The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-12-20 00:00:00, page 3

TRENTON, December 20.
Extras from the Journals of Congress.
In Congress, December 9, 1784.
" The Committee to whom was referred a letter
of the 6th from the Marquis de la Fayette, report,
That in the opinion of the Committee the merit and
services of the Marquis render it proper that such an
opportunity of taking leave of Congress be afforded
him, as may strongly manifeft their esteem and re
gard for him—whereupon,
" Refolded, That a Committee, to consist of one
member from each state, be appointed to receive the
Marquis, and, in the name of Congress, to take leave
of him. That they be intruded to assure him, that
Congress continue to entertain the fame high sense of
his abilities and zeal to promote the welfare of Ame
rica, both here and in Europe, which they have fre
quently expressed and manifefted on former occasions,
and which the recent marks of his attention to their
commercial and other interests have perfe&ly con
firmed. That as his uniform and unceasing attach
ment to this country has resembled that of a patrio
tick citizen, the United States regard him with par
ticular affedion, and will not cease to feel an interest
in whatever may concern his honour and prosperity ;
and that their best and kindest willies will always at
tend him.
" Your favourite Siddons, The ^uee* of Tears, has
been hissed off the stage in the most indecent and illibe
ral manner. The ostensible cause was an accusation of
refufing to perform in Ireland for the benefit of a per
former, at that time distressed by the heavy misfor
tune of bad health and an empty purse. The matter
has since been investigated, and turns out very different
from the firft representation. Mr. and Mrs. Mattocks
decline, an engagement with the manager of Covent
Garden this season, although they were offered a very
large salary. I understood that their brother, Mr.
H-- , is about to open a theatre in America, in
which case they intend to join him, with several capi
tal theatrical auxiliaries, and such a set of feenes, and
splendid dresses, as were never before exhibited in the
Western world.
December 13, 1784.
M s - J a y> Chairman of the Committee, consisting
of a member from each state, appointed to receive and
take leave of the Marquis de la Fayette, repotted,
That on the nth inst. they received the Marquis in
the Congress chamber and took leave of him, agreea
ble to the inftru^ions given them on that fubjeft:—
That they communicated to him the purport of thj
resolutions of the 9th, and that he thereupon made the
following answer :
' S 1 R,
' While it pleases the United States in Congress so
' kindly to receive me, I want words to express the
' feelings of a heart which delights in their present fi
' tuation, and the bestowed marks of their esteem.
' Since I joined the standard of liberty, to this
' wished for hour of my personal congratulations, I
' have seen such glorious deeds performed, "and vir
' tues displayed, by the sons of America, that in the
' instant of my firft concern for them, I had antici
'pated but a part of the love and regard which de
-6 vote me to this riling empire.
'During our revolution, Sir, I obtained an unli
mited, indulgent confidence, which I am equally
' proud and happy to acknowledge. It dates with the
' time when an unexperienced youth, I could only
' claim my refpeded friends' paternal adoption—lt
' has been molt benevolently continued throughout
' every circumstance of the cabinet and the field ; and
'in personal friendships I have often found a support
' against publick difficulties. While on this solemn
' occasion I mention my obligations to Congress, the
' states, the people at large, permit me also to re
' member the dear military companions, to whose fer
' vices their country is so much indebted.
' Having felt both for the timely aid of my coun
try, and for the part she, with a beloved King, aft
' ed in the cause of mankind, I enjoy an alliance so
6 well rivetted by mutual affection, by interest, and
even local situation :—Recollection ensures it—futu
'rity does but enlarge the profped, and the private
intercourse will every day increase, which indepen
' dent and advantageous trade cherishes in proportion
6 as it is well understood.
' In unbounded wishes to America, Sir, I am hap-.
lead all lovers of peaceable government to expe& that
we shall be able to subdue that hydra opposition, of
which the prince was the life and foul.
ANNAPOLI S, December 9.
The Honourable William Smallwood, Samuel Chafe,
James M'Henry, Thomas Johnson, Gustavus Scott,
and Richard Ridgely, Efqrs. are elected Delegates to
represent this date in Congress for the ensuing year.
