The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-11-25 00:00:00, page 2

At a general assembly of the Governor and
Company of the State of Conne^rut,
holden at Hartford by adjournment on
the mrh day of October, Anno Domini
1777.
An aft to encourage fair dealing and to re-
Brain and punish (harpers and oppres
sors.
„IER EAS all cfiiftir&cies, and other arts
to enhaw the price of merchatdize, or a
^ of the necefories and conveniences of lifcf
ICw'xl fe courts rfbENrid^nd lEPen face tie
ce^b of the /rite King, a: ~ orders bate beerfont
into the South Seas for hofPities immedia.ety to
c'^fe on earbfole. Ihe Spaniards are exceedingly
','ong ,; S^tb America, and in the H'cfi Indies.
^ They have 22ftps of the line at the Havannab,
these armaments will rot be inablive. Ibe inha
bitants of Jamaica are greatly alarmed, infomueb
that thy are eroding new, and repairing the old
fortifications throughout the whole island ; the
war will certainly commence in those seas, and
fr% the prefect appearance of affairs, it cannot
be far off. Packet boats are often gaffing be
twixt this and Pre Spanifo iJlands with letters too
end from the General. A 74 gun foip and 2
frigates have lately arrived here, which, with
those that were on the station before, will make a
refpeffable armament.
PROVIDENCE, Nov., 15.
The British Ship of War SYREN, of 28
guns, Tobias Furneaux late commander,
mentioned in our last to have ran on Point
Judith, was compelled to strike her colours
after, receiving a few shot fror^an 18 pound
er on the shore. Thepprisoner,r r , including
those taken out of the' transport ship and
schooner whch ran afhefre at the fame time,
amount to 166, 2nd have been lafefy con
ducted here. The transport Ihip mounted 6
carriage guns. As it was judged impracti
cable to get off tne Syren, a number of men
were employed in dripping her, who got on
shore her fails, the principal part of her rig
ging and ffores, 17 puncheons of rum, &c.
On Sunday night the enemy sent in feme
boats to set fire to th hull, which they effac
ed ; part of it however is only consumed, as
her lower deck was under water ; the guns
and many other valuable articleswill dill be
saved The tranfpmt flhip is bilged, but
the schooner we are told may be got off.
HARTF OR D, November 25.
Extrafl of a Letter from a Gentleman at St.
Petre, to bis friend in this town, dated OPo
ber 24.
" I arrived here the 13th after a passage
of ten days. On my arrival found the peo
ple much confufed on account of an order
from France to depart the place in 24 hours,
with all their filhermen, whether loaded or
not, but the wind has yet prevented them."
ExfraSk of a letter from Albany, dqted Nov, 15.
" Ticonderoga is certainly evacuated---
the works demolished, barracks burnt, and
the post in general as bare as a bone."
The Hon. Henry Lawrens, a member
from South Carolina, is appointed Resident
of the Hon. Continental Congress, in
the Room of the Hon. John Hancock, Esq;
By Order of Congress, Thursday, the
eighteenth Day of December next, is ap
pointed to be observed as a Day of public
Thanksgiving, throughout the United A
merican States.
Certain intelligence from Head-Quarters
that the Captain of the Eagle, (a 50 gun ship
that brought over Lord Howe) together
with his secretary, going on shore at New
castle, were kidnaped by a militia captain
with a party of 7 or 8 men, and concluded
fife to General Waldington.
The Delegates for the Continental Con
gress for the Year ensuing, are the Honour
able Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman,Oliver
Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, Titus Hof
mer, Oliver Ellsworth, and Andrew Adams,.
Esquires.
*, CATO's second Essay is received,
and will be inferred in our next.
Be it further enaded, That no Commis
sary or Afliftant Commtfary, or other Per
son whatever, authorized to purchase Sup
plies for the Army or Navy of the United
States shall purchase any such Articles in
this State until he has produced his Autho
rity to, and obtained a Certificate thereof
from the Governor, Deputy Governor, or an
Assistant in this State; and any Person who
shall purchase any of the Articles aforefaid,
under Pretence that they are for the Use of
the Army or Navy, who is not properly au
thorifed as aforefaid, shall forfeit treble the
Value of the Articles so purchased, and be
liable to be imprisoned at the Discretion of
the Court, before whom the Convidion is,
not exceeding fix Months,
And whosoever fha|| be guilty of the
Breach of the firft Paragraph in this Ad, by
purchasing any of th^ Articles therein man
tioned, without Licence, ihall forfeit double
toughl and fold, art lire al all times immoral, 0,-,
,refirce to tfe poor, and pernicious the State,
ant more fleCAly at the prefect time by. reason
of Ibe inter option of commerce, and great de
mand for mam articles occasioned by the war-.
gE it'anCA by the Governor, and Council
and ReprcfntaCves in general court assem
bled, and by trie authority of the fame, That
from and after the twelfth day of Novem
ber next, no perlon in this Stale shall pur
chale any, of the ' following articles, except
in small quantities, for their own uG h , and
confumptioß, or for the use and consump
tion of their famines, or immediate depen
dents, or tradesmen and artificeres for the
carrying on the business of their trades, viz.
Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Tea, Wine, Coffee,
Salt, Tow Cloth, of any kind or Linnen or
Woolen Cloth; Stockings, Shoes, Raw Hides
Leather, Wool, Flax, Cotton, Cotton and
Wool Cards, Butter, Cheese, Wheat, Rye,
Indian Corn, Beans Feas, Meal or Flour of
any kind, Beef, Pork,, Cyder, Tobacco,
neat Cattle, Sheep, or other live ft)ck> ex
cept to keep or fat on their own farms ; un
less such perform firft obtain a licence there
for figried by the' civil Authority and Select
Men, in the town wherein they dwell', or a
majority of them when convened together,
who shall not grant such licence to any per
fins but such as are known to be of good
character, for probity, public spirit, and
friends to the freedom, and Independence of
the American Stares, and who shall have ta
ken the Oarhmf fidelity to this State by law
preferred.
And if any Person so licenced shall misbe
have in said BAihefs, by filing any Articles
at unreasonable Prices, or'refilling to fell
them at reafona§?e Prices for Bills of Credit
of this State, or Bills of the United States,
the said Authority and Seled men or the ma
jor Part of them, may revoke the Licence
granted to such Perlons so mifbeha^/in° 'as
aforefaid. °
Be.it further enaded, That no person shall
fell in this State any of the Articles afore
faid, which he has engfeffed, or has now in
his Poffiffion, or which he may hereafter
purchase and bring infrom any of the neigh
bouring States, without fidt obtaining a Li
cence therefor as aforekid, or a Permit from
the Governor and Council of Safety of this
State, on Penalty of forfeiting double the
Value of every Article so fold, or fuffer fix
Months Imprisonment. And to prevent
any Fraud in said Articles which shall be
fold by such Purchaser or Engrosser, who
has any of laid Articles in his Possession, he
shall before any such Licence or Permit be
given him, make out a true Lift or Account
bt all fueh Articles which he has for Sale,
and deliver the fameon Oath to the 'Autho
rity granting fueh Licence.
And whereas many Persons under Pre
tence of being employed to purchase for the
Army, have heretofore purchased up many
of the Articles enumerated in this Ad, in
order to engross them, and fell them again at
exorbitant Prices.
tk<Vahie of the Articles so pUrchaUd. And
all Forfeitures by Virtue of thjs Ad, (bail
telongone Half to the Informer who EaU
prosecute ris Information to Efed, and the
other Halt to the Treasurer of this State,
unless the Prolecution he made by an Inform
ing Officer, in which Case the whole For
feiture shall belong to the T'realury of the
State. And it is enjoined on all Informing
Officers, and recommended to all other Per
sons to be vigilent in detecting and profecu^
ting all Breaches,of this Ad.
I his Ad shall continue in Force until the
rising of the General Assembly jn Odober
next, and no longer.
TEN DOLLARS REW ARD.
J OST 9^ the rt d". w 5 .a^ Kw^fora h@ufa,
' *a^ the ngm^ r; ix E^fak ^h, 8t i^ftaat, a
r^ff,? :?t:Ust p^ckm bd*k, ^th , br^fr zff d e #&R,
w'ti &wt twisty faar pwwrd, i, cmtW.MSI bilk,
a,d fu dr,Worim f^m 4.^ R** FTm Pettt gfEr^
fi dd.<o m Marant®f ah: a so h^fo- p,aßds and
fod^v 9 for pa/m.of w^tt. JU fable b r Whs
syer Iha I ra^ Aid b ekt he Gib drib^r k ET*M,
with t^g ^^w, ,Ipep _ ffiLl r^ciivs th^ at^e re
w>rd aad al q#c ff t^zr^tf }#ndsoq~eti?B£;fod.
0 vV D
T*l^ ™''"'°* ' " ngi^i^ -?ffi?kftr hia ia^cl
' . ';" '' w '" " etes^ p lit ,the, this ras^h^d
to :aftrp tha public, ikrbe r #iil fell the c^ iulfer
to ^hgfe ^f find m.'l. Strid mill wro te# ter, w^ll,
atd n 2 ^jy^mied % uvi<% >*d ft%»d# ii„R a
fi%@ &^M wia~.fi fifty rrd; es the State# baring mill,
^daok^ra 14! x mill Barth *f it &i# fide C#r*«*,
might faw,.an ,^^^ 1m czu^rr, wfch p^w&r if
p^,#rb ft ccrf &c TiehaH er the wh^ls es said
, ^d' m^y wfrpurck^fad at awf a big pric% A^ly
^, D. CRjiFEN.
