm of cyd^r, to f#,ply ?h ; <rir ewa fami
lies whn f,irits, ?sfy sam fa thsir ^pi^i^a mbfi'^w,
mec^ffu, for t^r^t K'-t asrf c*nf,. # &, ?•, ; u>°^g
got raw no R%grtff,r; or rf?^„li% or ^h^rp^f-a,
that !h ill %ff*r, or OY3 o^7 07?r$ordi&* r , prve fir
sash c,der h^ara, ,^milE?m for fot,*,,£:; &*,
ui^g in ex ^ c&M&i#^ nv^bh^x ^g.
Confining the Fradheft ADVICES,
Printed and Published by EBENEZER ^'^l'SON, near the GREAT BRIDGE.
To the PRI NTE R.
AS General St. Clair, in bis letter to Congrefi
containing on account of bis reafonsfsr b:s
evacuating Ticonderoga and Mount Independence,
and bis not Supporting Col, Warner, mifreprefats
feme matters of sass, and cafs that blame, in a
great measure, on the Militia, 1 would, for tie
better information of the publick and my own
vindication, through the channel of your paper,
make fame remarks on said Letter. It is very
Grange that ten regiments, and the corps of ar
tillery, and 124 artificers, Should make no more
than 2089 tfeftive rank end fce, coifidering the
remarkable healthyfla f e of the army at that time.
✓1 Colonel then on the ground a man of veracity,
informed me, that at the alarm, a day # two
before be was appr&nfive there was not mere
than forty in the army but what turned out, the
day that the 900 militia joined the army, they
met an cuprefs from the General, which informed,
that if be bad but 600 men in addition to what
he then bad, be w^uld laugh at the enemy's at
tempts ; now be bad 900 well armed mjtead of
60b ; but his laugh We humour was ever. One
reofo he gives for ei'ac^wg it, that there was
fct msre than one bennet to ten, which is equally
f/rarge, as 1 can afore the public, that there
we:e at leaf/ 1200 men from the State of New-
Lam fore, that were well armed with bayonets.
He iwthtrfays, that the 900 militia could tarty
but a few days, in regard to which, the day I
arrived, the General feed me bra long I intended
to tarn ? lanswered him, I would tarry until
the Jiege was ovr. In regard of bis not
fuppsrtmg Col, Warner when attacked, the case
was this: Col Olcct's men and mine, corifyhmg
of abteßt 300, encamped about two miles and a
ba (forward of Col. Warner, with a view to
afafeme drilrefdfamilies that Were defireus of
moving ff. Ibe Generals, wrib the main body
of tie aimy, encamped about three miles and a
half forward of us, in Caliletcn The n^t
morning we marched on about two miles towards
the main body of the army, before the enemy at
tacked Col. Warner; when we beard tbefiring,
we turned about to go to bis affiance, and
marched feme way, when Gen. St. Clair's aid de
camp came up with us, who said the General
vbculd have us reinforce Cel. Warne, ; and fur
ther fail, that the General, with the main bodj
of the army, would follow us as fafi as p^/fble ;
we marched on and pafled by a number of wounded
men, and others, that bad came from Col. War
mer, and proceeded forward until the firing ceaC
cd, and until we met fame officers and men, that
fad the whole party were cut off and dijperfd;
it was then eg reed if the enemy were able to dis
perse 1200 menit would not b'prudence, to at
tack them w^b 300 only, and concluded to turn
andjoin the m:rn toh, b&tfand m^elf difap
pomted, instead o' meeting them, I overtook them
marching towards Rutland the place where Ge
wral St. Clair, fays in b s letter, be would have
Col Warner retreat to. if be fouad the enemy too
ftrofo for tim where be (Col. Warner) mould
fad b:m to c^ver b^ retreat ; to which place the
General arrived / me t^ie in the afternoon.,and
the Jame day proceeded on to Durham, not think
ing it tenth bis while to tarry to fee what bad
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become of Col, Warner and bis party. In vin
dication of the militia, I mull add, that the,
were far from being backward to defend the place :
I foliated the General myfef, to go and drove the
enemy from an eminence on the well of ' licondero
ga, and M^unt Independence, wbtb overlooked
both places, but was net permitted : J proofed
to the General, if be would consent to have me go,
Iwould take none but militia, and only fecb of
them as would go voluntarily ; be feud it would
anfaer no good farpofe, and that he would find
/Welling for me to do, &c It w. # s with the
irimoftJurprifelbcard^ewe r e ordered to evacuate
the place ; the knowledge of this refelution came
to me so late, that I hadfcarcel, time to get all my
men from 'Ticonderoga fide, before the morning
light.
