The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-04-30 00:00:00, page 3

RIC HMOb D, (Virginia) April 16.
We hear that General Greene has detached a
body of Carolinians and Georgians, reinforced
bya party of militia frond Walhingtor tin this
state, with a view to deltroy the settlements of
the unfriendly Indians upon the head waters of
the Mobille.
Last week the French frigate Sybyle brought
into York river, a New-York privateer of eight
fix-pounders and twenty-four men, commanded
by one Turner.
PHILADELPHIA, April 17
Last Monday morning the brigantine Friend
fliip, Capt. Hall, arrived here, after a paflage of
fourteen days, from Port-au-Prince; This ves
sel brings us advice of the arrival of 17 £hips of
the line, with 12,000 troops, at Cjpe-Francois
from Cadiz. The forces are no doubt defined
to a& in conjunction with those of his Most
Christian Majesty in the attack on Jamaica,
which, in all probability, must be subdued by so
powerful an armaments
By a gentleman who arrived here on Saturday
last from Washington county, we have the fol
lowing particulars : That on the 17th of Febru
ary last, the wife and three children of one Ro
bert Wallace, an inhabitant on Racoon Creek,
(during his absence from home) were carried off
by a party of Indians. Mr, Wallace, on his re
turn home in the evening, finding his wife and
children gone, his house broke up, the furniture
destroyed, and his cattle shot and laying dead
about the yard, immediately alarmed the neighs
bours, and a party was railed that night, who fat
out early next morning ; but unfortunately a
friow fell, which prevented their following, and
they were obliged to return. About this time, a
certain John Carpenter was taken prisoner, from
the waters of Bnfiloe creek, in laid county, and
another party had fired at a man, whom they
miffed, and he escaped from them. These dif
ferent parties of Indians, hriking the settlements
so early in the season, greatly alarmed the peo
ple, and but too plainly evinced their determina
tion to harrafs the frontiers, arid nothing could
five them but a quick and spirited exertion.
They therefore came to a determination to ex
tirpate the aggressors, and, if possible, to recover
the people that had been carried off; and having
received intelligence from a person who was ta
ken prisoner last fall, (but had made his escape,
and come home a few days before) that the In
dian towns on the Mufkingum had not moved,
as they had been told ; a number of men, pro
perly provided, cohered and rendezvbufed on
the Ohio, opposite to Mingo-Bottom, with a
design to surprise the above towns. The wea
ther was very cold and stormy, the diver high,
and no boats or carioes to transport them across.
These difficulties difeouraged tome, but 160 de
termined to persevere, and they swam the river,
in going of which some of their horses perished
With the cold. When they got over, officerswere
chosen, and they proceeded to the towns on the
Mufkingum, where the Indians had collected a
large quantity of provisions to supply their war
parties. They arrived at the towns in the flight,
undifeovered, attacked the Indians in their cab
bins, and so completely fhrprifed them, thafthey
killed and scalped upwards of ninety (but a few
making their escape) about forty of which were
warriors, the rest old men, women and children.
About eighty horses fell into their hands, which
they loaded with plunder, the greafaeft part furs
and skins, and returned to the Ohio, without
the loss of one rnan, and at the place where they
chose their officers they held a vendue ; and in
order to prevent the inhabitants from bidding
against the adventurers, they divided the spoil
equally between officers and men, firft reimburs
ing those who had loft their horses in swimming
the river.
The person abovementioned, to have escaped
from the enemy fays, that he was taken by fix
Indians, two of which called themselves Mora
vians, and spoke good Dutch, and were themoft
severe and ill-natured to him. He was taken to
the above towns, and from thence four of the
above Indians set out with him for St. Dufkie.
he lecond day of their march, in the morning,
be was sent out for the horses, when he left
them, and being a good woodsman came of fafe,
and got to Fort-Pitt.
Our informant further fays, that laftThurfday
two weeks, upwards of 300 men,propelyrequip
ped on horseback, set out for St. Dufkie. It is
hoped they will fuecced in their expedition, and
hereby secure themselves from future encroaches
of the savages.
