The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-06-08 00:00:00, page 3

Arthol's Highlanders, call'd the 74th, who ar
rived at New-York some weeks ago, are all the re
foforcement the enemy have yet received, that we
can learn.
Since the British landed, we have taken faven pri
foners ; and three defarters have come in.
Yesterday it was reported, that the enemy had
burn' :Lieut. Qov. Cortlandt's house, near Croton-
River, where they firftfauded.
NEW-LONDON, Joni 3.
Last Saturday a flip laden with Commigiries
Stores from New York, took Fire, at Newport, and
Was entirely confirmed.
A Fleet of 10 Victuallers, from Cork, arrived at
N:w York, about the eoth ult,
Monday Cipt. Fsirchillin a Sloop belonging to
New Haven, arrived here in it Days from St. Croix.
Lift Saturday, the Day he made the Land, he saw 15
Sail ofVefcls, chiefly Ships, one of them very large;
by their Course, which was N. W. they were
doubilefs bound to New York,
We have certain Adv.ee by several Persons ftora
N^w-York, That the Sloop Eagle, late commanded
by the have but unfortunate Capt. Conkling, was
lately blown up at New York, by Mea ^ of ally's
snapping a Pirtol among some Powder, which cam
municated to the Magazine. It is said, that a Num
ber of Persons were in the Vessel at the Time who
loft their Lives soon? them the infamous Mirphy
who murdered Capt. Conkling.
NEW- HA VE N, sane 2
Wednesday Evening lift, about 10 o'Clock, a
Cing ofßiffiaas in DJguife, aiftuhed a Haufe in
th* .Parish of Bethiem. in Wujdbiry, occjoied by
'M . Ebenezer G^rnfev, and Mr Baldwin;
vug as er ft ring G rards, three of them entered the
H)ife, aid wounded Giarnfey and Baldwin in a
©od shocking; Manner, but iris hoped they will re
cover"; they then plundered the Hausa of many va
fcable Articles of Clothing, and one of them, on
ft ding a Bundle of Pipers, which he took to be
LL?e, said. I havefmnd what we were looking
r^; they then wen off precipitately, after bring in
fedt^j i of the Huufe more than an H mr, levying
b-uind the Breach of a Queen's Arm. and the Barrel
of a Piffnif the former being broken about Mr,
fydirnfcy's Head, and the B ; rei of AsPiftof knock'd
©it of the §.ock in a Sxffi: one cf them had w^h
^^. Baldwin, A, fidu w\s apprehended but Mr.
Q^nfey was mor^iy wuuqdr ', butby the ^:# Ac-
Qu^^^T^ H ^sofh^ K.^c:% M'.^ld
.F I3H- KI L L,|^O.
Tilt latter end of lait week a number of 3/iuu
Veffeh made their appwaace in the North R,v^;
they coring of thirteen flips three bri^s, lour top
toifehooneu, three gall-cb, fix <op fai Roops, ab at
twenty (mailer veffuls and a great number of "''.
bottom boats.
Ltd Lord's day, (31 A uh.)1500 men landed eight
miles b-low Peck's kill, on Tallerl Point confuting
of B;it:lh and Heflivi grenadiers light infantry, vo
lanteers of Ireland and U|L-'' " Monday the 1 ft ink.
the enemy landed a party on the writ fide of the Ri
ver, where they burnt some honfes. and opened two
final! batteries from which they threw fame faells,
and cannonaded Furt de la Fayette across the River,
nil that day; two gallics kept up a iev^e fire on the
fort at the fame time. They continued their firing
fill 11 o'clock on Tuesday forenoon;' mean-while,
their army marched from Taller! to Ver Plank's
Point, on which the fort flands; by a flag they de
manded a surrender ; the parley continued two hours
...Captain Armstrong thought fit to surrender. Ge
neral M Dougall has not received a juftifiable reason
why the fort was given up. This little fort was
built on purpose to secure King's Ferry, from die
infulti of the enemy's vessels, which frequently had
interrupted our boats from crofting : It was fm,ll,
and would contain, with conveniency about, core
pany of men ; The redoubt was Rrong, and cover
ed a barbette battery,, mounting three pieces of can
non : We had in the barbette a company of artillery ;
they were all drawn cff but a ferjeant, a corporal
and 12 privates ; In the redoubt were a Caplin,
two fubaherns, three ferjeant, and 44 rank and file.
They had provisions and water to serve them thirty
. days.
Wednesday evening --the wind now prevents tl e
Whipping from advancing to Fort Clinton on Weft-
Point ; which, we fuppefe, is the enemy's main ob
je& : The fort is now in tolerable order, well provid
ed, and the men in fine spirits- the militia are com
ingin faft, and every appearance is promifiog.---
The enemy have come out in force, and, it is said,
are from (even to ten thousand men.-—Their troops
from theirlate excursion tq Virginia returned lad
Thursday, and without landing at New York push
ed up the river.
