The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-05-06 00:00:00, page 3

Extras oj an^vr tetter from the fame place, dated
,May I, X 778.
'' Last week a lieutenant and twenty-eighu men,
belonging to a party Commanded by Capt. M Clean
(but then detached) were furprized and made pri
feners by the enemy."
We hear that a detachment of about ±OOO foot
and 20b of the British cavalry left Philadelphia on
Friday morning Lift before day, and a little after
sunrise they penetrated as tar aS the Crooked Billet,
in Bucks county, about 16 miles from Philadelphia,
where they attacked General Lacey's picket, who,
after a brave reliance, being overpowered by num
bers, were obliged to give WAy b But the particulars
are not yet come to hand..
We afro learn that 2 considerable body of the enemy
landed a few days ago at Cooper's ferry, opposite
Philadelphia, in order to cove- a number of wood
rutters-^who are procuring wood for the transports.
Saturday fc'nnight John Tayler, a Serjeant belong
ing to Coh Baylor's regiment of light-dragoons, as
he Was riding along street in this town, being
qnor, fell from his horie, and was so much bruited,
that he died in a short time after.
We are informed by good authority that General
Lee, Col. Miles, Col. William Lyin, Major Weft,
with about fifty others, Were a few days ago ex
changed.
*, the Independent Whig, and the piece
jigged A.DOtPHUs, are come to band, cndjball be duly
aitendd to.
fl, Wefauld be glad of an interview with the au
thor of the piece Jigned A Citizen.
JOSEPH Tetberilly Burlington ; Elizabeth Green,
J Haddonfield; William Fandran, Hides-Iown;
Capt. Hamelin, Bordentown ; Capt. Beniamin Daws ;
Daniel Bray, New-Brunswick ; Robert Freeman, ( %)
Georgi Dillwyn, Burlington; Samuel Young; fohn
Bi/bop, Bordentown ; Capt. John M' Nachta'% An
cocus Creek; Mar, Reeves, Cranberry ; Elizabeth
Adams, AmwCll; Capt, Kenneth Hanhefon, Free
hold; iViiliam Marjball, Gloucester County; An
drew Hedge, Bordentown; Yf Beem, Trenton;
Diomas Bunting, Burlington County. iw||
New-Brunswick, April 15, 1778.
LAST night made his escape, out of the goal in this
town, Charles Ford, belonging to the service of
the United States, in the thirteenth battalion of Penn
sylvania troops ; had on when be went away, a green
coat faced with red, a buff-coloured jacket, leather
breeches, yarn flockings, and half worn ihoes. It is
supposed he will make the best of his way for the ene
my, as some person has assisted him in getting off his
hand-cuffs. Whoever takes up the said Ford, and fe-
Cures him in any gaol, so that I may get him again,
ffiall have fifteen dollars reward, and all reasonable
Charges, paid by JOHN VANKIRK, Sheriff of
Middlesex county. ,
Wanted immediately,
1 MAN with a small family, who underßands
" farming, and something of a saw-mill, and keep
ing of cattle. Such a one, coining well recommend
ed, will meet with the best encouragement, and the
highest wages, by applying to Ijaac ^od, inn-keeper
inMountholly : Likewise a Carter, applying as above,
will meet with the like encouragement. '3W ||
Mountholl,, Ma, 2, 1778.
A LIST of LETTERS now in the Pof-Office
at Trenton.
Whereas 1 the subscriber did, on the 27th of
last month, purchase a black HORSE, known
by the name of the Dutch Minister's black, of Am
well, of a certain David Cock, of Readington, and
in the evening of the said day he delivered, in the
dark, a horse 23 years old to defraud me ; and now
refufes to give me the horse. This is to forewarn
all persons not to trade with the said David Cock
for the horse, as I am determined to have him.
^v* NICHOLAS EGBERT,
Readington, May 2, 1778,
npo all persons interested in the lands adjoining on
I both tides of Manamufkin creek, in the county
of Cumberland: These are to acquaint them, that
the fubferibers intend to apply to the Legislature of
the State of New-Jersey, at their next fitting on the
27th of May instant, for a law to enable the owners
and pofTeffors to ered a dam, bank, and other works
across the said creek, to flop out the tide from over
flowing the meadows. HENRY REEVE,
3^,1,1778. ISAAC BUSBY. 4 w||
"ATOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to
the Millstone Lottery, either by single tickets or
in clubs, that they pay off the respective demands, on
or before the firft Monday in June next, cither to
the managers or to the executors of the managers
that are deceased, or to the persons from whom they
perchafed their tickets: And all persons who have
taken tickets for sale, are requeued to meet the ma
nagers at Millstone Court-house, on the above-said
day, at ten o'clock, to render an account of the
tickets they have fold, and of the money they have in
hand. Those who neglect to comply with this re
quest, may be assured that such measures will be
taken as will compel them to a compliance thereto.
William Verbryck, )
Aprils, 1778. HendryVandike, § Managers.
