Litchfield enquirer., 1876-03-23

Purpose aforesaid, to some Inhabitant o this State. l" "fjn",in rrt Jaa t!G,'d= E
 Atis unnecessary 't0 comment On such law wa as tthis9oonne on which Would have author ized the, selling of insolsents anto slayer! for life. 1phe practice of.seiing criminal
 for r'terhls of years ,ffs5 'rey0ltfHg enough 'tt our notions etlipstice. ii. .This. was author ized by, statute in. all Leases where i. .thel were unable to'pay fases and costs; and
 in cases ,of,theft, the oksHdef vas oblget not only to pay 7 fine m 'dand costs. but 'to pa, the owner treble the, value of the property stoler in' ddditibu:a' .sii1'sa-.s'4ee iP'n',ri
 s ,Ana iJijas sp3afk sRassF, ,sgfl ;! 5s@ssSess, sasT @ sssll l faction by Ssryiaie;, And d. hte He. lroSesliaoi shalll bf, and is hereby empo Wered to dis
 pose, ofSdeh Offender in Service to any ot fhA sAbjecta pf. ths nQnlted. Stattefss, tf fol such BrSsessnnt sn ter 5rfl bY fbs GouEts Asastapl qF gpsties before jFhpR the Pr"ii Prosecution ? shA4i :Res sull,uu n.nf ,73Jgl c,hi og ra,,
 That the foregoing provision vas not allowed to beaa dehd letteraUiA be seen by the following paper fStnR among the old flies of the County Coat by Mr. Win. r.'l F, Ransoma Clefkof tue CanEtsinh !. v.ltI'
 a"Where9s. the County aConrt held at EftcHGeid,. iH and for iEitthAsld County; oft the 4tlf TaesHav'' bf" SeptembeE Hast; give judgment Against NAtiianiel ChapeH, a'tfaBsient peisen, 7 fxifo'was ''bfought' be- fore said Court on the complaint of 1sAac Lawfance of CanAan,1 In sAid" County, for theft that said Nathaniel t should pay a fine of forty 'shifHngs to;the' Treasuret of Litchfeid Gounty,,"And '9leMl3:6, >lawfai money, eosts's&t!,, viz: other legal subse- queiit costs ;nah4 'a4so 'whefeas the said Natifaniei was also by iudRment of" saId CUnft ffrSkB!1 sehteneedi on" 'conaplaint brought, before said Court by i Behjamin RfchmohA. of Sharon, fn said County, fot theft, that the said NathaAiei should pay a fine of'forty shillihgs lawful money to the Treasurer of Said County, and e1b:12:7 cdstsa '6f' suft, and stibsequent costs a1neufftihg ''ih the W hole" to- 'thfrty-one pounds, eight "shillings iand iiOne 11Bentiy lawfuk fhonty 1n rtfe" wliole,i' to answer which fines aud costs the said 'Nathanier is now committed to his Maiestys Goal in Ltt6hfield, in said County, as no Estate of his was found to satisfy said fnas.i And whereas the said County Court. Arrl ne to Dispdse of the" said Ma ttfahiel in Servicetto hny'o His Majesty s Subjects, to satisfy'~a lid 'deAand, ,'' for. the term of five years, By bViftde of which Power TiHereby Dispose of and Sell him, the said Nathaniel, to Efenezer Leatens- worth, Of Woodbtry, in said County, for theiTerm of five years next come, to serve to llInt2nts and Purposes him, 4he said Leavensworth as his mister according to
 what law requires in sHch Cases. AsaW aWituess' fny Hand and Office in Litcll- field, this 10th day of Octo., A. D'7 1762, and in the 2d year of his Majesty's Reign: aG, n'' ',seottylER wN91711co w1I1 coTTl lshstis q :. <:
