GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT, (continued 5)

The master replied: “The committee of safety sent on board by the mob of the town of Portsmouth.”

The captain said: “I commit to your care this worthy and venerable clergyman, Dr. Samuel Peters; conduct him to your cabin, and carry him safe to England;” and then, turning to the Committee of Safety, he ordered them to quit the ship in five minutes, or he would throw them overboard into the river. “Your company is not wanted here. I will guard the ship.”

The committee of safety instantly fled into their boats, and went on shore.

The captain ordered the master to hoist his anchors and sails and go to sea. The master obeyed the order, and, October 27, 1774, sailed down the river, the captain following with his ship. The mob on shore, behind some rocks, fired three cannon at the war-ship, who returned their shots, which silenced the mob, and they ran away.

The captain guarded the ship Fox out to sea, clear of the land, and then took leave of her and returned to Boston.

Captain Norman arrived in Portsmouth, December 21, 1774, and carefully executed his orders—put Dr. Peters on shore, who next day reached London, where he was graciously received by the Lord-Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cornwallis, and the Lord-Bishop of London, Dr. Terrick, and the Ministry. He had also the honour of kissing the hand of his Majesty, King George the Third.

General Gage and Admiral Graves, two years after, sent, in the Somerset man-of-war, the only daughter of Dr. Peters to England, who was at boarding-school at Boston, (she having seen the battle of Bunker’s Hill,) to save her from future evils, and comfort her father in his retreat from the tyranny of the mobs in his native country.

Thus suffered the venerable and exemplary Dr. Samuel Peters, only for obeying his conscience, his God, his king, and the laws of his native country, by censuring the rioters and destroyers of the teas, the property of the East-India Company.

He was highly respected, in England as well as in America, by all pious, benevolent, scientific, and moral christians of all denominations; and he never knew he had an enemy, (until Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, vouchsafed to support the atrocities of the mobs,) as appears by his benevolent conduct in England to his enemies of New-England, who had ill-treated him two years before the rebellion was commenced.

After the war began many of the Windham mob, who spat in the Doctor’s face and grossly insulted him otherwise, were brought prisoners into England, and were in great distress. They then applied to the Doctor for help, (knowing his character in America,) and they never applied in vain; he always helped them, and in many instances obtained their release. They returned home and reported that Dr. Peters was like Joseph in Egypt, and had delivered them out of all their troubles. “Dr. Peters,” they said, “fed us when we were hungry, clothed us when naked, visited us in prison, and delivered us out of our distress. He never reproached us for what we had done to him and his family. When we confessed to having abused him, he replied, ‘God hath sent me here before you to save your lives; it was not you that sent me here. Haste ye; go home, and sin no more.’”

Notwithstanding such reports were spread through New-England by the redeemed captives, the destroyers of the teas, and their mobs, continued their malicious and false sayings in the newspapers against the Doctor, of whom no man in New or Old-England ever knew one crime of his from his birth; but, on the contrary, was known for his actions of charity, goodwill, and kindness, to all of the human family.

In June, 1806, the Doctor paid a visit to Hebron, his native town, and was received with acclamations of great joy by the inhabitants, the children of his contemporaries, who were all dead in thirty-one years during his absence (except ten persons). He remained in Hebron six weeks, and then paid a visit to Hertford, the capital of Connecticut State, once his faithful parish, and now the seat of bishops. He was kindly and joyfully received by the inhabitants, with whom he spent some time with great pleasure, and from thence returned to New-York, which he made his home.

The Rev. Messrs. Mansfield and Veits were cast into gaol, and afterwards tried for high treason against America. Their real offence was charitably giving victuals and blankets to loyalists flying from the rage of drunken mobs. They were fined and imprisoned, to the ruin of themselves and families. The Rev. Messrs. Graves, Scovil, Debble, Nichols, Leaming, Beach, and divers others, were cruelly dragged through mire and dirt. In short, all the clergy of the Church were infamously insulted, abused, and obliged to seek refuge in the mountains, till the popular frenzy was somewhat abated.

