The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-12-03 00:00:00, page 4

>r o the PRINTER.
The enclosed extracts from a letter writen by
the late Rev. Dr. Finley, in February 1747-8,
to one of his pupils, contain directions which
may be ufeful td many at this day, and there
fore I doubt not they will be allowed a place
in your paper.
A. B.
YOU need not doubt that it will give me a
sensible pleasure to hear that you conduct
yourfelf in a becoming, upright manner—in a
way superior to the mobile vulgar ; and at the
fame time, while you ftucty to excel, study also
to condefccnd to those to whom you excel.
Seek to have the temper of your mind so fra
med, that you may be ready for all variety of
conditions ; as ready to obey as to command;
to forgive injuries, as to ask forgivnefs ; to be de
foifed, as well as to be honourable; and to be
poor, as well as rich. Let not the evil disposi
tions ofothers, dispossess you of the placid, calm
enjoyment of yourfelf. There is more delight
in possessing one's own foul, than in being lord of
this earth : It is good therefore, not to let so
large a poffeHion depend on the precarious hu
mours of others. Does any thing trouble you
so as to disturb this felf enjoyment? Then ask
yourfelf, must this trifle overbalance all my other
comforts ? Shall this person, or thing be allowed
to have the power of taking away my happiness
at pleasure ? Can I not be happy without this
one's favour, or under that one's frowns ? I may
allow superiors to dispose of my activity, of my
estate, and body ; but to dispose of my happiness
is too much power for any, or all mortals, and
mortal things together. If we cannot enjoy
ourselves under erodes, we never can in this
world ; for it is full of them ; but, though rea
son has some force, yet the grace of God only
can implant such a disposition."
The SUM of HUMAN LIBERTY.
By Soame Jenyns, Efquirc.
THAT all men are born free, is so far from
being true, that the firft infringement of
this liberty is being born at all; which is impos
ed upon them without their consent, given either
by themselves or their representatives ; and it
may easily be shewn, that man, by the constituti
on of his nature, never subsists a free and inde
pendent being, from the firft to the last moment
of his residence on this terreftial globe ; where,
during the firft nine months of his exigence, he
is confined in a dark and sultry prison debarred
from light and air; till at length, by an habeas
corpus, brought by the hand of some kind de
liverer, he is set at liberty ; but what kind of
liberty does he then enjoy ? He is bound hand
and foot, and fed upon bread and water for as
long a period ; no sooner is he unbound than he
makes so bad a use of his liberty, that it becomes
necessary that he fliould be placed in a Rate of
the severest discipline, firft under a nurse, and
then a fchoolmalter, both equal tyrants in their
several departments, by whom he is again confi
ned without law, condemned without a jury and
whipped without mercy! In this Rate of slavery
he continues many years, and at the expiration
ofit, he is obliged to commence an involunta
ry fubjea of some civil government, to whose
authority he must fiibmit, however ingeniously
he may dispute her right, or be justly hanged for
disobedience to her laws. And this is the sum
of human liberty.
Now opening, and to be Sold,
By JOHN MORGA N,
A beautiful and large AfTortment of
CROCKERY WAR E,
Consisting of
Tea Cups, Tea Pots, Sugar Diffies, Coffee Pots,
Bowls, Plates, &c. &c.
LIKEWISE,
White Lead, Yellow Oaker, King's Yellow, Verdigreafe,
Prussian Blue, Vermillion, Red Lead, Lead and Yellow Co
ours i 6 Oil, Chalk, Copperas, &c. &c.
TIE Managers of Chicopee Bridge Lottery, hereby in
form the public, That the Drawing will absolutely
commence on the firft Monday of February next ; the town
of Springfield having voted to take all Tickets remaining
Unfold on that day.
Tickets may be had of MeffTrs James and Hezekiah Bull
and Capt. Joseph Talcott, at Hartford, of Mr. Henry Porter
ofLebanon, and of the Managers.
November 22, 1782.
Cash, Writing and Bonnet Pa
per, to be exchanged for clean Cotton and Li
nen Rags, of any kind by Daniel Mecky, in
Meriden/
BROKE into the inclofure of the fubferiber, in the month
of August last, a Black MARB, about two years old,
thirteen hands high, a white fpo on her nose, grey hairs on
her dock, no shoes. The ov/r-r is desired co prove his
property, pay charges and take rr awav.
JACOB TYLER.
Southington, November 18, 1782,
BROKE into the inclofure of : re fubfcribcr, the Bth inst.
a red HEIFER, no ear mark, some white on her
rump and inside her legs, a freckled tail. The owner is
defined to prove property, pay charges and take her away.
ZEBULON MYGATT.
Hartford, November 23.
