The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-07-12 00:00:00, page 4

$. And be it further Enabled by the authority afore
faid, That it thall and may be lawful for the trcafu
icr of this state for the time being, and he is hereby
authorized and required to tranlmit to the Board of
Treasury of the United States an account of what sum
of money may remain in his hands in bills of the cur
rency of the United States now in circulation, paid in
by virtue of the act, intitled, " An ad to raise the
sum of three million three hundred and feventy-five
thousand pouhdsin the llateofNew-Jerfey," or other
wise, after the tenth day of July next, and at any time
thereafter as fait as money may come into his hands
by taxes in virtue of this ad, or in any other manner
whatsoever; and, on being informed by the said
Board of Treasury that new money is depoiited in
the continental loan-office of this Rate for the pur
pose of exchange, shall thereupon immediately lodge
the monies in his hands in the said loan-office to be
cancelled and destroyed, agreeably to the directions
of the said recited resolutions of Congress of the eigh
teenth day of March last, taking a receipt from the
said loan-officer for the fame ; and the laid tieafurer
shall also notify the persons herein after appointed on
the part of this date to sign and number the said new
bills to be issued, whensoever and as often as he shall
lodge any monies in the said continental loan-office
to be cancelled and destroyed as aforefaid, informing
them of the sum so depoiited, that they may attend
at the said loan-office in order to fulfil the duties of
their appointment.
6. And be it Enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the Honourable Philemon Dickinson and David
Brearley, Esquires, shall be, and they hereby are ap
pointed to sign and number the said bills of credit so
to be issued upon the faith of this Bate agreeably to
the said recited resolutions ; and that the laid signers
do attend at the continental loan-office in this Itate
for that purpose as soon as they shall be thereof noti
fied by the treasurer of the state as before directed ;
and that they do carefully observe to number each and
every of the said bills, and to sign them with each of
their names, and not to sign bills to any greater or
less amount than one-twentieth part of the nominal
value of the bills which shall be delivered into the con
tinental loan-office to be destroyed ; and that they do,
as fart as the said new bills ihall be numbered, signed
and completed, leave and deposit four-tenth parts in
value of the said bills, and no more, in the said con
tinental loan-office, fubjeft to the draughts and or
ders of Congress, and deliver fix-tenth parts thereof
in value to the treasurer of the Bate for the time be
ing, to be paid out according to law, taking receipts
from the said continental loan-officer and treasurer
for the funs deposited with or delivered to them rc
fpcdively, which receipts shall be by them lodged in
the secretary's office.
7. And be it further Enabled, That each of the per
form in thi, aft appointed to sign and number tne laid
bills of cre<lit, so to be issued as aforefaid, shall, pre
vious to his engaging in the duties of his appoint
ment, take the following oath or affirmation before
any of the justices of the fapreme court, to wit,
' I will well and truly sign the bills of credit dirett
' ed to be issued upon the faith of this state by virtue
' of an act, intitlcd, " An aft for eftablilhing a fund
" for linking and redeeming the proportion ot the bills
" of credit of the United States, afligned as the quo
" ta of this state ;" and I will not sign any greater or
' less number than the one-twentieth part of the no
' urinal amount of the bills of the continental curren
'cy which shall have been lodged in the continental
' loan-office for this state to be cancelled and deftroy
' ed ; and will deliver fix-tenth parts in value of the
' said bills to the treasurer of the hate for the time be
' ing, and will deposit and leave the remaining four
' tenths in the hands of the continental loan-officer
' for this state."
8. And be it Enabled by the authority aforefaid. That
the said persons, appointed in this act to sign and
number the said bills of credit so to be issued, ihall be
allowed the sum of one fhiiling each for every hundred
bills by them signed and numbered as aforefaid in the
bills of credit so to be issued as aforefaid, to be paid
by the treasurer of the state for the time being on de
livery of the proportion of the said bills directed in this
aft to the said treasurer, and on producing a certificate
from the continental loan-officer of this fiate, fpeci
fying the amount and number of the bills by them
signed aid numbered, and also the receipt of the said
loan-officer for the proportion of the laid bills in this
act directed to be with him deposited for the use of the
Congress of the United States.
9. And be it Enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
in case the said Philemon Dickinson Ihall neglect, de
cline, refufe, or be otherwise incapacitated to fcrve in
his appointment, the Honourable John Imlay, Esquire,
sh ill be and be hereby is appointed to sign and num
berthe said bills in his room and head ; and in case the
said David Brearley fhail neglect, decline or refute,
or be otherwise incapacitated to ierve in his appoint
ment, Moore Furm m, Esquire, shall be and he here
by is appointed to sign and number the said bills in his
loom and head ; and the laid persons thus appointed
shall be veiled with the lane powers, pertorm the
like duties, and shall receive the fame rewards as the
ligners herein before appointed in this ad.
