The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1783-05-27 00:00:00, page 1

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Alt perrons indebted to ^ eftafe & b^nH^
KiNKEAB, Ige of Southington, deccafed; arc
id make foment rd the ^b^r
Iftfoctif raid accosts, attbe house ? f .
New-Cambridge, on Monday the ,th day of June
^, for the house&. job tef in ,^^,
We firft and last Mondays of Jul, nekt, from 6 o dock A.
0 /clock P.M. Those who have ^. orany , other
teo OLIVER LEWIS, Admw&ator.
- ' HartfdrctMayj^fr^
taat would make Iwo or Ihiee Hundred
Pounds by a bargain, now is the time.
T O EE S O .L
A Good FARM, containing foe acres rflanß, fynn-
Ader good improvement, veil fenced with chefnut rails
Lid ftpne wall, well proportioned for ,o aft mowing and
Waring, and cuts more than forty tons of ba, iaayear,
fowes^rty or fifty head of cattle and hot,,,, h a
%cr of sheep, Well watered in tht dryeß Lafons, a large
quantity good ship and ftavc timber on, it, t w , dwelling
tod:with fcven fm^s tin the lower floors, two barns,
"neicher of them twenty years ^ld, and three orchards, pnc€
$x Hundred Pounds—-For further particulars enquire of
^ORNBLIUS HIGGINS, ' living on the picmxfCT
Haddara, Maj fo,^', . c^_
'^-fK^ NO7l C &
TH is fee® warn all perlons that By law art obliged to
public fo<s in Farmington, that Ithe Scriber
have deceived warrants from the Treasurer to colle# one
'faxaf ad. on the pound, one Tax of x, on,the pound, and
one of ,d. on the pound, on the lift z^x—- and in or
der to receive Gid Takes, I shall attend ~chereof Cap.
Stephen Norton, in Ke&gton, on Mandat the i6tbd & v of
; and at Mr. Jrfeph Smith's, in New-^itun, the
and fit Mr. Royce Lewis's, in Cambridge, the 12th ; and at
Nr Wiliam fold's, in Northington, ^et,th ; and ^ Mr.
Simeon Hart's, at W^-Britainj on the 20th of June.
Those, People that n&ft to meet me at one of thofeplaces
as coiivcrjcnr, or at my otfn hoirfc, by &¥ h e
-{ft' may caped that 1 shall fall upon theth at their refeec
h^fcs%@ Gid ¥^^^^ ^ ° f
ng ^cs^rtr^e s< j LO ^ o ^ WHITMAN, jitn. Colle&or.
tvr&NYED to hire by the year, a Iprightly a&ivc Y° U ^
Woman, that uuderftands weaving OT fort
10%work. Enquire of the Widow TABITHY BIGELOW.
Hartford, May zc^itS^o^—^
' r
thedfon. judge of Probate, for the county of B,k
receive and examine the claims of the creditors to
&e^c % Capri. NATHANIEL HOUSE, ate of Sandfr
deceased, re,rerented ihfolvcnr; and feren manth
WOE aHowed.for Dement r Do hereby g,e nonce, that
telfo^4 Laid at the dueling honfe of Rtfoefr
Torrey, follower in faidfandisfodj ^ the arft Wednes
days July, September and O^aber next, from
till seven in the afternoon on each da,, after
^bich no accounts will be allowed —No accounts till be
&IPL|iY TORREY, j C^mmiffoncts
, frAVID DEMING,),
& All indebted to laid effete are flefoed to roaxe
^mediate payment to Benajah H&dfe, Aamimftrator.
^Sandisfeid, April
Court pf Probate for the diftrid of Hartford'
1 having awratf feyen months from the date hereot to
the creators of & erfate of ELIJAH SPENCER, fate of
4%fe& ^'JWP& in their dai#sag#,, ^id
iftite j, the idminiHrafor hereby notices creditors,
pnlefj their chi ms are exhibited within (he ",e hn,ir~
^arefa'id, tbs, can%ot be alhnrcd---Ari persons fndebt-
W^Gia elUfc are defied to make payment, to
ELIJAH SPENCER, AdmmUfrafor.
