The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-07-28 00:00:00, page 1

UNITED STATES LOTTERY.
THE public may be assured that the
Lottery will begin drawing on the
luh day of Augtift next. A few Tickets
are yec remaining on hand, and may be had
it applied tor before the 16h of August, of
the Hon. ElAba Sheldon, of Litchfield, Titas
Hajmer, Elq; Middletown, Deacon David Amfr
din, New haven. M^j Elijah Abel, Fairfield,
Samuel Gray, Elq; Windham, Mr. David frum
bu.l, Lebanon, Mr. Andrew Huntingdon, Nor
wich, Cape. John Cbenevard and Roderick
Lawrence, Hereford.
Perlons who are desirous of becoming
adventurers, yec defer purchasing, imagin
ing the Lottery will not be drawn at the ap
pointed time, may depend upon it that af
ter the time above mentioned, not a single
Ticket will be fold in this State.
The Agents tn the different Counties, by
order of the Managers, are directed on the
16th of Augult to seal up what Tickets
fhail then remain on hand, together with a
lift of their numbers, and return them into
the loan or tome public office.
J°, ^4 1777-
tfeTaut&rft im„r!n*it, for tbi publication ftbofollowing
is tbt rcifa if in of, faring in ibis ,n,r.)
Mr. WaTIUN,
Phnfo " infer! t)< folio wing in,nr Courant,
IFINDi^ ,#uf P/ur^in Dr 644,a piece Agitl T.
M. Mirich casts c^nemn ex j-wa^d government.
Fd b%ia wire, plain Karas, the mo appears to
be wife in hia awn conceit; he attempt# to prove that
with-it infinite wifaom 00 fitch law as the iteiutivn
^ canid ba attempted to ba made with a tollable
pbf„a us furerf; ;fi it appears he kusws batter than
the wiaT legiflaurs fit ouy thought it might ba
dane, than g-ijs oa with hi. pwf, thkn ia the ciefe
mate kL bid it hath fuGce^ded reach as he thought
it ffgald, which is ver, ill.
la hit next, Mnumber 644. La begins with tekhg
liberty 3 f the freeman to sh,/ the imp's,ri^tf of any
fnch ad—b id, fiveral qumtio*# fam fu^dry anti,
eat auum^ri^odftvmmit; li ^hicawaom
to ba reafaabls, bat are ne proof to hiicafe, 0 will
be Aiowa by *ud by. Thai ha coma# to olferve cm
the mtk^r# of the law ; there wo not an equality in
refpa& to occupation,and likely it was f,; let us girt
him liberty to c'fidfe.the Whole afimbly hlm'Lf; it
m^kt be difficult set him to mak# a perfect equality
on th& account ; theft he examines the &a a# to the
price# of findry thing#, that mentions the price of
fondry thing# in the former wdrs end ebfirves the tide
diffsreace; wjuira&s a&y man of common fenfa may
Obfiiy fee that diffvent pea and differ,at circamfUn
oes call for ver, different prices ; them fa,3, I doubt
net b& the fuppafed auuipefence of the ^ritilh Parli
fertteat premised th#m to judge between thtmfelve#
Mhd 2 A Maricao ; t^en guu on to query, Ii net the
8& of limitation the offspring of the fame difpefition
ia the late overgrown majority agaUft us laborers,
merchant# end traders? The Brians undertook to
compel ebedUmca by force, and we took up arm#.
And here let me ebfetre, that though there wai a ma
jority ia that house, and may be so ia relay other pub
lie AHriA, ; yet upon the open ground the people
app <fcd by thv rd a# a mfority, then call# Span the
Public to jud^t if ^^ #a De A rail diredrig and ebiig
b% a rim ^ Great,re ia moral sai^s, and equal
hermitef:h* m m'^s cf An fame slate, rnd whe
jin,ltfri were ^&^ to weenie it, it would create
trf^a and b\,t ^a, or whether it would not be
fedtrary to tbs law of nature and t^ th, law cf jaftice
gad love, end therefore ^ right. Tkus far thw man
lies gnu# : N^w qd&y, are net theft oare^feheble re
-4 amnion ire ^g&weof thia ft^v ? A a th^y set
rffcriu% contempt t# bw and government, airei^g to
drrtr&y both r &nd doth be not nfe all hi# powers to
{fit utkeri th join wkh him ia i, ? And ia RM ail this
MONDAY, „ ^, „„
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
Containing the Freiheit ADV ICES,
Printed and Published by EBENEZER MATSON, near the GREAT BRIDGE.
