The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-05-18 00:00:00, page 3

John Lawrence, EfyTieafner.
GEORGE Wyllys, Esq; Sectary.
AR^I of incßep e fo ta ives of ^ e federal towns in this
Stwe, returned to frvi in General Aiiembl,, oa the zd
Thursday cl Why 17,9,
'Hartford, County.
Hartford, Cal.l An Finan. *Mr. O| ; ve: R'fw^h.
Tolland. Col Simbel Chapman, Col Sriomoß W Iles.
W^dfor, •M^liWi+Mm Mufhl *D ; . Ah: Wolcott.
Middletown ^C.^. Matthew Talcott, *CoL Comf. Sage.
Hebron # M\ N.% ah BIG, °M?. John Phelps.
S^niera. Capri Thomas Pitkin. M^or Abial Feafe.
Fumi ^/ton AM jorGid Staley. *Capri Ichabod Norton,
lift Haddam.CM J^vx Chapman, *.7ol.Dvar fyo^
Haddam, Capri Cor. Harens, °Mr. iff %. Bainerd,
Oi&.ibary, CiTO% Jon Welles, "Capri Jof. W^ley.
£ mfbtry 'C^,. Qwai Pettibone, ^CoL N-ah Phelp&
Safford, "Cap'.lfuc Pinney Cap'. Samuel D/yis.
WdHe^ton *3hpt. Timothy P,aJe. ,Mr. Motes Holmes.
E fold, °Mr. Eliphalet Terry, •% Joseph Kn^ffiury,
Colchefte% *3ol. H Champion. *.Maj. E. Worthington.
Sjffidd M. Alexander Kn< Mr. Phineas ^helion,
list-Windsor, CapriAmifiLoomis, Mr. Fred. E Ifwor&
Bolton. M'. Samuel Cav<rjan Capri Edwrd Paine
Wethersfield,M .S.M. M tchel,Maj. James Lockwood.^
Chatham, °C>l fohn PenfiM•CrtJ.rfeph Kellogg.
NEW.Haven County.
Sanford. "Col. Charier JV:bb, C-.pt. Daniel Bouton.
N.w Fairfield, M.Sephen Barns, Capt. Jam's Patter.
Danbury, Cob Joseph P'atf Cook,Cant. Daniel Taylor.'
Norwalk °Mr. Sam. C. Soliman, "Col. Matthew Mead.
Ridgefield, # M<. Tim. K eler jun. *Mr. S. Norris.
Newtown. Mij. Caleb Baldwin, Col. John Chandler.
Sira'.ford, Capt. Abraham Brin(made °Mr. Eiilha Mils.
Windham Couny.
Windham, "Col. Hezekiah B (Tell, •Cap'. Naffi. Wriles.
/Coventry, Capri Ebenezer Ki^fb ^y Col. J He Root.
gVnodfteck, Capri Elifh Guild, ,M Cm C. Chandler,
Ma^firid 'Col. Exp. Storrs, *Mr. Daniel Dunham.
Alh'ord, Capt. Simeon Smith Mj John Kyes,
Canterbury, "Mr. Asa Witter, ®M' John Felch.
Lebanon, M'. Jacob Eliot, 'NT. Ek?nah T Gel.
VoluntowN. *C al. James Gordon. *M . Robert Manter.
Plainfield, «Mr. Joseph Shepard *M.EI Iha Perkins.
Pamfrety *Cty. Samuel C as, *C>I. Joseph Abbot.
Killingly, *Mr. 0. Clough, §M/. Sam. Din^lf^ jure.
L lfc HFlbldCounty.
Litchfield, M-.' Jedediah Strong, C>e&'•
Md. Andrew Adara- Speaker.
New Mlford, §Ca,'. Sherman Bordman, §M% AW Hire.
HarWinton, Mr. Jufeph Cook §Capt. J« ^ab Phelps.
Sharon, §Mr. John Ca frld §3ol Samuel Elmore,
Norfolk, §M~ Dudley Humpifrey. §Cap+ M c.bael Mdte.
Woodbury §M.Dan. Sherman §Cul Jocreafe Mufeley.
Cornwal. §M< Judah KtHor^ C^pt Edward Rogers,
k^nt, §M j. Jethro Hatch, fQapt, Julius Sacked
New Hartford, Cel. Seth Smith §Mij. Aaron Auffn.
