The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-07-10 00:00:00, page 3

B 0 S T O N, Jfr.
By a person from the eastward lah Friday, '^
have an account, that General Wadsworth and
Major Burton, made their escape from the ene
my at Bagaduce, in the following manner, viz.
They sawed a hole through the roof of the apart
ment in which they were confined, and had de
termined to wait till a gust of wind, or a thunder
storm should come on, when thefr fuppo^d the
sentries would take shelter from the fame; which
a day or two after happening, they embiacedthe
opportunity of throwing oft their fcuttle,_ and
tying their blankets together, lowered themlelves
to the ground, and by that means made their es
cape. The General arrived in town laid Satur
day evening. . ' ,„ ,
Capt. Davis, who arrived here last Saturday,
in 17 days from Martinico, informs, that a veflel
arrived there from Count de Graffe, with intelli
gence, that the Count had taken lobago, and
invested Barbados, where the British fleet, con
fining of 17 fail of the line; had taken shelter.---
Count de Graffe's fleet consists of 26 fail of the
line, besides frigates, and he had landed 10,000
troops on the iuand ; so that in a few days we
may expe& intelligence of importance from that
quarter., .
Saturday last Capt. Tyler arrived here in 48
days from Cadiz. By this veflel ive learn, that
on the appearance of the British fleet for the relief
of Gibraltar, the Spaniards opened their batte
ries, confining of about 40 mortars, and between
3 and 400 cannon, on the besieged, which soon
made the lower town too hot for them, when
they took to the eminence. This the besiegers,
we learn, would not have done, had it not been
for the relief, as they were in daily expectation
of the garrison surrendering. However the Lri
tifh fleet Supplied the garrison, and had failed for
England.---Eight days before Capt. Tyler left
Cadiz the Spanish fleet failed in quell of the Ha
vannah £eet, which was expected in those seas,
in order to convoy them fate into port, among
which, 'tis said, was a flota of immense value.—
On the ,:h of April, a ship of 16 guns, bound to
Gibraltar from Lisbon, loaded with provisions,
taken by a Spanish frigate, arrived at Cadiz.---
The 12th of April the British fleet, confining of
28 fail of the line, commanded by Admiral Dar
by, arrived- at Gibraltar, supplied the garrison
with provisions, and failed from thence the 2ilf.
• —From the 12th of April an inceflant fire was
kept up from the Spanish lines upon Gibraltar.
—Com modore Johnson was to fail from England
with tlje grand fleet, confining of 12 fail, includ
ing frigates arid sloops, on the 20th of April, to
convoy the East and Weil-India fleets out.
On the 27th of April, a Dutch Eaft-Indiaman,
richly laden, was met with at sea by two Frencn
frigates, and the Dutchman not knowing of a
war between Holland and England, the frigates
fafely conduced her irito Cadiz ; and going out
again on their cruize, a few days after, they fell
in with two 20 gun ships, viz the Charlotte from
London, and Phoenix from Grille!, in concert,
which they captured and carried into Cadiz.—
The lameday failed a 74 gun ffiipand two frigates,
who two days after, captured a ship and snow,
bound to England from Gibraltar, with a great
number of women and children, which had also
fafe arrived at Cadiz. The ill of May the Spa
nish fleet, confiding of 20 fail of the line, failed
from Ca liz, and were to be joined by the above
74 and frigates, whose dedication was unknown.
We further learn, that the Englilh Channel
f.varins with French privateers, who daily take
prizes: And that the New- Fork picket which
failed from Falmouth the 15th of Mardhfc with
dispatches, was taken by a french frigate, and
Carried into I'Orient.
NEW-L O ND O N, July 6.
J/hi Friday night, bring very dark, a number
foeople from Lodg-Fland, again landed at
Leett'^-Iland, in Guilford, and advanced near a
guard of Stye Troops that were Rationed there ;
but the villiarts being fired upon by the guard,
made off: They afterwards attempted to land it
another pl^e near the above, but were again
beat off: A „
Lad Tue^ay the bug De^nc, Capt. Dan
Scov^, sent into port, a copper-bottommed brig,
bound from DmaicatoEnghnd, packet; ihe
hadabout 3ohogflieadsofrum andfugar,analome
other articles on board ; mounted 12 fix-pounp
er% and had 33 men. We have no newsjiy tais
rffel, except a confirmation of the taking,of
Penftcoh by the Spaniards. The mail which
was onboard the brig was funk previous to her
firming)
A correspondent remarks that the conduct of
the British Generals in America is an applicati
on ofthe fable of the dog and the shadow. They
grasp at all, and get nothing. At a vafl expence
of men and money they have drawn out neartwo
campaigns in the Carolinas, and decoyed many
deluded people to resort to their banners and
their protection. General Greene in the course
of a few weeks had drove them from pod to poll,
and recovered alraoft the whdle of those dates,
besides capturing large quantities of their itores
The enemy rarely return to ground which they
have once possessed and loft; the people will not
trull them a second time, and besides having
been plundered and abused by the mod barbarous
and inhuman treatment, they ever afterwards
fight them with a fury not to be appeased. . ?
