The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-07-23 00:00:00, page 4

T% follrc^g 'Wfs?afcl at the /ts Mfi^ n °f tbe Central af
fviby.
An A 2 co vert che V rite.lSai.C)i Congress ^fembled, with
power to levy certain duties in this State, and for appro
priating tire linidi
„ E it cn«&ed by the Governor, Council, and Representatives in
general conri af^rr/Sd, and by ihe nmbonij of tbejnme,
That tiu,Unred Scares in Congress .hcnmrvd, shall he, and
there are hereby fully author tied and impowered, to levy
and copra for the use of .he United States, 4 duty or duties,
not exceeding five per cent, ad Valorem, at the time and
place of importation, upon all goods wares and merchan
dize of foreign growth and manufa&i es, which may be
imported into this state from any port, iflind or plantation
not within any of the United States, excepting arms ammu
nition, eloathing and other articles imported on account of
toe United States, or any of them, and except wool cards,
and cotton cards, and wire for making them, and cxcf pt salt,
during the war : Also, a like duty on all prizes, and prize
goods, condemned in the admiralty courts of this State as
lawful prize.
^nd be it farther ena^ed by the authority aferefaid, That the
United St ties in Co>g>efs assembled, be, and they are here
by fully .urhorifed and impoweied, to appoint one or more
collc&orsir &ris State, to colic& the laid duties, and to make
such rules and ordinances for levyi : g and colliding the
fame, as they shall judge expedient: Povided iuch rules
anl ordinances be not repugnant to, or juconfirtdot with
the constitution of this State, and the rights of a free peo
ple ; <ndthit such coiledor or cell ft vs, shell be liable to
be fufpendedby the legislature or the supreme executive au
thority of this State. for mifeondug in the expert ion offaid
office, and said office raj be fupplicd, by a new appoint
ment to be made y fail authority, until order shall be tak
en the ein.purfurtrofuch provision, as may be made by the
United Scutes in Congress affcmbled : and rhe officers that
may be io appointed by the authority of this State, shall be
accountable for their condudto the United States,in the fame
manner as 'bofe appointed by Congress.
And heit farther enntitd, Thit the monies arifiug on such
duties shall be, and they hereby are appropriated co the pay
ment arid discharge of the principal and latere ft of the
debts already contraa<d, or which in i, be contrasted on the
faith of the United States, for flipporting the pnfent war ;
and that this aft shall commence and take efrd from the
time that bis Excellency the Governor shall receive official
information, chat all the States which are not prevented by
the events of the war, have p .ffed similar laws ; and shall
continue in force until all debts herein before-mentioned
shall be fully paid arid difeharged. ,
Provided always, That the United States in Congress af
fembleT shall cause an account to be annually tendered to
the leg fl litre of this State of the amount otibe monies col
led-d by laid duties in the U iced frites, and of the appli
eatio thereof, vr within a rcafon.ble time after requeued;
and entno partoffaid monit s be tiled or applied for the
payment of any penfiins or half p y to discharged officers,
or to any person or peifoss whatsoever, as a perfi n. gra
vuity or co dideration, to ary pofon or perlons not then in
the di / vice of Jae United States.
GAL EB BUL L, jun.
Has lately received a SUPPL Y of
Queen's and Glass WA R E,
Confuting of Cups and Saucers, Muggs, Bowls, large and
fen all Dishes, Pistes, Tureens, baking Dishes, Wine Glafis,
&c.—To be fold ata high Price for Cash, Wheat, Rye,
Cam, Flour, Tow-Cloth, or Check Linnen.—A L S O,
C [-I A L K, by the Quantity,
High proof Brandy, Geneva, and some dry GO 0 B S.—
N 8. About Fifty Pair of ordinary Mens SHOHS
to be fold cheap by Vholefale.
Hartford, July 6,178 a.
TO B I SOL D,
At PUBLIC VENDU E,
To the high ft Bidder.
AT the dwelling b.^fc of THOMAS SAVORY, in Leba
non,on the fi ft Monday in Augaft next, so much of the
rcalcftuoof M rt RICHARD ENGLISH, late of Lebanon,
deceas'd, as will raise the sum of ,4 17 id, lawful money,
and the incident charges of f./c, agreeable to an aft of Af
fembi,, an I oderofthi Court of Probate for Wadham dif
tri& — Said vendtts will begin at one o'clock afternoon on
laid day, and to continue until such sale shall be compleat
ed.