Canaan. §Mf, Timothy Hurlbut, §Cp. Lemuel Forbes.
Holland, §VI-. John Borden §M ffr^el Williams
:Waihin<ton, fcipt I. Moseley, §C pt. Wm. C^fwelL
Torrington §Mr Noah Nor ^ § Jr, Abner Mufhal.
O (hen, §C,r, Afapb Hall §Ca,', Asa Francis,
Salisbury, §C<pt. T. Chittenden. §Capt, Jclh,a Stanton,
wasTM(,XBLAN D County.
Weflmoreland, Col. Nathan Den^fin §Mr.John Hurlbut. •
Tbofe n<rk"4 Ibus ° #rtEta § wer, no: cf the Hou'#.
IL COh/kf;
H AR rFOAA Miy i&
118 Thncidty.&ng the annuli Gen^ Ekxt^
Governor and Company of the §ate of ConnefiCT, the
following Gcud^en fee duly &afet v.z.
His Excellency
JONATHAN TRUMBULL E% Governor.
The Honorable
MATTHEW GRISWOLD, ^q; Deputy O^W^
, A S S 1 S.T A N Y S.
Jabez Hamlin Esq; El^hilet Die, Efy
JaB^zHuntINGTON ^WILLIAM PfTKtN Eg;
Roger Sherman, Esq; Abra'id. Da„n| Ri ' Efy
JOSEPH SPENDER Efy, Oliver Wolcott, Ejq :
SAM'i.HuNii.NQroN.Ef, Richard Law, Eq;
WILLIAM ^ iLLiAMs£tq,TiTus Hosmer, E^#
New Haven, M'. Samuel B fbop M,. Bleat Munson.
Wallmrford, °C)!. Street Hall °M ij. Reuben AtyrQ
Dirby,*^^. Jame Board, *.Wr. Abraham Hawkins. ,
UP**erbnvy . ,Sapt. Th .ma' Fenn, Capt Ezra Brownton:
IB aofo^d. G>l. Edward Riffe I. ?%*, Samuel Barker.
G ; Word *M . Simbel Lee fan. °M .Nit. § one.
M riord, M. Gd. Buckingham, "Mb Ephraim Strong.
„arharn, G?^ J^m-s Wadsworth let Stephen Notion.
New London County.
foteU ".>. M.Xt& Shew. *M j. Wm HJhoufe.
Narweh.* 4.Nuhvvel Nrie^M . Atron Cleaveland.
G iron M.Thomas Mumford "Col. N^hin Gallop.'
L^me, *M WlPan^ bL% tMr. Samuel Ely.
Saybrook. C.p E Shipman ,CJ. Wm. Worthington.
Kllingw ?rth. Mr. Hezekiah Lane, !Capt. Samuel Crane.
, efton 'Col Samuel Mott •&. Timothy Lefler.
Stonington *&[•. Jon. Palmer jun. Col. Oliver Smith.
Fairfield County.
Fi'&H, CtpiSrmael Squire. 'M ^George Burr.
Reding, Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. Seth Sanford.
G eenwich. *M . John McKay. °M;. Bjzd.el Brown,
BA L T 1 M 0 R, F Att& r %
Extra£loia letter fr&m Leeds in York that. Take
•from a late E,gtfh paper.
'' W atever are the intentions of the M+nifaf,
1 wII not protend o define ; neither w<H I pre
fume to prognetiicre the future events of the pre
Get war ; Ail that! intend by this, is to'point in
true chaaAers, the fatal effros which have arifea,
in this fort from the pusillanimity .of the. former,
©id, wn>ch has happened in c'nfequenc,e trertof,
th, bad focceß anfoardmafe of the latter, which
if cot prufecated on a viscous plan, mail, in the
end, reduce this orte Mouri^ng nation to ruin
4nd, defruAion.
