The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1783-08-26 00:00:00, page 1

TO BB S O L D,
At PUBLIC VEND UE,
A GREATER to revive of Affemb!,, the efface of ASA
HUTCHINSON, confiscated for uttering counterfeit
moner, &c. confining of aboutyo acres of land, confidera
bk part good moving, lying near Ca^. Benjamin Ruels,
in Hebron, where'the V # ndue will be held on Monday the
fir# jfS pember next, ex &y at two o'clock in the after-,
noon, it is incumbered with the right of dowry of a widow
near 8g years of age. Any one inclined to purchaie, may
have it giving good security for one year on intcreft, or far
any obligations again# the State for hard money which are
now due, except so much as to pay force debts due from the
efface of the late Moses Hutchinson, to aihom the effete be
longed, amounting perhaps to 20 or 30 pounds, which muff
be paid to the fatisfadion of the creditors,
'TO BE SOL D,
By Jeremiah & Ebenezer Platt,
At their in H ARTFO R D,
The Best of St. K. I TTS RU M,
By the Hogshead or Barrel,
Arid St. MARTIN'sSAL T,
By the Cask or larger Quantity.
" O BE SO L D,
A Farm in Sheffield, lying on
the Bast fide of the River, containing about 170 acres, all
under improvement except about 30 acres of Wood land,
<5 acres of interval, an Orchard that will make 15 or 20
barrels of Cyder yearly, a small House and good Barn. Fur
further particulars enquire of ENOS KELLOGG, living on
Grid Farm.
Auguft 4, 1783. _
TO BE SOL D, $
At PUBLIC VENDUE,
To the highest Bidder,
ON the 4th da, of September next, at the dwellirg-houfe
that belongs to the estate of Peter Vcitillc in Hartford,
said Dwelling-House and Garden, encumbered with the
Vidowsdowry, and a very convenient Shop, belonging to
said efface, Handing a little north of the court-heufe, a
good title will be given to the purchaser.
August rr, 1783.
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the diftri& of Eaft-Vind
for, having allowed until the firft day of March next,
to the creditors co the efface of the Rev. JOSEPH PERRY,
late of East-Windsor, deceased, to bring in their claims a
gain# the fame. The Executrix to the Will of the deceased,
hereby gives notice to the creditors, that unless their claims
arc exhibited within the time limited as aforefaid, they can
not be allowed, attendance will be given at the dwelling
houfe of the deceased, on the second Mondays of September,
November, and January next.
NAOMI PERRY, Executrix.
East-Windsor, August 4, 1783.
THE Subscriber wants to Hire some good journeymen
Boot and Shoe-makers—those that wish far good em
ploy, will pleafc to call st his shop in Wethersfield, broad-
Urecc. He Bill continues to make the belt of work, and
would be happy of the enceurgement of la.its and gentle
men, all orders will be du'y attended to, by their very
humble fervanc
JONATHAN BEADLE.
Wethersfield, AuftuS it, 1,83.
TEN DOLLARS REW ARD.'
STOLEN out of the pafturc of Asa Douglass, Efa; in Han
cock, State of Maflachufetts, about the 23th of July ialt,
a bay HORSE, 6 years old, about 14 hands high, natural
treter, white face, white eyes, his right eye has been lately
hurt, three or four white feet, branded A I) on his near
thigh. Whoever will take up and secure said Horie, and ad
vertise him it, New-Haven paper, shall have Five Dollars
reward and charges paid, and if any person will cake up the
Harfe and Thief, and secure them, so that the chiefmay be
brought to justice and the owner receive his horse, shall
have Ten Dollars and charges paid, by
ASA DOUGLASS.
Hancock, August 4, T 783.
I^'°™ '"'" * e ?^ ure °f [ hc Subscriber, a black MARR;
~ 6or 7 yearsold, near 14 hands high, paces, a st ar in
forehead, left hind footlock joint lame. The owner is
desired to prove his property and take her away.
„ RAPHAEL HUBERT.
WGrchtngtan, Auftuft 1, 1783.
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T U E S D A Y| August 26, 1783.
NA PL ES, %ly) April §.
THE daily accounts from Sicily and Cala
bria, contain a number of particulars of the
rnoft extraordinary as well as melancholy nature.
Mellina has, from the beginning of this year,
been fubjea to frequent fhocksof an earthquake;
many large pcices of lava are daily washed 011
shore by the sea, which must have been thrown
up under the element. The crew of a Swedish
vessel which was within 20 miles of the Streights
of Meffina, in the night of the sth of February,
thought the vessel flruck against a rock, but it
was an island riling out of the sea, which was in
stantly swallowed up again a moment afterwards;
the Captain could fee flames arise, and the water
was warm,: the next day all the mountains of
Calabria and the neighbourhood of Medina be
began to smoke. It is said that the old volcano,
which disunited Sicily from Calabria, has open
ed again under the sea.
L O N D O N, May 28.
According to the letters from the Hague, there
had been great uproars in the senate, occasioned
by the uniform opposition of the deputies from
two of the provinces, to accede to the terms of
peace, as laid down at present between England
and Holland.
