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APPENDIX , ^ R,ert f tbs Committee of. Congress,
appointed to enrage into the consul cf tbe enemj. <o*
mw#^ proofs and situ,rations. (Referred to is Courant
No. 645,
Oa th# firft head of the report.
I, h^cE fab^a^ci of thia part of the report it
§w&u d be uaa^c>ff„ to take or p&buih de
portions upaa, h the state if toe cc\:uy
hat been seen by ih^uf&ads w^n have travelled tare'
it.---The public has ioeg ago been mid* acquainted
with he burning of Palm&uth in Cafco~S^y---cf a
ver, cotfitosbro part cf the city ts AT^ Yv.k -and
a part of Sruufwfck - Oae of the batt huufo in Prince
tou was burut while Use a#emy stayed there, and a
Valuable mill, with other buildings, at about eat
mile distance f oa it.
The following src?unt of their cendud in Nsw&k,
Rad me xeighb^rtod, contained in a letter flora a
miaifor of the mo& approved chera&vr in that part cf
the country, tea M^ber ef'Coegrefs, will e&^ble
thw ri a difta^ce to form fate conception of the fuf
feriags of the country.
Bxir&a of a letter from Newark Marib 12, 1777.
“ Great has beau Ue ravages ewamiued by the
Brlifli troops in thia part of the country, as to what
hat baas doo by hm in Trenton, Princeton, &L
you havefi&a. Their foe fieps with us are marked
with d^foUrioe and ruiu of ever, triad. I, with at
ny others, td from the town, and these that tarried
behind f^ffrad almcft every manner if evil. -The
murder,' rubbery, ravilh^tv&tv; mad iafulo, they were
guilty of are d^aifa,, Woeefrmreed to We town,
it looked more lie & ffoe ofrein than a pieaf^t well
ealtiraud village. O a T^um Hayes, who lived *-
boat 3 mike out of town, at peaceable & i^ft^fivi a
min as in the StatecfNee J^rfey, was uapiovokedly
murdered by one nf fcer Negroes, ^hs ran xi^s trie'
the body with his f^ard. he ass cat and flatbed ku
agad uncle in fucua ^rnu that he is not yet reco
vered of bis wo^d , though retired aborts three
months ago. Th^ fare* fallow flubbed one Nathan
Bs.d<iu iu rhe usighbvu hjod, who'iecov&rad. Time
worses were m>d Aamir, 0 ravished by them, one of
ghefa an old wons^n ac^r Seventy „ars at age, wb^m
t^ey abused ia.a meaner btyoaa dricriptiun, another
of theMl Was a wontan c&^ri^nrabl, advanced zu her
pregnancy, adths taird was & young © la Various
^taan were ^fohed b, them, who, o, the f^v^urabie
iaterpofidoas ri Providence, were pr&ftivad, that i„
did net accomplJh upon ikea ueir bale us^g^
Yea, no, only cemm>ri fpidim, but ohi.ere, .van
British i fficrit, four or net, k^^i^i &ore, f^e
rimes left in a g^*§ webs about the i&^u by ngh<,
entering into houfea, load open,, i:quir% "• vrOhron.
" Tueir plenderitig is uaivarlal, ano fktir robbe
fine 6 attfocioue, that I caahot fully dricribe Qj r
cen&a, Whig end Tory were all treated in thu fam
Meaner, except fttoh who ^em happy chough to p ro „
cure a centime; to be placed as a &u<ud a; uuir d ocr#
There was one Numan, ph3 bud alway, been &;c
markable Tory, and who met th# B ^lh groups w ;q
hezzit 0; j^y, h^d hi; heufi piuadmd of amoft „^_
r, thing ; he himftlf bed hiz ffiocstaken iff hi: f € „,
and thradtne^te be hanged, so hat with difficulty ^
«:a,ed being wardered by them. I: was «ilty nt ]y
propagated by the Tsi^, before the enemy eme,
tint ill thafe who tarried in their holies would & ,^ by
pandered, which induced fame to &*„ ^ fad a s ht
wife w^To picbibly hu^ saved ra^y of their iff a,
byrenv^vi&y them. But uot^Ug war a greater de
crprioa or b.fir felfiiod than thi:, as thr svent pro
ved, fur *^m were more robbed fan thole that carri
ed a: hoa£wita th^r families. I IhMl oral, here men.
