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As foou as the above in'e%erce was received at
the Admiralty, a cepy of the d,fetches were feat to
Coant Weldern, the Dutch Ambassador.
Another account f*y^ that by the broadfile fired
in return for the Dutch one received, |6 or i,
Dutchmen were killed.
PHILADELPHIA, April §.
Extraa of a letter from Edenton, (North Carolins,)
Match 23.
•• A gentleman in fifteen days from Charleftown
informs, that the enemy had treded a battery on
James-island. and had tried then metal, which was
foppofed to be 18 pounders but their shot fell short
of the town, afterwards some of our frigates went
and destroyed their works ; he also fays the enemy's
number is 4 or §OOO, ours about 7000, and that the
people in Charleßown, are nop the ieatt afraid of loo
sing the town."
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in S'. Euflatia
to his friend in this city, dated March 16, 1,80.
" The left news from Martiriico is. that a rein
forcemeat of twelve ships of the line are arrived there.
St. Lucy is blockaded. The embargo of the ships
at St. Kitts and Antigua prolonged, and has lifted
fourteen days, which keeps a good many (Dutch)
loaded veffsls here, who have lent up for water to
St. Kitts.
BOSTON April 6.
The Saratoga, Capt Emertcn, arrived at Salem
left Tuesday from Port-au Prince, but last from the
Havannah, which place he left the 16th of March ;
having sprang a leak off that port, he put in to re
pair, where he was detained several weeks: by rea
son of an embargo which took place, in consequence
of a fleet's fitting out there, the destination of which
was a secret, but it was conjeAbred they were bound
to Pensacola. This fleet consisted of three ships of
the line, four frigates, and forty trartfports, having
on board 5000 troops. They left the Havannah the
,th of March. A Colonel of the Continental army
arrived there express from Charleflown, S. C. just be
fore the fleet failed, which gave rife to a rumour that
they were bound to Georgia or Carolina.
NEW-LONDON, April 14.
About the middle of last w ck, a large fleet failed
from New York, having about gopoTroops on Board
supposed to be bound for South Carolina.
Yesterday the Sloop H,ncrck, C^pt. Chefler, arriv
ed herein 19 Days from S;. Eufiatia ; who informs
that 4 or § Days before they failed, a Fleet of 22 fail
of the Line, with Transports, bavin, 14 000 Troops
on Board, arrived at Martin'co from Fane.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a meeting of the
Company known by the name of The Hart
ford Company of Adven'arerr, 60 chaining a grant
of Land in the State of Vet mpnt, is to be held at the
dwelling house of Mr William K'icx in Hartford,
on Tuesday the 25th ofinftant April, when it is de
fied the members will live their attendance.
SOLOMON BALLENBINE, Clerk.
Hartford, April 14 1780.
C ALEB BULL,
JNFORMS the public. That the Limited Mill is
new repaired, and that whoever is inclined to
ve ,their Flax Seed manufaaeted, may receive one
gallon of Oil for each bushel and ba'f cf merchanta
ble Seed delivered at said Mill. The stream being
uncertain in the fommer fufon, it is desired those
inclined to supply with feed would forward it as
loon as possible. y
Hartford, April 17. 1780.
THREEGUINEAS R-^-WA™rT—
STOLEN out cfa Stable at Button, a bay gelding
HORSE, about 14 and half hands high, with a
white firipe in his face, trots all, about 5 years old,
which Horfehas been nicked. Aifo. a bay MARE,
about 6 years old, considerable white in her face,
trots and paces, about 14 and an half hands high,
which Mare has been tiled to a Chaise. Whoever
Will give information of the above Horse and Mare
to the Printers hereof, fhal lhave the above reward
arid all charges paid. <0 1 I M^cb. 1780.
NOTICE is hereby given That Elkanah Trf
dale of Lebanon, in Windham County. i> ap
pointed Administrator by the Court of Probate for
Windham diflri&, on the forfeited estate of Mr. Tho
mas Fanning, of Long liland. in 'be State of Ntw-
York, who is inimical; and MJ^'cs Silas Phelps,
Elijah Tifdale and jolpH Haichinfon, are by said
court appointed comm fr^m to receive and exa
mine the claims of the f;uJ F*nr.i%l creditors ; laid
Commissioners will attend said bufiirefs at the dwel
ling house of Mr. Nathaniel Williams, innholder io
Lebanon, on the lad Mondays *f April, May and
June next, from two till eirkt fJie clock, P. M.
