The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-12-04 00:00:00, page 2

BOSTON, November 29.
Ourlaft advices from the Southward mention,
that the Count de Graffe failed from the Chefa
peak about the 4th of the month : His domina
tion remained afecret : He had left, according
to ^efe advices, two thousand of the brave forces
he brought with him from the Weft-Indies, un
der the command of Gen. Wafhingtoru
Our enemies at New-York appear not a little
chargrined that Clinton has been so completely
outwitted by General W alhington and the com
manders of the land and sea forces of our allies.
The British General concluded that New-York
was the fifrft object of the allies. Confidentof
this, all the reinforcements and ftbres designed
for Cornwallis, he detained at that place, and ac
cordingly the fleet remained there ; this render
ed the conquest over Cornwallis more expediti
ous ; though it is allowed on all hands, that this
Soared British hero made no such exertionsas
might have been expelled, considering the great
force he had with him. Burgoyne fought two
bloody battles before the convention of Saratoga;
and was upbraided by Cornwallis in a Bfitifh
Parliament for not having extricated hiinfelf.
And yet this very Cornwallis, after having af
firmed much importance for having run thro' a
country thinly fettled, and exercising much bar
barity upon its inhabitants, when he found him
felf opposed by an army in condition to attack
him, Surrendered after a single sally.
The Court of France seems intent on bring
ing the war to a speedy and happy issue. It may
be relied on that 10,000 men were embarked at
Brelj: in the begining of Odober ; and that a
flrong fleet was soon to fail with this embarka
tion ; the dehgn was kept a profound secret, but
if we may judge of future events by the pail; it
may not be long before our enemies in some
quarter or another, may feel the weight of this
refpe&able force.
'HARTFORD, December 4.
The General at the Continental Village, in
General Orders of the 9th uh. acquaints the ar
my, that the enemy, having been completely
disappointed in their defigns'on our Northern
frontiers, had not dared to land on this fide the
lakes, being deterred by the preparations made
to receive them, by Major General Lord Stirling,
General Stark, and the officers and soldiers under
their command.
That .the enemy, between 6 and 700 regulars,
rangers, Yagers and Indians, under Major Ross,
having advanced to John's Town, were met by
Col. Willet, defeated, and purfuedinto the wil
derness, where many of them mod probably have
perished---that Major Butler, was. among, the
ilain, of the enemy, and many prisoners, chiefly
British sent in—-The Gen. expreiTes the warmest
thanks and bigheft fenfibiiity, of the address, gal
lantry, and persevering activity of Col. Willet—•
and highly approves the conduct of rhe officers
and foldiersin general, particularly Major Row
ley, the levies and militia under his command,
whoata critical moment, did honor to themselves,
and renderedmoft essential fenrice to their country.
Died, last Thursday, Mrs. Cornelia Hubbard,
the amiable consort of Mr Nehemiah Hubbard,
in the 28th year of her age.
*, The ice in the river prevented our obtain
ing a supply of Paper from the Mills in proper
feafen, which obliges us to publish. Half Sheet.
Advertifemen^ omitted will be in our next.
[From Rivingtons Royal Gazette.]
NEW-Y OR K, Nov. 7 ,.
We can afl'ure the public from recent inform
ation, that the whole continental army is at this
time in the affual service of his most Christian
Maj^fty, Louis XVI. and are paid with French
money, which has been for that purpose remitted
to Mr. Warrington, Lieutenant-General and
commanderin chief of all the French and rebel
forces in this country: so that every American
soldier of this alliance is now become in every
sense a Frenchman. The Congress have no fort
of interference with his power; and they lately
felt the humiliating mortification of perceiving
Gun. Washington alone entrusted with the cash
received from France to pay the army. The
people of America, since their revolt from Great-
Britain, will have no other choice to make of a
ruler, as their Congress's command and influence
now exists in the Prcnebifad Mr. Washington
alone. _.
[We can also afl'ure the public from o^ft ob
servation, that Sir Henry Clinton, and his Aid
de Camp MrT Rivington, have long been in the
actual service of his most diabolical Majefly, Sa
tan the First. Formerly the fraternity at New-
York reprocahed us for paying our armywith pa
per rags—they now fret and are displeased that
we pay them with the loan from France, which
they rationally suppose will metamotphofe our
army into Frenchmen and catholics. Surely we
ought to thank these gentlemen for their benevo
lence, brotherly care, and officious concern for
the welfare and morals of the American army:
Many people, however, are of opinion, that it
would become them better to provide for the
fafety of the remnant of their own.]
