The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1779-04-21 00:00:00, page 1

BY HIS EXCELLENCY
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the
State of New-ferfey, and Territories thereunto be
longing, Chancellor and Ordinary in the fame ;
PROCLAMA TIO N.
WHEREAS the Honourable the Congress
by their Proclamation of the twentieth
of March last, reciting that " Where
as in just punishment of our manifold
transgressions it hath pleased the Supreme Disposer of
all events to visit these United States with a calami
tous war, through which his Divine Providence hath
hitherto in a wonderful manner conduced us, so that
we might acknowledge that the race is not to the
fwift, nor the battle to the strong : And, that not
withstanding the chastisements received, and benefits
bellowed, too few have been fufficientJy awakened
to a sense of their guilt, or warmed with gratitude,
or taught to amend their lives and turn from their
fins, that so he might turn from his wrath: And that
from a confeioufnefs of what we have merited at his
hands, and an apprehension that the malevolence of
our difappoirited" enemies, like the incredulity of
Pharaoh, may be used as the scourge of Omnipotence
to vindicate his flighted Majesty, there is reason to
fear that he may permit much of our land to become
the prey of the fppiler, our borders to be ravaged,
and our.habitations destroyed ;" did therefore re
solve, " That it be recommended to the several States
to appoint the firft Tourfday in May next, to be a day
of Failing, Humiliation, and Prayer to Almighty
God, that he will be pleased to avert thole impend
ing calamities which we have but too well deserved :
That he will grant us his grace to repent of our fins,
and amend our lives according to his holy word :
That he will continue that wonderful protection which
hath led us through the paths of danger and distress:
That he will be an husband to the widow, and a fa
ther to the fatherlefs children who weep over the bar
barities of a savage enemy: That he will grant us
patience in fuffering, and fortitude in adversity : That
he will inspire u±with humility, moderation and gra
titude in prosperous circumstances; That he will
give wisdom to our councils, firmnefs to our resolu
tions, and victory to oar arms: That he will blcfs
the labours of the husbandman, and pour forth a
bundance, so that we may enjoy the fruits of the
earth in due fea^on : That he will cause union, har
mony and mutual confidence to prevail throughout
these States: That, he will bestow on our great ally
all those blessings which may enable him to be glo
riously instrumental in protesting the rights of man
kind, and promoting the happiness of his fubjeds:
That he will bountifully continue his paternal care to
the Commander in Chief, and the officers and sol
diers of the United States: That he will grant the
blessings of peace to all contending nations, freedom
to those who are in bondage, and comfort to th# as-
BiCted: That he will diffufe ufeful knowledge, ex
tend the influence of true religion, and give us that
peace of mind which the world cannot give: That
he will be our Shield in the day of battle, our com
forter in the hour of death, and our kind parent and
merciful judge through time and through eternity."
I HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT, by and with
the advice of the Honourable Privy Council of this
State, to appoint the fa ; d firft Thursday in Ma, next,
to be set apart and observed throughout this State as
a day of Fading, Humiliation, and Prayer, for the
purposes in the above-recited Proclamation expressed ;
whereof all the inhat' ants of this State are hereby
required to take notice, and govern thcmfelves ac
cordingly. And I do hereby recommend it to the
Millifters of the Gospel of every denomination in this
State to perform divine service ; and to the people
committed to their care, to attend on publick wor
ship on that day, and to abstain thereon from all feb
rile labour, and all recreations, incontinent with the
solemnity thereof.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at
Princeton, the ninth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-nine. WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command,
Bowes Reed, Sec.
THE Trustees of Queen's-College, in New-Jcrfey,
are hereby informed that a Meeting of laid
Trustees is ordered to be held at New-Brunswick on
Tuesday the 27th of April next, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, hoping their attendance will be punctual
ly given. Jacob R. Hardenbergh, Clk.
Raritan, March 31, 1779. jwf
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. ll.]
WEDNESDAY, April 21, 1779.
