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Col Barre. If the war should be continued, will
it not be a war of pod#., and nothing else?
Lord Cornwallis. That is a question of opinion.
Col Barre. Is not 2 war cf polls both tedious
and expepfive?
Lord Cornwallis. I have no difficulty in answer
ing that queflion, but think the right honorable gen
tleman. as a Member of Parliament, as well able to
tell as I am.
Col Barre. (The House being in a laugh.) I
fi eerily thank tie noble Lord. If I underhand
him rightly, his Lordffiip fays "the votes of the
H?ufe will answer the quefiion."
Muy other questions were fuggefled to the noble
Lord, some of which he chute to put by ar questions
of opinion, and some because they would disclose
fa&s, at the poffcffion of which he had arrived from
conferences, and confcitations with the General.
At 8 o'clock Sir William Howe moved. That Ge
neral Grey be called in, and the fame being dene,
the General answered the fame questions Lord Corn
wallis bad done, tc prove the difficulty of getting a
ny information from the inhabitants of America for
military purposes, to prove that it was a country of
all others the bast calculated by nature for a defenfive
War and to affare the House that it was so adapted
for ambufeades that our army were hardly ever free
from the danger of a furprize.
Sir William Howe particularly asked the General,
If he had ever treated the Rebels with any improper
lenity ? Who replied that the Commander in Chief
had never shewn them any lenity but what was ex
tremely proper- highly to the service of the King,
and much to the honour cf the British troops; and
upon his being farther fftttd, If a more severe course
of war would have been attended with any good
consequences? The General war of opinion, that it
would not have had any such effect, but would have
exasperated the Rebels to more vigorous exertion of
their flrength, which (in his opinion) had always
been superior to ours.
The General then went over the fame questions
Lord Cornwallis did ref,e&ing Sir William Howl's
several movements arid manoeuvres, particularly his
exp:dition to Philadelphia, which he deemeda very
proper and judicious step. Sir William Howe, he
laid, could not, with any propriety, or indeed fafety,
go up to the northward for the purpose of assisting
General Burgoyne, so that the intended juration
might have been formed firft, or the possibility of it
tried; as* General Wellington would, in that case,
have po&ffed himfelf of New-York, or he might
have followed Sir William Howe in his rear, who
must have kept a chain cf posts up on both tides the
N%h River, and thereby have (objected himfelf to
the attacks of the enemy, who'might, in that case,
have annoyed him with peat advantage.
General Grey having at the beginning ofhis exa
mination, Signified his readiness to reply to all quefii
ons of opinion, as well as cf faAs, which he con
ceived he was in duty bound to do, Colonel Barre
tendered him a lohg ferics of quellions that Lord
Cornwallis had avoided, and the General readily
and explicitly declared that the American war hid
been a war cf poftt; it continued, and would cer
tainly remain so, as the Rebels were, from the nature
of their country, able to depute every inch of ground
at it were with ur; and he was further cf opinion;
that the British forces never could carry on, or ex
tend the operations of war any great difince from
the fleet, as from that alone they could only expeft
their supplies of provisions.
The General, in anfwtr to the Colonels also free
ly declared, that at no time cf the war had the Bri
tish troops been adequate to the fubdu&ion cf the
Rebels. Mr. Fox afad the witness, If a compan
ion between oar force and that under Mr. Washing
ton; was a comparison by which our future success
was te be estimated? Au'd w^s answered, It was
not ; And, by way of explanation, said, he meant
the rebel force in general, and not these immediately
under Mr. Washington. Colonel Barre afterwards
^t been (applied with the neceffarf force, or that
force which he had demanded from home
Colonel Barre defied much that the noble Lord
would give the house some account of the opinion
he had formed, or of the character he thought the
Provincial troops of America deserved, or whether
they were to be terrified by our purfaing the war
with more severity than we have done. The firft
part of the Colonels queft : on, the noble Lord was ra
ther shy of answering ; but (peaking to the latter part
he did not think severity on our fide would now ter
rify the Rebels, it would rather tend in his opinion
to animate them.
The Col. then begged leave to trouble the ncble
Lord with the three following questions
Col. Barre. Has not the American war been a
mere war of posts.