On Wednesday the ioth inst. arrived here the
fliip General Monk, a copper-bottomed British
cruiser, mounting 18 nine-pounders, Bogers
comniarider, and 150 men ; she was capturedon
the Sth instant, in the bay of Delaware; after a
sharp condia of 30 minutes, by the Hyder Ally,
mounting only 6 nine arid 10 fix-pounderS;Capt.
Barney of this port. In the engagement 52 men
were killed and wounded of the enemy, and but
15 were killed and wounded on board the Hyder
Ally; The intrepid behaviour of Capt. Barney;
and his fhip's company, in having compelled an
enemy of far superior force to strike his colours
to the American fliig, does them the highest ho
nor.
By the boatswain and ganger's mate of the
brig Lovely Sally, Capt. Vallance; who arrived
here on Wednesday cveninglatl from the Capes,
we have received the following authentic intelli
gence, viz. That on Monday the Bth inst, while
they were at anchor under Cape May, a pilot be
longing to the outward bound fleet, went ashore,
and on his return broughtinformation,thatthere
were several vessels belonging to the enemy,
coming round the Cape, and advised Capt. Val
lance to get under way as well as the rest of the
fleet. In consequence of this advice, they weigh
ed anchor, crouded all the fail they could, and
Rood up the river, to avoid falling into the ene
my's hands ; that having failed about one mile,
they unfortunately run on a flat ; that while they
lay there, the late Britilh sloop of war, the Ge
neral Monk, came up, which induced them to
strike their colours ; after which, as the sloop of
war was passing them, fire wantonly and infa
moufly, fired a volley of small arms into thebrig
Lovely Sally, whereby the chief mate and pilot
were Wounded § and sent a boat with 13 of 14
men, who took possession of the brig ; but after
their having possession of her about an hour, the
brig's crew rose upon them, -retook her, secured
the people, got her off, and failed rip the river
about the distance of half a mile, hoping to get
into deeper water and save the brig, of which
they had great hopes, as they had but little to
fear from the sloop of war, the being then engag
ed with the Hyder Ally ; but in a moment their
hopes were blafled, by running again on theflat,
and in this situation, feeing other venels coming
up, which they supposed belonged to the enemy,
they thought it advifeable to make their escape,
which they effeded, by taking the Monk's boat
and their own, and rowing to the shore. They
afterwards underload that the enemy had got
the brig off.
The ihip General Creeds ran on shore at the
fame time, and, it is feared, has fallen into the
hands of the enemy.
Had it not been for the above unfortunate cir
cumstances, the Fair American, together with
the rest of the Britilh efuifers, which now infeft
our bay, would in all probability, have shared a
similar fate to the General Monk.
So fariguine were the British who had tzkeh
possession of the Lovely Sally, that when they
saw the General Monk engaged, they declared,
fire would take two such vessels as her antago
niff, with all the ease imaginable ; but theywere
struck with astonishment, when they saw her
humbled and led off in triumph by the Hyder
Ally.
C HA T H A M, April 14.- 1
Last Friday, a Capt. Hyrdy, who was taken by
the refugees in the block-house at Tom's river,
as lately mentioned in this paper, was brought on
fllore near Sqwan, by a party of the murderers
and hung. His will was found in his pocket,
and a paper purporting the occasion of their exe
cuting him, which was in retaliation for a refu
gee who, being under guard, attempting to make
his escape, our people had fhok
Arouse, my countrymen ! And fuff'ernot this
black act to pais with impunity; but let full a
tonement for his hapless life be made On those
hell hounds we have in cur possession.
F I S H^K I L L, April 25,
Extract of a letter from WeftmoreHrid, on the
Sufauehartnah, dated April 16, 1782/
" On Sunday the 7th inst eight Indians made
an attack upon the house of Mr. Rofwel Frank
lin, of this town, and made Mrs.- Franklin and
four children prisoners ; took what plunder they
could carry off, and burnt the house, with 150
bushels of wheat, a quantity oflinen cloth, yarn,
flax and houfhold furniture. The smoke and
flames of the house, hurried home the unfortu
nate Mr, Franklin, who was then absent after
his cattle; but too late either to fee the favagbS
or save the building. Upon information arriv
ing in the neighbourhood of the garrison, which
was about five miles distant, Colonel Nathan De
nifon, ordered a scout immediately in purfhit of
them ; accordingly ferjeant T. Baldwin with
eight^nterprifing young men, of the inhabitants,
went up the fiver about seventy miles, and lay
until Saturday the 13th, when their provisions
wete entirely exhaufled; Early in the morning,
ferjeant Baldwin sent two of his men into the
woods; for venison ; the enemy soon appeared
in fight, to the number of thirteen; They had
previous to this, dilcovered the tracks of Bald
win's party, and were cautious of ah ambufeade.
