The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-12-10 00:00:00, page 4

, Irom the Salem GAZETTE,
The foUonving is a translation from an authentic
Latin copy of the commiffon to Mr. Fitzberbert,
tuho is u&w at Paris for the par/ofe of negoci
ating a peace ; and the words in Italicks, refer
ring to the original at the bottom, avillferve to
determine bowfor the United States were meant
to be included.
George the King.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God,
pi Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, De
fender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lu
nenburg, Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman
Empire, and Elector. &c.
To all and singular to whom these presents shall
come, Greeting.
SINCE the flames of war have been too long
raging in different parts of the world, it is
highly incumbent on us properly to fettle the va
rious disputes and controversies, in order to re
store the public tranquility : —For this purpose
we have determined to fend to our Moss Criitian
brother a man equal to so great a bufmefs.
Know Ye, therefore, thatwe, confidingin the
honesty, induftry,judgment, sagacity and litera
ture of our faithful and well beloved Allien Fitz
berbert, Esq; have nominated, ordained and con
stituted, and by these presents do nominate, or
dain and constitute him our true, certain and un
doubted Commissioner, Procurator and Plenip
otentiary, giving and granting to him all and e
very power, liberty and authority, and also our
general and particular commiflion (provided,
neverthelels, that the general commiflion shall
not interfere with the particular, nor the parti
cular with the general) to repair to the Court of
our before-mentioned good brother, the Moss
Cristian King, for us, and in our name, to con
fer with the Ambassadors, Commillioners andl
Plenipotentiaries, as well of the High and Migh
ty Lords of the United Provinces, as of any other
States whom it may concern*, who may be fuffi
ciently authorized, either jointly or fepMra&ly ;
also to convene, treat, consult and conclude with
them a firm peace, and a durable and sincere
friendship and harmony ; and to sign for us, and
in our name, whatever may be agreed and con
cluded on, and to perfect inch aforementioned
treaty or treaties, or other instruments, as may
be neceffarv, and mutually to exchange what
ever else may be requisite for the happy comple
tion of this business ; and to tranfatt, in man
ner and form, and with the power and effect
that we, if prefect, could do and perform, en
gagifl K, an d in our Royal name promising, that
whatever shall be tranfa&ed and concluded by
our before-mentioned Plenipotentiary, shall be
ratified and accepted, nor will we fuffer any
deviation from any or either of the articles so a-|
greed upon.
In confirmation of which, we have to these
presents signed our name, and annexed the great
seal of Great-Britain'
Given at our Palace at St. fames's, the 24th
July, anno domini, 1782, and in the zzd year of
our reign.
* ^uorumeunque Statuum quorum intersft poterit.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, That ^convenient Dwel
ling-House and about three rods of Land, belonging
to the co-filcatcd estate of Charles McEvers, will be fold at
public Vendue, on the 21st day of December next Said
House and Land is situated near Litchfield Court-House, and
will be fold on one years credit on interest ; f ec u ivies given
by the Treasurer of this State to the Conne&cut Line of the
army, will be received in part payment.
OLIVER WOLCOTT, jun. Administrator.
Hartford, December 2. 1,82.
WB the Subscribers being appointed Commiffianers, by
the Hon. Court of Probate, for the diftrid of Farm
ington, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors
to the estate of Ebenezer Hough, late of Farmington, dreeaf
ed, represented insolvent; do hereby give notice. That we
shall attend Laid business at rhe dwelling house of Jacob Bar
tholomew, innholder, in said Farmington, in the society of
New-Cambridge, on the fitft, fecondand thirddays of Janu
"''/'S) beginning at nine o'clock in the morning, on each
of said days. No accounts will ke allowed unless properly
attelted.
JACOB BARTHOLOMEW ) Commiffi-
JOPEPH STONE ) oners.
Farmington, November 14, 1782.
- JOS Fh A R T and Co.~
Wants to purchase,
Ten Thousand weight of good
BEEF. For which, Weft-India Goods will be
given in payment.
Hartford December 2, 1782.
Record and Accompt Books,
°' a py n' n d> ma Y be had of thePrintershereof,
en the shortest notice.
~ To all whom it doth 9? ma, concert?;
KNOW YE, that a Libel is filed before Stephen Mix
Mitchel, Esq; Juftce of the Peace and Quorum, and
Elisha Williams, Esq; Justice of the Peace for Hartford
County, by Elisha Baxter, of Wethersfield in said county,
againlt a quantity of British Goods, said co be imported
from Long-Inland, or feme other place under the coatroulof
the enemy, contrary to law ; and a gain it a Hoile rfnd Car
riage used in tranfpprtiug laid goods; which Goods, Horse,
and Carriage, were seized in Wethersfield, on the 30th day
of November lift, and apprized at less than 30L- lawful
money : For the trial of me justice of frid seizure, a Mari
time Court will be held at the house of Capt. Elisha Wright,
innholder, in said Wethersfield, on the irth day of Decem
ber inftanr, at 10 o'clock, forenoon, when and where all
persons claiming property in Lid efßas may appear, and
they shall be heard. STEPHEN M. MITCHEL, J. P. &Q.
