The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-12-26 00:00:00, page 1

[Vol. IX.] T HE [Numb. 398.]
NEW IFI?QTY r A 7frTfw
CHA. THOMSON, Sec'ry.
[The printers of the several States are
requested to insert the above in their pa
pers,] 6m
Lately imported from England, and other
parts of Europe, by
PETER WIKOFF,
AND to be fold at his store, in Second-street,
about half way between Arch and Race-streets,
a great variety of dry goods, &c. which he will dil
pofe of at a much lower advance than what is usual,
on account of his intending to quit that branch of
business entirely, and therefore wishes to fell the
whole of his remaining stock of goods on hand as
speedily as possible. Great encouragement will be
given to those who will purchase large quantities
for ready money, or even on short credit. Ihe pa
per money iflued for the payment of interest, due to
publick creditors of this date, will be taken for any
goods, equal to gold and silver. New-Jersey reve
nue money will also be taken for said goods.
Among which are coatings, sorest cloths, fuper
fine broadcloths of the belt kind, caffimers, fluffs
of various forts, check linens, mens' and womens'
beaver, buckficin, kid and worsted gloves, flockings,
short nails, brass candlesticks in great quantities,
crates of queen's-ware, Merfeilles quilting, Britania
linens, moreens, &c. &c. &c.
Philadelphia, Nov. 17, 1785. 7W
Shad and Herring Seine TWINES,
SNOWDEN and NORTH
Have for file at their store on
Spruce-Street wharf.
A QUANTITY of shad and herring seine twines,
equal to any ever imported, both for finenefs
and the quality of the hemp, and made to a pattern
suitable to the fifheries up the Delaware; which they
will fell by the hogshead or smaller quantity. They
also have cork, lead and landlines, of their own ma
nufactory, which they will insure good.
Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1785. 6w
TO BE SOL D,
A NEGRO MAN,
ABOUT twenty-three years of age,
brought up to farming, in full
health, hearty and strong. Enquire of
John Stryker, at Six Mile Run.
Dec. 9, 1785. 4^* .
By the United States in Con
gress assembled,
NOVEMBER 2, 1785.
ON a report of the board of treasury,
to whom was referred a letter of the
24th Odober, from J. Pierce, commissi
oner of army accounts :
Resolved, That all persons having
claims for services performed in the mili
tary department, be directed to exhibit
the fame for liquidation, to the commifli
oner of army accounts, on or before the
firft day of August ensuing the date here
of; and that all claims under the descripti
on above-mentioned, which may be exhi
bited after that period, shall forever there
after be precluded from adjustment or al
lowance; and that the commissioner of
army accounts, give publick notice of
this resolve, in all the states, for the space
of fix months.
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS, Printer to the State.
MONDA Y, December 26, 1785.
Mr. Collins,
YOU will oblige one of your customers
by inserting the following by way of an
swer to the question so commonly put,
viz. What is the reason we cannot make
paper money as good now as before the
war?
I shall beg leave to elucidate this question by ask
ing a few more, as,
What is paper money? Are not the bills so many
promissory notes, for the redemption or payment of
which the faith of the state is pledged ? Does not the
value of all promissory notes depend on the idea
which the holder entertains of the ability, inclination
and punctuality of the giver? Have the people that
confidence in the ability, inclination and punctuality of
government, in the payment of their debts, which
they had before the war? If not, the question is an
swered ; —but let us proceed a little further Will
not every person holding a promissory note lose all
confidence in it when he finds that the giver either
cannot or will not pay it according to contrast? When
he finds the giver either refuting or evading payment,
and has it not in his power to compel him, will he
not fell such note for whatever he can get for it? Is
not this exactly the case with regard to the notes al
ready given by the state? When you present a depre
ciation or contractor's note, which has been due for
years, to the treasurer who is agent for the state, is
not his answer, 'I cannot pay it ?' Was this the case
before the war? If you ask him only for the interest
is not his answer commonly, 'I have not money, I
cannot pay it?' Was this the case before the war? If
you present a continental state money bill to him
which you have received from the fame treasury
equal to specie, is not his answer, 'I am not autho
rized to pay you more than one third of what you
have given for it?' Was this the case before the war?
If you present him a militia pay note, is not his an
swer, ' there is no provision made for payment !'
