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JOHN SKINNER, Colleger.
. Hartford, Jure r, 17'82. ; ^ __ _
S~ tRAYED or STOLEN- from the Subtefioer, in Torring
ton, about the firfl ult. a red roan MARE, about 14
hands and half high, branded with an X on the near
shoulder, one ^hitt eye, a blaze in her forehead, a long
mane, a natural trotter. —Whoever will take up said Mare
and lecure the Iheif (if ftelen) and inform the Subferiber
thereof, shall have Five Dollars reward, or Two Dollars
for the Mare oniv, and necerfary charges paid, b,
JUSTUS WRIGHT.
Torrington, „ine T, 1,82.'
Ca(h, Wri^ng Paper or Spelling Books,
given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, at Capt. STRONG
and Co. Store, Pitsficld.
hereby rear fted to mnke payment, without further
delay, to SAMUEL BROOME, in Boston, or JERE
MIAH PLATT, Hartford, in Connecticut.---Those who
refufe to comply with this Request, by the firft of Septem
ber next, may expert to have their Accounts given to an
Attorney, to be prosecuted without further notice.
' SAMUEL BROOME,
JEREMIAH PLATT.
June I, T 792.
r,HE Berkshire Lodge of Free and Accepted MASON'S,
are hereby Notified, to meet at the Lodge Chamber,
in Stockbridge, on the 25th day of June, iuft. ; at Ten
o'clock, A. M. Propose to dine precisely at One o'clock ;
at Three o'clock a Sermon will be preached, at the Meeting
House in said town, by the Rev. Stephen Weft, pastor of the
Church of Chriff in said Stockbridge.
Per Order, WILLIAM GOODRICH, Master.
ISAAC MARSH, Secretary.
June 1, 1782.„
W HRR EAS GFRUSHA, the Wife of the Subfriber, hath
eloped, and refufes to live with me.—This is to for
bid all Perlons trailing her on my Account, as I will pay
mo Debts of her contrasting after this date.
CALEB WOLCOTT.
Wethersfield, Mw,t. r„?2. #
" NOT 1 C
THIS is to desire all Persons that have a Town-Rare to
pay in the Town of Hartford (on the Lift T 781) to
pay the fame tin the Subferiber, at his Dwelling-House, by
the 10th Day of June, inst. in Money, or b, Orders from
the Creditors on the Collector, or expe&to pay the lawful
Fees for collecting the fame.
POOR INDIANA.
To the PUBLIC.
WHEREAS, the Honorable General Affeniblf of the
State of Connedicut, compafionating the dntrefed
circumstances of the REFUGEE INDIANS, the
neighbourhood ofOnieda,nowiefiding in Weft-Stockbridge,
have beer, generoufl, pleased to authorifcDANlFL SIMONS,
Xn Indian preacher, to folieit and receive benef.&ions for
the purpose offupplying us the fubferibers rich preaching,
and schooling forour children; and considerable donations;
as we are informed,have been charitably made, and com
mitted to said Simons, for the aforefaid purposes : We
chink it our duty publicly to acknowledge the unmerittcd
kindness of our generous benefaffors, in whatever parts
they may reside ; but, at the fame time,- to reqneft that no
more of their charities may be committed to a perlonwhoe
moral chara&eris Rich, as forbids an expectation of our
receiving any benefit from them. We wish there ma, be
no further impositions on the public, in any part of the con
tinent, by a man whose immoralities and unfaithfulness
have rendered him, notwithstanding the sacred office he
still sustains, utterly unworthy of either public confidence or
notice.
ELIJAH ^MPEY,
DAVID BOWLER,
ANDREW CORCORNP.
Weft-Stockbridrt April go, 1782.
At the request of the above Elijah Wimpey and others,
we the fubferibers, hereby certify, that fom the knowledge
ipe have of the person, the charaaer of the said Daniel
Simons, we verily believe the foregoing reprefentatiapsand
cequeft to be .well grounded and juit ; and that it merits the
attention of the public,
STEPHEN WEST,
SAM. KIRKLAND, Mifs'fc
TIMOTHY EDWARDS,
JOHN BACON,
JAHLBRL WOODBRIDGE.
Rockbridge, Mar t, 77^
LL pilons indebted to the late Copartnership of
SAMUEL BROOME and Company, for Debts con
tra&.d before the commencement of the present war, are
f& fH ^BOW^C#^ 6WH^
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TUESDA Y, June 18, 1782.
