The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

AGRIST-MILL and saw-mill, situate on the
South-Branch of Raritan river, near New-Shan
nic church, in the township of Hillfborough, county
of Somerset, and Rate of New-Jersey; the grist-mill
is in good order, the works being all in good repair,
and is generally known by the name of the New-Mill,
and is situated in the heart of a fertile wheat country,
being about 18 miles' from New-Brunswick and 25
from Trenton ; the law-mill is new and in good order.
There is on the premises two good dwellinghoufes,
one lately built; about 80 acres of excellent land ad
joining said mill, 12 of which are excellent good mea
dow, a fufficient quantity of timberland, the remain
der good arable land ; a small orchard of apple trees,
and an excellent peach orchard. The payments will
be easy, and an indisputable title will be given to the
purchaser, by BERGUN HUFF,
Feb. id, 1786. 3w* PETER HUFF.
TO BE SOLD,
At Publick Vendue,
ON Wednesday the firft day of March next, on
the premises, a farm or plantation, late the
property of William Crooke, deceased, now in the
tenure of John Covert, lituate in Bridgwater town-
Ihip, about three miles from Somerset courthouse,
containing two hundred and ninety acres, the whole
conveniently divided into fields, and in very good
fence; there is a fufficient quantity of good wood and
excellent meadow, a good dwellinghoufe and small
orchard, &c.
Also on Monday the sixth day of March next, will
be fold at the house of J. Flagg, innkeeper in Hills
borough township, a lot of woodland, late the pro
perty of William Crooke, deceased, containing sixty
acres, joining lands of Hendrick Van-Middlefwart,
Esquire, about four miles from Somerset courthouse.
The vendue to begin at ten o'clock of each refpedive
day, when the conditions of sale will be made known,
and attendance given, by the subscribers or one of
them. Jno. Elmendorf,^
Abm. Ten-Eyck, C Exec.
Wm. Crooke, )
Bridgwater, Jan. 17, 1786. 3W*
TOBES O L D,
A TRACT of land, situate about one mile from
Bordentown, and near the fame distance from
several parts of Crofswicks creek, containing about
90 acres, chief of which is woodland, the remainder
fit for the plough, and meadow ground (cleared) and
more may be made; the whole as good land as any
in the neighbourhood. Its situation being so near
Bordentown and several landings, makes the timber
on it very valuable. The owners are desirous of fel
ling the whole together, but if not fold by the firft
of March next, they propose to divide it into lots,
and dispose of it in that manner. Any person in
clining to purchase, may know the terms by applying
to the subscribers in Bordentown.
Jno. Taylor,
T homas Moore.
Bordentown, Feb. 4, 1786. gw*
To be Sold, at Publick Sale,
AND entered on the firft day of May next, that
valuable farm, the property of the subscriber,
pleasantly situated in the county of Monmouth, and
townihip of Lower Freehold, on the great road lead
ing from Middle-Town-Point to Freehold courthouse,
and about two miles from Mount-Pleasant, now in
possession of Thomas Fleet, containing about 240
acres, thirty of which are as good meadow as any in
the county, and much more may be made at a very lit
tle expence; on which are two good bearing orchards,
a dwellinghoufe, kitchen, barrack, barn, and every
other conveniency suitable for a farmer.
Also a lot in Mount-Pleasant of two acres, on which
is a large dwellinghoufe, four rooms on the floor, a
kitchen, smith's shop, barn, and well of water near
the door; suitable for a tavern (and where one has
been kept several years) a store keeper or any other
publick business ; together with about thirty acres of
woodland one mile from the fame. Any person or
persons inclining to purchase either of the said places,
may apply to the subscriber at Mount-pleasant.
THOMAS HUNN.
Jan. 25, 1786. 3w*
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. IX.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
To be Sold, at Private Sale,
MONDA Y, February 27, 1786.
Mr. Collins,
Sir, your inserting this will much oblige our whole
fraternity. A Speculator.
( Concluded from our lajl.)
