The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1779-05-05 00:00:00, page 4

TRENTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Four Dollars each
the firft Week, and Two Dollars for every Continuance ; and long Ones in Proportion,
farmer who pays ten pounds in the tax this spring
collecting, would have to pay about thirteen towards
a whole year's expence of the war. There would
then be no enlarging of our national debt, no in
tereftto be paid, no unnecefTary loan-officer's to be
maintained. —Who then in good cohfcience, can
oppose so salutary and necessary a mcafure? It ap
pears to me that none can nor will, but such as are
bent upon making their fortunes at the expence of
others ; or such enemies to their country as have
eagerly promoted this evil, and hoped for our ruin
from it, when they were forced to doubt the success
of the British arms.
As I am pleased to fee the community become sen
sible of the evils this depreciation has brought upon
us, I am willing that every method propoled for its
redress, should be thoroughly canvafied. As I was
writing my former number, the piece, Sir, in your
Gazette, signed Caius, fell into my hands. My eager
desire for the welfare of my country, urged me to
trace his plan in its nature and tendency.—As to his
idea of remedying the evil by taxes in the ordinary
way, I have given my reasons against in the course
of these numbers. His plan for doing it by annuities
would rather increase than diminish our distresses. I
humbly conceive that this plan supposes we are about
finking our national debt, as if the war was over,
whereas our daily expences multiply upon us in the
fame proportion as our money has depreciated. If
the next campaign is to cost New-Jersey fix millions
of pounds, will my friend in such case, think of
taking three hundred thousand pounds out of circu
lation, at twenty-seven thousand pounds annual
interest ?—Secondly, he does not seem to recollect
that three hundred thousand pounds now is actually
worth no more than twenty thousand original value ;
that the interest for one year after the money had
recovered its value, should be seven thousand pounds
more than the whole principal.
Thus, my fellow-citizens, I have laid before you
the different plans proposed for the recovery of the
loft value of our money. I have freely adopted that
for taxing the money itfeif. I have preferred doing
the whole of it at once, to that of the Real Farmer
doing it by twenty-five per cent. Because, I. The
absolute necessities ot our present affairs demands
such a step. 2. It will be eventually the fame to the
present owners of the money. If they get the value
of their money, is it not better to compleat the ex
change in one day than four or five years ? 3. It will
not give those opportunities to subtle and designing
men to impose upon the honest and more innocent,
that so long a time would do.
I have given my reasons in support of my opinions,
and leave you to judge. It is highly probable that
some, without hesitation, will condemn the plan I
have advised to be pursued, and perhaps, take the
trouble to attempt a confutation of my arguments. —
Of such I beg the favour to take up the true matter
in debate, which is not the raising taxes to pay the
national debt, but the recovery of depreciated value of
our money ; and therein to point out my fundamental
errors ; and I allure such, that I shall gratefully re
ceive conviction. And if any one shall point out
withall, a remedy more easy, just and efficacious, it
will ease my mind ofc much perplexity and trouble,
under which it has laboured many a day, on account
of the date of our national affairs.—if any should
attack me, not with solid arguments, but with fcur
rilitv, buffoonery and abuse, because I recommend a
plan, which, if put in execution, would effectually
fruftrate their schemes for enriching themselves, at
the expence of the labours and honestly acquired
pofieffions of ochers; 1 fay, the abuse of such, I
shall endeavour to treat in a manner becoming the
character of a patriot.
You, my friends and countrymen, who have
hitherto proved, and still muftprove the bulwark of
fafety, against the tyranny of Britain ; you have bore
the shock, and have hitherto proved the happy means
of our political salvation ; your valour and patriotism
have refeued a devoted people from the jaws of
exterior tyranny : It appears to me that one noble
effort more, against an internal evil, not less dangerous
than the former, and you will thereby bring the vessel
of our State within a fife harbour. —Should the plan
I have recommended, or any similar one, appear to
our Legislature, or our Representatives in Congress,
proper to be pursued, prudence will dictate to them
not to undertake so uncommon and bold a step,
without being previously assured that you will cor
dially support them in the execution, when resolved
upon. Therefore let me intreat you to resume your
former public spirit and patriotism, and boldly step
forth against our internal enemies, who, by the de
preciation of our currency, have laboured to cut the
sinews of our just defensive war; prepare petitions,
and present them to our honourable Legislature at
their.next meeting, praying them to endeavour a re
dress in the premises; assuring them that if they in
their wisdom shall fee fit to fall upon any such expe
dient, as herein before recommended, to recover the
value of the depreciated money, that you will faith
fully assist in carrying it into execution, and that
they would inftruCt their Representatives in Congress
accordingly. And as our internal policy is to us a
matter of the lag importance, demand of your Re-
prefentativeil that the minutes of their proceedings
be punctually published, immediately after every
meeting and session, in order that you may have a
better opportunity to judge who you may trust, than
you have hitherto had. Be careful, and commit
your mod important concerns only to men of probity,
prudence and merit, whose interest coincides with
yours, if such possibly may be had. lam confident,
my refpedted fellow-citizens, if you were sensible of
the dangerous Situation this deferable depreciation
has brought us in, you would, if you are real friends
to your country, drop all hopes of inrichirig your
selves by the recovery of its value, you would make
a cordial facrifice of all the surplus you possess of it,
and earnestly exert yourfelvcs in fcafonably procur
ing an effectual remedy.—May indulgent Heaven !
