The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-03-02 00:00:00, page 3

Saturday the twenty-firft ult. arrived at New-York
the Tankerville packet, Captain M'Donougn, in se
venty five days from Falmouth, but his advices are
not so late as those brought by the ship Wilton.
The Shelburne packet failed from Falmouth for
New-York 5 weeks before the Tankerville, which oc
casions some anxiety for her fafety.
1 he fame day failed from New- York le Courier de
Ie Amerique, Captain le Chevalier de Abbeville, for
France, and several other vessels defined for Europe
and the Weft Indies.
And on Sunday the 22d the ship Fdward, Captain
Coup<r,took he. departure for London. In the above
French "packet went fol. Harmar ; andin the fdward,
Captain Coup 4 r, Major Franks, with the pubirck de-
discovered. The careful culture of them in this
island, and other equatorial parts of the world, might
be a great preservative against the fatal consequences
attending the discharge of eledric clouds so near the
earth. Those trees then must certainly be the natu
ral conductor so long supposed by men of learning to
exist in these parts of the world.
RICHMOND, January 31.
On Saturday last the weather, which had been for
fomc time past intensely cold, suddenly turned warm,
with rain, which occasioned a very rapid thaw ; the
river, over which waggons had been driven a day or
two before, soon gave way, and the vast bodies of ice
that came floating down in consequence, threatened
deftru&ion to every thing before it.
A very valuable mill of Meffis. David Ross and
Co. containing near 3000 bushels of wheat and a quan
tity of flour, situated on the falls near this city, was
carried away ; and what greatly adds to the calamity,
the miller and his afiill nt, who were in the mill, fell
victims to its fury. The water, owing to the river
being choaked up by the ice, rose immediately so un
commonly high, that it has carried away the bridge
across the creek; at Rocketts the ice has swept the
wharf away, and what vessels are not funk, are car
ried into a meadow near that place.
On the Monday following an immense quantity of
snow fell, which, with the extreme severe weather
since that time, has effectually blocked up the river
again. _
By the ship Wilson, Captain Thompson, which
lately arrived at New-York, in seven weeks and three
days from Liverpool, we learn, that on or about the
twentieth of December last, the famous India bill, for
depriving the English East-India company of the ex
clusive trade to that part of the world, and investing
it in the hands of the government, was carried, by a
very large majority, in the House of Commons; but
negatived by a majority of three, in the House of
Lords. The immediate consequence of which was,
the retignation of Messieurs Fox and North, and the
appointment of the Honourable William Pitt, Esquire,
as First Lord of the Treasury. His Brita,nnick Ma
jesty opposed the bill through all its various stages,
and the Prince of Wales found himfelt in the mino
rity by adhering to the fortunes of the Fox. That it
was expected a dissolution of Parliament would also
take place in a day or two —that the affairs of the
British nation were in the utmost state of diftra&ion—
the people in great uproar and confufibn— flocks levy
and money scarce—that the last advices from the In
dies contain the moil disagreeable relation of an en
gagement between the French and the English armies,
and their Auxiliaries, the death of Sir Eyre Coote,
the Elliot of the East—and that the English affairs in
that quarter wore a very gloomy afpe&.
In Mr. Fox's statement of the East-India Compa
ny's affairs, he endeavoured to prove that they were
in a state of bankruptcy, with a deficiency of five mil
lions But the Company, on the contrary, denied
the fa&, and as ingeniously proved that after all their
debts. &c. were paid, a surplus or residue would re
main of three millions.
B A LTI MOR E, February 13.
By a Captain of a vessel, who came to town last
evening from Norfolk, in Virginia, which place he
left about the 3d of this ihft. mentions, that the fol
lowing vessels were lying there: Brig Nefbitt, Capt.
Stanfbury; brig Dolphin, Captain Foster ; —and ihip
General Elliot, Captain Cornwall, Ihip , Captain
Dancer, were both arrived there from London— 1 hat
th: ihip Carolina, Captain Angus, from London, and
another (hip, the name of the Captain and vessel un
known, were arrived in Hampton Road ; that the Drip
Ocean, of this port, from Rotterdam, was ashore off
Windmill Point ; that a Ihip from Ireland, with pas
sengers, some of whom and the crew are perished, and
the Captain assassinated, was 101 l above New Point-
Comfort; that the fchocmer Saliy, Captain Wing, of
this port, was loft near Curritucket Inlet, and all the
crew, except one man, perished ; that a ship and brig
were loft at the fame place the 30th of December,
and not a foul from either vessel saved ; and fix fail of
other veflels are entirely loft in James's river.