(The Remainder to be in our next. )
1 RENT ON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS, by whom Essays, Articles of Intelligence, Advertisements, &c. are
thankfully received, and duly attended to-,
TO BE SOL 1),
A PLANTATION, pleasantly situated on the
batiks of the Raritan, about one mile and a half
from the city of New- Brunswick, and directly oppoiite
the Landing bridge, containing 76 acres very good
land, well wooded and watered, and in an exceeding
healthy spot ; there is on the premises a genteel house
almost new, with a stable, cowhoufe, &c. Would
either suit for a tavern, store, tradefrnan, or gentle
man's feat, being in the heart of a very fine country.
For further particulars enquire of the fubferiber living
on the premises. ELIJAH PHILLIPS.
Somerset county, June 26, 1780. gw 20
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED away on the 29th of May last, a mid
dle sized REI )C OW, with a white face, has
very final! horns, and a black spot over each eye.---
Whoever takes up said stray cow and delivers her to
Mrs. Dagworthy, in Trenton, shall receive the above
reward and reasonable charges. gw^
Trenton, July 2, 1780.
STRAYED or Itoieii out of the pauure of Mr. Da
vid Clarkfon, at Maple-Town, near Princeton,
onjhe night of the 26th iiillant, a BROWN GELD
ING, 14 hands and about 3 inches high, in bad cel
ture, his cirriage rather gay, trots and canters, his
dock very ihort, and part of the hoof of his off fore
foot broke. Whoever secures said horle and will de
liver him to either Messrs. David Clarkfon, Alexander
Carmichael, at Morriltown, or William Livingston,
jun. at Elizabeth-Town, shall receive Two Hundred
Dollars reward, and reasonable charges paid by
June 28, 1780. 2* John L. Livingston.
"Freights taken by William Richards
and Thomas AJhmore,
To and from TRENTON and PHILADELPHIA.
SOLDIERS, 1/3 ; Iron potts, 30/°; Bar iron, 18/;
Pig iron, 15/; Hogshead heading, 22/6; Pipe
ftaves, 33/; Inch board and fcantling, zof; Kurd
ftaves, 12/; Stone ware, ißd in the pound; E 'then
ware, ditto ; Large crates of ware 7/6, and imaller
in proportion ; Wooden ware, ißd in the pound ;
Bran and fliorts, yd per bushel; Dutch fans, 2/6;
Cotton, according to the bale ; Bundles of deer Ikins,
3/; Bullocks hides, 9^; Bullocks horns, qd 1-2 per
dozen ; Boxes window glass, 3/"; one-half, do. 1/6 ;
Scythes, gd; Bolts of oznabrigs or duck, 1/6; Pas
sengers, 2/6 ; Hogshead of sugar, 11/3 ; do. rum and
molalTes, 7/6 ; do. tobacco, icf; do. of lime, 6/; do.
of beef and pork, 1/6 ; do. of cyder, 6/6 ; Tierces of
rum and molalfes, 379; do. of flax feed, tfg; do. of
sugar, 5/7 1-2 ; do. of rice, 3/6 ; Pipes of wine, 11/3;
half do. 5/10 1-2 ; quarter do. 3/; Barrel of beef and
pork, 0 ; do. of fifb, 1/6 ; do. of cyder, i/6 ; do. of
apples, 1/; Calk of gammons, 3/6 ; Single barrel from
Philadelphia to Trenton, 2/3 ; All forts of grain, 4^
per bushel; Salt, per ditto, 4^ 1-2; Trunks, bales,
cases and boxes, with bags, &c. agreeable to size and
weight; Chest of tea, 11/3 ; Boxes of soap, candles,
and chocolate, 1/6; B.nales of leather, 3)6; bricks,
15/; Reams of paper, ad 3-4.
Ail freight for the pubrick agreeable to contrast.
The above freights are fettled for the exchange at
sixty for one. July 4, 1780.
The highest Price is given for
clean FINE and COARSE
LINEN RAGS,
At the Printing-Office, Trenton.
Tamp be a c K,
Wholesale and Retail,
Writing Paper by the Ream,
TO BE SOLD by the Printer hereof.
A few Copies of the
VOTES of ASSEMBLY
Of the Sitting at Mountholly, are to be fold at
the Printing-Office in Trenton ; and
Evans's Map of the Middle States.
]}UBLIC notice is hereby given, that on the 28th
- day of February, 1778, the underwritten did
take out of the New-Jersey Loan-Office at Borden
town, two Certificates of five hundred dollars each,
No. 218 and 219, counterligneujos. Borden, L.G.
And on the 26th June, 1778, when the enemy were
marching from Philadelphia to New-York, a party
of the British troops did take a pocket-book from the
fubferiber's wife, in which were the above-mention
ed certificates. Henderick Smock.
