The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-08-03 00:00:00, page 1

TUESDAY, August s, 1779.THE Number 75!'
CONNECTICUT COURAN T,
A NDTHE
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE R.
From the NEW-Y®RK PACKET.
The last Will and Testament of 0 L D
ENGLAND.
lOLDI OLD England, being in a very weak
and languishing state, thro' voluptuous
ness and loss of blood, do make and ordain,
this my last Will and Testament, in the
following manner, viz.
Imprimis. Ido give and bequeath un
to the Bishops of St. Afaph and Peterbo
rough, to be equally divided between them,
all my religion.
2. I give all my virtue and sincerity to
the worthy members of the minority in the
House of Commons.
3. I give all my knowledge in politics,
to Lord Cambden and Lord Abingdon,
and thole other noble Lords who opposed
the Ministry, in their late mifehievous and
cursed war in America
4. I give to my sister Scotland, all my
pride and haughtiness.
5.T give to my sister Ireland, the one
half of my poverty, distress and rum.
6, J. give to the Earl of Bute and Lord
North, all my treachery and tyranny, to be
equally divided between them.
7. I give to Lord Howe and General
Howe, all my cruelty, as a reward tor their
treatment of the American prisoners.
8 I give all my low cunning to Lord
Mansfield and Lord George Germaine.
9. I give my ftupidiry and obstinacy to
the present Ministry.
10. I give my power by sea and land
to the French King.
11. I give my integrity to the King of
Spain.
12. I give my trade and commerce to
the States of Holland.
13. I give those abjed mortals the To
ries in America, one ton of hemp to be e
qually distributed amongst them, by Jack
Ketch.
14. I give all my right and title con
tained in that most glorious trad called
Magna Charts, to the United States of A
merica, totheir heirsand assigns for ever.
15. I g ive unto m y Colonies in Ameri
ca, viz, Canada, Nova Scotia, East and
Weft Florida, and the Weft-Indies, the o
ther half of my poverty distress and ruin;
and I do appoint the United States of A
merica, to be the guardians of my said
Colonies.
Lastly, I nominate, constitute, and ap
point the Count D'Almodavar, to be the
executor of this mylaft will and testament.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto fee my
hand and leal, in the palace of Necessity,
this 19th day of April (just four years from
the fatal day, on which mylaft opportunity
was loft by the blood of America at Lex
ington) Anno Dom. 1779.
OLD ENGLAND
Signed, sealed, pronounced, and
declared to be the lad will and tef-
HAR IFO RD: Printed by HU DSON AND GOODWIN, near the Great- Bridge.
tam^nt of the said Old England, in
presence of us, who have cheer
fully fubferibed our names.
His Holiness Pope,
His Impudence Mahomet;
His Ignorance Pagan.
The Printers in the United States are
desired to remitter this my will, in their
news-papers, for the benefit of those Le
gatees who reside in America. Her last
words.
O. E.
Test. by a Nova Scotia Refugee.
CHARI.ES-TOWN (S.Carolina)May 29
ON the 28th of April, a party of the
British army, laid to be 300 of the
7rd regiment, under the command of Ma
jor Fraser, landed 9 miles below Puryf
burgh ; and on the next morning Lieut.
Cel. Maitland, with the light infantry of
the line and 2d battalion of the 71st, land
ed four miles higher up Savannah river.
Col. Dac^ia-ofh, who commanded at Pu
ryfburgh, having only 140 men, the ma
jor part of whom weie Militia, after cal
ling in all his out posts, was obliged to re
tire as the enemy advanced towards the
town, of which they took possession that
afternoon.
General Moultrie was at this time posted
at Black swamp with about 800 men.
The enemy's drawing more of their forces
on this fide the river, and advancing high
er up, evidently indicated an intention of
attacking the General before he could be
joined by Col. Mackihtofh. Gen. Lincoln
with the main body of the army being then
80 miles further up the country, Should
the enemy have succeeded in the attempt,
there would be no obflacle in their march
to Charleftown, and as their force was tre
ble Gen. Moultrie's, the worst was to be
apprehended. These considerations in
duced the General ro retire on the genh,
and that night he met Col. Mackintosh on
his march to join him at Black swamp.
The event proved the propriety of the
movement, as next morning the British
were in possession of the ground our troops
bad evacuated.
The General halted at Coofawhatchie
that night, ad having matched over the
bridge, before day light next morning pro
ceeded to Tulifinny, and took post there.
A Field Officer's guard was left at the
bridge.
Early in the morning of the 2d of May,
advice was received that the enemy were
in motion, and about 2 in the afternoon
an attack was commenced by their advanced
party of Light-infantry at the bridge,
where the guard had been reinforced by
150 riflemen. Their superior numbers
rendered it impossible to flep their progress.
Little other loss was sustained in this fkir
mifhthan Col. John Laurens being wound-
ed in the right arm, which has yet depri
ved the army of that gallant officer's ser
vices.
The General's army being chiefly com
posed of Militia whose families and effects
lay in the way of the enemy, was every
moment diminishing, and laid him under the
necessity of retiring, which he did by the
Saltketcher road, having destroyed the
bridge of Tulifinny and Pocotaligo in his
way. The army halted for a few hours at
the Meeting hetife, and then marched on to
Afhepoo. They puffed the bridge in the
forenoon of the 4rh, and took poll for the
rest of the day on the high grounds near
Mr. Pinckney's houses. Intelligence was
this night received that the enemy's ad
vanced party had reached Godfrey's Sa
vannah, and that their main body had found
means to cross Saltketcher river, notwith
flanding our having taken the precaution
to dihroy the bridge ; this joined to the
inferior number of our army, which was
considerably less than when it left Black
fwamp, and to the nature of the country
which rendered it impossible to make a
ft and without beingexpofed to be surround
ed, obliged the General to quit Alhepo%
between 3 and 4 in the morning cf the sth.
Ar . night the army halted at Mr. FerguLn'^
plantation, called Spring Grove, having/
destroyed Jackfonborough bridge in their
way, and reached Bacon bridge next night
when Gen. Moultrie left the army, and
proceeded to town.
Major Butler, who joined the army at
Jackfonburgh, with a party of horse; on
the 6th fell in with a foraging party of the
enemy 16 miles to the southward of Par
ker's ferry. Three of them belonging to
the 71st light infantry were taken prisoners,
and a few horse killed and wounded.
Part of count Pulaflu's legion arrived
on the Sth.
On the gth Col. Mackintosh with the
troops left at Bacon bridge, and a detach^
ment from Orangeburgh arrived in town.
And next day Coi. Harris, who had been
detached by General Lincoln with 30^
Continental troops to reinforce General
Moultrie, and Col. Neel with 300 men
from Orangeburgh, also arrived.
In the evening of the 10th, intelligence
was received of the royal army being en
camped on the south fide of Alhley ferry,
where they appeared fj suddenly as to pre
vent the ferry boats being destroyed. The
troops Rationed in town, regulars and mili
tia, were under arms the whole night.
The enemy began to cross Ashley ferry
at 10 in the forenoon of the 1 Ith. Their
advanced party composed of light- infantry^
cavalry and savages, took poll half a mile
from the ferry. General Pulaski after re
connoitring them left a detachment to watch
their motion, and repaired to town in or-?