The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-05-30 00:00:00, page 1

WAS taken out of the house
of the fubferiber in Nottingham township,
a^d county of Burlington, the deed of the house and
lot made by Elisha Lawrence to Jonathan Richmond —
one Three Hundred Pound bond, with several notes
and papers of value ; all those papers being clear of any
Alignments when taken away: The publick is requeu
ed to take no alignments on them. Any person hav
ing the above papers, and returning them, shall have
Three Pounds, by JONATHAN RICHMOND.
May 5, J 785. 4wt
y^LL Persons indebted to the
estate of Samuel How, late of the city of Bur
lington, Rfq. deceased, are once more requeued to
come to the fubferibers, executors of the last will and
testament of the said deceased, and fettle the fame, or
they may depend that their bonds, bills, notes, &c.
will be put in the hands of an attorney to recover, to
enable the executors to fulfil the will ot the said de
ceased : — And those who save any demands against the
said estate, are likewise requeued to bring them in, in
order to have them ddjufted and paid, by
JOHN HOW, ? %
DANIEL ELLIS, $ , ecut -
Burlington, May io, 1785. yw*
Notice is hereby given
TO the creditors of Abraham Boss (an insolvent
debtor confined in the gaol of Trenton, that he
intends to make application for a difeharge from his
confinement, as is directed by the law now in force,
passed for the benefit of insolvent debtors) to meet at
the house of Francis Witt, at Trenton, on Fuefcay
the 7th of June next, at ten of the clock in the fore
noon cf the fame day, before two or more pf the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common-Pleas for the
county of Hunterdon, to shew cause, if any they, have,
why an affignmept of said infolvcnt's estate should not
be made for the benefit of his creditors, and he be dis
charged from confinement, agreeably to the directions
of the said law.
Trenton gaol, Hunterdon county, May 10, 1785. if
W"^ L coverJ:he ensuing season at the stables of Ben
jamin Stevens, in Maidenhead, in the county of
Hunterdon, Rate of New-Jersey, at Forty Shillings the
season, or Twenty-five Shillings the single leap.
PTOLEMY is a beautiful bay, fifteen hands three
inches, in high condition ; his hze; figure, movement
and bottom, is equal to any horse in the United States,
and is happily calculated for either saddle or carriage.
He was got by James De LAncey's celebrated horse
Wildair, out of a mare imported from England by
Charles Wood-Earth, Efqnire, of Dinwiddie county,
in Virginia ; flic was got by the Duke of Devonshire's
horse Traveller, out of a cade mare. Good care will
be taken of mares, and pasture provided for thole who
come a distance, at a reasonable rate.
April 20, 1785. 4 wf
A LL Persons indebted to the
estate of Isaac Reckiefs, of Reckless-Town, in
Burlington county, deceased, either by bond, note or
book debt, are desired to make payment by the firft
day of June next, otherwise they will be treated as the
law directs; and those who have any demands against
said estate, are requeued to bring them in for settle
ment, to JOHN RECKLESS,
Administrator.
May 9 , 1785. 3 w§
GOLDFINDER
WILL cover at the stable cf the subscriber in Cran
berry, at Six Dollars the season, or Three Dol
lars the single leap, the money for the single
leap to be paid at the liable door. He was got by
Lath, who was got by Shepperd's Crab. Lath was
an established running horse in England and America;
his dam was Mr. Norris Lawrence's famous mare Kid,
who was got by Merry-Andrew, brother to the noted
horse True Briton ; his grandam by Old England.
GOLDFINDER is a chefnut lorrel, fifteen and an
half hands high, strong and bony, and in all probabi
lity will get excellent colts either for running, hunting;
riding or carriage. He is allowed, by good judges, to
be one of the belt horses ever got bv Lath.
GEORGE M'AROY.
Cranberry, May 1, 1785. 4 w*
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. VIII.]
TRENT ON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
PTOLEMY
MONDAY, May 36, 1785.
My dear . Countrymen,
IT requires no great degree of forefight, or poli
tical knowledge, to affirm, that we Shall not long
continue an independent empire, if we go on as
we have done. " Whom God means to destroy,
be firJb infatuates." It is a most melancholy reflec
tion, but it is true, that ever since the peace, we have
aded fyfematicaHy wrong. NNe have allowed the
fubje&s of Great-Britain every right and privilege en
joyed by our own citizens ; and while the British Par
liament were laying heavy duties on every article of
our exports, either in American bottoms, or owned
by American fubjeNs : while they were forbidding
the importation of the produce of these Rates into ma-
WE the fubferibers, being legatees chiefly nh.med
in the last will and testament of James Sexton,
late of Uppe r -Freehold, deceased, having, by bur coun
sel learned in rhe law, been informed of a detect in itid
will, the omission of one evidence, by which means
the executors are unable to ad agreeably to the true
intent and meaning of the fame, which we conceive
will be a damage to the estate : For remedy thereof,
we propose applying to the Legislature at the 1 ext fit
ting, for a law to eftablilh said will; of which any per
son concerned is desired to take notice.
REBECCA SEXTON, widow,J
ESEK C0X,.1
REBECCA SEX lON, } Legatees.
ANN SEXTON,
PATIENCE SEXTON.J
April 14, 1785. Buj:
Now in the Ricis,
And Shortly will be published —
OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
IMPORTANCE
OF T HE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
/AND
The Means of making it a Benefit to the World.
RICHARD PitiCE, D. D. L. L. D.
And Fellow of the Royal Society of London,
and of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in
, New-England..