tian a f<w naem, J.hn Ogden, Efa; hn aged re&n,
whs had never d>*d mu;h in the c^aov^rfy can way
er ad^thtr ; they carried out &f< is hsuG etey thing
thfy thought worth bearing a^r ; they ripped open
the feather bed,, festered th* frsiaert i^ the air, end
Carried the ticks wihtheta ; broke hie delk. to pieces,
aad tore and destroyed & gr'^ number of important
paper, deeds, wills, &c, belonging to kimfilf and
others, end the, ijfahed and ebufed the old gea:le
man in the mutt eunagepus ra^aer, threatening
Ametimis tn hspg him, and fumerime# to cut< ff his
head. Tee, hau^d a tick fin of his, whose life had
been far feme tiike drfpaired cf net es his bed, and
grefi; abefed him, threatening him whh dkAgt in a
Variety wf fur^e.
MONDAY, foe 16, 177 ft
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
Containing the Freflieft ADVICES,
Printed ANb Published by EBENEZER WATSON, near the GREAT BRIDGE.
“ Ths next neighbour te this Ogden was on* Ban
jimia Coe, a very aged man, wha whh his wife, was
at home; they plundered and defreyed every thing
in the haufe, and infahed them wii fgch fury and
rage, that the old ps^phfls^ fur for of their lives ;
and then, to &w the futafi of their malice, they
burnt his keufs to ^CT Zuphar Beach, J^fiah
Bis^h, Samael Pennington, and others who haa large
famines, tad were all at home, they robbed in id egre
gieus a manaer, that they were hardly left a tug cf
clothing, save what was on their backs. The mif
chirf admitted in the htufes f^rfiken of their inna
biuau, the deftre&ta if peaces, barns, stables, and
oiaaz outh&refos, the baking cf chests of drawers,
a^fc, tables, a„d other fumtare, the burning and
carrying away of carpen&s and ihoiaukm tcis, are
entirely beyrad def-tiptiox.
Now this is only alaiat account of the justice and
humeri, of the Brinlh troops. Ihy un, anf^er
the character es the wicked, wheft mercies are a urity.
For in addition to all, tag, iuipofea an oath of able
lue efebm^ffi so to the Brinlh King, turning th# dacia
rartua Gtmmned in H,k@'s proclamation lure an c&h,
aad canting the people fuieaaly to fw«hr th< feme.
Thofa wan soek.the oath dad ojoined what were f&tf
iy celled prot^&ott#, there aje inftaum with ns of
taefe bring tabard and plundered afterwards, but the
meh general way ia which thby abuuud, the affirms of
lush people was by bargaining with th*M far their
am/, cattle or coro, prowilisg them pay, but a&ae
wild as over receive aay ihug worth suei&aflig.
" 1 might have obirv^ shut it was act only the
coMmon Fidlers that plundered & We, bu»&fu their
iffi^rs, and eat merely low officers arid I&Q@@, Dat
lams 01 high rank wm aihiag aad nb&uiag, and
reaped the praties cf this tuk^is ; no lais a pufia
ÜBA Gem. E foas, yhu lodged at Daniel brewin'.,
had his ,-q^ fumlhec frees a acighb&u iag hauls ^un
mihegoy chairs and tab-ai; a c&hfiauab.a part if
whica was tsksra aw#y with his baggage waja he
wear to Eazxoe^-Taffa, Cci. M Doaalu, ..who
made hit qtarten at Alexander Rsbinlux's, had his
room fa.niAed in .3# famo felonious maarer and the
lu^nuie was carried eff, a, though it hud beau pit of
^ baggage. Asathar Croesi, whose ha^e I hut,
'*&!, 40x6 ais im%nis who toukiWay a lick woAan'j
be^, Mrs. Cra/Jd, hum uadet hsrs for him to fl.ep
upon. But iucr+ 11 RO and cf delcribiag their inhu
maa c^aau^. A„d waat they prattled 1* this town
fams, as Ur as 1 era hear; oar, a 1 mpie of their ge
^cruitrca.czca± of the inhiwitsnu whoever tfcy came.
