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bates andaDivifion in ^ Hoche of Commons on
their Address so Aufwer to the Speech, which latter,
viz. the Division, is uncommon on such Occasions
the Courtiers carried their Point by a considerable
Majority :---but these steps (how plainly that there
Is a determined Resolution among the Patriots here,
th refill the wicked ministerial Measures again!. A
hrerica.-- Indeed, your cause gathers length in this
' Kingdom every Day, for now it is plain, beyond a
Doubt, that the Measures taken against America,
*are intended finally to subvert the Liberties of this
Country ; and! make not the leak Question, but the
Sword being once drawn against you, will produce
fombthing very like a civil War in this Country, in
less than 12 Months.
“ The people at present do not feel, and there
fore are quiet, nor can you, (when our Luxury,
Riches, and Dißipation are considered) in Reason
expeiSl they should, while you are ministering to their
Pleasure, by such plentiful Remittances.
“ This Day there was a Report current, that the
Congress of the States of America had adjourned;
having fixed on flopping all Imports into Ame
rica from Great-Britain, the firft of this Montli, and
all Exports from America to Great-Britain after tne
firft of January from Curiosity I drolled upon
'Change, and for the firft Time saw Concern and
deep Distress in the Face of every American Mer
chant—they seemed to think that it was absolutely
necessary to apply to Parliament and Administrati
on to relax and fettle the American Business on the
old Footing, as it was at the end of the last War,
and then Things would go on as they should do ;
this convinced me of the Truth of what many have
said before, that the Merchants will never dir, till
they feel, and every one knows that the Manufactur
ers will never take the Lead of the Merchants.
" If this Report of the Exports being flopped the
firft of January next, should prove true, and you
add to it a Determination of not paying any British
Debts, till your Rights are fully.reftored. I am
sure in less than three Months you will have as
strong a mercantile Combination in your Favour as
there was in the Time of the Stamp ACL Artful,
designing and wicked Men, who never had in truth,
an horieft or virtuous feeling in their Lives, will pre
tend to exclaim against such a ConduCt as dishonest;
but aik any of these Drivellers this Question :-—
Had any of you, in your Hand, a Stick, belonging
to another Man, whom you knew, if he could get it
into his own, was determined to break your Head
with it ; would you, on the Stick's being demanded
by the right owner, give it up to him ?
" Indeed I am convinced the Merchants here,
hu'^ been exported from Great-Britain, or Ireland.
And whereas, by the last Clause of the tenth Arti
'•, of the said Association, it is further agreed,
t if any Goods or Merchandize, shall be import
her the firft Day of February 1775 ; the fame
will not assist you, till their Remittances are flopped ;
but I am afraid of your Town, for it is currently
said here, and with much Confidence, that a good
deal of public Money, has been put in the Hands of
a Mr. one of the and some of your o
ther great Men, in order to buy their Influence, in
Favour of the ministerial Measures, in order to se
cure the Province of New-York, on the Side of our
wicked Rulers, and thereby cut off the Communi
cation of the other Colonics with the New-England
Provinces : But should these great Men prove Trai
tors to their Country, I hope the Yeomanry at large,
in your Province, set too great a value on your ines
timable Rights and Liberties, to let any great Men
cheat you out of them."
Extras from the votes and proceedings of the General
Assembly of New-York.
Die Martis, io ho. A.M. the 31st January, 1775.
A motion was made by Col. P. Livingston, in the words
following, viz.
Mr. Speaker, I move that a day may be appointed
to take the fate of this colony into confederation, to enter
such resolutions as the house may agree to, on their jour
nals ; and in confluence of such resolutions, to prepare
a humble, firm, dutiful and loyal petition to our most gra
cious sovereign.
On the question, whether the house agree to the said
motion I it paffid in the affirmative, N. C.
Andthen a motion was made by Mr. De Laney, in
these words, viz.
Mr. Speaker, I move that a memorial to the Lords
and representation and remonJirance to the Commons of
Great- Britain, may be prepared together with the petiti
on to his Majefiy.
On the question, whether the house agree to the said mo
tion ?it pagedin the affirmative, N.C.
Committee Chamber, 30th Jan. 1775.
WHEREAS, by the firft Atircle of the Associa
tion of the late Continental Congress, held at Phi
ladelphia the fifth Day of September, 1774. It is
agreed, that from and after the firft Day of Decem
ber next, We will not import into British America,
from Great-Britain or Ireland, any Goods, Wares
or Merchandize whatsoever, or from any other Place,
jny such Goods, Wares or Merchandize, as shall
Comparing the Weather in January and Decem
ber, it appears that in the Mornings of January, it
was i Deg. colder, at Noon about 2 Deg. colder, but
at Sunset about half a degree warmer ; and at a
Mean of the Whole about 1 Degree colder than in
December.
