The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-08-14 00:00:00, page 3

“ That twenty-five thousand acres of land shall
“ be allotted for, and given to, Major-General
" Nathaniel Greene, his heirs or assigns, within
<6 the bounds of the lands refeived for the use of
" the army; to be laid off by the aforefaid com
" missioners, as a mark of the high sense this state
" entertains of the extraordinary services of that
“ brave and gallant officer."
August 10. By a gentleman from New-Jersey,
we are informed, that a prisoner from New-York
had handed him the following intelligence :
That Saturday morning last was ushered in, at
New-York, with the news that Great-Britain had
declared America independent, and that an Am
bassador was feet to notify it to Congress, and to
lay before that Honourable Body, the terms on
which Great-Britain has proposed a peace with A
merica.—That it was in consequence of inftru&i
ons received by Sir Guy Carleton, from his Ma
jesty's Privy-Council, that this news was made
known to the people. Great was the consternati
on that it occasioned, and the greater part of the
day was spent before much credit was given to it.
The loyalists were bold to affirm, that it had pro
ceeded from the whigs, who were assiduous to pro
mote the report ; but the true Americans, ever too
confeious of its validity, to be dissuaded to the con
trary: wherever they met, hearty congratulations
were given and received. On Sunday it was re
ported, that a resolution had passed both houses of
PHILADELPHIA, August 7.
At the late Court of Oyer, held at New- town,
Bucks county, a few days ago, one Vicar was tri
ed on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery
of the treasury, found guilty, and received sentence
of death ; when, to save his life, he turned Rate's
evidence, and made a confeffion, whereby five of
the gang which have lately committed various rob
beries in Bucks, have been taken, and by them
further difeoveries have been made, from whence
it is hoped the remainder of the gang will be taken.
It appears many of them are tory refugees, who
have loft all hopes of living by honest means, have
aftociated for the purpose of robbing the inhabi
tants of this county, and now and then a mail, not
so much for the purpole of serving the enemy, but
the hope of bank-bills, and perhaps a little reward;
but as they are now become a banditti of robbers,
and mean to live by plunder and murder, it be
comes every perlon to use their endeavours to root
them out of this country.
On Monday last arrived a flag from Antigua,
with a few prisoners and some families from Anti
gua and St. Kitts. On the 27th ult. they spoke
the privateer ship Lady's Delight, from Bermuda,
who laid that a number of transports had arrived
there from New-York with 1500 troops on board;
that it was laid at Bermuda that Charleftown was
evacuated; that the Capt. of the privateer said he
had spoke a brig from Madeira bound for Charlef
town, who had fallen in with a fleet from that
place, who informed him that he must not go to
Charleftown, as the British had left it, on whicli
he returned, and was then Handing for Bermuda.
The Orpheus was dispatched the beginning of
July from Antigua for New-York, for troops to
ganrifon that and the other Weft-lndia islands.
Extract of a letter from Sunbury, July 24.
" We have been happy in this country ever since
the cpurt; have had no stroke from the Indians,
nor no account from them till a few days ago, when
one Reckart (who was taken prisoner in the spring,
and Croninger, taken also last fall) made their
escape and gave the following account: that Sir
John Johnston, with five hundred Indians, and a
number of green coats (as they call them) had set
out, just before they made their escape to the Mo
hawk river, but was not able to learn precisely
their intentions ; however, the British as well as
Indians seemed much alarmed, and quite in confu
fion, They also inform us a party of about ^ohad
set out two days before the express arrived from
Niagara, to come to the frontiers of this county,
but were recalled, and joined Johnston's party, and
all are gone the lame route."
In a late aft of the General Assembly of North-
Carolina, which passed at their last session in April,
by which commissioners are appointed for immedi
ately surveying and laying off lands for the use of
the continental officers and soldiers in the line of
that flat'; in order, “ That some effectual and
" permanent reward may be rendered to the signal
•' bravery and persevering zeal of those officers and
“ soldiers," we have the pleasure to observe the
following provision:
honour on their officers as well as themselves, and
gave the greatest fatisfadion to the fpe&ators.
parliament to acknowledge the absolute unconditi
onal independence of America, and to treat with
the other belligerent powers immediately —That in
order thereto, it was said, Mr. Grenville has been'
appointed, commissioner on the part of England,
to meet with the commissioners of other powers
concerned, in France, to agree on a general peace.
It is further provided, that in case these advances
towards a peace should prove ineffectual to that
purpose, from the non-agreement of the powers in
Europe, that America should be considered " neu
tral," and Britain left at liberty to contend with
the others (or in other words, they mean to quit
America.)
The fame gentleman mentioned, that as soon as
the report began to gain ground, the confufion was
very great and general among the tories, and the
joy as great among the friends of America, who
soon expect a relief, by an evacuation of New-
York. It is alio said, that Sir Guy Carleton sent
for some members of the Council, who happened
to be out of town, to return immediately, having
something to communicate that would not admit of
delay. The purport of this business is said to be,
that as Great-Britain had acknowledged America
independent, he had orders to make the necessary
difpolition for an embarkation.
That the officers of the independent companies
and city militia, it was said, had petitioned Guy
Carleton to explain to them how circumstances
flood, that in case parliament had actually agreed
to admit the American independence, they would
throw down their arms and never again resume
them. It was reported, that on Monday the inde
pendence of America was to be announced at New-
York in form.—lf ihN should be the case, it is
thought that much trouble may be expe&ed.
He further adds, that the Lyon of 64, the War
wick of 44, and ten frigates, had fell down to the
Hook to prevent a furprize—that seven or eight
large transports were dismantled, and preparing to
be funk on the appearance of the French fleet, the
arrival of which on the coast they learn by the ar
rival of the Margaretta, in a shattered condition.