In July, 1776, the Congress, having declared the independence of America, ordered the Commonwealth to be prayed for, instead of the King and royal family. All the loyal episcopal churches north of the Delaware were shut up, except those under the protection of the British army, and one in Newtown, in Connecticut, of which last the Rev. Mr. John Beach was the rector, whose gray hairs, adorned with loyal and christian virtues, overcame even the madness of the Sober Dissenters.

This faithful disciple disregarded the congressional mandate, and, praying for the King as usual, they pulled him out of his desk, put a rope about his neck, and drew him across the Osootonoc River at the tail of a boat, to cool his loyal zeal, as they called it; after which the old confessor was permitted to depart, though not without prohibition to pray longer for the King. But his loyal zeal was insuperable. He went to church and prayed again for the King, upon which the Sober Dissenters again seized him, and resolved upon cutting out his tongue; when the heroic veteran said: “If my blood must be shed, let it not be done in the house of God.” The pious mob then dragged him out of the church, laid his neck upon a block, and swore they would cut off his head, and insolently cried out: “Now, you old devil, say your last prayer!” He prayed thus: “God bless King George, and forgive all his and my enemies.” At this unexpected and exalted display of christian patience and charity the mob so far relented as to discharge him, and never molest him afterwards for adhering to the liturgy of the Church of England and his ordination-oath; but they relaxed not their severities towards the other clergymen, because, they said, younger consciences are more flexible.

I cannot conclude this work without remarking what a contrast to the episcopal clergy of Connecticut, and especially the illustrious examples of the venerable Beach and Peters, was offered to many of those that were in the provinces south of the Delaware! In Connecticut, where they suffered everything but death for tenaciously adhering to their ordination-oaths, there some of them, with more enlarged consciences, were not ashamed to commit perjury in prayer and rebellion in preaching. Though, be it remembered, these expressions were decent when compared with those of the fanatics in New-England.

The following prayer, used by them before Congress after the declaration of independence, is likely to gratify the curiosity of my readers. It brought the clergymen into disgrace merely by its moderation:

“O Lord, our heavenly Father, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers of the earth, and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all kingdoms, empires, and governments: look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, upon these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor, and thrown themselves upon Thy gracious protection, desiring henceforth to be dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they look up for that countenance and support which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in council and valour in the field. Defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause, and, if they still persist in their sanguinary purposes, O let the voice of Thy unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their enervated hands in the day of battle. Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honourable Assembly. Enable them to settle things upon the best and surest foundation; that the scenes of blood may soon be closed; that order, harmony, and peace may effectually be restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and the vigor of their minds; shower down upon them, and the millions they represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world, and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name, and through the merits, of Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Saviour. Amen.”

INDEX.

A

Allen, Ethan, origin of his fame, 106; joins in the secret expedition against Ticonderoga, 257.

Amusements, 221.

Argal, Sir Samuel, compels the Dutch at Manhattan to submit, 12.

Arnold, Dr. Benedict, attacks Dr. Peters, 268.

Arran, Earl of, claims part of Connecticut, 27.

Ashford, 133.

Assembly, General, chosen by the people, 82; times of meeting, 83; their laws not to be repealed but by their own authority, 85; resolved to settle their lands on Susquehanna River, 96; hold a special meeting to consider the Stamp-act, 232; vote that the Governor do not take the oath required by it, 235; and treat the populace on its repeal, 239; conduct of, in regard to Colonel Street Hall and the revolters, 240-243.

B

Bays, two principal, 119.

Beach, the Rev. Mr., joins the Church of England, 167; ignominiously and most cruelly treated, his heroism, 274.

Bear, a she, and her cubs, killed by General Putnam, 133, 134.

Beauford, 161.

Bellamy, the Rev. Dr., some account of, 146.

Birds, 185, 186.

Bishop of London’s authority derided by an American judge, 144.

Bishops, their neglectful conduct in regard to America, 172; animadversions upon, 173; notices concerning, 61, 171, 172.

Blaxton, the Rev. Mr., particulars relating to, 51, Note.

Blue Laws, specimens of, 58.

Bolton, 139.

