The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-06-05 00:00:00, page 3

The petty ftatcs of Barbary continue to make the
greatest part of the European powers tremble before
them; and the most formidable of those powers, Great-
Britain not excepted, frill continues to purchase their
friendfhip, by an annual present. After all the expence
and colt which the Spaniards have been at, they have
also been obliged to fend an offer of peace, which the
Algerines have consented to grant, on condition that
the Spaniards pay them a large sum of money, and
make the dey a number of stipulated presents. The
petty Rates of Tunis too, has treated the Venetians,
who were once so formidable, with still greater indig
nity, having not only set them a limited space of time
to determine on peace or war, notwithstanding a Ve
netian fleet was ready to bombard their capital, but
likewise, in case their demands are not! complied with,
they have threatened deftrudion to all the trade in the
Adriatic.
April 13. The death of the king of Prussia was ve
ry currently believed on Tuesday in the city.
An American armed vessel having taken an Algerine
corsair, with a number of Moors on board, will pro
bably be the; means of cither a truce or cartel being
fettled between those two powers, by which a num
ber of unhappy people who have been confined at
Algiers, for some time pad, will be relcafed from sla
very.
Extra? of a letter from Dominica, Feb. 4.
" About three weeks ago his majesty's sloop of war
the Unicorn, captured a French sloop from St. Anne
Grandterre; on board of which were found a chest
of muikets, a quantity of powder, ball and other ar
ticles, which rendered the errand suspicious consider
ing the situation of this island."
They write from Naples, that the galley slaves em
ployed on the publick works at Caftlemere, having
formed a scheme to escape on the 12th of this month,
fell on the soldiers who guarded them, seized their
muskets, fired on them, and fled. A number of sol
diers and armed peasants were sent after them, who
soon came up with them; they defended themselves a
long time, and it was not till after a combat, in which
seventy persons were killed or wounded, that they
were overcome ; fourteen only escaped, and they are
not re-taken. .
DUBL I N, March 8.
The white oak bark of America has lately become
an objert of import into Ireland, and it comes ready
pounded, and in large hogflieads. This article will be of
considerable advantage to our tanning and leather
trade, if the heavy freights will not add too much to
its price. It certainly is an objert well worth the at
tention of the Dublin society, to have some experi
ments made upon this article, as to trying if some
decortion or paste cannot be made therefrom, which
might keep in preservation for a few months, and
thereby answer the end of the common bark in tan
ning; for if such experiment can be brought into ef
fort, the decortion or paste would be obtained on much
eatier terms than the rough material, from its reduced
cheapness in the freight, and consequent greater quan
tity that will be brought.
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American Intelligence.
J NEW-YORK, May 25.
AT a general meeting of the merchants of Charles
ton, South-Carolina, held at Williams's cof
feehoufe, on Monday the firft instant, they entered
into an Agreement, which was immediately signed
by a very refpedable number, whereby they have
bound themselves refpertively, in the most solemn
manner, to receive the paper medium now issuing by
the loan-officers of that state, equal to gold and fi
ver, making no diftinftion in receiving payments for
debts due to them, or for any article hereafter to be
fold; and that they will not dirertly or indirectly,
purchase or fuffer to be purchased for them, produce
of any kind, or other article whatever, in which an
abatement is offered to be made for the payment of
the fame in gold or silver.—And they do further
promise, that if any person or persons shall offer to
make any diftinrtion as aforefaid, so as to create a
depreciation in the said paper medium, that they will
not purchase, or cause to be purchased, from him or
them, any produce or other article, until he or they
shall offer to fell the fame for promifeuous payments,
either in the paper medium or gold and silver; with
out diftinrtion.
Too much ptaife cannot be bellowed upon the
merchants of Charleston, for their truly spirited and
seasonable support of the paper medium now issuing.
Their patriotic resolves demand the gratitude of
their fellow-citizens, and will no doubt, have their
proper effe&.
Should this serve as a hint to the merchants of this
city, and excite them to form an association of a
Similar nature with the above, the happiest conse
quences may be experted to result from such a mea
sure. The paper medium shortly to be issued in this
state, having the support of so refpe&able a body of
men as the merchants of New-York, would at once
give it such a lability, as would defy the united ma
chinations of designing knaves to impair or destroy
its credit.—We are well aware, that many persons,
who have been distinguished as firm friends to the
liberties of America, were in sentiment opposed to
theemiffion of a paper currency; but as we may sup
pose their opposition proceeded from principle, and
not from private and interested views,—it is sincerely
to be wished and experted, that since the legislature ,
have, upon mature deliberation, deemed it proper tol
comply with the wishes of a majority of our fellow
citizens, by palling a law for the emillion of a paper
currency,— that they will now conceive it their duty,
to unite their endeavours for the support of it's credit.