It is very remarkable, that though the packet,
with the news of independence, arrived on Wed
nesday, the matter was not divulged, in New-York,
till they heard of the French fleet being on the coast.
Since our last eight of the gang of robbers that
have infefted this state, were brought from New-
Town, Bucks county, to this city, and fafely lodg
ed in gaol.—We hear five more are taken and se
cured in New-Town gaol: Several others have
gone off, and it is said, have fled to the den of
thieves at the mouth of Hudson's river.
TRENTO N, August 14.
AT a meeting of the committee of the .town
fltip of Nottingham, on Monday the sth day
of August, 1782. Present,
The Honourable John Cox, ! Iquire, Chairman.
William Trent, Hugh Runyan, John Hutchin
son, David Chambers, Richard Mount, Alexander
Douglas, James Ewing, Thomas Janney, John
Clunn.
Agreed, that the following address from the
committee to the inhabitants of the said township,
be set up in all the publick houses therein, and that
Mr. Collins be requeued to publiih the fame in his
Gazette.
WE your fellow citizens and countrymen, ap
pointed as a committee in the township of Notting
ham, for the purpose of preventing trade and inter
course with the enemy, being impressed with the
deepest anxiety and concern for the honour and
welfare of our bleeding country, conceive it our
duty, in the present interesting state of our publick
affairs, to call your particular attention to those
mifereants among us, who, destitute of every man
ly patriotick principle, and aduated solely by in
terested motives, are endeavouring all in their pow
er to evade the laws of the state, by clandestinely
introducing among us the manufactures of Great-
Britain, to the great injury of the fair-trader, and
almost total extinction of that simplicity of man
ners, which ought to be the pride and glory of eve
ry virtuous republican Rate: And whereas we have
abundant reason to apprehend that spies and emis
saries from the enemy are daily palling and re-pall
ing through the state, for various purposes prejudi
cial to the interest of the United States, owing in
a great measure to the inattention of the inhabi
tants: And whereas, by a law of this state, all of
ficers, civil and military, inn-holders, ferry-men,
stage-drivers and fhallop-men, are exprelsly autho
rized and required publickly to examine all travel
lers, and such as may put up at their houses, or
request passages with them; and to detain and car
ry before some Justice of the Peace, such as cannot
produce the necessary passports required by law:
We do therefore moil earnestly request of every
individual in the township, and particularly those
authorized as aforefaid, that they would at this
critical juncture, recoiled who we are, and for what
we are contending, and attend particularly to the
vigorous execution of the law against vagrant and
idle persons, the ad to prevent illicit trade and in
tercourse with the enemy, and the law passed the*
10th January, 1779, to prevent persons travelling
through this state without proper passports; and,
in a word, to use eve r y possible means in their
power, to effect the grand purpose of dilappbinting
the enemy in this their last dastardly effort to cor
rupt and enslave the virtucus inhabitants of the in
dependent dates of America.
By order of the Committee,
JOHN COX, Chairman.
*, The adventurers in the fourth class of the
United States lottery, may know the fate of their
tickets, by applying to the Printer.
(C The laws of the last session of General As
sembly are printed, and ready to be delivered.
J I he afibciations of the inhabitants at Allentown
and Burlington, for preventing an illicit trade and
intercourse with the enemy, being very similar to
those already published for that purpose, are defer
red till next week, to give place to a variety of
other interesting matter.
BY the fubferiber, in Hopewell, Hunterdon
county, a likely able Negro fellow, about
twenty-three years of age, brought up to farmers'
business : Some time will be given to the purchaser
for the payment of the money.
MINNE GULICK.
August 6, 1782. iw*
For S A L E,
NEAR Bordentown, in the county of Burling
ton, a quantity of excellent white-oak tim
ber, cut and squared in different sizes and lengths;
about three hundred perches of good building ftene;
iron-work for three set of grist-mills complete, and
for one saw-mill. Apply to Robert Lewis and
sons, in Philadelphia, or the fubferiber in Mount-
Holly. NATHANIEL LEWIS.
August 6, 1782. Bwf
To the Freeholders and Electors ' of the
county of BURLINGTuN.
Gentlemen,'
AS I intend to stand a candidate for the office
of fberiff at the ensuing election, the favour
of your votes for that purpose, Ihali be giateiully
acknowledged, by your moll humble servant,
Alexander Douglass.
Nottingham, August 12, 1782. 4W e. o %y.
To the Freeholders and Elictors
of the county of BURLINGTON.
Gentlemen,
I INTEND to stand a candidate for
the office of Sheriff at the ensuing
election. I solicit your votes for that
purpose, which favour (hall be grateful
ly acknowledged by your humble ser
vant, ZACHARIAH ROSSELL.
Mount-Holly, August 5, 1782. Bw§
To be fold, by publick vendue,
ON Saturday the seventeenth instant, on the
farm formerly the property of James Leo
nard, and now owned and in possession of James
Wilson, horses, cows, sheep, hogs, ploughs, har
rows, waggons, an iron nuts cyder-mill, with sun
dry other articles too tedious to mention. The
sale to begin at one o'clock on said day, when at
tendance will be given, and the conditions made
known, by Benjamin Mitchell.
August 12, 1782. iw
STRAYED or stolen, on Saturday night, the
fourth of this instant, from the plantation of
Richard Harcourt, near Allentown, a fcrrel mare,
about 14 hands high, with a blaze in her face,
branded on the near buttock, but the letters are
forgotten; she is about ten years old, and has a
small piece out of one ear, a natural trotter, but
can pace. Whoever secures the said mare, and
delivers her to the said Richard Harcourt, or Wil
liam Budd at the New Mills, so that the owner
may get her again, ffiall receive four dollars re
ward, and realonable charges, paid by
SAMUEL SELBY.
August 13, 1782. gw|