The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-07-27 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, July 8;
By letters as la<e as the %h of June, from Charlef
town, we find there have been levml flight ikr
m &$. which mo,ly terminated in our favour :
That thfe enemy fill their hefyital lid very fat, and
that great part of their array were fired of their situ
ation, which made numbers defeat.
July to. By authentic accounts j-4 received
Lum Col, Bread! tad, commanded at Fyt Pitt, we
find that the Wy^dertts, Anawas, Ch;pawa3. and
feveial other nauoQ have made such .cv:.%um of
peace as denoean rutne change a snout mud of the
hothlf, Indians to fe wefi«.i"d, Four eeirCitcto,
lue„ with the head rcnior < Cocta, chimed the Ra
ven, was at Cohocking the town of :he Delawares,
who we*e lately on a visit to Cpngrefr. They all
d.fcovered the mrd friendly ddpcfitiou, and propef
ed a visit to Pitifb.trg. Capt. B rd, now comman
dant at Detroit, had set cut wih a party to attack
Fort Laurens, but finding the Indiras utterly averse
to joining in the enters/ife, he zad returned.
The Mngees fetm wavering, but the Senegas yet
remain heftJe. In.exigence having been received
about three weeks ago, that 1 party was on their way
to attack cur feltknrnts, C:pi B ady of the Bth
Fennfylvania regiment; with twenty white men and
a young Delaware Chief al) pain ed like I dians, set
out to meet them; but thed^ciiro# had patfed them,
end in their progress killed a fold.ee between Fort
Crawford and Fort feiiad, and proceeded to Siwickly
fettlemen ts, where they kii^d a woman and 4 ebil
dren, and tock twochddien p^foren C?p s . Brady
pursued the party and fell hi with feyeri of them,
about fit ten miles above Kutannin,, where the Ii
dians bad cheien an advah^/coui fination. How
ever, he immediaely a tie?rd them. Their Cap
tain, a confid^ab'e warior of fa Miwfey tribe, was
killed, and several badly wounded, as appeared fora
their bloody track). Captain Brady retook fix hor
ses, the two children 7/0 were pr f>ner<, the fcd,i
they had frit, and all their plunder : He did took
all their guns, tomahawks and with coals which
they had thrown off in their flight. Captain Brady
difhnguifhed himfeif on -he eceJnnt as ' well a? the
y^un^ Delaware. Lieutenant Harding, an c&cer
of meri+ and a great piruzan had also gone out with
eleven men to retaliate upon the Seneca townr, ferae
of the barbarities which they have been long exercif
ing upon our difrtff d frontiers.
Lieut. Col. Bayard, with 120 rank and file was
eroding a ftrohg flockade fort at Kw,tanning, a place
rendered famous in the Indian wars, from the'gal
lant and well conducted expedition by Gcn. A^ra
frong some years ago, which, after a long war and
ranch bloodshed, gave pea:e to the Bonders. This
fort, with a suitable „rrifi,;i, it is f^mfed will if
ford great security to Bedford and WedmorohrJ
counties, provided Louts ate kept out to keep the la
dians in alarm. The Snawan^fe and Mahickar.s,
lately font in a white belt to Fort P. t, imploring
p^oe and pity. Fort Pitt and ih dependencies,
have a plentiful supply of p?ovifi)ns, and every t Cng
wears a favourable Tp-A in that quarter. Colonel
Broadhead's prudent cordud has recommended
him highly to die inhabitants of dm. country ; and
we have the most flattering profyds that from his
vigilance and foidedy conduct the dfflrofifed inha
bitants will find that contort and fecurhy to
which they have been lon? Livers.
We also learn fr?m Fort P^, t':,t a Shawanefe
town called Challaeotby, had b+en lately attacked
by the Am^icani, supposed to be feme of the gallant
Col. Clarke's 'ro)pi. Three chiefs were killed in
the attack, besides many others of inferior noe. A
great deal of I idi.au plunder and a number cfhdr®;
were taken, and the town burnt. That these troops,
making with the lidii^s abuut 80 or go; were a lit.
tie on this fide Sinduiky, building a fvrf. Col.
Clarke's success seems to have given such life and spi
rit of enterprize to all the troops and inhabitants of
the back coan ry, as h^ totally changed the f<ce of
affairs. All is defnonde^cy and terror on the part
of our enemies. Vigour and alacrity ca our part.
So that the rededion of Detroit is now talked of as
a matter of certanry n%x- campaign.
July 13. On SjLay lift arrived here th? Big
Holker, Captain Gadd^, from St. Eudatia. On hia
passage he tock a valuable p ize, bound from Geor
gia to New-York, and sent her into E.^ Harbour ;
the Captain brings us the agreeable news, that the
troops of our ally, Fs M^S CuiLaw Majesty, are m
possession of the iflind of S*. V^ctm. Ha ahj
spoke with an outward bound fleet, from Baltimore,
confining cf ten fail, all well.
The fame day arrived here the schooner = —~—
Captain Taylor, with a valuable prize from Jim i .ica
to New York, loaded with 190 no (heads of fa
maica spirits.
