The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-02-11 00:00:00, page 3

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NE W-L OND ON, January ~
Lift Tuesday Capt. Goodrich, in a schooner be
longing to Connecticut River, arrived here from
St. Euftatia, which he left the firft of December,
having brought a small assortment of very necessary ar
ticles. He informs, that the armed vessels from the
islands are numerous ; that provisions are so extreme
scarce in Barbadoes, that the inhabitants are perill
ing with hunger ; and that it is the general opinion,
if no vessel had been allowed to carry provision from
the Continent, the islands, before this time, must have
been nearly deserted by the inhabitants.
'LANCASTER, Jan. 28.
Extract of an intercepted letter from a gentleman in
London, to an officer of diftin&ion in the Britijb army,
dated in Augufl last.
" Both publick and private credit is greatly funk,
that bankruptcies are frequent, and that they would
be more so if they were not supported by the bank ;
that subscriptions in the new loan which proposes five
per cent interest to the lenders, goes slowly, and the
Dutch refufe to subscribe any thing, and that the bills
are already fold at a considerable difeount, two per
cent and three eights; and that every thing there
depended on the present campaign's being decisive."
General Howe's news-papers are so crouded with
affidavits and paragraphs, tending to persuade that
France and Spain have renounced the American cause,
t" iivrw judicious persons strongly suspect that the
Gen. anu his minions fear mifehief from that quarter.
BURLINGTON, Feb. ii. r
Forr f,cyer fed by the Rev. Mr. Duche, in Con
grey after the Declaration of Independency.
OtwJ cu heavenly father, high and mighty,
ci W ^^ and Lord of Lords, who do'ft
irri thy Thr^r > ochc^d alt the Dwellers upon Earth,
and reigned w'A Power supreme and uncontrol'd
over all Kiu^dems, Empires and Governments.
Lonx down in MW:v, we beseech Thee, upon these
cur American St ns, who have fled to Thee from
the Rod cf the Oppreuor, and thrown themselves
upon thy gracious Proteaion, desiring to be hence
forth dependent only upon Thee; to Thee have
they appealed for the RigUhoufnefs of their Cause;
to Thee do they now look up for that Countenance
and Support, which thou alone canst give; take
th^m therefore, heavenly Father, under thy nurturing
Care; give them Wisdom in Council, and Valour in
the Field ; defeat the malicious Designs of our creels
Adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness
of their Cause, and if they still persist in their fangui
riary Purposes, O! let the Voice of thine own uner
ring Justice, founding in their Hearts, constrain them
to drop the Weapons of War from their unnerved
Hands in the Day of Battle. Be thou present, O!
God of Wisdom, and direct the Councils of this
Honour©e Assembly ; enable them to fettle Things
upon the belt and surest Foundations, that the Scene
of Birod may be speedily closed, that Order, Har
mony and Peace, effectually be restored, and Truth
and Justice, Religion and Piety prevail and fiourifh
amohgft thy People ; preserve the Health of their
Bodies and the Vigour of their Minds'; shower down
upon them and the Millions they here represent, fuca
tempo! al Blessings as thou feeft expedient for them in
this World, and crown them with everlaftihg Glory
in the World to come. All this we ask in the Name
and through the Merits of Jesus Christ, thy Son, cur
Saviour. Amen.
We hear, that Colonel William Alien's regiment
of Pennsylvania roy&li/h, is entirely broken up, and
what few men were deluded into so infamous a fer
aice as that of taking arms against their native coun
try, have been incorporated into other regiments.
On the 29th ult. Major Goetfehius, who com
,mands a party of rangers' in Bergen county, had
difnatched John Lefhier and Abraham Brower, two
of ri's men, to reconnoitre the FYe'myW picket at
Paulus-Hook. As they lay- in ambulli at Prior's
mill, within fight of the enemy's centry, they were
passed by John Richard with a Negro man belonging
to himfelf, and another to Cornelius Van Vorft, up
on a Waggon. John Richard had a pass from Col.
Turnbull to go to Bergen. Maj. Goetfehius's men
thought it their Duty tb carry Mr. Richard and the
two negroes to their commanding officer for exami
nation. Upon the road, about fix miles from the
place where they were taken, Mr. Richard and his
negro took hold of Lefhier's musket, (they being
in the waggon, and Brower at a little distance on
horseback) with design, as Leihier thought, to kill
him. Upon this he called to Brower to cor^e to his
afliftance. As Brower cams up, the negro took hold
of Lefhier, and Richard turned to seize Brower—but
Brower, to prevent him, shot him dead on the spot,
and the negroes were carried to Maj. Goetfehius's.
