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Iroa a leg the farther indulgence of a few moments alter.-
§on. Aware of the coyness with which his last letter would
be received, he felt himfelf neither d {appointed nor dis-
J>leafed with the caution it has met. He well knew that it
poke a language which, till now, had been heard but in '
whfpers, and that it contained some sentiments which con
fiden.c :tfe f would have breached with diftr.ft. But their
lives have been short, and their observations imperfed in
deed, who have yet to learn, that a'arms have been falfe ;--
that the 1 est designs have often been oblged to assume the
Worst afped ; and that, fynonimous as surprise and drfafter
may be in inilicary phrase, they convey in moral and politi
cal meaning, ideas as different as they are diftinft.
Sw/paon, detestable as it is in private life, is the loveliest
tra tin political character. It preempts you to enquiry, bars
the door against design, and opens every avenue to truth.
It was the nrft to oppose a tyrant here, and still stands centi
nel over the li erties of America. With this belief it won d
illy beome me to ftifle the voice of this guardian, a guar
dian, who author , fed by circumftancc digested in to proofs,
has herfclf given birth to the address you have read, and now
goes forth amongst you with a request to all, that it ma, be
treated fairly ; that it may be conndered before it be abused,
and condemned before it be tortured , —convinced that, in a
fearhaf er error, truth will ap, car, that apathy itfelf will
growwarm m the purfttit, and though it ma, be the last to
adept her adv ce, at will be the firft to a& upon it.
The general order of yesterday, which the weak may mis
take for d ^approbation; and the defining dare to repre
sent as fu<h, wares, in my opinion, a very d fferent com
plexion, and carries in it a very opposite tendency. Till
now, the commander in chief has regarded the Heps you
have taken for redrcis with good wishes alone. His official
Silence has authorised your meetings, and'hit private opini
ons fanCtified your claims. Had he diflikea the obie& in
view, would not the fame sense of duty which forbade you
from meeting on the bhird day of the week, have forbidden
you from meeting on the seventh ? Is not the fame fubje&
held up for your d feuffion ? And has it not puffed the seal of
office, and taken all the Solemnity of an order ? This will
give system to your proceedings, and stability to your re
solves. It will ripen (peculation into fa&; and while it
. adds to the unanimity, 'it cannot lessen the independency of
your fentimentSb It may be necessary to add upon this lub
je& that, from the injunction with which the general orders
clofc, every man is at liberty to conclude, that the report to
be made to head quarters is intended for Congress. Hence
Will arise another motive for that energy whi.h has been
recommended :- -For, can you give the le to the pathetic
descriptions of your reprefentarives, or the more alarming
predictions of your friends ? To fu h as make a want of sig
nature an obj Clion to opinions, I reply, that it ma ters very
little who is the author of Sentiments which grow out of
feelings, and apply to your wanes; that in this instance,
diffidence fuggeAed what experience enjoins ; and that while
I move on the high road of argument and advice, which is
open to all, I sha 1 remain the sole confident of my own fe
mr, But, should the time come, when it shall be necessary
to depart from this general line, and hold up am, individual
mongftyou as an obje&of the resentment or contempt of
the'reß, I thus publicy pledge m, honor as a Soldier, and
my veracity a, a man, that I then will assume a viable ex
igence, ana gfye my name to the army, with as little re-
Serve as Inow give my opinions.
(See the fourth Page.)
Neff. PRINTERS,.
SOME ambiguity attending a passage or two,
in the piece signed Philalethes in your last
weeks paper, may naturally lead the public to
Imagine that the late Profeffor of Mathematics
and Natural Philosophy is the reputed, or at least,
fufgeaed author of the writings of Parnassus.