THOMAS SAVORY, ) Cammif-
FREEDOM SAVORY,) fioners,
Lebanon, June 24, 1782.
"ATQI .>.is he eby given, agreeable to a relieve of 01s
Ystfellency the Governor ajd Honorable Cou >cil of
Safety, of the ifth Wv 1782, to the Schd-Men and Re
ceivers of Provision in the Icvcral towns in the Count, of
Litchfield, (excepting those towns who have heretofore
been dirt&:d » transport eaftwaid) and in the towns of
Newtown, Ne^ F irfield, Reading and Ridgefield, in the
County of F ifi id, to traHoort ^d deliver, without loss of
time, all the Reef and Park they may have, in their reflec
tive towns, r ken in for any taxes heretofore granted, or
Sut up by puchiie, to Capt. James Clark, Danbu y; Mr
hiueas Lewis, Bull's Iron-works or Col. Ebenezer Gay
Sharon, who will receive rhe f&me.
EBENEZER BARN 'RD, Jun. State Receiver.
TU7E the Su^fertbers being hr the Hon. Court of P^7^
forthediftria o' Sharon, appointed commifliemers,
rn receive ?nd examine the claims of the creditors to the
eftte of WOODEN SPERY. bro of Canaan, deccafed
feorrentH inColvent) hereby give notice, that we shall
attend GidhuGnefs at the dwellipg-houfe of Paid Lceafed
in Grid Canaan, on the last Monda, of July irft and the
fr 4 Mond ^o' Anguft and September nexr, from Two to
Wire o'clock, afternoon, on each of said davs.
JOHN WATSON,
EDWARD BROWNELL.
panaan, July „ 17^
\V7P # the Sul fcribers being appointed Commissioners by
I VV the Hon. Cout of Probate, for the difrid of
Farmington, to receive and examine the claims of the cre
-Iditors to the estate of JEREMIAH OSGOOD, late of Far-
; mington, deccafed (repiefenttd insolvent) do hereby give
I notice to the said credi ms, that we shall attend said bufi-
Inefs at the dwelling heufe of JFREMIAH H. OSGOOD, in
Xfaid Farmington, or the fecund Mondays of July aud August
Inext, at Two o'Clock, P. M. on each of said days.
LEMUEL HOTCHKISS,
JAMES NORTH.
Farmington, June 24, 1782.
Iq'R'YED orSTOIEN on the evening of the joth of June
J last, a dark Bay HORSE; about T 4 handsand a halfhigh,
shod before, a small star in his forehead, no brand, ab^ut
twelve years old, natural pacer. Whoever will take ^p said
Horie, and inform the Subferiber, shall be generously re
warded, and all neceflary charges paid, by
SAMUEL PIERCE.
Weathersfield, July 4, 1782.
STRAYED from the S&bfcriber, the 20th of May last, a
black horse COLT, three years old, about thirteen
f handshigh, a white strip in cl c face, feme white between
the hindlegs, a natural trotter.---Whoever will take up
said Colt, and give informotionfo the fubfciibcr, living in
New-Cambridge, shall he handsomely rt watchd, and.L ne
; cert ry charges paid, by GILBERT HART.
New-Cambrdge (Farmington, July 4, 1782.
XV™ ''" Sub'cri lt t s belli! sppninted Commiffi by
the honorable Court of Probate, for the difkjn of
Farmington, to receive and examine the claims of the
creditors to the estate ofDUDTEY ROBERTS, late of said
Farmington, deccafed (represented infidvent) do hereby
give notice, that we shall attend on Gid business at the
dwelling-house of Mr. ZEBUION FRISBIE, io fold Far
mington, on the fift and fecund Mondays tn August next,
from enr to fix o'clock, afternoon, on each of said days',
after which time no claims will be received. No accounts
will be allowed but what are properly atrefted.
TIMOTHY WART,
JOSEPH LANKTON.
FarmangtoH, May 3, 1782.
J OSKPH LYNDI%
A CQUAINTS his friends and customers, That he has re
fl moved fr®m his late Shop Touch ofthe Great Bridge co
a new Shep next door South of the Printing Office, white
be has ready so ifil, a large and general aff<,rtmtut es
DRUGS and MEDICINES, together with many other arti
cles, which he wil' lell cheap for ready money.
