The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-05-24 00:00:00, page 3

The PLAN for eftabli&iag A New-Akss
jucan POST-OFFICE.
THE present Americas Poll-Office was
firft set up by a private Gentleman
in one of the fouthernColonies, arid theMi
niftry of Great-Britain finding that a Re
venue might arise from it, procured an
Aft of Parliament in the 9th Year of the
Reign of Queen Anne, to enableithem to
take it into their own Hands; and fuc
eeeding Admihiftrations have ever since
taken upon them to regulate it-—have
committed the Management of it to whom
they pleased, and availed themselves of its
income, now said to be at least £.3000
Sterling per Annum clear. By this Means
a Set of Officers, Miniderial indeed, in their
Creation, Direftion and Dependance are
maintained m the Colonies, into whose
Hands all the social, commercial and poli
tical Intelligence of the Continent is neces
sarily committed ; which at this Time, eve
ry one must confider as dangerous in the
extreme. It is not only our Letters that
are liable to be flopped and opened by a
miniflerial Mandate, and their Contents'
construed into treasonable Conspiracies,
but our News-Papers, those neceflary and
important Alarms in Time of public Dan
ger, may be rendered of little Confequcnce
for Want of Circulation. Whenever it
shall bethought proper to reflrain the Li
berty of the Press, or injure an Individual,
how easily may it be effefted I A Post-
Master-General may dismiss a Rider, and
substitute his Hollier in his Place, who
may tax the News-Papers to a Prohibiti
on; and when the Matter is remonflrated
to upon the Head, he may deny he has
any Concern in the Matter, and tell the
Printer he mull make his Terms with the
Post.
As therefore the Maintenance of this
dangerous and unconstitutional Precedent
of Taxation without Confeht—as the part -
ing with very considerable Sums of our M
oney to support Officers, of whom it seems
to be expected that they should be inimical
to our Rights—as the great Danger of the
Increase of such Interest and its Connex
ions, added to the Considerations above
mt n r ioned, must be alarming to a People
thoroughly convinced of the fatal Ten
dency of this parliamentary Establishment,
it is therefore proposed,
I. That Subscriptions be opened for the
Eftablilhment and Maintenance of a Post-
Office; and for the neceflary Defence of
Poft-Officers and Riders employed in the
fame.
11. That the Subscribers in each ^Colony
ffiall annually appoint a Committee from
among themselves, confiding of seven,
whose Bnfiqefs it (hall be to appoint Poll-
Mailers in all Places within their refpeftive
Provinces, where such Officers have hither
to been kept, or may hereafter be judged
neceflary ; and to regulate the Foliage of
Letters and Packets, with the Terms on
which News-Papers are to be carried ;
which Regulations shall be printed and fee
; up in each refpeftive Office.
111. That the Poft-*Mafters shall contrast
■with, and take Bonds, with iufficient Sure
ties, offu'itable Persons to perform the fame
Duty as hath heretofore been performed
’by Poll-Riders; fubjeft to the Regulation
jand Controul of the Committee.
IV; That the several Mails shall be un
der Lock and Key, and liable to the In
fpeftion of no Person but the refpeftive
Post-Masters, to whom direfted, who shall
be under Oath for the faithful Discharge
of the Trust reposed in them.
V* That a Post-Mailer-General shall be
annually chosen by the written Votes of all
sht provincial Committee and
Of the five flaming patriots that figured away io the
year 1770, Cornwall and Meredith have fallen, Ger
nuine and Barrb are touting, apd Bnrkc alone keeps
bW former position.
We hear from Dublin, that moll of the foldicr* of
the regtmeats, expecting orders from Ireland to Ame
rica. who know and know not that country, openly be
(peak themselves the hrpninef* of baodlome wives com
sortable lots of hod.and habitations on that continent,
by a full exercise of their indudry, and a removal of
their present ftatteqs firft caused by a decay of its en
couragement io (heir native country, by the oppreffioos
of their masters and landlords.
dpril S It is confidently reported, that the Premier
finds himfelf under the oeccffity of cftablilhing two
State Lotteries for the prefeot year.
There is do extraordinary (apply of military ftorea
c? camp tq jipsge ordered to America, dot is it the in
tention of the Miniftci to aft with fev^rity, if it cacpofr
^blj bs gwdsdk ...
The eHronty of the gentlemen in office is fuck 99
will render miailierisl audacity proverbial. There was
a time when sdminiflration, whatever might have been
their private inclinations, would yet not hare dared pub
lickly ro talk of annibilaring the political conftitmion of
either the mother country or her coloniea ; defignt
black as heli would have been kept secret as the grave.
The times, however, are altered, sod every milcreant
treasury ranner, every coffee hoofe spy in the pay of
the miniPcr can now hatrangue upon “ the absolute
necessity of new-modelling (as it it called) the Ameri
&an charters.” Lard North is tn excellent head at this
work ; he hub new modelled the charier of the East-
India company, that is he hath eventually deHroyed it.
Anexperimeot with America is wanting, and if the
miniiter faceted* in h's plan of overturning the politi
cal eonflitu’ion inf the colonies, there remains but one
glorious effort to new model, alias annihilate the Eng
lifh constitution to compleat the happioefs of the best
of K ngr, and the views of the btfi of poppy bead mi
nisters.
sent to the Chairman of the New-York
Committee, who on receiving all theVotes ?
and giving one Month’s public Notice in
all the New-York Papers, of the Time and
Place appointed for that Purpose, Aiall o
pen them in Committee, in Presence of all
such Subscribers as Ihall choose to attend,
and declare the Choice, which Choice fHall
be immediately communicated to all the
other provincial Committees by a Certifi
cate under the Hand of the laid Chairman.
