The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-11-21 00:00:00, page 4

Mr.COLLIN S,
J observe you frequently publilh in your paper, re^
marks on publick affairs, and altercations on par
ticular fubjefts which require no great degree of
genius to execute. Permit me to recommend to
you a genuine effufion of genius, which is the more
valuable because it comes from a lady who is really
in the situation of Emelia. Having loft a beloved
husband, the feelings of her heart have assisted her
imagination. There are several examples among
writers of pastorals of the elegiac kind, and I
make no doubt that there are many of your inge
nious readers who will not be much lels entertain
ed with the Lucius of Emelia, than the Daphnis of
Mr, Pope. lam, Sir, your humble servant,
A. B.
Princeton, October 29, 1781.
Lavra.
WHY wanders my friend in this grove ?
Why seeks Die the deepening gloom?
Why pensive from me does she rove,
Tp weep o'er the mouldering tomb?
Emelia.
Can Laura forget that this day*
Brings frefh to my woe-pierced mind,
The hour that tore me away;
From Lucius the constant and kind ?
Oh! he was the pride of the plain,
And Sol in his annual round,
Ne'er shone on a worthier swain,
Nor can such a Shepherd be found.
The Genii of Nature and Art,
To finish the plan they defign'd,
Set virtue to furnith his heart,
And feience to polifli his mind.
The traces of love and of truth,
Appear'd in his afpeft serene,
The wisdom of age, the graces of youth,
Enliven'd and fofteh'd his mien.,
His judgment was piercing and strong,
His manners were easy and gay,
The Dryads would flock in a throng.
Whene'er he began a foft lay.
Whenever the shepherds would jar,
They left it to him to decide,
His word to their ftrife was a bar ;
By what he would fay they'd abide.
His taste so sublime and so pure,
And always with nature combin'd,
That Ceres his fields woyld manure,
And execute what he defign'd. 1
His sheep could in beauty compare
To any on Arcadian plains;
The birds to his groves would repair,
And warble the sweetest of strains.
His garden, so trim and so neat.
The flowers fpontaneouily grew,
The vi'let would spring at his feet,
Array'd in her beautiful blue.
His Hamlet, ah ! there wasihe scene,
Which breaks my fond heart but to name.
And there I was blefs'd with this swain ;
But now it is past like a dream.
My face from the fun he would screen,
No air but the zephyr mutt blow ;
At eve when I walk'd on the green,
With his hand he would brush off the dew.
Alas, what can talents avail ?
Can virtue or piety save ?
If love o'er grim death could prevail,
He had not funk down in the grave.
O ! how could you tell me that time
Would certainly bring me relief;
When each heavy moment that flies,
But adds to the weight of my grief !
To find the foft med'eiue for pain
I traverse the garden around ;
I search thro' the woods and the plain.
But no such a plant's to be found.
How every gay profpea is chang'd !
How gloomy all nature appears ! ,
The grove where together we rang'd,
Beholds me a prey to my tears,
Laura.
Can tears e'er recall the dear faint,
For whom thus unceasing you mourn,
The ferapb may hear your complaint,
But ah, he would never return!
By rivers celestial and pure,
He drinks at the spring of delight ;
And joys that are endless and sure,
Flow hill from the fountain of light.
Emelia.
I know, that his spirit releas'd
From these lower regions of pain,
Of pleasures immortal mus t taste,
Nor here would I with him again.
But still I must drop the foft tear,
And visit thus daily his tomb,
Ye muses attend to my prayer,
And bring of your sweetest perfume;
To strew o'er this hallowed ground,
I've planted the myrtle and yew,
* The firft da, of <wbeat harrefl.
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Five Shillings
each the firft Week, and One Shilling and Three-pence for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion ; and by whom
Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received.
The willows stand weeping around,
'Tis all that my fond love can do.
This tribute of love and of verse,
His mem'ry shall conftantiy have,
Till carried along pn a hcarfe,
I'm laid by his fide in the grave.
