The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-07-18 00:00:00, page 3

,B 0 S T 0 N, June 22.
We bear from Dighton, that on Wednesday last
they had a severe thunder gust, which tore up hun
dreds of trees by the roots, besides doing other con
siderable damage.
June 25. A countryman arrived in town with a
cart load of rakes, to the number of three hundred,
but met with a bad sale, as the town was already
overstocked.,
June 27. A correspondent observes, that the pre
sent time is the grand tera to establish the most essen
tial concerns of these states. We now have to plan
such measures as. will effectually fruftrate rhe designs
of a nation whom we have shaken off, but who are
still wifliing our ruin; we must therefore begin this
important business by throwing aside all party views,
all prejudiced ideas, all small local confiuerations, and
join in one general principle to promote the publick
welfare. The late system pursued by Britain with re
fpe& to our trade, will greatly distress our commerce,
unless checked by limilar duties and prohibitions on
our part. We have insensibly been hurrying our
selves into a connexion with them, while they have
as strenuously been prosecuting measures to embarrass
us, in the discharge of thole debts we have been wan
tonly contrasting. With folded arms we have per
mitted every indulgence to their vessels, and have
peaceably fuffered their, merchants to pursue a British
commerce among us, without any redridions, extra
duties, or hindrance whatever.
A gentleman, who not long since failed from this
port for England, carried with him Continental fecu
rities to a large amount, purchased at three (hillings
on a pound, which fold in London at only five per
cent, discount on the funis fpecified on the face of the
bills. ,
July 4. Last Thursday the guns from the castle
and fortreffes were fired, by order of his Excellency
Governor Bowdoin, in honour of his Molt Chrittian
Majesty ; that generous monarch having been blessed
with a young Prince, who is stiled the Duke of Nor
mandy. This event must give great pleasure to the
grateful sons of America, who no doubt will rejoice
in the happiness of their benefactor.
state, received every pleasure that his good wishes for
the true interests of his country could form. As he
passed the diftrids of Ninety-Six and Camden, he
had the fatisfa&ion to fee peace and industry in their
fulleft extent, enjoyed and exercised. Few but had
felt the extreme severity of the late wicked and de
ftru&ive war ; yet such is the situation of this delight
ful part of the state, that every blessing may be ex
pelted from the industry of the people, the richness
of the foil, and the salubrity of the air. His Excel
lency met with every mark of refpeft, love and
esteem; in fad, every breast was replete with joy on
feeing a Governor of their own choice come among
them.
PORTSMOUTH, July I.
His Excellency the Minister of war at New-York
has been pleased to dired, that die uniform of the
troops raised and to be raised for the frontier service,
be blue, faced and lined with white, for the infantry ;
and blue, faced and lined with red, for the artillery ;
the cockade does not seem to meet with general ap
probation.
A letter from Norfolk in Virginia, dated June 24,
gives us a melancholy account of an accident that
just happened in that town. That in a remarkable
thunder storm, the loudest ever known there, a house
in which was deposited a quantity of gunpowder, was
struck with lightning, and immediately blew up; it
entirely took away the whole building, except the
sleepers of the lower floor. Many of the goods were
found in the river, and some fragments of the house
near a mile off ; two men were killed, and one much
wounded ; a vessel in the river much damaged, as
were several houses in Portsmouth.
After the various remarks we have at different
We have the most authentick advice from the nor
thern frontiers of this state, ihat the British are deter
mined to keep pof'effion of the polls in that quarter;
and as, a proof of such serious determination, they
have lately reinforced the garrison at Ofwego with
two companies from Niagara, and arbitrarily sent
back a number of persons, lubje&s of the United
States, who were on their route to the Indian coun
try for the purposes of trade. This conduct must na
turally suggest to the states, the absolute necessity of
taking effectual measures to enforce our inveterate foes
to comply with their national contract, and to chastise
their arrogance and presumption.
July 11. Saturday last General Richard Butler,
one of the Commissioners for Indian affairs, left Phi
ladelphia, on his way to the mouth of the Big Mi
ame, where the Commissioners have ordered the In
dians to be assembled on theist day of October next,
at which time the treaty with the western nations will
commence.