Boston, peninsula of, obtained and occupied by the Rev. Mr. Blaxton, 51, Note; town of, founded, 16; its port shut up, 256; attack meditated against it, 258; Neck fortified by General Gage, 258.

Bostwick, the Rev. Mr., attacked by the mob, 254.

Boundaries, disputes concerning, 99; of Connecticut, as at present allowed, 114.

Bribery disallowed, 222.

Briton, Mr., humourous story concerning him and a deacon’s daughter, 214.

Brown, the Rev. Mr., declares for the Church of England, 166.

Brownists set sail for America, and found Plymouth, 16.

Buckley, the Rev. John, some account of, 141.

Buckley, the Rev. Peter, character of, 142.

Bull-fly, description of, 187.

Bundling, singular custom of, justified, 224-229.

Byles, Dr. Mather, disingenuous treatment, 218.

C

Canaan, 147.

Cansey American Indians enjoy liberty in perfection, 110.

Canterbury, 135.

Caterpillars ravage the border of Connecticut River, 131.

Chandler, the Rev. Thomas Bradbury, where born, 133.

Charter, petitioned for privately, 66; obtained, 68; claim founded upon, and prevarications concerning it, 36; powers conferred by, 83, 84; strengthens notions of independence, 86; formally surrendered by the colony to Sir Edmund Andros, 89; regained by a mob, hid in a tree, and reassumed, 90; violated by George II., 102.

Chatham, 139.

Church of England, the first erected in Connecticut, 163; professors of the, number of, in 1770, 168, 169; reason of their great increase, 166; their zeal, 170; measures adverse to, 171.

Clergy, Episcopal, in Connecticut, morality of, 171; one punished for not observing the Sabbath agreeably to the notions of Sober Dissenters, 213; acquire immortal honour by adhering to their ordination-oaths, 260; immoral, anti-episcopal, and rebellious conduct of some of them in the southern provinces, 172-174.

Colchester, 141.

Colden, Lieutenant-Governor, of New-York, grants lands in Verdmont, 105.

Coldness of the winter in Connecticut accounted for, 176.

Comic Liturgy, acted in Connecticut on occasion of the Stamp-act, 231.

Commerce of Connecticut, 191.

Company for Propagating the Gospel in New-England, charter obtained for the, and abuse of it, 52, Note.

Connecticote, his kingdom, 135; his conduct toward the settlers, 53; his death, 57.

Connecticut, its latitude and longitude, 175; whence named, 15; three parties of English adventurers arrive in, 16; right to the soil of, considered, 31-35; civil and religious establishments and proceedings of the first English settlers, 37; forms a confederacy with New-Plymouth and Massachusets-Bay, 62; obtains a charter of incorporation, 68; divided into counties, townships, &c., 83; sketch of its religious-political free system since the Charter, 97-100; half the territory of, granted to the Duke of York, 75; its consequent loss of territory, 77, 101; dimensions of, as at present allowed, 114; description of, at large, 115; treatment English travelers met with then from landlords, 111; proceedings of, in regard to the Stamp-act, 229-245; to the Tea-act, 251; to that for shutting the port of Boston, 253; commits the first overt act of high treason, 254.

Connecticut River, description of, 115; astonishing narrows in it, 115, 116.

Contingencies, extraordinary allowance for, 198; of what sort some are, 220.

Convention, grand continental, of dissenting ministers at Newhaven, notices concerning, 160.

Cooper, the Rev. Miles, LL.D., narrowly escapes the fury of the mob in New-York, 258.

Cornwall, 147.

Cotton, the Rev. Mr., notices relating to, 50; Note, 138.

Council of Plymouth, their grant, 12.

Courts, instituted in Connecticut, 83, 84; cruelty of the ecclesiastical, in New-England, 128.

Coventry, 132.

Cuba, description of an animal so called, and extraordinary qualities of male and female, 183.

Cursette, Mrs., surprising discovery of her will, 153.

Customs of the people, 211; borrowed of the Indians, 223.

Cutler, the Rev. Dr., joins the Church of England, 166.

D

Dagget, the Rev. Mr. Naphthali, character of, 160.

