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and brought additional burthens on try faithful and
beloved people, Which I mofl fiacerly regret. I can
not fufficrontly thank you for the confidence you
have reposed raise, and for the chearfalntfi and
public fprit with which the large fopplies for the
current year have been granted-
My Lords and Gentlemen,
It is impcffible to speak of the continuance of the
rebellion in North- America without the deeped con
cern ; but we have given such unqueftionabie proofs
cf our sincere disposition to put an end to those trou
bles, that I mud uill hope, that the malignant defitn#
of the enemies ofGuat Britain cannot long prevail
against the evident interests of those unhappy pro.
Vinces and that tfey will not blindly pefia to pre
• furring an unnatural aad dangerous connection with
a foreign power, to peace and re union with their
mother country.
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his M^efly's com
mand, said,
My Lords and Gentlemen.
It is hit Majedyl royal will and pleaftfre, that
this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the s^l
day of Augafl next, to be then here licldrn ; aad
thm Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday
the sth day of August next.
wTL LT^KT^ iiTTrfG^^
By an exptefs. on his way from Charles Town,
South Carolina, to Philadelphia, we ace informed,
the French have landed 5000 men m Georgia, and
blocked up all the English ffiipg which are in that
fia:e.
PHILADELPHIA, O& b-r 6.
Lift week Cap am Taylor, of this port, sent a
S'rfa ado IQ labour, having on board a Heffron
Lionel and 214 privates, with a quantity cf dry
geode. Wit hear the prifogprs are exp & &ed in town
to day."..;.
Capriin Jernes NhholDn, of theNavy, is appoiM
ed to command we friwe Trumbull ; and Captain
Thorns Read to common da new Continental frigate
of 36 ^h called the Bourbon, •
Monday arrived here th, privateer fl;op Royal
George, mounting 14 carriage guns, taken' by the
General Pickering Captain Hmadin.
In C ONG RESS, Sept 28.1 779 .
CONGRESS having appointed the Hop.
John Jay, Esq; their Miniver Plenipotentiary,
to negociaic a treaty of amity and commerce and cf
alliance between the United States of America and
his C^liclic Mg^fy, and he having fignified bit^e
.ceptance of that office, and thereupon uftyned the
chair.
Refdved, That Congress proceed to the choice cf
aP^fider^..
Congress accordingly proceeded to an election,
and ibe ballots being taken and conned.
^ The Honorable Samuel Huntington.
Efqui:e, was elected.
October 1.1779.
Refolded, That the thanks of Congr^fi be given
to the Honorable John Jay, Esq; late President, in
testimony of their approbation of hrs conduct in the
chair, and to the execution of public bofinefs.-.To
which he returned the following answer :
S IR, Philadelphia October 4, 1,79.
I T gives me very (enfible pleaforeto find from d e
a& of Controls, indofed in your Excellency's very
polity favor of thefirft instant, that my candid in
the chair, and in the execution cf public bufinef#
has been honored by the approbation of C ngrefs.
The testimony given of it by this a& demands my
Watmeft acknowledgment.
Bt pleased, Sir, to assure the Congress, that my
happiness it inseparable from the welfare and a&em
ofmy country ; and that my endeavours to promote
the one and merit the other, fhrll continue noremit
ted. I nave the honor to be with great re/peft and
e^^m, Year Excellency's
Most obedient servant,
JOHNJAY.
His Excellency Samuel Huntington. Esq;
Frefident of CoogieG.
Pibl(bed b y order of Congrefr,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec' y.
BOSTON October 14.
Lift night arrived Cap*. Thompson, in (he Ichoo
ner Lee from /Orient, which he left the 25th of
August, Capt. Thompson irfasms us, that certain
intelligence was received at I,Orient before he failed,
that the French and Spanish fleets had joined, and
were gone to the channel of England, so that we
may soon ttpeft important accounts, from that quar
ter. *
LOST, between Mr. Samuel Allyn's and South
Brick Scheel House in Hartford, two Cloak#,
viz. a brown long Camlet and a Drawboys together
with the head of the C?mbli,t Cloak rolled up..---
Whoever shill find them and return them to Capt.
John Chenevard of the Pointer, hereof, shall receive
^handfome reward. CA 19, 1779.
UNITED STATES LOTTERY;
CLASS THE THIRD.
THE public are hereby informed that the Tick
ets in the third Claf# of the United States
Lottery are come to hand. Those who are defirou#
of becoming adventurers may be fuppliyd with
Tickets by applying to the fubferibers, where a lift
of the prizes in the second Ciafs may be fern. The
calculation of this and the fourth cleft being appa
rently so much more advantageous to the adventure
err than the two proceeding, there it mot the leaff
doubt but the sale will be exceedingly rapid and the
drawing soon commence.
