The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-02-08 00:00:00, page 3

To the PRINTERS.
May LJBER TY and TRUTH forever reign 1
ALTHOUGH I am an advocate for Great-
Britata, I trust that the generous Ameri
cans will hear with candeQi what I (hill offer in
favour of the Farect Country. The principles
of humanity not only forbid al! fejutie* to man
kmdf but inculcate ahicetfil btncwtence ; and
inspire the oobte mind with ^edoor for the hap
piatfs of all hit (pecks. This humane affcAi
on will ever be warm for our own country and
nation ; nor will diff-reoce in fentiineot, or in
juries which arise from error in judgment,extio
goifli it. 1 therefore bdieve that the Americans
being animated with thafe manly fentimentewhich
’frcedoit iofp res will ever coofult the welfare of
Greatßritaw ; 3< if thcy'fhuuldbcthui geocroofly
disposed, they will permit me to point out what
conduct in them will be mod advantageous to
Britain. Which,in (hoit, is, to preservr
their, own slight s.——This is the fam of
their du<y to the ParentC.untry, and the great
est favour they can do her ; for if rhey lofts
their tights (tie will inevitably he etflsved ; sod
if sh? is eofhvcd, Pic will Food become a pro
vince of France. Thf fc truths are clesr to eve
ry one who knows the state of Britain. Her
unbounded luxury and prevailing wickedntf*
are frequent fubjrdh of declamation , but there
are but few who arc properly ' impressed with
their fatal tendency, ind her imminent danger
©f total ruin -—The riches of the Eift acd the
Weft fail to fatisfy the demands of luxury, and
the commerce of the world can never m.ke a-
Varice acd tyranny fay. it is enough—Thzfc evil
pafEoas are not to be fathfied, and therefore to
care them they mad be opposed I therefore,
who am warm with lore to Great Britain, anJ
make her welfare my fludy, give it as my bifl
judgment, after long and mature deliberation
upon this important fubjtd, That the Colonies
cannot so cffeflually promote the intcreft of Bri
tain, a* by pteferving all thb;r rights and liber
ties iotire, and oppofiig. ewy eccroachment up
on them.; lor this will rcufe the dormant spirit
of liberty io England, give a check to luxury
and a spring to virtue ; it will animate the good
and relbaiu the bad ; it will open the eyes cf
the people to fee their irjuries aedflimu’a ethwn
to obtain a redress. His evident to a derron
ftratioo, that the eftabhili-nent of Arbitrary power
in America (is hath beso wicked’y stumped)
would evco ually be the dcftru&ion of Britain ;
and therefore the Americans are bound by the
double obligation of duty to thetnfelves and to
the Parent Country to pefetve inviolate all the
rights of humanity. Thus it appears, that
Great Britain is under the flrongefi hard of duty
and gratitude, to return her grateful acknow
ledgments to the Ameticans, for their vir.ucus
and may exertions in the great caufc of Li
berty. A Friend to Britain.
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Sufyuebannah.
THESE are to warn the Proprietors t>f the
SUS^UEH dNNAH PURCHASE, to
cecec at rhe Court Hoateiu Windham, on Wed
acfdry the Nioth £>4s? of Mirth Qext» ta tike
into Conkderatir e she preterit Situation es foid
Parchafe, and c^me into such Determinations
relative thereto as thill he jtdgcd heft, and uc,
ceffity for teeming the fame s and i< is desired
thie there Qtouid be a general Attendance, as
there is Matters of gtrat Lnportance to be
mnfa<9ed. Windham, February 3J, 1774.
Sauds! Gray,
Nathaniel Wa 'er, jan I
Jedediah Elder kin, I Committee.
Ebenezer Baldwin t
Gerjhcm Breed,
The Maders of one or two VelTels
from New-London, advise thcirOwn^
erSj that they were permitted to fell
Monday last the Corporation of
Harvard College again met for the
Choice of a PRESIDENT, when the
Rev. Dr. Cooper, of this Town was
unanimoully chosen.
BOSTON, February 10.
their Cattle at Mardneco at x ; 6h and
t6l. ios, per Head. J
We hear from Gorham, near FaL
mouth, that the Dwelling-House of
Capt. Daniel Eldredge, of that Place,
was lately conferred by Fire, with e
very thing in it: The Family were a
waked by the howling of a Dog, and
found theHoyfe full of Smoke, which,
tn about three minutes after was all
in a Flame : Cape. Eldredge got out
all his Family except one of his Chil
dren (a pretty Boy about seven Years
old) who perished in the unrelenting
Flames. Mr. Benjamin Snow, who
moved here last Fall, with his Wife
and Mother and seven Children, lived
in the fame House, all got out with
out receiving much hurt, thole that
escaped, (15 in Number, and mostly
young ChildrenJ went naked as they
came out of their Beds, half Leg deep
in Ssow to the Barn, from whence
they were carried to the nearest neigh
bours, after being in that fuffering
Condition about three Houis ; in a
situation more easy to be imagined
than described : The nearest Houle to
them was a Mile, and by Accident a
Mau difeovered the Light c-ver the
Trees and came to their Relief.
Wc learn from Portsmouth, that
through the aftiduity of Col. John
Fenton, Justice of the Peace for the
County of Grafton, the famous or
rather infamous Glazier Wheeler cf
Cohofs, who some time since escaped
from Worcester Goal, was apprehend
ed in the night of the 21st of last
Month, for paffiog counterfeit Dol
lars ; also one Peter Hobait, an Ac
complice, who has turned King’s Evi
dence, and given such a Clue to
Wheeler’s Plans, as cannot fail of the
most salutary EfFe&s. .
