The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-03-20 00:00:00, page 3

Extras of a letter from Richmond, in Virginia,
dated February 26, 1781.
" I gave you information in my last, that Ge
neral Greene had crossed the Dan, at Boyd's fer
ry, and that Cornwallis had arrived at the oppo
site ihore. Large reinforcements of militia have
embodied both in front and rear of the enemy ;
he is retreating with as much rapidity as he ad
vanced. His route is towards Hillfborough.
General Greene crossed the Dan the 21st, in pur
suit of him. I have the pleasure to inform you
that the spirit of opposition among the people,
was as universal and ardent as could have been
wished. The Britiffi at Portsmouth lie close in
their lines."
In pursuance of an A& of the Legislature of
Maryland, entitled, " An A& to empower the
Delegates of this State in Congress, to fubferibe
and ratify the Articles of Confederation ;" the
Delegates of the said State, on Thursday last, at
twelve o'clock, signed and ratified the Articles of
Confederation ; by which act the Confederation of
The United States of America was compleated,
each and every one of the Thirteen States, from
New-Hampshire to Georgia, both included, hav
ing adopted and confirmed, and by their Dele
gates in Congress ratified the fame.
This happy event was immediately announced
to the public by the difeharge of the artillery on
land, and the cannon of the Dipping in the river
Delaware.
At two o'clock his Excellency the President of
Congress received on this occasion the congratu
lations of the Minister Plenipotentiary of France,
and of the Legislative and Executive Bodies of
this State, of tne Civil and Military Officers, sun
dry strangers of diftinaion in town, and of ma
ny of the principle inhabitants.
The evening was closed by an elegant exhibiti
on of fireworks. The Ariel frigate, commanded
by the gallant John Paul Jones, fired afeu dejove,
and was beautifully decorated with a variety of
streamers in the day, and ornamented with a
brilliant appearance of lights in the night.
Thus will the firft of March, 1781, be a day
memorable in the annals of America, for the fi
nal ratification of the Confederation and perpetu
al Union of the Thirteen States of America.— A
Union, begun by necessity, cemented by oppres
sion and common danger, and now finally con
solidated into a perpetual Confederacy 01 these
neyr and'rifing States: And thus the United States
of America, having, amidst the calamities of a
deftruftive war, established a solid foundation of
greatness, are growing up into consequence a
mong the nations, while their haughty enemy,
Britain, with allher boasted wealth and grandeur,
tnftead of bringing them to her feet, and reduc
ing them to unconditional submission, finds her
hopes blasted, her power crumbling to pieces, and
the empire which, with overbearing insolence
and brutality she exercised on the ocean, divided
among her insulted neighbours.
That four days before he failed, a pilot-boat, owned in Virginia,
arrived there, in f days from 'Statia, which made her escape the
Sth ult. That the British fleet, under the command of Admiral
Rodney, conftfling efts fail of the line, had then surrounded the
bay, and came to anchor ; that a general cannonade had taken
place, and that 6 British frigates were reconnoitering off there, and
gave chace to the aforementioned pilot-boat.—As we fisppofe their
designs was to defray the Continental fores, deputed in that island,
and to capture the American vessels---We fear the words of Job's
m essenger, will, in this inface, be juflly verified, « I only am
escaped to tell the news." The ships Eagle andßaven, Captain
Smith's informant fays, were there ; besides which, the ships Pick
ering, and prize brig Ranger, brig Saratoga, all new confatted,
owned in this town, were th,re also.
Since our last arrived in a fafe pott, a Brigantine, and a copper
bottomed Ship, the latter 303 tons burthen, mounting 18 carriage
guns, bound from Charleftown, South-Carolina,' to Jamaica.
Their cargoes conffled of rise, naval fiores, and lumber---Cap
tured by the ship Rhodes.'
NEFF-LONDON, March ,6.
Last Saturday the British fleet, which has lain in Gardiner's
sayfor this fom, time bast, came to fail, and food to the fouth
jard, in consequence of the failing of thg Fm^fi w&%fWM
oft Nro,m on Thursday preceding.
BOSTO N, March Is.
On Thursday last M. Deftouche, commander
in chief of the French squadron at Newport, fail
ed from that place, with the ^reateft part of his
squadron, among which was the Romulus, lately
captured from the British. This brave and en
terprising officer had on board a body of troops.
The destination of this fleet remains a profound
secret.—Some suppose it designed for Hallifax,
others Virginia, and others one of the Carolinas.
The object is undoubtedly important; and the
zeal of our Allies to be ufeful to these States in
the present arduous contest, and to reap laurels in
America must give great pleasure, and new ani
mation to every friend to our independence and
happiness.
SALE M, March 13.
The following particulars, are related by Captain Smith, of the
brigantine Lexington, who left Port-au-Prince, the 17th ult.
and arrived here the Sth in ft. viz.
} h cellahi, ttyface tbi« fleet to ifo M Gw&er'e Hay,
they have buried upwards of too men, and that a day or tw^ before
they failed they landed between two and three hundred fek, which,
on failing, they tool on board its the greatef Jeeming confufiore.
