The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-06-26 00:00:00, page 2

Which menage was read, and considered ; whereupon,
Ordered, Thai meffrs. A. Clark, J. Smith, Starke,
Schuurman and Sheppard, with such other members
as choose to attend, be a committee of this house,
to meet tlie committee of council for the purposes in
the laid menage exprefled, at the time and place ap
pointed, and that mr. Terhune do wait on the coun
cil, and acquaint them therewith.
The bill, intitled, ' an aft for building a courthouse
and gaol in the county of Gloucester, and for other
purposes therein mentioned,' was read a second time,
and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. T. Clark, from the committee appointed for
that purpose, reported the draught of a bill, intitled,
'an act to difeourage the keeping of dogs, and for
other purposes therein mentioned ;' which bill was
read, and ordered a second reading.
Mr. Terhune reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
On motion,
Refolded, That Shepard Kollock be appointed to
print the votes and proceedings of this house
at the present fitting, and that the clerk do furnifh
him with a copy of the fame weekly, for that purpose.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, F. M.
The house met.
Mr. Sinnickfon and mr. Hall attended and took their
feats.
Benjamin Holme, esquire, appointed a member of
this house in the place of Anthony Sharp, esquire, de
ceased, appeared in the house, and produced the cer
tificate of his eledion, which was read, approved, and
ordered to be filed ; whereupon, being duly sworn by
the speaker, he took his feat in the house.
The engrossed bill, intitled, ' an aft for building a
courthouse and gaol in the county of Glouoefter, and
for other purposes therein mentioned.' was read and
compared ;
Refolded unanimouJly, That the fame do pass.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Blauvelt do carry the laid bill to
council for their concurrence.
A petition from the executors, widow and legatees
of Stephen Hunt, deceased, late of Somerset county,
setting forth, that the said deceased made his testament
and last will in the presence of two witnesses only,
by which means the executors therein mentioned are
not authorized to convey the real estate of the testa
tor, and praying that an adt may be palled to enable
the executors in the laid will mentioned to fulfil the
intentions of the said testator;
Ordered, That the petitioners have leave to present
a bill agreeably to the prayer of their petition, at the
next fitting, on advertising the purport of the bill they
mean to present, and a copy of this order in the
New-Jersey Gazette, and in the news-paper printed at
Elizabeth-Town, for at least fix weeks previous thereto.
A petition from the redor, church-wardens and
vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
city of New-Brunswick, in behalf of themselves and
the congregation they represent, praying, for reasons
therein mentioned, that a law may be passed to per
mit them to raise, by way of lottery, the sum of two
hundred pounds, to be appropriated to repair their
church ;
Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table.
The bill, intitled, 'an a& for making partition of a
trad: of land in Essex county, commonly called Afh
field's tra&,' was read a second time ; and, after some
time spent thereon,
Ordered, That the said bill be committed to meffrs.
A. Clark, Marsh and Garritfe.
The bill, intitled, 'an aft for the relief of John
Schuyler, an insolvent debtor,' was read a second time,
and debated by paragraphs; on the question, whether
the said bill be engrossed ? It was carried in the nega
tive, as follows :
Nays. Messrs. Blauvelt, Combs, Schuurman, Bon
ney, Schenck, Blair, Kelley, Biddle, J. Smith, T.
Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Holme, Baker, Whil
den, Cook, Starke, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard, Han
kinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Yeas. Messrs, Terhune, Nicoll, Garritfe, A. Clark,
Marsh, Bunn, R S. Smith, Houghton, Arnold.
Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table.
Mr. T. Clark, with leave, presented the draught
of a bill, intitled, ' a supplement to an aft, intitled,
an aft for regulating the election of members of the
legislative-council and assembly, fheriffs and coroners
of the date of New-Jersey, and of delegates to repre
sent the said state in the Congress of the United States ;'
which bill was read, and ordered a second reading.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning ten of
the clock.
Tuesday, May 23, 1786.
The house met.
Mr. Hankinfon, agreeably to leave heretofore given,
and in behalf of the petitioners, presented the draught of
a bill, intitled, ' an aft for the relief of Adam Green
and John Hull, of Hardwick, in the county of Sussex ;'
which bill was read, and ordered a second reading.
A petition from Freegift Stout, of the county of
Sussex, praying a law may be passed to grant him the
liberty of keeping a ferry across the Delaware, at
Greenwich, in the said county, was read, and ordered
to lie on the table.
Refolded, That Garret Voorhies be sergeant at arms
to this house during the present fitting.
The speaker laid before the house proposals ,made
by Walter Mould, Thomas Goadfby and Albian Cox,
for striking a copper coin for the state of New-Jersey,
which was read ; whereupon,
Ordered, That meffrs. A. Clark, R. S. Smith, Shep
pard, Marfli and Nicoll, be a committee to confer
with the said Walter Mould, Thomas Goadfby and
Albian Cox, on the fubjedt of the said proposals, and
report to the house the terms they may agree upon.
