The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-01-27 00:00:00, page 2

Florfe fating ill round, with fleet Corks, heel and toe,
#s. Ox-flicking and other blacksmith's work in the
fame proportion.
Horse hire, 4 d. permile.
„ Green Calf fins, 6 d. per lb. and tanned and cur
ried Skins in the fame proportion. Tanned Hides,
1 s. 4 d. per Ib.
Ship's Iron Work. Weight-work at 3d. per lb. and
all light work in the fame proportion, excepting cast
Iron.
Cotton and Linden Cl^b, middling quality, yard wide
3 1. 8 d. per yard, and other qualities and widths in
proportion.
Boards. Char eaftera Pine, £. 6 per thousand.
Merchantable ditto, £4 P' r ditto. Common coun
try ditto, £3 123. per ditto. Yellow Pine ditto,
£ 312 a. per ditto.
Oak. Full inch Oak Bards, and joist and Tim
ber, £ 3 per ditto.
Hoops. God Hoglhead, £ 4 per ditto.
Staves, White Q.k Hogihead, £6 per ditto.
Ditto Red Oak, £ 3 per ditto. Whiie Osk Barrel,
£ 4 per ditto. Dato Red Oak, £ 2 per ditto. Head.
% proportioned in price to that of Staves.
Tobacco. Good merchantable well cured Tobacco
st 25 s. per cwt. and 4d. per single Ib.
Mens leather Breeches, cf the best fort of &er's lea
ther, 423. per pair, and boys and other leather Bree
ches at a like proportion, according to their quality.
Cocoa. Bril Cocoa at £6lO 1. per cwt. and Cho
colate z?. per single Ib.
House Carpenters, finding themfelres, 5 s. per day.
Ship Carpenters, ditto, 6s. per day. Caulkers, ditto,
^,s. perday. Mesons, ditto, 6s. 6d. per day. Tay
lors making a plain suit of bast broadcloth Cloaths,
24 s. and their daily w^es, the employer finding
them, at 3a. par day. Trucking, is. 6d. per hog
ffioad, and other things in proportion.
Bast Bever Hats at 42 s. B<ft Felt Hats it Bs.
Coopers finding themselves, 5 §, per day; setting
and finding Hothead Hoops, 3d. each; fettihg and
finding Barrel Hoops, z& each. Barbers for ffirv
ing, 3 d.
Stone Lime, 18 s. per hoglhead of 00 hundred gal
lons. delivered at Providence.
Milk, from the firft of May to the fifft of November,
at 2 d. per quart, and the other fix months at 3 d.
per quart.
Which prices are to be considered as th® highest
rates at which any of the before mentioned articles are
to be fold or bought, or done, in the several fan-ports
or public market places; and in all other places ofthis
State; the said articles are to be estimated and rated
according to the accustomed ufager, in proportion to
the prices in sea ports and market places as afarsfaid,
unless where particular mention is made of a price at
other places.
And he it further Enabled 3, the Authority aforefaid.
That if nn, person shall, at any vendee or public sale,
for any ibtcLble article, give or bid at a gie^te or
higher prior than by this act is limited, he shall forfeit
and pay the value of said article, one half to and far
the ufeof this State, and the other half to the infor
mer who ffiall sue for the fame, and ffiall be deemed
an enemy to his country, and be rendered incapable
cf fuftaiaing any public office.
And be it further Enaßed, That if any person shall
refute to f^l any of said goods, merchandize, &c. at
thi prices by this aft limited, to be paid in the cur
rent paper bills emitted by the Continental Congress
or this State, and ihall afterwards part with such
goods, merchandize, &c. in exchange for other goods,
merchandize, &c. he fall forfeit and pry the value
cf such gacds, merchandize, &c. one half to and for
the ufa of this State, and the other half to the in
former or prosecutor.
And be it further Exuded by the Authority cforefsid.
