The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-06-05 00:00:00, page 4

The following intercepted letter is published in
the New-York Mercury Extraordinary of
April 19.
SIR, Amsterdam, Dec 8, 1780.
THE Dutch fay the English are acting the
part of the sailor, who, having quarrelled with
three others, each as flout as himfelf, and got
his bones broke, and his eyes beat out in the
squabble, (hall engage four more to fight with
him at the fame time, that he might have an op
portunity to make up with all seven with honor.
If the English are not actuated by the fame
blind and vindictive passions, which have govern
ed them for so many years, it is impossible to fee
through their policy. I think it impossible they
should be ignorant of the articles of confedera
tion of the neutral powers : These articles as I
am informed, warrant to all the neutral powers
their treaties with England, and stipulate, that if
either is attacked after the 20th of November last
it shall be made a common cause. If the English
Ihould issue letters of Marque against the Dutch,
the States General will not immediately issue
letters of marque in return, but will represent
the fa&s to the Congress at feeterfburgh, and de
mand the benefit of the treaty of armed neutra
lity , and all the powers, who are parties to that
confederation, will join in demanding of Eng
land restitution, and in case of refufal, will joint
ly issue letters of marque and reprisal.
. Ihe political machine that is now in motion,
is so vast, and comprehends so many nations,
whose intereftsare not easy to adjust, thatit ^per
haps impossible to forefee what events may oc
cur to disturb it—But at present there is no un
aPPearance from any quarter.
We are in hourly expedation of interesting
news from the English,French and Spanish fleets,
from , eterlhurgh, London and the Hague, and
especially from North-America. Every wheel
in the whole political system of Europe Mould
have its motions rapidly accellerated by certain
news from America, of any decisive advantage
obtained over Cornwallis in South-Carolina : So
true it is that America is the centre of the whole.
•The death of the Epiprefs Queen, it is generally
thought, will mare no alteration in the system
of Europe ; yet it is possible, that after some
time there may be changes ; none, however,
that can be hurtful to us.
Ihave the honor to be, with the greatest refpea,
Sir, your molt obedient and most humble
lervant.
, „J°HN ADAMS.
hxceUeacy the Prudent in Congreft
General of the United State/.
On Public Buftnefr.
T DOLLARS REWARD.
[,, between Middletown Ferry and the house of the
^r^h^"'^" Chatham, or taken out of said house on
the tfth inst. a Parchment POCKET-BOOK, about 4 inches
Square, containing about 400 Continental dollars, for*
sm ° n cy, one obligation of „01. in silver money, one
do -,1. one do. 21. los . besides a number of
^ d , ervah ^hle papers, which will be of
n perfonbut the fubferiber. Whoever will re
hd P °f,,°° k > with the contents, to the fubferiber
be entitled to the above reward, and no questions asked.
D THOMAS JOHNSON,
Chatham, May, 1781.'
_ T O B E SO L D,
A , SMA . L L . DWELLING-HOUSE, andSHOP,
*' in Litchfield, one mile and a quarter south of the
•ourt-houfe, with two acres of land, fit for any improve
mcnt-Said shop is very convenient for a blacksmith or
°. r mechanic : The purenafer may enter on the pre
mises immediately; terms will be reasonable, and an indis
putable title given by
. JOSEPH HEATH,
Litchfield, May 16, 1781,
EARTHEN WAR E,
. „ ,° be Sold, Wholesale or Retail , also,
A Number of APPLE-TREES, for Orchards.
Harrf.% ?P" SEYMOUR.