Monday evening the Coroner's Inquest fat up
on the body of John Powell, Esq; late Cashier to
the Pay-Office, at his house in Bennet-ftrect, St +
James's. The firft wifnefs examined before the
jury on this melancholy occasion, was Mrs.
Staples, # who, with her huiband, lived in the
house with Mr. Powel :---this lady deposed, that
about half past fix o'clock, on Monday morning,
the heard a kind of noise in Mr. Powel's cham
ber, which was immediately above her own, that
very much alarmed her, and induced her to ring
the bell for her maid, whom she dispatched to
call up Mr Powells vallet, with an order to go
into his matter's room to inquire after his health :
the Servant accordingly went, but . found the door
bolted, a circumstance very unusual with Mr. P.
y hich so much alarmed Mrs. Staples and the fa
mily, that they determined upon breaking open
the door. When they had by this means affe£l
ed their entrance, they found Mr. P. lying upon
the floor quite dead, ahd the room covered with
blood. Mr. John Hunter was sent for, who ar
rived about seven o'clock, but immediately upon
a fight of the body, pronounced all affiftunce life
lefs. It appeared that this unhappy deed had
been perpetrated by the means of one of those
small crooked blades belonging to a penknife,
which, with a file at the end, are generally used
for thenails. With this little instrument Mr. P.
had contrived to fa arate the jugular artery, and
of course bleed to death.—-After a full investi
gation of all th 6 circumstances attending this
melancholy event, the Jury unanimously bro't
in their verbid, Lunacy, which, indeed, was
so amply established by the evidence adduced
before them, as to leave no kind of doubt
in the breast of every person attending, that that
was actually the case. Mr. Powell was describ
ed by Mrs. Staples to have been a man in the
highest degree nervous, and also of the meft con
summate sensibility; and that though he perfeve
ed, to the very evening preceding his difl'olution,
in the most folernn afleverations of innocence,
with refped to any attention of defrauding go
vernment, yet that the public disgrace incurred
by his difmiffion, and the subsequent severities
that had been leveled against him, operated so
powerfully upon a frame naturally so very irrita
ble, tht he had been, from the firft moment of
bis removal from office, the mod miserable of
human beings, and hardly capable of giving a
rational reply to any questions that had been aik
ed him.
The manner in which the unhappy Mr>
Powell made his final exit, was this ; he had
placed two chairs with their bottoms close toge
ther, near his bed, and an utensil on the fLoi:
defining, as it is presumed, to lean over the
chairs, cut his throat, and let the blood run into
the prepared vessel. He walked, however, to the
other end of the room, and there began the per
petration of his deed, which he had not complet
ed so as to prevent his returning towards the
chairs, but he fell down just as he had nearly ap
proached them, and expired on the floor.Theknife
with which he effected his purpose, was found
in his hand ; and his night-cap extreamly bloo
dy, lay at that part of the chamber where he
made the firft attempt.
Mr. Powell is supposed to have died worth
200,0001. His will is in the possession of Messrs.
Drummonds, the bankers.
Although the criminal prosecution commenc
ed against Mr. Powell, ends of course, yet a ci
vil suit will be instituted against Mr. Bembridge.
The British troops will not entirely evacuate
New-Yoik before the month of August: several
vessels have lately failed from hence to assist in
bringing them off, and five small ships of war
left Portsmouth last Sunday for that purpose.
June 21. On the loth instant, Mr. Fitzher.
bert, Plenipotentiary from the Court of London,
had a particular audience of the King of France,
in which he took his leave of his Majesty.
From the Gazette des Bijoux.
Intelligence and Notices EXTRAORDI
NARY. #
HEREAS Mrs. Aair-Independbet, for
merly contrasted to John Bull, Esq; and living
a co ? for ^ . hath sloped from the said
John Bull, carrying with her a great part of his
property; and whereas articles,of Separation have
since been agreed upon by them, she at this time
living 111 intimacy with one Louis Baboon :---This
is to inform those whom it may concern that!
will not pay any debt of her contrasting. •
n JOHN BULL.
Little Britaih, Feb. 17.
~ To be Sold under Prime Cost.
IHE Expectation of a certain M---y arid
their friends. The best bidder will be declared
the buyer Fhe commodity to be taken with all
faults and defects whatsoever, the'late possessors
retiring from business.
, 'he Ministers arguing that ceding certain pof-
Icilions was an advantage to the nation, put us in
mind of the Irishman, who, having his Coat
made too long for nis person, said, that if about
three inches was taken from the tail, it •would be
a great addition.
# anecdote of the Duke de Rohan.---Travelling
mowitzerland he was taken ill, and sent for the
hrit Physician of the Canton.—Dr. Thibaud
w ? s reckoned the firft ) being introduced, the
Duke observed, that his face was very familiar
to him.—" No wonder, (replied the Do&or)
for I had the honor to be Marechal (Anrlice)
farrier to your Grace's ftables.”—“ And, how
the Devil, (raid the Duke) happens it, that I
iind you here a Physician ; and how do you treat
vour patients ?---“ As I treated your Grace's
horles—l kid a great many, but I cure a few
and, therefore, for God's fake, let me continue
here to gain my bread among the honest Swl@
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