The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-12-11 00:00:00, page 3

N E WY 0 R K, December 7.
weral gentlemen who left Albany iaft Friday inform us, That
icy were coming away, a Serjeant Major belonging to Ge
1 Woolter just arrived from Montreal, allured them, that
before he left it, an express arrived from Quebec, which
ght the agreeable news or its having furreodcred to Colonel
aid, that a party was detached to cut off Carleton's retreat
% 1 Dumber of Gondolas, and that the Express heard the (if
but what was the success of that attempt, was not known.
Extraft o' a letter from Aban,
We have perlons of credit come to town, who, io their way
a Detroit, met Col BuCer and fone others, in their wuy
& Montreal to Niagara, at Ofwego ; he arced them whether it
dd be hie for them to return 'o Tryon county ; he (Bullet)
rmed them, that Go,error Carleton had told him, he bad re
eda le ter from home, thst there were two noblemen,coming
rto treat with ,he Corgr^s ; that he expend matter# would
killed in the fpribg, a □ whi e the oegociatiom was on foot,
troops would be removed from Bafton to other parts as it
tfuppekd their flay thee, during the winter, would be per
00$ to their healths?
H A RT FO R D, Dec. it.
Last T%rfda, the Lady of bis Excellency Gen. Wafeington, and
Lady of Adjutant General Gates, paffidthrough this Town from
ginia, being on their Way to Cambridge.
A'e hear that Governor 1 ryon has bis Majesty's have to return fl
.gland. Ajo that his Majefy has ordered one quart of porter, and
quarter of a pound of cbeeje per man, for the ministerial troops at
ion, the expence to be paid out of bis privy purse.
Governor Dunmore of Virginia, has issued a proclamation, declar
bis determination to execute MARRIAL LAW throughout that
bony ; and requiring every perjon capable to bear arms to report to
S MAJESTY'S STANDARD, or be looked upon as TRAT
)RS ; and further calling upon indented servants, negroes, iifr.
oin bis Maje#,'s troops for ibefteedy reducing that colony to (what
Lordhip is phased to call) " a proper sense of it's duty."---
wri'er it tie las Williamfhurg paperfays " It is remarkable
st Lord Dunmore in Virginia, has lately been guilty of at leaf fe
-z capital crimes, dll of wb ; cb are felon, by the laws of tbatcolony,
I are punijhable by the gallows ; and as be can plead no privilege
Peerage sbere, it is hoped be will feortly be taken, publickly tried
I banged, as the mtf atrocious criminal that ever appeared in
^ersca.”
It is said there is a great plenty of woollens to be purchaf
:2t Montreal ^t a cheap rate, 'and that Gen 6 Montgomery
ended to give the soldiers newclothes, they having fuffered
ich by the severity c 1 the climate, which they submitted to
„.th a patience and resolution worthy their cause, particularly
their march from St. John's to Montreal, the road being
If leg deep in mire. That a party Was Rationed at Point
rrel, and at Le Caien, in hopes of intercepting Carleton and
hi: adherents. That the schooner and galley which were funk
fore St. John's, have been raised by Captain Cheefeman,
th a party of three hundred men ; and neither of them have
reived much damage, the schooner had her hern poss knock
off, nine (hot through her hull, and 3 in her mast, and the
tlley about sin her bull. We are also informed that the
madians are well affected to the cause of liberty.
DIED. At Dedham, ib the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, the
th of Nov. last, Mrs. FAITH HUNTINGTON, Conjort of
l. JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTONof Norwich, in this Colony,
win the Service of the United Colonies, and Daughter of the
m. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Ejq; Governor of this Colony.
At New- Haven, Benjamin Douglass, Ejq; King's Attorney for
it County. At Norwalk, Mr. Benjamin Isaacs, Merchant,
*§* The utter Impossibility of obtaining a Supply of Paper
- r the CONNECTICUT Courant, obliges the Printer to
(continue the Publication of it, till he can be farniflied
th thatArticie from the Mill erecting in this Place,which he
n with Pleasure assure his Cullomers, will not exceed Two
eeks. He returns his hearty Thanks to his Cuffomers,
dthe Public in general, for the very great and unexpected
acouragement he has lately received from them, and allures
,em, that his Gratitude will be expressed in future, not only
7 supplying them with a Paper of as large a Size as any One
1 New England, but likewise in the utmoit Exertion of his
bilities in collecting and publishing the frefhelt and mollim
ortant Intelligence he shall receive, which he is in the best
ituation to do, as the Polls from every Part of the United
Colonies center in this Place.
N. B. This [Refemblance of a] Paper, (No. 572) concludes
he sth Year of it's Publication since the Dissolution of the
artnerihip between Green & Watson.
Samael Scott of Farmington having been regular!, cited to
ppear before the Committee of lofpedion for Aid town, to an
wer to & complaint exhibited againG him for emptying labours
rs on the late continental /if accordingly appeared and $C\
oowedging the truth of the fa&, preftoted a full and ample
ouftffion for his offence, hich wa< voted fathfadory to th^
lemm'rCT
△ EPITAPHon Mrs. NAOMI WOLCOTT, the Wife H^ ^
liam Wolcott, E/q; who died the 71b November, 1775, i^
the „th Year of her Age.