VI. That the Poll-Mailer-General shall
be empowered to demand and receive the
Accounts from the several Post-Masters
throughout the Colonies connefted with
this Poll-Office, and shall adjust and liqui
date the fame, and by his Order transfer,
in just Proportion, the Surplufages of one
Office to make good rhe Deficiencies of a
nother, if any such Ihould appear ; and,
in Case of Deficiency upon the Whole, he
shall have Power to draw for the fame
upon the several Committees, in Propor
tion to the Amount of the Subscriptions
Jn their Departments : And, at the Year’s
End, cranfmit to the said Committees a
fair and just Account of the whole Pull-
Office under his Infpeftion.
VII. That the several Post-Masters shall
charge per Cent, on all the Monies re
ceiv’d into their refpeftive. Offices, for their
Services, and also pet Cent, for the
Use of the Poll-Master-General, which they
shall remit to him Quarterly with their Ac
counts.
VIII. That whatever Ballances may re
main in the Hands of the several. Post-
Mailers, after all Charges are paid, shall,
by the Direftion of the Subscribers in the
Province or Provinces, where such Post-
Masters reside, be appropriated to the En
largement of the present Inllitution within
their refpeftive Provinces.
IN Order that the foregoing Plan may be
carried into Execution, We the Subscribers
do federally premile to pay the several Sums
annexed to our (fames, to tbt Chairman of
the Committee io be appointed in Purjtf
ance of J aid Plan, whenever t according to
the Conditions thereof they (hall be called for
by him or his Successors in Office.
Hartford, May 23, 1774.
LONDON, April 7.
WE the faMcrtbers Wog appaiote6 by tW
hoo. court of probate foe the f iftri® ah
Hartfardjommiffioners oa the estate es
Jofhb ’ w’lott late of Wethenfield deces/il*.
reprefemed info'veot. This is to oatify
creditor* to said estate Goce ; mws, that we
attend.on that buGnefs at she dwelling heofe o£.
Mia. Lois Wo'cott in hid We’hanfield, on the.
$6 h day of June next, from two of the clock,
afternoon till eight. , May 20 1774. „
Josiah Rosbins j
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Strayed- or ftoleri from 5
me the fjbferiber.a dsrk forri! Ma e w fdor
old, and is branded Enfield brand. abou| 35
Hods and J inches high, three white feet,
white drip io her face, mane lying oo ’be eear.
file as her neck, ^natural trotter Whoever
will take up said Mare and return her to the.
(übferiber, (hil! hava a handlome reward aatK
charges paid, by CggfcalL
Corectry, 4,pril 24' 1774- _ .
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the fubfcnbeT living sa
Bifl:^iary in Hartford county, co tbe da^-
before the e’eftton at Hartford, a negro wan,
aboat. 2 7 ytars of age, about jfeet and ® iachso
high, sod lisps fame in h s (peebh ; had oa
when he went away a brown coat and red waist
coat, a white ho !«od (hirt, ntw cafior hat, S
eew pair cf leather breeches, a pair of blue,
ftockicgs, carried away with him a blue veft 9
two pair of flockings.(he ece pale b’ce the other
dtep blue two pair of ffipcs Whoever shall
take up said negro and retorn him to me (hall
have ten dollars reward and neceUdry charges
paid, or Lcurc him id any ®f hit majesty’s goals
and feud me word so that I may have him agaistr
shall hive 6<c dcllats reward and ftecc^rf
charges paid, by TIMOTHY MOBES.
N B Hit fore teeth are gone —be »
fiddle with him. All perfous are herby
tc hirbcar f^id uegro on penalty of tbe law.
IFilliam Clark^
BEgt leave to inform tbe public, Thal be bdl
Jet up tbe gold fmitb and Jenuleft buffi
ne ft at hit (hop in Pvefu) Mi Iford, adjoining ths
ffire of Mr. Benjamin Seeley, ^ebere be maker
all kindt of work in bit nvay, and will warrant
bit nvork to pe at we It executed (j on at teafon
atble terms at a! any /bop in the polony. Eboje
gentlemen and tadiee wbo (hall pteafe to favour
him •with their cudom, msy defend upon being
well used by their humble servant,
WILLIAM CLARK.
NB. Said Clark hat engaged a wkmax it#
the Waith making buffiefi--.^ —any pe r farp
may have their •watthei repaired in the best man
ner. He bat for sale all -kinds ot Watch furni
ture, such as feel and brajs cbaint, bra.id^ 9
Jeals, keys, (st.
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The lubferiber, Gold»
Smith io Hartford mskes and •wants to fell u
variety articles in the gold smith and jewde/st
way which he will fell a* cheap as any perfotn
in the colony wbo ferv’d an apprenticeship tc?
the bnfinefs; of which the public may be as
sured by applying to their humble (errant,
Jes MES THEY
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HERTFORD:
Prinbcd by Ebenezer Watw*
coQtaioing about 50 seres, fitoatc inWiochcflez,
about half a milelouih weft ol Land ord flock,
well’s tavern, abeut one half of it under im
provements. — The above will be fold upos
reafooablc terms, by Ebenezer Sbtpafd,
Wjnche/ltr, May 7> 1774
Strayed or stolen from
tbe fubfenber 00 Jte night of the S h of M«?
iofLot, a black Mare two years old, both hind
feet white, and a white spot co the end. of her
nose. paces and trots, and has a split io het
fore hoof, aboat 14 hands high, has been halter
ed but never rode. Whoever will take up (aid?
Mare apd return her to the owotr, (hall have
two Dollars reward if strayed, and fix if floleOr
ecd the thief fcccrcd, paid by
Dabies. Btns'CE,
Hartford, May li, 1774
TO BE SOLD
A FARM of Land