TO BE SOL D,
AT RACT of Land containing 200 acres, with
the usual allowance for roads; lituate in Sus
sex county, Weft New-Jersey. The land is well
timbered, and has some large springs on it ; abb forac
acres of natural meadow. Forterms of sale and fur
ther information atply to William Drewry in South-<
wark, Philadelphia, or Mary Woolley in the lame
city, a little above Race-ftrect, in Second-Street. $§
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Synod of
New-York and Philadelphia are to meet at
Philadelphia the third Wednesday of May next, at
11 o'clock, A M.
Timothy Johnes, Moderator.
T O' B e'~S D,"
For good Continental Money of any emifflon:
A LOT of land situate on Maidenhead road, a
bout one mile from Trenton, containing near 28
acres, all fenced in. On the premises are a small log
house, a good spring of water, and about 200 trees
of excellent fruit, viz. apples, pears, peaches, plumbs
and cherries, and about 7 acres of meadow cleared,
and as much more may be made by clearing a good
piece of swamp. Also a house and lot in Trenton,
fronting the Main-Street and Church-Alley, which is
a very convenient house, with four rooms on a floor,
two stories high, and a good cellar under the whole,
with a kitchen on the back fide of the house and joined
to it by a Shed. On the lot is some excellent fiuit
trees, viz. pears of fix or seven forts, and plumbs of
as many, and several forts of the belt cherries and
peaches. Any person inclining to purchase may be
better informed by applying to William Placket, on
the premises. 3wf
. T-()d:
A Tract of unimproved Land, containing 300 acres,
with a fufficient quantity of meadow, lituate in
Berks county, Pennsylvania, about thirty miles above
Reading. For terms apply to the Printer of this paper.
The emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778,
will be received in payment.
'j I AKEN up and left with the fubfcribcr, at the
A sign of the Blue Anchor in Burlington, a dray
Mare and Colt. The mare was formerly the pro
perty of Thomas Hopkins of Philadelphia. They
are both bay coloured, 13 hands high, and trotters.
The owner is defied to come, prove property, pay
charges, and take them away.
3wf 'JAMES ESDELL.
Wanted to purchale,
A NEGRO GIRL not less than nine years of age,
nor more than thirteen. She mult be of an
affable ddpofition, and free from any particular fault.
If bred in the country the more agreeable. Any
person having such a girl to dispose of may hear of
a purchaser by applying to the printer hereof, gw*
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who ha%
may or shall buy any land of Mr. John Scott,
of Morris county, that I Eunice, his wife, shall come
in for my part of said lands, as soon as the law shall
allow of, as I expect he is going to the enemy.
EUNICE SCOTT.
Morris county, March 14, 1779. 3w||
TO C O VE R,
1 he ensuing season, at the subscribers at Maidenhead,
in Hunterdon county, the beautiful and high bred
HORSE
A R A B I A N,
Rising nine years old, at Twenty Pounds the season,
for ready cash only.
ARABIAN is full blooded, fifteen hands and two
inches high, very active, and is a remarkable fine
bay, his colts are in general very fine, a few of them
may be seen at his stand. Arabian was got by that
famous Stallion Willdair, his dam by Babraham, his
grandam by Old Sterling, his great grandam by Merry
Andrew,out of Laughing Polly. She won the King's
Hundred Guineas at Hambleton, and was got by
Childers, her dam by Cancellor, and own filler to
Thunderbolt ; her grandam by Luggs, and her great
grandam by Davill's Old Woodcock.
Willdair was got by Old fade, the best stallion that
ever was got by the famous ' a lodolphin Arabian, out
of a daughter of Steady, :„y fleet son of the Duke
of Devonshire's flying Chf ee $s. This horse, the fire
ot Arabian, was a tew yea°"paft purchased of James
Delancey, Efe; at a very h^; price, and Shipped back
to England at the particular desire of the greatest
breeder in that country, and covered at Forty Gui
neas the season, his blood being in the highest degree
of reputation among the nobility and sportsmen.
Good pasture will be procured for mares that are
brought any distance. Mercer and Schenk. £wf
THE
Mr. Collins,
lour inerting the following in your next paper will
oblige,our meJi obedient humble servant.
Az. Dunham.
