The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-11-13 00:00:00, page 1

PHILA D ELP HI A, November I.
Lal Evening arr ved here Capt Harr, from Craes and Cop;.
V.bay from Briftot, by whom we hav^the fo^fying Advices:
LONDON August 20.
T is reported that when Si( Jeffery Abhc<ft goes to America
A (""ft io command, he wrl have troops to make cp thole that
arc already there 20,000 men.
It is Gid there tie 00 left than 200 officers of the army Brack
pff the half pay lift, for not repairs, to the War office in c ^
fcqicace of the public ad-^rtfemeuts, acd for out offering their
Service in the American cjril wir.
Admtniftratioo have employee two or three capital houses in
Ebe city of London to keep tie flocks up (if they can) but the
fcofiblc prr, ounankind a<c not to be deceived by such mioitteri.
al artifice.
Angust 24 It " now i # :d, that Sir Jeffuy Amherst will opt
foe Lot 10 Arreria but he is cen ahed on all points that arfe
,concerning th.;t Continent.
^ Governor Peon is fsd to have declined the viGts offeveral
teroinent perfoos b, h io the mioifteiial and popular interest being
determined to a& according to the refo'otions of the Congrefi,
without giving room for a foppoGioo of his being influenced by
•the adv^car rof either party on this fide the Atlantic.
Several officers belonging to the regiments on the Trish e%b-
Jlhment, have thrown op their commiffioos, beirg apprehecuve
sos being ordered for America.
By the K J N G.
a proclamations
Per fapprefing Robe 100 abd'SedtiioD.
GEORGE R.
WHEREAS many rs our So I j^flr io divers psrts of our Co
lonies an I Pieofations in N>rih America, milled by dao
gerouv and ill-defigoing raen and forgetting the allegiance which
they owe to the power that has prodded and foflaioed them,
after various disorderly aflr committed in d flurbsocc of the pub
lie peace, to the übftru&too of lawful commerce, and to the op
predion of our loyal fabjrfh carrying on the fame, have at length
proceeded to open and avowed rebellion by arraying themfe!vt\
io a hofNe manner, to withfhud tie execution of the law, and
traiterou; preparing, ordering and levying waragainft 0&4 And
whereas there is reason to apprehend that such rebellion hath
been much promrad and encouraged by the trai<croos correfpuo.
denoe, counlels and comfort jf divers wicked and Jefpefate per
has within teir realm : To the end therefore that none oLpur ful
fcds may negh&tr violate th:ir duty through any doubt of the
pro ea^n which the law will afford to ihrir loyalty and zeal ; we
hvc thought fit by qd,l wi h the advice of our privy council, to
ifoe our Royal 1 reclamation, hereby declaring, that not oolyall
car officers civil and military ,ar& obliged to exert their u'moft
Endeavours to wobtfand and fopprefs such rebellion, and to dif
eLfe and to mke known Ji treafont and traitcrout conspiracies
which they fhil: Know to beag^ind us our crown and dignity ;
and ar h * pur^fe, that they transmit to one of our principle
ferre : ;^ of r:v„ or other proper officers, Jue and fal informs;'
ti^n of JI ' ^ who ffiall be found carrying on corrcfpoudcnce
^h, o. . ^.^ m^ner or degree aiding or abetting the persons,
Mow. in bpca.^ria and rebellion vgaioff our goverometi within a
my of out colonies and plantations in North America, in order to
bring toconign pon.ffimeot the authors, perpettyters and abet,
tors al such trifacur defyng.
Civet at our Cca.t at Sr. James's, the twenty third day of
AaguG ,° e thoofind feveo hundred and Seventy five, in the
' fifteenth year of cur reign.
GOD ^Apg the KING
It is "'parted, " that no answer has been yet given, nor will
tiny be given, to Be petition of the Continental Coagrefs, as it is
thought benca^s the dignity of Government to treat with or ac
knowledge an affcmisly which has no coAflitutional or legal ex
istence."
An order io Ccdnel teas yeflerda, iffaed, prohibiting the
exportation of gunpowder. aid of arms and ammunition, for three
months ; and also re taking all licences which have deco hither
to granted for the exportation of foepowder, &c. during the
fame time.
Yeflerda, fume Hisel of /mail a^ntl End p^er and ball,
were dripped on board the Mary tr^fejr, at the Tower, for
Qpbec and rivs morning (he failed o'a hdr voyage.
• Augufi 26 # Monday 300 Chaldron ei&als and geo qorrteri
of fl.)ur were (hipped on peard a ranfym tying rff the Tower,
ty^ withtrjops to Am^c; and oa rh^bflic like ouan
° f Co *' s wc ^ %p' + ^ the u^fpoct fell down ih^ &
The Conneflicut Courant, and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer.