HARTFORD, February fj.
The General Assembly of this Colony are to meet at
New-Haven the 2d of March next,
A correspondent observes that the cause of the enemies of
American liberty mus needs be in a most desperate conditi
on, face they have recourse to the most infamous arts aid
faljhoods to carry their point—of these he inflances a long
catalogue, among which are the following —That the
people in several colonies, were deserting the cause of their
country and joining its enemies to enJlave it---That se
veral of the most eminent patriots had defected the cause,
particularly the Philadelphia Farmer, who remains the
fame invariable friend he has ever been to his country and
mankind, and is now one of the delegates for the province
of Pennsylvania to meet next May in general congress.
The provincial congress in Pennsylvania have fully
adopted every measure recommended by the continental
congress, and have entered upon many judicious meajures
for the promoting of arts and manufaaures.
Last Tuesday Afternoon the Gentlemen mentioned in our
last to have set out for Stanford for the Recovery cf the
Powder lately seized at that Place, returned with the
fame and fafely lodged it in the Powder House in this
Town. We are dejired for some Reasons, to omit a more
particular Account of their Proceedings till our next.
Died, on Saturday last, Mrs. Sarah Dod, Wife of
Mr. fohn Dod, of this Place.
Mr. NOLT,
f^S Mr. Rivingtonpub^jhed in his last paper, what be
calls " the Portrait of an American Whig," I
fend you an Anecdote, which contains a laconic defaition
of an American Tory.
t Some Gentlemen were dining together at a Pouf ;„
this City, and in the Course of the Conversation, one of the
Company frequently used the Word Tory ; the Gentle
man at whoje House they dined, afad him, " Pray, Mr.
what is Tory ?" He replied, " A Tory
Thing whose Head is in England, and Body in Ame
rica, and its Neck ought to be Stretched."
NEWPOR T, February 6.
We are credibly informed that the King's, alias Lord
North's, Speech, was kick'd and damn'd about theSireets
of London, and even at the Palace Gate.
NEW -HA VE N, February 8.
The Mean Heights of the Mercury in Fahrenheit's
Thermometer; for the Month of January are as fol
low : At Sunrise 29 and half-— Noon 36 and quar
ter-—Sunset 34 and half---Meah of the whole 22 and
half.
otight fmtfavitt:, to dc rent oacK ^g^^, m^^..,
breaking any of the Packages thereof. And the
Sense of this Committee being taken, whether all
Goods imported from Great Britain or Ireland, into
this City and County, after the said firft Day of
February, should not, according to the true Intent
and Meaning of theClaufcs, of the said firft and tenth
Articles of the said Association be sent back in the
fame Vessel, in which such Goods Wares or Mer
chandize shall be imported :---Refolved unanimodr
ly in the affirmative.
By Order of the Committee,
ISAAC LOW, Chairman.
Extract of a Letter from New-York, dated February 4.
" A Scotch Ship arrived here from Glasgow the
Day before Yederday, and as ffie arrived after the
Time fixed by the Congress, flit is to return without
breaking Bulk, and will fail in ah Hour or two.---
Our Assembly have left the Proceedings of the Con
gress just where they found them, and a Committee
is appointed to take the State of this Colony into
Consideration, to enter into some Resolutions, and
prepare a petition to the King, a Memorial to the
Lords, and a Representation and Remonftrane'e to
the Commons."
The Month of January this Year was, upon the
Whole 10 Deg. and half warmer than the fame
Month was latt Year, and not cold enough to freeze
by 2 Degrees.
Mr. Watson,
Your inferring the enclosed will oblige the North
Association in this County, as by their particular
Desire it is sent to you, and perhaps will be of
public Service in this Day of Distress.
Extraß from the Minutes of the North Association in the
County Hartford, at their Meeting at North Windsor,
on the firft Tuesday of February Infant. Published by
their DireAion.
|"T lIS Association viewing with deep Concern,
X the great and lamentable Decline of real Reli
gion, the very dark and threatning Afpeft of divine
Providence with Refpeft to the public Affairs of our
Nation and I,and, and that Security and Insensibi
lity which so generally prevails, even under the
present alarming Tokens of divine Anger, cannot
but think we and our People are loudly called to
frequent, extraordinary Addresses to the Throne of
Grace.
