The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1783-11-18 00:00:00, page 4

CHARLESTOW N, O^ober @
Written on the Storm, on Tuesday 7th October,
178,, at Charleftown, South-Carolina.
IN ftri&:obedience to the Heav'nly power,
At early dawn the clouds began to lour ;
All nature seems to wear a gloomy face,
Destruction now approaches every place ;
Rough ^olus his quarter thus has chose,
And from his north-ealt feat in anger blows;
Whilst Neptune mounts his fatal, wat'ry car,
And quick dispatches Triton from a-far :
High on the seas, the Trident-bearer soars,
And bends his way to Carolina's fibres ;
Now both the Gods of wind, and seas unite,
Each strives to shew his power with all his might;
Whilst rains most rapidly in torrents fall,
And num'rous ills present themselves to all.
How (hall I paint the fad, diltrefsful day,
And tell how Sportively the seas did play ?
Alas h'tis hom'd for myfelf to think,
Of veffeis that 1 saw begin to fink:
One, at a wharf, careening as she lay
Became a fad remembrance of the day !
Others, at anclfor, met an equal doom ;
And for succeeding wrecks, as quick made room.
A schooner next, when mooring near the (here
Did, with her bowsprit, Ipurn a little store;
Sorrow and fear appears in every face.
She carries now the house quite out of place.
I saw soon after that, eye witness me,
Three smaller vessels foundering in the sea,
'Twas by a wharf where filh have oft been fpar'd,
And fifnermen in loffc's too have shar'd.
But oh ! how fad and lamentably great,
Must be the tales that others will relate !
May Heav'n ordain, that this has only been,
The real loss which we ourselves have seen.
L O N D O cepiember 5.
THE Porcupine frigate is arrived at Portsmouth
from Gibraltar, and brings dispatches from
General Elliot to government, with a number of
letters from the officers of the garrison to their ref
pedive friends. By these advice is received of part
of the Spanish fleet being returned to Cadiz from
Algiers, after bombarding that city for several days,
and laying a considerable part ofit in alhes . The
Dey, during the bombardment, obliged the Christian
Haves to work on the breaches made by the artille
ry and bombs, amidst showers of lhot, and in fight
of the Spanilh fleet, which nevertheless continued
the attack without remission, frequently setting fire
to the city in five or fix places at once: The Spani
ards, however, did not think proper to land, and
onlv'once made a disposition for that purpose, when
the'countenance kept up by the Moorish troops obli
ged the boats to return to the Shipping. The loss
of the Moors is supposed to have been considerable,
as they exposed themselves in whole troops to the
fhotof the fleet, and gave several instances ofthe most
daring valour, but, fortunately for the Spaniards,
their ignorance in working the great guns, render
ed their molt formidable batteries of little efficacy,
which otherwise might have made great havock
among them.
September 25. A letter from Peterfburgh lays,
that several more Englifli officers were arrived in
that city, and had been introduced to the Empress,
who received them with the greatest marks of ref
'pe&, and that they were preparjngto set out to join
the army, which lay encamped within a Ihort dis
tance of the Turkish army, so that an action is hour
ly expected.
' Mr. Flood is prepared for the Parliamentary cam
paign, in union with all the other leaders of his par
ty ; a stroke which will set Ireland in a flame.—lt is
a militia a&, which is to put the Iword effectually
into the hands of the people, by making every thing
elective ; —and at the fame time to burthen the rest
of the kingdom with their pay and support.. This
scheme will be highly popular among the corps, and
as it is impoilible for rhe Royal assent to be given to
it, will spread universal confufion.
