The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1780-12-19 00:00:00, page 1

Jal Published, and to be Sold at tie North Doe?
under the Printing Office, and also by the Author.
A Diflertation on theSixth Vial
in the Revelations of St. John.
InFIVE PARTS.
In which it is humbly attempted to iikftrate whdt
16 intended by the great Myfical Euphrates, and
by drying up of its waters ; with feme thoughts
upon the effefU of this Vial, and what improves er^
God's people should make of this importan. fubj^.
The whole it preceded with &n INTRODUCTION
upon the design of Prophecy in general, and the bock
cfßevelaticn in particular.^
By T HOMA S-W ELLS BRAY, A. Mx
Paler of a Church in Guilford.
The fubjea cf this DiCertation ft particularly
worthy the attention @f a chriftian people at thia
The above work is contained in about Six Sheets
aid an half, printed on a fair type: Price Two
Shillings and Six Pence in Silver, or an equivalent
In other money, or three Books for a Bethel of Wheat.
Subscribers are defifed to find in their fubfe p
tiooi to the Printers m Hartford, or the Author in
Guilford, where they may befu^pl^ririthJ^
TTT~onRnrD -7^W^ l
THE Proprietors of Stanford,- in the State of
Vermont, are notified to meet at the house cf
Mr. Richard Hamlin, in-Middisown, on the third
Wednesday of December Inflint, at two o'clock In
the afternoon : And the Proprietors of Woodford, in
(aid State, are desired to meet at said place, on the
foanh Wednesday of December m± at two o'clock
ip the afternoon ; to hear the report of the A,ent,
who hath been to tranfaA the bufnefs of said Propri,
ttors ; and to do any other bnfinefs proper to bi
done when met.
A Tat of Twenty Shillings in Silver, wn laid
co each original right, by the Proprietors ofStamford,
at their lift meeting ; and the 3 Ten Pound Rater in
Continental Money, laid at different timer by the
Proprietors of Woodford ; which must be paid to
the Subscriber; Ire value equi to whet money was,
when granted. The Proprietors of Stamford ^d
Woodford, are notified, that unleft said taxes vre
paid very soon, so much of their lands will be fold
as will pay said taxes with incident charges.
Fourteen Hundred Acres of good Land, in th,
town of Hillthorough, in the State of New-Hamp
ihire, to be fold Ip hundred acre lots or mere : Also
good encettrimtment given to fettle those lands.
Erquireef ^.
BENJAMIN HENSHAW.
Middletown, December 4, 1780.
NOTICE is given to these Gentlemen who
receive the Connecticut Courant of me,
In Haminton, Lichfield, Gofhen, Canaan, Shef
field, Barrington, Nobletown, and Spencertown, to
male immediate payment for one year's papers,
according to agreement, at the several places where
they receive them : or demand their accounts, and
pay for whit papers they have had : Those in the
towns hegrafter mentioned, are desired to attend for
a settlement, viz. at Mr. Silas Pepoons, in Srock
brid,e, on Thur&y afternoon 4 ' of January next ;
at C?pt. Smith's, in Lenox, F day forenoon jth,
an, at Capt, Rufus Alley's, in Pittsfield, afternoon :
at Caph Gideon King's, New Lebanon, Saturday
6th frem 9 o'clock A. M. until 1 P. M. at Lent.
Elisha Flinn's, Richmond, Monday Bth, and at Mr.
Jonathan Warner's, New- Canaan, Tuesday fore
noon 9th. A compliance will much oblige your
humble fervent,
JOHN PRESTON.
N. R No Papers on trap hereafter.
'b an l E l'ol c ot TV
Wants to purchase a few seed
SHIPPING HORSES.
Hartford, December 4, 1780.
TUBS DA Y, December r 9, 1,80; THE NUMBER S&,
CONNECTICUT COURANT,
AND THE
WEEKLY IN TELL I&E NC ER.