We hear that on Tuesday night the 3d instant,
Col. William Coats, Lieutenant of the County of
Philadelphia, Capt. Swift, and federal other persons,
were, by the insidious arts of the enemy and their
emissaries, made prisoners while a-bed in 'Smithfield,
about fifteen miles from Philadelphia, to which place
they were hurried away by a party of the Britilh
light-horse.
Died in Philadelphia, on Monday the 2d instant,
in the 39th year of his age, John Allen, Esq. son
§f William Allen, Esq. of that city.
*, Advertisements omitted this week for
want of room will be inferred in our next.
February 3, I„$.
To all whom it may concern :
State of New-Jersey,
NOTICE is hereby given that a court of admi
ralty will be held in Trenton at the house of
Renfalier Williams, on Wednesday the 18th of Fe
bruary instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
then and there (a new trial being ordered) to try the
truth of the facts alledged in the bill of Colonel
Samuel Dick, (who as well, &c.) against the sloop
or vessel called the PATTY, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and cargo, burden about fifty tons, lately
commanded by Tunis Mountaine : To the end and
intent that the owner or owners of the said flcop
and her cargo, or any person concerned therein, may
appear and shew cause if any they have, why the
fame Should not be condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill.
By order of the judge,
iw* BOWES REED, Pro. Reg.
'B E s=o L D,
By way of public vendue, on the premises, Tuesday
the 24th of March next,
A Certain GRIST MILL and LOT of LAND
adjoining, lituate at Horner's-Town, in the
townfllip of Upper Freehold, and county of Mon
mouth, late the property of James Ncalan, and fold
by virtue of a writ of attachment, issued out of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the said
county of Monmouth, against the goods, chattels,
rights and credits of the said James Nealan, at the
suit of Thomas Emley. The vendue to begin at 11
o'clock, when attendance will be given by
ABRAHAM HENDRICKS, ? A
4w* PETER IMLAY, § Auditors.
Newtown, January 10, 1778.
TO BE SOLD
For READY MONEY, by the Subscriber,
THE HOUSE and LOT he lives in at Newtown,
Bucks county, lituate opposite the gaol and
court-house, with pork-house, smoke-house, stores,
&c. The house and store joined is thirty-feet by feven
ty-five, two stories high, built with handsome ftphe,
with kitchen, pump, &c. most all new : Also another
LOT in said town near the dwellihg-houfe, with a
large log stable thereon. As the place is well known,
being a noted store for several years past, and will
suit for that or tavern, little more need be said. Any
person inclining to purchase may know the price by
applying to John Murray at Pottfgrove, Randle
Mitchel near Trenton, or the fubferiber at Newtown.
3W FRANCIS MURRAY.
January 26, 1778.
TO BE SOLD
By WILLIAM RICHARDS at L^rrwroN,
half a Mile below Trento:,
An Assortment of MEDICINES, and Spring
Lancets, Sweet-Oil of the best Kind, Mustard
and Hair-Powder. 2w*
EUNICE arid FOSTER HORTONS
Have for sale at their Store in Chatham,
INDIGO, fnuff, tobacco, haircombs, taflor's
shears, paper, an assortment of women and men's
gloves, tapes, gimps, laces, striped luteftriugs, rib
bands, an assortment of buttons, black velvet, silk
twist, ditto cap's, irifh linen, homespun ditto, sew
ing thread, black catgut, women's Rays, pocket
handkerchiefs, hatters trimmings, fiddlers do. fans,
sealing 'wax, bonnet papers, needles, and a general
assortment of Dry Goods.
N. B. The above goods are just come to Land and
now opening.
February 5, 1778.
TO BE SOLD,
By PUBLICKVENDUE, on Thurfday.the 19th
of this instant February, at the plantation of the
fubferiber, living on Old Man's Creek, Gloucester
county, Woolwich township,
HORSES, breeding mares, a number of colts from
half blood to full, milch cows, fifteen fleers,
four and five years old, a large English bull, a num
ber of young cattle of the English breed, and sundry
articles too tedious to mention. The Vendue to
begin at ten o'clock, where attendance will be given,
and conditions of sale made known by me
, 1 ' JAMES TALMAN.
February 4, 1778.
LA ST night was stolen out of the stable of
JOSEPH HART, Esquire, in Warminiler
township, Bucks county, a large well made straw
berry roan HORSE, 11 or 13 years old, a natural
pacer, but trots some and canters pretty well ; has
a blaze in his face; his hind feet white, and some
white on one or both his fore feet (this not quite
certain): Also a considerable mixture of white on
the top, or upper part of his tail ; he has been used
to the collar, which has left a mark of some depth
on the top of his neck, now grown up with hair so
as not to be easily difeerned by the eye. He is gen
tle, shod all round, and in tolerable order. Any
person securing the thief and horse, so that the for
mer may be brought to justice, and the owner get
his horse, fliall have a reward of TEN POUN D S,
and for the horse only SIX POUNDS, paid by
sw* JOHN HART.
nth Month, 28, 1777.
