The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-05-22 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHl A, May io.
Extract of a letter from New-York, April 29.
" Captain Prince, of the brig Prince and Liberty, ar
rived here on Wednesday lad from Cayanne, informs,
that on the 17th instant, in latitude 34. 18, longitude
71. 30, he observed a quantity of barrels of turpen
tine, cedar timber, oars, chairs and deck plank with
the nails in them—supposed to be the wreck of a ves
sel which foundered in the late tornado."
Extract of a letter from New-York, Ma, 1.
" Captain Guion, of the sloop Nancv, from Charles
ton for New-York, failed the 19th of February from
Charleston for Cape-Fear, where the took in a cargo
of pitch, and on the 2d a violent gale came on from
N. E. which laded zz days, and then fhifted to S. E.
Tach trifling legend was as truth receiv'd;
The priest invented, and the crowd believ'd,
Nations ador'd the whim in stone or paint,
And gloried in the fabricated faint,
Some holy Guardian hence each nation claims,
Gay France her Dennis, and grave Spain her James;
Britons two mighty faints at once obey,
" Andrew and George maintain united sway."
O'er humbler lands the like odd whim prevails ;
Ireland her Patrick boasts, her David Wales.
We Pennf,lranians, these old tales reject,
And our own faint think proper to ele&,
Immortal Tamany, of Indian race,
Great in the field and foremoft in the chafe!
No puny faint was he with fading pale;
He climb'd the mountain and he swept the vale,
Bath'd thro' the torrent with unequall'd might;
Your ancient faints would tremble at the fight,
Caught the fwift boar and fwifter deer with ease,
And work'd a thousand miracles like these.
To publick views he added private ends,
And lov'd his country mod and next his friends ;
With courage strong he drove to ward the blow,
(Courage we all refpeft ev'n in a foe,)
And when each effort he in vain had tried,
Kindled the flame in which he bravely died !
To Tamany let the full horn go round,
His fame let every honed tongue resound!
With him let ev'ry generous patriot vie,
To live in freedom or with honour die ;
Ilor Uiall I think my labour too severe,
If ye, wife Sachems, kindly deign to hear.
Extras of a letter from Halifax (Nova-Scotia) dated
March 24, 1786.
" A schooner from Boston is just seized and brought
in; the lay in a cove in this harbour all yederday,
and at night ran up to town and landed her cargo,
which was seized this morning. The schooner re
turned to her former hiding place, but was notwith
standing difeovered by the vigilance of the officers and
brought in."
A publick ordinance appeared at Lisbon on the zxd
of November in the following terms:
" Diego Ignatio de Pinna Manigue, a gentleman of
the law, intendant general of the police, &c. &c.
makes known, that for many years pad a scarcity of
men was perceivable in the country of this kingdom,
in consequence of many of those who are used to la
bour having left their refpedive provinces to reside in
the metropolis, who, induced by the case of getting a
livelihood by the daily alms of the religious houses,
which are very numerous, give themselves up to the
trade of begging; others take up means of work which
ought to be reserved alone for women; many lurking
for employment as servants, being disappointed, arc
obliged to turn robbers to support themselves, and se
veral live upon the gains of unfortunate women; it is
our duty to extirpate idleness, by preventing the rife
to which it gives birth, and render ufeful to the date
all such members or fubjeds as are at present a bur
den to it, by putting in execution such laws as exist
for correction of these evils. We therefore command
all beggars to retire to their native countries respec
tively, within the peremptory term of twenty-eight
days from the date hereof; under the penalty of in
curring the punishment of the above laws in force.
We command all those born in this capital, or who
find themselves in the above descriptions, to appear
before us with a baptismal certificate from the incum
bent of their several parishes, and also, another, if
they have complied with their Easter duties lad year,
that we may point out to them the different employ
ments which he must apply to. Moreover, we com
mand, that it shall not be allowed any man for the
future to fell syrups, fruits, garden duffs (unless he be
in the employ of a gardener) cheese, milk, frefh or
salt water, filh, pomatums, powder, fpedacles, pins,
old cloths or furniture, such things being more suita
ble for the employment of the female sex. Men shall
employ themselves at the labours of the field, or arts
and manufactures."
Ma, i 6. It is with the utmod regret that we ac
quaint .the publick with the death of the celebrated
American Mrs. Wright, occasioned by a fall in re
turning from a visit to our ambassador, mr. Adams—
America has loft in her a warm and sincere friend, as
well as one of her firft ornaments to the arts—Those
brave fellows, who during the late war were fortu
nate enough to escape from the arms of tyranny and
take fanCtuary under her roof, will join us in lament
ing her loss; whilst her attachment to America and
her generous and indefatigable attention to the prison
ers in distress will render her regretted and her me
mory revered by her country.
Ma, 17. The time having expired for which the
honourable David Ramsay, esquire, was elected to
serve as a delegate in Congress from the date of South-
Carolina; in consequence whereof, Congress proceed
ed to the choice of a chairman in the room of Mr.
R.AMSAY, and the ballots being taken, the honoura
ble Nathaniel Gorham, was elected.
which drove the sloop ashore on Bog Bar, at Swanf
borough. Cargo loft."
