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^tyflh&^atiflg, it is imfoflfible to maintain difeiplinc. Nothing
can be to me more obvious, than that a found mil.tary eftablish
ihent, and the intcreft of economy, are the fame. How much
more the purposes of the war would be promoted by it, in other
refpe&s, will not admit of an argument.
" In reasoning upon the measure of a future provision, I have
heard gentlemen objed, the want of it in some foreign armies,
without adverting to the difference of circumstances. The mi
litary flare holds the firft rank in most of the countries of Eu
rope, and is the road to honor and emolument. The eftablish
nient is permanent, and whatever be an officers provision, it is
for life, —and he has a profeflion for life. He has future, as
well as present motives of military honor and preferment; he is
attached to the service, by the f> irit of government, by educati
on, and in most cases, by early habit ; his present condition,
though not fplended, is comfortable, pensions and diftin^ions
and particular privileges, are commonly his reward in retire
ment. In the case of the American officers, the military cha
racter has been suddenly taken up, and is to end with the war.
" Congress will herewith receive a lift of the officers in the
New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-York, New-
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland line, previous to its march
ing to the southward, also Crane's and Lamb's artillery, Shel
don's horse, and in Hazen's, Sherburne's, Spencer's and Living
ston's regiments, who have a&ualy had their resignations en
tered at Head-Quarters, in the course of this year ; and who in
general urged their necessities, when they applied on the fabjeft,
.and insisted, notwithstanding every persuasion to induce their
Continuance, that their circumstances would not admit of their
remaining in service lo ger,—-befides those resignations, there
are a great many of which! have no certain account, as the of
ficers being permitted to go home on furlough, in the course of
the last winter, have never rejoined the army, and have only
lent messages or written to the regimental officers, that their
own distresses and those of their fam.lies would not permit their
return.
" As to the resignations which have taken place in the Virgi
nia line, and the other troops to the southward, since they were
lining in that quarter, I have no account of them, but I make no
doubt that many have happened.
“ All these serve to shew the necessity of some more compe
tent eftablishmerk than the present one, —arid I hold it my duty
to mention, from the accounts I daily receive, unless this is the
case, that I have Strong reasons to believe, we shall not be able
to retain, after the end of the campaign, as many officers, espe
cially in some lines, as will be even fufficient for common duties
when in quarters.
" If matters fortunately should not proceed, to the lengths
my fears forebode, yet Congress will be sensible, at the firft
view, of the injuries and great inconveniencies, which muff at
tend such a continual change of officers, and consequent promo
tions which are and will be inevitable."
These considerations induced Congress, on the 21st of the fame
month, to pass a refoluton, granting half pay for life to the de
ranged officers and to those who should continue in Service till
the conclusion of the war. This resolution had such effect, that
most ofthe officers continued in service ; though some resigned
after all these promises ; in whose place, others have Stepped in
and are entitled to the benefit of the above-mentioned resolve,
though they have been in fervi.e but one year. This, however
unequal it may appear, was unavoidable; for the promise of
half-pay for life, was not fufficient to retain all the officers in
service, and promotions were prohibited, because th y would
have opened a door through which the whole army could find a
way to relinquish the fervi.e.
In all these proceedings, we find nothing said by the officers.
They continued in service, till necessity obliged many to leave
it; they wished only for a compensation for their labours;
when the country could not make that compensation, many
Submitted to all the hardships of war and the inconveniences re
fusing from their lofics, with ns hope but of a future reward and
the honor of preserving our rights. And to show how ready
they were to calculate their demands to the wishes and the ne
cessity of their countrymen, they consented to commute half-pay
for life, for five years full pay, whith is acknowledged to be a
favourable bargain for the country. So far therefore were they
from importuning for half-pay for' life, that they never Solicited
for any thing of the kind— they accepted only of what was of
fered them—an offer, which we are well informed, orgi ated
in Connecticut.
HONORIUS.
