The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1779-03-31 00:00:00, page 3

PROCLAMATION.
tyHEREAS, in just punishment of our manifold
'' tranfgreflions, it hath pleased the Supreme dis
poser of all events to visit these United States with a
calamitous war, through which his divine provi
dence hath hitherto in a wonderful manner conducted
us, so that we might acknowledge that the race is not
to the fwift, nor the battle to the Itrong: AND
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the chastisements re
ceived, and benefits bestowed, too few have been
fufficiently awakened to a sense of their guilt, or
warmed with gratitude, or taught to amend their
lives and turn from their fins, that so he might turn
from his wrath: AND WHEREAS, from a con
feioufnefs of what we have merited at his hands, and
an apprehension that the malevolence of our disap
pointed enemies, like the incredulity of Pharaoh,
may be used as the scourge of Omnipotence to vindi
cate his flighted Majesty, there is reason to fear that
he may permit much of our land to become the prey
of the spoiler, our borders to be ravaged, and our
habitations destroyed :
Resolved, That it be recommended to the several
States to appoint the firft 'Thursday in Ma, next, to be
a day of Fading, Humiliation, and Prayer to Al
mighty God, that he will be pleased to avert those
impending Calamities which we ha,ve but too well de
ferred : That he will grant us his grace to repent of
our fins, and amend our lives according to his holy
word • That he will continue that wonderful protec
tion which hath led us through the paths of danger
and distress: That he will be a husband to the widow,
and a father to the fatherlefs children, who weep over
the barbarities of a lavage enemy: That he will
grant us, patience in Buffering, and fortitude in ad
versity : That he will inspire us withhumility, mode
ration, and gratitude in prosperous circumstances:
That he will give wisdom to our councils, firmnefs to
our resolutions, and victory to our arms : That he
will bless the labours of the husbandman, and pour
forth abundance, so that we may enjoy the fruits of
the earth in due season : That he will cause union,
harmony, and mutual confidence to prevail through
out these States: That he will bellow on our great
ally all those blessings which may enable him to be
gloriously instrumental in protecting the rights of
mankind, and promoting the happiness of his fub
je&s: That he will bountifully continue his paternal
care to the Commander in Chief, and the officers and
soldiers of the United States : That he will grant the
blessings of peace to all contending nations, freedom to
those who arc in bondage, and comfort to the afflict
ed: That he will diffufe ufeful knowledge, extend
the influence of true religion, and give us that peace
of mind which the world cannot give: That he will
be our shield in the day of battle, our comforter in
the hour of death, and our kind parent and merciful
judge through time and through eternity.
Done in Congress, this twentieth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand Jeroen hun
dred and seventy-nine, and in the third year of
our independence.
JOHN JAY, President.
Attefl. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in
high office at the Court of France, dated Paffy, (near
Paris) December 6th.
'' I have but one piece of advice to give you. I
never had any other. Be not deceived. Altho'
Great-Britain is in a most deplorable situation, the
will neither acknowledge our independence, nor
withdraw her troops. You must kill, starve, or take
them all."
of one million of pounds fterlmg in behalf of the
United States.
MARCH 8, 1779.
Resolved, That all military commissions be filled
up at the War-Office, and attested by their Secreta
ry, and then presented for signing to the President
of Congress, who fliall sign the fame. After signa
ture by the President, they fliall be sent back to the
War-Office, and there regiftcred verbatim in a book
to be kept for that purpose, after having been ex
amined by the Board, the seal of the Board of War
and Ordnance, which the said Board are hereby au
thorized and directed to provide, fliall be affixed to
the certificates or attestations of the entries of all
such commissions.
Resolved, That all appointments of officers in the
continental service by the refpe&ive states, be in the
firft instance by warrant, certified in such manner
as they fliall severally direct to the Board of War;
whereupon proper commissions ihall be made out in
the manner above-mentioned.
Resolved, That all limitations of prices of gold
and silver be taken off.
Monday fe'nnight the snow Molly, belonging to
Boston, came affiore near Barnegat, in this State.
She was bound from Baltimore to Amfterdam —but
was taken about 25 leagues to the northward 0^
TRE N 'l' O N, March 31.
John Mayhew, Esq. was lately elected a Repre
sentative in General Assembly for the county of Salem ;
Colonel Bodo Otto and Mr. Samuel Hugg, Re
presentatives for the county of Gloucester, in the
room of Col. Jofepli Ellis and Mr. Joseph Cooper,
declined.
In CONGRESS, October 8, 1778.
Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
Cape-Charles by the Delaware, a Bri'tifh frigate, when
Mr. Douglass, the midshipman, was sent prize
matter, with fix seamen, who, when the vessel struck
took to their boat and laved themfclves. They were
font to Philadelphia. The mate of the snow, who
was the only person on board belonging to the former
crew, remains with her in order to take care of her
and save the cargo ; his name is said to be Coop.
Wednesday following the Hoop Success, bound
from Martinico to Boston, came alhore in the snow
florin at Barnegat. She had been taken by the Dili
gence, a British armed brig, and was on her way to
New-York. She had a very valuable cargo of rum,
molasses, coffee and cocoa on board. The prize
matter and three hands are made prisoners, who ar
rived at Princeton on Saturday sass.
In the late snow storm the transport fllip Mermaid,
belonging to Whitehaven, in England, with troops,
bound from Halifax to New-York, was driven on
ihore at Egg-Harbour. Upwards of 100 of the peo
ple on board perished, the remainder by the exertions
of the inhabitants on shore, were saved. We ex
ped further particulars.
It is reported that one or two other vessels were
driven on shore at the fame time.
TO BE SOLD,
At PUBLICK VENDUE, on Thursday the Bth
day of April next, at the house of the fubferiber
in Princeton,
A COW and heifer ; a neat book-case ; large and
small tables ; looking-glades ; knives and forks ;
chairs ; a variety of mens wearing apparel ; bedding ;
queen's and delf ware ; kitchen furniture, and sun
dry other articles. The vendue to begin at ten o'clock
on said day. ENOS KELSEY.
IDO hereby forewarn all persons not to purchase
the house and lot in the city of Burlington, ad
vertised as the property of John Carty, as the said
house and lot never did belong to him, but to the
fubferiber, as heir at law to her late uncle Ralph
Peart. $ JANE PEART.
Philadelphia, March 19, 1779, jw§
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber in Hope
well, near Pennington, a dark brown HORSE,
both his hind feet white, and his near fore foot also
white, about 14 hands high, 9or icyears old. The
owner is defined togome, prove property, pay charges
and take him away. 3w§ BENJAMIN MOORE.
7^HREE 'D6LLARS per bushel will be givens
good clean Flaxseed, delivered at Richard
Wells's oil-mill in Burlington, by James Smith,
jun. who hath for sale linseed-oil of the firft quality
for burning in lamps or other uses.—Also flaxfeed
meal, which is an excellent feed for horses, cows or
hogs, and will be fold in cakes or by the bufnel, at
the mill, or exchanged for flaxfeed. awf
Yesterday evening arrived here from Philadelphia,
Generals De Kalb and Woodford, and this morning
they set out for Head-Quarters at Middle-Biook.
**.* We are desired by the Commimohers of So
merset county, to inform the Publick that the planta
tion of Joseph Stockton, near Princeton, will be fold,
on the 6th of April ensuing : that of Daniel Coxe at
Rocky-Hill, on the 7th : the estate of John Hone
man at Grigg's-Town, on the Bth, and the planta
tion of John Vandike in Sourland, near the Meeting
house, on the 9th following.
Just pubbihed, and to be fold by the Printer hereof,l
The Mighty Destroyer displayed,
In some account of the dreadful havpek made by
the mistaken use as well as abuse of distilled
spirituous liquors. By a lover of mankind.
Ecclesiastes vii. 29. Lo this only have I found, that
God hath made man upright ; but they have fought out
man, inventions. -/
To be fold at the house of JACOB BENJAMIN,"In'
Trenton, on Saturday next;
A variety of merchandize, wearing apparel, &c.
To be fold at vendue, on Friday the 9th April next,
at Tom's-River:
THE sloop SUCCESS, as the lays on Island Beach:
1 Also her cargo confining ot rum, melaffes, coffee
and cocoa. Bv order of the Court of Admiralty,
2w* JOS. POTTS, Marihal.
To all whom it may concern:
New-Jerfey,XT OTICE is hereby given, that a
ff. Court of Admiralty will be held at
the house of Gilbert Barton, in Alien-Town, on
Tuesday the thirteenth day of April next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bill of John Bur
rows (who as well, &c.) against the schooner or
vessel called the Betsey, with her tackle, apparel,
furninture and cargo : To the end and intent that
the owner or owners, or any person or perlons con
cerned therein, may appear and Blew cause, (if any
they have) why the said vessel, with her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and cargo, should not be condemned
according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
Xi OTICE is hereby given to all persons who have,
may or Ihall buy any land of Mr. John Scott,
of Morris county, that I Eunice, his wife, fliall come
in for my part of said lands, as soon as the law Ihall
allow of, as I expect he is going to the enemy.
EUNICE SCOTT.