Danbury, 168; burnt, 258.

Davenport, the Rev. John, arrives at Newhaven, 20; his church-system, 42, 43.

Dead, buried with their feet to the west, 123.

Debble, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274.

Derby, 162.

Dixwell, buried at Newhaven, 63, Note.

Douglas, Dr., some account of, 101.

Durham, 162.

Dutch, get footing on Manhattan Island, but are compelled to submit by Argal, 12; revolt, 15.

Dyer, Mr., takes active part in Stamp-act, 236.

E

East Haddam, 139.

East Windsor. See Windsor, 139.

Eaton, Mr. Theophilus, arrives at Newhaven, 20; chosen Governor, 42; his true character, 150.

Election, management of, in Connecticut, 222.

Elliot, the Rev. Mr., some mention of, 129.

Endfield, 139.

Expenditure of Connecticut, 196.

Exports of Connecticut, 191.

F

Fairfield, 163; burnt, 260.

Farmington, 142.

Fenwick, George, Esq., first arrival at Saybrook, 17; his and associates’ right to settle in Connecticut discussed and disproved, 24-28; disposes of his property in America and returns to England, 49.

Fish of Connecticut, 189.

Fitch, Governor, his conduct on occasion of Stamp-act, 231, 235, 237, 240.

Franklin, Dr., notices concerning, 231, 232, 251.

Frogs, an amazing multitude, humourous story, 129.

G

Gage, General, arrives at Boston, 253; fortifies Boston Neck, 256; in danger of being surprised, 257.

Gates, Sir Thomas, and associates, account of their patent, 11.

Gavelkind, custom of, prevails in Connecticut, 220.

General Assembly. See Assembly, 82.

General List, account and specimen of, 206.

Gibbs, the Rev. Mr., inhuman treatment of, 143.

Glastonbury, 149.

Glover, Mr., his concealment of Mrs. Cursette’s will, 152.

Glow-bug described, 188.

Goshen, 147.

Government, some account of, 198; the Clergy, Merchants, and Lawyers, the three grand parties in the State, 201.

Governments, bad policy of most, 245.

Graves, the Rev. Mr., cruel treatment of, 274.

Great Barrington, why obnoxious to the mob, 255.

Greensmith, Mrs., the first person executed as a witch in America, 136.

Greenwich, 163.

Grenville, George, Esq., mobbed, hung and burnt in effigy, 234, Note.

Grigson, Mr., extraordinary concealment of his will, 150.

Groton, 122.

Guilford described, 161.

H

Haddam, 139.

Hall, Colonel Street, chosen commander of the mob of revolters against the General Assembly, his conduct, and extraordinary speech, 240-243.

Hamilton, Marquis of, his title to part of Connecticut proved, 26.

Hancock, Mr., his opposition to the Tea-act, and artifice in disposing of his own stock, 251.

Hancock, John, Esq., his dishonourable conduct in regard to Mrs. Cursette’s will, 152, 153.

Harrington, 142.

Harrison, Peter, Esq., his spirited and honourable conduct in discovering Mr. Grigson’s will, 151.

Harrison, Major-General Thomas, hanged at Charing Cross, 141.

Hartland, 147.

Harvey, Mr. Joel, receives a premium from the Society of Arts in London, 147.

Haynes, John, settled at Hertford, 18; chosen Governor, 38, 39.

Hebron, description of, 139; refuses to contribute to the relief of the Bostonians, on the shutting up of their port, 262; town-meeting for collecting money, 263.

Hertford, first settlement there by the English, 16, 17; by what authority, 30; description of, 136; curiosities in, 137.

Hillhouse, William, present at interview with Governor Jonathan Trumbull, 267.

Hooker, Rev. Thomas, settles at Hertford, 18; his motive for quitting Massachusets-Bay, 29; Church-system, 39.

Howling wilderness, Connecticut improperly so called, 107.

Huet, the Rev. Mr., some mention of, 139.

Humble-bee, description of, 188.

Humility, a bird so called, described, 186.

I

Imports, 192.