Information having been given that Nathaniel Far
rand, late collector of the township of Newark, in the
county of Essex, has been guilty of giving surplus cer
tificates in said county contrary to law; therefore,
Ordered, That the sergeant at arms require and
cause the said Nathaniel Farrand to appear before this
house on Friday the twenty-sixth day of May in
stant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, to answer
to charges exhibited against him; and that the clerk
issue fubpeenas to Aaron Winans, Jonas Wade, Jacob
Winans and John Tucker, to appear and give such in
formation and testimony refpe&ing the information
given and charges presented against the said Nathaniel
Farrand, as is in their power to give.
The bill, intitled, ' a supplement to an aft, intitled,
an aft for regulating the election of members of the
legislative-council and assembly, fheriffs and coroners
of the state of New-Jersey, and of delegates to. repre
sent the said state in the Congress of the United States,'
was read a second time; on the question, whether
the seventh fedtion, in the following words, do pass?
to wit:
" Provided always, and be it further enacted, that
no person whatever, being in other refpefts qualified
by the constitution of the state to vote at elections for
choosing representatives to serve in council and assem
bly, or for fheriffs and coroners, shall be disfranchifed or
deprived of the privilege of voting at said election, for
having been fined or imprisoned for refufing to give
testimony of their allegiance, by taking the oath or af
firmation of abjuration and allegiance to this state,
prescribed by an aft, intitled, ' an aft for the security
of the government of New-Jersey."
On the question, whether the house agree to the
said fettion ? It was carried in the affirmative, as fol
lows :
Yeas. Messrs. Blauvelt, Garritfe, A. Clark, Schuur
man, Schenck, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, T.
Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Holme, Lambert,
Cook, Starke, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard, Hankinfon,
Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Nicoll, Marsh, Combs,
Bonney, Stillwell, Bunn, Blair, Kelley, Baker, Whil
den, Houghton, Arnold, Beardflee.
On the question, whether the following words be
added to the seventh fe&ion ? to wit:
'' Or from being admitted into, holding or exercising
any office of truf tor profit, either civil or military,
who shall be duly elected to such office by the joint
meeting of the council and assembly, any thing in the
before recited adt to the contrary notwithstanding."
It was carried in the negative, as follows:
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe,
Marsh, Combs, Bonney, Schenck, Stillwell, Bunn,
Blair, Kelley, Baker, Whilden, Houghton, Cook,
Starke, Arnold, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Yeas. Messrs. A. Clark, Schuurman, R. S. Smith,
Biddle, J. Smith, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall,
Holme, Lambert, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Ordered, That the further consideration of the said
bill be postponed.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
Mr. Cooper attended and took his feat.
The members withdrew to attend a joint-conference,
and the house adjourned till to-morrow morning ten of
the clock.
Wednesday, May 24, 1786.
The house met.
A petition from Benjamin Shotwell, of the county
of Middlesex, praying that provision may be made to
difeharge the arrears of interest due him on certifi
cates, in his possession, for cattle furnifhed the army,
&c.
Ordered, That the said petition do lie on the table.
A petition from William Rockhill, late a sergeant
in the army of the United States, setting forth that
he has been disabled in the service of the United States;
that a pension has been adjudged to him by the court
of Gloucester county, but that the commissioner ap
pointed to make provision for invalids conceives him
felf not authorized by law to make provision for time
past, and praying that provision may be made by the
state, or that the commissioner may be authorized to
fettle and make provision for all arrears of pension due
to invalids ;
Ordered, That the said petition be read a second
time.
The bill, intitled, ‘ an ad to alter part of the road
called George's road, in the county of Middlesex,
leading from New-Brunswick to Cranberry,' was read
a second time, debated, and ordered to be engrossed.
The house resumed the consideration of the bill, in
titled, 'a supplement to an aft, intitled, an aft for
regulating the election of members of the legiilative
council and assembly, fheriffs and coroners of the
state of New-Jersey, and of delegates to represent the
said state in the Congress of the United States; on the
question, whether the eighth fedion do pass ? It was car
ried in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Blauvelt, Garritfe, A. Clark, Marsh,
Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Schenck, Stillwell, Bunn,
Blair, Kelley, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, T. Clark,
Davis, Baker, Whilden, Cook, Starke, Arnold, Bur
gin, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Cooper, Sinnickfon, Hall, Holme,
Lambert, Houghton, Bowen, Sheppard.
The house having gone through the said bill,
Ordered, That the fame be engrossed.
(To be continued. )
American Intelligence.
B O S T O N, June 5.
A BRIG of between two and three hundred tons,
from Marblehead, commanded by a capt. Lewis,
having on board, among other articles, three hun
dred hogsheads of fifh, bound from that port to the
NEW-YORK, June 12.