These Observations are, comprized under the fol
, ~ lowing Heads:
T. Of the. Importance of the Revolution which has
,established the Independence of the United States.
11. Of the Means of prompting human Improvement
and Happiness in the United States. —And firft, of
<Fublicr Debts. ,
HI. Of Peace, and the Means of perpetuating it.
IV. Of Liberty.
V. Of Liberty of Discussion.
VI.. Of Liberty of Conscience, and Civil Esta
blishments of Religion.
VII. Of Education.
VIII. Of the Dangers to which the American States
: are exposed. . ,
IX. Of Debts and Internal Wars.
X. Of an unequal. Distribution of Property.
XI. OfTRApE, Banks, and Paper Credit.
XII. Of Oaths.
XIII. Of the Negro Trade and Slavery.
THE fubferibers bive this no
tice to all to whom it may ,concern, That they
intend to apply to the General Assembly of the state
of New-Jersey, at their next fitting, to confirm and
eftablilh the last will and testament cf William Van
feuyver, late of the township of WibiAgborough, and
county of Burlington, the fame being executed in the
presence of three witnesses, though only t wo fubferibed
their names thereto.l
.MARTHA VANSCUYVER,
For and on the behalf of William, Sarah, Jacob and
John, children of the said William Vanfetyver, de
ceased, who are under age..
JOSIAH MATLACK,
MARY MATLACK,
MARTHA VANSCUYVER.
March 9, 178$. Bwf
From a late Boston Paper.
To the Publick.
THE
I ny parts of their dominions, except in Britifo bot^
I toms, owned by British fubjefs, and navigated by
& Britijb seamen, we have been blind to our own inte-
I rest, and our existence as a nation. We have encou-
I raged the importation of Biitifo gewgaws! Our
1 towns have swarmed with British faflors! Our mo
-1 ney has been sent in cargoes to England ! and the
1 whole trade has been wrested from our own mer-
I chants, who have been obliged to fit still, and fee
I themselves fail hastening to deftru&ion : The men by
iwhofe exertions > our independence was ,eftablifhcd,
Ihave been compelled to the most humiliating Situation
in life, till at length there was no business, but it was
;clogged by BritiJh reJirißion. Ready made clothes,
and every article of mecbani/m, in large quantities,
have been imported; so that, that valuable branch of
men, the mechanicks, would, in a little time, be re
duced to beggary. At last, thanks to heaven, though
our government Sleeps, its citizens are awaking; we
now fee (because we fevercly feel) that we were go
-ling headlong to inevitable ruin The merchants aid
, others of this town have entered into feme spirited re
§folutions: May they, or Similar ones, be adopted
I throughout the Continent ! May we, ere it be too
I late, discover our real Situation, and take more efiec-
I tuul measures, to remedy those evils we alic..dy ieel,
iand prevent those we fear !
1 0 complete the catalogue of INSULTS we have
I received from the British Miniftiy, J n T e,
Esq. is appointed Consul to the United States ! With
out a treaty of commerce, without the least publick
commercial connexion with that kingdom, a Consul is
to be sent ovsr here; for what? Let Congress look
to this ; he. has no business here ; for, as a Conjuf is
a r^re increment of commerce, and charged with fec
u^g the commerce! ,fits and privileges of the na
tion he represents, and to terminate mifunderftandinns
among its merchants; and as there is no treat, of
commerce between these states and Great-Britain he
bught not to be admitted: For his nation has no com
mercial privileges here, arx |ought not to have, until
we receive the fame from th^m; ard we may depend
on .it, that they will never fett'c a ccmmeicial treaty
with, us, so long as we allow therm ,0 enjoy the fame
benefits in trade with buifelves, and they can with
impunity fort with our property, by /tying on every
article of our produce what duties they i\mk proper.
Would to Ged that Congress were vetted oith Suffi
cient powers to direct the great concerns of the con
federation !, But frem a ceitain iocldh jcal< ufv id the
citizens of the several dates, they are afraid to inveg
them with that power without which we shall very
soon dwindle into contempt —Foi it is fe/J evident,
that tkpc mul be a SUi'RE,E HEAD fomewhere'
and that head must possess fufficient power to enforce,
as well as to enaff. If they behave amiss, we can
remove them: They arc chosen annually from the
body of the people ; they are accountable to us for
their condu& ; they feel our wiongs the fame with
ourselves, but cannot redrels them. They ha ve asked
ns to give them the power of regulating commerce,
but we have refufed it ! I —l believe it true, that had
Congress poffefed that power, cur trade would not
be in the present deplorable situation. f conceive it
to be a very ridiculous idea, that every state should
enjoy a power of regulating i s trade; for every state
has a separate interest to pursue, and their different
regulations will always clash ; we must aft united • we
must facrifice a little for the good of the whole. At
present, we have a right, while no commercial treaty
exists, totally to prevent the importation of Britifti
goods, by laying fuel )duties on their articles as they
have on outs, and this is the only method we can take
to bring them to their senses. They treat us like
children —they lay on our commerce what embarrafr
ments they please, and we quietly acquiefee. It is
high time to awake, left we deep the Deep of death ;
and that which requires your most serious attention, is
to place Congress on a looting of ref,Liability, for
at present they can do nothing. Our credit is already
blajied, our reputation sullied, and we feel the effects
of a want of energy in our government. —Let us then/
my friends, unite for the publick good, and rest not
until we have established our national refutation and
honour. PRO BONO REHWBLIC^
[Numb. 368.]