The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-12-28 00:00:00, page 2

WILLIAMSBURG, Nov. 20.
Chirks Knight and Nathaniel Abney, of Amelia,
were lately taken, together with a number of imple
inent: far making printing types, in order to coun
terfeit our treaftiiy note#, and were yesterday com
minted to the public goal in this city.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2.
Bx' all of a letter from St. Euftatia, October 9.
" Yefierday a vessel arrived here from H lland,
by which we have advice that the Dutch are; by
desire of the King of Prussia and other Power#, to
remain neuter : They have new ip the Text! 38^
^ p# cf the lime, the remainder of the Seven Provin
ces. half that number, making in the whole §7
sh pa well manned. It is the general opinion here,
that Holland Denmark, Sweden, and other Powers
to the Northward will have 200 fail at sea by next
soring to proted their own trade. You may depend
on it there will be hot work in the European fea#
next spring.
The schooner —, Capt. Dwidfon, from Got
tenburg for this port, ran alhors a few days ago, at
Barnegat, whereto v?ffel and most of the cargo isloß.
December 4,
Yeflerday arrived in 28 days from St. Euftatia,
the flo p Favourite, Capt. Leech, loaded with salt.
Cap:. Leech fa led in company with the sh p Jay,
be c%ivg to this port, and in latitude 26 was sepa
rated firm her in a heavy stale of wind ; he soon
afterwards * a-;chafed by the sh n Pekei r g, frera
Salem, New England, which obliged him to throw
his pap^r verboard.
In CONGRESS. November 25 '7,9 a
R hdvrk That the various departments cf ihe
Civi'iS ff belonging to the Army, be for the future
under the fin*.intendency and direaion of the Board
of war ; and that the Committees of Congress on
thoe departments, deliver over to the Board of Whr,
all p pro in their hands refrying them, and there-
upon oe uncharged.
ExtraA from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'rv.
In CONGRESS, Nov. 30, 17,9.'
, Rrfdvtd, That the Beard of War be directed to
procure from the Quarter Matter General, the Com
miffvie: General, the Forage Maher, and the Bar
rack Master G neral, a return of all the Assistants,
Deputies Officers Agents and other persons cm
ployed in their refpc&ive departments, the difaids
in which they are 10 employed and the terms upon
which they are engaged: And that such return be
made by the firft day of January next.
Ext^a from ibe minutes.
CHARLES THOMSON Sechy,
FISH KI LL, December 16
We . avejati received 2 piece cf intelligence well
TOthentic^d, that part of our prunes in Canada,
are lately fat off, his said, to England ; tbofe re
manning, officers and soldiers, are ordered to elefe
confinement.-- Our enemies begin to doubt the fide
lity of the Canadians.
N'.w°'thftanding the flattering accounts of the
British affairs, pub! &d in some of the late Hew
York papers, the wife men of the British Parliament,
draw a mob melancholy picture of the calamitous
c ; rcumftances oftheir country Lord Jbhn Caven
drib, in a late debate, said, •' He would expend his
fortune, and hazard his life against the natural ene
mies of his country ; and he would do as much to
brin, Ministry, the cause of all the nation's calami
ties, to thrir deserts.” declaring, with all the enthu
^afm of resolution. " that his resentment should be
found firm and lading."- He further observed, that
nothing left than the moh exemplary punishment
ought to be infl &ed upon them, and their ref„&ive
estates confiscated, and applied towards the expences
of the war."-- Sir George Saville, Col. Barre, Mr.
Burke, Mr. Baker, with others, were tremendously
severe on Administration, the latter declaring, that
he ^would eppofe the granting any money, or go
ing into any meafares, till the present Adminifration
were dealt with as they ought to be."-- Lord North
replying with sarcastic wit, and contemptuous plea
santry. Lord John Cavendish advfed him" to be
sober, grave and serious that day, and to throw his
wit and humour aside, for that they would serve no
longer.
are embarkedin the fame bottom with us:
They must try to save the vessel for their
own fakes. Or should they at any time
violate the great rules of justice, and at
tempt to subvert the government, we have
them in our power. Our Freedom and
Independence rests not with them. The
government is established upon the autho
rity, and is iathe power of the people.
UNSHAKEN.
The Count D'Eftaing has taken or destroyed all
the enemy's shipping in Georgia; so that they had
scarcely a boat left : And by the last accounts, had
so difp jfed his fhip# and armed vessels, that no sup
plies could reach Savannah. By this means the en
emy must be greatly difaffbd in that quarter, and
without any further attack, which is expired, they
will probably soon be reduced by famine.
Advices from Cliarlcftown, South Carolina, men
tion. that they are in high fpiriti there, from the se
curity of their harbour and coasts by the French ships;
and from the general profpea of affairs in that quar
ter.
All accounts from Georgia agree in representing
the terrible execution from the fire of the allies on
Savannah : The enemy acknowledge this, and are
net able to disguise the difheffed situation into which
it has reduced them ; and inflead of meditating fur
ther conquests, they are in the utmost perplexity
how to maintain their present ground.