Morris county, March 14, 1779. gw||
TO BE SOL D,
By the fubferiber,
A PLANTATION containing 194 acres of land,
' in the county of Morris, in Hanover township,
three miles from MorrisrTowu, on the road that
leads 00m Whatnon to Chatham, a house two Series
high, with four rooms and an entry on the lower
floor, and three rooms may be made above, two good
orchards and a cyder-mill, a good barn, fruit tree,
of all forts, forty acres of good English meadow, and
mote may be made ; wood-land, plough-land and
pakure-land. The whole well watered, the situation
very pleasant aid advantageous, but one mile from A
grill-null, and a mile and a half from a saw-mill.
Whoever inclines to purcafe the said farm may apply
to John or William Wick, who live on the prepaifes^
March 22, 1770. qwf % .
Dr. R Y
Incomparable Worm-destroying
SUGA RPLUMB S,
Necessary to be kept in all families ;
SO exceedingly valued by all people who have had
of them in Great-Britain and Ireland; for their
trantcendent excellency in the deftro)ing worms of
all kinds, both in the bodies of men, women and
children, by not only breaking the knots in the duo
denum, or gut next the stomach, butthey pass through
the smallest pafiages of the body, and purge away
those ropy and finny humours, which are the cause
of those pernicious vermin, and the source of many
other disorders ; they are one of the bed purges inr
the whole world for grofs-bo'died children that are
apt to breed worms, and have large bellies ; their
operation is mild, fafe and pleasant ; they wondcr-
L By cleanse die bowels of all ffi'ff and clammy hu
mours which flop up the parts, and prevent the juice
ot food from being conveyed to the liver and made
blood, which is often the case with children, and is
attended with a hard belly, slinking breath, frequent
feters, rickets, and a decay of ftreng'th in the lower
parts : Likewise fettled aches and pains in the head,
dwellings, old fores, scabs, tetters, or breakings-ont)
will be perfcdlf cured, and the blood and {kin re
stored to its original purity and fmoothn^fs ; they
purge by urine, and bring away the gravel, and effec
tually cure all obftruaions of the urine, or ulcers in
the kidneys. They at once Strike at the true cause of
the feurvy, and entirely destroy it, and all scorbutic
humours and effects, root and branch, so as never to
return again ; and what makes them more commend
able is, they are full as agreeable to both taste and
light, as loaf sugar ; and in their operation as inno
cent as new milk.
I have by these plumbs cured a great many children
of whooping or chin-coughs, and agues, which dis
tempers are very common and troublesome to families,
and the want of these plumbs are the ruin of many
childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mass
of blood, carry cff all gross, corrupt and putrid hu
mours, and create a frefl iand healthy complexion in
such as are affected by any putrid matter.
The plumb is a great diuretic, cleansing the reins
of thme: It expels wind, and is a fovereigii medicine
inthc cholic and griping of the guts. It allays and
carries off four vapours, which occasion many dis
orders in the head. It opens all obftruftions in the
stomach, lungs, liver, reins and bladder, causes a
good appetite, and helps digestion. It hath been
found wonderfully fuccefsful to such persons as are
going into chronical distempers, as asthmas, phthifics,
or ihortnefs of breath, drppfies and yellow jaundice.
Now I hope all impartial persons are fatisfied, that
the medicine which works upon such humours, will
almost reach any difiemper, if not too far gone, since
corruption and putrefaction are the fore-runners of
all diseases: therefore no better physic can be taken
tor all ages, sexes and constitutions, from infancy
to an old age. These plumbs are highly serviceable .
to the female sex, from the age of 14 to 20 years,
and from 40 to 50. Each box contains one dozen of
these plumbs, price Eight Dollars with directions.—
Sold by JAMES EMERSON, at his store in Trenton.
SIGN S of W O R M S.
pALENESS in the face, itching of the nose, hol
lowness of the eyes, grating of the teeth when
asleep, dulnefs, pains and heaviness in the head, a
dry cough, and itching in the fundament, white and
thick urine, unquiet sleep, often starting, loft appe
tite, swelled belly, gnawing and biting about the
stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thirsts, the body
decay'd and lean, fits, often vomiting, stinking
breath. &c. 4w* Also imported SALT.
To all whom it may concern :
Ncw-Jerfey, TCT OTICE is hereby given, that a
ff. Court of Admiralty will be held at
the house of Gilbert Barton, in Alien-Town, on
Wednesday the fourteeth day of April next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the fads alledged in the bill
of John Price, (who as well, &c. again!! the Roop or
vessel called the Success, lately commanded by Ed
ward Finlay, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and
cargo: To the end and intent that the owner or
owners of the said vessel, or any person or persons
concerned therein, may appear and shew cause (if
any they have) why the said vessel and cargo Should
not be condemned according to the prayer of the
said bill. By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.