JOHN CHENEYAN.
RODERIC LAWRENCE.
Hartford, October. 18 1779.
LAMP-BLACK
Of the bast kind made and fold by
ELIJAH TER R Y.
Enfield. October I^, 1779.
# W 'AKEN up damage feiian^ and impounded by
4 the lubfcriber the firfl day.of July last two
Male Colt#, 2 year# old,,each, described ar follow,,
viz. one bhek with a white foot in her forehead
about the bigness of a dollar, no brand; the other is
a proper for/el, with a mane and tail femething whi
#t;fh branded with the letter W. Said Colts are
now in the tuftedy of•
ELIZUR HEART.
New-Britain, October 12 1779.
BROKE hlo ray piftute about the middle of
September, one OX, 4 yeara old, red with a
white face and white belly, with a crop on the left
ear. T^ owner i,dfired to prove his property,
pay cl arges. a^d t&Ke him away.
JOHN BORDEN.
Hartland, Oajbar 11, 1779,
'WEAKEN up by tne fabfcriber the ,i n Rant, 2
1 fat HEIFERS 3 ytara old. one black with a
little white under her nelly, markt with ^a crop off
the left ear ; the other is a rod lined, markt with a
h?lf crop the ipper fide of the right ear, and under
fide of the left car. Toe owner may have them by
proving property ard paying charred, to
THOMAS THOMPSON.
Farmington, October 12 ! 779 #
01 RAYED from the febferiber living io Wallop
O the 21 of Siptember lari, a grey MARE COLT
about 4 months old, tr% uhd paces. Whoever wll
take up said colt and ,give notice so that the owner
may Lave h m apin, shall have a generous reward
and all neerfcry charges paid, by JOB BELKNAP
of W%lkp< Raft of Enfield October 18 >779-
STKA YED out of my pai.u<e, about the 181I1d>y
of this month, a white Continental HORSE,
with yellow fpo^ on him, dock cut sq tare. Who
ever will take up said herfe and return him shall
have a handfsme reward and HI necessary charges
sod, by JOSEPH PICKET.
Norfolk, Sept- 24. 1776
STRAYED or S TOLEN .uv of ihe pahure of
the Sucfcrib,r „in Suffield, Weft Society, on the
night after the 30 $ September last, a P&l^ Red and
White C OW, the end of her horns cut off, a white
(pot in her forehead, three years old pitt. Alio, a
Black Yearling HEIFER a brow.l freak on her
back. Whoever will give information so that I may
have them, hull have a generous reward
ELIJAH ROBINS.
Ohober ii, 1779.
STOLEN cut of the pubic field, in Weft
Springfield, the night after the 12 k inß. a Bay
MARE, ten years old. 14 hands and a half high,
paces and trots ; a large Aar tn her forehead, and a
inip on her nose, a small fcarr on het off fide: Ji good
order. Whoever roll takeup said mare and thief,
shall receive One Hundred Dollars Reward, or Fif;y
for the mare only, paid by
DANIEL WHITE.
, Weft Springfield, October 15 £779-
WE the Subfcnbera, being appointed Com
missioners, by the Hon. Court cf Probate,
for the diftriA of Woodbury to receive and examine
the claims or the creditors of the estates of JOHN
BENEDICT, JUSTIN SHERMAN,
DANIEL SMITH, & SAMUEL MILLS,
all late of New Mitford, in the Sate of Connefticat,
and now gone over and joined the enem es of these
United States : Do, hereby give public notice that
we shall attend f@id bufijefsat the house of Col. Sa
muel Canfield, in said New Milford on the 4^
Tuesday of infant October, and on the 3d Tuesdays
of November and December next from the hours of
cne to fix o'clock in |he afternoon on each day.
ISAAC BOSTWICK, )
NOBLE HINE, , Comm. Loners.
ELISHA BOSTWICK )
New- Milford, Oft 6. >„9'.
Just publ'fhed, and now felfo*. by
NATHANIEL PATTEN,
Book-Binder, a little North of the Stale H use ro
Hartford, in two Volume#, Octavo, neatly, bouad
Vand lette 'd,,
LETTERS written by the late rifht Honoratio
PHILIP DORMER STANHCPE Emlcf
Chafterfidd. to his Son, Philip Stanhope Esq;
late Envoy Extraordinary to the Coo^t of Dresden ;
together with hit Lordfh p's Life and an recount cf
his Sen ; the Art of Pleafisg. an additional Series
of Letter# ; feme Poems ; and several other Pieces#
on various Subjects. # * # Subscribers are requeued
to call or fend for their, books, a# faon as convenient.
