The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-07-21 00:00:00, page 2

Of ^W^^ Dr. PRICE las fi^fai either p&m,^
fa F : b u*„ I^, and dedicated it to th tit, sfLoodes. at
&^ actew/e :g^zt of the hotter the, bad conferred upon
bi Q^itLd, " Additional obfer fationti the Nature
" and Value of Civil Lib rty, the War with Ame
" risk, and the Stare of :b? Nation, with &ma^h
" upon h?Piana^fraifing Money b; Public Loans;
"an Hifcical Vrw a^d .an Analy fiaof 7 e Public
“ D^bh ; aifo a General State of the D:bts and
€C Refute 3 riFiance."
TN ^his pamphlet the Doftor gives the following re-
X presentation us the Public Debts.
Capital Ixtmft
Dabt before the War in ] , , o , 0 ,,
17 p, j£ ^S 82 6 5° Z 1 9 0 3 861
After in 1749 78 166,906 2,765 608
Angmeutarion by ?h^ Gar, 31 784 256 861 747
Diminution by the peace ) o ,
from ,748 b I 55 . f 3^964, lit 59 o
m ntnf MCT 1 75^77 264 2,654,0,8
Deb' .at ^he end of the w?r ] < o o
in ! 763, § 146 582 144 4 140 821
A.^m^iatim by the war, 71,505580 2 186,803
Diminution by tha peace) -
in iz ^:u from 1763} 10 639 793 400 000
to V7s # )
D^otii 1775, 135 943 051 4 440 821
Th^Doctor then proce© s- " W^ are nowc^o^ x
ed hi another wer, and the public debt is vifibi, in.
errafieg. The mefi of E chequer ^ills, which a
in ^n.ed to I 250,000 b has been increased to 1,5.00,
cool. A^^ cantal of 2 150.000 !. ha, b ^ ^^i
tothe Th.fr p - Cent. Conforiiated Annuities, and
in the Vft Lilin a new luab of a rail ion was agreed
to. Tae !aft yc;r ten has aids'3 400 0001 toour
national debt b^fidesa vad sum for wTch no pro
vifinn has yet b^en raade, cm'flh^ of debts for the
miring, ar±iu ry, vi&ualli g office, traafport viffris
and the amy. "he prefect year (1777) will add
t^eret^ an augment* inn equally ge^f, a^d no one
knows v'us th^fi debts may amount to before our pre
fint troubles caafe; ^far^ip ^r joined to the pro
feat civl war, might raise them to /w^ W.dred wllione
ft Lin,; bat more robariy will reduce them to---
Nothing."
In the in oduaion to this wok, the author make*
fixation of a fw^rm of writers, who have attached iris
fi ri Ofroaions, &c. many of whom l?:v been rather
influ. iced by the fpiritof part, a^d paffi n, than the
voice of decency and reaf^. ' I leave, fays he, for
the pr<f*m~, the field open to thrii who oeld araufe
themfrive^ %bout me ; wiring th^ra th^ f*m* firis
fa&ioH that I fiel, it my inenio^ slO advance te in
teraftsof peace ead justice, and carrying my views
farther than this w^4d of discord and tumult,---of
politicks I tike ray 1^ frrwelL"
Af^r this pisim ik toe D>a»r enters into his fib
j^ft, and contemplating the ; i< ure of the present Mate
of r. 4 nation h*. laments the obstinacy of edmiaiftro
tion in not entering into any mode of recanc fiction
with America : " I kno • , fays he. from good au
thority, trot no longer ago than the month of Jine
LT ail #,cc,mmodau<m might have ta .an place ith
trimkni?s u^on a rehfunzble and moderate plan,
tho?t re iq.iffiiag any of the rights claimed by
tTCMint.„ ^KC pr ^hag rs having a power to ml er
R^ .>^rs, aft' df,fef:beir pre,er,. Aad as this
pl < ^ rid i,ars r^L^d peace, and pre erred the
<':- '^4 criamitto in which Great-Britain and
/ri^^ are a^this day involved, no friend to huma
^^ <.%>. anud Umenri^g tnn it was not adopted.