Lord Cornwallii. I think the history of the war
will determine that.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from my Company cf artificers, in
July last, David Day, junr. carpenter by trade,
belongs to Killingley, Bate of ConneAicut, about 23
years of ag% 5 feet 6 inches high, short brown hair,
grey eyes; also Sumner Banks, wheel right by trade,
an inhabitant of Middletown, about 21 years of age,
short brown hair, grey eyes. Whoever will appre
hend and secure said defertets in any goal that they
may be brought to justice. or convey them to me at
camp Weftpoint; flrll receive the above reward and
fur either of them 50 dollars and necessary charges.
JERIUS WILLCOX Capt,
Middletown; Augufl 25, 1779.
, "m"''HE original proprietors of Stamford, State of
& Vermont, are defined to take notice that their
meeting Hands adjourned to the third Wednesday of
October next, at two of the clock afternoon, to be
then held at the house of Mr. Gleason in said Stam
ford. BENJAMIN HENSHAW, Clerk.
Middletown; Sept. 14, 1779.
A LL perfoas having accounts unsettled with the
21 estate of Nehemiah Lewis, late of Gofnen de
ceased, are hereby desired to bring in their accounts
in order for settlement, as soon as possible, at the dwel
ling house of the deceased, where conflant attendance
will be given forthat purpose. by
NEHEMIAH LEWIS,?
EBENEZER NORTON junr. | e " cut °" ;
Gathen, September 10^ 1779.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from my company of Artificers in
July last, Abraham Ferris, Robert Dunkley,
and William Sheene ; Ferris is a carpenter by trade,
belonged to Stanford in Coarteaicut, about 45 years
of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, darkish complexion,
long brown hair ; Dunkley is a transient person, for
merly lived at Simfbary where he inlifted asaCar
penter or Joiner, about 46 years of age, § feet 8 in
ches high, light complexion, sandy short hair, blue
eyes round Shouldered walks stooping. Skeene is
an Irishman, a shoemaker by trade, about 30 years
of age, § feet 7 inches high, dark complexion, short
dark hair, black eyes, he lived in Worthington, in
theMaffachufetts slate when he inlifled and has since
married there. Whoever will apprehend and secure
said deferers in any goal that they may be brought
to justice or convey them to me at Weft-Point, shall
receive the above reward, or 50 dollars for either
and necessary charges.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber the
night after the 26 h of Anguft last, two brown
iih HORSES, not £hod, one 8 years old, paces and
trots, large and strong built, good for draft, no brand
or mark, has a small bur* on the near fide, and a
white fppt on the near buttock ; the other is 4 years
old, paces, no brand or mark, long tail and his mane
cut short. Whoever will take up said horses and
return them to the fabferiher fall be well rewarded
and all reasonable charges paid, by
ISAACGRISWOLD.
Windsor, Sept. 18, 1779.
afcd him, If he thought the British Woofs would be
competent to the subduing America if General
Grant and his army, now in the Weft-Indies, were
returned there, together with the 4000 men that are
to go from England ? and the General replied, That
he could not think it would enable us to do any
thing effectual the rafaing campaign.
The General then, in answer to some further questi
ons, gave the House to understand, that no good
was to be expe&ed from any violence on our part
towards the Americans; and though they possibly
might have been terrified at firft, it was not to be done
now. Any penetration too up the country was, he
thought unlikely to take place, as the Rebels had
neither money ncr provisions for the King's troops
to take; and that at present Sir Henry Clinton posses
sed nothing more at New York but the city itfelf.
The General being alked, What force he thought
would be fufficient in America to subdue the Rebels ?
answered, He really could not pretend to
SAY.
The Committee broke up a little after 12 o'clock,
and adjourned till Tuesday next, when they will re
fame the examination cf the rest of the officers, who
are said to be fourteen in number.
WILLIAM SIZE R, Capt.
Middletown, Apguft 25, 1779.
WHEREAS Sebbel Ladd, my wife, hath
lately eloped from me contrary to my will,
and by the advice of other people has carried away
my houffiold goods. And I having a define she
would return to her duty again and live with me as
she ought, go therefore forbid all persons harboring,
trading with or trailing her on my account, for I
will net pay any debt of her contrasting after this
date. EZEKIEL LA DD, jun.
