The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-01-05 00:00:00, page 3

Prim a late Pennsylvania Paper.
A 11 I N T.
YT is commonly reported, that Cohgrefs
I either haveorare about to negociate a
loan for a considerable sum of hard money.
Now, suppose that sum should be divided
amongit the differant States, in the fame
proportion the public debt is to be funk.
A very heavy tax then to be laid, upon this
condition, that every person having^ paid
his quoto, should be entitled to exchange,
for hard money, one fourth the sum so paid.
For instance, a person having paid a tax of
^ol. should be entitled to exchange 251.
by which means that 251. of hard money,
would fink 1251. of the public debt. It
would all© give the hard money an univer
sal circulation, and possess every person
with as much perhaps, as would be necessa
ry for immediate use.
It would have a further <,od effed; by
preventing any uneafimfs ur diicontent,,
). "The rotes of rank above laid down between
officers of different Scales, are to govern between of
ficers of the feme Stale, except in cases where the
State may have lail down a diff# nt'rute, or already
fettled their rank. z
8. A lefyna.ionfhall preclude any claim of bene
fit from former rank under a new appointment.
Whereas, from the alteration of the tfablHhment
and o her caufet, many Valuable officers have been
and miy be omitted in the new arrangements as be
in,, iupeinumerary who, horn heir conduct and
f~rv>cs are lotted to the honourable notice of
Congref% and to a suitable provision, until they
can return to civiilife with advantage.,
Resolved THEREFORE That Congress gra^-
fuiiy acknowledge the faithful fervi + es of such offi
cers, and 'hat all tup^ruumerary tffi ters be intitled
to one year's pty of their commhhonf resp & vely,
to be computed from the time such officers had leave
of absence from the Commander in Cnief on this ac
count. • And Congress do ex,eniy recommend to
the fever.il Stales to wlrch fech officers belong, to
make such farther provision fir them as their re'p-c
tive circumlanc -s and merits irititletl em to.
Whereas b rwtil be for the benefit of the fetvice,
that fume rule for pr* motions be established:
Therefore, Resolved That it be recommend
ed to the Several Scares, to provide that in a]l, future
promotions officers rife regimentally to the rank of
Captain, andthence in the line of the State- to the
rank of Colonel, except In cases where a preference
inav be given on account of^diftiriguifhed onerit.
Resolved That ail officers who have been in
the fcrvic- and, having been prifohdrs with the
enemy now are or hereafter may be exchanged, or
ctherw de released shall if appointed by the autho
rity of the S ate, beintitled, in case of vacancy, to
ener into the service of their re feedwe State, in
such rank as they would have had if they had never
beei captured ; provided always tkat every such of
fitter d % within one month afer his exchange or re
hafe lignify, to the authority of the State to which
h, b^ougs. bis release, and his desire to enter again
into the mTtary Service
Resolved That every officer so released, and
giving nodee arafotefad. shall un.il entry into ac
tual service, he allowed half pay of the comm ffiun,
to ,'hiA, bythe foregoing resolve, be flands inti
tle? , prov ded always, that in case of his receiving
any cv I office of profit, fach half pay shall: thence
fcrh cease.
Resolved, That ro brevets be for the future gran-,
ted, xcept to officers in the line, or in case cf very
cm,cnt fcfvices.
Resolved. Thai Piy Maders, not being cf the
rank of Cap ains, Quarter-Matters and Adjutants,-
be ; ntitled to receive Twenty Dollars per month,
fubfi^enco mo^ey, in lieu of rations., ':
Resolved That all officers and persons employ
ed on r he S ass shall receive for fubEffe^ce money,
One Third of a Dollar for each extra ration hereto
fore allo red them. •
Resolved That Adjutants, Pay Matters, and
Quarter Mahers, taken foci the line, he again ad t
mined into the rank they would have been intitlcd
to, had they continued in the line. And such Ad
jotants Pay Bhidt and Quarter Matters net taken
from th c bne may be admirable into ^' e line in such
fubaitern ranks, as. by afi ^ned certificate from the
field officers of their refps&ive corps, they shall be...
deemed 'rropecent to. . '•
Ex' afl.from the Minutes,.
