The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-07-17 00:00:00, page 2

™ ate on Pequannock river, in the county of Morris,
' and for other purposes therein mentioned.'
' The bill, intitled, ' an aft for making partition of
'a trad of land in Essex county, commonly called
' Afhfield's Trad.'
' The bill, intitled, an ad more effectually to em
' power the justices and chosen freeholders in the fe
' veral counties in this state, to call to account coun
'ty collectors for money and other publick property
' by them received.'
6 The bill, intitled, ' an ad for the relief of poor
' insolvent debtors.' And
' The bill, intitled, '' a supplement to an ad, in
' titled, an ad to dired the agents of forfeited estates
< in the refpedive counties in this state, to proceed to
'the sale of said estates, and to repeal an aft to suspend
'the sales of real estates, &c. and to empower the said
' agents to fell the lands and publick barracks belong
' ing to this ftate,' are passed by this house without
amendment.'
Two messages from the council by mr. Mayhew.
' Ordered, ' Council-chamber, June I, 1786.
' THAT mr. Mayhew do carry to the house of
< assembly, the bill, intitled, ' an ad to direct
'the treasurer of this state in the payment of interest
' due from the United States to the inhabitants of
' this ftate,' and request their concurrence therein.'
Which bill was read, and ordered a second reading.
' The council having taken into consideration the
« resolution from the house of assembly of the 2zd of
' March last, relative to revoking certain warrants
' given to Elizabeth Horton, Catharine Piatt and Ra
' chel Shores;
' Refolded, That the house do concur in the said re
' solution so far as refpeds Elizabeth Horton, and dif
< agree to it in refped to the two others.'
The petition from sundry officers of the militia, of
the county of Morris, praying that a third regiment
may be set off from the two regiments of the militia
in said county, was read a second time, and referred
to the next fitting.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning fix
of the clock.
Friday, June 2, 1786.
The house met.
The bill, intitled, ' an aft for defraying sundry in
cidental charges,' was read a second time, and ordered
to be engrossed.
Mr. Beardflee, agreeably to leave given at the
last fitting, presented the draught of a bill, intitled,
' an aft to fatisfy certain executions therein mention
ed ;' which was read, and referred to the next fitting.
Refolded, That the treasurer pay to the chief-juftice
for the time being, in addition to the salary annexed
to his office by the aft afeertaining the salaries of the
officers of government for the present year, any sum
at the rate of fifty pounds per annum, whose receipt
(hall be a fufficient voucher to the treasurer for so much
of the publick money in his hands in the settlement of
his accounts.
On the question, whether the house agree to the
said resolution? It was carried in the affirmative, as
follows :
The engrossed bill, intitled, 'an aft for defraying
sundry incidental charges,' was read and compared ;
Refolded unanimously, That the fame do pass.
Ordered, That mr. Lambert do carry the said bill
to council for concurrence.
Mr. Houghton reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
Mr. Blair, from the committee to whom were re
ferred the certificates and other papers received from
Henry Garritfe, jun. late collector for the county of
Essex; and the certificates and other papers received
from Nathaniel Farrand, town-colleCtor in said coun
ty, reported as follows :
THAT your committee have examined the said cer
tificates, and find that those received of Garritfe,
amount to 1. 9737 16 3, specie value, and also find that
those received of Farrand amount to 1. 79 15 9, out
of which two sums, taxes that became due in 1782, have
been paid to the amount of 1. 225 0 1; and that
amongrt the certificates received of Garritfe, there is
one given by Azariah Dunham to Benjamin Winans,
jun. for 1. 2751 17 6 continental money, which ap
pears to have been altered in the time of becoming due,
from ift October 1779, to theist OCt. 1778; and that
Farrand delivered a return of three surplus certificates
amountingtol. 18816 6 specie value, for which he has not
delivered any original certificates, and declares that he
never received any. There is an entry in mr. Gar
ritfe's return amounting to 1. 197 18 3, specie value,
for which we can find no certificate. Your commit
tee are of opinion, that the above sum of 1. 225 0 1
ought to be passed to the credit of the county of Es
sex, on any taxes that may remain due on or before
the year 1782; and that the said certificates from Gar
ritfe and Farrand, be delivered by the speaker of the
house to the auditor of accounts. Your committee
are further of opinion, that the attorney-general be
directed to prosecute the said Farrand for a misdemean
or ngainft this state.
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Garritfe, Marsh,
Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Still
well, Bunn, Blair, Sinnickfon, Hall, Holme, Baker,
Whilden, Lambert, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Ar
nold, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Biddle, Beardflee.
Ordered, ^hat mr. Houghton do carry the said re
solution to council for concurrence.
By order of the committee,
ROBERT BLAIR.
To which report the house agreed.