There is a number of men |one from thia State to
Sufqash^nnah, new called Wakmenaad - they begin,
rn-ka goad improvements, they move to the State far
privileges; ihs State grant them charter#, binding
themi&ve# that they IhaH e#jiy the ftm# privilege# a#
the State dm at home, i;&u ©ake law# far themfrivo# ;
they improve--.grew rick- -the Slate, through luxury
end bad management, are funk dee, in debt ; they
Continue to got large fuses of Money from Weftswr
land to iuppod th,ir luxury; ^k^kflat^ tax them,
and c&ile& money that Way. Wenmoriaad plena their
privileged put intaeir prayers and remdaftraat*#, but
nil in VMM. Tarn the State make ra^a Wee law#,
find armies to enforce them fe comply, and fla t
dera ithat if they kill and murder any of Walmorelahd
people, the murderer ihali be fiat back to the irate
for trill f 4 not ba tried ia their own court. Wad
merl&ua L) these are hard law# and u fe juft, we mad
tefid; then they fay they have right to rai&a air mo
key,juft 10 me~h if it a# the) p.wale, and in what
M&k & er they pie&f#, that is to fay, all our lands and
6del## are lit their confront, y&a and our live# tye at the
mercy of their atmy ; we cannot comply wind fuck
lews, we must raift them. Their army go eun <0
plunder and defray their flares and pro rikoa#. --they
had acempany of men in arm#, learning war ditci
,iine; Th#y Wramind them to lay dodh their arm*;
rte corn,da, den't obey them, they then Arie on them
kul fume, the rest dil,#ri„ but fst gather ha arm,
and resist, drive them brek, fairing riveral of them ;
than tha war is begun.
Let it be &blhrved hare that Wtftmarland kninever
feat a rap^iest>tiv& ia taht overt, and chair cricurt
faee&s wefe such taut the, aror e^uld. Tie law
ran, be fum&ed uy in thef# few wriidsl I go oat,
meit a ma, I fay re him deliver up ,our puife.
60,3 the man yoa x&yc no tei to 'cemraaad m, pu fe.
Sa,s I it is lew that I Iheftin ce^ma^d year puTri
The Kan fa,# n? p^ffa^ ch earth have right to max#
fuck kind. I ft, driver i, ,~ur feufe or you &e a
dead man ; I draw ra, fwera.—the lia draws his ; to
Me dm ia begun.
Nsw these and itch rika law# are the laws the an.
thwr he his sited are #Q<d agafafi, atd fech laws
ought to be reified with all cu: power. Aad a# for
rehrtaace it has been matatri&ed with good fuqcafi,
AHaoegk the en^my have ti^o NteYoik, aud hare
ftlhihia cf Ry^Tllend, ed Lduld do a; damage
it flier pl&%s, that is not fakdu^g T^U riled State.
He, let us held on nua cubing ; our cause is good,
ner doth any difcocragspeat &„ear excufa ext&rgQ,
epp.^fli*, protaaeneri, and all Rammer of wigfred-
Rsia letmato inmeafe# Caratfoni things and no donut
remains.
A# to the tiMimien a& it was made by wife and ju
dicicu# men ; hit# good law made in afkitablo tim^,
and a pity it was notpat ia pra&rce so fwa a# it was
mh4e. The cuntry mow riels tae ferrewful affs&s
for want of it. The oppreffian and extortion grown
to a d eadfat height in fe Ihert a time, my cauwy
men I entreat your feriosd ceafideta ira on it. What
if the price of things Ihuuidail double in twelve month.l
Hew doth that make us rich I Doth it not Hi 1 auks
it mere difficult to reduce th. in to ;hrir faitabh order,
wh n within a little time every paper dollar must be
redeemed with a fiver one, or f,m#thing eqrivale*,l
Are we net bringing eurfeives Idle great driicuiues 1
Think ifit wrdid net be buff for every town in this
Siam to /grew rop* l 'hat law Speedily into plaice ;
D^th it n.t Icc4s rikriy the longer it M a<g!c&M the
Aare difficult i< ;rid be, although it will be kneaded
with difficahiee n&w ; „t pity it is to kava it to da
when it will be mere difficult than it is nor.' As te
the allied ri frit it may be bed to ba ovar-feked ai
to price.
Suffer foe to add a few words on da other account.
Iris pritt; commas to have people cempWhiag when
we k^ar of any f^emin^ advantage the ehemy gain
agririft on- a^rey :ka< th4re is fchae fault or failure ia
th* generals and held effi^rs a# lor west of being
fiittefrfl or ciwagacat. 00 &deral WaffiiagUM lek
a d ftuibauc re the public pencil and whether a man
thit ha# d^he all thia is net a ferities parfve, k*.d has
crime capital, and ke brought to appear perfonak, in
public and be fuirably duh with 2
As to the law cf Great Britain here ia a camparifa
fimirart
^&^&^
M^^^^^&
ftWMBERW
COURANT,
HARTFORD
INTELLIGENCES
Both FOREIGN arid DOMESTIC.
year was thought of by frae bec.ufe he die no; cem^
to a piiclea battle ; whereas if he had; and had lift
500 or 1000 men, it would kavc hlmofi if not altoge
ther ruiaeu u% His ret eat ahd then *;&k%g i^vm.
