born in 1711. He was educated at Yale College, and took his first degree in 1738. He commanded the sloop of war which conveyed the Connecticut troops in the expedition against Louisburg, in 1745. This sloop, together with one from Rhode Island, which accompanied it on the expedition, engaged the "Renounce," a French frigate of 36 guns, which, although superior in force to

Sept. 26, 1777. Last Monday, a fleet of twenty-one sail came out of Gardner's Bay, among which were seven or eight ships, and went down the sound, bound to Newport. The same day a ship of 200 tons, prize to Capt. Conklin, arrived at Stonington, laden with 75,000 feet of mahogany, and 30 tons of logwood.

About an hour after the last prize came to anchor, Capt. Conklin was chased by a man-of-war and schooner of twelve guns, belonging to the last above fleet, and the English vessels in attempting to head Capt. Conklin and cut him off from land, ran on Watch Hill reef, about one mile from Capt. Conklin, who came to anchor within Watch Point. A brisk fire was kept up between them for several hours; and the man-of-war came to anchor just without the schooner to protect her against Capt. Conklin. The schooner remained on the reef until next morning, when the British set her on fire in the hold, and then went on board the man-of-war's boat and left her, and she was soon blown up by her magazine. The guns, some small arms, and anchors were saved, and a man found dead by the side of her. Capt. Conklin escaped unhurt.

New London, Oct. 3, 1777.

Last Sunday, Capt. McGee, in a privateer sloop, sent into an eastern port, two prize brigs.

New London, Oct. 10, 1777. Arrived in a safe port a valuable prize ship, laden with sugar and cotton, worth £60,000, taken by the Alfred, Capt. Hinman, and the Raleigh, Capt. Thompson, two ships of war.

Last Friday, went up the sound a fleet of twenty sail from Newport.

A large party of the enemy from New York, landed at Tarrytown, in the State of New York, and on the last Saturday marched ten miles eastward, when Gen's. Putnam and Parsons, (who were previously joined by the militia almost to a man, and several volunteer companies from the west part of Connecticut,) attacked the enemy so warmly that they retreated to their shipping on the North river, and the next day they went up to Peekskill, where they were again attacked.

New London, Oct. 17, 1777. On the last Sabbath, the sloop Two Brothers, a privateer, T. Chester, captain, returned to New London, who in lat. 34, suffered damage from a British transport ship, of superior force, and full of men. Capt. Chester had one killed and three wounded.

And on Wednesday, thirty seamen taken in the Weymouth packet, by Capt. Harding, in the ship Oliver Cromwell, arrived in New London, who with fifteen other prisoners were sent in a flag to New York to be exchanged for an equal number of our men.

New London, Oct. 24, 1777. Last Tuesday, a chain shot from the British, at the north end of Rhode Island, at our encampment, killed one man and wounded another from Connecticut.

both her assailants, was compelled to sheer off, to avoid being captured. In the French war, he was appointed to the command of one of the regiments raised by this State for that service; sustained the command during most of the war, and acquired the reputation of a faithful, brave, and good officer. From his military experience and character, and the reputation which he had

The flag sent to New York from New London with prisoners, the night she left New London was found on shore at Crane Neck on Long Island; thirtyseven of forty-five prisoners rose upon the captain, took the vessel, robbed her of her provisions and escaped to the Island to avoid the ships of war. The remainder of the forty-five were taken on board the Scorpion, Capt. Brown, who prevented the flag from proceeding to New York. Complaints were made that a prison ship was not provided to confine the British prisoners, until the enemy should send a cartel to redeem them.

A flag sailed from New London for Newport with seven prisoners, last Wednesday, taken from the Weymouth packet; two had escaped the previous night, supposed to have taken a boat for Long Island.

New London, Oct. 31, 1777. Last Saturday, fifteen prisoners who were taken in an armed schooner in the North river by a party of men in boats, were brought to Hartford, and committed to gaol; and the next day one hundred and twenty British troops, and five Hessian officers, among whom was Col. Spade, arrived at Hartford, from Albany, taken at the northward, previous to the capitulation of Gen. Burgoyne.

Deacon W. Hewitt, of Stonington, had in the troops fighting for the liberty of the States, two sons, who were captains, three lieutenants, one ensign, and one a fifer, when the father was in the 67th year of his age.

New London, Nov. 7, 1777. Last Tuesday, a frigate and three other vessels went down the sound with troops from New York to Newport.

