The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-25 00:00:00, page 4

THE house of the fubferiber, living at Middle
1 Brook, township of Bridgewater, county of So
merset aud flake of New-jersey, was broken open
and robbed, 011 the night of the 15th of October last,
wf a far of twilled foperfine blue broadcloth with
poufred Reel buttons and a star in the middle of each ;
~p blue coat, fine broadcloth, with flat pinch-
Aer htons ; a pair of mixed red and white iuper
fine broadcloth breeches, with silver plated buttons,
recLvcabie for having a three-square darn on one of
1 ciives; a light coloured wilton coat, with light
c. fouied binding and basket buttons ; a great coat,
own coloured, with basket buttons, the cape lined
with pale blue fhalloon, about half worn ; a beaver
hat fcolloped, with a piece gnawed out of the rim by
the cats, with alarge gold button with the shape of an
anchor in the middle, and a gold loop ; a dark fills
purple and brown jacket, moulds covered with the
fame for buttons ; a pair of Russia duck overalls ; a
purple and white streaked long gown ; a new white
petticoat, small diamonds: Supposed to be stolen by
some person acquainted in the neighbourhood.
Whoever takes up and secures the thief and articles,
so that the owner may get them again, and the thief
brought to justice, shall have the above reward and
all reasonable charges, paid by me
.John Louderback, or
Benjamin Harris.
N, B. All Justices of the Peace, Constables, and
other officers, arc requeued to have a look out, so
that the thief ^ fpeediiy be brought to justice.
BERT HU~N T,
Has fcr SALE at his STORE in Elizabeth-Town,
Gi OO D spirits, rum, and whifky, by the gallon,
r tea, fugat, chocolate, alfpice, pepper, indigo,
red-wood, log-wood, and ahum, brimstone, tobacco,
fnuff; fait by the bushel or less quantity, coatings
and velvet, worsted stockings, plated fhoc buckles
and brass ditto, best needles and pins, jack knives ;
also writing paper and ink powder; likewise hard
soap and lUcHffes. 4||
Notice is hereby given
TO all perlons who have any claim, interest, or
demand to, in, or against the estate of David
Ogden, jun. Uzal Ward, William Stiles, Nathaniel
Richards, Thomas Bruen, Griffin Jinkens, Stephen
Skinner, Benjamin Booth, Jofefih Kingiland, Ro
bert Drummond, Stephen Farrand, Lewis Green
field, John Wheeler, Ebenezer Ward, jun. Isaac
Longworth, jun. Nicholas Ogden, Isaac Longworth,
N u.naniA Williams, Jonathan Sayres, Thomas Long
worth, John Van Waggoner, Garrabrant Garrabrants,
Jacob Brower, Garret Wonters, Caleb Sayres, Josiah
Banks, Joseph Hallet, Peter Woods, Peter Browne,
Benjamin Pierson, Richard Yates, Peter Mowrifon,
George Walls, Thomas Galbreath, Peter Clopper,
Abraham Vaugefon, jun. Rev. Isaac Brown, Dirick
Schuyler, and Richard Stanton, to appear with their
refpe&ive accounts, vouchers and evidences before
the fubferibers in Newark, on or before the 9th day
of January next ensuing, then and there to have the
fame adjusted and fettled —Likewise notice is here
given to those who are indebted to the Commission
ers for goods bought at their sales, to make imme
diate payment, to prevent trouble.
Essex county, Joseph Hedden, jun.) Com-
Nov. 9, 1778. Samuel Hays, and miffi-
Thomas Canfield, ) oners.
° FUdI'ER HOR lON
Has for SALE at his Store in Chatham, the fol
lowing articles, viz.
A Quantity of queen's ware, such as, tea-pots,
cream ditto, tea-cups and saucers, bowls; best
loaf sugar, bohea tea, indigo, Scotch fnuff, ailpice,
ginger; a quantity of Bristol beer in bottles, by the
dozen ; Lower'd gaufe, plain ditto, black hlk hand
kerchiefs, gauze ditto; Galloons, tammy, irilh lin
ens ; an assortment of ribbons; women's ituff shoes ;
tapes, lift, ferret, ftioe-binding, icarlet fringe, crimps,
twist, mohair, m hair buttons, plated ditto; thim
b..., pin , needles; urribi ellas ; sewing silk; large
and small tooth combs, crooked ditto ; Hurt buttons ;
children's gloves; tans; leather breeches; wool
cards; fnuffers; fpectaeles; plated ihoe buckles,
best pigtail tobacco, and mclades by tne gallon. _2§
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or ftoien from the fubferiber at Brunf
" wick, in the State of New-Jersey, the night pre
ceding the morning on which the second division of
the continental army marched from said place in the
month of July last, a sorrel MARE, five years old,
about 14 hands and a half high, had a blaze in her
face, branded on the left' fhculder with the figure 9,
a natural pacer. Whoever shall give the fubferiber
information where Hie is, or to Nathaniel Lewis at
Morristown, shall have Twenty Dollars reward and
all rcafonabie 'charges, paid by me
Nov. 1778. Nath. Lewis.