Monday last the Young Cromwell returned into port from a
cruize, during whichjhe captured three prizes.
HARTFORD, March 20.
Last Friday afternoon his Excellency General
Washington arrived in town from Newport,
and on Sunday morning proceeded on his jour
ney to the Army.
Thefollowing is an Extrafl of Lis Excellency Ge
neral Wafoingtoifs Orders of the irth infant.
" ALEXANDER MeDOWALL, late Lieu
tenant and Adjutant of Colonel Welles's Regi
ment of the State Troops of Connecticut, hav
ing been, by a General Court-Martial of the
Line, held at Hartford the 7th Day of March,
1781, whereof Colonel Heman Swift was Presi
dent, found guilty of Defection to the Enemy, and
by the said Court Martial sentenced to fuffer
Death for the fame, agreeable to the 6th Section
of the firft Article of War ; which Sentence is
ordered to be put in execution on Wednesday
the 21st instant, at Hartford, between the Hours
of Ten in the Forenoon and Three in the After
noon of the fame Day.
AtaMEETING of the GOVERNOR and COUNCIL of
T 1 ESOLVED that the Committee of Pay-Table be, and the,
are hereby directed, on receiving a Certificate from the Select-
Men of the towns reJpettively, that they have furnished the number
Men ordered by All of the General Assembly, in November last,
for the defence of the pof at Horse-Neck, and other parts of this
State, and that they are ready to march ; to order payment of the
allowances made by the Aflemblr accordingly. And in case that
any of the said men, as furnished by an, or either of said towns, are
not able bodied effective men, ft for said service, in the opinion and
judgment of the Commandant, at said Horfc-Neck,, andfuch man
is sent back to the town, from whence he was furnished ; st is, and
shall be the duty of such town, to furnish, and fend forward to said
post, another man, who is able bodied and effective, for said ser
vice duly equipped and furnished, agreeable to said aft. And
such towns as have not obtain'd their full number, certifying the
number ready to march, may have allowances, according to their
number And the towns are directed forthwith to complete the
number ordered.
STATE of CONNECTICUT.
Hartford-County, February,?, 178t<
N OWrE, That a Libel is filed before William Pitkyn,
A. Esq. Assistant, and John Phelps, Ffq. Justice of the Peace,
for said county, by Anderson Miner and Ebenezer Gilbert, both of
Boltcn, in said county ; againf 6 folk Handkerchiefs, 4 papers of
great Pins, 4 Nutmegs, 6 Pen-knives, and 3 Jack-Knives ; found
andfeizedin Hebron, in said county ; and said to be illicitly im
ported into this State, from Long-Island. or feme other island or
place in the pofejflen of the enemy : Andfor cthe trial of the justice
offaidfrizure, a maritime court will be holden at the dwelling
houfe of Captain Beniamin Buells, tn said Hebron, on the fourth
Monday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. All perfont
claiming property in said goods are to take notice hereof.
WILLIAM P 1 T KIN,
JOHN PHELPS.
STATE of CONNECTICUT.
Hartford- County, March 16, 1781.
PUBLIC NOTICE, is hereby given, That a Libel is
fled before the Hon. JABEZ° HAMLIN, Esquire,
Judge of the Maritime Court, for the County of Hartford, by
Edward Johnson, and others, against a Quantity of G 0 0 D 3,
consisting of silks, linens, cambricks, and other articles—taken
on Block- Island, on or about the Bth instant, andfaid to bo the pro
perty of British fubjeds—And for the trial of the justice of said
capture, a maritime court will be held at the court-hcufe, in Hart
ford, in the county of Hartford, on the 2d Tucfday of April next.
All persons claiming property in said Goods, are to take notice.
By order of the Judge,
GEORGE WELLES, Register.
RUN AWAY frpm the fatfenbu. on the st h
infant an apprentice boy, named DAVID
BAXTER, 19 years of age, about five feet eight
inches high, bgb.complexion ffijrt hair, had on
when he went away, a li^ht brown coat and v:ft,
dark brown breeches, white yarn (earned flockings.
Whoever will return said boy to the fubferiber, shall
have fix pence reward, paid by
JOSEPH BBWELL.
Ghfleobary, February it, 1781.
Resolved, That the Committed of Pay-Table, publish the fore
going Refolvo, in the public Newspapers, in this State;.
Extract from the Minutes,
STATE of CONNECTICUT.
Hartford- County, March 10, 1781.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, That Libels are filed
l before us, the Subscribers, in favor of Elizur Andrus and Levs
Heart, both of Farmington, in said county, against a Parcel of
BRI TIS H GOO DS, found and seized, in said county, viz.
; and 3-3 yards of greln Perfan, 3 1-2 yards black, do. 6 yards
double Sattin, izflk handkerchiefs, 8 yards white Gauze, § table
Spoons, 3 pound of Pins ; Found and seized in the poffeffon of
Timothy Hubbard, jun. of said county. —Also, the following
GOO D S,viz. r,k Handkercheif, 0 yards of Linen found and
seized in'the poffeffon of Solomon Beckley, of said county —Both
which parcels of goods, are said to be imported from Long-Island,
or feme other island or place under the controul of the enemies es this
State, contrary to the laws thereof; and have been seized, and
are now in cufody of law : And for the trial of the justice of said
capture, a maritime court will be held at the dwelling-house of
Roger Riley, Esq. in the parish of Worthington, in the township
of Middletown, on the 19th day of April next, at so o'clock, in
the forenoon. All perfont claiming property in said goods are to
take notice hereof.