And in Compliance with the seasonable and ear-
in a late Proclamation ; and also in Conformity to
tie Example qf some filter Associations in this Co
lony : And since many Churches, in Pursuance of
the Recommendation of said Aflociations, have al
ready agreed on every other Wednefifay, to,fpend
an Hour or two, as Seasons set apart for that Pur
pose, to begin at 2 o'Clock P. M. And whereas
it is desirable that we all ad with Uniformity, and
in. Concert, do earpeftly recoinmend to all the Mem
bers of car several Churches and Societies, with onri
Heart, to go into the sincere and fervent Perform
ance of the recommended Duty, arid where it may
be thought convenient, that it be at the fame Time,
and for that Purpose to begin on Wednesday the
15th of February Infant,
Signed in the Name and at the Ffoe of the Afociation,
Test, Hezekiah Bissell, Moderator.
Examined per Jos. Strong, Scribe.
Goldsmith's', Silver-Smith's
And 1 iL^Y Work,
Made in the ne : ' nd with t>iipVch, by
JAM^ ILEY,,
(At his Shop, a l i he Courf-Houfe, ra
the Street lead. : . ry in Hartford,)
Where all Gentl. that will please to
favour him with th ^ may be {applied
with the following which he has on
Hand, and which he . ouch cheaper tharl
those can be afforded rr 'imported, viz,
GOLD Necklaces----Goid Rings----GoldEar-
Rings--,-Silvcr Shoe, Knee and Stock Buckles
in the ifeweft fashions Plated Shoe and Knee.
Buckles---Silver Broaches---Silver Spoons Silver
Sleeve Buttons, &cf Stone Shoe, Knee and Stock
Buckles---Cyphered and Brilliant Stone Ear-Rings
set in good Gold Do. in Silver----Cyphered and
Briliant Stone Buttons Stone Broaches Stone
Rings---Stone Lockets---Neat Hair Sprigs for the
Ladies, and a Variety of other Articles; He will
take for Pay, old Gold and Silver, (fer which he is
always ready to give the real Value) old Brass, Pewter,
Wheat, *ye, Indian Corn, White Beans, Pork, or
Calh. N. B. He wants a healthy ingenious Lad,
not more than 15 Years of Age, as an Apprentice.
Hartford; February 6, 1775. 29
We the Subferibers, being ap
pointed by the hon. court of probate for the district
of Middletown, commissioners to receive and exa
mine the claims of the several creditors to the eflate
of Simeon Young, late of Chatham, deceas'd, repre
sented insolvent ; do hereby give notice to said cre
ditors that we shall attend said business at the house
of Mr. Robert Youngs, in said Chatham, on the firft
and the last tuefdays in March and April, and
the firft tuefday in August next, at one of the clock
in the afternoon.
All persons indebted to the
fubferiber by book, whose accounts are of more than
one years Handing, are requeued immediately to
close the fame either by Payment or note of hand,
otherwise he will be under the disagreeable necessity
of putting these accounts in suit.
SAMUEL FLAGG.
Hartford, Sth February, 1775.
Notice is hereby given to the
proprietors of the townships of Sterling and New-
Simfbury, situate on the weft branch of Sufquehan
nah riv^r, to meet at the dwelling house of John
Owen, Esq; in Simfbury, on the latt Wednesday of
February instant, at 10 of the clock in the forenoon,
to pointout find agree upon the best measures for
fettling said townships early as may be next spring.
By Order of the Proprietor's Committee;
Elisha Barber, Clerk.
Simfbury, February 8, 1775.
BEING under a Neceffty of raising a Sum of Money
immediately, would cflAm it a Favour of those
that are indebted tty him 1, Nit? or Book, to make Pay
ment without Delay,
Hartford, January 14, 177;. ~ - .
Hezekiah Scares,]
n jor Commissioners.
David omith. )
N. B. No account will be allowed unless properly
attested. Chatham, February 8, 177;.
Hartford February 9, 1775.
LOST between Simfbury and Hartford, a piece
of white Holland; any person who shall take
it up, and deliver the fame to Charles Caldwell,
Inn-holder in Hartford, shall have One Dollar re
ward, by me,
ELISHA ABBE
Feb. 3. Arrived at New-London, Sloop Polly, fa
bez Lord, from St. Nichola Moule, and advises of Arri
val there of the following Vessels belonging to Conne&i
cut River, viz. Capts. fer. Wadsworth, Bara. Deane,
William Henderson, and Ajhbel Burnham,
William Lawrence,