The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-04 00:00:00, page 3

prevent, at least to alleviate the calamities of war,
have studied to spare those who were in arms against
them, and to lighten the chains of captivity.
The conduct of those serving under the King of
Great-Britain, hath, with tome few exceptions, been
diametrically opposite. They have laid wade the
open country, burned the defencelefs villages, and
butchered the citizens of America. Their prisons
have been the slaughter-houses of her soldiers, their
ships of her seamen, and the severest injuries have
been aggravated by the grossest insults.
Foiled in their vain attempt to subjugate the uncon
querable spirit of freedom, they have meanly availed
the Representatives of America with bribes, with de
ceit, and the servility of adulation. They have made
a mock of humanity, by the wanton deftrudtion of
men : They have made a mock of religion, by impious
appeals to God whilst in the violation of his sacred
commands: They have made a mock even ot reason
itfelf, by endeavouring to prove, that the liberty and
happiness of America could lately be entrusted to those
who have fold their own, unawed by the fehfe of virtue
or of shame.
A letter from Col. Butler, published by Congress,
gives an account of the Colonel's having on the 2d
ult. made an expeditjon from Schoharie, in New-
York government, with a detachment of Continental
troops, confiding of a corps of riflemen, the fourth
Pennsylvania regiment, and 20 rangers, into the Indi
an country —that on the 9th and 10th he took pos
session of and burnt two Indian towns, a law and
Treated with the contempt which fitch conduct de
served, they have applied to individuals: They have
solicited them to break the bonds of allegiance, and
imbue their fouls with the blacked of crimes : But
fearing that none could be found through these United
States, equal to the wickedness of their purpose, to
influence weak minds, they have threatened more
wide devastation.
While the shadow ofhope remained, that our ene
mies could be taught by our example to refpedt those
laws which are held sacred among civilized nations,
and to comply with the dictates of a religion which
they pretend in common with us to believe and to
revere, they have been left to the influence of that re
ligion, and that example. But since their incorri
gible dispositions cannot be touched by kindness and
compaflion, it becomes our duty by other means to
vindicate the rights of humanity.
We therefore, the Congress of the United States of
America, D O solemnly Declare and Proclaim,
That if our enemies presume to execute their threats,
or perflit in their present career of barbarity, we will
take such exemplary vengeance as shall deter others
from a like conduct. We appeal to that God who
fearcheth the hearts of men, for the rectitude of our
intentions. And in his holy presence we declare,
That as we are not moved by any light and hasty sug
gestions ofanger or revenge, so through every possible
change of fortune we will adhere to this our deter
mination.
DONE in Congress, by unanimous consent, the thir
tieth day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy-eight.
Attefl. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
For Salem County. Representative in Council,
Andrew Sinnickfon, Esq. Representatives in Aflembly,
Allen Congleton jun. Whitten Crips, Efqrs. An or
der is issued for electing the third Member for this
county, the two highest on the poll next to the above
Gentlemen, having an equal number of votes.
For Cape-May County. Representative in Coun
cil, Jonathan Jenkins, Esq. Representatives in Assem
bly, Jeremiah Eldridge, John Hand, Richard Town
send, Efqrs.
For Sussex County. Representative in Council,
Robert Ogden, Esq. Representatives in Assembly, Jacob
M'Cullum, Caspar Shaffer, Benj. M'Cullough, Efqrs.
His Excellency WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esq.
was, on Saturday last, re-appointed Governor of this
state, for the ensuing year.
The Hon. JOHN STEVENS, Esq. is chosen Vice-
President of the Legislative-Council ; and the Hon.
JOHN HART, Esq. Speaker of the House of As
sembly, and President of the Joint-Meeting of both
Houses, for the ensuing year.
Dz/beHOUSE of ASSEMBLY of the State of New-
Jersey, at Trenton, November 3, 1778.
Ordered,
*7 HA 1' the several Paymasters appointed in, or by
' virtue of, an mft, intitled, An act for the Speedy
and effectual recruiting the four New-Jersey regiments
in the service of the United States, passed the third day
of April last, who have not already exhibited their ac
counts, do immediately fend in the fame ; and that
the Colonels or commanding officers of the reflective
regiments who have not yet made their returns,
do also forthwith transmit accounts of the time of
enlistment of the recruits railed in their feverai regi
ments ; the time the several recruits were on subsist
ence, and other particulars of their proceedings,
agreeably to the 25th feeflion of laid ad, in order that
measures may be taken to discharge any arrears of
subsistence, mileage or wages due to any of the said
recruits before they joined their refpedive regiments.
Extract from the journals,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Clk. of Assembly.
Returns of Members of the Legislature received Jince
our last.
T REN X C)N, November 4.
STRAYED or stolen from near Ebzabeth-Town,
on Sunday night the 25th of October, a brown
MARE, about 14 hands high, half blooded, very
straight limb'd, a natural trotter, and thin of flefh.