That his Honor the Governor, any and either of the
assistants, judges of the superior and inferior courts,
or any two jaflices of the peace within this State, be
and they are hereby empowered and direded, that
upon complain under oath that any article or articles
of neceffiry fappart for the army and navy, may be
wanted, ahd are withheld by monopolizers, engreffers
or others, to ilTue his warrant to any Sheriff or deputy
sheriff, crn'uble or town ferfeant, to impress and
seize the fim: out of their hands, and for that purpose
to break and enter any warehoufty, floras or other
places whera such goods are deposited, and to have
the fame appraised by two indifferent judicious msn,
under oath appointed fr that purpose, not exceeding
theprices affixed by this a&, which price so affixed
ffiall be paid to the owner or owners thereof; and
that fuitabie persons, in addirinn to the Commissaries
already appointed, be appointed by the Council of
War of this State to furnish a^d supply the army
r&iffd by this S^U with nectaries, upon the most
fafonablete m<, agreeable to the encouragement gi
ven by this Affambly ; and the Comm'ffaiies of this
S^te, ^ad ail^other persons, ate hereby requested and
fridly ^jaiicd and directed to make information a
gaiaft all such perfoas as they flhall find buying up or
engrossing the articles aforefaid, contrary to the in
tent and meaning of said a&.
And be it further Enabled by the Authority aforefard,
That wl oever fh.aU contrail or receive for labour, or
vend, fell or receive for any of the above enumerated
articles more than at the above rate or price thereunto
affixed, or for others not enumerated in an unreason
able disproportion thereto, ffiall be accounted oppres
sive, an enemy td his country, guilty of a breach of
this ^, and ffiall be liable to be prosecuted before
anyofthe courts of record within this State, by bill,
plaint, or information, and ^pon cenvi&ion fun be
fined for every article fold, of the price of Twenty
Shillings or under, the fam of Twenty Shillings, and
for every article of a price above Twenty Shillings,
a sum qual to the price of such articles, together
with all colls cf prosecution, and ffiall stand commit
ted till femtence be performed ; one half of said fide to
be paid into the General Treafary, and the other half
to the it former or prosecutor.
And be it further Enaaed, That this && shall take es
fed, and be ih full force, upon Tuesday the 7th <ay
of January, A. D. 1777 ; and that the fame be forth
with published and feat to the refpe&ive Town Clerks
of this State, to be by them read in the firft town
meeting of their refpe&ive towns.
WILL A MSBUR G H, December 27.
Col. Carrington, of the artillery, just arrived from
Hampton, brings us the agreeable intelligence of a mos va
luable cargo being gone up to Baltimore, from Cape Francois,
which comes in a brig that was sent out by Congress, and
has on board Soo funds of arms 15 tons of gunpowder, a
quantity of July bur, and a very large affirtment of blanket
ing and coarse cloaths for the foldtery A namh*r of French
paffixgers, came in the vessel, one of them an officer frank.
The Captain of her fays, that the French jhow the utmost
civility and give every encouragement to the, Americans, and
have cruijers out to protest their trade ; also that a declara
tion of war was every moment e^peaed from the French
court. And that gunpowder, woollens, and almofl ever, 0-
ther kind of goods, were in great plenty at the Cape, and to
be bought on good terms.
BALTIMORE, January 1
Extr^a of a letter from Philadelphia, dated Tec. 30.
" The late Enterprise of General WaJhingten has bad a
raoft glorious Effifi ; it animates the Spirits of the Friends
of Liberty amazingly ! 1 firmly believe if be pursues the
Blow, which I believe be does, be will take the greatef
Part of the Enemy's Arm, Prisoners. It is said when all
our Forces in ferfe, join, they will amount to 15000 effec
tive Me*.
The Continental Brig Lexington, Capt. Hallock, of 14
Carriage Guns, laden with Gunpowder and other Warlike
Stores, from Cape Francois, brand to Philadelphia, was
lately taken off the Gapes of Delaware, by the Pearl Fri
gate, Capt. -, who put a Lieutenant and a small Num
ber es Hands on board, with Orders to carry her immedi
ately to New York ; but leaving on board the Lexington 70
brave Fellows, who were all acquainted with the Fate of
Capt. Johnson and bis Crew, of the Tankey Hero,and what
might be exposed from Briti/h Humanity, they determined,
at all Hazards, to regain their Liberty. This they effifidd
the fame Night they were taken, in a Manner which reflets
the bigheft Honour on their Rejection and Presence of Mind.
As soon as they had feared tbeir Prifonirs, the, put the Fef
fel about for the Capes of Virginia, (unfilled as they were
in Navigation) which they ver, fortunately fell in with in
a few Hours after, and on Wtdnefday las arrived fefe in
this Harbour. Capt. Hillock and his officers were taken on
hoard the Pearl but 'face been set on Shore, and are
arrived at Pbdaaelp hs. .
