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to m'" rear, who with three hundred men of his bri
gade (90k post on the oppofi e file of the marsh, so
as to be in readiness either to fupporc me or to cover
a tetreat in case of accident, and I have no doubt of
his faithfully and effeaually executing either, had
there been any occaiion for him.
The humanity of our brave soldiery, who scorned
to take the lives of a vanquished fee calling for m^r
cy, reflects trie highest honor on them, and accounts
for the few of the enemy k lied on the occ^fun.
I am not fitisfied with the manner in which I have
mentioned the conduct of Lieuts. Gibbons and Kacx
the two gentlemen who led the advanced parties of
20 men each -their distinguished bravery deleaves
the highest commendation -the fird belongs to the
6.h Peurfylvania regt, and loft I) men killed and
wounded in the attack ; the )aft belongs to the 9th
do, who was more fortunate in faying his men tho'
not let's exposed.
I have the honor to be, with great rcfpe&,
Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant,
ANTHONY WAYNE.
General Washington.
Published by o der of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
(A return ofthe k bed and wounded of the light
infantry at the fiorm of Stoney Point, together with
the return cf ordnance and stores taken, will be in
our next.)
BOSTO N, August 5.
Tuesday lad arrived here a French frigate es 32
guns from France, in which came passengers his Ex
cellency the Chevalier de la . Lusernb, Plenipo
tentiary from His Molt Chniban Majety to the Uni
ted Sca.es, with his Secretary, &c. as also the Hen.
John Adams, Efq;hfea Cummflipner fem these
Stakes to the Chart of France. His Excellency and
fan landed on General Hancock's wharf, about 5
o'Clock the fame afternoon, whe,e t. ey ./ere receiv
ed by a committee firm the Hon. Council of this
State, who z-ere writing with carriages f r their re
ception ; they we,e conduced to the hcufe late tie
lefi.e^ceof tec Continental General. He was fainted
by a difeharge of 13 cannon on his landing from ,i:e
fc .cfs on Fti U; ; and every other mark of refpe&
iho^n him w^A circumflances would admit.
Yeftetday am^dhetea flrip and two brigs from
France that came out u. der convoy of the above
frigate- -uhu we hear, have very valuable cargoes
on board.
Extract of a let'er received by the Board of War in
Bofion, from an emineht House in France, dated
May 27 >?:y'
" TbeEriglrih who had a great number of priva
tc&s ready to,, nt to sea when the hoftilitiee began,
took unawares the heft part cf our Weft Indies mer
chantmen (on their return),and for feme time conti
need to make deep wounds to our hade, but new,
we every day fee feme of their privateers and fri^a er
bro'c in 0 our porae, thy were alway: conquered when
the number was equal
"An expedi ion w ; ch we attempted lately on
the Iflanda cf J ifey and Gaernfey, mifearried for
warn of winded tide We may however attribute
a faccefs to it because Admiral Arbuthnot, who tat
fail with a fqadr^n of Men of War to carry reinforce
ments to New York and Georgia, madea d version to
his intended voyage, by going t® the effi^ance cf
these Islands, and we hope that deky will be favour
able to tie Americans. Our fl^ confiding cf thirty
one ships of the line without frigates, is ready 'o
put to sea ; we have befide# ten other ships of the
firft rate on .he flocks. The Corin' D'Ehaing longs
to come to an engagement ; he has aft rally eighteen
{hip, of theJine that are fupericurly fitted out. Ad
miral Byron it is thought remains flill at St. Lucia,
with twenty fix fh : ps ;he dates not venture out, or
is unable to do it, fur want of hands, having loft ore
third of his people by difiemper, Mons. Limote
Piquet failed a fortnight ago, with fix battle sh fs,
and 4or 5000 land forces ; he convoys a va'tnon -
ber of merchantmen. We are not terrain what pa t
of America he is defined to. France wll have in
left than a years time eighty ffiipsof the line in a good
condition, with a great number of frigates. Mouf.
De la Fayatte embarks immediately with 15 or
180© dragoons to join your brave Generals.
" France by her mediation has concluded peace
between the Ruffians and Turks. She has also
brought about an accommodation of the contest be
tween the Kins cf Prt ffia and the Emperor cf Ger
many : The treaty cf peace is figred We flvter
ourselves that all these powers will concur with Spain,
to determine or compel England to make a peace ad
vantageous both to France and America. The Span
ifh Galleons arc arrived ; Spain has 4 or 5 sh p 3 rs
the line ready to put to sea, and people prefsmeth
order for their failing will not be delivered before
every measure for peace have been tried unfucceE
firlly by the Sanifh Ambassador at St. James'.^ Co^rt.
" Leland is wav drirari<6;d. there is a kind of
infarreaion, and the English apprehend we Full
land fume groups' on that Iflrnid.