ELISHA WILLIAMS, J. P-
Wethersfield, Dec. 2. 1782.
IJUBLIC NUllCEis hereby given, That a Libel is filed be
fore Jabez Hamlin, Esq; Judge of the Maritime Court,
in the County of Hartford, by Oliver Goodrich, of Wethers
field, in said County, against a certain galley Schooner,
cquipt as a veffcl 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 instant, 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 trial of said Libel, a Court
will be held at the Court-House in Hartford, on Wednesday
the zith 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, 1782.
for CASH or good Vv HEATFLOUn,
At BEARDSLEY'S & HOPKIN's Store.
A QUANTIFY of Fish and Blubber Oil.
ALSO,
Sugar per Cwt. or less Quantity.
Brimstone, Do.
Ked Lead, Do.
Spirits of Turpentine.
Coffee, Rice, Powder, Allum, &c. &e.
Hartford, November 26, 1782.
Now opening, and to be Sold,
By JOHN MORGAN,
A beautiful and large Assortment of
CROCKERY WARE,
Confining of
Tea Cups, Tea Pots, Sugar Dishes, Coffee Pots,
Bowls, Plates, &c. &c.
LIKEWIS E,
White Lead, Yellow Oaker, King's Yellow, Verdigreafe,
Pruffan Blue, Vermillion, Red Lead, lead and Yellow co
ours in Oil, Chalk, Copperas, &c. &c.
TAKEN up by the fubfeviber the 17th instant, a large
HORSE, 15 hands high, light brown colour, wall eyes,
hind feet white, large dock, a large blaze in the face, be
ginning under the off eye and running to his near noftrel,
Harin his forehead, paces and trots, shod before, no brand,
nine or ten years old. The owner is desired to prove his
property, pay charges and take bira away.
SHUBAEL GRISWOLD.
Torringford, November 22, 1782.
BROKE into the intlofure of the fubferiber, in ehe month 1
of August lalt, a Black MARE, about two years old,I
thirteen hands high, a white spot on her nose, grey hairs on'
her dock, no shoes. The owner is desired to prove his
property, pa, charges and take her awav.
JACOB TYLE R.
Southington, November 18, 1782.
'h BEN CzTrLO OMIS,
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 lesser
quantity as they shall need.
Wo«l Cards, Shingle and Lath Nails, or the Cash, will
be given for Iron Hoops that come on Hogsheads or Pipes.
He has for sale four choice Lots of Land in Worthington,
in the State of Mafichufetts Bay,containing about 25 acres
each, on a pieplant road near the Meeting House, with
small improvements on each.
Hartford, November 22, 1782.
FOR SALE
THE very valuable FARM of the Subfcribeis, i^ Ame
nia Precin&, about two miles from Sharon meeting
house, pleasantly situated for profped, in a good neigh
bourhood, it contains about 250 acres, is well wooded and
watered, with a good brick House, Barn aad Orchard on the
fame For further particulars enqure of,
JOEL HERVEY, jun.
November 20, T 782.
STATE of CONNECTICUT, ff.
Hartford County, Odober 24.
NOTICE is hereby given to all concerned, That
~ / s ,, e , d . b . fore the Han. Jabez Hamlin,
Esq; judge of the Maritime Court in said county, by Noah
Porter and others of Farmington, against a quantity o f
Broadcloth Corduroys Hairbines, Coatings, Muslins and
other Goods, \, aresand Merchandize, taken and seized in
said Farmington, the 23d day of Odober, and apprized at
m ° re p°r ds la wful money, said to be of the
manufa^ure of the kingdom of Great- Britain, and brought
into this State contrary to law : For the trial of the justice
and legality of said seizure, a Court will be holden at the
Hmford , in said county, on the third
Turfday of February next, when and where all persons
claiming property in fad goods, or any part thereof, may
appear, and they shall be heard.
By order of the Judge,
r rc a x rv GEORGE WYLLYS, Register.
Hartford November 1,, 1782.
W 1 the Subscribers being appointed Conlmiffiofoj
by the Hon. Court of Probate, for the diftrift of Sha
onr,to examine the claims and demands of the creditors on
the estate of Capt. JOSIAH STODDARD, late of Sriilbury,
decealed : D> hereby give notice, that we shall attend faiJ
business the the dwelling house of Stephen Tuttle, inn
s "'' inlaid Salisbury, on the fetond and third Mondays
of December next, at one o'clock afternoon on said days.
HEZ. FITCH, ) Commit
ADO. STRONG ) fioners.