E BENTziTirToT^
INFORMS his old Customers and others, That he has re
moved to Hartford, about thirty rods North of the State
House, where he carries on the Card Making and Nailing
business, as usual at Lebanon, and hopes to be able to fur
nish the Merchant or the Farmer with a greater or letter
qu entity as they shall need.
Wool Cards, Shingle and Lath Nails, or the Cash, will
be given for Iron Hoops that come on Hogsheads or Pipes.
He has for (ale four choice Lots of Land in Worthington,
in the State of Massachusetts Bay,containing about 25 acres
each, on a pleasant road near the Meeting House, with
small improvements on each.
Hartford, November 22, 1782.
TAKEN up by the fubferiber the 17th instant, a large
HORSE, 15 hands high, light brown colour, wall eyes,
hind feet white, large dock, star in his forehead, a large
blaze in the fore part of his face, no brand, nine or ten
years old. The owner is defined to prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
SHUBAEL GRISWOLD.
Torringford, November ,2, 1782.
For CAbri or good WHEAT frLOUR,
At BEARDSLEY's & HOPKIN's Store.
A QUANTIFY of Fish and Blubber Oil.
ALSO,
Sugar per Cwt. or less Quantity.
Brimstone, Do.
Red Lead, Do.
Spirits of Turpentine.
Coffee, Rice, Powder, Allum, &c. &c.
Hartford, November 26, 1782.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, That a Libel is filed be
fore Jabez Hamlin, Eiq; Judge of the Maritime Court,
in the County of Hartford, by Oliver Goodrich, of Wethers
field, in said County, agrinft a certain galley Schooner,
equipt as a veff-1 of war, Zebulon Stow, matter, her tackle,
apparel; guns and ammunition, fiezed and apprised accord
ing to law, in Haddam, in said County, on the 12th of No
vember infant, which said Galley, it is said, was used and
improved in carrying on a trade with the enemy, against
the laws of this State ; and forthe trialof said Libel, a Court
will be held at the Court-House in Hartford, on Wednesday
the iith of December next, when and where all persons con
cerned may appear and be heard.
By order of the Judge,
GEORGE WYLLYS, Register.
Middletown, November 18, 4782.
sYAT^rcUNNFc^^County of Hartford.
KNOW YE that a libel is filed before Jefeph Spencer, Esq;
an assistant for the said State, and Daniel Foot, Esq; Jus
tice of the Peace for said Hartford county; by John Bulkley
and John Blish of Colchefter in said County, against five
beef cattle,appraifed at lefsthan thirty pounds lawful money,
taken in said Colchefter, on the 19th instant, which the li
belants fay were going to the enemy; and by virtue of the
lawsiof this State, refpe&ing Illicit Trade, claim the fame for
themselves and said County, as lawful prize; a Maritime
Court will be held, for the trial of said cause, at the dwelling
house ofMr. John Tainter, offaid Coiehefter, on the sth
day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, of
which all perlons claiming property are to take notice.
JOSEPH SPENCER, Assistant.
Eaft-Haddam, November 20, 1782.
S TATE' of CONNECTICU^ Hartford County.
KNOW YE That a Libel is filed before Joseph Spencer,
Esq. an Assistant for the said State, and Daniel Foot,
Esq. a Judice of Peace for said county, by John Bulkley, 3d
of Colchefter, in said county, against five Beef Oxen, ap
praised at Thirty Pounds, L. M. taken in said Colchefter, on
the tgth instant, which the libellant fays were going to the
enemy, and by virtue of the laws of this State refpe&ing Il
licit Trade, claims the fame for himfetf and said county as
lawful prize. A Maritime Court will be held for the trial
of said cause, at the dwelling house of Mr. John Tainter, of
said Colchefter, on the fifth day of December next, at ten o'
clock forenoon, of which all persons claiming property
are to take notice.
Dated at Eaft-Haddam, November 20, 1782.
JOSEPH SPENCER, Afliftant.
STATE of CONNECTiCuTr ^H artfo[d "coun%
KNOW YE That a Libel is filed before Joseph Spencer,
Esq. an Affiant for said State, and Daniel Foot, Esq.
Justice of Peace for said Hartford County, by Joseph Taylor
and William Bulkley, jun. of Colchefter, in said county,
against two Oxen, appraised at less than thirty pounds, L. M.
taken in said Colchefter, on the 17th instant, which the li
bellants fay were going to the enemy, and by virtue of the
laws of this State refpe@:ing Illicit Trade, claims the fame
for themselves and said county as lawful prize. A Maritime
Court will be held for the trial offaid cause, at the dwelling
house of Mr. John Tainter, of said Colchefter, on the fifth
day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, of
which all perlons claiming property are to take notice.
Dated at Eaft-Haddam, 20th November, 1782.
JOSEPH SPENCER, Assistant.
Cash given for clean Cotton
and Linen RAGS, of any kind, Old Sail
Cloth, Bags, &c. at the Printing Office
lor cither of the Paper Mills in Hartford.