Bv^ou, nr I^s hr c: preferred ;„aav efface, and the
^' f^r .nn ; and the confcq^nce has been that
E6*0.;3r:% p/ozaked and irritated beyond all bear
i \, v nz refried to ci eaga^e th^mfilves, a-.d au
thj '^i :h.^ Cs^g/efs to drclar# them hle^xd^t
S.a^i wilier h^ . # c it due 31 e all know, on the
4T f|c. : Tfl. f,e- hat tim% 'tie probable they
ha eepp' ^ : fT ^ rejCT aed it is to b:ft?*ed
^h^t. ^ ^/ : ? n ,:tit would b?ia vain to offer
t<ofe v^, coaTti^n Tich b fore they intreated us
to grant th j„ AL v^n & ^ec^ffary cons qence
of p.iaci/iu ^hich g^ e^. h man na ure. Trie time
p?:ha,/vz«. , ? <.•:%;: feigns would ha^e afhd
V'i" ..*« <., a^i ida? of ranking reprefen
tatiohs enipWfCT. 1, America has done, we would
h^creftf a h• mT ad -a-ra^aa. Ts: .%, if they had
be^i atu % t us Kith haughty threats end military
array. L Ki^ WUli^n, i ft^ad of croffi g the fra
upon ou irv'.ts Ira to b' our deliver, had do^e it
by i#v#f^ at tha :cd af ^n •.my, : nd preferred us
wiT a bill of rights perhaps ^ ffiould hav? ro^cd
it T/hh. difUia;.-.prhdp? we Ihould consider liberty
i;f T s contemptible ai lla # s-y, if we were only to
e/jiy it ^s a favor from aa indent conqueror. But
wemve for a leng tim? aded as if we thought
that the f^ple .{ America had not the feelings and
pifaeos of «<% not t ^ ft, of E^g! ; Jbvh It i; indeed
strange, that our miniftirs have not long ago feau
their mistake in the treatment of the colonies; that
they have not per^fved that gradually they might
have been influonod into any thing, but w uld be
forced r /rego^r/ifito nothing. If fames I[. had 3-
voided violence, if h, had been a little more patient,
admore secret in th? pu frit of his .is^s, he might
ha e obtained all ,ha: he wished ; but too hasty mea
fares, and an op,n avaval of hi odious pretentions
to unlimited power, p #cfo itated hi^ ruin : This was
as er wards experienced."
The Po&K t^n add,, “ Things have been con
duced h re, as well as in Ireland, upon a plan less
%,yifoj'tis true butia the event more certain If
f^ch a plan had ^2 parked in America, the whole
This predial of Mr, Price's leads him tn the fol-
Uw.^ rest aioKs, " As a fi end, fays he, to rhe
fibril inrrefis cf humanity; I ought th?n to njrice
&'thefe q;cr, ©rfaru, and bUfi that Bei'g wh^ go
v? ns th+ ,univera and whf A mighty Hard ofun
bring? forti? giod ^ of th# roil dfi as of mortals—
B^l wh^n Icmfider the pref attvi:s they are -0 ecca
£;?a, and & catastrophe which th ea^at G &atß i
t:im, to, rhoT b d; fhudtas; I feel m, ferf enable
to look into flurry, <i.bc» f^li^g th* k t^ft
parg: in cemum, la ing th, fi 9 of this erapi.% bit
a lit ecri'e ^u uri^da^d h^p^y. now tern in pie
ce?, red b«c^e the vi&i . ^f oriedar.fi and despotic
violate.*. Deeply impreffgo wi:h th^fe teatime ts,
and afton^ed ^ th? d^dfe! crisis wrick prefects itfelf
to my eyes, though my voice is feeble. Iraarothp
raifi git ^d c^^g out to my c/u^err: Ceafi frem
carrying tleflmu of war iat, ,o«r 01.^ fcfi^ . • Wit».