Since our last the Privateer Euterprife, Capt. Campbell,
of this Port, returned from a Cruife,and has brought in two
Prizes ; one a Brig botoed from Newfoundland to Jamaica,
laden with Fife aud Oil, and the other a Sloop, laden with
Salt and Dry Goods, bound from the Weft Indies to Hali
fax. Ibefe two Friz s make Eight which have been taken
and brought into Port b, the Entsrprife.
Just after the Battle near the White Plains, a Britifo
Officer puffing over the ragical Spot where la, several dead
and dying Heroes, who bad bravely fought and nobly fell in
Defence of Public Liberty, told Jerne oj them, with a Sneer,
tßat " the, looked poor') ,& were not long for this World"
Oue of ihem, a Captain, who was lying by the Side fa
gallant Soldier from this State, ferenel, replied, in an artless
pathetic Manner,but in a Style which beJoke him to be what
be is, in Derfon, called a Yankey--'' Tis ver, true, we
are dying; but, thank Gid, we are all heart, in the Caufs."
meaning the Case of bis Country, in which be then was
making the greatest Sacrifice. This Anecdote has been fre
quently told by the degenerate Britons at New York, mi
micking the dying Captain, by way f Infuh towards the
unfortunate Americans who are Prisoners there, whom they
affikl to conjider a Parcel of Simpletons, and of an inferior
Species of Animals to tbemfelves. ' ,
Ibe Hessian Priftmers who were taken in General Wafts
ingtons late Enterprise at Trenton, are all fafel, fecurta in
the Barracks of the City of Philadelphia.
Within a few Days § private Soldiers of the British dif
mouxted Dragoons, and a Cormiffary, were made P^ijon
ers, by Surprise, in a Farm fikufe between 9 rentox and
Princeton where they were caroufag, by Jeven of the Penn
sylvania Light Hsrfe,
Thirty three Htfians, were also taken by a Part, from
Col. Griffin's Detachment, near MountbeUy.
The Hon. Richard Stockton, Esq; one of the De
legates from the State of New Jersey, in the Continental
Cengrefs, being inrifyofed at bis Scat in Princeton, when
the Eenem, entered that Place, unhappily fill into tbeir
Hands. --Knowing bis Rank and Charaaer, they treated
him with the greatfft Barbarny, driving him, on Foot,
through Rivers and Creeks, with the grea+ef Precipitation,
particularly the Raritan, which at low Water is fordable,
io Amboy, where, we bear, be lies dangeroujl, ill-
Abftraa of the important Intelligence received by last
night's Post from Philadelphia, being the Subffance
of a private Letter to a Gentleman in this Town.
General Washington ordered two Brigades towards Princ
eton ; about three Miles from the Town, they met the main
Bod, of the Enemy on full March for Irenton, and were
compelled to retreat ; they maintained a well cendußed Re
treat to eur main Army, posed ox the high Ground, on the
Soutb of Trenton- Creek. The Enemy pursued with great
Vigour ; It is said we loft in doffing Trenton-Bridge, killed
and wounded, about iocclis of th German 2atiH%# 3
The Enemy attempted toforce the Bridge ; but General Mis.
fa, posed on a Height, with a good Train of Artillery
farted by the Militia of the City of Philadelphia, dre^
them back with Coforable tys. Our Arm, then er^eA
two Batteries, and Joossmade the Town too Warm for th?
Enemy. During th Cannonade, General WaJhingten or
dered afrong Bod, to head the Mill Dam, with Defy to
attack the Enem, in tEAr Rear; but before this could h
effiAed, the Britft Troops were compelled to leave the lew*.
Another Letter fa,s, we have hod a fevers Engagement
mint, man, ftAon both Jsdet; the Enemy are retreating, and
we are infull Pursuit, , '
Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia, dated Saturday
Nnon, Jan. 4.
“ General Waftinfetox's arm, bavisig been confs derail,
reinforced, and enabled to aft < ^^fite, again, the fas r p
Freedom, has relieved the Whig inhabitants of this city
fromadfagneblefate f anxiety; - and, on the other hand,
this bapp, reverse in car affairs, makes the peer defpicabh
Tories look quite chop fallen !. Glorious 'intelty.ee so
this da, arrived from tbo Jerfty ! Ev„ cOun^a^e, ?fm
of the wretches afrfaid excepted, fams to sparkle withjoy.
