The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-12-05 00:00:00, page 2

On motion,
Ordered, That mr. Biddle, mr. Combs and mr.
Starke, be a committee to prepaie and bring in a bill
to dired the mode of proceedings in the courts of
law; and to retrain excessive costs in the fame.
Ordered, That the fame committee do bring in a
bill to enlarge the jurifdi&ion of the inferior courts;
and aifo to enlarge the jurisdiction of courts establish
ed for the trial of small causes.
'1 he resolution of Congress directing application to
be made to the executives of the several Rates, for
thirteen copies of the legislative a&s thereof, lince
the firft of September, 1774, one set to be retained
for the use of Congress, and one other set fo.' the
delegates of each state (exclusive of its own a&s) for
the use of the legiilature thereof, was read the second
time; whereupon,
Refolded, That the treasurer be directed to pur
chale of Isaac Collins, printer, thirteen volumes of
the last edition of the legislative a&s of this state,
and forward the fame to the secretary of Congress,
agreeably to, and for the use in their resolution above
mentioned ; and that the treasurer pay for the fame
.out of the publicly money in the treasury; and that
the treasurer for the time being be directed from
and each having rendered to the house an excafe
for. non-attendance before this time,
Refo/ved, That the fame are fatisfa&ory.
The members withdrew to attend a joint-meeting;
and, being returned, the speaker resumed the chair,
and informed the house, that the joint-meeting had
elected his excellency William Livingston, esquire,
governor of this state ; and the hon. Lambert Cadwala
der, John-Cleves Symmes and Josiah Hornblower,
esquires, to represent this state in the Congress of
the United States, for the ensuing year.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Saturday, October 29, 1785.
The house met.
Two petitions from the county of Hunterdon, pray
ing for a revision and alteration of the law for regu
lating roads, &c. were read, whereupon,
Ordered, That mr. Cooper, mr. Biddle and mr.
Houghton, be a committee to bring in a bill for that
purpose.
Ordered, That mr. Joseph Smith, mr. Sheppard
and mr. R. S. Smith, be a committee to infpeCt and
correct the journals of the house, and that the clerk
do furnilh Isaac Collins, printer, weekly, with a copy
of the minutes, and that he do publish the fame.
time to time to forward to the secretary of Congress
the like number of the a&s of the legislature of this state,
as soon as they shall be published, and that the printer
print thirteen copies of the laid ads over and above
the number printed for the use of this state.
Ordered, That mr. Terhune do carry to the coun
cil the above resolution, and desire their concurrence
thereto.
Ordered, That mr. Cooper have leave of absence
the ensuing week.
A message from his excellency the governor of the
21st of December, accompanied with a resolution of
Congress of the 16th, referred to this fitting, was
read, and ordered to be filed.
Mr. Terhune reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
The petition from Mercy Hawkins, of the county
of Essex, praying for reasons therein contained, that
flie may be divorced from her husband, referred to
this fitting, was read, and ordered to be difmifled.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad to provide for the re
pairs of a certain causeway and bridge, on the main
road leading from Paulus-Hook to Hackinfack, in
rhe county of Bergen,' referred to this fitting, was
read, and ordered to lie on the table.
The petition from Conrad Ten-Eyck and George
Thompson, referred to this fitting, was read, and
ordered a second reading.
The bill, intitled, 6 an act for incorporating sun
dry persons as trustees of the Presbyterian congrega
tion at Pitts-Grove, in the county of Salem,' refer
red to this fitting, was read, and ordered a second
reading.
The petition from Tallman Smith; as also the
petition from Jacob Warren, referred to this fitting,
were read, and ordered a second reading.
The petition from sundry inhabitants of the county
of Monmouth, praying that a law may pass to enable
them yet to bring forward their accounts against the
estates of those fugitives whose estates have been for
feited to, and vested in, this state, referred to this
fitting, was read, and ordered to be difmifled.
On motion,
Ordered, That mr. A. Clark and mr. Combs be
a committee to prepare and bring in a bill for alter
ing the time of holding town-meetings in certain
counties.
The house adjourned till Monday morning ten of
the clock.
Monday, October 31, 1785.
The house met.
Ellis Cook and Edward Hall, esquires, appeared
in the house, and produced the refpeCtive certificates
of their election, which were read, approved, and or
dered to be filed; whereupon, being duly sworn and
affirmed by the speaker, they took their feats in the
house; and each having rendered to the house an ex
cuse for non-attendance before this time,
Refolded, That the fame are fatis faCtory.
Ordered, That meffrs. Lambert, Schuurman and
Cook, be a committee to prepare and bring in a bill
for railing ten thousand pounds for the support of go
vernment and the contingent expences thereof.
A message from the council by mr. Martin.
' Council-chamber, OR. 29, 1785.
' The council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly of this day,
' relative to directing the treasurer to purchase thir
' teen volumes of the last edition of the legislative
'ads of this state, for the use of Congress and the
' different states, &c.
' Resolved, That the house concur therein.'
A motion was made by mr. Sharp, seconded by
mr. Hankinfon, that a committee be appointed to
bring in a bill for emitting a sum of money in bills of
credit, to be put outon loan in the different counties in
this state, and directing the mode for finking the fame;
whereupon it was moved by mr. A. Clark, seconded
by mr. Combs, that the consideration of the said
question be postponed until Wednesday next, which
was carried in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. MefTrS. Terhune, Blauvelt, Garritfe, A.
Clark, Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Hendrickson,
Walton, Bunn, Blair, Kelly, R. S. Smith, T. Clark,
Hall, Cooper, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Nays. Messrs. Sharp, Baker, Lambert, Starke,
Arnold, Hankinfon, Beardflee.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
Daniel Marsh. Esquire, appeared in the house, and
produced the certificate of his election, which was
read, approved, and ordered to be filed; whereupon,
being duly sworn by the speaker, he took his feat, and
gave the reasons of his non-attendance, which were
deemed fatisfadory.
A petition was presented to the house from John
Lee, of the county of Burlington, praying leave to
be permitted to bring in a bill to appoint commissioners
to infped and adjust the debts due from the estate
of John Hind, deceased; and also to fell and dispose
of any part of the share or flhares of propriety, and
the rights thereto belonging, so as the said debts may
be paid and fully difeharged, was read, and ordered
a second reading.
A petition from Hannah Garrison, praying the
house would adopt a method to enable her to recover
a sum of money put in the hands of James Stillwell,
whose estate has been confifeated, was read, and or
dered to lie on the table.
On motion,
Ordered, That mr. Marsh, mr. Walton, mr. Schuur
man and mr. Blair, be a committee to bring in a bill
to call in all the contractors and surplus certificates,
and to issue Rate notes to the holders thereof.
The memorial from the auditor of accounts, re
ferred to this fitting, was read, and referred to mr.
A. Clark, mr. Burgin and mr. Beardflee, to make re
port thereon.
The memorial of Jonathan Elmer, referred to this
fitting, was read, and ordered to be filed.
The bill, intitled, ' an aft for incorporating sundry
persons as trustees of the Presbyterian congregation at
Pitts-Grove, in the county of Salem,' was read the
second time, and ordered to be engrossed.
Ihe petition of John Perine, praying a repeal of
the treason law, so far as the said law may affeCt him,
was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Ihe house adjourned till to-morrow morning ten
of the clock.
Tuesday, November I, 1785.
The house met.
Nezer Swain, esquire, appeared in the house, and
produced the certificate of his election, which was
read, approved, and ordered to be filed; whereupon,
being duly sworn by the speaker, he took his feat, and
gave reasons of his non-attendance, which were deemed
fatisfa&ory.
A petition from the Trenton school company was
read, praying that the legiilature will pass a law to
incorporate the said company the better to enable
them to conduct the business of the said school;
Ordered, That they have leave to present a bill
agreeably to the prayer of their petition.
A message from his excellency the governor ac
companied with a letter from Benjamin Thompson,
esquire, commissioner appointed to fettle the accounts
of the United States with the Rate of New-Jersey,
and desiring that the accounts of this Rate may be
prepared and made ready for settlement, was read,
Ordered, That the said letter be read a second
time.•
Mr. T. Clark, with leave, presented the draught
of a bill, intitled, ' a supplement to the act, intitled,
an aCt to afeertain the power and authority of the or
dinary and his surrogates, and to regulate the jurif
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Garritfe do carry the said bill
to the council, and request their concurrence therein.
