The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-02-01 00:00:00, page 2

SALE M, February x- .
u On Monday, lift Week, a Meeting was
caVcd at Marb’ehcad, to put a Stop to the Dis
orders which for several Days before had hap
psoed in the Place As the Difpu’e rcfpc&ed the
Eflex Hospital, it was agreed by the Proprietors
ta (hu< it up ; and at their Dcfire a Committee
of the Tcwo was chofcn to infpeft the cleaning
of Fumi ure, Apparel, &a. Ob Tuesday the
c»«ami t«e went to the Hospital, and attended
their BufioeG until Wedncfday night, when
they aw<ked wbh the rest of the Family, being
c r»eo in number, fur rounded in Flames. The
ku hans who perpetrated this Aft, went from
the town prepared with Tar Tubs, &o. and
proceeded Petting Fire to all parts of the House
without any Attempt to awaken the Peop’e.
So infernal were the Villains that they flruck
t >wn one Man who in amaxement had jumped
from bis Bed, and was running from thcFlames.
The Steward had a Blow from another of them
with so Handiron »• it was aimed at his head,
bet happily miffing it took his (boulder and
brought him to the Floor. One of the Patients
with a Child at her Breaff, was driven to the
Smoke House, fainting several Times as (he
went. And others were turned out, cold as it
was, with (carcely any thing to cover them,—
The Perpetrators are nor yet apprehended——
The Town is in such Coofufim that a military
Watch is nightly kept, and it’s thought Lives
and Properties are not fafe without it.’*
The above account we received from a cor
respondent ; io addition to which we hear, that
the number of Peop’e who went over to Cat-
Ifhnd, to burn the Hospital, was about 20 ; —
part of whom in dilguife, went up from where
they landed, and set fire to the building which
contained 70 beds, with bedding, and all the
other Furniture belonging to the hospital, the
whole of which was consumed, together wi h a
barn,—The lo(s to the proprietors (four in
number) is estimated at Two Thousand Pounds,
Lawful Money.
We arc informed that the military watch,
which has been kept at Marblehad for several
Hights past confiftcd 0140 men.
BOSTON, Feb. 3.
We hear the Hon. John Hancock,
Esq; is appointed to deliver the Ora^
tton inC mimemoration ofthe bloody
Maflacre on the sth of March, 1770.
Sunday Morning the following was
seen polled up in the most public
parts of this Town.
Brethren, and Fellow-Citizens,
THIS is to certify, That the mo
dern P^nifhment lately inflict
ed on the ignoble John Malcom, was
not done by our Order.—We reserve
that Method for bringing Villains of
greater Consequence to a Sense of
Guilt and Infamy. JOYCE, jun.
(Chairman of the Committee for tarring
and feathering.)
%*lf any Person fhou.d be so har
dy as to tear this dow^, they may ex
my severest Resentment.
Lofton, Jan. 29, 1774. J. jun.
NEW-YORK, Feb. 3.
Monday Evening Jaft Week, the
house of Mr. Jefie Reener, of St.
George’s Manor, in Suffolk County,
Long-Ifland,was burnt to theGround
by which melancholly Accident, Mr.
Rencer has loft his Wife and three
Children, they having perished in the
Flames. The three Children, it
seems were sent to bed in an upper
Chamber, and carried with them a
Split of Pine, which it is supposed
they did not take proper Care of,
and by that Means set Fire to the
House ; and the Mother being be
low with two other Children, on the
Discovery of the Fire, ’cis imagined
went up to the Relief of those above
And by that MeaRS loft her Life,
tary. wc aic lorry to find the Government of
Gonnefticut has given Countenance to the law-
Jest Poflcffioo of these Emigrants, by rcfolvirg
to profecutt a Claim not oo’y to Lands they
have lately Tested themselves on, but to a great
Part of the Province. Wc do cot mean, nor
is it our Duty, to decide en the Merits of the
Difpu’e between them #nd the Proprietors.