NEW -YO RK, June 30.
times febmitted to our fellow-citizens, refpe&ing the
declension of the trade and resources of these ftatcs,
the consequent pinching distress almost universally
prevalent—and, the most effectual remedy to be ap
plied to so alarming a disorder—it may appear a work
of supererogation, .to retouch the matter, particularly
as the publick, almost to a man, seem " unanimous
in sentiment on the topick." However, a paragraph
which appeared in a Boston paper of the 18th ult. in
duces us to trespass once more on the publick pati
ence. $
The very novice who has not gone through his po
litical horn-book, must have heard, and must be con
vinced, that people constitute the wealth of a coun
try. And even the infatuated Europeans, many of
whose governments appear to have united incompati
bilities and direCt contradictions, in order to arrive
at the highest possible degree of absurdity and folly,
have, ever been so firmly convinced of the justice of this
maxim, that they have made various efforts, at differ
ent periods, as it were to chain the people down to
the foil. To this day, in some countries on the con
tinent of Europe, no person, can emigrate without ex
press license from his despot. And in Ireland, during
the'prefent sessions of Parliament, there has been in
troduced a bill (the fate, whereof we have not yet
heard) fubjeCting emigrants to a tax of five pounds
each..@ ,
Spain and France, at two periods of their infatua
tion, furnifhed the world with an inftruCtive lesson on
the importance of population. The former, by the
expulsion of the Morifcoes, entailed on herfelf such a
debility, as to expose her to the insults of the surround
ing nations, pohelkd as she is of the mines of PotoS,
and the whalthieft portion ofthe known world. France,
when at the summit of her power, by similar impoli
ticly conduct, expelled 500.000 of the most valuable of
her inhabitants, who imparted to different rival pow
ers, various arts, whereof she had an exclusive mono
poly:
" Notwithstanding threatenings, punishments, and
" every precaution to prevent them, above 500,000
" made their escape, carrying along with them not
" only immense sums of money, but likewise industry
" and manufactures, by which the kingdom was en
" riched. The people in the N. of Germany, Holland
« and England, received these ufeful fugitives with
" open arms—the loss of people was, perhaps, of less
" detriment than the loss of commerce; for a part of
„'' those commodities, which used to be purchased in
" France, was from that time manufactured in foreign
" countries, by French refugees." Millot's Elements,
V. 246,
If then, in European countries, between which and
America there cannot be formed any analogy, with
refpeCt to population, a drain of inhabitants has been
found so eminently pernicious, and has been guarded
against with so much care, it is evident, that an in
crease of population should be the primary object here,
and that every conceivable allurement should be held
out to foreigners to induce them to renounce their na
tive countries, and fettle their residence here. If this
inference appears reasonable, as we flatter ourselves
it will, to be candid and judicious, what idea ihall we
form of the shallow politician, who, in the paragraph
above mentioned proposes, " that such residents,"
(i. e. British merchants, factors and agents)" should
( ' not fruitrate the intentions of any alien ads of this
" state (Massachusetts) by naturalization ; and that
“ such interlopers ihuuld be obliged to pay 10001. to
" the Commonwealth for this privilege." This short
sighted politician differs widely from Machiaval, who,
among a diversity of rules which he prescribes for the
aggrandizement of states, insists particularly on the fol
lowing, as the most efficacious : " Tenende le vie
“ aperte et ficure a forefteri, che defignaffero venire
" ad habitare, acchioche ciafcuno vi habiti volontieri."
That is to fay, to render the country easy of access,
and secure to Grangers, in order that they may be in
duced willingly to fettle there.
What our paragraphift can advance to invalidate
this maxim, it is hard to divine. But this is clear,
that his tax of 10001. would to the end of time ope
rate as a total and effectual bar to naturalization. In
deed his view fee ms to extend no farther than to prevent
British fubje&s from disposing of British manufactures ;
for, if we understand him right, he conceives no ap
prehension whatever from British manufactures, pro
vided they be consigned to American. fubjeCts. But all
those who, having freed themselves from the difgrace
ful trammels of prejudice and partiality, judge for
themselves, must regard the bare importation of the
manufactures, as pregnant with so many evils of enor
mous magnitude, that whether they are disposed of
The introduction of foreign manufactures into this
country, particularly such as she could have supplied
herfelf with, and such as were not indispensably ne
ceflary, has been prejudicial in a three-fold point of
view: First, as it has deprived ufeful hands of em
ploy in various branches. Secondly, as it has drained
away the specie of the land. And thirdly, as it has
engendered and disseminated a pernicious taste for
luxury, the cpnfequences of which make the reflecting
part of the community fbudder.
These dangerous effects being obvious to every,
even the molt fuperficial observer, it follows incon
trovertibly, that every principle of found policy re
quires the severest checks to be opposed to the intro
duction of these pestilential commodities amongst us.
But surely it will not follow hence, that ^ny bars
or hindrances ffiould be oppefed to the migration into,
or settlement and naturalization in, this country, of
foreigners, from whatever nation they may come.
by native or foreigner, can make no very material dih
ference to the state at large.