1 beJub,a?ice of she information 1 have received is, that out
army, after a long conftia with a ver, formidable boa) of
the caem,, are in ptftfion of Princeton, and driving them
with the greater freefit ation jrfauch, that it is not hubl.
ed but a total route of this port of the grand British and
foreign army, will gio, iorfy clofethe Winter's campaign -
In addition to this, we havereafon to believe, that theftf
news we hear from New York will be, that it is in ptfs
-of the New England troops. A Gentleman from Nra-
Engtand, at the Coffee-Houfe, offers to la, an, body five hun
dred to one hundred guineas, that the, well have it by tbits
evening ; fir hefaw 6000 troops, in one body, at Rough,
keepfie, in Dutches County ; that the New Englanamre
were all in arms, and that their efeß was New York.
I have great plcaJure ix informing,cu, that troops from the
ccuntr, are continually coming into this ci, on their wa, t?
join General Wellington, and in such numbers as would really
amaze you ; that 3000 are, this day, to march to Brifolp
beaded b, the galland General Putnam, and Col. Fleming')
Battalion 0f6.0r 700 Continental Troops, from the Leflers
fare of Virginia, it is expeAed, will be in town this even
ing.---T0 the lading honor cf the New England troops, who
came across the North River wish Gen Lee, andjoined Gex.
WaJhingtbn in this State, whose time of forvice expired th?
frJI day of January, it may be told, that every man of them,
considering the critical fituatiox cf bis country, nelly a.d
cbearful, confuted to fay with tfeir beloved commander ix
chief fix weeks longer.
,'.' A re (peaable young gentlemen, cf the City cf
Philadelphia, who lately went to Bordentown, xiih &
flag, was polity entertained by the Heffua Cemman
dant, at the house of a Continental Delegate, at that
place, with whom he supped and dined, in the cc©p* +
ny of thatarch traitor Jo. Gallaway, (the five rib
stone here) and Parfun Odell, of Burlington. The
Pennsylvania Refugeefludioi flyavoided 1 glided ecn
verfaticn, knowing there was a gratin^m at table
whodefpifed him; but the unworthy Lei,te w^oufly
and impudently willed for a bridge of ice, that he
and the army might visit and ba visited, by their ac
quantance on this (hcre---thus proving himfelf, ~ •„
Churchill expresses, " by cruelty a priest.” To yr^
lift of mifereants, may be zdtfed, Teach Coxe, Ed
ward Shippen,Jun. Peter Campbell,and rainyobers,
whefe names ffiall, hereafter, be fnt ycn.-..j; ft % 3 J
waiabut to put a period to this ba'y fcr^wl, f efh
news arrived that our brave troop, have, by the far up
cf Heaven, been crowded with v^o-y on the Plains
es Prineeton. lam so much afford with joy fir my
country's fafety & honor; my anxiety for my fiends,
who may now, perhaps, be numbered with the dead,
is such, that lean only add my fervent Prayers, that
the Almighty may speedily put an end to the calami
ties of war, and grant us that peace, .that liberty and
faftty, which have been denied us by ungenerous Bri
tons."
Strayed or stolen from the stable
of Mr. Joseph Dwight, Innholder in Williimfb%h,
on the night of the 17th inft.a large black HCSSE,
abcu^S years old, ^5 hands high, paces and trots, has
a lafge flowing main and tail, and was well ft ft*d all
round. Whoever ffiall up faidho fe and thief, if flo
len, and return them to said Dwight, or the fehfmber
at Pittsfield, ffiall have TEN DOLLARS reward, ard
FIVE DOLLARS for the herfe, and ill necessary
charges peid by Israel Dickinson.
January 18. 1777.
Stolen out of the liable of Mr.
Josiah Siebbens, at Ridgefie'd, in the night of the
27th cf Decern. 1776, a large chestnut bc,n horse,
the property cf J ha Bogert late ofNew York, Alder
man, 6 years old, about 15 hands hip h, natural pa cer,
carries very low, marked on the thigh I. B. hrs trod
his hind foot, and goes fbmething lame. Whoever
tikes up said horse and brings him to Ridgsfirid. so
that the owner may have him again, ihaH have twenty
dollars reward paid by John Bogert.
Rd,efield, Jan. 23, 1777.
Loft on the evening of the 27th
inlt at Mr. Rewell's tavern in Litchfield, a black lea
ther POCKET BOOK with a'ftrap, containing ne^r
30 dollars in caffi, among which are 3 Baften notes cf
hand, 2of ten dollars and one of fix, with small ac
counts.-- Whoever ffiall find the above book, and will
leave it with the Printerin Hertford,with i 3 content,,
ffiall have five dollr'3. reward.
January. 24, 1777-