The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-07-06 00:00:00, page 2

a^^ht Mid fair trader:
"Resolver T at it if our determination at the
fr^fqet of every hiring that is dear, to fpport and car
ry cffect*a lf y inro execution the defies of the mer
c^amsjto k # wM the prices of the articles of merchan
ts z.e and efkbbfh ^..e credit cf the currency.
Resolved, 1 at aI these who foil counteract
the defies of the merchant# and this body, by wnh
. hiding their eff^% or any ways endeavor to evade
the fabrary ratafure,. propefed by them, and this
body, frdl be deem'd as enemas to the country,
and .; he fettered to remain among us any logger.
Rhsqlved That it be recemmended to the body
cl merchant' to fix the retail price of those articles
w^ic'i they 'av, peculated by wholesale.
Resolved, That the Tradcfmcn and Labourers
of ~i , v \&.. do # o< exceed die p^fent prices of tL#ir
in?.nuhftor#s and labour, and that they reduce the
Lar: in ,; portion as she prices of merchandize and
the roar .y produce ate from ti.^e to time lowered.
Resolved T at we, reposing t e hi^hed confi
difae 'u L/C w fdom and integrity of Congress, at
the' fame time, that we retai the ^oh grateful fenti
meets of the wife and affectionate Addreft, with
w roh the public bat been favoured by the. aufuft
B/y, du raad^y aad chearfally determine to fup
,dt the government of this country in every mea
lute, that may be ad, ped to remote our depreciated
Currency to a proper value, and to mahuam and
ft^ he LiBERTYand INDEPEN
DENCE of 'heft. States.
Resolved That a Committee be ap^nfad to
,•„•: ip d 1 11 die committee of the body at Phi
ladelphia acquainting them of the Refoluoons
v/~ -vc .dupt^d. and inferring them that the very
h%x p .:< for flour and grain arao% us is the leafon
cf our not b-:u, able at piefai .tc bring down our
prices a; lew as thesis, and thx the Lid committee
c, r<(Bond with any orer committee: of any bodes
cf HI . pp^nted in any part of the United Spates
dor imil.^ purp^f^.
3';? fie nam^dCommittees wL'L Dr. Char LAS
Jarvis, cuofen in the room of John Rows,
E i; v io was excused by his defirc, w^e rppubt
r' co-"toud wbh th • C?mmi^ee of the b^dy at
Philadelphia, rgree'blt to the foregoing refelve.
Rks 'LVBD rbai the proceedings ofthis mr& n*
b.j?.vd trahmiaed bv 'he C mm^ec of Cor
fefe^ae ct to the everal Cummrues of Corefpon
dcroro n this S'Fie a< food ar way be,
T .en 'he mee* ^ was r^onrbed to the 15th cf
J i.y 0 xt?' ro.c'c;o # k; A. M
Attest
WILLIAM COOPER, Town Clerk.
I? addmon to the foregoing, the Merchants and
T idt.% on Saturday lafl, puffed the following
^solved, That % Edwazd Pain. Joseph
Fussell a' 1 James Powdoin, Jou. be a Com
ir .v vo offir the R^Luvet 10 the merchants and
thof co -Ct* ted in tr^rf: fa, figrioy.
Resolved T-a' John Rows E s q; Col. LaAg
Se fs, # '. Ellis Guy Ebenezer Storpr,
Isaac ^mith : & q ; t.'" Han. Oliver Wendell,
and amlel Barret Efq'r> be a Cumnuttet ^ h
warm Any be lodged all complaints again# Mono
poll's Sp?cjLt>Q Bovroi and Shiroi of Silver
a, d G.II. and ad oxher Person, violating the R O
lutions of this badr, whose bifi refs it fhi, ?e to
hear the Parties, and report w a ty they may
j;dge proper to be .aken ! hercon, aid ri e P./fons
before nam'd (hall be a Committee in behalf cf %
Trade of this sown in their name from time to time
to communicite to the M^haits cf the United
S'a>e3. foch plans as they j.id, ne^ffary for tire
T.adc IO adept, for nomo-in, the Liberty, Com
merce and I depends ce >f America.