Whoever takes up the mare so that the fubferiber gets
her, and the thief is secured, shall have Forty Dol
lars reward, Twenty for the thief and Twenty for
the mare, with reasonable charges, paid by Daniel
Hunt, in Maidenhead, 6*
grist mill, an Indian castle, &c. and broke up the
settlements of Unadilla and Anaquago, on the Sus
quehanna, destroyed upwards of 4000 bushels of
corn, and then returned, with the loss of only one
man, the Indians having fled before him with great
precipitation, leaving their cattle, dogs, &c. behind
them.
Six LOTS of LAND,
of 100 acres each. The sale to begin at eleven o'cloclc
in the morning on Monday, the 9th of November inst.
when the conditions of sale will be made known. A
warrantee deed will be given for the lands. Any per
son inclining to view the premises, by applying to
Mr. Matthew Lewis, who lives joining, will be shewn
the fame. Nov. 2, 1778. 2+
Saturday last General Count Pulaski, with his legi
on, marched from this place for Sussex Court-House,
in this State.
To be Sold at publick Vendue,
ON the premises, at Canno Brook, in the county of
Essex, nine miles from Newark, and about the
fame diftan.ee from Elizabeth-town,
Last week Col. Baylor's cavalry, who were made
prisoners by the enemy at Old Tapan, and taken to
New-York, were all exchanged, some of whom ar
rived here on Sunday last.
* , advert foments omitted this week to be in our next.
qpHIS is to give N OTICE to the delinquents be-
X longing to the lower or firft regiment of militia
in the county of Hunterdon and state of New-Jersey,
That, pursuant to the directions in an aft of General
Assembly, passed the 11th of April, 1778, a Court of
Appeal, confiding of two magistrates and one field
officer, to wit, Renffalear Williams and Jaied Sex
ton, Efqrs. and Lieut. Col. Houghton, will fit at Pen
nington, at the house of Thomas Bulman, on Tnurf
day, the 12th day of this instant at ro o'clock, A M.
to hear and determine all such appeals as may be then
and there made by said delinquents refred ng the ex
cessive fines (if any) imposed upon t em for remiss
ness in duty as militia. The Captains or command
ing officers of companies to whom any delinquents or
appellants belong, will please to attend the said court
at the time and place above fpecifien.
Nov. 3 , 1778. JOS, PHILIPS, Col. 2
Thirty Dollars Reward.
IXjAS stolen the 17th of October last, from the
vv fubferiber in Turkey, Essex county, New-Jer
sey, a dark iron-grey MARE, about 14 hands high,
a natural trotter, branded on each shoulder with
the shape of a heart, and on the right fide of her neck
she had a white spot about the bigness of a dollar.
Whoever takes up the mare and thief shall have for
either of them Fifteen Dollars, and all reasonable
charges, paid bv me JOHN PRYER. ij
-TEN DOLLARS" Reward. °
CTRAYED or stolen from the fubferiber's Stone
° ware Potting Manufactory at Trenton, about the
beginning of October last, a brown Horse, about 14
hands high, seven or eight years old, marked on the
near hip 1 E, has a little white on his off hind foot,
and a small Bar in his forehead; trots and canters
well. Whoever takes up said horse, and brings him
to the fubferiber at the above works, or to Mr. Sa
muel Henry, in Trenton, shall be paid the above
reward and all reasonable charges.
Nov. 3, 1778. 2p BERNARD HANLEN.
ALL those men that have deserted from General
Count Pulaski's legton, and will deliver them
selves up at the General's quarters at Sussex Court
house, in New-Jersey, on or before the 19th day of
November instant, shall have the General's free par
don.—And those who do not return by that time,
shall, if caught, be punished as a general court-mar
tial shall direct, agreeable to the articles of war.
Nov. 1, 1778. Chevalier de Kowats,
2* Col. Command, ofthe American legion.
CTRAYED or stolen from a fence near Mr. Potts's
bark house in Trenton, on the 28th of October
last, two dragoon II ORSE S, belonging to General
Pulaski's legion, both branded I. L. one a dark sorrel,
the other a dark brown, each has a blaze face. Who
ever delivers them to Major Gordon, D. Q_M. G.
in Trenton, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all
reasonable charges paid by
Chevalier de Kowats,
2* Col. Command, ofthe American legion.
- EIGWI)OTLARS REWARD.
X^AS LOST, on the 12th day of this instant, in
' v the afternoon, on the road between Allentown
and Ctoffwicks, a double Leather Pocket-Book with
a steel clasp, containing a number of valuable writings,
such as notes of hand, loan office certificates, and ac
counts ; which would be of no use to any person be
side the owner, with about nine dollars in money.
Whoever finds the fame, and will leave it with the
Printer of this paper, or fend it to the owner at
Croffwicks, shall have the above reward, paid by
Sept. 13. 2+ GABRIEL ALLEN.