Then pity herfelf (hall be there,
And lay the green turf on my breast,
Shall Ihed a few drops on the pair,
And leave them tp peacefully rest.
E MELI A._
Let the Publick beware,
ON the night of the 18th of October last, the
house of the subscriber was robbed, amongst
other things, of the following certificates, viz.
No. 56, in the name of Major William Montgo
mery, for Twenty-five Pounds, dated September
25, 1780. No. 173, in the name of E^ra Black, for
Five Hundred Twenty-eight Pounds Fifteen Shil
lings continental money, dated January 26, 1780.
No. 238, in the name of Joshua Forfyth, for Thirty
feven Pounds Ten Shillings, dated June 26, 1780.
One in the name of Isaac Field, for One Thousand
Two Hundred and Sixty Pounds continental money,
dated January, 178 c, No. 240, in the name of Jefe
Bunting, for Two Pounds Five Shillings, dated Au
gust 17, 1780. The above signed by Edward Tho
mas, Contractor for Burlington epunty. No. 20, in
the name of Nathan Williams, for Thirteen Pounds
Eight Shillings, dated September 26, 1781. No. 17,
in the name of Marmaduke Curtis, for One Pound
Fifteen Shillings and Two-pence, dated January 23,
1781. No. 13, in the name of John Thorn, for Nine
Pounds, dated June 11, 1781. No. 9, in the name
of Joseph Kirkbride, for Ten Pounds Ten Shillings,
dated May 18, 1781. The four last signed by John
Butler, Contractor for Burlington county. Qne cer^
tificate in the name of Thomas Walton, for Two
Pounds Three Shillings and Ten-pence, dated Feb.
10, 1781, signed by Joseph Brown, Collector for
Chefterfield, county of Burlington. One in the
name of Ezra Black, for Three Pounds Seventeen
Shillings and Eleven-pence, dated February 10, 1781,
signed by ditto. One in the name of George Bul
lock, for Thirteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six
pence, dated February 10, 1781, signed by ditto.
The publick are hereby cautioned against taking
an alignment on any of them, ihould any person b>
hardy enough to offer them for that purpose.
ABRAHAM CHAPMAN.
Chefterfield, Noy^6, _i7 81. 3W*
TO BE SOLD,
By the subscriber, in the lane opposite the College.
BOHEA TEA, gun powder, silk modes and
satins, black sewing silk, felt; one large yoke
of oxen in good order. Also black pepper, and
almanacks for the year 1782, by large or small
quantities.—The almanacks at the printer's price;
and several other articles. JOHN DENTON.
N. B. Cash given for clean linen rags and old
brass and copper.
Princeton, Nov. 12, 1781. Iw*
Publick Notice is hereby given,
THAT the subscriber, pursuant to an order of
the last session of the Assembly of New-
Jersey, hath leave to bring in a bill to invest the
title of two certain lots of land in Trenton, pur
chased by Abraham Cottnam, Esq. deceased, in
his life time, of Daniel Coxe, Esq. now a fugitive
with the enemy, in the executors of the last will
of the said Abraham Cottnam, for the uses in the
said will mentioned.
— GE O- COTTNAM. 3 w *
/AS taken up in the township of Maiden-
VV head, about two weeks ago, a large bright
bay horse, between fourteen and fifteen hands high,
with three white feet, branded on the near buttock
with the letters W. T. The owner is desired to
prove his property, pay charges, and take him away,
The horse is now in the possession of William Up
dike, jun. at Mr. Samuel Henry's mill.
November d 2, 1781. gw
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r fHE owner of the ferry known by the name of
1 the Trenton Old Ferry, on the post road lead
ing to Philadelphia, and where the publick all crosses,
has provided the said ferry with the best boats that
ever have been conftruded for the fafety of tranfport
jng passengers, horses and carriages, in time of
frefhes, wind or ice, and a number of careful hands
that have nothing else to do but work the boats, and
are always ready on the spot. The ferriages are as
follow, viz.
Waggon and four horses - ys.
Waggon and two horses - - 3/9^
A chair - - - - i/6d.