Mr. RESPONDENT,
, S soon as this paper arrives at your house, I
/K desire you to afiemble the Committee of the
town and read to them a^ followed! :
Brothers and Friends,
When you were clrofen, by the men of yourwhole
town, a Committee of Correfpond'ence, I verilytho't
that you could write end read. For corresponding,
in the language of our country, lignifies to write
letters to other folks, and read their letters which
they write to you : the fame as if you talk to a man
at the distance of Killingworth and Torrington ;
and hear with the eye and speak with the pen. 1
was confirmed .in this mistake about your being able
to correspond, by hearing a private talk, that was
called yours in the paper. In that you were made
to fay that you had read General Waffiington's let
ter, and a number of other private things, some of
which youliked and some you did not like. Now,
as # people commonly ^rite their talks before they
print them, and as it was there said that you had
read, you will readily perceive the causes of my er
ror. But since I have been better informed, I pre
sume or I guess (be pleased to explain avoids that they
dent uadetfand, Mr. Respondent) that there are fe
ver?.! things kept from your ears which you ought
to know. Your JEfculapius, who talks all the pa
pers and books to you which you hear, is grown
old, and his eyes are thick of hearing. He is a wor
thy, good man, he has long been your chief and has
told you a great deal, but he has not told you all.
You mult know there have been several Talks about
you, since you have been a Committee, and went up
to Middletown by the great river there, where they
make Councils and Congresses. After he made that
long, big Talk for you to make in town meeting
about General Waffiington's little book, I made you
a letter and sent you, and thought you could read
it. In that I told you about some things, which he
left out of your Talk, and some that he put in wrong.
That letter he forgot to speak to you ; but sent me
another about a Boston Governor and a Captain's
commission. He told too about 'Squire Wales's go
ing to Boston to make a continental army, and a
number of such things which I am sure you ought
to know, and, if possible, to understand.
You remember he has often fold you, that the
voice of the people is the voice of God. This is
what we call a sublime moral precept, and should al
ways be uttered with rolling up the eyes and laying
the hand on the breast. If it is above your under
standing, I will explain it. ^Efculapius, you know
(for he must have told you) is the son of Apollo, and
the God of Physic. He was made a God about three
thousand years ago, beyond the great water, by a
tribe of people that were called Greeks; apd has
held the rank of a regularly constituted Deity ever
since. When he tells you, therefore, that the voice
of the people is the voice of God, he. means the
voice of a God, or of TEfculapius. Thus you fee
the maxim is most certainly true ; as he is never
known to give his voice against that of the people,
unless by mistake, or by some fixed, loyal attach
ment to the great king acroft the water, who has
been butchering our brothers so many years.
When I sent you my letter for you to read, I said
I was your Correspondent ; but since we cannot
correspond for the reasons I have mentioned, I hope,
when 2Efculapius, who can read, shall speak this
here talk to you, he will tell you that I am your
Brother and Friend.
Great Son of Apollo, \
THE Correspondent is no more. He has paid
the debt to nature and to thee ; and has left me, his
only son to mourn the loss of a parent, and to learn a
lesson of prudence from his untimely dissolution.
Before he had finifhed the above address he trem
bled and turned pale ; and being unable either to
conceal his agony or pursue the fubje&, he made the
signature and funk back in the chair, incapable of
uttering a syllable for half an hour. This seemed
the final Ihock of a most astonishing nervous disor
der, that seized him fix hours before, when the last
Tuesday's paper was left at his house. But nature
at length so far recovered herfelf as to give him ut
terance of the following broken sentences. '' My
son, it is past---my repentence comes too late. Ob,
JEfculapius, thou Aid de Camp of death ! thou
knoweft the fubtil texture and secret windings of this
feeble automaton of the human ceconomy—thou
canst cure, and thou canst kill I feel thy healing
influence withdrawn ; and thy last prescription,
which thou declared shall be thy last, hath consign
ed me to the dead-—a just reward for my crime. I
know, that body of empirics, the army, are by pro
feflion the enemies of the medical God. They kill
men with the sword and with the gun, and thereby
infringe upon thy prerogative. And behold thy
lancet and thy pen thall be justly drawn against them.