That none may be milled in their apprehensi
ons, and that the writings of Parnassus may fuf
fer no injury by prepofieffion, bias or prejudice,
from their being supposed to be the productions
of one, who may be thought to have been very
deeply interested in the fubjed : The said late
Profeffor now takes this opportunity, fify ?? J
-ifed^^n^*'^ neither the author,
nor projector of said publications ; and, that,
however he may have been well knowing toa
manifeft urfeafiriefs and diffatisfadion with the
administration of the Reverend Corporation, a
mong many very worthy and capital characters
in the state, yet he never so much as kiiew, that
this plan of Parnassus was even in contemplati
on, till after it made it's appearance before the
public; and, that himfelf can, in no sense, be
considered as the author, either in whole, or in
part, otherwise than by furnifhing some materi
als by way of evidence, and for elucidating some
matters of faCt, which in the progress of the pub
lications of Pamaffus, may come before the pub#
lie, authenticated with proper Credentials—He
further adds, that, whoever Parnassus may be,
and whatever the merit of his performances, he
(the said Profeffor) has never had any reason to
fulped, from any incident,, that basever as yet
turned up to his view, relative to him, that he is
one, who has ever been distinguished by any per
sonal pique, grudge or prejudice against the Cor
poration, either as a body, or individuals. As
to what appears from the general spirit and style
ofhis writings, the public will judge for them
selves And he further declares, that, upon re
colleAion he does not find, that he has the least
reason to think, that himfelf has ever, either di
re&ly or indirectly, been even so much as a re
mote occafon of information to Parnassus (be
Mess. PRINTERS,
{Know not by how many, Parnassus may be
commended for evading some modell queries
put to him by A Tvell-iui/ber to College and Com
munity, tending to sap or overthrow his moun
tain which he thought so strong ; yet I know
some who think he never can fatisfaCtorily an
swer them ; and so it may be good policy in him
not to attempt it. But I would only observe
upon the Well-wisher's computation of the offi
cer's salaries, that hC speaks only of what they
now are, and not what they once were ; and as
serts truly, (let Parnassus contradict it as often
as he will) that the-President's salary (besides
house, lot, &c.) is 180 1. and the Profeffor's 1601.
computed old 'way. And as the articles upon
which Rated, have in general been near double
in price, the last winter, he justly concluded the
salaries would be in proportion. And as the
Tutor's Salaries are allowed by Parnassus to be
2,. more than this writer had reckoned them,
the whole by so mach exceeds his former compu
tation. He did not Say what they werelaft year;
but spoke of what he supposed would be their
^^fentamount, in answer to Parnassus's sugges
tion of \vhafthey were like to be the present or
coming year. So tb<t there is little occasion for
Parnassus's curious remark upon some curious
circumstances, &c. and as littie justice in charg
ing this writer with hinting that building the kit
chen and dining room might be set to the fludent' $
account, which he expreily excepts; which inge
nudufnefs and candor, is of a piece with his polite
ness, when he accuses the Corporation of kicking
some in office, dotvn flairs. L,
THE Cotle&ors of State and Town Takes for the town of
Canaan, hereby give notice to the following persons
non-re fident proprietors of said town, that their lands will
be fold at Public Vendue, at the Sig* post in Canaan, on
Monday the i<ch of June ne%r, unless prevented by paying
their Taxes, viz. The lands belonging to Mary Merrils, Ja
cob Peirfons, Ebenezer Hanchet, Samuel Mills, Oliver Bel
ding, E'iphalet Dyer, John Horsford, Josiah Hertford, Ja
bez Baker, John Thomson, Jabet Hough, and all that have
moved out of this town into ether towns in this State are
desired to fettle their Rates immediately orexpe&to pavcoft
JOSHUA WHITNEY,)
CHARLES BURRALL,)Collcaors.
ELISHA BEBEE. )
Canaan, March 18, 1783.