drvw ^ur praiufrem tie i rf efoi<i ; Off,themjour ,cover
te protect sat to destroy them : Grant tbs^ the fc
cw%^ t^g^jk for tbeir ,ro%r, and their charters: Rt
aeunce theft :d<a es dignity which taw induced tsu to
prefer the exactions of violence to the offers
OF GRATITUDE, and Madt ,tu haz?rd EVERY THING
to GAIN NOTHING B, fact wtfa^, b, focb <„itj,
America frhau wed befrfcrq^d. ard the breach which
our e^e^ict behold ^w^n tram,bant jej, and all Europe
with aflo^ijbnta, might be repaired r ——But w^at a^ I
faring r At khu very ^n^t in w : ich I *m writing,
thep-ffibilit, of a reebneriarioa m^y be left Ame
rica may have fer^d Alliances.--The die may be
call f& ever !"
PHI L A DELPHI A. Ju ? ,24.
In CONGRE S S, Jut 20, 17 7.
R solved, That a c^rps of ievzrid# foil formed,
cahrii g of ei^ht c^mpa^ies, each company to have
one C^eciu, tw Li^utenanrs, two E#fign* fire Ser
jtan s, fix Corporals two Drummers twe Fifers, and
ci ,hundred men. Tais co.ps to be employed in
gerrif.es cr fir guards in cities and ether places,
where inag. z nes or arf&aals arc placed; as alfe to
fare as a mi itay fchoel for yeu g gentlemen, pre
vious to th%ir being appointed tz marching regi
ment; far which purp^fe all the fubatern efficerr,
when off duty, fhatl be obliged to attend a raathe
metical fcheel, appointed f^r the parpoft to learn
geometry, arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions,
and the exiTtakn cf the rovts ; a^d that the officers
of this c^r,s shall be obliged to contrive one day's
pay in every month, and tsppam ihall ba aide &f
it accerdingly, far rhs purpefe of perched ^g cf s rei,
mental library of the mutt approved aa;h rs on tree
ticks petite guerre; that feme officers front thia corps
be cenftantly empleysd in the recruiting service, in
the neighbourhood ^f the places in wh^ch they shall
be fitioaed ; that all recruits ft made, fhvi be bre't
iatj the corps and drilled, and afterwards drifted ia
toother regiments, as eccafian may requite.
Extraa fora the metres,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
The printers s y < requeued to pub^ih this refo ation
nshfi fryffor N?#rPr^#'#
nhSBRTED fomC .Vo/iga nrCa,..b
° Ward's ro^as, about the 10 1 f M rcV, J' ha
D&ma% J lui C^rr, and R üb,a Egieft s. Sid
Dyktmai a Sc tchmu, tak very broken. 5 fat
8 irdes high, about 30 years es ags, daft com,>x
ia^, frit 7e rived in Oxf rd, in the Saio cf M ffs
chaf^tr. Said Carr is f he fame couatr,,aad lived
at the f^c town, 5 fest 6 iaehes high, 24 yean cf
ags, red co tyexion, d+feried thv fame ti&e. Said
E^ften is 22 years of a,% 5 feet 10 inches high,
ligbte. m<exiMt, born in N^ EigN^d, fsid he lives
at Pmid, fold, in th: Stare of the M^ff ^huferts.
Whoever will teke up said deserters and return him
to the regiment at Pack* .Kill or any other place where
said reri^ent it ordered, foal have five deliars reward
for each and aeceffary charges prid by
J^ft omn to &&^u, ..nd ta ba fold,
By ELISHA FRISBI E,
At his Star# in Torri^f ^d in Terriegtaa,
A G^d afferraent of DRY GOODS caufidering
A the scarcity. Also, CROCKERY end GLASS
WARE. Said Gecds may be purchafffid by whdefale.
