Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 12, 1919, Page 8

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COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMRING, STEAM FITTING Washingion 8q, Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY (0. Naa 11 6o 28 Fasew Rimecs I | marine se | So high a rcmnztmn did_he attain| CARRIED TREATY TO FRANCE IN 1778 In the February isshe of the Daugh- ters of the Revolutiol e Mré. E. M. Rogers og 99 Division street. th genealogist, brings to notlce an impor tant bit of local history in Revolution ary times in anl article on!} copy of ‘the ratification of the treaty made ‘between the United States and France. Captain Niles, in command of the schooner Spy, was selected by th government to take ~the treats France, and was' evidently the right man’in the right place, for he suc-| =~ cesstully accomplished ‘his mission,| CYCTY necessary’ for prE e ;‘;fig ?;gm:mf; Captaing | who = WEre| pointed Robert Niles of Norwich to be same time were both captured by the Ao panying th ine article Accom e magazin: was g cut o?gstone that' marks the grave of Captain Niles'in the old. City cemetery of Norwich. The photograph was 'taken by Gerard L. Ranger. The magazine article by Mrs, Rog- ers was’in part as follows: ‘While the delegates are gathering at| Versailles for ‘the " peace = conference, and our own presndent of the United States of America is w0 have a prom- inent place in the council, the story of a Connetcicut captain who. carried to France, during the war of independ- ence, a copy of the ratification of a treaty between the newly created it- ed States and France,’is here recall- ed. Robert Niles was born September 1734, in Groton, Connecticut, the eon of Nathan and Mary (Northrup) Niles of South Kingstown: Rhode and Groton, Conneecticut. His life was passed in Groton, and not far from New London and} busy mari- ledge 3 here, Stonington harbors, then time ports, he acauired his knowl of ships ad seamanship, and early be- came a ship master m thé merchant] in his chosen calling, that immediately| after the Beginning of the war of thel American Revolution, en the spr 1 Col6nel, Mott. the chief officer of neers at Forv George, Ticon- made a reaquest to Governor bull of Connecticut, that Cap- Niles might be ordered to that with a view of his taking com-| id of mle Of the grmed vesels on{ he lake H(m dero; Viles, who was_ then re- : head of in the of war ind the ecticut ece early tted ot sovernor and counci held August of small i of about * fix her with such twar ture as may be proper: to be imp ed chiefly as a spy vessel, to run place to place to di and cary intell improve burden or to es of Norw ourant of September 16. pointed catain of said small] ( Conn.) d the followin London, September 1 ter Captain was present at the v from a the | meetin August Fhraderie €antain Robert| his that signed by he State of Con-| jovernor A week Trumbull e committee appoint- i eeting a armed ves 1 that the only one at all suit- aning man, and could not be ered, but might be purchased for to} £200 at the lowest, and that her safls| d rigging were’not fit for the ser-| vice. Ihe council decided that as the gen- -ral assembly had ordered vessels fit- ted out, they must obey the order, and therefore “Are of opmion that said | vessel, -or schooner, called the Britania, be purchased for the Colony; and Ben- | j=. Huntington, Bsqw., Captain Jno.| | Deshon and. Captain Robert Niles, are {apointed a committes to make such { purchase at not exceeding. £200,: etc.,| i |and also to take care of and cause {her to be.rigged ane fitted out with captain and commander of her.” By September 4, the vessel had been taken to Norwich.and was there being fitted out;. on' tHe 8th is the first men- tioned of her new name, when it was { voted -that .an order oe drawn on he pay-table .for-the sum of £100, in fa- vor of -Captain Robert Niles of the armed vessel or schooner Spy, fixing out at Norwich. | . She was in service wefore November |23, when Captain Niles reported and asked for instructions concerning a suspicious vessel at Sag Harbor. The Spy 2id vo have been of about fifty tons burden, carried six four-pounders, and had:a crew of from twenty 'to thirty men. 150 pounds of powder was part of her.equipment in September. On January § 1776, the council of safety,” “On a letter and request from Mr. Dean in behalf . of the mnaval committee at congress, requesting that Captain Niles of the Spy be sent to carry recruite’ from New London to { Philadelphia, for the navy, it was con- | sidered, concluded and voted, that we cannot properly and safely permit him| | to be absent so long, and do not agree! {to the proposal.” At the same meeting, 1t was “Voted and ordered, that Captain Niles be di- i rected to raise and enlist 20 men such tas he can confide in, to serve on board the schooner Spy for the term of one year, unless sooner a. charged, on the 1 For able seamen end for seamen Y shm;rvs per Xalendar month.”