N. B. ALL persons indebted to laid estate, are desired t®
make immediate payment, to
LUTHER STODDARD, Administrator,
Salifbnry, Nov. 10; 1782.
BKOKE i nr < >the indofure ofthe fubferiber, aboutthe 12th
of September last, a black Mare COLT, supposed to
be two years old last Spring, about niidling for bigness, a
natural trotter, no brand. The owner is desired to prove his
property, pay charges and take her awav.
, HEZEKIAH HART.
Kcnfing%Nmranbe r ir, 1782.
AKEN up by the Subferiber, a Sorrel MARE, with white
X hairs interfpetfed all over her, a blaze in her face, the
fore part of her main lies on the right fide, a very remarka
ble score or split on the right fide of her right hind hoofj
trots and paces, about 14 hands high, no shoes, had on a
poke made of walnut sprout, and rted with a leather strap.
The owner is desired to pay chargcs™and take her away.
_ ELEAZAR PRINDLE,
Watertown, Nov. 13, 178'2.
S T , , B . ? f V E R MON T.
HEREAS application hath been made to me the Sub
scriber, by more than one fixteeuth part of the pro
prietors of the townships of Adiffun and Panton, in said
'° war " a meeting of said proprietors.--- These arc
theieforc to warn the proprietors of laid townrhipn, to meet
at the dwelling house ofCapt, Willerd, innholder in Poller,
in fard State, on the 16th day of January next, at one o'clock
afternoon, then and there, ift. to chife a moderator tea
preside in said meeting, 2d. a clerk, 3d. to fee if fail pro
prietors will agree upon fame method to fettle and adjust
the lines between the aforefaid townships, 4th. to regulate
the former 4oings of said proprietors, and to do ary other
business proper to be done at said meeting for the benefit of
said proprietors. JOHN STRONG, J. P.
November r, 1782.
RUN-away from Ilaac Smiw, ot Dutehets County, State
of New-York, on the Bth day ofMay last, a Negro Man
named PETER, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches
high, black but not of the blackest fort, thick lips, he was
at Deerfield about the firft of June last, and propafed going
down Connecticut to look for work. Run-away atthe fam
time a Negro man belonging to Lewis Graham, a middle
fize fellow, about 30 years old, feme marked with the small
pox, very talkative, he was lately in the State cf Vermont
and very narrowly escaped being taken, and now foppofed
to be gone to look for the above-mentioned Negro, his name
is HARRY. Ten Dollars reward and all tcafhu&ble charges
shall be paid for either of them, by
ISAAC SMITH, and
, , LEWIS GRAHAM.
Dutchefs County, November 15, 1782.
THE Collectors of State Taxes for the town of Water
town, on the Lift 1780 and 1781, hereby warns al'
those persons who have lands in said town liable to be fold
for Rates, that their lands will be fold at the Sign Post, in
Welibur,,' in said Watertowri, on the Fourth Monday of
January next, if they neglect to pay their Hates by that time,
with cost, --The delinquents are, Freeman Judd, John
Heat, Samuel Tuttle, Joseph Picker, David Judson, Joseph
Shelton, James Shelton, Samuel Spencer, Chriftopber Todd®
Thomas Worden, Joy Bishop, Dr. Wood, Abraham Nor
ton, Jonathan J dd, If?ac Hurlbut, Josiah Shelton, Daniel
Shelton, Joseph Wells,Philemon Heaton, John Peck, Jabez
Bacon, or their heirs.
SAMUEL HECKOX, ) , A „
JESSE CURTIS. )
Watertown, Novemberzy, 1782.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Commodious Building
is preparing in Lebanon-Crank, for a Grammar School,
and will be improved soon ; said school is already opened,
and intruded by a Gentleman recommended and approved
by the Rev. Dr. Stiles, Pitfident of Yale College, in New-
Haven.—Gentlemen who are desirous of fending their sons
to said school, shall have good accommodations, their board
and tuition will be reasonable, and the ftriftclt attention paid
to their morals ; the Greek and Latin languages, together
with the various branches of Geography, Logick, Methema
ticks, Trigonometry, Plainfailing, Surveying, Writing and
Reading, are caught in said school.
ASAHEL CLARK, jun.
Lebanon, November y, 1782,
Just Published and now Selling by the Printers hereof.
An Agronomical Ephemeris, Calendar, or
ALMANACK.
For the Year of our LORD, ,
1 7 8 3.
The Agronomical Parts performed by N. S. late Profeffor
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale College.
And now Selling by the Printers hereof.
REGULATI O NS,
FORTHE 3
Order and Discipline
OF THE
"Troops of the United States.
(Adorned with eight elegant Copper Plates.)
EO'rHIERS Press Papers of the best kmd,
Writing and Wrapping Paper, Bibles, S[efr
1 ling Books, &c. to be fold by the Printers.