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Giorgia to aid f^ p'tct. both!# affilu^ cam? ten
late ; and that Peaficols had (admitted to the Spa
nish arm#.
Oa ihemorning of the i§h infl. Mjor Lee de
tached, from B irbigton, 40 men under the com
mand of Captain Prtei, in Uriahs, who before next
morning, were along file the guardfhp, laying froze
in the ice naa? Saidy H)ok; but finding that the
ice for several yards round her, was cat, so that they
could not board her, they retired to a small distance
unperceived, where they farprizrd two (choosers
andafl)op nude the men prifopers burnt the vef,
feh, and then returned without the least less, bringing
with them the prisoners and what plunder they
thought proper.
Copy of a letter wrote by M?o(. the Count D'Efaing,
Vice Admiral, to M. the Marechate de Monchy.
O i board th^ Langnedoc, in the road of
Fort St George, Grenada, July 12.
" Mv Lord
“ THE firU time that M. the Vifeount de Noail
les hunted in the pyk of Versailles, he no doubt ftnt
you part of the. game. --So my Lord Macartney,
son-in-law ofLod Bute, ,oes to Bordeaux to lay
his (word at the fat of My Lady Marechaie.
66 Your name, my. Lord, rallies us in the day- of
assault, and was ha,,y as the example of the Vis
countde Noailles was ufefal to ns, His knowledge
in the Ar of Military was displayed the eve of the
attack in very great manceiv^ea. though performed
with a frnall body of mea. In fa&, he behaved like
a Lieutenant General, and I am foprior to him but
inae :,°
" I will try to employ him frequently and often
to restrain him. Heappear# very well fatisfied with
me, though I am told he fends a lu.n^ narrative in
which he (peaks but little of me : Tuerp is not, so
much hlira :i this a,ia havin' hj< ,cloaths pierced
W hEu lift balls and affixing, *Jitrie a/ainß my
inclination, at a naval combat where he had no bu
finef^ . r
" I will keep him for you, add had him back to
you. I esteem and cherrin him ; and the favours you
have always Ihewa me rive him a iefyc&able and
(acred claim on the turnout extent of my abilities to
larva him.
I am, "
D'ESTAIN&'
Cop, of a letter from Count D'flaipg to Madame the
Myechale de Mo. ' y, July 12.
"Madam, ...^
" H E i, well in heath at excaPerft in cogdu&
He has already fought the English by f;a a»d hod.
He has had two balls in his clbaths. Anaffpu.lt and
a naval combat are Be fmrii amufemeats he has er
joyed within four days time. The troops othj^di
vifiin lovehim. Yes,.Lady Marital; of bis a vi
sion , for ! entreat you to believe M. the Vifeount
de Noailles commanded one. It d:d not indeed
confilof twenty thcufand men, bit, it was 'bra^e,
vigorous, and ±ll conduced, I ft/, recommend
my fellow soldier, aid Li&utengnfiG beral in con :
du& (meaning the Vifcon.nt d^ Noal'n) for, Croft
ofSt. Louis and th^ rank of Brigadier, th 4 moment I
shall land him in E •< pe.
" I beg yen to solicit tliU favpr for me • I de
clare to you it is steady merited; I will net pro
mise you not to qharrei with Met fi:nr your son
sometimes, for I am by nature fomewha^of the peda
gogue, and his ardour is really cxcUhve ; for in
fiance, he had nothing, to do with a naval combat.
" Accuflomed from my birth, o lay under obliga
tions to you. believe me, I conjure you, that I fancy
myfelf the private Governor of the moi tcharming
and worthy of Pupils. I shall perform my office in
cog. but fliall not be the lef# tx^&, and f^etirftes
Impatient.
D'ESTAING.”
- FEBruary3.
By * gentleman from Lhmi#-Towo, South Ca
rolina, we are info! med, tha C&pi. Mdlegan, who
left the H&vanna about the firdof December and ar
rived at Charles Town, reported, that a packet had
arrived tothe Governor of Cuba with air account
that the Spaniard had tatyi poll ffion of Pensacola,
where they had made 900 Brit ih prisoners, halide#
Refugees. Qpr. Miliegan also reported, that an
expedition was forming a. the Havaana a<aint lSt.
Augufline, arid that all the vessels lay at a finale an
chor, ready to put is sea, at the fhntfeft notice,
NE W-H AVE N, February 9.