HanforaVMayl2,^7^.
A LL oerfons that have any accounts irnfettled with the
elUxe of OHADIAN^iNCER, late ' of Hartford, dd
fecafed, or with the fabferiber, are deffred to exhibit them
ELIJAH SPENCER, Executor.
May 22, x, %.
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VIRGIN.
j[N"OCE^ bj the frefoea of peace ^ be-in chefe paper,;
1 I beg Udve to intraifu e this clofin^ n mber by congra
tulating my felibty rftitens on the glorious American revo
lution; and rqgoratibn bf, choral tranquility bn terms aa
vantagebuk and honourable to this country, which has for
^ight facceibve years been the feat of V a G ^J ^'s 9 ''°^
(tile greatest fin e the firfl sett emerit of America) bubTe
councils arc relieved frbm the ino, gainful Glkit def^r
the prefervatibn bfour rights! Thro' the lignal interp&li,-
tfon of heaven; the ertertion, bf a free ,eopl^ Have leeri
crowded with glbriobi fuc<efs; Cur late jsent ,enemy is
became bur friend! Out ixwfdr'eti rtctympiished: We have
feran in tertrsj and ribw reap in jcM: ^e efcult In the hope
that general harmomy; e^qinierce, liberty and feien , may
long reward the virtuosi ftiugglebf an Infant chanty: The
guardians of§he public liberties will now With pleasure de
liberate bn the best meah^ for the fell and permanent eri~
joyment iff these various i&antages! we beg nto view
bur political fathers; under the influen e bf him. that ruieth
hi tlie kjfcdoto of men; aS repairer) of biedchii; %nfl re,pre*' of
paths to dwell ini Xmidft their cbnffiltatihng for the public
Weal; the institution of learning, will; we dbubt net; have
their atfehtibni Their late a&fdr the eMcouracetef.t of lae
tattoo axelgenius is a fresh prbof; that the advaiicement bf
Science.ls an objed whi.h will have their countenance ^nd
Rapport: CoHkeWicut toa, juftl, aflume th^ henbr bf being
One of the most ref; enable ,f the United States! .That it
maw continue and Be yet more so, rt rely on the wlfdom of
die legiflamrt: to J la<e the uniyerhty on such a foundation
that all ranks and ^ofefens frly heartily ,bh in promot
ing it: h?ner,nd ufefulriefs! .) :
facn the firft charter was gHrited; there *ert not more
inhabitants in the whole government, than there now are;
perha^, in the ebunt, of Hartford. Learned men were
ihsmedatef wanted to sap,!, the churches. Hence the
trust was dien limited to the Snifters of the gospel. In the
early days ofthc country; the lcg&ai;e frequency a ked
die a4vie offome principal ministers 'in affairs of much
weight and difficulty! A clergyman was improved in Maf
tachutertS as their agertt in Britain: tn this government one
The chief magi,rate a number Of ,cars. , .-, : °
But a different State of things has gradually tdken place!
In consequence of this; the General Affembiy of 1745, in
the new College charter, took care not to limit the trust td
the clergy; but enlarged it to include civil pfbfeffions,
without impairing any of the just rights of the fuccefthrs co
the Original truftec^ ft is only tyfufferance, net b, charter;
that these flill retain the fo'e government of the univerfift
This matrow plan has long given much diffatikfa&ion to the
fofffefyfobte charters, and to ^ publics as has been
shewn in the pre e^ng papers. A plan of much greater
utility may be ado,ed and established-, ^the alteration es
rlrctifaftanfeg peg liter it--- and it is h ^ib^fubitted to the
Lprerae legislature, whecherthe present time is not the best
to new.madel' and enlarge the institution! By the de Lira
t?on ofindependence in ^776, feme clauses ks the College
Charter OTre to alt intend and purpefes repeated and difaii
huileJ. When the charterwas granted, these daufds were
efteemef very important and hWegar, : The difannullinq
chern so far weakens the charter as to require < rev eal and
re-eftablisliwent, so as co promote the good of the commu
nity in the belt mariner; according to* prefect Wrcumflames.'