Torrington, July zi, 1777.
the who'e empire we ^d in fra# have btem e*fify ^*d
quietly l^l'd to re^feia th# lap of corruption aid
finery. Th: collies then, fora what has happen
ed, may e£c3m th#&fel>cs happy, that they w>re aot
thought worthy of being treated with so much pre
cautioM. Forcible rastfere# have done for th&ra all
that zheir ^arraett patriots could have wished ; fech
m^fi^er hfive uaikd thera together, a^d linked :h,a
in oie common chak of g^vern^ent ; f&ch mrafares
have checked the career es Juxery, and prefoted its
infiaioa from b^cem ^ge^ral ; such meaferes have
learned the^ to ioex f r ^f uces amo^g 4emfelv^s,
and taught them the u^ of xr^s; by fitch manures
th«y h*ve b^^ kd to f^m a naval and military
p war, whkT my ^^ d, become feperi&r to any
force that w^ud attack t^m, ord save as ;hs means
of fecari% fc^ iav.T ^ end violence a govenmeat
f a ^ in j ;hice and virtue, uader which the op
p eff^d fio^ ev^ry part of the habitable world will
fi desifyua, and meat with peace, preteai^e and
libar>. la ffi^rt, fich mcCu^s hava in all proba
bi ity, battened th^ f pa arion of the era world frara
Tr which will berria a new ara in the annah of
m ki„.d, tad will producer a rtvdatica m^e i^por
vai pe hays than any that has happened in human
^ffai&"
W^ ^ fnbicnbm b^i^g appointed by tkQhin.
crart if probate fir thr dilhia of Wc^tacre!,.ati fr
cemmiffianers to receive and tx^ime the cteinu and
demode ^f the several creditors to the egi't cf Ezs
kisi Hamilton, late cf WeAmarriaxd dt^s'^, repro
fenced insolvent ; do hereby give notice to Gid cre
ditors that we will attend faia bafyeft on the firft and
Isf ltuefdays rs September next at the dwelling honie
cfEriphelet Fillet, innholder in Weftmere aad, at
one of the cl®< k in the if^r.^g&n on each of the afwin
faid days, NoacceaMs will be allowed uuUfi,r;pr
ly attest-d. Constant Searle 1 r
D' Cem3so^en
athisk Hewit, j +
Weteercland. Jee.# 10, 1777.
■.. — —■■■*.»ro _~- rotate opfcwtetCT&t&a cora4a<i t^rnm eg—a j>u—rw<■■■»■ to
oTRAY'D fre^ a frafu ^sa Cornwall ab u. t^e IL^
° of July instant, a dark brawn Harfe, cf the Dutch
bratd, about 10 year# eld, abnut 14 hands hi„, trots
all, galled ua each fide by the thillsef a carriage, we
firefly o^ned by Dirk Janfea atd was called the
Ball, afpaa with Clover. Whoever wjll return said
h^rfe to the owner Ihall have five dollars reward arid
all aeciffary chafys.
David Bewel.
Litch^^l^, J^ 22 1777.
^yE t^ feuferro^r ueisg zppoi&iad by she hov.
court &f orybute far ths difria cf Sharon to ex
amiee the c aims of the creditors of th^ e^ate of JJ%h
Calkin la^ cf Shares decor fid, reprsfented infil
v^t; do hi^by give optics that w# ffiall attend 19
a<ju& said claims the fed and the fecund tuafdays la
Argufy at tM dwelling ho^fi of Mr. Job Grid ia
Slur^n, at uK^ef the clock in d^kfnrn&ca,
J° B G° LD , I Commiffiomerr.
David Foster, j
ty E zao itiufe^o.rs baring ap ^t^d comfoffi-uers
to ^xi^^ and & just the clai ds of the creditors
of the estate cf Eberiz< Pardy lit, cf Norfolk de
ce^fv^, re,retire rd i^trivoat ; hereby give notice that
we fh^ll attend frid butinafs on the left m^raday rfin
flant Jriy, and ih3 fi ft and last Mondays cf Auguff
^r rt one of rhe deck afternoon, at the hcufe of
Giles P^ttiboaf Esq; i^ Oid Norfolk
Titus Ives,
- Giles Pettibone, > CommiffioMert.