MON D A Y, > November 13, £77fr
Wednesday a Council was held on special affairs at St.James's,,
teleiwe to the taking mere foreign troops into pay in his Majef
ty'sdom sons. . ' _<
A Dumber of 40 and 50 gun (hips are getting ready for Amen
ties, to replace those ihips which must ecgffarily soon come
home. «•
Orders have been given to the ^ffi:ers c'f the federal regiments
to keep with their men, and be always in readings to march en
the ihortcfl notice.
Orders are (cot to the ri&oalliog office to get ready as fall a,
polij e beef and pork, Efficient for ten Chips of life line for fix
months, and the bakers were set 10 work left Monday to have
ready io ten days a Efficient quantity of bifeuit for the above
Blips.
PHILADE L P H I A. <
In L OAGRES S, Saturday; fat, jfc 177^. 1
WHEREAS the government of Great Britain hath proh^ired
the exportation of ARMS and AMMUNITION to any of the
plantations, add endeavoured to prevent other nations from fop
plyingdt
Relived, That for the belter furnifliing these Colonies with
the ccccffiry m^aos of defending their rights every veffe!,import
ing Guo powder Salt fare,Sulphur, provided they bring with the
Sulphur toar times ar ^uch Salt-Petre Brass Field Pieces, or good
Mrfkets fried with Bayonets, within nine months from the date
of this Refolutipn fhal ibe permitted to load and export the pro^
dude of these Gulonics, to the value of such Powder and Stores
aforeiaid, the Non Exportation greement notwithflaading ; and
it is recommended to Ihe Commit tees of the Several Provinces to
ioTped the MilitaryStor's so imported, and to climate a generous
price for the fame, according to their goodneft, add permit the
importer of such powder and ether Military Stores aforefaid, to
export the value thereof and no more, io produce of any kind.
^true copy from the Minuted
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary..
N 3. The obroe Committee request of the Printer/ of the jet
rai public paperijn the United Colonies to in fat the above ^hd
alt perjoni puffed of ary fags relative to, or that may throw
right on the above fuhjefi, io transmit the fame to them at earl, as
pfible.
INCONGRES S, banter 8 1775.
RB^LVED, That a just and well authenticated account oi
the hoftiUfa committed by the ministerial Troops and Navy id
America, hnce last March be collated, with proper evidence of
the troth of the h&s related, the number and value of bgjlding#
d.ft.oyed by them ; also the number and value of the veffals in
ward and outward bound, which have been seized by them fined
that period as near as the number and value can be afeertained ;
also the flock taken by them from deffcrent parts of the conti
nent ,That Mr. Deane, Mr. , Adams, and Mr. Wythe, be
a Committee for this purpose.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretrr,.
Capt. Harr from Cowes, informs that 00 the 29'h of Aoguff,
the Adive fh ; p of war, and a brig under her convey with powder
and arms ran ashore po the Shingles, where the A&ve was oblige
ed to throu over her guns, and return to tefit, and the brig threat
over half her cargo before (he could get off ; that the Renown it
ordered out io room of the Active,; that, the Resolution wi.b 3
Tra.fports, r^h th: Train of Articry and Mortroffes on board
failed from Spithead in company with Capt. Harr,
Extract of a Letter from Alexandria, (Virginia ) October 26.
" The post from the southward brio, advice,thatLord Dunmore
bad lent a p^ry of armed men into the sown of Norfolk, who
had spiked 17 pieces of cannon a^d taken 2 off & This was done,
io the face of day,and without any oppofitiou ; indeed none could
be expelled, as the principal people of that town arc tories. Hid
Lordship has allo feiied, draged on board a mao of war, and con
fined in irons, a certain Mr. Goodrich, who lived in, tie neigh,
bSurhood of Norfolk. This gentleman's crime is, that he fuf
fcred ore A his vcffels a few davs ago to bring 1 50 barcis ofgufa
powder and land the fame fafely, without hiking his Lorefthips
content. We have also certain intelligence,that Dunmore, a fcM)
days age, with 140 men, landed about tfß'mi'cs beiow Norfolk,
at a place called Kemp's Landing, when! he broke open a black
fmiih's flfop, and destroyed about 'jo mofqhets, which the s mith
had to repair, then pillaged a number of houses in the neighbour
hood, and took 2 officers and 4 privates io the mirtate service pri
fon^fs. The objed of this expedition was to intercept the pow
der above.mentioned, but it had luckily been carried off some.
time before. His Lordship has lately received from Anguftine,
a reinforcement of 200 men ; so that his whole corps is now
fappofed to coufift of 500 meg.,"
(Number 562)