" Tradd/in th?, par'; hath already 'revived a
fev^e && by t"e capture cf the 'Dn^fiejs of
T&an, a+ e P belong^ to H/11. in this coun
ty, and bjund'ep the S rifts, which was prirei
pally loaded wr.hg^odi ufour Qiaufoaory. ofat
leaß 50 odej. pro^ty of merchants here. An
accident cf such toeWtude as this has thrown
fich a damp on the feints' of the* merchants that
none will dare to ^xp?rt, iwthwer biter what
few goods tney havcon band to lay in their wtfe,
houses, and wait the chance of home confeipptton,
" This accident, joined with other cabrtw ; es
which at prefect rend this once bapy country'
hat occasioned great want of employ io many hnn
dreds of induftriocs manufi& ers. Bve% 4y
parents frefh feenes of didrefs; and nothing ^fe,
presents itf^tothe poor and laborious maiufac
turer but war arid famine.
''• The only trade here thit seems to flour Th
fa tbgt of a soldier; the recruiting ferjeants have
Bright to rejoice at the fbckne6 o( bufineh ; for
¥is them that are reaping benefr.frby ffiehbour
ti distresses.
"“ M ferable beyond dfeription and, driven {0
the very brink cfddflrn&icn, rhrCwant of w.rkf
what can the industrious do ? Nothing pefents
rfelf but thefame woeful p dare ; and want, mi
tey and the present winter scene fill vp 'he whole
of this profprff ! What hope' is lef ?, None.^
vtyry da}U f # fh news'is more unwelcome than
the past. and only adds to the number who dariy
wander the streets for want of Otter employ:
The dej a^on m the countenance of the unem
ployed minufaavrer is not to b'e described ; the
anxiety cf his mind net to be felt but by him why
endures rt.\
@ch, notwithf^nding what has been asserted
to tbe contr^ry by the Ministerial Agents, is the
true p &ure that patents itfelf in this part. T ey
assert trade gourih a I deny it. If it does it is
that of bi bery and corruption, and not that of th,
commercial part of this' kingdom.' Wo be t§
them who firftpremised the American war ! ''
“ P. S. Within defe few davs, vast number#
of hands have been discharged from the different
work Shops in S, frld.?' *
A letter from St. Euftatia ^vifes, that the ^
Jebrated D.&or Franklin, in behalf of the United
States cf America had negotia ed a loan of ten mil
lions of G rilders, in Holland, France having be
come counter lecurby for the 're payment of the
money with interest ^ nee this event became
known in the Well ^di,i. Continental Loan Of
fice Certificates have been looked on with wishful
eyes, by the knowing ones. The tetter writer
#dds, th|t thofa certificate w,re taken at S, Bufta
tia about the left of March at four for one. A
Guilder is zed fferling.
PHILADELPHIA, April 0.
Saurday left arrived here from Cadiz, a polacre
With a lar%e and general assortment of dry and
wet goods; by her we learn that the spirit cf
France is at the higher pitch and their only am
bi ton is to energafe their navy: That the squa
dron at Preft does consist cf 38 sh ps, from 7^ to
ico guns, and would be ready for sea the i,fi of
May': That MonG de Fabry is at Toulon with
twelve tail of the bne and fix frigates ; the En
glish have only two Ships and two frigates at Gi
braltar, to guard their trade in the Mediterranean ;
That twoof the Smyrna company ffii,s >valued
a' 3 000 000 livres, are taken and carried into
B.efl ; That the privateer, Royal Charlotte, 0f44
guns, fitted out by & Queen ot England, was
foen on her drfl cruize: That the 7=ench fri
gatf have so effectually Swept the French coast,
that all the British privateers are taken or returned
Into port. The Court of France has obliged the
Dutch to declare their fentiraenti, who have re
fuelled to remyn neuter, and have offered France
to furniSh her with all the cordage, duck, and
mast, for'then navy; ind oblige themselves so car
r, tb^m on the# own rifle and have figaified to
{tea*'Britain, that if any of their Ships are seized
or flopped, they Shall look on it as a declaration
of war, and^a accordingly : That the King 0,
Prussia and tl^ Emperor of Germany had fettled
their depute, through the mediation, of France
and the Em, refs of R^ That the %£< Bird,
461$fpf, tab^a# to fr"% WTO rake^r, ft
Hffiiw^^^l^
@l} fit, had. ^fe3fc,o>, >ho few ^di, the:?,
escape and^ty fifLi&d port. ° „e CT^ &romi.
Tuners haa arrive in ^n^'&Attlw'efehaJ. :j
of prisoners, when they were told, 'that the^
#u ht keep,be French pawners they l ad and use
them well, as they fhirid dathe 2,.,c00 &gb%
pfifai&sthey bid 16 FraeceJ ' .