SATURDAY night last the Shop of the luufcnberwas broke
open and the following articles taken away, viz. Part
of a piece of crimson fprig'd Sattin ; pare of a piece of Tam
my ; 2 dozen Barcelona Handkerchiefs df different colours;
I piece flriped Luteftring Ribband ; part of 2 pieces black
Sattin Do. A quantity of black Sewing Silk ; part of a piece
of quality ; a number of Jack Knives; Do. Bridle Bitts;
Do. Knee Buckes ; Do. Knitting Needles; 3 dozen Horn
Combs ; a quantity of Pins ; 2 pair Worsted Hole ; 1 lb. co
lour'd Thread ; a quantity of white metal coat buttons ; Do.
yellow; Do. white Vest ; 4 pair and half ofpinchbeck Sieve
Buttons ; 50 pair block tin Do. a quantity of Cloves ; 2 pair
Women's Shoes; 1 Set Knives and Forks; 1 pair Money
Scales, and perhaps many articles omitted. Whoever will
secure the thief or thieves so that they may be brought to
justice, or the goods that the owner may have them again,
shall receive a generous reward and no questions asked, by
WILLI AM LAWRENCE.
Hartford, December 3, 1781.
Englilh Goods, by Wholesale.
S.AUSTEN,& Co.
Have just received a large Supply of Woolen G 0D S,
which they will felt by the piece, on terms as advantage
ous for the purchaser as can be procured in Boston.
They consist of
Broadcloths, Bath Coatings, Rat
teens and Frizes, of all colours; German Serges, Baizes,
Swanskins and Flushes. [The particulars will be inferred
next week.] They have also a vej y good alTdrtment of
Goods by retail. They beg the Gentlemen and Ladies to
be so kind as to call and fee them.
Hartford, December 3, 1781.
COMMON WEALTH of MAS SA CHUSETT S.
Worthington, November jo, 1781.
IN conformity to an A& of the General Court, and an or
der of the Inferior Court ofCommon Pleas for the coun
ty ofHampshire, will be fold at PUBLIC AUCTION, upon
the 22d of January next,' being the fourth Tuesday in said
month, so much of the real estate of the Rev. Jonathan Hun
tington, late of said town, deceased, as shall be fufficient
to raise the sum of three hundred and twenty-seven pounds
ten shillings, lawful money ; the sale to be held upon the
prefoifes, and to begin at one o'cl'ock P. M. and to be con
tinued until the whole be compl€ated. The estate which
will be offered for sale, consists of one half of a good Saw-
Mill, newly built and standing upon a full and constant
stream in Chefterfield, within forty rods of Worthington
line. Also, so much of the land of the deceased as will
raise the remainder of the proposed sum, which land is part
of the excellent farm on which the deceased lived,and which
is adjoining the meeting house in said town, and has its
front upon the great road from Connecticut to Bennington,
through weftfield. The proposed sale will contain an ex
ceeding good farm for a husbandman or tavern keeper, be
ing well watered and the greater part cleared and under im
provement, suitable for mowing, plowing and pasturing,
with a due proportion of wood land. Good and fufficient
titles will be given to the purchasers ; one third of the mo
ney will be expeCed in hand, and obligations upon good se
curity taken for the remainder, one half to be paid in three
months from the time of sale, and the ^cher half within a
year.
At the fame time and place will be fold, unless previously
difpoled of atprivate sale, one good yoke of fat Oxen, two
Cows with their Calves, and one yoke of yearling Stears;
also, sundry Articles of farming utensils, for which ready
money will be expeCed.
SARAH HUNTINGTON,)
JOSRPH LYMAN, Admmrfhatois.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, to the several Towns on
the weft fide of Conne&icut River, that have not re
ceived their Salt for packing the Meat coming in on the
2s6d tax, that there is a further supply of Salt furnished, and
now in the hands of the following gentlemen, and may be
had by an order from the Seledmen, viz. For every thou
sand pound on the lift, two bushels of Rock Salt, or three
of Lisbon, or four of home manufadered, from Cape. Elijah
Wright, Wethersfield; Mr. Chancy Whittlefey or Mr. George
Hallam, Middletown; Capr Ephfaim Parish, Branford;
Mr. David Seward, Guilford ; Elias Graves, Esq; Haft-Guil
ford; Mr. Abraham Pierson, Killingfworth; and
EBENEZAR BARNARD, fan,
Hertford, November zB, 1781,
WE the fubferibers being appointed by the honorable
Court of Probate for Sharon diftrid, commissioners
to examine the claims and demands on the estate ofWillia m
Marsh, of Canaan, and late of Salisbury deceased, represent
ed insolvent, shall meet at the dwelling house of the Widow
Mary Sedgwick, in said Canaan, on the third Tuesdays of
December and January next, from nine o'clock in the morn
ing until eight at night. No accounts to be allowed unless
properly attested.'
EDWARD BROWNELL,
NOAH WELLS.
Canaan, November 24, 1781.
lemple Spectacles;
For Sale, by DANIEL HENSDALE,
Next Door North of the Printing-Office.
To the Sheriff of the County of New-Haven.