STEPHENSON and Company,
Have for sale at their STORE, opposite Capt. Peter
Dickerfem's in Morristown,
A GOOD assortment suitable for the ensuing sea
son ; such as, Coarse cloth, fnoes, salt, flour by
the barrel, tea, sugar, pepper, coffee, idiot of the belt
kind, Irish linens, cotton checks, linen ditto, calli
coes, pelongs, sewing silk, fine thread by the pound,
or smaller, Scotch fnuff in bladders, Irish sheeting,
whifky and apple spirit by the barrel or gallon, pow
der, table linens, buckram, China ware of the best
fort, belt plated buttons, silk twist, basket buttons,
lawn, muslin, cambrick, gauze, silk and pocket hand
kerchiefs, hatters trimmings,fuch as bow firings, round
looping buttons, loops, buttons of the best kind, flat
Elk looping; hollow wares of all kind, one brass
kettle that holds 36 gallons, which they will fell on
the lowest terms for Cash or Country Produce.
N. B. They take York money.
New-Jersey, A Tan Inferior Court of Common
Essex County, 1 1 Pleas, held for the county of
Essex on the 15th day of September last, were return
ed Inquisitions for joining the army of the King of
Great-Britain, and other treasonably practices, found
against Francis Batey, Nicholas Garrabrant, John
White, William Brooks, James Colvin, Cornelius
Brooks, Thomas Afton, Garret Jacoubufe, Isaac
Kii gfland Henry Stager and Samuel Harrison ; of
which proclamation was made at said court, that if
they, or any on their behalf, or any persons interest
ed would appear and traverse, a trial should be award
ed ; but no traverses were offered : Therefore notice
is hereby given, that if neither they nor any on their
behalf, nor any interested shall appear and traverse at
the next court to be held for the said county, the In
quisitions will then be taken to be true, and final
judgment entered thereon in favour of the State.
Newark, Od. Joseph Hedden, jun.) Com
14, 1778. Samuel Hays, and / miffi-
V Thomas Canfield, ) oners.
To be SOLD by the Sublcriber,
A Small FAR M, containing between 40 and 50
d^ acres, situated half way between Morristown
and Chatham, on a very public road, nearly opposite
Mr. Stephen Rofe's cyder mill ; it has on it a good
house with three rooms cieled, and an entry on the
lower floor, a small building adjoining with a cellar
under it, and one under the house; a barn and
new baric house, a pond that is never dry, in the
fame lot ; a spring of good water near the house, an
orchard that affords 70 or 80 barrels of cyder, a
garden pale'd in, English and red cherries, peaches
and plums ; some wood-land and meadow. The pur
chaser by paying one half the money', and good secu
rity for the rest, shall have an indisputable title from
4f JAMES TOMPSON.
Who has found a saddle with the skirts cut off, sup
posed to be stolen. Any person proving property and
charges, shall have it again.
STRAYED or stolen out of the pasture of the fub
feriber, the 22d oi October last, a ba, MARE,
about 10 years old, about 14 hands one inch high,
and with foal. The said mare formerly belonged to
James Parker, Esq.—Whoever takes up said mare,
and gives the fubferiber notice, shall receive Fifteen
Dollars reward, and all reasonable charges.
Millstone, Nov. 2, 2* PETER SCIIENK.
TO BE SOL D,
A Healthy NEGRO BOY, nine years old, Aim
LN'TE' 1 L ve n™'"ZE Enquire of the Printer.
AME to the plairtationTftlTfubfcriber', in Chef
^ ter^eld township, Burlington county, about the
firft of September last, a middling sized brindle Cow,
has a halfpenny mark on the fide of each ear. She
is supposed to have Grayed from the enemy on their
way thro' this State, and probably belongs to some
person residing between Philadelphia and Mount-
Holly. The owner is desired to* prove his property,
pay charges and take her away, otherwise she will
be fold ANTHONY TAYLOR.
October 29, 1778. 4wf
C^AME to the plantation ot the fubferiber, the 7th
A of October, a brown COW, witli a white face,
has a crop on the left ear and a flit in the right. The
owner is desired to prove property, pay charges, and
take her away. JOHN SIMSON.
Ncw-Gerniantown, Hunterdon County.^
f ° un " trespassing in the field of the fubferi
ber afew weeks past, two small horses, onea
black, the other a bay with a star in his forehead.
The owner is desired to appear, pay charges and
take themaway. ANDREW JOHNSON.
_Maidenhead, Nov. 3d, 1778. 36
A LL persons indebted to the estate ot Timothy
T I Ross, late of Pifcataway, deceased, are desired
to come and fettle their accounts without further no
tice ; and all those that have any demands against said
estate, to bring their accounts and have them fettled,
by Thomas Fitz Randolph, Administrator. 2*
ROBERT HUNT,
Has for SALE at his STORE in Elizabeth-Town,
GOOD spirits, rum, and whifky, by the gallon,
tea, sugar, chocolate, alfpice, pepper, indigo,
red-wood, log-wood, and allum, brimstone, tobacco,
fnuff; salt by the bushel or less quantity, coatings
and velvet, worsted flockings, plated shoe buckles
and brass ditto, best needles and pins, jack knives ;
also writing paper and ink powder, z||