<7 f AS found tretpaffing in the field of the fubfcri-
Vv ber a few, weeks pad, two small horses, one a
black, the other a bay with a Ear in his forehead.
The owner is detired to appear, pay charges and
tase them away. ANDREW JOHNSON,
Maidenhead, Nov, 3d, 1778. 3$
TRENTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Ten Shillings each
the firft Week, and Five Shillings so; every Continuance ; and long One£ in Proportion.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen on the night of the 4th inst.
° from the pasture of Mr. Dirick Van Vechter, at
Raritan, a chefnut-forrel MARE, about fourteen
hands high, seven or eight years,old, has a star in her
forehead, trots and canters, and is well shod all
round. Whoever takes up laid mare, and will re
turn her to Mr. Van Vechter, at Raritan; Captain
Arnold, at Morristown; or to the fubferiber, at
Perfippeny, shall be entitled to the above reward from
Henry Brockholst Livingston.
Perfippeny, Nov. 7, 1778. 3§
Eighty Dollars Reward.
LO ST on the fourth instant, on the post-road be
tween Marseille's tavern and the Scotch Plains
and Quibble-town, a Parchment Pocket-book, con
taining between three and four hundred dollars in
Continental currency, chiefly in 40, 30, 20 and 8
dollar bills, emitted April 11, 1778. There was also
in the pocket-book the fubferiber's Lieutenant-Colo
nel's commission ; a letter from Col. Samuel Ogden
directed to Governeur Morris, Esq. at Philadelphia ;
another letter to Mrs. Mary Hedfden, several date lot
tery tickets, numbers unknown, with many other pa
pers whicllcan be of no benefit to any but the owner.
LOST at the fame time and between the fame
places, Gaine's Universal Register, or American and
British Kalendar for the present year, with some pa
pers of consequence. Whoever finds the said pocket
book, and returns the commission and money to the
owner, or will give him directions by letter, or other
wise, where he may find it, shall receive Eighty Dol
lars from the fubferiber. Should the pocket-book
fall into dishonest hands, any person who will give in
formation of it to the fubferiber, so that he may obtain
the money or secure the rogue, shall be entitled to the
fame reward of Eighty Dollars ; but as the papers
cannot be converted by any kind of knavery or leger
demain to be of use to any perlon Whatever but the
owner, be his inclination that way as great as it may,
the fubferiber flatters himfelf, that if any person finds
the pocket-book, and feels no compunction of con
fcieuce at converting the money to his own use,
he will still have honefo enough to fall upon some
method to convey the papers and letters to the own
ers, and cunning enough to conceal from what quarter
they come. A letter, or any information sent to the
poll-office at Morris-town, will be gratefully acknow
ledged, by Henry Brockholst Livingston.
ritan, Nov. 5,p1 _
(J TOLEN from the fubferiber, near Piuckemin,
O Somerset county, township of Bedminfter, the
27th of September last, a brown MARE, near 14 and
an half hands high, four years old, dim lighted in her
left eye, has a star in her forehead, her left hind foot
lock white, has a hard lump upon the outside of her
left fore leg below the knee, mostly inclining to pace.
Whoever lecures said mare, so that the owner may
have her again, shall have Thirty Dollars reward, and
all rcafonabie charges paid, by
4* Cor. Powelson.
To be fold by the lubicriber,
HAT valuable FARM formerly the property of
l Mr. George Armstrong, within five miles of Mor
ris-town and three from Bafkinridge meeting-house,
pleasantly situated, containing 500 acres, one half of
which is improved, and well adapted cither for grass
or grain, the remainder in good thriving young tim
ber ; the whole is well watered, and the greatest part
in good new fence ; an excellent orchard of the very
belt grafted fruit, containing upwards of 1000 apple
and peach trees. It is so well situated, that a late froft
in the spring never injures it, and yields a plentiful
crop every year; 60 acres of good meadow, which
produces plenty of good timothy and clover. On the
premises is a large convenient dwelling-house two sto
ries high, four rooms on a floor, with two kitchens
anaalarge cellar, commodious for two families ; al
so a good large barn, stable, cyder-house, and every
other building necessary for a farm, all in good re
pair, together with the farming utensils and flock.
Also an elegant house and barn, together with eight
acres of land, in the town of Newark, wherein Lewis
Ogden, Esq. formerly lived, and now occupied by Mr.
Henry Ten Brook ; the house is well finished, com
modious and pleasantly situated; also a lot of four
acres of land, opposite the Rev. Mr. M'W horter's.
The whole will either be fold separate or together, as
may best fait the purchaser, by applying to the fub
feriber, in Morris county, who will give an indis
putable title fcr the fame.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.