Before the action commenced; they desired the
prisoners to lay flat on the ground during the
time of it, which they wete encouraged to think
would operate in their favour, by reason of the
superiority of numbers. The aflion began about
ten o'clock A. M. and continued until about
five in the afternoon ; at which time the enemy
withdrew, leaving on tile ground one Indian,
gun and accoutrements, one tent, eight blankets,
a number of other Indian articles, and the plun
der taken from Mr. Franklin's house. The pri
soners fay that soon after the action began, they
saw an Indian carry off one of their dead, and in
a short time returned and shot Mrs. Franklin, as
ihe lay by them ; took the youngest child about
eighteen month old, and carried it off,---the
other three children were recovered.
" rerjeant Baldwin was shot -through the left
hand, and bled so free, that it was with difficulty
he loaded his rifle ; Oliver Bennet was also shot
through the elbow, which so disabled him as not
to difeharge his piece during the a&ion,--fo that
seven men only engaged the thirteen savages;
It is supposed that considerable other execution
was done among them, as sundries were carried
offduring the action; The prisoners further fay;
they were informed by the Indians that 28 came
from Niagara together; and that 15 of them ^lO
gone to Delaware."
Since our last a fleet of forty odd fail of ves
sels, with fonie troops on board, riiohly invalids
and officers, arrived at New-York from Charlef
town.,,
B O $ T O Nj April 26.
Last Saturday the Ship Commerce, Capt.-Weft
arrived fafe in port, in 39 days from Cadiz, by
whom we learn, That fort St. Philip, on the
island of Minorca, had surrendered to the Spani
ards. ' Fis laid the garrison are prisoners of war.
The whole of Minorca is now in poffcffu n of the
Spaniards.
HARTFORD, April 30.
Our last advices from Holland mention feme
internal difficulties in that republic. The fuf
picioris entertained by many of the Duke of
Brunfwic, a foreigner b^ birth, but for years past
a naturalized fubjed of Holland, and who has
obtained great employments and influence there
in a close connexion with the Statholder: Pub
lic complaints have been exhibited against the
Duke, particularly from Amsterdam ; and he is
confdered by some as not having promoted the
moll vigorous measures for the defence of the
republic against thehiwlefs hostilities of Britain:.
Heis defended; it is said, by the friends of the
Prince of Orange, who are earnest to have the
authors of these complaints brought to trial. By
far the greater part of the wealthy and trading
citizens of Holland regard France as the defen
ders of their rights and commerce, and enter
warmly into the views of the new alliance with
that nation, from which great and happy effects
are expected, notwithflanding the complicated
constitution of the Dutch government, and the
machinations of the Britifli party.
THE Subscriber having concluded to discontinue riding
as a Post from Hartford to Chefterfield, desires all in
debted to him to make speedy payment, in order to enable
him to fettle wi& the Printers.
BOAZ SEARL.
Southampton, April 24, 1782.
PUBLIC AUCTION'
At the Store of Meffi's. Zabdiel Rogers and Co in Norwich,
on Tuesday the 7-h day of Ma y next, at 10 o'clock A. M.
WILL COMMENCE
'"T'HR Sale of a valuable Assortment of European GOODS,
imported in the Brigantine Fire Brand, Capt. Trow
bridge, from Amsterdam. They consist if too great a va
riety to be inferred in an Advertisement. Any person that
purchases more than Thirty Pounds will be allowed fix
months credit, on procuring security to the fati faction of
the owner of said goods, Bank notes, or rores issued by the
Hod. Robert Morris, Esq; will be received?,, payment equal
to cash in hand.
Norwich, April %;, 1782.