Hartford, April 30, 1781.
m£ S fPE° M( ? N BALENTINE,
Has for Sale, at hit Store a few Rods North of the
Court - H °ufe, Hartford.
fn^?' ^"f and green Broad-Cloths; blue, green
tin • .Thickset; black Sat-
Mitts • blafk , Luteftr % i Ladies leather Gloves and
^kr^, ^ ^^'V Ladres f “periine Cotton Hose;
^dfr ^^^^ blac k Ribbon: sh °e
• Combsi Fans ; beautiful Italian Sprigs:
Sisk P T A?-"' ; Mili " ct; Parifnet i soc Thread ;
m^lHa^t: L ; n . c % Cambrick; Barcelona and Ro-
Hair Pins & c '" ; L ' n " d °- Damascus i Moreens ; LadiH
tee°;? "F r b r the 2 " rel or le 's Quantity,
^l^t^ %u" Pipe,by t he Groce or less Quantity ; ex-
Chiffi cJ Yir ' inia cut d ° o Snuf; Sash Saws;
Pla^e i'n„7 i°' e" 1 ^ Wood-Screws; B ra ss Rings?
„^' i Snuffers; Slate Pencils; Brads; harJ
c '' Gamblers; Awl Hafts; Twine; Primers by the
Cure's '" °' '' Quantic y i together with a few elegant
A L ^ ?f r '° ns wh ° have any demands on the estate ofrhe
Rev'd WHITMAN WELCH, late ofWfo
^h-k':'' cou ,, of Berkshire) deceas'd, are desired to
• R^" j' Cm r°.', e fubferiber, for settlement; and all those
;^" ^ ^ arere ^ ed ro make fod^
Williarnftown, May ;, Q. DA " D NOBLE
ABINGHa°m N , S indebted to the estate of SIL A
, 1 BING . H AM, late of Stockbridge, deceas'd, are de
sired to make immediate payment > are ac
Lenox, April 28, 1781. y m , W AIK,B R,
To be $ $ £ "
A <?° D i'ARM^yi^ a little weft of the North Brick
School House, in Wethersfield, confiftim, •
old fashioned double linto houfeand barn, and upwards^
JO acres of Land, well proportioned with carden< •
mowing and pastures, divided into eight parts for che'c^'
veniency of improvements, the pafturesare well watered'
h° "J T" 8 ^ PPIC Trees and some Jd^es'
whicli have produced, in some years aotSlec Gift "to'
^ fortftb ofc , r . T^%^Xr
hr, from four Pound of Seed they have produced In com
seasons, ;,000 Bunches of good Onions,
Quantities of other Kinds of Saufe. A^ftl^
to p rch . fe , may appty to rhe
m t; hCTfcld , M .y„, WAITw E fo
°BE SO L D,
A {"'°"°'°?^° rs credit on good security for part)
A — ^ about ~- acres, properly divided
A .%P altl " e s mowing and plow land, well Droßorti
a barn and a good weH of hatter ^ h ° p>
Said farm lies in Canaan Lf h r ™ °" ^ P remif ,
fronted within a quarter of ^° e "% " ^f^
° m "^ distant from an l^-^
befog^ ^^T'^"' f ° r a merchan ' ^radefLn,
X g n y?--.Fo r ^ H * rtford to Fish-kill and
near premifCT
P"^^ 0 an f/.cfofym^^
1780, relative to §he deftru&ion or loss of Loan-Office
thaft^ a ^ :The public are hereby infofo
fomeX^ ^ ^ e " "° m . them ? mifl.rid,
tifi^tes Loan Offi ce Cer-
State the c °" n ; y ° f Wcft Chester ? a nd
each taken ;' r ° h :' n %,, N e. n6 O , o f 600 dollars
eacn, taken in the name of Gilbert Budd, iun and No
719, of 1000 dollars, No. 2598, of § oo dears' in the
ffiX^fo were issued from
tne Loan-Office at Hartford, all bearing date the
September, 1777, and payable to the fu bferibers. 4
GILBERT BUDD,
Hartford, May % ~fi. GILBERT BUDD r i um
' he Ho "°- C ° ur : °F Probate, for the diftrid of
Middletown, to receive and examine the claims of the cre
of,ptain CHARLES WHITING
fate of Middletown, deceas'd, represented insolvent • D 6
^ no ",r, th r ^ shall attend said buffnefs at the
^°"' e a°^ M : S ° F^beth Bigelow, in said Middletown @
the rft Monday s of June and July next, from two o'clol!