Man and horse - - - 6d.
A foot person - - - - 31/.
And all other ferriages in Proportion. iw*
if puh!ifced,
p^.^ ~_ iold wholcfale and retails ?
At the Printing-Office in Trenton,
The New-Jersey
ALMANACK,
For the Year 1782.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT there has been taken up near New-Brun
swick, on suspicion of going to the enemy, and
delivered into my custody, two negro men and one
mulatto; one of the negroes calls himfelf Prince
Forfberg. —He is about fix feet high, has on blue
trowfers and spotted bearskin jacket. The other
named Jack Williams, is about five feet nine inches
high, has on a claret coloured jacket and breeches.
The mulatto named Enos Patterson, is about five
feet ten inches high, has on grey trowfers and a
white jacket. They all fay they were out in the
privateer ship Congress the last cruize. Their mas
ters, if any they have, are desired to come and prove
their property, pay charges, and take them away by
the 17th of November, or they will be fold to pay
charges.
PETER HULICK, Gaoler.
Trenton, October „, 1781.
New-Jersey, 7 virtue °f an order
Monmouth county, ff. J from the Honourable
the Justices of the Supreme Court of this Bate, I
am directed to certify the pubiick, that a Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery wi
be held at Freehold, in and for the county of Mo r
mouth, cm Tuesday the twenty-seventh day of N
yember next: —All Justices of the Peace, Coroner.
Conftables^ and other Minivers of Justice of the fai<
county, are hereby desired that they be then and
there in their own proper persons, with their rolls,
records, indictments and other remembrances; an Q
all persons who will prosecute or can bear teftimoLy
in behalf of the state, against any offender in the faiq
county, are desired lik^wife to give their attendance,
on the day and at the place aforefaid.
JOHN BURROWES, Jun. Sheriff.
To all whom it may concern :
New-Jersey, ) XT OTICE is hereby given, that a
ff. J Court of Admiralty will be held
at the dwelling-house of Gilbert Barton, in Alien-
Town, on Thursday the 22d day of November
inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the lame
day, then and there to try the truth of the fads al
ledged in the bill of Captain Adam Hyler, (who as
well, &c.) against a small cutter lately belonging
to the enemy, (name unknown) and also againit
the I'chooner Hare, lately commanded by Captain
Alexander Thomson, together with their tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargoes, calh, sundry negroes,
and a variety of articles taken from the enemy at
different times and places : TO THE END AND
INTENT that any person or persons concerned
therein may appear and shew cause, if any he or
they have, why the said cutter and schooner, with
their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes, and
the other articles aforefaid, should not be condemn
ed according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
November 1, 1781.
AN extraordinary ointment for corns, warts,
tooth-ache, and pain in the face, scald head
and breaking out in children, for burns or scalds,
and where the fever has fettled in any part of the
human body, to be fold by Mary and Sarah Barnes,
in Trenton; by Thomas Bullman, in Pennington,
and Samuel Throckmorton, in Amwell. 3wf
JOHN THOMSON,
At NEW-BRUNSWICK,
Has for exchange,
A Quantity of STATE MONEY. He has for
sale, brown and powdered sugar, tea, coffee,
pepper, alfpice, fnuff, tobacco, pipes, &c. &c. 3$
T~O E S O L D,
A Valuable TRACT of LAN D, in Hardwick
townfllip, Suffexcounty, state of New-Jersey,
now in the tenure of Thomas Silverthorn. It con
tains 213 acres, 150 very rich meadow land, about
30 of which produce the best clover, timothy, and
blue grass. It is excellent for railing hemp, and well
calculated for railing and fatting cattle. There ate
on the premises, beside the dwelling-house, a pretty
good Dutch barn, stables, barracks and spring-house,
upwards of one hundred apple-trees, and a number
of cherry and peach-trees; also a never failing ipring
of water fufficient for a hemp-mill, and situated con
veniently to water a considerable quantity of the mea
dow. The title is indisputable. For terms apply to
the printer of this paper.