The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-06-06 00:00:00, page 3

us only between the rivers Maefe and Rhine. The
country between Bois le Duc and Bergen-op-Zoom is
secured by the facility with which it is laid under
water."
Letters from Ireland of the 22d instant fay, that
forgeries on the national bank were discovered a few
days before, to the amount of socol. and that three
persons had absconded on that account.
There are accounts from the continent, brought by
the last mail, which state, that the King of Prussia
lies so ill, as to afford very little hope of his recove
ry. His Majesty is now about 73 years of age, and
born in January 1712. There is no doubt but the
House of Austria will be highly pleased whenever the
death of this great man mail happen ; for he has been
the only effectual check, to their ambition, since the
accession of the late Emprels Queen, mother of the
present Emperor.
According to the foreign papers, the Court of
Spain has augmented the wages of fcamcn, for the
purpose of inspiring them with a proper zeal in the
meditated grand attack on Algiers, in which some of
the nobility go as volunteers., Boats out of number
are building, calculated to ensure a rough lea, as well
as block batteries on wheels ere&ing, to move from
place to place, on landing, and seizing the principal
avenues where the behegers intend to fix their quar-
N E W-Y O R K, May 26.
From New-Providence we learn, that an offer of the
two Floridas, Porto-Rico, and two millions of dol
lars, by the court of Madrid to that of London, in
exchange for Gibraltar, was to be laid before the British
Parliament for their confide ration. If this assertion is
founded in truth, it is more than probable the measure
may be carried into execution. Mr. Pitt has declared
in the House of Commons, on a former occasion, that
he considered Gibraltar as a barren, rock, the poffeffon
of which had occasioned much bloodshed and expence,
without, rendering ferviqe or advantage to the nation.
Porto-Rico is capable of being made the most valu
able of the Caribbee Islands. It is at present of very
little advantage to the Spaniards, owing to the mono
polizing spirit of that nation. The inhabitants could
raise sugar of the best quality, 'but are restrained by
an edidl from the Court of Madrid, expressly prohibit
ing, under pain of incurring the severest punishment,
any person erecting a mill for bruiting sugar ca.nes, so
that a hand-mill is used by the natives to make a little
sugar for the use of their families.'
A letter from Leghorn fays, that a Venetian ves
sel, called a polacre, was taken off there by the Moors,
and carried into Algiers. The fame letter fays, that
the Barbarians are become so intolerably insolent,
that they flop Ihips of all nations, even the English,
unless they have passes; so that at present they are
mafteis of the Mediterranean sea, and have dropped
almost all trade to every port that lies near the fame.
Invention is on the rack, on the part of the Spa
miffi Court, and its arch enemy the Algerines' Prince,
in projecting engines of delbudhon. It seems re
solved to reduce the fort of Algiers to affies: The
gold of Peru is not to be fpartd: Tire honour of
the crown is at flake. “ .rod 1 do declare," fays
the King, “ that these funis of money, which have
been consumed in divers emergencies, in preparations
against the enemy, and which it has given me extreme
grief to take, I shall have the comfort of feeing em
ployed to the bed and molt fakuary purposes."
April 4. Ihe ingenious Abbe .nuaud, member
of most of the learned societies in Europe, died a few
days since, at Paris.
American Intelligence.
NEWBERN (North-Carolina) March 24.
THE reports prevailing of the dilmemberment
of this state to the westward, are entirely
groundless. Letters have been received from Cum
berland, which mention that a convention of the people
had actually been brought about by the artifices and in
trigues of one Sevier, and a few fpeculatir.g heroes of
desperate fortunes ; the former of which proposed in
dependence, and himfelf Governor of the new state.
However, this political fool, opposed by the malevo
lence of his own power, Was retrained from the ex
ertion of his wiil ; ard we are happy to find, that, as
was once> so is now, innocent enough to be found
in the wild'ernefs to repel the temptations of the De
vil, which hath no doubt ieduced this Sevier to mif
ebief.
PORTSMOUTH (N. Hampshire) May 20.
The inhabitants of Newbury-Port were last week
very agreeably entertained by several aeroftatick expe
riments, under the direction of Mr. John Mycall, of
that town, Printer, who, with a great deal of dexte
rity and ingenuity, raised a balloon of considerable hze
four fevcral times. The balloon made a very majef
tick appearance as.it obliquely glided through the air.
It once crossed the ferry, and rested on Salisbury Ihore :
The fpe&ators, highly pleased, retired with their ex
pectations not in the lead damped. As fcientifick
knowledge seems to be making gradual approaches to
wards us, we may now hope soon to be entertained
with experiments of a similar nature..
