The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-01-20 00:00:00, page 1

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CONNECTICUT
AN#
WEEKLY
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN AWAY from the fubferiber the ,h° of Sep
tember left, a Nagromaa named DICK, about
2-z years old, about 5 feet 9 or io inches high, a
large fear on o^e of hi# feet --Had on when he went
away, a home made coat of a redifh colour, and a pair
bucklkin breeches- Whoever will take up said Ne
gro and return him to his lifter ffiall have Twenty
Dollars reward, and charges paid, by
Francis Clark.
Middletown, Jaunty 14 1777
BY tt e Honor 3LE
JONATHAN ^UMBUFL, Esquire;
Governor, Capta ; General, and Comman
der in Chief in and' over the State of
Connecticut :
A PROCLAMATION.
C^H E holy and righteous GOD having in a
moji awful and alarming Manner, manifelled
his divine Displeasure against us, and in the King
dom of Providence, continuing and inereajing the
wifible Tokens of his Anger especially in permit
ting the unnatural War in which we are involv
ed, to take Place, and hitherto to rage, and to
be attended, on the Part of our Emmies, with
^-^ gt.f CT '«^ ^ lE, & f of ofc/yiv& Wary
from the Hands, and under the Influence ofthefe
from whom we had a just Right to expels, not
only common Humanity and Justice, but the kind,
beneficent Conduit of brotherly AffeHion and Re
lation. While at the fame Time, Enemies yet
more unnatural, have arisen from among cur
felves, making use of all their wicked Policy and
Power, to help on and aggravate the Cruelties of
our more open and foreign Foes. These Judg
ments in particular, together with the wafting
"Sicknesses with which fame of our Towns have
been vijited, and all othe r manifeft Corrections of
the divine Hand, are Evidences of our great
Guilt and 111 Diverts, and call aloudfor our speedy
and sincere Repentance, and thorough Refor
mation.
IH IVE therefore, by and with the Ad
vice of the Council, and at the Desire of
the Representatives in General Court, as
sembled, thought fit to apoint, and do
hereby appoint, Wednesday, the Twenty-
Ninth Day of January Instant, to be ob
served as a Day of solemn Fasting and
Prayer throughout this State, the fame
Day being also agreed on by the other New-
England States; and do hereby call upon
and earnestly exhort Ministers and People
of all Denominations, to humble them
selves under the mighty Hand of GOD that
he may exalt us in due Time-to repent
and turn from all their Transgressions, that
so Iniquity may not be our Ruin. Particu
larly, with penitent and broken Hearts, to
lament and bewail before the GOD of our
Fathers, that the Churches which were firft
planted, and have been hitherto protested
in this Land, by the wonder-working,
merciful Providence of GOD, have so much
loft their firft Love, and left their firft
Works ;---(hat a Spirit of Selfifhn^fs, Ex
tortion and Oppression, always highly dis
pleasing, but which, in our present Calami
ties must be peculiarly offensive to the di
vine Majesty, is in too many Instances so
appar^^^nd that Sin of every Kind,
Containing the Fraihift ADI ICES^
Primted amd Published by EBENEZER WATSON, NEAR the GREAT BRIDGE.
which is our Reproach, ard the Cause of
alkthe Evils we fuffer, so much abounds;
and that no more dutiful, general Atten
tion is paid to the United; most awful
Warnings of the divine Providence and
Word. To cry mightily unto GOD, in this
Day of Trouble, for Help and Deliverance ;
that he would pour down plentiful Effufi
ons of his Spirit, fanflify hs Judgments,
bring us to an obediential Trust and Confi
dence in him, and unite our Hearts to re
verence and serve him ; for t is not a vain
Thing for us, because it is ou- Life. I hat
he would bless our Civil Rule s and Guides
with all needed Wisdom, int^rity and For
titude, and animate the who • Body of the
People to rife, in the Cause f their oppres
sed, bleeding Country, to a Zeal and Ex
ertions proportionate to the ' vast Magni
tude and Importance of it •, L Cause so ex
tensive in its Influenced, and mterefting not
only to the prefers, but futu c Generations.
Likewise to offer up ferv ; and United
oupplkatGns io Aimigntv'L&D, tor the
UNITED STAI ES OF AMERICA for
their Peprefentatives in General Congress
assembled, that he would bless and honor
them as Instruments, under his own divine
Direction and Counsel, of guiding and con
dueling the People through all the Strug
gles and Convulsions which attend the
great Controverfey in which they are engag
ed, and bringing them into a fettled and
confirmed State of Government, Peace and
Safety ; That he would abundantly bless
the Rulers and People of each particular
State, and increase, strengthen and perfect
the general Union of the Whole : That
the Commander in Chief of the Forces of
the United States may be the Care of di
vine Providence, and under divine Directi
on: That all our Officers and Soldiers
may be bluffed with the Presence and Fear
of the LORD of Hosts and the GOD of
Armies, and all our Enterprizes by Sea
and Land, in Defence and for the Prote&i
on of our Country, greatly succeeded ; and
that GOD in infinite Wisdom and Goodness,
would bring great and lasting Good to his
People out of the Evils and Troubles of
the present Day, and in his own due Time,
restore Peace, and cause Truth, Righteous
ness and Charity to prevail in this whole
Land; break every Yoke of the Oppressor,
and let the oppressed go free ; bless all the
•Nations of the Ea^th with Light and Liber
ty, and fill the World with the Know
ledge and Glory of his great Name.