Eafl-Windfer, Sept. 15, 1779.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or S TOLEN from the fubferiber some
time near the middle of Aaguft, a black HORSE
with a poke on, no artificial mark, paces and trots,
but meft natural to pace, near 15 hands high, short
bodied, femething apt to trip with hi# fare feet, ve
ry large hoofs, only one shoe on, was bred at South
Hadley and is likely to fleer that way, has long mane
and tail, and no white about him except a very few
1 feathering hairs about his body. Whoever fh.4 take
up said horse and return him to me in Middletown,
or to Mr. Silas Smith in South Hadley, shall be ent
titled to the above reward and necessary charges
JOHN GIBSON.
Middletown, (Upper Houfa) Sept. 16, 177 g.
GOLDSMITH andJEWELLER,
INFORMS the public that he has set up his buff- 1
nefs at Enfield, about half a mile south of the
meeting house, where customers will be ferv'd with
work of all forts done in the best manner, and as
cheap as the times will admit. Old Gold, Silver,
Copper or Brass will be taken in pay.
N. B. Wanted a quantity cf Iron Hoops, or thia
Plate Iron, for which a good price will be given.
WHEREAS Jefeph Barnard, Thomas Baxter
and John Cogfwell, all of Coventry, have
ben legally detached to serve in the Continental
army in the Con ^Aicut line, until the igth of Ja
nuary next, have abfenfed and secreted themfelvet;
Whoever will take up said Barnard, Baxter and Cogf
well, and deliver them to Maj. John Ripley of
Windham; recruiting c'fficer; shall have twenty dol
lars reward for each and all necessary charges' paid;
JOSEPH TALCOTT, Lieut.
Coventry, Sept. 22, 1779.
SALT, both imported and homemade, of the best
quality to be fold on board a small schooner
lying in the Cruk at Middletown. L ; kewife, Liver
Oil by the baatl ct retail, fcr Calh or country pro
duce, by SILASLAWRENS.'
September 27, 1779.
BROKE into the inclofure of the fubferiber fem;
time since, a sorrel MARE, with a white strip
in her face, about 14 hands and half high, 11 or 12
years old, white feet, a white spot on her off fhoul
_der and two white spots on her back cccafioned by
the fiddle, has been nickt. The owner may have
her again by paying charges to
"CYPRIAN POWELL.
Hartford, Sept. 19, 1779.
JERO's. HOOGLAND,
Lieut, and Adjt. 2d Reg. L. D.
N. B. As it is expected they will endeavor to get
on board feme privateer, all mafteis of vessels are
forbid harboring or concealing, them, as they will
answer it at their peril.
Camp, Canaan Sept. 13, 17,9.
D"|"'l'" from Capt. David Edgats treep.
Cel. Elisha Sheldon's regiment cf Cavalry,
two Dragoons, the one named William Wooding,
about 21 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, well
set, ofa dark complexion, has a wife at Darby, Ox
ford precinCt. where he formerly lived. The other
named Thomas Rose, about 28 years cf age, 5 feet
8 inches high, and well, proportioned, has no hair
on his he^d, common;)wears a fraall tied wig, has
been wounded through the asm and in the belly, he
formerly lived near Stonington, are both natives of
Connecticut. Whoever takes up said deserters and
conveys them to their regiment or Secures them so
that they m,y be had again, will render eflcnti&l ser
vice to theirccuntriy and shall receive eighty dollars
reward and all reenable charger paid, or forty dol
lars for either of them.
Moses bissell, fo£ r*cot, ence
more informs his good cuflemers that the
year expire, with the greatest part of them on the
firft week in October ; and as he is obliged then to.
make a settlement with the Printers, he presumes
that no one will imagine that it is piffible for him
to continue his bufinefa without the affiflance cf
those whom be has served the year pafi. He there
forc mod eameftly requefta one and all who are in
debted to him for the Connecticut Courant to meet
him at the places where they receive their paper#
prepared for a settlement, without which he muff be
under the disagreeable neceffi y of flopping their
p^perr.
STRAYED from the fubferiber the beginning of
September instant, a bright sorrel Mare Cclt,
2 years old past, natural trotter, a Bar in her fore
head, right hind foot white, mane lies the near fide:
Whoever will inform the owner where the may be
found shall have a generous reward and charges
paid, by WILLIAM STEEL.
New-Hartford, Sept. 18, 1779.