'° Huband. Sweden, Denmark and Russia, are
mating aimaments to fcpporc their trade, and protect
it -gandt the depredations of the Eugiifh, wuo in
v.u£ every thing t^cy meet at sea , in a word, all
bias fair for us, to have the fatisfafhon of feeing
their tyrannic pride humbled.
" Tois Sir, is a compendium ofthe political news.
The debates in the Euflrih Parliament are dill very
wa.m, and Lord b.nowmh remains in office, not
wnhUancting all extorts of the navy "
Sunday arrived fafe in Port, a P^ze Letter of
MarqueSlcop, ladea wth Rum. She was btund
frum Jamaica for New-York, and taken cff the Hock
by rhe Gates aud Beaver Privateers, which ado took
a Sloop bound Jrom Georgia for New York, that ar
rived at a late Port last Saturday - By this last Prize
we have a Confirmation of the Enemy'> leaving South-
Carolina, and having retreated to Savanah in Geor
gia. from wi.ei.ee they were foua to embark lor fume
Part of thin Continent.
HARTFORD, August 10.
Departed this life July 22d, in the 72a year of
her age. Mrs. Hannah Allis, the virtuous and
arwauie conform cftht Rev. Mr. Samuel Allis, of
Somers. A Sermon suitable to the occasion was
poached by the R-v. Mr. John Willard, of S.af
foia, from. Heb. xu. 5,6, 7.
It is reported chai 1501 20 houfet have been burnt
in the Maiiliuk itttleme&ts, and several people kil
led and carried uff^ with cdtfideiable plunder :
Teat the militia from Golheii and parts adjacent,
having precipitately pu^ced the enemy, without
fufficicm caution or necessaries, were furpriltd, de
feated, and many of them killed or carried off;---
amung whom w^e several very valuable mm, par
ticularly Col. Tu^on, jun. aad Cap. Wood, and
that wuiref^me or cne m.li-ia behaved w.th the ut
moil bravery, by the cowardice of others, they fella
prey to the enemy.
Fur the CONNECTICUT CO URAN Y.
Io THOSE WHOM IT DOTH OR MAY CONCERN.
Q Late Frcohi author in his PuiluLp cai and
fl political Hihory of the Settlements and Trade
cf ^c Eart and Wed Ind e% has this most thiking
temarx: " Secrecy in politics, is like lying; it
" laves a S.a.e for a white, and is the undoing of it
in the end - neither 1^ it of use but to wicked
" m^u." To apply the obfeivation 10 t; e present
day : It is now auout fix months fi ce the good peo
, pie of these States have been amused that a mighty
secret would Lon be d.v-1 id, to set all things ri£ht
and put ag end to the war ; but net being allowed
to knew of judge for themselves- tir'd out with de
lay, they begin to dtfpair ; for inlead of day night
appears. Tae enquiry new is, of what avail will
th^ m ftery be, if there beany, but to them that keep
it ? Will it lave the State or prove its rum ?- -
Uideft a fa islafto y aafwer can be given by feme
one of the Cabinet, the community a: lar^e will
conclude t^e wn:le to be a political finesse, and
adep. the fcntLmeu< of the ingenious F enchman.
°A QUERIS T.
Ji come to bad and to be Sold
By ELIAS SHIPMAN, and Co.
A fcw reds South oi tie Gra- Bridie in Hartford.
a finall a&o^ment of DRY GOODS, confining
cf the following artit Ls, viz.
S CARLET, claret and brown Broadcloths, F ^eff
C-ohs. blue a^d grey Coding, Wilton Vcl
ves. Shalloons, Dfewhoys, Crilinanco, Poplin,
Calbcors, Ginghams, D.n^ty. Dtvch Ccrd Cam
brick, plain and figo'd Lawn figur'd and p ain
blank and white GjT.m, black Lce^ Catgut,
fiampt Intern and c<'cc Handkerchiefs, thread and
hemp me.'; Heft, Sartin. Mode, Barcelona and
Ba.dano Hacf rrchiefs,> C/p Wire, colour'd and
black Ribbons, Tiead. Sewing Silk, S^uff by the
bladder, Tea. Ceffe Indigo Penknives, \ Spurs,
Awl Blades, Tacks, Hob Nails, American Steel,
Nail Rods &c &c.
lu BE Sold at the North Door under tub
Priming Office,
W'RITING PAPER Peis Piper, Cartridge
Paper, Spelling Books, Psalters, Pocket
Books, Sugar, C. ffee, Pepper, &c.
GOOD rum, to be Sold for Money ; and
MOLASSES, to he Exchang'd for G ain,
agreeable to th. Lft Regula ring AA cf this Sta e, at
Mr. Ellery' Store in Ha ^frt
I)ROKE into the I r,cl.Ore ofthe febfe ^^ ^vot
, he fift cf June, ada k forrd MARE COLT,
2 years old co brand; ft me white Irrrs in her fc e
hezd, las not beer deckt. Tie own a r may kve
ler by ,'^n* charge and pttvinr hr pr^r.^ty.