BY the advice of the fcveral members of the Synod
of New-York and Philadelphia, it is proposed
that the ensuing annual meeting ot that reverend body
be held at Bedmintber, in the county of Somerset,
in the State of New-Jersey, on the third Wednefdhv
of May next, at ten o'clock A.M. at which time and
place the members of Synod arc requested to attend.
April s, CT^ J. CARMICHAEL, S,n. Modr.
WANTED immediately a number of good wag
goners for the Continental Arm, ; thole that
arc well (killed in driving teams and taking care of the
cattle, and will engage for one ycai's service, ihall
receive Ten Pounds per Month for Wages, and a luit
of clothes for bounty, after fix months^ service upon
good behaviour. Apply to the Waggon Master Ge
neral to be engaged, in camp at the Valley Forget
April 28, 1778. Nathaniel Greene, QJVEG.
SUCH vouchers as are out-finding, to be lodged
with Col. Sullivan, nt the Quarter-maker's office
In Trenton, he giving certificates of the fame, and
transmitting the vouchers t> me, to be laid before
General Mifflin, and the money ihall be drawn and
transmitted to him for payment.—Those for the
light-horse forage certificates at and near Pennington
and Trenton, from their going to Jersey to the 25th
of January.—The vouchers and certificates to be
numbered CLEMENT BIDDLE, C. G.F.
Move-ball, April 18, 1778..
Eafon, April z 6, 1778.
W A N T E D,
For the USE of the UNITED STATES,
A Number of experienced TEAM DRIVERS, to
serve for one year from the time of their inlift
ment; they are to be paid at the rate of ten pounds
per month. They may inlift with me at Eafton, Col.
Jacob Weft in Suilex county, at Bethlehem with Mr.
John Okcly, or with Mr. Anthony Lerch in Lower
Saucon, when, if required, they hall receive ten
pounds advanced pay, and at the expiration of fix
months, if they produce a certificate from the W ag
gon-Mafter General, that they behaved well, they
Ihall then each receive as a bounty, a new suit of
clothes. —-I want to hire a number of F O U R
HORSE TEAMS, completely fitted for service.
For terms apply at mv office, or to Colonel Weft.
ROBERT L. HOOPER, Jun.
6wf I). QM. General.
Camp, Valle, Forge, March 25, 1,78.
THE several Assistant Commissaries of Purchase in
l the States of New-Jersey, Pemifylvania, Dela
ware and Maryland, as also the counties of Orange
and Ulster, in the State of New-York, are most car
heftly requested to bring in their accounts of purchases
to my office, at camp, by the 20th of April next.
Those who cannot conveniently fettle at camp, will
give their attendance at York-Town, before the 25th
of May, as the fubferiber intends to repair there, to
receive and fettle all the accounts of purchases in the
Middle Department. Such as negle& to make appli
cation in the above-mentioned time, their accounts
will be deemed as given gratis to the Publick.
t. f. b. ' EPH. BLAINE, D. C. G.of P.
AT Garritfon's tavern, in the county of Somerset,
" on Saturday, the ninth of May next, sundry forts
of houfchold furniture, among which is an elegant
eight-day clock, a bed, tables, chairs, knives and
forks, pewter dishes and plates, brass kettles, &c. The
vendue to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon, where
attendance will be given by the fubferiber, or a per
lon an the spot. Samuel H. Sullivan, Adminift.
Trenton, April 28,1778. iw||
150 Dollars Reward.
CTOLEN out of the mill of Moore Furman, Esq.
O at Pitts-Town, at different times,' live barrels of
rum, the property of the United States. Any person
that will difeover the thief or thieves, so that they
may be brought to conviction, ihall be entitled to the
above reward, paid by J. Johnston, A. C. of Iffucs.
Pitts-Town, April 17, 1778. jw||
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, living in
Lower Makefield, Bucks county, the 20th of
this instant, a brown horse, a roan horse, and a black
mare with foal. The owner or owners are desired to
come, prove their property, pay charges, and take
them away. ISAIAH VANSANT.
April Q 1778. jw||
IX/ HEREAS it is justly fufpe&ed that many persons
" in this and the adjacent counties may have in
their possession, by concealment or otherwise, horses
and other effe&s belonging to the United States.——
Notice is therefore hereby given to all such, that they
forthwith deliver up the fame to me, in Eafton, or
forne of my deputies, otherwise, on failure, they may
expert to be prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the
law. All persons who know of, or can difeover any
such concealed property, are hereby requeued to give
immediate information thereof; for which, besides
the fatisfatlion of doing their country so efiential a
service, they Ihall be handsomely rewarded.
Eafon, April 20,1 ROBERT L. HOOPER, Tun.
1778. 5 I). QM. Gen. 6w*
To be Sold at Publicly Vendue,
Ten Dollars Reward.