Lift Thursday morning a party of 3 or 400 of
the enemy from King's -Bridge; in Sleighs, farprifed
a party of between 40 and 50 of our, troops, pifted
at the ho^feof one Young, near the White Rains :
Oar people defended the house with the greatest
bravery, for more than an hour, and did net surren
der till the house was set on fire, and 14 of their par
ty kill'd, the others were made prisoners and carried
off by the enemy ; ^ong whom were a Col. Thom
fn,aMfor, and two Chains, The enemy left 4
dead, aad carried off a number of wounded in their
Sleighs.„
We hear, that near 20 of the people, who were
taken in the new Defence; Captain Pond, from this
State, have died in the prifouvfhips at Nev-York.
NEW LONDON, Feb. 9.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in Baltimore, in
Maryland,' to another in thia town, dated
Jan § 1780.
" I am happy in doing rayfelf &he honor of in
forming you, that left night Mr. .— —of this places
returned her, 'from North Carolina; and fry#, that
all the enemy's forces were embarked from the Sa
vanna, but it wefnat known where they were bound;
some thought for Jamaica, others thought for Au
gustine, v'tbe Sp^z^ds had taken Fsufacola."
HARTFORD, February 15.
Lag Wednesday night the dwelling,
house of Ms. Thomas Steel of this town
took fire and was burnt to the ground,
together with molt of the houfliold fur
niture. $
Yeflerday fe'nnight departed this life
in the 38th year of her age, Mrs. Mabel
Spencer, Vvife of Mr. Ashbel Spencer
of this town. ,
Extras of a letter from L hbfeld, Feb. io.
," You have doubtless beard that the house
of Caleb Malleg of Wafoirgton was confemed
by fire last Thursday night, and five perfoxs,
viz. Mr. Mallery, his wife, and three chil,
dren all burnt in it, which was the whole of
the family that was at home that night : and
this day one Barnet Davenport, (who was a
hired man to said Mallery at the time) was
committed to our goal,, and confeffes he knock
ed Mr. Mallery and his wife on the head, rob
bed the Foufe, and then set it on fire, and when
said Davenport was taken up was ctoath^d in
Mr. Mallery's eloaths."
It is reported in town, that Colors! Butler with
the favafy, (that de&zoyed «ie inhabitants of
Sufq jcbanmß) art szm ng ar, ^ ; ^T qp^" lon a
gainfl /^ S^e vs Vermont.. (^ mow ih^er) and
that the jnhabiunit are preparing to give a gocd ac
count of him and his banditti. A large quan
tity of ammunition has q^ffjd thro' this town for
the defence of tb it front'??.
-By a Rdclv? of the General AGfembly held at
Hertford in favia,, 1780: The cauf£s and matters
depending in rife fumerior cmrt in the counties of
I. rolfifid and Fairfield, aie continued to the next
ftffiqos of said court, refpe&vely in said two counties
in Angu^ 1780.: And the printers areddfired to in
fer! this notice in the nex Hu ford new, paper ac
cordin^ly,
Excel !cT¥o~H~ET~T E
INDIGO, CHOCOLATE, PIG-TAIL
TOBACCO, &c. To be fold# the North
Door under the Printing Office.
To DE i^Lli~T7 "c^R^^
a few reds south vs theCogrt-Houfe in Hart
ford, Weft ladia and Nawßngland Rum and SUL
gar by the ho (head, barrel or smaller quantity,
Tea, Coffee, Allspice -Cotton Wool. Wool C^cd„
a small quantity dry Goods, food assortment Grifs
and. Queers Ware. Hmemadg Silt, &Q
GOOD WEST INDIA rum and Sugar by the
barrel : To be fold cheap for cash, by JO
SEPH LYNDE.
Hartford, F^b. 14 1780.
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To BE SOL D F JOSIAH BLAkELrY';
Store in Hartford. WEST INDIA RUM
by the H%fn.tad or Barrel MADEIRA WINEty
the GiHori. x ' :r™ * :
DEaERISD him Cape. Wa^c/5 cenpany,
Col. Webb's bdhubcrf-of co^inental force;
the s?h c.f December lafi, Samuel Butter, i 8 y,m
of age § feet ( inches high, dark colour'd hair,
light cemp e: *a, belonging to Chatham. Samuel
Inohara, 19 years of a,., 5 feet 5 metres high, dark
colour'd hair, ltyht compexion, supposed ro be at
home in Fanwnfltn ; Lid towns a,c in Hartford
county, &ate ofGmns£bcut ; they had on wr took
with them each, a red uniform ocat faced with yel
low. Whetver will take up said deserters and re
turn them to their regiment or secure them in any
goal, givmg'info!mations ihall receive for each of
them 50 dollar and all retfonable charger paid
JOSEPH WALKER, Capt.
