The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-04-07 00:00:00, page 3

On an anomzlsus Head intoxicated with falfe Honor.
F ix^d in Opinion alleys in the wrong,
R anopur and Spi'e reeking in daggrtl Seng ;
E ager as Canibal on humane Firth to feed,
N et^ how hi! bloodyjaws do ^nafh 10 have us bleed ;
C rimes as black as Hell the Ingrate would applaud,
H is Hon^r to maintain in spite of Man or God.
A LL perfins having any d^m^ds 0^ tau ilW.eui
A James M'C^fhr' late of Enfield, demfid, are
defied to exhibit the fame to the fubferiber for fettle
moac. All persons icdebt^d are icquefted to m^ke
immediate payment.
John M'Clester, | Admitif.
Elizabeth M'Clester,j tretors.
F.nfisH, A-rih 1777
A LL ucrijns t^t have any account* with e-
A fa^ofCapt. foe D^vis, la;e cf C^ftfifld, de
ctafej, are defined tn briag the fame to faoicriber for
fettlem<mt;---Thofe indebted to laid estate are requaf
ted to nuke immediate payrernt, to
Elizabeth Davis, Admihift^atrix.
Chrfb r fie ! d, Apil4 h 1777- ~
^LL ^ ton waving any cern^uds on t^c m^e of
" J An Lyman, ku of Litchfield, dialed, are
defied to exhibit the femafor fettlrmcnt ; and those
k&b^ to raab^dypay^nt; to
Josiah Lyman, Adminiftrltcr.
T= 77 l^g 4o> jut dxa^ft againltthe
" «ft^c of G^fom Smiths Hte °f Wethersfield,
da^eaDd, are desired to exhibit the fame for fettle
meat ; andthok indebted to Did estate are requeued
to immediate payment, to
Amos Matson, Administrator.
Ghftvhiry, April >,1777. '
Tfrllo u^ give public ^unca hxi all the leldies
' in our cjeapaniea beloagi^g to Col. John o.aaks
regiment in New Him, fairs Sat:, that a^e now
absent are requeued on fight and ncc^ hereof, in
mediately to repair to Crar^ftown, No. 4, and th ir
f4main until further aiders.
Isaac Farwell, Caph
Jason \Vajt, C^pie
April 4: 1777^
At a Meeting of the Salad M.?n, Committee of In
f^dion, tondabto a^d Gand-Jarort of Litch
field, 17th March, 1777;
TTg&nimoufly recommended and agreed to use every
' endeavor particularly to brirg all perfens indil
criminately tjcumdign punishment who shall be f'und
to have tr&nfg^ Red Ihe late law ofurisState, entitled
" A§ ad to prevent, monopolies and op,reflex, by excfffive
and unreasonable prices for many of the uectfarics ctg cen
<uer.bn:ies of life ; ©araeftly wishing and nothing
doubling that all good people in this date who feel
ihemGlwes interfiled in the welfare of America, will
feribufl/ and fcafonably attend to the lubj^a, and
faithfully conform themselves, and. iubj.,a others to
/the regulations of the a&, at they hope the political
filiation of their distressed county fiom inevitable
ruin and fwift and double deft uftion.
Published by Ordrr, '' b
|ED sTONG, Clerk.
'H A RTF 0 R D, April 7.
p Thursday ths 24th of April Inftaat, is appointed a
By of Falling and Prayer throughout thia S'ate.
1,0? th'22 i day of lad month died the Rev. Wil
liam Gibbs, at Simfbary, where he had been Mrf
fijaary thirty-three years: the last twenty-three of
which he had baen confined by indisposition. He
defended from a reputable family in Boston.
At a Town Meeting held at Bolton, on ^ e 3^ day
of March, 1777, by ''' legal voters of said town,
Cap . WHITE was chosen Moderator of Did Meeting.
THE proclamation issued by his honor the Gover
" nor and Council ofSefity on the 18th inftan<, was
taksn into coufideration, and fuadry votes passed re
lative to the matters therein contained, viz. _
Voved, Nem, Con. That the inhabitants cf this
town will, with cue consent j in with, and support to
the uimdft ofthrir power, the Authority, Srlsbt Mzn,
and all informing officers, in carrying # into execution
the laws made for regulating and affixing the prices of
certain article, therein mentioned.