Rrsolv d That the Committee aforefaid, be
empow ed oral! together the Merchants and Ta
d^rs of this town whenever any thing in tb^ir
j :dgn,z it, of f. ffi^ent importance, mate? it neces
sary; and this Committee is desired fcm t # me to
time, to co ife r with the Committee ofthue^, cho
fen by .he People, on such matters & they judge
will prom-^ # iep'bl : c :?ood.'
Resolved, Tha the fail Committee be d:fi al
fofthw^b ii th^ name cf hi Bodr. to address
CJNGRES3, giv-i? them the longer affni
ce; o >,r e ittrs coafifooe in them, and ou^ fixed
determination to co operate wrh, and as far as in
our power to fuppatts them tn the mfrifure 'hey h-ve
adopted, fo* appreciating our Cirency Lp,'y?g
the Treasury with money, and 1 those they may
judge necessary in faiure, far carrying on the war
with vigor, and eff a a^ly Scaring the sovereignty
and happiuefs of theft Sate#
Resolved, Tha fr M Leonard Jarvis, Mr. Jo
shph Barrell, Mr. Thomas Resell, and Mr.
WiteLl am Foster, be a Commute to wait on the
Trade in the principal Set- port Towns in this S ate,
to obviate any obj,ron# (fhjuld any atife) to pui
L^Arce, and to encourage them to a& in concert
with this Mody.
Resolved, That the Allowances for retell be not
mure than,
10 per cent, on all Gu-ds by the ic@ or Barrel.
15 ptrcent. by the dozen.
20 per cent. by the.finally quantity.
Resolved, That the foregoing Refolvus be givtn
to the Print's io be added to the Doings of the Trade
of this Tmn.
BOST O N, July I
A copy of a letter from Mtffi'rs. Gowrladh and
Moylan, dated L'Oueat, February 7, 17*9, to
Jcha Rowe, Esq; of this tonn.
S I R,
" Reports having reached this kingdom, that the
current money of the United Spates es America has
depreciated much from its real vahieandciedit. from
an idea that the bills drawn by the Continental Tica
furers, fcr the mteteis of loans made by Cougrefs,
on their Plenipotentiary ministers at this Court, are
not pu&aually paid. We can affuie you Sir, that
if there is any foundation lor those reports they on
ly hxift at year fide the Atlantic, fcr no left then
15 000 dollars in such bills have passed thro' our
hands within a very few months ; all which, as
well as much more cunfidauble fom# of the fam?wa
tare, have, to ear knowledge been regularly d's
charged. We can further anure you, that it h our
opinion all such further drafts will be in the fame
manner regularly comply'd with. We hept there •
is no grounds for the report of this diffidence but if
any bch fhouM unfortunately cxiii, we pray you
will make the contents of this Itt'er koo*^ to the
public that they may no longer be deceived."
We ^re fc^erely, Sir,
Your rcoH humble fervints.
GOWRLADE and MOYLAN.
Thuridjt Jah a bng ivund from Ireland for New-
York laden with prev&ns. but miffing her pert,
was frfely brought in here.
We hear hit ou Thursday afternoon lafl, as Cip'.
Mduly, in the J^fcn, lay at anchor, on the 'fle-
Shoals, she was ^ruck with lightning, ,mtiy da
rn^ed, and had two me* kills#.
Friday h% the privates Hop Genera! Putnam,
C pt. Sahoofia)!, belonging to N#w London arri
v. d r< this port, from a focceftful cruize, having 'a
hen fix pi z< , one of which fm,b+M with invalids,
a i <%uran ^m each, bound from Niw York fcr the
ifi'id of Tyranny, he permitted to b< presented to
tie,/ ma^r, rbree others A niv¥? i. fife ports, and
a f.<c r from Liverpool for Ne# Y^te, laden with
pevifion# and d>y ^oods fe bn 'tin mb h^m.
