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March, M.dcc.lxxiv, ■ NUMBER 483.]
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GO NNECTICUI !P|liQ COURANT.
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G H A P. t
T3BU 2 who lately afptred to be a City»
the chief among the Towtt, of tha*
Cotey of Conneflicut, fertile in Saib
happy io her diftiogmlh’d Liberties an l Immu'
eiren O * thou unworthy 2 on whom the Co*
!cny has Uwfe’d her richcft Favours, and in the
®uhl of whom ir placed the Seat of the Mule®,
an 4 whole Port has l/tdy focreafed io Ships,
wi beau accommodated at the pnbisc Expeoce ;
haw art rboa fallen! a Disgrace among the
Towns ? fallen by thy Folly, thy Pride, or
Tfor^c, thy Ingratitude to those who have nour
jJW wtd fopported thee 1 Stimulated by Occ
twhahat proved himlelf ao Enemy to hii Geun
ary, prompted by his Emiifxries, leprcfeotiog
shM by Craft, Fraud and Diffimulition of oar
SHi worthy Governor, (who obtained our moll
^oluahie Chatter, and whofc Name is, and ever
twill be precious among the true Soni of Liber
ty J that Thia, Haven / became included
sMbc? Colony of Connc&icut. and bat Second
^mong her. Towns, when thou coveted to he
Tbit prompted to take np worse than
Avm^of War sgatnft thy Friend and Proteftor.
wbar, than hgtate I could tempt thee to bd
-j*Fthe Lnercft, Rights and Eririkgcs of the
Colony, who gave thee Nodrifhrnent, into the
Handrof her Adrefary, and those who ardent*
J; wifix her Dcfau&ion ? Complaining and
proclaiming abroad, t^at her Reprefeotatives
hare forfeited thcr ^barter Rights, and endau
gcred her mod valuable Liberties and Immuni
ties I What Madriefs b» moved thee to give
Gouatenanee and Encoungemeot to the molt
aacoaflitutionsl Convent ion ; which, if it genc
jrslly takes Place mull iflue io the final oiflolu
tieu of Government ?—O 1 how art thou fallen 1
Where were the wife, the prudent ? Thy faith
fol Men. who might bare advised and counfel’d
thee io that fatal. Hour, to avoid the Precipice,
aad efeap’d the Calamity into which thou had
p iwgcJ thyfelf ? Has Wisdom S-d from thy
Streets ? Has- Folly and lofatuHoo pifLls’d
thy Dwellings ? Bewail her thou Daughters of
rhe. Weil ! Lament her thou Sons of the Eafl /
Fty frcm her thou Seat of ‘he Muses / Shed a
Tear over her Folly and Demeotation ! Sing a
Qlrge over her fail ! Depart horn her as Comas
gisu. brail to a more favourable Clime, flay not
till thou fio&thyfr'f seated on the Banks of that
gentle Rowing stream, which gives name to this
fertile Colony.
Tell it not ia Gath i Pobliih it not in she
Streets of Alice lon ! Lett Phililiia r j^ce, the
rtttna^ila glor^ani she Twin triurofh I
^k Barr LOTTERY, would have commen
ced the drawing on the 21st infant, but wore
obliged to postpone it on account of their not
beng able to ascertain the ft^tttof fcrcral par
eeb of Ticket* fest abroad for (ale,—at there
wa no other reafoo for the adjournment,-it it
baped those gentlemen who hare tickets nndif
pokd, wilt return them (cafonably, to the man
tamest who bare determined to begiq said lot
tery ou the firft Monday in April next, at thw
we: They hive firmed rolling up, and hare
&at a few ticket* on. hand,,
Middletown, March 23, 1-774’
The Managers of Say-
LAMENTATION for New-Haven.
From TUESDAY, March 22, to TUESDAY, March 29, 1774.
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lObferv’d io your pipet No. 480 a very
ill matur’d piece, fign’d Simeon Smith, which
teems calculated neither for the information or
benefit of the public, except what relates to his
Bolus. Had he omitted the t»ft, and only in
ferted this for the benefit of the distressed, he
would have evidenced much Jess malice and a
better heart ; far in the whole of his lengthy
piece except in this one p ragrsph, it teems
to have been hii chief aim Both to ridicule and
mis represent an advertifemeut in one of your
lata papers, signed Isaac Rall, fuggetting that
the chief defigo he had in view was co give the
public to underfland that h » physic known by
the name of Hull • was an nniverfal catho icon,
adapted to every disease, and especially unfail
ing in bi lious cases, by »ery Balicioufly and
unfairly introducing Parget: (os’ great oath, and
Lord Bacon’s very just reproof, &c. &c. when
at the fame time Mr. Smith could not but know
there was not a single intimation of this kind in
Dr. Hall’s AdvertHemeot.cn cfs he fuppof s this
to be 10. viz. peculiar in the cbelic &c. I am,
it is true, unacquainted with Mr. Smith’s in
telle^uak, except what he has favoured the
public with in his late piece ; but can’t suppose
him capable of miflaking fa grtfly the natural
and common use of the word peculiar, which
would rather seem to restrain the efficacy of this
pbyfic, to the cholick ano difurdert <-f chat
kind ; and as it relpefts those that it had been
attended with some ipecial fucceffi towards their
relief, which I cruft is so well known, that all
that Mr. Smith can fay will not overthrow it.