" About the beginning of November, feme
happy dawnings of a good work appearedamong
the young peoole in this town, they discovered
adifpofition to leave fcer.es of merriment find
vanity, and to give a listening ear to religious
instructions, and to meet in conference for that
purpose. g
“ The Students of College, upon the expira
tion of vacancy, returned about the fame time ;
a number of whom were difpofedtolend a ready
attention to matters of the greatest importance.-
Soon the minds of several in thetown andcollege
appeared to be genuinely imprefted with a sense
of 'their loft and undone State, by nature; and
the periflring need they flood in of a remedy—
the work advanced by flow and progreffivefteps;
was like a still final! voice for Several weeks ;
and sometimes appeared scarcely to go forward
(though several during this time were hopefully
brought into the light and liberty of the gospel)
till about the firft of January, it became very
unirerfal—convictions were very solid, rational
and free from annimal passion.. It was a matter
of astonishment to those who lived in the time of
the reformation forty years ago, to fee the work
fofeQWcrfal, and yet fofufrA About this time the
" The remarkable revival of religion, with
which a Sovereign God has astonished a finful
and ill-deserving people in these infant settle
ments, began firft in a town called Newport,
about the distance of thirty-five miles from this
place, the latter end of May last; The work was
very rapid and powerful ; within the compass of
a week after the firft appearance, it spread thro'
every part of the town, and carried all opposition
before it ; the emphatical language of lamenta
tions and tears was heard in almost every quar
ter. And notwithstanding they were deftituteof
preaching, excepting what was occasionally be-
Itowed upon them ; yet their regularity, order,
and fear of error, was very remarkable^ No ir
regular or enthusiastic preacher was permitted
to speak in their meetings, or could gain any
ground upon them; and not one appeared to
have any disposition to disorder, or schism; but
a spirit of love, mecknefs, humility, brokenefs of
heart, and mourning for hn appeared to poflefs
the minds of those who were the hopeful fub
je&s ofthe work. In July, the revival began in
Woodstock, about fifteen miles from this place,
where it loon became very general and genuine.
It soon afterwards spread into Windsor, in the
weft parish of which it was very powerfulindeed,
even like a mighty rushing wind. -Some other
adjacent towns below, were visited with divine
influence aboutthc fame time. In this quarter,
through the Summer, people appeared to be Very
Stupid and careless ; and vice seemed to be ad
vancing with Strides uncommonly hasty and
threatning, excepting in this place ; iff August
and September, there was here and there a Scat
tered drop, forne faint symptoms, Scarcely vi
sible to the common'eye, but promoting some
gleam of hope, that God was on his way to visit
us<
PORTSMOUTH.
Extras of a letter from a Gentleman of the greatest
veracity, dated Dresden (Dartmouth College)
March 12, 1782.
" . HAVE had a most pleasing addition of
l labour thrown upon me by the pure mercy
andgraceof God,in reviving his work among us ,
a particular account of which, in this and the
neighbouring places, I have taken the liberty to
inclofe—which follows 1
work began to spread in the towns adjacent, an
was as remarkable, or more so, in Hanover, tha
in any other town, for the suddenness, greatnei
and univeffality of it; In the compass of thre
or four days twenty or upwards gained acomtoi
table hope of their good ftate-^a large numbe
of children in this town have been hopeful Sue
je&s ofthe work-in one school, to the amour
of two or three and twenty, which may appea
almost incredible, yet attested by so many wit
nefles as renders the account indifputablt. Thi
work is in all the towns round about us, in
greater or leflcr degtee---upwards of twent
towns have Shared in the great mercy, whic
calls for high acclamations of praise and grati
tude to that God, who is sovereign in his grace
The addition to this church, within ' the space 0
four months, amount to about ft venty. A num
ber of others now hand propounded/ In tb^
college and school, between twenty and thirty
entertain a hope that they have obtained new
nefs of life. And others, who previously enter
taitied a hope, have been much Stirred up an/
animated. This must have a happy afpe& upoi
the churches, and must rejoice the friends 0
Zion, If fountains oflearnirig become pure,w<
may hope that the Streams will be Such as wil
makeglad the City ofGod. The rulers of thecol
lege have but little to do by way 01 government,
But 'tis time I hasten to describe the most im
portant circumflance of this work, by which i
must finally, in the judgment of men, ffand oj
fall : I mean the visible fruits and effects of it in
the morals and manners ofthe people where it
has been. There has been very little oppofitior
to the work ; the artifices of Satan have been
uncommonly restrained, which haveexcited forne
to hope that the happy State of the church wai
dawning..
" The vicious and profane, in many inflances,
are greatly reformed. And the Hout-hearted,
and those who are far from rightedu fuels, ap
pear to bow to the fceptre of grace and become
good members of society. -Taverns arc thinand
unfrequented , frolicks and merry mecing,
are all come to an end. The voice of profilin
language is ? fcarcely so be heard. Long division!
and animosities in places have been happily fet
tled; and men, u ho before justified rbemfehes
in a line of bad conduct, hate taken great plea
sure in condemning themfelvcs. On the other
hand; family Worfliip is almost univerfalh at
tended to ; places of public woifhip are ciotd
ed ; arihmblies arc exceedingly solemn, attentive
and candid , and the minivers, where thiswork
has been,are all United as the heart of oneman ;
which, voider God, has doub&fs been a happy
means of the order and regularity that has been
so conspicuous. I hate not seen, as I remember,
one instance bf wildness br unthuliafrn, or that
favored of party heal, or schism ; and I have not
heard of one that has turned to be a separate, or
that has flietfh a fondnefs of becoming a feUary.
In Short, -the alteration is exceedingly great. Ini
quity Hops her mouths, vice flies into a corner ;
all the air is love-^the righteous fee it and re
joice. This is the Lord's doing and marvelous
incur eyes. How happy Should we be if such
times Should continue ; and such a Spirit reign
thro' the land.
" I have read this account to several gentle
men, to gain their assent to its veracity ; being
unwilling wholly to rely on my own private
judgment to describe such a glorious f«me wf
Divine Grates”
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