URTHENED with Pain and many Fears,
She travel'd thro' this Vale of Tears,
Act much didinguilhed for her worth,
Great ufefulnels, and peace at Death.
Litchfield, Ift Dec. 1775
TO THE PUBLIC.,
A ^'g u '" complaint having been exhibited igduft Benjamin
ZjL Reborn of Litchfield, for violating the affociarioD agree
ment of the Continental Congress and be bring duly cited to ap
pear this day, and make aofwer thcuto, before tie committee
of infyedion for this town, and having e±prcfly refofed to at
tend, the evidenced adduced were examined, by fehich ir was
fully prosed, that said Kilborn had at fund', times and in di
vtrs places declared That the doings of Jail Congress vwere mere
Tyrannical and oppseffiue than an, efts of parliament— That be
wfh*d ten hundred ihoujand British troops were now Guaed on
our Jei csafh, and that be weu4 j^n with them (if be pcfbiy
€&utd) to (übuue the country — TEA the Americans owed ax un*
limited obedience to all the King's commands, .iNatv&r the,
might be ; ana that be thought the officer who commanded m the.
burning of Falmcuth. bad b^n too favourable an. much more so
than kimfesp wctT bate been bad he bad the cromadd And
that, he hath lately ottered in public, many ot,,cr such die ma#
lic=ous and threatoing cxpriffiun#! aggravates by the cct fiJera,
ti^n of hit holding a L^tenaacy in the i&blifficd mirio# A his
Colony at the lame litre it it therefore The epiticu of ths3
committee, that sud Benjamin KtAyrn 1$ guilty o' vw ^ini hid
oftewien and ought to tc hela op to public vhwas pn Enemy
tebu Coxntrx, in the hUe# sense of the phrde ; and as fuel we
do hereby exhibit tim, that cr^ry perlon uho wishes to fopp^rt
and vindicate the natural tights of mankind, and the cdlriuti
oual rights of Engliftimen, may treat him iccorataglfc
Vo cd and ordered to be published. s;
Test. JED. STRONG Clerk of Comnrftltri
GILES KILBORN of Litchfield, being che^ to answer far
violating the sffeciatioo of the hen Cen ducat*! Cotgicfc, thib
day exhibited hit co^feffico to the fatislaaion of the committee.
Crtfe^ i^ D^c 1775 P" J ^trokg. Com Vuk.
Deltas it isabioliiteJy necessary, thzt a speedy Adjutt-
VY ment be made of tye Expence hitherto incurred in ti,'
Cfyoriy, by the railing, equipping, or fcpplymg the Trutfa
now gone in the Defence and Service of the Colony, and of
every Matter or Thing relating thei^to —-The Committee,
of the Pay-Table therefore hereby require, that all Accounts
of such Expence be exhibited th them, as soon as may.be,
clearly made out, and properly vouched and authenticated, in
order to fettleffien ts{
Wm. Pitkin, Tho's Seymour, Ez'l Williams, Oliver Ellfaorth,
Hartford, Nov. 4th, 1775." (tC^/.^e.
£lNaAlL>mho.eu on fb-night St 18 h &.cu u
0 'ure of the fubferiber in Egiemont, a dark brewu mate a
bout 9 years old, about 13 hard# and a halfhigh, a feall (lar in
the loghead, her gate a rolling trot, (hod before. Whoever,
taker up laid mate and conveys her to the owner,or informs to
that he may have her shall be handfomcly ,ewjardeq and. all ae
ciliary charges paid by BeJamin Triviain.
_ Egremont^Nov 30 1775,
TAKENup by, h: iutferiber ^Middletown on the 27th day.
of November, two colts, ,be cue black, with one white
hnd leg, a flreak io her face ; the other is a sorrel 04c, with a
white face ; they are neither branded nor docked, appear robe
2 years old. — Also taken up a sorrel boric, 3 years old,
without brand fhoJ before, about 13 hands and, h|lf high, th,
owner may have them by app ! ying to Nathaniel Riley and paying
hargcr
Middletown. Dec 9 177 g. < 7 ^ • *
I'/iKan up by me the luolcrmcr jt batt vvinolor in >u,h-
Boiton Bciety, on the 27th of Ofloher last a bay Mar,,
with a black mane and tail, about 13 hands and 3 inches high,,
(had before Erne white spots caused by the fiddly, trots and ps°
ccs, judged to tee about 15 years old. mifo two yearling colts,
one a horse celt of a forrii colour with a white face and thrge
wbre feet, whitish mane and tail—the other is a black mare colt
with a Aar in her forehead. The owner or owners may have,
them agio by applying ,0 jEREMIIH FULLER, and paying
charges. -
MARY GABIbL, Milliner from France,
HEREBY inform, the Ladies in this and the neighbouring
towns, that (he maps the,newest fafhinned Bonnets Ie the
reateft manner for Two Shiftings and jix Pence,— plain Bconctn
Opt Shining at d any fort or Caps for one Shilling, at the boufe
of Daniel Spencer io Harford. #
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