ALEX M'WHORiER/'
Extrema of a Inter frra %6e Chorau, ox Long ijtad, „
bn wys ix AUw Hu tybire. txt&r^pt b # wib oi^nfxt
6, tbi toe Geunxer Wexrtoerib to bnfytrs.
• 6 ,M, Dear,
“ 1 wou d wiriißgly advise, but k^ow mot how or
what to adrift jell u at thii difcece. I Ih.u leuve
it eatiroiy to your j pigmeat what you Qk bast w be
d@Auiw u^fr waht.fr,y d&„, ta Icm sh fuzzed aQut
giving py advice want ta a®, teat 1 *m ni^cd c^fy.
However, I :his.k upon the whole, it would be bell to
remove farther iff in the tewetry, as I im :fnud yea
rail i^ftri wueie , a * e, bT^e it will be in m, power
taprot-ja ycu as there will be nothing tu, e&Lttdlon
of proper, wishue ray refene. 1a ua. case, I weld
hive you fbad off rAt mast va:u-ble tffs&you have left
to fim%platt if you know ^f *U IJhail either hope
to find yea nt ths ifls 3hoah, or up at Lvacoederr,.-.
If ) a iamd to tn.y ^crey^u are, 1 prey for Goa's
f#;k# there be no CLERGYMAN in the hbute,fr if
there is, you' life is ui worth a farthing as ths whsh
race of that robe will be frih. If you fee any prof
pe# of the sffrif, firing u, widrout blvcdthud, i h<d
rather hid ycu at Ha»pt»n than any whirs rife,
&c. . JOHN COCHRAN."
Affidavit tftbs Rev. Mr. George Dufrld,.
The fAfoing circuatfaecu rilatwt to the dsa:a of tbe Rev.
Mr. R^^gb, C^pton to a bottoms of the P&xxyjl
va^ia ^l.tia, vobo era* killed at Troßtex, 0% the evtuxg
of tbefa^dtfJoßUir, hft, (tin day f the engagement
6m, I I&4J inj&rrMd b, fan of the rn»ubnaMj tn tbfl
parts, ox aubojo vtfviti 1 could aoell de,end, qj:%.
That &s a party c: H.llixk j^ger, matchtd down the
back of the towß. ^for cur u^ps had retreated, they
fell in with Mr. R (burgh, who furrtaderqd himfsif a
prisoner ; notwi^itsAdißg which one of them (track
hint or the hik'd with a fweid or cutlass, and thin
thk
^^fff&^
flatbed h'm fever, times with a bayonet, whi ft, irc..
plating mercy, and begging his life ^ tueir hands.;
That this accouat was given by a H ffiua who tad that
be had killed him (save only thai fee did act k^w
M R (burgh's n^e, but called him a dm'd r<bel
n^fcr) and me Cortland Skinner, .a,4 femri ocher
cffiicfs, whoycre prefcat at the relation ts the £&&,
highly applauded the perpetrator for what he h?odusup
Taat afitr he was thus massacred, he w& flipped,
naked, and in that caaditioß left lying in the open,
Lid, till afterwards .taken up a»d buried acar the
pl*ce by feme cf the ixhabiiaatsr
The above v&a from the iafmutta of others.