Scotland was at no period of its history so wealthy
and flourilhing as it now is. An incredible number of
adventurers, both in the East and Weft-Indies, from
this part of the island, after amassing immense for
tunes, have fettled in their own countries, and laid
out many large sums on the purchase and improve
ment of land. The late Richard Oswald, Esq. for
one, has appropriated in his will half a million at least,
to be laid out in landed property by entail, which ren
ders his family estate one of the most opulent in Great-
Britain.
Map 27 .As an instance of the horrid cruelty human
nature may- be capable of, when destitute of the re
training influence of the Almighty, we here insert a
short account of a most horrid and unnatural murder,
which has been pubhfhed at Baltimore on the loth inst.
" On Saturday halt Philip Pebble, of Frederick
county, with his wife and children, the eldest but nine
years of age, was at his mother's house, eight miles
from Tawncy-town, where this unhappy man, fright
ened (as is supposed) by the fpeftre poverty, murdered
all of them with an axe, and then cut his own throat,
to put an end to a wretched existence : He is commit
ted to prison, but not expected to live until fentente
can be passed against him for his barbarous crime."
, June I. Yesterday a seaman, belonging to a brigan
tine lying at Murray's wharf, unfortunately fell from
the yard-arm and broke both his legs. He was imme
diately carried to the hospital, where, it is said, one of
his legs is condemned for amputation, the other likely
to be fayed.
The Honourable John Brown, George Champlin,
Paul Mumford, and Peter Phillips, Elqrs. are chosen
to represent the state of Rhode-lfland in Congress.
During the last session of the Legislature of Rhode-
Island, an act was passed for laying an impost of seven
and an half per cent, on all goods imported into that
state in British vefhls, in addition to the impost of two
and an half per cent, on all imported goods.
The state of North-Carolina have passed an ad re
pealing the ad whereby they ceded to Congress their
weflcrn territory. The people of the ceded lands re
fufe to return under allegiance to North-Carolina, have
erected themselves into an independent state, and as
sumed legislative and executive powers. The stile them
selves the state of Franklin, and have sent two comniif
fioners to Congress.
A discovery has lately been made in Britain of a
new species of Tar extracted from Coal, which pro
mises to be of great utility, as it is said to have the
virtues annexed, viz. Of preserving more effectually
than any other preparation, vcffels bottoms from
By recent letters from South-Carolina' ,we are fa
voured with the plealing intelligence from Dominica,
that affords a profpea of a valuable commerce between
this country and the Spanish dominions on the main ;
importing that, in December last, the Spanish Super
intendant and Consul, had appointed John Skey Eu
stace (this gentleman is the eldest son of the late Dr.
Eustace, and a nephew of General Donald Campbell,
of this state) late a Colonel in the federal army, and
practitioner of law in Georgia, Infpedor General
of their trade with America; and that he had failed
from Dominica for Alveres, a settlement on the Spa
nish main, where much of their treasure from Mex
ico to Peru is lodged, until fhipp<d for Old Spain.—
This appointment is deemed moll honourable and lu
crative, supposed to be worth ten thousand pounds
sterling per annum. Colonel Eustace's distinguished
abilities and lively genius, has rendered him a favour
ite with that pofifhed Courtier and Statesman.
On the 11th of March, the Sieur Mechain, of the
Royal Academy of Sciences, at eight in the evening
discovered a new Comet in the constellation Androme
da, which was not then perceptible to the naked eye.
At 26 minutes after eight, the altitude of this Comet
was 7 degrees eight minutes, and its northern decli
nation 26 degrees 35 minutes.
By the brig Peggy, Captain Dekay, in forty-nine
days from Brijiol, we have the following parti
culars, from the frfl to the eleventh of Zipril:
L O NDO N.
A difficulty has been darted between our civil Go
vernors in America and the Congress, conceruingthe
evacuation of Niagara, Detroit, and some others polls
on the upper lakes. General Haldimand firft refuted
to give them up, though they came within the Ame
rican boundary line, and his conduct has, in that par
ticular, been in some measure approved by Ministers,
io that the 29th and 31st regiments arc ordered im
mediately to relieve the Bth (or King's) now in pos
session of those Forts.
An experiment was made last March at Vienna,
in presence of the Emperor, of a new method, pro
posed by Counsellor de Born, for the separation of
gold and silver trqm the mineral in which they lay en
closed: Mercury is the agent employed. His piocefs,
which is simple, hath perfectly succeeded. The expe
riment was made on twenty-five quintals of silver mi
neral, from which,was extracted, 111 twenty hours, as
much silver as would have been obtained in fix weeks,
by the usual process of luhon.