JABEZ HAMLI N, Afiftant.
ROGER RILEY, Justis Pacis.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Governor.
SAFETY, at Hartford, 13th March 1781,
WHEREAS application hath been made to m{
the fubferiber by more than a sixteenth part
of me proprietors of the towofh'p of G anby, to call
a meeting cf said proprie ore. These are therefore
to notify and warn ail the proprietors of said town,
to meet at the dwelling house ofMr. Timothy N&fh
of Guildhall, on Friday the 20th of April nex', at
one o'clock as erooon, then and there to i& on the
following articles, I. To choose a Moderator, zk
A Proprie or's Clerk. 3 To fee if the propriety
will lot out said town. 4. To tranfaA any other
befinefs thought proper.
BENJAMIN WHIPPLE Just. P act.
Bennington, March 5 1781.
31ATETV~E R MON T.
WHEREAS application hath been made to me
the fabteriber by more than a fixtaenth part
of the proprietors of the townfhlp of Guildhall, to
call a meeting of said proprietors. These are there
fore to warn all the proprietors of said town to meet
at the dwelling house of Mr. T mothy Nifh in said
tron, on Thursday the 19th cf April next, at one
o'clock in the afternoon, .o zA or the following
articles, v z. 1. To choose a Moderator. 2. Apro
precis Clerk. 3 Tjf >a if the proprietors will
proceed to lot ou. fa^d town. 4. To tranfaA any
other bufiotfs that may be thought proper.
BENJAMIN WHIPPLB, Just. Prafr
Bennington, March 5, 1781.
TO be SOLD and entered on the firft of May.
a FARM containing 34 acres of extraordi
n&y good land, 25 acres under improvement, part
mod excellent meadowy the rest grafi, and plough
land suitable for any grain ; the remaining nine acres
a wocd lot, a convenient good dwelling- house, part
new and nearly fi ifhed, the other part in good re
pair, a good new bam. ths fitaatton ptefant, on a
large pubuc read, in th# town if Richmond and
county of Bert fhiie, for particulars eiquire of the
fabforiber living on the premifa.
RICHARD TIDMARSH.
N. B. More good land adjoining the said farm
may he puichafed.
• -friOS^ pc.lm. wno n&vg agmauud 0^ iu& &i
tales of Mi. Jjfish Grimes, and Jjfeph or
B#he! Ntffs , late of Wether.field, deceased. are de
sired to bring in their accounts for settlement, and
all indebted to either of laid efiates, are required to
make immediate payment, to
JOHN & JOSIAH GRIMES, AdminWm
W,thertfitlq Match 5, 1,81,
r'raOdE perils w^u nave demands 01 the •(
tale of Capt. WILLIAM TILEY. late of
Hertford, decesfed are desired to exhibit them td
the fubferibers for fetilement. These indebted to
said estate are requeued to make Immediate pay,
ment, to
WHEREAS tat General AlLmbiy in urais pre
lent fiffims. rpponted Brigadier General Se.
lab Hart, Col. John Chester, Major Brown, and the
fubferibers, to hear and dete-m^e the claims of the
several towns in the county cf Hartford, to the fol
diets row in the continental army, and of the re
cruris lately ra ; fed fir fiid army, world therefore
request the ih*ee gentlemen, appointed with us as a
committee as aforesaid, to m<ei at the coast-house,
in said Hertford, on Monday the XL day cf April
next, for the pu:pofe aforefaid, and the.feveral towns
in fa d county oi Harford, by their agent or other
wise, are notified to give their attendance, 'f they
fee cause, for he purpefe aforefaid. with their pro
per evidences in the erfr.
NATHANIEL TERRY,
NOAH PHELPS.
Hartford. Match 17, 1781.
^'ncriTlTA I^'^
Hal now on hand, tl e following articles, just from
Ebenezer beardsley, has for
sale, at Lis Shep, near the College, in New-
H<ven, the heft imp ,rted CAR D- WI R&, by
the Hundred or left Quantity.
March 13 1781.
T~p CT F'O"'l '
At the North-Door, under the Printing-Office,
Bibles, testaments,
DILWORTHS SPELLING-BOOKS,
and a Number ofother valuable Books.
A large quantity of Crockery WARE,
Conti ding of,
PLATES, d shes of all sizes, large fal!ad dither,
small d t 0, decanters, bowls, &c. Aifo,
Calicoes, printed linens. L ffi and Dutch ditto,
Checked ditto, MarfeUles quilting, dowlaft feel
plate handsaws. iron de. Pins, needles. &c. &Q
JAMES TILEY, Q ,
WILLIAM ADAMS, J Adminifa m.
H^ford. Mrcn ir, 1,81.
STATE of VERMONT. 4
Boftan, v'z.