The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1783-12-30 00:00:00, page 3

The Georgians Sidus, difeovered by Mr. Herfehyl,
is found to be 4 f times the diameter of the earth,
and its real distance near one thousand eight hundred
millions of miles. He firft perceived it on the 13th
of March, 1781, between the hours of ten and eleven
o'clock at night, as he was examining the small stars
near the feet of Gemini. The magnifying power he
was then using was 227, which he increased to 2010,
and with which he afeertained it, agreeably to the ac
count given in the Philosophical Tranfa&ions for 1781.
Some of this gentleman's reflecting telescopes are made
to bear magnifying powers of an almost incredible size,
not less than between fix and seven thousand times !
The effect which these very large magnifying powers
had on the fixed stars, in Showing many to be double,
triple, and even quadruple (which were before thought
to be single stars) suggested to him the idea of attempt
ing to discover the parallex of the fixed stars by their
means; and it was in pursuit of this object that the
discovery was made of the planet above-mentioned.
In a garden of Mr. Kempfon's, at Hill Ridware, a
grain of barley was sowed which produced 90 draws,
80 whereof had cars, containing from 30 to 36 grains
each. The root, with its produce, is preferred en
tire, for the infpedion of the curious.
The Duke of Rutland has fettled all his father's (the
late Marquis of Granby) debts, amounting to fifty
thousand pounds; a phenomenon infinitely more fur
prizing and uncommon than the ball of fire that ap
peared last Monday.
The present peace is, unfortunately for this coun
try, the mod humiliating, the mod expensive, and the
-mod jealous one that ever was made; it is, however,
seriously to be hoped, that it will be a lading one, in
which case we may one day fee a restoration of its
tong recorded dignity and honour.
TRENTON, December 30.
Wednesday last the Honourable the General Assem
bly of this state adjourned fine die. During the
fitting the following Alls were gaffed, viz.
~ A fupplc^ntary aft to Qc ad, intitled, 'An ad
powerful, that it affected feme people's eyes like a
flafli of lightning. Such a sudden and, uncommon
phenomenon created much aftoniihment in all that
s a w it, and had a powerful effe& on the minds of the
vulgar ; they (as is generally the case, when any thing
preternatural happens) portending that something
terrible would happen to the country. It was seen
very diftit&ly all over the city, and several miles
round, and many people were so deceived, that they
thought they saw it fall, some in one part, and some
at another part of the town.
A gentleman who lives in Kentifb Town, writes
thus to his friend in London : " On Monday night
last, about half pad nine, as I was fitting in my
parlour, without any light in the room, near to the
window, I was roused from nearly a state of forget
fulnefs, by a sudden change in the physical world,
that I had never before been witnels of. The day be
ing flint in, and the. moon not yet risen, I could but
imperfectly perceive the objects before me. In a mo
ment, from an almost total darkness, a blaze of light,
little inferior to that at noon, struck me with the ut
most astonishment. Every surrounding object became
as visible and diftin& to my fight, as if the moon had
shone out in its utmost fplendour. Awe struck with
this phenomenon, I flatted from my chair, and tre
mulously cried out, What is that? Then hastily
throwing up the sash, I beheld, with astonished eyes,
a ftreani of fire of considerable length and magnitude,
fwiftly, but not rapidly, puffing over my head, in a
direct line from north to south. In the course, its
light gradually decreased, and in a few seconds en
tirely vanished. Darkness now again pervaded every
part as before, and an effluvia impregnated the ambi
ent air, as strong as is that which is emitted by ful
phur when in a state of inflammation. Though I do
not imagine there was any thing miraculous, or even
very uncommon in the appearance, but that it may be
easily accounted for in a natural way; yet I will ho
nestly confefs to you, that I was seized with a pa
nick at the instant, that I am now almost ashamed of,
and therefore shall fcrupuloully avoid giving you the
particulars."
Extrafi of a letter frem RAfel, Aug,f if
" Yesterday we were all in confuhon, every one
hurrying towards the drawbridge, in order to fatisfy
their curiefity by viewing one of the molt extraordina
ry animals we ever heard of; it came into the tide, and
was not perceived till in attempting to get through the
bridge it stuck so faft, that it could neither move back
wards nor forwards. After a great deal of trouble it
was secured, and brought on Ihore, but not before it
tore a man's leg in the flefhy part very dangerously.