Hairford, July 8, 1782.
r rAKEN up ih< 29 iof April 1/H made HOl6£, time
A or ten years old, three whit feet, a small st ar on his
forehead, about fourteen hands high, branded with the let
ter B. on his left thigh pices all. The owner is defined to
prove property, p^y charges and take him away,
JIRALD SPENCER,
New-Hartford July 8 1782,
c . Lx tro^ tn rafturc J the iul.fcril^7 in
O Wilb abam (M ffaefWett:) a yoke of browr CX N
about fix fret in bigness, ftv n years eld, one brands I c^
on the horns, a white star in< is foreheed; the other has a
large hole through the top of both his horns, ard a frail
ore through each ear.---Whoever will takeup f. 1 Ctn
an I Thief, or either ofthem, shall he handsomely reward
ed, and all nets fl'ary charges paid, by
JOHN GLOVER.
Wilbraham (MafTachtife,:) July 6 2782.
'TAKEN up in Torrington, by the fubferiber, rhe 2kth~or
A. June Lift, a Black HORSE, ^ nr 6 years old, nea
15 hands high, a white 'Break in the face, a bunch on hi'
near fore foot, trots and paces, shod .Il round. Thr own
may have him, by proving his property and piyiuc charges.
~ , ISAIAH TUTTLE.
July 6, 1782.
BR^KE into the inchda-e of the fnbferiber about the 2d
infant, a Sorrel M A R F., lightish coloured oraae and
toil, with some white hairs in her forehead, very low 1 flesh,
paces and trots, about 14 hands high, nobrand. The owner
is de fired to prove his property. p av charges and take her
away. SAMUEL~JACKSO N.
Woodbury, June Iff, 1,82.
TH E Collcdor ofState Taxes for k!fe town of Hrrt'ord;
warns the inhabitants of laid town, to pay him a rare
^One Shilling on the pound, in hard money or notes iflued
y the direction ofthc National Bunk, or notes of the Hon.
Robert Mo:ri, Efq;—Likewife, Two-Pence on the pound
in hard-money only, payable the hrit day of September
next—Those in arrear on former rates, may lock out sharp,
and cxpe& to be forced to a lettlement of their relpcdive
rates, as taft as the coHedor c 1 get to their dwellings
DANIEL SKINNER, jun. Colleger.
Hartford, June 29. 1782.
re SO L B,
B, DANIEL JONES & Co.
At their Store opposite the Printing-Office,
H A R TFO R I)':
A History of the Work of Re
demption,
Containing the Cut-Lines of a Body of Divinity, in a Me
thod entirely new.
By the late Rev. JONATH dN EDWARDS
Prefant rs the College rs New je?fey
*** This excellent Book was firft printed in Scotland
from the Manufaripts of the worthy Author, and but few
Copies were sent to America, which induced feme Gentle
men to undertake Re-printing it, that it may be more ge
nerally uf,ful.
July 8, 1782.
AS ARTIFICERS,
COMMISSIONED, ner-coromrffioned Officers and Pri
v, tes, interefteC in the Settle merit of the Depreciation
rn.uk (by the fubferiber) ag eeable to the Rcf<Jv<s cf the
General AflemNy of this State, are defied to meet on the
Ninth Dy of August next, at Ten o'Clockir th Forenoon,
ar Mr. JLS,E AUSTIN'S, innholder, i. DURHAM, upon
Ilifiuefs of importance to each individual.
. WII LIAM SIZER, hgcßt.
Middletown, July 3, 2782.
W E the '*'" "'" s being appointed Comm.ffioneis, by
the Hon. Court of P.obate for the diftri& of
Sirntbuy, to receive and ex nine the claims ofthc credi
tors to the estate of DAVID KUSSEL, late of said Sin ft^ry,
deceased (represented iniolvem) do hereby give notice,
that we shall Attend f id bufinei at tie dwelling froufe of
Cart. JONATHAN PETTIBONE, in said Sin (bury, on the
h r fue.d. : ys of Augoft,, September, C&oher and November
n-x., from One to Six e Cluck, P. M —No accounts will
be allowed, unkfs properly attefled.
ELISHA CORNISH,
DUDLEY PETTIBONE,
GIDEON MILLS.
StwCliry, July 8, 1782.
Ihe übferiber requests all
Persons indebted to him for NEWSPAPERS, to
m ke fpeedv payment •= He returns hnthakste those Gen
tlemen who have been pimXual in making payments ac
cornmg co contr.d, and hopes, by his fidelity fy attention
to his bi.fi rets, to merit a conti tirnce< ftheir favours.