A correspondent in Yarmouth has favoured us
with the following article :—-zx lv>r. 3aro.ett, a na
tive of Switzerland, who for several years past has
lived with Meflrs- Cotton and Gouch, merchants of
this town, was sent over to Bruges to tranfa& some
business, where he had not been but a few days be
fore he was seized and dragged to prison, charged
with being a criminal named Durand, that had been
convicted of having committed a murder 011 the zzd
of September, 1782, and sentenced to die, but had
escaped from goal. What is most remarkable, the
Judge who tried Durand swore to Mr. Barolett be
ing 'the identical person that he tried ; the Goaler,
and five other persons, corroborated his testimony,
and the unfortunate Mr. Barolett was, in conse
quence, ordered for execution, which would have
been performed the next day, notwithstanding all
his declarations of innocence, had it not been for
Lord Torrington, who, with that goodness of heart
for which he is remarkable, instantly, though with
great difficulty, procured a respite, and furnilhed
Mr. Barolett with means of fending oyer to this
town to procure evidence. The very instant the
alarming news arrived, Mr. Cotton procured seve
ral affidavits, all clearly proving that Mr. Barolett
was at Yarmouth at the time the murder was com
mitted at Bruges, and that he had remained in 1 ar
mou'h until the time he was sent there on business ;
those affidavits were not fufficient to procure the
release of the unfortunate man, for the Judge de
clared, they only went to prove that a Mr. Barolett
was at Yarmouth, dad by no means fatisned him
that the person in custody was not the criminal na
med Durand, that escaped. Lord Torrington again
applied for a further respite, and a few days since,
Mr. Gooch set off for Bruges, to prove the books
that were kept by Mr. Barolett for months before
and after the murder was committed, without a sin
gle entry intervening or being made by any other
person.
There is no doubt that Mr. Gooch will procure
his release ; but what recompence can be made to
the unfortunate man, who, not only has been chain
ed down to the floor, and in every other refpe&
treated as a criminal, but would certainly have fuf
fered death had not Lord Torrington heard of the
affair by mere accident.
The Newcastle paper, by yesterday's post, in
forms us, that a very {hocking and disagreeable cir
cumstance attended the execution of William Con
nyngham, upon the Low Lands.near Carlisle, on
Saturday the 13th irftant: After an hour and forty
minutes spent in prayer, seemingly with great de
votion under the gallows, attended by a Dissenting
Minister, he was turned off half past one o'clock.
The Executioner, a feeble old man, placed two lad
ders aside of each other, one for the unhappy man,
the other for himfelf; the rope prepared to exter
minate his existence was very thick, and notwith
standing the fufferer reclined his head to give the
Executioner an opportunity to fix it properly under
his neck, it was only thrown loose over, without
paying any regard to the knot. In this manner he
was turned offin full swing ; but had not hung above
a minute before he called out in a lamentable tone,
" It will not do-—it will not do." The knot being
on the right fide of the chin, the Under Sheriff ve
ry humanely rode up, and with the assistance of the
Executioner, attempted to adjust it, but in the inte
rim the poor fufferer got hold of the hangman's
coat, by which means he got on the ladder with his
hands and knees from which situation he was forci
bly shaken off. He then caught hold of the other
ladder, on which he flood a considerable time on his
feet, calling out “ Murder, murder !" This being
also taker, away, after being much convulsed, he ex
pired in fifteen minutes. His body, after hanging
an hour and a half, was taken down, put into a cof
fin, and buried.
Sunday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, an
apprentice to a Ihoemaker in the Hay-market, next
door but one to Warburton's theatrical tavern, hung
himfelf in the garret with his garters, which he faf
tened to a beam. The cause of this rash adion was
love for a servant woman in the house, to whom he
had, in vain, paid his addresses. The following is
the genuine copy of a letter found in his pocket,
directed to the woman for whom he put an end to
his exigence. It bears the stamp of something bet
ter than could be expected from a Shoemaker's ap
prentice :
" My Dear,
" Unrequited love is the next misery to damna
tion. I had fixed my heart on one object, and that
object I found unattached to me. When you re
ceive this, the hand that writes it will be motionless,
and the heart that dictates cease to beat. I had for
med a feene of delight, in which you were to be my
principal companion; but finding the walk disa
greeable to you, I have, perhaps, rashly ventured to
take another road. If I err, thousands are in the
fame predicament: in my punishment I (hall have
many fellow fufferers. Why were those feelings
given to me : That is a question of imminent dan
ger, and society must not enter upon its difeuflion.