Independence, idea of, strengthened by Charter, 86; symptoms of, manifested by the colonies, 229; not the wish of the common people, 260; formally declared by Congress, 274.

Indians, their mode of counting, 35, Note; number of them killed in Hispaniola, Porto Rico, and South America, and in Connecticut and Massachusets-Bay, 107; in the whole of North America and West Indies, 108; their aversion to the Protestant religion, 206.

Ingersoll, David, barbarously treated, 254.

Ingersoll, Jared, Esq., mobbed, and forced to resign his post of Stamp-master, 233; hung and burnt in effigy, 233, Note.

Inhabitants in Connecticut, 190; their hospitality to strangers, 211; of the men, 223; of the women, 224.

Insects, 187.

J

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, character of, 161; declares for the Church of England, 167; treacherous embassy of his son, 258.

Joshua, a pretended sachem, 32.

K

Kent, 147.

Killingsley, 133.

Killingsworth, 129.

King’s statue, at New-York, destroyed, 259.

L

Latitude and longitude of Connecticut, 175.

Laws, Blue, specimen of, 58-60; other laws, 85.

Law-suits, amazing number of, 200; remarkable nature of some of them, 211.

Leaming, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274.

Lebanon, 132.

Litchfield described, 144.

Little Isaac, a nickname given to Americans, 189.

Lyme, 124.

M

Manners of the people, 211.

Mansfield, the Rev. Mr., tried for high treason, 274.

Mansfield, town, 132.

Manufactures of Connecticut, 190.

Mason, his claim to land in Connecticut, 33.

Massachusets-Bay, settled by Puritans, 16; loses part of its territory, 103.

Merret, his singular treatment, charged with incest, 127.

Middletown described, 138.

Milford, 161.

Mill, curious invention of Joel Harvey, 147.

Minister, Sober Dissenting, manner of settling and dismissing, 217.

Moodus, a pretended sachem, 32.

More, Sir Henry, begins to regrant Verdmont, 105.

Motte treacherously sent against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 257.

Moyley, the Rev. Mr., fined for marrying a couple of his own parishioners, 144.

N

Neal, the Rev. Mr., his representation about Sunksquaw, Uncas, Joshua, Moodus, &c., exploded, 32-34, 56; refutation of his doctrine concerning synods, 125; a sacramental test, 202; the loyalty of New-Englanders, 204; his enmity against the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel exposed, 205; notice concerning, 33, 107.

Negro tried for castration, 85; negro slaves, 108.

Nell, Mr., 164.

New-England, the Massachusets county, first so called by Charles, Prince of Wales, 11; divisions of, 13; cause of its first settlement discussed, 107.

New-Fairfield, 147.

Newhampshire deprived of territory, 108.

Newhaven, first settled by the English, 20; totally without authority, 31; early proceedings, 56; Blue Laws, 58; state of, after the death of Cromwell, 62; accedes to the Charter, 69; particular description of, 147; a ship fitted out to secure a patent, and wonderful consequences, 149.

New-Hertford, 147.

New Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-204.

New-London, described, 120; port of, well calculated for the grand emporium of Connecticut, 194.

New-Milford, 146.

Newtown, 168.

New-York, gains land from Connecticut, 77, 101; from Massachusets-Bay and Newhampshire, 103, 104; constitution of, subverted by the Sober Dissenters, 258.

Nichols, Colonel, deprives Connecticut of Long Island, 77.

Nichols, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274.

Norwalk, 163; burnt, 260.

Norwich, description of, 123.

O

Old Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-205.

Oneko, King of Mohegan, 32.

Onions, vast quantity raised in Weathersfield, 188; beds of, weeded by the females, 138.

Osootonoc River, description of, 119.

P

Parsons, Hugh, found guilty of witchcraft, 137.

Penderson, Rev. Mr., joins the Church of England, 167.

Peters, the Rev. Hugh, account of himself and family, 50.

Peters, the Rev. Samuel, account of, 140; interview with Governor Trumbull, 266; escape from Portsmouth and Boston, 270; reward offered by John Hancock for his capture, 270.

Peters, Rev. Thomas, his arrival at Saybrook, 17; Church-system, 37; school, 49; character, 50; some particulars of his life, 50, Note.