Yet hear, O Father of Physic ! though I cannot hope
for thy pardon, yet am I not thy foe. I never killed
a man to my knowledge-—I never wore a sword, nor
a gun, nor even a commission ; yet have I seen those
that did, and have not fought against them as I
ought. But on my last pillow thou haft brought me
to conviction—the fame deadly potion, which so
benumeth the nerves of my bodily frame, hath en
livened the nerves of my understanding; and all
things have changed their falfe appearance for the
true. I fee the officers of the army crouding round
their General and teazing him for half-pay.' I fee
the Congress rcuftering their trunks and boxes, and
getting funds in a way and manner not fixed by the
confederation-how they scrape the cash together !
what haughty strides of power ! Behold, the inflam
ation runs high in the army—how it reddens on
their coats ! And 10, on the plains of Roxbury, the
'Squires, whom thou fendeft from Connecticut, do
marshal the militia into a continental army how
they skip from rank to rank! how the soldiers
change! I thank thee, Son ofPhoebus; though I
die for my former blindness, yet mine eyes haft thou
opened in death."
My father turned to me and said, " My son, ob
serve my words. Thou knoweft how the great So
crates, after he had drank his poison, ordered his
servants to facrifice a Cock to the God ^fculapius.
In like manner, now my deathful bane is in me, I
order you to dedicate a Cock to that deity. And,
my son, let it be apolitical Weather-Cock ; one that
will turn with the least breath of the voice of the
people, and give warning to the God that he may
turn his voice. But, my son, defend thy fathers
memory; especially from the attacks of my wicked
neighbour Hobfon, who claims this medal which I
wear upon my breast in honor of my invention of the
rat-trap, which you well remember. Take the me
dal, my son, wear it thyfelf and defend thy father's
memory." EXIT.
JAMES SHEPHARD,
HAS 258 acres of Land in one trad, in Northampton, five
miles weft of Conne&icqt river, on the great road to Al
bany and Vermont, and one Lot of 100 acres in Westhampton,
about 8 miles weft of said Connecticut river; the land is cover
ed with excellent tall Oak, Chestnut, Walnut, Maple and Beach
Timber. Also, one Lot of 33 acres, (Wood Land) two miles
from the Court House in Northampton. The abovefaid Lands
may be purchased for Cash in hand at a very low rate, even for
less than what the timber new growing thereon is really worth.
Those that arc indebted to the late Company of SHEPHARD
and HOPKINS, are requested to make immediate payment, or
they will be called upon in a more difagrecable manner.
October 7, 1783.
so be Sold by the Subscriber,
About twenty acres of LAND,
lying in Hartford, bounded on Bolton line. For further parti
culars enquire of
GEORGE BUCK.
Hartford, O&obcr 8, 1783,
Beardsley's & Hopkins,
Have just received for Sale,
BEST Coniac Brandy, in Quarter Calks.
Do. Lisbon Wine, in Ditto.
Rosin an Pearl-Ash per cwt. or less quantity.
And, a small supply of
Carolina Pink and Virginian Snake Root.
MEDICINES as usual.
For which Flax-Seed of the present year's growth
will be received.
Hartford, October 9, 1783.
Clothiers Press Papers,
Equal to any ever manufactured in New-England,
To be fold by the Printers hereof.
STOLEN from the fubferiber in Windsor on the Night follow
ing the 6th instant, a black MARE, with a few white hairs
intermixed, a number of white hairs on her tail where it joins
her body, long tail, Aim built, sharp rump, fwift trotter and
trots all, except new and then a few rods flow pace, but soon
shifts to a trot, niqe years old, fourteen bands and a half high,
an excellent traveller, was in good order aid shod all round
when stolen. Whoever will take up and return the Mare and
Thief (or the Mare only) to the fubferiber, shall be handsomely
rewarded and have all necessary charges paid, by
ROGER NEWBERRY.
Windsor, Odober 8, 1783.
TO BE SOL D,
A Farm lying in Haft-Hartford,
about 10 miles from the Court House, on the Post Road to Bos
ton, Providence and New-London,containing about 200 acres,
well proportioned for mowing, pasturing, plowing and wood,
with a good Orchard fufficient to make 100 barrels es Cyder,
two good Dwelling Houses thereon, one entirely new 50 by 40
feet, well finished, very convenient for a Trader or Tavern,
two good Barns, r^h as good Stables as any in the State ; said
Farm lies on each fide of the road, and will be fold feper^tc or
together, as best faits the purchaser.