I saw in you what pleased me ; and my temper and
disposition were such, that to live, and know you
poffeired by another, would have drove me to mad
ness. Madness is the ultimate state of mortal woe.
A man's friends, then, out of mistaken kindness,
keep him alive, when death is the only relief he can
experience. To avoid that benevolence of my rela
tions, I take advantage of the power Providence has
given me over my own exiftance; and as I cannot
injure any being on earth but myfelf by the a&, I
shall put my resolve in execution about tour o'clock
this afternoon. Cut offa lock of my hair, and wear
it for the fake of him who died for you."
The Subferiber wishes to inform
the public, his customers in particular, that he is once more in
polfeffion (legally) of materials fufficient to carry on his busi
ness appafitely, therefore continues to repair WATCHES, in a
perfcQ and durable manner, and warrants Qem to perform one
year, gratis, casualties excepted, on the fame terms as before
the war. He has fer falc a complc at assortment of warranted
Watches and Time-Pieces, also, a great variety of Watch Fur
niturr, viz Gilt, Pinchbeck and Steel Chains, Hooks, &c
Silk Braids, Cain Ditto, Cornelian and other Stone Seals,Com
pafs and common Ditto; several forts of jointed Steel Keys;
Gilt Ditto of common fashion ; silver, steel, gilt, inlaid and
hrafs Ditto ; Crystals and Main Sprirgs, silver and gilt Pen
dants; gold, gilt and steel Hands; Pendelum Wire ; Screw
Keys; Pliars, &c. &c. These Gentlemen in the Watch bufi
nets, who ehufe to purcbafe any of the above articles, are in
vited to try whether they cannot be supplied as cheap as inNew-
York or Button, or if they please to fend their orders per Post or
otherwise, they may depend on the fame treatment as if pre
sent, by T H O's. HILLDRUP.
Hartford, September 18, 1783. 74
s TO BESOLD,
Excellent Molasses, Ginger, All
- and Pepper, very cheap for Cash or good But
ter, by the fubferiber in Torringford.
James Johnson.
November 11, 1783.
Iron Works.
TO be Sold, the Iron Works lately the property of Nehemiah
Huntington, Esq; late of Norwich, dgeeafed, together
with a Dwelling-House, Colc-Heufe, &c. firuate in New-Con?
cord, in Norwich,---The works arc in good repair, and advan
tafcoufly situated for business—For further particulars enquire
of Levi Tracy, living near the picmiles.
Norwich, O&obcr 28, 1783.
STATE of VERMON T.
WHEREAS application has been made to me by more than
one sixteenth part of the proprietors of the township of
Berkshire, in said State, to warn a meeting of said proprietors :
Thelc are therefore to notify and warn said proprietors, to meet
at the dewelling-beufc of Thomas Jewet, Esq; in Pawnal, in the
county of Bennington, in said Stare, on the firft Wednesday of
January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to
ad on the following articles, viz. First, To ebufe a Modera
tor ! Secondly, To ehufe a Proprietors Clerk : Thirdly, To fee
if said proprietors will raise money to defray the expences of
surveying and laying out laid township, and to do any other bur
fine's that shall be found necessary,
MARTIN POWEL, Justice Peace.
Manchester, O&ober 10, 1783.
Blanks of most kinds used in this
State printed on good Paper, with spaces much
larger than usual, may be had of the Printers hereof,
as cheap as they were fold before the war.
THE Subferibers are appointed by the Hon. Court of P obate;
for the dihiia of Middletown, Commissioners on the estate
of Mr. Stephen Pierce, late of Middletown, deceased, reprefent
cd insolvent, and fix months is allowed for the creditors to bring
in and prove their claims to said estate 1 These are thcrefore to
notify said creditors, that we shall attend the business of our ap
pointment at the house of Mr. Ephraim Fenno, on the second
Thursday ofthis and the five following months, from two to fix
o'clock P. M. on each of said days—-All accounts must be PICT
pcrly authenticated.
