The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1778-01-13 00:00:00, page 2

I - . Are I . ^ M C '^N ^'s Id co
vered the movements.
The barracks particularly took fire by
mere accident; and measures were oaken,
though ineffectual, to lave them. It there
has been vindictive ipirit in burning other
buildings op, tbe march, it has probably
been employ'ed'by feme kcret well withers
to the American Cauk, as Gcneia! Burgoyne
has been informed iome of the buildings
belonged to luppofed friends to the KFgu
The General does not think that General
Gates has a-right, from any thing that has
happened in his conduct or rcaionmg, W'
make ,use of the term " trifling," and heffi,
perfibAchat he cannot interfere with: the
prifonersin General Hole's' army, and more
efoefcially in case that has been under ne
gociaQon between General Howe, and Gene
ral Having on.
• Message delivered by Major Kingften, from
General Burgoyne to General G^A, Gllo
^ .AM. .directed to reprdent to you from
J Tn. Burgoyne, tfagaftcr having fought
von twice, he has waited' feme days in his
present portion, determined to try a third
cTißid againft^ny Luce) u could bring
to attack & hl*l. # ± a 1 b
Meis applied of the fuforority of your
rem/ fld t^dhpoffn nnf your troops
to \Fp(QG\i\^ khdren&rhis retreat
afeen^ef. carn.igv:ou iboih rides. Tnnti^
fithku'dß he is impelled ; by- humanity, and
I'L/b.N^D O N, September 5.
Spelkiig? of parliamentary corruption,
Lor&Aboington hariri the following fe^tb
fn&if-b" Ifb, the influence of corruption
thgfev become the. mailers inffead of the
ferv^s/df their constituents, looking dcavn
On tfc people,,"* ^ to the court for honors
, find prefefni-hts, art.^ granting morey that
they: nus it thanfAyes, I fay,..if
these things he so, Brid arethey not faidtfr be
so ? l whe?& i& the differehce between afree
'^^rWfr^ycoGry As the differ;
en,/iw(ween die defoptifm of the parliament
of England G^^^hat is this^bumto ere&
bn c.Fi„fycritic tyranny in ihe /tate, a many
beaded %rf%n%% deplorable and to bc^e
ploted," tfangeious and .deftruTive in pro
.puriipnco the numbers of whichot consists."
'BURAINGFI^^yAm%M%) Dec.
5b CFFE^ AN SCEfCCRi (ft.
Militia inafe cowirifet ofFEntendon, "Eur
1 - ling '(% • G^cefre, *^bin and Cumber land.
• FC Ns a, FEww-Soifers,
^ol^ friv hive thrown a confidef^bfe.
d'din^i your State, with incept .to
pom-fs themtehees of the pok at Red Bank,
: and, after clearing the obtrusion's in I>e-
Jhware, make incuffions into your country'.
• To prevent them from effeTing either # of
theft purpoksyl have sent, over foch 2 nmb
"ber of Continental troops as I fruit Will,
with the foiled exertions of the friili{i% .to
tally defeat their designs, ^nd oblige them
loTeturnto .the city and fubur^ of Phila
^ Ip^T, which is ripe only ground they. ,6f
rfefe. upon the Pennsylvania fhbre, and jn
TChich they cannot fobriftif cut off from the.
Supplies of:he pkntifid Sratehf New. "jersey.
- I therefore call upon you,by all thlt you
Told.dear, to rife up as one man and fid
four country' of it's urjut invaders; Co
&syince,ypu that this is to be done by a
gene, d : appearance of ad it’s free men,.armed
and- ready to give , them oppofirion, f need
'only put you'd; mind of the ff/T it had
ppm dor B iidh a-my in June lad, wholaid
,Title their inventions of marching through
-the opp^r part of ym.it. State, upon f^ing,
the hmT,manner : n which you were pie
.-nT^d to 'Tc^ve them Look also aLthe
gHdofc'cTT, wdeh followed' t^at Spirit
°of unionwhoh a,pc 'red a nongourE'ethern
-of ^reyofk cod New-Epgland, who by'
•.Ac bum dkTance which they afforded to
the Ambnentul army, oMi^d a r)#l cn^,
fltilhed with their Immer vitjrjes to foe fm
terms, and lay down tneit : ^m,in the midi
fobnpffivc manner-- Reflect upon tilde things
arAI am convinced that every ipan who can
bear a musket, will take i^ cp, and.,.without
respect co turn or clefs, gwe/frs £rvice in
the field for a few w<cks, perhaps only for
a few days. 1 am, , ~
I'cur sincere Friend and Countryman,
GEO; WASHI?<GL tyN.