in his kind providence, direct to it, and fmilc farther
on our honest ftrpggles for liberty, property and
fafety, is the sincere and cordial prayer of him' who
takes delight, Sir, in fubferibing himfelf
Your's and his country's friend,
A true Patriot.
Mr. Collins, —Be pleased to subjoin this to myfixth
number. I apprehend some persons may be induced,
from the descriptive account I have given of myfelf
in your Gazette, No. 39, to fufpeCt that I am influ
enced only by felf-intereft, as my estate only lies in
real property. Again to blunt the edge of such wea
pons before an attack, I beg leave to inform such,
that Providence has placed me in cifcumftances of
life so as to defend myfelf, in case a tax on real pro
perty was to make good the depreciated money.
Suppose I could spare of real property to the amount
of fifteen hundred pounds original value, and reserve
fufficient for a comfortable fubliftence, then it is evi
dent, that would now fell for fifteen thousand. In case
I put that sum into our loan-office, it would draw
nine hundred pounds annual interest. Hence it is
manifeft, that if even money should be taxed in the
ordinary way, in proportion to lands, that I could
pay five hundred pounds annual tax for this money,
have four hundred over, and pursuant to the resolves
of Congress, in thirteen or fourteen years, raise this
part of my estate from fifteen hundred to fifteen
thousand: And where should I get this from ?I am
sure neither the income of the real property, nor the
lawful interest of the true value could never give me
a quarter of that sum. Then the answer is plain, it
mult come from oppressing my honest industrious
neighbour. If iinjuft felf-intereft swayed me, then
this should have been the plan I would have endea
voured to pursue. '
The notable H 0 RS E
R A GM U FF I N,
THE property of the subscriber, imported from
4 Pennsylvania, between 5 and 25 years of age this
grass, in bad order, will cover this season at the sign
ofthe grist-mill, within two miles of the church in Ra
way, at 39 i-6 dollars the season, and 19 1-6 dollars
the tingle leap, the money to be paid at the sign post.
RAGMUFFIN is a very ugly white horse, with
grey legs, main and tail, two black feet, Rar and
snip; he ; s of full size, thirteen hands high, badly
made for his height, and is allowed, by very indifferent
judges, to be one of the worst moving, indelicate,
and ill-looking horses in the state. His blood and pe
digree agreeable to his shape and movements. He
was got by Nimfhi, a noted horse, who, a few years
since, was rode by a gentleman, then an Adjutant in
a regiment of Lazy Greys, with universal ridicule.
Nimfhi's fire was Old Deformity, of whom he had
a very striking likeness ; his grandfire by Blunder,
who, when about to flart in a race, had the good
fortune to fall, breaking his own neck and that of
his rider. His brothers were Old Slack, Loggerhead,
Slumber, Sloth, Sluggard, Sloven, and Inactivity,
all infamous horses, their performances exactly cor
responding with their names. —Ragmuffin, though
wanting the beauties of those capital horses, is fully
podhffcd of all their deformities. He was taken in
1776, from Thomas Bugeye, Esq. who then had him
in keeping in Spank-Town, and was sent from New-
York by Mrs. Plantain,feized by a court of admiralty
constituted for that purpose, illegally condemned, and
as unlawfully fold. Those persons who choose to
have their mares covered by Ragmuffin, will be charg
ed no more than its per week for each mares pasture,
as they will feed on the common. Hard dollars will
be taken in payment, if manufactured in New-Jersey,
composed of block tin, bell metal, with a small mix
ture of silver, provided they ring clear. J. Stanbury.
N. B. The above horse being thought a dangerous
animal, two grooms will constantly attend him during
the season of covering, to prevent his doing the least
mifehief. The grooms will expert a small fee. And
as the proprietor is under apprehensions that some
design is formed against the laid horse, prays that
none offer to approach him in arms.
Philadelphia, April 10, 1779.
II E Publick are hereby advertised, that the real
X estates late of Joseph Galloway and Andrew Al
len, Esquires, late members of the Congress of the
Thirteen United Colonies, now States, of America,
for Pennsylvania; William Alien, the younger, Esq.
