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STAYED or Stolen out of the Pafturc of Joseph Flower, in
Wethersfield, a Chefnut coloured or Dark Bay MARE,
hind feet white, a white mark on the right ear, a fuelling
on his back, branded on the left thigh O. Whoever will
take up said Mare and return her to jofeph Dod^e of Win
chester or the subscriber in Wethersfield, shall be well re
warded. JOSEPH FLOWER.
WHEREAS I the subscriber lately advertised my wife
Sarah, in the Hartford News Paper, as misbehaving,
and forbidding all persons to trust her on my account, or to
entertain her, and a writing from under my hand hath since
been obtained by force and threats, recommending her as
of good behavior and in full credit. I do notwithstanding
the said writing obtained as aforefaid, further forbid all per
sons trusting her on my account, or keeping her in their
houses, as lam willing to provide for her in my own house
if she will return home to her duty.
JESSE HALL.
Farmington, October 4, 1781.
Forge-Men wanted at Nickel
fon's Works in New Milford, viz.
Just Published, and now Selling by the Printers
hereof, and by the several Bolt-Riders from
this Office,
An Agronomical Ephemeris, Calendar, or
ALMANAC K,
For the Year of our LORD,
1 7 8 2.
Containing all things necessary to such a Coropofition.
The Astronomical parts performed by N. S.
Profeffor of Mathematics and Natural Philo
sophy in Ya le-Coilege.
*, Great Allowance to those who buy to fell
again.
Hard Money given for clean
Cotton and Linen R AGS, coarse or fine, or
old Sail Cloth, by Wensley HOBBY, in Middle
town.
Two Refiners, one Steel Maker, two Bloomers, and a
number of Wood Cutters, being weil recommended
for skill and sobriety, shall meet with the best encourage
medt by applying to said NICKELSON at the works in
said New-Milford.
September 20, 1781.
N A I L
To be Sold by the subscriber, very cheap for Hard Cash,
12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 Penny Nails. Also, Saddle and
Card Tacks of various fixes. These Nails are all made of
the belt of Refined Iron, and warranted to be equal to, and
much cheaper than any that have been lately manufadared
in New-England. Those who purchase large quantities shall
have them upon terms proportionably lower.
RICHARD FALLEY.
N. B. ^Any of the above kinds of NIALLS may be had of Mr.
C^LEB BULL, jnn. Hartford.
Weftfield, October 6, 1781. 72 —80.
HA RTFMONTY,
OR Good W RITING PAPER, given for clean
Cotton and Linen RAGS, coarse or fine, or old Sail
Cloth, at the Printing-Office or either of the Paper Mills in
Hartford, and by Mr. Nathaniel Stanly, Canaan ; Mr. Eben
ezer Burr, jun. Norfolk; Mess. Jacob Beach and Nehemiah
Lewis, Goshen; Mr. Levi Thrall, Torrington ; Mr. Daniel
Hudson, Torringford ; Mess. William Seymour and Zacha
riah Watson, New-Hartford; Mrs. Avery and Mr. David
Austin Wihcltefter ; Mess. William Torrey and Aaron Bunce,
Lebanon, Mr. Nehemiah Street, Farmington, Mr. Daniel
Blacky, Meriden, Mr. John Searl, Stafford.
Watts’s Psalms @nd Hymns,
Neatly printed and bound, and warranted to be
corre&, to be fold at the North Door under the
Printing-Office.,
( g&h^^^fr^^W#^
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
BL ANK S of various Kinds,
To be Sold at the Printing-Office, Hartford.
HARTFORD ^ Printed by LI U D S O N and GOODWIN, near the Great Bridge.
TUESDA Y, October 30, 1781.
As the exchange of General Burgoyne is now
under confederation, it may not be amiss to
hold up to the persons concerned in that busi
ness, his real importance, and the great advan
tage that may accure to America if this ex
change is prudently managed, by republish
ing a paper on this fubje& from the New-
Jersey Gazette, of December 17, 1777.
SHOULD the report of General Burgoyne's
having infringed the capitulation, between
Major General Gates and himfelf, prove to be
true, our superiors will doubtless take proper care
to prevent his reaping any benefit from it ; and
should he be detained as a prisoner for his infrac
tion of any of the articles, I would humbly pro
pose to exchange him in such manner, as will at
the fame time flatter his vanity, and redound to
the greatest emolument of America. To evince
the reasonableness of my proposal, I would ob
serve that by the fame parity of reason, that a
General is exchanged for a General, a Colonel
for a Colonel, and so on with refpe& to other
officers of equal rank, we ought to have for one
and the fame gentleman, who should happen to
hold both those offices, both a General and a
Colonel. This will appear evident from the con
sideration that those exchanges arc never regu
lated by viewing the persons exchanged in the
light of men, but as officers ; since otherwise,
a Colonel might as well be exchanged for a ser
geant, as for an officer of his own rank ; a ser
geant being undoubtedly equally a man, and as
the case sometimes happens, more of a man too.
