The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-10-11 00:00:00, page 4

LONDO N, July 4.
On Saturday an express was received by Mont. Ca
valli, the Venetian Resident, that a conspiracy, let
on foot for the purpose of cutting off the Dog, with
the whole of the Council, had been difeovered thro
one of the conspirators, who had made a difclolure
of the plot, but a few hours before it was to have
taken place. His Excellency's advices add, that
many persons of note appear to have been concerned
in the conspiracy, and that preparations were mak
ing for bringing them to trial. The massacre was
to have been executed on the 12th.
Q 8. On Wednesday the report was made to
His Majesty in council of the convicts under lentence
of death, when the following were ordered tor exe
cution on the refpedive days and places hereunder
mentioned, viz. William McDonald, for beginning
to pull down the house and burn the furniture of
John Lebarty, in St. Catherine s -lane, near 1 owtr
hill ; and Mary Roberts and Charlotte Gardiner, for
affixing in demolishing the said Mr. Lebarty s house,
to be executed on Tower-hill, on Tuesday next :
William Brown, for assaulting Carter Daking in his
house in Bifhopfgate-ftreet, in the day time on the
7th ult. and robbing him of one Hulling, to be exe
cuted on Tuesday in Bifhopfgate-ftreet; Wlham
Pateman for beginning to pull down the house ot
Robert Charleton, in Coleman-street, to be hanged
next Tuesday in Coleman-street: Thomas Taplin,
Captain of a party of rioters, for robbing, under
threats, Mr. Mahon, of Bow-street, of half a crown ;
and Richard Roberts for being concerned in the de
molition of Sir John Fielding's house in Bow-street ;
lames Henry, for setting fire to Mr. Langdale s
dwelling house in Holborn ; Enoch Fleming, for
being concerned in demolishing the house of Ferdi
nand Schomberg, to be executed on Thursday next,
in Oxford-ftrect; Christopher Plumley, alias Wil
liams, for stealing a silver tankard in the house of
Alexander Sutherland ; he was capitally convided 111
February Sessions of a like offence, and respited, and
afterwards released by the rioters: To be executed
at Tyburn, 011 Thursday next.
TO BE SOL D,
'in TRENTON,
A few very large and elegant
Looking-Glasses,
a Wilton Carpet,
And sundry other things.
^ Enquire of the Printer.
Let the Public beware !
WHEREAS Capt. David Anderson obtained a
note from the fubferiber, for the payment of
^he sum of one thousand pounds continental money,
bearing date the 14th of September last, payable in
two or tliree weeks after date: I hefe are tiierefoic
to forwarn all persons not to take an alignment of
the fame, as 1 am determined not to pay the fame,
it being obtained illegally, without value received.
Given under my hand, at Chefterfield, the 3d of
October, 1780.
^ w * John Wood, jun.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
BROKE out of Trenton gaol last night, a certain
Matthias Simcock, of a fma<ll Nature, about 45
years of age ; also one John Van Hile, a low Dutch
man, near 6 feet high, and 48 years of age. Who
ever takes up laid persons, and delivers them to the
fubferiber, Ihall have the above reward, or Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars for either, paid by
PETER HULICK, Gaoler
Trenton. October 3, 1780.
TO BE SOLD,
For Hard Money or Continental,
A TRACT of LAND containing about 1000
acres, lying in the Corporation of New-
Bruntwick, on South-River, joining the island be
longing to John Lawrence, Esq. late Mayor of
Philadelphia : The place is well situated, having a
good house and excellent orchard on it, and frefh
meadow that will cut yearly at least one hundred
loads of hay, a fhad-filhery within thirty yards of
the house, where great quantities of them are
taken in the season, with other fifh. The land is
well timbered and convenient for the New-York
market, having commodious landing places for
boats of ten cords, from which place a number
were employed to the New-Yoik market. For
further particulars enquire of Levinus Clarkfon,
at New-Brunswick, Jacobus Van Zandt, at Morris-
Town, or Joseph Milnor, at Trenton, who will
agree for the fame. An indisputable title will be
given. October 1,1780. 3*
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inferred for Two Thirds of a
Dollar hard Money each the firft Week, and One Sixth for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion, or the
Exchange in continental Currency—and by whom Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received.
WANT E D,
TW 0 experienced Harponiers in the whaling
business, to enter the firft day of November
next, to whom good encouragement will be given
by Henry Guest at New-Brunlwick.
N. B. None need apply without having proper
vouchers of their dexterity in the business.
To be SOLD at public Vendue,
On Tuesday the 17th day of October inftapt,
at the house of the Widow Marlatt, in the
townfllip of Mansfieldwoodhoufe, Sussex county,
near Squires-Point :
HORSES, colts, oxen, cattle, sheep, ploughs
and harrows, one waggon, many farming
utensils, late the property of John Marlatt, deceased.
All persons that have any demands on the said
estate are requeued to call on
Garret Rafalje,? Executors.
2f Wm. Creveling, )
T O BE SOL D,
By publick Vendue,
On Saturday the 28th of October, inst. at the house
of William and Robert Chambers, in the town
fnip of Windsor, and county of Middlesex;
AN elegant black COVERING HORSE, y-Sths
blooded; milch Cows, one yoke of working
Oxen, Sheep, a light Pleasure Waggon, Ploughs
and Harrows, with a variety of other farming uten
sils too tedious to mention.
October 2, 1780.