The head of it resembles that of an ox without horns ;
there are two fore legs with cloven feet, and a large
tuft of hair in the middle of its forehead ; the teeth
are about two inches and a half long, delicately white,
and very acute; from the shoulders it gradually in
creases till you come to the tail, which is uncommonly
large; it has two large fins under the extreme part of
its belly. Some fay it is a fea-calf, others assert that
it came from the Irish seas; and therefore, from the
size of it, it must be a bull."
I fubjefting the proprietary rights and shares of propri
ety, late belonging to Elias Bland, deceased, to the
payment of debts, and directing the dieriff in his pro
ceedings therein.
2. An act to confirm and eftabiiOi the testament and
lad will of James Hamilton, late of Bush-Hill, in the
county of Philadelphia, of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Efqpire, deceased.
3. An aft to regulate the practice of phyfick and
forgery within the date of New-Jersey.
;4. An ad to release Abraham Chapman from the
I payment of a sum of publicly money and certificates
I taken by robbers.
5. An ad to confirm the charter of the reformed
protestant Dutch church of Hillsborough, in the town
ihip of Hillfborough, in the county of Somerfct.
6. An ad to annex the several islands, lituate in the
river Delaware, belonging to this date, to the respec
tive counties and townships to which they lie neared.
7. An ad to confirm and eftabidh the testament and
lad will of Samuel Purviance, late of Pitts-Giove, in
the county of Salem, deceased.
8. Ap ad to enable Janies Parker, one of the Exe
cutor; of the last will and testament of Dodor Lewis
Johnson, deceased, in conjunction with Bowes Reed,
to fulfil the purposes of the said will.
9. An act for the better regulation of juries.
10. An ad for incorporating sundry persons as trus
tees of the Presbyterian congregation at Bedminfter,
in the counties of Somerset and Hunterdon.
11. An ad to release Humphrey Wall from the pay
ment of a sum of publick money taken,by robbers.
11. An ad to amend and confirm the charter of the
two united ~Protcftant Dutch Churches of Hackinfack
and Schralenburgh, in the county of Bergen, and
Rate of New-Jersey.
r;. An act to confirm to Rebecca Elliot, her heirs
and assigns, a tract of land, lituate in the county of
Monmouth.
14. An aft for regulating the election of members
lofI of the Legislative-Council and Affembb, Sheriffs and
Coroners of the state of New-Jersey, and of Delegates
to represent tire said state in the Congress of the United
' States.
15. An ad to direct the agent of forfeited estates in
, the refpedive counties in this state, to proceed to the
sale of said estates ; and to repeal an ad, intitled,
' An ad to suspend the sales of real estates which
have, or hereafter may become forfeited to, and veiled
in, this ftate.'
16. An ad to enable the owners of Petty's illand,
lituate in the river Delaware, in the county of Glou
cester, to appoint persons veiled with proper powers
for the well improvement of the said illand.
17. An ad to repeal an aft, intitled, ' An ad for
granting an annual salary to the Secretary of this
litate, in lieu of his fees on the commissions of Justices,
Coroners and militia officers, and to make inorc pro
per provision for defraying the expences of granting
laid commiffions.'
18. An act for the sale of the estate of Philip French,
late of New-Brunswick, in the county of Somerset,
deceased, or of such parts thereof as may be necessary
to fatisfy certain executions levied thereon.
19 An ad to procure an estimate of the sums due
the militia and troops who have been railed for the
defence of the frontiers of this state, and to provide
for the settlement of the fame.
20. An ad for railing a revenue of Thirty-one
Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Five
Shillings per annum, for the term of twenty-five years,
for the purpose of pay ing the interest and principal of
debts due from the United States, agreeably to a re
commendation of Congress of the 18th day of April,
1783, and for appropriating the lame.
21. An aCt to vcR in Peter Tallman, Esquire, his
heirs and aligns, all the real eltate which his father
Benjamin Talln;an died seized of.
22. An aCt to raile the lum of Ten Thousand Pounds
in the state of New-Jersey, for the support of govern
ment, and the contingent expences for the year 1784.
23. An ad for the relief of John Rucaftle, Ephraim
Whitlock and Joseph Write, who have 101 l their notes'
given for the depreciation of their pay.
24, An ad to amend an ad, intitled, 'An ad to
raise the sum of Ninety Thousand Nine Hundred and
Thirty Pounds, for the exigencies of the year 1783,
and for other purposes therein mentioned.'
25. An act to appropriate a certain forfeited estate,
lying in the county of Bergen, to the use of Major
General Steuben, during his life.
