The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-03-19 00:00:00, page 2

C O MMON SENS E.
[Continued from our Lift.]
HAVING in the proceeding part made my
remarks on the several matters which the
fpeeQ contains, I shall now make my remarks
on what it does not contain.
There is not a syllable in it refpe&ing allian
ces. Either the injustice ofßritain is too glar
ing, or her condition too defperlte, or both, for
any neighbouring power to come to her support.
In the beginning of the contest, when she -had
only America to contend with, she hired assist
ance from Hesse, and other smaller states of
Germany, and for nearly three years did Ame
rica, young, raw, undisciplined and unprovided,
Hand against the power of Britain, aided by
twenty thousand foreign troops, and made a
complete c^nqueft of one entire army. The
remembrance of these things ought to inspire
us with confidence and greatness of mind, and
carry us through every remaining difficulty with
content and cheerfulnefs. What are the little
bufferings of the present day, compared with the
hardships that are pest. There was a time when
we had neither house ndr home in fafety ; when
every hour was the hour of alarm and danger ;
when the mi^d, tortured with anxiety, knew no
repose, and every thing but hope an& fortitude
was bidding us farewell.
It is of use to look back upon these things ;
to call to mind the times of trouble, and the
feenes of complicated anguish that are past and
gone. Then every expence was cheap compar
ed with the dread of conquest and the misery of
submission. We did not stand debating upon
trifles, nor contending about the necessary and
unavoidable charges of defence.
Every one bore his lot of fuffering, and looked
forward to happier daysand feenes of rest.
Perhaps one ofthe greatest dangers which any
country can be exposed to, arises from a kind of
trilling, which sometimes Heals upon the mind
when it supposes the danger past ; and this un
fafe situation marks at present the peculiar crifls
of America. What would she once have given
to have known that her condition at this day
fhoW be what it now is ? And yet we do not
seem to place a proper value upon it, nor vigor
ously pursue the necessary measure to secure it.
We know we cannot be defended nor defend
ourselves without trouble and expence. We
have no right to expe& it neither oughtwe even
to look for it. We are a people, who in our si
tuation differ from all the world. We form one
common floor of public good, and whatever is
our charge, it is paid for our own interest and
on our own account.
Misfortune and experience have now taught
us system and method ; and the arrangements
for carrying on the war are reduced to rule and
order. The quotas of the several States are as
certained, and I intend in a future publication to
{hew what they are, and the necemty as well as
the advantages of vigorouflypfoviding them.
In the mean time I (hall conclude this paper
with an instance of British clemency, fromSmol
let's History of England, vol. 11. page 239.
printed in London.
It will serve to shew how dismal is the situation
of a conquered people, and that the only security
is in effectual refinance.
We all knowthat the Stuart family and the
house of Hanover opposed each other for the
crown of England. The .Stuart family flood
firft in the line of succession, but the other was
the most fuccefsful.
In July, 1745, Charles, the son of the exil'd
king,landed in Scotland, collected a small force,
at no time exceeding five or fix thousand men,
and made feme attempts to re-establish his claim.
The late Duke of Cumberland, uncle to the
present King ofEngland, was sent against him,
and on the sixteenth of April following, Charles
was totally defeated at Culloden, in Scotland,
Success and power are the only situations in
which clemency can be shewn, and, thole who
are cruel, because they are victorious, can, with
the fame facility, aft any other degenerate cha
racters.
" Immediately after the decisive action at
Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland took posses
sion of Inverness ; where fix and thirty deserters
convicted by a court-martial, were ordered tobe
executed: Then he detached several parties to
ravagethe country. One of these apprehended
the lady Mackintosh, who was sent prisoner to
Inverness, plundered her house, and drove away
her cattle, though her husband was actually in
the service of the government. The castle of
Lord Lovat wasdeftroyed. The French priso
ners were sent to Carlile and Penrith: Kilmar
nock, Balmerino, Cromartie, and his son Lord
M'Ledd, were conveyed by sea to London, and
thole of an inferior rank were confined in differ
ent prisons. The Marquis of Tullybardine, to
gether with a brother ot the Earl of Dunmore,
and Murray, the pretender's Secretary, were
seized and transported to the tower of London,
to which the Earl of Traquair had been commit
ted on suspicion ; and the eldest son of Lord
Lovat was imprifonedin the castle ofEdinburgh.