HARTFOR D / Prixtid by HUDSON am» G OODW IN, mfar the Griat-BriSgi;
Y AM directed by the Hen. General A&robly,
to acquaint the public. That I Shall record all
Charters or copies thereof, that,arc exhibited to my
Office, agreeable to the above Refolutich, free fen
expence to the Proprietors.: and all persons that fend
Charters tomy Oscl, may depindon receiving them
again, on application', when -regiftrod,, I earneflly
request that the original Charters might be sent
where they can be had in lieu of copies, a, there
will be less room for m)flakes or disputes, in future,
and of course of interest to the Grantees.
The several Printers in the S aies of N<w Hamp
shire, Mafichufetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, end
New-York, are reqae^ed to infest this ^dvettife
ment and the aforehid Refolutica in their fagerc, as
they would undoubtedly much oblige some of their
customers, and their humble servant,
IRA ALLEN, Suiv. Cen.
Surveyor General's Office, Sunderland,
November 22, 1780.
N. B. The Records of such Grants, made out by
New Hampshire, are carried off the Continent, by
the late Governor thereof.
BROKE into the fubicritas inctofure about the
middle of September, a pale Red HEIFER, 3
years old pat. markt with a tenant on the left ear
and a hole through the fame. The owner is desir
ed to pay Charges and toner away.
EBENEZER GARNSEY.
Watertown. Nov. 20, 1,80.
BROKE into the nrlufure of the fabfcribef in
July left, a STEAR, two years old next faring,
a yellow hriudlerwhh a white foot in his forehead,
no ear marie. The owner is difired to prove his
property, pay charges and take him away.
JOHN SQUIRE.
Wethersfield, December 8, 1780.
STATE of VERMONT.
IN GENERALASSEMBLY.
Bennington Nivm/er^ 1780.
WHEREAS, Ira Alien, Esq Surveyor-
General did, by three several adveoifement,
in the public pipers, (one in June, 1779 j Rrquefl
every person who was pc fluffed of any Charter or
Grant cf Land in this SW2. that war legally execu
ted, (previous to the present revolution) should fend
them in to his Office, that they might be recorded,
and returned to the several owners; to the end, that
the Granted might be ftcured in their property, and
the Surveyor General enabled to make a map of the
lang granted.? •;
AND WHEREAS, sundry persons have
neglected to fend in such Chaflerr, and fevtol dbf
pates having arose between tovne refpraing bounda
ry lines, whieh cannot be fettled until thetown.lines
ba preambulated, and eflablifhcd bythe Afitmbly, on
whjch such towns ate bounded. .Therefore. #
RESOLV ED, That whatsoever tiaft of land,
of which Charters, or Grants, or attested cpits
threof, are not exhibited to the Surveyor Gene:ri's-.'
Office, on or before the Grß da, of May next, will
be conferred by this Stue, as Vacant lands, to far as
any town line may be eftabbfhed, on an, such town
or towns, for want of such Chfyte; at also so far as
any Grant from this State may interfere with any
such town or towns. Never,belefs,it it provided,
Sat in case of any Charters being burnt or loss, and
no atisfled copy thereof to b^xhibited, that then in
fach case, so ffic ent evidence being produced to the
Secretary of this State, and lodged in his Office, pro
ving that there ms fut;h CI fye c, Charters, speci
fying the bounds of fuck G^fo, the ^a^ of la*
Greeted*, and which corner of the town the Go
terror's let Was in ; !hall have a confirmation of
such Grant, ,fee of any granting fees; provided
fach evidence and application be made by the firtt
day of May next. And the Surveyor General is
dueled ,0 cause. that Reflation to be pabl flied in
several public NcWfpapers as soon as may be.
Ex^rad form the Journals, ,
-JOSEPH FAY, Secretary.
America, that we planted with our fubje&s che
riffled wiih our welfare, and defended with oar
blood from the depredations of France ard Spas n
has railed her arm a akfius, and leaguing berf if
with her own fytta,al enemies, ffie has m'vded hem
to affia her in ffieathfog a (word in ;ke boiem of bet
parent,.- ; ?