26. An act to enable th# owners of meadow ground
to drain the fame.
27. An ad to continue in force the ad therein men
tioned.
28. An adto afeertain the value of debts due from
the forfeited eßates of certain fugitives and offenders,
and for directing the payment of the fame.
29. An act for defraying sundry incidental charges.
30. An ad to procure an estimate of the number of
inhabitants in the Rate of New-Jersey.
31. An act to afeertain the falarics of the several of
ficers of the government of the Rate of New-Jersey,
and to provide for fupperting the government of said
state for one year, to commence the fourteenth day of
October, 1783, and to end the second Tuesday in Oc
tober, 1784.
Extraft of a letter from a gentleman in Dublin, to
bis friend in this town, dated Sept. 12, 1783.
“ We have lately had a general election here, con
ducted with a moderation unknown in England—in
almost every struggle the people have prevailed—our
volunteers dill keep embodied, as we still have some
internal regulations to make.—Alterations in our con
stitution, and a reform of Parliament, are now like
wise aimed at, and some commercial regulations to put
us on a footing with ear neighbours, the English, of
House of AfemAj, December 24, 1783.
IX/HEREAS it appears by a proclamation, i/Tued
VV by the King of Great-Britain, under the ex
press authority of his Parliament, that the growth or
produce of any of the United States of America are,
prohibited from being carried to any of the Btitifh
Weft l lndia IflanJs, by any other than Britiffi fubjeds,
in Britiffi built snips, owned by Britiffi fubjeds, and
navigated according to the laws of that kingdom :—
And whereas this proceeding exhibits a disposition in
Great-Britain to gain advantages injurious to the
rights of free commerce, and is repugnant to the prin
ciples of reciprocal interest and convenience, which
are found, by experience, to form the only perma
nent foundation of friendly intercourse and commerce
between kingdoms and states ; therefore,
Refolded unanimously, That the United States so
Congress assembled ought to be vested with the exclu
sive power of regulating trade and commerce through
out the United States of America.
Resolved unanimously, That the United States in
Congress assembled ought to be empowered, and
ought, when so empowered, to prohibit Britifl ^-
fels from being the carriers of the growth or j
of rhe British Weft-India Jfiands to these Un i
States, or of the growth or produce of these United
States to any of the said Britiffi Weft-India Ifzncs,
so long as the reftri&ioz in the said proclamation
expreiTed shall be continued by, or on the part of,
Great-Britain.
Extrafl from tie Minutes,
MASKELL EWING, jut). Clerk
of the General Assembly.
Do^or Gibson,
Lately from Ireland,
"° ™ ent thr °"^ h the different studies of phy-
VV sick, surgery, and manmidwifery, at the cele
brated university of Edinburgh and hospitals of Lon
don, proposes pradifing in Trenton and its vicinity.
Being a stranger in the country, he hopes will be a
fufficient apology for taking this method of making
himfelf known, and to exculpate him from being
charged with empiricism by gentlemen of the learned
profeffions. He flatters hin^elf, that by assiduity and
attention, he will merit the esteem and approbation
of the publick. His present abode is at Mr. Higbee's,
King-street.
T renton, December 29, 1783. gw^[
To be fold cheap,
For Cash, by the Printer, whole
sale and retail, a large Number
of TESTAMENTS,
SPELLING-BOOKS
and PRIMERS.
whom we are now a;jealous as you were at the be
ginning.
" thanks be to God our struggle hasoeen without
bloocihed, and our liberties are eftabliflied on the
breaded foundation, by th e virtue of the people. You
led the way, and we have followed the illufrious ex
ample. England smarting with the wounds received
in America, reluctantly gave us all we aiked—having
at last felt our own confluence, and procured a name
among the nations of the earth, we hope, by God's
blessing, to perfect the work, and tear off the remain
ing badges of our former slavery.”
The 4th inst. his Excellency the President of Con
gress a: rived at Annapolis—and on the 19th they made
d houte, for the ditpatch of publick bußnefs.
To be fold,
A NEGRO WENCH, between 18
and 19 years of age.—She can do
most kinds of housework, and is fold on
ly for want of employ. Enquire of the
Printer. gw
TO be fold cheap, for a term of years fr
two young negro wenches, one about,
fifteen years old, the other about eleven
years old. Enquire of Collins and Ewing,
in Trenton.
December 27, 1783, gw
NEGROE S.