The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1774-06-14 00:00:00, page 4

POETRY.
The Life of DELIA ; exemplified in the Seasons
of the Year. A Birth-Day ODE.
AUtumn once more with boundless Bounties pail
And horrid Winter withhis northernßlall;
Soft fmilingSpßiNG.once more has deck’d theEarth,
And Summer promises a joyful Birth ;
Which brings the Day that animates my Theme,
The Seasons now,have rol’d you to teen, >
And you’re a Copy of the changing Scene. j
In your infantile State, we fee the Springs,
Your Eyes, the Sun, which ibftens ev’ry Thing;
The blushing Flowers that adorn the Earth,
Portray your Cheek—-their OdoUrs are your Breath
The genial Warmth which does all Life impart,
Is a true Picture of your gen’rous Heart.
I he ikilful Gardner, planting a choice Root,
Watches with Care the tender budding Shoot j
So your Preceptor watches o’er yew Mind,
And like the Chemist, eve’y Thought refines.
Next, Summer comes, with more indulgent Smiles.,
And pours new Beauties on my ravifh’d Eyes ;
So tender Infancy brings Youth’s gay Years*
Now Beauty glows, and lively Fancy chears :
To love her bell, is only once to know-—
ForCupm’s Arrows quiver on her Brow.
With Admiration Men survey the Maid,
And ev’ry Muse plants Laurels on her Head.
Then rip’ning Autumn comes, a different Scene*
Bringing the belt of Summer and of Spring ;
Tho’ the gay Fancy finds less Beauty here,
Reason admires this Season of the Year :
Here solid Good, for gay Appearance reigns,
And Ceres crowns the Labour of the Swains.
So in this Period of my Delia’s Life,
Spring,Summer,Autumn., all in Concert ilrive;
Enough of Spring is left to make her fair.
So much of Summe ras gives Life and Air,
Spring,Summer,Autumn,all at once combin’d.
Paint her a Goddess, on the virtuous Mind.
Lail cruel Winter comes, to close the Scene,
And scarce a trace is left of what has been,
The Bloom of Spring, theLife of Summer’s gone.
Autumn’s rich Stores,the genial warmth o’th'Sun.
Yet by Refleftion we enjoy the pall,
Live Seasons back, nor fear the boreal Blall.
Hope points us forward; to the blooming Spring,
When Nature will awake to Life again.
So the last period of my Delia’s Span,
When all the sprightly Sands of Life have run,
Mhen Life with feeble glimmerings is shewn.,
And St r ephon’s scarcely seen, or heard, os known.
But ihe lives twice, for she at once employs
The present well, and e’en the part enjoys :
On Hope’s llrong pinions, now Ihe soars above,
And dwell’s forever in the Bow’rs of Love.
(Concludedfrom the fir ft Page.)
the Governor, or, in his absence, by the Lieutenant
Governor alone, and ihall and may have, hold and
exercise, the Laid Offices, Powers, and Authorities
as fully and completely, to all Intents and Purpo
ses, as any Judges of the Inferior Courts of Com
mon Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer,
Attorney General, Sheriffs, Proyolts, Marlhals, or
other Officers, have or might have done heretofore
under the said Letters Patent, in the Third Year
of the Reign of their late Majesties King William
and Queen Mary, any Law, Statute, or Usage to
the contrary notwithiianding.
Provided always, and be it Enabled, That nothing
herein contained Ihall extend, or be construed to
extend to annul or make void the Commission grant
ed before the
to any Judges of the Inferior Courts of Common
Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, tho
Attorney General, Sheriffs, Provofls Marlhals, Jus
tices of the Peace, or other Officers ; but that they
may hold and exercise the fame, as if this Aft had
never been made, until the fame Ihall be deter
mined by Death, Removal by the Governor, or o
ther Avoidance, as the Case may happen,
And be it further Enabled by the Authority afore -
said, That upon every Vecancy of the Offices of
Chief Jullice and Judges of the superior Court of
the said Province, from and after the
the Governor for the Time being,
or in his Absence the Lieutenant Governor, with
out the Consent of the Council, ihall have full
Power and Authority to nominate and appoint the
Persons tofucceed to the said Offices, who ihall hold
their Commissions during the Pleasure of His Ma
jesty, his Heii-s and Successors ; and that neither the
Chief Justice and Judges appointed before the said
nor those who Ihall hereafter be
appointed purfeant to this Aft, ihall be removed
unless by the Order of His Majelly, his Heirs or
Successors, under his or their Sign Manual.