And yesterday arrived in this river, a large flrp
of three hundred tons burthen, leaded cih mohfos
and so„% retaken from $? erfcy by &,(. Jamel
Monf^c m?iy, in tl e S^e dr, General Greene.
C id A T If A'M, Jane 29.
Extract of 2 letter from a Field Officer at Wyoming,
dated June 24,
" W»artived here yerterday about noon, the 6h
d y cf our march from Eiflon, the di&ance 65 miles,
the nearer part of which isjhrough the mod horred
fw?m,y wildauefi, and barren muntamons desert
that I ever saw. Fromh^e to the ditiance of about
35 uuLr towards LDon a r<»d was car through
tthsfori-by a pa r *y of Conti-ma' troops, with in
creLbh; labour and fatten? and 1.0 rhhttandir#g the
,ogd ^ vetyjough'and exceeding bad to carriages,
we met with but few accidents on the mi?ch.
" A few miles fr^m dns place tie fafal batde be
tween ;he two Butlers was feught last famine?, in
which about 3CO cfour counbyroen were I.uicnre 1
by the Savages and Torres and near 2CO ttfe f;
widows with a larpe number of orphan children, left
naked and folorn. all their hew e> aid furniture be
fog burnt 1 y those mercilrfs villain*
" Tne 23d cf lad April, Ctp fr , Davis, Lie"t.
Joner and a Corporal and four ptiva'is. were kdled
and scalped by a party of Lout 20 Indians, on the
Eafton path; four miles from this place; they be
lon^'l io a foong party that were marching thro'
and Davir aid Jones imprudetrly le v r % the p' r !y
in quest of a ceer, were shot down, a Co,po, ala: d
fix men being sent to fee what detained them, were
fired upon ard five cf them killed; two efeafed,
and the I;d ; ans got cff unhurt; we pall the place
yefieiday where they were killed, ada bia-d vih
some of Join's blood on it, be^g. fixed by U^ fide
cf the road raised the grated in^ir/^ ion in the
troops, and animated them to rev+n^e it cn the!.di
ar& C<l. Prc&or's bandtfmufick playing a chad
march as we past the place in honour to the memory
of tbefebraveand unfortunate men.
^ Our troop, aie heald y >nd well Lfp'yed ;---
the grea est part of o?r ftoes and prov float comes
up the fi fquefarmab in boar - On? 3my is lar?e,
and wood f-ldiers, commanded by fix Generals, v z.
Major General Sullivan C m^m tier D Clie sos the
department; Brigadiers Clip cm, Maxwell, Poor
Hand, and Porter with f me P.r^fyi^ania militia.---
Our force is not hea~ cell- clod, Curgon's and Potter's
have not joined. A confidcrable ndn her of warriors
of the Oneida, Tufeorcra ar # d S'cekbridge Indians
arc to join us. - The Revd. Mt Kirkland, an Indi
an missionary, is with u's as an interpreter, &c. to
them.
" From th ; s place our nt^t ent will be up the
fof.peha inahj th? firft p^eLn our way ^ Wydlau
fio,, Co miles; the next Tycaa, 40 mde:; --then
Chembag. 12 mile, ; -these are Indian towns, end,
it is exoe&edthat if the Sivaresmtan to five v< '^
tie thry will be<i;iat Wyhrfi.4. - A yracd couc 1
is holding by them at C mai^ to determine wi
ther they shill sue for peae, wt shill have to march
from Clam ;nr :150 er2co m k mthe Seneca ccun
try, destroy their crops, towns, &?. &c.
" We transport our ftjies prt-v&ns and ba^ca^e
to Tyoga by wa'er. the troops marched ca botflies
cf the river to protea the bca f from t'e Sava;?s.---
A few Indian trouts has berm feea dty^Lp, nin cur
march higher. - Four male inhabha^s wee killed
acd seal, d the day bAoe at M fi L about 40
mites from hce.--- I expect it wdl t'. > Lrtri.L be
fore we set out from h<u being detained rigour
floras and f m 3 troops corn: ip.-- Tu^d.&eded wi
dows and orphan children at this p'ice are cb' r &s f
pity and charity some of them being q.tile naLua d
deftituie having fubfifled entye.y oothe chan y ^f
the troep. for some traepaL"
FISH KILL, July 22.