To the credit however of thele Generals it
ought to be observed that this,renia^applies on
ly to their public condurit. They manage their
own perforfal concerns much better. Cornwal
lis had rather give up both the Carolinas than
fuffer poor Arnold to run away with the Virgi
nia speculations in negroes and tobacco. A lau
dable imitation of the saving knowledge of his
fellow-labourer Sir G. B. Rodney, who chore to
count his money himfelf at St. Euftatius, left if
he trulled any other they would cheat him ;-—
mean time in flips Count de Grade, ^nd had well
nigh demolished five-fifths of the British Welt-
India fleet, and taken St. Lucia into the bargain.
The repeal ofthe tender gls, and the removal
of every improper restriction from trade and
dealing, cannot but give pleasure to everv honest
man and friend to his country. The reiteration
of public and private confidence, the encourage
ment of industry, the advantages which mull fol
low from placingthe finances of the country op
a proper footing, and opening the way to our
plentiful resources, will, if properly improved,
soon put us in a better situation to bid defiance to
the power of our enemies than ever we have been
since the commencement of tile war.
Sunday laid the Mercury in Farenheit's Stan
dard Thermometer Rootl at 102 Degrees at half
after ii A. M.—At2P. M. at 99 and half Degrees,
which is 2 Degrees higher than it has been since
the Summer of 1772.
URSUANT to an order of the Governor and Council of
Safety, directing me to appoint suitable persons to re
ceive the Cattle and Sheep, to be railed for the lupporc of
the army, by a Four-penny Tax, in the several towns in this
State, in the months of July, August, September and Octo
ber j and an Ad of Alfembly, directing me to adverse
the fame, &c. —I hereby give NOTICE, Ihat Messieurs
Lemuel Grosvenor, ot Pomfret; Itrael Champion, of East-
Haddam ; Samuel Fox, of Plainfield ; Handley Bushntl, of
Saybrook ; James Robinson, of Durham ; Samuel Wolcott,
of East-Windsor; Thomas Goodman, of Hartford; Tho
mas Lewis, ofParmington; Samuel Ciborn, of New-Haven ;
Elias Dunning, ofWoodbury ; Ezra Erunfon,of Waterbury ;
Seth Smith, of New-Hartford; Moses Seymour, of Litch
field; Afahel Beebee, of Canaan ; Stephen Barnes, of New-
Fairfield; John Squire, Jun. of Fairfield; James Rogers, of
Reading; and Silas Davenport, of Scamford; are appoint
ed receivers, as above, for the towns that compote t^eir
present diftri&s,as Purchasing Commika.its. —Cob Samuel
Abbat, of Norwich, is appointed to receive in the townsof
Groton, Lebanon and Windham; Major Edward Motr, of
Preston, in the towns of prefton and Stonington ; and
Major Elias lilewel, of Coventry, in the towns of Coventry
and Minefield ; —who arc desired andempowered to tranfa&
said business, according to said A& of Assembly—Should
any of the above gentlemen declinelaid business, the receiver
who lives nearest to him has directions to receive from the
towns in the vacant diftrift, till another can be appointed.
The fevtral printers in this State are requeued to infertthis
advertisement in their next pa pers.
HENRY C H A MPIO N, Supr. Com.
Cob-hefter, July 8, 1781.
We hear that lad week 2 gun-boat arid fwtal
whale-boats from the wellern part of this State,
attempted making a descent near Llyod's-Neck,
on Long-bland; but the enemy, a^it is imagin
ed, having obtained intelligence of the riehgn,
had a galley prepared, with which they attacked
the boats, and drove mod of them alhore on the
inland ; and the people belonging to them fled
to the woods;
H ARTFOR D, July to.
By a Gentleman from Head-Quarters we are
informed, That on Tuesday lad a party from our
army, tinder the command of Colonels Scamrnel
and Huntington, fell in with a body of the enemy
between Williams's and Mile Square, when a
ikirmidring commenced which laded great part
of the day—-the particulars ofwhich are not come
to hand. -.
C A LEB B U L h for?-.
HAS just received a few Casks ofRAISIN S, that are
very good : Likewise, 4d. Bd. and rod. N AILS,
and sundry other Articles of Merchandize, which are for
rile, at a reaforable Price, for Cash in hand, at his Store in
Hartford.
July 8, ifllt
—T? be SoITTT PUB LI C VEN DU E,
( For hard mcney enh)
On Wednesday the ißch Inst. 2 o'Clock, P. M. at the House
of Mr. Timothy Boardman, in Middletown:
CUNDRY HOUSHOLD GOODS, viz. Two
3 Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pillows; three Suits of
Curtains ; Chain and Hariiteen ; Blankets ayd Coverlids j
two Small Tables ; fwo Looking-Glasses, and sundry other
Articles. :
Middletown, July 4, 178:.
