The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-02-22 00:00:00, page 3

Th* hrnourib’c Board will p'cJc further to
be in'orsned, that hit Excellency by hi* Mt fT gc
t>f YcfErJjy, acknowledged that the (aid Peti
tion aodßemuohrance had bten hij before, h tn,
sudtxpriOy dec ared to this House, that “ he
was obli’g*d io Diry to the Rmg to dec-ire
their Rrqieft and aifofignifitd to the House
that he Ihould mt take any Step for the R?
moral of the C*i d Chief Justice on that Acctoot.
A Copy of f« id Rcaonflrancc and Petition with
his Excellency’* f»id Mcfftge, will also be laid
©n the Council Tabfe.
Now thia House, having after the mod ma uve
Deliberation, judged the Matter* afoiethetdion
cd, to be of the most weighty Importar.ee to
rhis Protioee, do th nk' themfelvc* beued in
Duty to their Conflituents thus explicitly to re
present thc6 to the honourable Biard, that
the honorable Board m^y du'y ad-ife th reno,
*ad ad and determine at io their cwn Wife
dom they fhi'l think proper.
And on Friday lift ths whole hnufe of re
presentatives waited oc bis Excellency the Go
vernor, in the Council Chamber, wht’rc tie
Speaker delivered to hiss the fo' oviog petition
for theimmtfdiaie rczasval of Peter O hcr } £sq;
from the Superior C urt. vz
Province of tine M-(fechufe t, Bay.-
To Hit Excellency the Governer,
THE house of rcpteL-aiativci bring ftitl
deep’y itflprcfltd with a knlc of the im
portance and cecffiy of removing Peter O'mr
Esq; Chief Jaftice of (he Superior Court, naw
wait ©n your EtxHeney with this repeated pe
tition, to which we hope your Excc’leccy will
not give a denial, and pray that you: Exichen.
ey waiv'd be p case to take our remenftrance
and petition to the governor aod council, cf
the 12 h iuft. ia’o your further conGJcraifen ,
and though your Exce'lency ha* sign Ged to this
house, that you flub not take any Ceps for ihe
removal es th: Chief Just ce from hit place yet,
as it is io the judgment of this hoafc, a miner
of the most weighty concernment to thii pro
aiacE. pray that your Excellency wou ; d
pSe»fe to take the advica of his Mtjefty’t couo.
cis therceo. We do with the greatest propriety
sirge ibw matter, as we Gad in the Royal Char
set shat tbe^rheipa! & cf the institution 6f the
amicil »to be advifteg sod affixing to 'he go
vicrsos, i® ordering and dirtying the sff.irs of
ptavtDce, aid that they are cxprtfsly tp
®frge asd Cuftoni as said Court, aecepted and
received a Salary an.l Reward granted to him
by his MLjefty for his Paid Service, from the
j hOay of July 1772, to the sthDay ofjrnuvy
1774 ♦ w h s ^* r y and Reward he hath takm
ted received. as has been fully made to appear
te this IT-oufe, cut of the Revenue boj jQly and
waooiHiasioaaHy levied and extorted fromtf e
I.haV’iMta of the American Co’onics. And
the find Peter Oliver. Esq, h uh Jf > given this
FHoufc c’cavly to uadetftaid, by a Writing eo
Stu Hoi, a true Copy of wh ch together
with cevain Re options of thia Han't thcrcup
on. will be laid 00 the Council Tab ! e, that he
fa dt,wmined for th? future to accept the Sakry
gnd Reward, which he affirms i: gristed to him
by his Majcfly during his R;b knee in th: Pro
vioce a* Chief Jollies of the Gid Supcror Court.
The Hcufe wou’d further acquaint the buno-
Fable Baird, that they did on tnc 1211 of thia
Ribot Fcbru try pass a Remooflakce and Put
tioa to his Excellency the Govcroo: and Cocn
ei\ setting forth t^at the (rid Peter Oliver,
Elq; by bis Conduit at aforesaid rifting agunft
the know r Jcnfe ©f the Body cf the People of
this Province, mofl ful’y and exprefly dec »r d
in the fcvsral Rtfo u ions of divers H- ofea of
Reprelentatives and otherwise hid detached
himfe'd totally from his Goonrftions with them,
and loft their Conft 'ca:e ; sod praying that he
might not be (offered any longer to fit and id in
th? OSes of Chief J jfiice of the Lid Superior
Court ; but that h: might fsrthwi h bo removed
r*ctcfrem : Which Rtmo ;fir»sce and Pc iiion
the House did on ths faratDay fp ciat y charge
the Secretary 10 deliver to the Gsycrnsr wi hoot
Delay.