A cerrefpondent, who has before taken notice of
the steps taken by Great-Britain to ruin the trade of
America, observes, that as long as generosity, patience
and fortitude, are virtues in the esteem of mankind,
the American character of the present day must stand
foremoft on the lift of political eminence, as we not
only cherish in our bosoms our avowed enemies, gra
ciously admitting them to all the privileges of native
citizens; but silently fuffer the encroachments of the
British court, with a chriftian patience and manly for
titude unparalleled in the page of history. The late
act of the British parliament prohibiting the exportati
on of manufacturing tools of all kinds to this conti
nent, cannot but afford pleasure to every citizen who
feels for the importance of his country, as it opened
a new field for the further display of those virtues
which dignify the inhabitants of our western hemis
phere.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Savanna,
Georgia, to bis friend in Frederick-Tomn.
" We have nothing new among us, except an affair
that has lately taken place, in the executive of this
state. I hey demanded the publick records which have
always been deposited in this town. The justices and
assistant judges refufed to fend any but such as were
state records only. The consequence is, the justices
and assistant judges are suspended, and an order issued
to call a special court for their trial.
'' They then appointed a chief-juftice (mr. John
Houston) who did not with to accept it, and in conse
quence ot a seeming indisposition was also suspended.
The state treasurer comes next on the lift —he was or
dered to remove the office to Augusta, but it not an
swering his circumltances to serve the publick in that
capacity any longer, wrote a letter of resignation, it
was rejected, and he was likewise suspended. Thus
you fee we have brought about as thorough a
change in administration, as ever was effected in the
Britilh cabinet. Our prelent governor seems inclina
ble to immortalize, his name by some means or other;
if right does not take place, wrong I suppose will. I
believe all those differences have arisen from personal
malice, which GOD grant may not terminate in a pub
lick rupture."
The king of Sweden, by an edift published in Fe
bruary last, has prohibited the use of the torture in his
dominions, as inimical to justice and the interests of
humanity.o
Letters received last Saturday, by several gentlemen
in this city from Rhode-Illand, annouce the arrival,
in that harbour, of the Ihip Grand Turk, from Can
ton, in China, said to be valued at two hundred and
fifty thousand pounds sterling, but no mention is made
respecting the disposal of the cargo, or of the vessel's
destination.
We are informed, that the honourable mr. Pember
ton, joint commissioner with colonel Dundafs, for in
vestigating the loyalists claims, is appointed chief-juf
tice of Nova-Scotia, vice the worthy mr. Finucane,
deceased.
A correspondent observes, that whilst virtue and me
rit entitled men to employment, the commonwealth
of Rome was happy : but after money came into the
scale, such men crept into places as proved both the
bane and the shame of the republick.—Philip of Ma
cedon found money so superior to strength, in his at
tempt on the Grecian powers, that he bought more ci
ties than he conquered, and would boall, “ that there
was none so strong, but an ass laden with gold might
enter it."
It is strange that a reasonable creature can believe
and seriously declare, that a horrible attempt upon
one's lite is a fine action, and in that be charmed with
the beauty of such a proceeding, yet we every day
hear of suicide committed—“ We are in this world,
fays Plato, as in a great prison, out of which we are
not allowed to go, but by the order of the Sovereign
gaoler. We belong to God, as our llaves belong to
us; they have nothing they can call their own, we
also cannot claim any immediate property; therefore
we have no right to dispose of our life, and we ought
not to quit it but when it pleases God to call for it."
Aristotle alio finds voluntary and violent deaths very
criminal and unworthy of great courage: " He who
kills himfelf, fays he, offends the laws, and far from
being a noble spirit, is a coward and base man, be
cause he does not leek death as an honest thing, and
has recourse to it with no other view than turning his
back on adversity." The sentiments of these philoso
phers are not only supported by their authority, but
also by reason, for if we hate murderers, because mur
der is a crime against the laws of God, reason and
nature; how much ought we to detest the murderer
and assassin of himfelf ?—How should we detest (fays
Plato) the adion of a man who should assassinate his
belt friend ? Such is the case of the man who kills
himfelf.
B, captain Robertson from Greenock, lately ar
rived at Norfolk, me are favoured with the fol
lowing extracts from a Britijh nemfpaper.
LONDO N, April 19.
Yesterday lord Corwallis set off to Portsmouth,
to embark for the E^ft-Indies.
Colonel Joseph Brandt, (of the Six Nations and
Cherokee chief) is to embark in the fame Ihip with
fir Guy Carleton, for America.
We may daily look for intelligence from Holland,
of the most alarming nature. Rebellion in the Pro
vinces, and diftradion in the council of the states,
are but preludes to revolutions that may involve every
nation in Europe, however they may be averse, from
policy or situation, toarenewal of the horrors of war.
Weft-Indies, was entirely loft, vessel and cargo, a few
days since.