Gentlemen, 0
/ TOULD I puriuade rivklf t-hbr you
.win.ted.ahy further inducement ' toexert
yourfciw.es # on the present -cccafyn,,,bcfiGes b#
the anknanug.ruLTive^ p oirt'in,his
excellency's addrels, I would conjurr/ou by
the lemembruoce of the laurels.you have
lately gained, by the.love of your country;;
your poderity and the honour.of New-Jer
sey, to turn out with alacrity, at a time when
Providence feemsto havepreiencedyou with
a glorious opportunity, for defeating the
common enemy..
..W1 LrLIVING^ON.,
frextod, November zyiy}^,^ ^.-
'WILIA MS^B U ft
. E^radl of a.k-yr, h^E^^^^jn @f%
France, dafr^tyw&r yy,, <h];C
" I can hardly '*^l w^hanro faybn poll*
ties, for the 'Frfricfy^ Teerns ^ water
ing, that one cannot idfbne'day Tow rhe
wind will blow, the next. One hour it is
all war ;' the next iti^aif peace. Wehave,
heard Of ,the id rances Burgoyne lias made
at Ticonderoga,, to the Sih .of July lad, A
little.moreTuccefs- on the part of rhe Iki,
ytdlt frero^b,- -'YdT^Tfffi'cieht to emcowgge
^r e M'^h{^^with another cam
paign,. for which. America Should certainly
provide,numA ; forif Ihedoes not, the war
"^yU^^'^ ^r. fbuMyearsA But I^m
p&fi&led: ^^^.i^ Aineric^ will tot
continue firroAr&nrmo?^, & her sons-do not
aid in-1 ^Uingtaclretherfrthroats; &i' she
"".' fih,!iy;.;be,^and triumph,
which God'g[inkG - .. ::
' /YO>T:dldb wi;.Dec, 1%:,
'Extras of a-letHrfro,% IFiFamlFtrg, (Eirgffa)
In h^pes ttf?Wuwhn tp,y of men, which
may , c&l;l, ^Genefeal .W'^Oiirigton to do
Jom^hirig- thfs^yrinter, we. have paHL? da
bill-to fehThim five thoufm.dten murgdi
ateljg "as volunteers,- to fcrve fix month's
after theujoin him.". .''
;^ Q,: fjoN hn. B,^.
BT^gehtfeatin from' Nevw Turk, # wm£re
',nfo(nU,.§hfo of nine hc@
do^k ^B,, lately, afriged ihere 'from I^W
daAc . ' #
Monday , ift arrived, a pT'L? fldp; Edm
With.coo.Lj Uteri by an raitwirg privation
Ihe Rawlei^n, a GontißentEf trigf\ cf
3o'gbns; is. fafe arrived at France, from
jPOYt^houth; New Hanpfhdy. On her paf
rk^./B?. 'ape a.cri'fs;the Phyto w,.^ a've
.ry feyere engagement eefued, : arid roe Rau
m' ‘ ihave carried her, had n©±.adfo
: < # ^edn fight: dT-hb-Jaft advdes
f ^mention, that account's i:&ve
b ed in England, .from he.com
mender offhe Pluto, in which 'he acknow
ledges the loss of dpwa,rd^ -of 60 hands :
We have riot hemd/che.iof of Me RauTAhl
A prize fbop taken by the General Wa&
rigton, with about 80 puncheons ofrung is
fate arrived.‘1'
Lase J riday. night.as..fix ' men were going
on boa d a Vessel in this harbour, the beat
overfet; whereby five el fh^rn w, re drowned
iExtraß of 4 fetter from ViryFia Dec.'s, £777
; ~.f have,feen English papers to <he,%ch of
(accooer brought by theveffe's from. France,.
buT they 'Cent in no material intelligence, '
'This,however, may be coriefred frbihfehem.
That our armed "vefEls have been plenty
zridtjccefs fieri brothe-Irifh and 3 ; rfh cn^b,
and That the merchants are under terrible
arpndierdwri^ hort; thf>rp pr, ¥kwrs XL
rived in Paris from Berlin, ^fre the veb
fels left France.
" It teems to be the general opiniod
here, th^ Bufgbvne'fyriny, ffipukl not be
allowed to go mod khoreNhe Ling
parliament have lathed the convention, pd
inftmee ot treachery iti'the Affair of Glofler
Seven is produced in luppbrt of this opi
nion; and France's demanding some of the
firft British nobility as hbita^s for the Sur
render or 'delivery of Cape-Briton, is urged
as a reason why they Tideid demand hold
tarns too".