SIR,
VOUR correspondent, under the Signature of A
A true Patriot, has repeatedly vilified the charac
ters of Quartermaftcjs and Cemmiffaries, and round
ly averted that the cause of our present calamities,
the high price of provisions, and depreciation of our
money is occasioned by their avaricious disposition to
enhance their commifiions. A thought so vile would
scarcely have 'entered the breast of any person but
one capable or acting inch a part himfelf, was he in
that place of trust. And allo insinuates that they
have repeatedly offered mc,re than the “ upright,
finecre and virtuous farmer „ would have thought of
aiking for their produce. And in your last paper,
No. 70, lays, “ Among all the harpies which have
preyed upon our vitals, none have been worse than
Quartermasters, Comraiiihries, and the whole host
of their deputies."
And your paper being printed in the Rate of New-
Jersey, furoofe your correspondent resides in it, as he
has made choice of it to corumunicate liis intelligence
to the publick; and as he has made no exceptions, and
I am one of the Assistant Purchasing Commissaries
for the Rate, and Superintend chief of the purchased
made for thy army in the eastern division of it, as such
do deny that any part of the charge is true, to my
knowledge or belief; and do know that the reverse
is true, which I can prove in a thousand instances.
And as 1 would with to deserve and Support a good
character, publickly call on your correspondent to
come forth and support his charge, if any he has,
against me, or publickly acknowledge his fault, other
wise I shall esteem him a general calumniator, altho'
he may assume the fandity of a Divine, the import
ance of a quondam President or Judge, or one dis
posed to flatter the farmers and trade,men.
Morriflown, April 10, 1779.
Protest of the House of Lords, on retying the moti
on to express the dijpleafure of the House at the Ma
niff to published in America.
Die Lunx, Dec. 1778.
Moved,
7 ^HAT an humble Address be presented to his Ma.
1 jelly, to express to his Majesty the displeasure of
this House at a certain Manifefto and Proclamation,
dated the third day of October, 1778, and published
in America under the hands and seals of the Earl of
Carlife> Sir Henry Clinton, Knight of the Bath, and
IV illiam Eden, Esq. Commissioners for restoring peace
to the Colonics, and countersigned by Adam Ferguf
fon, Esq. Secretary to the Commission ; the said Ma
nifesto containing a declaration of the following tenor:
“ If there be any persons, who, divested of miflake'n
resentments, and uninfluenced by fefifo intereJls, really
think it is for the benefit of the Colonies to feparatc
thcmfelves from Great-Britain, and that so separated
they will find a constitution more mild, more free,
and better calculated for their prosperity, than that
M hicli they heretofore enjoyed, and which we are em
powered and disposed to renew and improve; with
' u ch perlons we will not dispute a position, which
leerns to be Sufficiently contradifted by the experience
they have had. But we think it right to leave them
fully aware of the change which the maintaining such
a position must make in the whole nature and future
conduct of this war, more especially when to this po
sition is added the pretended alliance with the Court of
France. The policy, as well as the benevolence of
Groat-Britain, have thus far checked the extremes of
war, when they tended to distress a people still con
sidered as our feUow-fubjeds, and to desolate a coun
try Shortly to become again a source of mutual advan
tage; but vv lien that country profeffes the unnatural
design, not only of estranging herfelf from us, but of
mortgaging herfelf, and her resources, to our ene
mies, the whole contest is changed, and the question
is, how far Great-Britain may, by every means in her
power, destroy or render useless a connexion contriv
ed for her ruin, and for the aggrandizement of France;
Under luch circumstances, the laws of felf-prefervati
on must direct the conduct of Great-Britain; and if
tue Britilli Colonies are to become an acctffion to France
will direct her to render that accefion of as little avail
as poftble to her enemies."
To acquaint his Majesty with the sense of this
Houle, that the laid Commissioners had no authority
whatsoever, under the ACS of Parliament in virtue of
which they were appointed by his Maiefty, to make
the said declaration; or to make any declaration to
the fame, or to the like purport; nor' can this House
be eafiiy brought to believe that the said Cummiffi@-
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