Mr. Lambert reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
Mr. Combs, from the committee to whom was com
mitted the memorial of John Hampton, on the 15th
of March last, reported as follows:
THAT by a certificate from major Potter, who com
manded the firft battalion of Middlesex militia, it ap-I
pears that the said Hampton was appointed ensign,
and acted as such until some time in the year 1776,
at which time it appears that he was appointed a lieu
tenant, but it does not appear that he ever was com
missioned, either as ensign or lieutenant.
JOHN COMBS,
JAMES BONNEY.
Whereupon,
Refolded, That the attorney-general proceed against
the said John Hampton, agreeably to the directions
contained in the resolution of the legislature of the
17th February last.
Three messages from the council by mr. Hoops.
' Council-chamber, June 2, 1786.
' Ordered,
'THAT mr. Hoops do wait on the house of affem
' bly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled, ' an
' alt for defraying sundry incidental charges,' is passed I
' by this house without amendment.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the re-]
' solution from the house of assembly, allowing the|
' chief-juftice fifty pounds per annum, in addition to his
' salary : the resolution allowing Aaron Dunham, efq.
' auditor, any sum not exceeding ninety pounds, &c.
‘ and the resolution appointing Moore Furman and
' John Beatty, to assist the auditor in fettling the ac-;
' counts between this state and the United States, &c.:
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' accounts reported by the committee appointed to
' examine publick accounts, with the resolution ac- '
' companying the fame;l
' Refolded, That the house do approve of the faid'
' report, and concur in the said refolution.'
The house rose without day.
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.Foreign Intelligence.
W A R S A W, January 3.
WE have accounts from Lithuania, that the fa-|
mous Jesuit of White-Russia, Father Rothe,'
died, aged fifty-fix years, at the eltate of the countess 1
de Hilfen, where he was superior of the miflionaries.|
This monk has rendered himfelf famous by fcveral im-.
portant missions. He dwelt in America twenty years ;
during which time he converted a vast number of In
dians to the Catholic religion; he translated fevqal
books into their language, and among the rest the ca-,
techifm. In (hort, he established an Indian printing
office, which contributed much to spread knowledge
among those people.
LONDO N, May I—s.
The last defpatches from Paris are of the most fa-;
vourable kind:—A commercial system is likely to takel
place, of equal benefit to the two nations, and thel
more desirable, as it may tend to ftipprcfs the jealou-1
fies from whence have arisen those long, bloody and j
expensive wars, which have added so largely to the ,
present heavy debt under which we groan; and which;
can only be put in a state of being liquidated, withi
equal ease, fafety and honour to the state, by a conti-'
nuance of peace.
The curiosity of the publick to fee mr. Hastings, ap
peared so strong on Monday, by the crowds that were
at the house of commons, that the gallery and all the
avenues, were full before twelve o'clock. The house
also, by the time business usually begins, was crowded
to such a degree, that all the void space at the bar
and behind the speaker's chair was full. And when
mr. Hastings made his appearance, the eyes of all
that large body of people were immediately centered
on him. Mr. Burke had never seen him before. He
was not in the least intimidated or confufed, but en
tered on his defence with the greatest composure and
recollection.
Pondicherry is in a much stronger state of defence
than it was when last taken, but those who talk of its
being impregnable, are totally ignorant of the fubjeCt.
If the French should conciliate the friendship of the
Asiatic Princes, they may weaken our strength in a
degree; but while their pofTeffion is confined to one
settlement, Great-Britain has nothing to apprehend in
that quarter.
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American Intelligence.
B O S TO N, June 12.
ON Sunday evening last, the house of the rev. dr.
Byles, at the south part of the town, was struck
with lightening.—The rods which received the fluid, and
which were almost wholly melted, saved the building
from any material damage. Two panes of glass, in a
window near which the conductor ran, were by rea
son, it is supposed, of the rarilication of the air out
side, and the consequent superior pressure of that in
clofed in the room, burst out.
June 14. The liberality and enlightened views con
spicuous in the treaty of amity and commerce lately
agreed upon by the United States of America, and
the king of Prussia, will do infinite credit to the age
which produces it.
June 25. A writer in the last Chronicle, under the
signature of Propriety, has darted anew, an idea fre
quently hinted at, at former sessions. lam the more
pleased with his plan, as the tax he proposes would be
laid on a most unneceflary, dangerous and expensive
piece of luxury. He proves, incontrovertibly, that dogs
do not compensate the individual owners for their
subsistence, and surely they are a particular nuisance
to the publick. The annals of 1785 will record the
deaths of several ufeful fubjeCts by the canine disease,
which raged last summer ;—but few records can be ad
duced of dogs saving the lives of people. In the sea-perts,
and particularly in Boston, they are very troublesome.
Besides the constant howling in the night, one can
hardly pass the street without being involved in a crowd
of idle fpedators of a dog fight, feenes which have a
considerable tendency to promote broils and discord.