" Resolved, That a letter be written to his Most
Christian Majesty, to be signed by his Excellency the
FreEdent, expressive of the high sense which the Unit
ed States in Congress assembled entertain of the zeal,
talents, and meritorious services, of the Marquis de la
Fayette, and recommending him to the favour and pa
rsonage of his Majesty."
£.21721 19 8 16127 0 1 36903 13 3
Extract from the Minutes,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An Aft to amend and explain an Aft, intitled, an
AR jor direfling the settlement of certain debts
contracted by the citizens of this Jlate previous to
the thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one, on
principles of equity ; and to repeal an Act, in
titled, an Act /or the relief 0/ persons holding
publick securities, and Jor other purposes therein
mentioned.
W r HERE:IS doubts have arisen whether the a&,
intitled, ' An a^ for directing the settlement
' of certain debts contrasted by the citizens of this
' state previous to the thirteenth day of June, in the
' year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
' Eighty-one, on principles of equity,' palled the eigh
_ teenth day of June, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
three, extends to debts contracted before the war in
specie, and to debts contracted during the war in pa
per money, iflued on the faith of the United Statesc
And whereas the debts aforefaid ought, by reason of
the fluctuating value and depreciation of the paper mo
ney, and of the ravages of war, to be fettled up
on principles of equity and good conscience; there
fore,
Sect. i. Re it Enabled by the Council and Gene
ral Afembly of this State, and it is hereby Enabled
by the Authority of the fame, That the above limited
act shall be, and the fame is hereby extended to all
debts contracted before the thirteenth day of June,
Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-one, whether the fame
were contracted for specie, paper money iflued on the
faith of the United States, or on the faith of this
state, or any other currency whatsoever ; and that
the mode prescribed in the laid aft shall be observed
by all courts and juries in this state, in the settlement
of debts contracted before that period.
2. And be it further Enabled by the Authority
aforefaid, I hat in till debts contracted before and
during the late war as aforefaid, no interett fliall be
allowed 011 the demands of any creditors fiom the
fourth day of July, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy
fix, to the third day of Decemb.r, Seventeen Hun
died and Eighty-three, by whose conduct the non
payment of such demands has been occasioned, whe
ther the fame was owing to their removing or re
maining within the lines of the enemy, or places in
their pofleffion, or to any other ados such creditors,
by which their debtors were prevented from difeharg
ing their obligations, any law, usage or custom, to the
contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
3. AND WHEREAS the ad, intitled, An Aft
for the relief of persons bolding publick securities,
and for other purposes therein mentioned, is injuri
ous to the good citizens of this state; therefore, Be
it Enabled by the Authority aforefaid, 1 hat the ad,
We are informed, that the continental troops, unde r
the command of Capt. Lane, who attended the coni'
missioners during the late Indian treaty at Fort Schuy
ler, ar ordered to return to Fort Renfalaer, where
they will go into winter quarters.
Amount of deficiencies due from the several counties.
State money. Revenue. Specie.
Bergen, £.272 16 4 703 0 2 315 3 0
Essex, 1510 19 0 5007 1 3
Middlesex, 450 32 1839 3 0 2876 7 5
Monmouth, 2535 18 4 2365 13 1 1416 12 1
Somerset, 379 17 1 498 4 0
Burlington, 6568 15 6 740 16 7 5007 4 5
Gloucester, 476 3 0 52119 6
Salem, 655 13 10 1024 10 It
Cape-May, 173 99 278 2 6 306 14 4
Hunterdon, 39^1 38 3123 0 9 6632 2 0
Morris, 2853 1 7 1993 16 10 4620 14 6
Cumberlan. 1000 31 115 16 6 920 16 2
Bufcx, 3886 81 1944 17 5 7756 3 5
' py to observe the prevailing disposition of the peo
' ple to strengthen the confeceration, preserve publick
' faith, regulate trade, and :n a proper guard over
' continental magazines and frontier posts; in a gene
' ra! system of militia, in forefeeing attention to the
' navy, to ensure every kind of fafety. May this im
' menfe temple of freedom ever stand a lesson to op
' preflion, an example to the oppressed, a fanduary
' for the rights of mankind ! and may these happy
' United States attain that complete fplendour and
' prosperity which will illustrate the blessings of their
' government, and, for ages to come, rejoice the de
' parted fouls of its founders.