TRENTON, March 2.
1/ OUR publication in Mr. Collins's last week's
I X Gazette of the 24th February, ^B4, is one
among the many publications under anonymous signa
tures calculated to injure me in the minds of the citi
j zens of this state in general, and thole of the county
of Hunterdon in particular, all of which I have puffed
I by with that neglect and scorn they deferred ; but
I jour performance is so replete with fallehoods, that
their consequences may have a tendency to wound
Ithe faireft characters, and turn the liberty of the press
' into licentioufpefs. 1 therefore, in this publick man-
Iner, deny your charges, and call upon you to avow
Iyour publication, give up your real name, that I may
know who I have to contend with, and 1 will then (as
I I have already laid the fame before the Legislature)
Ipublilh the real Hate of my conduff, supported by un
deniable testimony, by which IShall exculpate the Ho
nourable Members of Afembly from those illiberal
reflexions you have so unjustly call upon them, and
which, I apprehend, will juftify my condud in the opi
nion of every good man refpeding the loss of the pub
lick (unsigned, intended to be) money by its being
taken by the enemy, in December, One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy-fix. Come forth Scipio,
give up your name, and 1 will dissed your performance,
and hold you up to the publick in your true colours.
SAMUEL TUCKER.
Trenton, February 26, 1784.
Mr. Collins,
The 4a gaffed November 16, 1769, infilled, An /la
for laying a duty on tie purchasers of Haves im
ported into this colony," being little attended to,
it is preJumed the Jame is forgot ; jour giving the
following extras from it a place in your paper,
•will probably oblige some oJ your readers, and par
ticularly A Subscriber.
Sefi. i.I,E it enabled by the Governor, Council
and General Assembly of this Colony,
and it is hereby enaded by the authority of the fame,
1 hat every person hereafter purchasing a Negro, In
dian or Mulatto slave, if Such Have has not resided in
this Colony at least for the space of one whole year
before such purchase, or such slave for which the du
ty by this or any former ad imposed hath not been
paid, shall, besides the price paid for the said slave,
moreover pay to the county collector, chosen for the
county in which such purchase shall be made, the sum
of fifteen pounds proclamation money ; and on refufal
or negled of paying the fame ten whole days after the
said purchase or purchases Shall be made, it shall and
may be lawful for the said county collector, by him
felf or deputy, to apply to a justice of the Peace for
the said county, who, on such information, shall im
mediately grant a precept in the usual manner, for the
fpatches of Congress, for the refpeclive courts, con
taining the ratification of the Definitive Articles of
Peace.
Also in the Edward went passengers Mr. Eliphalet
Brush, of that city, merchant, and Mr. Peregrine
Bourdieu.
For the New Jersey Gazette.
To SCIPI O.
And on Sunday the twenty-second also failed from
New-York, for China, the ship Empress of China,
Captain Green. A correspondent remarks, that not
withstanding the many difficulties he may have to en
counter with, as being the firft ship from this new na
tion, to that rich and distant part of the world, from
his character as an able and Spirited navigator, we may
form a pleasing presage of that success which every
friend to his country wishes him. And to the gen
tlemen, whose ambition to discover new resources of
wealth, by forming new channels for the extensions
of our commerce, a contemplation on the ferviccs
they are rendering their country, must fufficiently
compensate for the rifque of their property.
By a southern paper of the 14th ult, we are in
formed, that the merchants of Peterfburgh have re
ceived a letter from the merchants of Philadelphia,
recommencing them to take into consideration the im
propriety of trading with those whose ports are flint
against the inhabitants of the United States; in con
lequence of which a meeting took place, but we have
not yet learned the result of their deliberations.
A correspondent at Annapolis informs us, that Vir
ginia, by a late act, have empowered her Delegates
in Congress to convey, by a deed to the United
States, all the lands on the north fide of the Ohio,
agreeably to the propositions some time since stated as
conditional by Congress—that business is much im
peded, seven states only being represented on the floor,
and the greater part of it pending before them indis
pensably requiring nine.