to quest on this, is to fay, that the foverign podver in z
State is ne* fupremc ; that it has infticufcd imperitfn in tmfe-
The intent of the uriiverfit/ is co bring dp, fetich; of
eoft pfbmiffng genius, fir orators arid pliilitybdi;ftatefram,
legiflatCTS, judges; counsellors at law, phtfejan's: &, as tegi
as%r the pipit, * mult, therefore, <be the intereff and
" duty of t,ne te^iflature t& grant the College encourage
" faen^and fapport-—-they arc under sacred obligations,
4 * b, all polhhle meifitres tSferWide fir the public happi
« nef^; and cannot in faithfuinefs to Cod or m'an neglea
"the Co tegej of which they <rd the political fathers,
(Wherb shen if thee, horior, if the, ma, npt dired the educa
tion of their children!) This “ would be to r%<& the
'' public interest. Learning is ffie.'facred guardian of riber
ty, and of universal advantage." # ,
Our eivif fathers, sensible of its importance, will attend
so its advaricrifext: , " An especial ref, e& arid gratitude is
"due tb dfen£as the greatest benefa^ort td the College."
Their various benefaction's an'& attem,t,to improve the in-
Aipitioh have hdg indeed, always met with themoft refrea
ful and'gratefii! returns. ' Their wish, ah&en&avors ft^e
been ufthanpil, obtruded by the board ' bf overfecr,, in 6^
pefcon te'&fentima'tsQffomt tfp@
fa prefect efreumrianeds, justice calls' so r the interfoofition
I sTche legislature Go change the government of the College.
I ^l^ Brents $f the Students nW be relied uh^^urf
.State; , : .,:' L %
j• fcWifdid clirg afc far from Wishing that tttir ,+bfeffibe
Is^bald have the bverfyhr of the universe, to the exjhißoa:
dfatl A hers ; meft nAt ofttr learned men in the Sfafe think
themselves treated ivith milch ncglr& ind artisan e, white
die, ard accounted unworthy ofrin, shaft therein, anti Field
j in nblother efiirdation than the, ipcbitc Wgus ir the dark
; ages of popery, when the key of knowledge sos ke, tty &
' Clergyt
[ " Supreme rulers cannot be too much % czeir gwarf
:" againft'fiffer.ing themselves to he impof.d on. by wekea
:“ men, whb, under a pretext of public gbed and tanquill^
i< c ty, seek old, their owh particular intmfc, rind' Who Sty
, r "their utmost efforts to render bpihiohs dbn&ioiT, bhtf
I ^' with a view to ruin men of gtcateFpfobit,'dr &ft ^h*
1" selves. .(Rurlama,fs\ rimiptes cflaw, Vol. H.'pl 'Go.]'
\Let the learned further fay, Whether it Would -be pr&icnt
^^««f e af !# office <w& the ^fcrtGpf,emwfu ff "Ta
typreffiye tax —*a fu^cie^ number of tutors arid pfoftfi,^
IfaayTe provided, according co die revenues of Co lege and
nurnber of ftudefys —^worthy gentlemen in office may to
tibre be f bje^cd c'o an arbitral, and dUhehorab.fe rerriov
ai,— partial preferences may nb m..,fe ,disgrace tii? adim^
Initiratidri-i ~thelnfentibns dfthe liberally &fcofed giaff no
I longer be friGrated, the College no longer deprived ' cf the
benefit it wo,id derive from the union iff civil profeffiQr.c
with eccitfiahicai in its government; Tor new building,
&e&ed at the etpentfe bfthe*prefenrlludeffi; and with 6 c
advice of the General Affemb,.' The chmmenfty rqcfe
entire couhdence in their civil fathers, and Will be y ctfeffl,
Satisfied with Hi^ir regulations; Till they irreßbfe,' there
Is no proßabi it, but the prefect dfebnr.ent fom College
government muh continue and itxreafc. .