By a letter dated Horse Neck, Nov. 2d, 1777, it appears that a class of villains who were harbored at Westchester, N. Y., who had been accustomed the season previous of plundering the unarmed inhabitants in the country, and had nearly ruined many respectable and wealthy families. Col. Smith with others formed a design to break up the the banditti, therefore they detached 150 men under Lieut. Col. Smith, of Col. Enos' regiment, with Captains Leavenworth and Ely, of Meigs' regiment, and Pettibone, of Enos', (on the 29th of October, 1777,) on the 30th of October, they arrived at Wright's Mills, 18 miles from Westchester, and in the night marched to the place destined, and arrived there a little before day light; divided into three parties, and surrounded most of the houses in the place; and made prisoners of six of the enemy's light horsemen, about thirty of the band of horse theives and cow drivers, and six of the militia; took about forty cattle and horses, and about forty-five arms, and other articles of value; burnt three vessels laden with provisions, for New York; and then returned to Horse Neck, on the 1st of November, at 10 o'clock; all which was

acquired, he was appointed in 1775, at the commencement of the revolutionary war, commander of the Connecticut troops, and was subsequently made a Brigadier General in the continental army. This commission he soon resigned, and was afterwards. appointed the first Major General of the militia of Connecticut.

"In 1777, a party of the British, having landed at Compo,

performed in about 10 hours, including a march of 60 miles, within about 2 miles of the enemy's works, without any loss. Soon after a small party of Americans under the direction of Maj. Brown, a volunteer, took two prisoners within a small distance of the enemy's lines, one of the British light horse, and one of Fanning's regiment.

New London, Nov. 14th, 1777. Last Thursday, twenty sail of shipping left Newport for Gardner's Island, (after wood) under convoy of the Syren frigate of 28 guns, which ship with two others of the fleet, (a ship and schooner) in a gale of wind ran on shore at the East side of Point Judith, which were taken by the troops on shore, who had several pieces of artillery, with near 200 prisoners; one or two were killed on board the vessels, and several wounded. The guns, stores, &c., of the frigate were secured, and Sabbath morning they burnt the frigate. The remainder of the fleet proceeded to Gardner's Bay.-[Connecticut Gazette.]

Hartford, Nov. 18th, 1777. On Friday last, passed through this town, escorted by a party of light dragoons, the Hon. John Hancock, President of the American Congress, with his lady, on his way to Boston, after an 'absence, on public business, of more than two and a half years.

New London, Dec. 19. Amongst other obstacles to impede our success, last Friday, the powder mill in Windham blew up.

A plan was formed to bring off or destroy a magazine of military stores, which the British had at Shetocket, on Long Island, and to destroy some shipping of the enemy, loaded with timber at Southhold, Long Island.

And on Tuesday before the 19th day of December, part of two battalions of troops embarked from Connecticut under convoy of the sloop Schuyler, the Spy and Mifflin schooners; the next morning, before light the Faulkland, a British frigate, on her way from New York to Newport, found the Schuyler and two smaller vessels, when the latter ran on shore upon the Island, but the former run upon a spit of sand, called the Old Man's, and was taken with about sixty troops on board, among whom were the following officers, viz.: Colonels Ely and Webb, Capt. Buckland, Lieut. Riley, Ensign Mumford, Adjutant Hopkins, Quarter Master Starr, of Webb's battalion, Ensigns Niles and Abbott, Adjutant West.

On Thursday, a party under Capt. Hart, marched to Southhold and were near making prisoners of Capt. Ayscough and over twenty men of the ship Swan, at a house in said Southhold; but they hastened to their boats, being closely pursued, and as they were getting on board their boats they were fired upon and most of them killed or wounded; it was supposed Capt. Ayscough was killed, and seven marines and seamen were taken prisoners. The party staid several

and marched from thence to Danbury, for the purpose of destroying the military stores at that place, belonging to the public, Gen. Wooster hastened to oppose them with such force as he could collect on the exigency of the occasion, which consisted of about three hundred men. With this inconsiderable force, he fell upon the British as they were retreating,-having accomplished the

days on the Island; the ships had left Southhold, and the magazine at Shetocket had been removed.

