The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-10-07 00:00:00, page 3

TRENTO N, October %
On the morning of the 27th of September General
Maxwell received intelligence that General Clinton
bad come from New-York to Staten 7 lflahd the even
ng before —That a large body of the enemy were
ying on their arms on the IQand —That a number of
armed vessels and flat-bottomed boats were collected ;
and that it was expected they would land at Eliza
beth-Point, at II o'clock. At half pad ten they ap
peared in fight, handing for Crane's ferry, with 11 or
12 fail of brigs, sloops, and gallies, and their flat boats
behind. The weather being hazy, and the General
rot able to fee their rear, supposed them to be coming
in force, and therefore ordered the alarm guns and
agnals to be fired{ The militiaturned out —the Ge
neral with his brigade marched down with his usual
pirit to meet them. But they turned about and
went up to Newark bay, and thence up Hackinfack
iver. The enemy have some days pad defoliated the
bounty of Bergen as for as their power extended
They have thrown up some works on the other fide
)f the New-Bridge beyond Hackinfack.
The fame day General Winds, of our militia,
narched from Acquackanonk to Hackinfack with up
wards of 1000 men in high spirits, and more were
ollowing. General Heard, our other Brigadier, was
he evening before with four regiments at the Short
dills above Woodbridge.
General Winds has since been.as rar as Hackinfack,
md had parties out to the New-Bridge. He has of
fered the enemy battle, but they declined it. They
have sent near 100 small vessels up the bay to Hack
iafack, such as sloops, shallops, row-gailies, and flat
lottomed boats, for the purpose, as it is supposed,
cf bringing off their plunder.
In the night of the 28th, they began a smart firing
fom their vessels, with small cannon or large swivels,
at Dehart's Point, near Elizabeth-Town, upon our
fmtries, but hurt not a man---Our people briikly
returned it, and supposed by the bawling of the ene
riv that some were wounded.
We hear Col. Baylor's regiment of horse, having
t; ken poll the beginning of laftweek at or near Old
Tapan, were furprized in the night by means of a
tory giving the enemy information, and who con
d idled them along bye roads into the rear and be
tween our out-centries. These horrible murderers
confided of two regiments of British light-infantry,
a regiment and two troops of horse---who made a
joint attack, the British officers ordering their men to
“ give no quarter to the rebels." Our cavalry being
in a situation which did not admit of a fuccefsful
defence, a considerable part of the regiment unavoid
al ly fell a facrifice to those cruel and merciless men :
S< veral of our soldiers were murdered after they had
furfendered. Col. Baylor, Major Clough, and Dr.
E^ans, were dangerously wounded, taken prisoners,
: r d left on parole ; the Major,,we hear, has since died
of his wounds; 20 others were killed on the spot,
theJikc number left for dead, and near 30 wound
ed and taken off by tne enemy.
By a letter from a Gentleman at camp at Frede
rickfburg, we are informed that our army are greatly
exasperated at the cruelty of the British soldiery in
the above affair, and cry out for revenge.
A Gentleman from Morristown reports, that on
" lefday last a small detachment of our cavalry, on
the other fide the North-River, commanded by
Bi tier, furprized a party of the enemy's horse, kill
ed 15 of their men in the skirmish, took 14 prisoners
and 20 horses, without any loss on our fide.
The fame Gentleman informs us, that Major-Ge
neral Lord Stirling, with a formidable body of the
American army, crossed the North-River a few days
ago, in order to chaftize the plundering herd from
N; w-York, under the command of Gen. Clinton.---
Gneral Maxwell, with his brigade, has also march
ed to co-operate with his Lordihip's detachment.
We hear that a Packet has arrived at New-York
with the August Mail, which contains such dispatch
es for the Commander in Chief, as have given the
todies and refugees great uneasiness. It is said New-
York is Shortly to be evacuated, and that those gen
try are petitioning for a garrison to be left there;
prunifing to do duty as soldiers, and to give the
arrifon every afliftance in their power. The day
of their difirefs seems to be hastening faft upon
th ?m. —
We have just received information that ten regi
ments of the enemy have received orders to embark
at New-York for the Weft-Indies.
In the night of the 29th Sept. Governor Living
fen received intelligence of the enemy's intentions
0 attack Egg-Harbour, and at three o'clock in the
morning called a Council, and took measures to de
feat their enterprize.
General Count Pulaski, with his Legion of Horse
u I Foot, arrived here on Sunday last from Pennfyl
acia. Monday evening the General received intel
ligence that the enemy were about to make a de
• mt upon Egg-Harbour, and yesterday morning he
arched for that place with all his troops, in high
''rits and with great alacrity.
" To the unspeakable loss of a much , bereaved
cl mourning Husband and Children, died, of a te
r us sickness, on the 27th ult. in the morning, Mrs,
Christian Stelle, the very amiable and much
:. # ented Wife of the Rev. Isaac Stelle, at Pifcata
way in Ealt-Jerfey, in the fifty-fifth year of her age.
Hr remains were the next day decently interred in
tut publick burying-ground in the town aforefaid.