Peters, William, particulars relating to, 50-52, Note.

Phelps, treacherously sent upon an expedition against Ticonderoga and Croton Point, 257.

Pitt, Mr., a Churchman, whipped for not attending meeting, 208.

Plainfield, 135.

Plymouth, New, founded, 16.

Pomeroy, Rev. Dr., character, 140; sent for by the Windham mob, 265.

Pomfret, 133.

Population, 190.

Pork, unfair dealing in, 193.

Potter, Deacon, unjustly convicted of bestiality, 154.

Poultry of Connecticut, 185.

Powwow, ancient Indian rite, celebration of, at Stratford described, 164.

Prayer of some of the Episcopal clergy in the southern provinces before Congress, 275.

Presbyterians, disliked and ill-treated by Sober Dissenters, 135, 199.

Preston, 123.

Produce of Connecticut, 178.

Pumpkin, hair cut by the shell, 153, 154.

Pumpkin-heads, a name given to New-Englanders, 153.

Putnam, General, curious anecdotes of, 133; kills a bear and cubs, 134; his narrow escape from Indians, 134; terrible to them, 135; alarms the country in a letter concerning Admiral Graves and General Gage, 262.

Q

Quackery triumphant, 145.

Quaker, shrewd retort of one upon his judges, 99.

Quinnipiog, kingdom, 147; refuses to grant land to the settlers, and is murdered, 56.

R

Rattlesnake, some account of, 188; use of skin, 223.

Reading, 168.

Rebellion, true sources of, in America, 247.

Religion, the established, 84, 85.

Reptiles, 188.

Revenue, 196; objections against raising, in America, 244.

Rhode-Island, infamous law of the General Assembly, 169.

Ridgfield, 168; burnt, 259.

Rivers, the three principal, described, 114-118.

Rivington, Mr., plundered, 258.

S

Sabbath, rigidly observed, 213; how broken by an Episcopal clergyman, 213.

Salary of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, &c., 198.

Salisbury, 147.

Sandeman, Rev. Mr., doctrine of, 168.

Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequods, his kingdom and character, 119, 120.

Saybrook, founded, 16; described, 124; its civil and religious establishments, 37; early proceedings, 46; enters the confederacy, 62; refuses to send agents to England to oppose the king, 49; forms an alliance with Hertford, 49; and joins in a secret application for a Charter, 64.

Saybrook platforms, some account of the, 155.

Scovil, the Rev. Mr., cruel treatment of, 274.

Sealbury, Rev. Dr., taken prisoner, 258.

Sects, religious, in Connecticut, some account of the, 198.

Sharon, famous for a mill, 147.

Ship, wonderful story of one fitted out in Newhaven, 149.

Sick, horrid mode of visiting, 219.

Skunk, description and wonderful property of the, 184.

Smith, Rev. Mr., notices of, 53, 138.

Smith, William, notices concerning, 100-102, 105, 113, 175.

Sober Dissenters, religion of, in Connecticut, 85; their uncandid conduct toward Episcopalians, Anabaptists, Quakers, &c., in regard to parish rates, 207; and their severe treatment of Mr. Gibbs for refusing to pay them, 148; their humanity to sick strangers and persons shipwrecked, 219; partial support, 219.

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, notices concerning, 52, Note, 105, 167, 170-175, 205.

Soil, 178.

Sommers, 139.

Stafford, the New-England “Bath,” 142.

Stamp-Act, proceedings and opinions relating to, in Connecticut, 229.

Stirling, Earl of, his claim in Connecticut, 25.

Stonington, 122.

Stratford, description of, 163.

Stratford River, 118.

Strong, Rev. Nehemiah, 160.

Suffield, 139.

Sunksquaw, a pretended sachem, 32.

Superstition, striking instance, 200.

Symsbury mines, account of, 142.

T

Tarbox, Capt. David, remark on leaving Governor Trumbull’s house, 267.

Tea, act of sending, to America opposed, 251.

Temple, Mr., seditious letters imputed to, 251.

Test, sacramental, unnecessary in New-England, 202.