With pleafire we can inform he pubbe that the
fort lately crofted by the British, cn S;ory Point,
was fakea, between one end nvo .n the morning of the
16. h inst by a de^ched party cf our army, zader
the command of Gen. Way;e. They matched in
two divifrus, and cameip to tl e enemy's picket a
bout one o'clock, who fired cff tleh pieces, gave the
alarm and run to the hr: wi h ill possible f,eed ;
in a fh,rt t ; me they blazed away from all quarters of
the fort.-- Our troops were ordered to attack with
fixed bry A^% and not fire a &un,- -they advanced
inquick motion through a heavy fire of nwfquehy
ard cannon. We had about 25 men Tiled and a
beve 50 founded, among whom wero fix efficers ;
General Wayne received a flight wound, with a ball,
above his temple-- Lieut. Cel. Hay of Pennsylvania,
was wounded in his thi<h-- and the following of
ficers, belonging tn the Rafarn troops, under the
command cf Col. Meigs, v-z. Capt. Phelps, in the
arm ; Capt. Selden, in the hip bad'y ; Lent. P.d
mer, in the arm and thigh ; F.< tin H^ll his left
arm broke, and a ball in bis hip ; about five cf the
wounded fold tosare dead, r-r cvu^ <f their Wounds
--the roll are like to do w/hTL^ biavery ci this
cnf&p!°z* orffi'^. every thin, ?f th? kind fiicethe
commincemeat uftue war---ous cucm.es thmuivce
being judges.
C.lonel Fleury i who commanded the van guard,
behaved with h;s ufbal gallantry, was the firt lman
who mounted the haftion, and &ruck the B/itilh flag :
•All the officers and men behaved with unparalleled
bravery.
We took 14 pieces ^f ordnance. ;co fiends cf
arms, tents, several hogsheads of turn, Ctefhirecrieefe,
wine and a variety of fiores. The enemy's killed
were about 60, add their wounded about the fame
humber. They fad only one officer killed, Capt.
Tew, of the 17th, who was too obstinate to lubmit.
Abcut 400 were made prisoners; including Col.
Johnson their Commandant, and 25 Officer'.
Oar men have defhoyed the Fort, and brought off
alt the artillery and stores.
The evening of the 20 h inst. 26 of the enemy's
sh ps fell down the tiver, and their troops, foot and
^citf, aro returning as far as Tarry Town.
— OHE committees of inlpe&icn of the ievera
I towns in thecomity of Hartford, are desired to
meet by their delagaet at<he State House in Hart
ford, on the second Tuesday cf August next at two
cf the clock afternoon, to confider of the doings of
the committees of Philadelphia Bofen&c. and of the
address of the committee of Philadelphia, to all the
committees and inhabitants of the several States, re
fpeaing the lowering the prices of gbeds and the ne
ceffnies of hfe; prevent moncpclizing, and ufeing
our jont interefi 10 appreciate our currency, and to *
ccnhdtr cf and do any other bufinef# proper to be
done when met. -The concurrent advice cf the other
counties in this State refptAing (aid matters would
be very agreeable.
T%cfi towns who have hitherto neglected to
chpefe ermmitties, tis hoped will now meet and
choose and fend them- as they appear to be of more
importarce to the public row than ever.
rif'HE lubicntoer having ierveo toe pubheas a
News Carrier almost twelve months past, and
being now called on by the printers for a settlement,
which appears absolutely necessary from the uncer
tain state of the paper currency. Ido therefore most
earnestly request all my good cufiemers (a# Well those
that are indebed to me for the Connecticut Courant
as them that desire to have said courant continued to
them) to meet at the times and places 'on themext
week as er the date hereof in each refpc&ive town
where the'r papers areufuaPy left, in order for settle
ment; and alio to make force further agreement on
terms for rontmuirg the business, which will enable
me to answer ' . prefect demands of the printers,
and much oblige your most humble servant,
MOSES BISSELL.
J^y 27,1779.
'HEREAS application hath been made to me
\ y by v^ owners cf more than one fix+eenth part
of the townfh p of Brumley, in the state cf Vermont,
that a fteprmers meeting might be warned, ahd a
grccable d ereunto this is to warn the proprietors of
the tewrfh'p of Brumley, to meet at the house of
Crpt. William Utley, in said Brumley on thurfday
the 19th of Aufuft iext at one o'clock in#he aftcr
neen, then and there to act cn the following articles;
viz, 1 $ to chorfea moderator, 2d to choose a propri
etors clerk* and to do any other business that Ihall be
thought requisite ar d necessary when met
ASA UTLEY, Prop'r. Clerk.
J^y 10, >7?9 0
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD,
RUN away frem the fubfeiber, a negro man na
, med TI TE. who war lately taken from the
enemy ; he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, leeks very
surly ; tas very thick lips, can play on.a fiddle, and
flole one that he terk with him. Whoever will take
up said negro 2nd secure him so that the right owner
may lave him again, shall have the above reward
ard all necessary charger paid, by James Elliot,
cf Philadelphia, or Nathaniel Patten, of Hart
ford.
N. B. Said N m ,o can work at Farming very well,
and it is likely will try for employ.
Hartford; July 24. 1779.
TObe SOLD by the fubferber four good
HORSES for Saddle or Draught, and a
ftcend hand & cp Ridiri Carria,e, if applied for fer n.
lENJAMIN HENSHAW.
Middletown, July, 24 1779._
O be k!d?a fpanof Sorrel Hories, well
shaped, near 15 lards high, cue 7" e ether
8 years old, tiorard p?ce---Alfo cre other herfe a-
Icut 14 hands aid half high, 5 years eld, all said
Lerfes are in geed hate, fpp'y to
JOHN KIRBY,
Worthin gfon, Jily 26, 1,79.