The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-12-12 00:00:00, page 4

Tie publication of the foiling extract (part of which
was omitted in our paper of the 28th oj November,
through a miflake) of an A Bof the General Assembly
of the State of Pemfylwania sassed the sth of April,
i?Br, and now in force, we apprehend will be
nffol to the citizens of Few-ferfo.
Sett. 3- RE ^ therefore further enacted by the au
" thority aforefaid. That from and after
the said firft day of October next, all flour calks shall
be made of good seasoned materials, .well made and
tightened with ten hoops fufficiently nailed with four
nails in each chine hoop, and three nails in each up
ner bilgh hoop, and of the following dimensions,
viz. the Haves to be of the length of twtnty-feven
inches, but of different diameters at the heads, ac
-1 cording to their numbers, that is to fay, calks number
one shall he of the diameter of eighteen inches at the
head, cags number two sixteen inches and an half,
and calks number three fifteen inches and an half;
that every miller or boulter of flour and baker of bread,
for transportation out of the Rate, shall provide and
have a distinguishable brand-mark, which he shall
canfe to be entered with the clerk of the Quarter-
Sessions for the county where he doth reside, together
with his name and place of abode, under the penal
ty of the sum of five Shillings, for every day during
which he shall hayc exercised his said business of a
miller, boulter or baker, without such entry; for the
making of which enteries the said clerk shall be in
titled to the sum of one. Shilling each ; and that every
miller, or boulter of flour pr baker of bread shall,
with his said mark, brand each and every calk of
flour or bread before the fame shall be removed from
the place where the fame was boulteci or baked ; and
every miller, or boulter Shall also brand every calk of 1
four according to the refpedive diameters above
fpecified, with the said numbers one, two or three,
and with the weight refpeaivdy, under the penalty
of one Shilling and fix-pence for every barrel of flour
not hooped and mailed as aforefaid, and for every
calk of flour or bread so removed and not branded
as aforefaid.,
Sett. 6, And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That the said millers or boulters Shall put
in the cAk dumber che. the full quantity or weight
of two hundred, and twenty-four pounds of Hour,
in the calk number two, the foil quantity or weight
of one hundred and ninety-fix pounds, and in the
calks number three, the full quantity or weight of
one hundred and sixty-eight pounds of flour; and
that if any miller or boulter shall use or pack with
flour any other calks than of the three several Sizes
and dimcnfions aforefaid, he Shall forfeit to the pur
chaser thereof the value or charge of such calk in
his account; and that if any miller er boulter shall
oack any calks of the said Sizes of dimensions, with
a let's quantity of flour than is above Specified, for
the fame respectively he mail forfeit, the fame calks
and flour. ______ _ _
Notice is hereby given, %
THAT an ENGLISH NIGHT SCHOOL
4 will be Opened' on Monday evening the 16th
day of December ihft.' at the brick school-house,
near the Prefbytetian Church. Those who may
please to encourage the fame, are &fired for terms
to apply to the master, at said place.
Trenton November 28, 178 c. 2wf
To all whom it may concern:
) XTOTICE is hereby given, that
f^w-Jerfey, ff. ft a c owrt of Admiralty will
be held at the dwelling-house of Gilbert Barton, in
Allentown, on Thursday the 27th da, of December
inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day,
then and there to try the truth of the fads alledged
in the bill of Adam Hyler, (who as well, &c.) against
the Ship Father's Desire, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and cargo, taken from the enemy at the Narrows,
near Long-Inland, and also a certain negro fellow nam
ed Will, taken on board said Ship: To the end and
'intent, that any person or persons concerned therein
may appear and Shew cause, if any they have, why
the said Ship, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and
cargo, together with the said negro, Should not be
condemned according to the prayer of the said bill..
By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
December t, 1781.
The trial of the schooner Hare, and a certain cutter
advertised for trial the 23d day of November last,
together with the other articles mentioned in the said
advertisement, is adjourned over to the day and place
a 6 ove mcirtioned : _____ „
AS STOLEN from the I'ubfcriber, on the night
v'V of the 3d of December, 1781, a chefnut sorrel
herfe, four years old lad grass, about fourteen hands
and an half high, his mane hogg'd, and has some
white hairs in his forehead, trots and canters well.