Nor did Dr Hah ever fjggcft, or suppose that
his phytic never fail’d of the desired effect ; he
has often found this to be the ctfc—Men will
sometimes dte notwhbftaodicg the utmost exer
tion of Hall or Horsford or any others, or even
of Mr Smith bimfelf, fliould he add. twenty
grains of calomel more to his recipe—Since this
has never been denied by any ©f the gentlemen
memicned by Mr. Smith, I thick it injurious
that he should so entirely mifreprefeot the whole
delign of Dr Hall’s advertisement, which was
only to acquaint those gentlemen that were dis
posed to iaprorc the physic, that they might
more readily obtain it,—Nor is it very proba
ble that either Horsford’s er Mr. Smith’s prac
tice is or will be so exteafive as to interfere, so
that it appears what he has thrown out arises
rather from ill nature than from any penooal
advantage; where the latter is concerned perlons
arc much mote excusable in fcribiing. I (hall
take no notice of his dirty personal rest .aions,
except what regards Dr. Hull’s deftru^ion of
the poor men’s Iheep, and in refpeil of which
shall only eblerve, thae Dr Hull by Mr. Smith’s
own accoant tarried feme time with them, aod
beiog a gentleman at least ©f common sense was
wiping ro live while he tarried. Nectffity we
know is the mother of invention. — If Mr. Smith
tbirks it will be of any advantage to him, his
pr^ce, or the public, he may scribble on and
display his talents as a Writer, but would give
him to uuderftaed h£ will be to further noticed,
By tbe Public’s
Humble servant,
Aar^m Horsford.
We hen field
March io, t774‘
Mr. WATSON,
Pteaje to insert the following in four next.
Proceedings of the Russian forces
now approaching to CONSTAN
TINOPLE, the Capital of the
Turkish Empire.
> J ASS Y, fm Moldavia,) Nov. 2.
A PARTY, in which I had the honour of
serving has just Returned here from being
concerned in the performance of one of the
braved and mast difL'uit a<sl ions which has been
known daring the prefect war between the Ruf
fiaus aod the Turks ; an afiioo which, as it was
attended with fucccfs, refte&s' the highctl ho
nour upon the former, and is attended by much
disgrace to the latter. Ever since the grand
army recovered from the furprize which it »a§
thrown into from being obliged to retire from
SiliQria^ and rapafs the Darmbe, Martha I Ro
manzow has employed it io detachments a-'
gaintt the forts aod all places of ftreogth and
importance pofafled by theTurks io Moldavia &
Wallachia ; in which Cervices tbe detachments
have been so generally fuccefsful, as to dislodge
the Turks, and to open ways for the Ruffian
army, creffing again into Bulgaria, which has
been performed.. Hovevcr, by an oversight in
the commander, who was entrusted with the
flrong town of Romaria Wiwar, which is situa
ted on the banks of the river Biftricz, a branch
of tße Danube,and within about eighteen miles
of the river, tbe Turks t by a flrong detachment
of is eoo Jariftaries, 4000 horse, and iooa
light uocrpx wi-bT !arg««atn of heavy artsi(cry,
field pieces. &c. from Dotoftrea, io Bulgaria,
crowed the Danube, and after a faint refinance
from the Governor, forced the garrison to sur
render at diferetion, and made them all prifen
ers of war. The Turks immediately began to
cred new fortifications about the town, and e
reded batteries, mounting a great nummber of
heivy guns 00 all tides* This done, the Aga
of the JanifTanei ordered the horse, and two
thousand of the JanilTaries, to form a flying
camp, to hsrrafs a column es the Ruffian army
under Brigadier General Suflaroffe, which was
then on the march from Soczow, to crofa the
Danube a little above Romania Wiwar; but
that attempt was fruftrated by the General’s
having by forced marches, come up, and crofled
the river before the lying army arrived. Yet
as Tome compensation, they fell in with a rein
forcement of provisions, ammunition, &e. and
teo large caonon s coQvoyed by two squadrons of
horse, whs,after an obstinate rcfiftanbe.in which
ths Tuiks left many men, fled, and left the
whole reinforcement in their hands. The news
of the Turks success, and having repoflefled
ihcmfelves of Romania-Wiwar, foot reached
the Marlhal Romaoiow, who was then in a,
situation not to afford it any relief from his own
body, but he immediately dispatched orders to
theGoveroor of this place to fend all the strength
he could possibly (pare, and endeavour at all
events to retake that important fortrefs from
tbe enemy. At the fame time General Ungern,
who had croflcd at Ismael, and was on his
march to SiLftria, having received notice, order
ed 2000 foot aod 500 horse to repafs intoMol
divia,and support any operations for its recove
ry, When the Maiftial’s orders came to Jafly,
there had, unluckily, just arrived from the fron
tiers ®f Po'aod 6000 men, with a train of artil
lery, ammunition, &c.
Tbe ganifou and the troops io the towr
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