Morris county, Nov. .13, 1778. C__
TAME to the plantation oTthe fubferiber, in Chef
1 terfield township, Burlington county, about the
firft of September last, a middling sized brindle Cow,
has a halfpenny mark on the fide of each ear. She
is supposed to have strayed from the enemy on their
way thro' this State, and probably belongs to some
person residing between Philadelphia and Mount-
Holly. The owner is desired to prove his property,
pay charges and take her away, otherwise she will
be fold. ANTHONY TAYLOR.
October 29, 177^ 4wf
To the PUBLIC.
THE fubferiber has removed from Burlington ints
the house in Bristol, formerly kept by Mr.
Charles Beffonet, and has laid in a large stock of
liquors of all forts. He purposes keeping of a repu
table Inn, for the accommodation of all genteel tra
vellers, and hopes to give general fatisfadtion.
ARCHIBALD M'ELROY.
Said M'Elrby hath for sale at the above place, Old
Spirits, by the gallon or quart; Rum, ditto; Bristol
Beer, by the dozen ; Taunton Ale ; London Porter;
Wine ; India Soy ; Pickles.
N. B. A Hostler is wanted. 5*
r ro be fold by the fubf^TTn'BTTd^^^
l ofN. Jersey, the following TRACTS of LAND,
&c. lying in Piles Grove, Salem county :
No. I. A plantation on which Dr. John Gray lately
lived, containing 300 acres or thereabouts ; on which
are a good frame barn and stables, and an old log
house ; adjoining it is a two story brick house built
by Dr. Gray, which I suppose may be purchased, as
he ownes but one acre of land on which the house
was built.
No. 2. A plantation on which the widow M'Kin
ney now lives, containing 300 acres, adjoining the
above ; on which is an old barn, a new log dwelling
houfe, a considerable part of it well timbered, and is
very good wheat land.
No. 3. A plantation on which Conrad Adres lives,
containing 90 acres, with an old log house thereon,
and is an excellent good stand for a tradesman.
No. 4. A plantation on which the widow Titus
lives, containing 149 acres, an old log house and barn.
No. 5. A plantation on which Simon Bickier now
lives, containing 200 acres, adjoining the above plan
tation ; the building but indifferent.
No. 6. Containing 400 acres, or thereabouts, ad
joining the glass-house; on which there is no settle
ment, but is all wood land.
This trad of land lie%yery high, and at such a dis
tance from the marihy ground, so as to render it as
healthy as any part of this state. It .will be fold all
together, or in plantations, as may berohit the pur
chaser. A warranted title will be given by
Bordentown, Nov. 1, 1778. W. GAMBLE.
A gustily of BRISTOL SALT to be fold. 5*
so be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A Small F A R M, containing between 40 and 53
acres, situated half way between Morristown
and Chatham, on a very public road, nearly opposite
Mr. Stephen Rofe's cyder mill ; it has on it a good
house with three rooms cieled, and an entry on the
lower floor, a small building adjoining with a cellar
under it, and one under the house; a barn and
new bark house, a pend that is nercodry, in the
fame lot ; a spring of good water near the house, an
orchard that affords 70 or 80 barrels of cyder, a
garden pale'd in, Englhb and red cherries, peaches
and plums ; some wood-land and meadow. The pur
chaser by paying one half the money, and good secu
rity for the rest, shall have an indisputable title from
4f JAMES TOMPSON.
Who has found a saddle with the skirts cut off, sup
posed to be stolen. Any person proving property and
paying charges, shall have it again.
J O H NPOP E,
Has for SALE, at Lis Store in Mansfaid, and count,
of Burlington,
JAMAICA spirit, Bohea tea, coffee, loaf sugar,
pepper ; beaver hats ; allum, copperas, camphor,
rhubarb ; an assortment of cotton and linen handker
chiefs ; and a quantity of foreign and continental
SA LT. _
OTRAYED from Abraham Wogglam's, the ninth
° inst. a large bay Horse, fifteen hands high, large
legs, well built, something low in flefli, his near hind
foot has been corked, which may be perceived by
the hoof growing out, bis fore-top has been cut close
to his forehead, the hair growing over the part which
was cut, his knees are large, paces and trots, and has
been used to the gears. Whoever brings the horse to
Abraham Wogglam, or to Jena. Richmond, in Tren
ton, or to the fublcriber, in Philadelphia, shall have
Ten Dollars reward, and reasonable charges, paid on
delivery of the horse. JEREMIAH BAKER.
Trenton, Nov. 11, 1778. %f
—W A' N T E D,
A quantity of well comb'd
Hogs Bristles,
For which a good price will be given by Moore Fur
man, Esq. in Pitts-town ; John Denton, merchant in
Princeton ; Mr. Benjamin Smith, saddler in Trenton ;
and Mr. John Linton, near the Falls Meeting-house
in Bucks county. 3*
Rod and Sheet Iron,
Of all sizes, to be fold by
SAMUEL OGD EN,
At Breton, in Morris County, New-Jersey. 6g