WAS sent to HENRY BURR's Farm near
Burlington, by an officer in the army, a small
dark grey MARE, about fix years old, nearly
blind. The owner is requested to come, prove
his property, pay charges and take her away.
w * ,
/' February 2, 1778.
' TO BE SO L D,
By public vendue on Monday the 2d day of March,
at ii o'clock in the forenoon on the premises,
AN elegant COUNTRY-SEAT in Bucks county,
fourteen miles from Philadelphia, containing
one hundred and eight acres, bounding on the river
Delaware and on Bristol road, with as elegant a house
as any in the county, two barns, stables, and all
kind of out houses well built and partly new ; there
are about twenty acres of meadow, and wood in pro
portion to the place, an old orchard of good com
mon fruit, a young orchard of the best grafted fruit
been planted about fix years, a great variety of pear
trees, peach trees, plumb trees,\ and cherry trees,
all grafted of the best fruit : The whole plantation is
fenced with red cedar posts and white cedar rails ;
there is a front on the river of one hundred rods, and
the house on a fine eminence about twenty rod from
the river, in a genteel neighbourhood and remarkably
healthy.,
On the fame day will be fold, all the stock, houf
hold goods, and farming utensils ; consisting of cows,
horses, sheep, hogs, hay, wheat, rye, Indian corn,
buck-wheat, potatoes, grain in the ground, and a
number of other things too tedious to insert. The
place will be struck off precisely at three o'clock,
that the purchaser, if he chufes, may have an op
portunity of buying any of the stock or other articles.
The condition of sale will be made known on the day,
and attendance given by the fubferiber, who lives
on the place. Any gentleman that has a mind to
purchase the place, I ihall be ready to shew it to
him any time before the day of sale.
4^ JOSEPH PENROS E.
February 2, 1778.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN last night from the fubferiber in Not
tingham township, Burlington county, near Tren
ton, a black M AR E, fourteen hands three inches
high, nine years old, with a bald face, three white
legs, shod all round, is very lusty for her height,
trots and gallops. Whoever takes up the said mare,
and secures her, so that the owner may have her
again, shall have TWENTY DOLLARS for the
mare only, and for the thief TEN DOLLARS, with -
reasonable charges, paid by
ELIZABETH PEARSON, or
3 w* TALLMAN SMITH at Bordentown.
Bordentown, Jan. 31, 1778.
FOUR POUNDS REWARD.
STRAYED away sometime last September from
O Bordentown t,vo CQW3, one a black with some
white in her face, and some letters branded on her
horns, intended for the name of Knox, five years old.
The other a small brown COW, with crumped horns,
three years old. FORTY SHILLINGS will be paid
for either, or FOUR POUNDS for both, by
6w * OKEY HOAGLAND.
TO BE SOLD
By Publick Vendue, at Burlington, on Thursday
the 12th instant, (February )
THE, schooner LITTLE HOPE, now lying in
Aricocas near Wallace's Ferry, burden about
45 tons, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and
cargo, consisting of a number of blankets, several
pieces of baiz of divers colours, tea, pepper, claret,
port wine, London porter, corks, &c. &c. Also a
vessel known by the name of LEWIS's MILL BOAT,
now lying in Ancocas aforefaid, near the Ferry afore
faid, burden about 30 tons, with her tackle, appa
rel, and furniture. The Vendue to begin at ten
o'clock on said day, and attendance given by
ISAAC KAY, Marshal.
N. B. The Cash to be paid on the delivery of the
goods. 2 w
February 4, 1778.
TO BE SOL D,
For no fault but a fancy tongue, for which he is
now in Burlington gaol,
A NEGRO MAN, about 39 years of age. He is
a compleat farmer, honest and sober. For fur
ther particulars enquire of the fubferiber in Eveiham,
Burlington county.
'WILLIAM EVENS.
February 4, 1778.
TO BE SO L D,
By the fubferiber living in Princeton,
CHOC OLATE, at fifteen shillings per pound ;
fnuff, at fifteen {hillings per pound, by the
small, and twelve ihillings and fix-pence per pound,
by the quantity, well pack'd in bladders: Likewise
a few almanacks. 2^ THOMAS MOODY,
tinted *Ol nr &11 t~_tQ&MQc#MS—... p^Rmncoram.-, .&tfr-i. i-ihrna&Q¥art^Q3iQ #Rß
Burlington, February 3, 1778.
THIS is to inform the Public that I still pradife
the bufmefs of Farriery, nicking, docking, and
curing of horses, trimming and bleeding, &c. I may
be seen or heard of at Michael Harvey's Commiffa
rv store, in Burlington aforefaid.
^p JOHN RYAN.