C VARIES THOMPSON Serrtvv.
either between the states or individuals,
with refpeft co the sum of their assessments;
the contention would rather be, who should
pay most of their county's debt.
80-S T O N, December 28.
A Gentleman who left Nantz, in France,
the rath of , September, and arrived at
Cape,Aon on Thursday l^ft, in the Gene-,
ral Arnold Packet, with difpatchetfor Con
giefs, commanded by Cape Israel Obar,
formerly commanded by Capt. Avers, who
died foori after his arrival there, informs.
That ,he French Fleet, confining of 36
Ships of the Line and Frigates, were then
cruizing off Cape Finifer, ,and that the.
English Fleet, confining of 33 Ships of
the~Line and Frigates, were cruizing in the,
Channel of England ; each are cautious of
attacking the other, not forgeting the
former Engagement, wherein upwards of
ioqo were killed on each fide.——That in
this Engagement 10 of the English Sail of
the Line were so handled, as to be obliged
to have new Masts--That the Day he left
Nantz, a Gentleman of Credibility, from
the Capital of the King of Pruffigs Domi
nions, arrived there in 14 Days, who te
ported forFa&, that the King of Pruffra
had had two Ski,milter and oneßattle with
the Auftrajn Troops, and obtained acom
pleat Vi&ory ; and that he had entered the
Hungarian Dominions on or about theist
September. The greatest Preparations
were making for War, both in France and
England when the laid accounts came from
thence.,
H ARTFORD, January fr 1779.
Next Thuffday the honorabl^GENEßAL AS
SEMBLY of this State are to meet inthis town.
Lift Thursday departed this life after a short but
distressing fickaefs, Benjamin Colton, Jail ce of
tie Peace, in the 55th.year of . his age. A steady
peaceable and ufeful member of^fociety. He lived
to bury all his children, except but son, who is left
to lament the less. ° # ^1 \,
MeffrsPRINTERS
The inclofed literary performance, as a specimen of
remarkable genius in John Honeywood, an or
phan lad of 15, now in charity, a member of the
freihman class in this colfe;6, asks a place in your
paper, and the kind liberalities of a ! l the friends to
learning, humanity and religion. Favours of any
kind, or in any way beflowed upon, him by per
fbascf the above description, will be thankfully
received and employed in his behalf, by their moll
obedient humbletevant,
r . W M , ROBINSON, Tutor.
Yale College, Dec. 29 1 77' #
IN fable robes the night her curtains drew,
Her guards, light dreams, 'round drowsy mor
tals flew,, • • , :
In gehtfeft sleep my weary limbs I laid, .
Beneath the covert of yon cooling-ffiade:
With foft efflatu, wing'd, each gentle breeze,
In dying murmurs ,fan'd the rilftling trees.
At this still hour., before my wond'rin? eyes,
Ciid in mid luftre from th' expanded ikies,
A lovely form fwift lim'd the aetherhl way,
And thus exulting said, or feem'd to fay : ,-
Hail.happy times ! ye blifsfol days prevail,
Daughter of heaven, hail ! bleft Columbia hail !
Days, halcyon days, impending now I fee,
^Pregnant with joys by heaven referv'd for thee.
Proud barks, with riches fraught, thy ports shall ride,
Lord's of the ocean, and Columbia's pride;
While prosperous breezes and propitious gales,
F.orn time to time shall swell thy expanded fails.
Then lefty domes on every fide shall rife,
And sacred spires afcdnding to the ikies;
While peace shall reign, and justice be reftoi'd.
Reviv'd religion in all climes ador'd,&
No foul oppression then, no injur'd cause,
But vice give way to virtues sacred laws.
No hardy 6 chief shall weild'the thund'ring (word,
No fable widow mourn her absent lord,
Fair feience shall difpellthe gloom of night,
And burst in sunbeams on the ravifh'd fight,
Another Orpheus then his lyre shall firing,
And to attentive groves and nodding forefl's sing:
A Virgil in heroic flrains shall please.