BUT let us, for argument fake, suppose that
what we have hinted would in reality hap
pen, it ever then will be a matter of doubt,
whether the practice would be more lu
crative in one view ; whilst another prof
p^ft, I am persuaded, will throw the be
lance intirely in favour of their present situation; for
whilst I permit them to affirm that they would derive
more benefit from a single suit, they in their turn must
acknowledge that the number of a&ions would very
sensibly decrease. In order to do the fubjed justice, we
must suppose that no advantages, however specious,
truly speaking, can arise from a ffftem of conduct,
whilst they are balanced with as powerful inconvenlen
cies ; tho' aided by the most fangume wishes and ex
pedations. But it would be as ridiculous for me to
believe that they are anxious for this visionary medium,
as it would to conceive the lion wearied with a prof-I
ped of prey. But I have one thing more to urge re-;
fpeding their present happy Rate, and that is the con-<
tinuation of suits. Surely no man in his proper fenfesl
will ever fuffer his property to be fold by the fheriff,
if he possibly can dispose of it to any advantage at pri- !
vate faie, or allow himfelf to be harraffed for any con-'
fiderable time by an action of law whilst cash can by
any plausible means be obtained. This, upon reflecti
on, will be found of confequence —but a word to the
wife is fufficient. Had I not positively determined ini
my firft entrance on the discussion of ths fuojeft to
destroy even the least fliadow of doubt —so obvious a
matter as the advantage that the publick creditors
will undoubtedly derive from the annihilation of this
paper project, would certainly have been passed over
by me in silence. The situation then in which I am, j
or rather the obligations under which I lie to myfelf,!
and to each of you who will find his account in se
conding my projects, for I am not so toolkit as to fup
pole that he will be actuated by any thing but pure felf
intereft, must excuse me for troubling him with argu
ments to which I have reason to believe he is no strang
er. The facilities, which by a resolution of Congress
each creditor is to receive annually for the interest
monies due on the securities that he may have in his
possession, and which are to be taken in taxes dollar|
for dollar, will not fail to loose their consequence at ]
the introduction of this new species of money. While I
the present scarcity of a circulating medium continues,|
they will answer every purpose that he can wish ; nay,
the more the country in general will be diftreffed,[
the more and greater will be the advantages which hel
will experience from them. For as all the hard and
real money is either gone out of the state, or is in the
coffers of those who will be cautious of letting it be
tainted with the light, the people, as the dernier resort, will
be obliged to barter on his own terms for these very fa
cilities. Indeed they will not only pass currently, but
at a rate far exceeding the ordinary value of specie ;
at least it will depend upon himfelf to render them of
consequence, and I doubt not but his sagacity and
prudence will readily excite him to take every advan
tage. Like the great philosopher he may remain—
alone—unconcerned at the political convulsions of
his country, and, collected within himfelf, may view
the struggles of his neighbour with a serene coun
tenance. To you now, my companions in the arts of
speculation, I address myfelf, filled with every agreea
ble sensation that naturally arises from the hope of
avoiding impending danger. I believe I may rely on
your activity in the common cause, especially as, by
letting before you what we are likely to gain from the
hardnets of the times, you may become acquainted
with the importance of what we are likely to loose.
As estates will Continue to be fold daily for mere
trifling confideratiohs, what may we not in conscience
promise ourselves from a concordant league which we
ought and certainly will make with our cousins ger-I
man the possessors of publick fecurities'? Can we hesi
tate to pronounce ourselves masters of all the valuable
property in the state, when it is plain there neither
can nor will be any other purchasers beside ourselves,
our agents or our friends? We have the fame views,
the identical profpeCts before us, that the famous Ro
man commissioners had who were delirous and even
would have disposed of the commonwealth, had they
not been driven from their glorious career by the arti
fices of a certain mighty orator, whom moderns have
dubbed witli the epithet of patriot. But we have no
reason to apprehend a fimiliar sate—mos t of the great
men are in our interest; and as for the common peo
ple, they neither have abilities to penetrate into, nor
spirit to destroy our designs. You usurers, as you
sometimes are vulgarly called, what can you promife|
yourselves, but mortifying disappointments from this
THE
Somerset, Feb. io, 1786.