" Ali ce ebrated legifl.rcrs, fays Mr: 'Rolling have frl&
'' reatrin believed; thiu the edilatien of yd th is an etieg
ff thl part bfgberninerit — die glcauft and post impute.
^ tant b/jea 6falegiflatois laic, the State should be ill
; " trufte^ with the genera care of the td.lcßUOn" bf such
!as are deli,ned forpub i Ihtibns;
I'' Ie is in 4.republican 'go ertirti hi; Lbs l&hlpfy.ien,
;" that the wiible pOiver bf eduction is required. Educa
:? tion in d^f, otic b.nbies is confined within a verj harrof
; ft ebthpari: Learning here proves.dangerbus, emulation
'' fatal; In dre^ebhe every thing depends bn establishing':
" the love bf he laws and of bur ebuntty :To infpixe ig
" bright to te the principal 1 nonets bf education!"
~, flays Burlamaqui, ''it beltings to the fox ereign ar^ 1+
" to establish academies and } ufoll f houls bf all tindf,
'' and to ah hßrie the tef/Salve ,rbfeflor& it bu,he d>
" negled nothing that cin contrib r te to the education of
" ,o.^h; to the adv^k^inenc df'tteftfcric% and tb die
progress bf tenth." , ”
;What particular a@rati3n# in rig g<v,rhinerii bf &hej#i
iShay be proper; is submitted to the civil fathers of the c^mu
munity, Thatfome alteration is nereflaiy; they have f§ft#
seen; Public tranquility being richbred, it is HU[,a rhef
may find foirie r^miffion from concerns bf a inb,e eirtenfat
j and general nature; to deliberate bn the particular inte&W
;bf literature; Should their right bf regvla Ing the uriiverfa
j t, be igain crilled in queftlon, the, will b, the OTftiffat
tiiis righraffert their dignity.,/,
The learned cannot think theffifelva^ oninte're&d In &e.
quekion before the publicp The clergy are fob fabdeft ty
fuppble; that they have all knowledge; or that therrown
t profeffpn is foffierent to a trust so compre^cofr; eas ^E cait
;bf the onlverfcy^^fbb liberal tk den,; bi diminish From;
J ihe literary merit arid pub'i.fphit of gentleffien in other
Iprofelhb'ns, 1/r exclude them from a partnership hi the cfiifti
1 y rejoice thatthei^ art fin h ni!mb'er< it ci.il profeffioits
;thiinene far le^tnin,, virtue and religion', better 'qr.Miffed
; th'ari the clergy to regulate fom^ parts 6f edheatibrf ^efe
the elerg,; as a b&d,; to deliver dtelr fenri^ent's, ,&Gd not
t^e amount be this 1 ''Werevere the rttdoni andgoodnefs
, ^ of our political fathers. There at,'man, learned in eri
f'• in other deprirtffier.es, worthy of tht higEtft efteeta ar'd
" kondr, +hofe known talents and integrity would great y
' '' improve the inftitutibn, +erc the, admitted to £ja'rti..ix
j " pation in the government of the nhir,rfy. their ad
jmiffon worild give n# particular hrtisra'6tfbn! Far are
1" we frora Wishing; that rartiai refe^: th bur profefton
;I sh,udfyfevent Or delay the inter,efirish bf die Icgiffit~
§ " tore in ari affair of such moment. Out heart, detift is,
1 " that they, won;d,as fobn as nty hefrtake into die, ma
-1 " tore confederation the state of tire university, qnd alveg
" and enlarge the government as to their wif&A,. rihak
1" seem be&! Wefee the neceffit, bf a more liberal flab,
I * and wish that due refect ma, be sl^wn to all learned
: " men.",
ISuch, jam persuaded; are the fcAp'nripe, oftfie pfc^terc
Ipart of th^ctergfi-and fadi afo the <bncming fcHtimbnty
and wishes of some bfthe reverend Corporation! It is #At
; generally f ppofed; that the Corporation 'are more learned
than the fa the number of their brethren hi art, pi6t bfthe