<%# adrift them, fe prevent,# theme from g%i-g
caufaUrable ditWace firm th& ihippiug, „ gea&n;|,
talked es t sprudent i\d wife Gond*a. A&1 ROW
to Ticoederega, people Gm tv be dif^ff&d; g^d
talk after the fa^.e manner ;Is it not bst.tr t g HQ
u.til we can have a crisis acamt of she afar before
we complain of kA, mifi^GMa.
^ Frifrd to L±u? ud dfithrit,
qfAKkN up by ik fibtcnb&i&»c &^r/^^cenv
" fu^ffato be three y^s old, ok^d mih $
holes ia ,ke right ear. Ths^owner is defiQ t@ Q tf
her without farther cost. Aaos Cowles.
F^^kp^J^lr 2L2ZF'
JdU ^omw to M&&@, rs 4 tc,ba i^d, '
B, ELISHA FRI SB IE,
At hi# Stere in TorrLferd in Terriagua,
A G^d assortment es DRY GOODS tyuAdirtie
the farcify. Alfa CROCKERY and GLASS
WARR. Said Goods may bk fu-chafed by whofafale.
Tarriu^t, JriyTi, 1777,.
" dare's company abwui th# 10A of March, J,hn
Dfkeman, JjlLus Cm, and Reuben EglaJh. ssj&
Dykeman i a ScutGhm&a, talks very token, 5 fief
$ inches high, ©bent jq^ears of afre, dark eoupityK.
wn, Did ke lived in Oxfod, in L State cf Miffa,
chufottri Said Cast is jf the fame Quarry, and rived,
at the f^e town, 5 feet 6 kehes high, 24 jeers of
Mgrc, red ceropkxic& d^fated th. feme tiwe. Slid
Eglehcn i# 22 ywrs cf age, 5 fax in iach^ high,
light complexion, 'burn ia Nsw Ragland, Rid he lived
at Pmtidgwfield, in the State of th? Mt gxiufam
Whoever will take up laid defertere ana return cheat
ft she regiment at FxL KJi or any other plita where'
fald regiment so rideied, fall have five d^f# reward
for each and necafrry charges paid, h,
Abi< thaa PohirsoN.LmQ
Hartford County,, c
W l2, & 1). 1777. pTAT.UC^NM.TI^r
I)UBLIC node# is henby given to all to wheritf
doth or may cenrttn, that a libel is filed h.foig
the hod.'JABEZ HAMLIN, Efy;Jedge of thh Cour.
ty Court ix the County es Hartford, ag^^ ft thei
Schooner Greyhound, burthen a&tu: jo tens, Willi,
am Smith latte Mister ; an€ also ageing her ^cklinfy
spiral and cage, in favor es J&lor Chaffer, C^m
zander cf th^ arm d Schooner called the E^terpt ze,
and hit afichtie, the captors a^d fetters firth of said
fch^aer, who tank her up^R the high feu, and f^nC
her ivo the cauntT * f Harried : —And fer the trial
cf the j ftk# $f fald capture, the mararfrae court for
the teuAi, es Hartford will be held t; Middletown^
ia frid county, an monkey the Aurth day es Aufuft
next, at the town-hcufe ia faM Middletown, at which#
time all parf^v claiming pi&per.g, & eihercf, era.
earned ra^ ap,*^, &td ffiew tefcn if any &, have;
why the f#ia v©fTd, apputtana^cn, and cargo fhculd
net be adjudged n lawful pike to the capers and,
fetter# forth, agreeable ^ the prayer of the libellants
By order the J.-dge,
_George A/ylt,-,#. Raffler.
^xqUks G 0 "
Ta be SOL D, by
JOSIAH BLAKL E Y,
The fre^d den under the Printing. Office,
Hartford. „
A QUANTITY cf DEER SKINS in the hair, if
appied far Lun. Erequir^ *>f
Harris Job 4. 81EPHEN AUSTIN & C<
I'o BE SoT D,
A House two Sterica high, wall pUk'd, fituatu
abeut half a mile w®S cf the Town H^ufii ia Mid.
disown, ewaed by W^i^ill P,umb of that phce, lew
grihar wild ene acre and thirty red#wf good Ipd,witti
a good well asd foe ercherd on the fund. For par
ticulars enquire of Mr. Joseph Bacon, of Middle
try,, , Tune 26, 1777.
T W"o=TTrN C E per peu^d','"
^r^IVEN fir cl,en cetten and linen R4GS nt tty
I, P iXuig Office' and Paper Mill k Hankie