Mr. Collins,
e A friend to the press and to literature, and one who
is perfectly uninterested in this dispute, would thank
you to insert the enclosed essay in your next, after you
have made the necessary corrections in the punctuation
grammar and spelling.
From your very humble servant
and sincere admiring fiiend, &c.
• Male ierum examinat omnis
Corruptus judex Hor.
TT is a truth that felf and corruption, but not igno
-1 rance, are the causes of such glaring partiality and
misrepresentation with refpeCt to the credit of loan
office money.
It is common for the Primitive Whig, to whom I
refer, to impole upon the publick by a cloud of words
and mere aflertions, and to vilify and ridicule truly
distressed debtors by his most rascally ideas and epi
thets—ldeas and epithets which existed only in the
pericranium of the Primitive Whig! From his arro
gance, and the consequence of his dear deftrine, he
has a strong conception and deiire to become lord
paramount of New-Jersey, and to have his " mefne
7 lords and his nobles and his vassals and his feuda
tories, and his tree and his base and his certain and
" his uncertain services.” Did the Primitive Whig,
though I much doubt his auhiggifm, know in what:
light the honelt and industrious and good and virtuous
part of the community view his performances, (lawyers
and speculators excepted, of whom I know he is one,
if not a composition of both, and was he not such an
uncharitable wrench as he declares himfelf) sure I am
that he would repent in sackcloth and allies of the fin
which will never be forgiven. Would it not seem in
human and uncharitable to upbraid real obje& of
dillrels with terms which he applies promifeuoufly to
hundreds who bore the heat and burden of the war?
Hundreds who expended their money and neglected
their tarms to face the unnatural enemies of their
country ?— Hundreds who cannot be the objects of pri
vate compassion, because (in the present scarcity of
calh, arid the persecuting ipirit of their creditors) it
is impossible that it should relieve the necessities which
money chimera ; what but an intire deftrudion of all
your solid expectations? Alas! who will give you
twenty per cent when calh can be obtained for less—
or what will it avail you to have money hoarded in
your coffers, from which you will not derive the most
trifling advantage? At this important crisis will you
remain inactive—will you not rife at the call of inte
rest—will you not follow the banners of the Primitive
Whig and Eugenio—both adive in the cause ? The one
possesses the effrontery of a lion, the other the fly in
sinuation of a fox. Under such leaders laurels must
certainly crown us. But as it is the part of a prudent
general, so, in my opinion, it is that of an anxious
writer, not only to address in private, or in particular,
those in whom he has placed his chief hopes; but
as it were to offer something to their view which mav
effect the whole collective body. I shall here, having
performed the former part I fancy to the fatisfadion
of my readers, beg their further indulgence, till I ac
quit myfelf of the latter. Is it not felf-evident that
the citizens, wearied with their distresses, have cast all
their hopes of relief on this pernicious political remedy,
at least it is so to us, and is it not as obvious that our
defeating them in that expectation will drive them to
utter despair ? The money, as I have said before, being
in a manner in our own hands, we may easily render
them dependent on us in every sense of the word.
For how can they possibly difeharge their debts, pay
their taxes, and lupply the necessary and unavoidable
requisites of their families, without ready moneys
Used to dependency, and grown callous to the nicer
feelings, a Ihort time will intirely efface every senti
ment of freedom that they at present entertain. For
minds harraffed with private concerns, and struggling
against the miseries of poverty, will soon grow desir
ous of a change, and willing to barter that liberty, for
which their fortune has deprived them of every
relish, for the most despotic tyranny. Let us then on
ly aft unitedly and steadily, and all is our own. Our
desire of wealth, our thirst for power, and, in ihort,
all our favourite passions will have a perfect gratificati
on. Thus, my dear friends, have I with great care en
deavoured to state, in its proper colours, this impor
tant affair, and 1 flatter myfelf that my great concern
for your welfare will meet with your gratitude and ap
plause. If, notwithstanding what I have said, there mav
be some whose conscience is too delicate and squeamish
to fuffer them to take an adive part, let them silently
look on at our bold manoeuvres—for I trust there will
always be a fufficient number who will not hesitate to
facrifice every human connection to our interested
views. A SPECULATOR.
[Numb. 407.]