Whoever takes up and delivers the horse to the sub
scriber, and secures the thief in any gaol so that he
may be brought to justice, shall have Twenty Dollars
in gold or Silver, or Eight Dollars for the horse only,
and all reafonabie charges paid by
THOMAS CARR.
Trenton, 4th December, 1781. jw*
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC, COLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Five Shilling
each the fird Week, and One Shilling and Three-fence for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion ; and by whom
Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received. ~'
TO BE sol d,
A Likely, hearty Negro man, 33 years of age,
and a woman about 21 years of age : Also a
Negro girl about 16 years of age ; all have had the
small-pox, were born and brought up in New-Jersey,
and are fit for either town or country business : Also
a female Negro child, about four years of age, for
whom Loan-Office Certificates will be deceived in
pay, or credit given. Enquire of the fubferiber in
Burlington. 3 wf JACOB PHILLIPS.
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just publiJhed,
And to be fold wholesale and retail,
At the Printing-Office in Trenton,
The New-Jersey
ALMANACK,
For the Year 1782.
Containing, besides the usual astronomical obser
vations, several neceflary tables, and a variety of other
ufeful and entertaining matter in prose and verse.
r rWO FARMS to be fold, the one on which the
I fubferiber lives, containing two hundred and
seventy-three acres of land, one third of which is
good mowing ground, one third plough land, and
the other third covered with timber of the firft qua
lity: The whole farm is inclofed and under complete
fence and final! inclofures. There is on it a food
dwelling-house almost new, two Hories high, a large
Dutch barn, barracks, iheds, &c. two large apple
orchards, a number of peach trees, and a large peach
nurfcry fit to plant out. The other farm joins this
one, and contains onehundred and sixty-three acres,
above one third of which is well timbered wood-land,
fifteen acres of mowing ground, and much more
may be made at an easy expence, the red good plough
land. There is on this'farm a good dwelling-house,
a shop, and an English barn, two good apple orchards
and a number of other fruit trees ; the whole under
good fence. Both farms are exceedingly well water
ed, and are distant twenty-two miles from Elizabeth
-I'own, and sixteen from Brunswick Landing, and
will be fold very cheap by the owner,
JOHN SHAW.
Bernard's-Town, Bafkenridge, Nov. 26, 1781. 4w
TO BE SOL D,
A Valuable TRA CT of LAND, in Hardwick
township, Suffexcounty, Rate of New-Jersey,
now in the tenure of Thomas Silverthorn. It con
tains %I 3 acres, 150 very rich meadow land, about
30 of which produce the belt clover, timothy, and
blue grass. It is excellent for raising hemp, and well
calculated for raising and fatting cattle. There are
on the premises, beside the dwelling-house, a pretty
good Dutch barn, stables, barracks and spring-house,
upwards of one hundred apple-trees, and a number
of cherry and peach-trees; also a never failing spring
of water fufficient for a hemp-mill, and situated con
veniently to water a considerable quantity of the mea
dow. , The title is indifput^ble. For terms apply to
the printer ofthi s paper..
F rHE owner of the ferry known by the name of
Ithe Trenton Old Ferry, on the post road lead
ing to Philadelphia, and where the publick all /crosses,
has provided the said ferry with the best boats that
ever have been conftruded for the fafety of transport
ing passengers, horses and carriages, in time of
frefhes, wind or ice, and a number of careful hands
that have nothing eife to do but work the boats, and
are always ready on the spot. The ferriages are as
follow, viz.
Waggon and four horses - ss.
Waggon and two horses - - tfyd.
A chair - - - - ^d.
Man and horse - - - 6d.
A foot person - - - - 3d.
And all other ferriages in Proportion. iw*
T O BE SOL D,
A Small farm on Raritan in the county of Som
merfet and State of New-Jersey, containing
about 113 acres, of which 40 is low land, some
very fertile, the rest with little improvement will
make good meadow ; wood in proportion to the
quantity of the land. For terms apply to Mr. Mat
thew Lane near the premises, and a good title given
by JACOB R. HARDENBERGH.
November 22, 1781. 3 w*
-t 0 B s cfL d;
AN improved farm, situate at Raritan, containing
about 360 acres, near one third part of which
is timber land, and has meadow fufficient to cut
upwards of forty loads ofhay in a season, and much
more meadow can be made with little expence; has
a good frame dwellinghoufe on it, &c. is watered
by two never failing streams that water every field.