And be it further Enabled by the Authority afore
faid, That the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
And whereas, by an Aft of the General Court of
the said Province, made in the Fourth Year of the
Reign of their late Majesties King William Sc Queen
Mary, intituled, “ An Aft for regulating of Town-
Ihips, Choice of Town Officers, and letting forth
their Power,” the Freeholders and Inhabitants of
the several Townihips, rateable at Twenty Pounds
Estate, are authorized to affemblc together, in the
Month of March in every Year, upon Notice given
by the Constable, or such other as the Seleft-Men
of the Town Ihall appoint, for the Choice.of .Seleft
Men, Constables, and other Officers; and the Free
holders and Inhabitants are also empowered to make
and agree upon such necessary Rules, Orders, and
Bye-Laws, for the directing, managing and ordering
the prudential Affairs, and to annex Penalties for
the Non-observance of the fame, not exceeding
Twenty Shillings for one Offence ; provided they
be not repugnant to the General Laws of the said
Province :
And whereas a great Abuse has been made of the
Power of calling such Meetings, and the Inhabi
tants have, contrary to the Design of their Inftitu
-tion, been milled to treat upon Matters of the moil
general Concern, and to pass many dangerous and
unwarrantable Resolves ; For Remedy wnereof. Re
it Enabled, That from and after the
no Town Meeting Ihall be called by the
Seleft Men, or at the Request of any Number of
Freeholders, without the leave of the Governor in
Writing, expressing the special Business of the said
Meeting, firlt had and obtained, except the Annual
Meeting in the Month of March, for the Choice of
Seleft Men., Constables, and other Officers; and
that no other Matter ihall be treated of at such
.Meeting, except the Eleftion of their aforefaid
Officers, nor at any other Meeting, except the Busi
ness expressed in the Leave given by the Governor.
And whereas, in pursuance of an Aft of Assembly
of the said Province, made in the Seventh Year of
the Reign of William the . Third, and Three other
Afts of Assembly, made in the Eleventh Year of
the fame Reign, Jurors, as.well Grand as Petty,
have been usually fummewed and returned by the
Constables of the several Towns, by virtue of Writs
.or Warrants diredied to them, by the Clerks of the
several Courts, requiring them to aifemble the In
habitants of the said Towns, to chufe fit Persons to
serve as Jurors for such Towns, and to summon and
return such Persons so chosen ; which Praftice of
chuffing Jurors, and returning them, without the In
tervention of the Sheriff, 1? as been found to be de
trimental to the Administration of Jullice ; Be it
therefore Enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That
from and after the
next ensuing, so much of the said Afts of
Assembly, and ot all other Laws now in force,
within the said Province, as direfts the Returns of
Juries to be made by the Constables, by an Eleftion
of the Inhabitants of the several Towns, Ihall
and ail Jurors, as well Grand
. as Petty, Ihall be returned by the Sheriff* of the se
veral Counties, ard no otherwise ; and the Justices of
the Superior Court of the laid Province, at a conve
nient Time ; before the Sitting of the Superior Court
in every County, and the Justices of the Peace for
every County in the said Province, at a convenient
Time before the Sitting of the Quarter Session of
such County, Ihall issue their Precepts or Warrants
to the Sheriff of such County, for such several Courts
refpeftively to summon, out of the Freeholders and
Inhabitants of such County qualified to serve upon
Juries, such a Number of good and lawful Men as
inch Preceptor Warrant ihall direst, to serve upon
the Grand Jury at such refpeftive Court; and such
Persons so summoned and returned by the said She
riffs or such of them as Ihall appear, Ihall be impan
nelled and sworn the Grand Inquell for the Body of
the County, and Ihall continue as such during the
Sitting of iuch. refpeftive Court, and until they Ihall
be diimiffed by the fame; and in all Indiftments,
InformationSjAftions, and Causes, depending before
the Superior Court, or any Court of Quarter .Session,
or Court of Common Plea;, in the laid Province,
which Ihall be at Iffihe, and ordered for Trial, the
Juries Ihall be summoned., impannelled, and re
turned, by the Sheriff - of the County, out of the
Freeholders andslnhabitants of the said County qua
lified to serve upon Juries, and Ihall be chosen and
arrayed in such Manner and Form, and by and with
such Regulations and Reftriftions, as is directed and
ordered hi and by an Aft of Parliament, made in the
Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of his late
Majelly King William the Third, intitutled, “ An
Aft for the Eafeof Jurors, and better regulating of
Juries;” and One other Aft, made in the Eighth
Chief Jullice, the Judges of the Superior Court, and
the Secretary of the said Province, for the Time
being, Ihall be, and they are hereby appointed, du
ring their Continuance in their refpeftive Offices,
Justices of the Peace in and for every County of the
laid Province, and Ihall and may have, hold, and
.enjoy,, all the Powers and Authorities given to the
Justices of the Peace by Virtue of their Cornmiffion,
or by any Aft of the General Court of the said Pro
vince.