 The sheriff whose nameappears above, was afterwards one Of the siRners :ofH1 the declarstiop of indepepde depce-a document of very difersntlimport from. ther forego- ihg-ahd became governor Of. sheE State just before his death in 1796 '' He was a graduate of Yale, had served in one oftIlhyea the Fpenclr wars, and came to this. county to pfactfce medicine in Goshen. In 1751 he was apppinted1' sheriff, ,ah office he held Id oyer twenty yeaEs..s,q r,,Y .A,..i oo h.: : %
 +,s at.uA.nu 71-IT T! T'E-'5IZ!.t }...@:,i..s -,, EccIesiasticail Courts and Councils baA lIs.,t ui. !a :TT-TzTI', l s..tsI .A .,li-
 nhe positien taken by Dr. storrs, on the action of the recent Advisory Council call ca by'Piymoath chnteh'sse1ns to threaten a serious Conigregational schism,,, As re; gards questions of Congregational church polity we offer no opinion but as regards the mods;of selecting a tribunal for trial of thS charges agaitss, g S ,s Beechsst E. a, ar outsider may very properly express hii vieWs.sl i'nA a"lipi,eh :'''a .t,am.,i ;. 5..l:i
 aMr.: Beecher's friends 7sunmoned' some hundred of the. 2,sOo' Copgreegationa
 chpEehesin,the United States, and 2 nun
 Der of pfominent ministers of thatfde nioominatio4,;t to a1 " advisory council, Il
 those ohurches and ministers were net se, leGted because they, are ,partisans of Mir
 Bescher and, Pfymduth church, it is be-
 qsaSss ssass Ms BssskeF Bk FIs9t Is9t, plynosth 5sshdtel have not made full use of their opportp
 nityha This advisory council seleatsa sis
 oftwehty names, and instruct a comtnitte' %their slh orosgiiAa .tto appoint boar;t I; of, ,triers frona,that !list. Does not such 1 mode of proceeding in effect give the per sot dt' cliHpch tSecnsed! ths' Advantage b. indirectly naming a. iiury ot their own par pa
 tisahs fos the ,tsial of their own easel Int prosetutiag party, it. nhstnbe observed
 has DO voice ip the, selection of the 'coun
 eithat selects ths triers.!. That is select stl blythe Iaeeusedss He has not even tn. rTshtof Gha1IehsSng q single 2member $ thel,r jury: thus 4 selected Ky the, choser friends of the accused: Would such { hA5de, of seleetinga a jury in aiconitl of lad Bs consfidfsfed an iiimihp iiimihpfrro1gemehtt pfrro1g even ol Qun present elnmsS meth hodss? .Sppposlnl Mr. .Beecherj guilty Iieoald nhe devise an, st1fet meahs of scrAenihk dimself effon
 ccoonvy;ctionnS 'nh m':9 ''si;'a Il ,;..;}Irl,U
 .as.!Hl=t,ii sa $.,.si.it,,, I,,yt.I aslTha triends.of the great preacher, ,ever
 lookithe fact that asht-pietyg5ahilits
 And honesty iargi not the only req disitel
 needed for as 4ilaT 4lT qff f, lnhis J gite great mat
 ter. t The,jnry should not,onIy be linteIli gent add conscientious, but atheyt sKoul, be nhpreiudieed:: 1tls4h'tHis lHttef fe
 apiramelpt, that thss real 'dificultYYs oof Uni
 ease lieaAe .America ahonnds in, men intel l'geut andconscientious. enough,a for tn
 ttiatof this or sny' other cause, but vhsr is the iary, to le f9gpd that, is pppryiiu mp ii .diesa .as well as intelligent. and copscian
 tious? To bring this matter home. to tl,
 acepssd let nsi supposs the accusing part
 siyen his ,' .' .I,''.g i7r@ ''...5,' %I,' .iiIaet DEsStnrrs summon an, sadvisory
 lcoancil toi Brooklyn! $ h Let him 's~eaarte
 that Council among his parIshioners for { week. sapa. at thss h B.. end of that time, le ithis councif select g. tribunal after th
 manner recently adopted, and"would Nil 'Beecher dare try his case before that tfi
 bunai? Would, not.his conviction be a a