New London, Dec. 26, 1777. On Thanksgiving day, (last Thursday) a collection in the North Parish of New London, was taken for the benefit of our soldiers in the continental army, viz.: in cash, £26 12, 17 shirts, 14 pair of stockings, 4 coats, 7 jackets, 3 pair of breeches, 2 pair of drawers, 20 pair of mittens, 1 pair of trowsers, 7 pair of shoes, 1 pair of gloves, 2 felt hats, and 2 linen handkerchiefs.

Last Monday, a part of Col. Webb's battalion arrived in New London from Long Island, and marched for Peekskill. Col. Webb who was taken at Long Island, was sent to Newport, and in a few days, left on parole, and went to Wethersfield.

A valuable prize ship from Scotland, taken by the continental brig Resistance, Capt. Chew, of New London, arrived in Boston. The sterling cost of her cargo being chiefly linens, was about £7,000.-[Green's Gazette.]

As many of the soldiers who marched to New York and New Jersey, the three first years of the American revolution were from Connecticut, and were taken prisoners by the British, and confined in prison ships, barns and other places, without food or fire, I insert to prove the inhuman treatment of the British to American prisoners, two depositions (being two of many on hand) of unfortunate prisoners.

Samuel Young being solemnly sworn, deposeth, that he was taken prisoner at fort Washington, by the English army, on Saturday, the 16th of November; that he was carried a few miles with the other prisoners that night, and kept in some out houses until Monday, when they came to New York, and there were confined; (that he and others, about 500) were in a stable, and that all this while had no victuals of any kind, till Monday night, which the enemy threw into the stable in a confused manner, as if to so many hogs, a quantity of biscuit in crumbs, mostly mouldy, and some of them crawling with maggots, which they were obliged to scramble for without any division; that the next day they had a little pork given to each, which they were obliged to eat raw; that afterwards, they got sometimes a bit of pork, and at other times, biscuit, pease and rice, being confined two weeks in a church in New York; that afterwards, they were carried on board a ship, where about 500 of them were confined below deck; that during their confinement they suffered greatly with cold, not being allowed fire; were treated with great indignity, insulted by soldiers, by the inhabitants of New York, by women, and even negroes; that great numbers died in this confinement, three and four, and sometimes more, died in a day, and one day

object of their incursion, and burned a considerable part of the town. A smart skirmish ensued, in which Gen. Wooster, while gallantly fighting in the van of his little party, was mortally wounded. This event happened on the 27th of April, 1777, and he died on the 2d day of May following, at Danbury. A monument was voted to be erected to his memory, by Congress.

"Gen. Wooster was a brave and good officer, an ardent patriot, possessed a respectable understanding, and in his various public and private relations, sustained a character distinguished for integrity, benevolence, and virtue."

The following facts are related of the incursion of Danbury— with greater particularity and by living witnesses:

The citizens of Danbury were as patriotic during the revolution, as those of any other town in the State--of course, the number of tories among them was small. Before the commence

nine, and that they are in frail health, occasioned by this barbarous treatment; and many of those who were released died on the road home.

Sworn before us, Dec. 15, 1776.

SAM'L. YOUNG,
WM. HOUSTON.

Wm. Darlington, a private in Capt. Wallace's company of the flying camp, of Pennsylvania, on his solemn oath testified-That they, the prisoners, were very roughly used at Harlem, on their way from fort Washington to New York; that at New York 300 of them were stowed into a house, called New Bridewell; that it was a cold, open house, the windows not glazed; that on the Monday they received their provisions; that they had not one mouthful from early on the unfortunate Saturday morning, until then; that then, and so on afterwards, their rations for three days, each individual, were one half pound of biscuit, half a pound of pork, a half pint of pease, half a gill of rice, and half an ounce of butter; the whole not more than enough for one good meal; that they were defrauded of this petty allowance, two days rations, each week; that they had no straw or hay to lie on; and no fuel, but one cart load, per week, for the 800 men; that at 9 of the clock at evening, the Hessian guards would come in and put out the fires, and lay on the poor prisoners with heavy clubs for sitting round the fire; that the water was very bad, as well as their bread, beyond all comparison bad, except once, good biscuit, and once good baker's bread; that they began to die, like rotten sheep, with cold, hunger and dirt; that those prisoners who had any good wearing apparel, such as buckskin breeches, or good coats, were necessitated to sell them, to purchase bread to keep them alive; that the enemy seemed to take a kind of infernal pleasure in their sufferings.

Signed by

WM. DARLINGTON.