Just published, and now jelling at the North-Doer^ under the
Printing-Office, Hartford, and bj Lieut. Benjamin Ellis, tn
Stafford. ,
Heresy detected and exposed, in
a brief NARRATION of the unhappy D I S
PUTES that havearifen in the Second Society, in S T AF
FORD, with the Judgment of several COUNCILS
that have been called ; their unanimity and agreement, 11
rebrobating certain Singular Tenets, adopted by the Res-
ISSAC FOSTER., . r •
Published for the Benefit ofthe Curious and Inquisitive, _
By DAVID $ .ROWLAND and THEODORE
HINSDALE,_
At the Desire and Request ofthe utfociatson of this Diftria.
WE the fubferibers being appointed by the Hon. Court
of Probate, for the dilhia of SimLury, Commif^
fioners; to examine and adjust thc claims ofthe creditors to ^
feeftate of Capt. THOMAS SILL, late of HARTLAND,
deccaLed, represented infolyenr, hereby give notice, that
we shall attend on the. burinefs of our appointment , at the
boufe of said deceased, on the firft and third Tuefcuiys itt
Anguft, September and Odober next, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, on each of said days.
N. B. No accounts will be allowed unfefs properly at
tested. ABEL BRACE,
ISRAEL WILLIAMS,
Hartland, July 4, tySr,
Ivy Ethe fubferibers being by the Hon. Court ofProbate,
W for the dihria of Noi folk, appointed Commissioners,
to receive and examine the clai/ns of the creditors to the
estate of JOEL ROBERTS, late of WINCHESTER, deceased,
reprefehted infolvebt, do hereby give notice, that we shall
attend said business at the house of ELISHA WILLCOXSONp
Innholder, in said Winchester, on the firft Tuesdays of
August and September next, at one ofthe clock, afternoon,
on each of laid days'.
ELIPHAZ. ALVORD,।
SAMUEL WETMORE,
ELISHA WILLCeXSON;
wirchefter, Tune ^§,,1781.,
fAT-TAELF .OFFICE, J-ly. \%£
BY direction of the Governor and Council of Safety, tire
several Towns within this State, are requefled jmincdi+
ately 10 make up their deficiencies of Beef, Pork, Flour and
Indian-Corn, ordered.by the , General Atembly to be col
lected for public life; and makereturns of then doings to his
Excellency the Governor, or to this Office, without delay
great inconveniences arise, from the negUCtof making pro
per and timely returns ; loure Towns having nradc none,
many others art very impelled, not distinguishing.the dike
rent quantities of each quality, of Proytfion—thofe Towns
whofc returns are thus deficient, are defined to correct them.
It is hoped chat more attention will be paid to this matter,
and that in future returns, will be more punctual and coi red,
which will prevent consequences injurious to the Public and
disagreeable to the Towns. r ,
Toe Commiflaries, appointed by this State, to purchase
Beef, Pork and Fish for the army, are requested to exhibit
their accounts for fettlemcnt; and to order what they hav^
collected to be delivered to the Deputy Quarter-Mi her -
The Commanding Officers of guards in the several towns ora
the sea coast, ate also requested immediately to certify to
the Committee offeay-Table, the number of men in actual
service therein. ELEAZER WALES, „ ]
F^NN WADSWCRTHJCommittee.
WILLIAM MOSELY, ]
N. B. The several printers in this State are desired to in
fers the above. —
ALL periods that have any demands on the efface of
JONATHAN CHAPMAN, Hate of HAD'DAM, deceased;
are requested to exhibit their accounts immediately to the
fubferioer for, settlement; and all those that are indebted are
desired to make immediate payment to
JONATHAN CHAPMAN, jun. Executor.
Haddam, June 29, 1781.
STOLEN bom the lublcrrber, the night after the 2fth of
June last, a light brown STONE HORSE, nine or ten
years old, about 14 hands high, trots and canrers, lame in
his fore feet, newly shod before; supposed th oe taken by
one JOHN SELAH, a Continental soldier, about five feet
four inches high, dark complexion, twenty-four years old.
Whoever will take up said horse and thief, and deliver them
to the subscriber, shall have FIVE DOLLARS, hard money,
reward, and all necessary charges paid, or Three Dollars sot
either the horse Or thief.
OLIVER BELDING,
Lenox, July 2, 1781#
_ - :
OfRAYED away from the fubfciiber, in Great-Barrington;
J about the frit of May Lift, a blafk roan HORSt, four
yens old, thirteen and an halfhands high, shod all round,
paces all, no brand.— Whoever takes up said Horse, ana
informs the owner, or advertises him in this paper, shall be
well rewarded, and all'nece&ry charges paid by
CHARLES PASSANS,
rp^q-Bar'CT^on, June 2, 1781.
Bit mm the inelofure of the fubferiber, a black
M ARE, a star in her forehead, mane cutt, shod before#
The owner is defiied to pay charges and take her away.
AARON BELDING.
Wethersfield, July 4, 1781.
BROKE into the inclofure of the fubferiber, about the
iffh of June 'lift, an iron grey STALLION COIT, two
years old, a star in his forehead The owner is desired to
prove property, pay charges and take him away.
OLIVER BATES.
Hartland, fol^ 2, I^l,