{ April 15, 76, on request of Admiral} ins, Captain Niles was ordered “join the American fleet under his! d. and proceed with him on a se against tne enemy. A Niles with the Spy, ndon narbor, where hs then acting in conjunc- th Captain ;mfl' IL’JIIH'\” (al- Car owners after mduah Smith was| f q4ne Hannah and| took wer into Newport ptember 9, he was in- fair wind and soon “The ind_ proce the| London and up to Nor- the, nece! condemnation as soon as mal be to New take legal d thereon necticut, a l'fl'ousnt in with him the schooner Mal and Elizabeth, com- manded by Captain Bruce, bound from'§ B: ado cargo con- £ im, and $ ago Cap- Niles do. tain took GRAVESTONE OF CAPT. ROBERT NORW Ié\I'_I'LES IN THE CITY CEMETERY, FIRESTONE REDUCES TIRE PRICES FOR CAR OWNERS AND TRUCK OWNERS The Rubber Supply has become readjusted and stabilized. A general reduction in Tire Prices is bound to come. There should be no delay about this—and the drop in prices should be a DECIDED DROP, particularly on Truck Tires. FIRESTONE PRICES ARE DOWN NOW-EFFECTIVE TODAY BE GUIDED IN YOUR TIRE BUYING ACCORDINGLY Because never before have FIRESTONE TIRES been so decidedly better than others as they now are. from coast to coast, for the past year have taken their hats off to FIRE- STONES over the improved Gray Side Wall Fabric Tire. And the latest FIRESTONE CORD, built to the new standard oversize, with ex- tra heavy non-skid tread, is upsetting all re- cords made by any other tire of any type. As for truck tires the fact that- OVER half the truck tonnage of America is carried on FIRESTONES proves. unquuhoned su- periority in that line. So, whether you want tires for your pas- senger car or your trucks, call up the FIRE- STONE DEALER and get set right on prices. The new prices give greater assurance than ever that FIRESTONE means—MOST MILES PER DOLLAR. bound ] her | 270 tons, to Leondor r, 32 puncheons of rum, s cocoa and comee, and I as the Fannah and EIl | voted ‘“t 1 n do imme-| | Doiphin and Spy spective com appoint the Dolphin and irect prepare he nner and engage to man her for a merchant v age to the West Indies, to take in such loading prepared therefor.” Captain Smith, who had command of we S nd woth ¥ and hoops, for Aln" to the We return, age ad- created United nd Captain Rob-| the govern- hetween the s and Franc: ert Niles was empl a ment to carry aty to T this ratified o important, th were dispa sels; Captain Niles was who succeeded in cros: his co; being o trea and delivering other bearers capturr—‘(l by the| | “Whereas the Marine of carrying dispatches to Resolved, That his Excellen-| cy be desired to give the necessary orders to have the Spy got immedi- SPRAYERS HAND AND KNAPSACK PYROX BORDEAUX AND LEAD MIXTURE AND BLACK LEAF 40 The Household Bulletin Building Telephone 5314 ately in readiness for that purpose, and to proceed accordingly.” (Publi Rec. Conn.; Vol. II, page 17.) In June, 1778, Captain Niles sailed} from Stonington, Connecticut, in his well tried little vessey, the Spy, man- ned by a picked crew of trusty men. He crossed the ocean, successfully eluded the British flect off Brest, where he was chased for avong time by the two English frigates, and twenty-seven days after sailing from Stonington, he reached Paris, where he delivered the treaty to Dr. Benjamwm' Franklin, the resident minister of twe United States in_that place. He found the French fleet waiting for the rgtification of the treaty, and immediately upon his arrival, the fleet sailed, bringing support and assist- ance to our strugglinz country. On his return -voyagae, Captain | Niles was captured by an English fri-| gate and carried first to the Isle of Guernsey, thence to ®ngland where he was detained as a prisoner of war; later he was exchanged. and returned! home, which he reached July 17, 1779. Captain Niles continued in the ser- vice till the declaration of peace, but of the gallant little Spy, nothing more| is known. The brief official record of his mis-| sion is given on the minutes of the| Council of Safety, held Tuesday, July; 20, 1773, “Captain Niles came in, hav-| ing arived home last Saturday after having been twice captured, etc.—gave an account of his voyage, etc.—arrived st Pawn in davs after he sailed. 74 Franklin Street was made| Committee have requested his Excel-| g the Governor that a suitable i s et { packet be provided in this state for George Washington, Marshall|{ the purpos: which was beginning June, 1778, and! delivered his mail to Dr. Frank containing the ratification by congress of the treaty with France, being the account -he had received of that which tory to him and the French n and nation in generat, ete.” A few othe ems in conneetion \r)fh s voy = gleaned from the rec- ()nn of the men who sailed with pt. shacl Pepper of Nory 1779, Mrs. Pep- per. o K\V‘uflu«, ng power of attor v from her hu order on the to her said husband, 1 sailor on l(m"d X n eived one in the was drawn for the sum| due to the sea- Tuly/| belong- m consideration state, etc., fortune