There are letters in town which affare u#, from
the best authority, that the Count D'Gaff§ with a
squadron of 8 fhip# of the line, and about the fame
number cf frigates, hat lately received orders to re
pair to Chefepeak Bay, to promote, in the bast man
ner circumflance# will allow; the Service of the Uni
ted Sta es: And there is a person in town, who was
on board one of this squadron, a ship of 74 gun#, in
Chefepeak Bay, and who heard signal guns, supposed
to come from the other part of the Squadron . This
Seasonable naval aid must give great additional Spirit
to the cause of America, and demonflrates how far
our good allies are engaged in it. At the fame time
it must cff.Auaky damp our enemies, who knowing
the calf# the French have for their snip: cf force in
various quarters for the prote& ion oftheir or^ trade,
and the prafecution of their own service, had no
apprehension that they would Spare from this service,
such a force for theft feat. With this force the al
lies are masters of the coaft# a# well as the territory
of the Continent : The enemies hopes refpeAing their
farther acquifiticns at the southward, arc daffed ; the
Carolinas will be fafe; the Supplies for the British
forces in Georgia will be cut cff—the large number
of troops embarked a Second time at N<w York, and"
that have been waiting for a Safe opportunity to Sail
BOSTON, Dec. i&
A gentleman from the southward, late
ly arrived in town, gives us more particu
lars than we have yet met with, refpeding
the action at Savannah. He assures us the
Count D'Eftaing landed but about 2000
men on this occasion. He confirms all
the relations we have had of the coolness
and intrepidity of the Count and General
Lincoln, and the uncommon bravery of
their refpedive troops. The militia also
had great merit on that day •,the equal
firmnefs could not be expected from them
with that of veteran troops in so severe a
trial. It was computed the British loft
600 men in the attack. The bold Pulaflci
rufh'd with his usual ardor, upon his horse,
a confideiable way before his legion, up
to the parapet of the enemy. A bar fhet
from one of their cannon killed his horse.
and at the fame time gave him a large and'
mortal wound in his fide, just above his
hip. He was brought off by his own men,
and carried to a boat that conveyed him
to a French ship, on board of which he
died two days after, in his typaffage to
Cfeleftown. Thus fell this noble and
intrepid pole, after the many battles he had
fought, and dangers he had faced, in de
fence of the liberties of America. Twelve
thousand hard guineas, were found on
board the Experiment, Sir James Wallace,
taken by the Count D'Eftaing; 2 frigates,
and 21 transports were about the fame time
captured from the enemy.
We have authentic advices from the
southward, that the Count D'Eftaing was
still before Tybee on the firft of Novem
ber; that he had sent 3 frigates to Charlef
town, which are fully fufficient for all the
naval iervicc icquifite for that port and the adjacent
coast ; and that the British force# at Savannah had
never dated to fir a hep from their fortress and
line#.
for Georgia, and some perhaps ( 0 the WeA fr ^ ,
will fill be embargoed : The British cruize r *
called m; our own trade will be Safe, while th
pl ^ for New York and Halifax will be interrupted
Short, no service could be afore seasonable, or more
eOential than that which we hope for from the pre
sence cf the Squadron of the Count De Gr^ffe.'
We hear that the Franklin and General Pickering
privateers have returned into Salem, from a cruize,
during which they have taken several valuable prized
three of which, it is said, have arrived in Providenc"
river.
READY MONEY •
AND
WRITING-PAPER,
TO BE EXCHNg'd, FOR
Clean Cotton and Linen RA GS,
At the PRINTING-OFFICE.
LEFT a: AMASA JONESI a little fou:h effe
Court House H^fo a, a number of Continen
ts Dills, wrap'd in a paper : The owner may have
them by applying to said Jones, describing the fairae
so that hi# pr psrty may be known, and paying for
tbi, adver fem ^.
TAKEN p atav tet 28u of November last,
a .oir! MARE, about fourteen hands high,
white le„; the near fide of her neck and belley
white. The owner may have her again, by apply
ing to Thoma! Russel, and paying charge#. '
Wer+hr-sfirid, D?c. to 1,79,
FOUND cn fhe^pad between Rimiugtoyrn, 4
Harford, foretime in November left, 2 br<c&
c aw boy# clckeAyed up in a check'd handkerchief.
The owner may have it a^ain, proving bis proper
ty, and paying charges. FITCH HURLBUT.
Weft Hertford, Dec. 25, >779.
Meffi'rs Hudson & Goodwin,
rr^ H E certificate concerning Mr. E
& zekiel Osborn, which appeared in
your last, fubferibed with my name, is
fentially different frotil any thing that I
wrote.l gave said Osborn a writing
tifying that he had not been arrefled ; { o r
accufedoi the crime of breaking myhoufe.-.-
The piece pubEfhtd is a villainous forge
ry. The f< nfelefs jargon cf " fuf^tic,n ^
the like manner, or any other (perfa,',
seems to have been designed with a vie?
to ptblifh under my hand, (if the writer
had been endowed with ability to commu
nicate ideas) that I had no suspicion of Os
born, or any other person. This villainy
demands an explanation. A Stephen Heth,
brother-in law to said Osborn, has been
repeatedly searched for the money I w?s
rob'd cf, which seems really to imply no
thing short of a fufeicicn. ' Seme perlons
have with indefatigable industry, clandes
tinely indeavoured to make a report circu
late and gain credit, (cho' I believe with
little success) that 1 had found my money,
with my brother I 1 have reason to believe
said Heth has been as incremental as any'
one in spreading, if not in fabricating said
report -That the fabricators and pro
pagators of that infernal, villainous,malli
cious falfhood, are the very persons that
robbed my house, 1 have not theleaft doubt.
How far the making use of my name in
publishing the stupid senseless jargon above
referred to, might he aimed to give credit
to this villainous falfhood, I leave the pub
lic tojudge.
JOHN WATSON.
East-Windsor, Dec. 22, 1779.
H A R rs O R D, December 2&
The Lesifl store efthe State of Pennsylvania, have
passed " An A& to confirm the eftatts and iaterefts
of the College, Academy and Charitable School of
the city cf Philadelphia, and to amend and ate th^
charters thereof, conformably to the revolution, and
to the constitution and government of that Common
wealth, and to ere& the fame into an Univenary "
The Printers of this Paper difire such of
Customers as have engaged to make payment u
Wood Grain &c. to improve the present
tunity for that purpose.