Joshua How. )
WE ^ tubfcribm being appointed by tka non.
judge of probate f:rtheJiftri& of Sharon, c^m
miffijiers te examine and abjaft the claims es the c;s
dit^rs to the eflate es Richard Bifltsp late of Canaan
deceas'd, reprafeated kfolvsot; du hereby pre no
tice that we flail attend on Grid bufiaef on the third
and fourth mendjys es Anguft next at one ^f the cl^ck
iathe afternoon on each of said days at the haafe cf
Jacob Brown of Canaan.
Nathaniel Lowrey,]
William Hugg, > C^wgfowrj
Thomas Hosmer, j
O Ne acce a. ^i 1 bealiowed imlefa properly at
tested. Canaan, July 10, 1777.
oTRAYED fia& £hc coM,o, uto^r my cammed.
° at Peek's Kill, the nipt after the 4 h instant, and
fa,poled to be immediately aft*r ft^en, a Light
Harfs marked ALD on the right hoof behind, andon
the left before, a bay, with a white fret in the faro
head, and a mart an one fide of his head, tail cgt
square. The fapp^frd thief goes by different na^es,
but his real name i, Jonah Case, a native as Hebren
in Conneaicut. Whoever will deliver the herfe to
th Quarter Maffer at Danbury, cr give information
th^. hs may be had, shall be entitled to five deil&ro
reward and charges pai^ ; and for & trimmed hi fj
tea dollars. Epaphras Bv ll , Ciptain.
J^y 111777.
BROKE into the I^ciofuro of tan fabferibsr übeuta
fortnight agg, ad&k brown Mere 3 y^ars eld, a
star in her forehesd, pace altogether, branded W on
the near feeffirolder. Thaownermey have her a
gaia, paying cede, of George Adkins.
Middletown, 15'h JT~ 1777.
■BBmmtro~PCT.ro--— PC ^oHQ&tt.)n&. «QHBBroM .. ^tvffmmt. tamemmrem 11—.■■■■ rm
qTRaYED or ftrien ox< ot Lirot. J^^^iaK Hto ck's
' pefture in Sheffield last wednefday eight, a black
Harf# abro 10 years old, 14 hands and half high, a
natu al trot ar, find all r.^ud, f.rae white foots on
hi# back, hi# b^ad ferred with a collar. Whoever
will take up faii herfe and fend him either to Mr.
Hioock's in Shiffirid, or to the owner in Waedbur,,
full receive twenty dollars tewa.d a^d all oeceff^ry
charges,aid, by Josiah Beers.
Sh^ffirid, July 15. 1777.
&LL petfox# ^hathave any demands upon, or ac
counts nafettled with, the efiate cf Mr. Elisha.
HopfiNs, late es Hartford dxeto'd, ar# n^fired to
exhibit the fame to Jonathan Huntington ; a^d all
thefsindebted to Aid eftAt# are %equaled to m&ka bn
madiate payment to the fubferibars
Jonathan Huntington,) A' tw
Martha Hopkins, j
Hartford, July 16, 1777.
TAKEN up tad fa the cuffed, of Junes Markley
jua. in Hartfird-Weft Division a saw days fine'e,
a ba, Harfs about 14 k^a^s high, about 5 years- eli,
black mane and ftil, branded with the l&.ter I % his
left Ihoalder, paceo&^d trot-. The owner is dtfi^d
t-p ^ks him *w*r a»4 ,f, cherra*.
LOST OR tac read u^we^ New Haveft and Miu
dletewn the nth i^ftnat, a fettin CLOAK part
worn, tri^ared with lace. Whexv^r shah find f%id
cloak and bring it to the fubferifoe: ffiall ba generemf
ly rewarded, by David Mix.
July 12Q77.