T rathe- p/ z%.a brig, from Livcrjpcol, arrived here
I % S^u^ay cver.sr:g f
Ex ^a fa Irtw fr m a gentleman in Albany obis
friend in +h'r tow . dated Albany June 22.
" l cannot fuffer 1? fnr an appertunriy is no l # pre
fonts, o pa^ by o:urpreved. although 1 have wrote
you vev b ely Important events rm to ' a -? °'p
on the prefect hour bi, with tie fare cf Amrita
Ojr arny marched 'ofbe place of rend m our. „h ; eh
i- Co^c^obarer. the :eyr^ra^ cf a' week ; tie
fores are ad arrived aed the ^rted exertions ze
maif by General Clinton ^ iwripert them #nto
Like Orfega; over a c^rrn, rfxe ; f about gon%.
Ev.^y thm, vid 1* 'he^reay 0 #, down if %f
quen^mah, and Mn Grce^! Si llp r z% Nj-wttlv
ilandbg CF army have reeled so so into the
Wj-w^c wildcraek. the f#va,e enemy have * few
da„ 2Ao„taken eff abet t2O preferers, a !i. le abs ve
Schobaa on the Delaware. Their wanton ba ^r.
itify will foe-n be at an end ; their arteniiori a'd pa
fr,e will be ntff, ya* their place. The eurty
exp-.d aye intend to artack Niarada for', ^^f^ fy.
ing and ^ngthenirr all the worts at that phee,
This ir aH % news from this quarter."
A vessel arriv'd in this State, a few days 2,0,
from fardnico, b'oeght important drfpa p cl.e; for
Con^ef#, wGch wee at cordingly immediately for
warded to Philadelphia.
A Gentleman 0^ haia^er who arrived in town
yefterd^y from Plymouth, informs, that a vtff'l had
arrived a* the Scytfr.Shore jn ten day/ f*on S C^
rolina, wi'h an steer.-t, cTerming wha' we hue
already received ,&ped ; rg the r epuife of ri e enemy
at their attac Gr° r C' aCeftowo and with a further
account that General P 'wofi's whole army had fal
leiinto our hands, <x ep a few who made their
escape through the woods.
Ne iefi 'Fan 6000 barrels of prcvificus captured
from the enemy, have' arrived in this Sr e, wishin
10 d/ys p:ft.
N EW-LONDON. July ~
Friday Mowing la^ a Fix;; fart'd from hence fcr
New-Yoik with 40 pr fnreis.
On Friday lah at . 12 o'clock Meridian, we were
informed of a Fbet being eff Point Judith: by the
fir ngef a'arm Gins at S ormp on, direßly after
wHehehe alarm Guns weie ford at Fork Trumbull
aad Griswold, and kept tip the whole AferroJn,
aid several oxprrff<s sent into the Cofintry directing
the Milftia to prepare to march at a Moments warn.
ir.l ; at which ume Orders Were lent to the four aear
ef* Regiments to march in immediately ; and we have
the Feafure of informing the Public tha. the Militia
in thd neighbouring Towns ( f peffibie) turned cut
on this Afarm with greater Cheerfulnefs and Alacri
ty than ever; w thin two Hours aker the Alarm was
hist founded, Nnmbtrshad arrived at this Post. A
btut 7 J Clock P. M. the Fleet confifling of upwards
of fifty Sil, viz. 7 Ships, the re* Brigs, Schocnerss
Stoops, and two Row Gjltes, appeared off FUher'-
Iflaad Point, Ending to the Westward ; in theßven
ing the neteffary Care was taken to observe the Mo
tion of the Flw; at 11 o'clock the whole of th m
anchored tppofi± Plumb Iflimd, and at 4 o'Clock
A. M, weighted Anchor arid continued their Course
to the Westward ; at which Time counter Orders
weir sent into the Country to prevent any more Mi
litia from coming in ; at 11 c'Clock A M. Briga
dier Tylez', Brigade ?hat had gu in upon tl c Ground,
were paraded and difmiffad Mh the General's
Thanks.fcr their Alertnefa amd spirited Behaviour en
the Occasion.