STEPHEN HILLS.
EaR-Hartford, O&ober 2, 1783.
so be Sold, at Worthington, State of Maffa
ebufetis Bay,
A Good FARM, containing 140 acres of choice Land, under
good improvement, well watered, with a good Building
and a fine young Orchard which bears apples fufficient to make
10 or 12 barrels es Cyder, is pleasantly firuated in the fe&ion of
the great roads, one of which leads from Northampton to Al
bany, and the ether to Williamftown. Also, two one hundred
acre lots, one of which has some improvements, with a young
Orchard on it. Ary person inclining to purchase, may know
the terms by applying to Col. NAHUM SPRAGUE, in said
town.
Worthington, O&ober 7, 1783.
Take Notice.
THIS is to desire all those that are indebted to the fubicri.
ber, either by book, bond or note, to make immediate
payment, that he may be able to fettle with bis creditors, or
he must t^lce ferae AiCgreaahle way to get it, as he is about to
alter his fixation. THOMAS JOHNSON.
Chatham, Sept. 29th, 1783.
FOUND, the 12th of September last, in Hartford, a pair of
Silver SPURS. —The owner may have them again, by pay
ing charges, and applying to
NEHEMIAH CADWELL,
Hartford, O&ober 5, 1783.
STRAYED out of a pasture in Colebrook about the latter end
of June last, a Black MARE, with a small star in her fore
head, natural trotter, 7 years old, some white hairs round one
of her hoofs. Also, a Black Mare COLT, one year old past, a
star in her forehead, natural trotter. Whoever will give infor
mation to the fubferiber where said Krays may be found, shall
have a generous reward and charges paid, bv
PETER BROWNS
Windsor, Odober 7, 1783.
ALL persons indebted to the eftatc of Mr. Joseph Hooper,
late of Middletown, Ax-Maker, deceas'd, or to the eftatc
of Mr. Stephen Pierce, late of said town, Leather Dresser, de
ceas'd, are desired to make immediate payment to the fubferi
ber to prevent cost and trouble. All having any demands on
either of said estates, are defined to fend them in, properly at
tested, for adjustment, to
BENJAMIN HENSHAW, Administrator.
Middletown, OKobcr 9, 1783.
I'o be Sold, on the most reasonable Terms,
A good Farm, with a convenient
Dwelling House, Barn, and other out Houses, in the town of
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, State of Maflachufetts Bay, about
two miles South Weft of the Meeting-House, on the main road
to Albany, containing about 104 acres, suitable for a Farmer or
a Tanner and Shoemaker; an excellent intervale where may be
cut 30 tons of good hay, within a few rods of the Barn, and an
unfailing stream of water running through the lame, a good
young Orchard near the house, with suitable pafturc and plow
land in proportion. ALSO, a good Stock of Cattle, consisting
of eight good Cows, a Team and young Stock, a breeding
Mare, &c. Said Farm will be fold for part pay in band, either
hard money or Morris's notes, Connecticut State bills, or Pay-
Table Orders on the 2 s. 6 d, tax, at their current value, the re
maining part of the pay in a reasonable time. For further
particulars enquire of GEORGE STANLEY, at Wethersfield, in
Connedicut, or PHINEHAS BAGG, at Pittsfield.
N. B. Any persons inclining to purchase said Farm arefodefir
cd to apply soon, as it may be entered upon immediately.
O&ober 6, 1783.
STRAYED or Stolen out of the pasture of the fubferiber, on
the night after the 6th instant, a sorrel or chestnut colour'd
MARE, with a small white spot in her face, a small white spot
on the back part of one of her foro legs, is about 15 hands high,
trots very faft, is very gay and high life, shod and toe cork'd
before. Whoever will take up said Mare and Thief, if stolen,
and return them to the fubferiber, shall have Ten Dollars re
ward, or for the Mare only, Five Dollars, and all necessary
charges paid, by
NATHANIEL HAYDEN, juu.
Windsor, Odober it, 1783.
FOUND, in Glaftenbury in May last, a State Note, the owner
may have it again by proving his property and paying
charges. Enquire of ASA GOSLE^.