Elkanah Tisdale Administrator.
Silas Phelps J
Elijah Tisdale, XCoram:ffiont
Joseph Hutchinson, }
Lebanon, March 31, 1780.
To the Printers of the Connecticut Courant.
Gentlemen,
DURING the continuance of the prefect contefl,
large funis of money muff be drawn from the
people by taxes ; it is therefore of great importance
that those t?xcs Ihquld be laid in just pn portici. As
fevetal attemptq>have been made to rectify our pre
fect method oftaxarioD, and as Done of them have
yet given entire fansfaaton ; I have had the curitfi
ty carefully to examine the returns of the lift made
in October 1778, and in O&obet >779. By those
returns it appears that every thcuifud pounds of
money collected in this State arifet on the fevepl
articles in the lift in the foliowin proportions, viz.
LIST cf October 1778.
4 ^ d.
The Proportion thatarifa onthe Polls, 337 2 5
Ditto Thai arises on improv ]
cd L,.d r .cud §,l'9° 16 10
Ditto That arties on H Ues 23 12 11
Ditto That arises on b expand )
Ca tlelet, andMzieys <l2 7 3
in loan, )
Dtto Tuat atifes on Carriages 113 0
Ditto That arifrs on A ctntyi)
e* Lit D^Ao.i Tavur)
Keeper Tradesmen, )34 7 7
IruuW iks Mills.Sbip )
ping,Trads & Eogreflm)
£toco 0 0
LIST October x 77-
£. s# d.
The Proportion that arfo on the Polls, 318 9 0
Ditto That anfes on improv ) „
ed Laqds and Stch) ' 7 4 4
Ditto Thatanfes onWocc'L^ud, 19 6 4
Ditto That arises on Hotfes, 39 11 3
Ditto That arfan cnMonies cn)-
hand &in the lean ) $ ' 2
D.-to That ariser enCaer a^s)
Cibeks,Watches, and) 5 9 5
Silver Plate, j
D.tto Thatarifes 01 lAttorney#)
at Law, Duffers, Ta j
vern Keepers, Tradefj 10 6 3
men, Iron Works arid)
Mills,)
Ditto That arises on Shipping )
Goods, Wares &Mer ) 9 17 3
cnandizc&Engioffeis)
£. 1000 0 0
If you will give the above computation a phee in
your paper, it will serve to poirrt out the inequality
(if there be an,) in the mode Which is now adopted
lor the contains cur taxes ; and much oblige your
and the public'* most ebedient, humble farvant,
ERASTUS WOLCOTT.
East Windfer March 1§ l,B@
Hartford, April^
Extrffl ofa letter from Philadelphia.da ed Math 28.
' It has been mpc'n expelled % Europe tha R f
fia would effer herfelf as a mediator between the
belligerent powers thete: Good authority now as
fares us, that if she does, one of the ultimata tba she
will infid on is that America remain independent ;
and that she also willies G.braher to be ceded to
Spain. She has lately exchanged her Mnifter at
the Court of London. The new one on his way was
three weeks at Paris. Letters air received frumMr.
Alams in Spain the nth and 16 h of December ;
He acknowledges pohtenefs and civilities greater
than has been ufcally shown to ftran^era in that k ; ng
dom, and found also that orders had been iffaed
from the King for his fubje&s to treat all Americans
as dear friends. M. Adams was proceeding on his
way to France by land. H s travels it is to be ho
ped will not only be attended with information to
himfelf, but with utility also to the public.
'' Advice is had from General Clinton's Head
Quarters as late as the qh infant, that his principal
force was then on James's Iflaad, and was preparing
to possess Stono Ferry : That the Defiance a 64
gun ship foundered at sea, on their paffa^e stem
New York, as did also three transports, the men it is
given out were saved : That one transport with H:f
fian troops there had been no account of : That all
their cavalry were loft a d other damages sustained."
WE cue iubfcnbeis being appointed by the hun.
court cf probate for the diftria of Windham,
to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to
the eftrte of Mr. Ebenezer Stile#, late of Coventry
decea^d, represented insolvent ; d* hereby give no
tice that we fliall attend on said bnficeC on % 2d
and 4 h Taefdayt cf M^y hext, at the house of Capt.
Amaziah Ruff in Coventry, f.am 8 o'clock in the
morning until 6 at night.
Eben, Kingsbury, 1 Comm'ffioMri.