* Of this critical filiation of the students, at a time when
the Presidency was vacant, be, the late Profeffor, at fundr,
times, and with a tender and anxious concern for the ft?x
of College, gave some intimations co one or mote of the
members of the Corporation ; but without an, other cf
fc&, than to draw on himfelf their contempt and the stigma
of being unpopular—Tho' he has no doubt but some other
very worthy charaders of that body may have received the
like intimations from him ver, gratefully and with candor.
he who he may) respecting any of the matte's
alledged in his No. VI. relative to the ungene
rous usage the Tutors experienced from the Cor
poration, nor of the affair of the Orrery—Fr&fcb
Profeffor —Mr. Collins's offer of Books—The Gen
tleman's offering to bind books—Louth's Gram
mar, &c. Though some allegations, particular
ly relative to the usage of the Tutors, there
made, he is very certain, were at least, treated,
and spoken of, as matters of general notoriety,
and occasioned much speculation among those
who were then conversant with college; both
graduates and students—He only adds, that he
is very far from denying, or taking any excep
tions at the intimation given by Philalethes, of
the concern he the said Profeffor was under,
when "in office at College, left the more solid
branches of learning Ihould be in dangerof grow
ing obsolete, and finking into contempt, by the
over-bearing influence of those more gay and
showy feenes and exhibitions, which in their
nature' were so well .suited to arrest, and steal
away the attention of the students, and had so
gained the ascendency and taken the lead among
them.* But never was he apprehehfive, that
any such calamity was impending from thatquar
ter, as that any thing, that ihould look like an
interdiction to the study of Lo wth's Grammar,
officially administered by an individual of the
Corporation, ihould be the proper step for ob
ftru&ing the progress of the evil, or for effect
ing a reformation.
NEHEMIAH STRONG.
March 29, 1783.
BOOK DEBTS.
ALL persons indebted to Mr. ALEXANDER ALLIN, on
Book, are requeued to fettle the fame with James
Hooker, by giving their notes ofhand ; those that comply
with this request shall have a reasonable time allowed them
for payment, but those that neglect may exped co£L
All indebted to James Hooker, or James and Horace
Hooker are desired to do likgwile.
Windsor, April f, 1783.
TO BE SOLD-
At PUBLIC VENDUE,
To the highest Bidder.
ON the firft day of May next, at the Dwelling-Houfc that
belongs the elUte of Peter Verltille in Hartford,
said Dwelling-House and . Garden, encumbered with the
Widows dowry, and a very convenient Shop, belonging to
said estate, standing alittle north of the State-Houfc,a good
title will be given to the purchaser.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors bfthe~tovn:
ships of Pittsfield and Hancock, in the County of Rut
land, and State of Vermont, that at a meeting of the pro
prietors of the said Townships, at Rutland, on the nineteenth
da, of December, 1781, they agreed and voted to raise the
sum of twelve shilling upon each right of land within the
said townships, and that on the twenty-fecund day of Octo
ber, 1782, ata meeting ofche said proprietors of the said
townships, at Rutland aforefaid, they voted to raise the fur
ther sum of twenty shillings upon each of the said rights of
land, and both of the said funis were voted to be raided eg
defray the charges of laying out the said townships. And
whereas the following perlons owners of the said rights of
land, have negledcd to pay the said taxes, although notice
has been given in the ConnedicutCourane agreeable to law,
these are therefore to notify them that unless the, pay the
said taxes, to one of us the fnbfciibers, on or before Thuif
day the twenty-ninth day of May next, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, their lands, or so much of them as sh/11 be ne
cessary to dircharge the said taxes, and the necessary inter
vening charges, shall be fold at Public Vendue at the time
last mentioned, ac the 4wclling-houfc of Abraham Chafe
in Danby, in said county of Rutland.
The following persons will be pleased to pay theft taxi
to Mr. John Baker, of Northampton colle&or, viz, Nathan
Chittenden, Asa Rosier, Joshua Whitney, Ephraim Whit
comb, Christopher Miner, Benjamin Sawyer, jun. Jame,
Ruffeil, Joel Holland, Waler Caency, Jacob Ward, Josiah
Ward, Samuel Winchester, Ephraim Whitcomb, jun. Ben
jamin Winchester, Silas Winchester, Benjamin Sawyer, fa.