^teSefted, A " " C ° Un " a ^ inft said efta ^
ELIHU STARR,
Middletown, May 12, r 7 h. ° E °' PHIL LIPS.
THE RrJ'"'"^" 9 Hartford, May , 9 ,
H E prefling occasion of the public obliges „
o ,& CoUefo. in & refp/ffiv^ ^^
rants in their Lads, as no delay can be ^ired?" &
—— ^JOHN Lawrence.
ELIZABETH BtGELOW, Executrix.
Middletown, May 17, i 7 Bx.
S T ^^°v he "^''r^^^^
D NOTES, drawn in favor of
LAWRENCE, Esq; Treasurer ofthe stated r' ' b {.™
behalf of said State, bearing date January ift
Hartford M%^, %^ ^= & ^Reft.
A ^ persons that have any demands on the estate of Mr.
TIMOTHY BIGELOW, late of Middletown, deceased,
} '! e " r , ''bring in the fame to be adjusted ; and those
indebted to said estate are requeued to make immediate
payment to
FIFTEEN POUNDSREWARn
L'-heT^ltOTce''’ '"^""^ *""'' Tavern'and
.ne Treasurer s Office, on the 4th day of May inftanr•
other papers of use to none but the owner, the whole w r ^
^
the above reward in bills ^is Stfo receive
Hartford, May r,, Q. JE R E. H ALSE Y.
Alt persons indebted by look to the ERate of MAR«
HOPKIN S, Esq; late of Great-Barrington deceased,
are earnestly requeued to make a settlement : and those who
c , n ""'' payment. Those also who have demands against
the ehate, are tequefted to produce the fame, that all ac
counts with the estate may be finally closed.
^^^ ! ^^
Stockbridge, May r o , i 7 Bx.
AL L persons having accounts unsettled with SAMUEL
OLCOTT, either by bond, note, book or otherwise,
are requested to fettle the fame immediately. He has for
sale, a new sloop of one hundred tons burthen, with standing
ri ff in ^ ? b £ e and anch °rs, fa duck fuirablc fol hi# fails.
Hartford, May ;8 i 7 {
STRAYED from Wethersfield, a dark brown Ho R
natural trotter, about „ and a half bands high shod'
all round, a star in his forehead, a little ftip in his f ace
or 4 . white spots on his back. Whoever will take fail
rewa^de^ """" ''° "'' ub ^ iber ' ^ b ^ gen^ufy
_Wethersficld, May 28, „^£ AR ° N DEMING °
— WANTED I^MMEDI ATELY * L '
w 0 or Three Journeymen N AILO R S, to'whom
X constant employment and good Wages will be given
%CHARLES MERRILL
Hartford, May 2,, i 7 Bt.
° pp ERAS to be fold by RETURN 71 —7
in Middletown, by the quarter or fmailer quantity °for
nara money, grain or wool. tor
Middletown, May 20, 1781.
WE the fubferibers being appointed CommUfoners
the Hon. Court of Probate for the dilhi& of Wind
h ,%° examine and adjust the claims of the creditors
the estate of Thomas Park, late of Mansfield deceased "r°
solvent, hereby give notice, that we shall attend
L /%" t^ ° f LCll ' Daniel Dunham in
said Mansfield, on the third Tuesdays of August and Seoten^
ber next, at one 0 clock on each of said days No acf^e
will be allowed unless properly attested. y ' count#
JOSIAH BABCOCK
Muy ur, so. EDWARD DIMOCK.
STRAYED away from Capt. Buck's, in Wethersfield, a
chefnut colour d MABE, about 15 hards high, dark
mane and tail, trots all, most natural to trot single -footed,
no mark or brand.--^Any person who has taker her up, and
will return her to the fubferiber, shall be generously reward
ed, and have all necessary charges paid.