Lift Sabbath a Flag returned here from Newport,
k WM detained there about ten days, on Account cf
the above Embarkation. By the Flag we learn that
there a*e to American Prifouers at d. 3 Place. - Du
ring the Tita the Flag lay at Newport, not a Prize
arrived there.
The fame Day arrived here from St, Thomas's m
Bsllaß, a Sloop (late the Weofar Privateer of New-
Haven) re whichfome Cap:, John Brikley of We
therffieid, aid hi§ people a^alto Mr. Cranoand Fa
mily. Tais Vffi Mird ficia St Thames's the 9th
of June, at which T:mvCcum a'F& ag and Admi
ral Byron had not failed as is affected in some of the
Papers,
Sabbath Evening arrived a Sleep Prize to the
Hancock. She ms from % EuftaUa, but lafl ficra
Gacr,ia, whic» sh? left about the 1 ph cf June, bound
to New York. From what we can cele& from the
PrikAer, it appears, that tiey had received no Intel
h,?LLe from their Army before Charlestown fcr a
corfiderable Time before they fa.l-d; but Accounts
were circulating that their Amy had met with a Re
buff.
L#3 Monday, a Sleep bound ficm Halifax to
New-Yeh, was feat in fc o Port by th Revenue.
Toe dg Evening arrived hero a Bcig from Hah^x,
l^rte wiri Fish, Potatoes Oil, &e. Prize to the Bea,
ver, Hirceck and Youl^ Creaweß P- vxee^s On
B^tr ±t £,,, _;, , Bri'-fb Ctfl'ff^y ^•Pifo„,s ft
fi.GkIF&RD Ci>cNi Y Ju^h24 1779 J
PUBLIC nance is hereby given to all te whom it
- do' or ray concern that labels ate filed before
Jabiz Hamlin Efg; Judge cf the Cruny Court
in 'he county of Hzrifad. ,agamft the Sleep Tryon,
Isaac Reunion late rafter burthen about 40 tone,
ht? tackle, apparel asd c?. gr : And alfe agarofi the
Schemer York, G Ibert Conklin late rcafter. bur
th^n about 30 tons, her tac We, apparel and cargo, in
favour of Thomas Sallew, Simeon Tyler and Sarau^
el Shayror, cemmand^r cf three aimed viffelr pto^
,?rly comm ffioned and conformed together, and their
ass claims, who took the sloop Tryon and Schooner
Y^rk upon the high ft%and sent them into ihe
county cf Hertford; and fur the tryal cf the juries
cf find capture the mmrtrae court in the county cf
Burford will be held at Hartford in said county;
on the 10th day cf August next, at which time all
perform cia min^ propeny in either cf laid vessels;
then taekhug; apparel ard cargo may appear, and
shew reason, if any they have, why the said fl?op
a d (c rooner, wi%iher tackle apparel and cargo
fh:uld net be adjudged as lawful prize to the Capa,
ters. By c^dtf of the Judge,
GEORGE WYLLYS, Register of said Court.!
Harford J\ns 34 1779.
-w'A- N t'e" d;
A Pair cf good serviceable HORSES aboul
T 5 bands Qh, or upwards,that are handfome 0
w^h match'd, and well broke to a carriage. Any
pnfon having such a pair to d'fpofe cf may heer of
a purchaser (by whem a generous price will be given}
by applying to the Printed.
N. B. Bay's will be preferred.
Hartlord, Jure 19, 'l7£
ESCAPED from the goal last Tuesday afterrforil
3 prifonere cf war, ,viz. Jefeph Bradly, a tall
hfly man, perhaps near 40 years eld, was a ferjeant
cf grenadiers, very poorly cloaked, his cutfide co
vering was a very poor almost worn out blue great
cc^. Another named Thomas Slater, a sailor, also
a tall lusty man about the fame age. The other if
a Thomas Ward, who was taken up at Waterbury
and returned. Ris hoped they may be takenup Mid
returned: and when I am informed of it neceffiu^
charges fha!l Ge paid, by
B. WILLIAMS, Dep. Cam, FxiC