# °7 # NO'R W-r C 11, d>t. 9,'
^E^lra^bf arbiter from;,.an ffeer inffe Cowi
ye^fd army, dat'd l^ce. \ ^ rmt
?.Geneva! Ifowp,''cis btiic^edy will 'win
-ter in PniEdtphid'; for* tlie dotwiCT'Qround
1?A ge^^dy ofthe Q^ferproreffioh/ who
do not airid US'in the force' of ahns, which
rerid^Ttheyy,eratip^this^rriy ve^y fati:-
gu^g: 'Tric„c-<my efoe put of their den
ydterday week, irwas i^gk,W with &de
-1^1.5° attack cur hnesj but 'tbicur furrow
4hcy'retreated, w,(lt&lufy|ofo a hufy
dred killed; both ,n their advance and re
treating, they plundered, Jie inhabitants ' of
every individual thing, except fifth clothes
.as fteyhadbin ^,/ -a?, 0,, be, T;archthe
Weft fide kchu; h/d, his cotyeLured id go
into ^ir.terqcav^ afLaueafter ^, it fcthen
^"^"M is ;^r^m this winter.j A con
fidCTab.te q parity of .clothing for the tbn
ne&ic.ut tfaop,.foas agiyed'; but not fuffici
ent to clothe ^Hb,.thfta'e bailed and
bar^teged. pit' is amazing to be the spirit
of the foldiffy ^id(&titi:te rif^oesJAd
kecking,, ^rchfogdcAd'. Frights, and mjr
; nirfgp khijg blood in their,ooifleps! yet,
mAwithftaHdtn,{ the h,h%g % d^pofition
of<l^'.'/•,:.•.,.,5, great..t° troops ate
much Jett, cAth&Ebai, they w'&e, and I
^elitfhwi^ IOAI be very' wed Applied."
sE3¥''^ °h " ° N, r January 9, 17,8.
taftteidday Cant. Goodrich,,rna Schod
.'her belonginggji;do: ehicu,.Ri*,,r, arrived
herefrom-SwLMftgia, which' heriett the th
'qfDerejnbe^ ~vm, hmm,ft a fbAiAucrr
• meat of vei,T ec< fikry. Raides. He h
'f<nms;i?ia;rarmen Vg ff&fi,rc tfelflands are
nuffiefoUs k'^hat Provifiom: are so extreme'
• haree mBAf/ktAs tEfthe Inhabitants a^e
,efhipgwith.Huefa ; And that it is ride
'g#e,d Dpi non,- if ,0-Vdfels had been al
;,tbved,o'e'Afy'Hp the Conti
nvn;;,,eri,J^ before this Time must have
-br^puigayfy Aefvn&l by. the Inhabitants.. :
/C,; t. Goobtef put iptp Bedford, a few
.''A. S "'A'' '''"'* fvghadjjitarrived from
-France, jn fix JVetJs'Pafege, the Captain '
• of.whj.cAinfp4fcn^ he filed from Frar^e
.sr(onpfipntfy al'ltet which hid Goao
I coops bti'&^fdy bound to Maftinico.
.A.f ^Cf^'h if faniiarr, =778.
'blnlSri&hiheie was 2 Coritribufiori
in the ft ve at PariheF in this Town,f,the
Benefit or the m r n c hmidioned Ofli< errand
Soldiers in ^A.Continental Army that be
.long htfe, r ..w|;nfleie,was ,'cOßeaed 386
Pair of Stockings' ^27 Pair of Shers, rl^
onfots, 78 fwckeys.,^ Fair brerchrs, gl Oats,
22 Fife Rp,cks, 19 pHiriAhuLef,. and
.£^s^ r ?~ ;<';^foct)ward
eo-OT. to the.Artoy: Ahpw@ai.tfit} 'of Folk,
Cheek.' richest, Rye, fiduuCem, Sugai;
7 Rice}]FT, Wot&.&A ^.feng aged lobes
delivered the Qmm.ttee appojo^d to ie
• reive anti dirtubute thelame &, the needy
F&mihespt th^ Cheers and Soldiers. The
Whole VTu, .ofjthis D, vatrbr, at a low
Eftlm TA vArizceed £1400."
V AcT.or v.e.l c-rthe 28th' of Novernier i;yr ie
-o.f T^ Eo&yri£kferr, and Mr, # 'Ala Talcott's of
Gffc^uryu^ Arrit cun let RAEghoud,' t gether
.wA an ald^v.fo tummy r.dbglkift. I Whoever ' wild
i^forA Mr.-Will, .mT Rbe^f Het ron or Mr. /fa
Trie^cc GR -tentary nl ere the akoya articles .^ay te
.found T&n t^ve five dot:rsreward and no cuebions
amed, by ' ,AViLbiAbi Tal-cctt dl Hebron.
N. B. A 7 genthir.en V lor; er clobbers are defied
ity : ,dg,iot.te .;-a±y :ucn a;u:.c3:are offered tb£&.