JAMES JOHNSO N.
ju!yT2, 2782.
STATE of CONNECTICUT, IT.
Hertford Connty, July T 782.
7)UBLI,C NOTICE is hereby given to all concerned, that
X a libel v filed before the Hon. Jabez Hamlin. Ifq;
Judge of the Maritime Court in and for the county of Hart
ford, by Jofi^h Hart, of Wethersfield, in laid county, against
a certain Watercraft called a Raft, containing fertv spars
or masts, suitable for miffing and framing shipping,' found
and feixed in Middletown, in said county, on the nth day
of July inst. and said to be transporting through this State
to the enemy, and appraised at ra'ore than 30L lawful
mono; which the libellants fay are forfeited, bv virtue of
the laws of this State--- For the trial of the infl'ice of said
feiztirc. a Maritime Court will he holder at the Gourt-
House, in Hartford, in said county,.on the 20th day of Au,
gust next, when and where all person, concerned may atf
pear, and they shall be beard. ' "
By order of the Judge.
GEORGE WYLLYS, Regi&rt
TO BE S O L>,
By Hadjcn & Goodwin,
Ar the PRINTING-OFFICE:
TESTAMENTS, Watts's Psalms and Hymns, bound
together VI fcpc rate, Edwards's Sermons, Memoirs of
the Life oi »% Doddridge, Mrs. Rowe's Letters, History of
rhe War i America, Adventures of Neoptolemus, Pupil of
Plcaairc, the Revolution of America, by the Abbe R.ynal,
Hunter's Reflexions on Chefteifidd's Letters, Nararive of
Col. Alley's Captivity, Law's Coihaion of Music, Lowth's
Grammar billweith's Spelling Books, by the groce, dozen,
or tingle, Primers, W icing and Wrapping-Paper, by the
ream or quite, Clothiers Prels-P, per;, by the groce or
dozen, Cartridge- Paper, Bfank c ofiroftkinds uf c d in this
State, Seding-W x, Wafers, Holman's British Ink Powder,
small Louking-G.Acs, Pins, black and coloured Silk
Handkerchiefs, &c &c,
*, Cash, or any of the above Articles, given for clean
Cotton and Linnen RAGS of any Vi^d.
Five Dollars Reward,
RAN AWAY fiom the lubferiber, living in Sharon;
about the 20th of June last, a NEGRO MAN, named
DARBY, about five feet fix inches high, 25 years of a%,
speaks broker - ; had on when he went away, a tow cloth
shirt and crowfers only ; he formerly belonged to Canter
bury, and is fappafed to have gone that way ; ardas be had
an inclination to enter into the fezvice,ir is likely he will at
tempt to inlift. Whoever will take up laid Negro and
secure him in any goal in the United Stat, s', so that the owner
may have him again, sh*ll be entitled to the aboveieward,
and neeeffary charges paid, by
LEMUEL BRUSH.
Sharon (State of ConneaicHi) July 16, 1782,
STOLEN from the Store of the Subferiber, in Litchfield,
fumetime in the months of May or June last, two
pieces of white fulled CLOT H, neither wintered nor
prrffed, orc piece marked A. X C. the other J. G 4.
It is supposed some 0 her pieces might bfe Molen with them,
which are not yet ra riTeu.---Whoever will fecyre the Thief
and Cloth, and give notice thereof to the fubicriber, shall
receive THREE DOLLARS reward, and all neceffar,
charges, and the thanks of
ELIAKIM JONES, Clothier.
Litchfield, July 3, 1782.
N. B. Any person that hath Gid Cloth and will return „
shall have no qu< ftionsaiked
'juft came 10 Band, ana to be beb by
JOSIAH HUNTINGTQN,
At Wethersfield, Rocky-Hill Landing:
A SMALL, but goqd ? ffortment of DRY GOOD $$
tuitable for &featon.---Alfo, IRON HALLOW
and EARTHEN WA R E.---Bd. 10. & 4 d. Nails---
German Steel, per Cwt 01 1b —Wool-Cards— Knives and
Forks- -Sickles-- aid a variety of other articles of Mard
'"s G°°ds.---Likewife, SCYTHES, made by Captain
William Huntington of Lebanon. --All which will be fold
on the molt Reasonable Terms for Cash, Grain, or Wheat
Flour.•
N. B. A few Bushels ofhome made SALT, for sale
at said Huntington's Store.