Let us suppose, for instance, that there are ten thou#
sand pounds worth of goods exported from Britain to
this county : It is evident, that whether fold by British
or Americans, it produces exactly the fame effeCt on
our manufactures rand also on the taste and morals of
the people—therefore, what .remains to be considered,
is the drain of moneys Now, it is obvious, that whe^
ther consigned to natives or British fubjeCts,. the value
must be remitted. And as there are few articles of
produce that will, as affairs stand at present, bear re^
mittance without very sensible loss,. the natives, as well
as the British,. will, if possible, remit in hard cafhri, It
follows consequently, that the only difference is, that
in the one case the profits centre here ; and in the
other are carried off with the invoiced value of the
goods, Now, though we allow this disadvantage, all
possible weight, it will not appear of such vast confe,
quence, as to call for such an extraordinary exertion a$
the levying xoool. on persons desirous of naturalizing
themselves.
Those writers who have made political ceconomy
their particular study, have, in summing up the ag*
gregate wealth of nations, calculated that every indus
trious tradesman and labourer is worth 501. to a state;
It this calculation be accurate, when applied to coun
tries in Europe, it can hardly be deemed an exaggera
tion to state, that every person of the above defcrip,
tion, fettling in this country, must be a clear gain
thereto, of at lead tool, considering the difference, in
value of labour in America and Europe. From .this
we may draw a conclusion of the value of those per
sons who bring over a property; here.. ^$ + /+,
Perhaps, then, instead of difeouraging naturalizati,
on, the time is not very remote, when so liberal a plan
of policy will prevail, as to hold out substantial advan
tages to encourage it. It may be thought advisable
to appropriate a Tund for the purchase of. hedeffary
utensils for poor emigrants, who could produce a cer
tificate of their sobriety, industry and integrity, from
the pastor to whole flock they belonged in their native
country. This might be attended, with rhoft salutary
consequences, particularly, if, to guard against impos
tors, who might have the art to provide themselves
with those certificates, a certain time of probation, was
appointed here, before they were entitled to the above
advantages. < ><.wqr
July 14. On Monday last, between the hours of ottfe
and two o'clock, a heavy shower of rain came on from,
the foutlv east, attended with dreadful peals of thun
der, and awful slashes of lightning ; during which the
steeple of the French church was struck ; also, the
chimney of a house in ,Broad-street, both of which sus
tained very little damage.
TO B E SOL D,
That noted and well accustomed Tavern in Trenton,
known by the Sign of
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
THE house is large and commodious, and well si
tuated for the business in which it has been occu
pied upwards of fifty years—the yard and stable are
convenient, with a hay-loft capable of Containing ten
or twelve tons of hay. There are on the lot two ex
cellent gardens, and the noted Yards' Spring, which
is about twenty paces from the door. It is under lease
to Mr. Joseph Smith, at 751. a year, whose lease will
expire the firft of May, 1787: With the above may
be had a five acre lot of excellent meadow, about one
mile distant. The purchaser, on paying one-third part
of the money, may have a considerable time for the
payment of the remainder, on giving security with in-,
tereft. For further particulars enquire of John Jonety
health-office, ia Philadelphia, or of James Ewing, Esq.
in Trenton^ gw*
PHILADELPHIA, July 13: h.
Monday, at the Supreme Court, Francis Court,
ney received sentence of death, for committing a rape,
on Sunday the 3d inst. near Frankford. He confef
fed his crime (which on his trial he denied) and ac
knowledged the justice of his fentehce.—And four
others were ordered a flagilation. $
FOR SA L E,
At WILLIAM SLOAN's, in CRANBERRY, :,
A Large Quantity of good dry inch pine boards^
cedar weather-boards, shingles, pine weather
boards, two inch plank, and tar by the barrel, for
calh or country produce. 4wf -
New-Jersey, Burlington county, ff. ^, ,
TO BESOL D,
. By PUBLICK VENDUE, 4
(In consequence of the purchaser at a former sale held
at-Burlington, on the 28th June last, not complying
with the conditions thereof.) on Tuesday the 9th of
August next, between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock
in .the afternoon of said day, at the house of James
Efdall, innkeeper in Burlington, - , :, .„
AVery valuable piece of meadow ground (known
by the name of the Hunt Meadow) lying and
being in the townships of Mansfield and Springfield,
containing about,!jf acres : Seized and taken in ex
ecution as part of the estate of Peter Tallman, Es%
and to be absolutely cried off to the highest bidder on
the day and at the place aforefaid, by
JACOB PHILLIPS, /
# & late Sheriff:
July 11, 1785. ~J, .4w ,