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quit fcc^untr sow' : thej r ay tfy
were invited, and to leave to the mercy of
the injured Americans, their most loyal
friends.---Can this pretence deceive any lon
ger ? Will any fee of men dill expose
themselves to the infamy of betraying their
country, and the misfortune ofbeing them
feives betrayed in turn ?
WILLIAMSBURG, February 26.
Exfri& of a letter from one of our Plenipotentiaries
a Paris, dared ORuber 18 1,78.
“ The Amhaffidor of the King ofN?ples has de
clared tous in form, tha.h^ matter has diiatled his
ports to be open >0 ill veCTJs belonging to the U?b
ed States ; and the Duron are more thou nah in
clined to acknowledge our Independence,"
PHILADELPHIA, March 31.
Friday Lft was brought pnfoners to this city a
Midihipran and 6 teamen, belonging to the frigate
Delaware, who informs, that the Delaware, Rich
mend, and Sphinx were, the beginning of this meuth,
cruizing in the Chefapeak ; that on the 14th a fleet
of 6 or 8 vessels came do#n, out of which they took
the fh ; p Friendfh p, commanded by a Frenchman,
from Baltimore to Marfeille , with 270 Ho-fheads
of Tobacco, and the snow Polly Capt. , fiom
Alexandria for Arnfterdam, aboard of which the
above prisoners were put to navigate her to New-
York, but in tke evening of the 21st inti, being off
Egg Harbour, in company with the Delaware,
Sphinx and a ship full of soldiers from Halifax for
New York the wind came on to blow very hard,
which drove the above (new on shore on Brigantine
beach, where the vessel and car^o will in all proba
bility, be saved- -The people took to their boat and
got fafe on the beach.
The above flip from Hal.fix was also drove on
Flat be#h, about the fame time with the fn®w ;
she proves to be the (hip Mermaid Capt. — , fiom
Halifax to New-Yoik, with about 179 Scotch Sol
diers on board, who, with women aad sailors, a
mounted to about 200 fouls, and our accounts fay,
that only 45 out of that number are saved, the re
rounder perished. It is further said, the /hip had
30,000 1 . in specie on board, which is not as yet
found. The Capt. of the fhjp is among those who
perished ; there are several land officers among those
who are saved.
We also !c:^, xfl^p tender to one of the British
men of war, was drove ashore in the late hard wea
ther, near Shrewsbury,
By a sloop just arrived at Baltimore from Hifpanio
la, we learn that a French privateer of 26 guns, has
taken a British frigate of 32 guns, and carried her
into the port of Corunna in Spain, after a bloody en
gagement, in which the French Captain, Mr. Def
ceaux deMontazeau, was killed the firft broad fide,
wbtfrore Lieutenant took the command and captur
ed the frigate.
Yefhrday arrived here the privateer schooner Ad
dition, C.pt Craig from a cruize who has taken
the following vessels : The sloop Phoenix, Captain
Harding, fem New York for Avgufline, the Capt.
fixhands, a ferjeant, 13 Hessians, two women, and
feme borfes, Capt. Craig landed on the Isle of Thera,
the v*lel he burnt ; the brig Lettee. a prize to the
British privateer Sir Peter Parker ; he also retook the
brig Wdliara Capt. Seyraoure, which he burnt ; he
took and carried into South Carolina the p ivateer
schooner Shirk. Capt. Mott, of St. Aagufhne; and
on Sunday last, off our Capes he fell in with the pri
vateer Bihop, of New York from whom, afer a
smart brush, he tqok the sloop Freemafan late Capt.
Joseph Wood with pork corn, &c.fim North Ca
tolina to the Weft ladies and brought her in here,
T R E N T O N, Match 24 '
We learn that a few days ago a large body of the
enemy from New York arrived on Staten Blind,
where they have collected a number of waggons,
&c, as though they had a plundering expedition in
contemplation : I: consequence of which a strong
detac^me st from our army un^cr the command of
General Muhlenberg, marched fiom Middle Brook,
in order to countered any designs the enemy may
have in making another descent into this State
By an express from Baltimore, who passed through
this town on Sunday last, we are informed, that on
the 18+h inst. the day he left that place, it was re
ported dw fix of the enemy's (hips were coming up
Chedepeak Bay which alarmed the inhabitants of
that town so much that the merchants we^e packing
up their goods.