Friday morning Mrs. Sarah Barnes, relief of
Thomas Barnes, deceased, late of this place, in the
78th year of her age, paid the last debt to nature —
And, on Sunday following, her remains were interred
in the Friends burying ground, attended by a conh
dcrable number of refpedable citizens.
apprehension of the person or persons complained
against; and the fame being so apprehended and
brought before him, shall proceed to hear the parties,
and give judgment, and award execution for the said
duty, in manner and form as by law appointed in cases
of fix pounds and under.
3. And be it enafted by the authority aforefaid,
That if any of the overseers of the poor in this colo
ny shall give information unto the county collector of
the purchase of such Negro, Indian or Mulatto slave,
and the duty hereby imposed be collected in conse
quence of such information, then, and in such case,
the said duty so colleded shall be and remain in the
hands of such county collector, and fubjeded to the
disposal of the justices and freeholders of the said
county towards the defraying of the publick expences
of the city, town, precind or diftrid, wherein the
overseer of the poor, who shall give such information,
may reside.
Or exchanged for a plantation near some Friends
meeting-house,
A Valuable trad of land, situate in the township
of Amwell, in the county of Hunterdon, New-
Jersey, containing near 300 acres of good land, which
may be conveniently divided into two plantations, hav
ing two dwelling-houses, two barns, and two orchards,
with a fufficient quantity of meadow-land thereon,
and exceeding well watered, having a good spring
near each house, which waters a part of the meadow,
and is convenient to the meetings of Presbyterians,
Lutherans, Anabaptists or Dunktrs.
Any person or persons inclining to purchase or ex
change, may apply to the fubfenber on the premises
and know the terms.
TO BE SOL D,
Only for ready money,
AN able-bodied healthy Negro Girl, fourteen
years old next March. Enquire of Mr. Tho
mas Burgle, near Mr. Annins tavern at Bafleenridge.
February 28, 1784. 4.WU
A valuable Plantation,
CONTAINING 114 acres, situated in Amwell town
fllip, and county of Hunterdon, two miles and a
half from Benjamin Howell's ferry, and three miles
from the new meeting-house. There are on the pre
mises a good house, with a good spring at the door,
a good barn, and an excellent beating orchard :—•
There is a quantity of fine watered meadow, and
good timber-land ; a never failing Bream in every
field. An indisputable title will be given. For terms
apply to the fubferiber on the premises.
ABRAHAM HAGEMAN.
February 27, 1784. 4wf
A Plantation lying in Middlesex county, state of
New-Jersey, known by the name of Saplin Ridge,
near George's road, and within 200 yards of Van
pelt's mill, containing 235 acres: There are on the
premises a new frame house, a good new English barn,
and a fine young thriving orchard of about 100 trees.
The land is exceeding fertile, and a good deal of mea
dow may be made on it. For terms of sale enquire
of Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, in Philadelphia; Samuel
Tucker, Esquire, in Trenton; or of Mr. Robert Aim
ftrong, near the premises.
February 28, 1784.
r r AKE this method of informing their friends and
1 the publick, that they intend to leave this state
by the 20th of April next. They have on hard an as
sortment of DRY GOODS. Also glass, china,
and earthen-ware —household and kitchen furniture,
waggon and gears, horses, riding chairs, and an excel
lent milch cow; which they will dispose of on the most
reasonable terms ; and, if not fold before the Sth day
of April, they will then be exposed to publick vendue.
March I, 1784. 4W
ALL persons having any demands against the estate
of Alexander Gaa, late of Princeton, deceased,
are desired to produce their accounts properly authen
ticated to Mr. James Hamilton, of said place, being
duly authorized to adjust the fame; likewise all per
sons indebted to said estate, are required to make pay
ment on or before the ill of June next ensuing, to
avoid further trouble.
ROBERT M'GEE, Adm.
N. B. Likewise a lot of ground containing 60 feet
in front, on the main street, Princeton, extending 534
feet deep, to be fold. Apply as above,
Princeton, February 27, 1784. 4w ^
JACOB BIRDSALL.
Trenton, 26th 2d month, 1784. 2W
Marraquier and Crolius,
To be fold,
TO BE SOL D,
Near the market-house in Trenton,
TO BE SOL D,