One prisoner, therefore, having twenty differ
ent oilices, ought to redeem from captivity
twenty prisoners aggregately holding the fame
offices; or such greater orleis number as shall,
with refpe& to rank, be equal to his twenty of
fices. This being admitted, I think General
Burgoyne is the molt profitable prisoner we could
have taken, having more offices, or (what a
mounts to the fame thing in Old England) more
titles, than any gentleman on this fide the Gan
ges. And as his impetuous Excellency certain
ly meant to avail himfelf of his titles, by their
pompous display in his proclamation, had he
proved conqueror, it is but reafcrable that we
should avail ourselves of them now he is con
quered ; and till I meet with a better proje& for
that purpose, I purfuade myfelf that the follow
ing proposal will appropriate them to a much
better use, than they were ever applied to before.
The exchange I propose is as follows :
I. For John Burgoyne, Esq;
Some worthy justice of the peace, magnani
mously Stolen out of his bed, or taken from his
farm by a band of ruffians in the uniform of Bri
tish soldiers, and now probably perishing with
hunger and cold in a loathsome gaol in New-
York.
11. For John Burgoyne, Lieutenant-General of
his Majesty's armies in America.
Two Majors General.
111. For John Burgoyne, Colonel of the Queen's
regiment of light dragoons.
As the BritiSh troops naturally prize every
thing in proportion as it pertakes of royalty,
and undervalue whatever originates from a
republican government, I suppose a Colonel
of her Majesty's own regiment will procure at
least three Continental Colonels of horse.
IV. For John Burgoyne, Governor of fort Wil
liam in North-Briton..
Here I would demand one Governor of one
of the United States, as his multititulary Ex-
So that according to my plan, we ought to
detain this ideal conqueror of the north, now
a real prifonei in the east, until we have got for
him, one Efauire, two Majors General,' three
Colonels of Light Horse, two Governors, one
member of Congress, the Admiral of out Navy,
or,e commander in chief in a separate depart
ment, and fix privates ; which is probably more
cellency is Governor ofa fort ; and two more,
as that fort is in North-Britain, which his Bri
tannic majesty may be presumed to value in
that proportion ; but considering that the said
fort is called William, which may excite in
his Majesty's mind the rebellious idea of li
berty, I dedu& one upon that account, and ra
ther than puzzle the cartel with any perplex
ity, I am content with two Governors.
V. For John Burgoyne, one of the representa
tives of Great-Britain.
The firft member of Congress who may fall
into the enemy's hands.
VI. Fbr John Burgoyne, commander of a fleet
employed in an expedition from Canada.
The Admiral of our navy.
VII. For John Burgoyne, commander of an ar
my employed in an expedition from Canada,
One commander in chief in any of our de
partments.
VIII. For John Burgoyne, &c. &c. &c.
Some connoisseurs in hieroglyphics imagine
three et cameras are emblematical of three cer
tain occult qualities in the General, which he &
never intends to exhibit in more legible cha
racters, viz. prudence,modefty and humanity.
Others suppose that they Hand for king of A
merica ; and that bad he proved fuccefsful, he
would have fallen upon General Howe, and
afterwards have let up for himfelf. Be this
as it may (which it however behoves a certain
gentleman on the other tide of the water ferU
oufly to consider)! insist upon it, that as all
dark and cabaliftical characters are suspicious,
fhefe incognofeibie enigmas may portend
much more than is generally apprehended.
At all events General Burgoyne has availed
himfelf of their importance, and I doubt not
that they excited as much terror in his procla
mation, as any of his more luminous titles,
as bis person therefore is by capture become
the property of the Congress, all his titles,
which some suppose to constitute his very el
fence, whether more splendid or opake, latent
or vifibie, are become, ipso fa&o, the lawful
goods and chatties of the continent, and ought
not to be restored without a consideration
equivalent. If we should happen to over
rate them it is his own fault, it being in his
power to afeertain their intrinsic value : And
it is a rule in law, that when a man is posse fed
of evidence to disprove what is alledged against
him, and he refufes to produce it, the pre-
Emption railed against him is to'be taken for
granted. Certain it is that these three et caete
raw must stand for three somethings, and as
these three somethings must at Icaft be equal
to three somethings without rank or title, I
had some thoughts of fitting them down for
three privates; but then, as they are three
somethings in General Burgoyne, which must
be of twice the value of three any things in
any three privates, I shall enly double them,
and demand in exchange for these three enig
matical, hieroglyphical, mystic, necromantic,
cabaliftical and portentious et c^teras, fix pri
vates.
(No. 875.)