„ RUFUS FANCHEAR.
Litchfield, May 25, 1781.
PU BLIC notice is hereby given to the several town,
irt this St ite, that the cloath ng by them td be p.ovi cds
by order of the Hon. General Assembly at their klhous in
February last, will be received by Abel Hind, Esq; at New-
Milford, Joshua Elderkin, Esq; at Windham ; Andrew HAn^
tington, Esq; at Norwich; and by tl> e fubfci ibe/ ^ fiddle
town ; and as the soldiers of this State are in imffi©liate want
of summer eloathing, without which they cannot take the
field, the fubferiber begs the towns to forward their rcfpec
rive quotas without delay, and the, may depend bn a gene
rous price for their eloathing.
ELIJAH HUBBAffi ^ CUthiOT
Middletown, May 18, 1781.
TORE SOL D,
ASM ALL FARM, lying three quarters ofafnile from
the Meeting-house in Torrington (Litchfield county,
it contains forty-two acres, one half under improvement,
and eight acres lowed: with winter grain— A small houl%
a good barn, and above one hundred good apples trees On
the fame ; thirty-five of said trees bear, they have been fa
out for seven years, the rest two years^-fl brook running
through said farm in three different places--^ is very con^
venient for a tanner and shoe-maker, which trades ate ver,
much wanted at said place. For further farrictilars, enquire
of . ARIEL BRACE.
Torrington, May 26, 1781.
TAKEN damage feafant in the ehclrf&fe of
John Francis, of Wethersfield, one sorrel M A'R E about
5 years old, natural pacer, about rj hands and a half highw
do brand-—Also, one brown stone HORSE, a small star
in his forehead, one wall eye, one deformed hind kg no
brand, about 12 hands high, and appears to be about 4 yeais
old, a natural pacer. They wi» be fold at this place as the
law directs.'
u c 9^ S "° M WOLCOTT, Constable.
Wethersfield, M?y 12, 1781.
ToT^ULp-trnm-^^ OTO^?Ferr,
in Hartford, on Monday the nth Day of June at % o'clock
, in the Afternoon,
fir HE Prize Brig SEA-NYMPH, about 86 Tons bur
, her Stores: She ha Prime-Sailbr, and well
found with Sails, Rigging, &c.
Hertford, May 29, 1781.
WILLOV.E R this Seaton, at the Stable of the
ber, in Middletown, and allo every Monday at 1 °
John Huff's, Miller in Meriden, for Three Dollars
Bushels of wheat the Seafop, 'or Ten Shillings the
Leap, the Money to be paid at the Stable Door . '
A Dark Grey HORSlyears old, near re A
110 Hvrfc of his strength has more activity or better
riage ; his Sire was Col. Wyllys's Old Ranger. '*
A few sides of Saddle-Leather to f be fold for p 4,„ „, ont „,
M^^r. JAN DENNY.'
T) be fold by Public Vendue; it the house of Landlord
Moses Butler, in Hartford, bn Monday the nth day of
June next, at 3 o clock, P. M. (if nbt lord belote Ly private
,'"" °' LAND, lying in Hanford, about two miles
w ," of the conrt-houfe, cor casing 46 acres, with a growth
of young wood on it, is well w.^red, and female for
either plowing or pasture, the whole inclofed.—Enquire of
u . r 4 o o ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
Hartford, May 28, 1781.
TO BE SOLD
By THOMAS BR OWN, of Sandisfield, .
A FA R M lying by the meeting-house, andon the coun—
— 'ty load, very pleasantly situated, containing about two
hundred and twenty acres, with about 70 or 80 acres under
improvement, a good dwelling houtc, barn and orchard
Raiding thereon. For terms of tale enquire of Daniel Brown
living on the premises, or of the aforefaid Thomas Brown.
Sandisfield, May 19, 1781.