The public will fee that I have, in feme i^
stances differed from General St. Clair, in the
foregoing narrative, and may, pfylly, fay it is te,
exculpate myfelf and militia ; I can rffure then/
ribbat I babe here related, are undeniable fadls.
I 4m year's,
BENJAMIN BELLOWS,
toi. of militia, in the State of New-Ilampfoirej
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.'' 1 "$ "''^<*"^ W h " d^a ^nd
, Middl&toCT, & FOC KEP BoOK, whh f#^
m^e, in it- stoat the 15 of iiil: ^ah. I'M
n^,,r ma, have ths fam3 b,° ,'ri^g & c^ o''h^
AdordGrftxt, by applying i® DAVID EDWARDS
fan. ^f Middledwa upper hu^m
£^mto 4.
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nLb, a.&^^ h.^^ 3*y du^^d. ok .^^*^
A D mis' .W^^fcri, law oft F-iaiigm ^.ac^LT,
hrr c^fer dto brirg ia thui? ac^uaUi& m fteb&ri'wt/
a,& hexfinf LrnT^n^n3• Ab^h^t^, ^ tha
fi^ and Isk m&ad#„h O'Uto k&xt. All indebted
to fait efintt arc rayid^ ^ r^k^ imemdiat# pay-
Leal, tw LEvI THOMSON, 1 Ad^&f
, RUTH WOOOFO^D,j cetera.
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J Briber in Wi&Sptixgfiald,x dark biowx bnb^ck
7or 8 ,€CT of aga, wlth&et wuk or br^d. T<s
spoking to
ABRAHAM B/URBANK.
Ar^u? 25. 1777
zpAKkit U^ 1^ L-u» a. a oixek ^O 'Y* ^i^u $
1 yanrs nfd, is bug h^'d, viewed:,, white t%g,
with her duhp tut Lorglfim^d f^lhien. T^e^
m*9 hm said C...# by applying te LEut. RICHARD
ABBA, of Refill, Stye 4 17,7
LAMP BLACK fcs4 ^ td;¥ tuna vi rLA —Life
T^ h $ w^ by
ASA N 0 RTH, in CANAANS
r£3± ^RhNCH" BRANDY OM4 m,,.h., ¥h d
" RUM #ud SALT, <& he ^xchn^d fa E^^p
bv THOMAS FOLLANSaE, 4 Sari^fi^
Ttt—ttmetT A_ ^te>fcra&Qrm¥»A7n—B^atHW=?tt#> mr~Mmu --±- t .3w faMimroaw,
SXxAIED u^ of a p^^s &< W^r^« \ 13
' Sh^ep, zia:k%l I. W. au the right £braeber, wi.&
lump black and rar,.the nzprk en ^e ears not fcacwff.
S^id Sheep wKn height at Waterbary ®r n,xr ther%
tad fupp«f^. 9 be gnu that wa,,—Whoever will
take up f^d £h%w, ^d freer# them fe that I may
have them askin', or bzi^g them in me at We&nfield,
fh&ll receive tire dollars reward, ^d charges ra:d>
by JOHN WRIGHT.
Au?e% 30 17=7.-
I^FTYI3dIXXK
I OST or ft^lea frera the iuoteiber ra the 28th
i^ft. bciw^m Suffidd, a^d Aras# Halls tavern,
er at his huufe 550 de,,.!,'?, in two packs, , Ceßtunen
tal ra&Buy, except a few Ya?k bills.--.Wbc^e: fi,-
er briafrlhe fr^s to the ,;in er, stall be rnaQ ^
the s&v rewind, and all rerftrrW (I^^? ru'd. ~d
rq qvelH^afeii LEMUEL CONKLIN.
A^gaft 30, r 777*
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