The Pape is referr’d to io the LregingVHfege
were afterwards by Order of the Hcufe hid on
the Council Table.
poiofed for that very e : And yenr Excel
lency determining on this matter by youtfe'f,
would be to oidcr aod dirfl one cf the oicft
important affiin of this province, wiihcut the
advice and sffi lance of the ccuocil, and Contra
ry to the moll evident defigo if the charter.
We do sffurc your Excellency that the nurit
ten pi^er, which you are p'cafcd io you r mes-
Lge o| yesterday, to fay purported a reman-
Jl'ance again!} Pete' O.tver, Efq\ was in truth
the rcmonftra. ce acd petiti-m of this hot/c paC
(cd after the mull rot ure delibcratio 5, by a ve
ry great majority, in a very lot hoefe.
Your Excellency will p'erfe to confider that
this house it well knowing <0 the gewral feife
cf their cooftituents in this matter ; and we can
co.v affotc you that the ccntieuacce of the
ch es justice in bis p ace. will er,cr;afc the unca
fiaefs of the p:op'c without doors and endan
ger the public trarquility, We therefore ear
ceftly io'reat your Excel c cy, that while we
are io this iniiaccc “ cmp'oyir.g the powers
with which we are intruded io proßroticg the
trarquility and good order efthe government,”
we tray agreeab e to your declaration in your
fprech to both houses, find thvt you are ready
to gire yeur confcot to a request of the btufe
intended for that and ether great and impor
tint purpefe* : and that your Excellency will
ir me i-te y rake every (kp fur the removal cf
the ch es jjkice horn the superior court.
Tbur the reader hath a t> ue account of this
tnef momentiue affair, at it hat hitherto been
trarfaHed among th: Jivcral branche: of the le'
gift it tire The hue o f representative: preft
th: removal of the C- i j Jufiice nuith a becemirg
firmnefi and decency t 1 bey expretl) declare that
hi' continuance in hie place utiH er create the un
eajirteli oj vh: people find endanger the public
trit qniiity. 7ki: atone nv'U’d be a fuffci'nt
reafn nx>hy a p uirnr ju'ge fb u!d remove him
s- shy a re/ignatun, if he •' daret net refuje
the King t granti” nubile he ho di hit office.
7he Governor it iijupfofed nut! mt remove him
ft cm a notive fid to be obvisui If hit Excel
lency nuouid conaefctnd to take the advise of a
private and obfewe individual, he wou d ue’l
confider t>e end of 00 cb'tinate relufal to com
ply with f reafnab e a reqeeft mide to him
by the reprejentative bony cf a free and deter
mined peop’e
H K K T F 0‘ R D, Mirch 1, 1774
Lift Friday night lexander Thomfen la'dy
contiiled cf Mxn Slaughter bah re the Scperior
Cort at LiichS d,as ntemjooed io cur kfi under
New Haven htad, bt<k: goal sed made his
efe pc- — w ■ hear he fad receiv’d HtFur flimect
L«ft Si'.urdsj ihrtc'Ctiminals were ccndnfled
thro' this Town to t cir Edgings in S.mf
bnry Mirier where they are ftnicnecd to remain
for four Years.
Three Ticket in Say-Brook
Barr Lz>t ery Number 758, 759, 760,
were by accident ioCt.-—-Whoever
fhallfi d and will leave them at the
I\inrin£ Office inHariford fhali have
as a Reward One Dollar, and heafty
Thanks*
March 1 ft, 1774.
Mr’. WATS O N,
SIR,' , .
X7OO hive publiffied two pieces, on the sub
A j <ft oftbewdhrn Lsnd, the pretended
opin’© j fcf Lo’dCamdcn takenfrema Pamphkt
publiffied io Philadelphia, and s piece fromjhe
New Hvvco pypers figoed Many — Our name it
Legion (or nite are many — Rcfpeftißg tbe firft
fhdi lay nothing a* that pamphlet will faen
be under public ftri&ure. —The latter is quite
incbau&tr withit* author viz Legion, tor it
contains more direst snd implied falfhood*,
than »ny piece es equal length, in the Englrfh
language but not to be particnb defirc that
you will insert the piece in the Ncw-Hsveo pa
per of Friday last Ggned Coonefticutenfit io your
next, thvt th: public m*y be acquainted with
the ftmple truth, Yours &c.
SIMPLE X
February 28 h. 1774
tfg The Pi ct rfferrtd tr in the above, coming
too lott for this Day mufi be omitted till cur
KtX-t;
To be fold at Public
Vendufat the Dwelling House of Mr. Mof.s
Barer Innholder io Hartford cd be f urth
7uefd»y in March Ind. at 4 e’Cscck afcrocon
the Rtfidue of the Eftatc cf Eberczcr Benton,
deceas’d coufiftitig of One P ccc of L-nd ’ying
in the South Metdow io said Harifoid. a so Orc
Piece of Lasd lying in New-Hartford together
with sundry ar ic!c* of hoofhoDld Furniture
per Jhomas Seymour, J AdminiL-
Jjpeph Cburtbjun. j traters.