Just come to hand, and now felling by fairi latlen,
Testaments, Filters. Dilworth'# Spelling
Books, Primers, Watts' Pfalro and Hymns,
or Hymns fepiraje. Watts' Lyric Poems, .Waits'
Divine Songs, Latin Accidence, Doddridge; Life,
Providence, a Poem, the Death of Gen. Montgome
ry, Popes Essay on Man, A Father's Legacy to hi#
Daughters, Buchan's Family P^yficia^, Hifiory of
the Martyrs, Romans History of the United Ne
therlands, Hubbard's Hifery of the, Indian Wars,
Religious Trader, English Liberties American Ne
gotiator, Gough's Epglifh Grammar? La»'r Sing
ing Books., Pocket Books, and a variety of small
& H stories, Picture Docity fro for Children.
Cash given for chan'coMon or linen RAGS, or
the above Book; Writing Paper, &c at the usual
Prices they were in theyear 1774.
-THREE-RUNDRED~DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the fubferber's shop about the
jd of O&?ber, 1 piece of blue B oadcloth. s
niece of green Frize, 1 piece cf light brown ditto
double folded, and a number of yarn Sleeking#.
Whoever will give information cf said goods and
thief, shall receive the above reward, or twohun
dred dollars for the'goods only and all recess ry
charges paid, by ~ STEPHEN HEATH.
Eaft.Wjndfor, O& 6 1779.
^RU C I B-L E S
O; tf'e best quality made and fold by
D A N I E~L CLARK.
Sanford, in New Town. O&ober 16 1779
STO LE.N cut of the stable oi Mr. Ro^er Filler,
innholder in Hebron, the nipht of the 6 h instant;
a Sorrel Colour'd H ORSE 6 years eld. 14 hard#
hgh, feme white in the face, p,ces and trots, (hod
belote ; Lis hoofs fcmetbing rdelta v, ; in good
flrfh, and a bone cf good fpirjK Whoever will
secure said herfe, (and thief if p ffibk) and fend
them or intelligence r ere they m^y be found, 'to
faidFuLLER, or tbELKANAH Ti or iw-cfLebanon,
shall be well rewarded. O:bbe 10 17^9
STATEof CONNECtTcUI ,
Hartford County, | „ UFLIC NOTICE is
Oa. 13. 1779 §£ hereby ^ vrrto 11 io whom
it doth or may concern, that Labels are tied before
the Hon. Jabez Hamlin Judge cf the Ccun y
Court, in the County of Hartford; a^ainft the fol
lowing veftls, thety ucHin, apparel and cargoes,
to wit, the Sl:cp Two Brothers, Samuel Rogers,
kt Captain, the Brigantine Rogers, Townsend late
C plain, being both, aimed veTTels, comm ffroned 16
cruize a^ainft the fubfrai and property cf the Uni
ted States, the Slocp Clarissa, and a Bermudian built
Sloop, all la e the property of the K ng of Groat-
Britain or hi# subj &s, or feme of them : in favour
cf Timothy Parker C-pain, and the officers, crew,
and fetters forth cf the private z med Sloop called
Revenge, and also in favour cf the Captains officers,
crew, owners and fetters forth of the priva e armed
veffcls, the Brigantine D fiance the Schooner Expe
riment theSloops Sally, and Retaliation# who took
fuel prizes as it is said, on the high fra and brought
them into the county of Hartford iforefaid,. and for
the tryal of the justice of said captures the m&atime
court roll be h^d at Hartford, in and for said coun
ty, on the firft Taefday of November ncx% at which
time all perfoas claiming property may rp ^ear and
shew reason, if an, they have wl y the veffch afore
faid with their apparel and cargoes, ffiould not be
adjudged a# lawful prize to the captors and their
aMociates, agreeable to the prayer cf the libellant#.
By order of the Judge.
_ GEORGE WYLLYS Reftr.
READY Cash for Hogg# Briffle#, three Dollar#
per pound will be given for any q^ntity that
are long, and well dry'd. A y person or persons
who will undertake to collect them, for an encourage
ment shall receive a p-emium of Fifteen Pounds, on
every hunded wt. del veted to, NATHANIEL
PATTEN. Book Binder and Sa ioner, a little
north cf the Court House Hartford.
•, The Subscribers f• • Lord Chesterfield's
Letters, who left their Names with the P inters
hereof are informed that the books are come to hand
and ready to be delivered.