And be it further Enabledfyy the Authority aforefaid
that Lifts of the Freeholder:! and Inhabitants of the
several Towns, qualified to serve upon Juries, ihall
be returned to, and iecorded at, the Quarter Sessions
for the several Counties, and Ihall be delivered to the
several Sheriffs in Manner and Form as direfted by
the Afts of Parliament, or any of them ; and until
iuch Lifts of iuch Freeholders and Inhabitants ihall
be delivered as aforefaid, the Sheriff of anyCount.y
Ihall and may lummon and return fit Persons to serve
upon Juries as afoiefaid,out of th° Body of theFree
holders and Inhabitants of the County, qualified to
serve upon Juries,according to hisjudgment & Dis
cretion; and whenever the Judges of the Superior
Court Ihall Award a Special Jury to be ftruck(which
they are hereby authorized and impowered to do in
Fuch Manner as .Special Juries have been usually
struck in the Court at Westminster at Trials at Bar)
if the Sheriff of the County in which such Jury Ihall
be awarded, Ihall not have received Lifts of the Free
holders andlnhabitants qualified.to serve upon Juries
as hereinbefore ordered and direfted, such Sheriff
Ihall attend the proper Office of the said Court, with
a Lift of of the principal Freeholders
and Inhabitants of the said County qualified to serve
upon Juries, and the said Special Jury (hall be ftruct:
out of the said Lift ; and it ihall and may be lawful
for the Justices of the laid Superior Court, and they
are hereby authorized and impowered, upon the Mo
tion of either of the Parties, in any County, other
than the County in which the said Cause or Aftion
ihall have been brought or laid, by a Jury of such o
ther County, as they ihall judge .fit and proper, any
Aft of^Affembly or Provincial Law .to .the contrary
notwithiianding.
And be itfurther Enabled fsytfie authority aforefaid.
That all Clerks of Courts, Sheriffs, Constables, and
other Persons within the said Province, to whom the
ordering, making, dslivering, or recording, the Lifts
of the Freeholders and Inhabitants qualified to serve
upon Juries as aforefaid, ihall belong or appertain,
according to the true Intent and Meaning of this pre
lent Aft, and the said Afts hereby referred to, who
ihall be guilty of any wilful Negleft, Default, or
Misfeazance, in the carrying into Execution this Aft,
according to its true Intent and Meaning,ihall incur
and fuffer such Fines and Penalties a» are severally
mentioned in the said Afts of Parliament hereby re
ferred to; and allPerfons who, being duly qualified
as aforefaid, ihall be duly summoned to serve upon.
Junes in Manner aforefaid, and ihall not attend iuch
Service,mall incur and fuffer such Fines andPenalfies
as, by the Laws the.faid Province, Jurors making
Default are now fhffijeft to.
And be itfurther Enabled by -the Authority aforefaid,
That ifany Aft: jh mall be brought against any She
riff, for what hi ihall do in Execution or by virtue of
this Aft, he mty plead'the general Iffue,and* give the
special Matter in Evidence ; and ifa Vefdiftihall be
found for him, he ihall recover Coils.
QTRAY’d or Stolen from Pelatiah Pierce ofHart
° ford, about the 16th of May last, a black Mare
Colt two Years old, a small Star in the Forehead,
branded on the near Buttock I S and on the off
fore Hoof PP. Also, a Sorrel Horse Colt, one
Year old, with a large Star in his Forehead, brand
ed on the fore Hoof PP. Also a Black Horse,
about 14 and an Half Hands high, of a thin Make,
shod all round, about 6 Years old, high on the Wi
thers. Whoever ihall take up said Colts and con
vey them to said Pierce, or fend him Word where
they be, so that he may have them again, ihall have
two Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid
by Pelatiah Pierce.
Also, whoever ihall take up said Horse and con
vey him to Maj. David Waterbury of Stanford, ihall
have Three Dollars Reward and all necessary char
ges patd, by David Waterbury.
June 6, 1774.
RUN aw-y from me the fublcriber 10 tbc mgiie
before the i2ih day of May milant, an appren
tice boy named Tiaac Lane, he is of a dark ffii com
plexion, about it feet g inches high, and is lame wits
one of his legs, and much fhoner tkis tbe other, he
it about 19 year* ofeige, and is likely to call h-mfelf
tayloc, a* he has beta fereiog at that trade. U bo
crer will uke up said apprentice and return him to
me the iubferiber in Chatham, (hall be paid oae
Dollar reward and all necessary charge*.
. JACOB WOOD.
Id A R T F R^D:
Printed by Ebenezer Watson.
and Ninth Years of the fame Reign, intitled ^An
Aft to enable the Returns of Juries as formerly/until
the First Day of November, One thou'fand Six hun
dred and Ninety-seven and One other Aft of Par
liament, made in the Third Year of the Reign of his
late Majelly King George the Second, intituled “An
Aft for the better Regulation of Juries ; and One o
ther Aft, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the
fame Reign, intituled, l * An Aft for the better Re
gulation of Trials by Jury, and for enlarging the
Time for Trials by Nifi Pi ius, in the County of
MiddlefexN