And on the Monday following I law she corpfe^
when raifeu ia older to inter it isuh^ burying ground,
and abfervad, that betides the 1b ok^ wrrich had been,
given him pa the hand with soma e< g*° weapon, h^
had been fiabbed with a bayonet in ths baik ol the zack
and between the ribs on the right fi-e, which left up
peered remarkably de^p, and fam which, even then,
there issued a large quantity ri b .a--. ,
GEORGE DUFFIELD,
Philadelphia, £
Porfoil, caMe before F, James ^^f, Efi; ex# of tb§
Judices of (be Peace, the Rev. George Dfo.x, and foe
oaib to tbs truth of the xbove tnatiu-
Sworx the 25th es April. 1777°
before wot fr James You^g. : ! , ~
Compare <ae &b^c t^ia^aies with the fallowing
web k^b^^ Ha;-~— ~,4
The Pretoria* eburebn, ato, wtb&xt exception , Riffs
turned txt. barracks,, 'apt s or ,ffens.',
dbe C^l, g A<U ,nj, ^s made 0 iffor all tbefl
pur,os.
IL Oa the fecahd head of the report, ths treatment
of taa prifocem
Affihariti of prifonem •
fl jxf account of tee iremment wbub Mr.,fcb,firf Li%
"tenant ej the coutixtaax brig And. Drna, nce&a v&te
afijmr. r
H# WES taken on the fix:h day cf June b, the
C^ o^rus man of war, C#pudk Simeon#, c^ucj&fin
-4d fixki&uths, curing hsr uune. U/aa iis tritium
on board ha ws s iniaitid with Ue name of ribri„
threataed that this ya;d arm iharid be kis ,enw%
if hw did net dirt&y eattr and t>k^ a matrix b^rt
This he tefufed, and was damned for a rate, and w|ty,
ordered ira^d&ely to ths maia deck, wire.a the
toarfwiriu tad his three mam weie charged ro fee Lira
perform the faaaett duly in the wsi% cf the ili<p~
Ths Capthia was deierunaed to fee this dene h±at&if o
As he would not engage is fi[u a £ ai&ft his country
friends, theCaptai' *ordered that he ih roki be pla
ced in the ^oatt during an a&g^gmeat, He r^qurife
id only to have the prnhdge or A ki^g tb< f^euW.
durirg an a&iea, as he w.u^ chiefs a walking piffle
rather ihsn be Bill to be ihet at-.-tnis w:s granted,
so has ficqu^riy ^appe^d that rafters cf y$, t we # g
j.fi&d by tee Briaih officers of what was ti turir cheftc,
and iriuhed aid kicked from the qurte; d^k for &
jag ths liberty ©f bringing their ,ec&rio which
w&ie left behind in tiieirveffris. The cafy fi@f&ai
an the, could obtain was to be etd± &L<.aiy ts
a guit. LtiKUAxht Bailor the Roebuck, &howa^gx^
ch^&ed foi Mt. J^fiuh, had & ruza«d ipr days or a
fort&ht to the p.ifoulhfy at N^ Y.,k, before he,
(Mr jufi^t) wri furred totyaft, ^d then was put
<n ffiorc at CoßLt&cut widest a pas,, ahhfu-h he
had peritUae^ for liberty to lead in Jersey ^ A May
to jkijhd^phuL a JAMS j JO XAH.
Philadelphia, 0i the sighu day ^ Fco.uary;
1777 btferi me jam*. Y.wig, Esq ; c^e us the Juf
tic^s of ike Pjace, &c. perfuanlly came a^d appeared
James Jolinh, and brin^ fyarn CR the holy &vangsiifte
cf Almighty God, did decl&a, dipole and fay, that
the f^tg-kg aecturi by him fu^fcrihad, i, jafi a<d
true in every :efpt&, and further this dement fciik
not. jAMESjoSI AH.
Serra before ma th© day and ,^r ^to^^id.
Wuxeis m, hand and f^l. James Young.
(To be continued.) ,
riOVEKNUR fk^iE&LL orders &tifwL w ; w &
° in this Staid, who h^&ay kind of Sturts, Pr&
vifens or Cicathing baloagiag ta the Suu, immedi,
atriy to ra.uk* an exa& return to him ts all fuck »ni
cits, with the quAriity of each and their fro#m&
Hartford, Mt'y 24, 1777.
&UMBER 64
COURANT;
HARTFORD
INTELLIGENCER.
Both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.