Anaz. Rust,j
April , 17^°.
TO be fold five and t&f Acres of Land, with a
large one dory House thereon, a good Well
and a young Orchard, lying about half a m le f^uth
of the Meeting House, in the foft feciety in Tcr
rington, an excellent fi nation for a Trader, ox Tradei
rn^n of any kind. Toe above describ'd to ^ f-,1?;
vity cheap fa Cattle the old way, or hard, 01 fqn&e
money and a good title thereto given by the fobfcri^
ber living on the premises.
PETER PARKER.
Torrington. April 6 >,Bo.
ALL persons that have any demine <.- JJ
eflate otM John Milled late of C /?<v
deceased. are dtfired to bring in ih h a:c ,^r h.s
det for feillemertt, to
JOHN FILLER and? r ,
ABIJAH MII.I.ER. j ,
Chflenhnry April 3, u,30.
BROKE into the pasture of the fobftriber feme
time lafiO&ober, a ted HEIFER, with wh fe
feet and wkr.e under her beHy, no an ficial me k.
yearling past, very wild. The owner may have her
by paying co * an d charge and apolvin, to
ELIAKIM or BENJAMIN STOW.
Granv'lle F b.uary zt ,780
T'HE firft of October took into piflure a broWa
STEAR, brockle face, foppefed to be two
years old past. no ear mark, a blcnnfh r the left horn,
flows his fore teeth; appears to havehad his ear
froze. The owner may have him by applying to
Samuel Fhhlps of Hartland, and paying charges.
April 8, 1 80
SIRAYED or Stolen from <he fubferiber, in %
evening of the seventh instant, a Sorrel MARR
about fifteen hands high, bald face, white hind feet,
trots and paces, but most natural for pacing, bad on
an eld fuddle with a dee flein feat, and without
bot sing and had a pair of f&ddle-bags. Whosoever
will secure said Mare, and Thief, if ficlen. foil ba
ha idfomely rewarded, and all nec^fory char es ptid
by me. MARGARET KILBE.
E field April 10 1,80
rir'AK&N up by the fubferiber in Wallingford,
X a dark blown MARE, trots and paces, (hc4
and corked all round, no br arid, a frnall flar in her
forehead, about 8 years old about 14 and halfhands
high. The,owner is desired to pay cha'/eb and taka
her away. . SAMUEL HALL.
Meriden, March 27, 1780. /
SALISBURY FURNACE
W"""" 'number of Weed Cutters at said
Furnace, fain shed with their own axes and
blankets, tfe usual price as in 1774 will be given
fir cutting Wood, and pay made in the produce of
the Furnace, if pr^fered or otherwise a# may be a
freed on— by the Wood Cutters, and the Sutfai.•
bers. WILLIAM WHITING,
NATHANIEL FRI BIE.
A LL per font having any demands on the eflie
£} <fM<. Joseph white late of Stafford, de
crat'd, are dsti cd to exhibit their accounts for fet
tlem^ntto Hugh White Administrator or Eunice
Whit#, Ad&n&au.x, Those indebted are. defin
ed tv inkt speedy payment.
Safftyd; April 1% 1780.
WANT ED, at the Paper-Mill in Hartford, a
PAPER MAKER, that is a good Workman#
and capable of tranfa&ng the bufinifi cf a hinder
Workman. Sich an ore will meet with neat en
cour^emenr by applying to Elisha Babcock at
the Pape- Mill, or B. H&pson, at the Printing Office ,
jr Hertford.
TO be Sola, if applied for icon, one acre of
Land, of the bed kind, with a good House
ana Barn and Well ; situated in Weft Hanfordabouf
forty rods from Normand Seymour's Tavern, and
is vsry convenient for a Tradesman. Apply to
CHARLES MORGAN.
April 9 1180
Hartford, April 6 1780,
WE the fubferibers being appointed by the
court of probate for Hartfora diftrift, to ex
amine the claim# of she creditors to the estate of Dc
odat Williare, late of Hartford, deceas'd, represent
ed it; solvent; will meet for that purpefe at Mr. Jo
ftyh Flap's, on the two last Tuesdays in April and
J^ne next.
^^I c o . mte „.
ALL persons indebted to the above eflate, are de
fired to make in mediate payment; and ihofe
who have any demands on said estate are requeued
to exhibit them in order for settlement.
Jonathan Bull Administrator.
Lord Chefterfield's Letters to
His Son, to be Sold at the Printing-Office,