Last: Wednesday the Bill for giving his Majesty cer
tain powers for carrying on the trade with America,
received the Royal assent.
An ox was fold in Litchfield market, which weighed
twenty-two score and fourteen pounds a quarter, ex
clusive of two hundred and forty pounds of fat- the
heart weighed twelve pounds, and the hide above' two
hundred weight.
May 25. We are informed that violent political
differences prevail in the Bahamas, where a number
of the loyalists have fettled, to the no small difeontent
of the old inhabitants..
PHILADELPHIA,
worms —Iron work from rust—Wood work from fire,
The earl of Dundonald has established a manufactory,
and obtained a patent for this article, and supplies the
publick at a cheaper rate than they can purchase fo
reign tar.
June r.
Entrant of a letter from Alexandria, in Virginia,
dated May 19,
" Last Tuesday being the day appointed by the states
of Virginia and Maryland, relative to opening the in
land navigation of the river Potowmack, a meeting was
held at Mr. Lomax's tavern, consisting of a very nu
merous assembly of the firftpeople in the refpeCtive
states. Daniel Carrol, Esq. President of the Assembly
of Maryland, being appointed to the Chair, the sub
scription books were read as the acts direCt, when it
appeared that forty thousand three hundred pounds
were fubferibed, a sum far beyond what was requisite
to incorporate the company. The company was of
course established, and proceeded to the election of a
President and Directors, when the following gentle
men were elected : His Excellency George Washington
President ; George Gilpin, John Fitzgerald^ Thomas
Johnson, and Thomas S. Lee, Esquires, Directors.
" This great and important work is to be immedi
ately begun. The vast consequence that mus tderive
to the middle states, when completed, cannot be elu
cidated but by time, the discoverer of all great events.
The next general meeting is to be held at George
town, on the firft day of Auguftnext.
“ We hear from the southward of a very deftrutiive
infeCt having got among the wheat, in the neighbour
of Richmond, by which many crops had received great
damages These infects have been, from time to time,
observed further southward.
“ The Lion, Captain Campbell, is arrived in this
river from Glasgow, under jury-masts, after a passage
of nine weeks. She loft her malts in a gale of wind,
after being fifteen days at sea."
RAN away from the fubferiber in the township of
Hopewell, county of Hunterdon, and state of
New-Jersey, on the fifteenth of May, a negro wench
named Jane, about thirty-five years of age, five feet
two or three inches high, lusty made, not very black,
very talkative and loves liqupr: She took with her a
green calimanco petticoat, a red and white calico short
gown, check apron, and other clothes. She is sup
posed to be about Allentown, or else crossed the river
into Pennsylvania. Whoever takes up said negro and
secures her in Trenton gaol, so that her master may
have her again, shall have the above reward ; and if
taken in Pennsylvania, Eight Dollars reward, and rea
sonable charges, paid by
WILSON STOUT
June 1, 1785. 4wt
RAN away from the fubferiber in Readington, county
of Hunterdon, and state of New-Jersey, on the
17th of this instant, a negro man named John, about
five feet seven inches high, middling black: Had on
when he went away a blue coat, green knap jacket,
corduroy breeches, and blue knit dockings: He is a
well set fellow —speaks both Low-Dutch and English
well. Whoever takes up said negro and brings him
home, or commits him to gaol, so that his master may
have him again, shall have the above reward, and rea
sonable charges, from
SIMON WYCKOFF.
May 27, 1785. 4w±
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the court-house in New-
Brunswick, on Monday the twenty-seventh of June
next, at the hour of ten in the forenoon of the fame
day, to try the truth of the facts alleged in the bill of
Patrick Dennis, Esquire, one of the naval officers for
the Eastern DiftriCt of the state of New-Jersey, against
a certain schooner called the Two Sifters, her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo: To the end and intent
that the owner or owners of the said vefTel, or any
person or persons ihterefted therein, may. appear and
shew cause, ibany they have, why the said vessel, with
her tackle, apparel and cargo, should not be condemned
to the captor, and a decree thereon pass, pursuant to
the prayer of the said bill.'
By. Order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Burlington, May 31, 1785. 3W
LAiFp
Of the best Quality,
May be had at the PRINTING-OFFICE.
Barnt De-Klyn,
Has for Sale,
At his Wholesale and Retail STORE, opposite the
Blazing Star, Trenton,
A new and elegant assortment of .
DRY GOOD S,
Ironmongery, & Groceries,
Imported in the last vessels from Europe, and just
come to hand.,
N. B. Revenue money taken equal to gold or silver.
Trenton, May 28, 1785. gw
State of New-Jerfty, to wit,
To all whom it may concern.
Four Dollars Reward.
Four Dollars Reward.