The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-07-19 00:00:00, page 4

WHEREAS the enemies of these United States
have adopted the mean and infamous practice
of counterfeiting the bills of credit emitted and made
current by the honourable Congress for the purpole
of carrying on the present just and unavoidable war
with Great-Britain : And whereas vicious, evil mind
ed, and difaffedted persons do frequently bring over,
utter, and pass the fame in this state for and in lieu
of the said bills of continental currency : And where
as it is difficult and in many cases impossible to ascer
tain by positive evidence that the persons so offend
ing, altho' it may appear the said bills were brought
from within the enemy's lines, know the fame to be
counterfeit, and therefore escape with impunity; to
prevent which evil in future, and that no person what
ever who shall utter or bring such counterfeit bills
from within the enemy's lines may hereafter avail
tiiemfelves by pleading ignorance thereof;
Sefl. 1. Be it Enaßed by the Council and General As
sembly of this State, and it is hereby enabled by the au
thority of the fame, That all and every person and per
sons who, from and after the firft day of July next,
shall bring or cause to be brought from within the
enemy's lines, or from any place in the polfeffion or
under the power of the army of the king of Great-
Britain, any bill counterfeited in imitation of any bill
of credit emitted by publick authority, and which is
or may be at that time a legal tender for the payment
of taxes or for purchasing fapplies for the army, such
person so offending, on due convidion thereof, fliall
be adjudged guilty of felony, and be punished with
death in like manner as persons convided of counter
feiting o" altering the bills of credit of this state or
such as are made a legal tender therein, and know
ingly uttering the fame, might or should have been.
2. And be it further Enafled, That any person hav
ing a legal permission to come intothis state from with
in the enemy's lines, and Ihall bring any bill of credit
from thence not knowing the fame to be counterfeit,
shall not be deemed an offender against this ad pro
vided such person before he fliall attempt to utter,
pass, or by any means part with any of such bills so
brought into this state, shall repair to one of the
judges of the supreme court, or one of the judges of
the inferior court of common pleas, or justices of the
peace of the county where such person may reside,
and procure a certificate under the hand of such judge
orjuftice, setting forth the number, date, and amount
of such bills, and that he hath examined the fame,
and believes them to be good and genuine.
Passed at Trenton, June 13, 1780.
An ACT more effectually toprevent the paging of coun
terfeit Bills of Credit.
a legal tender, and the supplement thereto.
WHEREAS the legislature of this state, in conse
quence of a resolution of Congress of the eigh
teenth day of March last, have passed a law for call
ing out of circulation by taxes the quota assigned to
this state of the continental bills of credit, and for e
mitting other bills of credit for the purpose of carry
ing on the war; which law, in its operation, will
supersede the necessity that heretofore existed for mak
ing and continuing the said continental bills a legal
tender in payment of debts and purchasing supplies
for the army ;
Sebl. I. Be it Ena^ed by the Council and General As
sembly of this State, and it is hereby enaaed by the au
thority of the fame, That the ad, intitled, " An aft
" for more effectually preventing difaffeded and evil
" minded persons destroying the credit and circulati
" on of the continental bills of credit, and the bills of
" credit emitted by the late Congress of this state,"
passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-seven, and the att, in
titled, " An aft to render certain bills of credit a lc
" gal tender within this state, and to prevent the
" counterfeiting the fame, and other bills of credit,"
passed the twentieth day of September, one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-six, and the supplement
thereto, passed the fifth day of October, one thou
sand seven hundred and seventy-nine, be, and they
hereby are suspended until the end of the next fitting of
the legislature, so far forth as the said ads or either of
them refpedthe palling of the said continental bills
nr the tendering of them in the payment of debts at
an equal rate with gold and silver. Provided always,
That the said bills shall be, and they are hereby de
clared to be a legal tender for the payment of any
debt or demand whatsoever according to their cur
rent value, regard being had as well to the time of
making all contracts and the time the fame became
due, the time all debts or demands arose and the
time the fame were payable, and the default in pay
ment by either party if any there hath been, as to
the time of rendering judgment to which all courts
in this state in their refpeCtive jurisdictions are to con
form themselves. And Provided also, That no great
er allowance shall be made in the said continental bills
of credit for the payment of any contract, debt, or
demand, than at the rate of forty for one.
Passed at Trenton, June 19, 1780.
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Two Thirds of a
Dollar hard Money each the firft Week, and One Sixth for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion, or the
Exchange in continental Currency—and by whom Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received.
An ACT to suspend the aa declaring the value of the
continental currency, and also the aa making the fame
STATE or NEW-JERSEY.
TO BE SOLD,
A STRONG, handsome, NEGRO WENCH,
nineteen years old, with a beautiful female child
fix months old, both very healthy; the wench has
been used to cook for a genteel family, can few, spin,
and do every kind of honfe work ; has had the small
pox and measles, is very honest and sober. The pur
chaser will have a fatisfadory assurance of her charac
ter, and that she is fold for no fault but merely for
want of employ. The lowest price £. 100 Yorl< cur
rency or an equivalent. Enquire of the Printer.
July 1, 1780. 4w
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
MADE his escape on Monday the 3d instant, from
the fubferiber, a new Negro Man, that can
scarcely speak a word of English, about 5 feet 9 or
10 inches high, who was confined in Trenton gaol,
and is advertised to be fold on Thursday the 27th of
July instant; had on and took with him two tow
shirts, one pair tow trousers, one pair leather breech
es, a white flannel jacket, an old blue cloth jacket,
old shoes, and a leather furred cap. Whoever takes
up said Negro and secures him so that I get him a
gain, fliall have the above reward and reasonable
charges, paid by
JOSHUA CORSHON, Sheriff.
Amwell, July 5, 1780. 3 1v
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED away on the 29th of May hft, a mid
dle sized RED COW, with a white face,'has
very small horns, and a black spot over each eye.---
Whoever takes up said stray cow and delivers her to
Mrs. Dagworthy, in Trenton, shall receive the above
reward and reasonable charges. 3w±
Trenton, July 2, 1780. _
TO BE SOLD,
7™ H E HOUSE in which the fubferiber now lives,
I situated in the healthy and agreeable village of
Princeton. The house is a large, neat, convenient,
well finifhed brick building, with every conveniency
of stores, stables, garden, &c. &c. to render it per
fedly agreeable either for a merchant or private gen
tleman. For particulars enquire of the Printer here
of, or the fubferiber at Princeton.
ENOS KELSEY.
July Toth, 1780. 3 w *
MARY EAST having removed to this town,
begs leave to inform the Publick that she prac
tifes Midwifry, and has been favoured with great
success in thirty years experience in Albany, in the
state of New-York. She will with alacrity attend the
calls of those women who will please to favour her
with their custom, arid is to be met with at the
Brewery, next door below Mr. Potts's, in Trenton.
July 12, 1780.
The highest Price is given for
clean FINE and COARSE
At the Printing-Office, Trenton.
Freights taken by William Richards
and Thomas AJhmore,
To and from TRENTON
Soldiers, 1/3
Iron potts, per ton 30,i
Bar iron, do. 18/
Pig iron, do. 15/
Hogshead heading, per
thousand 22/6
Pipe ftaves, do. 33/
Barrel ftaves, do. 12/
Inch board and fcantling,
per thousand feet 20/
Stone ware, per £. i%d
Earthen ware, do. do.
Wooden ware, do. do.
Large crates of ware 7/6
[Smaller in proportion]
Bran and shorts, per
bushel ;d,
Dutch fans, 2/6
Cotton, according to the
bale
Bundles of deer skins, 3/
Bullocks hides, gd
Bullocks horns, per do
zen, 41/1-2
Boxes window glass, 3/'
One-half, do. if 6
Scythes, gd
Bolts of oznabrigs or
duck, isl
Passengers, 2/6
Hogshead of sugar, 11/3
Do. rum and molasses, 7/6
All freight for the publick agreeable to contrast.
The above freights are fettled for the exchange at
sixty for one. July 4, 1780.
LINEN RAGS,
and PHILADELPHIA.
Hogshead of tobacco, lof
Do. of lime, 6/
Do. of cyder, 6j6
Tierces of rum and mo
lasses, 3/9
Do. of flax feed, 3/3
Do. of sugar, ffl 1-2
Do. of rice, 3/6
Pipes of wine, 11/3
Half do. j/ioi-z
Quarter do. 3/
Barrel of beef & pork, 1/6
Do. of fifh, i/°6
Do. of cyder, if 6
Do. of apples, if
Calk of gammons, 3/6
Single barrel from Phila
delphia to Trenton, 2/3
All forts of grain, per
bushel 4d
Salt, per ditto, gd 1-2
Trunks, bales, cases and
boxes, with bags, &c.
agreeable to size and
weight.
Chest of tea, 11/3
Boxes of soap, candles,
and chocolate, xf6
Bundles of leather, 3/6
Bricks, 15/
Reams of paper, 2d 3-4
A few Copies of the
VOTES of ASSEMBLY
Of the Sitting at Mountholly, are to be fold at
the Printing-Office in Trenton ; and
Evans's Map of the Middle States.
ÜBLIC Notice is hereby given, that three Loan
Office Certificates taken out of the New-Jersey
Loan Office at Bordentown, on March 15th, A. D.
1779; were 2 " accidentally consumed by fire, toge
ther with the late dwelling house of James Drake in
Hopewell, who had them in trult; viz. two of them
given in favour of Francis Blackwell, fen. the one
for 2000 Dollars, No. 306, the other 200 Dollars,
NO.-7271, and the third given in favour of the Rev.
John Blackwell for 600 Dollars, No. 5251.
JOHN BLACKWELL?
Hopewell, 'June sth, 1780. 6 w.
To all whom it may concern :
State of New-XT OTICE is hereby given that a
Jersey, ff. Court of Admiralty will be held
at the house of James Efdall, innkeeper, in Burling
ton, on Monday the 14th day of August next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bills of Robert Snell,
commander of the privateer schooner Rattlefoake,
(who as well, &c.) against the schooner Betsy, J:mes
Campbell, late matter, a recaptured vessel, her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo —Of Rufus Gardner,
commander of the brig Enterprize, (who as well, &c.)
against the (loop Revenge, Richard Reading, late mat
ter, her tackle, &c. To the end and intent that the
owner or owners, or any other persons interested
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they
have, why the said schooner and (loop should not be
condemned, together with their tackle, apparel,
furniture and cargoes, according to the prayer of the
said bills. Bv order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
Haddonfield, June 27th, 1780.
A Number of waggons being wanted to convey
provisions from hence to the army, under the
command of His Excellency General Washington ;
which provisions are forwarded to this place by the
citizens of Philadelphia, who have directed us to take
them under our care : We give notice that those per
sons who are willing to engage in this service, (hall
meet with proper encouragement, by applying to the
fubferibers, who will furnilh the waggoners with corn
for their horses, and pay the hire of the waggons in
gold or silver, or the value thereof in continental cur
rency, as soon as the service is performed.
Thomas Barclay,
Trenton, June 26, 1780. Samuel Meredith.
N. B. Protections will be given to prevent the
waggons from being impressed.
Three Hundred Pounds Regard.
STOLEN out of the fubferiber's (table near Jacob's
Town, in the county of Burlington, the xgdinft.
at night, a large black STALLION, five years old,
full 15 hands high, with a star in his forehead, a few
white hairs in each flank; he is very heavy set, and
as likely a horse for the gears as any in the state, with
out exception ; a natural trotter, good carriage ; he
is barefooted. Whoever takes up said horse and se
cures the thief, so he may be brought to justice, shall
have the above reward, or £. 150 for either horse or
thief, and all reasonable charges paid.
June 24th, 1780. JOSEPH GRIGGS,
T O BES O L D 7
A PLANTATION, pleasantly situated on the
banks of the Raritan, about one mile and a half
from the city of New-Bruntwick, anddiredly opposite
the Landing bridge, containing 76 acres very good
land, well wooded and watered, and in an exceeding
healthy spot ; there is on the premises a genteel house
almost new, with a liable, cowhoufe, &c. Would
either suit for a tavern, store, tradesman, or gentle
man's feat, being in the heart of a very fine country.
For further particulars enquire of the fubferiber living*
on the premises. ELIJAH PHILLIPS.
Somerset county, June 26, 1780. jw 20
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that on the 28th
day of February, 1778, the underwritten did
take out of the New-Jersey Loan-Office at Borden
town, two Certificates of five hundred dollars each,
No. 218 and 219, countersigned Jos. Borden, L.O.
And on the 26th J.ne, 1778, when the enemy were
marching from Philadelphia to New-York, a party
of the Britifli troops did take a pocket-book from the
fubferiber's wife, in which were the above-mention
ed certificates. Hendertck Smock.
Monmouth, New-Jersey, June 26, 1780. 6w
TO BE SO L D,
By the Subferiber, in Readington,
TW O STILLS, that have been in use but one
I season, one of one hundred and one, and the
other of thirty-one gallons. Also a likely large breed
ing MARE with a likely fucking Colt, to be fold
or exchanged for a good riding horse.
JOHN MEHELM.
Hunterdon county, July 1, 1780.