The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-01-18 00:00:00, page 2

Nov j The cha'lerg^ given by Mr Graham
to Aiderman Kirkman proc ed* s [rm the Joi
lowing cause : Mr Graham wat to h ve been
admitted a Br.k r bu ! A derman Ki km in re*
Ju e> ti (wear him in ; (or this reJul al Mr,
Graham on Tue/i y l ift, challenged the Alder
man and threatened to can- him. Mr Gra
ham tufte- iy attended the Cwt of A dermen,
ahi be ng c^'ied in was (evirey reprimanded by
th 1 Lor M y^r who (aid had he challenged
him h- w u -j tba' in Han' havs committed him
to Negated His L.rdfhip then afed Mr.
G a^im • wA? he in ended to cane A'derman
Ji^’kman ?’ Mr Graham replied * he would
cane him at a e^ward.’ The Court ordered a
This difeourfe made Perkin the more foFei
toils to engage the trarr Hera to go to his boule.
It w.s by much the ceardl ; they yielded to
hit impjnuo.ty, and be walked before them to
flnw them the way. He Isen met with his
Wife, who, according to cuHom, had come forth
to bear him tom'paoy. He gave her orders im
mediately io prrpnc dionrr far their guests.
While they Waited for their repall, he tuned
the conmfa’icn to the lols which one of the
traveller? had falbi-ed. He was convinced that
thu mull be the perlon «o whom he ought to
rcftorc the money he bad found.
They dine, and the travellers are exceeding
ly p leafed wi<h thekindnefs of Perkin. They
Admire bis good heart, his open? cfs oftceiper,
and the car.dor. the fimpiicity, and the s&ivity
of Lucena. After dinner Perkin carried them
out into the fields, and having shewn them his
cattle and explained to them the produce and
sruog meot of his farm, “ This p fi'flioo (Gid
he to the sriforowe traveller) is your proper
ty The go d which you ioS fell into my hands ;
but fiadh gir c,ot reclaimed. 1 puchaftd
with it these fields, with a design they Ihouid
one day be restored 'o you. They are youri J
and. if I .lad died, the curate of our pstilh has a
Wruing from me, which cabflhutci the tre b of
what I advance.”
cae of th in to th? otherj Im been very u tai
tome ; I nersr paG it without fame tnisfortuae.
About tw-!ve year? ago I loft about this spot
a very confijerablc lum : I carried two hundred
p eccs of go’d in a bag wh ch I dropped.” And
how (cried Perkin, who had Aliened with at*
teotiu. ) came y ui« nrg'eft to enquire after
them ?” “ That (Gid the thing r) it was
imp Jliale for me to do I t/as obliged to let
out io haUe far the EjG Indies. The vcfT.l
was on rhe point of fettiog fail, and I cou’d
not pofliSiy wait to make a search, which if
foccefifu), weuM hare beta by the delay it
mult base occasioned, a scry great detriment to
me ”
TuefGy I*H arrived here the Ship Lydia, Capt.
Hood in 9 weeks from London, from the
pjo i-k Prints we have the following Arti
cles v z
LONDON November 4
OA Sunday the Bfh'J of Ch.^er ordained at
Kew Church, a Gentleman who is going
to Zirner tea.
The draoger was furprized. and viewed Per
kid, Lucetta. and their children with ioexptef
ftb’e c mpacency. He admired this nob c,
this virtuous proceedure “ Hsve yen ary
other p ffsifion b fifes these field? ?” “ Ho,
(Gif Pcrktc) but as you may incline to let
the.n out to farm I (Loud be gad that you
woo d pr. fer me io any other effic ” •* Your
probny (: pHed the flranger) requires a mo r b
ample recompcoce Tw^ve ye^rs have pis
sed fine? I oH the fam which y- u I ave found ;
and during thxt time it has p c«lcu God to
prosper my trade L i iup lE.de that 1 now
can be hurt by the LG I fuiLioed lam fuffi
ciem y wealthy . I demand : ?e reftitunoo of the
mor,cy : retain yc-ur farm, and continue to be
hippy ”
Pcrkio and Ldcetta fe'l on their knee? at the
feet of their beocfutil »r, who to ensure to them
his gift wuhvut 4 cbd’enge, lent for a notary
to frame a formal deed, which he fubferibed
an' de ivrreo to tiem. Peikii fhsd tests of
terdrnY *rd joy. <l My children (cried he)
k'G he band ofthi? beneficent Granger. This
p. IT (tun : Lucetta !is now our own. We cab
c> j »y it wi bout tr. u >!c and withcut remerfc.”
BO S 7 ON January 20
Nov. 10 Mr. Mil’er, Ijre Pt inter
of the London Eventng-Poh, left
London yeflerdav morning.
Mr. Millet’s fnua ion is singularly
hard ;in confcqt ence of his inability
to pay the excessive fine of iwo ibou-
Jandpounds, he is forced to abandon
his country, and with it his friends
and relations ; and as an aggravation
ot his m siortuhes, his wife is very
far advanced in her pregnancy, and
his young and helpless fam-ly depen
dent on him for fupport^ left totally
unprovided for.
Our laws can no longer be admired
for their mildness, nor the freedom of
the Piefsefteemed sacred and secure,
when a Printer, for inadvertently in
ferring a letter, may be prosecuted
to dtflru&ion.