We hear Major General Arnold hath obtained
leave to retire for a while from ' e durie' of his fla
tion to take charge ofhu domeffic affairs. During
his abfeoce the command, it i& fiid, devolves on
General Began.
NEW LONDON, /L^.il 8.
Last Sabbath arrived here ^ S, hoorer
with io,oco Wt of Cocoa, Priz~ to the
Sloop American Revenue, Capt. Leeds.
We hear chat part of the British Troops
are gone from the East-End of Long-
Island, to New-Yuk.
The Militia which have lately arrived
here from the Country, are employed in
evening Lne Weks on an advantageous
Eminence tor jhe better defence of this
. Town and Harbour, in Case of an Attack
hum our unnatural Enemies.
We hear that Lit Week a Number of
Privateers, 'being Part of the Fleet which
went down the Sound, as mentioned in
our last) made an Attempt to go into Bed
ford, with a View of pilfering from the
Inhabitants, but were beat off by the Fort
and by the Continental Sloop Providence
lying there. They went from thence into
the Vineyard Sound.
Last Monday a Fleet of 30 Sail, among
which were two Ships, came up the Sound,
and at Night anchored near the Gull
lflands ; the next Morning they made Sail
and stood to the Westward.
By a Gentlemanjuft arrived in Town
from Philadelphia, we learn that Monfi.
Gerard had received Intelligence from
Count d'Estaing, via Baltimore, that 16
Sail of the Line was arrived at Martinico,
as a Reinforcement to his Squadron.
He also informs, that a Packet had arri
ved at Philadelphia, from France ; the
Master of which informed that a Fleet of
Men of War, had failed from France be
fore his Departure, and that he ipoke with
them on his Passage.
HARTFORD. April 13.
A few days since, General Clinton, re
turned to New York accompanied by a
fmail guard. It is said the British troops
on Long Eland, are commanded by Gen.
Vaughan. .
CT-1 0 be Let to the higher bidder, the 23d inst.
X at 2 o'clock afternoon, at the dwellng house
of Capt. Ichabod Phedps in Hebron, the Farms
in Lid town belonging to the Rev. Samuel Peters,
an Absentee and to Trecothick and Tomlinfon,
Aliens, purfuaut to an a& of the General Assembly
of this State per
OLIVER ELLSWOTRH, Attorney.
April 3, 1779.
STOP THIEF!
ON the 22! day of March last, was flolen fiem
the house of Mr. Peirce, innkeeper in Manf
fieid, a BAY HORSE, SADDLE and BRIDLE;
the Horse about nine years old, paces and trots, well
made and in good order, about fourteen hands high.
Stolen by one Martin a Frenchman, who is acquainted
With the btfi iefs of waiting and tending tables, &c.
he is pitted with the fmail pox, about five feet tea
inches high, dark brown hair, pale fac'd jail looking
fallow, fpeiks very little English, Whoever will
apprehend and confine the thief, and fecurc the horse,
that the tight owner may have him, Ihall have One
Hundred Dollars Reward, and necessary char
gp, paidby .
John Vlolene.
Wcherfidd April. 9 1,79.
LOST, on the 1 7<h ult. between Mr. Spencer's
in O >lon% -nd Samuel Lee's in Sal (bury, a
red leather POCKET BOOK, containing upwards
of one hundred continental dollars, a letter directed
Allier Miller, Wethersfield, and two Tickets in New-
Hartfofd Bridge Lottery, numbers 4403 and 4494
with fondly papers of no confluence but to the
owner Whoever may have found said back and
shall return it to the subscriber, or give information
thereof (hall be intitlcd to a handf^me rewards from
ELISHA LEE.
April 1, 1779.
ENGLISH FILE S.
SAW MIL L, CrC cut, Hand Saw Black
lmh'% GoI/f.iHtii# a^dW.tch Makers FILES
- RASPS. Double and Sin.de Bridle GUN
and P JSfOLLOCKS, to be Sold by
G EORGEBURNH A M, under the
Printing Office Hartford.