As we are obliged to borrow all our ideas of pub
lick dealings from private tranfa&ions, 1 would beg
leave to afl< what we should think of a person who
could act thus in private life? For instance, should
we hear a man tell one of his creditors I have not
money, I cannot pay your note, nor even the in
terest upon it:-another, I will not pay you more than
one third part ofyour note, altho' I confefs I received the
full value of it from you, yet as my credit has been
so bad that some people have been glad to fell fume
of my notes (for 1 have given many of them) for one
third part of their nominal value, so I am determined
to pay them all at that rate or not pay them at all:
to a third, it is true I owe you so much money as
your note fpecifies, but when I gave it I never thought of
paying it, and have never yet thought of any method
of doing it; you fee I have promised you interest up
on it, cannot you be contented till I have time to
think of some way of railing the money, when I will
pay you the principal and interest together, at present
I shall pay you neither—should we, after hearing these
things again and again, be very fond of taking such
a person’s note ? And where is the difference between
all these notes and paper money? Are they not all
exactly on the fame foundation, the so often proved
faith of the state? If any man can fit down seriously,
and answer all these questions to himfelf, and then
ask why we cannot make paper money as good now
as it was before the war, the author confeffes he
knows nothing abou( the business.
But, methinks, I hear some of my readers fay, if
this money was to be let out on loan, the lands mort
gaged would be a security to the state for the repay
ment; agreed, go on ! and if they were made a legal
tender, your observations about my unwillingness to
take those notes, as you call them, would fall to the
ground, for I could pay my debts with them at all
events; true, but would that make the person who
must receive them from you any 'more willing to take
them, or would your land, being given in security to
the state, be any security to him that you should not
depreciate them before they came to be repaid? no,
gentle reader ! he would be justly apprehensive that
you would use every artifice in your power, and per
haps influence the legislature, to depreciate them, that
4 Votes and proceedings of the tenth general
afembly of the state of New-Jersey.
;_ ( Continued from our las.)
'petitions from sundry inhabitants of the
X county of Sufi'ex, praying an impost may be
i laid on all foreign merchandize imported into this
;ftate from the neighbouring states, which were read,
and ordered a second reading.
Ihe bill, intitled,' a supplement to an ad, intitled,
( an aft for regulating the election of members of the
• legislative-council and assembly, fheriffs and coroners
xof the state of New-Jersey, and of delegates to re-
) prefent the said state in the Congress of the United
I States,' was read a second time, and referred to the
next fitting.
lire bill, intitled, ' an ad for eroding part of the
! townfhip of Nottingham, in the county of Burling-
I ton, and part of the township of Trenton, in the
I county of Hunterdon, into a city, and tor incorpo
; rating the fame by the name of The city of Trenton,
} and for declaring the fame a free city and port for
I the term of twenty-five years,' was read a second
I time, debated, and ordered to be engrossed.
| 7 [he bill, intitled, 'an ad to naturalize Lucas
§ Van Beverhoudt, and confirm to him a title to his
;lands within the state of New-Jersey, was read a fe-
I cond time, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.
I The petition praying that the legislature would
I take into confederation the situation of the negroes
I who are saves in the state, and prevent the importa
ition of any more of them, and provide for the gra-
I dual abolition of slavery, was read a second time;
Whereupon,
I A motion was made by mr. R. S. Smith, second
ledI ed by mr. T. Clark, that a committee be appointed to
I prepare and bring in a bill for preventing the impor
-Itation of slaves, and for the gradual abolition of (la-
I very.
To which motion an amendment was moved by
;mr. A. Clark, seconded by mr. Cook, that the moti
ion do read as follows; That a committee be appoint
led to prepare and bring in a bill for preventing the
limportation of slaves into this state, and to autho
irize the manumiflion of slaves under certain re^ula-
Itions; on the question, whether the house agree to
the said amendment? It was carried in the affirma
| tive; on the question, whether the house agree to
lthe said motion as amended? It was carried in the
affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. A. Clark, R, S. Smith, Biddle, J.
Smith, Cooper, T. Clark, Sinnickfon, Hall, Sharp, .
Lambert, Houghton, Cook, 'Burgin, Bowen, Shep
pard, Speaker..
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe,
Bonney, Bunn, Blair, Kelly, Baker, Swain, Starke,
Arnold, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longffreet.
Whereupon,
Ordered, That Messrs. P A. Clark, J. Smith and
Cooper, be a committee for that pwrpofe.
1 he bill, intitled, ' an aft fubjeding every part of
any'fhare of propriety, and'rights to unlocated lands
in tl^ state of New-Jersey, to the payment of debts,
and directing the mode of proceeding thereon,' was
iread a fecond* time, and committed to meffrs. A.
I Clark and J. Smith.
The house adjourned till Monday nrorning ten
of the clock.
Monday, November 14, 1785.
The house met.
A petition from Samuel Meeker, of the county of
Sufiex, was read, accompanied with sundry accounts
and a bill of costs taxed at £, 23 16 3, and praying,
so you might, by the file of a pair of oxen, raise
money enough to pay for a farm, as you have seen
done by others, if you have not done it yourfelf with
in a few years past.
To be honest to yourfelf, suppose such money
should be made now, would you as freely receive it
for any property you have to fell, supposing you do
not owe the money, as you would have done before
the war? When you had received it, would you
lay it by in your chest, for use in a future day, as
free from fear of depreciation as you did before the
war? HOMO.