Thames River described, 114.

Ticonderoga, secret expedition against, 258.

Tolland, 139.

Torrington, 147.

Travellers, English, how treated by landlords, 111.

Tree-frog, agility of, 189.

Trumbull, Governor, furnishes a dress for the effigy of Mr. Grenville, 233, Note; writes an insidious letter to General Gage, 256; adds to an alarming one of General Putnam’s, 262; and spirits up the mob against the loyalists, 264; writes the eighteen articles for Dr. Peters to sign, 264; his reply to Dr. Peters when asking protection from the Windham mob, 266.

Trumbull, David, in command of the Windham mob, 264; handing Dr. Peters the document containing high treason, to sign, 264; his remark upon Dr. Peters refusing to sign it, 265.

Tryon, Governor, his character, 113; escapes the mob at New-York, 258; leaves Danbury, 258; Ridgfield, 259; releases the prisoners at Newhaven, 260; leaves Fairfield and Norwalk, 260.

U

Uncas, a pretended sachem, 32.

Union, 132.

V

Verdmont, account of, 106.

Viets, Rev. Mr., tried for high treason, 274.

Visey, Rev. Mr., suppresses the powwow at Stratford, 164.

Voluntown, 135.

W

Wallingford, description of, 162.

Warwick, Earl of, his title to the soil of any part of Connecticut disproved, 23-26.

Waterbury, 162.

Weathersfield, description of, 138; singular industry of the females there, 138.

Wentworth, Benning, Esq., grants townships in Verdmont, 104.

Whapperknocker, description of, 182.

Wheelock, Dr. Eleazer, notices concerning, 53, Note, 132.

Whippoorwill, description of, 186.

Whitefield, Rev. George, anecdote of, 121; and character, 161; attempts to work a miracle at Saybrook, 128; his character of the people of Norwich, 124; of those of Hebron, 140; of Guilford, 161; of Connecticut in general, 170, 212.

Whitemore, Rev. Mr., joins Church of England, 166.

Will, scandalous concealment of Mr. Grigson’s, 151; of Mrs. Cursette’s, 152.

Willington, 132.

Winchester, 147.

Windham, 129; inhabitants alarmed by frogs, 130.

Windsor described, 139.

Wolcott, Oliver, treacherous embassy of, 258.

Woodbury, 146.

Woodchuck, 183.

Woodstock, 133.

Wooster, General, attacks Dr. Peters, 268; mortally wounded, 259.

Wright, Major, his actions with the Windham mob, 266.

Y

Yale College, account of, 155-161.

York, Duke of, obtains a grant including half of Connecticut, 75.

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THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION,

AND OTHER POLITICAL ESSAYS. By Walter Bagehot, author of “Physics and Politics.” Latest revised edition. 1 vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price, $2.00.

“With the author’s inclination and capacity to regard public questions in their scientific aspects, many readers are already familiar through his suggestive volume entitled ‘Physics and Politics.’ ‘The English Constitution’ is a work of the same quality, and treats its subjects very much with reference to the principles of human nature and the natural laws of human society. It is a free disquisition on English political experience; an acute, critical, and dispassionate discussion of English institutions designed to show how they operate, and to point out their defects and advantages. The writer is not so much a partisan or an advocate, as a cool, philosophical inquirer, with large knowledge, clear insight, independent opinions, and great freedom from the bias of what he terms that ‘territorial sectarianism called patriotism.’ His criticism of the faults of the English system is searching and trenchant, and his appreciation of its benefits and usefulness is cordial, discriminating, and wise. The book, indeed, is full of instructive episodes, and sagacious reflections on the springs of action in human nature, the exercise of power by individuals or political bodies, the adaptation of institutions to the qualities and circumstances of the different classes who live under them, and numerous points of political philosophy, which are applicable everywhere and have an interest for all students of political and social affairs.”—Extract from preface.

THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH

ORCHIDS ARE FERTILIZED BY INSECTS.

By Charles Darwin, M. A. Second edition, revised. With Illustrations. 1 vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.75.