Voted, Noth, Can. That a committee be appointed
and dire^td ;o engage in behalf cf this town, to pro
vide necessaries for the families of (Didiers belonging
thereto, who fhillengage arid go into ary of the con
tinental battalions to ba raifsd in this S^tc, and deh-
Ver the fams to such families at the price affixed^ by
law, without any additional expence to such soldiers,
on such soldiers lodging wih, or remitting money to
fach committee for tht purpose, agreeabie to the re
commen arion cf hi: honour the Governor and com
mittee of fafity, in a proclamation issued March ißjh.
Voted, Thu M^ffirnrs Ichabod Warner, E'foh
Write, Cent. Thomas Pitkin, Cspt. Ezekiel Oicott,
and Capt. H zekiah King, be a committee agreeable
to rhe above vote, and to execute the fame.
Voted That the Town-Clerk of this town, find an
attested cp/ of the above votes, to be pebHihed in
tne Harder 1 N^ws- Psper. A true copy of Record,
Benjamin Talcott, lawn-Cleik.
K^TTTC.
On a Monkey in a Cage, cloatbsd in R gimentals.. ~
"Mi ifflsmore from man,than man fom beaft.”'
A Monkey, Sir, inCrape,might pas, for Popilh pried.
I ndaed in Armour clad, and Soldi r'i Drefscbuapleat,
O id England's K:ng might, (ignorant of theChsat)
R ed?em him from hiaC^ge& rank hira with the great.
q To t^< r U bLI C.
INcomfiquence of M.Wm. EPey} e rrfgning the
P^ft-Otiice, itris naw kept b, iht fu 1 Briber, a few
rods sorth of& S.M,Hcufc,whorequril fuchperfons
as difyatchtheir letters on mondays, to find them by
8 o'clock in the morning, as the mail will than be
closed. Tho' iHilldrup.
§*§ There are a few letters lemains for prisons
adjacent. "Hrif, d, April 3, 1777. ...
TybS^RTtD from Hertford, gm ibe ni^bt after the 2$
" of March lass from Capt. Bernard'scempanj, in Cel.
W,U,s regime, twofoldias : Jarno fffry, a native
of Leland about 5 fat 10 intbes high aark fart fratt
hair, a fear over each eye on bitfrehtad and right cb^k,
<wm or carried with him, a grey Surgut, one brouCT feert
coat, three <waifcoats, a tight bio^n, a red, and one Jirtfr
ed, green breeches, and a hgbt bro^n regimen:al ciat nutb-.
out faaings. William Davifo, a Scotchman, about, 5
feet 6 tnebts high, dark complexion, brown bar thenflub %
carried off slight brovon regimental coat with red f&cc.ngs,
one bine ^oat buff cultured avatfeodt, buck fin breeches,---
W^boroer will apprehend either of Jatd dejer.irs and return
them tothe regiment, fall bgve five dot are reward for
each, races paid, by ..
CHARLES MILLER, Lieut.
Harfed April I 1777. _____
H^/, (hr Co^di^f/^
THE Commiffibners, appointed by the Honcuruoie
1 Continental Cengrefs, for adjufiieg the Accounts
of the Army, under his Excellency General Wash
ington : the Flying Camp, and with the d fferent
States, to the E^ftward end Southward cf th^ '',,'•
Do hereby Notify, thn they here opened their Office,
in the laid Town of HA?tfoid,whe e dai'y Aue^d^ie
will b? given, agreeable to the Purport ts thair Ap
pointment: A'l PerioLS thetef re c:ntr : re4, are re
q^eftei to psy due Attention to toil N.flea i^r., by
parloually amending tlerri ye:,hr by fsr.dirg
Accounts wi h the jeqeifi a Vouchers, tw th^ Did Of
fice fT S'filement. , ,
C FRAYED fiin the. fobferioer, 1&• utau zlt
° fummir, two STEARS both one year old p#ft,
one a paicilh red with louse white about him, marked
with a fquAre crep off tne right ear and a boD through
the fam ; tbeother a bright red, markka with, a crop
effthe left ear and two fli sin the firr.e; aFoor.e
STEAL two years old pest, pale red colour, with a
crop iff the right car. Whoever has ttken up ^id
creatures and will return them to the febferiber, or
farad him word, fi that he may have them agrin, (ball
have a handsome reward and changes paid, by
ABNER CONE.
Litchfield, M? ch ^JUL „
TEN b^rrTTs of H^ur, Ks; st uu dwelling muL cf
1 the futferiber, in Marsfield, f^erimt in March,
1776. The owner who can defcijbe the marks on
said barrels, or fatisfeasrily prove his property there
in, is defined to call fcr the fame and pay the coh of
ihvags aad of this advertif meat,- -Aad ,s it is meft
probable that Did flour is the property of fame one cf
the United States, th^ several Printers might, do well
to publish this advertisement in th«ir refeeccive pa
pm^ Enoch Pierce.