Sometime a Captain, and afterwards a Lieutenant
Colonel of a regiment or battalion of foot in the fer-
vice of the said United Colonies, now States, of Ame
rica; James Rankin and John Rankin, both late cf
the county of York, yeomen; Jacob Duchc, the
younger, late of the city of Philadelphia, late Chap
lain of the Congress of the said United States; Gil
bert Hicks, late of Bucks county, yeoman ; Samuel
Shoemaker, late Alderman of the city of Philadel
phia ; John Potts, late of Pottfgrove, in the county
of Philadelphia, yeoman; Nathaniel Vernon, late
Sheriff of Cheder county ; Christian Foutts, late Lieu
tenant Colonel of militia, in the county of Lancaster;
John Biddle, late of Berks county, yeoman, late col
ledtor of excise for the said county, and late a deputy
quartermaster of the army of the United States ; John
Roberts, late of the county of Philadelphia, miller;
Abraham Carlifl% house-carpenter; John Parrock,
yeoman; Philip Marchington, trader; Alexr. Bar
tram, trader; Joel Evans, merchant; John Hender
son, mariner ; Alexander Smith, blacksmith ; and Wil
liam Austin, yeoman, late keeper of the New-Jersey
Ferry; all late of the city of Philadelphia: Christo
pher Saur, the elder, late of Germantown, printer;
David Thomnfon, shipwright ; John Tolly, mariner ;
both late of Southwark ; Henry Hugh Ferguson, Esq.
(late commissary of prisoners for General Howe)
heretofore of Grxme-Park ; all late of the county of
Philadelphia ; John Ellwood, late of Bristol township,
m Bucks county, waterman ; Samuel Biles, late She
riff of Bucks county; Michael Witman and Henry
Skyles, husbandmen ; and George Reine, miller; all
late of Lancaster county: Curtis Lewis, blacksmith ;
and Richard Swanwick, heretofore of the custom
house of Philadelphia ; both late of Chester county,
yeomen; and Joseph Romich, late of Northampton'
county, yeoman, and John Young, heretofore of
Gr^me-Paik. in the county of Philadelphia, late of
the city of Philadelphia, gentleman : And Peter
Campbell, gentleman, and Isaac Allen, Esquire, at
torney at law, both late of Trenton, in the State of
New-Jersey; and Andrew Elliot, Esquire, now or
late of New-York city, in the State of New-York ;
and others, lituate, lying and being within divers
counties cf this State, forfeited to the life of the
Commonwealth by the attainder of the said persons,
and every of them, for high treason, will be fpeedily'
fold by publick auction or vendue, to the best and
highest bidders, exonerated and difeharged of all for
mer claims or demands made under any of the said
traitors, the said real estates to be assured to the buy
ers by deeds or conveyances, under the Seal of the
State, signed by the President or Vice-President in
Council, upon payment of the purchase money.
And all creditors and others arc hereby informed
that by an Aft of Assembly, entitled, " An Ad for
the attainder of divers traitors if they render not
themselves by a certain day, and for v^fting their e
°!''' in this Commonwealth, and tor more effe&uallv
discovering the fame, and for afeertaining the lawful
debts and claims thereupon," three months are al
lowed to all creditors and others, having claims and
demands on the personal estates late of the traitors a
forefaid, to exhibit the fame; the said three months
to be reckoned from and after the date of the entry
of such estates in the register kept by the Secretary of
the Supreme Executive Council; and in fix months
for all claims on the real estates, late of the traitors
atorefaid, to be reckoned from and after the date of
the entry of such real estates, on the register kept by
the Shenk of the county where such 'forfeited real
estate lies: All such claims and demands to be made
before the Judges of the Supreme Court in term time -
or in the vacation to the Chief Justice, written on
parchment or paper, signed by the parties making the
" ie ' r attorneys, or other representatives ;
testified by two or more subscribing witnesses, attest
ing the fame ; or in default thereof, every such claim
or demand to be void.
ANDWHEREAS by a Supplement to the Ad of
Afembly atoref,d, it is directed, “ that whenever
"Tended sales (the sales ofthe said real estates
forfeited as aforefaid) " shall be advertised, publick'
" be also given, that the creditors ofthe
. d traitors, and all claimants upon the said re-
Ipective estates, shall exhibit their several claims and
demands to the Justices of the Supreme Court, for
J payment or fatisfadion, as is by the said Ad di
“ rented, within fix months thereafter, if residents
within this State, or within twelve months, if re
hdents within any other of the United States, or
°ef° r -, er barred from the recovery thereof; pro
vided always nevertbelefs, that if any creditor o
-6 claimant shall at the time of s uc h notice given be
within the age of twenty-one years, feme covert,
non compos mentis, imprisoned, or beyond sea,
°™ '" c h persons shall be at liberty to exhibit
.nen claims or demands, as other persons now
wi ^hin fix mouths, orif residents within any
other of the United States, within twelve months
“ after such disability is removed."
Wherefore publick notice is hereby accordingly
given; and all cieditors and others concerned are
hereby called upon to make their claims, and pro
ceed in the manner as is in and by the said Afts of
General Assembly directed.
Published by order of the Council,
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary, and
Keeper ofthe Register for forfeited estates.