“Mr. Darwin has prepared a new edition of his work on the fertilization of orchids by insects, which was published in 1862, and has been for some time out of print. He has, during the interval, received a great deal of information on the subject from various correspondents, and has also continued his own researches; and he has used the materials thus obtained in remodeling the original work. The object which the writer has in view is, as he explains, not only to show how wonderfully complex and perfect are the contrivances by which orchids are fertilized with pollen brought by insects from a distinct plant, but also to support his theory that ‘it is an almost universal law of Nature that the higher organic beings require an occasional cross with another individual; or, which is the same thing, that no hermaphrodite fertilizes itself for a perpetuity of generations.’”—Saturday Review.

BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE.

By Frances Eleanor Trollope, author of “a Charming Fellow,” etc. 1 vol., 8vo. Illustrated. Paper covers. Price, 75 cents.

“It has all the rapid movement of a play, and is at the same time full of piquant character-study. The personages of the story have life and thorough individuality—there is not a puppet among them. It has been said of one of them—the American ‘medium’—that he is simply a caricature; but those who have seen a certain erratic countryman of ours will recognize many of his curious traits.”—N. Y. Tribune.

GARTH.

A Novel. By Julian Hawthorne, author of “Bressant,” “Saxon Studies,” etc. 1 vol., 8vo. Paper covers, $1.00; cloth, $1.50.

“‘Garth,’ is Mr. Julian Hawthorne’s most elaborate and pretentious book. It is on many accounts also his best book, though it contains nothing so good as the character of the hero in ‘Bressant.’ At least his genius is unmistakable. And we are disposed to venture the suggestion that, if ‘Garth’ had not been a serial, it would have been more compact and closely written, and so its situations more effective, its characters better sustained.”—New York World.

THE ART OF ELECTRO-METALLURGY.

Including all Known Processes of Electro-Deposition. By G. Gore, LL. D., F. R. S. 1 vol., 12mo. 391 pages. Illustrated. $2.50.

“I have endeavored not only to make the book a treatise on the practical art of Electro-Metallurgy, but also to include an outline of the science of electro-chemistry, upon which that art is based; and I have also spared no trouble in order to make it as perfect as I could; the most complete portions are those which treat of the common methods of silvering, gilding, moulding; the deposition of copper, nickel, brass, iron, and tin; the special details of the art; and the accounts of such experiments and processes with the less common metals, as scientific investigators and practical inventors may be likely to further examine or practically apply.”—Extract from Preface.

THE ELEMENTS OF MACHINE-DESIGN.

An Introduction to the Principles which determine the Arrangement and Proportions of the Parts of Machines, and a Collection of Rules for Machine-Design. By W. Cawthorne Unwin. 1 vol., 12mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

“No labor has been spared in condensing into the smallest compass the information at the author’s disposal, and in endeavoring to render the treatment of the subject simple and clear. If the student’s path has in any degree been rendered easy, it is because a good deal of labor has been expended on the roadway.”—Extract from Preface.

AFTER MANY DAYS.

A Novel. By Christian Reid, author of “Morton House,” “Valerie Aylmer,” etc. 1 vol., 8vo. Paper covers, $1.00; cloth $1.50.

“After Many Days” is marked by those characteristics that have made the name of Christian Reid distinguished—flowing style, charm and contrast of character, dramatic situations and effective development of plot. The scene is laid partly in the South and partly in England, while its narrative exhibits notable variety of incident and strength of interest.

NEW LANDS WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE:

Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in 1872-’74. By Julius Payer, one of the Commanders of the Expedition. Containing upward of 100 Illustrations from Drawings by the Author, engraved by J. D. Cooper, a Colored Frontispiece and Route Maps and Preface comparing Results of the English and Austrian Expeditions. One vol., medium 8vo., cloth, extra, $3.50.

“We advise all who desire to enjoy a genuine and unalloyed pleasure to read his book, which will bear more than one perusal. We are mistaken if it does not take rank with the best of our English arctic narratives, and become a permanent favorite with old and young. The well-executed illustrations from the pencil of the author add greatly to the value and attractions of the book.”—Times.

New York: D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers.