The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-06-20 00:00:00, page 2

St. George's (Bermuda) April 9.
Friday morning last the snow L'Obfervateur, Cap
tain Peter Robert, from Aux Cayes, bound to Bor
deaux, run upon the rocks off the Weft End, and
received some damage. The Captain, passengers and
crew, got fafe to shore in theif boats, soon after
which the people from the shore got the vessel off,
and brought her fafe into Ely's harbour. She was
laden with indigo, sugar, &c.
Every influence is now Draining to prevail upon the
Roman Catholicks to make a voluntary surrender of
their arms ; one meeting has been held, but there the
design was fruftrated ; another is appointed in the
course of the ensuing week ; this does npt proceed
from any real jealousy or apprehension of danger from
that loyal body of men; but is considered as a means
of weakening the volunteer army of Ireland, than
which the united forces of the House of Bdutbon are
not more formidable to men who thirst after .arbitra
ry power.
It is now determined to postpone the eftablifliment
of a mint in this kingdom, until the next session of
Parliament, Mr. Orde not having been able to obtain
a definitive answer from the Ministers in London on
the fubjed, as by reason of the multifarious bufinels
now before them, they have not time to confider whe
ther such a measure might be a loss of one (hilling per
annum to Great-Britain, in which case it would of
course be eligible totally to lay it aside.
April 8. A correspondent informs us, that the se
cond fencible scheme is by no means abandoned ; for
though it may not be deemed prudent to trust arms
in the hands of the Irish peasantry, yet there is little
doubt, but that an establishment of at lead Chaplains
and Officers will be attempted, in order to reward
informers and apostates.
St. George's (Grenada) April 16.
WE are authorized to convey to the publick the
following intelligence, which at the fame time
that it reliefs great honour on the zeal and juftie'e of
the French government, will, we hope, be of essen
tial service to this colony.
His Excellency the General has received a letter
from M. Le Vicomte de Damas, inclofing two co
pies of an arret of the Superior Council of Martinique,
against Pierre Millet and others, by which they are
condemned to the gallies, for having Rolen Lives
from this island. Monsieur Damas concluded his
letter, with expressing his hopes that this example of
severity, by preventing a repetition of the crime, will
put the inhabitants of the islands of this government
in a Rate of ease and security, with refpeX rathe
fafety of their property.
The smell of lobfteis, particularly if left till they
stink, always proves fatal to these infers, and yet will
not in the lead affeft the corn. This remedy Ihould
be used as soon as the weevils appear, or begin to
make their nests.
*s**❖*❖*❖*** t*4***** +*+ ****t4*4 $* $
outfall him: Had it been day-light, I believe we
would not have got away so easy. Her name is the
Polly, Captain Kid, from Charleston."
From New Lloyd's Lift, dated April 15.
Captain Dunn, of the (Greyhound Packet, on the
^ft ult. spoke the Little William, , from An
tigua, out eleven weeks, in want of water and provi
sions—spared him some of each—ship and crew all
well. The fame day, in lat. 49. 28. N. long. 13.
W. spoke the London, Purchase, from Charleston,
out seven weeks, all well, who informed him that on
the 26th ult. they fell in with the Friendship, Bell,
from New-York to Dublin, fleering' for Lisbon, in
lat. 47. long. 15. in great distress, having loft her
bowsprits, boats, and water, and most of her crew
walhed overboard ; Captain Purchase spared him some
Water.
Monsieur DE brosses, f r R President of
the Parliament of Dijon, in France, finding
that the infe&s, called weevils, had got among some
wheat at one of his farms, tried almost every method
to get rid cf them, but in vain, for his granaries Rill
continued infefted with this voracious infed. At
length, being informed of a method to destroy them,
which was quite simple, and not expensive, and whicli
had been praXifed in the province of PoiXon, he set
about it in the following manner:
He got some live lobsters, which he threw upon
the wheat that was infefted, and in four hours time
the weevils came out from all parts, dispersing them
selves over the walls in fuels numbers, that in many
places they were quite black with them ; and by this
means they were all ealily deffroyed.
Method of destroying Weevils in Wheat.
(From the Universal Magazine for 1784.)
D U B L I N, March 25.
Weft-India News.
We hear from Amherst, that on the 25th instant
Mr. Aaron Warner, of that town, as he was walking
in his orchard, fell down and expired immediately.
Two of his fohs being near, ran to him, but no ap
pearance of life was found in him. Thus man know #
elk not his time, as the ffbes that are taken in an
evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the
Jnare ; so the fins of men are Jnared in an evil
time; when it falletb Juddenly upon them.
American Intelligence.
CHARLESTON, April 22.
YE STERDAY forenoon a young gentleman,
lately from Europe, went into the necessary be
longing to his lodgings, and cut his throat; he had
loft so much blood before he was found, that all me
dical assistance was in vain, and he expired this morn
ing. The supposed cause of this rash action, is the
loss of a cargo of goods, whicli misfortune reduced
him to poverty and despair.
On Friday night the sloop , Captain Pat
terfon, struck on the bar of the north channel, and
was loft. The unfortunate Captain and several of
his men periled.
May 7.
Messieurs Printers,
Your inferring the following account of exports
from this port, the product or the Rate, being the
crops of 1782 and 1783, may be fatisfaXory to many
of your readers.
GEO. ABBOT HALL, Collector.
Custom-House, Charleston.
The crop of 1782.
23,160 barrels, and 2129 half barrels of rice,—
827 calles of indigo, 643 hhds. tobacco, 101 hhds.
and bundles of deer-fleins, 365 barrels of pitch, 540
barrels of tar, 936 barrels of turpentine, 215,800 feet
of lumber, 215,800 fliingles, 12,900 Raves, 6645
bushels of Indian corn
Exported in 19 ships, 1 snow, 71 brigs, 73 Hoops,
139 schooners.
The crop of 1783.
58,923 barrels, and 6102 half barrels rice, 2051
calks indigo, 2680 hhds. tobacco, 651 hhds. and bales
of deer-ficins, 4877 barrels pitch, 2489 tar, 7331 tur
pentine, 705,200 feet lumber, 1,072,000 Ihingles,
402,100 Raves, 14,080 bushels corn, 887 hides,
2703 lides of leather, 3 tons of hemp, 17 calks of
ginseng, 171 casks of flax-feed, 147,750 reeds.
Exported in 90 ships, 10 snows, 148 brigs, 163
Hoops, 259 schooners, 1 dogger, and 2 cutters, mea
suring 50,961 tons.
NEW-HAVEN, May 11.
Friday last as Mr. James Thomas, Mr. David'
Grannis, and Mr. David Mallery, of this place, were
returning to this port from Connecticut river, in a
fail boat (the wind blowing frefh at at S. E.) the boat
struck a rock about one mile from East-Haven shore,
whicli bilged, and overfet her, and by which accident
the above perlons were all unfortunately drowned —
I hey were seen in their distress, and repeatedly heard
to call for help ; but as no boat could be procured at
a lels dißance than about two miles, no feafonable' re
lief could be afforded them. They each left a wi
dow— and twenty children are made fatherlefs by this
Rroke of Providence. Neither of their bodies have
yet been found.
Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated March 16.
" Few people are acquainted with the principal en
gine, that puts, as it were, the whole empire in mo
tion. Ibis will disclose to you what I have pre
mised, that was looked upon here as inevitable.—-
1 he Emperor is obßinately bent upon enforcing his
claim to the Scheldt, and the Dutch are as uncom
plying as ever. Three armies are shortly to pitch
their tents, and the King of Prussia has sent orders
for his troops to be in readiness at twenty-four hours
notice. France and the former power unite against
the Emperor, it is true, but not out of any friendship
to the Dutch. Gallick politicks, it is well known,
are mere nonentities, when private inteieft is not the
theme. And hereby hangs the tale I have above al
luded to. The grand and moving engine is, that the
Cabinet of Versailles and Berlin unite to support, with
the greatest warmth, the claim of the Landgrave of
Hefle-Caffel to the dignity of EleXor. This would
fill up the usual number of nine, as heretofore fettled.
April 30. Within these few days eight whales have
been killed close to our shores, viz, two pair by the
boats off the Weft End, and four brought into, har
bour by the St. Georges's boats.
May 7. By letters from Turk's island we learn,
that since the last rains they have made large quanti
ties of salt there, and continue to be very fuccefsful:
Salt fold at 2s. per bushel, and likely to keep so.
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SPRINGFIELD, May 10.
N E W-Y O R K, June 10.
June 13. On Saturday last, the Court of Oyer
and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery at the ci
ty of New-York adjourned. Before the Court ad
journed, the following judgments were on that day
pronounced, viz. Giles Park lined for having kept
a disorderly house, and committed to gaol until the
fine and costs of prolecution ate paid, and fecurity'
given for his good behaviour for twelve calender
months. Jeremiah Watson, Joseph Biggs, and James
Webster, convided of having been concerned with
others in a dangerous riot, and assaulting fundpy of
ficers of his MoR Chrißian Majesty, and other gen
tlemen, when landing from a boat of his said Most
Christian Majesty's packet, were refpeXively adjudged
to pay a fine of fifty pounds each, and costs of prose
cution, to be imprisoned twelve calender months, and
to give security by recognizance in lool^each, for -
their good behaviour for one year after their difeharge
from imprisonment, to continue in gaol until the fine
and costs are paid and surety given. John Spalding,
Joseph Tipcony, John Waters, Frederick Seener, and
a mulatto man named Dick, were refpe&ively con
viXed of felony, allowed the benefit of the clergy,
and branded in the brawn of the left thumb. Den--
Extract of a letter dated London, April 5, 1785.
" Report fays there will be a partial change in
Administration. The l^eform of the Reprelentation
in the British House of Commons, and the Irish busi
ness, will determine it. The Marquis of Lanfdown
(late Lord Shelburne) will come in ; may the report
be falfe and ill-grounded, is all I will fay ; if he
should come in, Pitt muR till some of the important of
fices—his ambition has, for fomo time past, I have rea
son to believe, prevented the Marquis from coming
forward. Pitt's maxim is nut C.cfar aut 'Nullus,
and here the Marquis can match him. Ido not know
how they will chime together, neither will he'be ealily
brought to yield the supreme direction of the helm
to the other, as both with to play the firft fiddle.
" No treaty of commerce with America this year.
Doctor Franklin has declared his intentions of re
turning to America. The intercourse bill with Ame
rica for another year is palled. A war with the Em
peror and the Dutch, more than ever probable:—-
This will embroil the greatest part of Europe. The
profpeds of the confilcated Americans are better, as
to something being done for them this session ; Parli
ament having promised to include the claimants in the
budget.
" General Haldimand will return to the govern
ment of Quebec, rather than Colonel Carleton, prin
cipally for the following reason: Administration, some
years since, granted him a linecure, as nominal in
fpeftor of the forts and gariifons in the Weft-Indies ;
the salary of this appointment, since the adoption of
ceconbinical mealures, merges in the superior one of
Quebec, and, in order to lave that sum to the nati
on, the Minißry have resolved to fend General Hal
dimand out again. Indeed he is one of the best offi
cers the crown has to employ."
But on the other hand, the Emperor, for his own
interest, and the Czarina, from family connexions,
leave no stone unturned, to fix that dignity upon the
Duke of Wurtemberg, whose eldest daughter is con
sort to the heir apparent of Russia, whilst the youngeß
is married-to the Archduke Francis, the Emperor's
nephew, and defighed hih successor to the Empire.—
It is evident that the success of the Prince of Wur
temberg would secure to the Emperor a decided ma
jority in the College of Electors, which is to him of
the utmost consequence, to make the election of the
King of the Romans fall upon his own nephew. This
you may rely upon is the reason of the various arma
ments, &c. and of the Imperial negociations. The
Dutch quarrel is a mere shadow—the Emperor's' fa
mily concerns is the real objeft of German poli
ticks."
Among the many operations of finance almost daily
brought before the publick in England, is the follow
ing very curious tax on wearing apparel and animal
food :
I. Every taylor to hate a licence of 51. per ann. to
keep a book of the cloths made by him, &c. on which
a duty of 5 per cent, on plain cloths, 10 ditto on silk
and lace.
11. I he milliner to take out the fame licence, and
the mantua-maker, the Ray-maker, and the haber
dalher.
HL Stocking fellers also to use a licence, with a
duty of io per cent, on silk, and 5 on all other hose.
IV. Venders of handkerchiefs and aprons to have
a licence.
I. Every butcher to have a licence of five Killings,
and to keep a book, with the number and weight of
animals killed, by him.
11. A duty of an half-penny per lb. on all meat.
111. Turtle imported, to pay three-pence per lb.
Why not one Ihilling on importation?
T he produce of these taxes is thus computed—
Apparel would bring 1,436,250!. per ann.
1,406,2501. per ann. by meat.
ANIMAL FOO D.