NATHANIEL BROWN,
WENSLEY HOBBY.
Middletown, Novemer 3, 1,83.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Hon. Judge of Probate;
for the diMria afoiefaid, hath been pleased to order and
direa, that all claims against the above-mentioned estate shall
be brought in and proved within fix months from the date here
of, or forever excluded and barred, according to law—-Those
therefore who wish to have any devidend of said estate, will be
careful to exhibit their demands in season.
BENJAMIN HENSHAW, Administrator:
N. B. The said administrator informs the public, that all
the estate of the said Mr. Stephen Peirce will be fold at public
vendue, at the house where he lately lived, in Middletown, on
the a§th day of November instant, at two o'clock afternoon,
for cash in hand r Consisting of Feather-Beds, Case of Drawers,
a Desk, Chairs, Pewter, Brass and Iron Ware, part o a right in
a Boat, Seine and Fishing place, &c. &c. &c.
Middletown, November 6, 1783.
S TA TE of VERMON T.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of the township
of Weybridge, that at a meeting of said proprietors, le
gally warned and held at the house of Capt. Elijah Dewey, inn
holder in Bennington, on the 15th day of October current, the
following votes were passed, viz To raise one dollar on each
ri^ht, for the purpose of laying cut highways in said town and
other ncceffary charges 1 And that this meeting be adjounred to
Thursday the Bth day of January next, then to meet at the dwe!-
ling henCe of C^pr. Pn^^h MaLla, ;n Po^n^l 7 Infalc! foe^ * Abd
that the Clerk be direded to publish the fame in the Bennington
and Hartford papers.
Test, JOSEPH GILBERT, Proprietors Clerk.
November 11, 1,8,
WANTE D,
WHEAT, Rye, Corn, Peas, Beans, Butter and
Cheese; for which Rum, Sugar, Molasses,
&c .&c. &c. will be given in,exchange, by
ASHBEL WELLS, Jun.
Hartford, November 10, 1783.
WB the Subferibers being appointed Cemmiffionefs, by the
Hon. Court of Probate, for the diftri& of Stafford, on
the estate of Joseph Chaffe, late of Union, deceased, represented
insolvent, to hear rod examine the claims of the creditors to
said estate : Do hereby give notice, that attendance will be
given at the dwelling-house of Oliver Wales, in said Union, 0#
the last Tuesdays of January and February next.
SOLOMON WALES.
NATHANIEL NEWEL.
Union, November 2, tyßg.
WANTED, by las SUBSCRI.
A Quantity of White Pine
BOARDS, free of knots, Brakes and splits.
a quantity of narrow Clapboards and Ihort Shi.
and some inch and half White Pine Boards,
are clear ftuff-—The Lumber must be delivere
New-Haven Nothing but Cash will be paid
the whole on delivery. Apply to Stephen-M
Mitchell, Esq. of Wethersfield, who is authorift
by the fubferiber to contrast for said Lumber
Pierpont Edwards
New-Haven, O&. 31, 1783.
A few Barrels of Liver Oil, and
Blubber, and a quantity of Lampblack, for sale, by
John Thomas, Hartford, and by Landlord Pet
tibone, Norfolk.
November 8, 1783.
Manufadured, and to be fold at
the Forge in Eaft-Hartford, excellent Refined Iron,
in flat and square bars ; also, Draughts of all kinds,
viz. Mill Irons, Vessel Irons, Tires of all sizes, Slay
Shoes of the belt quality, Moles, Bars, &c.
Also, wanted at said Forge, or Store of Elisha
Pitkin, Esq. Pork, Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, Oats,
and Scrap Iron, which will be taken in exchange,
by Samuel Pitkin.
Eaft-Hartford, November 8, 1783.