Wc hear from Brattlebcrough in the County
of Cumberland, that 22 Couple Were married
in that new S:ttlemept. and 16 Children boro,
tn the.fhort Space of 6 Weeks.
Wc have, since our last, heard tl e fol’owing
faither Particulars, relating to the melancholy
and dift.effing Accident mentioned io cur last,
which happened io St. George’s Manor, SufTo k
County, oo Monday the 24th ult. when the
House of Mr. JcfTc Reener wca destroyed by
Fire, viz. that he being at a Neighbour’^Houfe,
not half a Mile from. Home, hi* Wt e had lent
their five fatal left Children to bed io a Loft, to
wh ch they afeended by a Ladder, and had with
them a Piece of Pitch Pine lighted inßead of a
Cardie. That fooo after they had gone up,
the Woman difeovered they tad set Fire fp a
Straw Bed ; that lie went up to them, and
hoping to txtingu.fti the Fire, told the Children
to Hand on the ether fide of the Room, called
to her eldest Daughter who wa* below, telling
htr to run and call her Father, and down the
Hole of the Loft threw the Straw Bed which
was on Fire, which a* the Girl opened the
Door, (he saw burftinto a Flame, as (he ran out
to call her Father —rhrt he and some Neigh
bour* arrived ib T?me to save a few of the
Goods below, biit not to save the Heofe ; —
that he for fame Time supposing his Wife and
Children to be fife, wav only attentive to the
Preservation of his Goods j but when he could
save no more, and began *o think of his Wife
and finding they were miffing, his Diflrcfs wa*
inexpressible. And it was impcffible for any
Spectator of the Scene to avoid feeling a lively
Participation. A* there ii no Perfcn furviviog
who wa* prclcnt at the Conclusion of this Tra
gedy, do Particulars are known, that happened
fcfter the Departure of the Girt (foppefed to
N E W . Y O R K, February io.
about r 5 yemofAgc.) it is fasd, after the
HCofe wa» burnt dowp, a-large Puddie cf Bltod
was found co the Ground where it flcod. ~-—
There ate two Children furvivfng—the eldcf
wlo went to call her Father,and the next eldest
wlo lived with a Re’at'on ; the five ydungeftp
with their Mother, per ffied in the Flamfa.
A FABLE.
A Gentleman, of the name of D——,whc
frequented a certain coffee house in the
British me<rapalts, was of a very fiery difpofiti
oa s acd used to draw 00 every occafioo, when
he imagined he had received an affront : The
cocfiqucnccs of this temper were drraded by
every body : One winter evening be icfuited a
vrty ineffenfive n^ao ; the fol'owing night a»
D — fat by the fire a friend called him out
to speak to him, and according to cuflom he
left his hat on the chair to keep his place,
mean time came the man wbc bad rhe day be
fore been abated by him, who asked the waiter
whole hat it was the waiter aofwered, Mr. ID’s
the quiet man thee took it up and laid it on the
fire : Oo the bu Iy’* return, he enquired where
his hat was ; the ter act (hewing it, (aid there
Whe put it there ? That ge.ulcmao, Sir; He
then ftmncd about the room three or four
time* and left it. Every body expelled to tee
him re tn’tr armed, in order to revenge the
affront, but he difapprared for the night.
Next day a gentleman afktd him Low he
could pocket Jo vile an inful t? He aofwered.
Sir, the mao that date* to put ray hat dn the
fire, dare* to fight me.
FABLE, for the YEAR 1850.
ALionefr, worn out before her time in *
long course of high living and debauch--
cry, ! ecamc at length so enfeebled by it, that
though (he had once been the terror of the
bcafts of the forreft, she was cow become the
(port and derifioo of them all. In this diftrefs
ful fi uatioo (he foot a Jackal! to the ycung la®
©def*, her daughter, for affiflar.ee, notwith
landing (he had Heued her in the mod unoa
aural, cruel, and U6jafiifiible manner for tho’
As had afforded her parent’* affilhrce, during
hex tender yeara, yft a* fcoo as she saw her
■growing up, and rifiog into cons- qoerce under
her protection., she began, from motive* «f jea-'
leafy, to exercise the mod cpprrffive tyranny
over her, and at Jaft denied her coc-mon fuf
tcuance. The young Lcuefv, however, rrceiv
ed the affc&tog intelligence with much filial
(orrew ; but wa* conftraintd :o leturn for an
swer, that she ceuld fend her nothing back but
pity ; rhat her cruelty and oppression had re
duced her to so low and impotent a cocditiqp
that it ,wa* nst in her power to Iced her eny.
aid. The ceofcqueocc was, that they both
fe.l au easy prey co their numerous enemies.
Stephen AuJHn^
South of the Court Hoofe.,
Zilfo, a largeQbaotity of Oyl & common drefs’d
Deer Skins, Purple and BuIF Gloves,
Shammy Leather..
AND a* he employ* Workmen who mana*
figure the Leather in the best Manner,
hope* to Ripply ill thofc who are pleased to
favour him With their Cdsom, either with ready
hjtde Br«cche». or Skin*, .®o very easy Tcraw.
N.B. At the above Shop may be had, Gold
and Silver Spangle Buttons, work'd on Cloth,
of various Patters. Thoje who choose to Jend
their Cloth, may have them done ongi'vlng timely
Trot ice.
Norfolk Exercifei
May be had at the Printing-Omc^
Buck-Skin Breeches.
Best Phi'adetphta BREECHES, to be fold by
MORA L.
Enquire of any Amerkan.
MORAL.
The prejent Time.
A few of the