SAMUEL JACKSON.
BcihLm, in Wc^iLff, Ju 3 y, 2,7,
STRAYED cr STOLE N frem tL ^
loribet, bout the 24 hJ iy lart, a BLACK
KUNE MARE 4 years old, 14 nznoihi h,
paces, trots and canters, strait limb'd. Whoever
will return la,d Mxre to the fubfetiber, Bull have
Twenty Dollars Reward, and all neceffaty charges,
if Helen, for the theif and^mare, One Hundred Dol
lars, and all neccH&y charges, by
JOSHUA HUTCHENS.
Bolton, A 4 1779.
Ik.A^ lL) uem i ihct.ber about ait 15.. of
O June tart a bay MARE, about 12 or 13 Lands
bgi, about 8 yiais oia, ratttal trot and cai >er,
branded on her left thigh FB. Whoever will fe
cuie laid Mate, aid give information to the fob
fcriber, shall have teh dolla:s reward, and all teafon^
able charges paid, by
WILLIAM BATTLE.
Woodbury, July 13 >779-
STRAYED from the furrier ber auo^t the m ddla
of June, a dark brown COW, feme white in her
la,e a; d other pans of her b dy, both horns taw'd
cff was farrow when ftiay'd. Any person that
will take up said cow. and fend me vote so that I
m.y have her again, shall receive a generous reward
and charges paid, by
TITUS WATSON.
Norfolk, An,n° g i^^g.
+ i.h uvc^l towns in Uh. ota^ npu &
J the eloathing ordered by alate ad of the Ge
ne^ai AfTembly, tn their future purchases are not to
exceed the fcilow ng prizes v.z For geed Shoes
15 dollars per pair ; Sock-ngt from 10 <0 12 dollars
pet pair ; brown Tew Cloth from 5 to 6 dollars per
yatd, and other cloth in proportion# In procuring
the woolen cloathing they are defi ed to get at much
white as may be and delivered in the cloth inflead ox
overs all,.
Chauncey Whittlesey Purchaf. Clothier.
Mddlecwt Aa^utt 4 >779*
Aa Mte mg bi the original proprietors of the town
fh p of Stamford, in the Stae of Vermont held
at M ddleiown# on the 18;h day of July left,
a reeahle to public warning :
VOIED. That a rate or tax of twenty pounds
be laid on each original right, to be paid into
tecell^aurs hands by the firft day cf September
next on failure cf which the collector is ordered to
adveriife and fell so ranch of said rights ar will pro
d'-ce fad fam with me dent charges. The original
propr eers of fad Samford ae hereby notified that
unlcfs th y fcverally pay to the f. bfenber the above
ra con cr before t;e said firft day cf Sep ember n xt,
I shall proceed acccido,; to tie directions of f^d
Vote, to aaveitfe and fell so much of (tach del n
qent propuetpis right, as will produce said sum
with incident charges.
ROWLAND ALLEN Cull &or.
D^bßiixLD ; in.:- uav.s; (an nn x
during tne war) 5 feet 10 inches h, h brown
ha £, when he went away had on a lisht red blown
camlet coat, brown bread cloth v.fi ft" P^ over
halls, hath been here ofore confined in Nonhamptsa
geal fcr coun erfeiting continental b.iL; it is Up
p^fed he is eth£r gene to the cuftr~ dor towards
the foiled in order to cr ft to Long Iflnd. tvbo r
ever may apprehend him fhr.ll receive fify '"Jars
reward and a generous allowance for ary,
time, trouble and expire.
JEREMIAH HICKOC K.
Recruiting Officer for Gen.Fellow-' Brigade.
SUffirid, J riv 20 ,779
frUKLY DuLunK) REWARD,
I) UN away fiom t, e fubL.ber, a negroman na-'
( med T I T E, who wa; lately taken from the
enemy ; he it about 5 feet 6 inches high, looks very
furiy ; has vety thick: I ps, can play on a fiddle, and
stole one thatlie tock wuh h.m. Whoever will take
up f&d negro and secure him so that the right ow n er
may lave him again, fhal! have the ib ve reward
and ail DcceHuy charges pa ; d, by James Elliot,
of Philadelphia, cr Nathaniel Fatten, of Hart
ford.
N B. Said Negro can work at Farming very well,
and it is likely wnl ty for employ.
Hartford, July 24. 1779.
TO be fold, a span of Sorrel acres, vert
shaped, near 15 hands high, one 7 ^ other
8 years old, trot and pace-- Also one other hetfe a
bout X 4 Lands and half high, 5 years eld all U:d
Lories are in good state. App'y to Q „
JOHN KIRBY,
Worthington, J"lv 16 <1,9.
GY )OD RU Mto ne fold by the barrel or les
^ 4 CALEB BULL, Jer.'r. Store in Hartford.,
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