In a word, all the goals of Great Britain, from
the capital northwards,were filled with those
unfortunate captives, andgreat numbers of them
were crouded together in the holds of fhfps,
where they perished in the mod deplorable man
ner for the want of air and exercise. Some re
belchiefs embarked in two French frigates that
arrived on the coast of Lochaber about the end
of April, and engaged three vessels belonging
to his Britannic Majesty which they obliged to
retire. Others embarked on board of a (hip on
the coast of Buchan, and were conveyed to
Norway, from whence they travelled to Swe
den. In the month of May the Duke of Cum
berland advanced with the army into the High
lands as far as fort Augustus, where he encamp
ed, and sent off detachments on all hands, to
hunt down the fugitives and lay waste the coun
try with fire and sword. The castles of Glenga
ry and Lochiel were plundered and burned ;
every houfe,hut or habitation metwith the fame
fate, without diftin&ion, and all the cattle and
provision were carried off; the men were either
shot upon the mountains, like wild beafhq @e put
to death in cold blood without form of trial ; the
women, after having seen their husbands and fa
thers murdered, were fubjeded to brutal viola
tion, and then turned out naked with their chil
dren to fttirve on the barren heaths. One whole
family was inclofed in a barn and consumed to
allies.
" Those ministers Of Vengeance were so alert
in the execution of their office, that in a few
days there was neither house, cottage, man nor
beast, to be seen within the compass of 50 miles,
all was ruin, silence and desolation."
I have here presented the reader with one of
the most shocking instances ever pra&ifed, and
leave it to rest upon his mind, that he may be
fully imprefled with a sense of the deftruaion he
has escaped, in case Britain had conquered Ame
rica, and likewise that he may fee and feel she
necessity, as well for his own personal fafety,
as for the honor, the interest, the happinfs of the
whole community, to omit or delay no one pre
paration necessary to secure the ground we so
happily stand upon.
An ORDINANCE
For further amending the Ordinance, afeertain
ing what captures on the water shall be lawful.
WHEREAS divers fhipsor vessels belonging
to the citizens of several of these United
States, may have failed on voyages to Europe
before the publication of the Ordinance, entitled
" An Ordinance afeertaining what captures on
water shall be lawful." Where they as well as
vessels belonging to the subjects of neutral pow
ers may have laden or taken on board, in promif
cuotis cargoes, goods, wares and merchandizes
of the growth, produ& or manufacture of Great-
Britain, or of some of the dominions or territo
ries thereon depending, without any knowledge
of the said Ordinance, and may not be able to
arrive in any of the ports of these States, on or
before the firft day of March next, whereby the
said goods may become liable to capture and
condemnation.
For remedy whereof it is hereby ordained, by
the United States in Congress assembled, thatno
ship or other vessel which shall have failed from
any port or place in Europe, not belonging to the
King of Great-Britain, on or before the tenth
day of April next, for any port or place within
the United States, not in poffeflion of the ene
my, shall be liable to capture or moleflation
merely for having on board goods, wares anc?
other merchandizes of the growth, product or
manufacture of Great Britain, or of any territo
ry depending thereon.
And it is hereby further ordained,Thatwhere
vessels, their cargoes,or any part thereof, belong
ing to an, citizen of these United States, fail
ing or being within the body of a country, or
within any river or arm of the fea,or within can
non shot o£the shore of any of these States, and
laden with the produce of the country, and de-
Hired for a port or place within these States, not
in the pofleihon ofthe enemy, shall be captured
by the enemy, and shall be recaptured belowhigh
water mark by another citizen thereof, reftitu.
tion shall be made to the former owner, upon
the payment of a reasonable falvage,not exceed
ing ore fourth part of the value, no regard be
ing had to the time of pofleffion of the enemy.'
And be it further ordained, That so much of
the aforefaid Ordinance as comes within the pur
view ofthis, be and hereby is repealed.