And yet we cmnot help thinking it very ex
traordinary, that after a total Silence with re
fpc^t to auy Claim,the most perfcftAcquiefccnce
with the Scttlemcow made ÜBdcr the Royal
PHILADELPHIA, January 26 '
A MESSAGE from the GOVERNOR to fit
ASSEMBLY.
GshTLEMEH, z t
r i ' H E Distress of the Inbitam of the Goujr
A ty of Northumberland, exprefled in their
Petition, which will be delivered to you by ihe
Secretary, appear to be of a very alarming Na
tore, and juftiy to call for the par icuhr Alien
lion of this Government
The iofolent Outrages of a Sett of Men,* ho
have long bid Defiance to the Laws of the
Country, and have offered Protection to Offen
ders ofthe most henious Kind, ought not cer
tainly in a well regulated Society 10 be fuffered
to pass with impunity ; but when these Men
embody themfeives, sally forth with Arms in
their Hands, and in a warlike Manner attempt
to diPpo/Jcfs the peaceable Inhabitants of a
County lately laid cut, tod eflabliflied by Aft
of Aficmbiy within the known Bounds of the
Province, it is a Procedure of so dangerous a
Tendency, as -not only to threaten the Deflate
tion of that infant Country, but Briket at ihe
Peace ofthe whole Province.
I thick it, therefore, incumbent on me, Gen
tlcmcn, to recommend this Matter to your most
serious Cor federation, and to requtfl yen will
fall upon such Measurer, as will flrecg’heo the
Hands of Government on this extraordinary and
alarming Occasion repel the Violence of these
law! cfs Intruders, and rfford the Petitioners
that immediate Proteftion and Relief which
the’r Neccffities and Situation require.
December 14 1773 JOHN PENN.
A MESSAGE to the GOVERNOR from tie
ASSEMBLY.
May it p'cafe y^ur Honour,
WE hare taken into our fetioui Ccnfidcra
tion your of the 24Tb uh. and
the Petition from the Inhabitants of North
umbctland County with the Papers rdpefting
the Ciaim of Connefticui Gortraoccnt to a Part
of Ptnofpvaßii ; and as wc tll«m a due O
bedienccto rhe Laws, and the Preservation of
the public Peace, <0 be of the 6 ft Moment to
the Happiness and Welfare of the People, we
heartily concur io Sentiments with yourHononr,
that thj violent Outrsgcs committed within
ths known Limits of this Province by ihe Emi
grants from the Colony of Gonnefticut, and the
Protrftion they have g'ven to the most attroci
ous Offenders, io open Defiance of the Laws of
the Couotry, call for the particular attention
of Government.
Since we find, from repeated experience.that
the mild Laws of this Province have pro»ed in
efFrftnal to restrain these lawlds Diflurbers of
the Peace within any Bounds we have thought
it necessary to prepare and pass a Bill with more
(cvere Penalties, which we hope will in future
deter them from the Execution of their unwar
rantable DcCgns, acd icftorc the public Tran
quility.
The Hands />f Gsvernmcnt being thus
strengthened, w*e hsve no Doubt but your Ho
nour will purine the proper Mesfures to effeft
so defirab e a Parpole ; and yet, that wc mav
not seem deficient in our Duty on so extraordi
nary and alamrng an Occafi^o, which pottends
thegreatefl Mifchiefs <o ihe Province, and that
those ill difpsied Peop’e tray know that they
are afting io OppcGtion to the Weight of the
whole Government, we cannot avoid (hewing
our just Abhorrerec of their Conduft. by meft
carutft'y entreating you?Honour to give spec al
Direftioos to the Magiftrscy, Sheriffs and other
Officers, concerned in the Admioiflratioo of
Jufticc, to be ^igi'ant and fftlvc in thcDifchargc
of their Duty within their refpeftive Jurifd/fti
ons, and to rx rt themfeives in fuppreffiog all
Afts of Violence and every illegal Attempt to
difpoflefs the peaceab'e Inhabitants i f this Pro
vince, by pu ring the Laws in drift Execution.
From.the Papers communicated by the Secra-
Grant of this Province for the Spice of oen a.