As the HONOUR of the state is concerned in the
credit of the bills to be emitted, none but enemies
to it's prosperity will endeavour to depreciate them.
A maxim that was occasionally inculcated into the
minds of the people, by the Roman chiefs, in mo
ments of imminent danger, would be very applica
ble to the people of this state, at the present time—-
"By uniting cue fland; by dividing <we fall. By
uniting in the moments of danger, this country ob
tained its liberty, its liberty and independence obtain
ed, there follows a great work for the Virtuous
to perform, inorder to make these acquisitions a bluf
fing. The conduct that would insure this blessing, is
very simple; it is conceived to be merely this—for
the farmer and merchant to unite in the bands of
friendfhip, to assist and support each other's interest by
mutual good offices, to inform themselves fully of the
exigencies of the state, and chearfully give it such
aid as to make it happy and easy at home, refperted
and refpertable abroad; by this means we Should be
happy and independent, in the truest sense of the
word; and America would be, what Europe expell
ed it would be, the asylum of liberty, and New-
York would regain once more, those golden days that
so many of her sons lamented as loft—the days when
distress will be unknown—when the farmer will con
fide in the merchant—the merchant in the farmer,
and both by these means rife to happiness and pros
perity, from their confidence and liberality.
A correspondent observes that good times are when
people are honest and just—when they run in debt no
farther than they are able to pay with punctuality—
it is when men become induftricus, and use ceconomy
as becoming their circumstances. Bad times are
when every common apprentice is not known from
the firft gentleman's son in the land, and when a
maid servant looks as the daughter of a duke—when
men give themselves up to every kind of dissipation,
Spending more in one day than they earn in three—-
it is when many keep a coach, when they are not
entitled to a riding chair—when they are members of
every club, ball and assembly, when the poor wife
and children are starving at home—therefore these
bad times must produce good ones, as it will put a
flop to all credit, make men in their own defence, in
dultrious and ©economical. Then and then only will
you fee good times.
A correspondent fays, that a fair opportunity now
presents itfelf to propagate the gospel in China. The
Chinese are a mild and in many refperts a wife peo
ple, and would now perhaps hear a true servant of
Christ with the necessary attention. The Jesuits suc
ceeded in propagating after their manner the chriftian
faith among them, and were not expelled till they
were found out in their attempt to gain the temporal
dominion of the country in their hands. The Mo
ravians, it is said, have lately succeeded after indefati
gable labours in spreading the gospel over Lapland.
I hey could spread it perhaps, at once in China. Are
the disciples of box and Barclay, as well as other
denominations of chriftians, inattentive to the glori
ous work of bringing distant nations under the salu
tary dominion of the Redeemer of mankind ? “ How
beautiful (faith the scriptures) are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace, and carry glad tid
ings of good things?"
Lately arrived here in the French packet, colonel
Humphreys, late aid de camp to his excellency gene
ral Washington, and secretary to mr. Jefferfon, the
American ambassador at the court of Versailles.
May 30. A letter just received from Jamaica, da
'e° 3, mentions the capture of two Ameri
can vessels, a brig and a sloop, their cargoes chiefly
rice, fifh and lumber, by captain Cornwallis, com
mander of the king's ship Iphigenia, and that they
had arrived at St. Ann's Bay.
June i. We hear, that B. Arnold, the infamous
traitor, who lately arrived at Nova-Scotia from Eng
land, is about entering into a most extensive smuggling
trade between that province and these states ; and that,
for this purpose, he will keep a number of vessels
employed 111 transporting goods from England to fill
his stores at St. John's ; from which he will be able,
by means of other vessels, calculated for the business
to supply us with those necefiary articles at a verv
moderate rate.-It is hoped, that the continuation of
.a' gentleman's good offices towards the United States
will meet with a proper return.
Extract c f a letter from a merchant in Genoa, to one in
Boston, dated January 26, 1786.
lobferve what an extraordinary alteration hap
pened in your customhouse, concerning the duty ex
cise, &c. upon all the goods which shall be imported,
and exported ; it will ditcourage every nation in this
part of the globe from fending their manufactures,
&c. until a regular plan be formed by the Congress for
the government of the whole. I had determined to
fend the ship in February next, but I shall leave this
design for the present, as it would leave me in a more
disagreeable loss than the former."