Done by the United States in Congress assem
bled, the 26th day of February, in the year
°f pur Lord one thousand seven hundred'
and eighty two, and in the sixth year of our
independence.
-JOHN HANSON, Prefdent.
Atteft.jCHAßLE^THc^MsoN, See.
Just Imported from Holland, and to bTSokTat
the Printing-Office in Hartford,
An excellent Assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS,
Cohered out of one of the principal Gardens
confiding of 5 1 different forts—Each fort is put
up in a Paper bag, with a printed catalogue of
the whole.
LOST or STOLEN out of t^'houte o/ 7hnuw.
scriber, in Litchfield, a State Note of Fifty Pounds
dated May 5, 1778, No. 137, signed John Lawrence Trca
furcr, in favour of the fubfoiber. Whoever will return
said Note to me, or give me information so that I can re
cover it again, shall receive 10 dollars reward and have nZ
questions asked.
, t Y ALEXANDER M'NLILE.
N. The Treasurer is defied not to p y said note to
any person, or give a new one in lieu of it, bat stop it in his
hand and give information. k ms
Litchfield, Marchp, T 782.
FurrT—TTrnnusT
WANTED forthwith, TWO RIDERS, for the service of
the General Post ( ffice, men who can be well re
commended and give good fecurky. Terms and Rout mav
be known at Hartford Office,
THOMAS HILLDRUP, D. P M
March 19, 1782."
* Pay-Table ©ffice, March'fy,
THE short Levies who served in the Continental A m,
in 1781, are notified that returns from the A my ofthe
time they were in service are lodged in this Office, where
they may apply for a settlement of their wages. It is ex
pected that they produce Certificates from the Selc & Men
thaethey have rt ceived no fupplics from the town, or ofthe
amount offuch supplies. Those who do not apply in per
son must fend ad order. If one person should be authorfred
to make a settlement for all who belong to the town it will
be most agreeable.
ELEAZER WALES,
FENNWADSWORTH ,
WILLIAM MOSELEY, (B
OLIVER WOLCOT T, jun. )
"CAN N~O~N~
DOUBLE FORTIFIED fix and nine pounders, which will
weigh about thirteen hundred each, and stand full
proof, may be had at Salisbury Furnace, if engaged soon.
The superior quality ofthe guns made at that furnace, is
too well known to need recommendation.
March 7, X 782.
STRAYED or stolen from the pallu e of the subscriber, oa
Rocky-Hill, some time in the month of Odober last, 4
bay MARE COLT, fourteen months old, with a star in he:
forehead. Whoever will give information shall be gener
ously rewarded.
JOSEPH CHURCH.
Hartford, March 13, 1782.
LINSE-E~D O IL7
THE LINSEED MILL in Hartford is now in repair, pro
perly found, and makes good difpatoh : Those gentle
men therefore who have feed at said mill to work on shares,
are desired to bring their casks or vessels to receive their
oil. Any persons inclined to purchase, wholesale and retail
may be assured that the price in cash or country produce,
shall be as low as in the year 1774.
CALEB BULL.
March 16, 1282.
WE the fubferi bers being appointed by the Hon. Judge
of Probate for theDiftria of Hartford, Comrniffion
ers to adjust the claims ofthe creditors to the estate of John
Larkum, jun. late of Hartford, deceas'd, (represented infol
vent)---Do hereby give notice, that we shall attend on the
business at the dwelling house of Capt. George Smith of said
Hartford, on the last Monday of March instant, and the last
Monday of April and May next, from three to fix o'clock in
the afternoon on each of said days. No accounts will be
accepted unless properly attested.
GEORGE SMITH,
JOSEPH TALCOTT.
Hartford, March I^, 17R2.
n Z 3 u Ln,
A. good STAGE WAGGON,
With H ARNESS complete.
Enquire of the Printer.
* To ne SO'
SUNDRY Lots of Land, lying in the township of We
thersfield, in the State of Vermont, to which an indis
putable title will be given. For terms of sale apply to
MARK LEAVENWORTH, Esq; in New-Haven.
A'ew-Haven, March 5, 1783.