The Sukey, Edy, from Cape-Francois; Union, Low,
from Aux-Cayes; Lydia, Brown, from Damarara ;
and Rosanna, Hunter, from St. Euftatia, are arrived
at Boston.
Ma, 13. The ship Commerce, captain Mercer, is
arrived in this port, after seven weeks passage from
London.
A letter from New-Haven, of May 2, fays, " Since
our last arrived in this port, captain White, after a
passage of twenty-five days from Port-Royal, Jamai
ca. He informs, that several American vessels have
been lately seized by the British, in different parts of
the Weft-Indies; and that there was a British frigate
cruising near Jamaica, with intention to capture every
American vessel which should trade to that island."
Sunday lad an express arrived in this city from the
western country, and brought defpatches which con
tain the following intelligence, viz. That in the night
of the 29th March, the hostages from the Shawanefe
nation, together with their interpreter and his family,
privately withdrew from our fort at the mouth of the
Miami; that several murders have been committed
both above and below the fort, two very recently
within four miles of it on the Kentucky shore; that,
from threats and insinuations of unfriendly Indians,
an attack on that garrison was apprehended—under
this idea, a reinforcement is gone down from fort
M'lntofh ; that the garrison is well supplied with pro
visions, and plenty of excellent water within the body
of the work; that about twenty Indians were lately
seen near fort M'lntofh, but their intention could not
be devised; and that several of their chiefs had been
invited to a talk with fir John Johnftone at Niagara.
On Monday last, two companies of the troops, rais
ed for the defence of the posts on the western frontiers
under the command of that experienced officer, col.
Harmer, marched from this city for Fort-Pitt. They
are well equipped and make a very martial appear
ance, and will doubtless be considered as a seasonable
reinforcement to the companies already on that station.
Capts. Furgufon of the train of artillery, and M'Cur
dy of the infantry, command the above companies.
We learn that the company from New-Jersey, under
captain Mercer, will also begin their march in a few
days for the fame quarter.
A letter from a merchant at Cadiz, dated the 20th
of February 1786, to his friend in this city, fays,
" We have just received the disagreeable news of the
San Pedro de Alcantara, a ship of war from the South
Seas, with upwards of eight millions of dollars, re
gistered, being loft upon a rock about twelve leagues
from Lisbon. It was expected a great deal of the cargo
would be saved; and as the weather since the struck,
on the second current has been very fine, it is proba
ble the treasure will not have disappeared.—We have
only a confufed account of this loss as yet —but the
commerce of this country is very deeply interested in
it, and the worst of consequences might be dreaded,
were it to prove a total loss."
On the 17th of February, mr. Jenkinfon brought
on the consideration of the American intercourse bill,
in the British house of commons. He divided the Bri
tish American trade into two branches: one between
the Weft-India islands and the United States; the
other between those states and Great Britain herfelf:
corn, flour, biscuit, pulse and beef, were, he said, the
fubjed of the former, and some few unmanufactured
commodities (as oil, pitch, &c.) of the latter. These
were branches of commerce highly advantageous to
Britain, and there was no danger of their being taken
from her ; because it was equally desirable to the Ame
ricans to find a market, as it was for her to be suppli
ed with those commodities. He said the British flipping
employed last year in the American trade amounted to
about 700 vessels, employing 4000 seamen, and contain
ing 58,000 tons. It was, he added, the practice of the A
mericans, when admitted with their merchandize into the
British islands to carry away nothing but specie in re
turn, and then to proceed to the neighbouring French
or Spanish islands, to purchase rum and sugar for the
continental market. This he instanced by a fad that
happened last year, when, in consequence of the hur
ricane, the governor of Jamaica had found it necessa
ry to admit American vessels into the harbours, and
give them permission to dispose of their cargoes there
this proclamation accordingly brought a fufficiency of
provisions into the market, but almost the whole was
paid for in ready money, which was carried out of
the island: from this circumstance, he should always
be an enemy to admitting the Americans to import their
produce into the British islands in their own bottoms.
Great-Britain should always have a considerable share
of their trade for the sale of her rum and sugars, if
imported in her own ships, because her islands are the
only market they have for their corn, flour and bis
cuit. Portugal had already prohibited those commo
dities: it was very likely Spain would follow her ex
ample—France excluded them from her colonies, and
it was not probable she would admit them into Old
France. They were debarred from the Mediterranean
trade by the Barbary corsairs, and as for the northern
parts of Europe, it would be absurd for them to ex
pert any encouragement there; so that they would be
always under the necessity of admitting British Weft-
India produce, in order to obtain a vent for their
grain, pulse and provisions. The regulations now
proposed had been tried for three years, and with great
success, as the Weft-India islands were supplied as
well as ever with provisions and lumber. It might
therefore be a question, why he did not now, as had
been intended, propose to make the bill permanent'
His reason was, because he understood there was a
petition to be sent over by the assembly of Jamaica
against the present system, and he thought it better
not to make it permanent until it should appear how
far it might be proper to comply with that petition,
and until its merits were investigated ; and on account
of the present unsettled Rate of the American court
fels, some of the states having directed Congress to come
to no settlement whatsoever—some to arrange the inter
course as soon as nine states should agree —and some
to postpone any regulation until the whole Congress
should be unanimous. And at all events, no bad con
sequence could arise from giving the bill a trial for
one year more. He therefore moved, " that leave be
given to bring in a bill to renew the provisions of an
aft for regulating the commercial intercourse between
the United States of America, and the British domi
nions."