" e learn that L Orient and other lea-ports in France,
are open to American built fliips, navigated by Ame^
ricans only; and that oil fells for 401. a ton, duty
free.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.
A mr. Borrel has made a proposal to the state of
South-Carolina, at their lad session, to coin twenty
thousand pounds in silver, and ten thousand in cop
per, for the use of that state, and to accept in ex
change for it the paper medium issued by it the firft
instant. This proposal has been accepted, and the go
verhor has been empowered to appoint a device, le
gend, &c. for the coin.
Last Sunday, the riyer Delaware rose to an Uncom
mon height, and overflowed some of the wharves in
this city. Considerable damage was done in fevcral
stores by the flood.
Thirty-eight members of the tegiDature of South-
Carolina, made a present of the wages due for their
attendance during the last sessions, to the corporation
of the city of Charlelton, to be applied by them to
defraying the expence of lighting the city lamps,
and such other publick purposes, as they may think:
proper.
Some nefarious villains in Baltimore have intro
duced the savage practice of cutting off cows tails.
A reward of ten guineas has been offered for the dif
cbvery of them.
TRENTON,-fine 5.
I he honourable the legislature of this state adjourn
ed on Friday last fine die. —We have it not in our
power to favour the publick, in this week's gazette,
with the titles of the arts passed at the last fitting,
but hope to be able to procure a copy of them for
our next. Among them is an art declaring the reve
nue money, now in circulation, a legal tender in all
cases whatsoever.
Extras from the ad, intitled, ' an aft for firiking and
making current one hundred thoufaud pounds in bills of
creait, to be let out on loan, and directing the mode
for Jinking the fame.'
"And be it further enarted, that a loan-office shall
be established in each and every county of this state ;
and that within one month after the passing of this art,
the firft judge of the inferior court of common pleas
in each rrtpertive county in this state, or in case of his
absence or disability, then the next in commission, shall
iflue his warrant to one of the constables in the said
county, commanding him to give notice to every jus
tice of the peace in the said county, and also ever/
one of the chosen freeholders in the said county, who
are or shall be chosen for that year within each respec
tive county of this state, for them the said justices and
chosen freeholders to meet together at the courthouse
of the said county, except in the county of Hunter
don, in which they shall meet at the late dwellinghobfe
of John Ringo in Amwell, on a day in the said pre
cept to be fixed, which shall not be less than ten days
after the said notice is actually served, and then and
there, between the hours of one and five of the clock
in the afternoon, the laid justices and freeholders shall
proceed to the election of two or more commissioners
of the loan-office for their refpertive counties, whicli
elertion shall be made in the manner following, to
To make the election of any commissioner legal,
he inuft have the voice of a majority of all the free
holders chosen in the said county for that year, and
allo the voices of at least three justices of the said
county : each and every of which said commissioners,
when elected in manner aforefaid, shall enter into
bonds with one or more good and fufficient sureties,
as shall be approved of by a majority of all the free
holders chosen in the said county for that year, and
also by at least three of the justices of the said coun
ty, to his excellency the governor, or to the command
er in chief of this itate, tor the time being, and to his
successor and assigns, in the full sum by this art com
mitted to the charge of the said commissioners, with
condition for the true and faithful performance of his of
fice and duty, and that without favour or partiality."
DRUGGIST STORE.
THOMAS FALCONER,
Is now opening for sale at this place, wholesale and
retail,
Cl T the house of dortor Bellville, next door to mr,
Joseph Milnor's, a large and general affortmen:
of frefh medicines, which he means to dispose of so
as to merit the attention of the inhabitants as well er
the gentlemen of the faculty. He makes bold to as
sure those who may honour him with their commands,
that nothing on his part shall be wanting to render
latisfartion.
Trenton, June 3, 1786. 4 w*
Notice is hereby given,
TO all persons concerned, that the lubferiber, hav-
A mg, by unavoidable accident, loft the deed of
conveyance, executed to him and his wife Frances,
by Abraham Duboys, deceased, father of the said
Frances, for two hundred and sixty-sour acres of land,
in the townfllip of Hillfborough, and countv
i ”° mcr ' e , means to apply to the supreme court of
the state of New-Jersey, in September term next, in
order to have the said lands assured to him, accord
ing to an art of the legislature of this state, in such
case made and provided.
L BROGUN HUFF.
Hillfborough, May 22, #6. 3 m