Tobe SOLD at publick Vendue,
On Wednesday, the 25th instant, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, at the subscriber's Potting-work
in Trenton,
A TRACT of LAND containing two hundred
and sixty acres, all wood land except fifty acres,
which is mostly cleared. There is an incumbrance
of a lease on said fifty acres of a female's life, who
is now upwards of eighty years of age. It has an
improvement on it of a small house, stable and
orchard, and lays within two miles and a halt of
Trenton, lituate on the road from the upper ferry to
Allen-town. It will be set up in one or two lots, as
may best suit the purchasers. A good and lawful
title will be given, and any person inclining to view
the premises before the day of sale may apply to the
fubferiber, who will receive lawful or continental
money in payment : and will likewise take in part
New-Jersey Quartermasters certificates.
B. HANLON.
Trenton, October 4th, 1780. _
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of the pasture of the fubferiber,
in Amwell, Hunterdon county, near Henry
Merfhon's tavern, (formerly Ringo's tavern) on
Monday the 25th of September ult. at night, a
grey draught HORSE, fourteen years old, about
14 . hands and 2 inches high, a natural trotter, with
a fear in his forehead. Any person that secures the
thief and brings me the horse, or gives information
so that I may have him again, shall have the above
reward, or Two Hundred Dollars for the horse,
with reasonable charges.\
Oa. 2, 1780. 3* John Lequear.
STRAY COWS."
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, a
bout the 10th of August last, two cows, one
a brindle with a flit in the right ear, and a crop off
the left, the other a red one without mark ; they
have since both calved, and I have taken them into
pasture. The owner is requested to prove his pro
perty, pay charges, and take them away.
SAMUEL HILL.
Amwell, September 28, 1780. 3^
TO BE SOLD, by
JAMES SCHURMAN,
In New-Brunswick,
At the lowest rates for cash or produce ;
BEST Weft India Deerskins,
rum, Earthenware,
Mufeovado sugar, Shore salt, -
Best bohea tea, Pipes,
Coffee, chocolate, T obacco,
Pepper, allspice, Snuff,
Brimstone, Pasteboards,
Indigo, Nutmegs,
Sewing silks, Spelling books,
Threads, tapes, Primers,
Kniting needles, Powder and fliot.
Silk handkerchie 3t
A S WO R D.
A SWORD was found the *4th of August, on the
road from Coryell's Ferry to the South Branch
of Raritan. The owner by proving his property and
paying the expence of this advertisement, may have
it again by applying at the Poft-Officc in Trenton.
September 12, 1780.
Philadelphia, August 29, 1780.
TO
GERMAN DESERTERS.
NOTICE is hereby given that all German de
serters from the armies of Great-Britain will
meet with proper encouragement for enlisting ir-the
Royal Regiment of Deuxponts, and of the Duke of
Lauzun's huffais, both which corps are now ferviog
in America under the command of Monsieur le
Comte de Rochambeau.
Application must be made to Col. Nicola, at the
Barracks, or at Mr. Peter Hays's, in Tbird-ftreet,
near Race-street, where an officer of each corps will
be found.
N.B. The advantages of all kind granted to those
who will make use of this opportunity, whether with
refpeft of the bounties, or of victuals and clothes,
have already collected a large number of deserters
in Philadelphia. They have the choice of enlisting
in the hufi'ars, commanded by the Duke of Lauzun,
who is in Rhode-Bland at the head of a Legion, or
in the German regiment called Zweybriick or Roy
al Deuxponts, commanded by the Count of Deux
ponts.
Trenton, September 22, 1780.
WHERE AS the Honourable the Congress, be
ing delirous of doing all poflible justice to
the citizens of the United States, have resolved,
That upon report being made to them of the money
due in each state to the inhabitants thereof, war
rants will immediately issue for the payment of the
fame :
Therefore the fubferiber requests and hopes, that
all persons having any demands against the Quar
termasters and Foragers in this state for any debt
contrasted, or service done, between the 2d day of
March 1778, and the 20th day of September 1780,
will immediately bring in the fame to the person
who made the contrast or purchase, in order that
the fame may be adjusted and reported. And the
fubferiber being very desirous of accomplishing this
business with all possible dispatch, proposes to give
attendance at his office in Trenton all the month of
October next.
The fubferiber also requests all persons within
this state, having any publick property in their
hands, or knowing of any in the hands of any other
person, immediately to return or report the lame to
the nearest (^uartermafter, or to him. Any person
secreting publick property after this notice, will be
prosecuted according to law.
MOORE FURMAM,
Late D. Q_M. Gen. New-Jersey.
T'O BE S O'L'D,
Peremptorily for Cash,
TWO good HOUSES, with their appurte
nances, in Trenton. Enquire of the Print
er. Also some Bed Furniture, &c. gw#
ROBERT EASTBUR N,
OF NEW-BRUNSWIC K,
Hath for SALE, for Cash or Country Produce,
TW O Houses and Lots of ground, situate in
the township of Hillfborough, county of So
merset, at the place called Coughtown; the one a
new unfinifhed house, with a barn; the other is
rented till next May, but may then be entered up
on. Said Eaftburn hath also for sale, for cash or
country produce, good Weft-India rum, spirit, , ^e,
Holland gin, molasses, tea, sugar, coffee, chocolate,
alfpice, ginger, pepper, fnuff, indigo by the quanti
ty, rozin, primers, &c. Also sundry kind of dry
goods as usual.
STRAYE D,
On or about the 15th instant, from the plantation
of Gen. Lewis Morris, near Rocky-Hill, Somer
set county,
A DUN MARE, near fourteen hands high, a
natural pacer, about five or fix years old,
and has a fear upon one of her flanks. Whoever
returns the above mare at the said plantation, or
gives information so that (he may be recovered, shall
be handsomely rewarded, and all reasonable charg
es paid at the above place, gw* Sept. 28th.