Ma, 17. In the Madeira Packet, captain James
Haydon from Madeira, came passengers John Marfden
Pintard, esquire, commercial agent of Congress at the
island of Madeira, and his lady. The Madeira Pack
et being in want of provisions, in latitude 37. longitude
72. spoke the brig Nancy, captain William Houland,
from Port-au-Prince, bound to Rhode-Ifland, who,
not only assisted them with whht they wanted, but
mos tgeneroufly hoisted out his own boat and sent it
them.
TRENTON, May 22.
At the late general election held at Newport, state
of Rhode-Ifland, his excellency John Collins, efq.
was declared to be elected governor; the honourable
Daniel Owen, esquire, deputy-governor ; Henry Ward,
esquire, secretary ; William Channing, esquire, attor
ney-general; and Joseph Clark, esquire, general trea
surer honourable James M. Varnum, Nathan
Miiler, George Champlin, and Peleg Arnold, esquires,
were chosen delegates to Congress.
A letter from Burlington, dated May 3, fays, “ Last
night this city was alarmed by the cry of fire, which
broke out in the dwellinghoufe of Robert - Strettell
Jones, esquire, occasioned by the carelefnefs of a ser
vant getting fire, with a candle, to a chintze window
curtain, in a bed-chamber: by the timely assistance
and great activity of the inhabitants, it was speedily
extinguished, with a very trifling injury; but it is
mentioned by way of caution to careless servants and
others."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Lisbon, to bis
friend in Philadelphia, dated March 1786.
" The Portugueze with their fix fail of men of war,
have drove the Algerines into the Streights, and ano
ther squadron is fitting out to keep our coast clear,
so that your colours may fafely navigate to' Lisbon."
The efforts already made in arts and sciences, in this
western quarter of the globe, under all colonial disad
vantages, are such, as ought to teach us very refpefl
ful ideas of American genius. The philosophy of dr.
Franklin is the object of unrivalled admiration through
every country of Europe ; the moral scrutinies of mr.
Edwards have received the highest applause in most
protestant countries, even from the fixed oppofers of
his opinions. The quadrant injuriously called Hadley's,
was the invention of mr. Godfrey of Philadelphia ;
mercurial inoculation was the discovery of the late dr.
Muirfon ; the M'Fingal of mr. Trumbull is ranked by
the English reviewers, with their own boasted hudi
bras ; and the paintings of Copley and Weft find even
in Europe little competition. The memorials of Con
gress have been classed in Europe also, with the firft
productions of that nature hitherto published ; and the
most enlightened nations of that region, by ornament
ing with every panegyrical feftimony, of military and
political characters, have rendered our own applAufe
totally unnecessary to their glory. Of no other nation
can so honourable things be mentioned, at so early a
period of their existence.
WHEREAS the fubferiber has tak
en up, on the eighteenth instant, two ne
gro boys, seventeen years of age, suppos
ed to be runaways, which are now confined in the
gaol at Trenton; one fays his name is Peter, very
black, and belongs to the widow Sloughton, he is five
feet four inches high, has a blue broadcloth coat lined
with red, yellow buttons, light coloured vest, tow
trowfers, stutters when he speaks in haste, good felt
hat, old shoes. Joe fays his master's name is James
Lateret, is a yellow fellow, has a light over coat, red
ifh fagathy tight bodied coat, faced with white, brown
cloth vest, fuftian overalls, a pair of leather breeches
good felt hat ; they both had passes, which they con^
fefs are forged, and they fay their masters live on Sta
ten-lfland. The owners are desired to apply to mr
Righter, gaoler, pay charges and take them away
SAMUEL STOUT
Trenton, May 19, 1786. iw*
Fifty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of the stables of the subscribers, on
the night of the 14th ult. in Amwell township,
Hunterdon county, state of New-Jersey, a sorrel horse,
about seven years old, fourteen hands and one inch
high, his near eye out, has a star and" snip, his tail
not docked, trots and canters; also a chefnut
sorrel mare, about eight years old, fourteen hands and
three inches high, her hind feet white near to the
hams, bald faced, not docked, natural trotter; also
stolen out of the liable of Abraham Funk, in Spring
field townihip, Bucks county, state of Pennsylvania,
a dark brown horse, five Tears old, fourteen hands
three inches high, with a small star and snip, and
a fear on his near hind foot between the panure joint
and hoof, naturally trots and canters. Whoever ap
prehends laid thief or thieves, so that he or they may be
brought to justice, and the owners get their horses again,
shall have the above reward, or three pounds for either
of the horses, and reasonable charges.
JEDIAH HIGGINS,
SAMUEL HILLS,
ABRAHAM FUNK.
May 19, 1786. 3w*