.Charles, King of Spain, when only Fringe Dm
Ca les, feltihe fc*ce pf our faendffi p: we sent ^
Squadron of men rf.war to carry hit, and 6000 S^a
fifh troops to Laly to enable him to take poss ffici
of the Grand pukedem of Trfcany, during ifre lift,
time of the Gand Dake of M^hcie.; A 4 r,0%
without provocation, thia f:lf Arae Dm C>rks s
making every rffcr, and draining evtoy ne veo
defiroy that very navy which procured hm akr +
relgnty In Italy, when bring only a second son, he
was not likely 19 inherit any thing More ft m I:a_1 :a_
father than an edabbfhnum for the fuppett of his
houfehtid.'
Ruflia, in the late wa^ ^1 had tq faff/m ageing
the Sul an, experienced the mod sincere attachment
from Britain. We §vr her fleers to iuv=ga;e her
ships, and Admirals to cemmand her fleets'; we
opened our pette to receive her fauadrona, and ef
faced every material neceffny to heir m,n of # ar,
while we supplied them with every thin, they want
ed for their ciews ; ^nd tbit at a time when France
and Spfo ei her had their perts fetal), ffiut vgainft
the Rarfiln Arps, or received thim wth a fallen
countenarct in the moment of a florin. This very
Raffia has been the firb td fe< cn foct a pla~ .for an
armed neutrality, calculated atuely f?r ti/e rfftric:
of France and Span, and deftruaion of Great-
Britain.- ,-
Sweden too j ir.s in the confederacy ; firge fat
cf the fqaadron we sent to her affidance in tit fiift
year cf her twelfth Chile's re go; whe sh. :was rest,
dy to fall under the combined power cf Derma
Poland, and Russia. Our (quadron soon made the
LONDO N, November 19
TH EDu ch have been so machuil^. gu d
fi, ce the fpinied co<d^& of geveom at in
ertp^a 0 the nffl fioer, that nut a f ft Ih p ^t
left the Tex 1 fr.ee ths time with any warlike com
modity for cu tmes.
The lift of ihrß ffa fletr, ju^ ibnoaiced a the
public prints inufl imptfs one important truth 0^
the mind of ev*ry reader# which is, that although
Rhffia is fertile in men, it is rot so in regard to navel
effices : cat of .he FIFTEEN ih?* of the line, four.
of them ire fommirided by Bt ifh officers as also
two of the four fn.a'eQ Thus we have jot only
taught them the road to maritime power, but even
now, in this critical fiiuatioq six Britons conduct
their ships to serve cur enemies. '-
It has ever been the fa e of Britain to have her
services repaid with ingratitude; and to fee those
who owed mo^ to her, not only both quietly on.
nhiie others attack her, bu, bafily join t er affarents,
and I'd them in their atefrprt to undo her -°
T e fove,eighty of Holland was e<Abl ;hed thro"
the affih^ct of Eaflaid ; and'tho' the D ch have
been refeued from Spaniin £aveiy by ? b tv lour ar4
treifofc of Enfffimcn, yet have they .efufei a
give us the fuccour £pul,ed by a ftmn treaty :
nay; they have fenh plcu pctentiHics to Pe&fborp
to treat upon a oonfedeiacy with Raffia in the nfa
meurs plan cf an armed neutrality. ^^
The Em,refs Qjeen ewes to ua the throat on
which she fits ; attacked in Austria, Bohemia S le
fia, nay, almol every where b, France R ffia,
Prussia, and federal Princes ofthe empire ihe nas
fopported by George Ild,; who united Lis landed
wii the German £%l, fought all her battler, and
did nofdenfl'tilLQd ft l ? ^ir ackntwl&lfet $e foie
heir of her father the Eatpefor Ciales tm VI h.
He, Maj^fly, however finee (ha', clofcly united her
ftlfwbh the enemies of her foife ; the hat ivan her
dau liter to France, e rifederated with Russia, and
lift her benth&ehr, England, epi, to every affai-