WHEREAS the Superior Court in said county, now
Hands adjourned to the 2d Tuesday in December next ;
and the public Thanksgiving being appointed in that week,
will much impede the business of the court---You arc hereby
ordered and directed, to adjourn said court; to be held at
New-Haven on the 3d Tuesday in December next, andgivc
public notice accordingly. By order of
EtIPHALET DYER, )
ROGER SHERMAN, ) Judges of the Su-
WILLIAM PITKIN, ) perior Court.
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, )
Hartford, November 26, 1781.
SIMSBUKY-BRIDGE LO 1 ick7."
Fo R railing the Sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds
Lawful Money, to be laid out in the re-building the
Great Bridge acrols the River at WEATOGUE, in said Simf
bury, agreeable to an AH of the General Assembly in (to
tobcr law, fubjeft to no Dcdq&fon.
TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZ E.
SCHEM E.
Said Lottery consists of 2000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each,
of which 667 are Prizes of the following Value, viz.
Number ofPrixes. Dollars. Totti.
x of - - 100 X. jo
2 - - 6o - 36
4 - ± jo - J 6
6- - 20 - 36
12 - - 10 - 36
20 - - § 33
622 - - 4 - 746
667 Prizes. ,50 80
1333 Blanks.
2000 Tickets at Twelve Shillings each is L, 1200 0 0
To be paid in Prizes, ,„ 8 0
Remains, 24, 12 0
Proper Notice will be given of the Time and Place of
Drawing; a Lift of Prizes will be published in Hartford
News-Paper, and the Benefit Tickets paid off on Demand,
if demanded within Twelve Months after the drawing is
finished, if not, they will be deemed as generously given sos
the Purpose of re-building said Bridge.
The Managers think that they have a reasonable Profpea
of being able to draw said Lottery, by the firft Day of Febru
ary next, if not sooner, and recommend it to all who are
difyofed to try their Luck, in a Lottery, to make speedy afy>
plication for Tickets least they should be disappointed.
NOAH PHELPS, )
LEMUEL ROBERTS,)
JONATHAN PETTIBONE, ) Managers,
JONATHAN HUMPHRY, jun.)
DUDLEY PETTIBONE.)
Tickets to be had of the Managers, and of the Printers in
Hartford.
Simsbury, November 6, 1781.
STOLEN from the fubferiber in Haft-Hartford, on thq
evening of the 27th ofNovember, a dark bay HORSE^
about 14 hands high, thick set, black mane and tail, shod
before, trots all, two white spots on his back occafidned by
the saddle, had on a cirb bit bridle, and a saddle. Who
ever will take up said Horse, and theif, and return them to
the fubferiber in Baft-Hartford, shall have fifteen dollars re
ward/ RICHARD GOODWIN.
Haft-Hartford, November 30, 1781.
BROKE into the pafturc of the Subferiber, about rhe Sth of
November inst. a large Bay HORSE, about $ years old,
a star in the forehead, no shoes on, paces and trots. The
owner is desired to prove property pay charges, and take him
away. ASHBELSHEPHERD.
Hartford, West-Division, November 24, 1781.
BROKE into the pasture of the fubferiber, the 13th of No
vember, a Black HORSE, about I, hands high, shod
before, the mane hangs the near fide, a very long tai', trots
and paces, but chiefly inclines to pace. The owner is defir-,
cd to pay charges and take him away.
SAMUEL RIDER.
Tolland, November 2r, 1781.
STRAYED or stolen from Weathersficld Rocky-Hill, the
cift of November last, a yoke of red OXEN, about xx
years old, that measure near fix feet, one of them has stag
horns, and some white hairs ; the other had his tail broke,
and afwelling on his off leg ^nd some white hairs, marked
with a swallows tail on the near ear, and a crop on the off
ear. Whoever will secure said cattle, and give notice
where they may be found, shall have a handsome reward
and charges paid, by WILLIAM HOLMES in Glaftenbur,,
or CHARLES HOLMES in said Weathersficld,
December 3, 1781.
THE fubferiber begs leave to inform bis customers, that
thenegledof work at the flocking business, has been
owing to the unsteadiness of journeymen ; but he has now
procured one that proves faithful—Thofe gentlemen and
ladies, that will still continue to favour him with their cus
tom, may depend on pun&ual performance, and the thanks
of their humble servant, °
DEODAT WOODBIDGE.
N. B. All those whose fluff has been upon hand more
than a fortnight, are desired to fetch away their flockings.
Haft-Hartford, December 3, 1781.
FOR WANT' OF EMPLO Y,
WILL be Sold a likely NEGRO BOY, about io years of
age, suitable to attend a Gentleman, or a family.
Enquire of the Printers.
At N ATHANIEL PATTEN's'
Book Binder and Stationer's Shop, a little North of the Ccurt
House, Hartford, is now ready to be delivered to the fub
feribers,
The First and Second Numbers of the History of
the WAR in AMERICA.
Ni B. At said Shop Clothier's may be supplied with Press
Papers, and he requells that they will do their endeavours
to colled him Rags, so that they may be com&apy fappfr
ed with them.