Strayed or stolen from the stbfcjb^
fometimt in July or August last, two three yea.*
old Ek IFERS; one red and white pide, bug hc^/dA
the other brindle colour'd, with a (mall white fj >t^
her forehead, a little white under the belly, buy
horn'd, mark'd with a crop in the off ear, a (wallows
tail in the near ear, and a halfpenny the under fide
of each ear. Whoever will inform the owner where
he can find said firays, shall receive Fifty Dollars
Retard, for both if itoleri, and if Grayed a reafynabld
regard and neceda.y charges, p^id by
JACOB DI X.
W-^e^fie'd April j 179
ST OLE N fiom he flables in Durham about
four weeks patt, a BLACK HORSE,
(pr per y ofthe public ) no whi e about him near
fifteen hands high, trots and canters, (witch tail, has
2
been branded on his near thigh L D, the brand isnow
scarcely perceivable. Whoever takes up said horse
and delivers him at my quarters in Durham, or gives
information where he may be had, (hall be handsome
ly rewarded, and have all reasonable charges paid,
ELISHA SHELDON, Col.
2d Regt. Light Dragoons.
Durham, March 31 1779.
THE firft part of Mr. Law's Codedion of MU
SIC, being a new collection of the most fa
vourite Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems, from
the most celebrated Authors in Grea< Britain and
America; with a compleat system of rules, drawn
up in the most concise, plain and easy manner, for
the be icfit of learning, to be fold by Maj. Atwater
and said LAW, in New Cheshire, and Mr. Natha
niel Patten. Book Binder and Stationer, and N^
Enos Doolittle. Watch-Maker, in Hartford
f-o— BE" '
By STEPHEN RUSS,
At his Store in Mansfield,
CALLICOES, Callamancoes Camblets, Duroys,
Velvets, Cotton, Silk Handkerchiefs, Ribbons,
Tapes, Sewing Silks, C6ffee, Chocolate, Indigo,
Coperas Pepper, Allfyte, Shot, Combs, Coat ar d
Jacket Buttons, Twist, Wire, Knitting Needles^
Sewing Needles, Pins, Sealing Wax. Spelling Bo&ks ¥
Writing Paper, &c.
RUN-away from the subscriber tn Woodbury, a
Negro Man. about 23 year, of age, very black
and trim built a (mall head and £ainofe and pitted
on the nose with the small pox ; he is about 5 feet g
or 10 inches high ; took away with him a butternut
coloured great coat, a itrait bodied ccat and ever
halls of the fame colour, the ccat has yellow buttons
and a yellow button on his hat, a large quantity of
other cloaths of all forts. Whoever will take 1 p said
Negro and confine him or deliver him to me, shall
have One Hundred Dollars Reward.
OBADIAH WHEELER.
April 7, 1779.
JOHN SIBLE Y, and Company.
HAVE for sale opposite the Court House in
Great Barrington, a general Affertment of
DRUGS and MEDICINES, among which are thg
following capitals, v.z.
Calc mel, Cort. Peiue,
Argent. Viv. Elutheria,
Gm. Opie. Rad. Rie,
Camphor; Jallapii,
Sal. Mirab Glaub. Ipeca,,
Cathart. Amor. Curvura,
Tart. Emetic, Crod. Anglican,
Also, Allum, Coperas, Logwood, Redwood, Ot
ter, Madder, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Ginger,
Writing Paper, Brimfione &c. &c. Where Pra&i
tioners and others may be supplied on as reasonable
terms as the times will admit. Confiant attendance
will be given and all favours acknowledged.
TO be fold by the subscriber living on the pre
mises in New Marlborough, in the couniy
of Berkshire and State of the Maffachufet's Bay, a
very well proportioned Iron Work,, both for refin
ing and blooming, about two years old, Warding on
a very good fireani called Iron w.ork river, very
well situated for flock, with good privileges. Al
so, a farm of about 40 acres, lying near the mid
die efthe abovefaid town, with a fmail dwellfng
houfe and barn and well by the house, v^ 1 situated
for trading, with 1 good orchard and wood lot, some
mowing, planting and pasturing. Any gentleman
defiling to purchase the abovefaid Iron Works or
Farm, may know the terms by applying to
MOSES SOUL,
New Marlborough, April 1, 1 779,
f 6'BE SOLD "
A L kely Stone HORSE, 4 years old pafl, half
fX blooded, a neat Philadelphia made SULKY,
and z good SADDLES almoff new.---Wanted a like
ly Nepo boy, about 16 years old.--Enquire of the
^ April 12 h, 1779.