Monmouth, Nenv-Jerfey, June 26, 1780. 6 w
' 1 HE Subicribcr begs leave to inform tne Publics
I that he carries 011 the Silversmith Business in
Princeton, and has coiiftaiit in his employ an expe
rienced hand in the Watch-Making Buhnefs, both in
mending and repairing ; where any perlon may have
their worle done with care and dispatch, by their
humble servant, SAMUEL STOUT.
Three Hundred Pounds Renard.
STOLEN out of the fubferiber's stable near Jacob's,
Town, in the county of Burlington, the 23d inst.
at night, a large black STALLION, five years old,
full 15 hands high, with a Ear in his forehead, a few
white hairs in each flank; he is very heavy let, and
4s likely a horse for the gears as any in the state, with
out exception ; a natural trotter, good carriage ; he
is barefooted. Whoever takes up said horse and fe
curcb the thief, so he may be brought to justice, shall
have the above reward, or ^. 150 for either horse or
thief, and all reasonable charges paid.
June 24th, 178 c. JO^PH _GRIGGS._
A Number of waggons being wanted to convey
provisions from hence to the army, under the
command of His Excellency General Washington ;
which provisions are forwarded to this place by the
citizens of Philadelphia, who have directed us to take
them under our care : We give notice that those per--
sons who are willing to engage in this service, shall
meet with proper encouragement, by applying to the
fubferibers, who will furnish the waggoners with corn
for their horses, and pay the hire of the waggons is
gold or silver, or the value thereof in continental cur
rency, as soon as the service is performed.
Thomas Barclay,
Trenton, June 26, 1780. Samuel Meredith.
N. B. Protections will be given to prevent the
waggons from being impressed.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that three Loan
Offi x Certificates taken out of the New-Jersey
Loan Office at Bordentown, on March 15th, A. D.
1779; were all accidentally confumid by fire, toge
ther with the late dwelling house of James Drake in
Hopewell, who had them in trull; viz. two of them
given in favour of Francis Blackwell, fen. the one
for 2000 Do"ars, No. 306, the other 200 Dollars,
Nc. 7271, and the third given in favour of the Rev.
Jolin Blackwell for 600 Dollars, No. 5251.
JOHN BLACKWELL.
H urea, June sth, 1780. 6 w.
To all whom it may concern :
State of New-FT OTICE is hereby given that a
Jersey, ff. Court of Admiralty will be held
at the house of James Efdall, innkeeper, in Burling
ton, on Monday the 14th day of August next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bills of Robert Snell,
commander of the privateer schooner Rattlesnake,
(who as well, &c.) against the schooner Betf'y, James
Campbell, late master, a recaptured vessel, her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo—Of Rufus Gardner,
coinmanderof the brig Enterprize, ( who as well, &c.)
against the (loop Revenge, Richard Reading, late mas
ter, her tackle, &c. To the end and intent that the
owner or owners, or any other persons interested
therein, may appear and Ihew cause, if any they
have, why the said schooner and (loop should not be
condemned, together with their tackle, apparel,
furniture and cargoes, according to the prayer ofthe
laid bills. By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
J^donfield, June 27th, 1780.
HOUSE of°ASSEMBLY, May 19, 1780.
A Petition from sundry inhabitants of the town
-41 mips of Great-Eggha; hr ur and Galway, in ^e
county ot Gloucester, was presented and read, pray
ing, for certain reasons therein set forth, that a law
may be passed to enable the owners and possessors of
the meadows and tide-marsh lying on Abfecom creek,
to ereft and maintain a bank, dam, and other water
works, across the said creek, to prevent the tide from
overflowing the said meadows and marsh;
Ordered, That the petitioners have leave to bring
in a bill at the next fitting of the Affcmbly, on ad
vertising the fame in four of the molt publick places
in each of the said townships, and also in the New-
Jerley Gazette at lealt four weeks previous thereto.
Extras from the minutes,
Maskell Ewing, jun. Clerk.
Agreeable to the above order, notice is hereby giv
en to all concerned, that a bill will be presented by
the petitioners to the Assembly at their next fitting,
for the purpose expressed in their petition above re
ferred to.
Io ail wnom it iha, concern :
" ew ° 7\J OTICE is hereby given that a Court
Jersey, ff. IN of Admiralty will be held at the house
ot Isaac Wood, in Mountholly, on Thursday the
thirteenth day of July next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of the fame day, then and there to,try the
tiuth of the farts alleoged in the bills of Rufus Gard
ner, commander ot the privateer brig Enterprize,
(who as well, &c.) against the schooner Lively,
Maid, , late master, their tackle, apparel,
furniture and cargo: To the end and intent that the
owner or owners of the said vessels, or any other per
son or persons interested therein may appear and shew
cause, if any they have, why the said vessels, their
tackle, &c. Ihould not be condemned according to
the prayer of the said bills.
By order of the Judge,
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
Haddonfield, June 12. 1780.