O' which occasion a very applicable sermon was
preached the fame day, on Tzek. xxir. t 6. by the
Re 6. Benjamin Miller. Sle was a most obliging
wife, a very tender-hearted, !mother, and a peace
able neighbour. In a word, such were her moral vir
tues, that wide room is left for liberal minds to in
large on the fubjeH. She made an early profeffion
of Jci'us Christ, and adorned the fame with a be
coming life; and in her last hours manifefted a free
dom to bid farewell to all things here below."
Pfal. 112. 6. The righteous shall be in everlafling
remembrance.
°WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in
and over the State of New-Jersey, and Territories
thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the
WHEREAS it has been represented to me, That
a Number of Persons in the County of Ecn
mouth, and.particularly those herein after mentioned,
have committed divers Robberies, Violences and De
predations on the Performs and Property of the Inha
bitants thereof, and in order to fcrecn themselves
from Justice, secrete themselves in the said County :
I HAV E, therefore, thought proper, by <md with
the Advice of the Council ofthis State, to issue this
Proclamation, hereby promising the Rewards herein
mentioned to any Person or Persons who shall appre
hend and secure, in any Gaol ofthis State, the follow
ing Persons or Offenders, to ^it : For JACOB FA
GAN and STEPHEN EMMONS, alias BURKE,
Five Hundred Dollars each ; and for SAMUEL
WRIGHT, late of Shre^ur,, WILLIAM VAN
NOTE, JACOB VANNOTE, JONATHAN
BURDGE and ELIJAH GROOM, One Hundred Dol
lars each. And all Judges, Jufiices of the Peace and
other Officers or Ministers of Justice, and all other
the Subjects of this State are hereby required to be
aiding and assisting in the Apprehension of the above
Offenders, as they tender the Welfare of their Country
and are ambitious of signalizing themselves in the glo
rious Cause of Liberty and Virtue.
Given under m, Hand and Seal at Arms, in Prince
ton, the fifth Da, of October, in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy
eight.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
Bowes Reed, Dep. Sec.
mcM 111 ■ iMa***aA'-v-«•***»— *wa» *■»*. . ^'-■■.'>ai.n.-p--r.MM liw 11 1111 Bißam~MaTaHaM»
One Hundred dollars Reward.
I) R OKE out of Trenton gaol last night, the two
) following villains, viz. CHRISTOPHER LOOP,
about fix feet high, black straight hair, swarthy com
plexion, and is a down looking fellow, resembles an
Indian, and is very much pitted with the finall-pox;
he is about 20 years old. Also PHILIP BEVEN,
about five feet 6 or 7 inches high, short hair and full
faced, a down looking fellow, very much pitted
with the (mall-pox, has a fear on the right fide of his
nose, and is about 21 years old. It is needless to
describe their cloaths, as they will probably change
them. Whoever takes up the said villains, shall have
Fifty Dollars lor each, paid by
HUGH RUSSEL, Gaoler.
Trenton, October 4, 1778. 1*
By virtue of an AR cf the Legislature of this State,
sassed at Princeton, the 16th day of September last, the
Supreme Courts in future are to be held at Hi/lfborough,
in the count, of Somerset, on the frfl Tuesdays tn April
and September ; and at Burlington on the second Tues
days in Ma, and November annual/,. And al! writs re
turnable to the next terra, are to be tefled at Croffwicks,
on the 16th da, of Mh,, 1778.
*** The Sheriffs of the several counties are re
queued to furhifh the Printer, as early as may be,
with the names cf the gentlemen who shall be re
turned at the annual Election, on Tuesday next, to re
present this State in Council and General Assembly.
O READY MONE T is expelled for infect
ing Advertisements in this Gazette.
rsrt,.. O „rcc i,uteCTo ^.3 .u~ v 1 <crMrcft><= A< ~'2'Afri^^mrffraw
f § 'O be fold by puliclc vendue, on Saturday, the 17th
1 ink. a number of CAST HORSES. The tale to
begin at the Market-house in Trenton, at twelve
o'clock on said day.
By order of Moore Furman, Esq. D. Q M. G.
PETEK GORDON, QM. Trenton.
OHober 6, 1778. 2*
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
QTOLEN from the fubferiber, on the 28th of Sep-
O tember, at night, two three years old half-blooded
MARES; the.one is a light brown, with a dull Rar
in her forehead, about fourteen hands and an inch
hi^h, long and square built, long tail and mane. The
other is a light sorrel, about fourteen hands high,
with a blaze in her face a little to one fide, with a
long switch tail, fine limb'd, and one or both her hind
legs,white ; they are both natural trotters, and each
ofthem marked by wearing neck-yokes. The brown
mare has never been food before she was taken away ;
the sorrel has old (hoes on. Whoever takes up the
said mares, and returns them to the owner, and se
cures the thief or thieves, so that he or they may be
brought to justice, shall have the above reward and
reasonable charges, or Fifty Dollars for either of the
creatures, paid by BENJAMIN VAIL.