'' 8.0 ST QN; Mayl3,
We hflaf a proposal is talked efimoug the fogfc
etib gea lratn, in case the enemy Should not foog
evacuate Georgia of mapum, tung a number cfth?
blocks and fotmiag tirim into reg meats, who,
upon fheir good bebaroui during the confinuar ce
cfihe war are to have their freedom ever after; for
which, it i, propafed that their maFe s Shut Id
have a corfidewion made them by the pebfe. We
have, however, no advic.u t'h' a f ch a plan has'
evq yet been laid before Cen,ref. is not
doubted but h& fme ofthe firff offi. era ror repix-'
tarion and foily, in the f,rvice of the S atesj
^oyid cheerfully commend, in facri z corp?, ^
the defence of their goun % \ ""
' Lift Friday he fovreerbrig Silh^ W^ag,
ingle Newbury port retur, eg there from a cruize,
during ^h'ch She has taken two przeri one 4
tydeltaen ty^h fait. % other a & : p &P m k
ti^r rc% Med/ %
W^are informed the the E^ 1 so pipert, taken
by the PaHafr in the prite from L verpool men
tion ihr Pphdichery irtaken by t'-E glifh inth^
Bast Indies ; and tnat fytniral &ppel was no;
only acquitted but that Admiraf'Pye Pfefident
of the Court Mortal, piblickly that led 'is in
the name of the whole Court, for ravin, t'^e fleet,
aid saving the nation that the H^fe of Com
rom ^ also voted by a great m/jorry, their
thanks to admiral geppel; that te Hotrfe of
fords bad done^he £& unanimously, notwith
standing the Ministry had appeared, tbrour 1 -thq
whole to ty much again# fr : , ; tbqt Sir Hugh
P lifer, the ministerial tool ^ profeuticu 0^
Kp>el had, income so much ty/<&& of the
pe< ple, that nothing but gflro<g/u#'d motile pro
te& him ; grid all the pr 1 c pal cha a^eH o§tfc^
opprfiiiom grten^ed the Adm ral 0^ tri' rial:
Te present ferments in fyfland as well a,
Sco knd, though the, proceed from detent
causes, are both pointed a.a>nt tthe b^htftr, an^
may produce Lwfrt long, a feat reVuluUion, ?i
lead in places
' A p to. who left B eland not long ago, and
came oete by the way of B^muda, inform , that
he b,, id a en+leman of chara&&ri ard well ft
quanted wQ R^bLc bufioefs, 4*due, that up
more troop, were to be fentto America ; that, lie
Bit Ih overrimeil were heartily tired ofrihe war.
/ eve r y body knew who had the lead knowledge
bfthe ftite of things at Court; and that it was not
do bed but public d.fpa ches would soon be tent
jo America,, epoffa plan of accommodation, and
with a clear offer of independence to the United
s;a:m. . .'
" William Ap'hOTp, who I^,l, came from New
York, to Solicit the mercy of his countrymen, and
who has for a number of days past been indulged
with a private rem in 'bcDipuy Coaler's dwell
ing house. was last Tuesday commuted to ciofe
cuftedy by order of the Hon. Council, in confe
fluence, it is said, of feme letters received, nc
Ways to his advantage,,
Tuesday lift arrived at a fife port, a brig fren;
Scotland, bound to New York, laden will rum,
flour, beef and dry goods#prive to the Bennington.
POUGHKEEPSIE, May 10.
' We have advice from Warwafink, iir
fitter county, tha| on Teufd^y last the
4th instant, a party of the enemy, consist
ing of 40 or 40, supposed to be chiefly,
if not all, of the faty inhabitants, burnt
4 dwelling 'houfes and 5 barns, in that
neighbourhood, at the Fantine Kill, and
filled 6 people, besides 3 or 4 more who
were supposed to be burnt in the houses.
Advice of the mifehief being brought
to Col. Cortlandt, ftatiorieg t%ere witH
his regiment, he immediately marched in
pursuit of the enemy, v/fioQ he tyce go;
fight of on a mountain, exchanged some
foot with, tfi'o' at tro great a distance, an<|
endeavoured to surround, but in vain,
they all made their efrape. They took
prifon^r and released, a woman, from
whom we received account of their num
bet x'