RUN lOT, from Ifeac Smith, of butchers Counts, fate
of New-York, on the Bth day ofMay last, a Nefro Mara
named PETER, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches
high, black but not of the blackest fort, thicklips, he was
at Deci field about the firft of June last, and proposed going
down Connecticut to look for work. Run-away atthe fame
time a Negro man belonging to Lewis Graham, a. middle
fixe fellow, about 30 years old, some marked with the small
pok, very talkative, he was lately in the State of Vermont
and very narrowly escaped being taken, and now fupppfed
to be gone to look for the above-mentioned Negro, his name
is HARR Y. $ Ten Dollars reward and all reafonablc charges
shall be paid for cither of them, by
ISAAC SMITH, and
LEWIS GRAHAM.
Dutchefs County, November 15, 1782. r
THE Colle&ors of State Taxes for the town of Water
town, on the Lift 1780 and 1781, hereby warns all
those persons who have lands in said town liable to be fold
for Rates, that their lands will be fold at the Sigh Post, in
Weftbury, in said Watertown, on the Fourth Monday of
January next, if they neglcd to pay their Rates by that time,
with cost, —The delinquents are, Freeman Judd, John
Heat, Samuel Tuttle, Joseph Picket, David Judson, Joseph
Shelton, James Shelton, Samuel Spencer, Christopher Todd.
Thomas Worden, Joy Bishop, Dr. Wood, Abraham Nor
ton, Jonathan judd, ICaac Hurlbut, Josiah Shelton, Daniel
Shelton, Joseph Wells,Philemon Heaton, John Peck, Jabez
Bacon, or their heirs.
SAMUEL HECKOX, ) Colle&ors.
JESSE CURTIS. )
Watertown, November 25, 1782.
J-UyT-p-U B LIS H E l),'
And now Selling by the Printers hereof,
REGULATIONS^
FOR THE
Order and Discipline
OF THE
Troops of the United States.
(Adorned with eight elegant Copper Plates.)
ST^ T £ of CONNECTICUT.
At a General Aflembly of the Governor and Company of
the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, in said State,
on the second Thursday of May, A. Di 1782.
HEREMS it is necefory that uniformity of discipline
should be praefifed by all troops that may be called to ad
in conjunction :
RESOLVED by this Assembly, That the regulations for the
order and discipline of the troops of the United States, as ordered
by Congress, in their resolution of the 29th March, 1779, be, and
they are hereby approved and adopted as the regulations for the or
der and dij cipline of the militia of this State, so far forth as their
ftuation and circurnftances will admit ; and in particular that
the Manual Exercise, Manoeuvres and Mode of Formation there
in described, be praffifed " and when the militia are called out
into actualfervice, that they conform themselves in all refpefts to
the regulations aforefaid : Mnd all general and other officers are
hereby enjoined to cause thefame to be executed with all possible
exactness, and conform themselves thereto accordingly.
M true Copy of Record,
Examined by GEORGE WELLES, Secretary.
Just Published and now Selling by the Printers hereof,
An Agronomical Ephemeris, Calendar, or
ALMANACK,
For the Year of our LORD,/
7 8 3.
The Agronomical Parts performed by N. S. late Profeffor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale College.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Commodious Building
is preparing in Lebanon-Crank, for a Grammar School,
and wall be improved soon ; said school is already opened,
and inhru&ed by a Gentleman recommended and approved
by the Rev. Dr. Stiles, President of Yale College, in New-
Gentlemen who are desirous of fending their sons
to said school, shall have good accommodations, their board
and tuition will be reasonable, and the ftri&eft attention paid
totheir morals ; the Greek and Latin languages, together
with the various branches of Geography, Logick, Methema
ticks. Trigonometry, Plainfailing, Surveying, Writing and
Reading, gre taught in said school.
ASAHEL CLARK, jun.
Lebanon, November 5, 1782,
ALL persons that have any demands on the estate of
JOHN WEBSTER, late of Glaftenbury, deceased, arc
desired to bring in their accounts to us the fubferibers, at the
dwelling house of the deceased, who will attend on said bu
siness the third and fourth Tupfdays in-November, and the
firft and second Tnefdays in December next, from one o'-
clock in the afternoon until nine—all persons that are in
debted to laid estate, are defined to make immediate pay
ment.'
STEPHEN TREET, ) Admini-
ELIZABETH WEBSTER, ) ftrators.
Glaftenbury, O&ober 3.1, 1782.
Just Published, and now Selling by the Printers
hereof,
M'FINGAL,
A Modern Epic P O E M,
IN FOUR CANTOS.
Subscribers are def red to fend for their Boohs.
Record and Accompt Books,
Of any kind, may be had of thePrinters hereof, ,
on the shortest notice.