. rr. IO 1777,
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C or- ^^^m^ ^afOr t N • MU
fre N ^ Fai fi 4 Dave- O'?^, nd K>vr Thir
'ii&rtta^# frdhhjf#bfai,tf<f* th# C0M&1
Tier C #r%M,h?&t Qfi e^ fat^ 1p <^u i^.% .
'rl^:^;.>Uu^d to.fi^ri^ u^i : the it^fMr. Wfr
f~' + ^'• .;<<'■ ^jftb^C^ will
L^L^ #b^e ihtifa fi UrF^ '^:'' r f~vrv
N^FIAN BEARD.
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£ he n^r c/pct & t .iyt x.- A % ; r^t^
h. c^ar^ ia &;i«r- r ,&M Sm^lP ambs
i^ N^Y 1 t.% a pArchm>Bi c®<wmi g upward#
^ <a: ta'ndc^.iriuniimulbill'#Wire er
p^c±& «, <©d *3%, ^,4 remra.m re the fi#Vfi.:.b<
or a^fi, rf u him wh ry it may be bad Charl ba.^ati.lad
t» tha aUve r&w^rd. NATHAN STRONG.
M'C &&t,m 2l^N"v<mb'' 1777
OTRADED afti # At oriwkAAe r F ^'L
fc^ .tG^e git# i#^ rek a black HORtE > r^
\c^^4 pat, ab^u fr' ei h^n^h^ft, pacas aad
0y,% h?t reia rw' 3 ba; IhrL, braaiad 0^ hi, h:,cf er
harfa with ctl3 c#J R, Wh^crwTlpva i^fgr
a^t^ o taw awa&r wkwr# fa^ harfe may be fiawd
sh th ^ tk^a daliar# rtwird tad r^f nab «xfe^g#&
P ? F A JUSTUS RILEY.
W : if, ' N w^h, 24 1770
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nOcro.r .#% * rhea MARE, thr^a yam
o ld p^fo, friux rd half A^ Q, so f^
Aar ia I& f* ^ layoff h^ fat wki c. .ffiert deck,
terete ^d r^.s, 6 ah© ^ C £ eta *h n ar feia fo^ ia
Ju^ a < u; me so wx^ gat. W eaar ba# ar shall
tk^up^ d h~^ •f^ a<'so''e;d od 0 b o•aar'
wwra fanw, fia'd bihaad Lac y :3wa~-t£ ard cL&
gfrH by : CALEB BULL.
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g Rayed tft,^ o ,h
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*,~vd a; 14 .6*.<'sh^*, a z it ch ? fca, c^#
fhrd %l r^M^, ft » a^d hod fwleps, a !%• koarf
a.d.^avy M&J,j W^eaifer ^i't fo#p fL mare
a» m f, .'f'l u.* & 4 rfrrathem w i^ahbfofrr
&' D bay, ibel! hara u^ coTot c*a?4~ far \\*
)m ^c <^!y, fire s^"m ^ ? ' */ > ^fen b l ~ cW•"*»'i%
\ ARTHUR FORREriER.
N *re&r 16 i"T7'
^Lo a w dama^ 0 ..e<?.&eaf
Wil ^r B^k#, 'fta afM'dd^t ^u i<r.w%. a?<
d-fi^a ?o m^ ^ j?&i ac^ufcb t . the fubferito GY
fmkvtY, ty tfr* fi,> day *f March next'; and a[
th ft thatt ei # ." bad to said e<ata to mak& spud,
ya mrat with u ^y.to
HANNAH BANKS Admimi£rat,i<.
M W^+e^r N^B^'B iz 1777.
WE ^ finfenb r# baira^ xp ^j»^d b^ ths bra.
c^e of pr^ba/e f'rt^ d fl & ^f F.'rc%tca
tc^TC^v^Ti o' the tft "a of E ifc L^h, Ma of lb
'm^fl * ^ *^'3, raprsfaated i&fr r^ ; d^ barely
fr^ paisa te said cradi'ara that vc &1I arard oa the
brf»?G rs ear arp lament an the third mendayg @f
D caliber #^d J*RRary a^xt at th? heu'e as D .A^a#
Gri^hy i % Krzfo^te*, a £^« a'chch aftertac^a #a
^ch of f id d^ ; a#d those ^cct^^ which are MM
tx^ibi^d 8i ifjrid d^s mar ax^a ^t to ba ic^ftd.