Mansfirid, March 26, 1777-
vuir-hc fan^in^ legal,) appvinie© commif
fi/uer?, to examine aacl a just the claims of the
creditors to theeflate cf Bro hmoa Seward late es
Norfolk, dweeafed, (repieftutcd iufulvent) hereby
give notice that we shall attend Did bufinris on
last monday of April, ard fi ft and bft men^j, cf
M*y next, at ore of he deck rn each cf laid cays, at
the hoefrof Giles Pettibone E'q; i^ No f^k-
Giles Pettibone,)
Joel Phelps, Comrciffioners.
Asahel Humphry. J
N. B. All perlons indebted to faia estate, cr have
any of the fame in their hands, are desired forthwith
to pay the fame, or make difeoysry cf inch
Dudley Humphry, Administrator.
No fo'k, 4^4,1777' 1
r^SERTED from C.O. B CT 3 company, lfa Go.
' Shepard's regiment, one Az^ri^.h Sweet, about 22
yearsof age, 5 fen 6 inches high, dark compl xin,
had on a brewa homemade etat anc jacket, a pair cf
old leather breeches. Whoever will trk2 up said
f rter, and return him to WtffDld, or conn^ him
^d giva i&f.rinat on to th^ fubferiber Ihall have
FIVE DOLLARS eward and neJTjry chvgr, paid,
artin Smith, Li^ut.
Wfftfie'4, .April 4. U77__Q
— ~'t OBE sO LD
^J 0SEPHKNIG H T,
yftb„ Htyri*LnFlELD. ^.
^heieg India f^p^r, Aifyice, Ginger, &c.
Inoculation without Mercury. r
THE oualciber has cpt^©. ^ hHpi.ai, ^ Lay fb)
rough, where he 'inoculates wrh extr^ominary
success,. having nev^ l^ft out patient, rut if a meft
600. The muho^ he pr^atces is cKtlGy new, ^s
ro kind cf mercurial pr&pauti n is med; they have
t^& disorder very hgh, and the whole expence (<x,
traordinaries except^c) will net exceed fix dcdair;
good accommodations and conftmt atrerdarc, by the
public's harnbif fervent, R eubenGarlick.
April 1777.',
THE lubiciiber ne^b,- live ^ui^ to <^ m^y
who went unde: hia ccmma*d to New York, in
Augtift and S^tembrrhft, to root him at h ^ hcufe,
or/M.DavidßalFs tave,,L H,efad, on thurfday
a^d friary Lex., and receive theii wager, u&v«i and
sauce mo^ey. Ebenezer Birnaßb, Capt.
Harf,rd, tej' 5, J 77-
f^fv^sra bci^g .friaud. by th. her o
judge of probate for'*^ di^i& of Hartfeid,com
miffi mers on the eluate cf Zack»u^ Scot, l^c cf Hart
f>.d, deceased, (rendered DDlvrn!) do hereby giv^
notice that we shall attends Did bu^eD at th* dwell
ing h°ufe of Nythzeisl Olcott, in EaftHartford, inn- 1
holder, on the f.rft and lull m/ncay's cf Mey vext, at
2 o'clock, P. M. Daniel MarsU, jvn.
,1 ~ Nathaniel Olcott.
6 Hirrfvd, April 4, 1777." _____
rjkStRIED nom.u,a. BH '# c.mpanj, GoL
' Shepard's regiment, one David Brown a foldier^
belosgirg to the ccntinental ar^y, he is about 24.
years of age, ; feet 10 mehes h^h, v;e.l set, deiL
hair, had on a light brows; bread cibath coat and
waistcoat, a pair of new wsfo leather Beches. Who
ever will take up said deserter aid return him to Lis
regiment, shell have eight collars reward and all ng
ceffary charges paid, by
Marten Smith, Lieut.