in Lemg twic Connetcieut T ng been given to the ah Fitch \nc e brown figure bowl a e In the bottom of the resentation of the Sp: and" Stripes in colo is of Fr: and Commander in all the North America force of Benjamin F'ra words, “By virtue and v P and laid at empire.” There are also otner sentiments. After the close of twe Revolutionary war, Captain Niles continued in thel marine service; in 1789 he was com-| mander of the Juno, one of the regular packets running between Norwich and New York. He dies m Norwich in 1818, aged and poor, leaving a young daughter, mentioned abovs He 'is buried in the City cemetery. and in the Niles row, tie most of h family, in the following order: Ceorge iles, his grandson: Captain Robert Niles: his three wives, Abizail Avery,| Mary Fitch, Hannah (Fitch) Brown, and his mother-in-law, Hannah (Ash- ley) Fiteh His g the ®oundations of a figures ! gravestone is of white marble and bears the following inscription: Capt. Robert Niles A Patriot who commanded the Spy during the Revolution He carried the treaty to France delivering it to Benj. Franklin Capt. Niles served his country faithfully and die@ a christian in the year 1818 aged 83 years | i | ¢ This gravestone, shown In the f1-1 histration, is not the size ad shape of those of the period in which he died, hut is of a later type, resembling that v, extended our Com-\' and! (\( Seabury Brewstcs. near it, of 1847. tone 1 1l probability erect- numbers as om The Messiah, Hnrdu. r. of \mm\\« h, itio present- of Han- ) asking for a pension on L of the services rendered to his country by her the pet W comm mission dated nde 1 signed by Man B Governor . ubull. Sen: This i 5 vhich every tor Foster stated that Captain Robert ChUrch singer and every other singer died in 1515, in extrems poverty; ©f ce in the - will feel it e had received no pay for his POtd @ privilege and a duty to assist, except about Nfty dollars of “N9 1€ ake the “Peace Jubilee :d currency; he briefly re- |07 ¢ m Jong to > services ve . and made in Norwich astern Connecti- ling to tak: dered by Cap- an eloquent plea ome financial renumeration to the! part_are ghter. The next year $3,000 wasi (. 10 STotify | MFs. ppropriated for Miss Niles. Bard or see Mr. Geer {the dire: at the Central Building, e of pm“pecll\E.hMurd y afternoons between 1 and - is remembered | o'clock. bearer, who. by/| of the rannea-j ible an ihe he tio of s Rural Carrier Examination. 3 a The United States Civil Servioe i ;‘1 d“ l!vm'al States "d‘l ‘ommission has announced an exami- 0 undred and forty yearsination for the county of New London Conn., to be held on June 14, 1919, to fill the position of rural carrier at Gales Ferry, Hadlyme and Waterferd and vacancies that may later occur en rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The ax- amination will he open only to citizens .| Who are actually domiciled in the tar- ritory of a post office in the county and who meet the other requirements set forth in Form No. 1977. This form sketch, Mrs. Rog- llowing facts of historie his daughter, Hannah born July 15, mw! ch Jan. 4, 188 and died in unmarried. She art of the Ci . and application blanks may be obtain- ed from the offices mentioned above or from 1zton Memorial home on Wash- tr On Thanksgiving days invited to Governor Bucking- the United States Civil Service on at Washington, D. C. Ap- should be forwarded to the and after the gover-|commission at Washington at the g er, Mrs. William|earliest practicable date. Admission of ays invited her. thus con-|women to this examination will be limited to those who are unmarried and to the wives of soldiers and sail- ors serving in the present war. a tribute to alf PLAN MUSICAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE PEACE SIGNING anticipation of the early signing the treaty of peace the Norwich Music A ation is planning a musi- cal event which will be in its way an n of great local interest The “lef club and the Women’s Cho- Organist at United Church, In the absence through illness of Frederi W. Lester, organist at the United Congregationat church, on Sun day morning, the vacancy was filled by Prof. Frederick Bush, or New London, who will be pleasantly rerembered as having officiated atone of the six Len- In have been asked to cooper-|ten recitals recently given by the Y is singing body will be fur-| M. C. A. auxiliary. Prof. Bush played. - enlarged by the addition of all|previous to the s, St. Anne's church singers, and of experience, in the city. e not yet com- well known other| hymn, in a number of interesting va- riations, and for the offertory, gave a charming interpretation of Schubert's Impromptu. singe The programme whi pete will contain such Business Training Pays Our courses are thorough and practical. We can fit you for a high-class position. Arrange your enrollment now, Make every day count. JEWETT BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICE, ROOM 303 Thayer Building, Norwich, Conn. e —————————————————————————————————————vpreel