I have before my eyes this very moment, no less than
eight large dogs within twenty rods of me in the street.
In short, I never heard of a fubjeCt of taxation which
pleased me more than this troublesome animai. Who
ever can afford to keep a dog, can afford fix (hillings
for the fatisfadion of pofleffing a brute companion,
in whose company he takes more pleasure than your
correspondent, Aftseon.
July 3. On Wednesday a motion was made in
the honourable house of representatives to take the
sense of the house relative to the emiflion of a gaper
currency, when on division a majority of eighty-nine
appeared in disapprobation of the measure. The
advocates for it were nineteen. A motion for a tender
aft met with a similar fate.
Tuesday the 26th ult. about noon, as he was passing
in the street, Samuel Thatcher, esquire, member ot
the hon. house of representatives from Cambridge, was
seized of an apoplexy, and expired indantly. Mr.
Thatcher was in the 54th year of his age.
H ARTFO R D, June 19.
The scarcity of cash is a general complaint ; and it
has got to be so fafhionable to complain of hard times,
and the scarcity of money, that debtors seem to think
they have Efficiently Satisfied their creditors, if they
tell them the times are hard and money scarce. This
has so long been the theme, that people almost univer
sally believe it, although it is a falfehood. Every ge
neration think the former times better than the pre
fect. —This, however, is a mistake. The original prin
ciples of human nature are the fame in every age.
Times are easy when men do their duty; but when
they deviate from that, and enter the road of vice, in
dolence and licentiousness, then difficulties embarrass,
and troubles perplex them.
Indolence and extravagance in dress, are the sources
from which all the evils, so bitterly complained of, flow.
The other day (fays a correspondent) I went to fee
some farmers, who owed me a trifle: 1 found them in
a field at work: one was clad in velvet vest and
breeches, and fine worsted dockings; the other, in
fattinet vest and breeches, and flockings as aforefaid,
and a fine Holland shirt, with a ruffle on the bosom.
I asked them for the money they owed me, and re
ceived my pay in the solid coin of ' money „ exceed
ingly fcarce —the times are lery bard—and it is an im
pfflh/e thing to get money.' I offered to take flock, or
almost any other article ; but they had nothing to pay,
except land, and that they could not (pare ; so my
debt was discharged by inability.
The extravagance of people in decorating their bo
dies is the origin of their poverty; and the hardness
of the times arises from a foolifh pride. Every man
is honourably and elegantly dressed, when he is dressed
most suitable to his business.—The old adage will ever
hold true :
‘ He that will increase in riches,
' Must not hoe corn in silken breeches.'
N E W-Y O R K, July;.
We hear from Quebec, that his excellency fir Guy
Carleton, governor of that province, Nova-Scotia, &c.
&c. lately arrived in that city from England.
A gentleman lately from France allures, that the ri
gour of their navigation laws are very much relaxed
towards the Americans —that he has known frequent
instances of vessels being seized and legally condemned,
restored to their owners again without any compensa
tion whatever.
A letter from Nantz, dated April 6, to a gentleman
in this town, mentions, " That general Armand
(Marquis de la Rouerie) late commander of a legion
of horse in the service of the United States, was lately
married in Britanny to a most accomplished lady of
large fortune.—His attachment to this country is so
predominant, that it preponderates every other consi
deration, and he is determined to return, to spend the
remainder of his days in the country that had so much
confidence in his patriotism, as to bestow upon him
so refpeftable an appointment, as that he enjoyed
during the war.
On Monday last, at the court of sessions, an action
was brought by the executors of mr. Neet, of the ci
ty of London, merchant, against mr. Sands, of this
city, merchant, for a debt contracted previous to the
late war, for upwards of £. 1200, with the interest
thereon from the commencement of the war to this time.
Whether the British shall be paid intereJi for monies
during the war, a time when the principals could not
be paid, being a question of no small importance to
the merchants of this and the other American states,
was warmly debated by the counsels of both parties,
and, after a hearing of upwards of twelve hours, the
jury brought in as their judgment, that mr. Sands
should not pay said interest.
The transparent paintings at the Theatre last Tues
day, on the celebration of our independence, gave
such infinite fatisfadion, that a description of them,
we apprehend will be pleasing to many of our readers.
Ou each fide of the gateway were two superb Pi
lars, twenty feet in height, adorned with wreaths of
flowers; on the pedestal to the right were three
wheat Iheaves, emblematical of plenty; on the left a
fliip under full fail, with thirteen stripes firing, em
blem of commerce; a grand obelisk in the centre, on
the top of which burnt a lambent flame over the ever
to be remembered names of the heroes who bravely
fell in the defence of their country —
W ARRE N,
M ONTGOMER Y,
MERCER,
W O OSTE R, &c.