Nov 3 ii I)tvt(ions pn tend the downfall of
an Aaminiftsation the p>elent is not ijkeyta
Continue quite (0 tong as the term (gent in btjltg.
ingTroy The app intmer tof ft)r Ho>e to be
Judge of the Admiralty C urt has given ri/e to
JreJb i(f Jion< among ft >he Mtniftry. Lord N,
wished to honour Dr Burrell with th e promotion
for amo ft excellent miniftersa! rea/on, becdufe
there were several votes in thefamiy. Lord
Sandwich had pitched up.n Dr. Marriott at his
Javirite to supply the vacancy. But tie Bedford
party, more for the fake of rppfing the Premier
than oj rewarding merit, 'conferred the dignity on
Dr ■ H aye.
Bro the part taken by the Bedford cabal in
the promotion rj Dr Haye and feme other mea
sures recently adopted by that failion it (terns to
be their determined refolutian to effeiluate the
p-dticat defiruiiicn of Lord Bicrth tie very Bsft
favourable opportunity which occurs,
Nov. 9 The Safi artic eof charge in an At
torney s bill tatey delivered is 1 for fur mono’, jog
infunuountahle difficulties 20 1 .
Nov. 15. We have heard it, whim
pered, and hope it is true, that Lord
Sandwich will in the courfeof a fort
night convince the public that it was
not money he wanted of Mr. Miller,
the printer, but a convincing proof
to the public that Miller, had printed
a most daring and scandalous falfhood
to injure his Lordfifip : also to put
other Printers upon their guard.
We are afiured from good authori
ty, that both Houses of Parliament
will meet, for the d (patch of busi
ness, the day after her Majesty’s birth
day, which is cbferved the eighteenth
ot January.
Nov. rg. We are credibly inform
Aet> 11 Samples of mineral ores have been
lately breught over from North America which
are expeGe.i to prove very va 'uab e acquijitjons.
The Irish parliament has hitherto proceeded in
their Iran fait ions with eclat. The friends of the
C r unt y have carried every thing before them.
They find the prelent Lord Lieutenant (^who has
more virtue fugacity and (title than hit prede
erf..-1)f 1 ) well aijpojed to assist them in (trving their
country but the corrupt fiftem of government to
which he is chained in his -fftse wist not aamit of
it It is fata that he has been honest ent ugh to
make this confJfi n He teta Sf L OB that
he would wii irg y ait among fhtrn tike an honest
man ; but that st was imp fine he cou^d be an
honed Sun, and Lord LicoU'UiUit ct the Jame
time.
A Corrcfpondint informs ut, that theJing’g
Liveryman who eppoted the e eGion of Mr Ai
derman Bu i. on (Vednelday evening lajt. at the
HalJ Mean, in Cheap ft ie on being efked wh^
he held up his hano against such a great majori
ty an/wered. Str, lam a G lazier by tra>re and
i( there is no oppofitten how do 'you think th'?
winJotn> would be broke ?
proftctiticn to be ccmmcncid again ft Mr. GfA
ham.
A g <ar Indian Chief, called Hay
ofheta, arrived at Johnson-Hall, the
third instant, with many other Indi
ans, from the Ohio, having matters
of great importance to communicate
to Sir Wilham Johnfcn, who is ever
ready to hear and afiift thofein distress.
BOSJ'ON, January 20.
We are informed, that one John
Cook, of Salem, Skipper of a Schoo
ner belonging to Mr. George Bick
ford, of the fame Place, accepted of
the infamous Employment of trans
porting from Cape-Cod to Gaftle-
William, the East-India Company’s
detestable Tea, saved out of the
Wreck of Capt. Loring’s Brig.
Mr. Bickford is now a ?'arient at
Eflex Hofp’tal, and we are aflured;
that a Company of Natives, drefled
in the Indian Manner, armed with
Hatchets, Axes, &c. have already
paid him a Visit; but he being under
Inoculation, they deferred proceed-
NEW-YORK, January 20.
On Saturday, at 4 o’clock in the
morning, the brig Nancy, George
Smith commander, with equal pru
dence and precipitation, took her de
parture for Charleftown, South Ca
rolina ; the Captain being apprehen
sive that the jufticc of this* country
would bring him to condign pumlh?
went, on account of his inhuman be
haviour to near 300 Scotch Highlan
ders, who were so unfortunate as td
be paflengers in this little veflel, and
treated with such an excess of cruelty
as to occasion the death ol one third
of their number.
3 he purluit of Ford and King, the
money-makers, has, ever since their
elcape fiomjuftice been unremitted $
and though it has not hitherto been
fucctlsful, yet there ftiH remains great
encouragement to expert they will be
taken, —an event that must reconcile
every one to the pardon which has
been lately vcuchfated to the thiee
persons let at liberty from confine
ment at M r is Town ; and it is ho
ped a few weeks will enable us to
pronoun e these adventurers to be iu
fafe cuft My.
ed that the Earl of Sandwich, has
drawn up the Hate of the Navy for
the infpedion of Parliament ; and
has, it is laid, a plan for manning the
Royal Navy for the futu c, without
the r odious pra&ice of pre fling, &c.
Weare credibly informed,that two
men of war, and a frigate of ^ 2 guns,
are for the future to be stationed in
the straits of bahama, to protect the
Eoghfh veflels trading from North
?Americato the Wefi-Ir.dies.
There is at this period, lays a Cor
respondent, no less than half a dozen
duels on our News-Paper lifts almost
npe for execution, viz. Crawfoid and
Lovell, Kirman and Graham, Wilkes
and the late Lord Mayor, the Play
house Directors and Justice Fielding,
L—d N h and L—d S—n—h,
and Mr. Reddish and Mr. Macklin ;
in all of which the public are matt
unspeakably interested.