With Roman grandeur, and unequall'd case :
A Raphael with unparrell'd art shall fhoW,
The just proportion and the living glow ;
Through this wide land true learning shall prevail
And deathless laurel crown the sons of Yale.
Thus having spoke she ceas'd and fwift as light,
Poiz'd each feft wing for her aerial flight.
And while replete with jey, she Ik m'd her way
Cry'd haste propitious time fly fwift caeleftial day.
RE QUESTS those that have any accounts
unsettled (supplying baggage teams, billet for
foldierr, or horse milage for Colonels Cook and Li
tiraers regiments of militia, ordered by the General
Affen.bly of the State of Conne&icut to join and
assist the Northern Army in August 1,77) t^'' '^-Y
will fend them at his quarters in Hartford, on Cf
before the firft day of February next, for adjustment;
2d January 1779.
TAKEN or lof lat or on the road from
Landlord D ckinfon's to Landlord B ffel'oin
EattrWindfor the lati of December, a single workt
canvass POCKET BOOK, lined with dark brown
fhalloon, containing one 40 dollar bill, and federal
other small bills. Whoever will return the fame to
Capt. Aaron Biffell shall have 5 dollars reward and
no quefftons asked. ,
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD?
STOLEN from die fubferiber of Wallingford.
on the 16th day of Deccmber, five CATTLE,
having no artificial mark, viz. two three year old
Stags, one is red aid white pied, about midlihg
bigness, and well Shaped horns, the other Stag a
yellow pied, chiefly white ; one heifer two 'years
old red and wbitp pied; brockled foced, with small
bu ,horns , another the fame age ,yellow and white
pled, chiefly white, with large horns, forward With
calf; the other a yearling, heifer biewn and whiter
pied ; the bug horned heifer had a bell on wnen £te;
went away. Two hundred dollars for the thief or
thieves secured in any of the goals, in this State, so
that he or they may be brought to justice, and one
hundred dollars for the cattle delivered in good Rate
to me at my house in Meriden.
ELON ANDREWS.
Wallingford D^c. 30, 17,8/
P. S. The fubferiber has ever been a good friend
to his country a great lever cf just, faithful and
righteous dealing,
BOUT 60 good STORE SHEEP, of the Dutch
' breed; also, 2or 3 good SADDLE HORSES;
to be fold, if applied for soon, by
COTTONMURRAY,
Who has good Sheep's Wool and Mutton Tallow
to exchange for Wood, Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn,
Oats, Butter or Cheese.
January 5, 1779.
TH E officers cf my brigade whole furloughs
are expired are informed, That agreeable to
my orders every officer will be call'd to a ftri& ac
count and public enquiry made into rhe cause of
their outlaying their limitted time. The soldiers
on furlough whole leave of absence is expired, or
who went home sick and are recovered, are ordered
to join the brigade immediately, on pain of being
returned deserters and treated as such.
SAMUEL H. PARSONS, B. G.
Camp at Reddin,. Dec. 23. 1778.
"TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber, out
of Farmington meadows some time in Novem
ber last, a red OX, about 7 years old, moling size,
broad horn'd, whi e on the near flank, ear marks un
known. Whoever has taken up said Ox and will
return him to the owner shall be entitled to the
above reward and necessary charpe^ paid, by
SAMUEL LEWIS.
New Cambridge, Dec. 28, 1778.
FOUND, the 31st of December last. in Eafc
Hartford, a LEATHER POCKET BOOK,
containing a number of papers of coMequence, se
veral kills of expences; and a coufiderable sum in
Continental and New Hampshire bills; by the pa
pers, &c. it appears the book belongs to a Joseph
Davenport, agent for the township of Lincoln, in
New-Hampshire. The owner may have it by ap
plying to the fubferiber and paying charges.
BENJAMIN MAN.
Hartford, (Orford Society) Jan. 4, 1779.
rirtAKE N up by the Subscriber in Torring
& ton, the 15th <sf November last, a Red and
White Pied COW about ten or twelve years old,
mark'd with a half crop and a flit the under fide of
the off ear the ends of her horns cut of. The owner
may have her again, by proving his property, and
paying charges.
EUNICE STRONG.
Torrington, Jan. 2, 1779.