Ccoiury, acd their late Refufal, wheo c«?l<4
on by his Majefly io C;uncil, to profccu.e fach.
Claim,if any they had, we fliculd cow find the®,
of a sudden, adopting so contrary a Mesfure.
But what appears to us fli I more extraordinary,
is their dec king, io their late Negotiations
withjour Honour, after they hjte aflumed the
Claim, te prcfccutc iron the Merits before
Majesty ia Council, the only proper Judicature
where this unhajpy Conitovcrfy c n be decid
ed, as this C ’oduft carries vi h it the Appear
arcs of s Dsfign to delay a Matter, of which
ibe Peace and Trar quility of both C domes re«
q tire an immediate Determination, if not ta
cootiouc their urjaftifiablc Proceedings io Sup
port of their Claim.
To prevent the mifehievous Fffcfts ofthir
up.kind and uoneirhbourly Difpc.htioo to die
Government of Cunnefticut, we beg Leave
caroeftly tonqrcft, that yooj Henosv will pur
sue every effeftuai Mcafure to call the Claknaats
before his Majcfly in Council.and 10 bring their
Claim to an immediate Decision.
Signed by Order oj the HtUfe.
JOSEPH GALLOWAY, Speaker.
January 18 1774.
VX/THiiREAS application has been made to
r mj the fu jfcribcr hereof by more then
sixteenth part of the owners of the Towcffiips
of Smithfield and Fairfield which art fi’uiscd
near Lake Champ'aio and was granted under
the great seal of the Province of New Hamp
(hire, ro warn a meeting of the Proprietors f&r
each townihip in order to survey and lay out
the fame, and allo to grant a rate to defray
charget &c ——These are therefore to natxfy
the proprietors of Smithfield, to meet on Wed
nefdiy the 23! day of Febmsry next at h
o’clock at ibe dwelling house of Capt. Gaylord
Hubbcl innholder in New Failfield for the pur
pose aforcfaid,and the proprietors of said town
(hip ofF.i field are a'fo hereby nosifyed to meet
on Wedncfday the sixteenth day of laid Februa*-
ry, at two o’clock in the afternoon at the dwell
ing house of Mr. Gerfliom Bradly, innholder in
Fait field, to fee if they will agree on. the pur
poses aforementioned.
THOMAS TOBEk, JuJiice of Peace.
January IJ/A, 1774.
Whereas repeated ap
plication hts been made to the fubfcribei by
way of Complaint, that the physic commonly
known by the name of HULL’t. peculiar in the
cholic, and dtforders of that kind, has bcea
so confined ; and more efpecial.y fioce appli
cation of this kind has been made by a number
es Gentlemen on Cooncfticut ri»cr, and from
the t>*n adjoining.- This may give Notice
to tks public, that Dost Aaron Hertford, ha*
lately removed ia‘e Wethersfield Rocky Hill
where gentlemen may be furniflied with me;
dic'-oe and attendance in all diferdets of the
above kinds. And as the said Deft Horsford
was carefully educated oncer my infpcftioo, and
been fully taught both with regard to the com
pofitioa and applies lien of said physic, and ha
ving feme peculiar conncftion with my family,
the public may depend on beieg as well and
faithfully served as by
Their Huu b c Servant,
. ISAAC HALL.
Wallingford, Feb. I, 1774
TAKEN up by ibe fubferiber the 30th of
Jinuary lafl, a black Hotfe, about 5
years old, bkze in his face, left eye wall, a
bout 14 hands high, bis hind feet white, natural
pacer, no brand (had all round, low io fl t (h.
The owner is desired to prove his property, pay
charges sod take him awsy,
Jonathan Palmer.
IVintsnbury (Windfsr} February y, 1774. J
All perlons having any
unfettlcd accounts with the eflate of Matthew
Cidweli late ts Wintonbusy, deceased, ate dc
(ired to fettle the fame immediately with Mhe
fubferibers.
Elizabeth Cadwell, Executrix.
Metthew Cadwell, Executor^
WinioGbury, Feb 7, 1774-