„ AN-AWAY from the fubferiber, living in Great
Egg-harbour, Gloucester county, on the 13th of
April lall, a NEGRO MAN, named Sambo, a well
built fellow, about twenty-seven years of age ; had on
and took with him, a homespun great coat of a whites
ilh colour, a drab-coloured jacket with sleeves, and
one without sleeves, dowlas trousers, black yarn
flockings, old Ihoes, round hat, and three shirts; two
of them new. 'Tis supposed he will endeavour to
get to Philadelphia Whoever takes up the said
Negro, and fecurcs him in any gaol, lothat his master
may get him again, Ihall have the above reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by me
3w|l Joseph M'Culloh.
Great harbour, Ma, 4, 1778.,
Carlifc, April 18, 177*'
Wanted immediately,
A Number of good TRADESMEN, that are single,
such as Carpenters, Smiths of all branches.
Armourers, Gun-stockers or Wheelwrights. Any of
the above Tradesmen that are willing to serve them
fclvcs and country, shall, by applying to Cap. Wylie,
at the £,and Continental works at the above-menti
oned place, receive twenty dollars bounty, thirty dol
lars each man per month pay, one suit of clothes per
year, and' a ration and a half each man per day, and
good quarters.
3w ll—_Thomas Wylie, Capt. Art. Artific.
I^IVE Hundred Acres of LAND to be fold, situated
. on the banks of the pleasant river Raritan, count,
of Somerset, and State of New-Jersey, about thirteen
miles above New-Brunswick, in the midst of a well
fettled country, and agreeable neighbourhood ; about
one hundred acres are cleared, and fubjedlto one
year's parole lease, oh which there is a frame house,
barn and young orchard, and the whole in good fence,
the residue is in timber of the largest and best kinds,
from which great quantities of ftaves may be made,
and readily fold to the millers in the vicinity, of which
there arc several from two to fix miles distant, who
are all purchasers of wheat and other country pro
duce. The foil exceeds most of the lands in these
parts in quality, near a quarter part thereof being
very rich deep black swamp, which, when cleared
from the timber, may with very small ditches be turn
ed into the best of meadow or wheat land. Besides
these advantages fluid and other fait water fifh arc
taken in the river in the fprirfg, and frefh water fifh all
the year round. Produce may in the spring of the
year be transported by water in flat-bottomed boats
to New-Brunswick: All which are advantages to be
met with in few farms. For conditions of sale apply
to Samuel Staats Coejemans, Esq, living opposite to,
and who will shew the premifec, or the fubferiber,
at Beverwyck, near Morris-Town, Morris County,
New-Jersey. ABRAHAM LOTT;
Who has for sale, London white lead in lump, silk
and hair twist, scars coat and vest buttons, black horn
ditto, Jamaica spirits, &c.
April 16; 1778. gw||
r r II E Publick will plcafe to take notice, that we,
I the fubferibers, have rode post four months, and
undertook to carry the New-Jersey Gazette to the
fubferibers in Eflex county, and other places, at our
own rifque, not knowing when we undertook the
business, what we should be able to ride for. we can,
however, now alfure the Publick, that we carry the
papers as cheap as we can afford: Wherefore the
fubferibers in Princeton are to - pay us one dollar per
annum ; in Brunswick and Qyibblctown, twelve flail
lings; and in Eflex county, two dollars. And we
define that those who have not advanced any money
for us, would pleafc to pay one half of their rate to
those gentlemen who have taken in the fubferiptions
for said paper, as we arc a great deal out of pocket,
and travelling expences are very heavy.
JOHN HEDDEN,
ALEXANDER ANDERSON.
WILK E S,
A Beautiful bay horse, nine years old, and at least
fifteen hands and an inch high, the property of
General Nathaniel Heard, will cover mares at the
house of Abraham Van Dick, near New-Germah
town, at fix pounds proc, the teaforl. He was bred by
Col. Gant, and got by Samuel Galloway, Efqr's. well
known running horse Selim, that started on the Phila
delphia course in the ye^r 1762, with True Briton, for
the large sum of 1000/ ; and tho' Briton then was, and
still is, allowed to be one of the best running horse%
on this Continent, Selim beat him with case. His
grand fire, Col. Talker's Othello, came out of Col.
Gant's Milley, who was the dam of True Briton,
Britannia, Liberty, and the Earl of Dunmore's fine
horse Regulus, allowed by the best judges to be the
most beautiful creature in Virginia, and a full bro
ther to Wilkes, got by Old Spark, and full sister to
Col. Hopper's Pacolet: Her dam was Queen Mab,
got by Mufgrave's gray Arabian, a most beautiful
horse, for whom he refufed five hundred guineas:
He was up at ten guineas a leap. His dam by the
Hampton Colt, Childers ; her grandam by his Chef
nut Arabian; her great grandam by Leeds; her
great great grandam was a Barb, brought over by Mr.
Marthall, and was the dam of Mr. Croft's Gray-
Hound.- —Mares will be properly attended ; and
pasture at 3s. gd. per week. aw||