Camp, near Maris-Tewn, Jan. 8, 1780/ -
Law's Collection of Pjalmo%
WS now compleated and ready for faie at the Print
-4 ing Office in Hartford. Mr. Abel Morse';
Wethersfield, Mr. Joel Allens, Southington;
Mdjor Atwater's and William Law's Cheshire.
F-braary 15, 17804
HEREAS, the Honorable the Ccn^refs of
„ the United S at&, have lately recommended
to the Legislatures of the federal States, to adopt
raeafarel for furnifh ng the (applies of the army up
on a different plan from what has heretofore beta
pursued.
! And whereas, some of the State# having already
made fetch regulations as must put the department on
a new eflablifhment; it Dems therefore, indispensa
bly requisite, that the account on the present ar
rangement, be brought to a speedy and decisive close;
' And whereas, feme farther alteration of systems
will probably take place ; it will be expedient, gpt
only that the accounts be soon adjured , but that a
uniform mode for effecting this be observed through
out the various diftt&. 4 .
I have, therefore, thought fit riorubliffi thia ad:
vertifement; directing that eve y Deputy or other
officer serving in the Quarter Master General's de
partment, whose appoin ment is immedia ely derived
fom me or myAffittants, to call upon all persons em
ployed by them refpe&ive'y, to make out exa& re
turns by the firft day of March next, of the fams of
money due in their refy a ve diftriAs, up to that
time. And left this ineafure should be ftuftrated for
want of seasonable Applies of c^fh ; I do hereby no
tify all those, who have, any demands on any branch
of the department, to lay their accounts before the
proper peifons. with faitable vouchers for a compleat
fettfementtfto the time above dirtied: " t
In those cases where the demands cannot be p#!d
direAly in each, printed certificates will be given,
fptcifyin^ the fun^ due to each individual: For
which end/ blank certificates will be stuck, and dis.
tributed anions the fev&ral agents ; -wboare requeu
ed to regeder them, in bulks to be kept fir the pur^
pose : Copies of which must immediately be lent to
camp, to be lodged in my office ; that 1 m>y be ena
bled to afeertain a just fate of the deb s due frem the
department.
NATH. GREENE QM. G.
Jr^irv 25, 1780.
L'Oh 6AIE Luc Houle and Bun, to,e er with
three hundred acres of land in the towbihip of
rorthinflon, in the coon y of Hampshire, partly
under improvement. Also, one half of a Grist Mill
and Saw Mill on a good stream, will be difo' fed of
on reasonable terms for continental moncv or other
produce as will suit tie purchaser. E'qrre of
Moses Porter of said Worthington or John Por
ter of Weft. Springfield. " '-
We, Sprm field, February 9, 1780. ,
ON the night after the 9 h infiarit, Litchfield
county goal was broke aad the tollovin% prft
fouers made their escape, viz. Thomas Knap, con
fined for treason, of a middling size sh irt black curl
ed hair, black eyes, quick spoken a fellow cf great
addtefi^ Also, William Thompfon c confined for
theft, lately belon ed to Col. Sheldon's regiment of
Li^ht Dragoons, a small likely-looking fellow, about
22 years of age. Aifo, Will am Summons, confined
for treafon^a youn fellow about 22 years of a„,
thick set, appears to be an i^orant worthless fellow.
Also, Enos Blakcfby confined for desertion from
toe continental army. The Cloaths of the above
prifonets cannot be described, as they have lately
made some exchanges. Whoever Will apprehend
arid return the -above prifoneri to said goal a,ain
(hall have for Knap 50 dollars, and for Thempfon
and Simmons 20 dollars each as a reward; and for
Blakefley the thanks of the public's humble fervent,
LYNDE LORD Sheriff-
Lite! field, Feb. 10 1780.
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
D^BRTED some time pa^ from Ckpt. William
Sizer's company of Artificers, DNid Clark
¥d Joseph Green, both inhabitants of Mdford car
penters by trade. Said Glark a;ed about 38 years,
and Greed 58. Also, Jonathan Snrth. an. inhabi
tant of Haddam, Joiner by trade a,ed 21 years.
Robert Dankley, an inhabitant of New Hartford,
a;ed 48 years, a-Joiner by trade. Peleg Burdick,'
an ihLanitant of Worthington, State of Massachusetts
aged 28 years a carpenter by trade. Abiaham
Ferris, an inhabitant of Horfeneck, a carpenter by
trade, 39 years of a^e. Whoever will take up said
defences and return them to Weft Point, or confine
them in any goal, and give notice, fh%|ihave the
above reward, or fifty dollars for cither a; d r.ecef,
fary charges paid,-
, LINUS HOPSON, Lint.
Weft Point, December 15, 177,9.