W^field, March fl, 1/77-
'1 he following Advertifemenfy taKrn from & B^lci^
Paper, is inf rted by the Dafire of several of th®
Fi&ld Officers of thir State. § ¥
An ADtERfIaEMENT for the Encouragement
of the ARMY cf the United States of Ame
rica
The fubferiber is authmfed foTCxke kuewn in thi^
1 public Manner, f~,;bo Expends Ihali be spared,
in future, in mAhing the meft airple Pavilion fcr the
Sick a;d VZ-juedsd of the A my. Hefpitab, Narfes,
and all Kinds cf Neceff^ics, arc now preparing i^
different Pieces in Cc^n* aicut. A large He fpiial D
now building at Frih Kilk. And like Pieparationq
aie making on the South Side cf Hudson's River, by.
the Director General, and his Surgeons. Proper Me
dicine? will be prepared, not only by General Hofpi,
tals, but by Regimental Surgeons. All necessary HoD
pital Stores arts now providing, to be delivered ^
Regimental Surgeons, as Occaficn shall require, FhQ
Difficulties the Sick and Wounded met with the lag
Campaign, atcfe f.om the unsettled Stateoftho Army,
arid the Pittance Medicines, and other Necrffaries us
ed to be sent ; but all possible C^re will be taken to,
prevent every Thingofthat Nature for Time to ccme%
The General Hospital will be Free for the Infyaio^
cf all Officers wh.,have any of their Men therein.
— QWanied immediately, for the General and
other Hofpita s. a Number cf Ready We rata as Nrr
fes, at One Duller per Week: L^kewifs, large Q^n-,
titles of Baum, Oatmeal, TinmarinCT old Linney
Rags er Lient, Bref^x and Oyl, fcr which, Cath will
be oiven by the dubferiber, living up William's
Co.it, Boft,n. THOS. CARNES, ^ ^
(2nd Steward of the American Hospital.
Jan. z§ 1777' ~ ' 5
*„ The Printsrs in the fevered State# will do a$
efotia! Guvice to their country by inferring t^ ^
beve Adver^Lment,
,r, rIV r .7' , fr
WILL lAM ^LARM^
ri PPOIN TED Deputy POST-MASTER ,r „
ftagte es Worcester, 'by the hen. Richard ^sch^
Esq; POST-MASTER GENERAL & the Uni&
States of North-America/ hereby notifies the pub'fc,
taat the Cor tineatai Poh Office for the said flag^wi^
ia future be kept, and the duties thereof performed,
wi h all poffibla fidelity. ,
Worcefbr, March 13'1777. ; ,
'~T O B~E SOLD,
ri SMALL farm of land, containing about 30 acres;
with a good dwelling hauf# and b<rn and othert
bui dings thereon landing, situate in Stratford, at ft
flace called Orinoko, about 4 miles from Stratford
meeting-hoef^, upon the public read to D^rby, con^
lifting cf meadow, pasture, and plow land, with a
good o.chard; said Dim lying near Stratford river,
iipleaDn'tly fit.ated, a^d very convenient fcr keep
ing a rave n, &c. Fer particuDs enquire of Heze^
kiah Fi<c\, Esq; of Salilbtry, or Abraham Tomlinfon,
E/q,>.f Siratf rd. ^ Mach 28, 1777. , ;
t 0 °' e Did ^ public vendue, at tr.e houle of' Licut.
Prietizh Mills; in Windfer, cn the 17th cf April
irsftant, *t a o'clock afternoon, the heme lot (witha:
hotfe, barn, and ^r^v&r'i Iha, thereon) of Sclomorc
Clarx's; late cf Wi^'fer decesDd. A quit claim!
cccd'v,ill be given to the highest bidder ; hafa years
credit will be given, on go^d lecuri'y, by
OdiAH LOMIS.
r, Api 1 2 1777-
tGS 1" 11g 29th March, b^we^ Lite heli £ud
' Sn> fbury, an old leather POCKET BOOK, c<n
taia 120 nollats in paper bill, moftof hrm 5 dollars,
snd a few papers, one cf which was a permit frem the
hon. Jabez Hamlin, cf Middletown, to tt&r fpcri fan
dry articles cut' of the State. Whoever has found
said packet book, ard ^ill return it to Dr. Conklin
of'Midd'etewn, or the Printer in Hartford, or the
owner, withies contents, fhail have fifteen dollars re
ward, and all charges pa d, by Benjamin Conklin,
late cf Long Ifli^d, now ofLimr.
Apri' 4, 1777. •
TO ue lit, a gucu torn at und, lying in cubic <.,'
' containing about ico ac es, with a geed hcufr,*
barn, cow house, and oicha d thersen; also a faitr„
in Simfbury, wih a imall heuDem it, in the weeds,
th^re is about 50 acres cleared,and he may cleir mer^
if'he plaafes, as there is 2,0 acres.; For terms sp
,ly to , < Sylvanus Griswold.
N. B. Slid Grifweld w^n s 10 prcefaD a goc&
negruman, eb<ut 23 year; cf age, that nu/dsriDnda
far ^ing, fjr which he will g:ye caflu
q Wincift April 4, 1777-