(To be continued.)
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Foreign Intelligence.
VIENN A, June n.
Our letters from Steinz, speak of a woman of that
place being an extraordinary inßance of fecundity,
flie haying at five births brought forth 12 children;
namely, four at the firft, three at the second, two at
the third, one at the fourth, and two at the last.
July 3' Ihe number of births in Ulterior Austria,
viz. the provinces of Stiria, Carinthia, Carniola,
and the countries incorporated therewith, was last
year 52,961; the number of deaths 36,908, and that
of marriages 12,317; according to the fame calcu
lation, the real population of these provinces consists
of U 3 fouls.
LONDO N, Sept. 20 —21.
His royal highness prince Frederick of Denmark,
returned to Copenhagen the 20th ult. in perfect health,
from his tour to Berlin and Potsdam.
Among other great personages ahembled at the re
view of the king of Prussia's troops, we read of M.
la Bailli de Suffrein, marquis de la Fayette, and lorcL
Cornwallis.
The lords commissioners of admiralty have been
pleased to appoint John Jackfoo, esquire, barrister
at law, to be his majeßy's advocate general, in the
island of Jamaica,
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American Intelligence.
NE W- YO RK, November i.
An aft, fays a London paper, ought as speedily as
possible to be brought forward, enacting, " that all
women, of whatever age, rank, profeffion, or degree,
whether virgins, maids, or widows, that Rail, from
and after such act, impose upon, seduce, and betray
into matrimony, any of his majesty's liege fubje&s,
by the contrivance, help, means, and use of per
fumes, scents, paints, cofmetick washes, artificial teeth,
falfe hair, Spanish wool, iron Rays, hoops, high heel
ed Ihoes, bolstered hips, or cork rumps, shall incur
the penalty of the laws now in force against witch
craft,for eery, and such like misdemeanors ; and that
the marriage, upon conviction, to Rand null and void,"
such deceptions being now the rage of the town.
November 29.
Extraß of a letter from Fort-Pitt, dated OR. 13,
1785, to a gentleman in Middletown.
" We marched from Weft-Point the „h of Sept,
with a full company of 70 men, completely equip
ped with arms, eloathing and camp equipage.
" Ihe eloathing was very good, the coats except
ed, which are coarse.
" We arrived at this post yesterday, after a march
of thirty-fix days, with as little trouble as could be
expeded on so long a march, and with recruits.
'' The company is healthy and in good spirits, ex
cept two men, who were left upon the road, by rea
son of their sickness. Eight deserted from us during
our march, and we were so unfortunate as to re-take
none of them. We shall remain at this post but one
or two days. Colonel Harmer met us five days be
fore our arrival, on his route to New-York. He in
forms us, that out deßination is down the river
Ohio, as far as Mufleingum, which is 170 miles dis
tant, where we are to build a stockade fort to prevent
our being insulted by the Indians, and huts for the
winter. Major Doughty with a company of New-
York troops, is now at fort M'lntofh, waiting our
arrival, when we shall go down the river together,
Major Hamtrach was at Weft-Point when we de
parted, with a company nearly complete, and expect
ed to match in a few days. Colonel Harmer experts
to fend on two companies more from the state of
Pennsylvania this fall. One company that he re-en
listed from the year's men, has gone down to the
Miami with the commissioners, upon the treaty. The
whole force here will then consist of fix companies.
Colonel Harmer will exert himfelf to have a re
fpeCtable garrison in the Indian country this winter.
We flatter ourselves we shall spend the winter very
didion of the prerogative court, and to eftabliffi an
orphan's court in the several counties in this Rate, which
was read, and ordered a second reading.
Ihe engrossed bill, intitled, ' an ad for incorporat
ing sundry persons as trustees bf the Presbyterian con
gregation at Pitts-Grove, in the county of Salem'
was read and compared; on the question, whether
the fame do pass? It was carried in the affirmative,
as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Garritfe, A. Clark,
Marsh, Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Hendrickson,
Walton, Bunn, Blair, Kelly, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J.
Smith, I. Clark, Hall, Sharp, Baker, Swain, Lam
bert, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Burgin, Bowen, Shep
pard, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nay. Mr. Arnold.