Elisha White. :
And the following persons will be pleafcd to pay their
taxes to Mr. Joon Lefuer, of Adams colic &or, viz. Jeremiah
Cady, Zebulon Norton, Ezra Norton, Benjamin Sawyer,
Jonathan Norton, Josiah Wright, jun. Woodbridge Belcher,
Warren Cady, Andrew Norton, William Norton, Nathan
Chittenden, Dorothy Norton, Ephraim Sawyer, Ephraim
Sawyer jun. Ebenezer Bacon, Nathaniel Murray, Andrew
Belcher, Abraham Norton, Samuel Belcher, Silas Winchester;
Ebenezer Church, John Norton, Daniel Morse, jun. Calvin
Burt Belcher, Samuel Winchester, Matthew Norton.
JOHN BAkER, .
JOHN LEAVER. )
April 9, 1783.
THE proprietors of the township, of Randolph, in the
county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, are hereby
notifyed, forthwith, to pay to me the fubicriber, living in'
Norwich in said county of Windsor, the following proprie
tary taxes, viz. one oftwclve shillingslawful money on each
propriears right, granted the jil day of December, i 7 Br,
to be paid in to the treasury, by the fiift day of April then
next, lor the purpose of paying proprietary debts and ahife
ting said township. Allo a tax oftwclve shillings on each
right, for the fame purpose (the other tax being found ft
fufficient) granted the 20th day ofinftant February,, to be
paid forthwith, or their lands will be advertised and fold, to
pay said taxes and coSt, as the law direds.
And the said proprietors are further notified, that - on the
aforefaid 20th of Februaiy infant, said proprietors granted
two other taxes to be paid the firft day of August next, viz.
one of twelve shillings on each right, for the purpose of
making roads in said Randolph. The other tax of fifteen
shillings on each right, granted for the Support of the gos
pel in said Randolph the ensuing year, which said propictors
are hereby notifyed to pay accordingly, or theirlands in said
Randolph will be advertised and fold, in due time, for pay
ment of said taxes and cost, as the law dire&s.
MOSES BELNAP, Colle&or.
_Norwich, February 25, 1780.
T AKENOTI C E.
All persons who may take up timber below Suffield fills
of the following marks, viz. BL, MF, PO, with a ring
at the cnd---TB, TBE, TEX, IS, or lA, with two rings, TA,
with a ring in the middle, and sundry other marks, are de fi
red to lodge the fame convenient for rafting, and to attend
the Steps of the law if they would expe& a reward for such
16:vice, ard to be cautious in using any of said timbers with
out particular dire&ions from,
TIMOTHY BUSH,
LOOMIS & FREEMAN,
_____ JOHN ELY.
TO BE SOL D,
ABOUT 70,000 large Brick, well burnt, 5000 yellow Fine
Boards, fit far floors, and 5000 white Pine do.
JOEL LOOMIS.
EaSt- Windsor, April 12, 1,8;.
to be sol d;-
At P ÜBLIC VENDU E,
ON Tuesday the 6th of May next, about „ acres of good
pasture ard mowirg Land (if not fold before at pri
vate file) belonging to the eftatc of Nathaniel Hazard, de
teafed, and lying about half a mile weft of Suffield meeting
House, terms will be known on the day of file, or by apply
ing to Mr, Ephraim Peafc of Enfield or the fubferiber.
, JOSEPH BLACKWELL.
__Worthington, April 8, 1783.
TO ini s 0 L= d;
By the fubferiber,
A WELL Situated FARM, for a tavern, where there hoc
been one kept for some years, on the greae road from
Boston to Albany, in thetown of Blanford, halft1 ile from
the meeting House, containing 60 or 70 acres of land, half
under improvement, and exceeding well watered, well pro
portioned for pasture, plowing and mowing, with a Dwel
ling-House on the fame, a new Barn and horfc House, a good
well of water, an Orchard which will make §0 or 60 barrel
of cider in a year, for particulars enquire of,
„ TIMOTHY HATCH.
April ~ 1783,