Thursday morning, 4 o'clock, we learn that the
enemy are in motion, as if they meant to come up
the east fide of the river.
%zl Wwi.d: ate not ft ppcftd to b: & ^ %&3.
$04:4 Yfoafn a^ taken up on SafpicQ of &h)ngri%
to the Gang, and the mod diligent Search h now
making wapp^hcud the Whole and bang them to
Jathee,.
PROVIDENCE, May 22. °
C-ipt, James Munrow, of this Place, who ~ime
P,Wenger in a Brig which arrived from South Caro
bna hit Week, inform', that be was taken by Cant.
Ciambers. in the Puvafeet Erg Giyton, from Ja
maica who carried h,m to New P ovidaace. Wq
are tied cd to mention, that Capt. Chambers treated
him and his Crew wtth,great Humanity, as he does
all the Americans who fail into his Hands.
Capt. Mauro also advises, that two Privateers, be
longing to New Providence, returned there from a
Cruize the firfl of April, latt, and that it was publicly
said they had driven a Spanish Ship ashore on the
Bast End of C iba, and plundered her (under Ame
rican Colours) of Goods and Money to a vast
Amount. Tuey brought in large Quantities of
Silks, Sitting, Laces, and other valuable Goods,
flowed in Balk; upwards of 19,000 Dollars in
Specie were entered at the Caflom House, and it was
CQaje&uted they had plundered her of much more;
for all films above 30,000 Dollars a Duty is paya
bie. Oue of the Privateers was commanded by a
Capt. Darrel, who was taken and brought into this
Stare about two Years fyce. A Packet was to be
dispatched to the Savannah with an Account 6f this
Pirecy, soon after Capt. Munro left Charleftown.
BOSTO N, June 3.
By a vessel arrived at art Eiftern port, in a fort
passage from Carolina, we learn, that the British
army under General Prevoft. had for some time fa
verely felt the influence of the Southern climate;
many were sick and many had died : that by ad
vancing into the country, and by various move
mems they had made, they seemed for a while to
threaten Charleftown with a closer approach, but
had never been rearer io it than about 49 or 50 m les :,
that they had taken up all the bridges near their rout,
and the several Rations they bad occupied, with a
view to prevent the junaion of Gen. Moultrie, who
was in their front, with Gen. Lincoln, who hung
upon their rear ; that such dispositions had been
mide t by the two Generals to counteract the deficits
cf the enemy, and to effeA a junction when it would
be thought proper, that the British army appeared
ra her di (concerted, had changed its rout, and re
tired to Beaufort, near to which place General Pre
voft had his head quarters when the latt advicescame
away. The British army was computed at 3009,
and the forces under Gmeral Lincoln art said to be
much faperior in number.
HARTFORD, Jane 8.
It is said, that sixteen thousand of the enemy's
troops have been detached from New York, since
October last.
The Bayonets to the Britilh Light Infantry pieces;
taken at Beau fort, on the 4th of February lag, are
of the moderate Length of Eighteen Itches.
THOSE pedons that want to fend letters or
things of light carriage to Col. S. B. Webb's
regiment, may have an opprotanity, by applying to
the subscriber, living near Glaltenbury meeting
house, by thurfday morning.-
AMBROSE NICHOLSON.
SOME time last winter was left in the fubferibers
fore two tierces of homemade Salt, containing
seven buffieh and fall in <&&and nurkt IS being
the property of Bliss Hal&skg, Btruih Loomis and
Jthen Strong ; fipce whiQfag Salt has been taken
out through m ftik,^ ty ^me pe,fon who is un
known to the fabfcribcr.^nT its is therefore to define
whoever has it in putyty 1 to'faform rue where it
may be found, for whicty &ey fh^l receive the
t^nks of : PASTRY JONES.
Hv-'frd line j.I„Q, ; ; ',
"S P U^ rSM A N.
CTIHE dapple gre/HORSE. covers this season at
rhe ti^bk Qf Mr.'fofyh Bailer, in Weibert
field Heit-allowed tri be a: fini a hoist far golts
^ any old Ranger has left behind him, <•
J'""''" 9 ' -
STOLEN out of a pasture ^ H^foAintheni.tit
after the 13th infant, a ^ n MARE, about 5
or 6 years old, between 13 and i & ha ^ hi,, has
a white face, her hind feet and hei off fore foot white,
her mane lies mofliy on the left tide, low in fldh,
Ihod only before, the right fide of her face looks as
(welled by fame old hurt, if any other mark*: they
arc unknown. Whoever will take up said Mare
and return her to Nehemiah Cadwell of Hartford,
or to th; fahfetiber 1 Clavarack, near Stockbridge,
shall have a haudiome raw- rd and all necessary chars
get p^d, '<v , ELISHA ANDREWS
fily 28, iT/fr c
{n ,' AXIEU'.y He.f..b:%t4r, i'-.cTb^tteyn ^
ts ^ Jjiuc:ll, hie v,;ii iqct wrh frOX cr ph,
@eat so hx menn a, and may depend ujpu ,y t-ak
wUi f#rt t^cm, if tu^y are workrorn.
aELIJAH WOLWGRTH.