' However unwilling to trespass on your time, I
'muft yet present you with grateful thanks for the late
' favours of Congress; and never can they oblige me
' so much as when they put it in my power, in every
' part of the world, to the latest day of my life, to gra
' tify the attachment which will ever rank me among
' the most zealous and refpedful servants of the United
' States.'
intitled, An Afi for the relief of persons holding
publick securities, and for other purposes therein
mentioned, pa/Ted the second day of September, Se
venteen Hundred and Eighty-four, shall be, and the
faulty is hereby repealed.
Faffed at Trenton, December 8, 1784.
Amusement and Inftruclion!
H'llliam Prichard,
Bookseller, from Philadelphia,
Requests Leave to inform the Gentlemen of Trenton,
and the Country adjacent, that he has feleded
a choice and curious Variety of
FOOD for the M I N D,
Confiding of a very Valuable, Entertaining, and In
ftruCtive,
COLLECTION of BOOKS,
" THE Members of The Trenton Soci
ety for Improvement in ufeful Know
ledge, are desired punctually to attend the
Society at the Academy, on Wednesday
Evening next, fix of the Clock.
Maskell ewing, j un . Scc'ry.
T~O B^E S~O~L 'll
A Young Negro Wench,
24 years of age, and a child 9 months old—fold for
no fault, but want of employ —
Enquire of the Printer.
WHEREAS IfrTD^
Ration of the British army in December,
1776, the fubferiber loft the title deeds of a certain
lot of land containing about ten acres, situate in
the townfllip of Chefterfield, in the county of Bur
lington, and bounded by lands of lfaac Cowgill, Es
quire, John Sager, Abel Thorn, and others, which
deeds have not since been found; for remedy where
of, he intends to apply to the Supreme Court to be
held in Trenton on the firft Tuesday in April next,
in order to have the title of Lid lot assured to him,
as by law in such case made and provided—of which
all persons concerned are desired to take notice.
ISAAC IVINS.
Chefterheld, December 14, 1784. J3W*
T BE s OTTd"
or RENTE D,
Any time between this and the firft of March next,
APLANIAFION containing one hundred and
fifty acres of land, in Hopewell, on the river
road, eight miles from Trenton. There are on the
premises a good dwellinghoufe and barn ; the stand
is very convenient for any publick business, and has
been kept as a tavern these forty years. There are
forty acres of woodland, an orchard, and a well of
water at the door. 1 here is a fufficient quantity of
meadow for the place. For further particulars en
quire of the fubferiber, on the premises.
ANDREW MERSHON.
December 15, 1784. 4w«|
r |?AKEN up and confined in
the gaol of Trenton, Hunterdon county, and
state of New-Jersey, 3 negro men, one named Jack,
about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, about thirty years of
age, and fays he belongs to Robert Montgomery, ii
Mill-Creek Hundred, in Newcastle county, and state
of Delaware. One other negro man by the name of
George Potter, about 23 or 24 years of age, about 5
feet 10 inches high, who fays he belongs to James
Croffan, living in Mill-Creek Hundred, in Newcastle
county, and state aforefaid. One other negro man
who calls himfelf Francis Lewis ; he is about 23 years
of a ge, 5 feet 10 inches high, with a fear over his righc
eye, left handed, and his leit leg much larger than his
right; fays he was born in Prince George county, in
Virginia, in John Andrew's family, and that his mas
ter gave him his freedom twelve months ago. The
mallets of said negroes are requested to apply and pay
the cost, or they will be fold for the fame in four weeks
from the date hereof, by
n DANIEL GANOJE, Gaoler.
N. B. T he Printers of the Pennsylvania papers are
requested to insert the above advertisement in their
papers.
December jB, 1784. , w
Which he will dispose of by
PUBLICK AUCTION,
On Monday evening the 20th of December, 1784, and
for three Succeeding evenings, at the courthouse,
Where those, whose chiefeft luxury is the refinement
of reason, are requeued to attend, and embrace
this favourable opportunity of purchasing (at their
own prices) the works of the most eminent authors
in history, biography, voyages, travels, mathema
ticks, husbandry, gardening, navigation, novels, po
etry, plays, law, phyfick, divinity, &c. &c. Hours
of tale from 6 to 9 o'clock each evening.