Batken-Ridge, Sept. 29, 1778.2
fame,
A PROCLAMATION.
By His E XCELLENC Y
To all whom it may concern.
State ofNew-? "RT OTICE is hereby given, That
Jersey, ff. J a Court of Admiralty will be
held in Allentown, at the house of Gilbert Barton,
on Wednesday, the 21st day of October inst. at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try thetruth of the fads alledged in the bill
of William Dunlop and Moses Griffing, (who as
well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the
Commerce, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo ;
to the end and intent that the owner o,owners of the
said sloop and her cargo, or any person concerned
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have,
why the fame Ihould not be condemned according to
the prayer of the said bill.
Oct. 5, 1778. By order of the fudge,
_ 3 BOWES REED, Pro. Reg.
AT an Inferior Court of Common-Fieas held for
the county of Salem, on the 15th instant, were
returned inquisitions for joining the army of the King
of Great-Britain, and for other offences against the
form of allegiance, found against Abraham Saunders,
John Murrow, John Booth, Erasmus Kent, junior,
Matthew Movey, Obadiah Wood, John Booden,
John Stallcope, Joseph Munyen, Peter Kearney,
Eliflia Hall, John Youren, Hugh Copperthwait, Moses
Atkinson, Richard Meed, Jacob Van Meter, Philip
Adams, William Pearce, James Sutton, John Sutton,
Thomas Sutton, Jacob Sutton, Israel Elwell, Reuben.
Langley, Abdon Abbott, jun. Robert Whitacar, An
nanias Nelson, John Cowman, Joseph Kindal, Richard
Smith', Jacob Garrison, John Daniels, James Flana
ganj Trivis Jenkins, John Sparks, John Sparks, jun„
Lev is Reed, Phenias Dunham, Samuel Davis, Samuel
Jamison, William Rawfon^ Henry Corfe, Thomas
Clarke, George Johnson, Joseph Hilton, Henry'Lang
bog, Thomas Lamb, Joseph Hewlings, Noah Kerby,
James Dougherty, Anthony Noble, Jerman Davis,
Michael Miller, James Dean, Moses Sutton, Christo
pher Raindoleer and George Clarke, jun. Proclama
tion was made in open Court, and information given,
that if they, or any on their behalf, or any persons
interested, would traverse, a trial should be awarded
and an opportunity of preventing forfeitures given ;
no traverses were offered : Therefore, NOTICE is
hereby given, that if neither they, nor any on their
behalf, nor any persons interested, should traverse at
the next Court held for the county of Salem, on the
firft Tuesday in December next, the inquisitions will
be taken to be true, and final judgment entered there
on in favour of the State ; their personal estates will
then be forfeited to the use of the State, and their
lands taken into the hands ofthe Commissioners, un
til the Legislature shall take further order therein
refpeding the lands.
THOMAS SAYRE, Esq. and) Commif-
WILLIAM GARRISON, J fioners.
Salem county, Sept, 76, 1778. 1 x§
On SATURDAY next,
The 10th instant, October,
WILL BE SOLD, at the VenQue-ftore in Trenton,
AN aflortment of MERCHANDIZE, such as
broad-cloths, plush, linens; deer-ficins and
deer-skin breeches; handkerchiefs ; spelling-books ;
ivory and coarse combs ; buttons ; fhoemakers' tools,;
shoes, flockings ; silver watches ; pint, half-pint, gill
and wine-glaffe. ; —alfo feather beds, bedding, tables,
chairs, &c.—likewise two horses, two riding-chairs,
and some old harness, and a variety of other articles
too tedious to enumerate.
Goods for sale received at said store at any time, by
FRANCIS WITT,
_ 1 _JACOBJ^NJAMIN,
THIS DAY, at the house of George Payne, at
1 Chefnut Neck, on Great Egg-harbour river,
Will be fold by publick Vendue,
Agreeable to an order from the Judge of the Admiralty,
rH E Cargo of the prize schooner
Fame, captured by the armed sloop Comet,
Yelverton Taylor, Commander; consisting of a quan
tity of excellent Jamaica spirit, sugar, melafles, coffee,
and pimento. And
TO-MORROW, at May's Landing, on Great
Egg-harbour river, will also be fold at Publick
Vendue, agreeable to a like order,
'HE Cargo of the prize schooner
Hannah, captured by the aforefaid armed
hoop; confiding of the following articles, viz.—
A quantity of coarse salt,; Glauber's and Epsom's
salts ; loaf sugar; pepper; China ; topsail duck and
other brown linens ; a valuable assortment of white
linens ; checks and stripes of different kinds ; chintzes
and printed linens; handkerchiefs ; diapers; dimo
ties ; cambrigks and lawns ; a quantity of hard-ware
and ironmongery; nails of various kinds in small
calks ; clout nails ; frying pans ; a quantity of brulhe,
of different kinds, &c. &c.
The sales to continue until the whole is fold.
OH. 7. JOHN STOKES, Marshal. if
-- j o H N'P O'P E,
Has for SALE, at his Store in Mansfield, 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
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