And all servile Labour is forbidden on
said Day.
Given under my Hand in Middletown, the
1 ith Day of January, in the Tear (four
Lord, 1 7 „.
Jonathan Trumbull.
n flay'd trom ih« iubferiber lad Augal{ two hOW,
° two yrni old, o^e a dark brown, the othtrabrin
dla. Whoever will return them to the owner, Ihall
be ^<ll rewarded, and have charges paid, by
Amos Babcock.
Afofad, Tax, 6, 1777.
an ML
Wal
Both FOREIGN And BOMESTIC.
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CO UR A N %
H^RTFOR^
INTELLIGENCE 1b
TO BE SOLD BY
Moses smi t h;
Ac Air house a fiw reds W<ft of the Grea-Bridg%
Hartford,
CHOICE good INDIGO, by fefte fi^gle pound or
smaller quantic ; also go^d brown sugar b,
the barrelor frailer quantity ; ^d a final! artaruncne
of aarthan aad glaG ^are. «,"• gives cash for good,
geefc father*. Jar. 6, 1777.
Stolen from the fubferiber, living
ir. F.edericWbargh Prec^nft Dutches County, New-1
York tnv^inment, on thrifh of Nov. left, a black
MARE, arada COLT of the fame colour, the MARR
is about 9 vora old, has a far i& the forehead, mane
the racht fide, o^e white hind foot, trots ; its lik^
the COLT will be fa'd to part it from the dam. Who
ever tales up said MAItE and returns her (ball harp
fix dollars regard, aad for the COLT four dollars,
^0 renfoablr charges paid by - Joseph Ganung?
j^ PuuUjncG, cm :0 bi Sold, #7t%aU and &$&b b „
the FAraßig Office ire Hertford,
^ATS 0 N's
CONNECTICUT
ALMANACK;
For the Year 1777.
I OBE SOLD (,rm CT.
By CONSIDER BUR T,
^ Lage number of Worthington made #pininc
" Wheels. N. B. Areafoa&ble abatement will
be u^dy any p^fou that will purchafs the whole.
(O S.dd Burt has a fim pounds of BLACK FEP^
RER which h^ wants to exchange for FLAX.
Hrf^d, D^c. 30, 1.776.
Broke into my inclofure, a dark
bri die hvife^, 2 years old past, marked with a crop
est the left tar, and a half penay under the right ear,
end a fl^ in th? upper part. The owner is defined to
pay charges and take her away from
Daniel Pickett.
G^ofield Dec. 26, 1776.
KOBERTUR ANTHWAITED
GIVES money for go ld clean flax seed, &lfo &
WHEAT RYE, CORN, and OATS.
.Harford, Dec. 27. 1776.
CASH ^.c t# SALT given fL ecad PURK br
SAMUE L MAR 3H,
At This store in H.lrtforb ; where may be had ft
'Quantity of FUS TICK.
December %o„< 7 76.
BDTt ^._a—tu; ^.wwrrti&Q—'ratflt in—l»».iwr. !»&>!■».»■ -ntmerrt- TTill Illillne^^rr,tool
We the filWcribers being appoint
ed, by the ho&ceurt of prohate for the diftrid rs
Litchfield, comhiffioiufs to receive, examine and ad—
just the ckiMsoi the creditor, to the estate of
Corkings, hrs of Sharon, d&fofed, represented itffol
vent, do hereby give notice that we ffiall attend that
butiaefs at the dwelling hohfe cf/If ael White, in Sha
ro-, on th& last Tuesday of i^fl. Dumber, and the
firft and fecund Tutfd^s of January n^t, at one o'-
clock atenoon. z? No accor At# will be allowed
ualefs property atiefted.
Israel White, ? Commit
Jonathan Sprague. j Hovers.
Share,, Drc. 22, 1774.
—-—= ^^^v,.:,,—^ty...^— ,'_ CTQQ '^
Takt-m up by the lublcrjber a red three years
old STEAR, bra, led on the horns S. B. ^ flatting
c.op off the ne&r i^ar, fame white on his belly. Tha
o&ri4r mi, have hi.u by paying dwgetsrd applying
* o Dan Ring.
S^ffi,, D ^ 4 th L I776 L. _
Strayed from tl^E fubferiber some 'months
part, a bro^a pid^ heifer, 2 ,raa old raff, np nwk.
Whoever will t^k^ up and return said h ifer to me,
or find me wo; 4, shall bis ha^dfumdr triyardcd by
JOSIAH CLARK.
Hertford, D-r. 28, 1776.
gAsH given for clean cotton and Imffn "RrtGS
^the Printing. Office, Hartford.