Hartford. Ma ch I^, 1774-
The Kfanagers of
Saybrook Barr Lottery
infjiru the public, that they cxp'ft to beg o
drawing the Gmc on the 21st of March st
he.c’ofore advert fed tb&fc who isc'ine to be
come adventurer* ffluft be early in their appli
cation, as the ticket* ate ahnoft all d<fpof:d of
And thole Gentleman, to whom tickets Lave
been sent for (ale.are de fired to return tbcMana
gers an account cf whit numbers they m^y
Hill have on hind, in due fcahn he ; oicf;i
2 t'f of March, per cr ’er cf th: Manag/ri,
Silas Deane.
February 2% h ITJ4
Stolen from the sub
scriber no the 24th ioftant, a filter watet; wi h
China ftce .and grren seal. Tie thief call*
himfclf Beopmi) Belle Dyre, he’s of a mid ing
ftaure, brown comp ci ion, blsck hair, b ack
•yes, with a hair mo c 00 the right fide of hrs
chia. Said thief bad on wh:n he abfeonded,
a fraall brino felt bar, & woolen chtck’d shirt,
short Sight brewn veil, German fetge mix’d co
lour’d brheche* pale Lac ftockir'gs, rou .dcuv’d
brafi fhie buck et—said rbief carr’cd a ftnali
pack undrr hi* arm. Whoever t.kts up Lid
thief and rs’utr.t him to 0 e or fecure* him in
any of hi* M j'Ry’i go’d* (hail have three do!
Jars rcw .rd, and a l ncccffisry charges paid [ y
me, Hezekiah Sage.
Wadidgford Feb. 25 1774.
To be Ibid by the fub
a
scriber, a f»rm of about 80 sere* cf good Itnd,
lying about a mi c ami an half fbuthcr y of the
Furnace ia Silifbury. Said fa^m »» well water
ed and timbered, ht* a good house, barn tad
orchard thereon. One third cf (be pay will be
expelled inhtnd.the other on good lecurity.
may lye two yean, ce interest fee
Ador.ijah Streng.
Feb. 16 1774
VTTHE lElSthe Hanocr^ble General ifftm
* ’ bly of ths Governor and Company cl the
Cj’ocy of Conncfttcut hdden at Hartford by
Acj sur rbc.nl ib Ja nary hft, appoint*- u* the
Suhfcribcr* a Ccmmitrce to tiie’e in*o Cotdicera
tion the’.Claim* arid Sc’t'kment* lately made
by divers P.rfons oaths Land* fi.aa’e on or
near the Sulq jtbaoof k River, within the Limit*
©nd Boundaries o'the Charter to ihik Colony,
and to endeavour to gdjirft and fettle with luth
Claimant* and Settlers, wh»t srd bow much of
their tefjcftivc Clams they (half hold. «nd be
quieted in under the Title cf this Colony and
on what Terms, and rep rt thereof niikc to
the General Affembiy in May next,
Tbefc are to give Notide to all c -ocerned
That wc (hill be ready to attend frd Bufioff*
in New Haven on the Second Tutfday in - piil
next, and at other Times between laid T uePay
»nd the fitiieg of the General Affieab'y in May
next, npoo Application made to us for that
Parpofe
New Havco, February i jd, 1774.
Rager Sherman,
James A. Hillboufe.
7 homes Howell.
Whereas the owners
of more than a fifteenth of the rights or (tare’
bufmefs thought other traofaft nc- and to ;n?
Jufttceof PeSCSt Chittenden, Thenar
Ciflary laid meeting at
Feb. 18, 1774.
therefore aforefaid cfc Tl I the towns to arc —
1 heufe of dwc’ling Ssmnd the meet at c^p* to
’ Sahfbury, ioQ in holder in Conuc&icQt, Moure, ।
notify meeting of (aid proprietor? and a warn
of of 1 meeting of the each ultra propt a wets
; fubfcrii ion made spp’ica '-he hsre er, to to n e
; Tcrk, province of Lid be t\enu io the to new
Ham^ffire, of Neu.' province of th: ] governor
! the of ben I 23d dry and Majreh A D on 1774
I (aid ward the 1 fettle^eot of of each to^ns ;
I fe there proprietor's moderator ch? and to a f
. for Card for e'erk each of and put tewns to
hick townfivps by the granted were
feversi of Bnrlin^ton of IVE each the towns
Colchefler, Jericbe. Efftx St Georgiy. t.
Shelburn, blew '• Sevanton. Higote and