Inquire of the fubferiber on the premises, by whom
an indisputable title will be giverr.
THO. FARMER.
Raritan Nov. 30th, 1781. ywf
Writing Paper
Tobe SOLD cheap for CASH, by
the Printer hereof.
To whom it.may concern :
State of ) XT OTICE is hereby given, that
New-Jersey, ff. ) I' ' a Court of Admiralty will
be held at the house of Gilbert Barton, in Allentown,
on Thursday the 27th day of December next, then
and there to try the truth of the fads alledgcd in the.
bill of Robert Magee, (who as well, &c ) against '
a certain Hoop or vessel called the Sally, lately com
manded by John Harman, taken on her intended
voyage, as is said, from Maurice-River to New-
York, loaded with lumber, together with her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo : To the end and invent
that the owner or owners of the said veflel, or any
person interested therein, may appear and jhew cause,
if any they have, why the said vessel, with her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo should not be condemned
to the captors thereof, and a decree thereon pals,
according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Burlington, Nov. 24, 1781.
WAS taken up and committed to my charge, for
attempting to go'into New-York, and travel
ling without a pass, a certain Negro man, who calls
himfelf Joseph, about five feet ten inches high, fays
he formerly belonged to Mrs. Catle, late of Charles-
Town, South-Carolina, but now of New-York;
that for some time past he has lived with Captain
Mercer, of Philadelphia; has on a claret coloured
coat, white cloth jacket, leather breeches, worded
stockings and good shoes, besides other clothes.—
Any person having a legal claim to laid Negro, is de
fired to come on or before the 19th of Decembe
next, prove their property and pay charges, or he
will be proceeded against agreeably to law.
PETER HULICK, Gaole
Trenton, Nov. 28, 1781. gw*
TO BE SOLD,
The following tracts of LAND, situate on the foutl
branch of Raritan, in Hunterdon county, about
,30 miles from Trenton, 12 from Delaware river,
and 28 from New-Brunswick, viz.
LOT No. i, containing 150 acres, near one L °
cleared, about 15 acres of which is excellent
meadow, and more may be made ; the remains -
timber land. There is on it a frame dwelling-house
and kitchen, a large ftonc barn, a large done grist-mid
with two pair of stones, two water wheels and every
necessary conveniency for merchant and country
business; also an oil-mill and saw-mil), the who :
being almost new, and Hands on the south branch
of Raritan, a large and constant dream of water.—
There is also a small orchard and sundry small tene
ments, &c.
LOT No. 2, adjoining the above, containing 254
acres, about 100 is cleared, between 40 and 50 acres
of whith is excellent meadow, a great part watered,
the rest limber land; there is a lime kiln and plenty
of good limedone convenient to the kiln, an orchard
of near zco apple trees, &c.
LOT No. 3, adjoining lot No. 2, containing 145
acres, one half cleared, the rest wood-land.—There
is thereon a frame house and barn, a small orchard,
and a spring of good water near the door. For terms
apply to MAHLON TAYLOR, on the premises. 6w
r rHE fubferibers having furnished themselves
- Lwith good boats at the new ferry a little above
the Falls, and almost opposite to Trenton, and the
distance being nearly the fame from Brjftol to
Trenton to go by this or Colvin's ; all persons who
will please to favour them with their custom, may
depend on an easy and fafe passage, at the following
rates, which are as low as they were twenty years
ago, viz.
Waggon and four horses fy(>d.
Ditto with two ditto - - 3/6/.
Horse and chair - - ij6d.
Man and horse - - - (d.
A footman _ _ _ ^d.
And all other ferriages in like proportion.
Travellers who come from Bristol the new road are*
requested to turn off to the left at the 29 milt stone,
which is about three quarters of a mile from the
ferry—and those from the eastward are to turn to the
right at the market-house in Trenton, which is about
one quarter of a mile from the ferry, where constant
attendance is given by the publick's humble servants,
JOHN BURROWS,
GEORGE BEATY.
N. B. Travellers may be supplied with good hay
for their horses, by said Beaty.
PAR CWME NT;
TO BE SOLD,
By the PRINTER hereof.