JAMES MORRIa,
N. B. Said Wclwcith warns two apprentice.#
w^o may depend upon being w 11 uftd.
Turky. Hhl„ in Sin.lbury, June 2, 179.
Pomfre, January 25. 1779.
STOLEN this day from the door of Caleb Grot
venor, in Afhford, a Horse, Saddle and Bridle.
Said horse is about 16 hands high, of a dark forrcl or
rattier a cheflnwt colour, with a white snip on hie
nose, a small mane and foretop, carries his tgii very
high, trbts and canters, a ^ait gant built horse ; a
rtyTet (addle, ,rcen hoofing with a green fringe and
curb bridle. The thief is a man cf about „ years
of age dark complexion, ihort black hair, Imall of
flature ; had on a light m;<t coloured double b^afi
ed furtout with Erafs buttons, leather fpatt#rdafcA
with brafi books andeyes, with a (mail round boung
hah Whoever will take up (aid horse and 'h;ef and
return them to the fubferibar at Pomfret, gull have
a reward of four hundred dollars, and for the horfq
only two hundred and fifty drills and all rafen^
able charges paid; by
^• , = JOSEPH GROSVENOR,
Said horfe'is for 6 years old this fprin%
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STATE of VERMONT,'
, c . . Cumberland County, April 23 1779.
WHEREAS application has bet n;& so rag
(one of the juhices of the peace 'rfaid conn,
ty) by a numberof the proprietors cf the townflrip
cf Reading, in said slate of Vermont, requiting me
tocall a meeting of said proprietors to be holdrn aft
the house of Mr. Alexander Parmeile? in Winder,
in (aid state, on the sixteenth day cf Jure next, at
nine o'clock in the forenoon to aden the folk wing
articles, viz. firft. to chufe a moderator, second, te
chuff a proprietors clerk, and do fuck bufii&s a#
(hall be thought ,rcpfr to be done at find meetings
in order to ceme into good regulation, j n fa ; d town
ihip, Agreeable to the above request : I do hereby
notify the proprietor, of the town of Reading to aee^
at the time and place proposed for the afotefaid pur
poses. THOMAS COOPER,
il GREEABLE 10 the dxrefbers of law, Notice
4 is hereby given to all concern'd, that the fobferi
ber is appointed by the court of probate, for tri
diftrid of Sharon administrator on the cfoie of Oliver
Everts, late of Salisbury, (represented insolvent)
which has been by thp county court of the county
of Litchfield, adjudged * n d sentenced to be forfeited
to, and for the use of this state, as the estate of 4 per
son inimical to the independence and liberties oftb.
United States &c. All persons belonging to this
state, who are indebted to the said Qiiverja<e bed!
fed aad required to make immediate payment lq ©§.
ADONIJAH STRONG Adrainifrafa?.
All persons haying aay demands' on the above
estate, are to exhibit their claims t$ Wa.B%be, and
David B^ebe of Salary in LitchGdd bounty, who
are appointed comm ffionert by said jbdgefet probate,
on laid estate according to law and wilfinend said
bufiqefs on the firft Monday of July-next, at iwo-cf
the clock afternoon, at the dwelling house cf Adorn, N
jah Strong inholder in said Salivary.
sJfbury, May 28 <1779.,
Wm BEEBE )
DAVID BEEBE, ft ramiffioners.
Three Hundred DOLLARS Reward.
LAST night ran away from the fubferiber, a Ne
gro man and Negro girl, the man about ay
years old thick, well built, speaks low, and thews
his teeth when be freaks, has a down look, tins
country barn, his name is BUD, tie girls name is
NABBY a short thick sett fall faced girl, about 2Q
years old low.fpoken, a fabric crafty creature; it is
most likely their design is to get on board wane pri
vateer, and its probable the girl may be dreh'd in
mens clcaihs; the man is about 5 feet 8 inches high,,
both well cloatbed.- Whoever shall take them up
and return them to me, or give fach notice cf tjfyfr
being (ecured, ar l ean ©brain them, shill hevc th?
above reward of three hundred dollars, two bundled
for the man only, or one hundred (ge the girl onl^y
and reasonable charges paid, by
EDWARD HINMAN:
Woodbury, My 31 1,79.
Fl FT Y dollars reward will be given to any cr7
who will return to Ar fobferiber in Woodbury,
& N^ro eirl named LETTICE, about 24 year* cf
age, trim buik and (peaks good Enghfh, who it is
supposed went away with the above NepioAs.
E^t^j^ !' 1NMAK -
A F^ CopCT of the Rev. Dr. DaNAI L
dibmen may be bed of th. Prifc.